2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 21 September, Barcelona played against Levante. Goals from Neymar, Ivan Rakitić, Sandro, Pedro and Messi ensured that Barcelona had maintained their perfect record. On 24 September, Barcelona took on Málaga at La Rosaleda. It was the debut match for Douglas. Barcelona dropped first point of the season in La Liga as the game ended as a goalless draw. On 27 September, Barcelona played against Granada at Camp Nou. Barcelona kept up home form with a big win thanks to Neymar's first hat-trick of the season and a brace from Messi; the other goal came from Rakitić.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 30 September, Barcelona played its second match in the Champions League, against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes. It was the first defeat of the season and also the first time in the season Barça conceded a goal; PSG won 3–2, were goals from Messi and Neymar were not enough to escape defeat.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October
On 4 October, Barcelona played Rayo Vallecano at the Campo de Vallecas. In an eventual 0–2 win with goals from Messi and Neymar, goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made La Liga history by going 630 minutes without conceding a goal, surpassing former Barça goalkeeper Pedro María Artola's record of 560 minutes, set in 1978. After an international break, Barcelona faced Eibar at Camp Nou on 18 October. Barça won the match 3–0, with late goals from Messi, Neymar and Xavi. On 21 October, Barcelona hosted Ajax at Camp Nou.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October
Goals from Messi and Neymar and a late goal from youngster Sandro gave Barcelona a comfortable 3–1 win. On 25 October, Barcelona played the first Clásico of the season at the Santiago Bernabéu. This was the official debut match of star forward Luis Suárez due to his ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chellini during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Neymar gave Barcelona an early lead but Barcelona could not further capitalize on the lead; a converted penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo and goals from Pepe and Karim Benzema resulted in a 3–1 defeat. This was the first defeat for Barcelona in their 2014–15 Liga campaign. Claudio Bravo's clean sheet run ended at 754 minutes.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
On 1 November, Barcelona played against Celta de Vigo. Barcelona's losing streak continued as they experienced their first home defeat of the season at Camp Nou; a single goal from Joaquín Larrivey decided the outcome of the match. Barça were down to the fourth position in the league table with the loss. On 5 November, Barca played against Ajax at Amsterdam Arena; Messi scored a brace as Barcelona won the match 0–2. With these two goals, Messi equalized the Raúl's record as the all-time top scorer in the UEFA Champions League.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
On 8 November, Barcelona visited Juegos Mediterráneos to play against Almería. Barcelona earned a hard-fought win thanks to late goals from Neymar and Jordi Alba as Thievy Bifouma gave Almería the lead after 37 minutes. This win brought Barcelona to second in the table. After the last international break of the year, Barça took on Sevilla at Camp Nou, winning 5–1 off goals by Neymar and Rakitić and a hat-trick from Messi, with Alba scoring an own goal. With his second goal, Messi broke the record of Telmo Zarra to become the all-time top scorer of La Liga.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
On 25 November, Barça won 0–4 against APOEL at GSP Stadium of Nicosia, Cyprus. Messi scored a hat-trick and Luis Suárez scored his first official goal for Barcelona. The hat-trick made Messi the all-time top scorer of the Champions League, surpassing Raúl. On 30 November, Barcelona earned a dramatic win against Valencia at Mestalla after an injury time goal from Sergio Busquets gave Barça the 0–1 win. At the time of celebrating the goal, Messi was struck by a bottle by a Valencia fan. When Messi tried to report the incident to referee, he was shown a yellow card due to misunderstanding. Later on, due to the appeal from the club, the card was rescinded.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 2 December, Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen, who was yet to make his official debut with Barcelona, underwent successful knee surgery in Finland. He would be out for next five-to-six months. Barcelona played the first match of 2014–15 Copa del Rey against Huesca at Estadio El Alcoraz on 3 December 2014. They won the round of 32 first leg by 0–4. Rakitić, Andrés Iniesta, Pedro and Rafinha scored the goals. Luis Enrique rested many of first team starters and handed Barça B defender Edgar Ié his debut.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 7 December, Barcelona played against Espanyol, the first Catalan Derby of 2014–15 La Liga at Camp Nou. Espanyol took the lead by a goal from Sergio García, but Barcelona eventually won the match 5–1 thanks to a hat-trick from Messi and goals from Piqué and Pedro. On 10 December, Barca played last match of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage, against Paris Saint-Germain at Camp Nou. The lead given by Zlatan Ibrahimović for PSG did not last long, as goals from Messi, Neymar and Suárez gave Barcelona the 3–1 win, ensuring the top spot in Group F. Barça played against Getafe on 13 December at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez; the match ended in a goalless draw.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 16 December, Barca played against Huesca in the second leg of Copa del Rey at Camp Nou. Huesca was thrashed 8–1 as Pedro scored a hat-trick and Barça B winger Adama Traoré scoring his first goal of the season for the first team. Other goalscorers were Sergi Roberto, Iniesta, Adriano and Sandro. A goal from Carlos David only minimised the difference. By their 12–1 aggregate win, Barcelona are through to the last 16 of the Copa del Rey. Barça took on Córdoba at Camp Nou on 20 December, the last match of the 2014 calendar year.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
Barcelona ended the year with a convincing 5–0 win off goals from Pedro, Suárez, Piqué and a late double from Messi. On 30 December, Barça's appeal against two window transfer ban allotted by FIFA was rejected by CAS. As a result, Barcelona will not be allowed to sign any new player until January 2016 and have to pay a fine of approximately €375,000.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
Barcelona's new year started on 4 January with an away match against Real Sociedad at Anoeta Stadium. A poor start for Barcelona as they lost the match 1–0. An own goal from Jordi Alba decided the result. On 5 January, Barcelona announced that they had terminated the contract of director of football Andoni Zubizarreta. He had been sacked after serving for more than four years starting from July 2010. On the same day, Carles Puyol, the assistant director of football, quit his position. On 7 January, club president Josep Maria Bartomeu called for early presidential election at the end of the 2014–15 season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
On 8 January, Barcelona played the first leg of Round of 16 of Copa del Rey against Elche at Camp Nou. Barça won the match 5–0 from a brace by Neymar and goals from Suárez, Alba and a penalty from Messi. On 11 January, Barcelona played against Atlético Madrid at Camp Nou, winning 3–1. Neymar, Suárez and Messi scored for Barça, and Mario Mandžukić reduced the gap from a penalty for Atlético. On 15 January, Barcelona played against Elche in the second leg of Round of 16 of Copa del Rey at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero. Despite resting many first team players, Barca won 4–0 as Jérémy Mathieu, Sergi Roberto, Pedro and Adriano scored. With the win, Barça were through to the Quarter-finals of Copa del Rey with an aggregate 9–0 victory.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
On 18 January, Barça took on Deportivo at Estadio Riazor, the last match of the first half of La Liga. Barca won the match 0–4 from Messi's hat-trick and an own goal by Sidnei. It was Messi's 22nd career hat-trick in La Liga. On 21 January, the first leg of quarter-finals of Copa del Rey took place between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid at Camp Nou, where Barça won 1–0 thanks to a late goal from Messi. On 24 January, Barca played against Elche at Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
Barça won the match 0–6 as Messi and Neymar scored braces and Pedro and Piqué each scored once. Barça defeated Atlético Madrid in the second leg of the quarter-finals of Copa del Rey 2–3 goals on 28 January at the Vicente Calderón, completing a 4–2 aggregate win. Neymar scored a brace and Miranda scored an own goal for Barcelona, while Fernando Torres and Raúl García scored for Atlético.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
On 1 February, Barcelona played the 21st match of La Liga against Villarreal at Camp Nou. Barça won the thrilling encounter 3-2 thanks to goals from Neymar, Rafinha and Messi; Denis Cheryshev and Luciano Vietto scored for Villarreal. On 8 February, Barcelona played Athletic Bilbao at the San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao. Barcelona won the match 5–2 as Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar and Pedro scored. The other Barcelona goal was an own goal by Óscar de Marcos, while Mikel Rico and Aritz Aduriz reduced the gap for Athletic. On 11 February, Barcelona played Villarreal in the first leg of semi-finals of Copa del Rey at Camp Nou. Barça won the match 3–1 as Messi, Iniesta and Piqué scored for Barcelona, while Manu Trigueros scored for Villarreal. Neymar, meanwhile, missed a penalty.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
On 15 February, Barcelona played the 23rd match of La Liga against Levante at the Camp Nou. It was Messi's 300th La Liga appearance. Barcelona won the match 5–0 as Messi scored his 23rd La Liga hat-trick, while Neymar and Suárez scored one each. On 21 February, Barça's eleven-match winning streak came to an end as they lost to Málaga, 1–0. Juanmi scored the only goal at Camp Nou. On 25 February, FC Barcelona flew to the Etihad Stadium in Manchester to play the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 against Manchester City.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
Barça won the game 2–1 thanks to a brace from Suárez. Sergio Agüero reduced the gap for City in the second half of the game. On 28 February, Barcelona took on Granada at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. The Blaugranes won the match 3–1. The goals were scored by Rakitić and Suárez. Fran Rico scored for Granada, however Messi ensured Barça's victory by scoring his 27th league goal of the season.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 4 March, Barcelona played the second leg of semi-finals of Copa del Rey against Villarreal at El Madrigal. Barça won the match 1–3 and went through to the final by a 6–2 aggregate scoreline. Neymar scored a brace while Suárez added one; Jonathan dos Santos scored the only goal for Villarreal. On 8 March, Barça played the 26th match of La Liga against Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou, winning 6–1 as Messi scored his 24th La Liga hat-trick, Suárez scored a brace and Piqué scored the other. Alberto Bueno reduced the gap from a penalty while Dani Alves was sent off. With his hat-trick, Messi set the record for most hat-tricks in the history of La Liga. Additionally, Barcelona climbed to the top position of the league table with this win.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 14 March, Barça took on Eibar at the Ipurua Municipal Stadium. Messi scored both goals as Barça won 0–2. On 18 March, Barça faced Manchester City at home for the second leg of Champions League round of 16. Barça won 1–0 on a goal by Rakitić, and as a result, Barcelona qualified for the quarter-final with a 3–1 aggregate score. Barcelona were drawn with Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals draw. The second El Clásico of the Liga season was held on 22 March, during which Barcelona defeated their archrivals 2–1 at Camp Nou.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
The opener from Jérémy Mathieu was canceled out by Cristiano Ronaldo, but Suárez ensured a victory for Barcelona after scoring his team's second. Mathieu scored the first goal of his Barça career on the match. The win gave Barça a four-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the table.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 5 April, Barcelona played their 29th La Liga match at the Balaídos and won 0–1 against Celta Vigo, with the only goal scored by Mathieu. On 8 April, Barça took on Almería at Camp Nou, defeating the visitors 4–0, as Suárez scored a brace and Messi and Marc Bartra scored one each. On 11 April, Barcelona played against Sevilla at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. The teams drew 2–2, which saw Barcelona's table lead fall to two points.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 15 April, Barcelona flew to the Parc des Princes in Paris to play the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Paris Saint-Germain. Barça won the game 1–3 via a brace from Suárez and a goal from Neymar. Mathieu reduced the gap for PSG by scoring an own goal in the second half of the game. On 18 April, Barcelona took on Valencia at home, winning 2–0 after an opening goal by Suárez and a late goal by Messi in the injury time, his 400th career goal for Barça.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 21 April, Barca took on PSG at the Camp Nou for the second leg of Champions League quarter-finals. Neymar scored both goals as Barça won 2–0, thus qualifying for the semi-finals with a 5–1 aggregate score. With victory, Barcelona reached the Champions League semi-finals for the seventh time in the last eight years.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
Barcelona were drawn with Bayern Munich in the semi-finals during the semi-final draw in Nyon. On 25 April, Barcelona defeated Espanyol 0–2 at the Cornellà-El Prat and won the second derby of the season. On 28 April, Barça played its 34th match of the league season against Getafe at the Camp Nou, winning 6–0 as Messi and Suárez each scored a brace and Neymar and Xavi each got a goal.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 2 May, Barcelona took on Córdoba at Estadio Nuevo Arcángel. Barcelona won the match 0–8 as Suárez scored his first Barcelona hat-trick, Messi scored twice and Neymar, Rakitić and Piqué each scored one. Messi had a chance to score a hat-trick when Córdoba conceded a penalty but he gave the chance to Neymar, who duly obliged. On 6 May, Barcelona played the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League against Bayern Munich, winning 3–0 as Messi scored twice in three minutes and assisted for Neymar, who scored one in injury time. Messi's second goal in the match won the UEFA Goal of the Year award.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 9 May, Barcelona played the 2014–15 La Liga 36th matchday at Camp Nou against Real Sociedad, a game Barça won 2–0, with Neymar scoring the first with a header and Pedro scoring the second goal with a bicycle kick. With the win, Barcelona were one win away from winning the 2014–15 La Liga title as they were four points above Real Madrid with only two games left. On 12 May, Barcelona flew to the Allianz Arena in Munich to play the second leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League against Bayern Munich.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
Neymar scored both goals in a 2–3 Barça loss, though the team nonetheless won 5–3 on aggregate and booked their place in the final of Champions League. On 17 May, Barcelona clinched their 23rd La Liga title after winning 0–1 against Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón. The game's only goal, by Messi, was enough to win the title. This was Barcelona's seventh La Liga title in the last ten years. On 21 May, Xavi had announced that he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season for Al-Sadd in Qatar.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 23 May, Barcelona played the final match of La Liga against Deportivo at Camp Nou; Messi scored twice in the 2–2 draw. This was Xavi's last La Liga match. On 30 May, Barca took on Athletic Bilbao to play the final of the Copa del Rey at the Camp Nou. Barcelona won the match 3–1, clinching their 27th title. Messi scored twice, with the other scored by Neymar. Messi's first goal was scored through an impressive dribble on the right flank. The move started with Messi close to the half-way line. Cornered by four Bilbao players, Messi burst on and managed to beat them all with abnormal ease before running towards the goal and calmly slotting the ball past the goalkeeper. Messi's goal was subsequently nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award, an award given to the best goal of the year.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June
On 6 June, Barcelona played the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final against Juventus with the opportunity for both teams to complete the continental treble, after having already won their domestic league and cup competitions, respectively. Barcelona clinched their fifth Champions League trophy, and fourth in the last ten seasons, with a 3–1 victory over I bianconeri at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Barcelona completed the historic treble with goals from Rakitić, Suárez and Neymar. By accomplishing this feat, Barcelona became the only European club to have won the treble twice. With the win, Barcelona qualified for the 2015 UEFA Super Cup against the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla, to be played in August 2015.


