| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 August 2009 – 8 May 2010 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich 21st Bundesliga title 22ndGerman title |
| Relegated | VfL Bochum Hertha BSC |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
| Europa League | Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund VfB Stuttgart |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 866 (2.83 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Edin Džeko (22) |
| Biggest home win | Bayern 7–0Hannover |
| Biggest away win | Freiburg 0–6Bremen |
| Highest scoring | M'gladbach 5–3Hannover |
| Average attendance | 41,802[1] |
2010–11 → | |
The2009–10 Bundesliga was the 47th season of theBundesliga, Germany's premierfootball league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season-opening match involving the defending championsVfL Wolfsburg andVfB Stuttgart.[2] The last games were played on 8 May 2010. There was a winter break between 21 December 2009 and 14 January 2010, though the period was reduced from six to three weeks.[3]The season was overshadowed by the suicide ofHannover 96 captain and goalkeeper Robert Enke on 10 November 2009.
Karlsruher SC andArminia Bielefeld were directly relegated at the end of the2008–09 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Karlsruhe ended a two-year stint in Germany's top flight, while Arminia were relegated for the sixth time since the introduction of theBundesliga, a current record, after five years.
The relegated teams were replaced by2008–09 2. Bundesliga championsSC Freiburg and runners-upMainz 05. Freiburg returned to the Bundesliga after four years, and Mainz began a second tenure in the top division after being relegated in the2006–07 season.
A further place in the league was decided through atwo-legged play-off.Energie Cottbus, as the 16th-placed Bundesliga team, had to face1. FC Nürnberg, who finished third in 2. Bundesliga. Nürnberg won both matches by anaggregated score of 5–0 and thus earned their seventh promotion to the Bundesliga since its introduction, also a current record. Their opponents ended a second three-year top flight tenure and left the Bundesliga without a club from formerEast Germany for only the second time since East German teams were included before the1991–92 season, with the other time being in2005–06.
BayArena, home of Bayer Leverkusen, was expanded from 22,500 to 30,000 spectators during the first half of 2009. Other stadia which are recently undergoing renovation or expansion areWeserstadion in Bremen,HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg andMercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart.
Eight teams underwent coaching changes during the off-season, among them championsVfL Wolfsburg and runners-upBayern Munich.Christoph Daum made use of a unilateral contract option to terminate his contract at1. FC Köln.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich(C) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 70 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 65 | |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 61 | Qualification toChampions League play-off round |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 59 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 57 | |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 55 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 52 | |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 50 | |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 47 | |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 46 | |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 42 | |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 39 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 38 | |
| 14 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 35 | |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 33 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Nürnberg(O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 31 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 17 | VfL Bochum(R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 28 | Relegation to2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hertha BSC(R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 24 |
| Home \ Away | BSC | BOC | SVW | BVB | SGE | SCF | HSV | H96 | TSG | KOE | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB | WOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertha BSC | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Bayern Munich | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–5 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — |
16th-placed Bundesliga team1. FC Nürnberg faced third-placed2. Bundesliga teamFC Augsburg for a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the2010–11 Bundesliga. Nürnberg was participating in their second playoff in a row after winning promotion at the expense ofEnergie Cottbus in the playoff at the end of the2008–09 season. The matches took place on 13 and 16 May, with Nürnberg playing at home first.[34] Nürnberg won 3–0 on aggregate, thus retaining their spot in the Bundesliga for the next season.
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | FC Augsburg |
|---|---|---|
| Eigler | Report (in German) |
| FC Augsburg | 0–2 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
|---|---|---|
| Traoré | Report (in German) | Gündoğan Choupo-Moting |
Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
Including matches played on 8 May 2010
Top scorers[edit]Source:kicker.de
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| Month | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| August[35] | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| September[36] | Bayern Munich | |
| October[37] | Borussia Dortmund | |
| November[38] | Werder Bremen | |
| December[39] | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| January[40] | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| February[41] | VfB Stuttgart | |
| March[42] | Werder Bremen | |
| April[43] | Werder Bremen |