2014–15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2014–15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 116th season in the club's football history. The club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's seventh consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

2014–15 season
Chairman	Jochen A. Rotthaus
Manager	Markus Gisdol
Stadium	Rhein-Neckar Arena, Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Volland (7) All: Roberto Firmino (9) Sven Schipplock (9) Kevin Volland (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

First team squad

As of 1 September 2014[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Oliver Baumann 2 DF  GER Andreas Beck (captain) 4 DF  BIH Ermin Bičakčić 6 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy 8 MF  POL Eugen Polanski 9 FW  GER Sven Schipplock 10 MF  BRA Roberto Firmino 11 MF  SWE Jiloan Hamad 12 MF  GER Tobias Strobl 13 GK  GER Jens Grahl 14 MF  NOR Tarik Elyounoussi 15 DF  GER Jeremy Toljan 16 MF   SUI Pirmin Schwegler 17 MF   SUI Steven Zuber 19 DF  ARG David Abraham

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  KOR Kim Jin-su 21 DF  GER Kevin Akpoguma 23 MF  BIH Sejad Salihović 25 DF  GER Niklas Süle 26 FW  GER Janik Haberer 27 FW  FRA Anthony Modeste 28 FW  HUN Ádám Szalai 29 DF  DEN Jannik Vestergaard 30 GK  BEL Koen Casteels 31 FW  GER Kevin Volland 33 GK  GER Alexander Stolz 35 GK  GER Marvin Schwäbe 38 MF  GER Kai Herdling 41 FW  ZIM Knowledge Musona

Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GHA Afriyie Acquah (at Parma) — MF  PER Luis Advíncula (at Sporting Cristal) — MF  BRA Guilherme Biteco (at Vasco da Gama) — FW  AUT Michael Gregoritsch (at VfL Bochum) — MF  ITA Vincenzo Grifo (at FSV Frankfurt) — MF  SRB Filip Malbašić (at Lechia Gdańsk) — MF  BRA Bruno Nazário (at Lechia Gdańsk) — MF  PER Junior Ponce (at Vitória de Setúbal) — MF  GER Tobias Weis (at VfL Bochum) — MF  LIE Sandro Wieser (at FC Aarau) — MF  FIN Juho Martikainen (at Hertha BSC)

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Oliver Baumann (from Basel) 4 DF  BIH Ermin Bičakčić (at Eintracht Braunschweig) 16 MF   SUI Pirmin Schwegler (at Eintracht Frankfurt) 17 MF   SUI Steven Zuber (from CSKA Moscow) 20 DF  KOR Kim Jin-su (from Albirex) 26 FW  GER Janik Haberer (from SpVgg Unterhaching) 28 FW  HUN Ádám Szalai (from Schalke 04)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  NED Edson Braafheid (at Lazio) — DF  GER Stefan Thesker (at Hannover 96) — DF  USA Fabian Johnson (at Borussia Mönchengladbach) — DF  GER Robin Szarka (at Energie Cottbus) — MF  GER Andreas Ludwig (at VfR Aalen) — MF  USA Joseph-Claude Gyau (at Borussia Dortmund II) — FW  ESP Joselu (at Hannover 96) — FW   SUI Eren Derdiyok (at Kasımpaşa) — FW  TUR Kenan Karaman (at Hannover 96)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Schalke 04	34	13	9	12	42	40	+2	48	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7	Borussia Dortmund	34	13	7	14	47	42	+5	46	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
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

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, VfL Wolfsburg, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Schalke 04; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Borussia Dortmund.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	11	8	13	47	52	−5	41	8	3	5	29	25	+4	3	5	8	18	27	−9

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W
Position	1	3	8	3	4	4	2	3	4	4	5	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	9

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1899 Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

23 August 2014 1	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volland  15' Szalai  33' Elyounoussi  35' Polanski  77'	Report	Callsen-Bracker  18' Baier  47' Werner  53'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 23,792 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Werder Bremen v 1899 Hoffenheim

30 August 2014 2	Werder Bremen	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Selke  3' Junuzović  36' Gálvez  59',  60'	Report	Roberto Firmino  19'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,900 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

13 September 2014 3	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Modeste  55' Polanski  72'	Report	Guilavogui  84'  90' Olić  89'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,813 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

VfB Stuttgart v 1899 Hoffenheim

20 August 2014 4	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Modeste  15' Rudy  70' Elyounoussi  84' Schipplock  89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 44,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Freiburg

