No club has ever lost its first seven Bundesliga games. Of the earlier six-defeat starters, Düsseldorf won game seven while Mainz and Bochum drew; Gladbach won theirs away from home.
Back to the trend of the day: Gladbach ends six straight league losses with 3-2 win at Stuttgart
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
When Does the Bundesliga Season Start? 2026/27 Worst Starts
Gladbach were one defeat away from becoming the first Bundesliga club to lose its first seven games, and 17-year-old Wael Mohya set up one goal and scored another in the 3-2 win at Stuttgart that stopped the run.
- No. 1: Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27
Six straight defeats left Gladbach one loss from the first-ever 0-7 start. 17-year-old Mohya assisted, then scored the 66' third goal in a 3-2 win. Next five: not yet played.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Kimi, Qwen. Did not include: Nemotron.In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 1 · Meta: 1 · Gemini: 3 · DeepSeek: 1 · Wenxin: 1 · Kimi: 1 · Qwen: 1
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 1
One match from being the first club in Bundesliga history to lose seven straight at the start of a season, and a 17-year-old (Wael Mohya) was involved in all three goals.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 1
Six opening losses left them one defeat from becoming the first Bundesliga side to lose seven straight at a season’s start; 17-year-old Wael Mohya scored the 3–1 that held the line.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 1
Six losses to start, then 17-year-old Wael Mohya winner dodges first-ever 0-points-after-7 record
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 3
Stared at the worst opening zero-point stretch in club history at 0-6 until a 17-year-old substitute struck a 3-2 comeback winner in Stuttgart.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
Six opening defeats, one match from a first-ever seven-loss start — and a 17-year-old decided the reprieve.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 1
Six losses, a club-worst start, then a teenage hero at 93 minutes
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 1
One defeat from an all-time record no club has ever set — seven straight losses from the start of a season — and a 17-year-old ended it with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 away win.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 1
Tied the all-time worst start record at six losses before a teenager rescued them on Matchday 7.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 2
Greuther Fürth 2021/22
Fürth did not stop short of the record; they set it with 12 straight defeats. Nielsen's 56' goal then beat Union 1-0 for the club's first Bundesliga home win. Relegated anyway.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Kimi, Qwen. Did not include: Nemotron.In their lists: Claude: 2 · ChatGPT: 5 · Meta: 3 · Gemini: 1 · DeepSeek: 2 · Wenxin: 4 · Kimi: 6 · Qwen: 7
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 2
Ended the longest losing run in Bundesliga history, 12 straight defeats, and won at home at the 24th attempt.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 5
The league’s published longest losing run reached 12 matches, setting the harshest run-length benchmark in this comparison.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 3
12 straight defeats – longest losing run in Bundesliga history – stopped at home after 24 attempts
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Arrived at 12 consecutive defeats—the outright Bundesliga single-season record—before a solitary 56th-minute strike averted an untouchable 13th.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
The record was already broken at 12 straight defeats — then Håvard Nielsen's 56th-minute goal against Union Berlin stopped the bleeding.
Source ↗ - Wenxinplace 4
Zero points after 14 games, then a win that merely postponed relegation
- Kimiplace 6
They actually set the all-time record — 12 straight defeats — then stopped it with a win that was also the first Bundesliga home win in club history, after 23 failed attempts.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 7
Broke the all-time record with 12 straight defeats before finally stopping the bleeding on Matchday 15.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 3
Schalke 04 2020/21
Schalke went 30 games without a win, one short of Tasmania's 31, until 19-year-old Hoppe scored a hat-trick. This was a winless run, not a losing run, and Schalke were still relegated.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Kimi, Qwen. Did not include: Nemotron.In their lists: Claude: 3 · ChatGPT: 9 · Meta: 2 · Gemini: 2 · DeepSeek: 3 · Wenxin: 2 · Kimi: 2 · Qwen: 5
What each AI noted 8
- Claudeplace 3
Six straight defeats and 20 games without a win, ended by a 69th-minute header; the 30-game winless run only ended in January.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 9
A fan-posted historical comparison places Schalke among the league’s longest losing streaks, but its title and discussion do not supply a dependable, fully audited run-ending record.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 2
30 games without win – one short of Tasmania's 31 – ended by 19-year-old Matthew Hoppe hat-trick
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 2
Faced Tasmania Berlin's 55-year-old 31-game winless abyss at match 30 before an American teenager's hat-trick authored an astonishing 4-0 escape.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
Thirty league games without a win, one short of Tasmania Berlin's 31 — and a 19-year-old American scored a hat-trick to end it.
