| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Champions | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Promoted | 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC St. Pauli |
| Relegated | Hansa Rostock (via play-off) TuS Koblenz Rot Weiss Ahlen |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 808 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Michael Thurk (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win | St. Pauli 6–1Koblenz Duisburg 5–0FSV Frankfurt |
| Biggest away win | Aachen 0–5St. Pauli FSV Frankfurt 0–5Greuther Fürth |
| Highest scoring | Union Berlin 5–4Paderborn Greuther Fürth 4–5Augsburg |
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The2009–10 2. Bundesliga was the 36th season of the2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany'sfootball league. The season began on 7 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010. A winter break was held between 21 December 2009 and 14 January 2010, though the period has been reduced from six to three weeks.[1]
2008–09 2. Bundesliga championsSC Freiburg and runners-up1. FSV Mainz 05 were promoted to the2009–10 Bundesliga. They were replaced byKarlsruher SC andArminia Bielefeld, who finished 17th and 18th respectively in the2008–09 Bundesliga season.
FC Ingolstadt 04 andSV Wehen-Wiesbaden were relegated to the2009–10 3. Liga following the2008–09 season. They were replaced by2008–09 3. Liga champions1. FC Union Berlin and runners-upFortuna Düsseldorf.
Two further spots were available through relegation/promotion play-offs.1. FC Nürnberg gained promotion to the Bundesliga by beating Bundesliga sideFC Energie Cottbus 5–0 on aggregate in theBundesliga play-off, sending the team from the Eastern part of Germany to the second tier of German football. At the bottom end of the table,VfL Osnabrück lost both of theirplay-off matches against 3. Liga sideSC Paderborn 07 and thus were relegated to the 2009–10 3. Liga.
Several teams moved to different grounds for the 2009–10 season; Alemannia Aachen and Augsburg were relocating to new stadia, replacing their old structures, while FSV Frankfurt and Union Berlin returned to their original home grounds which had undergone renovation.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity[2] | Avg. attendance[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | Aachen | New Tivoli | 32,900 | 23,199 |
| Rot-Weiß Ahlen | Ahlen | Wersestadion | 12,500 | 4,600 |
| FC Augsburg | Augsburg | Impuls Arena | 30,660 | 16,061 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | Berlin | Alte Försterei | 18,955 | 14,534 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | Schüco-Arena | 27,300 | 16,055 |
| FC Energie Cottbus | Cottbus | Stadion der Freundschaft | 22,528 | 11,079 |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | MSV-Arena | 31,500 | 14,498 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf | Esprit Arena | 51,500 | 28,007 |
| FSV Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurter Volksbank-Stadion | 10,826 | 5,256 |
| SpVgg Greuther Fürth | Fürth | Playmobil-Stadion | 15,200 | 6,319 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern | Fritz Walter Stadion | 48,500 | 31,360 |
| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruhe | Wildparkstadion | 29,699 | 18,178 |
| TuS Koblenz | Koblenz | Stadion Oberwerth | 15,000 | 7,346 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,000 | 24,844 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | Oberhausen | Niederrheinstadion | 21,318 | 6,631 |
| SC Paderborn 07 | Paderborn | Energieteam Arena | 15,000 | 9,005 |
| F.C. Hansa Rostock | Rostock | DKB-Arena | 29,000 | 13,800 |
| FC St. Pauli | Hamburg | Millerntor-Stadion | 23,201 | 21,882 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern(C, P) | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 67 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | FC St. Pauli(P) | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 72 | 37 | +35 | 64 | |
| 3 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 62 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 59 | |
| 5 | SC Paderborn | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 51 | |
| 6 | MSV Duisburg | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 50 | |
| 7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 49[a] | |
| 8 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 48 | |
| 9 | Energie Cottbus | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 47 | |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 46 | |
| 11 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 44 | |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 44 | |
| 13 | Alemannia Aachen | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 43 | |
| 14 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 41 | |
| 15 | FSV Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 38 | |
| 16 | Hansa Rostock(R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 36 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs |
| 17 | TuS Koblenz(R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 31 | Relegation to3. Liga |
| 18 | Rot Weiss Ahlen(R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 55 | −36 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | AAC | RWA | FCA | UNB | DSC | FCE | DUI | F95 | FSV | SGF | FCK | KSC | KOB | M60 | RWO | SCP | ROS | STP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| Rot Weiss Ahlen | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| FC Augsburg | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| Union Berlin | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Energie Cottbus | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| MSV Duisburg | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Greuther Fürth | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Karlsruher SC | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| TuS Koblenz | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| 1860 Munich | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| SC Paderborn | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Hansa Rostock | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 |
| FC St. Pauli | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — |
The 16th-placedHansa Rostock faced the third-placed3. Liga teamFC Ingolstadt for a two-legged play-off.FC Ingolstadt, as the winner onaggregated score after both matches earned a spot in the2010–11 2. Bundesliga. The matches took place on 14 and 17 May, with the 3. Liga club hosting the first leg at home.[28]
Hansa Rostock was relegated to3. Liga and Ingolstadt was promoted to2. Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.
Top goalscorers[edit]Source:kicker magazine
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