# 2014–15 RB Leipzig season

The 2014–15 RB Leipzig season was the 6th season in club history and their first season competing in the 2. Bundesliga. The team missed out on promotion and finished in the upper half of the league.

## Kits

| Home | Away |

## Background

Leipzig will play in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga after having been promoted from 3. Liga by finishing second, where they only played for one season.

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 4 | MF | John-Patrick Strauß | 18 | Yes | RB Leipzig Youth | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | – |
| 6 | MF | Rani Khedira | 20 | Yes | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €500,000 |
| 10 | FW | Ante Rebić | 20 | Yes | ACF Fiorentina | Loan | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed |
| 12 | MF | Emil Forsberg | 23 | Yes | Malmö FF | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 13 | FW | Omer Damari | 25 | No | Austria Wien | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 14 | FW | Smail Prevljak | 19 | Yes | RB Leipzig Youth | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | – |
| 16 | DF | Lukas Klostermann | 18 | Yes | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €300,000 |
| 18 | FW | Terrence Boyd | 23 | Yes | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €2,000,000 |
| 19 | MF | Zsolt Kalmár | 19 | Yes | Győri ETO FC | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | DF | Rodnei | 29 | No | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | Undisclosed |
| 25 | MF | Stefan Hierländer | 23 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 27 | GK | Thomas Dähne | 20 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 33 | DF | Marvin Compper | 29 | Yes | ACF Fiorentina | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 34 | FW | Yordy Reyna | 21 | No | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | Winter | 2015 | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Massimo Bruno | 20 | Yes | Anderlecht | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €5,000,000 |
| | FW | Marcel Sabitzer | 20 | Yes | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €2,000,000 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Fabian Bredlow | 19 | Yes | FC Liefering | Loan | Summer | – |
| 7 | MF | André Luge | 23 | Yes | SV Elversberg | Loan | Summer | – |
| 10 | MF | Thiago Rockenbach da Silva | 29 | No | Hertha BSC II | Released | Summer | Free |
| 14 | DF | Mikko Sumusalo | 24 | Yes | F.C. Hansa Rostock | Loan | Winter | – |
| 18 | FW | Federico Palacios Martínez | 19 | Yes | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Loan | Winter | – |
| 18 | MF | Timo Röttger | 28 | Yes | FC Viktoria Köln | Released | Summer | Free |
| 24 | FW | Marcel Sabitzer | 20 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | Summer | – |
| 24 | DF | Tobias Willers | 27 | Yes | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | – |
| 25 | MF | Clemens Fandrich | 24 | Yes | Erzgebirge Aue | Loan | Winter | – |
| 31 | FW | Denis Thomalla | 22 | Yes | SV Ried | Loan | Summer | – |
| 33 | FW | Matthias Morys | 27 | Yes | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | Loan | Winter | – |
| 45 | FW | Smail Prevljak | 19 | Yes | FC Liefering | Loan | Summer | – |
| 77 | MF | Massimo Bruno | 20 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | Summer | – |
| | MF | Christos Papadimitriou | 20 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |
| | DF | Christian Müller | 30 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | RB Leipzig | Opponent | Ref. |
| 22 June 2014 | 15:30 | A | Zwenkau | VfB Zwenkau 02 | 7–0 | 2,517 | Teigl 15' Hoheneder 33' Frahn 39' Prevljak 70' Poulsen 77' Luge 79' Palacios 83' | | |
| 25 June 2014 | 18:30 | A | Neuruppin | MSV Neuruppin | 11–0 | 400 | Hierländer 3' Prevljak 29', 39' Frahn 46', 50', 68', 77' (pen.) 89' Strauß 48' Poulsen 69' Morys 79' | | |
| 29 June 2014 | 15:00 | A | Grimma | TSV Havelse | 4–0 | 400 | Palacios 56' Prevljak 61' Morys 81' Thomalla 90' (pen.) | | |
| 2 July 2014 | 18:30 | A | Markranstädt | SSV Markranstädt | 2–0 | 2,473 | Sebastian 54' Morys 67' | | |
| 8 July 2014 | 18:00 | A | Irdning | Kapfenberger SV | 5–1 | | Kaiser 24' Poulsen 30' Thomalla 51' Palacios 80' Prevljak 88' | Vollmann 77' | |
| 12 July 2014 | 17:00 | A | Salzburg | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | 2–3 | | Poulsen 40' Boyd 56' | Rühle 4' Sohm 64' Fischer 73' | |
| 18 July 2014 | 19:00 | H | Leipzig | Paris Saint-Germain F.C. | 4–2 | 35,796 | Boyd 25' Poulsen 51' Thomalla 65' Hierländer 76' | Ongenda 10' Bahebeck 27' | |
| 23 July 2014 | 20:00 | H | Leipzig | Getafe CF | 2–3 | 5,873 | Prevljak 47' Strauß 62' | Vázquez 25', 29' Astray 68' | |
| 26 July 2014 | 14:30 | A | Gera | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | 2–0 | 2,950 | Poulsen 62', 72' | | |
| 6 September 2014 | 13:00 | A | Grimma | Pogoń Szczecin | 1–0 | 502 | Nattermann 72' | | |
| 10 October 2014 | | H | Leipzig | Kickers 94 Markkleeberg | 2–1 | 500 | Boyd 38' Frahn 55' | Legler 63' | |
| 15 November 2014 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | FC Rubin Kazan | 2–1 | 2,115 | Boyd 6' Fandrich 12' | Dyadyun 62' | |
| 10 January 2015 | 16:00 | H | Leipzig | FSV Barleben | 1–0 | 600 | Morys 78' | | |
| 14 January 2015 | 16:00 | H | Leipzig | Goslarer SC 08 | 2–0 | 580 | Frahn 42' Palacios 71' | | |
| 17 January 2015 | 14:00 | H | Leipzig | Berliner AK 07 | 2–0 | 950 | Siebeck 68' Demme 80' | | |
| 23 January 2015 | | A | Doha | Qatar SC | 2–1 | 42 | Forsberg 45' Kalmár 65' | Harbaoui 44' | |
| 27 January 2015 | 18:30 | A | Doha | FC Red Bull Salzburg | 3–3 | | Forsberg 40' Poulsen 60' Frahn 87' | Soriano 5' (pen.) Minamino 48' Berisha 58' | |
| 31 January 2015 | 17:30 | H | Leipzig | VfR Aalen | 1–1 | 5,132 | Reyna 79' | Ludwig 38' | |
| 27 March 2015 | | H | Leipzig | Udinese Calcio | 2–2 | 7,196 | Kaiser 38' Strauß 65' | Théréau 7' Aguirre 63' | |