- Wenxinplace 2
One win in 31 matches, then five straight defeats erased the drought
- Kimiplace 2
One game from equalling Tasmania Berlin's 31-match winless record — a 19-year-old American with zero senior goals scored a hat-trick to stop it at 30.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 5
Ended a historic 30-match winless exile across two calendar years with a Matthew Hoppe hat-trick.
Source ↗
8 AIs put it here - 4
VfL Bochum 2022/23
Bochum had 0 points and a -14 goal difference after six games. A late Köln equaliser made game seven a 1-1 draw, and the first win (3-0 v Frankfurt) came on matchday 9. They stayed up in 14th.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen. Did not include: Gemini, Nemotron, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 4 · ChatGPT: 4 · Meta: 4 · DeepSeek: 5 · Kimi: 4 · Qwen: 6
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 4
Zero points and a minus-14 goal difference after six games, then a point only after the coach was sacked.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 4
Bochum joined the six-loss opening club alongside Düsseldorf, Mainz and Gladbach; the gathered historical source does not provide the run-ending details needed to place it higher.
- Metaplace 4
Fourth team ever with zero after six – coach Thomas Reis sacked after sixth loss
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 5
Six straight defeats and a 0-7 home loss to Bayern — but the first win, 3-0 over Frankfurt, came only two games after the first point.
- Kimiplace 4
Tied the worst start in league history (six defeats, -14), then survived a play-off that went to a penalty shoot-out after losing the first leg 3-0.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 6
Stared down a -14 goal difference and zero points by Matchday 6 before securing a lifeline.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 5
Mainz 05 2020/21
After six opening defeats, Mainz drew 2-2 with Schalke, then won 3-1 at Freiburg on matchday 8 through Mateta. They finished 12th. Sources differ on whether Mateta scored a hat-trick or two goals.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen. Did not include: Meta, Gemini, Nemotron, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 5 · ChatGPT: 2 · DeepSeek: 4 · Kimi: 5 · Qwen: 2
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 5
A hat-trick before half-time from Jean-Philippe Mateta lifted Mainz out of the drop zone for the first time.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 2
Six opening defeats tied the worst start then on record; the sources gathered establish the crisis, but not a complete run-ending match and next-five audit.
- DeepSeekplace 4
Six opening defeats, then a point at Schalke and a 3-1 win at Freiburg — the start of a survival that looked impossible at the winter break.
- Kimiplace 5
Six defeats from six, then a draw against the only team as desperate as they were — and a mid-season rookie coach turned it into a 12th-place finish.
- Qwenplace 2
Survived a record-equalling six-match opening nightmare to finally pick up points in game seven.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 6
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1991/92
The only earlier six-defeat starter to win game seven (4-3 v Wattenscheid). They then went five unbeaten but were still relegated in 20th. The win paused the crisis rather than ending it.
Included it: ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Kimi, Qwen. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Gemini, Nemotron, Wenxin.In their lists: ChatGPT: 3 · DeepSeek: 6 · Kimi: 8 · Qwen: 3
What each AI noted 4
- ChatGPTplace 3
Six straight opening defeats made Fortuna the benchmark for a disastrous Bundesliga start for nearly three decades.
