2013–14 Bundesliga

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
(10 August 2013)
Borussia Dortmund 5–0 SC Freiburg
(28 September 2013)
Borussia Dortmund 6–1 VfB Stuttgart
(1 November 2013) Bayern Munich 5–0 Eintracht Frankfurt
(2 February 2014)
Biggest away winWerder Bremen 0–7 Bayern Munich
(7 December 2013)
Highest scoringVfB Stuttgart 6–2 Hoffenheim
(1 September 2013)
Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Hamburger SV
(13 September 2013)
Bayer Leverkusen 5–3 Hamburger SV
(9 November 2013)
Hoffenheim 4–4 Werder Bremen
(30 November 2013)
Hoffenheim 6–2 VfL Wolfsburg
(2 March 2014)
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
(13 September 2013)
Lowest attendance23,000
Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 Werder Bremen
(10 August 2013)
Average attendance43,502[1]

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]

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

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

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

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/e-Up!

Managerial changes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Top scorers

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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