# 2013–14 2. Bundesliga

The 2013–14 2. Bundesliga was the 40th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football league. The league was won by 1. FC Köln.

## Teams
### Promotions and relegations
#### Teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga to the Bundesliga directly

* Hertha BSC
* Eintracht Braunschweig

#### Teams relegated from the 2012–13 Bundesliga directly

* Fortuna Düsseldorf
* SpVgg Greuther Fürth

#### Teams relegated to the 3. Liga directly

* SV Sandhausen MSV Duisburg
* Jahn Regensburg

#### Teams promoted from the 2012–13 3. Liga to the 2. Bundesliga directly

* Karlsruher SC
* Arminia Bielefeld

#### Playoff winners

* Third placed 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern were defeated by 16th placed Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in the course of the Bundesliga promotion-relegation play-offs and thus remain in the 2. Bundesliga.
* 16th placed 2. Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden defeated third placed 3. Liga side VfL Osnabrück in the course of the 2. Bundesliga promotion-relegation play-offs and thus remain in the 2. Bundesliga.
On 29 May 2013, the German Football League (DFL) announced that MSV Duisburg would not get a license for the 2013–14 season as the club could not prove their financial capability. Duisburg were relegated and SV Sandhausen were reinstated in their place.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| VfR Aalen | Aalen | Scholz-Arena | 13,251 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco-Arena | 27,300 |
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | rewirpowerSTADION | 29,299 |
| Dynamo Dresden | Dresden | Glücksgas-Stadion | 32,066 |
| Energie Cottbus | Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,528 |
| FC Erzgebirge Aue | Aue | Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion | 15,711 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Esprit Arena | 54,600 |
| FSV Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion | 12,542 |
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Fürth | Trolli Arena | 18,000 |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | Ingolstadt | Audi Sportpark | 15,445 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 49,780 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 29,699 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | RheinEnergieStadion | 50,000 |
| 1860 Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 71,000 |
| SC Paderborn 07 | Paderborn | Energieteam Arena | 15,000 |
| SV Sandhausen | Sandhausen | Hardtwald | 12,100 |
| FC St. Pauli | Hamburg | Millerntor-Stadion | 29,063 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | Berlin | Alte Försterei | 21,704 |

