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MEDIA GUIDE 2014/2015 Contents

Foreword 03 04 DFL/League Association 06 DFL Enterprises 08 Digital Media 11 Sportcast 12 Clubs 14

FC 16 Hertha 18 SV Werder 20 Borussia 22 Eintracht 24 -Club Freiburg 26 Hamburger SV 28 30 TSG 1899 32 1. FC Köln 34 04 36 1. FSV 05 38 Borussia Mönchengladbach 40 FC Bayern München 42 SC 07 44 FC Schalke 04 46 VfB 48 VfL 50 Fixture Lists 52 Imprint 55 Foreword

The Bundesliga – Thrilling and successful

At the end of a thrilling FIFA World Cup the German national team returned from Brazil as world champions. ­ is the first European nation to have won the World Cup gold trophy on the Ameri­ can continent – which marks an outstanding success, just like the re­ cent results of the German clubs in the ­Champions League. Conse­ quently, we are now looking forward to the 2014/2015 season with particularly eager anticipation. The Bundesliga thrills football fans in nearly all countries of the world week after week, while more and more international stars ­recognise it as an attractive competition with plenty of goals being scored in frequently sold-out ­.

To cater for the continually growing interest in the Bundesliga, we keep developing our digital offerings. At bundesliga.com news about the clubs and matches can be found in English, Japanese and Polish. The official YouTube channel of the Bundesliga, in addition to the greatest goals and emotions, features up-and-coming stars, as well as heroes of the past. International newspapers, magazines, web­ sites, and TV channels in particular, regularly inform their readers or viewers about the Bundesliga as well. By publishing this Media Guide the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga aims to provide optimum assistance to colleagues from international media. In addition to the key points of contact for the 18 Bundesliga clubs, it contains interesting facts and figures about the clubs and their history. Furthermore, it provides a wide range of information on German professional football, plus key points of contact for the DFL and its subsidiaries, DFL Sports ­Enterprises and Sportcast.

The entire team of the DFL Group wishes you an exciting 2014/2015 season. We look forward to continuing our excellent cooperation with you.

Best regards

Christian Pfennig Director Corporate and Brand Communications

2014/2015 Season 3 Bundesliga The league of goals

The German national team thrilled foot- Thanks to this large number of nation- ball fans around the world with its attacking style al and international top-flight stars, which in- of play and brilliant goals in the 2014 FIFA World clude Franck Ribéry or the Poles Robert­ Cup, and deservedly won the World Cup trophy. ­Lewandowski and Jakub Bl⁄aszczykowski as This also marked a major success for the Bundes- well, the Bundesliga­ has been numbering liga and its clubs whose youth academies initial- among the most successful and attractive ly trained nearly all the players of the successful leagues in the world for years. Football featur- German team. 15 world champions alone, includ- ing high technical quality and thrilling match- ing world goalkeeper , DFB captain es attracted 42,609 spectators on average , the five-time scorer Thomas to the modern and convenient stadiums in the Müller, , Jérôme Boateng, past season. Mario Götze, who scored the winning goal in the final, or Benedikt Höwedes were With an average of 3.16 goals – more again on the team lists of the clubs at the begin- than in any of the past 27 years – the Bundes­ ning of the 52nd Bundesliga season. liga, in 2013/2014, was again the top league in Europe seeing the largest number of goals But the German Bundesliga players scored. The European best mark attests to the were not the only ones to deliver convincing per- thrilling attacking style of football being played formances in Brazil. A number of foreign stars in Germany. Among other things, this offense- who play in Germany made exceptional show- oriented style of play is rooted in the excellent ings as well, such as and Klaas-Jan training of young footballers in Germany. Since ­Huntelaar, who took third place with the Nether­ 2001 all professional clubs have been obligat- lands, the Brazilian or ’s ed to operate youth academies and 925 million . In total, the 77 players from the euros have been invested in talent promotion Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 scored 35 goals in ever since – an investment that has more than the World Cup, more than the representatives of paid off for the clubs and will continue to bear any other league in the world. fruit in future.

4 Season 2014/2015 5 DFL/League Association Professional structures for a professional league

Professional football must also be or- German Football Association (DFB) and close- ganised professionally. This is why in 2000 the ly cooperates with Germany’s football govern- 36 clubs and joint stock companies of the Bun- ing body. desliga and Bundesliga 2 founded the League Association with the entire organisation of On behalf of the League Association, both professional leagues being undertaken the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga manages the by its executive arm, the DFL Deutsche Fußball operational side of the Bundesliga and Bun- Liga. The League Association, in which all 36 desliga 2 and is primarily in charge of organis- clubs and joint stock companies have equal vot- ing and marketing professional football in Ger- ing rights, is managed by a nine-strong execu- many. Since 2005, Christian Seifert has headed tive board chaired by its president, currently up the DFL as CEO of the DFL Executive Board. Dr , and two vice presidents. COO is Andreas Rettig. The DFL’s main tasks in- The League Association is also a member of the clude setting up and carrying out all 612 fixtures

