The 2013–14 Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 9 August 2013 and the final matchday was on 10 May 2014. The winter break started on 23 December 2013 and ended on 24 January 2014.[2]

Bundesliga
Season2013–14
Dates9 August 2013 – 10 May 2014
ChampionsBayern Munich
23rd Bundesliga title
24th German title
Relegated1. FC Nürnberg
Eintracht Braunschweig
UEFA Champions LeagueBayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
Schalke 04
Bayer Leverkusen
UEFA Europa LeagueVfL Wolfsburg
Borussia Mönchengladbach
FSV Mainz 05
Matches played306
Goals scored967 (3.16 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Lewandowski
(20 goals)
Biggest home winHertha BSC 6–1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund 5–0 SC Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund 6–1 VfB Stuttgart
Bayern Munich 5–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Biggest away winWerder Bremen 0–7 Bayern Munich
Highest scoringVfB Stuttgart 6–2 Hoffenheim
Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Hamburger SV
Bayer Leverkusen 5–3 Hamburger SV
Hoffenheim 4–4 Werder Bremen
Hoffenheim 6–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Longest winning run19 games
Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run28 games
Bayern Munich
Longest winless run17 games
Nürnberg
Longest losing run8 games
VfB Stuttgart
Highest attendance80,645 Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Hamburger SV
Lowest attendance23,000 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 Werder Bremen
Average attendance43,502[1]

Bayern Munich were the defending champions and officially clinched the championship on 25 March 2014 after defeating Hertha BSC, on the 27th matchday of the season. This broke their previous record from last season, where Bayern clinched the Bundesliga on matchday 28.[3]

Teams edit

A total of 18 teams were contesting the league, including 15 sides from the 2012–13 season and two sides promoted directly from the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga season. Fortuna Düsseldorf and Greuther Fürth were relegated from the Bundesliga after a single season and were replaced by Hertha Berlin, 2. Bundesliga champions and runners-up Eintracht Braunschweig. Hertha made an immediate return to the top level, but Eintracht made their first appearance after 28 years in the second and third levels. The final participant was determined in the two-legged play-off, in which 16th placed Bundesliga side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim defeated 1. FC Kaiserslautern, who finished third in 2. Bundesliga.

2013–14 Teams

Stadiums and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity[4]
FC Augsburg Augsburg SGL arena 30,660
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 71,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80,645
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Stadion im Borussia-Park 54,010
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325[5]
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 51,500
SC Freiburg Freiburg MAGE SOLAR Stadion 24,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Imtech Arena 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover HDI-Arena 49,000
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,244
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar Arena 30,150
1. FSV Mainz 05 Mainz Coface Arena 34,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Grundig-Stadion 50,000
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,973
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,441
Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42,100
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000

Personnel and kits edit

As of 19 February 2014.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer[6] Shirt sponsor[7]
FC Augsburg   Markus Weinzierl   Paul Verhaegh Jako AL-KO
Bayer Leverkusen   Sascha Lewandowski (caretaker)   Simon Rolfes adidas LG Electronics
Bayern Munich   Pep Guardiola   Philipp Lahm adidas Deutsche Telekom
Borussia Dortmund   Jürgen Klopp   Sebastian Kehl Puma Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach   Lucien Favre   Filip Daems Kappa Postbank
Eintracht Braunschweig   Torsten Lieberknecht   Dennis Kruppke Nike[8] SEAT[9]
Eintracht Frankfurt   Armin Veh   Pirmin Schwegler Jako Alfa Romeo[7]
SC Freiburg   Christian Streich   Julian Schuster Nike Ehrmann
Hamburger SV   Mirko Slomka   Rafael van der Vaart adidas Fly Emirates
Hannover 96   Tayfun Korkut   Steve Cherundolo Jako TUI
Hertha BSC   Jos Luhukay   Fabian Lustenberger Nike Deutsche Bahn
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim   Markus Gisdol   Andreas Beck Puma SAP
1. FSV Mainz 05   Thomas Tuchel   Nikolče Noveski Nike Entega
1. FC Nürnberg   Roger Prinzen   Raphael Schäfer adidas NKD
Schalke 04   Jens Keller   Benedikt Höwedes adidas Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart   Huub Stevens   Christian Gentner Puma Mercedes-Benz Bank
Werder Bremen   Robin Dutt   Clemens Fritz Nike Wiesenhof
VfL Wolfsburg   Dieter Hecking   Diego Benaglio adidas Volkswagen

