2009–10_Bundesliga
2009–10 Bundesliga
47th season of the Bundesliga
The 2009–10 Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season-opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart.[2] The last games were played on 8 May 2010. There was a winter break between 21 December 2009 and 14 January 2010, though the period was reduced from six to three weeks.[3] The season was overshadowed by the suicide of Hannover 96 captain and goalkeeper Robert Enke on 10 November 2009.
Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
| Season | 2009–10 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 August 2009 – 8 May 2010 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich 21st Bundesliga title 22nd German title |
| Relegated | VfL Bochum Hertha BSC |
| Champions League | Bayern Munich Schalke 04 Werder Bremen |
| Europa League | Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund VfB Stuttgart |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 866 (2.83 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Edin Džeko (22) |
| Biggest home win | Bayern 7–0 Hannover |
| Biggest away win | Freiburg 0–6 Bremen |
| Highest scoring | M'gladbach 5–3 Hannover |
| Average attendance | 41,802[1] |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → | |
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Karlsruher SC and Arminia Bielefeld were directly relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Karlsruhe ended a two-year stint in Germany's top flight, while Arminia were relegated for the sixth time since the introduction of the Bundesliga, a current record, after five years.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2008–09 2. Bundesliga champions SC Freiburg and runners-up Mainz 05. Freiburg returned to the Bundesliga after four years, and Mainz began a second tenure in the top division after being relegated in the 2006–07 season.
A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off. Energie Cottbus, as the 16th-placed Bundesliga team, had to face 1. FC Nürnberg, who finished third in 2. Bundesliga. Nürnberg won both matches by an aggregated score of 5–0 and thus earned their seventh promotion to the Bundesliga since its introduction, also a current record. Their opponents ended a second three-year top flight tenure and left the Bundesliga without a club from former East Germany for only the second time since East German teams were included before the 1991–92 season, with the other time being in 2005–06.
Stadia and locations
BayArena, home of Bayer Leverkusen, was expanded from 22,500 to 30,000 spectators during the first half of 2009. Other stadia which are recently undergoing renovation or expansion are Weserstadion in Bremen, HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg and Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart.
Locations of teams in the 2009–10 Bundesliga
More information Team, Location ...
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| VfL Bochum | Bochum | rewirpowerSTADION | 31,328 |
| SV Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion1 | 34,400 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Dortmund | Westfalenstadion | 80,552 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Frankfurt am Main | Commerzbank-Arena | 51,500 |
| SC Freiburg | Freiburg | Badenova-Stadion | 24,000 |
| Hamburger SV | Hamburg | HSH Nordbank Arena2 | 57,000 |
| Hannover 96 | Hanover | AWD-Arena | 49,000 |
| Hertha BSC | Berlin | Olympiastadion | 74,244 |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Sinsheim | Rhein-Neckar-Arena | 30,150 |
| 1. FC Köln | Cologne | RheinEnergieStadion | 50,000 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | BayArena | 30,210[5] |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Mainz | Stadion am Bruchweg | 20,300 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Borussia-Park | 54,067 |
| Bayern Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 69,000 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Nuremberg | EasyCredit-Stadion | 46,780 |
| FC Schalke 04 | Gelsenkirchen | Veltins-Arena | 61,673 |
| VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena3 | 42,101 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 |
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- Notes
- Weserstadion will be increased in capacity during the season.[4]
- HSH Nordbank Arena will be expanded to a capacity of 61,000 from January 2010.[4]
- 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 currently reduced to 42,101.[4]
Personnel and sponsoring
More information Team, Head coach ...
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Managerial changes
Eight teams underwent coaching changes during the off-season, among them champions VfL Wolfsburg and runners-up Bayern Munich. Christoph Daum made use of a unilateral contract option to terminate his contract at 1. FC Köln.
More information Team, Outgoing manager(s) ...
