List of clubs in the Bundesliga

All clubs that have ever played in the Bundesliga or the 2nd Bundesliga are listed. For a better overview, the list is divided into six tables (see table of contents).

Notes on the tables

For clubs that no longer play in the first or second Bundesliga, the current league membership and the level of the relevant league are given. For clubs that no longer exist, the year of dissolution is usually given. Further information on successor clubs can be found on the website of the respective club. For clubs that are now playing under a different name or that have emerged from a merger of two clubs or football departments, the current club name is given.

The subdivision into the six tables below is only for better readability. For reasons of space, a club is only listed in one of the tables, even if it could be assigned to several according to the table name.

For the current Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs, the current season is already included in the total number of years.

Current clubs in the Bundesliga

Bundesliga (2019/20 season)
society	Years in the Bundesliga		Years in the 2nd Bundesliga
FC Augsburg	9	since 2011	12	1974-1979, 1980/81, 1982/83, 2006-2011
1. FC Union Berlin	1	since 2019	13	2001-2004, 2009-2019
Hertha BSC	37	1963–1965, 1968–1980, 1982/83, 1990/91, 1997–2010, 2011/12, since 2013	15th	1980–1982, 1983–1986, 1988–1990, 1991–1997, 2010/11, 2012/13
Werder Bremen	56	1963–1980, since 1981	1	1980/81
Borussia Dortmund	53	1963–1972, since 1976	2	1974-1976
Fortuna Dusseldorf	25th	1966/67, 1971–1987, 1989–1992, 1995–1997, 2012/13, since 2018	14th	1987–1989, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1997–1999, 2009–2012, 2013–2018
Eintracht Frankfurt	51	1963–1996, 1998–2001, 2003/04, 2005–2011, since 2012	6th	1996-1998, 2001-2003, 2004/05, 2011/12
Sc freiburg	20th	1993–1997, 1998–2002, 2003–2005, 2009–2015, since 2016	22nd	1978–1993, 1997/98, 2002/03, 2005–2009, 2015/16
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	12	since 2008	1	2007/08
1. FC Cologne	48	1963–1998, 2000–2002, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2008–2012, 2014–2018, since 2019	9	1998–2000, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2006–2008, 2012–2014, 2018/19
RB Leipzig	4th	since 2016	2	2014-2016
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	41	since 1979	4th	1975-1979
1. FSV Mainz 05	14th	2004–2007, since 2009	19th	1974-1976, 1988/89, 1990-2004, 2007-2009
Borussia Monchengladbach	52	1965–1999, 2001–2007, since 2008	3	1999-2001, 2007/08
FC Bayern Munich	55	since 1965
SC Paderborn 07 1982/83 TuS Neuhaus Castle	2	2014/15, since 2019	11	1982/83, 2005-2008, 2009-2014, 2015/16, 2018/19
FC Schalke 04	52	1963–1981, 1982/83, 1984–1988, since 1991	5	1981/82, 1983/84, 1988-1991
VfL Wolfsburg	23	since 1997	7th	1974/75, 1976/77, 1992-1997

