# 2013–14 1. FC Union Berlin season

The 2013–14 1. FC Union Berlin season is the club's fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga.

## Background

Union Berlin won the 2008–09 3. Liga. Since promotion, Union Berlin has finished 12th in 2009–10, 11th in 2010–11, and seventh in 2011–12 and 2012–13.

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos. | Name | Age | From | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| MF | Damir Kreilach | 24 | HNK Rijeka | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €200,000 |
| DF | Fabian Schönheim | 26 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Roberto Punčec | 21 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed |
| DF | Mario Eggimann | 32 | Hannover 96 | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free transfer |
| FW | Martin Dausch | 27 | VfR Aalen | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | Free transfer |
| MF | Benjamin Köhler | 32 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | 2014 | Undisclosed |
| MF | Abdallah Gomaa | 17 | ENPPI SC | Loan transfer | Winter | 2014 | |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| MF | Christoph Menz | 24 | Dynamo Dresden | Transfer | Summer | Free transfer |
| DF | Daniel Göhlert | 32 | TSV Einheit Claußnitz | Transfer | Summer | Free transfer |
| GK | Marcel Höttecke | 26 | Berliner AK 07 | Transfer | Summer | Free transfer |
| FW | Marcel Höttecke | 28 | Wolfsberger AC | Transfer | Winter | Released |

## Competitions
### 2. Bundesliga

Union Berlin's season started on 21 July with a 2–1 loss to VfL Bochum. Damir Kreilach scored for Union Berlin and Danny Latza and Marcel Maltritz scored for Bochum.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 21 July 2013 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Home | 1–2 | Kreilach 86' | 18,823 |
| 2 | 26 July 2013 | 18:30 | Arminia Bielefeld | Away | 1–1 | Nemec 25' | 15,488 |
| 3 | 9 August 2013 | 18:30 | Dynamo Dresden | Away | 3–1 | Brandy 23', Mattuschka 25', Kreilach 37' | 29,223 |
| 4 | 19 August 2013 | 20:15 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Home | 2–1 | Nemec 43', 55' | 20,846 |
| 5 | 25 August 2013 | 13:30 | FSV Frankfurt | Away | 1–1 | Kreilach 57' | 4,436 |
| 6 | 31 August 2013 | 13:00 | FC St. Pauli | Home | 3–2 | Mattuschka 36' (pen.), Nemec 59', Terodde 86' | 21,717 |
| 7 | 15 September 2013 | 13:00 | Ingolstadt 04 | Away | 1–0 | Brandy 48' | 5,909 |
| 8 | 20 September 2013 | 18:30 | Greuther Fürth | Home | 2–4 | Köhler 17', Terodde 86' | 19,707 |
| 9 | 28 September 2013 | 13:00 | Paderborn 07 | Away | 3–0 | Brandy 41', 79', Mattuschka 85' | 7,512 |
| 10 | 4 October 2013 | 18:30 | SV Sandhausen | Home | 3–0 | Mattuschka 25', Terodde 47', Brandy 66' | 18,756 |
| 11 | 18 October 2013 | 18:30 | Energie Cottbus | Away | 0–0 | — | 16,194 |
| 12 | 27 October 2013 | 13:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Home | 1–0 | Mattuschka 62' | 20,541 |
| 13 | 4 November 2013 | 20:15 | 1. FC Köln | Away | 0–4 | — | 45,000 |
| 14 | 9 November 2013 | 13:00 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 0–0 | — | 20,757 |
| 15 | 23 November 2013 | 13:00 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Away | 0–3 | — | 33,284 |
| 16 | 29 November 2013 | 18:30 | VfR Aalen | Home | 1–3 | Mattuschka 62' | 17,236 |
| 17 | 7 December 2013 | 13:00 | 1860 München | Away | 1–2 | Mattuschka 74' (pen.) | 18,400 |
| 18 | 14 December 2013 | 13:00 | VfL Bochum | Away | 4–0 | Quiring 13', 36', Terodde 47', Köhler 52' | 13,117 |
| 19 | 21 December 2013 | 13:00 | Arminia Bielefeld | Home | 4–2 | Eggimann 18', Kohlmann 26', Nemec 42', Mattuschka 49' (pen.) | 20,314 |
| 20 | 8 February 2014 | 13:00 | Dynamo Dresden | Home | 0–0 | — | 21,717 |
| 21 | 14 February 2014 | 18:30 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Away | 1–1 | Erat 35' | 30,678 |
| 22 | 21 February 2014 | 18:30 | FSV Frankfurt | Home | 2–0 | Mattuschka 39' (pen.), Schönheim 76' | 17,082 |
| 23 | 3 March 2014 | 20:15 | FC St. Pauli | Away | 1–2 | Terodde 58' | 29,633 |
| 24 | 8 March 2014 | 13:00 | Ingolstadt 04 | Home | 1–1 | Mattuschka 90+1' (pen.) | 18,412 |
| 25 | 16 March 2014 | 13:30 | Greuther Fürth | Away | 1–1 | Brandy 43' | 11,545 |
| 26 | 21 March 2014 | 18:30 | Paderborn 07 | Home | 1–1 | Brandy 53' | 18,820 |
| 27 | 25 March 2014 | 18:30 | SV Sandhausen | Away | 1–2 | Quiring 4' | 4,050 |
| 28 | 31 March 2014 | 18:30 | Energie Cottbus | Home | 2–0 | Brandy 28', 82' | 20,766 |
| 29 | 6 April 2014 | 13:30 | Erzgebirge Aue | Away | 2–3 | Mattuschka 24' (pen.), Skrzybski 40' | 12,000 |
| 30 | 11 April 2014 | 18:30 | 1. FC Köln | Home | 1–2 | Dausch 10' | 21,000 |
| 31 | 19 April 2014 | 13:00 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 2–3 | Köhler 62' (pen.), Mattuschka 78' (pen.) | 15,557 |
| 32 | 28 April 2014 | 20:15 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Home | 1–1 | Brandy 9' | 19,185 |
| 33 | 4 May 2014 | 13:30 | VfR Aalen | Away | 0–3 | — | 7,579 |
| 34 | 11 May 2014 | 13:30 | 1860 München | Home | 1–1 | Kohlmann 49' | 21,717 |

### DFB–Pokal

The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal happened on 15 June. Union Berlin were drawn against Jahn Regensburg. The match took place on 5 August and ended up as a 2–1 win for Union Berlin. Sören Brandy and Benjamin Köhler scored for Union Berlin and Abdenour Amachaibou scored for Jahn Regensburg. Union Berlin were drawn against VfL Osnabrück on 10 August for the second round. The match took place on 25 September and ended up as a 1–0 win for Union Berlin. Torsten Mattuschka scored the only goal of the match. Union Berlin were drawn against 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the round of 16 on 29 September. The match took place on 3 December with Kaiserslautern winning 3–0 with goals from Willi Orban, Simon Zoller, and Marcel Gaus.

#### Matches

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 5 August 2013 | 18:30 | Jahn Regensburg | Away | 2–1 | Brandy 21', Köhler 42' | 6,249 |
| Second round | 25 September 2013 | 20:30 | VfL Osnabrück | Away | 1–0 | Mattuschka 14' (pen.) | 11,194 |
| Round of 16 | 3 December 2013 | 19:00 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Home | 0–3 | — | 21,717 |