- DeepSeekplace 6
Six opening defeats in a 20-team season, then a 4-3 win over Wattenscheid and a five-match unbeaten run — yet relegation still followed.
- Kimiplace 8
The first club ever to lose its opening six Bundesliga games — it took 22 years before anyone repeated it, and even the win on matchday seven could not save them.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 3
The original architects of the six-loss opening disaster who stopped the bleeding in their seventh outing.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 7
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015/16
The strongest response over the next five: after five opening defeats and Favre's resignation, Gladbach won six in a row under Schubert and finished 4th.
Included it: Claude, Gemini, Kimi. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Nemotron, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: Claude: 7 · Gemini: 4 · Kimi: 3
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 7
Five defeats, a resigned coach, and still fourth place and the Champions League at the end.
- Geminiplace 4
Turned 0 points and Lucien Favre's shock resignation after five opening defeats into six consecutive Bundesliga wins under interim charge.
- Kimiplace 3
The best turnaround in Bundesliga history: zero points after five games, then a run to the Champions League places — 67 points from the final 29 matches.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 8
Union Berlin 2023/24
Nine straight league defeats, the worst run in the club's history. Opta notes only one club has ever survived nine or more in a row. One AI counted seven, across all competitions.
Included it: ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Qwen. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Gemini, Nemotron, Wenxin, Kimi.In their lists: ChatGPT: 6 · DeepSeek: 9 · Qwen: 10
What each AI noted 3
- ChatGPTplace 6
A nine-match league losing run was long enough that only Hannover 96’s 2009/10 side had avoided relegation among teams with at least nine straight losses, per Opta Analyst.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 9
Nine straight league defeats — the longest run in the club's Bundesliga history — before the slide was halted.
Source ↗ - Qwenplace 10
A shocking seven-game losing streak across all competitions that shattered their reputation for over-achievement.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 9
Hannover 96 2009/10
Opta lists Hannover as the only club to stay up after nine or more straight defeats. Another source counts the run as seven, starting from the winter restart.
Included it: ChatGPT, Meta, Kimi. Did not include: Claude, Gemini, Nemotron, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.In their lists: ChatGPT: 7 · Meta: 9 · Kimi: 9
What each AI noted 3
- ChatGPTplace 7
The rare counterexample: Opta Analyst identifies Hannover as the only side in its comparison to survive after a run of at least nine league defeats.
Source ↗ - Metaplace 9
Nine in a row – longest before Fürth's 12 – ended before hitting double digits
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 9
Seven defeats in a row after the winter break — the worst Rückrunde start ever recorded — and yet they still survived.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 10
Arminia Bielefeld 1999/2000
Ten straight defeats, level with the old record. Only one source says Labbadia's 88th-minute goal for a 2-2 v Hertha ended the run. Relegated anyway.
Included it: Meta, Gemini, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Nemotron, Wenxin, Kimi, Qwen.In their lists: Meta: 10 · Gemini: 7 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 3
- Metaplace 10
Last double-digit losing run before Fürth – ten defeats in a row in 1999/2000
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 7
Rode a 10-match losing streak that matched the 1965 benchmark until Bruno Labbadia salvaged a 2-2 draw in the 88th minute against Hertha BSC.
- DeepSeekplace 8
Ten straight defeats under Hermann Gerland — another run that matched the old record and ended in relegation.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
A losing run and a winless run are different records. Fürth hold the losing-run record (12 straight defeats); Tasmania's 31 and Schalke's 30 are winless runs that include draws; Nürnberg 2013/14 waited until matchday 18 for a first win.
Being bottom after matchday 6 has led to relegation only 41% of the time (26 cases since 1963/64). Only one AI gives this figure.
Mohya, 17 years 296 days old, has scored in two straight league games; only Tel, Pulisic and Wirtz did that younger.
Calling Mohya's goal the winner is a judgment: it made the score 3-1 at 66', and Demirović made it 3-2 at 83'. Claims that the 2026/27 run lasted eight games, or that Mohya is 19, are wrong.
