2010–11 Dynamo Dresden season

The 2010–11 season saw Dynamo Dresden challenge for promotion from the 3. Liga for the first time since its foundation in 2008. After shaky start, they found themselves in contention for third place, behind the top two of Eintracht Braunschweig and Hansa Rostock. When a poor run of form in March and April put this position into jeopardy, manager Matthias Maucksch was sacked and replaced with Ralf Loose. The change had the desired effect - Dynamo win five of their last six games (drawing the other), beating Kickers Offenbach on the last day of the season to secure third place, and a playoff with VfL Osnabrück, who had finished third bottom in the 2. Bundesliga.

Dynamo Dresden
2010–11 season
ManagerMatthias Maucksch (to April)
Ralf Loose (from April)
3. Liga3rd (promoted via Playoff)
Saxony CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerAlexander Esswein (17)

The first leg of the playoff, in Dresden, ended in a 1–1 draw, as did the 90 minutes of the second leg, but Dynamo scored two goals in extra time to win 4–2 on aggregate and return to the second division after a five-year absence.

Squad edit

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 Axel Keller
2 DF   GER Marcel Wächter
3 DF   GER Tim Kister
4 DF   GER Denny Herzig
5 DF   GER Thomas Hübener
7 FW   AUT Marc Sand (to January)
8 MF   GER Timo Röttger
9 FW   NOR Tore Andreas Gundersen (to March)
10 FW   GER Shergo Biran (to January)
10 FW   GER Dani Schahin (from January)
11 MF   GER Gerrit Müller
13 GK   GER Benjamin Kirsten
14 MF   GER Maik Kegel
15 DF   GER Florian Jungwirth
17 MF   GER Lars Jungnickel
18 DF   GER Jonas Strifler
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   GER Toni Leistner
20 MF   GER Thomas Franke
21 DF   GER Dennis Bührer
22 DF   GER Florian Grossert
23 MF   GER Sascha Pfeffer
24 MF   GER David Solga
25 FW   GER Robert Koch
26 MF   GER Maik Wagefeld
27 MF   GER Sebastian Schuppan
28 DF   GER Marcel Franke
30 DF   GER Oliver Merkel
31 FW   GER Paul-Max Walther
33 FW   GER Alexander Esswein
35 MF   GER Sepp Kunze
40 MF   ESP Cristian Fiél

