2010–11 Bundesliga

The 2010–11 Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 20 August 2010 and concluded on 14 May 2011.[2] The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 15 January 2011.[3] The defending champions were Bayern Munich. The league had also updated its logo for the season. The official match ball is Adidas Torfabrik 2010.

Bundesliga
Season2010–11
Dates21 August 2010 – 15 May 2011
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund
4th Bundesliga title
7th German title
RelegatedEintracht Frankfurt
FC St. Pauli
Champions LeagueBorussia Dortmund
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayern Munich
Europa LeagueHannover 96
Mainz 05
Schalke 04 (via domestic cup)
Matches played306
Goals scored894 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorerMario Gómez (28)
Biggest home winStuttgart 7–0 M'gladbach
Biggest away winFC St. Pauli 1–8 Bayern
Highest scoringL'kusen 3–6 M'gladbach
FC St. Pauli 1–8 Bayern
Average attendance42,101[1]

Borussia Dortmund earned its seventh league title with two games to spare on 30 April 2011, beating 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 at home.[4][5] FC St. Pauli and Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated to the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga.

Teams

At the end of the 2009–10 season VfL Bochum and Hertha BSC were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. They were replaced by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, champions of the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga, and runners-up FC St. Pauli. Kaiserslautern returned to the Bundesliga after four years, and St. Pauli re-entered the top division after eight years.

A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off. As in the previous year, 1. FC Nürnberg had to compete, although they were the Bundesliga team this time. FC Augsburg was the 2. Bundesliga's representative. Nuremberg won both matches on aggregate, 3–0, and thus defended their Bundesliga spot.

This was the first ever season since reunification without any teams from either the former East Germany or West Berlin since Hertha BSC was relegated.

Stadiums and locations

Several stadiums were undergoing long-term reconstruction work, among them Mercedes-Benz Arena, Millerntor-Stadion and Weserstadion. The capacities of EasyCredit-Stadion and Fritz-Walter-Stadion were also slightly increased during the off-season, while Hamburg's biggest arena was renamed Imtech Arena.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity[6]Average
attendance[7]
Bayer LeverkusenLeverkusenBayArena30,21028,627
Bayern MunichMunichAllianz Arena69,00069,000
Borussia DortmundDortmundSignal Iduna Park80,552[8][9]79,250
Borussia MönchengladbachMönchengladbachBorussia-Park54,05745,676
Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena51,50047,336
SC FreiburgFreiburgBadenova-Stadion24,00023,047
Hamburger SVHamburgImtech Arena57,00054,445
Hannover 96HanoverAWD-Arena49,00043,948
1899 HoffenheimSinsheimRhein-Neckar-Arena30,15029,858
1. FC KaiserslauternKaiserslauternFritz-Walter-Stadion49,78046,378
1. FC KölnCologneRheinEnergieStadion50,00047,752
Mainz 05MainzStadion am Bruchweg20,30020,170
1. FC NürnbergNurembergEasyCredit-Stadion48,54842,019
Schalke 04GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,67361,248
FC St. PauliHamburgMillerntor-Stadion24,487 Note 124,274
VfB StuttgartStuttgartMercedes-Benz Arena39,950 Note 238,847
Werder BremenBremenWeserstadion42,100 Note 337,464
VfL WolfsburgWolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,00028,909

Notes:

  1. Millerntor-Stadion was undergroing reconstruction and expansion.
  2. Mercedes-Benz Arena was converted to a football-only stadium during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. As a consequence, the usual capacity of 58,000 was reduced to 39,950 for the 2010–11 season.
  3. Weserstadion was undergoing minor reconstruction during the season, with varying reduced capacities during that time.

Personnel and sponsorships

TeamHead coachTeam captain[10]KitmakerShirt sponsor
Bayer Leverkusen Jupp Heynckes Simon RolfesAdidasTelDaFax
Bayern Munich Andries Jonker (caretaker) Philipp Lahm[11]AdidasT-Home
Borussia Dortmund Jürgen Klopp Sebastian KehlKappaEvonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach Lucien Favre Filip DaemsLottoPostbank
Eintracht Frankfurt Christoph Daum ChrisJakoFraport
SC Freiburg Robin Dutt Heiko ButscherNikeEhrmann
Hamburger SV Michael Oenning Heiko WestermannAdidasEmirates
Hannover 96 Mirko Slomka Steve CherundoloUnder ArmourTUI
1899 Hoffenheim Marco Pezzaiuoli Andreas BeckPumaTV Digital
1. FC Kaiserslautern Marco Kurz Srđan Lakić[citation needed]Do You FootballAllgäuer Latschenkiefer
1. FC Köln Volker Finke Lukas Podolski[12]ReebokREWE
Mainz 05 Thomas Tuchel Nikolče NoveskiNikeEntega
1. FC Nürnberg Dieter Hecking Andreas WolfAdidasAreva
Schalke 04 Ralf Rangnick Manuel NeuerAdidasGazprom
FC St. Pauli Holger Stanislawski Fabio MorenaDo You FootballEin Platz an der Sonne
VfB Stuttgart Bruno Labbadia Matthieu DelpierrePumaGazi
Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf Torsten FringsNikeTargobank
VfL Wolfsburg Felix Magath Marcel Schäfer[13]AdidasVolkswagen

