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 was 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

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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

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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.

Team Location Stadium Capacity[6] Average
attendance[7]
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210 28,627
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69,000 69,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80,552[8][9] 79,250
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,057 45,676
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 51,500 47,336
SC Freiburg Freiburg Badenova-Stadion 24,000 23,047
Hamburger SV Hamburg Imtech Arena 57,000 54,445
Hannover 96 Hanover AWD-Arena 49,000 43,948
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar-Arena 30,150 29,858
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780 46,378
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,000 47,752
Mainz 05 Mainz Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300 20,170
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg EasyCredit-Stadion 48,548 42,019
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673 61,248
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 24,487 Note 1 24,274
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 39,950 Note 2 38,847
Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42,100 Note 3 37,464
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000 28,909

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

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Team Head coach Team captain[10] Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Bayer Leverkusen   Jupp Heynckes   Simon Rolfes Adidas TelDaFax
Bayern Munich   Andries Jonker (caretaker)   Philipp Lahm[11] Adidas T-Home
Borussia Dortmund   Jürgen Klopp   Sebastian Kehl Kappa Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach   Lucien Favre   Filip Daems Lotto Postbank
Eintracht Frankfurt   Christoph Daum   Chris Jako Fraport
SC Freiburg   Robin Dutt   Heiko Butscher Nike Ehrmann
Hamburger SV   Michael Oenning   Heiko Westermann Adidas Emirates
Hannover 96   Mirko Slomka   Steve Cherundolo Under Armour TUI
1899 Hoffenheim   Marco Pezzaiuoli   Andreas Beck Puma TV Digital
1. FC Kaiserslautern   Marco Kurz   Srđan Lakić[citation needed] Do You Football Allgäuer Latschenkiefer
1. FC Köln   Volker Finke   Lukas Podolski[12] Reebok REWE
Mainz 05   Thomas Tuchel   Nikolče Noveski Nike Entega
1. FC Nürnberg   Dieter Hecking   Andreas Wolf Adidas Areva
Schalke 04   Ralf Rangnick   Manuel Neuer Adidas Gazprom
FC St. Pauli   Holger Stanislawski   Fabio Morena Do You Football Ein Platz an der Sonne
VfB Stuttgart   Bruno Labbadia   Matthieu Delpierre Puma Gazi
Werder Bremen   Thomas Schaaf   Torsten Frings Nike Targobank
VfL Wolfsburg   Felix Magath   Marcel Schäfer[13] Adidas Volkswagen

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

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
VfL Wolfsburg   Lorenz-Günther Köstner End of tenure as caretaker 30 June 2010[15] Off-season   Steve McClaren 1 July 2010[15]
Hamburger SV   Ricardo Moniz End of tenure as caretaker 30 June 2010[16]   Armin Veh 1 July 2010[17]
VfB Stuttgart   Christian Gross Sacked 13 October 2010[18] 18th   Jens Keller 13 October 2010[18]
1. FC Köln   Zvonimir Soldo Sacked 24 October 2010[19] 18th   Frank Schaefer 24 October 2010[19]
VfB Stuttgart   Jens Keller Sacked 11 December 2010[20] 16th   Bruno Labbadia 12 December 2010[21]
1899 Hoffenheim   Ralf Rangnick Mutual consent 2 January 2011[22] 8th   Marco Pezzaiuoli 2 January 2011[23]
VfL Wolfsburg   Steve McClaren Sacked 7 February 2011[24] 12th   Pierre Littbarski 7 February 2011[24]
Borussia Mönchengladbach   Michael Frontzeck Sacked 13 February 2011[25] 18th   Lucien Favre 14 February 2011[26]
Hamburger SV   Armin Veh Sacked 13 March 2011[27] 8th   Michael Oenning 13 March 2011[27]
Schalke 04   Felix Magath Sacked 16 March 2011[28] 10th   Ralf Rangnick 17 March 2011[29]
VfL Wolfsburg   Pierre Littbarski End of tenure as caretaker 18 March 2011[30] 17th   Felix Magath 18 March 2011[30]
Eintracht Frankfurt   Michael Skibbe Sacked 22 March 2011[31] 14th   Christoph Daum 22 March 2011[31]
Bayern Munich   Louis van Gaal Sacked 9 April 2011[32] 4th   Andries Jonker (caretaker) 9 April 2011[32]
1. FC Köln   Frank Schaefer Resigned 27 April 2011[33] 14th   Volker Finke 27 April 2011[33]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Dortmund (C) 34 23 6 5 67 22 +45 75 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayer Leverkusen 34 20 8 6 64 44 +20 68
3 Bayern Munich 34 19 8 7 81 40 +41 65 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Hannover 96 34 19 3 12 49 45 +4 60 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 FSV Mainz 05 34 18 4 12 52 39 +13 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 1. FC Nürnberg 34 13 8 13 47 45 +2 47
7 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 13 7 14 48 51 −3 46
8 Hamburger SV 34 12 9 13 46 52 −6 45
9 SC Freiburg 34 13 5 16 41 50 −9 44
10 1. FC Köln 34 13 5 16 47 62 −15 44
11 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 50 50 0 43
12 VfB Stuttgart 34 12 6 16 60 59 +1 42
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 11 13 47 61 −14 41
14 Schalke 04 34 11 7 16 38 44 −6 40 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[a]
15 VfL Wolfsburg 34 9 11 14 43 48 −5 38
16 Borussia Mönchengladbach (O) 34 10 6 18 48 65 −17 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Eintracht Frankfurt (R) 34 9 7 18 31 49 −18 34 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 FC St. Pauli (R) 34 8 5 21 35 68 −33 29
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Schalke 04 as winners of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Results

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Home \ Away SVW BVB SGE SCF HSV H96 TSG FCK KOE B04 M05 BMG FCB FCN S04 STP VFB WOB
Werder Bremen 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1
Borussia Dortmund 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–4 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–1
SC Freiburg 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–1
Hamburger SV 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 6–2 2–4 2–4 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–2 1–3
Hannover 96 4–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
1899 Hoffenheim 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–3
1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 5–0 2–0 3–3 0–0
1. FC Köln 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 4–2 0–4 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1
Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–1 3–6 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–2 3–0
Mainz 05 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–4 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 5–1 1–3 2–3 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–1
Bayern Munich 0–0 1–3 4–1 4–2 6–0 3–0 4–0 5–1 0–0 5–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–1
1. FC Nürnberg 1–3 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–1
Schalke 04 4–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0
FC St. Pauli 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 2–4 3–1 1–8 3–2 0–2[a] 1–2 1–1
VfB Stuttgart 6–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–4 1–0 7–0 3–5 1–4 1–0 2–0 1–1
VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 4–1 2–3 3–4 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–0
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The FC St. Pauli v Schalke 04 match from 1 April 2011 was suspended after 87 minutes and a score of 0–2 due to an assistant referee being hit by a beverage cup thrown from the stands. The match was abandoned and later awarded on 5 April 2011 to Schalke 04 with a score of 0–2.[34][35]

Relegation play-offs

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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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