| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 August 2014 – 23 May 2015 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich 24th Bundesliga title 25thGerman title |
| Relegated | SC Freiburg SC Paderborn 07 |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen |
| Europa League | FC Augsburg Schalke 04 Borussia Dortmund |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 843 (2.75 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alexander Meier (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Bayern Munich 8–0Hamburger SV (14 February 2015) |
| Biggest away win | SC Paderborn 07 0–6Bayern Munich (21 February 2015) |
| Highest scoring | Eintracht Frankfurt 4–5VfB Stuttgart (25 October 2014) Bayer Leverkusen 4–5VfL Wolfsburg (14 February 2015) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches[1] Bayern Munich |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches[1] Bayern Munich |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches[1] Hannover 96 |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches[1] Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV |
| Highest attendance | 80,667[1] Borussia Dortmund 0–2Bayer Leverkusen (23 August 2014) |
| Lowest attendance | 14,401[1] SC Paderborn 0–01899 Hoffenheim (21 March 2015) |
| Average attendance | 43,527[1] |
2015–16 → | |
The2014–15 Bundesliga was the 52nd season of theBundesliga, Germany's premierfootball competition. The season started on 22 August 2014 and the final matchday took place on 23 May 2015.[2]Bayern Munich won their 25thGerman title on 26 April 2015.[3][4]
Bayern Munich came into the season as defending champions, winning the championship on 25 March 2014 againstHertha BSC.[5]Armin Veh announced that he was leavingEintracht Frankfurt during the2013–14 season.[6] He had demanded that the club invest more money in the squad.[7]Thomas Schaaf replaced Veh.[8]
Bayer Leverkusen sackedSami Hyypiä during the2013–14 season.[9]Sascha Lewandowski was named interim manager.[9] Lewandowski's interim reign lasted until the end of the season whenRoger Schmidt took over.[10] Other managerial changes includeKasper Hjulmand[11] replacingThomas Tuchel[12] at1. FSV Mainz 05 and Armin Veh[13] replacingHuub Stevens atVfB Stuttgart.[14] Every club received their licence.[15] The league schedule came out on 24 June withBayern Munich facingVfL Wolfsburg in the opening fixture on 22 August.[16] The match ended 2–1 win for Bayern Munich, a record third straight win for the home team, on the opening matchday, in the last three seasons.
18 teams comprise the league. 15 sides qualified directly from the2013–14 season and two sides were directly promoted from the2013–14 2. Fußball-Bundesliga season:1. FC Köln andSC Paderborn 07. The final participant was decided by atwo-legged play-off, in which 16th-placed Bundesliga clubHamburger SV defeated third-place finisher in2. Bundesliga,SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
| Team | Outgoing | Manner | Date | Position in table | Incoming | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Frankfurt | End of contract | 30 June 20141 | Pre–season | 21 May 2014 | [6][8] | ||
| Mainz 05 | Stepped down | 11 May 2014 | 15 May 2014 | [11][12] | |||
| Bayer Leverkusen | End of caretaker assignment | 30 June 2014 | 1 July 20142 | [9][10] | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | End of contract | 30 June 20143 | 1 July 20144 | [13][14] | |||
| Hamburger SV | Sacked | 15 September 2014 | 18th | 16 September 2014 | [19][20] | ||
| Schalke 04 | Sacked | 7 October 2014 | 11th | 7 October 2014 | [21] | ||
| Werder Bremen | Sacked | 25 October 2014 | 18th | 25 October 2014 | [22] | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | Resigned | 24 November 2014 | 18th | 25 November 2014 | [23][24] | ||
| Hertha BSC | Sacked | 5 February 2015 | 17th | 6 February 2015 | [25] | ||
| Mainz 05 | Sacked | 17 February 2015 | 14th | 17 February 2015 | [26] | ||
| Hamburger SV | Sacked | 22 March 2015 | 16th | 15 April 2015 | [27] | ||
| Hannover 96 | Sacked | 20 April 2015 | 15th | 20 April 2015 | [28][29] |
| 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 | Qualification for theChampions 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 | Qualification for theChampions League play-off round |
| 5 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 48 | |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 46 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 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 for therelegation play-offs |
| 17 | SC Freiburg(R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 34 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | SC Paderborn 07(R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | FCA | BSC | SVW | BVB | SGE | SCF | HSV | H96 | TSG | KOE | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | SCP | S04 | VFB | WOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Augsburg | — | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Hertha BSC | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Werder Bremen | 3–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–5 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–1 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–5 | 1–1 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Hamburger SV | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | — | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 1. FC Köln | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–5 |
| Mainz 05 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Bayern Munich | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| SC Paderborn | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–6 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 0–4 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — |
The team which finishes 16th, will face the third-placed2014–15 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregate score after both matches earns entry into the2015–16 Bundesliga.Hamburger SV prevailed for the second year in a row, avoiding their possible first relegation.
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Hamburger SV won 3–2 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers[edit] | Hat-tricks[edit]
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