2014–15 FC Barcelona season, Players, From the youth squad
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2014–15 FC Basel season
The 2014–15 FC Basel season is the 122nd season in club history and the club's 20th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel are the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Switzerland, Austria and Czech Republic. Their 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began on 19 July with an away game against Aarau. Basel qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, starting in the group stage.


2014–15 FC Basel season
They were drawn in Group B against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad and started on 16 July with an away tie against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In the first round of the 2014–15 Swiss Cup, played on 23 August 2014, Basel were drawn away against CS Italia. The final was played on 7 June 2015.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Club, Management
Basel's team manager was Paulo Sousa. On 28 May 2014, Basel announced he had signed a three-year contract. His assistants were Ignacio Torreño, Víctor Sánchez and Manuel Cordeiro, all three of which were brought in by Sousa. Massimo Colomba remained the goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni was head of the FCB Youth System, while the head coach of the Youth Team (U–21) was Thomas Häberli.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Club, Further information
The FC Basel 120th AGM took place in April 2014 and was held in Basel's congress center. The members of the board were all re-elected unanimously. These are president Bernhard Heusler, vice-president Adrian Knup, sport director Georg Heitz, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm. The other three directors are Reto Baumgartner since 2008, Dominik Donzé since 2009 and Benno Kaiser since 1999 and they were also willing to continue and they were also elected without counter-votes.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, Offseason and preseason
At the end of the 2013–14 FC Basel season, four first-team players left the club to continue their careers elsewhere: Yann Sommer to Borussia Mönchengladbach; Valentin Stocker to Hertha BSC; Kay Voser to Fulham; and Admir Seferagić to Schaffhausen. Moreover, David Degen retired from football. Basel's four biggest signings for the beginning of the new season were Tomáš Vaclík from Sparta Prague; Yoichiro Kakitani from Cerezo Osaka; Derlis González from Benfica; and Shkëlzen Gashi from Grasshopper. Also new to the team were Luca Zuffi, who transferred from Thun, and Walter Samuel, who joined from Internazionale on a free transfer.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, Midseason
During the winter break, two team members transferred to Bundesliga clubs: Serey Dié to VfB Stuttgart and Marcelo Díaz to Hamburger SV. Two further players were loaned out: Naser Aliji to Vaduz from 17 January until 30 June 2015, and Giovanni Sio to Bastia from 1 February until 30 June 2015. In the other direction, on 10 January, Basel announced that left-back Adama Traoré had joined from Vitória de Guimarães, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Domestic league
Basel's primary objective for the season was to win the Swiss Super League for the sixth-straight year. Basel's 2014–15 Swiss Super League season began well with an away victory on 19 July against Aarau. Basel won their next three matches as well, two at home against Luzern and Zürich and one away against Thun. However, this run was stopped in the fifth round after Basel lost 2–0 at home to St. Gallen, with Albert Bunjaku scoring both goals for the guests.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Domestic league
Two further victories, away against Sion in the Stade Tourbillon and at home against Young Boys, were followed by a defeat at the Letzigrund against Grasshopper. At this time, criticism started mounting against new manager Paulo Sousa from the local press, in part due to his continual squad rotation. A home win against Vaduz was followed by a disappointing home draw against Thun and an upsetting defeat against St. Gallen at the AFG Arena. By this time, criticism had risen to its highest, even from the local fan clubs.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Domestic league
However, following four wins from the following five league matches, the negative voices slowly changed into a positive direction. In round 17, as league leaders, Basel played the away tie against second-placed Zürich and won 2–1; Shkëlzen Gashi scored both goals. At the end of the first half of the season, Basel, with 41 points, led the league table, eight points ahead of their nearest rivals Zürich and the Young Boys.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Domestic cup
Basel's clear aim for the 2014–15 Swiss Cup was to regain the title. In the previous two seasons, they had ended both cup competitions as runners-up. They started in the first round on 23 August with the away tie in Geneva against CS Italien, a team from the 2. Liga (the sixth tier of the Swiss football league system). Matías Delgado, Breel Embolo, Fabian Frei and Shkëlzen Gashi scored the goals, in that order, as Basel won 4–0 to proceed into the second round.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Domestic cup
In the away tie, on 20 September, they also won 4–0 against Winterthur, the first goal being scored by Mohamed Elneny and the other three from Embolo. The third round tie on 29 October saw Basel play away against Wohlen, who were then the Swiss Challenge League leaders. The small Stadion Niedermatten was sold out with over 4,000 fans present, as Yoichiro Kakitani, Giovanni Sio and again Embolo scored the goals as Basel won 3–1. The quarter-finals were played on 4 March 2015 and Basel were drawn with an away match against Münsingen.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Domestic cup
This was won 6–1 with Kakitani scoring three goals. The semi-final was played at the AFG Arena against St. Gallen on 8 April. Goal scorers were Džengis Čavušević for St. Gallen, Gashi (twice) as well as an own goal from Mario Mutsch for Basel as Basel won 3–1. The Final will be played on 7 June 2015 in St. Jakob-Park against Sion.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
Basel entered into the Champions League in the group stage. Their initial aim is to remain in the competition and reach the knockout phase. Basel were drawn into Group B against Real Madrid, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
Basels first game was on 16 September, the away tie against Real in the stadium Santiago Bernabéu. This first tie turned out very bad for Basel, Marek Suchý with an own goal after just 14 minutes started a bad phase, then Bale (30th min. ), Ronaldo (31) and Rodríguez (37) scored further goals to put Real four goals ahead within just a few minutes. Although González (38) pulled one back soon after, Benzema (79) netted the last and Basel lost 1–5. Despite the fact that Basel had 48% ball possession, they were never really in the game.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The second tie was on 1 October at home to Liverpool. In front of a full house Streller scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute and Basel won 1–0. According to the UEFA report Basel had more ball possession (56%), more corners (8–4), less offsides (2–7), fewer yellow cards (1–3), fewer fouls (9–10) and more passes (430–322).


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
On 22 October Basel played their third tie away from home against Ludogorets Razgrad. After a good start by Basel, they were up against difficulties as from the 18th minute because Geoffroy Serey Die was shown a red card for a challenge on Cosmin Moţi. Basel fought well and it looked like it would end in a goalless draw until in the 92nd minute as Wanderson slipped a pass to Yordan Minev on the left.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The full-back cut inside his marker onto his right foot and drilled at goal low from 20 metres, the ball sliding into the near corner with goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík caught wrongfooted. Ludogorets Razgrad won the game 1–0. At the end of the day, because Liverpool lost at home against Real, three teams were then equal on three points, Basel, Liverpool and Ludogorets Razgrad.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The return match against Ludogorets Razgrad was on 4 November. Breel Embolo (34), Derlis González (41), Shkëlzen Gashi (59) and Marek Suchý (65) scored the goals as Basel played their best game in the Champions League and won 4–0.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The return match against Real Madrid was three weeks after the Ludogorets Razgrad game on 26 November. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match as Real Madrid secured the top position in Group B and maintained their 100% record with the victory against Basel.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
Basel's last game in the group stage was the away tie in Anfield against Liverpool. In second position in the group and with a two-point advantage over the Reds, Basel only needed the draw to secure their first knockout-stage appearance since season 2011/12. Liverpool required all three points to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2008/09. Fabian Frei scored for Basel after 25 minutes, a low left footed shot, after receiving the pass from Luca Zuffi he fired in from just outside the box.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
Basel dominated the first half and thoroughly deserved to be in the lead. Liverpool's Lazar Marković was sent off in the 60th minute after he threw his hand into Behrang Safari's face. In the 81st minute Steven Gerrard scored the equalizer from a direct free-kick. But Basel held on until the final whistle and the one all draw saw them advance to the Champions League knockout phase, while Liverpool fell into the UEFA Europa League knockout phase.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Basel's initial Champions League aim, to remain in the competition and reach the knockout phase was achieved herewith. With the draw to the round of 16 there were indeed hopes that they could reach the next round and the next aim was communicated as reaching the quarterfinals.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Basel were drawn with the first game at home in the St. Jakob-Park to Porto. It was great atmosphere in the stadium even before the teams emerged from the tunnel. There was a decent-sized pocket of Porto fans, but they did well to make themselves heard. The attendance was a total of 34,464 spectators.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Basel started the game well and in the eleventh minute Fabian Frei floated a long ball over the top of the defence and Derlis Gonzalez controlled the ball well, his finish was clever with the outside of his right boot and it's ramped up the noise even further. It was Gonzalez's third Champions League goal of the season. Porto responded and took control of the match, suddenly the game had greater fluidity. Porto had up to 60% ball possession, they created chances, but Basel held on well.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Eventually Portos efforts paid off as they were awarded a penalty in the 79' minute, Danilo scored from the spot. It was a precise penalty into the bottom corner to Tomáš Vaclík's right and Porto got the away goal that they so badly wanted. A total of nine yellow cards were given during the match. At the end both teams seemed content to go into the return fixture at 1–1. The furious, physical nature of the game had evaporated somewhat as the game approached the final whistle.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Before this second leg, all talk was about how Porto would cope without Jackson Martínez, after their forward and captain was ruled out for "several weeks" with a groin problem. But the second leg in Estádio do Dragão started badly for Basel. Yacine Brahimi superbly executed a free kick in the 14th minute to put Porto one up. Any hopes that Basel had were vanquished soon after half-time as Héctor Herrera made it 2–0, bending in a shot from the edge of the penalty area. Casemiro scored with a wonderful free-kick just a few minutes later.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Finally, it was Vincent Aboubakar's fine shot, after he turned around Walter Samuel, before rifling in from over 20 Meters with some 14 minutes left that gave the 4–0 end result. Samuel, who conceded the set piece for the opening goal, ended the evening with another low because he was sent off. The second leg was fairer than the physically aggressive first leg, a total of four yellow cards and one red were shown during the return match.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League knockout phase
Basel's Champions League aims ended here, but the Champion League campaign can be described as being a very successful adventure.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 19 July but subsequently left the club after that date.


