The 2013–14 1. FC Union Berlin season is the club's fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga.

Background

Union Berlin won the 2008–09 3. Liga. Since promotion, Union Berlin has finished 12th in 2009–10, 11th in 2010–11, and seventh in 2011–12 and 2012–13.

Transfers In NameAgeFromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee MF Damir Kreilach HNK Rijeka Transfer Summer 2016 €200,000 DF Fabian Schönheim 1. FSV Mainz 05 Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed DF Roberto Punčec Maccabi Tel Aviv Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed DF Mario Eggimann Hannover 96 Transfer Summer 2015 Free transfer FW Martin Dausch VfR Aalen Transfer Summer 2015 Free transfer MF Benjamin Köhler 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer 2014 Undisclosed MF Abdallah Gomaa ENPPI SC Loan transfer Winter 2014

Out

NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee MF Christoph Menz Dynamo Dresden Transfer Summer Free transfer DF Daniel Göhlert TSV Einheit Claußnitz Transfer Summer Free transfer GK Marcel Höttecke Berliner AK 07 Transfer Summer Free transfer FW Marcel Höttecke Wolfsberger AC Transfer Winter Released

Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Union Berlin's season started on 21 July with a 2–1 loss to VfL Bochum. Damir Kreilach scored for Union Berlin and Danny Latza and Marcel Maltritz scored for Bochum. League table

Matches

WinDrawLoss MatchDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendance 1 21 July 201315:30VfL BochumHome 1–2Kreilach 86' 18,823 2 26 July 201318:30 Arminia Bielefeld Away 1–1 Nemec 25' 15,488 3 9 August 201318:30 Dynamo Dresden Away 3–1Brandy 23', Mattuschka 25', Kreilach 37'29,223 4 19 August 201320:15 Fortuna DüsseldorfHome 2–1 Nemec 43', 55' 20,846 5 25 August 201313:30 FSV Frankfurt Away 1–1 Kreilach 57' 4,436 6 31 August 201313:00 FC St. PauliHome 3–2 Mattuschka 36' (pen.), Nemec 59', Terodde 86' 21,717 7 15 September 201313:00Ingolstadt 04 Away 1–0 Brandy 48' 5,909 8 20 September 201318:30 Greuther FürthHome 2–4Köhler 17', Terodde 86' 19,707 9 28 September 201313:00 Paderborn 07 Away 3–0 Brandy 41', 79', Mattuschka 85' 7,512 10 4 October 201318:30SV SandhausenHome 3–0 Mattuschka 25', Terodde 47', Brandy 66' 18,756 11 18 October 201318:30Energie Cottbus Away 0–0 — 16,194 12 27 October 201313:30 Erzgebirge AueHome 1–0Mattuschka 62' 20,541 13 4 November 201320:151. FC Köln Away 0–4 — 45,000 14 9 November 201313:00 Karlsruher SCHome 0–0 — 20,757 15 23 November 201313:00 1. FC Kaiserslautern Away 0–3 — 33,284 16 29 November 201318:30 VfR AalenHome 1–3Mattuschka 62' 17,236 17 7 December 201313:001860 München Away 1–2 Mattuschka 74' (pen.) 18,400 18 14 December 201313:00VfL Bochum Away 4–0 Quiring 13', 36', Terodde 47', Köhler 52' 13,117 19 21 December 201313:00 Arminia BielefeldHome 4–2 Eggimann 18', Kohlmann 26', Nemec 42', Mattuschka 49' (pen.) 20,314 20 8 February 201413:00 Dynamo DresdenHome 0–0 — 21,717 21 14 February 201418:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf Away1–1Erat 35' 30,678 22 21 February 201418:30 FSV FrankfurtHome2–0 Mattuschka 39' (pen.), Schönheim 76' 17,082 23 3 March 201420:15 FC St. Pauli Away1–2 Terodde 58' 29,633 24 8 March 201413:00Ingolstadt 04Home1–1 Mattuschka 90+1' (pen.) 18,412 25 16 March 201413:30 Greuther Fürth Away1–1 Brandy 43' 11,545 26 21 March 201418:30 Paderborn 07Home1–1 Brandy 53' 18,820 27 25 March 201418:30SV Sandhausen Away1–2 Quiring 4' 4,050 28 31 March 201418:30Energie CottbusHome 2–0 Brandy 28', 82' 20,766 29 6 April 201413:30 Erzgebirge Aue Away 2–3 Mattuschka 24' (pen.), Skrzybski 40' 12,000 30 11 April 201418:301. FC KölnHome 1–2 Dausch 10' 21,000 31 19 April 201413:00 Karlsruher SC Away2–3 Köhler 62' (pen.), Mattuschka 78' (pen.) 15,557 32 28 April 201420:15 1. FC KaiserslauternHome1–1 Brandy 9' 19,185 33 4 May 201413:30 VfR Aalen Away0–3 — 7,579 34 11 May 201413:301860 MünchenHome 1–1Kohlmann 49' 21,717

DFB–Pokal

The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal happened on 15 June. Union Berlin were drawn against Jahn Regensburg. The match took place on 5 August and ended up as a 2–1 win for Union Berlin. Sören Brandy and Benjamin Köhler scored for Union Berlin and Abdenour Amachaibou scored for Jahn Regensburg. Union Berlin were drawn against VfL Osnabrück on 10 August for the second round. The match took place on 25 September and ended up as a 1–0 win for Union Berlin. Torsten Mattuschka scored the only goal of the match. Union Berlin were drawn against 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the round of 16 on 29 September. The match took place on 3 December with Kaiserslautern winning 3–0 with goals from Willi Orban, Simon Zoller, and Marcel Gaus.

Matches WinDrawLoss RoundDateTimeOpponentVenueResultF–AScorersAttendanceFirst round 5 August 201318:30Jahn RegensburgAway 2–1Brandy 21', Köhler 42' 6,249Second round 25 September 201320:30VfL Osnabrück Away 1–0 Mattuschka 14' (pen.) 11,194Round of 16 3 December 201319:00 1. FC KaiserslauternHome 0–3 — 21,717

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