| Competition: | Frauen-Bundesliga |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Winners: | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam |
| Relegated: | Hamburger SV 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| Continentalcup1: | UEFA Women's Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam VfL Wolfsburg |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 420 |
| League Topscorer: | Genoveva Añonma (22) |
| Biggest Home Win: | 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 8–0 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig[1] |
| Biggest Away Win: | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2–9 VfL Wolfsburg[2] |
| Highest Scoring: | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 2–9 VfL Wolfsburg |
| Highest Attendance: | VfL Wolfsburg – 1. FFC Frankfurt 8,689[3] |
| Lowest Attendance: | Hamburg – Jena 165[4] |
| Average Attendance: | 1,121[5] |
| Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga is the 22nd season of Germany's premier women's football league. The season commenced on 21 August 2011 and will conclude on 28 May 2012.[6] Turbine Potsdam were the defending champions and successfully defended their title on the last matchday. Potsdam became the first team to win Bundesliga title a fourth year in a row.[7]
The start of the season saw Germany's record capped player Birgit Prinz ending her career and all-time Bundesliga topscorer Inka Grings leaving Duisburg after 16 years for Swiss side Zürich.[8] [9] A new all-time Bundesliga record was set on 20 May 2012 when 8,689 spectators saw the match VfL Wolfsburg versus 1. FFC Frankfurt.
The teams promoted from the previous season's 2nd Bundesliga were Freiburg as winners of the Southern division and Lokomotive Leipzig as runners-up of the Northern division; Northern division champions Hamburger SV II as a reserve side were ineligible for promotion.
| Team | Home city | Home ground | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollinarisstadion | |||
| Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion (Amateur) | |||
| Munich | Sportpark Aschheim | ||
| PCC-Stadion | |||
| Sportpark Am Hallo | |||
| Stadion am Brentanobad | |||
| Freiburg | Möslestadion | ||
| Wolfgang-Meyer-Sportanlage | |||
| Sportzentrum Oberaue | |||
| Bruno-Plache-Stadion | |||
| Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion | |||
| VfL-Stadium |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Neuenahr | Thomas Obliers | mutual consent | [10] | Colin Bell | [11] | pre-season |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | Jürgen Brauße | mutual consent | Claudia von Lanken | [12] | pre-season | |
| Jena | Konrad Weise | end of contract | Martina Voss-Tecklenburg | [13] | pre-season | |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | Claudia von Lanken | sacked | [14] | Jürgen Brauße | 11th | |
| Lokomotive Leipzig | Jürgen Brauße | resigned | [15] | Christof Reimann | [16] | 11th |
Genoveva Añonma won the topscorer award with 22 goals and became the first non-German player to win the award in Bundesliga history.[17]
| Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbine Potsdam | 22 | ||
| Wolfsburg | 19 | ||
| Turbine Potsdam | 12 | ||
| FFC Frankfurt | 11 | ||
| Wolfsburg | 11 | ||
| Bad Neuenahr | 11 | ||
| FCR Duisburg | 10 |