Current clubs in the 2nd Bundesliga

2nd Bundesliga (2019/20 season)
society	Years in the Bundesliga		Years in the 2nd Bundesliga
FC Erzgebirge Aue			14th	2003–2008, 2010–2015, since 2016
Arminia Bielefeld	17th	1970–1972, 1978/79, 1980–1985, 1996–1998, 1999/2000, 2002/03, 2004–2009	21st	1974–1978, 1979/80, 1985–1988, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2000–2002, 2003/04, 2009–2011, 2013/14, since 2015
VfL Bochum	34	1971–1993, 1994/95, 1996–1999, 2000/01, 2002–2005, 2006–2010	15th	1993/94, 1995/96, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2005/06, since 2010
SV Darmstadt 98	4th	1978/79, 1981/82, 2015-2017	21st	1974–1978, 1979–1981, 1982–1991, 1992–1994, 2014/15, since 2017
Dynamo Dresden	4th	1991-1995	9	2004–2006, 2011–2014, since 2016
SpVgg Greuther Fürth until 1996 SpVgg Fürth	1	2012/13	31	1974–1983, 1997–2012, since 2013
Hannover 96	30th	1964–1974, 1975/76, 1985/86, 1987–1989, 2002–2016, 2017–2019	24	1974/75, 1976–1985, 1986/87, 1989–1996, 1998–2002, 2016/17, since 2019
Hamburger SV	55	1963-2018	2	since 2018
1. FC Heidenheim			6th	since 2014
Karlsruher SC	24	1963-1968, 1975-1977, 1980-1983, 1984/85, 1987-1998, 2007-2009	23	1974/75, 1977–1980, 1983/84, 1985–1987, 1998–2000, 2001–2007, 2009–2012, 2013–2017, since 2019
Holstein Kiel			6th	1978–1981, since 2017
1. FC Nuremberg	33	1963–1969, 1978/79, 1980–1984, 1985–1994, 1998/99, 2001–2003, 2004–2008, 2009–2014, 2018/2019	18th	1974–1978, 1979/80, 1984/85, 1994–1996, 1997/98, 1999–2001, 2003/04, 2008/09, 2014–2018, since 2019
VfL Osnabrück			24	1974–1984, 1986–1993, 2000/01, 2003/04, 2008–2009, 2010/11, since 2019
SSV Jahn Regensburg			7th	1975–1977, 2003/04, 2012/13, since 2017
SV Sandhausen			8th	since 2012
FC St. Pauli	8th	1977/78, 1988-1991, 1995-1997, 2001/02, 2010/11	28	1974–1977, 1978/79, 1984/85, 1986–1988, 1991–1995, 1997–2001, 2002/03, 2007–2010, since 2011
VfB Stuttgart	53	1963–1975, 1977–2016, 2017–2019	4th	1975–1977, 2016/17, since 2019
SV Wehen Wiesbaden			3	2007–2009, since 2019

Former members of the Bundesliga

(Only clubs that are not listed in one of the tables above are listed here)

