2013–14 1. FC Nürnberg season

1. FC Nürnberg
2013–14 season
Manager	Michael Wiesinger / Gertjan Verbeek / Roger Prinzen
Stadium	Frankenstadion
Bundesliga	17th (relegation)
DFB-Pokal	1st Round (knocked out)
Top goalscorer	League: Drmić (17); All: Drmić (17)
Highest home attendance	50,000 vs Dortmund, FC Bayern and Gladbach
Lowest home attendance	31,084 vs Mainz
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 1. FC Nürnberg season is the 114th season in the club's football history.

Review and events

In 2013–14 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs fifth consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009.

The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it was knocked out by 2. Bundesliga side SV Sandhausen, losing 4–3 on penalties.

Matches

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Friendly matches

28 June 2013	SV Raika Längenfeld	0–9	1. FC Nürnberg	Längenfeld, Austria
				Attendance: 100

3 July 2013	1. FC Lichtenfels	0–12	1. FC Nürnberg	Lichtenfels
				Attendance: 2,700

7 July 2013	SV Seligenporten	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Seligenporten
				Stadium: MAR Arena Attendance: 2,500

10 July 2013	SpVgg Bayreuth	0–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Weismain
				Stadium: Waldstadion Weismain Referee: 2,872

13 July 2013 (2013-07-13)	SpVgg Unterhaching	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Unterhaching
				Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 1,500

17 July 2013 (2013-07-17)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Grassau
				Attendance: 2,500

20 July 2013

Gençlerbirliği

0–1

1. FC Nürnberg

Grassau

27 July 2013 (2013-07-27)	Leeds United	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Leeds, United Kingdom
				Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 9,455

7 September 2013 (2013-09-07)	Rapid Wien	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Vienna, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Stadium: Gerhard Hanappi Stadium Attendance: 6,200

DFB-Pokal

4 August 2013 1	SV Sandhausen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	1. FC Nürnberg	Sandhausen
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Schauerte 58' (pen.)	Match report	27' Ginczek	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 7.300 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski
	Penalties
	Schauerte Löning Achenbach Blum		Kiyotake Balitsch Ginczek Nilsson Plattenhardt

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	SC Freiburg	34	9	9	16	43	61	−18	36
15	VfB Stuttgart	34	8	8	18	49	62	−13	32
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	7	6	21	51	75	−24	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	5	11	18	37	70	−33	26	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Eintracht Braunschweig (R)	34	6	7	21	29	60	−31	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

League results and fixtures

10 August 2013 1	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Abraham 34' Modeste 51'	Match Report	54' Frantz 57' Ginczek	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 25,730 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Volland

18 August 2013 2	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Hertha BSC	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Drmić 40' Kiyotake 89'	Match Report	61' Allagui 79' (pen.) Ronny	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,068 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Ginczek

24 August 2013 3	Bayern Munich	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Ribéry 69' Robben 78'	Match Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 (sell-out) Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Ribéry

31 August 2013 4	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	FC Augsburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	84' Vogt	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,239 Referee: Michael Weiner Man of the Match: Schäfer

15 September 2013 5	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Braunschweig
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Elabdellaoui 70'	Match Report	28' Hloušek	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,570 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Schäfer

21 September 2013 6	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Nilsson 50'	Match Report	37' Schmelzer	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 50,000 (sell-out) Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Nilsson

29 September 2013 7	Werder Bremen	3–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Dabanli 8' (o.g.) Elia 34', 66'	Match Report	44' Kiyotake 53' Drmić 70' Hloušek	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,048 Referee: Tobias Stieler Man of the Match: Elia

6 October 2013 8	1. FC Nürnberg	0–5	Hamburger SV	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	17' Van der Vaart 59', 63', 67' Lasogga 74' Arslan	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 38,042 Referee: Markus Schmidt Man of the Match: Lasogga

19 October 2013 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kadlec 50'	Match Report	86' Drmić	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,200 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Kadlec

25 October 2013 10	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Ibišević 3' (pen.)	Match Report	6' Drmić	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,460 Referee: Guido Winkmann Man of the Match: Maxim

2 November 2013 11	1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	SC Freiburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	57' Klaus 79' Darida 88' Mehmedi	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 37,069 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Baumann

