2014–15 2. Bundesliga

The 2014–15 2. Bundesliga was the 41st season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second-level football competition.

2. Bundesliga
Season2014–15
ChampionsFC Ingolstadt
PromotedFC Ingolstadt
SV Darmstadt
RelegatedErzgebirge Aue
VfR Aalen
Matches played306
Goals scored865 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerRouwen Hennings
(17 goals)
Average attendance17,667

Teams
Location of teams in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga

A total of 18 teams contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2013–14 season, two sides directly relegated from the 2013–14 Bundesliga season, and two sides directly promoted from the 2013–14 3. Liga season. The two final participants were determined in two-legged play-offs, in which the 16th placed Bundesliga side played the team who finished third in 2. Bundesliga and the 16th 2. Bundesliga side played 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 16,500
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 29,063Note 1
1. FC Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 21,704

Notes

  1. The capacity was reduced from the end of October 2014 until the end of the season due to the demolition and redevelopment of the North stand.

Personnel and sponsorships
Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
VfR Aalen Stefan Ruthenbeck Leandro Grech adidas Prowin
VfL Bochum Gertjan Verbeek Andreas Luthe Nike Netto / BOOSTER Energy Drink
SV Darmstadt 98 Dirk Schuster Aytac Sulu Nike Software AG
Eintracht Braunschweig Torsten Lieberknecht Dennis Kruppke Nike[1] SEAT[2]
Erzgebirge Aue Tomislav Stipić René Klingbeil Nike Elektrowerkzeuge Eibenstock
Fortuna Düsseldorf Taşkın Aksoy Andreas Lambertz Puma o.tel.o
FSV Frankfurt Tomas Oral Björn Schlicke Saller Frankfurt Skyline
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Mike Büskens Wolfgang Hesl Hummel Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
1. FC Heidenheim Frank Schmidt Marc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe
FC Ingolstadt 04 Ralph Hasenhüttl Stefan Leitl adidas Audi
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kosta Runjaić Albert Bunjaku uhlsport paysafecard
Karlsruher SC Markus Kauczinski Dirk Orlishausen Hummel Klaiber Markisen
RB Leipzig Achim Beierlorzer Daniel Frahn Nike Red Bull
1860 Munich Torsten Fröhling Christopher Schindler uhlsport Volkswagen
1. FC Nürnberg René Weiler Raphael Schäfer adidas Wolf Möbel
SV Sandhausen Alois Schwartz Frank Löning Puma Machmeier Energy
FC St. Pauli Ewald Lienen Sören Gonther Hummel Relentless
1. FC Union Berlin Norbert Düwel Damir 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 Uwe Neuhaus Mutual consent 11 May 2014[3] Pre-season Norbert Düwel 13 May 2014[4]
1860 Munich Markus von Ahlen End of tenure as caretaker 4 June 2014 Ricardo Moniz 4 June 2014[5]
1. FC Nürnberg Roger Prinzen End of tenure as caretaker 5 June 2014 Valérien Ismaël 5 June 2014[6]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Lorenz-Günther Köstner Mutual consent 12 June 2014[7] Oliver Reck 13 June 2014[8]
Erzgebirge Aue Falko Götz Sacked 2 September 2014[9] 18th Tomislav Stipić 9 September 2014[10]
FC St. Pauli Roland Vrabec Sacked 3 September 2014[11] 14th Thomas Meggle 3 September 2014[11]
1860 Munich Ricardo Moniz Sacked 24 September 2014[12] 13th Markus von Ahlen 24 September 2014[12]
1. FC Nürnberg Valérien Ismaël Sacked 11 November 2014[13] 14th René Weiler 12 November 2014[14]
VfL Bochum Peter Neururer Sacked 9 December 2014[15] 10th Frank Heinemann 9 December 2014[15]
FC St. Pauli Thomas Meggle Sacked 16 December 2014[16] 18th Ewald Lienen 16 December 2014[16]
VfL Bochum Frank Heinemann End of tenure as caretaker 31 December 2014[17] 11th Gertjan Verbeek 1 January 2015[17]
RB Leipzig Alexander Zorniger Mutual consent 11 February 2015[18] 7th Achim Beierlorzer 11 February 2015[18]
1860 Munich Markus von Ahlen Sacked 17 February 2015[19] 16th Torsten Fröhling 17 February 2015[19]
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Frank Kramer Sacked 23 February 2015[20] 13th Mike Büskens 23 February 2015[20]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Oliver Reck Sacked 23 February 2015[21] 6th Taşkın Aksoy 13 April 2015[22]
FSV Frankfurt Benno Möhlmann Sacked 18 May 2015[23] 16th Tomas Oral 18 May 2015[23]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Ingolstadt 04 (C, P) 34 17 13 4 53 32 +21 64 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 SV Darmstadt 98 (P) 34 15 14 5 44 26 +18 59
3 Karlsruher SC 34 15 13 6 46 26 +20 58 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 14 14 6 45 31 +14 56
5 RB Leipzig 34 13 11 10 39 31 +8 50
6 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 15 5 14 44 41 +3 50
7 1. FC Union Berlin 34 12 11 11 46 51 −5 47
8 1. FC Heidenheim 34 12 10 12 49 44 +5 46
9 1. FC Nürnberg 34 13 6 15 42 47 −5 45
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 11 11 12 48 52 −4 44
11 VfL Bochum 34 9 15 10 53 55 −2 42
12 SV Sandhausen[lower-alpha 1] 34 10 12 12 32 37 −5 39
13 FSV Frankfurt 34 10 9 15 41 53 −12 39
14 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 8 13 13 34 42 −8 37
15 FC St. Pauli 34 10 7 17 40 51 −11 37
16 1860 Munich 34 9 9 16 41 51 −10 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Erzgebirge Aue (R) 34 9 9 16 32 47 −15 36 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 VfR Aalen[lower-alpha 2] (R) 34 7 12 15 34 46 −12 31
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SV Sandhausen were deducted three points for license violation.[24]
  2. VfR Aalen were deducted two points for license violation.[25]

