Waiting for the Bundesliga belt: the longest droughts

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

Every active Bundesliga club and how long it's been since it last held the belt. The belt moves constantly, so a long wait usually means a club 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, 10,990 days ago.
2. FC Schalke 04: last held it January 15, 2011, 5,781 days ago.
3. Hamburger SV: last held it October 21, 2012, 5,136 days ago.
4. 1. FC Köln: last held it February 14, 2021, 2,098 days ago.
5. TSG Hoffenheim: last held it March 19, 2022, 1,700 days ago.
6. 1. FC Union Berlin: last held it October 1, 2022, 1,504 days ago.
7. VfB Stuttgart: last held it October 22, 2022, 1,483 days ago.
8. RB Leipzig: last held it November 2, 2024, 741 days ago.
9. VfL Wolfsburg: last held it December 13, 2024, 700 days ago.
10. Werder Bremen: last held it March 15, 2025, 608 days ago.

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