Bundesliga (former members)
society	Years in the Bundesliga		Years in the 2nd Bundesliga		current league	level
Alemannia Aachen	4th	1967-1970, 2006/07	28	1974–1990, 1999–2006, 2007–2012	Regionalliga West	4th
Blue-White 90 Berlin	1	1986/87	7th	1984-1986, 1987-1992	Disbanded in 1992
Tasmania Berlin	1	1965/66			Dissolved in 1973
Tennis Borussia Berlin	2	1974/75, 1976/77	9	1975/76, 1977-1981, 1985/86, 1993/94, 1998-2000	Oberliga Nordost	5
Eintracht Braunschweig	21st	1963–1973, 1974–1980, 1981–1985, 2013/14	17th	1980/81, 1985–1987, 1988–1993, 2002/03, 2005–2007, 2011–2013, 2014–2018	3rd league	3
Energy Cottbus	6th	2000-2003, 2006-2009	11	1997-2000, 2003-2006, 2009-2014	Regionalliga Northeast	4th
MSV Duisburg until 1965/66 Meidericher SV	28	1963-1982, 1991/92, 1993-1995, 1996-2000, 2005/06, 2007/08	23	1982–1986, 1989–1991, 1992/93, 1995/96, 2000–2005, 2006/07, 2008–2013, 2015/16, 2017–2019	3rd league	3
Red and white food	7th	1966/67, 1969-1971, 1973-1977	16	1977-1984, 1986-1991, 1993/94, 1996/97, 2004/05, 2006/07	Regionalliga West	4th
FC 08 Homburg	3	1986-1988, 1989/90	15th	1974-1981, 1984-1986, 1988/89, 1990-1995	Regionalliga southwest	4th
FC Ingolstadt 04 to 2004 MTV Ingolstadt and ESV Ingolstadt-Ringsee	2	2015-2017	10	1979–1981, 2008/09, 2010–2015, 2017–2019	3rd league	3
1. FC Kaiserslautern	44	1963-1996, 1997-2006, 2010-2012	11	1996/97, 2006-2010, 2012-2018	3rd league	3
SC Fortuna Cologne	1	1973/74	26th	1974-2000	Regionalliga West	4th
VfB Leipzig	1	1993/94	6th	1991-1993, 1994-1998	Disbanded in 2004
SV Waldhof Mannheim	7th	1983-1990	20th	1974-1983, 1990-1997, 1999-2003	3rd league	3
TSV 1860 Munich	20th	1963-1970, 1977/78, 1979-1981, 1994-2004	20th	1974–1977, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1991/92, 1993/94, 2004–2017	3rd league	3
Prussia Munster	1	1963/64	9	1974-1981, 1989-1991	3rd league	3
Borussia Neunkirchen	3	1964–1966, 1967/68	3	1974/75, 1978/79, 1980/81	Saarland League	6th
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	4th	1969-1973	18th	1974/75, 1979-1981, 1983-1988, 1998-2005, 2008-2011	Regionalliga West	4th
Kickers Offenbach	7th	1968/69, 1970/71, 1972-1976, 1983/84	14th	1976-1983, 1984/85, 1987-1989, 1999/2000, 2005-2008	Regionalliga southwest	4th
Hansa Rostock	12	1991/92, 1995-2005, 2007/08	8th	1992–1995, 2005–2007, 2008–2010, 2011/12	3rd league	3
1. FC Saarbrücken	5	1963/64, 1976-1988, 1985/86, 1992/93	19th	1974-1976, 1978-1981, 1983-1985, 1986-1992, 1993-1995, 2000-2002, 2004-2006	Regionalliga southwest	4th
Stuttgart Kickers	2	1988/89, 1991/92	23	1974-1988, 1989-1991, 1992-1994, 1996-2001	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	5
KFC Uerdingen until 1995 FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen	14th	1975/76, 1979-1981, 1983-1991, 1992/93, 1994-1996	11	1974/75, 1976-1999, 1981-1983, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1996-1999	3rd league	3
SSV Ulm 1846	1	1999/2000	8th	1979–1981, 1983–1985, 1986–1988, 1998/99, 2000/01	Regionalliga southwest	4th
SpVgg Unterhaching	2	1999-2001	11	1989/90, 1992/93, 1995-1999, 2001/02, 2003-2007	3rd league	3
SG Wattenscheid 09	4th	1990-1994	20th	1974-1990, 1994-1996, 1997-1999	Regionalliga West	4th
Wuppertal SV	3	1972-1975	7th	1975-1980, 1992-1994	Regionalliga West	4th
Status: 2019/20 season

Former members of the single-track 2nd Bundesliga (since 1981/82)

(Only clubs that are not listed in one of the above tables are listed here; the clubs that (only) played in the two-part 2nd Bundesliga, North or South season in 1991/92, are also listed)