In addition, all matches featured one match ball as Adidas presented a new ball called "Jabulani Torfabrik" ("Goal Factory"). Previously, the home team was responsible for supplying the match ball.[14] More often than not, it was provided by the kitmakers for the teams.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
VfL Wolfsburg Lorenz-Günther KöstnerEnd of tenure as caretaker30 June 2010[15]Off-season Steve McClaren1 July 2010[15]
Hamburger SV Ricardo MonizEnd of tenure as caretaker30 June 2010[16] Armin Veh1 July 2010[17]
VfB Stuttgart Christian GrossSacked13 October 2010[18]18th Jens Keller13 October 2010[18]
1. FC Köln Zvonimir SoldoSacked24 October 2010[19]18th Frank Schaefer24 October 2010[19]
VfB Stuttgart Jens KellerSacked11 December 2010[20]16th Bruno Labbadia12 December 2010[21]
1899 Hoffenheim Ralf RangnickMutual consent2 January 2011[22]8th Marco Pezzaiuoli2 January 2011[23]
VfL Wolfsburg Steve McClarenSacked7 February 2011[24]12th Pierre Littbarski7 February 2011[24]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Michael FrontzeckSacked13 February 2011[25]18th Lucien Favre14 February 2011[26]
Hamburger SV Armin VehSacked13 March 2011[27]8th Michael Oenning13 March 2011[27]
Schalke 04 Felix MagathSacked16 March 2011[28]10th Ralf Rangnick17 March 2011[29]
VfL Wolfsburg Pierre LittbarskiEnd of tenure as caretaker18 March 2011[30]17th Felix Magath18 March 2011[30]
Eintracht Frankfurt Michael SkibbeSacked22 March 2011[31]14th Christoph Daum22 March 2011[31]
Bayern Munich Louis van GaalSacked9 April 2011[32]4th Andries Jonker (caretaker)9 April 2011[32]
1. FC Köln Frank SchaeferResigned27 April 2011[33]14th Volker Finke27 April 2011[33]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Borussia Dortmund (C)3423656722+4575Qualification to Champions League group stage
2Bayer Leverkusen3420866444+2068
3Bayern Munich3419878140+4165Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4Hannover 9634193124945+460Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5FSV Mainz 0534184125239+1358Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
61. FC Nürnberg34138134745+247
71. FC Kaiserslautern34137144851−346
8Hamburger SV34129134652−645
9SC Freiburg34135164150−944
101. FC Köln34135164762−1544
111899 Hoffenheim341110135050043
12VfB Stuttgart34126166059+142
13Werder Bremen341011134761−1441
14Schalke 0434117163844−640Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
15VfL Wolfsburg34911144348−538
16Borussia Mönchengladbach (O)34106184865−1736Qualification to relegation play-offs
17Eintracht Frankfurt (R)3497183149−1834Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18FC St. Pauli (R)3485213568−3329
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwaySVWBVBSGESCFHSVH96TSGFCKKOEB04M05BMGFCBFCNS04STPVFBWOB
Werder Bremen2–00–02–13–21–12–11–24–22–20–21–11–32–31–13–01–10–1
Borussia Dortmund2–03–13–02–04–11–15–01–00–21–14–12–02–00–02–01–12–0
Eintracht Frankfurt1–11–00–11–30–30–40–00–20–32–10–11–12–00–02–10–23–1
SC Freiburg1–31–20–01–01–33–22–13–20–11–03–01–21–11–21–32–12–1
Hamburger SV4–01–11–00–20–02–12–16–22–42–41–10–01–12–10–14–21–3
Hannover 964–10–42–13–03–22–03–02–12–22–00–13–13–10–10–12–11–0
1899 Hoffenheim4–11–01–00–10–04–03–21–12–21–23–21–21–12–02–21–21–3
1. FC Kaiserslautern3–21–10–32–11–10–12–21–10–10–13–02–00–25–02–03–30–0
1. FC Köln3–01–21–01–03–24–01–11–32–04–20–43–21–02–11–01–31–1
Bayer Leverkusen2–21–32–12–21–12–02–13–13–20–13–61–10–02–02–14–23–0
Mainz 051–10–23–01–10–10–14–22–12–00–11–01–33–00–12–12–00–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach1–41–00–42–01–21–22–00–15–11–32–33–31–12–11–22–31–1
Bayern Munich0–01–34–14–26–03–04–05–10–05–11–21–03–04–13–02–12–1
1. FC Nürnberg1–30–23–01–22–03–11–21–33–11–00–00–11–12–15–02–12–1
Schalke 044–01–32–11–00–11–20–10–13–00–11–32–22–01–13–02–21–0
FC St. Pauli1–31–31–32–21–10–10–11–03–00–12–43–11–83–20–2[a]1–21–1
VfB Stuttgart6–01–31–20–13–02–11–12–40–11–41–07–03–51–41–02–01–1
VfL Wolfsburg0–00–31–12–10–12–02–21–24–12–33–42–11–11–22–22–22–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Relegation play-offs

Borussia Mönchengladbach as 16th-placed team faced 3rd-placed 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the 2011–12 Bundesliga.

Borussia Mönchengladbach1–0VfL Bochum
De Camargo 90+3'Report (in German)
Attendance: 54,057

VfL Bochum1–1Borussia Mönchengladbach
Nordtveit 24' (o.g.)Report (in German)Reus 72'
Attendance: 28,650

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate and retained its Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the 2011–12 season.

Statistics

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