| Competition: | Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2010–11 |
| Dates: | 21 August 2010 – 15 May 2011 |
| Winners: | Borussia Dortmund 4th Bundesliga title 7th German title |
| Relegated: | Eintracht Frankfurt FC St. Pauli |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Hannover 96 Mainz 05 |
| League Topscorer: | Mario Gómez (28) |
| Biggest Away Win: | FC St. Pauli 1–8 Bayern |
| Highest Scoring: | L'kusen 3–6 M'gladbach FC St. Pauli 1–8 Bayern |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 894 |
| Average Attendance: | 42,101[1] |
| Prevseason: | 2009–10 |
| Nextseason: | 2011–12 |
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.[2] The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 15 January 2011.[3] 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.[4] [5] FC St. Pauli and Eintracht Frankfurt were relegated to the 2011–12 2. Bundesliga.
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.
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[6] | Average attendance[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[8] [9] | 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 | |
| Nuremberg | EasyCredit-Stadion | 48,548 | 42,019 | ||
| Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 | 61,248 | |
| FC St. Pauli | Hamburg | Millerntor-Stadion | 24,487 Note 1 | 24,274 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 39,950 Note 2 | 38,847 | |
| Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 Note 3 | 37,464 | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 | 28,909 |
| Team | Head coach | Team captain[10] | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayer Leverkusen |  | | Adidas | TelDaFax | |
| Bayern Munich |  (caretaker) | [11] | Adidas | T-Home | |
| Borussia Dortmund | | | Kappa | Evonik | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach |  |  | Lotto | Postbank | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | |  Chris | Jako | Fraport | |
| SC Freiburg | | | Nike | Ehrmann | |
| Hamburger SV | | | Adidas | Emirates | |
| Hannover 96 | |  | Under Armour | TUI | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | | | Puma | TV Digital | |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |  | Do You Football | Allgäuer Latschenkiefer | |
| 1. FC Köln | | [12] | Reebok | REWE | |
| Mainz 05 | | Nike | Entega | ||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | | | Adidas | Areva | |
| Schalke 04 | | | Adidas | Gazprom | |
| FC St. Pauli | | | Do You Football | Ein Platz an der Sonne | |
| VfB Stuttgart | |  | Puma | Gazi | |
| Werder Bremen | | | Nike | Targobank | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | | [13] | 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.[14] More often than not, it was provided by the kitmakers for the teams.
| 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[15] | Off-season | Steve McClaren | 1 July 2010 | |
| Hamburger SV | Ricardo Moniz | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2010[16] | Armin Veh | 1 July 2010[17] | ||
| VfB Stuttgart | Christian Gross | Sacked | 13 October 2010[18] | 18th | Jens Keller | 13 October 2010 | |
| 1. FC Köln | Zvonimir Soldo | Sacked | 24 October 2010[19] | 18th | Frank Schaefer | 24 October 2010 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | Jens Keller | Sacked | 11 December 2010[20] | 16th | Bruno Labbadia | 12 December 2010[21] | |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Ralf Rangnick | Mutual consent | 2 January 2011[22] | 8th | Marco Pezzaiuoli | 2 January 2011[23] | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Steve McClaren | Sacked | 7 February 2011[24] | 12th | Pierre Littbarski | 7 February 2011 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Michael Frontzeck | Sacked | 13 February 2011[25] | 18th | Lucien Favre | 14 February 2011[26] | |
| Hamburger SV | Armin Veh | Sacked | 13 March 2011[27] | 8th | Michael Oenning | 13 March 2011 | |
| Schalke 04 | Felix Magath | Sacked | 16 March 2011[28] | 10th | Ralf Rangnick | 17 March 2011[29] | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Pierre Littbarski | End of tenure as caretaker | 18 March 2011[30] | 17th | Felix Magath | 18 March 2011 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Michael Skibbe | Sacked | 22 March 2011[31] | 14th | Christoph Daum | 22 March 2011 | |
| Bayern Munich | Louis van Gaal | Sacked | 9 April 2011[32] | 4th | Andries Jonker (caretaker) | 9 April 2011 | |
| 1. FC Köln | Frank Schaefer | Resigned | 27 April 2011[33] | 14th | Volker Finke | 27 April 2011 |
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.
Source: bundesliga.de
