| Club: | Dynamo Dresden |
| Season: | 2010–11 |
| Manager: | Matthias Maucksch (to April) Ralf Loose (from April) |
| League: | 3. Liga |
| League Result: | 3rd (promoted via Playoff) |
| Cup1: | Saxony Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-final |
| League Topscorer: | Alexander Esswein (17) |
| Prevseason: | 2009–10 |
| Nextseason: | 2011–12 |
| Pattern B1: | _blackuppersnake |
| Leftarm1: | FBE311 |
| Body1: | FBE311 |
| Rightarm1: | FBE311 |
| Shorts1: | 000000 |
| Socks1: | FBE311 |
| Leftarm2: | 000000 |
| Body2: | 000000 |
| Rightarm2: | 000000 |
| Shorts2: | 000000 |
| Socks2: | 000000--> |
| Leftarm2: | FFFFFF |
| Body2: | FFFFFF |
| Rightarm2: | FFFFFF |
| Shorts2: | FFFFFF |
| Socks2: | FFFFFF |
The 2010–11 season saw Dynamo Dresden challenge for promotion from the 3. Liga for the first time since its foundation in 2008. After shaky start, they found themselves in contention for third place, behind the top two of Eintracht Braunschweig and Hansa Rostock. When a poor run of form in March and April put this position into jeopardy, manager Matthias Maucksch was sacked and replaced with Ralf Loose. The change had the desired effect - Dynamo win five of their last six games (drawing the other), beating Kickers Offenbach on the last day of the season to secure third place, and a playoff with VfL Osnabrück, who had finished third bottom in the 2. Bundesliga.
The first leg of the playoff, in Dresden, ended in a 1–1 draw, as did the 90 minutes of the second leg, but Dynamo scored two goals in extra time to win 4–2 on aggregate and return to the second division after a five-year absence.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate; Dynamo promoted, Osnabrück relegated
| Player | From | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shergo Biran | 1. FC Union Berlin | Summer | |
| Dennis Bührer | Rot-Weiss Essen | Summer | |
| Alexander Esswein | VfL Wolfsburg | Summer | |
 Cristian Fiél | Alemannia Aachen | Summer | |
| Marcel Franke | Youth team | Summer | |
| Thomas Franke | Energie Cottbus | Summer | |
| Florian Grossert | Hansa Rostock | Summer | |
| Denny Herzig | Rot-Weiss Essen | Summer | |
| Tim Kister | Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | Summer | |
| Toni Leistner | SC Borea Dresden | Summer | |
 Marc Sand | SK Austria Kärnten | Summer | |
| Sebastian Schuppan | SC Paderborn 07 | Summer | |
| Marcel Wächter | Youth team | Summer | |
| Dani Schahin | SpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan) | January |
| Player | To | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Birnbaum | VFC Plauen | Summer | |
| Cataldo Cozza | Eintracht Trier | Summer | |
 Pavel Dobry | Chemnitzer FC | Summer | |
| Benjamin Girke | Radebeuler BC 08 | Summer | |
| Christoph Klippel | Hallescher FC | Summer | |
| Christian Mikolajczak | Eintracht Trier | Summer | |
| Ronny Nikol | Carl Zeiss Jena | Summer | |
| Volker Oppitz | Retired | Summer | |
| Markus Palionis | SC Paderborn 07 | Summer | |
| Aleksandro Petrovic | Released | Summer | |
| Halil Savran | 1. FC Union Berlin | Summer | |
| Tony Schmidt | ZFC Meuselwitz | Summer | |
| Mirko Soltau | Dynamo Dresden II | Summer | |
| Philipp Zeiger | VFC Plauen (loan) | Summer | |
| Shergo Biran | 1. FC Magdeburg | January | |
| Marc Sand | Bayer Leverkusen II | January | |
 Tore Andreas Gundersen | Ham Kam | March |