03Questions people ask
When does the Bundesliga season start?
The 2026/27 season opened on Friday 28 August 2026 with Bayern v Stuttgart, a week later than usual because of the World Cup. Two answers gave 21 or 22 August, but the official fixture page says 28 August.
Source ↗When does the 2026/27 Bundesliga season end?
It runs over 34 matchdays and ends on 22 May 2027.
Source ↗Has any Bundesliga club lost its first seven games?
No. Four clubs have lost their first six: Düsseldorf 1991/92, Mainz 2020/21, Bochum 2022/23 and Gladbach 2026/27. Gladbach then won 3-2 at Stuttgart.
Source ↗What is the longest losing streak in Bundesliga history?
12 straight defeats, by Greuther Fürth from matchday 3 to 14 of 2021/22. The longest winless run is 31 games, by Tasmania Berlin in 1965/66.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Bundesliga Turnarounds: Clubs That Stopped a Losing Run Just Before It Became a Record
2Why this topic
Readers see Gladbach's escape set against other Bundesliga rescues by context and drama, not just a list of the longest losing streaks.
3Where it applies
German Bundesliga, all seasons
4What we looked at
- Length of the league losing streak before the win or draw that ended it
- How close the club came to its own or the league's worst-ever start
- Age and role of the player who changed the match
- What the club did over the next five league matches
- Bundesliga.com match report, Stuttgart 2-3 Gladbach — Score, scorers, assists, man-of-the-match vote and the seven-defeat start that Gladbach avoided
- Bundesliga.com records — Longest losing run (Fürth, 12), longest winless run (Tasmania, 31) and the latest first win of a season
- Bundesliga.com worst season starts — Points and goal difference by matchday since 1963/64, and how bad starters finished the season
- Sportschau, six-defeat starters — What Düsseldorf 1991/92, Mainz 2020/21 and Bochum 2022/23 did after six opening defeats
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Nemotron, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Kimi, Qwen.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27 (3-2 at Stuttgart, 23 Oct 2026)
One match from being the first club in Bundesliga history to lose seven straight at the start of a season, and a 17-year-old (Wael Mohya) was involved in all three goals.
Source ↗ - 2Greuther Fürth 2021/22 (1-0 v Union Berlin, 12 Dec 2021)
Ended the longest losing run in Bundesliga history, 12 straight defeats, and won at home at the 24th attempt.
Source ↗ - 3Schalke 2020/21 (1-1 v Union Berlin, Oct 2020, then 4-0 v Hoffenheim, Jan 2021)
Six straight defeats and 20 games without a win, ended by a 69th-minute header; the 30-game winless run only ended in January.
Source ↗ - 4VfL Bochum 2022/23 (1-1 v Köln, 18 Sep 2022)
Zero points and a minus-14 goal difference after six games, then a point only after the coach was sacked.
Source ↗ - 5Mainz 2020/21 (3-1 at Freiburg, 22 Nov 2020)
A hat-trick before half-time from Jean-Philippe Mateta lifted Mainz out of the drop zone for the first time.
Source ↗ - 6Schalke 2016/17 (4-0 v Gladbach, 2 Oct 2016)
First-ever five-game losing start for the club, answered by three goals in six minutes from Choupo-Moting's penalty, Embolo and Goretzka.
- 7Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015/16
Five defeats, a resigned coach, and still fourth place and the Champions League at the end.
- 81. FC Nürnberg 2013/14
17 matches without a win, the longest winless start in Bundesliga history, ended by a 4-0 at home to Hoffenheim on matchday 18.
Source ↗ - 9Tasmania Berlin 1965/66
31 games without a win, the Bundesliga record, in a season that finished with two wins and 10 points.
Source ↗ - 101. FC Nürnberg 1982-84 (away losing run)
29 straight away defeats across two seasons; the record is reached but my sources do not show how it ended.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Gladbach avoided becoming the first club to open a Bundesliga season with seven straight defeats; six has happened to Düsseldorf (1991/92), Mainz (2020/21) and Bochum (2022/23) before.
