2009–10 Bundesliga


The 2009–10 Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season-opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart. 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.

Teams

and Arminia Bielefeld were directly relegated at the end of the 2008–09 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 the Bundesliga, a current record, after five years.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2008–09 2. Bundesliga champions SC Freiburg and runners-up Mainz 05. Freiburg returned to the Bundesliga after four years, and Mainz began a second tenure in the top division after being relegated in the 2006–07 season.
A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off. Energie Cottbus, as the 16th-placed Bundesliga team, had to face 1. FC Nürnberg, who finished third in 2. Bundesliga. Nürnberg won both matches by an aggregated 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 former East Germany for only the second time since East German teams were included before the 1991–92 season, with the other time being in 2005–06.

Stadia and locations

, 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 are Weserstadion in Bremen, HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg and Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart.
TeamLocationVenueCapacity
BochumrewirpowerSTADION31,328
BremenWeserstadion134,400
DortmundWestfalenstadion80,552
Frankfurt am MainCommerzbank-Arena51,500
FreiburgBadenova-Stadion24,000
HamburgHSH Nordbank Arena257,000
HanoverAWD-Arena49,000
BerlinOlympiastadion74,244
SinsheimRhein-Neckar-Arena30,150
CologneRheinEnergieStadion50,000
LeverkusenBayArena30,210
MainzStadion am Bruchweg20,300
MönchengladbachBorussia-Park54,067
MunichAllianz Arena69,000
NurembergEasyCredit-Stadion46,780
GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,673
StuttgartMercedes-Benz Arena342,101
WolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,000

;Notes
  1. Weserstadion will be increased in capacity during the season.
  2. HSH Nordbank Arena will be expanded to a capacity of 61,000 from January 2010.
  3. Mercedes-Benz Arena will be converted to a football-only stadium during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. As a consequence, the usual capacity of 58,000 is currently reduced to 42,101.

    Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Eight teams underwent coaching changes during the off-season, among them champions VfL Wolfsburg and runners-up Bayern Munich. Christoph Daum made use of a unilateral contract option to terminate his contract at 1. FC Köln.
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Eintracht Frankfurt Friedhelm FunkelResigned21 May 2009off-season Michael Skibbe1 July 2009
Hamburger SV Martin JolAjax purchased rights26 May 2009off-season Bruno Labbadia1 July 2009
Borussia Mönchengladbach Hans MeyerRetired28 May 2009off-season Michael Frontzeck1 July 2009
1. FC Köln Christoph DaumContract terminated2 June 2009off-season Zvonimir Soldo1 July 2009
Bayer Leverkusen Bruno LabbadiaHamburg purchased rights5 June 2009off-season Jupp Heynckes1 July 2009
Bayern Munich Jupp HeynckesEnd of caretaker contract30 June 2009off-season Louis van Gaal1 July 2009
Schalke 04 Mike Büskens,
Youri Mulder &
Oliver Reck		End of tenure as caretakers30 June 2009off-season Felix Magath1 July 2009
VfL Wolfsburg Felix MagathEnd of contract30 June 2009off-season Armin Veh1 July 2009
Mainz 05 Jørn AndersenSacked3 August 2009pre-season Thomas Tuchel3 August 2009
Hannover 96 Dieter HeckingResigned19 August 200914th Andreas Bergmann30 August 2009
VfL Bochum Marcel KollerSacked20 September 200917th Frank Heinemann '20 September 2009
Hertha BSC Lucien FavreSacked28 September 200918th Friedhelm Funkel3 October 2009
VfL Bochum Frank Heinemann 'End as caretaker27 October 200917th Heiko Herrlich27 October 2009
VfB Stuttgart Markus BabbelSacked6 December 200916th Christian Gross6 December 2009
1. FC Nürnberg Michael OenningSacked21 December 200917th Dieter Hecking22 December 2009
Hannover 96 Andreas BergmannSacked19 January 201016th Mirko Slomka19 January 2010
VfL Wolfsburg Armin VehSacked25 January 201010th Lorenz-Günther Köstner25 January 2010
Hamburger SV Bruno LabbadiaSacked26 April 20107th Ricardo Moniz '26 April 2010
VfL Bochum Heiko HerrlichSacked29 April 201016th Dariusz Wosz '29 April 2010

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

16th-placed Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg faced third-placed 2. Bundesliga team FC Augsburg for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the 2010–11 Bundesliga. Nürnberg was participating in their second playoff in a row after winning promotion at the expense of Energie Cottbus in the playoff at the end of the 2008–09 season. The matches took place on 13 and 16 May, with Nürnberg playing at home first. Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate, thus retaining their spot in the Bundesliga for the next season.
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Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate.

Statistics

Including matches played on 8 May 2010

Top scorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Edin DžekoVfL Wolfsburg22
2 Stefan KießlingBayer Leverkusen21
3 Lucas BarriosBorussia Dortmund19
4 Kevin KurányiSchalke 0418
5 Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen16
5 Arjen RobbenBayern Munich16
7 CacauVfB Stuttgart13
7 Thomas MüllerBayern Munich13
9 Vedad Ibišević1899 Hoffenheim12
9 Albert Bunjaku1. FC Nürnberg12
9 Eren DerdiyokBayer Leverkusen12

Top assists

Source:
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Mesut ÖzilWerder Bremen17
2 Zvjezdan MisimovićVfL Wolfsburg15
3 Marko MarinWerder Bremen14
4 Toni KroosBayer Leverkusen12
5 Tranquillo BarnettaBayer Leverkusen11
5 Thomas MüllerBayern Munich11
7 Edin DžekoVfL Wolfsburg10
7 Jefferson FarfánSchalke 0410
9 Carlos Eduardo1899 Hoffenheim9

Awards

Player of the Month

Team of the Season

PlayerTeam
Manuel NeuerSchalke 04
Philipp LahmBayern Munich
Mats HummelsBorussia Dortmund
Sami HyypiäBayer Leverkusen
Dennis AogoHamburger SV
Thomas MüllerBayern Munich
Bastian SchweinsteigerBayern Munich
Toni KroosBayer Leverkusen
Arjen RobbenBayern Munich
Edin DžekoVfL Wolfsburg
Stefan KießlingBayer Leverkusen

Champion squad

Note: Players without nationality denoted are German.