2014–15 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
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2014–15 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Champions League, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 15 December 2014. The first legs of the knockout phase were played on 17, 18, 24 and 25 February, and the second legs played on 10, 11, 17 and 18 March 2015.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season
The 2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season was the 116th season in the club's history and the 50th consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, since their promotion from the Regionalliga Süd in 1965. Bayern participated in the season's editions of the DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup and UEFA Champions League. It was the 10th season for Bayern in the Allianz Arena.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Context
Bayern came into the 2014–15 season as the defending Bundesliga champions and defending DFB-Pokal champions. In the 2013–14 season, Bayern were knocked-out of Champions League by eventual winners Real Madrid in the semifinals, losing 5–0 on aggregate. Bayern hired Michael Reschke as Technical Director. This is a new position and will provide "support" for Matthias Sammer, the Sporting Director for Bayern.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Transfers
Robert Lewandowski, Sebastian Rode, Juan Bernat, Pepe Reina, Medhi Benatia, Xabi Alonso, and Sinan Kurt transferred to Bayern. Lewandowski was the second "key" player within a year to move to Bayern from Borussia Dortmund. Bayern bought Medhi Benatia from Roma for an undisclosed fee. Pep Guardiola wanted to sign another player due to Javi Martínez's injury in the German Super Cup. For this reason, Bayern brought Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid for undisclosed fee. Lukas Raeder, Alessandro Schöpf, Mario Mandžukić, Toni Kroos, and Diego Contento left the club. Contento had been at the club for 19 years. Mandžukić wanted to leave Bayern because the "playing style of coach Pep Guardiola simply does not fit him." Julian Green was loaned out to Hamburger SV and Daniel Van Buyten retired. He had been offered another role at Bayern.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Pre-season
Pre -season started on 9 July. During pre-season, Bayern defeated Red Baroons Dietmannsried 3–0 on 18 July in its first friendly match of the season. This was Holger Badstuber's first match in 594 days. Badstuber injured his ACL against Borussia Dortmund on 1 December 2012. and re-injured it on 19 May 2013. He returned to first-team training on 5 May 2014. Also in pre-season, Bayern faced MSV Duisburg on 21 July in a benefits match which ended in a 1–1 draw. Robert Lewandowski made his pre-season debut and scored his first goal for Bayern. Pre