A zero-point start is not fatal: Gladbach lost their first five in 2015/16 and finished fourth, while Wolfsburg 1998/99, bottom after matchday 6, ended sixth.
Mohya is 17 years 296 days old and has scored in two straight league games, something only Tel, Pulisic and Wirtz did younger.
The Bundesliga's longest losing run is 12 (Fürth), and the 12th defeat was followed by the club's first-ever home league win in its second spell, at the 24th attempt.
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach (2026/27)
Six opening losses left them one defeat from becoming the first Bundesliga side to lose seven straight at a season’s start; 17-year-old Wael Mohya scored the 3–1 that held the line.
Source ↗ - 21. FSV Mainz 05 (2020/21)
Six opening defeats tied the worst start then on record; the sources gathered establish the crisis, but not a complete run-ending match and next-five audit.
- 3Fortuna Düsseldorf (1991/92)
Six straight opening defeats made Fortuna the benchmark for a disastrous Bundesliga start for nearly three decades.
- 4VfL Bochum (2022/23)
Bochum joined the six-loss opening club alongside Düsseldorf, Mainz and Gladbach; the gathered historical source does not provide the run-ending details needed to place it higher.
- 5SpVgg Greuther Fürth (2021/22)
The league’s published longest losing run reached 12 matches, setting the harshest run-length benchmark in this comparison.
Source ↗ - 61. FC Union Berlin (2023/24)
A nine-match league losing run was long enough that only Hannover 96’s 2009/10 side had avoided relegation among teams with at least nine straight losses, per Opta Analyst.
Source ↗ - 7Hannover 96 (2009/10)
The rare counterexample: Opta Analyst identifies Hannover as the only side in its comparison to survive after a run of at least nine league defeats.
Source ↗ - 8SC Freiburg (1996/97)
The club’s longest losing streak is reported as eight matches, a substantial run but shorter than Fürth’s league record.
Source ↗ - 9FC Schalke 04 (2020/21)
A fan-posted historical comparison places Schalke among the league’s longest losing streaks, but its title and discussion do not supply a dependable, fully audited run-ending record.
Source ↗ - 101. FC Nürnberg (2013/14)
They waited until matchday 18 for a first win, the latest first victory cited by Bundesliga.com; this measures a winless start, not a losing streak alone.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
Gladbach’s six opening losses equalled a shared record; before Stuttgart, one more would have made them the first Bundesliga club to lose seven straight at a season’s start.
The longest losing run listed by Bundesliga.com is 12 straight matches, by Greuther Fürth in 2021/22.
A long losing run does not dictate the ending: Opta Analyst’s comparison identifies Hannover 96 as the sole survivor among clubs with at least nine consecutive defeats.
