2010–11 Bundesliga


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. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 15 January 2011. The defending champions were Bayern Munich. The league had also updated its logo for the season. The official match ball is Adidas Torfabrik 2010.
Borussia Dortmund earned its seventh league title with two games to spare on 30 April 2011, beating 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 at home. FC St. Pauli and Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated to the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga.

Teams

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 neither the former East Germany nor West Berlin since Hertha BSC was relegated.

Stadiums and locations

Several stadiums are undergoing long-term reconstruction work, among them Mercedes-Benz Arena, Millerntor-Stadion and Weserstadion. The capacities of EasyCredit-Stadion and Fritz-Walter-Stadion have also been slightly increased during the off-season, while Hamburg's biggest arena has been renamed to Imtech Arena.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacityAverage
attendance
Bayer LeverkusenLeverkusenBayArena30,21028,627
Bayern MunichMunichAllianz Arena69,00069,000
Borussia DortmundDortmundSignal Iduna Park80,55279,250
Borussia MönchengladbachMönchengladbachBorussia-Park54,05745,676
Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena51,50047,336
SC FreiburgFreiburgBadenova-Stadion24,00023,047
Hamburger SVHamburgImtech Arena57,00054,445
Hannover 96HanoverAWD-Arena49,00043,948
1899 HoffenheimSinsheimRhein-Neckar-Arena30,15029,858
1. FC KaiserslauternKaiserslauternFritz-Walter-Stadion49,78046,378
1. FC KölnCologneRheinEnergieStadion50,00047,752
Mainz 05MainzStadion am Bruchweg20,30020,170
NurembergEasyCredit-Stadion48,54842,019
Schalke 04GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,67361,248
FC St. PauliHamburgMillerntor-Stadion24,487 Note 124,274
VfB StuttgartStuttgartMercedes-Benz Arena39,950 Note 238,847
Werder BremenBremenWeserstadion42,100 Note 337,464
VfL WolfsburgWolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,00028,909

Notes:
  1. Millerntor-Stadion is currently undergoing reconstruction and expansion, which is due to be finished by 2014.
  2. 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 reduced to 39,950 for the 2010–11 season.
  3. Weserstadion is undergoing minor reconstruction during the season, with varying reduced capacities during that time.

    Personnel and sponsorships

In addition, all matches will feature one match ball as adidas will present a new ball called "Jabulani Torfabrik". Previously, the home team was responsible for supplying the match ball. More often than not, it was provided by the kitmakers for the teams.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

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.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate and retained its Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the 2011–12 season.

Statistics

Top scorers

''Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mario GómezBayern Munich28
2 Papiss CisséSC Freiburg22
3 Milivoje Novaković1. FC Köln17
4 Lucas BarriosBorussia Dortmund16
4 Theofanis GekasEintracht Frankfurt16
4 Srđan Lakić1. FC Kaiserslautern16
7 André SchürrleMainz 0515
8 Didier Ya KonanHannover 9614
9 Lukas Podolski1. FC Köln13
9 RaúlSchalke 0413

Top assists

''Source:
RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Christian Tiffert1. FC Kaiserslautern17
2 Mario GötzeBorussia Dortmund11
2 Thomas MüllerBayern Munich11
2 Franck RibéryBayern Munich11
2 Arturo VidalBayer Leverkusen11
6 Mehmet Ekici1. FC Nürnberg9
6 Marko MarinWerder Bremen9
6 Zé RobertoHamburger SV9
6 DiegoVfL Wolfsburg9
10 Gonzalo CastroBayer Leverkusen8
10 Christian FuchsMainz 058
10 Lewis HoltbyMainz 058
10 Marco ReusBorussia Mönchengladbach8
10 Arjen RobbenBayern Munich8

Champion's squad