Dr Reinhard Rauball Christian Seifert Andreas Rettig

6 Contacts in any season in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH as well as organising the Supercup and all rele- Guiollettstraße 44–46 gation/promotion play-off matches. The licens- D-60325 Frankfurt/Main ing of the 36 clubs and joint stock companies is T +49 69 65005-0 a central part of the DFL’s terms of reference. F +49 69 65005-555 Only clubs that have successfully gone through E [email protected] licensing are permitted to play in the Bundesli- W bundesliga.com ga or Bundesliga 2. The DFL examines the abil- ity of all 36 clubs and joint stock companies to fulfil the requirements for professional football in sporting, administrative, infrastructure, secu- International rity, media and, in particular, financial terms. The Bundesliga licensing system is considered to be Communications the most stringent and exemplary in Europe. As a prerequisite for an exciting competition, it has also played a decisive role in ensuring that none Head of International of the clubs has been forced into administration Communications during any season in the 51 years of the Bundes- Eliane Zäh liga’s history. T +49 69 65005-279 F +49 69 65005-557 The DFL’s core business includes the cen- M +49 151 61673663 tralised marketing of national media rights held E [email protected] by the Bundesliga. Since its foundation, the DFL has succeeded in achieving a six-fold increase in this area. The new contract ensures that an av- erage total of 628 million euros will be split be- Business tween all League Association members during Communications each of the seasons 2013/2014 to 2016/2017, Susanne Jahrreiss an almost 50 per cent increase compared to the T +49 69 65005-218 previous licensing period. F +49 69 65005-557 M +49 171 8391901 The DFL also continues to promote the E [email protected] development of the Bundesliga brand. Today, the Bundesliga is one of Germany’s best known brands and surveys indicate it is recognised by 98 per cent of Germans.

2014/2015 Season 7 DFL Sports Enterprises Professional and successful international TV rights sales

Founded in 2008, the wholly-owned sub- casting, TV partners include international free- sidiary DFL Sports Enterprises is in charge of and pay-TV channels. The most recent example marketing the worldwide audiovisual rights for of DFL Sports Enterprises’ strategic marketing is all 612 fixtures of the Bundesliga and Bundesli- the deal with 21st Century Fox and its worldwide ga 2 as well as the relegation/promotion match- network of broadcast outlets that will become es and the Supercup on all platforms including the new home of the Bundesliga throughout the TV, the internet and mobile devices, as well as Americas, large parts of Asia, and in European promoting league-wide sponsorships and licens- markets like , the and Belgium. ing rights. With its own Asia-Pacific branch, DFL Thanks to its professionalism and know- Sports Enterprises strives to further promote how, DFL Sports Enterprises has improved the the Bundesliga’s successful international market global market position of the Bundesliga on a strategy. As the first European top league, the grand scale. With over 450,000 hours of broad- Bundesliga has opened a representation office­ in

8 Contacts

DFL Sports Enterprises GmbH Sales Ulmenstraße 23–25 Audiovisual Rights D-60325 Frankfurt/Main Kay Dammholz T +49 69 65005-0 T +49 69 65005-207 F +49 69 65005-558 F +49 69 65005-558 E [email protected] M +49 151 14015026 W dfl-sports-enterprises.de E [email protected] bundesliga.com

Director Sales Sponsoring, Licensing & Digital Media Andy Meyer T +49 69 65005-297 F +49 69 65005-558 M +49 160 5384842 E [email protected]

Singapore. Across the globe, all 209 FIFA coun- tries can follow German professional football and watch up to six live matches in High Defini- tion per weekend.

The local presence is supported by high- quality TV images and the DFL programme ‘Bun- desliga Preview Show’, which is broadcast in both English and Spanish. Produced in-house, the weekly half-hour programme sent out to all inter- national licensees offers an excellent overview of German professional football and is current- ly broadcast in over 150 FIFA member states. In fact, demand is so strong that numerous addi- tional special formats are produced allowing in- ternational TV stations to broadcast Bundesliga content even during the off-season period.

2014/2015 Season 9 10 Digital Media A service for fans around the world

Millions of supporters around the reports and details, plus DFL publications and world track the action in the Bundesliga. View- points of contact. ers in nearly all of the 209 FIFA countries can watch the games by now and almost all of them In addition to the English-language site can do so with live coverage being provided. To there are dedicated Bundesliga websites for satisfy this continually growing interest and Poland (bundesliga.com/pl) and Japan (bun- the desire of the fans to be supplied with cur- desliga.com/jp) in the languages of these coun- rent information about the league the digital tries. They, too, work with independent editorial offerings of the Bundesliga have been subject teams and a dedicated editorial concept. to continuous expansion and further develop- ment for years. The Bundesliga is present on other digi- tal channels as well, for instance with its own Bun- The English-language BUNDESLIGA. desliga channel on YouTube. At youtube.com/ COM website with a dedicated internation- bundesliga current match reports, portraits of al team of editors covers the needs of the fans the league’s stars, historic clips and humorous around the world. The site comprises reports and scenes are shown. Up to 20 new videos are pro- portraits of Bundesliga clubs and players, news duced per week specifically for the YouTube tickers, statistics during and after the meetings, portal, with English-language narratives, and in match day photo galleries and videos, plus play- some cases featuring special versions tailored er and expert interviews – particularly with the to the interests of specific countries. Of course international stars. BUNDESLIGA.COM exclu- the Bundesliga constantly supplies its fans with sively provides facts that have been verified and up-to-the-minute news and pictures on Twitter that users can rely on one hundred per cent. For and Instagram as well. Since the summer of 2014 members of the media and broadcasters there content has been available specifically for China is a separate area with preview kits, match day on various Chinese social media platforms.