Results
Home \ Away AAL AUE UNB BOC EBS D98 F95 FSV SGF FCH FCI FCK KSC RBL M60 FCN SVS STP
VfR Aalen — 3–0 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0
Erzgebirge Aue 1–0 — 1–2 1–5 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 3–0
Union Berlin 1–1 1–2 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–4 0–4 3–1 1–0
VfL Bochum 4–0 1–1 1–1 — 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 4–1 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 3–3
Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2
Darmstadt 98 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 — 1–4 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–2 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 — 2–3 3–3 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–0
FSV Frankfurt 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–5 0–3 1–1 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–3
Greuther Fürth 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–5 — 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–3 5–1 0–0 3–0
1. FC Heidenheim 0–1 2–2 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 — 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 2–1
FC Ingolstadt 4–1 1–1 3–3 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–2
Karlsruher SC 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 — 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0
RB Leipzig 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 0–4 4–1
1860 Munich 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–3 — 2–1 2–3 2–1
1. FC Nürnberg 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–0 2–2
SV Sandhausen 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 0–0
FC St. Pauli 3–1 0–0 3–0 5–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

The team which finishes 16th, will face the third-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earns entry into the 2015–16 Bundesliga. Hamburger SV prevailed for the second year in a row, avoiding their possible first relegation.

First leg
Hamburger SV1–1Karlsruher SC
Iličević  73' Report Hennings  4'
Attendance: 56,615
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Hamburger SV
Karlsruher SC
GK15 René Adler
RB4 Heiko Westermann 26' 56'
CB5 Johan Djourou (c)
CB32 Slobodan Rajković
LB22 Matthias Ostrzolek
CM40 Gojko Kačar 83'
CM20 Marcelo Díaz
RW8 Ivica Olić 89'
AM18 Lewis Holtby 59' 69'
LW11 Ivo Iličević
CF10 Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Substitutes:
GK30 Alexander Brunst
DF2 Dennis Diekmeier 83' 56'
DF3 Cléber
MF17 Zoltán Stieber 69'
MF23 Rafael van der Vaart
MF27 Nicolai Müller
FW9 Maximilian Beister 89'
Manager:
Bruno Labbadia
GK1 Dirk Orlishausen (c)
RB22 Enrico Valentini 13'
CB3 Daniel Gordon
CB14 Manuel Gulde
LB31 Philipp Max
CM13 Dominic Peitz 78'
CM23 Jonas Meffert
RW18 Manuel Torres Jiménez
AM8 Reinhold Yabo 76'
LW11 Dimitrij Nazarov
CF17 Rouwen Hennings 90+3'
Substitutes:
GK24 René Vollath
DF4 Martin Stoll
DF5 Dennis Kempe
DF20 Ylli Sallahi
MF15 Boubacar Barry
MF21 Gaëtan Krebs 76'
FW19 Iliyan Mitsanski 90+3'
Manager:
Markus Kauczinski

