2013–14 Bundesliga

The 2013–14 Bundesliga is the 51st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 9 August 2013 and the final matchday is scheduled for 10 May 2014. The winter break will start on 20 December 2013 and end on 26 January 2014. Bayern Munich are the defending champions.
==Teams==
A total of 18 teams are contesting the league, including 15 sides from the 2012–13 season and two sides promoted directly from the 2012–13 2. Fußball-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 Nuremberg
* 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	 	Borussia-Park 	54,010
Eintracht Braunschweig 	Braunschweig 	Eintracht-Stadion 	23,325
 	Frankfurt 	Commerzbank-Arena 	51,500
 	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
 	Sinsheim 	Rhein-Neckar Arena 	30,150
 	Mainz 	Coface Arena 	34,000
 	Nuremberg 	Grundig-Stadion 	50,000
 	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena 	61,673
 	Stuttgart 	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,441
Werder Bremen 	Bremen 	Weserstadion 	42,100
 	Wolfsburg 	Volkswagen Arena 	30,000
===Personnel and kits===
As of 8 October 2013.
Team 	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
 	 	 	Jako 	AL-KO
Bayer Leverkusen 	 	 	adidas 	LG
Bayern Munich 	 	 	adidas 	T-Mobile
Borussia Dortmund 	 	 	Puma 	Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach	 	 	Kappa 	Postbank
Eintracht Braunschweig 	 	 	Nike 	SEAT
Eintracht Frankfurt 	 	 	Jako 	Alfa Romeo
 	 	 	Nike 	Ehrmann
Hamburger SV 	 	 	adidas 	Emirates
Hannover 96 	 	 	Jako 	TUI
Hertha BSC 	 	 	Nike 	Deutsche Bahn
 	 	 	Puma 	SAP
 	 	 	Nike 	Entega
 	 	 	adidas 	NKD
 	 	 	adidas 	Gazprom
 	 	 	Puma 	Mercedes-Benz Bank
Werder Bremen 	 	 	Nike 	Wiesenhof
 	 	 	adidas 	Volkswagen
===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)1 	Robin Dutt 	27 May 2013
Bayern Munich 	Jupp Heynckes 	Retirement 	26 June 2013 	Pre-season 	 	26 June 20132
Bayer Leverkusen	Sami Hyypiä & Sascha Lewandowski	Lewandowski stepped down	30 June 2013 	Pre-season 	Sami Hyypiä 	30 June 20133
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
;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==
 
 
===Positions by round===
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
	Leader
	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2015–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Qualification to relegation playoffs
	Relegation to 2014–15 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
==Results==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Statistics==
===Top scorers===
As of 8 December 2013
Rank	Player	Club 	Goals
1 	 	Borussia Dortmund 	11
2 	 	VfB Stuttgart 	9
2 	 	Bayer Leverkusen 	9
2 	 	Bayern Munich 	9
5 	 	Borussia Dortmund 	8
5 	 	Hamburger SV 	8
5 	 	1899 Hoffenheim 	8
5 	 	Borussia Mönchengladbach	8
5 	 	Borussia Mönchengladbach	8
5 	 	Hertha BSC 	8
===Top assists===
As of 8 December 2013
Rank	Player	Club 	Assists
1 	 	Bayern Munich 	8
2 	 	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7
2 	 	Bayer Leverkusen 	7
4 	 	VfB Stuttgart 	6
4 	 	Bayern Munich 	6
4 	 	Hamburger SV 	6
7 	 	Hamburger SV 	5
7 	 	1899 Hoffenheim 	5
7 	 	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
7 	 	Borussia Dortmund 	5
7 	 	Borussia Dortmund 	5
7 	 	Bayer Leverkusen 	5
7 	 	FC Augsburg 	5
===Number of teams by state===
 	State 	Number of teams	Teams
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	4 	Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Schalke 04
2	Baden-Württemberg 	3 	1899 Hoffenheim, SC Freiburg and VfB Stuttgart
2	Bavaria 	3 	1. FC Nuremberg, FC Augsburg and Bayern Munich
2	Lower Saxony 	3 	Eintracht Braunschweig, Hannover 96 and VfL Wolfsburg
5	Berlin 	1 	Hertha BSC
5	name=Bremen}} 	1 	Werder Bremen
5	Hamburg 	1 	Hamburger SV
5	Hesse 	1 	Eintracht Frankfurt
5	Rhineland-Palatinate 	1 	Mainz 05
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