2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga Facts for Kids

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2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (4th title)
Runners-up	Bayer Leverkusen
Third place	Bayern Munich
Fourth place	Hannover 96
Tournament statistics
Matches played	306
Goals scored	894 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mario Gómez (28)
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The 2010-11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th time this exciting football league happened in Germany. It's Germany's top football league, where the best teams compete! This season started on August 21, 2010, and finished on May 14, 2011. The team that won the year before was FC Bayern Munich. This season was also special because the Bundesliga got a new logo!

Teams in the League
How the Teams Finished
- Top Teams and European Competitions
- Teams at the Bottom
Relegation Play-off Matches
Player Statistics
- Top Goalscorers
Related Pages
See also

Teams in the League

This section shows you all the football clubs that played in the 2010-11 Bundesliga season. There are 18 teams in total. Each team comes from a different city in Germany.

Here is a list of all the teams that played:

How the Teams Finished

This table shows how each team performed during the 2010-11 season. Teams earn points for winning or drawing games. The team with the most points at the end of the season wins the league!

Top Teams and European Competitions

The teams at the top of the table get to play in big European tournaments. These are like international championships for club teams. The best teams go to the UEFA Champions League. Other strong teams play in the UEFA Europa League.

Borussia Dortmund won the league this season. They were the champions!
Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Hannover 96, and FSV Mainz 05 also did very well. They earned spots in either the Champions League or the Europa League.
Schalke 04 got a spot in the Europa League play-off round. They even made it to the Quarter-Finals in the next season's Europa League!

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Borussia Dortmund(C)	34	23	6	5	67	22	+45	75
2	Bayer Leverkusen	34	20	8	6	64	44	+20	68
3	Bayern Munich	34	19	8	7	81	40	+41	65
4	Hannover 96	34	19	3	12	49	45	+4	60
5	FSV Mainz 05	34	18	4	12	52	39	+13	58

Teams at the Bottom

Teams at the bottom of the league table might face relegation. This means they move down to a lower football league for the next season. It's a tough part of the competition!

Borussia Mönchengladbach had to play in a special "relegation play-off" game to try and stay in the Bundesliga.
Sadly, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC St. Pauli were relegated. This means they had to play in a lower league the next season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Schalke 04	34	11	7	16	38	44	-6	40
15	VfL Wolfsburg	34	9	11	14	43	48	-5	38
16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	10	6	18	48	65	-17	36
17	Eintracht Frankfurt (R)	34	9	7	18	31	49	-18	34
18	FC St. Pauli (R)	34	8	5	21	35	68	-33	29

Relegation Play-off Matches

A relegation play-off is a special two-game series. A team from the Bundesliga plays against a team from the league below it. The winner gets to play in the Bundesliga next season. The loser goes down to the lower league.

Borussia Mönchengladbach played against VfL Bochum in this play-off. Borussia Mönchengladbach won these games and got to stay in the Fußball-Bundesliga for the 2011-12 season!

19 May 2011 20:30	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Attendance: 54,057 Referee: Günter Perl
	Igor de Camargo 90'	Report

25 May 2011 20:30	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	rewirpowerSTADION, Bochum Attendance: 28,650 Referee: Peter Gagelmann
	Nordtveit 24' (o.g.)	Report	72' Reus