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Pre-season
-season continued with the 2014 Telekom Cup. Bayern faced Borussia Mönchengladbach in the semifinal on 26 July which Bayern won in a shoot-out, after a 2–2 draw in sixty minutes. Bayern defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 in the final the following day and won the cup. Bayern took a tour of the United States. This is Bayern's first pre-season tour in the United States in a decade. Bayern were in New York City for three days.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Pre-season
During the tour, on 31 July, they defeated Chivas Guadalajara 1–0 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey and won the Audi Football Summit Cup 2014. Bayern were also in Portland, Oregon for four days. While in Portland, on 6 August, Bayern lost to the MLS All-Star team 2–1 on 6 August. Pep Guardiola was angry because of "harsh challenges" and didn't shake Caleb Porter's hand after the game. Two of the tackles came from Osvaldo Alonso and other tackle came from Will Johnson. The tackle by Johnson injured Bastian Schweinsteiger. During pre-season, Thiago "suffered a relapse" of his knee injury that he picked up in March 2014.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Mid-season
Prior to the winter break, Bayern signed Tom Starke to a contract extension and gave Gianluca Gaudino his first professional contract. Bayern defeated Mainz 05 and immediately went on winter break. During the winter break, Bayern signed Joshua Kimmich as their first transfer signing for the 2015–16 season. Most of the players returned on 7 January. David Alaba, Holger Badstuber, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Medhi Benatia, and Tom Starke had returned earlier. Bayern loaned out Højbjerg for the remainder of the season and sold Xherdan Shaqiri. Højbjerg also received a contract extension.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Overview, Mid-season
Bayern left for a nine-day training camp in Doha, Qatar on 9 January. Philipp Lahm and Thiago didn't go to Doha, Qatar. While in the Middle East, Bayern played two friendlies. In the first match in Qatar, Bayern defeated the Qatar Stars League XI 4–1. In the second match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Bayern defeated Al-Hilal 4–1. Bayern finished mid-season training with a 5–1 win against VfL Bochum on 23 January. On 13 January, Allianz Arena increased capacity to 75,000 after the city of Munich approved the increase which is for Bundesliga matches only. The capacity for UEFA Champions League matches also increased.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, August
Bayern defeated VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 on 22 August in the opening match of the Bundesliga season. Thomas Müller and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Ivica Olić scored for Wolfsburg. Junior Malanda failed to convert an opportunity that would have equalised for Wolfsburg. The original shot came off Manuel Neuer then off the crossbar. Then after the ball hit the crossbar, Malanda missed from a yard out. Bayern had chances to score more goals. Sebastian Rode had a goal wrongly ruled out after the assistant referee flagged for offside and Arjen Robben hit the crossbar.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, August
Bastian Schweinsteiger, Rafinha, Thiago, Franck Ribéry, and Javi Martínez were out injured. Jérôme Boateng finished his two-match suspension which he received during the 2013–14 season. Robert Lewandowski, Juan Bernat made their league debuts for Bayern. Jérôme Boateng finished his two-match suspension which he received during the 2013–14 season. 17 year-old Gianluca Gaudino made his first Bundesliga appearance of his career and 18-year-old Lucas Scholl was on the bench for the first team for the first time. Bayern finished the matchday tied for third with Hannover 96.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, August
Then, on matchday two on 30 August, Bayern finished August with a 1–1 draw against Schalke 04 on 30 August. Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Benedikt Höwedes scored for Schalke 04. Lewandowski's goal was his first competitive goal for Bayern. Bayern disputed Höwedes' goal after it came off his arm. Bayern managed 10 shots on target, which was the worst total for Bayern since Pep Guardiola took over as head coach. This was Schalke 04's first point against Bayern since 10 December 2010. Xabi Alonso made his debut. Bayern finished the matchday tied for fifth with Eintracht Frankfurt.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, September
Bayern started September with a 2–0 win against VfB Stuttgart on matchday three on 13 September. Mario Götze and Franck Ribéry scored for Bayern. Holger Badstuber left the match with a thigh injury. Bayern finished the matchday in second place. Then, on matchday four on 20 September, the match against Hamburger SV finished in a 0–0 draw. Guardiola decided to rotate players from their midweek Champions League match. Thomas Müller was on the substitutes bench, however, he replaced Arjen Robben in starting line-up after Robben was injured during the warm-up. Bayern finished the matchday in fourth place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, September
On matchday five, on 23 September, Bayern defeated Paderborn 07 4–0 with two goals from Mario Götze and a goal each from Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday six, on 27 September, Bayern defeated 1. FC Köln 2–0 with a goal from Mario Götze and an own goal from Daniel Halfar. Bayern were denied a penalty shot, again, after Arjen Robben went down. Xabi Alonso broke the record for having the most touches on the ball in a single match. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, October
Bayern started October with a 4–0 win against Hannover 96 on matchday seven on 4 October. Both Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben scored two goals each. Xabi Alonso took a shot from just inside his own half, which was subsequently tipped over the crossbar. With the win, Bayern got their 23rd win in 26 matches in Munich against Hannover. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Bayern then defeated Werder Bremen 6–0 on matchday eight on 18 October with two goals from Philipp Lahm, two goals from Mario Götze, and a goal each from Xabi Alonso and Thomas Müller.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, October
Alonso's goal was his first goal since transferring to Bayern. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Then on 26 October, on matchday nine, Borussia Mönchengladbach ended Bayern's six-match winning streak in all competitions with a 0–0 draw. Bayern had a chance to win four consecutive league matches for the first time in 47 years. Borussia Mönchengladbach's tactics against Bayern was to crowd the penalty area and play counterattacking football. Yann Sommer made a fingertip save from a David Alaba shot that hit the post. Arjen Robben was injured for the match. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, November
Bayern started November with a 2–1 win against Borussia Dortmund, on matchday 10, 1 November. Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Marco Reus for Borussia Dortmund. A Marco Reus header gave Dortmund the lead in the 31st minute. In the second half, Neven Subotić stopped a through-ball from Franck Ribéry to Robben. However, the ball went to Lewandowski who scored the equaliser. Robben scored the winning goal from the penalty spot after Subotić fouled Ribéry. Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller made several saves during the match. Bayern finished the matchday in first place and maintained their four-point lead.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, November
Then on 8 November, on matchday 11, Bayern defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 4–0 with three goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Xherdan Shaqiri. Müller opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Müller hit the back of the net three minutes later, however, the referee called offside on the play. Then he got his second goal in the 64th minute and completed his hattrick in the 67th minute. This was Müller's second hattrick of his career. Xherdan Shaqiri then scored in the 86th minute. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, November
Then on 22 November, on matchday 12, Bayern defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 4–0 with goals from Mario Götze, Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben, and Sebastian Rode. Götze opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Then five minutes before half-time, Lewandowski put Bayern up 2–0. Robben put Bayern up 3–0 in the 83rd minute. Four minutes later, Rode scored to put Bayern up 4–0. Bastian Schweinsteiger made his first competitive match of the season when he came on as a substitute in the 78th minute 1899 Hoffenheim player Ádám Szalai was sent-off in the 90th minute for a foul on Dante.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, November
Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Bayern extended their lead to seven points after Wolfsburg lost to Schalke 04. On matchday 13, on 29 November, Bayern defeated Hertha BSC 1–0 by a first-half goal from Arjen Robben. Franck Ribéry tied Matthieu Delpierre record for most appearances for a French player. With the clean sheet, Bayern tied VfB Stuttgart's record of only three goals conceded in the opening 13 Bundesliga matches. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, December
To start December, Bayern defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 with Franck Ribéry's 100th goal for Bayern. on matchday 14, on 6 December. The goal came in the 51st minute. Bayern had chances to score more goals after taking the lead, by failed to convert any of those chances. Bayern finished the match in first place, seven points over second place Wolfsburg. Then on 13 December, on matchday 15, Bayern defeated FC Augsburg 4–0 with two goals from Arjen Robben and a goal each from Medhi Benatia and Robert Lewandowski. Benatia opened the scoring in the 58th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, December
Then a minute later, Robben scored his first goal of the match. Lewandowski's goal came in the 68th minute before Robben got his second goal of the match three minutes later. Manuel Neuer had touched the ball 64 times during the match and won a free kick "well outside of the box against Tobias Werner." Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On 16 December, on matchday 16, Bayern defeated SC Freiburg 2–0 with goals from Arjen Robben and Thomas Müller. Robben scored in the 41st minute and Müller scored in the 48th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, December
Robben scored his 100th competitive goal for Bayern. Bayern had a season record 81% possession. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday 17, on 19 December, Bayern defeated 1. FSV Mainz 05 2–1. Elkin Soto opened the scoring in the 21st minute. However, three minutes later, Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the equaliser from a free kick. Then Arjen Robben scored the winning goal with 30 seconds of normal time remaining. Bayern finished the matchday in first place and the first half of the season undefeated.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
On matchday 18, on 30 January, Bayern lost their first match of the Bundesliga season and their first league match in 293 days after losing 4–1 to Wolfsburg. Bayern had only given up four league goals all season and was the first league match where Bayern gave up four goals since 4 April 2009 when they lost to Wolfsburg 5–1. Bas Dost and Kevin De Bruyne each scored two goals for Wolfsburg and Juan Bernat scored for Bayern. Dost gave Wolfsburg a 1–0 league in the fourth minute and added a second in stoppage time in the first half.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
Dost became the first player in 102 league matches to score two goals against Bayern. De Bruyne added a third for Wolfsburg in the 53rd minute before Bernat scored two minutes later to give Bayern their only goal of the match. De Bruyne scored his second goal of the match to put Wolfsburg up 4–1. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday 19, on 3 February, Bayern and Schalke 04 finished their match in a 1–1 draw. Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the 67th minute for Bayern and Benedikt Höwedes equalised in the 72nd minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
Jérôme Boateng was sent-off in the 17th minute. Manuel Neuer saved the subsequent penalty shot. Boateng received a three-match ban for the red card which was later reduced to two matches. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday 20, on 7 February, Bayern defeated VfB Stuttgart 2–0 with goals from Arjen Robben and David Alaba to win their first match of 2015. Just before half-time, Robben scored the opening goal of the match. Then in the 50th minute, Alaba scored from a free kick from about 30 yards out from goal. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
On matchday 21, on 14 February, Bayern defeated Hamburger SV 8–0 with two goals each from Thomas Müller, Mario Götze, and Arjen Robben and a goal each from Robert Lewandowski and Franck Ribéry. This was Bayern's biggest victory since their 9–0 win against Kickers Offenbach in March 1984. In the 21st minute, Müller opened the scoring from the penalty mark. two minutes later, Götze put Bayern up 2–0. Robben scored the next two goals. The first goal happened in the 36th minute and the second goal happened in the 47th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
