2010–11 Bundesliga
Introduction 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. Team Location Stadium Capacity AverageattendanceBayer LeverkusenLeverkusenBayArena30,21028,627Bayern MunichMunichAllianz Arena69,00069,000Borussia DortmundDortmundSignal Iduna Park80,55279,250Borussia MönchengladbachMönchengladbachBorussia-Park54,05745,676Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena51,50047,336SC FreiburgFreiburgBadenova-Stadion24,00023,047Hamburger SVHamburgImtech Arena57,00054,445Hannover 96HanoverAWD-Arena49,00043,9481899 HoffenheimSinsheimRhein-Neckar-Arena30,15029,8581.FC KaiserslauternKaiserslauternFritz-Walter-Stadion49,78046,3781.FC KölnCologneRheinEnergieStadion50,00047,752Mainz 05MainzStadion am Bruchweg20,30020,170NurembergEasyCredit-Stadion48,54842,019Schalke 04GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,67361,248FC St. PauliHamburgMillerntor-Stadion24,487 Note 124,274VfB StuttgartStuttgartMercedes-Benz Arena39,950 Note 238,847Werder BremenBremenWeserstadion42,100 Note 337,464VfL WolfsburgWolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,00028,909'''Notes:'''# Millerntor-Stadion is currently undergoing reconstruction and expansion, which is due to be finished by 2014.# 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.# Weserstadion is undergoing minor reconstruction during the season, with varying reduced capacities during that time.===Personnel and sponsorships===TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsor Bayer Leverkusen  AdidasTelDaFax Bayern Munich  (caretaker) AdidasT-Home Borussia Dortmund  KappaEvonik Borussia Mönchengladbach  LottoPostbank Eintracht Frankfurt  ChrisJakoFraport SC Freiburg  NikeEhrmann Hamburger SV  AdidasEmirates Hannover 96  Under ArmourTUI 1899 Hoffenheim  PumaTV Digital 1.FC Kaiserslautern  Do You FootballAllgäuer Latschenkiefer 1.FC Köln  ReebokREWE Mainz 05  NikeEntega 1.FC Nürnberg  AdidasAreva Schalke 04  AdidasGazprom FC St. Pauli  Do You FootballEin Platz an der Sonne VfB Stuttgart  PumaGazi Werder Bremen  NikeTargobank VfL Wolfsburg  AdidasVolkswagenIn addition, all matches will feature one match ball as adidas will present 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 appointmentVfL Wolfsburg Lorenz-Günther KöstnerEnd of tenure as caretaker30 June 2010''Off-season'' Steve McClaren1 July 2010Hamburger SV Ricardo MonizEnd of tenure as caretaker30 June 2010 Armin Veh1 July 2010VfB Stuttgart Christian GrossSacked13 October 201018th Jens Keller13 October 20101.FC Köln Zvonimir SoldoSacked24 October 201018th Frank Schaefer24 October 2010VfB Stuttgart Jens KellerSacked11 December 201016th Bruno Labbadia12 December 20101899 Hoffenheim Ralf RangnickMutual consent2 January 20118th Marco Pezzaiuoli2 January 2011VfL Wolfsburg Steve McClarenSacked7 February 201112th Pierre Littbarski 7 February 2011Borussia Mönchengladbach Michael FrontzeckSacked13 February 201118th Lucien Favre14 February 2011Hamburger SV Armin VehSacked13 March 20118th Michael Oenning13 March 2011Schalke 04 Felix MagathSacked16 March 201110th Ralf Rangnick17 March 2011VfL Wolfsburg Pierre LittbarskiEnd of tenure as caretaker18 March 201117th Felix Magath18 March 2011Eintracht Frankfurt Michael SkibbeSacked22 March 201114th Christoph Daum22 March 2011Bayern Munich Louis van GaalSacked9 April 20114th Andries Jonker (caretaker)9 April 20111.FC Köln Frank SchaeferResigned27 April 201114th Volker Finke27 April 2011
League table
Results
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.'''
Statistics ===Top scorers===''Source:  bundesliga.de  Rank Player Club Goals1  Mario Gómez Bayern Munich282 Papiss CisséSC Freiburg223 Milivoje Novaković1.FC Köln174 Lucas BarriosBorussia Dortmund16 Theofanis GekasEintracht Frankfurt Srđan Lakić1.FC Kaiserslautern7 André SchürrleMainz 05158 Didier Ya KonanHannover 96149 Lukas Podolski1.FC Köln13 RaúlSchalke 04
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