| Competition: | 2. Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Winners: | 1. FC Köln |
| Promoted: | 1. FC Köln SC Paderborn |
| Relegated: | Energie Cottbus Dynamo Dresden Arminia Bielefeld (via play-off) |
| League Topscorer: | Mahir Sağlık Jakub Sylvestr (15 goals) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 787 |
| Average Attendance: | 17,888 |
| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 2. Bundesliga was the 40th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football league. The league was won by 1. FC Köln.
On 29 May 2013, the German Football League (DFL) announced that MSV Duisburg would not get a license for the 2013–14 season as the club could not prove their financial capability. Duisburg were relegated and SV Sandhausen were reinstated in their place.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalen | Scholz-Arena | 13,251 | ||
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco-Arena | 27,300 | |
| Bochum | rewirpowerSTADION | 29,299 | ||
| Dynamo Dresden | Dresden | Glücksgas-Stadion | 32,066 | |
| Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,528 | ||
| Aue | Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion | 15,711 | ||
| Düsseldorf | Esprit Arena | 54,600 | ||
| Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion | 12,542 | ||
| Trolli Arena | 18,000 | |||
| Ingolstadt | Audi Sportpark | 15,445 | ||
| Kaiserslautern | Fritz-Walter-Stadion | 49,780 | ||
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 29,699 | |
| Cologne | RheinEnergieStadion | 50,000 | ||
| Munich | Allianz Arena | 71,000 | ||
| Paderborn | Energieteam Arena | 15,000 | ||
| Sandhausen | Hardtwald | 12,100 | ||
| Hamburg | Millerntor-Stadion | 29,063 | ||
| Berlin | Alte Försterei | 21,704 |
| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | adidas | ||||
| Arminia Bielefeld | Saller | getgoods.de | |||
| Nike | Netto | ||||
| Dynamo Dresden |  | Nike | Veolia | ||
| Energie Cottbus | Saller | Tropical Islands | |||
| Erzgebirge Aue | Nike | Elektrowerkzeuge Eibenstock | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf |  | | Puma | o.tel.o | |
| Saller | Frankfurt Skyline | ||||
 | Hummel | Ergo Direkt Versicherungen | |||
 |  | adidas | Audi | ||
| uhlsport | Allgäuer Latschenkiefer | ||||
| Karlsruher SC | Hummel | Klaiber Markisen | |||
| | Erima | REWE | |||
 | uhlsport | Volkswagen | |||
| Saller | Finke | ||||
| Puma | Machmeier Energy | ||||
| Do You Football | Relentless | ||||
| uhlsport | Becker |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. FC Köln | Holger Stanislawski | Resigned | 19 May 2013[2] | Pre-season | Peter Stöger | 12 June 2013[3] | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Norbert Meier | Sacked | 24 May 2013[4] | Mike Büskens | 3 June 2013[5] | ||
| SV Sandhausen | Hans-Jürgen Boysen | Resigned | 31 May 2013[6] | Alois Schwartz | 1 June 2013[7] | ||
| VfR Aalen | Ralph Hasenhüttl | Resigned | 1 June 2013[8] | Stefan Ruthenbeck | 14 June 2013[9] | ||
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | Tomas Oral | Mutual consent | 30 June 2013[10] | Marco Kurz | 1 July 2013[11] | ||
| SC Paderborn 07 | René Müller | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2013 | André Breitenreiter | 1 July 2013[12] | ||
| Dynamo Dresden | Peter Pacult | Sacked | 18 August 2013[13] | 17th | Olaf Janßen | 4 September 2013[14] | |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Franco Foda | Sacked | 29 August 2013[15] | 8th | Kosta Runjaić | 16 September 2013[16] | |
| 1860 Munich | Alexander Schmidt | Sacked | 31 August 2013[17] | 7th | Friedhelm Funkel | 7 September 2013[18] | |
| FC Ingolstadt 04 | Marco Kurz | Sacked | 30 September 2013[19] | 18th | Ralph Hasenhüttl | 4 October 2013[20] | |
| Energie Cottbus | Rudolf Bommer | Sacked | 5 November 2013[21] | 17th | Stephan Schmidt | 6 November 2013[22] | |
| FC St. Pauli | Michael Frontzeck | Sacked | 6 November 2013[23] | 8th | Roland Vrabec | 7 November 2013[24] | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Mike Büskens | Sacked | 30 November 2013[25] | 15th | Lorenz-Günther Köstner | 1 January 2014[26] | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Stefan Krämer | Sacked | 23 February 2014[27] | 16th | Norbert Meier | 24 February 2014[28] | |
| Energie Cottbus | Stephan Schmidt | Sacked | 24 February 2014[29] | 18th | Jörg Böhme (caretaker) | 25 February 2014[30] | |
| 1860 Munich | Friedhelm Funkel | Sacked | 6 April 2014[31] | 9th | Markus von Ahlen (caretaker) | 6 April 2014 | |
| Energie Cottbus | Jörg Böhme | Sacked | 7 May 2014[32] | 18th | René Rydlewicz (caretaker) | 7 May 2014 |
Arminia Bielefeld, who finished 16th, faced SV Darmstadt 98, the third-placed 2013–14 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga.