### Personnel and sponsorships

| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| VfR Aalen | Stefan Ruthenbeck | Leandro Grech | Adidas | Prowin |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Norbert Meier | Thomas Hübener | Saller | getgoods.de |
| VfL Bochum | Peter Neururer | Andreas Luthe | Nike | Booster Energy Drink (H) / Netto (A) |
| Dynamo Dresden | Olaf Janßen | Romain Brégerie | Nike | Veolia |
| Energie Cottbus | René Rydlewicz | Marc-André Kruska | Saller | Tropical Islands |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Falko Götz | René Klingbeil | Nike | Eibenstock Elektrowerkzeuge |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Lorenz-Günther Köstner | Andreas Lambertz | Puma | o.tel.o |
| FSV Frankfurt | Benno Möhlmann | Björn Schlicke | Saller | Sparhandy |
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Frank Kramer | Mërgim Mavraj | Hummel | Ergo Direkt Versicherungen |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | Ralph Hasenhüttl | Marvin Matip | Adidas | Audi |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kosta Runjaić | Albert Bunjaku | Uhlsport | Allgäuer Latschenkiefer |
| Karlsruher SC | Markus Kauczinski | Dirk Orlishausen | Hummel | Klaiber Markisen |
| 1. FC Köln | Peter Stöger | Mišo Brečko | Erima | REWE |
| 1860 Munich | Markus von Ahlen | Guillermo Vallori | Uhlsport | Think Blue |
| SC Paderborn 07 | André Breitenreiter | Markus Krösche | Saller | kfzteile24 |
| SV Sandhausen | Alois Schwartz | Frank Löning | Puma | Verivox |
| FC St. Pauli | Roland Vrabec | Fabian Boll | Do You Football | Relentless Energy Drink |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | Uwe Neuhaus | Torsten Mattuschka | Uhlsport | Becker AutoSound |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| 1. FC Köln | Holger Stanislawski | Resigned | 19 May 2013 | Pre-season | Peter Stöger | 12 June 2013 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Norbert Meier | Sacked | 24 May 2013 | Pre-season | Mike Büskens | 3 June 2013 |
| SV Sandhausen | Hans-Jürgen Boysen | Resigned | 31 May 2013 | Pre-season | Alois Schwartz | 1 June 2013 |
| VfR Aalen | Ralph Hasenhüttl | Resigned | 1 June 2013 | Pre-season | Stefan Ruthenbeck | 14 June 2013 |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | Tomas Oral | Mutual consent | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | Marco Kurz | 1 July 2013 |
| SC Paderborn 07 | René Müller | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | André Breitenreiter | 1 July 2013 |
| Dynamo Dresden | Peter Pacult | Sacked | 18 August 2013 | 17th | Olaf Janßen | 4 September 2013 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Franco Foda | Sacked | 29 August 2013 | 8th | Kosta Runjaić | 16 September 2013 |
| 1860 Munich | Alexander Schmidt | Sacked | 31 August 2013 | 7th | Friedhelm Funkel | 7 September 2013 |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | Marco Kurz | Sacked | 30 September 2013 | 18th | Ralph Hasenhüttl | 4 October 2013 |
| Energie Cottbus | Rudolf Bommer | Sacked | 5 November 2013 | 17th | Stephan Schmidt | 6 November 2013 |
| FC St. Pauli | Michael Frontzeck | Sacked | 6 November 2013 | 8th | Roland Vrabec | 7 November 2013 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Mike Büskens | Sacked | 30 November 2013 | 15th | Lorenz-Günther Köstner | 1 January 2014 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Stefan Krämer | Sacked | 23 February 2014 | 16th | Norbert Meier | 24 February 2014 |
| Energie Cottbus | Stephan Schmidt | Sacked | 24 February 2014 | 18th | Jörg Böhme (caretaker) | 25 February 2014 |
| 1860 Munich | Friedhelm Funkel | Sacked | 6 April 2014 | 9th | Markus von Ahlen (caretaker) | 6 April 2014 |
| Energie Cottbus | Jörg Böhme | Sacked | 7 May 2014 | 18th | René Rydlewicz (caretaker) | 7 May 2014 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Köln (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 68 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | SC Paderborn (P) | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 62 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | SpVgg Fürth | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 60 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 54 | |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 50 | |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 50 | |
| 7 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 48 | |
| 8 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 48 | |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 44 | |
| 10 | FC Ingolstadt | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 44 | |
| 11 | VfR Aalen | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 44 | |
| 12 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 44 | |
| 13 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 41 | |
| 14 | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 41 | |
| 15 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 40 | |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 35 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Dynamo Dresden (R) | 34 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 32 | Relegation to 3. Liga |
| 18 | Energie Cottbus (R) | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 25 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAL | AUE | UNB | DSC | BOC | FCE | SGD | F95 | FSV | SGF | FCI | FCK | KSC | KOE | M60 | SCP | SVS | STP |
| VfR Aalen | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Erzgebirge Aue | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Union Berlin | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Energie Cottbus | 5–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Greuther Fürth | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| FC Ingolstadt | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| SC Paderborn | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| SV Sandhausen | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–3 |
| FC St. Pauli | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Arminia Bielefeld, who finished 16th, faced SV Darmstadt 98, the third-placed 2013–14 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga.