Bayern went up 5–0 after Müller's second goal of the match in the 55th minute. Lewandowski made it 6–0 a minute later. Ribéry scored in the 69th minute. Götze finished the scoring in 88th minute. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday 22, on 21 February, Bayern defeated Paderborn 07 6–0 with two goals each from Robert Lewandoweski and Arjen Robben and a goal each from Franck Ribéry and Mitchell Weiser. Lewandowski gave Bayern a 2–0 first-half lead when he scored in the 24th and 37th minutes. Robben scored from a penalty kick in the 63rd minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
Florian Hartherz was sent-off on the play that led to the penalty shot. Ribéry scored in the 72nd minute and Weiser scored his first Bundesliga goal in the 78th minute before Robben got his second of the match in the 86th minute. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday 23, on 27 February, Bayern defeated 1. FC Köln 4–1. Bastian Schweinsteiger, Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben, and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Anthony Ujah scored for Köln.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January–February
Bayern took a 2–0 lead inside the first 10 minutes when Schweinsteiger scored off of a corner kick in the third minute and Ribéry goal in the 10th minute. Ujah pulled a goal back when he scored during stoppage time in the first half. Robben and Lewandowski both scored in the second half to give Bayern the 4–1 lead. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, March
On matchday 24, on 7 March, Bayern defeated Hannover 96 3–1. Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Xabi Alonso and Hiroshi Kiyotake scored for Hannover. Kiyotake Gave Hannover the lead in the 25th minute. Then Xabi Alonso scored the equaliser from a free kick in the 28th minute. Then Müller scored from a penalty kick in the 61st minute. He got his second goal of the match 11 minutes later to put Bayern up 3–1. Dante came off in the 32nd minute and was replaced by Robert Lewandowski.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, March
Bayern finished the matchday in first place and took an 11-point lead after VfL Wolfsburg lost to FC Augsburg. On matchday 25, on 14 March, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 4–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal each from Thomas Müller and David Alaba. Müller scored in the 24th minute and Alaba scored in stoppage time in the first half to give Bayern a 2–0 first half lead. Lewandowski scored in the 76th minute and stoppage time in the second half to put Bayern up 4–0. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, March
On matchday 26, on 22 March, Bayern lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–0 with two goals, in 30th and 77th minutes, by Raffael. The loss meant that Bayern's six-match winning streak came to an end and they lost at Allianz Arena for the first time since losing to Real Madrid in April 2014. Arjen Robben came off in the 24th minute after he tore an abdominal muscle. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, April
On matchday 27, on 4 April, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 1–0 with a 36th-minute goal from Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski scored from a header after Roman Weidenfeller "parried" Thomas Müller's shot. Bayern and Dortmund came into the match with a 31-point difference in the league table. Four players for Bayern were out with various injuries. Bastian Schweinsteiger was injured during the match. However, Thiago made his first appearance since his injury and Philipp Lahm made his first start since his injury. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, April
On matchday 28, on 11 April, Bayern defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thomas Müller. Lewandowski gave Bayern a 1–0 lead in the 15th minute and put Bayern up 2–0 in the 66th minute. Müller scored Bayern's third goal in the 82nd minute. Seven players were out due to injury. Bayern finished the match in first place. On matchday 29, on 18 April, Bayern defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 2–0 with a 38th-minute goal from Sebastian Rode and a second half stoppage time own goal from Andreas Beck.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, April
Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On matchday 30, on 25 April, Bayern defeated Hertha BSC 1–0 with a goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger. Schweinsteiger scored in the 80th minute after Mitchell Weiser crossed the ball to him. Javi Martínez was in the squad for the first time in 255 days. Pep Guardiola made five changes to the starting 11 from the Champions League match against Porto in mid-week. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. The following day, Bayern won their 25th German championship (24th Bundesliga championship), and 3rd consecutive championship, after Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated VfL Wolfsburg 1–0.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, May
On matchday 31, on 2 May, Bayern lost to Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 with goals from Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Julian Brandt. Çalhanoğlu scored in the 55th minute from a free kick and Brandt scored in the 81st minute. Pep Guardiola made seven changes from their mid-week German Cup match including Rico Strieder, who made his professional debut, and Javi Martínez, who made his season debut in the Bundesliga. Lukas Görtler, who came on in the 72nd minute, also made his professional debut. On matchday 32, on 9 May, Bayern lost to FC Augsburg 1–0 with a 71st-minute goal from Raúl Bobadilla.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, May
Pepe Reina received a red card in the 13th minute. Paul Verhaegh hit the post in the subsequent penalty shot and Reina eventually received a two-match suspension for the red card. Dante also picked up a suspension after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season. This was the first time since October 1991 that Bayern lost four in a row (in all competitions and including shoot-out losses). On 16 May, on matchday 33, Bayern lost 2–1 to SC Freiburg. Bastian Schweinsteiger, gave Bayern the lead in the 13th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, May
Admir Mehmedi equalized in the 33rd minute and Nils Petersen scored the winner in the 89th minute. This was Bayern's fifth loss in six matches in all competitions. This was also the first time Freiburg beat Bayern since 9 March 1996. On matchday 34, on 23 May, Bayern defeated Mainz 05 2–0 with a goal from the penalty mark from Robert Lewandowski in the 25th minute and a 48th-minute goal from Bastian Schweinsteiger. Schweinsteiger played in his 500th match for Bayern.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
The draw for the first round of the DFB-Pokal was held on 1 June. Bayern were drawn against Preußen Münster. The match took place on 17 August. Bayern won 4–1 with goals from Mario Götze, Thomas Müller, David Alaba, and Claudio Pizarro. Rogier Krohne scored for Preußen Münster. Robert Lewandowski failed to convert from the penalty spot in the last minute of the match. Holger Badstuber played his first competitive match since getting injured on 1 December 2012 against Borussia Dortmund. Bastian Schweinsteiger was unavailable for the match. Bayern were drawn against Hamburger SV in the second round draw.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
The match took place on 29 October with Bayern winning 3–1. Robert Lewandowski, David Alaba, and Franck Ribéry scored for Bayern and Pierre-Michel Lasogga scored for Hamburg. Jaroslav Drobný made several saves against Bayern. Ribéry was hit by a spectator with a scarf which Hamburg were eventually fined for. Medhi Benatia was suspended for the match. Bayern were drawn against Eintracht Braunschweig in the round of 16 draw. The match took place on 4 March. Bayern won 2–0 with two goals from David Alaba and Mario Götze.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
Alaba scored in stoppage time in the first half after Arjen Robben won a free kick and Götze scored in the 57th minute. In the quarterfinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Bayer Leverkusen. The match took place on 8 April. The match finished in a 0–0 draw with Bayern advancing after winning in a shoot-out 5–3. Leverkusen's first kick was saved after Manuel Neuer "parried" Josip Drmić's shot. Medhi Benatia left the match due to injury in the 34th minute. In the semifinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Borussia Dortmund. The match took place on 28 April.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
The match finished in a 1–1 draw with Borussia Dortmund winning in a shoot-out. Bayern missed all four of their shots in the shoot-out. Borussia Dortmund converted two of their shots. Robert Lewandowski scored in the 29th minute and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the 75th minute for Borussia Dortmund, three minutes after their first shot. Prior to Borussia Dortmund scoring, referee Peter Gagelmann denied Bayern a penalty shot. Borussia Dortmund went down a man after Kevin Kampl was sent–off after receiving a second yellow card.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
Arjen Robben returned from injury, coming on as a substitute, but left the match after 15 minutes with a calf injury, causing him to miss the rest of the season. Thiago and Lewandowski were also injured during the match. Lewandowski. Robben was "ruled out" for the remainder of the season. Lewandowski sustained a concussion, broken jaw, and broken nose.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, DFL-Supercup, DFL-Supercup review
Bayern faced Borussia Dortmund in the DFL-Supercup on 13 August. Borussia Dortmund won the match 2–0 with goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Javi Martínez left the match injured after tearing his ACL. This was the third consecutive year where Bayern has faced Borussia Dortmund in the competition. Bayern won the super cup in 2012 2–1 and Borussia Dortmund won in 2013 4–2. The match was originally scheduled for four days earlier. Bayern was without Thiago, Franck Ribéry, and Rafinha. Sebastian Rode, Gianluca Gaudino, Juan Bernat, and Robert Lewandowski made their debuts for Bayern.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage review
Bayern were drawn into Group E with Manchester City, CSKA Moscow, and Roma. Bayern started their Champions League campaign on 17 September with a 1–0 win against Manchester City. Jérôme Boateng scored for Bayern after a slight deflection from Mario Götze. Medhi Benatia, made his official debut for Bayern, where he played for 85 minutes, completing 93% of his passes. During the match, Joe Hart "denied" Bayern with a "series of saves." The goal was Bayern's 800th goal in all European competitions. Bayern finished the matchday in second place.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage review
On matchday two of the group stage, on 30 September, Bayern defeated CSKA Moscow 1–0 with a goal from a penalty shot from Thomas Müller after Mario Götze was fouled by Mário Fernandes. The match had no supporters in the stadium because of racist behaviour of CSKA Moscow supporters. However, several Bayern supporters who made the trip to Moscow for the match saw the match from a skyscraper. This was the 100th win for Bayern in Champions League history. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Then Bayern defeated Roma 7–1 on matchday three on 21 October.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage review
Bayern got two goals from Arjen Robben and a goal each from Mario Götze, Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, Franck Ribéry, and Xherdan Shaqiri and Gervinho scored for Roma. Gervinho's goal ended Bayern's streak of 813 minutes without conceding a goal. The win was Bayern's biggest away win in Champions League history. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. In the return match against Roma, on matchday four, on 5 November, Bayern won 2–0 with goals from Franck Ribéry and Mario Götze. Ribéry opened the scoring in the 38th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage review
Ribéry and David Alaba created a 2-on-1 situation on the left flank. Alaba passed the ball back to Ribéry who scored from the edge of the box. Götze scored the other goal in the 64th minute after Lewandowski pulled away from his marker and crossed the ball to him. Manuel Neuer had to pull off a "double save." Alaba picked up a knee ligament injury in the match. Bayern finished the matchday in first place, and with the win, Bayern clinched top spot in Group E. This was Bayern's quickest path to the knockout round to date.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage review
Bayern also became the first German club to win the Group with two matches to spare. Then on matchday five, on 25 November, Manchester City defeated Bayern 3–2. Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Sergio Agüero scored three goals from Manchester City. Agüero scored the opening goal from the penalty spot. Medhi Benatia was sent-off on the play that led up to the penalty shot. The following day, he received a one-match ban for the red card. Alonso equalised when he scored from a free kick in the 40th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage review
Five minutes later, Lewandowski scored to give Bayern a 2–1 lead. Stevan Jovetić picked out an Alonso pass and then passed it to Agüero, who scored in the 85th minute. Then Agüero scored in stoppage time to give Manchester City a 3–2 lead. On 10 December, Bayern finished the group stage with a 3–0 win against CSKA Moscow with goals from Thomas Müller, Sebastian Rode and Mario Götze. Müller opened the scoring in the 18th minute from the penalty spot. This was his record-breaking 24th goal in UEFA Champions League for Bayern. Rode and Götze rounded out the scoring in the 84th and 90th minutes. Gianluca Gaudino played in his first UEFA Champions League match.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Group stage, Group stage results summary
Last updated: 15 December 2014. Source: Champions League Group Stage matches