2014/2015 Season 11 Sportcast Top-quality TV production

Founded in 2006, the TV media ser- vice provider Sportcast GmbH, led by CEO Jupp Nehl and COO Alexander Günther, is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of the DFL, produc- ing the basic TV signal for all matches of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for the nation- al and international TV licensees. In addition, Sportcast produces the promotion/relegation play-offs and the Supercup, as well as all fix- tures of the German Cup since 2008. Sport- cast ensures that the Bundesliga can be seen anywhere in the world. Producing 440 hours of international programme per season makes for over ten hours of footage per matchday. Six matches per matchday are produced in HD as high-quality programmes with English com- mentary and international graphics distribut- ed live via satellite. Matchdays are also sum- marised in the highlight shows and in magazine programmes specially produced for interna- tional takers.

Sportcast also coordinates the contribu- tion and international distribution of the basic TV signal in over 200 countries. Using a proprietary Customer Service Tool, international TV licensees can easily go online and book the matches and pro- gramme formats they are interested in. Satellite data for distribution as well as up-to-date infor- mation on the matchday is also provided.

The central role of the tool is reflected by the figures: per matchday around 400 feed book- ings are made and around 2,700 system mails are sent. Both international and national broad- casters benefit from a high-quality basic TV sig- nal, which meets the highest of demands with different camera standards and the use of state- of-the-art technology.

The top match concept of the Bundesliga includes fourteen cameras: pitchside and super slow-motion, reverse-angle and chip cameras in

12 the goal allow viewers even more involvement in the match as well as capturing special moments such as reactions of coaches and spectators.

Contacts

Sportcast GmbH Siegburger Straße 183 D-50679 Köln T +49 221 99559-0 F +49 221 99559-599 E [email protected] W sportcast.de

Head of Media Operations Oliver Büser T +49 221 99559-452 F +49 221 99559-5452 E [email protected]

Head of Distribution Services Frank Hippler T +49 221 99559-240 F +49 221 99559-5240 E [email protected]

Accreditation E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 13 CLUBS

14 2014/2015 Season 15 FC Augsburg

Club Portrait Halil Altintop

FC Augsburg’s football philosophy has won many friends among Germany’s elite. The club, in its current form, was founded in 1969 as a merger between BC Augsburg and TSV Schwaben.

While playing in lower divisions, FC Augs- burg became famous for the successful educa- tion of the German internationals and . Their subsequent ascent be- gan in the early 2000s. After reaching the Bun- desliga 2 in 2006, the club finally gained promo- tion to the Bundesliga in 2011. Playing in a brand new , called SGL arena,­ FC Augsburg vi- talised the Bundesliga with a dynamic and well- organised style of play and respectable results. Finishing in an impressive 8th place at the end of the season 2013/2014, the team from South- ern Germany has demonstrated that they are on their best way to becoming an established force in German football.

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Address Titles/Club Successes FC Augsburg 1907 GmbH & Co. KGaA Promotion to Bundesliga in 2011 Donauwörther Straße 170 D-86154 Augsburg Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) W fcaugsburg.de 4 years @FCAugsburg Highest win (H) Bundesliga 4-1 vs (14/12/2013) Walther Seinsch Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 0-4 vs (01/10/2011) Members 12,000

Fan Clubs 70

Stadium SGL arena

Capacity 30,660

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Dominik Schmitz T +49 821 65040-520 F +49 821 65040-555 M +49 177 4977684 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 17 Hertha Berlin Club Portrait

The biggest club of Germany’s capital, only reached the DFB-Pokal final in 1993 with its Hertha Berlin, has a long tradition in German foot- second team, but was successfully promoted to ball. Crowned as German Champions in 1930 and the Bundesliga in the season 1996/1997 once 1931, the founding members of the Bundesliga again. Furthermore, the club gained internation- became a remarkable force in the national top al attention with the qualification for the Cham- flight. Since the foundation of the Bundesliga, pions League in the 1999/2000 season. After they enjoyed their biggest success in the 1970s, their recurrent promotion from Bundesliga 2 to finishing second in 1975 and not being stopped Bundesliga in 2013, the club has been providing until the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1979. more than 74,000 spectators the opportunity to After several years of playing in the lower divi- watch excellent Bundesliga football once again in sions, the 1990s were one of the most success- the , which is Germany’s second ful times in the club’s history. Hertha Berlin not largest stadium.

Hajime Hosogai

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Address Titles/Club Successes Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA German Champion (2) Hanns-Braun-Straße/Friesenhaus 2 1930, 1931 D-14053 Berlin German Cup Finalist (2) W herthabsc.de 1977, 1979 @HerthaBSC German League Cup Winner (2) 2001, 2002 Managing Board , Ingo Schiller Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 32 years Members 32,000 Highest win (H) Bundesliga 9-1 vs Borussia Dortmund (18/04/1970) Fan Clubs Worst defeat (H) Bundesliga 338 0-6 vs Hamburger SV (05/04/1980)

Stadium Olympiastadion Berlin

Capacity 74,475

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Peter Bohmbach T +49 30 300928-201 F +49 30 300928-94 M +49 174 9494694 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 19 SV Werder Bremen

Club Portrait

SV Werder Bremen is one of the most successful teams in Bundesliga history which is impressively demonstrated by their second place in the all-time Bundesliga table only be- hind FC Bayern München. As one of Bundesliga’s founding members, SV Werder Bremen became a dominant force in German football. This is under- lined by winning the Bundesliga Championship in 1965. In the mid-1980s and early-90s former head coach Otto Rehagel led the club to signifi- cant success. The Bundesliga titles in 1988 and 1993 as well as the back-to-back DFB-Pokal tri- umphs in 1991 and 1992 are ample proof. Ad- ditionally, the triumph in the European Cup Win- ners’ Cup in 1992 was an extraordinary highlight in the club’s history. Former head coach ­, who stayed for 14 years in the city of , shaped another era by creat- ing a team that became famous for its attractive style of play.

