2013–14 VfL Bochum season

The 2013–14 VfL Bochum season is the 76th season in club history.

VfL Bochum

2013–14 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Head coach	Peter Neururer
Stadium	rewirpowerSTADION
2. Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Richard Sukuta-Pasu (6) All: Richard Sukuta-Pasu (6)
Highest home attendance	27,555 (vs. 1. FC Köln, 10 November 2013)
Lowest home attendance	10,255 (vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue, 29 March 2014)
Average home league attendance	16,166
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Review and events

During the winter break, the club mourned the death of long-time general manager Klaus Hilpert, who died on 20 January 2014.^[1]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

SSVg Velbert v VfL Bochum

23 June 2013 (2013-06-23)	SSVg Velbert	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Velbert
15:00		[2]	Engelbrecht 23'	Stadium: Christopeit Sport Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Florian Heien

Selection SC Willingen & TSV/FC Korbach v VfL Bochum

26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)	Selection SC Willingen & TSV/FC Korbach	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Willingen
18:30	Will 52'	[3]	Tiffert 42' Engelbrecht 71'	Stadium: Hoppecketal-Stadion Attendance: 700 Referee: Manuel Winkler (Bad Arolsen)

SC Preußen Münster v VfL Bochum

30 June 2013 (2013-06-30)	SC Preußen Münster	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Telgte
15:00	Kirsch 25'	[4]	Eyjólfsson 77'	Stadium: Takko-Stadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Sören Storks

VfL Bochum v Odense Boldklub

3 July 2013 (2013-07-03)	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Odense Boldklub	Herne
18:30	Aydın 79' (pen.) 85' (o.g.)	[5]	E. Larsen 49'	Stadium: Abisol-Arena Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Christian Fischer

VfL Bochum v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

6 July 2013 (2013-07-06)	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bochum
18:30		[6]	Castro 29' Kießling 40'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 4,526 Referee: Guido Winkmann

FC Twente v VfL Bochum

10 July 2013 (2013-07-10)	FC Twente	0 – 3	VfL Bochum	Gütersloh
18:30		[7]	Engelbrecht 6' Aydın 42' Ćwielong 51'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 800 Referee: Thorben Siewer

VfL Bochum v Aston Villa

14 July 2013 (2013-07-14)	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Aston Villa	Bochum
15:30	Tasaka 89'	[8]	Helenius 47'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 7,398 Referee: Thorsten Kienhöfer

SC Post Altenbochum v VfL Bochum

4 September 2013 (2013-09-04)	SC Post Altenbochum	0 – 10	VfL Bochum	Bochum
18:00		[9]	Sukuta-Pasu 8', 21', 23' Ilsø 17' Jelavić 39', 53' Tiffert 48' Kreyer 62', 79' Rothenbach 78'	Stadium: Karl-Hirsch-Stadion Attendance: 500

VfB Hüls v VfL Bochum

6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)	VfB Hüls	0 – 10	VfL Bochum	Marl
18:00		[10]	Ćwielong 33' Tasaka 40' Jungwirth 40' Maltritz 43' Aydın 52' Sukuta-Pasu 57', 68' Jelavić 61', 63' Siegle 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion am Badeweiher Attendance: 300

TSG Sprockhövel v VfL Bochum

10 September 2013 (2013-09-10)	TSG Sprockhövel	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Sprockhövel
18:30	Yesilova 75'	[11]	Sukuta-Pasu 39' Jelavić 52'	Stadium: Im Baumhof Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Frank Lehmann (Iserlohn)

VfL Bochum v Selection VfL Bochum U-19 & VfL Bochum II

12 October 2013 (2013-10-12)	VfL Bochum	5 – 1	Selection VfL Bochum U-19 & VfL Bochum II	Bochum
	Ilsø 1' Ćwielong 25' Sukuta-Pasu 29' Aydın 53' Tiffert 64'	[12]	Reinholz 71'

Rot Weiss Ahlen v VfL Bochum

13 November 2013 (2013-11-13)	Rot Weiss Ahlen	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Ahlen
19:00		[13]	Aydın 62' Sukuta-Pasu 65'	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 1,435

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

16 November 2013 (2013-11-16)	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
14:00	Aydın 31'	[14]	Halloran 2', 63'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 3,548 Referee: Martin Thomsen

VfL Bochum v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

12 January 2014 (2014-01-12)	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
15:00		[15]	Modeste 17'	Attendance: 250 Referee: Navaro Fuentes

VfL Bochum v Borussia Dortmund

14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	Borussia Dortmund	San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16:00	Kreyer 87'	[16]	Gyamerah 1', o.g.' Jordanov 52'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jorge Diaz Escudero

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

18 January 2014 (2014-01-18)	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
16:00		[17]	Raffael 60' Mlapa 66'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)