9 November 2013 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Mönchengladbach
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Arango 72' Stark 75' (o.g.) Herrmann 87'	Match Report	21' Drmić	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,235 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Arango

23 November 2013 13	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ginczek 72'	Match Report	39' Arnold	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 35,678 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Arnold

30 November 2013 14	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Son 36', 76' Kießling 47'	Match Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,395 Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Son

6 December 2013 15	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	Mainz 05	Nuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Nilsson 5'	Match Report	75' Okazaki	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 31,084 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Schäfer

14 December 2013 16	Hannover 96	3–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Hannover
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Bittencourt 60' Diouf 87', 90'	Match Report	30' Hloušek 38' Drmić 41' Nilsson	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer Man of the Match: Diouf

21 December 2013 17	1. FC Nürnberg	0–0	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 42,687 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Frantz

25 January 2014 18	1. FC Nürnberg	4–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Chandler 23' Drmić 41', 70' Ginczek 49'	Match Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 36,079 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Pinola

2 February 2014 19	Hertha BSC	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Ramos 4'	Match Report	20' Feulner 68', 90' (pen.) Drmić	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,438 Referee: Michael Weiner Man of the Match: Drmić

8 February 2014 20	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Bayern Munich	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	18' Mandžukić 49' Lahm	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 50,000 (sell-out) Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Mandžukić

16 February 2014 21	FC Augsburg	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	65' Drmić	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,660 (sell-out) Referee: Felix Brych Man of the Match: Drmić

22 February 2014 22	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kiyotake 46' Pekhart 47'	Match Report	34' Kumbela	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 36,657 Referee: Daniel Siebert Man of the Match: Schäfer

1 March 2014 23	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Hummels 51' Lewandowski 64' Mkhitaryan 83'	Match Report		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645 (sell-out) Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Mkhitaryan

8 March 2014 24	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Werder Bremen	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	39' Di Santo 68' Bargfrede	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 40,608 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Di Santo

16 March 2014 25	Hamburger SV	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Çalhanoğlu 80' Frantz 86' (o.g.)	Match Report	90' Drmić	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 52,183 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Çalhanoğlu

23 March 2014 26	1. FC Nürnberg	2–5	Eintracht Frankfurt	Nuremberg
15:30 CET (UTC+01)	Drmić 64' Campaña 72'	Match Report	21' Barnetta 49', 88' Joselu 53' Madlung 90' Kadlec	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 40,079 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Aigner

26 March 2014 27	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
20:00 CET (UTC+01)	Drmić 43', 54'	Match Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 38,188 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Drmić

29 March 2014 28	SC Freiburg	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Freiburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Krmaš 23' Mehmedi 53' (pen.) Klaus 65'	Match Report	7' Pogatetz 45' (pen.) Drmić	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000 (sell-out) Referee: Jochen Drees Man of the Match: Klaus

5 April 2014 29	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	18' Arango 79' (pen.) Kruse	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 50,000 (sell-out) Referee: Tobias Stieler Man of the Match: Schäfer

12 April 2014 30	VfL Wolfsburg	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Olić 19' Perišić 22', 82' Malanda 69'	Match Report	8' Feulner	Stadium: Volkswagen-Arena Attendance: 28,431 Referee: Bastian Dankert Man of the Match: De Bruyne

20 April 2014 31	1. FC Nürnberg	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Plattenhardt 26'	Match Report	16', 80' Spahić 48' Boenisch 87' Hilbert	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 40,514 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Spahić

26 April 2014 32	Mainz 05	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Okazaki 30' Moritz 44'	Match Report		Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,507 Referee: Knut Kircher Man of the Match: Okazaki

3 May 2014 33	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	5' Huszti 51' Schmiedebach	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 46,014 Referee: Manuel Gräfe Man of the Match: Schmiedebach

10 May 2014 34	Schalke 04	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)	J. Matip 6' Neustädter 45' Draxler 75' Obasi 90'	Match Report	90' Drmić	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,973 (sell-out) Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: M. Meyer

Overall

Matches played	34
Matches won	5
Matches drawn	11
Matches lost	18
Goals scored	37
Goals conceded	70
Goal difference	−33
Clean sheets	4
Yellow cards
Red cards	4
Best result(s)	4–0 vs Hoffenheim
Worst result(s)	0–5 vs Hamburg
Points earned	26/102