2014–15 Bundesliga

Bundesliga 2014–15
Season information
Winners	Bayern Munich 24th Bundesliga title 25th German title
Relegated	SC Freiburg SC Paderborn 07
Continental cup qualifiers
UEFA Champions League	Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League	FC Augsburg Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund
Season statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	843
Average	(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)
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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. 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 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 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.

Teams

A total of 18 teams will contest the league, 16 sides from the 2013–14 season and the two sides 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 the 16th-placed Bundesliga club Hamburger SV defeated the team who finished third in 2. Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth.

2014–15 teams

valign="top" style="width:50%;" | FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Monchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hamburger SV (play-off winner) Hannover 96

Hertha BSC TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln (2013–14 2. Bundesliga champion) FSV Mainz 05 SC Paderborn 07 (2013–14 2. Bundesliga runner-up) Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg

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	71,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	80,645
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Stadion im Borussia-Park	54,010
Frankfurt !Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
Freiburg !SC Freiburg	Freiburg	MAGE SOLAR Stadion	24,000
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Imtech Arena	57,000
Hannover 96	Hanover	HDI-Arena	49,000
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,244
Hoffenheim !TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	Rhein-Neckar Arena	30,150
Köln !1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	50,000
Mainz !1. FSV Mainz 05	Mainz	Coface Arena	34,000
Paderborn !SC Paderborn 07	Paderborn	Benteler Arena	15,000
Schalke !Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	61,973
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,441
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	42,100
Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Augsburg !FC Augsburg	Weinzierl, MarkusMarkus Weinzierl	Verhaegh, PaulPaul Verhaegh	Nike	AL-KO
Bayer Leverkusen	Roger Schmidt	Rolfes, SimonSimon Rolfes	adidas	LG
Bayern Munich	Guardiola, PepPep Guardiola	Lahm, PhilippPhilipp Lahm	adidas	T-Mobile
Borussia Dortmund	Klopp, JürgenJürgen Klopp	Kehl, SebastianSebastian Kehl	Puma	Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Favre, LucienLucien Favre	Daems, FilipFilip Daems	Kappa	Postbank
Eintracht Frankfurt	Schaaf, ThomasThomas Schaaf	TBA	Nike	Alfa Romeo
Freiburg !SC Freiburg	Streich, ChristianChristian Streich	Schuster, JulianJulian Schuster	Nike	Ehrmann
Hamburger SV	Slomka, MirkoMirko Slomka	van der Vaart, RafaelRafael van der Vaart	adidas	Emirates
Hannover 96	Korkut, TayfunTayfun Korkut	TBA	Jako	Heinz von Heiden
Hertha BSC	Luhukay, JosJos Luhukay	Lustenberger, FabianFabian Lustenberger	Nike	Deutsche Bahn
Hoffenheim !TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Gisdol, MarkusMarkus Gisdol	Beck, AndreasAndreas Beck	Lotto	SAP
Koln !1. FC Köln	Stöger, PeterPeter Stöger	Brečko, MišoMišo Brečko	Erima	REWE
Mainz !1. FSV Mainz 05	Hjulmand, KasperKasper Hjulmand	Noveski, NikolčeNikolče Noveski	Nike	Entega
Paderborn !SC Paderborn 07	Breitenreiter, AndréAndré Breitenreiter	TBA	Saller	kfzteile24
Schalke !Schalke 04	Keller, JensJens Keller	Höwedes, BenediktBenedikt Höwedes	adidas	Gazprom
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	Veh, ArminArmin Veh	Gentner, ChristianChristian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank
Werder Bremen	Dutt, RobinRobin Dutt	Fritz, ClemensClemens Fritz	Nike	Wiesenhof
Wolfsburg !VfL Wolfsburg	Hecking, DieterDieter Hecking	Benaglio, DiegoDiego 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
1. FSV 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 20142
VfB Stuttgart	Huub Stevens	End of contract	30 June 20143		Armin Veh	1 July 20144

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	UEFA 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	UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	FC Augsburg	34	15	4	15	43	43	0	49	UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Schalke 04	34	13	9	12	42	40	+2	48
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	13	7	14	47	42	+5	46	UEFA 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	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 to 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

Source: Kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

AUG

LEV

FCB

DOR

MGL

FRA

FRE

HAM

H96

BSC

HOF

KÖL

MAI

PAD

S04

STU

BRE

WOB

FC Augsburg

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt

SC Freiburg

Hamburger SV

Hannover 96

Hertha BSC

1899 Hoffenheim

1. FC Köln

FSV Mainz 05

SC Paderborn

Schalke 04

VfB Stuttgart

Werder Bremen

VfL Wolfsburg

Updated to games played on 1 July 2014
Source: Kicker.de
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Number of teams by state

	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	6	1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Schalke 04 and SC Paderborn 07
2	Baden-Württemberg	3	1899 Hoffenheim, SC Freiburg and VfB Stuttgart
3	Bavaria	2	FC Augsburg and Bayern Munich
	Lower Saxony	2	Hannover 96 and VfL Wolfsburg
5	Berlin	1	Hertha BSC
	Bremen	1	Werder Bremen
	Hamburg	1	Hamburger SV
	Hesse	1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Rhineland-Palatinate	1	Mainz 05

External links

• Official website