VfL Bochum v VfL Bochum II

25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	VfL Bochum II	Bochum
11:00	Ćwielong 58' Tiffert 80'	[18]	Holthaus 40'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Claas Steenebrügge

VfL Bochum v FK Baník Most

1 February 2014 (2014-02-01)	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	FK Baník Most	Bochum
14:00	Ćwielong 11' Ba 78' (o.g.)	[19][20]	Veselý 46' Redzič 90'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Stefan Glasmacher (Alsdorf)

Wuppertaler SV v VfL Bochum

14 May 2014 (2014-05-14)	Wuppertaler SV	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Wuppertal
19:00	Löbe 20'	[21]	Kreyer 15'	Stadium: Stadion am Zoo Attendance: 615 Referee: Gerrit Heiderich

2. Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

1. FC Union Berlin v VfL Bochum

21 July 2013 (2013-07-21) 1	1. FC Union Berlin	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Berlin
15:30	Kreilach 86'	[22]	Latza 64' Maltritz 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 18,823 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

VfL Bochum v Dynamo Dresden

29 July 2013 (2013-07-29) 2	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Dynamo Dresden	Bochum
20:15	Fabian 10'	[23]	Fiél 69'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

FSV Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

9 August 2013 (2013-08-09) 3	FSV Frankfurt	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
18:30	Epstein 9'	[24]		Stadium: Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 4,839 Referee: Tobias Christ (Münchweiler)

VfL Bochum v FC St. Pauli

16 August 2013 (2013-08-16) 4	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
20:30	Butscher 18' Jungwirth 69'	[25]	Verhoek 23', 35'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,028 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v VfL Bochum

25 August 2013 (2013-08-25) 5	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
13:30	Reisinger 8'	[26]		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 37,233 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfL Bochum v SC Paderborn 07

31 August 2013 (2013-08-31) 6	VfL Bochum	4 – 2	SC Paderborn 07	Bochum
13:00	Aydın 46' Fabian 71' Ilsø 78' Maltritz 84'	[27]	ten Voorde 44' (pen.) Bertels 45+1'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 13,797 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v VfL Bochum

15 September 2013 (2013-09-15) 7	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Fürth
13:30		[28]	Ćwielong 4' Tasaka 25'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 10,315 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

VfL Bochum v VfR Aalen

21 September 2013 (2013-09-21) 8	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	VfR Aalen	Bochum
13:00	Aydin 13'	[29]	Lechleiter 3' Valentini 70'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 15,051 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

SV Sandhausen v VfL Bochum

29 September 2013 (2013-09-29) 9	SV Sandhausen	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Sandhausen
13:30	Adler 90+4'	[30]		Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v FC Ingolstadt 04

6 October 2013 (2013-10-06) 10	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	FC Ingolstadt 04	Bochum
13:30		[31]	Groũ 78'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 14,465 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hannover)

FC Erzgebirge Aue v VfL Bochum

19 October 2013 (2013-10-19) 11	FC Erzgebirge Aue	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Aue
13:00	Koçer 48', 50'	[32]	Sukuta-Pasu 3'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Hannover)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

28 October 2013 (2013-10-28) 12	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:15		[33]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 16,563 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

FC Energie Cottbus v VfL Bochum

1 November 2013 (2013-11-01) 13	FC Energie Cottbus	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cottbus
18:30		[34]	Sukuta-Pasu 37'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 9,219 Referee: Markus Wingenbach (Diez)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Köln

10 November 2013 (2013-11-10) 14	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	1. FC Köln	Bochum
13:30	Sukuta-Pasu 65'	[35]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 27,555 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Arminia Bielefeld v VfL Bochum

22 November 2013 (2013-11-22) 15	Arminia Bielefeld	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
18:30		[36]	Ilsø 12' Tasaka 54'	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 16,731 Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)

VfL Bochum v TSV 1860 Munich

1 December 2013 (2013-12-01) 16	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
13:30	Tasaka 35'	[37]	Stahl 10' Adlung 61'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 17,479 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

Karlsruher SC v VfL Bochum

6 December 2013 (2013-12-06) 17	Karlsruher SC	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
18:30		[38]		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 13,278 Referee: Tobias Christ (Münchweiler)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Union Berlin

14 December 2013 (2013-12-14) 18	VfL Bochum	0 – 4	1. FC Union Berlin	Bochum
13:00		[39]	Quiring 13', 36' Terodde 47' Köhler 52'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 13,117 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

Dynamo Dresden v VfL Bochum

20 December 2013 (2013-12-20) 19	Dynamo Dresden	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Dresden
18:30		[40]		Stadium: Glücksgas Stadium Attendance: 27,872 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

VfL Bochum v FSV Frankfurt

7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) 20	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	FSV Frankfurt	Bochum
18:30	Aydin 67'	[41]	Rukavytsya 52' Wooten 70'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 12,811 Referee: Christian Bandurski (Oberhausen)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

