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2014–15 Bundesliga

The2014–15 Bundesligawas the 52nd season of theBundesliga,Germany's premierfootballcompetition. The season started on 22 August 2014 and the final matchday took place on 23 May 2015.[2]Bayern Munichwon their 25thGerman titleon 26 April 2015.[3][4]

Bundesliga
Season2014–15
Dates22 August 2014 – 23 May 2015
ChampionsBayern Munich
24th Bundesliga title
25thGerman title
RelegatedSC Freiburg
SC Paderborn 07
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
VfL Wolfsburg
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bayer Leverkusen
Europa LeagueFC Augsburg
Schalke 04
Borussia Dortmund
Matches played306
Goals scored843 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Meier
(19 goals)
Biggest home winBayern Munich8–0Hamburger SV
(14 February 2015)
Biggest away winSC Paderborn 070–6Bayern Munich
(21 February 2015)
Highest scoringEintracht Frankfurt4–5VfB Stuttgart
(25 October 2014)
Bayer Leverkusen4–5VfL Wolfsburg
(14 February 2015)
Longest winning run8 matches[1]
Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run17 matches[1]
Bayern Munich
Longest winless run16 matches[1]
Hannover 96
Longest losing run5 matches[1]
Borussia Dortmund
Hamburger SV
Highest attendance80,667[1]
Borussia Dortmund0–2Bayer Leverkusen
(23 August 2014)
Lowest attendance14,401[1]
SC Paderborn0–01899 Hoffenheim
(21 March 2015)
Average attendance43,527[1]

Background

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Bayern Munich came into the season as defending champions, winning the championship on 25 March 2014 againstHertha BSC.[5]Armin Vehannounced that he was leavingEintracht Frankfurtduring the2013–14 season.[6]He had demanded that the club invest more money in the squad.[7]Thomas Schaafreplaced Veh.[8]

Bayer LeverkusensackedSami Hyypiäduring the2013–14 season.[9]Sascha Lewandowskiwas named interim manager.[9]Lewandowski's interim reign lasted until the end of the season whenRoger Schmidttook over.[10]Other managerial changes includeKasper Hjulmand[11]replacingThomas Tuchel[12]at1. FSV Mainz 05and Armin Veh[13]replacingHuub StevensatVfB Stuttgart.[14]Every club received their licence.[15]The league schedule came out on 24 June withBayern MunichfacingVfL Wolfsburgin 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

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Locations of the 2014–15 Fußball-Bundesliga teams

18 teams comprise the league. 15 sides qualified directly from the2013–14 seasonand two sides were directly promoted from the2013–14 2. Fußball-Bundesliga season:1. FC KölnandSC Paderborn 07.The final participant was decided by atwo-legged play-off,in which 16th-placed Bundesliga clubHamburger SVdefeated third-place finisher in2. Bundesliga,SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

Stadiums and locations

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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

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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

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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

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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 theChampions 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 theChampions League play-off round
5 FC Augsburg 34 15 4 15 43 43 0 49 Qualification for theEuropa 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 theEuropa 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 therelegation play-offs
17 SC Freiburg(R) 34 7 13 14 36 47 −11 34 Relegation to2. 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. ^abSince the winners of the2014–15 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

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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

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The team which finishes 16th, will face the third-placed2014–15 2. Bundesligaside for a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregatescore after both matches earns entry into the2015–16 Bundesliga.Hamburger SVprevailed for the second year in a row, avoiding their possible first relegation.

First leg

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Hamburger SV1–1Karlsruher SC
Iličević73' Report Hennings4'
Attendance: 56,615
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

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Karlsruher SC1–2 (a.e.t.)Hamburger SV
Yabo78' Report Díaz90+1'
Müller115'
Attendance: 27,986
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 ofextra timeif tied on aggregate.
  • Penalty shoot-outif no further goals are scored.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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Notes

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