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 2012. The traditional winter break was held between the weekends around 17 December 2011 and 20 January 2012.[3]

Bundesliga
Season2011–12
Dates5 August 2011 – 5 May 2012
ChampionsBorussia Dortmund
5th Bundesliga title
8th German title
RelegatedHertha BSC (via play-off)
1. FC Köln
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Champions LeagueBorussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich
Schalke 04
Bor. Mönchengladbach
Europa LeagueBayer Leverkusen
VfB Stuttgart
Hannover 96
Matches played306
Goals scored875 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerKlaas-Jan Huntelaar
(29 goals)
Biggest home winBayern Munich 7–0 Freiburg
Biggest away winHertha BSC 0–6 Bayern Munich
Highest scoringWerder Bremen 5–3 Freiburg
Bayern Munich 7–1 Hoffenheim
B. Dortmund 4–4 VfB Stuttgart
Longest winning run8 matches
Borussia Dortmund[1]
Longest unbeaten run28 matches by
Borussia Dortmund[1]
Longest winless run21 matches by
1. FC Kaiserslautern[1]
Longest losing run6 matches by
Hertha BSC
1. FC Kaiserslautern[1]
Average attendance45,116[2]

The league comprised eighteen teams: The best fifteen teams of the 2010–11 season, the best two teams from the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga and the winners of the relegation play-off between the 16th-placed Bundesliga team and the third-placed 2. Bundesliga team.

Since Germany climbed from fourth to third place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[4] the league gained an additional group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League.

Teams

The league comprised eighteen teams: Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli were directly relegated after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two places. Frankfurt ended a six-year tenure in the Bundesliga, while St. Pauli only made a cameo one-year appearance in the top flight and directly returned to the second level.

The relegated teams were replaced by Hertha BSC, champions of the 2010–11 2. Bundesliga, and runners-up FC Augsburg. The Bavarian side made their debut at the highest level of football in Germany, while Hertha directly returned to the Bundesliga after just one year at the second tier.

A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off between Borussia Mönchengladbach, the 16th-placed team of the 2010–11 Bundesliga, and VfL Bochum, the third-placed 2. Bundesliga team. Mönchengladbach won the series 2–1 on aggregate and therefore retained its Bundesliga spot.

Stadiums and locations

The most prominent change regarding stadiums occurred at Mainz, where FSV Mainz 05 moved from Stadion am Bruchweg into their newly built Coface Arena.[5] Other changes included the completion of works at Mercedes-Benz Arena, which was converted to a football-only stadium during the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, and the renaming of Impuls Arena, the ground of promoted team FC Augsburg, to SGL Arena effective from the beginning of the season after SGL Carbon acquired the naming rights for the structure in May 2011.[6]

Locations of the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity[5]
FC Augsburg Augsburg SGL arena 30,660
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 80,720
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Stadion im Borussia-Park 54,057
SC Freiburg Freiburg Mage Solar Stadion 25,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Imtech Arena 57,000
Hannover 96 Hanover AWD-Arena 49,000
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,244
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar Arena 30,150
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,000
1. FSV Mainz 05 Mainz Coface Arena 34,034
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg EasyCredit-Stadion 48,548
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 60,300
Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42,000
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000

Personnel and kits

In addition to the individual sponsorships of each club listed below, all teams used a league-wide ball named "Torfabrik" (goal factory), provided by Adidas; the ball was updated to a new design for the 2011–12 season.[7]