🇺🇸 Meta10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Meta alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27 – 3-2 at Stuttgart
Six losses to start, then 17-year-old Wael Mohya winner dodges first-ever 0-points-after-7 record
Source ↗ - 2Schalke 04 2020/21 – 4-0 vs Hoffenheim
30 games without win – one short of Tasmania's 31 – ended by 19-year-old Matthew Hoppe hat-trick
Source ↗ - 3Greuther Fürth 2021/22 – 1-0 vs Union Berlin
12 straight defeats – longest losing run in Bundesliga history – stopped at home after 24 attempts
Source ↗ - 4VfL Bochum 2022/23 – 0 points after 6 games
Fourth team ever with zero after six – coach Thomas Reis sacked after sixth loss
Source ↗ - 51. FC Köln 2017/18 – first win Matchday 17 vs Wolfsburg
Only 3 points from first 16 games – worst start since Bundesliga began in 1963
- 61. FC Nürnberg 2013/14 – first win Matchday 18
Waited until Matchday 18 for first win – longest wait in 64-season history
Source ↗ - 71. FC Köln 2020/21 – 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund
Club-record 18-match winless run snapped by Ellyes Skhiri double at Signal Iduna Park
- 8Tasmania Berlin 1965/66 – 31-game winless
31 games without win – still the Bundesliga record – finally won Matchday 33
Source ↗ - 9Hannover 96 2009/10 – 9 straight defeats
Nine in a row – longest before Fürth's 12 – ended before hitting double digits
Source ↗ - 10Arminia Bielefeld 1999/2000 – 10 straight losses
Last double-digit losing run before Fürth – ten defeats in a row in 1999/2000
Source ↗
What Meta noticed
Gladbach 2026/27 avoided becoming the first team ever to lose 7 straight to open a Bundesliga season – 0 points after 6 had only happened to three teams before
Schalke's 30-game winless ended by 19-year-old American Matthew Hoppe hat-trick – one short of Tasmania Berlin's 31-game record that has stood since 1965/66
Greuther Fürth's 12 straight defeats is the official longest losing run in Bundesliga history, ending with first home win at 24th attempt
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1SpVgg Greuther Fürth (2021/22)
Arrived at 12 consecutive defeats—the outright Bundesliga single-season record—before a solitary 56th-minute strike averted an untouchable 13th.
Source ↗ - 2FC Schalke 04 (2020/21)
Faced Tasmania Berlin's 55-year-old 31-game winless abyss at match 30 before an American teenager's hat-trick authored an astonishing 4-0 escape.
Source ↗ - 3Borussia Mönchengladbach (2026/27)
Stared at the worst opening zero-point stretch in club history at 0-6 until a 17-year-old substitute struck a 3-2 comeback winner in Stuttgart.
Source ↗ - 4Borussia Mönchengladbach (2015/16)
Turned 0 points and Lucien Favre's shock resignation after five opening defeats into six consecutive Bundesliga wins under interim charge.
- 51. FC Nürnberg (2013/14)
Endured 18 matchdays without winning a single contest before dismantling Hoffenheim 4-0 to stay one game shy of a full half-season without a victory.
Source ↗ - 6SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin (1965/66)
Interrupted a 10-match losing streak with a scoreless grit at Betzenberg, briefly denying the abyss before embarking on 19 more games without a win.
Source ↗ - 7Arminia Bielefeld (1999/2000)
Rode a 10-match losing streak that matched the 1965 benchmark until Bruno Labbadia salvaged a 2-2 draw in the 88th minute against Hertha BSC.
- 8SV Darmstadt 98 (2016/17)
Arrived at Bayern-chasing Borussia Dortmund having lost 11 of 12 league matches, then stunned the league with a 2-1 upset behind a 23-year-old loanee.
- 9Fortuna Düsseldorf (1986/87)
Snuffed out a 9-game losing skid against Bayern Munich of all opponents, routing the reigning champions 3-0 on Matchday 20.
- 10VfB Stuttgart (2014/15)
Languished in last place with six straight losses before a 22-year-old winger drove a 3-1 comeback over Frankfurt that triggered a 10-point survival sprint.
Source ↗
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27
Six opening defeats, one match from a first-ever seven-loss start — and a 17-year-old decided the reprieve.
Source ↗ - 2SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2021/22
The record was already broken at 12 straight defeats — then Håvard Nielsen's 56th-minute goal against Union Berlin stopped the bleeding.
Source ↗ - 3FC Schalke 04 2020/21
Thirty league games without a win, one short of Tasmania Berlin's 31 — and a 19-year-old American scored a hat-trick to end it.
- 41. FSV Mainz 05 2020/21
Six opening defeats, then a point at Schalke and a 3-1 win at Freiburg — the start of a survival that looked impossible at the winter break.
- 5VfL Bochum 2022/23
Six straight defeats and a 0-7 home loss to Bayern — but the first win, 3-0 over Frankfurt, came only two games after the first point.