23 September 2014 5	1899 Hoffenheim	3–3	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elyounoussi  40' Beck  56' Rudy  64',  90' Strobl  75' Vestergaard  90+3'	Report	Frantz  32', 33' Klaus  54' Mujdža  56' Schuster  60' Darida  75' (pen.),  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

FSV Mainz 05 v 1899 Hoffenheim

26 September 2014 6	FSV Mainz 05	0–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Allagui  20'	Report	Polanski  56' Rudy  71'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1899 Hoffenheim v Schalke 04

4 October 2014 7	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Elyounoussi  13',  43' Szalai  29'  33' Schipplock  88'	Report	Huntelaar  56',  83' Aogo  69' Matip  70'  75' Fuchs  72'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

Hamburger SV v 1899 Hoffenheim

19 October 2014 8	Hamburger SV	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lasogga  34' Arslan  37'	Report	Modeste  15',  49' Volland  45' Rudy  77'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 49,003 Referee: Peter Sippel

1899 Hoffenheim v SC Paderborn

25 October 2014 9	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	SC Paderborn	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volland  73',  89' Schipplock  86'	Report	Heinloth  80' Ouali  82' Kachunga  87'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 25,712 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1899 Hoffenheim

2 November 2014 10	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hahn  12' Herrmann  32', 52',  43'	Report	Strobl  9' Modeste  30'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,409 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

8 November 2014 11	1899 Hoffenheim	3–4	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Szalai  2' Roberto Firmino  39', 45' Beck  62'	Report	Olkowski  5', 83' Lehmann  12' Ujah  35',  57' Vogt  74'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayern Munich v 1899 Hoffenheim

22 November 2014 12	Bayern Munich	4–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Götze  27' Boateng  30' Lewandowski  39' Robben  82' Rode  87' Alonso  88'	Report	Schwegler  28' Volland  54' Szalai  90'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Hannover 96

29 November 2014 13	1899 Hoffenheim	4–3	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwegler  19' Volland  37' Polanski  59' Süle  63' Bičakčić  75'	Report	Sakai  19' Schulz  39' Stindl  43', 86'  84' Joselu  52',  90+2'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,716 Referee: Felix Brych

Borussia Dortmund v 1899 Hoffenheim

5 December 2014 14	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gündoğan  17' Kehl  23'	Report	Süle  26' Schwegler  63' Salihović  85' Polanski  88'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1899 Hoffenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

12 December 2014 15	1899 Hoffenheim	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kim  35' Volland  43' Beck  58' Szalai  65' Roberto Firmino  87',  88'	Report	Anderson Bamba  32' Aigner  58' Hasebe  73' Seferović  77'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 28,331 Referee: Jochen Drees

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

17 December 2014 16	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Strobl  4'	Report	Bender  44' Boenisch  37' Kießling  79' Hilbert  89'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,731 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hertha BSC v 1899 Hoffenheim

21 December 2014 17	Hertha BSC	0–5	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hosogai  45' Stocker  78' Ben-Hatira  90'	Report	Brooks  23' (o.g.) Salihović  26' (pen.), 39' (pen.) Roberto Firmino  42' Schipplock  74' Rudy  84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 39,604 Referee: Peter Sippel

FC Augsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

1 February 2015 18	FC Augsburg	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Feulner  17' Altıntop  39' Werner  42' Højbjerg  43' Bobadilla  90+3'	Report	Abraham  41' Roberto Firmino  45',  83' Szalai  61'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 27,090 Referee: Florian Meyer

1899 Hoffenheim v Werder Bremen

4 February 2015 19	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bičakčić  34' Rudy  82'	Report	Di Santo  8',  72' Kroos  47' Bargfrede  52' García  65' Bartels  90+3'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 23,631 Referee: Guido Winkmann

VfL Wolfsburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

7 February 2015 20	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dost  3' De Bruyne  28', 84' Schürrle  40' Guilavogui  80'	Report	Polanski  51'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 26,356 Referee: Jochen Drees

1899 Hoffenheim v VfB Stuttgart

14 February 2015 21	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwegler  9' Schipplock  25' Roberto Firmino  30' Abraham  61' Rudy  90+3'	Report	Werner  35' Sakai  39' Niedermeier  43' Gentner  79'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 29,309 Referee: Tobias Welz

SC Freiburg v 1899 Hoffenheim

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 22	SC Freiburg	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Philipp  15' Höhn  25' Guédé  79' Torrejón  90+2'	Report	Schwegler  23' Kim  31' Volland  39' Salihović  61'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Mainz 05

28 February 2015 23	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kim  13' Salihović  41' Volland  55' Polanski  68',  76'	Report		Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 24,310 Referee: Peter Sippel

