2014–15 Bundesliga

The 2014–15 Bundesliga was the 52nd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. The season started on 22 August 2014 and the final matchday took place on 23 May 2015.^[2] Bayern Munich won their 25th German title on 26 April 2015.^[3][4]

Bundesliga

Season	2014–15
Dates	22 August 2014 – 23 May 2015
Champions	Bayern Munich 24th Bundesliga title 25th German title
Relegated	SC Freiburg SC Paderborn 07
Champions League	Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League	FC Augsburg Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund
Matches played	306
Goals scored	843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alexander Meier (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Bayern Munich 8–0 Hamburger SV (14 February 2015)
Biggest away win	SC Paderborn 07 0–6 Bayern Munich (21 February 2015)
Highest scoring	Eintracht Frankfurt 4–5 VfB Stuttgart (25 October 2014) Bayer Leverkusen 4–5 VfL Wolfsburg (14 February 2015)
Longest winning run	8 matches[1] Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches[1] Bayern Munich
Longest winless run	16 matches[1] Hannover 96
Longest losing run	5 matches[1] Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV
Highest attendance	80,667[1] Borussia Dortmund 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen (23 August 2014)
Lowest attendance	14,401[1] SC Paderborn 0–0 1899 Hoffenheim (21 March 2015)
Average attendance	43,527[1]
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Background

Bayern Munich came into the season as defending champions, winning the championship on 25 March 2014 against Hertha BSC.^[5] Armin Veh announced that he was leaving Eintracht Frankfurt during the 2013–14 season.^[6] He had demanded that the club invest more money in the squad.^[7] Thomas Schaaf replaced Veh.^[8]

Bayer Leverkusen sacked Sami Hyypiä during the 2013–14 season.^[9] Sascha Lewandowski was named interim manager.^[9] Lewandowski's interim reign lasted until the end of the season when Roger Schmidt took over.^[10] Other managerial changes include Kasper Hjulmand^[11] replacing Thomas Tuchel^[12] at 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Armin Veh^[13] replacing Huub Stevens at VfB Stuttgart.^[14] Every club received their licence.^[15] The league schedule came out on 24 June with Bayern Munich facing VfL Wolfsburg in the opening fixture on 22 August.^[16] The match ended 2–1 win for Bayern Munich, a record third straight win for the home team, on the opening matchday, in the last three seasons.

Teams

Bayern Munich

Dortmund

Schalke

Mönchengladbach

Wolfsburg

Mainz

Augsburg

Hoffenheim

Hamburg

Hertha BSC

E. Frankfurt

Freiburg

Hannover

Werder Bremen

Stuttgart

Köln

Leverkusen

Paderborn

Locations of the 2014–15 Fußball-Bundesliga teams

18 teams comprise the league. 15 sides qualified directly from the 2013–14 season and two sides were directly promoted from the 2013–14 2. Fußball-Bundesliga season: 1. FC Köln and SC Paderborn 07. The final participant was decided by a two-legged play-off, in which 16th-placed Bundesliga club Hamburger SV defeated third-place finisher in 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity[17]
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	SGL arena	30,660
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	80,645
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Stadion im Borussia-Park	54,010
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
SC Freiburg	Freiburg	Schwarzwald-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. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	50,000
1. FSV Mainz 05	Mainz	Coface Arena	34,000
SC Paderborn 07	Paderborn	Benteler Arena	15,000
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