Brimming with stars like Ailton and Johan­ Micoud, SV Werder Bremen had its peak in 2004, when team captain Frank Baumann lifted the ‘Meisterschale’ as well as the DFB-Pokal to the sky. In recent years, the appearance in the 2009 UEFA Cup final with stars like Mesut Özil, , Diego or caused enormous international attention.

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Address Titles/Club Successes SV Werder Bremen GmbH & Co. KG aA German Champion (4) Franz-Böhmert-Straße 1c 1965, 1988, 1993, 2004 D-28205 Bremen German Cup Winner (6) W werder.de 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 W werder.tv German Supercup Winner (4) @werderbremen 1988, 1993, 1994, 2009 European Cup Winners’ Cup Winner (1) Chief Executive Officer 1992 Klaus Filbry German Amateur Champion (3) 1966, 1985, 1991 Members German League Cup Winner (1) 40,000 2006

Fan Clubs Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 693 51 years

Stadium Highest win (H) Bundesliga Weser-Stadion 8-1 vs Arminia (29/09/2007) Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga Capacity 2-9 vs (14/11/1981) 42,100

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Michael Rudolph T +49 421 43459-1970 F +49 421 43459-1530 M +49 162 9799197 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 21 Borussia Dortmund Club Portrait

Borussia Dortmund is one of the most Cup in 1966 and the UEFA Champions League popular clubs in Germany and well-known inter- trophy in 1997. nationally for the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK in which more than 80,000 fans create an incredible at- With coach Jürgen Klopp, Dortmund to- mosphere from matchday to matchday. day is once again a powerhouse on national and international level, winning back-to-back Bun- As one of the founding members of the desliga titles in 2011 and 2012 along with the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund experienced National Cup in 2012. Their sustained success on fluctuating success concerning the clubs’ stand- national and international level is evidenced with ing. The glorious eras both in the 1960s and mid- their appearances in the 2013 UEFA Champions 90s were highlighted by several domestic and in- League final as well as in the DFB-Pokal final in ternational titles such as the UEFA Cup Winners’ the following season.

Marco Reus

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Address Titles/Club Successes Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA German Champion (8) Rheinlanddamm 207–209 1956, 1957, 1963, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2011, D-44137 Dortmund 2012 W bvb.de German Cup Winner (3) @BVB 1965, 1989, 2012 German Supercup Winner (5) Chief Executive Officer 1989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014 Hans-Joachim Watzke UEFA Champions League Winner (1) 1997 Members European Cup Winners’ Cup Winner (1) 108,000 1966 Intercontinental Cup Winner (1) Fan Clubs 1997 650 Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) Stadium 48 years SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Highest win (H) Bundesliga Capacity 11-1 vs (06/11/1982) 80,667 Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 0-12 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (29/04/1978)

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Sascha Fligge T +49 231 9020-4600 F +49 231 9020-4912 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 23 Eintracht Frankfurt Club Portrait

Established in 1899, Eintracht Frank- ­final. In Eintracht Frankfurt’s long-lasting Bun- furt is one of Germany’s best-supported and desliga history, several stars like ‘Charly’ Körbel most successful clubs. National champions in who holds the Bundesliga record with 602 ap- 1959, the nicknamed ‘Eagles’ were founding pearances, Bernd Hölzenbein who scored 160 members of the Bundesliga and remained a top- goals between 1967 and 1981, the Korean in- flight institution until 1996. ternational Bum Kun Cha and striker Anthony Yeboah from Ghana wore the famous black, Their greatest achievements are four white and red coloured jersey. After the relega- National Cup titles (1974, 1975, 1981 and tion in 2011, the club returned to the Bundesliga 1988), one UEFA Cup triumph in 1980 as well in 2012 and immediately qualified for the UEFA as an appearance in the 1960 European Cup Europa League.

Takashi Inui

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Address Titles/Club Successes Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball AG German Champion (1) Mörfelder Landstraße 362 1959 D-60528 Frankfurt/Main German Cup Winner (4) W eintracht.de 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988 @Eintracht_News UEFA Cup Winner (1) 1980 Chief Executive Officer Heribert Bruchhagen Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 46 years Members 25,000 Highest win (H) Bundesliga 9-1 vs Rot-Weiss (05/10/1974) Fan Clubs Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 700 0-7 vs 1. FC Köln (29/10/1983)

Stadium Commerzbank-Arena

Capacity 51,500

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Carsten Knoop T +49 69 95503-130 F +49 69 95503-139 M +49 179 4570860 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 25 Sport-Club Freiburg

Club Portrait

Since first gaining promotion to the Bun- desliga in 1993, SC Freiburg has hopped be- tween the top two divisions no less than seven times. spent an impressive 16-year spell as Freiburg’s head coach between 1991 and 2007, laying the foundations for a tradition of youth development which has borne plenty of fruit in recent years.

