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.
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.
TeamLocationVenueCapacityAvg. attendance Aachen New Tivoli 32,900 23,199 Ahlen Wersestadion 12,500 4,600 Augsburg Impuls Arena 30,660 16,061 Berlin Alte Försterei 18,955 14,534 Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300 16,055 Cottbus Stadion der Freundschaft 22,528 11,079 Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500 14,498 Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 51,500 28,007 Frankfurt am Main Frankfurter Volksbank-Stadion 10,826 5,256 Fürth Playmobil-Stadion 15,200 6,319 Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 48,500 31,360 Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699 18,178 Koblenz Stadion Oberwerth 15,000 7,346 Munich Allianz Arena 69,000 24,844 Oberhausen Niederrheinstadion 21,318 6,631 Paderborn Energieteam Arena 15,000 9,005 Rostock DKB-Arena 29,000 13,800 Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 23,201 21,882
Personnel and sponsorship TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsor Alemannia Aachen Michael Krüger Benjamin AuerNikeAachen MünchenerRot Weiss Ahlen Christian Hock Daniel ThiouneJakoReflex FC Augsburg Jos Luhukay Lars MüllerDo You FootballImpuls 1. FC Union Berlin Uwe Neuhaus Marco GebhardtDo You FootballKFZTeile24 Arminia Bielefeld Detlev Dammeier Frank Eulberg Jörg Böhme Rüdiger KaufSallerKrombacher FC Energie Cottbus Claus-Dieter Wollitz Timo RostSallerenviaM MSV Duisburg Milan Šašić Tom StarkeuhlsportRheinpower Fortuna Düsseldorf Norbert Meier Andreas LambertzPumaSparkasse Düsseldorf FSV Frankfurt Hans-Jürgen Boysen Sead MehićLegeaHyundai SpVgg Greuther Fürth Michael Büskens Marino BiliskovJakoKarstadt Quelle Versicherungen 1. FC Kaiserslautern Marco Kurz Martin AmedickDo You FootballDeutsche Vermögensberatung Karlsruher SC Markus Schupp Alexander IashviliNikeEnBWTuS Koblenz Petrik Sander Manuel HartmannNikeRhein-Zeitung TSV 1860 Munich Ewald Lienen Benjamin Lautherimatrenkwalder Rot-Weiß Oberhausen Hans-Günter Bruns (Interim) Benjamin ReichertuhlsportVatro SC Paderborn 07 Andre Schubert Markus KröschePumaFinke F.C. Hansa Rostock Marco Kostmann Martin RetovMasitaWindstärke 11 FC St. Pauli Holger Stanislawski Fabio MorenaDo You FootballDacia
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableArminia Bielefeld Jörg BergerMutual consent30 June 2009 Thomas Gerstner1 July 2009Pre-seasonEnergie Cottbus Bojan PrašnikarMutual consent30 June 2009 Claus-Dieter Wollitz1 July 2009Pre-season1. FC Kaiserslautern Alois SchwartzEnd of tenure as caretaker30 June 2009 Marco Kurz1 July 2009Pre-seasonKarlsruher SC Edmund BeckerSacked19 August 2009 Markus Schupp3 September 200914thAlemannia Aachen Jürgen SeebergerSacked5 September 2009 Michael Krüger22 September 200912thRot Weiss Ahlen Stefan EmmerlingSacked20 September 2009 Christian Hock14 October 200917thFSV Frankfurt Tomas OralResigned4 October 2009 Hans-Jürgen Boysen7 October 200917thMSV Duisburg Peter NeururerMutual Consent30 October 2009 Milan Šašić2 November 20099thTuS Koblenz Uwe RapolderSacked13 December 2009 Petrik Sander27 December 200916thSpVgg Greuther Fürth Benno MöhlmannSacked20 December 2009 Michael Büskens27 December 200915thRot-Weiß Oberhausen Jürgen LugingerResigned1 February 2010 Hans-Günter Bruns (Interim)1 February 201015thF.C. Hansa Rostock Andreas ZachhuberSacked22 February 2010 Marco Kostmann16 March 201014thArminia Bielefeld Thomas GerstnerSacked11 March 2010 Detlev Dammeier Frank Eulberg Jörg Böhme11 March 20105th
League table
Results
Promotion/relegation play-offs
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.
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)
References
External links Official Bundesliga site 2. Bundesliga @ DFB kicker.de