| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Dates: | 9 August 2013 – 10 May 2014 |
| Winners: | Bayern Munich 23rd Bundesliga title 24th German title |
| Relegated: | 1. FC Nürnberg Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Continentalcup1: | UEFA Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | VfL Wolfsburg Borussia Mönchengladbach FSV Mainz 05 |
| League Topscorer: | Robert Lewandowski (20 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Hertha BSC 6–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Borussia Dortmund 5–0 SC Freiburg Borussia Dortmund 6–1 VfB Stuttgart Bayern Munich 5–0 Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Biggest Away Win: | Werder Bremen 0–7 Bayern Munich |
| Highest Scoring: | VfB Stuttgart 6–2 Hoffenheim Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Hamburger SV Bayer Leverkusen 5–3 Hamburger SV Hoffenheim 4–4 Werder Bremen Hoffenheim 6–2 VfL Wolfsburg |
| Longest Wins: | 19 games Bayern Munich |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 28 games Bayern Munich |
| Longest Losses: | 8 games VfB Stuttgart |
| Longest Winless: | 17 games Nürnberg |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 967 |
| Highest Attendance: | 80,645 Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Hamburger SV |
| Lowest Attendance: | 23,000 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 Werder Bremen |
| Average Attendance: | 43,502[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2012–13 |
| Nextseason: | 2014–15 |
The 2013–14 Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 9 August 2013 and the final matchday was on 10 May 2014. The winter break started on 23 December 2013 and ended on 24 January 2014.[2]
Bayern Munich were the defending champions and officially clinched the championship on 25 March 2014 after defeating Hertha BSC, on the 27th matchday of the season. This broke their previous record from last season, where Bayern clinched the Bundesliga on matchday 28.[3]
A total of 18 teams were contesting the league, including 15 sides from the 2012–13 season and two sides promoted directly from the 2012–13 2. 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.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Stadion im Borussia-Park | 54,010 | ||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Eintracht-Stadion | 23,325[5] | |
| Frankfurt | Commerzbank-Arena | 51,500 | ||
| 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 | |
| Sinsheim | Rhein-Neckar Arena | 30,150 | ||
| Mainz | Coface Arena | 34,000 | ||
| Nuremberg | Grundig-Stadion | 50,000 | ||
| Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,973 | ||
| Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 60,441 | ||
| Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 | |
| Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 |
As of 19 February 2014.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer[6] | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jako | AL-KO | ||||
| Bayer Leverkusen | (caretaker) | adidas | LG Electronics | ||
| Bayern Munich |  | adidas | Deutsche Telekom | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | Puma | Evonik | |||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach |  | Kappa | Postbank | ||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Nike[7] | SEAT[8] | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Jako | Alfa Romeo[9] | |||
| Nike | Ehrmann | ||||
| Hamburger SV | adidas | Fly Emirates | |||
| Hannover 96 |  |  | Jako | TUI | |
| Hertha BSC | Nike | Deutsche Bahn | |||
| Puma | SAP | ||||
 | Nike | Entega | |||
| adidas | NKD | ||||
| adidas | Gazprom | ||||
| Puma | Mercedes-Benz Bank | ||||
| Werder Bremen | Nike | Wiesenhof | |||
| adidas | Volkswagen/e-Up! |
| Team | Outgoing manager(s) | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager(s) | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | Mutual consent | 15 May 2013[10] | 14th (2012–13)1 | Robin Dutt | 27 May 2013[11] |
| Bayern Munich | Jupp Heynckes | Retirement | 26 June 2013 | Pre-season | | 26 June 2013[12] 2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen |  Sami Hyypiä & Sascha Lewandowski | Lewandowski stepped down | 30 June 2013[13] | Sami Hyypiä | 30 June 20133 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | Bruno Labbadia | Sacked | 26 August 2013[14] | 17th | Thomas Schneider | 26 August 2013[15] |
| Hamburger SV | Thorsten Fink | Sacked | 17 September 2013[16] | 15th | Bert van Marwijk | 22 September 2013[17] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Michael Wiesinger | Sacked | 7 October 2013[18] | 16th | Gertjan Verbeek | 22 October 2013[19] |
| Hannover 96 | Mirko Slomka | Sacked | 27 December 2013[20] | 13th | Tayfun Korkut | 31 December 2013[21] |
| Hamburger SV | Bert van Marwijk | Sacked | 15 February 2014[22] | 17th | Mirko Slomka | 17 February 2014[23] |
| VfB Stuttgart | Thomas Schneider | Sacked | 9 March 2014[24] | 15th | Huub Stevens | 9 March 2014 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Sami Hyypiä | Sacked | 5 April 2014[25] | 4th | Sascha Lewandowski (caretaker) | 5 April 2014 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Gertjan Verbeek | Sacked | 23 April 2014 | 17th | Roger Prinzen | 23 April 2014 |
Hamburger SV, who finished 16th, faced SpVgg Greuther Fürth, the 3rd-placed 2013–14 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2014–15 Bundesliga. Hamburger SV prevailed, avoiding their possible first relegation.
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1–1 on aggregate. Hamburg won on away goals.
As of 10 May 2014[26]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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| 1 |  | 20 | ||
| 2 | 18 | |||
| 3 | 17 | |||
| 4 |  | 16 | ||
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| Borussia Dortmund | ||||
| 7 | 15 | |||
 | Mainz 05 | |||
| | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||
| 10 | 14 |
