2009–10 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.

Bundesliga

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 →

Teams

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.

FC Bayern

Bremen

Dortmund

Frankfurt

Freiburg

Hamburg

Hannover

Hertha BSC

Hoffenheim

Köln

Mainz

Mönchengladbach

Nürnberg

Schalke

Stuttgart

Wolfsburg

Bochum

Leverkusen

Locations of teams in the 2009–10 Bundesliga

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

Notes

1. Weserstadion will be increased in capacity during the season.^[4]
2. HSH Nordbank Arena will be expanded to a capacity of 61,000 from January 2010.^[4]
3. 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

Team	Head coach	Team captain[6]	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Jupp Heynckes	Simon Rolfes	Adidas	TelDaFax
FC Bayern Munich	Louis van Gaal	Mark van Bommel	Adidas	T-Home
VfL Bochum	Dariusz Wosz (Interim)	Marcel Maltritz	Do You Football	Netto
Borussia Dortmund	Jürgen Klopp	Sebastian Kehl	Kappa	Evonik
Eintracht Frankfurt	Michael Skibbe	Christoph Spycher	Jako	Fraport
SC Freiburg	Robin Dutt	Heiko Butscher	Nike	Duravit
Hamburger SV	Ricardo Moniz (Interim)	David Jarolím	Adidas	Emirates
Hannover 96	Mirko Slomka	Arnold Bruggink	Under Armour	TUI
Hertha BSC	Friedhelm Funkel	Arne Friedrich	Nike	Deutsche Bahn
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Ralf Rangnick	Per Nilsson	Puma	TV Digital
1. FC Köln	Zvonimir Soldo	Youssef Mohamad	Reebok	REWE
1. FSV Mainz 05	Thomas Tuchel	Tim Hoogland	Nike	Entega
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Michael Frontzeck	Filip Daems	Lotto	Postbank
1. FC Nürnberg	Dieter Hecking	Andreas Wolf	Adidas	Areva
FC Schalke 04	Felix Magath	Heiko Westermann	Adidas	Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart	Christian Gross	Matthieu Delpierre[7]	Puma	EnBW
SV Werder Bremen	Thomas Schaaf	Torsten Frings	Nike	Targobank
VfL Wolfsburg	Lorenz-Günther Köstner	Josué	Adidas	Volkswagen

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.

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]

League table

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[a]
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

Source: kicker.de^{[dead link]} (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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.

Results

Home \ Away	BSC	BOC	SVW	BVB	SGE	SCF	HSV	H96	TSG	KOE	B04	M05	BMG	FCB	FCN	S04	VFB	WOB
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	—

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

Relegation play-offs

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.

13 May 2010

20:30 CEST

1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	FC Augsburg
Eigler 84'	Report (in German)

EasyCredit-Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 40,509

Referee: Babak Rafati (Hanover)

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16 May 2010

18:00 CEST

FC Augsburg	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg
Traoré  56'	Report (in German)	Gündoğan 34' Choupo-Moting 63' (pen.)

Impuls Arena, Augsburg

Attendance: 30,660

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate.

Statistics

Including matches played on 8 May 2010

Top scorers Source: kicker.de Rank Player Club Goals 1 Edin Džeko VfL Wolfsburg 22 2 Stefan Kießling Bayer Leverkusen 21 3 Lucas Barrios Borussia Dortmund 19 4 Kevin Kurányi Schalke 04 18 5 Claudio Pizarro Werder Bremen 16 Arjen Robben Bayern Munich 7 Cacau VfB Stuttgart 13 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 9 Vedad Ibišević 1899 Hoffenheim 12 Albert Bunjaku 1. FC Nürnberg Eren Derdiyok Bayer Leverkusen

Awards

Player of the Month

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

Team of the Season

Player	Team
Manuel Neuer	Schalke 04
Philipp Lahm	Bayern Munich
Mats Hummels	Borussia Dortmund
Sami Hyypiä	Bayer Leverkusen
Dennis Aogo	Hamburger SV
Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich
Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bayern Munich
Toni Kroos	Bayer Leverkusen
Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich
Edin Džeko	VfL Wolfsburg
Stefan Kießling	Bayer Leverkusen