52nd season of the Bundesliga

2014–15 Bundesliga

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Season: 2014–15
Dates: 22 August 2014 – 23 May 2015
Champions: Bayern Munich24th Bundesliga title25th German title
Relegated: SC FreiburgSC Paderborn 07
Champions League: Bayern MunichVfL WolfsburgBorussia MönchengladbachBayer Leverkusen
Europa League: FC AugsburgSchalke 04Borussia Dortmund
Matches: 306
Goals: 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 matchesBayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run: 17 matchesBayern Munich
Longest winless run: 16 matchesHannover 96
Longest losing run: 5 matchesBorussia DortmundHamburger SV
Highest attendance: 80,667Borussia Dortmund 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen(23 August 2014)
Lowest attendance: 14,401SC Paderborn 0–0 1899 Hoffenheim(21 March 2015)
Average attendance: 43,527

The 2014–15 Bundesliga was the 52nd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. The season started on 22 August 2014, with two-time defending champion Bayern Munich hosting Wolfsburg, and the final matchday took place on 23 May 2015. Bayern Munich won their 25th German title on 26 April 2015.

Background

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

Bayer Leverkusen sacked Sami Hyypiä during the 2013–14 season. Sascha Lewandowski was named interim manager. Lewandowski's interim reign lasted until the end of the season when Roger Schmidt took over. Other managerial changes include Kasper Hjulmand replacing Thomas Tuchel at 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Armin Veh replacing Huub Stevens at VfB Stuttgart. Every club received their licence. The league schedule came out on 24 June with Bayern Munich facing VfL Wolfsburg in the opening fixture on 22 August. 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

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
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
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
Eintracht Frankfurt	Armin Veh	End of contract	30 June 2014	Pre–season	Thomas Schaaf	21 May 2014
Mainz 05	Thomas Tuchel	Stepped down	11 May 2014		Kasper Hjulmand	15 May 2014
Bayer Leverkusen	Sascha Lewandowski	End of caretaker assignment	30 June 2014		Roger Schmidt	1 July 2014
VfB Stuttgart	Huub Stevens	End of contract	30 June 2014		Armin Veh	1 July 2014
Hamburger SV	Mirko Slomka	Sacked	15 September 2014	18th	Josef Zinnbauer	16 September 2014
Schalke 04	Jens Keller	Sacked	7 October 2014	11th	Roberto Di Matteo	7 October 2014
Werder Bremen	Robin Dutt	Sacked	25 October 2014	18th	Viktor Skrypnyk	25 October 2014
VfB Stuttgart	Armin Veh	Resigned	24 November 2014	18th	Huub Stevens	25 November 2014
Hertha BSC	Jos Luhukay	Sacked	5 February 2015	17th	Pál Dárdai	6 February 2015
Mainz 05	Kasper Hjulmand	Sacked	17 February 2015	14th	Martin Schmidt	17 February 2015
Hamburger SV	Josef Zinnbauer	Sacked	22 March 2015	16th	Bruno Labbadia	15 April 2015
Hannover 96	Tayfun Korkut	Sacked	20 April 2015	15th	Michael Frontzeck	20 April 2015

Notes

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
6	Schalke 04	34	13	9	12	42	40	+2	48	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	13	7	14	47	42	+5	46	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
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	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 (R)	34	7	10	17	31	65	−34	31	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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

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

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

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
1	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	19
2	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	17
2	Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich	17
4	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	16
4	Bas Dost	VfL Wolfsburg	16
6	Franco Di Santo	Werder Bremen	13
6	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich	13
8	Shinji Okazaki	Mainz 05	12
8	Raffael	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12
10	Karim Bellarabi	Bayer Leverkusen	11
	Patrick Herrmann	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Max Kruse	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	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	14 February 2015

⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

Award	Winner	Club
German Footballer of the Year	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg
VDV Player of the Season	Kevin De Bruyne	VfL Wolfsburg
VDV Newcomer of the Season	Leroy Sané	Schalke 04
VDV Coach of the Season	Lucien Favre	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Top scorer	Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Defenders	Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)	Naldo (Wolfsburg)	Jérôme Boateng (Bayern Munich)	Vieirinha (Wolfsburg)
Midfielders	David Alaba (Bayern Munich)	Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg)	Xabi Alonso (Bayern Munich)
Forwards	Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)	Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)

Attendances

Source:

No.	Team	Matches	Total	Average
1	Borussia Dortmund	17	1,367,871	80,463
2	Bayern München	17	1,239,000	72,882
3	Schalke 04	17	1,046,822	61,578
4	Hamburger SV	17	905,278	53,252
5	VfB Stuttgart	17	862,100	50,712
6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	17	861,218	50,660
7	Hertha BSC	17	853,140	50,185
8	1. FC Köln	17	821,600	48,329
9	Eintracht Frankfurt	17	809,500	47,618
10	Hannover 96	17	738,800	43,459
11	Werder Bremen	17	695,396	40,906
12	Mainz 05	17	527,139	31,008
13	Bayer Leverkusen	17	498,293	29,311
14	FC Augsburg	17	495,779	29,163
15	VfL Wolfsburg	17	479,387	28,199
16	1899 Hoffenheim	17	462,117	27,183
17	SC Freiburg	17	405,450	23,850
18	SC Paderborn 07	17	252,596	14,859