The 2011–12 season saw Dynamo Dresden return to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence. Despite the success of the previous season, they had to largely rebuild their squad – the strike partnership of Alexander Esswein and Dani Schahin left the club in the summer, as did captain Thomas Hübener, among others. A total of 19 new players joined, notably a new strike pairing of Zlatko Dedic and Mickaël Poté who scored 25 goals between them.
After a slow start, Dynamo settled into mid-table, finishing 9th, never in contention for promotion or relegation. In the DFB-Pokal, they achieved a shock first round win over Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, before being eliminated in the next round by German champions (and eventual cup winners) Borussia Dortmund. Dynamo's fans rioted at this match, and were forced to play a league game at FC Ingolstadt 04 behind closed doors as punishment.
Squad
Results
2. Bundesliga
DFB-Pokal
Transfers
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PlayerFromDate Romain BrégerieMetzSummer CidimarFSV FrankfurtSummer Zlatko DedićVfL Bochum (loan)Summer Dennis EilhoffArminia BielefeldSummer Pavel FořtArminia BielefeldSummer Cheikh GueyeMetzSummer Marcel HellerEintracht FrankfurtSummer Marvin KnollHertha BSC (loan)Summer Axel MittagSC Borea DresdenSummer Jens MöckelRot-Weiss ErfurtSummer Yiannis PapadopoulosOlympiacosSummer Alexander SchnetzlerVfL OsnabrückSummer Martin StollHansa RostockSummer Muhamed SubašićOlimpik Sarajevo (loan)Summer Filip TrojanFSV Mainz 05Summer Wolfgang HeslHamburger SVAugust Mickaël PotéNiceAugust Vujadin SavićBordeaux (loan)January Clemens Walch1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)JanuaryOut
PlayerToDate Dennis BührerBahlinger SCSummer Alexander Esswein1. FC NürnbergSummer Thomas FrankeTSG NeustrelitzSummer Florian GrossertSV Babelsberg 03Summer Denny HerzigEintracht TrierSummer Thomas HübenerArminia BielefeldSummer Axel KellerHeidenauer SVSummer Tim KisterVfR AalenSummer Oliver MerkelDynamo Dresden IISummer Timo RöttgerRB LeipzigSummer Dani SchahinSpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan return)Summer Jonas StriflerAlemannia AachenSummer Marcel WächterDynamo Dresden IISummer Maik WagefeldHallescher FCSummer Paul-Max WaltherVFC PlauenSummer CidimarVfR AalenJanuary
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