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
On 5 November, after beating A.S. Roma 2–0, Bayern Munich won the group and qualified for the knockout phase. In the round of 16 draw, on 15 December, Bayern were drawn against Shakhtar Donetsk. In the first leg, on 17 February, the match finished in a 0–0 draw. The match was played in Lviv. Xabi Alonso, who played in his 100th Champions League match, was sent-off after receiving a second yellow card. Douglas Costa received a yellow card after he elbowed Franck Ribéry. There was 35 fouls and eight yellow cards in the match.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
The second leg took place on 11 March. Bayern defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 7–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal each from Jérôme Boateng, Franck Ribéry, Holger Badstuber, Robert Lewandowski and Mario Götze. Bayern won on aggregate by the same scoreline. Müller gave Bayern the lead in the fourth minute from a penalty shot. Oleksandr Kucher was sent-off on the play leading top the penalty shot. This was the "quickest" red card to be shown in Champions League history. Arjen Robben left the match injured in the 19th minute. Boateng made it 2–0 in the 34th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
In the 49th minute, Ribéry scored to put Bayern up 3–0. Bayern went up 4–0 when Müller got his second of the match in the 52nd minute. Ribéry left the match in the 60th minute due to an ankle injury. Badstuber scored in the 63rd minute to put Bayern up by 5. This was his first goal since December 2009. Lewandowski scored in the 75th minute to make it 6–0. It was 7–0 when Götze scored in the 88th minute. The scoreline tied for the biggest win in the club's Champions League history.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
In the quarterfinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Porto. This is Bayern's fourth straight quarterfinal. The first leg took place on 15 April. Porto won the first leg 3–1. Thiago scored for Bayern and Porto got two goals from Ricardo Quaresma and a goal from Jackson Martínez. Quaresma scored two goals in the first 10 minutes. For the first goal, Quaresma scored from a penalty shot in the third minute after Manuel Neuer tripped Martínez inside the penalty area. Neuer received a yellow card on the play.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
For his second goal in the 10th minute, Quaresma "nicking the ball from Dante" to set-up the goal. Then in the 28th minute, Thiago put Bayern on the scoreboard. Martínez scored in the 65th minute to make it 3–1. The loss finished Bayern's 11-match undefeated streak in Portugal. The following day, Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, along with three other members of the medical team, resigned after the medical team was blamed for the loss. The second leg took place on 21 April. Bayern defeated Porto 6–1 and 7–4 on aggregate.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
Bayern got two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal each from Thiago, Jérôme Boateng, Thomas Müller, and Xabi Alonso. Jackson scored for Porto. Bayern took a 2–0 lead within the first 22 minutes with goals from Thiago and Boateng. Lewendowski put Bayern up by three in the 27th minute. Bayern were up 4–0 after Müller scored in the 36th minute. With the goal, he became the highest scoring German in the competition's history. Lewandowski got his second goal of the match when he scored in the 40th minute.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
Jackson scored for Porto in the 73rd minute and Alonso scored in the 88th minute from a free kick. The free kick was given after Iván Marcano fouled Thiago, in which he was sent-off for a second yellow card for Porto. The win sent Bayern to their fourth consecutive semifinal. This was Pep Guardiola's 100th match as head coach.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
In the semifinal draw, Bayern were drawn against Barcelona. The match took place on 6 May. Barcelona won the first leg 3–0 with two goals from Lionel Messi and a goal from Neymar. The score remained 0–0 until the 77th minute when Messi scored. Messi added his second of the match three minutes later. Neymar added Barcelona's third goal in stoppage time. Bayern failed to get a shot on target for the first time since October 2009 when they lost to Girondins de Bordeaux. The second leg took place on 12 May.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Knockout phase, Knockout phase review
Bayern won the match 3–2, however, Bayern lost 5–3 on aggregate. Medhi Benatia, Robert Lewandowski, and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern and Neymar scored twice for Barcelona. Benatia gave Bayern a 1–0 lead in the seventh minute. Then Neymar scored in the 15th and 29th minutes. Then Lewandowski and Müller scored in the second half. The win ended Bayern's four match losing streak.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Player information, Discipline, Suspensions
The first suspension of the season was Jérôme Boateng when he was suspended for the last match of the 2013–14 season and the first match of the 2014–15 season. The next Bayern suspension was Medhi Benatia which he had picked up in the 2013–14 Coppa Italia with Roma. Benatia was again suspended after picking up a red card against Manchester City in Champions League. He was given a one match ban. Jérôme Boateng was suspended after picking up a red card against Schalke 04. He was originally given a three-match ban.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Player information, Discipline, Suspensions
However, after appeal, the ban was reduced to two matches. Xabi Alonso was sent off for two bookable offences and missed the return leg on 11 March. Alonso also picked up his fifth yellow card against Hannover 96 on 7 March and was suspended for the match against Werder Bremen on 14 March. During the match against Werder Bremen, Benatia picked up a fifth yellow card and was suspended for the match on 22 March against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Pepe Reina received a two-match suspension after his red card against FC Augsburg.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Reserve team, Summary
Bayern Munich II play in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Bayern for a third consecutive season. They were coached by Erik ten Hag.


