# 2013–14 Bundesliga

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.
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.

## 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

* Bayern Munich
* Borussia Dortmund
* Bayer Leverkusen
* Schalke 04
* SC Freiburg
* Eintracht Frankfurt
* Hamburger SV
* Borussia Mönchengladbach
* Hannover 96
* 1. FC Nürnberg
* VfL Wolfsburg
* VfB Stuttgart
* FSV Mainz 05
* Werder Bremen
* FC Augsburg
* TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (winner of the promotion-relegation play-off)
* Hertha BSC (2012–13 2. Bundesliga champion)
* Eintracht Braunschweig (2012–13 2. Bundesliga runner-up)

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| 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 |
| 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 | Shirt sponsor |
| 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 | SEAT |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Armin Veh | Pirmin Schwegler | Jako | Alfa Romeo |
| 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 | 14th (2012–13) | Robin Dutt | 27 May 2013 |
| Bayern Munich | Jupp Heynckes | Retirement | 26 June 2013 | Pre-season | Pep Guardiola | 26 June 2013 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Sami Hyypiä & Sascha Lewandowski | Lewandowski stepped down | 30 June 2013 | Pre-season | Sami Hyypiä | 30 June 2013 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Bruno Labbadia | Sacked | 26 August 2013 | 17th | Thomas Schneider | 26 August 2013 |
| Hamburger SV | Thorsten Fink | Sacked | 17 September 2013 | 15th | Bert van Marwijk | 22 September 2013 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Michael Wiesinger | Sacked | 7 October 2013 | 16th | Gertjan Verbeek | 22 October 2013 |
| Hannover 96 | Mirko Slomka | Sacked | 27 December 2013 | 13th | Tayfun Korkut | 31 December 2013 |
| Hamburger SV | Bert van Marwijk | Sacked | 15 February 2014 | 17th | Mirko Slomka | 17 February 2014 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Thomas Schneider | Sacked | 9 March 2014 | 15th | Huub Stevens | 9 March 2014 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Sami Hyypiä | Sacked | 5 April 2014 | 4th | Sascha Lewandowski (caretaker) | 5 April 2014 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Gertjan Verbeek | Sacked | 23 April 2014 | 17th | Roger Prinzen | 23 April 2014 |

#### Notes

* 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.
* Announced on 16 January 2013.
* Announced on 15 May 2013.

## 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 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 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 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* 1 2 3 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 | — |

## 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

| 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

| 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
| 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 |
| 4 | Ramos, AdriánAdrián Ramos | Hertha BSC | 16 |
| 4 | Reus, MarcoMarco Reus | Borussia Dortmund | 16 |
| 7 | Kießling, StefanStefan Kießling | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 |
| 7 | Okazaki, ShinjiShinji Okazaki | Mainz 05 | 15 |
| 7 | , RaffaelRaffael | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 15 |
| 10 | Olić, IvicaIvica Olić | VfL Wolfsburg | 14 |