Team Manager Captain[8] Kit manufacturer[7] Shirt sponsor[7]
FC Augsburg Jos Luhukay Paul Verhaegh1 Jako AL-KO
Bayer Leverkusen Sami Hyypiä (caretaker) Simon Rolfes adidas SunPower[9]
Bayern Munich Jupp Heynckes Philipp Lahm adidas T-Home (Home and Third), LIGAtotal (Away)
Borussia Dortmund Jürgen Klopp Sebastian Kehl Kappa Evonik
Borussia Mönchengladbach Lucien Favre Filip Daems Lotto Postbank
SC Freiburg Christian Streich Julian Schuster Nike Ehrmann
Hamburger SV Thorsten Fink Heiko Westermann adidas Emirates
Hannover 96 Mirko Slomka Steve Cherundolo Jako TUI
Hertha BSC Otto Rehhagel Andre Mijatović Nike Deutsche Bahn
1899 Hoffenheim Markus Babbel Andreas Beck Puma Suntech
1. FC Kaiserslautern Krasimir Balakov Christian Tiffert uhlsport Allgäuer Latschenkiefer
1. FC Köln Frank Schaefer Pedro Geromel Reebok REWE
1. FSV Mainz 05 Thomas Tuchel Nikolče Noveski Nike Entega
1. FC Nürnberg Dieter Hecking Raphael Schäfer adidas Areva
Schalke 04 Huub Stevens Benedikt Höwedes adidas Gazprom
VfB Stuttgart Bruno Labbadia Serdar Tasci3 Puma Gazi
Werder Bremen Thomas Schaaf Clemens Fritz2 Nike Targobank
VfL Wolfsburg Felix Magath Christian Träsch adidas Volkswagen
Notes
  1. FC Augsburg have determined Paul Verhaegh as new captain, after incumbent Uwe Möhrle was transferred to Energie Cottbus during the 2011–12 winter transfer window.[10]
  2. Werder Bremen have determined Clemens Fritz as new captain[11] after Per Mertesacker, who was assigned by coach Thomas Schaaf at the beginning of the season, was transferred to Premier League side Arsenal on 31 August 2011.[12]
  3. VfB Stuttgart have determined Serdar Tasci as new captain[13] after Matthieu Delpierre, who was captain since 1 December 2009, asked, not to be appointed as captain again.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Bayer Leverkusen Jupp Heynckes End of contract 30 June 2011[14] Off-season Robin Dutt 1 July 2011[15]
Bayern Munich Andries Jonker End of tenure as caretaker 30 June 2011[16] Jupp Heynckes 1 July 2011[14]
SC Freiburg Robin Dutt Bayer Leverkusen purchased rights 30 June 2011[15] Marcus Sorg 1 July 2011[17]
1899 Hoffenheim Marco Pezzaiuoli Mutual consent 30 June 2011[18] Holger Stanislawski 1 July 2011[19]
1. FC Köln Volker Finke End of tenure as caretaker 30 June 2011[20] Ståle Solbakken 1 July 2011[20]
Hamburger SV Michael Oenning Sacked 19 September 2011[21] 18th Rodolfo Cardoso (caretaker) 19 September 2011[21]
FC Schalke 04 Ralf Rangnick Resigned 22 September 2011[22] 9th Huub Stevens 27 September 2011[23]
Hamburger SV Rodolfo Cardoso (caretaker) End of tenure as caretaker 10 October 2011[24] 18th Thorsten Fink 13 October 2011[24]
Hertha BSC Markus Babbel Sacked 18 December 2011[25] 11th Michael Skibbe 22 December 2011[26]
SC Freiburg Marcus Sorg Sacked 29 December 2011[27] 18th Christian Streich 29 December 2011[27]
1899 Hoffenheim Holger Stanislawski Sacked 9 February 2012[28] 8th Markus Babbel 10 February 2012[29]
Hertha BSC Michael Skibbe Sacked 12 February 2012[30] 15th Otto Rehhagel 18 February 2012[31]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Marco Kurz Sacked 20 March 2012[32] 18th Krasimir Balakov 22 March 2012[33]
Bayer Leverkusen Robin Dutt Sacked 1 April 2012[34] 6th Sami Hyypiä (caretaker) 1 April 2012[34]
1. FC Köln Ståle Solbakken Sacked 12 April 2012[35] 16th Frank Schaefer 12 April 2012[35]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Borussia Dortmund (C) 34 25 6 3 80 25 +55 81 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Bayern Munich 34 23 4 7 77 22 +55 73
3 Schalke 04 34 20 4 10 74 44 +30 64
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 17 9 8 49 24 +25 60 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Bayer Leverkusen 34 15 9 10 52 44 +8 54 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 VfB Stuttgart 34 15 8 11 63 46 +17 53 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Hannover 96 34 12 12 10 41 45 −4 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 5 16 47 60 −13 44
9 Werder Bremen 34 11 9 14 49 58 −9 42
10 1. FC Nürnberg 34 12 6 16 38 49 −11 42
11 1899 Hoffenheim 34 10 11 13 41 47 −6 41
12 SC Freiburg 34 10 10 14 45 61 −16 40
13 FSV Mainz 05 34 9 12 13 47 51 −4 39
14 FC Augsburg 34 8 14 12 36 49 −13 38
15 Hamburger SV 34 8 12 14 35 57 −22 36
16 Hertha BSC (R) 34 7 10 17 38 64 −26 31 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Köln (R) 34 8 6 20 39 75 −36 30 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 1. FC Kaiserslautern (R) 34 4 11 19 24 54 −30 23
Source: kicker
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal champions (Borussia Dortmund) and runners-up (Bayern Munich) qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, thus the three Europa League places were distributed through league positions.