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager(s) Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager(s) Date of appointment
Werder Bremen   Thomas Schaaf Mutual consent 15 May 2013[10] 14th (2012–13)1   Robin Dutt 27 May 2013[11]
Bayern Munich   Jupp Heynckes Retirement 26 June 2013 Pre-season   Pep Guardiola 26 June 2013[12]2
Bayer Leverkusen   Sami Hyypiä &
  Sascha Lewandowski
Lewandowski stepped down 30 June 2013[13]   Sami Hyypiä 30 June 20133
VfB Stuttgart   Bruno Labbadia Sacked 26 August 2013[14] 17th   Thomas Schneider 26 August 2013[15]
Hamburger SV   Thorsten Fink Sacked 17 September 2013[16] 15th   Bert van Marwijk 22 September 2013[17]
1. FC Nürnberg   Michael Wiesinger Sacked 7 October 2013[18] 16th   Gertjan Verbeek 22 October 2013[19]
Hannover 96   Mirko Slomka Sacked 27 December 2013[20] 13th   Tayfun Korkut 31 December 2013[21]
Hamburger SV   Bert van Marwijk Sacked 15 February 2014[22] 17th   Mirko Slomka 17 February 2014[23]
VfB Stuttgart   Thomas Schneider Sacked 9 March 2014[24] 15th   Huub Stevens 9 March 2014[24]
Bayer Leverkusen   Sami Hyypiä Sacked 5 April 2014[25] 4th   Sascha Lewandowski (caretaker) 5 April 2014[25]
1. FC Nürnberg   Gertjan Verbeek Sacked 23 April 2014 17th   Roger Prinzen 23 April 2014
Notes
  1. Werder Bremen and Thomas Schaaf terminated their contract after the penultimate matchday of the 2012–13 season. Robin Dutt was named as the new permanent manager in the off-season.
  2. Announced on 16 January 2013.[12]
  3. Announced on 15 May 2013.[13]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 29 3 2 94 23 +71 90 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 80 38 +42 71
3 Schalke 04 34 19 7 8 63 43 +20 64
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 4 11 60 41 +19 61 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 VfL Wolfsburg 34 18 6 10 63 50 +13 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 16 7 11 59 43 +16 55 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
7 Mainz 05 34 16 5 13 52 54 −2 53 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8 FC Augsburg 34 15 7 12 47 47 0 52
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 11 12 72 70 +2 44
10 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 46 59 −13 42
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 40 48 −8 41
12 Werder Bremen 34 10 9 15 42 66 −24 39
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 9 9 16 40 57 −17 36
14 SC Freiburg 34 9 9 16 43 61 −18 36
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 8 8 18 49 62 −13 32
16 Hamburger SV (O) 34 7 6 21 51 75 −24 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Nürnberg (R) 34 5 11 18 37 70 −33 26 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Eintracht Braunschweig (R) 34 6 7 21 29 60 −31 25
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal finalists (Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich) qualified for the UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

Results edit

Home \ Away FCA BSC EBS SVW BVB SGE SCF HSV H96 TSG B04 M05 BMG FCB FCN S04 VFB WOB
FC Augsburg 0–0 4–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Hertha BSC 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–4 6–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–2
Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 4–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–4 1–1
Werder Bremen 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–5 0–3 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 0–7 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–3
Borussia Dortmund 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 6–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 4–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–0 6–1 2–1
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2
SC Freiburg 2–4 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–3 0–3
Hamburger SV 0–1 0–3 4–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–5 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–4 2–1 0–3 3–3 1–3
Hannover 96 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–4 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–0
1899 Hoffenheim 2–0 2–3 3–1 4–4 2–2 0–0 3–3 3–0 3–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–3 4–1 6–2
Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 5–3 2–0 2–3 0–1 4–2 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–1
Mainz 05 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 1–4 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 3–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–2
Bayern Munich 3–0 3–2 2–0 5–2 0–3 5–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 5–1 1–0 1–0
1. FC Nürnberg 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–5 0–3 0–5 0–2 4–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1
Schalke 04 4–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–4 4–1 3–0 2–1
VfB Stuttgart 1–4 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–2 6–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2
VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–6 4–1 4–0 3–1
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs edit

Hamburger SV, who finished 16th, faced SpVgg Greuther Fürth, the 3rd-placed 2013–14 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2014–15 Bundesliga. Hamburger SV prevailed, avoiding their possible first relegation.