## 2. Bundesliga
### Fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| MD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | RB Leipzig | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | GD | Ref. |
| 1 | 2 August 2014 | 13:00 | H | Leipzig | VfR Aalen | 0–0 | 21,354 | | | 11th | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 10 August 2014 | 15:30 | A | Munich | TSV 1860 München | 3–0 | 32,000 | Poulsen 39' Morys 68' Thomalla 82' | | 4th | 4 | +3 | |
| 3 | 22 August 2014 | 18:30 | H | Leipzig | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 1–0 | 34,273 | Frahn 3' | | 1st | 7 | +4 | |
| 4 | 29 August 2014 | 18:30 | A | Frankfurt | FSV Frankfurt | 0–0 | 6,043 | | | 3rd | 8 | +4 | |
| 5 | 13 September 2014 | 13:00 | H | Leipzig | Eintracht Braunschweig | 3–1 | 24,949 | Poulsen 19', 84' Frahn 20' | Nielsen 48' | 2nd | 11 | +6 | |
| 6 | 21 September 2014 | 13:30 | A | Berlin | 1. FC Union Berlin | 1–2 | 21,366 | Poulsen 77' | Polter 70', 83' | 4th | 11 | +5 | |
| 7 | 24 September 2014 | 17:30 | H | Leipzig | Karlsruher SC | 3–1 | 18,235 | Kaiser 37' Poulsen 48', 58' | Mitsanski 33' | 2nd | 14 | +7 | |
| 8 | 28 September 2014 | 13:30 | A | Düsseldorf | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–2 | 30,477 | Teigl 18', 61' | Pohjanpalo 60' Benschop 86' | 3rd | 15 | +7 | |
| 9 | 6 October 2014 | 20:15 | H | Leipzig | 1. FC Heidenheim | 1–1 | 18,820 | Kaiser 31' | Heise 21' | 4th | 16 | +7 | |
| 10 | 17 October 2014 | 20:30 | A | Nürnberg | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–1 | 28,571 | | Schöpf 74' | 5th | 16 | +6 | |
| 11 | 24 October 2014 | 18:30 | H | Leipzig | VfL Bochum | 2–0 | 30,194 | Holthaus 7' (o.g.) Frahn 33' | | 3rd | 19 | +8 | |
| 12 | 3 November 2014 | 20:15 | H | Leipzig | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–0 | 25,637 | | | 3rd | 20 | +8 | |
| 13 | 8 November 2014 | 13:00 | A | Darmstadt | SV Darmstadt 98 | 0–1 | 14,400 | | Stroh-Engel 5' | 7th | 20 | +7 | |
| 14 | 23 November 2014 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | FC St. Pauli | 4–1 | 38,660 | Poulsen 17' Boyd 30', 53' Verhoek 73' (o.g.) | Alushi 46' | 5th | 23 | +10 | |
| 15 | 30 November 2014 | 13:30 | A | Sandhausen | SV Sandhausen | 0–0 | 4,518 | | | 7th | 24 | +10 | |
| 16 | 7 December 2014 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 0–1 | 23,985 | | Groß 9' | 8th | 24 | +9 | |
| 17 | 12 December 2014 | 18:30 | A | Fürth | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 1–0 | 10,225 | Hoheneder 77' | | 6th | 27 | +10 | |
| 18 | 17 December 2014 | 17:30 | A | Aalen | VfR Aalen | 0–0 | 5,015 | | | 5th | 28 | +10 | |
| 19 | 22 December 2014 | 20:15 | H | Leipzig | TSV 1860 München | 1–1 | 27,370 | Poulsen 29' | Okotie 86' | 7th | 29 | +10 | |
| 20 | 6 February 2015 | 18:30 | A | Aue | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 0–2 | 13,600 | | Alibaz 45' Schönfeld 59' (pen.) | 7th | 29 | +8 | |
| 21 | 15 February 2015 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | FSV Frankfurt | 0–1 | 18,237 | | Roshi 58' | 8th | 29 | +7 | |
| 22 | 23 February 2015 | 20:15 | A | Braunschweig | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–1 | 20,650 | Kaiser 84' | Berggreen 45' | 8th | 30 | +7 | |
| 23 | 1 March 2015 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | 1. FC Union Berlin | 3–2 | 24,780 | Kaiser 3' (pen.) Kimmich 7' Teigl 13' | Skrzybski 8' Polter 29' | 8th | 33 | +8 | |
| 24 | 9 March 2015 | 20:15 | A | Karlsruhe | Karlsruher SC | 0–0 | 17,829 | | | 6th | 34 | +8 | |
| 25 | 16 March 2015 | 20:15 | H | Leipzig | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | 17,087 | Rodnei 7' Kimmich 28' Poulsen 71' | Pohjanpalo 59' | 5th | 37 | +10 | |
| 26 | 22 March 2015 | 13:30 | A | Heidenheim | 1. FC Heidenheim | 0–1 | 12,000 | | Niederlechner 51' | 7th | 37 | +9 | |
| 27 | 5 April 2015 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–1 | 30,479 | Reyna 46' Kaiser 76' | Burgstaller 29' | 6th | 40 | +10 | |
| 28 | 12 April 2015 | 13:30 | A | Bochum | VfL Bochum | 2–1 | 18,529 | Poulsen 13' Kaiser 67' | Terodde 62' | 6th | 43 | +11 | |
| 29 | 20 April 2015 | 20:15 | A | Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 30,000 | Poulsen 16' | Zoller 20' | 5th | 44 | +11 | |
| 30 | 24 April 2015 | 18:30 | H | Leipzig | SV Darmstadt 98 | 2–1 | 25,336 | Klostermann 79' Coltorti 90+3' | Behrens 77' | 5th | 47 | +12 | |
| 31 | 3 May 2015 | 13:30 | A | Hamburg | FC St. Pauli | 0–1 | 23,584 | | Thy 45' | 6th | 47 | +11 | |
| 32 | 8 May 2015 | 18:30 | H | Leipzig | SV Sandhausen | 0–4 | 18,904 | | Thiede 36' Bouhaddouz 54', 59', 74' | 6th | 47 | +7 | |
| 33 | 17 May 2015 | 15:30 | A | Ingolstadt | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 1–2 | 15,000 | Kaiser 4' | Leckie 45+1' Lex 77' | 6th | 47 | +6 | |
| 34 | 24 May 2015 | 15:30 | H | Leipzig | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2–0 | 27,117 | Frahn 29' Kaiser 45' | | 5th | 50 | +8 | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 58 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 56 | |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 50 | |
| 6 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 50 | |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 47 | |