A well-structured philosophy of foot- ball including an educational approach of young talents is available until today and guided SC Freiburg to three appearances in internation- al competitions (1995, 2001 and 2013). Finish- ing in third place at the end of the Bundesliga sea- son 1994/1995 can be pointed out as the club’s biggest success.

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Address Titles/Club Successes Sport-Club Freiburg e. V. UEFA Cup Participation (2) Schwarzwaldstraße 193 1995/1996, 2001/2002 D-79117 UEFA Europa League Participation (1) W scfreiburg.com 2013/2014 @sc_freiburg Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) Chairman 16 years Fritz Keller Highest win (H) Bundesliga Members 5-0 vs VfL (09/12/2000) 7,700 Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 0-7 vs FC Bayern München (10/09/2011) Fan Clubs 65

Stadium Stadion an der Schwarzwaldstraße

Capacity 24,000

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Rudi Raschke T +49 761 38551-167 F +49 761 38551-170 M +49 178 2923281 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 27 Hamburger SV Club Portrait

As a founding member of the Bundes- 2009 and 2010 can be named as the greatest liga, Hamburger SV is an institution in German success on international level in recent years. football with a long-lasting tradition. They re- Within the long history of ’s biggest main the only club never to have been relegat- club, a lot of prominent players like club legend ed from Germany’s top flight. Hamburger SV Uwe ­Seeler, the German internationals Horst enjoyed its most fruitful years on the nation- Hrubesch and as well as outstand- al scene in the 1970s and 1980s, when the so ing striker wore the famous jer- called ‘Rothosen’ were on top of the Bundes- sey of Hamburger SV. In recent years some of liga at the end of three seasons and caused the famous players were the Netherlands inter- Euro­pean attention with their two glamorous nationals , Ruud van Nistel- European Cup wins in 1977 and 1983. Their ap- rooy and or the Belgian national pearance in two semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in captain .

Pierre-Michel Lasogga

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Address Titles/Club Successes HSV Fußball AG German Champion (6) Sylvesterallee 7 1923, 1928, 1960, 1979, 1982, 1983 D-22525 Hamburg German Cup Winner (3) W hsv.de 1963, 1976, 1987 @HSV European Champions Cup Winner (1) 1983 Chief Executive Officer European Cup Winners’ Cup Winner (1) 1977 German League Cup Winner (2) Members 1973, 2003 73,000 Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) Fan Clubs 52 years 850 Highest win (H) Bundesliga Stadium 8-0 vs Karlsruher SC (12/02/1966) Imtech Arena Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 0-7 vs Borussia Dortmund (20/05/1976) Capacity 57,200

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Jörn Wolf T +49 40 4155-1100 F +49 40 4155-1106 M +49 173 9136579 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 29 Hannover 96

Club Portrait

In the last few years Hannover 96 expe- rienced a successful chapter in its long-lasting history that goes back to 1896. Two successive campaigns in the UEFA Europa League finally put the club on the European map.

Equipped with two German Champion- ships before the foundation of the Bundesliga in 1963, Hannover made history when they be- came the first ever second-division side to win the DFB-Pokal in 1992. Back in the Bundesliga since 2002, the Reds now look to having estab- lished themselves in Germany’s top flight again.

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Address Titles/Club Successes Hannover 96 GmbH & Co. KGaA German Champion (2) Robert-Enke-Straße 1 1938, 1954 D-30169 Hannover German Amateur Champion (3) W hannover96.de 1960, 1964, 1965 @Hannover96 German Cup Winner (1) 1992 Chief Executive Officer Martin Kind Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 27 years Members 20,500 Highest win (H) Bundesliga 6-0 vs (18/09/1965) Fan Clubs Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 120 with 5,000 registered members 0-7 vs FC Bayern München (17/04/2010)

Stadium HDI Arena

Capacity 49,000

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Alex Jacob T +49 511 96900-101 F +49 511 96900-7101 M +49 176 60011668 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 31 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Club Portrait

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim tells the sto- Similar success has proven elusive, ry of an impressive promotion from the fifth and they only closely avoided relegation in division in 2000 to the Bundesliga within only 2012/2013, before coming back with an attrac- eight years. The club took the Bundesliga by tive style of play featuring a tremendous goal av- storm in their first season, being first in the erage in the following season. table at Christmas 2008, only to be stopped by several injuries of their top players like Ve- dad Ibiševi´c, who scored 18 goals in his first 17 ­Bundesliga matches.

Roberto Firmino

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Address Titles/Club Successes TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Promotion to Bundesliga 2 in 2007 Fußball-Spielbetriebs GmbH Dietmar-Hopp-Sportpark Promotion to Bundesliga in 2008 Horrenberger Straße 58 D-74939 Zuzenhausen Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) W achtzehn99.de 7 years @achtzehn99 Highest win (H) Bundesliga Managing Board 6-2 vs VfL Wolfsburg (02/03/2014) Peter Rettig (chairman), Frank Briel Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 1-7 vs FC Bayern München (10/03/2012) Members 6,200

Fan Clubs 122

Stadium WIRSOL Rhein--Arena

Capacity 30,150

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Christian Frommert T +49 7261 9493-189 M +49 171 8348243 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 33 1. FC Köln

Club Portrait

The winners of the very first Bundesliga title in 1963/1964, 1. FC Köln can look back on a multi-faceted history in German football. On the one hand, the club had significant achievements by winning two Bundesliga Championships and four German Cup titles between 1964 and 1983.