Results edit

3. Liga edit

24 July 2010 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 Dynamo Dresden Braunschweig
Kumbela   9'
Kruppke   55'
Report Kegel   13' Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 17,200
4 August 2010 1. FC Heidenheim 3–0 Dynamo Dresden Heidenheim
Schnatterer   7'
Mayer   48', 84'
Report Stadium: GAGFAH-Arena
Attendance: 8,800
20 August 2010 Dynamo Dresden 3–0 1. FC Saarbrücken Dresden
Koch   35'
Kister   65'
Sand   90'
Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 17,300
28 August 2010 SV Sandhausen 4–1 Dynamo Dresden Sandhausen
Löning   21', 41'
Danneberg   24'
Zinnow   65'
Report Esswein   87' Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 3,400
11 September 2010 Dynamo Dresden 3–1 Bayern Munich II Dresden
Esswein   24', 46'
Koch   50'
Report Deul   35' Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 13,500
18 September 2010 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2–2 Dynamo Dresden Wiesbaden
Abraham   7', 82' Report Koch   32'
Müller   53'
Stadium: BRITA-Arena
Attendance: 7,200
21 September 2010 Dynamo Dresden 1–1 Jahn Regensburg Dresden
Esswein   83' Report Haller   51' Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 14,500
24 September 2010 Rot-Weiss Ahlen 0–1 Dynamo Dresden Ahlen
Report Müller   22' Stadium: Wersestadion
Attendance: 2,900
1 October 2010 Dynamo Dresden 1–0 VfR Aalen Dresden
Jungnickel   41' Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 27,200
16 October 2010 Rot-Weiss Erfurt 3–0 Dynamo Dresden Erfurt
Zedi   20'
Ströhl   57'
Semmer   63'
Report Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Attendance: 8,900
23 October 2010 Dynamo Dresden 2–2 Hansa Rostock Dresden
Esswein   31'
Müller   50'
Report Schied   31'
Ziegenbein   83'
Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 29,900
31 October 2010 TuS Koblenz 0–1 Dynamo Dresden Koblenz
Report Esswein   69' Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 6,400
6 November 2010 Dynamo Dresden 1–1 Werder Bremen II Dresden
Esswein   71' Report Kroos   8' Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 12,100
27 November 2010 Wacker Burghausen 0–2 Dynamo Dresden Burghausen
Report Esswein   40'
Koch   53'
Stadium: Wacker-Arena
Attendance: 3,000
4 December 2010 Dynamo Dresden 2–0 Kickers Offenbach Dresden
Kopilas   56' (o.g.)
Koch   90'
Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 11,900
11 December 2010 Carl Zeiss Jena 1–0 Dynamo Dresden Jena
Hähnge   84' Report Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Attendance: 6,400
11 February 2011 1. FC Saarbrücken 3–2 Dynamo Dresden Saarbrücken
Mann   18'
Zimmermann   49'
Sieger   76'
Report Röttger   72'
Esswein   90'
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 5,900
20 February 2011 Dynamo Dresden 3–1 SV Sandhausen Dresden
Solga   48'
Röttger   78'
Esswein   89'
Report Löning   74' Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 10,200
27 February 2011 Bayern Munich II 1–2 Dynamo Dresden Munich
Erb   44' Report Kegel   25'
Solga   52'
Stadium: Generali Sportpark
Attendance: 3,300
12 March 2011 Jahn Regensburg 0–1 Dynamo Dresden Regensburg
Report Schahin   51' (pen.) Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 5,500
19 March 2011 Dynamo Dresden 3–0 Rot-Weiss Ahlen Dresden
Schahin   10', 59'
Röttger   39'
Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 13,400
2 April 2011 VfR Aalen 1–0 Dynamo Dresden Aalen
Sulu   53' Report Stadium: Scholz-Arena
Attendance: 3,500
6 April 2011 Dynamo Dresden 1–3 Rot-Weiss Erfurt Dresden
Schuppan   4' Report Malura   21'
Stenzel   24'
Drexler   76'
Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 28,400
9 April 2011 Hansa Rostock 1–0 Dynamo Dresden Rostock
Müller   14' Report Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 24,200
16 April 2011 Dynamo Dresden 1–0 TuS Koblenz Dresden
Hübener   26' Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 13,300
23 April 2011 Dynamo Dresden 4–0 SpVgg Unterhaching Dresden
Esswein   37', 54'
Schahin   77', 87'
Report Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 17,000
14 May 2011 Kickers Offenbach 2–3 Dynamo Dresden Potsdam
Mesic   45'
Fiél   68' (o.g.)
Report Schahin   11', 74'
Schuppan   26'
Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion
Attendance: 7,700

Playoff edit

20 May 2011 1st leg Dynamo Dresden 1–1 VfL Osnabrück Dresden
20:30 CEST Koch   76' Report (in German) Jungnickel   66' (o.g.) Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 28,760
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
24 May 2011 2nd leg VfL Osnabrück 1–3
(a.e.t.)
Dynamo Dresden Osnabrück
20:30 CEST Mauersberger   45' Report (in German) Fiel   61'
Schahin   94'
Koch   119'
Stadium: Osnatel-Arena
Attendance: 16,600
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate; Dynamo promoted, Osnabrück relegated

DFB-Pokal edit

1 August 2009 Round 1 Dynamo Dresden 0–3 1. FC Nürnberg Dresden
15:30 UTC+2 Report (in German) Kluge   12'
Mintal   25'
Gündoğan   53'
Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
Attendance: 15,460
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Saxony Cup edit

17 November 2010 Round of 2 VFC Plauen 2–3 Dynamo Dresden Plauen
Stadium: Vogtlandstadion
26 April 2011 Quarter-final VfB Zwenkau 0–5 Dynamo Dresden Zwenkau

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