## DFB–Pokal
### DFB–Pokal review

RB Leipzig were drawn against Bundesliga side SC Paderborn in the first round, the match will be played in Leipzig. They won in extra time against FC Erzgebirge Aue in the second round and reached the third round of the DFB–Pokal for the first time. They were drawn against Bundesliga team VfL Wolfsburg, who they beat in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal first round.

### DFB–Pokal results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Leipzig | Opponent | Ref. |
| Round 1 | 17 August 2014 | 18:30 | H | Leipzig | SC Paderborn | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 24,348 | Jung 43' Fandrich 109' | Koç 27' | |
| Round 2 | 29 October 2014 | 19:00 | H | Leipzig | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | 28,419 | Poulsen 90+1' Kaiser 98' Boyd 108' | Holthaus 20' (o.g.) | |
| Round 3 | 4 March 2015 | 19:00 | H | Leipzig | VfL Wolfsburg | 0–2 | 43,348 | | Caligiuri 20' Klose 57' | |

## Player informations

As of 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Fabio Coltorti | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung | 35 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Hendrik Ernst | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Tim Sebastian | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 32 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Daniel Frahn | 25 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | ISR | Omer Damari | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Joshua Kimmich | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Kalmár | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Rodnei | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Benjamin Bellot | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Niklas Hoheneder | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser | 33 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Stefan Hierländer | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Thomas Dähne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Fabian Franke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Sebastian Heidinger | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | PER | Yordy Reyna | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | AUT | Georg Teigl | 33 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | GER | Tobias Willers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | GER | Matthias Morys (on loan to SG Sonnenhof Großaspach) | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Smail Prevljak (on loan to FC Liefering) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Denis Thomalla (on loan to SV Ried) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo (on loan to F.C. Hansa Rostock) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | GER | Federico Palacios Martínez (on loan to FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Clemens Fandrich (on loan to Erzgebirge Aue) | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |