2014–15 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga
Season 2014–15
Matches played 270
Goals scored 661 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer Rouwen Hennings
Simon Terodde
(15 goals)
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The 2014–15 2. Bundesliga is the 41st season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football competition.

Teams

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2013–14 season, two sides directly relegated from the 2013–14 Fußball-Bundesliga season, and two sides directly promoted from the 2013–14 3. Liga season. The two final participants will be determined in two-legged play-offs, in which the 16th placed Bundesliga side will play the team who finished third in 2. Bundesliga and the 16th 2. Bundesliga side will play the team who finished third in the 3. Liga.

2014–15 Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
VfR Aalen Aalen Scholz-Arena 13,251
VfL Bochum Bochum rewirpowerSTADION 29,299
SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Stadion am Böllenfalltor 19,000
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
FC Erzgebirge Aue Aue Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion 15,711
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 54,600
FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion 12,542
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fürth Trolli Arena 18,500
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 13,000
FC Ingolstadt 04 Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,445
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 44,345
1860 Munich Munich Allianz Arena 71,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Grundig-Stadion 50,000
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen Hardtwald 12,100
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,063
1. FC Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 21,704

Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
VfR Aalen Germany Ruthenbeck, StefanStefan Ruthenbeck Argentina Grech, LeandroLeandro Grech adidas Prowin
VfL Bochum Netherlands Verbeek, GertjanGertjan Verbeek Germany Luthe, AndreasAndreas Luthe Nike Netto / BOOSTER Energy Drink
SV Darmstadt 98 Germany Schuster, DirkDirk Schuster Germany Sulu, AytacAytac Sulu Nike Software AG
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Lieberknecht, TorstenTorsten Lieberknecht Germany Kruppke, DennisDennis Kruppke Nike[1] SEAT[2]
Erzgebirge Aue Croatia Stipić, TomislavTomislav Stipić Germany Klingbeil, RenéRené Klingbeil Nike Elektrowerkzeuge Eibenstock
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Aksoy, TaşkınTaşkın Aksoy Germany Lambertz, AndreasAndreas Lambertz Puma o.tel.o
FSV Frankfurt Germany Möhlmann, BennoBenno Möhlmann Germany Schlicke, BjörnBjörn Schlicke Saller Frankfurt Skyline
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Germany Büskens, MikeMike Büskens Germany Hesl, WolfgangWolfgang Hesl Hummel Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
1. FC Heidenheim Germany Schmidt, FrankFrank Schmidt Germany Schnatterer, MarcMarc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe
FC Ingolstadt 04 Austria Hasenhüttl, RalphRalph Hasenhüttl Germany Leitl, StefanStefan Leitl adidas Audi
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Runjaić, KostaKosta Runjaić Switzerland Bunjaku, AlbertAlbert Bunjaku uhlsport Allgäuer Latschenkiefer
Karlsruher SC Germany Kauczinski, MarkusMarkus Kauczinski Germany Orlishausen, DirkDirk Orlishausen Hummel Klaiber Markisen
RB Leipzig Germany Beierlorzer, AchimAchim Beierlorzer Germany Frahn, DanielDaniel Frahn Nike Red Bull
1860 Munich Germany Fröhling, TorstenTorsten Fröhling Germany Schindler, ChristopherChristopher Schindler uhlsport Volkswagen
1. FC Nürnberg Switzerland Weiler, RenéRené Weiler Germany Schäfer, RaphaelRaphael Schäfer adidas Wolf Möbel
SV Sandhausen Germany Schwartz, AloisAlois Schwartz Germany Löning, FrankFrank Löning Puma Machmeier Energy
FC St. Pauli Germany Lienen, EwaldEwald Lienen Germany Gonther, SörenSören Gonther Hummel Relentless
1. FC Union Berlin Germany Düwel, NorbertNorbert Düwel Croatia Kreilach, DamirDamir Kreilach uhlsport Becker

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
1. FC Union Berlin Germany Uwe Neuhaus Mutual consent 11 May 2014[3] Pre-season Germany Norbert Düwel 13 May 2014[4]
1860 Munich Germany Markus von Ahlen End of tenure as caretaker 4 June 2014 Netherlands Ricardo Moniz 4 June 2014[5]
1. FC Nürnberg Germany Roger Prinzen End of tenure as caretaker 5 June 2014 France Valérien Ismaël 5 June 2014[6]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Lorenz-Günther Köstner Mutual consent 12 June 2014[7] Germany Oliver Reck 13 June 2014[8]
Erzgebirge Aue Germany Falko Götz Sacked 2 September 2014[9] 18th Croatia Tomislav Stipić 9 September 2014[10]
FC St. Pauli Germany Roland Vrabec Sacked 3 September 2014[11] 14th Germany Thomas Meggle 3 September 2014[11]
1860 Munich Netherlands Ricardo Moniz Sacked 24 September 2014[12] 13th Germany Markus von Ahlen 24 September 2014[12]
1. FC Nürnberg France Valérien Ismaël Sacked 11 November 2014[13] 14th Switzerland René Weiler 12 November 2014[14]
VfL Bochum Germany Peter Neururer Sacked 9 December 2014[15] 10th Germany Frank Heinemann 9 December 2014[15]
FC St. Pauli Germany Thomas Meggle Sacked 16 December 2014[16] 18th Germany Ewald Lienen 16 December 2014[16]
VfL Bochum Germany Frank Heinemann End of tenure as caretaker 31 December 2014[17] 11th Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek 1 January 2015[17]
RB Leipzig Germany Alexander Zorniger Mutual consent 11 February 2015[18] 7th Germany Achim Beierlorzer 11 February 2015[18]
1860 Munich Germany Markus von Ahlen Sacked 17 February 2015[19] 16th Germany Torsten Fröhling 17 February 2015[19]
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Germany Frank Kramer Sacked 23 February 2015[20] 13th Germany Mike Büskens 23 February 2015[20]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Oliver Reck Sacked 23 February 2015[21] 6th Germany Taşkın Aksoy 13 April 2015[22]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Ingolstadt 04 30 16 11 3 48 26 +22 59 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 1. FC Kaiserslautern 30 14 12 4 42 25 +17 54
3 Karlsruher SC 30 13 13 4 41 22 +19 52 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 SV Darmstadt 98 30 12 14 4 39 23 +16 50
5 RB Leipzig 30 12 11 7 36 24 +12 47
6 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 14 5 11 41 34 +7 47
7 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 10 11 9 44 44 0 41
8 1. FC Heidenheim 30 10 8 12 38 38 0 38
9 1. FC Nürnberg 30 11 5 14 35 42 −7 38
10 1. FC Union Berlin 30 9 11 10 37 48 −11 38
11 SV Sandhausen 30 9 10 11 26 33 −7 37
12 FSV Frankfurt 30 9 9 12 37 45 −8 36
13 VfL Bochum 30 7 14 9 45 47 −2 35
14 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 30 6 13 11 30 37 −7 31
15 1860 München 30 7 9 14 38 45 −7 30
16 VfR Aalen[lower-alpha 1] 30 6 12 12 27 36 −9 28 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 FC St. Pauli 30 7 7 16 32 49 −17 28 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 Erzgebirge Aue 30 7 7 16 25 43 −18 28
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2015. Source: Kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ VfR Aalen were deducted two points for license violation.[23]

Results

Home ╲ Away[1] M60 AAL BOCBRSDARAUEFDÜFSVGRFHEIINGKAIKARNURRBLSANSTPUNB
1860 München 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–3 2–1
VfR Aalen 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2
VfL Bochum 0–3 4–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–1
Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1
SV Darmstadt 98 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–0
Erzgebirge Aue 4–1 1–0 1–5 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 3–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0
FSV Frankfurt 1–1 1–5 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–3
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–5 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 5–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–2
1. FC Heidenheim 2–2 0–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–1
FC Ingolstadt 04 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–3 2–1 3–3
1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Karlsruher SC 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–1
RB Leipzig 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–2
SV Sandhausen 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
FC St. Pauli 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–0 2–1 3–0
1. FC Union Berlin 1–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–4 2–1 3–1 1–0

