2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
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The 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga is the 38th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

, Germany
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's second tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 15 July 2011, three weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012...

 season, and will end with the last games on 6 May 2012. The traditional winter break will be held between the weekends around 18 December 2011 and 4 February 2012. The league comprises eighteen teams.

Teams

At the end of the 2010–11 season
2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011...

, champions Hertha BSC and runners-up FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg
FC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....

 were directly promoted to the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012...

. The Berlin
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 side will directly return to the highest German football league, while Augsburg ended a 5-year tenure in the second level of German football. The two teams were replaced by Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

 and FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

, who were directly relegated from the 2010–11 Bundesliga season
2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter...

. Frankfurt returned to the 2. Bundesliga after six years, while St. Pauli made a direct comeback to the league.

On the other end of the table, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873...

 and Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...

 were directly relegated to the 2011–12 3. Liga
2011–12 3rd Liga
The 2011–12 3rd Liga is the fourth season of the 3rd Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on 22 July 2011, two weeks earlier than the 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga season and one week after the 2011–12 2. Fußball-Bundesliga season, and will end with the last...

 after finishing the 2010–11 season in the bottom two spots of the table. Oberhausen will drop to the third level after three years, while Bielefeld will leave the 2. Bundesliga after two seasons. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 3. Liga
2010–11 3rd Liga
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 champions Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

 and runners-up Hansa Rostock. Braunschweig returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a total of four seasons at the third tier of the German football pyramid, while Rostock immediately bounced back from their relegation twelve months earlier.

A further two places were given to VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...

 as losers of the Bundesliga relegation playoff and Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...

 as winners of the 2. Bundesliga relegation playoff. Dresden returned to the 2. Bundesliga after a five-year absence after beating VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...

 4–2 on aggregate; Osnabrück were thus immediately relegated back to the 3rd Liga. In the Bundesliga playoff, Bochum retained its spot in the league after losing 2–1 on aggregate against Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

.

Stadia and locations

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...

Aachen
Aachen
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New Tivoli 32,960
Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

rewirPower-Stadion
Ruhrstadion
Ruhrstadion is a football stadium in Bochum, Germany. It is the home ground for the VfL Bochum and has a capacity of 29.448.-History:...

29,448
Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...

Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

Glücksgas-Stadion
Glücksgas Stadium
Glücksgas Stadium is a football stadium in Dresden, Saxony. It is the current home of Dynamo Dresden. The facility had previously been known as the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, but in December 2010, the naming rights were sold to Glücksgas, a Bavarian energy company...

32,066
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

Braunschweig
Braunschweig
Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....

Eintracht-Stadion 24,000
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

Frankfurt am Main Commerzbank-Arena
Commerzbank-Arena
The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation...

51,500
Energie Cottbus Cottbus
Cottbus
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Stadion der Freundschaft
Stadion der Freundschaft
The Stadion der Freundschaft is a football stadium in Cottbus, Germany. The home ground of FC Energie Cottbus, originally opened in 1930, has a capacity of 22,528.- References :...

22,528
Aue
Aue
Aue is a small town in Germany at the outlet of the river Schwarzwasser into the river Mulde in the Ore Mountains, and has roughly 18,000 inhabitants. Aue was the administrative seat of the former district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in Saxony, and is part of the Erzgebirgskreis since August 2008...

Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion
Erzgebirgsstadion
The Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Aue, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Erzgebirge Aue. The stadium is able to hold 15,690 people and was built in 1950.- External links :* Erzgebirgsstadium on Footballmatch....

15,700
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

Esprit Arena 54,400
Frankfurt am Main Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion 10,826
Trolli Arena 15,000
Hansa Rostock Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...

DKB-Arena 29,000
Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located along the banks of the Danube River, in the center of Bavaria. As at 31 March 2011, Ingolstadt had 125.407 residents...

Audi Sportpark
Audi Sportpark
Audi Sportpark is a 15,000-capacity stadium in Ingolstadt, Germany. It is primarily used for football and is the home of FC Ingolstadt 04.-External links:* *...

15,445
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
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Wildparkstadion
Wildparkstadion
The Wildparkstadion is a football stadium located in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is the home of the football club Karlsruher SC.It is located northeast of the Karlsruhe castle and is located in part of the former deer park of the Grand Dukes of Baden in the Hardtwald, hence the name...

29,699
Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...

Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,500
Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season...

69,000
Paderborn
Paderborn
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Energieteam Arena 15,000
FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
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Hamburg
Hamburg
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Millerntor-Stadion
Millerntor-Stadion
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24,487
Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
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Berlin
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Alte Försterei
Stadion An der Alten Försterei
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18,432


Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Team captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...

