The 2010–11 Bundesliga was the 48th season of the

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, Germany's premier

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league. It began on 20 August 2010 and concluded on 14 May 2011. The winter break was in effect between weekends around 18 December 2010 and 15 January 2011. The defending champions were

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. The league had also updated its logo for the season. The official match ball is

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Torfabrik 2010.

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

earned its seventh league title with two games to spare on 30 April 2011, beating 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 at home.

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and

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were relegated to the

2011–12 2. Bundesliga The 2011–12 2. Bundesliga was the 38th season of the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its Association football, football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Bundesliga season, and ...

Teams

At the end of the 2009–10 season

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and

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were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table. They were replaced by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, champions of the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga, and runners-up

. Kaiserslautern returned to the Bundesliga after four years, and St. Pauli re-entered the top division after eight years. A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off. As in the previous year, 1. FC Nürnberg had to compete, although they were the Bundesliga team this time.

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was the 2. Bundesliga's representative. Nuremberg won both matches on aggregate, 3–0, and thus defended their Bundesliga spot. This was the first ever season since reunification without any teams from neither the former

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nor

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since

was relegated.

Stadiums and locations

Several stadiums are undergoing long-term reconstruction work, among them Mercedes-Benz Arena,

Millerntor-Stadion Millerntor-Stadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, Germany. Best known as the home ground of Association football, football club FC St. Pauli, it is on the Heiligengeistfeld near the Reeperbahn, the red light distr ...

and

Weserstadion Weserstadion () is a multi-purpose stadium in Bremen, Germany. The Weserstadion is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks (the name 'Werder' is a regional German word for "river peninsula" ...

. The capacities of EasyCredit-Stadion and

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have also been slightly increased during the off-season, while

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's biggest arena has been renamed to

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. Notes: # Millerntor-Stadion is currently undergoing reconstruction and expansion, which is due to be finished by 2014. # Mercedes-Benz Arena will be converted to a

-only stadium during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. As a consequence, the usual capacity of 58,000 is reduced to 39,950 for the 2010–11 season. # Weserstadion is undergoing minor reconstruction during the season, with varying reduced capacities during that time.

Personnel and sponsorships

In addition, all matches will feature one match ball as adidas will present a new ball called " Jabulani Torfabrik" ("Goal Factory"). Previously, the home team was responsible for supplying the match ball.New Ball, New Logo, New Season
, bundesliga.theoffside.com, 20 July 2010. More often than not, it was provided by the kitmakers for the teams.

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

as 16th-placed team faced 3rd-placed 2. Bundesliga side

in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the

2011–12 Bundesliga The 2011–12 Bundesliga was the 49th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and ended with the last games on 5 May ...

. ---- Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate and retained its Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the 2011–12 season.

Statistics

Top scorers

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Champion's squad

References

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