First leg edit

Hamburger SV0–0SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Report
Attendance: 56,479
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hamburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fürth
GK 1   Jaroslav Drobný
RB 2   Dennis Diekmeier
CB 5   Johan Djourou
CB 3   Michael Mancienne
LB 19   Petr Jiráček
CM 37   Robert Tesche   60'
CM 14   Milan Badelj
RW 8   Tomás Rincón   90'
AM 23   Rafael van der Vaart (c)
LW 9   Hakan Çalhanoğlu
CF 20   Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Substitutions:
GK 30   Sven Neuhaus
DF 4   Heiko Westermann   90'
DF 28   Jonathan Tah
MF 6   Ouasim Bouy
MF 7   Marcell Jansen   60'
MF 25   Ola John
MF 27   Kerem Demirbay
Manager:
  Mirko Slomka
 
GK 1   Wolfgang Hesl (c)
RB 20   Daniel Brosinski
CB 5   Mërgim Mavraj
CB 2   Benedikt Röcker
LB 31   Niko Gießelmann   66'
CM 8   Stephan Fürstner
CM 6   Tim Sparv   19'
RW 7   Zoltán Stieber   88'
LW 18   Baba Rahman
CF 33   Ilir Azemi   85'
CF 10   Nikola Đurđić   71'
Substitutions:
GK 39   Tom Mickel
DF 3   Zsolt Korcsmár
MF 14   Tom Weilandt   71'
MF 16   Goran Šukalo
MF 17   Thomas Pledl
MF 27   Florian Trinks   88'
FW 22   Niclas Füllkrug   85'
Manager:
  Frank Kramer

Assistant referees:
Florian Steuer
Marcel Pelgrim
Fourth official:
Daniel Siebert

Second leg edit

SpVgg Greuther Fürth1–1Hamburger SV
Fürstner   59' Report Lasogga   14'
Attendance: 17,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fürth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hamburg
GK 1   Wolfgang Hesl (c)
RB 20   Daniel Brosinski   88'
CB 5   Mërgim Mavraj
CB 2   Benedikt Röcker
LB 18   Baba Rahman
CM 8   Stephan Fürstner
CM 6   Tim Sparv   78'
RW 7   Zoltán Stieber
LW 14   Tom Weilandt
CF 10   Nikola Đurđić   72'
CF 33   Ilir Azemi
Substitutions:
GK 30   Mark Flekken
DF 3   Zsolt Korcsmár
MF 16   Goran Šukalo   78'
MF 17   Thomas Pledl
MF 21   Robert Zillner
FW 9   Ognjen Mudrinski   88'
FW 22   Niclas Füllkrug   72'
Manager:
  Frank Kramer
 
GK 1   Jaroslav Drobný
RB 2   Dennis Diekmeier
CB 5   Johan Djourou   31'
CB 4   Heiko Westermann
LB 19   Petr Jiráček
CM 14   Milan Badelj
CM 18   Tolgay Arslan   64'
RW 9   Hakan Çalhanoğlu
AM 23   Rafael van der Vaart (c)   75'
LW 7   Marcell Jansen
CF 20   Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Substitutions:
GK 30   Sven Neuhaus
DF 3   Michael Mancienne   31'
DF 28   Jonathan Tah
MF 8   Tomás Rincón   64'
MF 27   Kerem Demirbay
MF 37   Robert Tesche   75'
FW 31   Jacques Zoua
Manager:
  Mirko Slomka

Assistant referees:
Robert Kempter
Thorsten Schiffner
Fourth official:
Guido Winkmann

1–1 on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of 10 May 2014[26]

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Lewandowski, RobertRobert Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund 20
2   Mandžukić, MarioMario Mandžukić Bayern Munich 18
3   Drmić, JosipJosip Drmić 1. FC Nürnberg 17
4   Firmino, RobertoRoberto Firmino 1899 Hoffenheim 16
  Ramos, AdriánAdrián Ramos Hertha BSC
  Reus, MarcoMarco Reus Borussia Dortmund
7   Kießling, StefanStefan Kießling Bayer Leverkusen 15
  Okazaki, ShinjiShinji Okazaki Mainz 05
  , RaffaelRaffael Borussia Mönchengladbach
10   Olić, IvicaIvica Olić VfL Wolfsburg 14

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External links edit