2014–15 FC Bayern Munich season, Reserve team, Squad
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2014–15 FC Dinamo București season
The 2014–15 season was FC Dinamo București's 66th consecutive season in Liga I. In this season, Dinamo played in Liga I, Cupa României and Cupa Ligii. Dinamo continued its insolvency procedure, thus the club could not buy any player, bringing only free agents and players on loan.


2014–15 FC Dinamo București season
Flavius Stoican remained the club manager for the first months of the season, but resigned in November. The general director Ionel Dănciulescu was named caretaker manager until the end of the year. In January 2015, Mihai Teja, former manager of the national U-21 squad, signed a contract for 18 months, but was sacked in March, after only five games in charge. Stoican was brought back for the end of the season.


2014–15 FC Dinamo București season
On 6 May, Stoican ended his contract with Dinamo, leaving the club for the second time this season. His place was taken by Mircea Rednic who returned to Dinamo for his third spell as head coach.


2014–15 FC Dnipro season
During the 2014–15 season, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk competed in the Ukrainian Premier League.


2014–15 FC Dnipro season, Season summary
Dnipro reached the Europa League final, only to be defeated by a Sevilla side in the middle of three consecutive Europa League wins.


2014–15 FC Dnipro season, Players, First-team squad
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2014–15 FC Dnipro season, Players, Left club during season
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season
The 2014–15 Dynamo season is the club's 24th Ukrainian Premier League season, and their first season under manager Serhiy Rebrov. During the season, Dynamo competed in the Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and UEFA Europa League.


2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Squad
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season
The 2014–15 Dynamo Moscow season in football was the 92nd season in the club's history. They participated in the Russian Premier League, Russian Cup and the Europa League.


2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season
The 2014–15 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season was the 134th professional season of the club since its creation in 1881. During the campaign, the club competed in Ligue 1, the top level of French football, along with the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.


2014–15 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players, First team squad
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2014–15 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players, First team squad
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2014–15 FC Inter Baku season
The Inter Baku 2014-15 season is Inter Baku's fourteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their sixth season under manager Kakhaber Tskhadadze. They will compete in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, entering at the first qualifying round stage, the Azerbaijan Cup and the League.


2014–15 FC Inter Baku season
On 5 August 2014, Inter changed the name of their stadium from Shafa Stadium to Inter Arena for sponsorship reasons.


2014–15 FC Inter Baku season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 FC Inter Baku season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Karpaty Lviv season
The 2014–15 FC Karpaty Lviv season was the 52nd season in club history.


2014–15 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Review and events
On 15 June 2014 FC Karpaty gathered at club's base for medical inspection after vacations and were introduced a new manager, Igor Jovićević, few days later. On 1 July 2014 Karpaty went for two and half week long pre-season training camp in Slovenia with seven friendly matches scheduled.


2014–15 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Review and events
On contrary to the previous season club decided to use their own young players rather than experienced loanees, thus losing all attacking potential before the start of season, including such crucial players as Oleksandr Hladkyi, Sergei Zenjov and Mladen Bartulović who together scored 26 out of the 32 Karpaty goals in 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League.


2014–15 FC Krasnodar season
The 2014–15 FC Krasnodar season is the 4th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Krasnodar will also take part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League for the first time in the club's history, entering at the Third qualifying round.


2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season
The 2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season was the club's first season back in the National Football League following their relegation in 2014. They also played in the Russian Cup.


2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season
The 2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was the fourth successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. They will participate in the Russian Cup as well as the Russian Premier League.


2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Squad
Updated 28 July 2014, according to the . Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa season
The 2014–15 season was FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa's returning season for the club  in professional football after 10-years pause.


2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa season, First-team squad
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season
The 2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 23rd season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also takes part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.


2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Season review
On 17 September 2014, Leonid Kuchuk resigned from the manager post after deterioration of his relationships with players. The next day Igor Cherevchenko was appointed as the club's caretaker manager. On 4 October 2014, Miodrag Božović was appointed as a new caretaker manager until conditions of Kuchuk's deal termination are worked out. On 10 October 2014, Božović signed a permanent deal as a manager, but resigned on 11 May 2015 with Igor Cherevchenko again taking control of Lokomotiv as caretaker manager. Despite poor performances in the league, Lokomotiv won the Russian Cup, overtaking Kuban Krasnodar 3–1 after extra time and booking place in next season's Europa League.


2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Squad, Youth squad
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Squad statistics, Club captains
During the season, three players fulfilled the duties of club captain: captain Guilherme and vice-captains Roman Shishkin and Aleksandr Samedov.


2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Squad statistics, Player of the Month
During the season, Lokomotiv ran a monthly poll on social networks to gauge the fans player of the month.


2014–15 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Squad statistics, Player of the Year
After the season, Lokomotiv fans' poll named the team's player of the year.


2014–15 FC Lorient season
The 2014–15 FC Lorient season is the 89th professional season of the club since its creation in 1926.


2014–15 FC Lorient season, Players, First team squad
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2014–15 FC Lorient season, Players, First team squad
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2014–15 FC Metz season
The 2014–15 FC Metz season is the 82nd professional season of the club since its creation in 1932. After finishing 1st in Ligue 2 during the 2013–14 season, it is their first return to Ligue 1 since their relegation after the 2007-08 season.


2014–15 FC Metz season, Players, First team squad
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2014–15 FC Metz season, Players, First team squad
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2014–15 FC Metz season, Players, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season
The 2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season was Mordovia Saransk's 1st season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following their promotion in 2014, and their 2nd season in total. Mordovia Saransk will also be taking part in the Russian Cup.


2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Squad
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2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Squad, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Summer
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2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Winter
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2014–15 FC Nantes season
The 2014–15 FC Nantes season was the 71st professional season of the club since its creation in 1943.