  Friedhelm Funkel   Benjamin Auer
Benjamin Auer
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Nike
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VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum
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  Andreas Bergmann
Andreas Bergmann
Andreas Bergmann is a former German footballer and current manager of the VfL Bochum.-Career:Bergmann played in his career as Midfielder for 1...

  Christoph Dabrowski
Christoph Dabrowski
Christoph Dabrowski is a German footballer of Polish descent. His current team is VfL Bochum, but he has also played for Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld and Hannover 96....

Nike Netto
Netto Marken-Discount
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Dynamo Dresden
Dynamo Dresden
SG Dynamo Dresden are a German association football club, based in Dresden, Saxony. They were founded in 1950, as a club affiliated with the East German police, and became one of the most popular and successful clubs in East German football, winning eight league titles...

  Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose
Ralf Loose is a German football coach and former player. He is most noted for his stint with the Liechtenstein national football team, and currently coaches Dynamo Dresden.-Playing career:...

  Robert Koch
Robert Koch (footballer)
Robert Koch is a German footballer who plays as a forward for Dynamo Dresden.-Career:Koch began his career with Oberlausitzer FC Neugersdorf, making his debut in the Oberliga in 2005. Two years later, he moved to SC Borea Dresden, before signing for Dynamo Dresden in 2009...

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Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

  Torsten Lieberknecht
Torsten Lieberknecht
Torsten Lieberknecht is a retired German football player and a football manager currently in charge of Eintracht Braunschweig.-External links:...

  Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke is a German footballer currently playing for Eintracht Braunschweig.He joined SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He returned to Lübeck for a six month loan in January 2007. After this loan he played again for SC Freiburg but was transferred in January 2008 to Eintracht...

Puma
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Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

  Armin Veh
Armin Veh
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Christian Maicon Hening
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Jako
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Fraport
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Energie Cottbus   Claus-Dieter Wollitz
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Erzgebirge Aue
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  Rico Schmitt
Rico Schmitt
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  René Klingbeil
René Klingbeil
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Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
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  Norbert Meier
Norbert Meier
Norbert Meier is a German former football player. After his playing days were over, Meier became a manager and is now manager of Fortuna Düsseldorf.-Playing career:...

  Andreas Lambertz
Andreas Lambertz
Andreas "Lumpi" Lambertz is a German football player currently playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf. He ist the captain of the team.-External links: * at transfermarkt.de...

Puma Bauhaus
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FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt
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  Hans-Jürgen Boysen
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  Björn Schlicke
Björn Schlicke
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SpVgg Greuther Fürth
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Thomas Kleine
Thomas Kleine is a German footballer currently at SpVgg Greuther Fürth.-Career:Kleine began his career in the youth ranks of his hometown club SV 09 Wermelskirchen where he remained until 1998, when he moved to Bayer Leverkusen's amateur ranks.He played regularly with the amateurs in the lower...

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Hansa Rostock   Peter Vollmann
Peter Vollmann
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  Sebastian Pelzer
Sebastian Pelzer
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FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...

  Tomas Oral
Tomas Oral
Tomas Oral is a Turkish-German former footballer, now manager of FC Ingolstadt 04.-External links:...

  Moritz Hartmann
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Adidas
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Audi
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Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

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Jørn Andersen
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MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
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Oliver Reck
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TSV 1860 München
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  Reiner Maurer
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  Benjamin Lauth
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Benjamin Lauth is a German footballer who plays for TSV 1860 München.-Career:Lauth began his career with 1860 Munich, where he had played in his youth years...

Uhlsport
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SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
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  Roger Schmidt   Markus Krösche
Markus Krösche
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FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

  André Schubert   Fabio Morena
Fabio Morena
Fabio Morena is a German footballer who plays for FC St. Pauli.-External links: * at transfermarkt.de...

Do You Football Ein Platz an der Sonne
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...

  Uwe Neuhaus
Uwe Neuhaus
Uwe Neuhaus is a retired German football player and a football manager currently in charge of 1. FC Union Berlin.-External links:...

  Torsten Mattuschka
Torsten Mattuschka
Torsten Mattuschka is a German football player currently playing for 1. FC Union Berlin.-External links:...

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Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

  Christoph Daum
Christoph Daum
Christoph Daum is a German football coach, currently managing Club Brugge.-Career as a player:Daum began his football career in 1971 in the youth league with Hamborn 07, transferred in 1972 to Eintracht Duisburg and then in 1975 to 1...

Resigned 16 May 2011 Off-season   Armin Veh
Armin Veh
Armin Veh is a German former footballer and current manager who works for Eintracht Frankfurt. He won the German championship with Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart on 19 May 2007. Veh and his team also had the chance to win "the double" by winning the DFB-Cup on 26 May 2007 in Berlin, but lost 2–3 in...

