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. 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. The season was overshadowed by the suicide of Hannover 96 captain and goalkeeper Robert Enke on 10 November 2009.
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.
TeamLocationVenueCapacityBochumrewirpowerSTADION31,328BremenWeserstadion134,400DortmundWestfalenstadion80,552Frankfurt am MainCommerzbank-Arena51,500FreiburgBadenova-Stadion24,000HamburgHSH Nordbank Arena257,000HanoverAWD-Arena49,000BerlinOlympiastadion74,244SinsheimRhein-Neckar-Arena30,150CologneRheinEnergieStadion50,000LeverkusenBayArena30,210MainzStadion am Bruchweg20,300MönchengladbachBorussia-Park54,067MunichAllianz Arena69,000NurembergEasyCredit-Stadion46,780GelsenkirchenVeltins-Arena61,673StuttgartMercedes-Benz Arena342,101WolfsburgVolkswagen Arena30,000 Notes Weserstadion will be increased in capacity during the season. HSH Nordbank Arena will be expanded to a capacity of 61,000 from January 2010. 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.
Personnel and sponsoring TeamHead coachTeam captainKitmakerShirt sponsor Bayer 04 Leverkusen Jupp Heynckes Simon RolfesAdidasTelDaFax FC Bayern Munich Louis van Gaal Mark van BommelAdidasT-Home VfL Bochum Dariusz Wosz (Interim) Marcel MaltritzDo You FootballNetto Borussia Dortmund Jürgen Klopp Sebastian KehlKappaEvonik Eintracht Frankfurt Michael Skibbe Christoph SpycherJakoFraport SC Freiburg Robin Dutt Heiko ButscherNikeDuravit Hamburger SV Ricardo Moniz (Interim) David JarolímAdidasEmirates Hannover 96 Mirko Slomka Arnold BrugginkUnder ArmourTUI Hertha BSC Friedhelm Funkel Arne FriedrichNikeDeutsche Bahn TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Ralf Rangnick Per NilssonPumaTV Digital 1. FC Köln Zvonimir Soldo Youssef MohamadReebokREWE 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thomas Tuchel Tim HooglandNikeEntega Borussia Mönchengladbach Michael Frontzeck Filip DaemsLottoPostbank 1. FC Nürnberg Dieter Hecking Andreas WolfAdidasAreva FC Schalke 04 Felix Magath Heiko WestermannAdidasGazprom VfB Stuttgart Christian Gross Matthieu DelpierrePumaEnBW SV Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf Torsten FringsNikeTargobank VfL Wolfsburg Lorenz-Günther Köstner JosuéAdidasVolkswagen
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 appointmentEintracht Frankfurt Friedhelm FunkelResigned21 May 2009off-season Michael Skibbe1 July 2009Hamburger SV Martin JolAjax purchased rights26 May 2009 Bruno Labbadia1 July 2009Borussia Mönchengladbach Hans MeyerRetired28 May 2009 Michael Frontzeck1 July 20091. FC Köln Christoph DaumContract terminated2 June 2009 Zvonimir Soldo1 July 2009Bayer Leverkusen Bruno LabbadiaHamburg purchased rights5 June 2009 Jupp Heynckes1 July 2009Bayern Munich Jupp HeynckesEnd of caretaker contract 30 June 2009 Louis van Gaal1 July 2009Schalke 04 Mike Büskens, Youri Mulder & Oliver ReckEnd of tenure as caretakers30 June 2009 Felix Magath1 July 2009VfL Wolfsburg Felix MagathEnd of contract30 June 2009 Armin Veh1 July 2009Mainz 05 Jørn AndersenSacked3 August 2009pre-season Thomas Tuchel3 August 2009Hannover 96 Dieter HeckingResigned19 August 200914th Andreas Bergmann30 August 2009VfL Bochum Marcel KollerSacked20 September 200917th Frank Heinemann (caretaker)20 September 2009Hertha BSC Lucien FavreSacked28 September 200918th Friedhelm Funkel3 October 2009VfL Bochum Frank Heinemann (caretaker)End as caretaker27 October 200917th Heiko Herrlich27 October 2009VfB Stuttgart Markus BabbelSacked6 December 200916th Christian Gross6 December 20091. FC Nürnberg Michael OenningSacked21 December 200917th Dieter Hecking22 December 2009Hannover 96 Andreas BergmannSacked19 January 201016th Mirko Slomka19 January 2010VfL Wolfsburg Armin VehSacked25 January 201010th Lorenz-Günther Köstner 25 January 2010Hamburger SV Bruno LabbadiaSacked26 April 20107th Ricardo Moniz (Interim)26 April 2010VfL Bochum Heiko HerrlichSacked29 April 201016th Dariusz Wosz (Interim)29 April 2010
League table
Results
Promotion/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. Nürnberg won 3–0 on aggregate, thus retaining their spot in the Bundesliga for the next season.
Nürnberg won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
Statistics Including matches played on 8 May 2010
Top scorers Source: kicker.de
Rank Player Club Goals1 Edin Džeko VfL Wolfsburg222 Stefan KießlingBayer Leverkusen213 Lucas BarriosBorussia Dortmund194 Kevin KurányiSchalke 04185 Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen16 Arjen RobbenBayern Munich7 CacauVfB Stuttgart13 Thomas MüllerBayern Munich9 Vedad Ibišević1899 Hoffenheim12 Albert Bunjaku1. FC Nürnberg Eren DerdiyokBayer Leverkusen
Awards
Player of the Month MonthPlayerTeamAugustDie bisherigen Sieger – August 2009 Stefan KießlingBayer LeverkusenSeptemberDie bisherigen Sieger – September 2009 Thomas MüllerBayern MunichOctoberDie bisherigen Sieger – October 2009 Lucas BarriosBorussia DortmundNovemberDie bisherigen Sieger – November 2009 Mesut ÖzilWerder BremenDecemberDie bisherigen Sieger – Dezember 2009 Toni KroosBayer LeverkusenJanuaryDie bisherigen Sieger – Januar 2010 Toni KroosBayer LeverkusenFebruaryDie bisherigen Sieger – Februar 2010 CacauVfB StuttgartMarchDie bisherigen Sieger – März 2010 Marko MarinWerder BremenAprilDie bisherigen Sieger – April 2010 Torsten FringsWerder Bremen
Team of the Season Team of the SeasonGoalkeeper Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayern Munich)Defenders Naldo (Werder Bremen) Sami Hyypiä (Bayer Leverkusen) Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)Midfielders Marko Marin (Werder Bremen) Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen) Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)Forwards Kevin Kurányi (Schalke 04) Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen) Edin Džeko (VfL Wolfsburg)
Attendances Source:
No. Team Matches Total Average 1 Borussia Dortmund 17 1,313,178 77,246 2 Bayern München 17 1,173,000 69,000 3 Schalke 04 17 1,042,368 61,316 4 Hamburger SV 17 939,108 55,242 5 1. FC Köln 17 817,000 48,059 6 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 801,900 47,171 7 Hertha BSC 17 793,576 46,681 8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 788,983 46,411 9 1. FC Nürnberg 17 719,705 42,336 10 VfB Stuttgart 17 698,100 41,065 11 Hannover 96 17 650,206 38,247 12 Werder Bremen 17 612,254 36,015 13 1899 Hoffenheim 17 504,700 29,688 14 Bayer Leverkusen 17 498,217 29,307 15 VfL Wolfsburg 17 496,950 29,232 16 VfL Bochum 17 421,876 24,816 17 SC Freiburg 17 389,300 22,900 18 Mainz 05 17 341,450 20,085
References
External links
Official site Bundesliga on DFB page kicker magazine