15 February 2014 (2014-02-15) 21	FC St. Pauli	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
13:00		[42]	Eyjólfsson 12'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,063 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

VfL Bochum v Fortuna Düsseldorf

23 February 2014 (2014-02-23) 22	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
13:30		[43]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,145 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

SC Paderborn 07 v VfL Bochum

28 February 2014 (2014-02-28) 23	SC Paderborn 07	4 – 1	VfL Bochum	Paderborn
18:30	Meha 48', 69' Vrančić 71' Sağlık 80' (pen.)	[44]	Latza 40'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 12,135 Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)

VfL Bochum v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

10 March 2014 (2014-03-10) 24	VfL Bochum	0 – 2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
20:15		[45]	Brosinski 41' Azemi 90+1'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 10,833 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

VfR Aalen v VfL Bochum

14 March 2014 (2014-03-14) 25	VfR Aalen	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Aalen
18:30		[46]	Aydın 23' Butscher 90+2'	Stadium: Scholz Arena Attendance: 5,911 Referee: Christian Leicher (Landshut)

VfL Bochum v SV Sandhausen

21 March 2014 (2014-03-21) 26	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	SV Sandhausen	Bochum
18:30		[47]	Stiefler 7'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 11,332 Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)

FC Ingolstadt 04 v VfL Bochum

25 March 2014 (2014-03-25) 27	FC Ingolstadt 04	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Ingolstadt
17:30	Hofmann 28', 79' Lappe 74'	[48]		Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 3,708 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski (Hamburg)

VfL Bochum v FC Erzgebirge Aue

29 March 2014 (2014-03-29) 28	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Bochum
13:00	Sukuta-Pasu 50'	[49]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 10,225 Referee: Tobias Christ (Münchweiler)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v VfL Bochum

6 April 2014 (2014-04-06) 29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Idrissou 45'	[50]	Sukuta-Pasu 43'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 26,916 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

VfL Bochum v FC Energie Cottbus

13 April 2014 (2014-04-13) 30	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	FC Energie Cottbus	Bochum
13:30	Kreyer 61' Sukuta-Pasu 74' (pen.)	[51]	Takyi 28'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 11,779 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Hannover)

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

21 April 2014 (2014-04-21) 31	1. FC Köln	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Cologne
20:15	Risse 50' Helmes 64' Ujah 81'	[52]	Matuschyk 42' (o.g.)	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 49,100 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

VfL Bochum v Arminia Bielefeld

25 April 2014 (2014-04-25) 32	VfL Bochum	1 – 4	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
18:30	Butscher 72'	[53]	Sahar 14', 31' Klos 39' Müller 86'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 19,166 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

TSV 1860 Munich v VfL Bochum

4 May 2014 (2014-05-04) 33	TSV 1860 Munich	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Munich
15:30	Osako 31' Lauth 90+1'	[54]		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 20,600 Referee: René Rohde (Rostock)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

11 May 2014 (2014-05-11) 34	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
15:30	Zahirović 62'	[55]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 14,282 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

DFB-Pokal

Bahlinger SC v VfL Bochum

3 August 2013 (2013-08-03) Round 1	Bahlinger SC	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Bahlingen
15:30	Göppert 90+1'	[56]	Ćwielong 17', 31' Latza 63'	Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Malte Dittrich (Bremen)

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfL Bochum

25 September 2013 (2013-09-25) Round 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
19:00	Inui 24' Aigner 25'	[57]		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