Results
Home \ Away FCA BSC SVW BVB SCF HSV H96 TSG FCK KOE B04 M05 BMG FCB FCN S04 VFB WOB
FC Augsburg — 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–0
Hertha BSC 2–2 — 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 0–6 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–4
Werder Bremen 1–1 2–1 — 0–2 5–3 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 4–1
Borussia Dortmund 4–0 1–2 1–0 — 4–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–4 5–1
SC Freiburg 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–4 — 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
Hamburger SV 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–5 1–3 — 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–4 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–4 1–1
Hannover 96 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 4–2 2–0
1899 Hoffenheim 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 — 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–2 3–1
1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–5 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 — 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–4 0–2 0–0
1. FC Köln 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–6 4–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–4 1–2 1–4 1–1 0–3
Bayer Leverkusen 4–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–4 — 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–2 3–1
Mainz 05 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 4–0 4–0 2–0 — 0–3 3–2 2–1 2–4 3–1 0–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 — 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–1
Bayern Munich 2–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 7–0 5–0 2–1 7–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 — 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–4 3–3 1–0 0–1 — 4–1 2–2 1–3
Schalke 04 3–1 4–0 5–0 1–2 4–2 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 4–0 — 3–1 4–0
VfB Stuttgart 2–1 5–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 4–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–0 — 3–2
VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 2–3 3–1 1–3 3–2 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Hertha BSC as 16th-placed team faced third-placed 2011–12 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf in a two-legged play-off. Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate and thus were promoted for the 2012–13 Bundesliga season. Hertha BSC were relegated to the 2012–13 2. Bundesliga.

Following the second leg, which was marred by several incidents of crowd disturbances, Hertha appealed against the result.[36] On 21 May the DFB Sports Court rejected this appeal, having considered that these crowd disturbances did not psychologically impinge the Hertha players and that the referee's handling of the situation was sound. However, Hertha appealed again, this time to the Federal Court of the German FA.[37] On 25 May, the Federal Court of the German FA also rejected the appeal.[38] On 19 June, Hertha BSC decided not to appeal the decision, marking their immediate return to the 2. Bundesliga.[39]

Hertha BSC1–2Fortuna Düsseldorf
Hubník  19' Report Bröker  64'
Ramos  71' (o.g.)
Attendance: 68,041
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
Fortuna Düsseldorf2–2Hertha BSC
Beister  1'
Jovanović  59'		 Report Ben-Hatira  22'
Raffael  85'
Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 51,000

Season statistics

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