### First leg

| Darmstadt | Bielefeld |
| GK | 1 | Jan Zimmermann |
| RB | 22 | Aaron Berzel | | 83' |
| CB | 4 | Aytaç Sulu (c) |
| CB | 5 | Benjamin Gorka |
| LB | 3 | Michael Stegmayer |
| CM | 17 | Hanno Behrens |
| CM | 8 | Jérôme Gondorf |
| RW | 20 | Marcel Heller | | 46' |
| LW | 27 | Milan Ivana |
| CF | 9 | Dominik Stroh-Engel | 68' |
| CF | 7 | Marco Sailer | | 79' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 28 | David Salfeld |
| DF | 15 | Benjamin Maas |
| DF | 19 | Josip Landeka |
| DF | 21 | Sandro Sirigu | | 46' |
| MF | 6 | Julius Biada | | 83' |
| MF | 10 | Elton da Costa | | 79' |
| MF | 23 | Benjamin Baier |
| Manager: ||
| Dirk Schuster ||
| GK | 24 | Stefan Ortega |
| RB | 2 | Jonas Strifler |
| CB | 19 | Felix Burmeister |
| CB | 11 | Stephan Salger |
| LB | 29 | Arne Feick | 36' |
| DM | 6 | Tom Schütz | 52' |
| RM | 10 | Kacper Przybyłko |
| CM | 37 | Christian Müller |
| CM | 21 | Patrick Schönfeld | | 70' |
| LM | 35 | Ben Sahar | | 78' |
| CF | 9 | Fabian Klos (c) | | 89' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Patrick Platins |
| DF | 4 | Marcel Appiah | | 89' |
| MF | 8 | Tim Jerat |
| MF | 16 | Philipp Riese | | 70' |
| MF | 25 | Patrick Mainka |
| MF | 30 | Sebastian Hille | | 78' |
| MF | 31 | Bashkim Renneke |
| Manager: ||
| Norbert Meier ||
* Assistant referees:
* Benjamin Brand
* Marco Achmüller
* Fourth official:
* Robert Hartmann

### Second leg

| Bielefeld | Darmstadt |
| GK | 1 | Stefan Ortega |
| RB | 2 | Jonas Strifler |
| CB | 19 | Felix Burmeister |
| CB | 11 | Stephan Salger | 30' |
| LB | 29 | Arne Feick |
| CM | 6 | Tom Schütz |
| CM | 16 | Philipp Riese | 66' |
| RW | 10 | Kacper Przybyłko |
| AM | 37 | Christian Müller | | 17' |
| LW | 35 | Ben Sahar | 20' | 72' |
| CF | 9 | Fabian Klos (c) | 77' | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Patrick Platins |
| DF | 4 | Marcel Appiah | | 87' |
| MF | 8 | Tim Jerat |
| MF | 21 | Patrick Schönfeld | | 17' |
| MF | 25 | Patrick Mainka |
| MF | 30 | Sebastian Hille | | 72' |
| MF | 31 | Bashkim Renneke |
| Manager: ||
| Norbert Meier ||
| GK | 24 | Jan Zimmermann |
| RB | 21 | Sandro Sirigu | | 97' |
| CB | 4 | Aytaç Sulu (c) |
| CB | 5 | Benjamin Gorka |
| LB | 3 | Michael Stegmayer |
| CM | 17 | Hanno Behrens |
| CM | 8 | Jérôme Gondorf | 30' | 112' |
| RW | 20 | Marcel Heller | 75' |
| LW | 27 | Milan Ivana | | 70' |
| SS | 7 | Marco Sailer | 45' |
| CF | 9 | Dominik Stroh-Engel | 57' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 28 | David Salfeld |
| DF | 15 | Benjamin Maas |
| DF | 19 | Josip Landeka | | 70' |
| DF | 22 | Aaron Berzel | | 98' |
| MF | 6 | Julius Biada |
| MF | 10 | Elton da Costa | | 112' |
| MF | 23 | Benjamin Baier |
| Manager: ||
| Dirk Schuster ||
* Assistant referees:
* Tobias Christ
* Christian Gittelmann
* Fourth official:
* Marco Fritz
5–5 on aggregate. Darmstadt won on away goals and is promoted to the 2. Bundesliga; Arminia is relegated to the 3. Liga.

## Season statistics
### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Boubacar Sanogo | Energie Cottbus | SC Paderborn | 4–0 | 28 July 2013 |
| Edmond Kapllani | FSV Frankfurt | Dynamo Dresden | 3–0 | 18 August 2013 |