| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 2010 – 15 May 2011 |
| Champions | Borussia Dortmund 4th Bundesliga title 7thGerman title |
| Relegated | Eintracht Frankfurt FC St. Pauli |
| Champions League | Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich |
| Europa League | Hannover 96 Mainz 05 Schalke 04 (viadomestic cup) |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 894 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mario Gómez (28) |
| Biggest home win | Stuttgart 7–0M'gladbach |
| Biggest away win | FC St. Pauli 1–8Bayern |
| Highest scoring | L'kusen 3–6M'gladbach FC St. Pauli 1–8Bayern |
| Average attendance | 42,101[1] |
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The2010–11 Bundesliga was the 48th season of theBundesliga, Germany's premierfootball 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 wereBayern Munich. The league had also updated its logo for the season. The official match ball wasAdidas Torfabrik 2010.
Borussia Dortmund earned its seventh league title with two games to spare on 30 April 2011, beating1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 at home.[4][5]FC St. Pauli andEintracht Frankfurt were relegated to the2011–12 2. Bundesliga.
At the end of the2009–10 season,VfL Bochum andHertha BSC were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. They were replaced by1. FC Kaiserslautern, champions of the2009–10 2. Bundesliga, and runners-upFC 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 formerEast Germany orWest Berlin, sinceHertha BSC was relegated.
Several stadiums were undergoing long-term reconstruction work, among themMercedes-Benz Arena,Millerntor-Stadion andWeserstadion. The capacities ofEasyCredit-Stadion andFritz-Walter-Stadion were also slightly increased during the off-season, whileHamburg's biggest arena was renamedImtech 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 | 24,487Note 1 | 24,274 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 39,950Note 2 | 38,847 |
| Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100Note 3 | 37,464 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 | 28,909 |
Notes:
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.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Wolfsburg | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2010[15] | Off-season | 1 July 2010[15] | ||
| Hamburger SV | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2010[16] | 1 July 2010[17] | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | Sacked | 13 October 2010[18] | 18th | 13 October 2010[18] | ||
| 1. FC Köln | Sacked | 24 October 2010[19] | 18th | 24 October 2010[19] | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | Sacked | 11 December 2010[20] | 16th | 12 December 2010[21] | ||
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Mutual consent | 2 January 2011[22] | 8th | 2 January 2011[23] | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | Sacked | 7 February 2011[24] | 12th | 7 February 2011[24] | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sacked | 13 February 2011[25] | 18th | 14 February 2011[26] | ||
| Hamburger SV | Sacked | 13 March 2011[27] | 8th | 13 March 2011[27] | ||
| Schalke 04 | Sacked | 16 March 2011[28] | 10th | 17 March 2011[29] | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | End of tenure as caretaker | 18 March 2011[30] | 17th | 18 March 2011[30] | ||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Sacked | 22 March 2011[31] | 14th | 22 March 2011[31] | ||
| Bayern Munich | Sacked | 9 April 2011[32] | 4th | 9 April 2011[32] | ||
| 1. FC Köln | Resigned | 27 April 2011[33] | 14th | 27 April 2011[33] |
| 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 toChampions 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 toChampions League play-off round |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 60 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 58 | Qualification toEuropa 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 toEuropa 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 torelegation play-offs |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt(R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 34 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | FC St. Pauli(R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 29 |
| 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 | — |
Borussia Mönchengladbach as 16th-placed team faced 3rd-placed2. Bundesliga sideVfL Bochum in a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the2011–12 Bundesliga.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–0 | VfL Bochum |
|---|---|---|
| De Camargo | Report(in German) |
| VfL Bochum | 1–1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
|---|---|---|
| Nordtveit | Report(in German) | Reus |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate and retained its Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the2011–12 season.
Top scorers[edit]Source:bundesliga.deArchived 5 July 2011 at theWayback Machine |
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| No. | Team | Matches | Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 1,345,560 | 79,151 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 17 | 1,173,000 | 69,000 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 1,042,446 | 61,320 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 925,579 | 54,446 |
| 5 | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 812,300 | 47,782 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 805,200 | 47,365 |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 788,665 | 46,392 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | 768,207 | 45,189 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 746,345 | 43,903 |
| 10 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 714,337 | 42,020 |
| 11 | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 659,400 | 38,788 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 639,532 | 37,620 |
| 13 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 17 | 507,800 | 29,871 |
| 14 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 491,079 | 28,887 |
| 15 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 486,764 | 28,633 |
| 16 | FC St. Pauli | 17 | 413,346 | 24,314 |
| 17 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 392,300 | 23,076 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 343,100 | 20,182 |