2013–14 Bundesliga

The 2013–14 Bundesliga is the 51st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 9 August 2013 and the final matchday is scheduled for 10 May 2014. The winter break will start on 20 December 2013 and end on 26 January 2014. Bayern Munich are the defending champions.

Teams
A total of 18 teams are contesting the league, including 15 sides from the 2012–13 season and two sides promoted directly from the 2012–13 2. Fußball-Bundesliga season. Fortuna Düsseldorf and Greuther Fürth were relegated from the Bundesliga after a single season and were replaced by Hertha Berlin, 2. Bundesliga champions and runners-up Eintracht Braunschweig. Hertha made an immediate return to the top level, but Eintracht made their first appearance after 28 years in the second and third levels. The final participant was determined in the two-legged play-off, in which 16th placed Bundesliga side TSG 1899 Hoffenheim defeated 1. FC Kaiserslautern, who finished third in 2. Bundesliga.


 * 2013–14 Teams


 * Bayern Munich
 * Borussia Dortmund
 * Bayer Leverkusen
 * Schalke 04
 * SC Freiburg
 * Eintracht Frankfurt
 * Hamburger SV
 * Borussia Mönchengladbach
 * Hannover 96


 * 1. FC Nuremberg
 * VfL Wolfsburg
 * VfB Stuttgart
 * FSV Mainz 05
 * Werder Bremen
 * FC Augsburg
 * TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (winner of the promotion-relegation play-off)
 * Hertha BSC (2012–13 2. Bundesliga champion)
 * Eintracht Braunschweig (2012–13 2. Bundesliga runner-up)

Personnel and kits
As of 8 October 2013.

Managerial changes

 * Notes
 * 1) Werder Bremen and Thomas Schaaf terminated their contract after the penultimate matchday of the 2012–13 season. Robin Dutt was named as the new permanent manager in the off-season.
 * 2) Announced on 16 January 2013.
 * 3) Announced on 15 May 2013.

Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Top scorers
As of 8 December 2013

Top assists
As of 8 December 2013