2014–15 FC Nantes season, Players, First team squad
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2014–15 FC Nantes season, Players, First team squad
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2014–15 FC Nantes season, Players, Out on loan
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2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season
The 2014–15 season is Petrolul Ploiești's 85th season in the Romanian football league system, and their fourth consecutive season in the Liga I. Petrolul came third in the 2013–14 Liga I, earning a place in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, June
Petrolul signed a one-year kit deal with American sportswear company Nike, after the association with Puma came to an end. Also, Acıbadem Healthcare Group became the team's medical sponsor until the end of the season, with an extension option being available. Gevaro Nepomuceno, Patrick N'Koyi, George Mareș, Jean-Alain Fanchone, Alberto Cobrea, Mirel Bolboașă, Andrei Peteleu and Mourad Satli were transferred to Petrolul. Roberto Alecsandru and Alexandru Radu were also promoted from the academy.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, July
On 7 July, Petrolul announced that they had signed winger Victoraș Astafei on a free transfer. On 20 July, using many players that would normally be substitutes and having a player sent off in the second half, Petrolul was beaten by Universitatea Cluj in the Cupa Ligii (English: League Cup) round of 16, a competition which was reenacted after fourteen years of pause. In Europa League, "The Yellow Wolves" eliminated Flamurtari Vlorë 5–1 on aggregate. On 27 July, Petrolul confirmed on its official website that Opel will continue being the shirt sponsor until the end of the season.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, August
Petrolul had bad luck at the Europa League third qualifying round draw, confronting Czech side Viktoria Plzeň, a club which in the previous season took part in the Champions League group stage. After a draw at Ploiești (1–1), "The Yellow Wolves" impressively beat Viktoria scoring four goals and conceding only one. The Romanian side's captain, 35-year-old Adrian Mutu, played a big role in his team's qualification, scoring both home and away. However, losing both of the play-off legs against Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia, Petrolul yet again missed the chance of advancing to the group stage.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, September
On 3 September, Uruguayan footballers Rodrigo Pastorini and Sebastián Gallegos joined Petrolul's squad. One week later, Ovidiu Hoban was transferred to Israeli club Hapoel Be'er Sheva. He was Petrolul's only Romanian player called by the national team for a match against Greece, which was played on 7 September. Ioan Filip signed with Petrolul to replace Hoban. On 16 September, Răzvan Lucescu was sacked. Gheorghe Mulțescu, who coached Petrolul twice in the past, took his place one day later. On the same day, "The Yellow Wolves" transferred Kristijan Ipša, a Croatian central defender.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, September
Mulțescu made his début against rivals Steaua București, on the 21st. Israeli international striker Toto Tamuz scored a double, but unfortunately, Petrolul lost the match 2–3. After many rumours, Adrian Mutu eventually broke his contract with "The Oilmen", on the 26th. He was the best paid footballer, and was often criticised for playing bad. Cosmin Contra, Petrolul's coach from October 2012 to March 2014, said that the signings of Adrian Mutu and Ianis Zicu (both joined in January 2014) were a "failure".


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, October
On 16 October, Shai Haddad signed a one-year contract with Petrolul, on Toto Tamuz's recommendation.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, November
On 25 November, president Daniel Capră, general director Marius Bucuroiu and five other persons faced preventive detention for 24 hours, being suspected of tax evasion and money laundering. The loss would amount to 15.4 million euros. The press suggested that these criminal matters could cause serious financial problems for Petrolul and important players might want to leave the club.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, December
Petrolul had the chance to finish the year on the second place of Liga I, but drawn at home against Concordia Chiajna, subsequently keeping the third place.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, January
On 10 January 2015, ex-Standard Liège coach Mircea Rednic replaced Gheorghe Mulțescu on the bench. During the winter transfer window, five footballers left Petrolul, including important ones like Juan Albín and Soni Mustivar.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, February
At the beginning of February, due to president Capră still being under detention, the club faced financial problems and entered insolvency, meaning that the participation in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League is denied. However, among others, Mircea Rednic convinced 31-year-old striker Mohamed Tchité, who spent most of his professional career in Belgium, with Standard Liége, Anderlecht and Club Brugge, and in Spain with Racing de Santander, to be part of the team until the end of the season at the least.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, March
Mohamed Tchité made his début on 5 March in the first leg of the Romanian Cup semi-final against rivals Steaua București, scoring his team's only goal in a 1–1 draw.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, April
On 3 April, Petrolul missed the qualification to the Cupa României final for the second year in a row, losing the semi-final second leg against Steaua at Arena Națională. However, only a week later, "The Yellow Wolves" defeated them in the championship, after more than 15 years. Curaçaoan winger Gevaro Nepomuceno netted the only goal of the match.


2014–15 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, May
On 5 May, it was announced that manager Mircea Rednic left "The Yellow-Blues". Assistant coach Valentin Sinescu continued as the caretaker of the team. Eventually, Petrolul finished the season on a disappointing place six.


2014–15 FC Porto season
The 2014–15 FC Porto season was the club's 105th competitive season and the 81st consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. For the first time since the 1988–89 season, and the third during the presidency of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Porto did not win any official competition.


2014–15 FC Porto season
The pre-season began on 3 July 2014 and featured eight preparation matches: four in Portugal (including a presentation match on 27 July against Saint-Étienne) and four abroad, in the Netherlands, Belgium and England. Porto started the official season on 15 August 2014 with a 2–0 home win against Marítimo for the 2014–15 Primeira Liga.


2014–15 FC Porto season
For the first time in nine seasons, the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was not Porto's season-opening match, as the club failed to qualify for the 36th edition by not winning the 2013–14 Primeira Liga title or being present in the final of the 2013–14 Taça de Portugal (as Benfica made the double).


2014–15 FC Porto season
Porto also competed in other domestic competitions, such as the Taça de Portugal and the Taça da Liga. Together with the other Primeira Liga teams, they entered the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal in the third round, but were eliminated by Sporting CP after a 3–1 home loss. Beginning their 2014–15 Taça da Liga campaign in the third round, Porto topped their group and qualified for the semi-finals, where they were barred from a third final appearance after losing 2–1 away to Marítimo.


2014–15 FC Porto season
In UEFA competitions, Porto participated in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. They reached the group stage for the 19th time after eliminating French side Lille in the play-off round. Porto topped their group and secured qualification for the knockout phase. In the round of 16, they eliminated Basel with an aggregate score of 5–1. In doing so, Porto booked a place in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2008–09, where they faced Bayern Munich.


2014–15 FC Porto season
After beating the Germans 3–1 for the first leg, in what was Porto's first-ever home win over Bayern Munich, the team lost the second leg 6–1 and were eliminated with a 7–4 aggregate score. This defeat was their worst ever defeat in UEFA competitions, together with a 6–1 away defeat against AEK Athens in the 1978–79 European Cup.


2014–15 FC Red Bull Salzburg season
The 2014–15 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 82nd season in club history. Red Bull Salzburg finished the season as champions of the Bundesliga and the ÖFB-Cup for the second season in a row. In Europe, Salzburg where knocked out of the Champions League by Malmö in the Playoff Round, dropping into the Europa League where they reached the Round of 32 before defeat to Villarreal.


2014–15 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events
Red Bull Salzburg come into the 2014–15 season as league and cup champions. Peter Ankersen and Benno Schmitz transferred to Red Bull Salzburg. Florian Klein and Marco Meilinger left the club. Eddie Gustafsson retired at the end of the 2013–14 season. Roger Schmidt left the club to become the head coach at Bayer Leverkusen. Adi Hütter was named Schmidt's replacement. Pre –season started on 16 June.


2014–15 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events
Nils Quaschner was sold during the January transfer window. However, FIFA didn't allow the transfer because he had played for two teams during the season. He had also played for FC Liefering. FIFA transfer rules don't allow player to player for more than two teams during a season.


2014–15 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events, Bundesliga, Matchdays 1–9
on 19 July, in the opening match of the league season, Red Bull Salzburg defeated Rapid Wien 6–1 with two goals from Jonathan Soriano and a goal each from Andreas Ulmer, Alan, Sadio Mané, and Kevin Kampl. Steffen Hofmann scored for Rapid Wien. Red Bull took a 2–0 first–half lead with a 30th-minute goal from Andreas Ulmer and a 40th-minute goal from Alan. Red Bull scored four more goals in the second–half with a 69th-minute goal from Sadio Mané, a 77th minute and 79th-minute goals from Jonathan Soriano, and an 85th-minute goal from Kevin Kampl.