Waiting for the Bundesliga belt: the longest droughts

The active franchises that have gone longest without the belt, and the ones still waiting for their first reign.

Every active Bundesliga franchise and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a franchise keeps losing the one game that matters.

Never held it

1. FC Heidenheim, SC Paderborn 07, SV Elversberg.

The longest waits

1. FC St. Pauli: last held it October 11, 1996, 10,945 days ago.
2. FC Schalke 04: last held it January 15, 2011, 5,736 days ago.
3. Hamburger SV: last held it October 21, 2012, 5,091 days ago.
4. 1. FC Köln: last held it February 14, 2021, 2,053 days ago.
5. TSG Hoffenheim: last held it March 19, 2022, 1,655 days ago.
6. 1. FC Union Berlin: last held it October 1, 2022, 1,459 days ago.
7. VfB Stuttgart: last held it October 22, 2022, 1,438 days ago.
8. RB Leipzig: last held it November 2, 2024, 696 days ago.
9. VfL Wolfsburg: last held it December 13, 2024, 655 days ago.
10. Werder Bremen: last held it March 15, 2025, 563 days ago.

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