Schalke 04 v 1899 Hoffenheim

7 March 2015 24	Schalke 04	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fuchs  12',  17' Meyer  41', 53'	Report	Strobl  11' Volland  73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,607 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1899 Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 25	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Polanski  22' (pen.), 81' Schwegler  56' Rudy  87'	Report	Drobný  19' Iličević  75' Jiráček  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Günter Perl

SC Paderborn v 1899 Hoffenheim

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 26	SC Paderborn	0–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Paderborn
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bičakčić  55'  65' Rudy  83' Modeste  90+1'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 14,401 Referee: Markus Schmidt

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 27	1899 Hoffenheim	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schipplock  17' Kim  45+2' Abraham  63' Rudy  90'	Report	Kruse  26' (pen.) Herrmann  31', 51' Raffael  36' Xhaka  69' Kramer  82'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1. FC Köln v 1899 Hoffenheim

12 April 2015 (2015-04-12) 28	1. FC Köln	3–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lehmann  20' (pen.),  71' Maroh  29' Vogt  44' Ujah  54' Olkowski  69' Hector  78' Bröker  87'	Report	Bičakčić  19' Polanski  70' (pen.) Beck  80' Modeste  88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

1899 Hoffenheim v Bayern Munich

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 29	1899 Hoffenheim	0–2	Bayern Munich	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rudy  19' Beck  68' Volland  70'	Report	Müller  21' Dante  24' Rode  38' Rafinha  66' Beck  90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hannover 96 v 1899 Hoffenheim

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 30	Hannover 96	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stindl  24' (pen.),  90+1' Sané  41' Schmiedebach  64' Zieler  70' Joselu  89'	Report	Modeste  1' Strobl  23' Bičakčić  41' Schipplock  83'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 46,200 Referee: Günter Perl

1899 Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 31	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Roberto Firmino  26' Volland  33'	Report	Hummels  35' Kehl  48' Kampl  55' Durm  72'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Jochen Drees

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1899 Hoffenheim

9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) 32	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Oczipka  18' Seferović  27',  45' Chandler  34' Russ  50' Aigner  69'	Report	Volland  5',  51' Polanski  45' Roberto Firmino  90+1'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,600 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Bayer Leverkusen v 1899 Hoffenheim

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) 33	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Çalhanoğlu  45+1' Toprak  55' Kießling  61' Rolfes  71'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,072 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Hertha BSC

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 34	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Strobl  1' Modeste  8' Rudy  29' Roberto Firmino  80'	Report	Stocker  44' Beerens  72' Burchert  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Knut Kircher

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

USC Paloma v 1899 Hoffenheim

17 August 2014 Round 1	USC Paloma	0–9	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kramer  71' Drews  77'	Report	Elyounoussi  9',  31' Bičakčić  17' Schipplock  18', 28', 33', 45', 54' Szalai  34' Modeste  90'	Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Sören Storks

1899 Hoffenheim v FSV Frankfurt

29 October 2014 Round 2	1899 Hoffenheim	5–1	FSV Frankfurt	Hoffenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schipplock  23' Vestergaard  45+3' Roberto Firmino  51',  57', 90' Modeste  72'	Report	Oumari  20' Balitsch  75' Schembri  80'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 11,441 Referee: Jochen Drees

VfR Aalen v 1899 Hoffenheim

3 March 2015 Round 3	VfR Aalen	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Aalen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Quaner  29' Gjasula  53' Feick  77'	Report	Polanski  16' Beck  28' Volland  55',  56'	Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 8,252 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Borussia Dortmund v 1899 Hoffenheim

7 April 2015 Quarterfinals	Borussia Dortmund	3–2 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Subotić  19' Aubameyang  57' Kehl  107',  117' Błaszczykowski  112'	Report	Volland  21',  89' Roberto Firmino  27',  90+2' Schipplock  53' Schwegler  55' Bičakčić  112'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,667 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Statistics

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	9		Sven Schipplock	0	5	5
	MF	14		Tarik Elyounoussi	4	1
3	FW	27		Anthony Modeste	2	1	3
	FW	28		Ádám Szalai	2	1
5	DF	4		Ermin Bičakčić	0	1	1
	MF	6		Sebastian Rudy	1	0
	MF	10		Roberto Firmino	1	0
	DF	29		Jannik Vestergaard	1	0
TOTALS					11	9	20

Last updated on 5 October

References

1. First Team - Squad Archived 2014-09-22 at the Wayback Machine (in German) achtzehn99.de, accessed: 14 April 2014