| Team | Outgoing manager(s) | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Frankfurt |  Friedhelm Funkel |
Resigned | 21 May 2009[8] | off-season | Michael Skibbe |
1 July 2009[9] |
| Hamburger SV |  Martin Jol |
Ajax purchased rights | 26 May 2009[10] | Bruno Labbadia |
1 July 2009[11] | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hans Meyer |
Retired | 28 May 2009[12] | Michael Frontzeck |
1 July 2009[13] | |
| 1. FC Köln | Christoph Daum |
Contract terminated | 2 June 2009[14] |  Zvonimir Soldo |
1 July 2009[15] | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Bruno Labbadia |
Hamburg purchased rights | 5 June 2009[11] | Jupp Heynckes |
1 July 2009[16] | |
| Bayern Munich | Jupp Heynckes |
End of caretaker contract | 30 June 2009[16] | Louis van Gaal |
1 July 2009[17] | |
| Schalke 04 | Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder & Oliver Reck |
End of tenure as caretakers | 30 June 2009[18] | Felix Magath |
1 July 2009[18] | |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Felix Magath |
End of contract | 30 June 2009[18] | Armin Veh |
1 July 2009[19] | |
| Mainz 05 |  Jørn Andersen |
Sacked | 3 August 2009[20] | pre-season | Thomas Tuchel |
3 August 2009 |
| Hannover 96 | Dieter Hecking |
Resigned | 19 August 2009[21] | 14th | Andreas Bergmann |
30 August 2009[22] |
| VfL Bochum |  Marcel Koller |
Sacked | 20 September 2009[23] | 17th | Frank Heinemann (caretaker) |
20 September 2009[23] |
| Hertha BSC | Lucien Favre |
Sacked | 28 September 2009 | 18th | Friedhelm Funkel |
3 October 2009[24] |
| VfL Bochum | Frank Heinemann (caretaker) |
End as caretaker | 27 October 2009 | 17th | Heiko Herrlich |
27 October 2009[25] |
| VfB Stuttgart | Markus Babbel |
Sacked | 6 December 2009[26] | 16th | Christian Gross |
6 December 2009[26] |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Michael Oenning |
Sacked | 21 December 2009[27] | 17th | Dieter Hecking |
22 December 2009[28] |
| Hannover 96 | Andreas Bergmann |
Sacked | 19 January 2010[29] | 16th | Mirko Slomka |
19 January 2010[30] |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Armin Veh |
Sacked | 25 January 2010[31] | 10th | Lorenz-Günther Köstner |
25 January 2010[31] |
| Hamburger SV | Bruno Labbadia |
Sacked | 26 April 2010[32] | 7th | Ricardo Moniz (Interim) |
26 April 2010[32] |
| VfL Bochum | Heiko Herrlich |
Sacked | 29 April 2010[33] | 16th | Dariusz Wosz (Interim) |
29 April 2010[33] |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich (C) | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 65 | |
| 3 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 57 | |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 52 | |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 50 | |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 47 | |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 46 | |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 42 | |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 39 | |
| 13 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 38 | |
| 14 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 35 | |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 33 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Nürnberg (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | VfL Bochum (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hertha BSC (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 24 |
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Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
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- Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
More information Home \ Away, BSC ...
| Home \ Away | BSC | BOC | SVW | BVB | SGE | SCF | HSV | H96 | TSG | KOE | B04 | M05 | BMG | FCB | FCN | S04 | VFB | WOB |
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| Hertha BSC | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Werder Bremen | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Hannover 96 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 1. FC Köln | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Mainz 05 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Bayern Munich | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–5 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — |
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Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
16th-placed Bundesliga team 1. FC Nürnberg faced third-placed 2. Bundesliga team FC Augsburg for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the 2010–11 Bundesliga. Nürnberg was participating in their second playoff in a row after winning promotion at the expense of Energie Cottbus in the playoff at the end of the 2008–09 season. The matches took place on 13 and 16 May, with Nürnberg playing at home first.[34] Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate, thus retaining their spot in the Bundesliga for the next season.
More information 1. FC Nürnberg, 1–0 ...
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–0 | FC Augsburg |
|---|---|---|
Eigler  84' |
Report (in German) |
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More information FC Augsburg, 0–2 ...
| FC Augsburg | 0–2 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
|---|---|---|
Traoré  56' |
Report (in German) |
Gündoğan 34' Choupo-Moting 63' (pen.) |
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Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
Including matches played on 8 May 2010
More information Rank, Player ...
Top scorersSource: kicker.de
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Player of the Month
More information Month, Player ...
| Month | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| August[35] | Stefan Kießling |
Bayer Leverkusen |
| September[36] | Thomas Müller |
Bayern Munich |
| October[37] |  Lucas Barrios |
Borussia Dortmund |
| November[38] | Mesut Özil |
Werder Bremen |
| December[39] | Toni Kroos |
Bayer Leverkusen |
| January[40] | Toni Kroos |
Bayer Leverkusen |
| February[41] | Cacau |
VfB Stuttgart |
| March[42] | Marko Marin |
Werder Bremen |
| April[43] | Torsten Frings |
Werder Bremen |
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Team of the Season
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