The founding president of the club, Franz Kremer, was one of the masterminds be- hind the founding of the Bundesliga and the im- plementation of professional football in Germa- ny. The 8th place in the all-time Bundesliga table highlights the prominent role of the club which is well-known for its very loyal and passionate fan base with more than 60,000 members. Sever- al excellent players like Hans Schäfer, Wolfgang ­Overath, , and became famous in the long-last- ing history of the red and white coloured club.

On the other hand, the biggest team in Co- logne was relegated to the second flight five times in the past sixteen years. However, they managed to come back after each relegation and are try- ing to become a sustainable force in Germany’s top flight after their last Bundesliga promotion in 2013/2014. Another feature of the nicknamed Billy Goats is the fact that their official mascot is a living billy goat, called Hennes, the current being Hennes the VIIIth in the club’s history.

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Address Titles/Club Successes 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA German Champion (3) Postfach 45 04 56 1962, 1964, 1978 50879 Köln German Cup Winner (4) W fc-koeln.de 1968, 1977, 1978, 1983 @fckoeln and @fckoeln_live Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) President 44 years Werner Spinner Highest win (A) Bundesliga Members 8-0 vs FC Schalke 04 (08/11/1969) 65,000 8-0 vs Eintracht Braunschweig (08/09/1979) Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga Fan Clubs 0-7 vs FC Bayern München (15/05/1971) 1,450

Stadium RheinEnergieStadion

Capacity 50,000

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Tobias Kaufmann T +49 221 71616-470 F +49 221 71616-338 M +49 160 7161633 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 35 Club Portrait

Bayer 04 Leverkusen began as an after- spots between 1996/1997 and 2010/2011 hours set up by workers of the phar- in the Bundesliga­ and their appearance in the maceutical and chemical company Bayer which 2002 Champions League final demonstrate has remained its only stakeholder to this day. In ­Leverkusen’s prominent role in European and recent years, several outstanding players such as German football. Rudi Völler, or Lúcio became part of the so called Werkself and established Bayer 04 Leverkusen as a sustainable force in German football.

Winning the UEFA Cup in 1988 and the DFB-Pokal in 1993 as well as five runners-up

Heung-Min Son

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Address Titles/Club Successes Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH German Cup Winner (1) Bismarckstraße 122–124 1993 D-51373 Leverkusen UEFA Cup Winner (1) W bayer04.de 1988 @bayer04fussball Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) Managing Director 36 years Michael Schade Highest win (A) Bundesliga Members 9-1 vs SSV Ulm 1846 (18/03/2000) 26,500 Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 1-6 vs Hannover 96 (26/03/1988) Fan Clubs 321

Stadium BayArena

Capacity 30,210

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Meinolf Sprink T +49 214 8660-190 F +49 214 8660-9190 M +49 151 58040004 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 37 1. FSV Mainz 05 Club Portrait

1. FSV Mainz 05 gained promotion to the 1. FSV Mainz 05 is nicknamed the ‘Carnival Club’. Bundesliga for the first time in 2004 under their The special atmosphere­ is also carried through famous coach Jürgen Klopp. Since their come- their stadium, labelled as the Coface Arena, where back to the Bundesliga in 2009, the club has es- a popular Carnival song is played as goal anthem. tablished itself as a sustainable force in Germa- ny’s top division. The season 2010/2011 can be seen as a landmark season for 1. FSV Mainz 05 as they finished fifth to secure European qual- ification for the first time in their history. This tremendous success was impressively repeat- ed in season 2013/2014. As the public festi- val Carnival is quite popular in the city of Mainz,

Shinji Okazaki

38 Club Facts and Figures

Address Titles/Club Successes 1. FSV Mainz 05 e. V. German Amateur Champion (1) Isaac-Fulda-Allee 5 1982 D-55124 Mainz Promotion to Bundesliga (2) W mainz05.de 2004, 2009 @1FSVMainz05 Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) President 9 years Harald Strutz Highest win (H) Bundesliga Members 5-0 vs SC Freiburg (05/03/2005) 14,200 Worst defeat (H) Bundesliga 1-6 vs Werder Bremen (27/10/2006) Fan Clubs 230

Stadium Coface Arena

Capacity 34,000

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Tobias Sparwasser T +49 6131 37550-22 F +49 6131 37550-33 M +49 162 9318306 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 39 Borussia Mönchengladbach

Club Portrait

No club in Germany enjoyed as much national success in the 1970s as Borussia Mönchengladbach. With five Bundesliga Cham- pionships, two UEFA Cup triumphs and one DFB- Pokal title, the team featuring stars like , Günter Netzer, and – all part of the German World Cup win- ning national team in 1974 – will be remembered as one of the greatest ever.

The spirit of those times is still notice- able within the BORUSSIA-PARK where near- ly 55,000 spectators create an electrifying atmosphere on every matchday. The contem- porary team thrills the fans with a modern and fresh style of play and has developed to be a sustainable contender for the top places in the league. This was impressively demonstrated by reaching the international qualification places in 2011/2012 and 2013/2014.