Updated to games played on 27 April 2015.
Source: Kicker.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 April 2015[24]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Rouwen Hennings Karlsruher SC 15
Germany Simon Terodde VfL Bochum
3 Netherlands Charlison Benschop Fortuna Düsseldorf 13
Austria Rubin Okotie 1860 Munich
5 Germany Florian Niederlechner 1. FC Heidenheim 11
Finland Joel Pohjanpalo Fortuna Düsseldorf
Germany Sebastian Polter 1. FC Union Berlin
Denmark Yussuf Poulsen RB Leipzig
9 Germany Marc Schnatterer 1. FC Heidenheim 9
Slovakia Stanislav Šesták VfL Bochum]]
Germany Dominik Stroh-Engel SV Darmstadt 98
Slovakia Jakub Sylvestr 1. FC Nürnberg

Top assists

As of 27 April 2015[25]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Germany Pascal Groß FC Ingolstadt 04 13
2 Germany Marc Schnatterer 1. FC Heidenheim 9
3 Germany Daniel Adlung 1860 Munich 8
4 Germany Tobias Kempe SV Darmstadt 98 7
Algeria Karim Matmour 1. FC Kaiserslautern
6 Germany Dennis Daube FC St. Pauli 6
Germany Mario Engels FSV Frankfurt
Germany Niclas Füllkrug 1. FC Nürnberg
Austria Michael Liendl Fortuna Düsseldorf
Germany Florian Niederlechner 1. FC Heidenheim
Slovakia Jakub Sylvestr 1. FC Nürnberg
Germany Fabian Schönheim 1. FC Union Berlin

References

  1. ↑ "VW bleibt in Liga 1 der Eintracht treu" (in German). Braunschweiger Zeitung. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "SEAT Haupt- und Trikotsponsor, NIKE Ausrüster" (in German). Eintracht Braunschweig. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ära Neuhaus geht zu Ende" [The Neuhaus Era has come to an end] (in German). Kicker. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Düwel beerbt Neuhaus bei den Eisernen" [Düwel succeeds Neuhaus at the Eisern] (in German). Kicker. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Moniz ist neuer Löwen-Dompteur" [Moniz is the new Löwen-tamer] (in German). Kicker. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ismael: "Es ist eine Ehre, hier Trainer zu sein"" [Ismael: "It is an honour to be manager here"] (in German). Kicker. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Fortuna: Trainerwechsel steht bevor" [Fortuna: Change of manager is imminent] (in German). Kicker. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Offiziell: Reck neuer Chefcoach der Fortuna" [Official: Reck is new manager of Fortuna] (in German). Kicker. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Aue beurlaubt Götz - Wird Menze Sportchef?" (in German). Kicker. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Fix: Stipic folgt auf Götz" (in German). Kicker. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "St. Pauli feuert Vrabec" (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "TSV 1860 München beurlaubt Ricardo Moniz" (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg beurlaubt Valerien Ismael" (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Rene Weiler ist neuer Trainer beim 1. FC Nürnberg" (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "VfL Bochum entlässt Trainer Peter Neururer" (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "St. Pauli: Lienen neuer Trainer, Meggle Sportchef für Azzouzi" (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Verbeek neuer VfL-Coach" (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Einvernehmlich Trennung Nach Zweieinhalb Jahren" (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "1860 München entlässt von Ahlen - Fröhling neuer Trainer" (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Fürth: Kramer muss gehen, Büskens kommt" (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "Düsseldorf beurlaubt Trainer Oliver Reck" (in German). Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "Kramer wird neuer Trainer in Düsseldorf" (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Verstoß gegen Lizenzierungsauflage: Zwei Punkte Abzug für VfR Aalen". dfb.de. 24 March 2015.
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  25. ↑ "Scorer". Fußball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2013.