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FC Augsburg	Markus Weinzierl	Paul Verhaegh	Nike	AL-KO
Bayer Leverkusen	Roger Schmidt	Simon Rolfes	adidas	LG Electronics
Bayern Munich	Pep Guardiola	Philipp Lahm	adidas	Deutsche Telekom
Borussia Dortmund	Jürgen Klopp	Mats Hummels	Puma	Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Lucien Favre	Filip Daems	Kappa	Postbank
Eintracht Frankfurt	Thomas Schaaf	Kevin Trapp	Nike	Alfa Romeo[18]
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	Julian Schuster	Nike	Ehrmann
Hamburger SV	Bruno Labbadia	Rafael van der Vaart	adidas	Fly Emirates
Hannover 96	Michael Frontzeck	Lars Stindl	Jako	Heinz von Heiden
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	Deutsche Bahn
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Markus Gisdol	Andreas Beck	Lotto	SAP
1. FC Köln	Peter Stöger	Mišo Brečko	Erima	REWE
1. FSV Mainz 05	Martin Schmidt	Nikolče Noveski	Nike	Entega
SC Paderborn 07	André Breitenreiter	Uwe Hünemeier	Saller	kfzteile24
Schalke 04	Roberto Di Matteo	Benedikt Höwedes	adidas	Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart	Huub Stevens	Christian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank
Werder Bremen	Viktor Skrypnyk	Clemens Fritz	Nike	Wiesenhof
VfL Wolfsburg	Dieter Hecking	Diego Benaglio	Kappa	Volkswagen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Date	Position in table	Incoming	Date	Ref.
Eintracht Frankfurt	Armin Veh	End of contract	30 June 20141	Pre–season	Thomas Schaaf	21 May 2014	[6][8]
Mainz 05	Thomas Tuchel	Stepped down	11 May 2014		Kasper Hjulmand	15 May 2014	[11][12]
Bayer Leverkusen	Sascha Lewandowski	End of caretaker assignment	30 June 2014		Roger Schmidt	1 July 20142	[9][10]
VfB Stuttgart	Huub Stevens	End of contract	30 June 20143		Armin Veh	1 July 20144	[13][14]
Hamburger SV	Mirko Slomka	Sacked	15 September 2014	18th	Josef Zinnbauer	16 September 2014	[19][20]
Schalke 04	Jens Keller	Sacked	7 October 2014	11th	Roberto Di Matteo	7 October 2014	[21]
Werder Bremen	Robin Dutt	Sacked	25 October 2014	18th	Viktor Skrypnyk	25 October 2014	[22]
VfB Stuttgart	Armin Veh	Resigned	24 November 2014	18th	Huub Stevens	25 November 2014	[23][24]
Hertha BSC	Jos Luhukay	Sacked	5 February 2015	17th	Pál Dárdai	6 February 2015	[25]
Mainz 05	Kasper Hjulmand	Sacked	17 February 2015	14th	Martin Schmidt	17 February 2015	[26]
Hamburger SV	Josef Zinnbauer	Sacked	22 March 2015	16th	Bruno Labbadia	15 April 2015	[27]
Hannover 96	Tayfun Korkut	Sacked	20 April 2015	15th	Michael Frontzeck	20 April 2015	[28][29]

Notes

1. Announced on 3 March 2014.
2. Announced on 25 April 2014.
3. Announced on 10 May 2014.
4. Announced on 12 May 2014.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	25	4	5	80	18	+62	79	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	VfL Wolfsburg	34	20	9	5	72	38	+34	69
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	19	9	6	53	26	+27	66
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	17	10	7	62	37	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	FC Augsburg	34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Schalke 04	34	13	9	12	42	40	+2	48
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	13	7	14	47	42	+5	46	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8	1899 Hoffenheim	34	12	8	14	49	55	−6	44
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	11	10	13	56	62	−6	43
10	Werder Bremen	34	11	10	13	50	65	−15	43
11	FSV Mainz 05	34	9	13	12	45	47	−2	40
12	1. FC Köln	34	9	13	12	34	40	−6	40
13	Hannover 96	34	9	10	15	40	56	−16	37
14	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	9	16	42	60	−18	36
15	Hertha BSC	34	9	8	17	36	52	−16	35
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	9	8	17	25	50	−25	35	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	SC Freiburg (R)	34	7	13	14	36	47	−11	34	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	SC Paderborn 07 (R)	34	7	10	17	31	65	−34	31

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

Results

Home \ Away	FCA	BSC	SVW	BVB	SGE	SCF	HSV	H96	TSG	KOE	B04	M05	BMG	FCB	SCP	S04	VFB	WOB
FC Augsburg	—	1–0	4–2	2–3	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–4	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Hertha BSC	1–0	—	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–2	0–5	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0
Werder Bremen	3–2	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–4	4–0	0–3	2–0	3–5
Borussia Dortmund	0–1	2–0	3–2	—	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	4–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	4–4	5–2	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	1–0	4–5	1–1
SC Freiburg	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–3	4–1	—	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–4	1–2
Hamburger SV	3–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–2
Hannover 96	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–3
1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–3	3–0	4–3	—	3–4	0–1	2–0	1–4	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1
1. FC Köln	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	4–2	3–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	2–0	5–1	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0	4–5
Mainz 05	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–3	—	2–2	1–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–3	3–2	4–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–0
Bayern Munich	0–1	1–0	6–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	8–0	4–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
SC Paderborn	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–6	—	1–2	1–2	1–3
Schalke 04	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	3–2	3–2
VfB Stuttgart	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	3–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–4	—	0–4
VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	—

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

Relegation play-offs

The team which finishes 16th, will face the third-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earns entry into the 2015–16 Bundesliga. Hamburger SV prevailed for the second year in a row, avoiding their possible first relegation.