- 6Fortuna Düsseldorf 1991/92
Six opening defeats in a 20-team season, then a 4-3 win over Wattenscheid and a five-match unbeaten run — yet relegation still followed.
- 71. FC Nürnberg 1983/84
Ten consecutive defeats — the joint-highest single-season losing run before Fürth's 12 — and relegation followed.
Source ↗ - 8Arminia Bielefeld 1999/2000
Ten straight defeats under Hermann Gerland — another run that matched the old record and ended in relegation.
Source ↗ - 91. FC Union Berlin 2023/24
Nine straight league defeats — the longest run in the club's Bundesliga history — before the slide was halted.
Source ↗ - 10FC St. Pauli 2025/26
Nine consecutive league defeats — a club-record-equalling run in the 2025/26 season — before the streak was stopped.
Source ↗
What DeepSeek noticed
The all-time single-season losing record is not six or seven but 12, set by Greuther Fürth in 2021/22; the 'worst start' and 'longest losing run' records are different animals.
🇨🇳 Wenxin10 places · 1 notes
The same question, answered by Wenxin alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27 — six straight defeats broken 23 Oct 2026
Six losses, a club-worst start, then a teenage hero at 93 minutes
Source ↗ - 2FC Schalke 04 2020/21 — 30 losses in 31 games, first win in 2021
One win in 31 matches, then five straight defeats erased the drought
- 3SC Tasmania 1900 Berlin 1965/66 — worst-ever Bundesliga start ended by draw
One point in 31 games, then a draw stopped the all-time record run
- 4Greuther Fürth 2021/22 — 14 defeats before first win
Zero points after 14 games, then a win that merely postponed relegation
- 5Hannover 96 2015/16 — nine defeats ended at tenth match
Nine straight losses then a 1-0 escape; run-stopper was a 21-year-old sub
- 6FC Ingolstadt 04 2015/16 — eight straight losses broken by 1-0 win
Bavarians went 0 from 8 then clipped one off before sliding back
- 7Hamburger SV 2017/18 — seven straight defeats ended by derby win
Seven losses in a row then a derby triumph that saved the coach briefly
- 8Eintracht Frankfurt 2010/11 — eight straight losses mid-season turned around
Eight consecutive defeats in winter 2011 then a comeback that saved the day
- 9VfL Bochum 2004/05 — 13 matchday winless run broken by draw
Thirteen without a win then a draw that kicked off a rally to survival
- 10Arminia Bielefeld 2020/21 — seven straight losses broken by Mainz draw
Seven losses in a row then a draw; next five showed no real cure
What Wenxin noticed
The teenage match-winner Wael Mohya (19) is only the second teenager in Gladbach Bundesliga history to score a match-winning goal in a break-of-losing-streak scenario, the first being Tony Jantschke in 2010 (19).
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- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach 2026/27 (six straight losses ended at Stuttgart)
One defeat from an all-time record no club has ever set — seven straight losses from the start of a season — and a 17-year-old ended it with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 away win.
Source ↗ - 2Schalke 04 2020/21 (30-game winless run ended by a 19-year-old's hat-trick)
One game from equalling Tasmania Berlin's 31-match winless record — a 19-year-old American with zero senior goals scored a hat-trick to stop it at 30.
Source ↗ - 3Borussia Mönchengladbach 2015/16 (0 points after 5 → finished 4th)
The best turnaround in Bundesliga history: zero points after five games, then a run to the Champions League places — 67 points from the final 29 matches.
Source ↗ - 4VfL Bochum 2022/23 (0 points after 6 → survived in the play-off on penalties)
Tied the worst start in league history (six defeats, -14), then survived a play-off that went to a penalty shoot-out after losing the first leg 3-0.
Source ↗ - 5Mainz 05 2020/21 (six straight losses → 'the greatest escape', finished 12th)
Six defeats from six, then a draw against the only team as desperate as they were — and a mid-season rookie coach turned it into a 12th-place finish.
