2009 �10 BORUSSIA DORTMUND SEASON

During the 2009–10 German football season, Borussia Dortmund competed in the Bundesliga.

Season summary

Dortmund finished in fifth, one place higher than in last season. This saw them qualify for the Europa League.

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Roman Weidenfeller
4	DF	SRB	Neven Subotić^{[notes 1]}
5	MF	GER	Sebastian Kehl ( captain)
7	MF	BRA	Tinga
8	MF	TUR	Nuri Şahin^{[notes 2]}
9	FW	PAR	Nelson Valdez
10	FW	EGY	Mohamed Zidan
11	FW	BUL	Dimitar Rangelov
13	MF	FRA	Damien Le Tallec
14	MF	GER	Markus Feulner
15	DF	GER	Mats Hummels
16	MF	POL	Jakub Błaszczykowski
17	DF	BRA	Dedê
18	FW	PAR	Lucas Barrios^{[notes 3]}
19	DF	GER	Kevin Großkreutz
20	GK	GER	Marc Ziegler
21	DF	GER	Uwe Hünemeier


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	GER	Sven Bender
23	FW	GER	Christopher Kullmann
25	DF	GER	Patrick Owomoyela
26	FW	GER	Daniel Ginczek
27	DF	BRA	Felipe Santana
28	MF	POL	Sebastian Tyrała^{[notes 4]}
29	DF	GER	Marcel Schmelzer
30	MF	HUN	Tamás Hajnal
31	MF	GER	Mario Götze
33	DF	GER	David Vržogić
34	FW	GER	Bajram Sadrijaj
36	MF	GER	Yasin Öztekin^{[notes 5]}
39	MF	GER	Marco Stiepermann
40	GK	GER	Marcel Höttecke
41	GK	GER	Johannes Focher
44	DF	GER	Marc Hornschuh
45	MF	GER	Julian Koch

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	GER	Florian Kringe (on loan to Hertha Berlin)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Werder Bremen	34	17	10	7	71	40	+31	61	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	14	5	65	38	+27	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5	Borussia Dortmund	34	16	9	9	54	42	+12	57	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
6	VfB Stuttgart	34	15	10	9	51	41	+10	55	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
7	Hamburger SV	34	13	13	8	56	41	+15	52

Source: kicker.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

1 August 2009 (2009-08-01) First round	SpVgg Weiden	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Weiden in der Oberpfalz
15:30 CEST	Méndez 79'	Report	Barrios 24' Şahin 46' Zidan 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion am Wasserwerk Attendance: 9,765 Referee: Tobias Stieler

22 September 2009 (2009-09-22) Second round	Karlsruher SC	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Karlsruhe
20:30 CEST		Report	Zidan 3' Barrios 22', 51'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 24,864 Referee: Robert Hartmann

27 October 2009 (2009-10-27) Round of 16	VfL Osnabrück	3–2	Borussia Dortmund	Osnabrück
20:30 CET	Barletta 37', 42' Siegert 69'	Report	Şahin 55' Barrios 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 16,130 Referee: Guido Winkmann

^ Subotić was born in Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina), but was raised in Germany from the age of five and then the United States from the age of 10, and also qualified to represent Serbia internationally through his parents. He represented the United States at U-17 and U-20 level before making his international debut for Serbia in March 2009.
^ Şahin was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally through his parents and represented them at U-16, U-17, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Turkey in 2005.
^ Barrios was born in San Fernando, Argentina, but also qualified to represent Paraguay internationally after gaining citizenship and made his international debut for Paraguay in 2010.
^ Tyrała was born in Racibórz, Poland, but also qualified to represent Germany internationally and represented them at U-19 level before making his international debut for Poland in December 2008.
^ Öztekin was born in Dortmund, Germany, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and would make his international debut for Turkey in June 2015.