2009–10 2. Bundesliga

The 2009–10 2. Bundesliga was the 36th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germany's football league. The season began on 7 August 2009 and ended on 9 May 2010. A winter break was held between 21 December 2009 and 14 January 2010, though the period has been reduced from six to three weeks.^[1]

2. Bundesliga

Season	2009–10
Champions	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Promoted	1. FC Kaiserslautern FC St. Pauli
Relegated	Hansa Rostock (via play-off) TuS Koblenz Rot Weiss Ahlen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	808 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Thurk (23 goals)
Biggest home win	St. Pauli 6–1 Koblenz Duisburg 5–0 FSV Frankfurt
Biggest away win	Aachen 0–5 St. Pauli FSV Frankfurt 0–5 Greuther Fürth
Highest scoring	Union Berlin 5–4 Paderborn Greuther Fürth 4–5 Augsburg
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Teams

2008–09 2. Bundesliga champions SC Freiburg and runners-up 1. FSV Mainz 05 were promoted to the 2009–10 Bundesliga. They were replaced by Karlsruher SC and Arminia Bielefeld, who finished 17th and 18th respectively in the 2008–09 Bundesliga season.

FC Ingolstadt 04 and SV Wehen-Wiesbaden were relegated to the 2009–10 3. Liga following the 2008–09 season. They were replaced by 2008–09 3. Liga champions 1. FC Union Berlin and runners-up Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Two further spots were available through relegation/promotion play-offs. 1. FC Nürnberg gained promotion to the Bundesliga by beating Bundesliga side FC Energie Cottbus 5–0 on aggregate in the Bundesliga play-off, sending the team from the Eastern part of Germany to the second tier of German football. At the bottom end of the table, VfL Osnabrück lost both of their play-off matches against 3. Liga side SC Paderborn 07 and thus were relegated to the 2009–10 3. Liga.

Stadiums and locations

Several teams moved to different grounds for the 2009–10 season; Alemannia Aachen and Augsburg were relocating to new stadia, replacing their old structures, while FSV Frankfurt and Union Berlin returned to their original home grounds which had undergone renovation.

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Aachen

Ahlen

Augsburg

Bielefeld

Cottbus

Düsseldorf

Frankfurt

Greuther Fürth

Kaiserslautern

Karlsruhe

Koblenz

Oberhausen

Paderborn

Rostock

St. Pauli

Union Berlin

Duisburg

Location of teams in 2. Bundesliga 2009–10

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity[2]	Avg. attendance[3]
Alemannia Aachen	Aachen	New Tivoli	32,900	23,199
Rot-Weiß Ahlen	Ahlen	Wersestadion	12,500	4,600
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	Impuls Arena	30,660	16,061
1. FC Union Berlin	Berlin	Alte Försterei	18,955	14,534
Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld	Schüco-Arena	27,300	16,055
FC Energie Cottbus	Cottbus	Stadion der Freundschaft	22,528	11,079
MSV Duisburg	Duisburg	MSV-Arena	31,500	14,498
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Esprit Arena	51,500	28,007
FSV Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	Frankfurter Volksbank-Stadion	10,826	5,256
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Fürth	Playmobil-Stadion	15,200	6,319
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz Walter Stadion	48,500	31,360
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	29,699	18,178
TuS Koblenz	Koblenz	Stadion Oberwerth	15,000	7,346
TSV 1860 Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	69,000	24,844
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Oberhausen	Niederrheinstadion	21,318	6,631
SC Paderborn 07	Paderborn	Energieteam Arena	15,000	9,005
F.C. Hansa Rostock	Rostock	DKB-Arena	29,000	13,800
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Millerntor-Stadion	23,201	21,882

