The 2013–14 2. Bundesliga was the 40th season of the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

, Germany's second-level

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league. The league was won by

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

Teams

Promotions and relegations

;Teams promoted from the 2. Bundesliga to the Bundesliga directly: *

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

;Teams relegated from the

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directly: * Fortuna Düsseldorf * SpVgg Greuther Fürth ;Teams relegated to the

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directly: *SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

* Jahn Regensburg ;Teams promoted from the

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to the 2. Bundesliga directly: *

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

;Playoff winners: * Third placed 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern were defeated by 16th placed Bundesliga side

1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

in the course of the Bundesliga promotion-relegation play-offs and thus remain in the 2. Bundesliga. *16th placed 2. Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden defeated third placed

side VfL Osnabrück in the course of the 2. Bundesliga promotion-relegation play-offs and thus remain in the 2. Bundesliga. On 29 May 2013, the German Football League ( DFL) announced that

would not get a license for the 2013–14 season as the club could not prove their financial capability. Duisburg were relegated and

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

were reinstated in their place.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorships

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

, who finished 16th, faced

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Spo ...

, the third-placed

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side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on

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score after both matches earned a spot in the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga.

First leg

Darmstadt 98 vs Arminia Bielefeld 2014-05-16

Second leg

Arminia Bielefeld vs Darmstadt 98 2014-05-19

''5–5 on aggregate. Darmstadt won on away goals.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

''As of 11 May 2014''

Top assists

''As of 11 May 2014''

Hat-tricks

References

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