Assistant referees:
Benjamin Brand
Markus Hacker
Fourth official:
Michael Weiner

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Second leg
Karlsruher SC1–2 (a.e.t.)Hamburger SV
Yabo  78' Report Díaz  90+1'
Müller  115'
Attendance: 27,986
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Karlsruher SC
Hamburger SV
GK1 Dirk Orlishausen (c)
RB22 Enrico Valentini
CB3 Daniel Gordon 118'
CB14 Manuel Gulde 90+2'
LB31 Philipp Max 86'
CM21 Gaëtan Krebs 87' 89'
CM23 Jonas Meffert 90'
RW18 Manuel Torres Jiménez
AM9 Hiroki Yamada 72'
LW11 Dimitrij Nazarov 120+1'
CF17 Rouwen Hennings
Substitutes:
GK24 René Vollath
DF4 Martin Stoll 89'
DF5 Dennis Kempe 86'
DF20 Ylli Sallahi
MF8 Reinhold Yabo 72'
MF15 Boubacar Barry
FW19 Iliyan Mitsanski
Manager:
Markus Kauczinski
GK15 René Adler
RB2 Dennis Diekmeier
CB5 Johan Djourou
CB32 Slobodan Rajković 63'
LB22 Matthias Ostrzolek
CM20 Marcelo Díaz 55'
CM23 Rafael van der Vaart (c) 48'
RW8 Ivica Olić 77'
AM18 Lewis Holtby 66'
LW11 Ivo Iličević 86'
CF10 Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Substitutes:
GK30 Alexander Brunst
DF3 Cléber 101' 86'
DF31 Ronny Marcos
MF17 Zoltán Stieber 66'
MF19 Petr Jiráček 115'
MF27 Nicolai Müller 77'
FW9 Maximilian Beister 90+2'
Manager:
Bruno Labbadia

Assistant referees:
Guido Kleve
René Rohde
Fourth official:
Marco Fritz

Match rules

  • 90 minutes of regular time.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate.
  • Penalty shoot-out if no further goals are scored.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 16th faced the third-placed 2014–15 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga.

First leg
Holstein Kiel0–01860 Munich
Report
Attendance: 9,812
Kiel
1860 Munich
GK18 Kenneth Kronholm
RB19 Patrick Herrmann
CB13 Marlon Krause
CB29 Hauke Wahl
LB7 Patrick Kohlmann
CM14 Maik Kegel
CM16 Mikkel Vendelbo 74'
RW21 Tim Siedschlag 78'
LW11 Rafael Kazior (c)
SS9 Manuel Schäffler 86'
CF20 Marc Heider 69'
Substitutes:
GK25 Niklas Jakusch
DF27 Marcel Gebers
MF24 Jarosław Lindner 78'
MF26 Patrick Breitkreuz 69'
MF28 René Guder
MF31 Finn Wirlmann
FW22 Fiete Sykora 86'
Manager:
Karsten Neitzel
GK30 Vitus Eicher
RB25 Gary Kagelmacher
CB4 Kai Bülow
CB26 Christopher Schindler (c)
LB32 Maximilian Wittek 89'
CM6 Dominik Stahl 45+1'
CM11 Daniel Adlung
RW14 Krisztián Simon 54'
LW17 Jannik Bandowski 80'
SS20 Valdet Rama
CF19 Rubin Okotie 54' 55'
Substitutes:
GK24 Stefan Ortega
DF39 Vladimír Kováč
MF7 Daylon Claasen
MF28 Julian Weigl
MF33 Korbinian Vollmann 54'
FW16 Stephan Hain 80'
FW27 Marius Wolf 55'
Manager:
Torsten Fröhling

Assistant referees:
Frank Willenborg
Holger Henschel
Fourth official:
Harm Osmers

Second leg
1860 Munich2–1Holstein Kiel
Adlung  78'
Bülow  90'+1'		 Report Kazior  16'
Attendance: 57,000
1860 Munich
Kiel
GK30 Vitus Eicher
RB25 Gary Kagelmacher
CB4 Kai Bülow
CB26 Christopher Schindler (c)
LB32 Maximilian Wittek
CM6 Dominik Stahl 13'
CM11 Daniel Adlung
RW20 Valdet Rama
LW17 Jannik Bandowski 56'
CF19 Rubin Okotie 70'
CF16 Stephan Hain
Substitutes:
GK24 Stefan Ortega 90'+4'
DF18 Martin Angha
DF39 Vladimír Kováč
MF28 Julian Weigl 46' 13'
MF33 Korbinian Vollmann 70'
FW14 Krisztián Simon
FW27 Marius Wolf 56'
Manager:
Torsten Fröhling
GK18 Kenneth Kronholm
RB19 Patrick Herrmann
CB13 Marlon Krause
CB29 Hauke Wahl
LB7 Patrick Kohlmann
DM16 Mikkel Vendelbo
RW21 Tim Siedschlag
AM14 Maik Kegel 89'
LW24 Jarosław Lindner 51'
SS11 Rafael Kazior (c)
CF9 Manuel Schäffler 43' 60'
Substitutes:
GK25 Niklas Jakusch
DF27 Marcel Gebers 89'
MF26 Patrick Breitkreuz 69' 60'
MF28 René Guder
MF31 Finn Wirlmann
FW20 Marc Heider 51'
FW22 Fiete Sykora
Manager:
Karsten Neitzel

Assistant referees:
Robert Kempter
Martin Petersen
Fourth official:
Sascha Stegemann

1860 Munich won 2–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

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