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Team captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Alemannia Aachen	Michael Krüger	Benjamin Auer	Nike	Aachen Münchener
Rot Weiss Ahlen	Christian Hock	Daniel Thioune	Jako	Reflex
FC Augsburg	Jos Luhukay	Lars Müller	Do You Football	Impuls
1. FC Union Berlin	Uwe Neuhaus	Marco Gebhardt	Do You Football	KFZTeile24
Arminia Bielefeld	Detlev Dammeier Frank Eulberg Jörg Böhme	Rüdiger Kauf	Saller	Krombacher
FC Energie Cottbus	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	Timo Rost	Saller	enviaM
MSV Duisburg	Milan Šašić	Tom Starke	uhlsport	Rheinpower
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Norbert Meier	Andreas Lambertz	Puma	Sparkasse Düsseldorf
FSV Frankfurt	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	Sead Mehić	Legea	Hyundai
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Michael Büskens	Marino Biliskov	Jako	Karstadt Quelle Versicherungen
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Marco Kurz	Martin Amedick	Do You Football	Deutsche Vermögensberatung
Karlsruher SC	Markus Schupp	Alexander Iashvili	Nike	EnBW
TuS Koblenz	Petrik Sander	Manuel Hartmann	Nike	Rhein-Zeitung
TSV 1860 Munich	Ewald Lienen	Benjamin Lauth	erima	trenkwalder
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Hans-Günter Bruns (Interim)	Benjamin Reichert	uhlsport	Vatro
SC Paderborn 07	Andre Schubert	Markus Krösche	Puma	Finke
F.C. Hansa Rostock	Marco Kostmann	Martin Retov	Masita	Windstärke 11
FC St. Pauli	Holger Stanislawski	Fabio Morena	Do You Football	Dacia

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Arminia Bielefeld	Jörg Berger	Mutual consent	30 June 2009[4]	Thomas Gerstner	1 July 2009[5]	Pre-season
Energie Cottbus	Bojan Prašnikar	Mutual consent	30 June 2009[6]	Claus-Dieter Wollitz	1 July 2009[7]	Pre-season
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Alois Schwartz	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2009	Marco Kurz	1 July 2009[8]	Pre-season
Karlsruher SC	Edmund Becker	Sacked	19 August 2009[9]	Markus Schupp	3 September 2009[10]	14th
Alemannia Aachen	Jürgen Seeberger	Sacked	5 September 2009[11]	Michael Krüger	22 September 2009[12]	12th
Rot Weiss Ahlen	Stefan Emmerling	Sacked	20 September 2009[13]	Christian Hock	14 October 2009[14]	17th
FSV Frankfurt	Tomas Oral	Resigned	4 October 2009[15]	Hans-Jürgen Boysen	7 October 2009[16]	17th
MSV Duisburg	Peter Neururer	Mutual Consent	30 October 2009[17]	Milan Šašić	2 November 2009[18]	9th
TuS Koblenz	Uwe Rapolder	Sacked	13 December 2009[19]	Petrik Sander	27 December 2009[20]	16th
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Benno Möhlmann	Sacked	20 December 2009[21]	Michael Büskens	27 December 2009[22]	15th
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Jürgen Luginger	Resigned	1 February 2010[23]	Hans-Günter Bruns (Interim)	1 February 2010[23]	15th
F.C. Hansa Rostock	Andreas Zachhuber	Sacked	22 February 2010[24]	Marco Kostmann	16 March 2010[25]	14th
Arminia Bielefeld	Thomas Gerstner	Sacked	11 March 2010[26]	Detlev Dammeier Frank Eulberg Jörg Böhme	11 March 2010[26]	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Kaiserslautern (C, P)	34	19	10	5	56	28	+28	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	FC St. Pauli (P)	34	20	4	10	72	37	+35	64
3	FC Augsburg	34	17	11	6	60	40	+20	62	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	17	8	9	48	31	+17	59
5	SC Paderborn	34	14	9	11	49	49	0	51
6	MSV Duisburg	34	14	8	12	51	46	+5	50
7	Arminia Bielefeld[a]	34	16	5	13	48	41	+7	49
8	1860 Munich	34	14	6	14	43	45	−2	48
9	Energie Cottbus	34	13	8	13	55	49	+6	47
10	Karlsruher SC	34	13	7	14	43	45	−2	46
11	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	12	8	14	51	50	+1	44
12	Union Berlin	34	11	11	12	42	45	−3	44
13	Alemannia Aachen	34	11	10	13	37	41	−4	43
14	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	34	12	5	17	38	52	−14	41
15	FSV Frankfurt	34	9	11	14	29	50	−21	38
16	Hansa Rostock (R)	34	10	6	18	33	45	−12	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	TuS Koblenz (R)	34	7	10	17	35	60	−25	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Rot Weiss Ahlen (R)	34	5	7	22	19	55	−36	22

