Season 2013–14 Matches played 306 | Dates 9 Aug 2013 – 10 May 2014 Goals scored 967 | |
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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. Bayern Munich were the defending champions. Bayern officially clinched the championship on 25 March 2014 after defeating Hertha BSC, on the 27th match day of the season. This breaks their previous record from last season, where Bayern clinched the Bundesliga on match day 28.
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Teams
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. Fußball-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.
Personnel and kits
As of 19 February 2014.
Managerial changes
- Werder Bremen and Thomas Schaaf terminated their contract after the penultimate matchday of the 2012–13 season. Robin Dutt was named as the new permanent manager in the off-season.
- Announced on 16 January 2013.
- Announced on 15 May 2013.