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| GK | 1 | Jan Zimmermann | ||
| RB | 22 | |||
| CB | 4 | Aytaç Sulu (c) | ||
| CB | 5 | Benjamin Gorka | ||
| LB | 3 | Michael Stegmayer | ||
| CM | 17 | Hanno Behrens | ||
| CM | 8 | Jérôme Gondorf | ||
| RW | 20 | |||
| LW | 27 |  Milan Ivana | ||
| CF | 9 | |||
| CF | 7 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 28 | David Salfeld | ||
| DF | 15 | Benjamin Maas | ||
| DF | 19 | Josip Landeka | ||
| DF | 21 | |||
| MF | 6 | |||
| MF | 10 | |||
| MF | 23 | Benjamin Baier | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Dirk Schuster | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 24 | Stefan Ortega | ||
| RB | 2 | Jonas Strifler | ||
| CB | 19 | Felix Burmeister | ||
| CB | 11 | Stephan Salger | ||
| LB | 29 | |||
| DM | 6 | |||
| RM | 10 |  Kacper Przybyłko | ||
| CM | 37 | Christian Müller | ||
| CM | 21 | |||
| LM | 35 | |||
| CF | 9 | Fabian Klos (c) | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Patrick Platins | ||
| DF | 4 | |||
| MF | 8 | Tim Jerat | ||
| MF | 16 | |||
| MF | 25 | Patrick Mainka | ||
| MF | 30 | |||
| MF | 31 | Bashkim Renneke | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Norbert Meier | ||||
| Assistant referees
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | Stefan Ortega | ||
| RB | 2 | Jonas Strifler | ||
| CB | 19 | Felix Burmeister | ||
| CB | 11 | |||
| LB | 29 | Arne Feick | ||
| CM | 6 | Tom Schütz | ||
| CM | 16 | |||
| RW | 10 | Kacper Przybyłko | ||
| AM | 37 | |||
| LW | 35 | |||
| CF | 9 | Fabian Klos (c) | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Patrick Platins | ||
| DF | 4 | |||
| MF | 8 | Tim Jerat | ||
| MF | 21 | |||
| MF | 25 | Patrick Mainka | ||
| MF | 30 | |||
| MF | 31 | Bashkim Renneke | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Norbert Meier | ||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 24 | Jan Zimmermann | ||
| RB | 21 | |||
| CB | 4 | Aytaç Sulu (c) | ||
| CB | 5 | Benjamin Gorka | ||
| LB | 3 | Michael Stegmayer | ||
| CM | 17 | Hanno Behrens | ||
| CM | 8 | |||
| RW | 20 | |||
| LW | 27 | |||
| SS | 7 | |||
| CF | 9 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 28 | David Salfeld | ||
| DF | 15 | Benjamin Maas | ||
| DF | 19 | |||
| DF | 22 | |||
| MF | 6 | Julius Biada | ||
| MF | 10 | |||
| MF | 23 | Benjamin Baier | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Dirk Schuster | ||||
| Assistant referees
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5–5 on aggregate. Darmstadt won on away goals and is promoted to the 2. Bundesliga; Arminia is relegated to the 3. Liga.
Updated 11 May 2014[33]
Updated 11 May 2014[34]
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Energie Cottbus | SC Paderborn | 4–0[35] | ||
| | FSV Frankfurt | Dynamo Dresden | 3–0[36] |
