# 2013–14 RB Leipzig season

The 2013–14 RB Leipzig season was the 5th season in the club's football history and their first season competing in the professional & national level in Germany. Leipzig participated in the 2013–14 3. Liga season after winning the promotion playoff.
Leipzig participated in the DFB-Pokal after winning the 2013 Saxony Cup. They were eliminated in the first round by FC Augsburg. Leipzig also participates in the 2014 Saxony Cup since 3. Liga teams are allowed to participate in regional cups. They were eliminated in the semifinal by FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf.

## Team uniform

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## Review and events

The 2013–14 RB Leipzig season is the 5th season in the club's football history and their first season competing in the professional & national level in Germany. Leipzig was to participate in the 2013–14 3. Liga season after winning the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost and beating Sportfreunde Lotte in the promotion playoff.
They won their 3. Liga debut against Hallescher FC on 19 July by 1–0. The goalscorer was captain Daniel Frahn.
On 3 May 2014, they secured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga after defeating 1. FC Saarbrücken 5–1. They finished their first season in 3. Liga in second position, securing a direct promotion spot.

## Fixtures and results
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 3. Liga
#### League fixtures and results
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | 1. FC Heidenheim (C, P) | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 79 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | RB Leipzig (P) | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 79 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 3 | Darmstadt 98 (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 72 | Qualification to promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 56 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 55 | |

### Saxony Cup
## Squad
### Squad, appearances and goals scored

As of 10 May 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Saxony Cup | Saxony Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Fabio Coltorti | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung | 28 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Tobias Willers | 22 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Hendrik Ernst | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Tim Sebastian | 32 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 36 | 10 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Thiago Rockenbach da Silva (on loan to Hertha BSC II) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Daniel Frahn | 35 | 20 | 33 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Joshua Kimmich | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Timo Röttger | 34 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | GER | Matthias Morys | 20 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Denis Thomalla | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | FIN | Mikko Sumusalo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Benjamin Bellot | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUT | Niklas Hoheneder | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser | 38 | 14 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | GRE | Christos Papadimitriou (on loan to FC Liefering) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | GK | GER | Eric Domaschke | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Fabian Franke | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Sebastian Heidinger | 31 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | GER | Christian Müller | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | GER | Federico Palacios Martínez | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | André Luge | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Clemens Fandrich | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Fabian Schößler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | AUT | Georg Teigl | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Fabian Bredlow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | GER | Tom Nattermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | GER | Bastian Schulz | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Juri Judt | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Carsten Kammlott | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 3 | DF | Anthony Jung | 21 | Yes | FSV Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Tobias Willers | 26 | Yes | Sportfreunde Lotte | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Yussuf Poulsen | 19 | Yes | Lyngby BK | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €650,000 |
| 17 | MF | Joshua Kimmich | 18 | Yes | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | FW | Denis Thomalla | 20 | Yes | TSG Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 21 | DF | Mikko Sumusalo | 23 | Yes | HJK | Transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| 25 | MF | Christos Papadimitriou | 19 | Yes | AEK Athens | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | €200,000 |
| 31 | MF | Diego Demme | 22 | Yes | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | €350,000 |
| 32 | FW | Federico Palacios Martínez | 18 | Yes | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | €600,000 |
| 33 | MF | André Luge | 22 | Yes | FSV Zwickau | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 39 | MF | Georg Teigl | 22 | Yes | Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Winter | 2015 | Undisclosed |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 2 | DF | Marcus Hoffmann | 25 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |
| 10 | MF | Thiago Rockenbach da Silva | 28 | No | Hertha BSC II | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 13 | FW | Tom Nattermann | 20 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |
| 14 | DF | Patrick Koronkiewicz | 22 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |
| 15 | DF | Bastian Schulz | 28 | Yes | VfL Wolfsburg II | Released | Winter | Free |
| 16 | DF | Juri Judt | 27 | Yes | | Released | Winter | Free |
| 17 | DF | Umut Koçin | 25 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |
| 21 | MF | Paul Schinke | 22 | Yes | | Released | Summer | Free |
| 25 | MF | Christos Papadimitriou | 19 | Yes | FC Liefering | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 27 | FW | Carsten Kammlott | 23 | Yes | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Transfer | Winter | Free |