- 6Greuther Fürth 2021/22 (record 12 straight losses stopped with first-ever home win)
They actually set the all-time record — 12 straight defeats — then stopped it with a win that was also the first Bundesliga home win in club history, after 23 failed attempts.
Source ↗ - 71. FC Nürnberg 2013/14 (record 17-game winless start ended on Matchday 18)
Half a season without a win — the longest winless start ever — and when the first victory finally came, it could not save them.
Source ↗ - 8Fortuna Düsseldorf 1991/92 (the original six-loss start, won game 7, still went down)
The first club ever to lose its opening six Bundesliga games — it took 22 years before anyone repeated it, and even the win on matchday seven could not save them.
Source ↗ - 9Hannover 96 2009/10 (record seven straight losses to start the second half)
Seven defeats in a row after the winter break — the worst Rückrunde start ever recorded — and yet they still survived.
Source ↗ - 10Karlsruher SC 1963/64 (inaugural season's worst start, five straight defeats)
In the Bundesliga's very first season, Karlsruhe wrote the original template — lose the first five, take a point on matchday six, survive anyway.
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What Kimi noticed
Never been done: no club has ever lost its first seven Bundesliga games. The three previous six-loss starters all merely drew game seven — Gladbach went one better and won 3-2 away at Stuttgart.
Being bottom after six games is far from a death sentence: since 1963/64 the bottom club after Matchday 6 has been relegated only 26 times (41%), and Gladbach themselves own the best turnaround ever — 0 points after five games in 2015/16, then a fourth-place finish.
Fürth's record-ender doubled as history: the 1-0 win over Union that stopped their record 12-game slide was the club's first-ever Bundesliga home victory, on the 23rd attempt.
The teenager pattern in these rescue acts is striking: 17-year-old Wael Mohya (Gladbach 2026) and 19-year-old Matthew Hoppe (Schalke 2021) both decided the biggest matches of their clubs' seasons before turning 20.
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- 1Borussia Mönchengladbach (2026/27)
Tied the all-time worst start record at six losses before a teenager rescued them on Matchday 7.
Source ↗ - 21. FSV Mainz 05 (2020-21)
Survived a record-equalling six-match opening nightmare to finally pick up points in game seven.
Source ↗ - 3Fortuna Düsseldorf (1991-92)
The original architects of the six-loss opening disaster who stopped the bleeding in their seventh outing.
Source ↗ - 41. FC Nürnberg (2013-14)
A grueling 17-match winless marathon to start the year that only ended on Matchday 18.
Source ↗ - 5FC Schalke 04 (2020-21)
Ended a historic 30-match winless exile across two calendar years with a Matthew Hoppe hat-trick.
Source ↗ - 6VfL Bochum (2022-23)
Stared down a -14 goal difference and zero points by Matchday 6 before securing a lifeline.
Source ↗ - 7SpVgg Greuther Fürth (2021-22)
Broke the all-time record with 12 straight defeats before finally stopping the bleeding on Matchday 15.
Source ↗ - 8Tasmania Berlin (1965-66)
The undisputed benchmark for Bundesliga misery, enduring 28 losses in a single campaign.
Source ↗ - 9FC Schalke 04 (2020-21 Start)
Matched their own worst league start with five straight defeats before the broader 30-game collapse began.
Source ↗ - 10Union Berlin (2023-24)
A shocking seven-game losing streak across all competitions that shattered their reputation for over-achievement.
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What Qwen noticed
The all-time record for consecutive losses from the start of a Bundesliga season is 6 matches, a grim milestone shared by Fortuna Düsseldorf (1991-92), Mainz 05 (2020-21), and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2026/27).
SpVgg Greuther Fürth holds the outright record for the longest losing streak at any point in a season, suffering 12 successive defeats in 2021/22.
1. FC Nürnberg endured the longest winless run to start a season, going 17 matches without a victory in 2013/14 before finally winning on Matchday 18.