Single track 2nd Bundesliga (former members)
society	Years in the 2nd Bundesliga		current league	level
VfR Aalen	3	2012-2015	Regionalliga southwest	4th
Rot Weiss Ahlen until 2006 LR Ahlen	8th	2000-2006, 2009-2010	Oberliga Westfalen	5
Viktoria Aschaffenburg	3	1985-1987, 1988/89	Regionalliga Bayern	4th
SV Babelsberg 03	1	2001/02	Regionalliga Northeast	4th
SpVgg Bayreuth	12	1974-1982, 1985/86, 1988-1990	Regionalliga Bayern (as SpVgg Oberfranken Bayreuth)	4th
BSV Stahl Brandenburg	1	1991/92	Brandenburg State League (as FC Stahl Brandenburg)	7th
Wacker Burghausen	5	2002-2007	Regionalliga Bayern	4th
VfR Bürstadt	4th	1977/78, 1979-1981, 1984/85	District Oberliga Bergstrasse	8th
SC Charlottenburg	1	1983/84	Landesliga Berlin	7th
Chemnitzer FC	7th	1991-1996, 1999-2001	3rd league	3
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	2	1991/92, 2004/05	Regionalliga Northeast	4th
FSV Frankfurt	16	1975-1981, 1982/83, 1994/95, 2008-2016	Regionalliga southwest	4th
Freiburg FC	5	1977-1982	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	5
FC Gütersloh until 1978 DJK Gütersloh	5	1974-1976, 1996-1999	Oberliga Westfalen ( FC Gütersloh )	5
Hallescher FC	1	1991/92	3rd league	3
TSV Havelse	1	1990/91	Regionalliga North	4th
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	8th	1991-1994, 1995-1998, 2006-2008	3rd league	3
KSV Hessen Kassel 1993 bankruptcy, re-establishment as FC Hessen Kassel 1998 bankruptcy, re-establishment as KSV Hessen Kassel	8th	1980-1987, 1989/90	Hessen League	5
TuS Koblenz	4th	2006-2010	Oberliga Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar	5
VfB Lübeck	4th	1995-1997, 2002-2004	Regionalliga North	4th
1. FC Magdeburg	1	2018/19	3rd league	3
SV Meppen	11	1987-1998	3rd league	3
VfB Oldenburg	5	1980/81, 1990-1993, 1996/97	Regionalliga North	4th
FC Remscheid until 1984 BV 08 Lüttringhausen until 1990 BVL 08 Remscheid	5	1982-1984, 1987/88, 1991-1993	Lower Rhine regional league	6th
SSV Reutlingen 05	4th	1975/76, 2000-2003	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg	5
FSV Salmrohr	1	1986/87	Rhineland League	6th
1. FC Schweinfurt 05	4th	1974–1976, 1990/91, 2001/02	Regionalliga Bayern	4th
Sports fans victories	1	2005/06	Oberliga Westfalen	5
SG Union Solingen	14th	1975-1989	Disbanded in 1990
Eintracht Trier	8th	1976-1981, 2003-2005	Oberliga Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar	5
Wormatia worms	6th	1974/75, 1977-1982	Oberliga Rhineland-Palatinate / Saar	5
Würzburger Kickers	2	1977/78, 2016/17	3rd league	3
FSV Zwickau	4th	1994-1998	3rd league	3
Status: 2019/20 season

Former members of the Second Bundesliga North (1974 / 75–1980 / 81)

(Only clubs that are not listed in one of the tables above are listed here)

2. Bundesliga North (former members)
society	Years in the 2nd Bundesliga North		current league	level
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	1	1974/75	Oberliga Hamburg	5
Wacker 04 Berlin	4th	1974-1977, 1978/79	Disbanded in 1994
1. FC Bocholt	2	1977/78, 1980/81	Oberliga Niederrhein	5
Bonner SC	1	1976/77	Regionalliga West	4th
OSC Bremerhaven	2	1977/78, 1979/80	State League Bremen	6th
SpVgg Erkenschwick	3	1974-1976, 1980/81	Westphalia League	6th
Black and white food	4th	1974-1988	Oberliga Niederrhein	5
1. SC Göttingen 05	4th	1974-1977, 1980/81	Landesliga Braunschweig (as I. SC Göttingen 05 )	6th
SV Arminia Hanover	4th	1976-1980	Oberliga Lower Saxony	5
OSV Hanover	2	1979-1981	State League Hanover	6th
SC Herford	4th	1976-1988, 1979-1981	Westphalia League	6th
Westfalia Herne	4th	1975-1979	Oberliga Westfalen	6th
SC Viktoria Cologne	3	1978-1981	3rd league (as FC Viktoria Köln )	3
Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid	4th	1977-1981	District League Westphalia	8th
1. FC Muelheim	2	1974-1976	District league A Lower Rhine	8th
Spandauer SV	1	1975/76	Disbanded in 2014
DSC Wanne-Eickel	2	1978-1980	Westphalia League	6th
TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven	1	1974/75	since 2009 no more football operation
Status: 2019/20 season

Former members of the Second Bundesliga South (1974 / 75–1980 / 81)