1 July 2011
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

  André Schubert FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

 purchased rights
30 June 2011   Roger Schmidt 1 July 2011
FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

  Holger Stanislawski
Holger Stanislawski
Holger Stanislawski is a retired German football player and a football manager. After 18 years with FC St. Pauli he left at the end of the 2010–11 season in order to manage TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.-External links:* at transfermarkt.de...

End of contract 30 June 2011   André Schubert 1 July 2011
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen
Alemannia Aachen is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three-year turn in the top flight in the late 1960s and, after a successful 2005–06 campaign, returned to first division play...

  Peter Hyballa
Peter Hyballa
Peter Hyballa is a German football manager, most recently in charge of Alemannia Aachen.- External links :* at transfermarkt.de...

Sacked 13 September 2011 18th   Friedhelm Funkel 19 September 2011
VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...

  Friedhelm Funkel Sacked 14 September 2011 17th   Andreas Bergmann
Andreas Bergmann
Andreas Bergmann is a former German footballer and current manager of the VfL Bochum.-Career:Bergmann played in his career as Midfielder for 1...

15 September 2011
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...

  Milan Šašić
Milan Šašic
Milan Šašić is a Croatian football manager, most recently in charge of MSV Duisburg.-Coaching career:Šašić was coach of TuS Koblenz when the club were promoted from the Regionalliga to the 2. Bundesliga....

Sacked 28 October 2011 14th   Oliver Reck
Oliver Reck
Oliver Reck is a former German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.In a 20-year professional career, he was best known for his stints with Werder Bremen and Schalke 04, for whom he appeared in more than 500 official games combined, 471 in the Bundesliga alone.-Club career:Reck started his...

 (caretaker)
28 October 2011
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

  Rainer Scharinger Sacked 31 October 2011 17th   Jørn Andersen
Jørn Andersen
Jørn Andersen is a Norwegian former professional footballer, currently in charge of German 2nd division club Karlsruher SC.-Norway:...

6 November 2011
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...

  Benno Möhlmann
Benno Möhlmann
Benno Hans Möhlmann is a former German footballer who most recently managed FC Ingolstadt 04.- Career :...

Sacked 9 November 2011 18th   Tomas Oral
Tomas Oral
Tomas Oral is a Turkish-German former footballer, now manager of FC Ingolstadt 04.-External links:...

10 November 2011

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Top goalscorers

Source: Kicker (German)
9 goals Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke
Dennis Kruppke is a German footballer currently playing for Eintracht Braunschweig.He joined SC Freiburg from VfB Lübeck in 2003. He returned to Lübeck for a six month loan in January 2007. After this loan he played again for SC Freiburg but was transferred in January 2008 to Eintracht...

 (Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

)
Max Kruse
Max Kruse
Max Kruse is a German football midfielder playing for FC St. Pauli.-Career:Kruse began his career with TSV Reinbek before joined in summer 1998 to SC Vier- und Marschlande. After seven years here he was scouted from Werder Bremen in July 2005. On 4 May 2009, he signed a two-year contract with FC...

 (FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

)
Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean is a Canadian footballer player who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-College soccer:...

 (SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...

)
Nick Proschwitz
Nick Proschwitz
Nick Proschwitz is a German professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for SC Paderborn 07.-Born in Germany:...

 (SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

)
Sascha Rösler
Sascha Rösler
Sascha Rösler is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Düsseldorf.On 4 November 2008, he was suspended and called up for the second team of Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was released by the club in December 2008.On 8 January 2009, he moved to TSV 1860 München...

 (Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

)
Kevin Volland
Kevin Volland
Kevin Volland is a German footballer, who plays for TSV 1860 München on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the German under-19 national team. He made his professional debut on 14 August 2010, when he came on for Djordje Rakic in the DFB-Pokal match against SC Verl.-External links:* at tsv1860.de *...

 (1860 Munich
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...

)


8 goals Maximilian Beister
Maximilian Beister
Maximilian Beister is a German football player currently playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan from Hamburger SV.-Career:...

 (Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

)
Alexander Meier
Alexander Meier
Alexander Meier is a German footballer who plays for Eintracht Frankfurt as an attacking midfielder.He began his career with FC St. Pauli in 2001, before moving to local rivals Hamburger SV in 2003...

 (Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

)
Christopher Nöthe
Christopher Nöthe
Christopher Nöthe is a German footballer playing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He made his debut on the professional league level in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund on 29 September 2007 when he came on as a substitute in the 74th minute in a game against Karlsruher SC...

 (SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...