40 Borussia Mönchengladbach Club Facts and Figures

Address Titles/Club Successes Borussia VfL 1900 German Champion (5) Mönchengladbach GmbH 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977 Hennes-Weisweiler-Allee 1 German Cup Winner (3) D-41179 Mönchengladbach 1960, 1973, 1995 W borussia.de UEFA Cup Winner (2) @borussia 1975, 1979 German Supercup Winner (1) President 1977 Rolf Königs Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) Members 47 years 63,500 Highest win (H) Bundesliga Fan Clubs 12-0 vs Borussia Dortmund (29/04/1978) 940 Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 0-7 vs VfB Stuttgart (18/09/2010) Stadium BORUSSIA-PARK

Capacity 54,010

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Markus Aretz T +49 2161 9293-1301 F +49 2161 9293-1309 M +49 171 5455843 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 41 FC Bayern München

Club Portrait Philipp Lahm

The Bundesliga’s record title-holder FC Bayern München has been a dominant force in German football since the end of the 1960s. Since 1969, only three times more than two years passed without Bayern München getting its hands on the precious trophy. 24 German Championships and 17 DFB-Pokal wins under- line the outstanding role of Germany’s most suc- cessful club.

Main personnel supplier to the national team, FC Bayern München also boast by far the largest membership of any club in Germany and after reaching the UEFA Champions League final three times between 2010 and 2013, the Bavar- ians finally lifted the desired trophy for the fifth time in club history in 2013 as a part of their his- toric treble-winning season. With the earliest win of the German Championship in Bundesliga his- tory as well as the title defence of the National Cup, the season 2013/2014 can be named as a record-breaking one not only in the long history of FC Bayern, but also in the long-lasting history of the Bundesliga.

42 Club Facts and Figures

Address Titles/Club Successes FC Bayern München AG German Champion (24) Säbener Straße 51–57 1932, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, D-81547 München 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, W fcbayern.de 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, @FCBayern 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014 German Cup Winner (17) Chairman Executive Board 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014 Members UEFA Champions League Winner (2) 236,000 2001, 2013 European Supercup Winner (1) Fan Clubs 2013 3,749 European Champions Cup Winner (3) 1974, 1975, 1976 Stadium European Cup Winners’ Cup Winner (1) 1967 UEFA Cup Winner (1) 1996 Capacity FIFA Club World Cup Winner (1) 2013 71,137 Intercontinental Cup Winner (2) 1976, 2001 German Supercup Winner (5) 1983, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2012 German League Cup Winner (6) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007 Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 50 years Highest win (H) Bundesliga 11-1 vs Borussia Dortmund (27/11/1971) Worst defeat (H) Bundesliga 0-7 vs Schalke 04 (09/10/1976) Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Markus Hörwick T +49 89 69931-7400 F +49 89 644200 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 43 SC Paderborn 07 Club Portrait

The black and blue coloured team of ­second place in an impressive manner at the end SC Paderborn 07 successfully promoted to the of the season 2013/2014. Therefore, SC Pader- Bundesliga in the season 2013/2014 and en- born 07 will welcome thousands of Bundesliga ters Germany’s top flight as the 53rd team in fans in the Benteler-Arena which was inaugurat- Bundesliga history. Looking back, the club’s his- ed in 2008. tory is marked by several mergers and bundling of ­forces. The merger between TuS Schloß Neu- haus and 1. FC Paderborn in 1985 can be seen as a milestone within this process and was finalised when the club took on its current name in 1997. After nine seasons in Bundesliga 2, the team of head coach André Breitenreiter ­finished in

Mahir Sag˘lik

44 Club Facts and Figures

Address Titles/Club Successes SC Paderborn 07 e. V. Promotion to Bundesliga Paderborner Straße 89 2014 D-33104 Paderborn W scpaderborn07.de Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) @SCPaderborn07 1 year

President Highest win (A) Bundesliga 2 Wilfried Finke 6-1 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf (26/10/2013) Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 2 Members 0-6 vs FC Erzgebirge Aue (24/02/2008) 10,047

Fan Clubs 45

Stadium Benteler-Arena

Capacity 15,000

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Matthias Hack T +49 5251 877-1999 M +49 162 1010724 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 45 FC Schalke 04 Club Portrait

Based in the industrial city of Gelsen- millennium, the team achieved significant suc- kirchen, FC Schalke 04 is one of the Bundesliga’s cess by winning the DFB-Pokal three times with- best-supported clubs, second only to FC Bay- in a ten-year period from 2001 to 2011. Fur- ern München in terms of official members (more thermore, FC Schalke 04 qualified for the UEFA than 130,000 in 2014). They won seven national Champions League six times in the past nine championships, the last one dating back to 1958. years, reaching the semi-finals in 2010/2011. Shaped by the traditional values of the local soci- ety, the ‘Royal Blues’ have extremely passionate supporters. The famous ‘Eurofighters’ of 1997, including local hero and Belgium’s player Marc ­Wilmots, chalked up the club’s great- est success by ­winning the UEFA Cup. In the new

Julian Draxler

46 Club Facts and Figures

Address Titles/Club Successes Fußballclub German Champion (7) -Schalke 04 e. V. 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958 Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg 1 German Cup Winner (5) D-45891 Gelsenkirchen 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011 W schalke04.de UEFA Cup Winner (1) @s04 1997 German League Cup Winner (1) Managing Board 2005 , Alexander Jobst German Supercup Winner (1) and Peter Peters 2011

Members Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 130,000 47 years

Fan Clubs Highest win (A) Bundesliga ca. 1,500 7-0 vs FC Bayern München (09/10/1976) Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga Stadium 0-11 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach VELTINS-Arena (07/01/1976)