Squad

Squad and statistics

Squad, appearances and goals scored

As of 12 May 2014^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Andreas Luthe (captain)	34	0	32	0	2	0
2	DF	GER	Jan Gyamerah	2	0	2	0	0	0
3	DF	GER	Fabian Holthaus	5	0	4	0	1	0
4	DF	GER	Marcel Maltritz	35	2	33	2	2	0
5	DF	GER	Heiko Butscher	10	3	10	3	0	0
6	DF	GER	Lukas Sinkiewicz	4	0	4	0	0	0
7	MF	GER	Paul Freier	29	0	27	0	2	0
8	MF	GER	Christian Tiffert	25	0	24	0	1	0
9	FW	GER	Richard Sukuta-Pasu	34	6	32	6	2	0
10	MF	JPN	Yusuke Tasaka	33	3	31	3	2	0
11	DF	GER	Felix Bastians	13	0	13	0	0	0
12	FW	DEN	Ken Ilsø (from 31 July 2013 until 13 February 2014)	17	2	16	2	1	0
14	MF	BIH	Adnan Zahirović (since 31 July 2013)	14	1	13	1	1	0
15	DF	ISL	Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson	19	1	18	1	1	0
17	FW	FRA	Smail Morabit (until 16 August 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	GER	Danny Latza	36	3	34	2	2	1
19	DF	GER	Patrick Fabian	33	2	31	2	2	0
20	MF	POL	Piotr Ćwielong	32	3	30	1	2	2
21	FW	GER	Joel Reinholz	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	GER	Mirkan Aydın	31	4	29	4	2	0
23	MF	GER	Florian Jungwirth	30	1	29	1	1	0
24	DF	GER	Carsten Rothenbach	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	TUR	Onur Bulut	11	0	10	0	1	0
26	DF	GER	Jonas Acquistapace	27	0	25	0	2	0
27	FW	GER	Selim Gündüz	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	GER	Sven Kreyer (since 9 August 2013)	12	1	11	1	1	0
29	FW	GER	Daniel Engelbrecht (until 18 July 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	CRO	Mario Jelavić (from 30 July 2013 until 31 January 2014)	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	GER	Mounir Chaftar (until 31 January 2014)	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	FW	GER	Moritz Göttel (since 21 March 2014)	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	GER	Michael Esser	4	0	4	0	0	0
32	GK	GER	Felix Dornebusch	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	GER	Jonas Ermes	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	GER	Sebastian Brune (since 6 October 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	GER	Daniel Heber (since 6 January 2014)	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	GER	Lukas Klostermann (since 10 March 2014)	9	0	9	0	0	0
39	MF	NOR	Henrik Gulden (since 16 November 2013)	2	0	2	0	0	0
41	MF	GER	Christian Silaj (since 10 September 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	GER	Sven Köhler (since 10 September 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	GER	Rico Weiler (since 10 September 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	GER	Phil Spillmann (since 10 September 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	GER	Julian Stock (since 10 September 2013)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Summer

As of 26 September 2013^[update]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  GER Jan Gyamerah (from VfL Bochum youth)[58] 3 DF  GER Fabian Holthaus (from VfL Bochum youth)[59] 5 DF  GER Heiko Butscher (from Eintracht Frankfurt)[60] 8 MF  GER Christian Tiffert (free agent)[61] 9 FW  GER Richard Sukuta-Pasu (on loan from 1. FC Kaiserslautern, previously on loan at SK Sturm Graz)[62] 11 DF  GER Felix Bastians (on loan from Hertha BSC) 12 FW  DEN Ken Ilsø (from Fortuna Düsseldorf)[63] 14 MF  BIH Adnan Zahirović (from PFC Spartak Nalchik, previously on loan at FC Dinamo Minsk)[64] 17 FW  FRA Smail Morabit (from FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt)[65] 18 MF  GER Danny Latza (from SV Darmstadt 98)[66] 20 MF  POL Piotr Ćwielong (from Śląsk Wrocław)[67] 21 FW  GER Joel Reinholz (from VfL Bochum youth)[68] 23 MF  GER Florian Jungwirth (from Dynamo Dresden)[69] 28 FW  GER Sven Kreyer (from VfL Bochum II) 29 FW  CRO Mario Jelavić (from NK Slaven Belupo)[70] 32 GK  GER Felix Dornebusch (from VfL Bochum II) 34 GK  GER Jonas Ermes (from VfL Bochum II)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MF  GER Christoph Dabrowski (retired)[71] 9 FW  GEO Nikoloz Gelashvili (to Qarabağ FK)[72] 10 MF  GEO Alexander Iashvili (to Inter Baku PIK)[73][74] 11 FW  SVN Zlatko Dedič (to Dynamo Dresden)[73][75] 12 MF  COL Michael Javier Ortega (loan return to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[73] 13 MF  GER Marc Rzatkowski (to FC St. Pauli)[76] 14 MF  GER Sören Bertram (on loan to Hallescher FC)[77] 16 MF  GER Michael Delura (released) 17 DF  GER Florian Brügmann (to Hallescher FC)[61] 18 MF  GER Leon Goretzka (to FC Schalke 04)[78] 20 MF  GER Faton Toski (released) 21 FW  GER Kevin Scheidhauer (loan return to VfL Wolfsburg)[79] 23 MF  GER Christoph Kramer (loan return to Bayer 04 Leverkusen)[80] 29 GK  GER Philipp Heerwagen (to FC St. Pauli)[73][81] 30 DF  DEN Michael Lumb (to FC Vestsjælland)[82] 35 DF  GER Jannik Stevens (to Alemannia Aachen)[83] 39 GK  POR Daniel Heuer Fernandes (to VfL Osnabrück)[84] -- FW  GER Daniel Engelbrecht (to Stuttgarter Kickers, previously on loan)[85] -- FW  FRA Smail Morabit (on loan to 1. FC Heidenheim)[86]

Winter

As of 28 February 2014^[update]

In: No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  DEN Ken Ilsø (to Guangzhou R&F)[87] 29 FW  CRO Mario Jelavić (released)[88] 30 DF  GER Mounir Chaftar (to 1. FC Saarbrücken)[88]