The 2013–14 RB Leipzig season was the 5th season in the club's football history and their first season competing in the professional & national level in Germany. Leipzig participated in the 2013–14 3. Liga season after winning the promotion playoff.
Leipzig participated in the DFB-Pokal after winning the 2013 Saxony Cup. They were eliminated in the first round by FC Augsburg. Leipzig also participates in the 2014 Saxony Cup since 3. Liga teams are allowed to participate in regional cups. They were eliminated in the semifinal by FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf.
Team uniform
Review and events
The 2013–14 RB Leipzig season is the 5th season in the club's football history and their first season competing in the professional & national level in Germany. Leipzig was to participate in the 2013–14 3. Liga season after winning the 2012–13 Regionalliga Nordost and beating Sportfreunde Lotte in the promotion playoff.
They won their 3. Liga debut against Hallescher FC on 19 July by 1–0. The goalscorer was captain Daniel Frahn.
On 3 May 2014, they secured promotion to the 2. Bundesliga after defeating 1. FC Saarbrücken 5–1. They finished their first season in 3. Liga in second position, securing a direct promotion spot.
Fixtures and results
Legend
Friendlies
3. Liga
League fixtures and results
League table
DFB-Pokal
Saxony Cup
Squad
Squad, appearances and goals scored
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
Transfers
In No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources 3 DF Anthony Jung Yes FSV Frankfurt Transfer Summer 2016 Free 4 DF Tobias Willers Yes Sportfreunde Lotte Transfer Summer 2015 Free 9 FW Yussuf Poulsen Yes Lyngby BK Transfer Summer 2017 €650,000 17 MF Joshua Kimmich Yes VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer 2015 Undisclosed 20 FW Denis Thomalla Yes TSG Hoffenheim Transfer Summer 2017 Free 21 DF Mikko Sumusalo Yes HJK Transfer Winter 2016 Free 25 MF Christos Papadimitriou Yes AEK Athens Transfer Summer 2014 €200,000 31 MF Diego Demme Yes SC Paderborn Transfer Winter 2018 €350,000 32 FW Federico Palacios Martínez Yes VfL Wolfsburg Transfer Winter 2018 €600,000 33 MF André Luge Yes FSV Zwickau Transfer Summer 2017 Undisclosed 39 MF Georg Teigl Yes Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Winter 2015 Undisclosed
Out No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources 2 DF Marcus Hoffmann Yes Released Summer Free 10 MF Thiago Rockenbach da Silva No Hertha BSC II Loan Winter Free 13 FW Tom Nattermann Yes Released Summer Free 14 DF Patrick Koronkiewicz Yes Released Summer Free 15 DF Bastian Schulz Yes VfL Wolfsburg II Released Winter Free 16 DF Juri Judt Yes Released Winter Free 17 DF Umut Koçin Yes Released Summer Free 21 MF Paul Schinke Yes Released Summer Free 25 MF Christos Papadimitriou Yes FC Liefering Loan Winter Free 27 FW Carsten Kammlott Yes Rot-Weiß Erfurt Transfer Winter Free
References
External links 2013–14 RB Leipzig players at redbulls.com