)


7 goals Macauley Chrisantus
Macauley Chrisantus
Macauley Chrisantus is a Nigerian football striker playing for FSV Frankfurt.-Career:He joined Hamburg in 2007 from Abuja F.C., after attracting offers from several major European clubs, probably due to his contribution to Nigeria's World Junior Cup win that year as the highest goal scorer and...

 (FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt
FSV Frankfurt is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. The club plays in the shadow of larger and much more successful Eintracht Frankfurt, which has recently returned to 2nd tier football...

)
Mohammadou Idrissou
Mohammadou Idrissou
Mohammadou Idrissou is a Cameroonian football player who currently plays for German club Eintracht Frankfurt.- Club career :On the last day of the summer transfer window 2011, he moved to 2...

 (Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

)
Dimitar Rangelov
Dimitar Rangelov
Dimitar Rangelov is a Bulgarian football striker who plays for Energie Cottbus on loan from Borussia Dortmund and the Bulgarian national team.In 2007 he made his debut for Bulgaria.-Slavia Sofia:...

 (Energie Cottbus)

Top assistants

Source: Kicker (German)
10 assists Maximilian Beister
Maximilian Beister
Maximilian Beister is a German football player currently playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan from Hamburger SV.-Career:...

 (Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

)


7 assists Nico Zimmermann
Nico Zimmermann
Nico Zimmermann is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eintracht Braunschweig.Zimmermann came through 1. FC Saarbrücken youth system, having previously played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, and progressed to the first team, making his debut in the 2...

 (Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...

)


6 assists Benjamin Lauth
Benjamin Lauth
Benjamin Lauth is a German footballer who plays for TSV 1860 München.-Career:Lauth began his career with 1860 Munich, where he had played in his youth years...

 (1860 Munich
TSV 1860 München
Turn- und Sportverein München von 1860, commonly known as TSV 1860 München or 1860 Munich, is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003–04 season...

)
Torsten Mattuschka
Torsten Mattuschka
Torsten Mattuschka is a German football player currently playing for 1. FC Union Berlin.-External links:...

 (Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin
1. FC Union Berlin is a German association football club based in Berlin. It is one of two sides in the city bearing the name Union that emerged during the Cold War and played in East Germany, while the other played in the west. The club currently plays in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-Foundation to...

)
Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean
Olivier Occean is a Canadian footballer player who currently plays for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga.-College soccer:...

 (SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...

)
Sercan Sararer
Sercan Sararer
Sercan Sararer Osuna is a German born Spanish-Turkish football player currently playing for SpVgg Greuther Fürth. On 31 July 2011, he scored four goals in a DFB-Pokal game against Eimsbütteler TV--External links:...

 (SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Greuther Fürth is a German association football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. The club was formed when the senior football side of newcomer Turn- und Sportverein Vestenbergsgreuth joined traditional club Spielvereinigung Fürth on 1 July 1996...

)


5 assists Jan Hochscheidt
Jan Hochscheidt
Jan Hochscheidt is a German footballer who plays for Erzgebirge Aue.-External links:...

 (Erzgebirge Aue
FC Erzgebirge Aue
FC Erzgebirge Aue is a German football club based in Aue, Saxony. The former East German side was a charter member of the 3. Liga in 2008–09, after being relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2007–08. The city of Aue has a population of about 18,000 making it one of the smallest cities to ever...

)
Benjamin Köhler
Benjamin Köhler
Benjamin Köhler is a German footballer playing with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2. Bundesliga. Köhler, who is left-footed, can play flexibly on all offensive positions but often finds himself on the left wing....

 (Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

)
Max Kruse
Max Kruse
Max Kruse is a German football midfielder playing for FC St. Pauli.-Career:Kruse began his career with TSV Reinbek before joined in summer 1998 to SC Vier- und Marschlande. After seven years here he was scouted from Werder Bremen in July 2005. On 4 May 2009, he signed a two-year contract with FC...

 (FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...

)
Stefan Leitl
Stefan Leitl
Stefan Leitl is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Ingolstadt 04.-Career:Leitl played as a youth for FC Ismaning, before joining the youth setup of Bayern Munich in 1987. He left the club to join SpVgg Unterhaching, but returned, and began playing for the reserve team in 1995...

 (FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...

)
Alban Meha (SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07
SC Paderborn 07 is a German association football club based in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the 2. Bundesliga.-History:...

)
Sascha Rösler
Sascha Rösler
Sascha Rösler is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Düsseldorf.On 4 November 2008, he was suspended and called up for the second team of Borussia Mönchengladbach. He was released by the club in December 2008.On 8 January 2009, he moved to TSV 1860 München...

 (Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...

)
Pirmin Schwegler
Pirmin Schwegler
Pirmin Schwegler is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.- Career :...

 (Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

)

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