Source: Bundesliga.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Due to licensing irregularities the DFL deducted four points from Arminia Bielefeld.^[27]

Results

Home \ Away	AAC	RWA	FCA	UNB	DSC	FCE	DUI	F95	FSV	SGF	FCK	KSC	KOB	M60	RWO	SCP	ROS	STP
Alemannia Aachen	—	0–2	4–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–5
Rot Weiss Ahlen	0–1	—	1–3	3–2	0–1	0–4	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–2
FC Augsburg	0–1	3–1	—	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	5–2	3–2
Union Berlin	0–0	2–1	0–0	—	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	5–4	1–0	2–1
Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–0
Energie Cottbus	3–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	4–1	—	0–1	4–2	3–0	1–3	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–1
MSV Duisburg	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	—	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	2–2	2–3	3–1	0–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	—	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0
FSV Frankfurt	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	—	0–5	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–3
Greuther Fürth	0–2	3–1	4–5	0–0	2–4	1–0	0–1	2–1	4–0	—	3–0	1–4	1–2	1–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–4
1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	3–0
Karlsruher SC	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–4
TuS Koblenz	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	—	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–5
1860 Munich	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	—	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–1
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	—	3–2	2–1	1–3
SC Paderborn	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	5–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	—	2–2	2–1
Hansa Rostock	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	—	0–2
FC St. Pauli	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	6–1	3–1	5–3	1–2	2–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-offs

Further information on the playoff for promotion to the Bundesliga: 2009–10 Bundesliga § Relegation play-off

The 16th-placed Hansa Rostock faced the third-placed 3. Liga team FC Ingolstadt for a two-legged play-off. FC Ingolstadt, as the winner on aggregated score after both matches earned a spot in the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga. The matches took place on 14 and 17 May, with the 3. Liga club hosting the first leg at home.^[28]

14 May 2010

20:30 CEST

FC Ingolstadt	1–0	Hansa Rostock
Wohlfarth 73'	Report (in German)

Tuja-Stadion

Attendance: 7,538

Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

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17 May 2010

20:30 CEST

Hansa Rostock	0–2	FC Ingolstadt
	Report (in German)	Gerber 8', 78'

DKB-Arena

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Hansa Rostock was relegated to 3. Liga and Ingolstadt was promoted to 2. Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.

Statistics

Top goalscorers Source: kicker magazine 23 goals Michael Thurk (FC Augsburg) 20 goals Marius Ebbers (FC St. Pauli) 15 goals Erik Jendrišek (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Christopher Nöthe (Greuther Fürth) Mahir Sağlık (SC Paderborn) 14 goals Benjamin Auer (Alemannia Aachen) 13 goals Martin Harnik (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 12 goals Sami Allagui (Greuther Fürth) Giovanni Federico (Arminia Bielefeld) Emil Jula (Energie Cottbus)

Top assistants Source: kicker magazine 12 assists Giovanni Federico (Arminia Bielefeld) Emil Jula (Energie Cottbus) Christian Tiffert (MSV Duisburg) 11 assists Alexander Bugera (1. FC Kaiserslautern) Ibrahima Traoré (FC Augsburg) 10 assists Marco Christ (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Deniz Naki (FC St. Pauli) 9 assists Sami Allagui (Greuther Fürth) Marius Ebbers (FC St. Pauli) Jürgen Gjasula (FSV Frankfurt) Marcel Ndjeng (FC Augsburg) Mahir Sağlık (SC Paderborn)