# 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 was 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 either the former East Germany or West Berlin, since Hertha BSC was relegated.

### Stadiums and locations

Several stadiums were undergoing long-term reconstruction work, among them Mercedes-Benz Arena, Millerntor-Stadion and Weserstadion. The capacities of EasyCredit-Stadion and Fritz-Walter-Stadion were also slightly increased during the off-season, while Hamburg's biggest arena was renamed Imtech Arena.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Average attendance |
| 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 | 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 | 24,487 | 24,274 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 39,950 | 38,847 |
| Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 | 37,464 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 | 28,909 |
Notes:
* Millerntor-Stadion was undergroing reconstruction and expansion.
* Mercedes-Benz Arena was converted to a football-only stadium during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. As a consequence, the usual capacity of 58,000 was reduced to 39,950 for the 2010–11 season.
* Weserstadion was undergoing minor reconstruction during the season, with varying reduced capacities during that time.

### Personnel and sponsorships

| Team | Head coach | Team captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Jupp Heynckes | Simon Rolfes | Adidas | TelDaFax |
| Bayern Munich | Andries Jonker (caretaker) | Philipp Lahm | Adidas | T-Home |
| Borussia Dortmund | Jürgen Klopp | Sebastian Kehl | Kappa | Evonik |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Lucien Favre | Filip Daems | Lotto | Postbank |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Christoph Daum | Chris | Jako | Fraport |
| SC Freiburg | Robin Dutt | Heiko Butscher | Nike | Ehrmann |
| Hamburger SV | Michael Oenning | Heiko Westermann | Adidas | Emirates |
| Hannover 96 | Mirko Slomka | Steve Cherundolo | Under Armour | TUI |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Marco Pezzaiuoli | Andreas Beck | Puma | TV Digital |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Marco Kurz | Srđan Lakić | Do You Football | Allgäuer Latschenkiefer |
| 1. FC Köln | Volker Finke | Lukas Podolski | Reebok | REWE |
| Mainz 05 | Thomas Tuchel | Nikolče Noveski | Nike | Entega |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Dieter Hecking | Andreas Wolf | Adidas | Areva |
| Schalke 04 | Ralf Rangnick | Manuel Neuer | Adidas | Gazprom |
| FC St. Pauli | Holger Stanislawski | Fabio Morena | Do You Football | Ein Platz an der Sonne |
| VfB Stuttgart | Bruno Labbadia | Matthieu Delpierre | Puma | Gazi |
| Werder Bremen | Thomas Schaaf | Torsten Frings | Nike | Targobank |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Felix Magath | Marcel Schäfer | Adidas | Volkswagen |
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. More often than not, it was provided by the kitmakers for the teams.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Lorenz-Günther Köstner | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2010 | Off-season | Steve McClaren | 1 July 2010 |
| Hamburger SV | Ricardo Moniz | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2010 | Off-season | Armin Veh | 1 July 2010 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Christian Gross | Sacked | 13 October 2010 | 18th | Jens Keller | 13 October 2010 |
| 1. FC Köln | Zvonimir Soldo | Sacked | 24 October 2010 | 18th | Frank Schaefer | 24 October 2010 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Jens Keller | Sacked | 11 December 2010 | 16th | Bruno Labbadia | 12 December 2010 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Ralf Rangnick | Mutual consent | 2 January 2011 | 8th | Marco Pezzaiuoli | 2 January 2011 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Steve McClaren | Sacked | 7 February 2011 | 12th | Pierre Littbarski | 7 February 2011 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Michael Frontzeck | Sacked | 13 February 2011 | 18th | Lucien Favre | 14 February 2011 |
| Hamburger SV | Armin Veh | Sacked | 13 March 2011 | 8th | Michael Oenning | 13 March 2011 |
| Schalke 04 | Felix Magath | Sacked | 16 March 2011 | 10th | Ralf Rangnick | 17 March 2011 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Pierre Littbarski | End of tenure as caretaker | 18 March 2011 | 17th | Felix Magath | 18 March 2011 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Michael Skibbe | Sacked | 22 March 2011 | 14th | Christoph Daum | 22 March 2011 |
| Bayern Munich | Louis van Gaal | Sacked | 9 April 2011 | 4th | Andries Jonker (caretaker) | 9 April 2011 |
| 1. FC Köln | Frank Schaefer | Resigned | 27 April 2011 | 14th | Volker Finke | 27 April 2011 |

## League table

| 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 to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to Europa 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 to Europa League play-off round |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 38 | |
| 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (O) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 34 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | FC St. Pauli (R) | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 29 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
* ↑ Schalke 04 as winners of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

## Results

| 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 | — | 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 | — |
* ↑ The FC St. Pauli v Schalke 04 match from 1 April 2011 was suspended after 87 minutes and a score of 0–2 due to an assistant referee being hit by a beverage cup thrown from the stands. The match was abandoned and later awarded on 5 April 2011 to Schalke 04 with a score of 0–2.

## Relegation play-offs

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