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.

2. Bundesliga

Season	2013–14
Champions	1. FC Köln
Promoted	1. FC Köln SC Paderborn
Relegated	Energie Cottbus Dynamo Dresden Arminia Bielefeld (via play-off)
Matches played	306
Goals scored	787 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mahir Sağlık Jakub Sylvestr (15 goals)
Average attendance	17,888
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

1860 Munich

Aalen

Bielefeld

Aue

Bochum

Cottbus

Düsseldorf

Dresden

Frankfurt

Fürth

Ingolstadt

Kaiserslautern

Karlsruhe

Cologne

Paderborn

Sandhausen

St. Pauli

Berlin

Location of teams in the 2013–14 2. Bundesliga

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^[1]
• 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.^[1]

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[2]	Pre-season	Peter Stöger	12 June 2013[3]
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Norbert Meier	Sacked	24 May 2013[4]		Mike Büskens	3 June 2013[5]
SV Sandhausen	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	Resigned	31 May 2013[6]		Alois Schwartz	1 June 2013[7]
VfR Aalen	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Resigned	1 June 2013[8]		Stefan Ruthenbeck	14 June 2013[9]
FC Ingolstadt 04	Tomas Oral	Mutual consent	30 June 2013[10]		Marco Kurz	1 July 2013[11]
SC Paderborn 07	René Müller	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2013		André Breitenreiter	1 July 2013[12]
Dynamo Dresden	Peter Pacult	Sacked	18 August 2013[13]	17th	Olaf Janßen	4 September 2013[14]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Franco Foda	Sacked	29 August 2013[15]	8th	Kosta Runjaić	16 September 2013[16]
1860 Munich	Alexander Schmidt	Sacked	31 August 2013[17]	7th	Friedhelm Funkel	7 September 2013[18]
FC Ingolstadt 04	Marco Kurz	Sacked	30 September 2013[19]	18th	Ralph Hasenhüttl	4 October 2013[20]
Energie Cottbus	Rudolf Bommer	Sacked	5 November 2013[21]	17th	Stephan Schmidt	6 November 2013[22]
FC St. Pauli	Michael Frontzeck	Sacked	6 November 2013[23]	8th	Roland Vrabec	7 November 2013[24]
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Mike Büskens	Sacked	30 November 2013[25]	15th	Lorenz-Günther Köstner	1 January 2014[26]
Arminia Bielefeld	Stefan Krämer	Sacked	23 February 2014[27]	16th	Norbert Meier	24 February 2014[28]
Energie Cottbus	Stephan Schmidt	Sacked	24 February 2014[29]	18th	Jörg Böhme (caretaker)	25 February 2014[30]
1860 Munich	Friedhelm Funkel	Sacked	6 April 2014[31]	9th	Markus von Ahlen (caretaker)	6 April 2014[31]
Energie Cottbus	Jörg Böhme	Sacked	7 May 2014[32]	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
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

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

16 May 2014

20:30 CEST

SV Darmstadt 98	1–3	Arminia Bielefeld
Ivana 65'	Report	Müller 22' Sahar 33' Hille 85'

Stadion am Böllenfalltor, Darmstadt

Attendance: 16,300

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

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

19 May 2014

20:30 CEST

Arminia Bielefeld	2–4 (a.e.t.)	SV Darmstadt 98
Burmeister 53' Przybyłko 110'	Report	Stroh-Engel 23' Behrens 51' Gondorf 79' da Costa 120+2'

Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld

Attendance: 26,200

Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

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

Top scorers Updated 11 May 2014[33] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Mahir Sağlık Paderborn 07 15 Jakub Sylvestr Erzgebirge Aue 3 Ilir Azemi Greuther Fürth 14 4 Mohammadou Idrissou 1. FC Kaiserslautern 13 Simon Zoller 1. FC Kaiserslautern 6 Charlison Benschop Fortuna Düsseldorf 12 Patrick Helmes 1. FC Köln Torsten Mattuschka Union Berlin Alban Meha Paderborn 07 10 Sören Brandy Union Berlin 11 Edmond Kapllani FSV Frankfurt Anthony Ujah 1.FC Köln

Top assists Updated 11 May 2014[34] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Moritz Stoppelkamp 1860 Munich 13 2 Torsten Mattuschka Union Berlin 12 3 Mohammadou Idrissou 1. FC Kaiserslautern 10 4 Daniel Brosinski Greuther Fürth 9 Zoltán Stieber Greuther Fürth 6 Mathew Leckie FSV Frankfurt 8 Marco Stiepermann Energie Cottbus Mario Vrančić Paderborn 07 9 Daniel Halfar 1.FC Köln 7 Michael Liendl Fortuna Düsseldorf Marc Rzatkowski FC St. Pauli Patrick Schönfeld Arminia Bielefeld Florian Trinks Greuter Fürth

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Boubacar Sanogo	Energie Cottbus	SC Paderborn	4–0[35]	28 July 2013
Edmond Kapllani	FSV Frankfurt	Dynamo Dresden	3–0[36]	18 August 2013