First leg

28 May 2015 (2015-05-28)

20:30 CEST

Hamburger SV	1–1	Karlsruher SC
Iličević 73'	Report	Hennings 4'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 56,615

Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hamburger SV

Karlsruher SC

GK 15 René Adler RB 4 Heiko Westermann  26'  56' CB 5 Johan Djourou (c) CB 32 Slobodan Rajković LB 22 Matthias Ostrzolek CM 40 Gojko Kačar  83' CM 20 Marcelo Díaz RW 8 Ivica Olić  89' AM 18 Lewis Holtby  59'  69' LW 11 Ivo Iličević CF 10 Pierre-Michel Lasogga Substitutes: GK 30 Alexander Brunst DF 2 Dennis Diekmeier  83'  56' DF 3 Cléber MF 17 Zoltán Stieber  69' MF 23 Rafael van der Vaart MF 27 Nicolai Müller FW 9 Maximilian Beister  89' Manager: Bruno Labbadia

GK 1 Dirk Orlishausen (c) RB 22 Enrico Valentini  13' CB 3 Daniel Gordon CB 14 Manuel Gulde LB 31 Philipp Max CM 13 Dominic Peitz  78' CM 23 Jonas Meffert RW 18 Manuel Torres Jiménez AM 8 Reinhold Yabo  76' LW 11 Dimitrij Nazarov CF 17 Rouwen Hennings  90+3' Substitutes: GK 24 René Vollath DF 4 Martin Stoll DF 5 Dennis Kempe DF 20 Ylli Sallahi MF 15 Boubacar Barry MF 21 Gaëtan Krebs  76' FW 19 Iliyan Mitsanski  90+3' Manager: Markus Kauczinski

Assistant referees: Benjamin Brand Markus Hacker Fourth official: Michael Weiner

Match rules 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Second leg

1 June 2015 (2015-06-01)

19:00 CEST

Karlsruher SC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV
Yabo 78'	Report	Díaz 90+1' Müller 115'

Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe

Attendance: 27,986

Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Karlsruher SC

Hamburger SV

GK 1 Dirk Orlishausen (c) RB 22 Enrico Valentini CB 3 Daniel Gordon  118' CB 14 Manuel Gulde  90+2' LB 31 Philipp Max  86' CM 21 Gaëtan Krebs  87'  89' CM 23 Jonas Meffert  90' RW 18 Manuel Torres Jiménez AM 9 Hiroki Yamada  72' LW 11 Dimitrij Nazarov  120+1' CF 17 Rouwen Hennings Substitutes: GK 24 René Vollath DF 4 Martin Stoll  89' DF 5 Dennis Kempe  86' DF 20 Ylli Sallahi MF 8 Reinhold Yabo  72' MF 15 Boubacar Barry FW 19 Iliyan Mitsanski Manager: Markus Kauczinski

GK 15 René Adler RB 2 Dennis Diekmeier CB 5 Johan Djourou CB 32 Slobodan Rajković  63' LB 22 Matthias Ostrzolek CM 20 Marcelo Díaz  55' CM 23 Rafael van der Vaart (c)  48' RW 8 Ivica Olić  77' AM 18 Lewis Holtby  66' LW 11 Ivo Iličević  86' CF 10 Pierre-Michel Lasogga Substitutes: GK 30 Alexander Brunst DF 3 Cléber  101'  86' DF 31 Ronny Marcos MF 17 Zoltán Stieber  66' MF 19 Petr Jiráček  115' MF 27 Nicolai Müller  77' FW 9 Maximilian Beister  90+2' Manager: Bruno Labbadia

Assistant referees: Guido Kleve René Rohde Fourth official: Marco Fritz

Match rules 90 minutes of regular time. 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate. Penalty shoot-out if no further goals are scored. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[30] 1 Alexander Meier Eintracht Frankfurt 19 2 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 17 Arjen Robben 4 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund 16 Bas Dost VfL Wolfsburg 6 Franco Di Santo Werder Bremen 13 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 8 Shinji Okazaki Mainz 05 12 Raffael Borussia Mönchengladbach 10 Karim Bellarabi Bayer Leverkusen 11 Patrick Herrmann Borussia Mönchengladbach Max Kruse Son Heung-min Bayer Leverkusen

Hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Thomas Müller Bayern Munich Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 8 November 2014 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Schalke 04 1. FSV Mainz 05 4–1 29 November 2014 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart 4–0 6 December 2014 Nils Petersen SC Freiburg Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 31 January 2015 Bas Dost4 VfL Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen 5–4 14 February 2015 Son Heung-min Bayer Leverkusen VfL Wolfsburg 4–5 4 Player scored four goals

Notes