Capacity 61,973

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Thomas Spiegel T +49 209 3618-173 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 47 VfB Stuttgart

Club Portrait Vedad Ibiševi´c

VfB Stuttgart is one of the most historic and successful clubs in German football. The im- portant role of the team from Southern Germa- ny is underlined by the fact that the three-time Bundesliga Champions (1984, 1992 and 2007) spent 50 out of 52 years in Germany’s top flight. More than that, the club’s history is filled with several outstanding generations of Bundesliga players such as the German internationals Gui- do Buchwald and Jürgen Klinsmann in the 1980s, the so called ‘magical triangle’ including Kras- simir Balakow, and Giovane ­Elber in the 1990s as well as the ‘young and vivid’ play- ers , Kevin Kurányi, and Mario Gómez in the 2000s.

In particular, the German Cup title in 1997 under the guidance of the subsequent ­national coach Joachim Löw, the appearance in the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1998 and ­especially the Bundesliga Championship in 2007 can be pointed out as important achievements within the last two decades.

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Address Titles/Club Successes VfB Stuttgart 1893 e. V. German Champion (5) Mercedesstraße 109 1950, 1952, 1984, 1992, 2007 D-70372 Stuttgart German Cup Winner (3) W vfb.de 1954, 1958, 1997 @VfB German Supercup Winner (1) 1992 President Bernd Wahler Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) 50 years Members 45,000 Highest win (H) Bundesliga 7-0 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach Fan Clubs (18/09/2010) 375 Worst defeat (A) Bundesliga 0-7 vs Borussia Dortmund (14/03/1964) Stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena

Capacity 60,441

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Tobias Herwerth T +49 711 55007-200 F +49 711 55007-205 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 49 VfL Wolfsburg Club Portrait

Nobody, not even their head coach Felix­ ly well-known players like the Brazilian interna- Magath, had VfL Wolfsburg down as title candi- tional Luiz Gustavo as well as rising star Kevin De dates when they stunned Germany by winning Bruyne from Belgium, the UEFA Europa League the Bundesliga in 2009. A startling second half of participants in 2014/2015 are on a straight the season propelled a team assembled to chal- path to becoming a sustainable top team of the lenge for a place in Europe to national glory, mak- ­Bundesliga. ing them the first new name to appear on the tro- phy in 39 years.

Ever since, VfL Wolfsburg’s defined goal has been to establish their squad at the top of the league. With a selection of international-

Kevin De Bruyne

50 Club Facts and Figures

Address Titles/Club Successes VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH German Champion (1) In den Allerwiesen 1 2009 D-38446 Wolfsburg German Cup Finalist (1) W vfl-wolfsburg.de 1995 @VfL_Wolfsburg Bundesliga affiliation (since 1963) Board of Management 18 years , Wolfgang Hotze, Thomas Röttgermann Highest win (H) Bundesliga 7-1 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach Members (07/11/1998) 19,500 Worst defeat (H) Bundesliga 2-7 vs Werder Bremen (19/09/1999) Fan Clubs 168

Stadium

Capacity 30,000

Jerseys Media/PR

Contact Barbara Ertel-Leicht T +49 5361 8903-204 F +49 5361 8903-200 E [email protected]

2014/2015 Season 51 Fixture Lists

Bundesliga 1st half of the season 2nd half of the season Matchday 1 22–24/08/14 Matchday 18 30/01–01/02/15 Matchday 2 29–31/08/14 Matchday 19 03–04/02/15 Matchday 3 12–14/09/14 Matchday 20 06–08/02/15 Matchday 4 19–21/09/14 Matchday 21 13–15/02/15 Matchday 5 23–24/09/14 Matchday 22 20–22/02/15 Matchday 6 26–28/09/14 Matchday 23 27/02–01/03/15 Matchday 7 03–05/10/14 Matchday 24 06–08/03/15 Matchday 8 17–19/10/14 Matchday 25 13–15/03/15 Matchday 9 24–26/10/14 Matchday 26 20–22/03/15 Matchday 10 31/10–02/11/14 Matchday 27 04–05/04/15 Matchday 11 07–09/11/14 Matchday 28 10–12/04/15 Matchday 12 21–23/11/14 Matchday 29 17–19/04/15 Matchday 13 28–30/11/14 Matchday 30 24–26/04/15 Matchday 14 05–07/12/14 Matchday 31 02–03/05/15 Matchday 15 12–14/12/14 Matchday 32 08–10/05/15 Matchday 16 16–17/12/14 Matchday 33 16/05/15 Matchday 17 19–21/12/14 Matchday 34 23/05/15

52 Supercup 13/08/14 Borussia Dortmund v FC Bayern München 2-0

DFB Cup 15–18/08/14 1st round (64 teams) 28–29/10/14 2nd round (32 teams) 03–04/03/15 3rd round (16 teams) 07–08/04/15 Quarter-finals 28–29/04/15 Semi-finals 30/05/15 Final (Berlin)

Play-offs Bundesliga – Bundesliga 2 28/05/15 16th Bundesliga v 3rd Bundesliga 2 01/06/15 3rd Bundesliga 2 v 16th Bundesliga Bundesliga 2 – Third Division 29/05/15 3rd Third Division v 16th Bundesliga 2 02/06/15 16th Bundesliga 2 v 3rd Third Division

2014/2015 Season 53 54 Imprint

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