2010–11 Dynamo Dresden season

Dynamo Dresden
2010–11 season
Manager Germany Matthias Maucksch (to April)
Germany Ralf Loose (from April)
3. Liga 3rd (promoted via Playoff)
Saxony Cup Quarter-final
Top goalscorer Alexander Esswein (17)
Home colours
Away colours

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.

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

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

No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Axel Keller
2 Germany DF Marcel Wächter
3 Germany DF Tim Kister
4 Germany DF Denny Herzig
5 Germany DF Thomas Hübener
7 Austria FW Marc Sand (to January)
8 Germany MF Timo Röttger
9 Norway FW Tore Andreas Gundersen (to March)
10 Germany FW Shergo Biran (to January)
10 Germany FW Dani Schahin (from January)
11 Germany MF Gerrit Müller
13 Germany GK Benjamin Kirsten
14 Germany MF Maik Kegel
15 Germany DF Florian Jungwirth
17 Germany MF Lars Jungnickel
18 Germany DF Jonas Strifler
No. Position Player
19 Germany DF Toni Leistner
20 Germany MF Thomas Franke
21 Germany DF Dennis Bührer
22 Germany DF Florian Grossert
23 Germany MF Sascha Pfeffer
24 Germany MF David Solga
25 Germany FW Robert Koch
26 Germany MF Maik Wagefeld
27 Germany MF Sebastian Schuppan
28 Germany DF Marcel Franke
30 Germany DF Oliver Merkel
31 Germany FW Paul-Max Walther
33 Germany FW Alexander Esswein
35 Germany MF Sepp Kunze
40 Spain MF Cristian Fiél

Results

3. Liga

Playoff

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

DFB-Pokal

Saxony Cup

Transfers

In

Player From Date
Germany Shergo Biran 1. FC Union Berlin Summer
Germany Dennis Bührer Rot-Weiss Essen Summer
Germany Alexander Esswein VfL Wolfsburg Summer
Spain Cristian Fiél Alemannia Aachen Summer
Germany Marcel Franke Youth team Summer
Germany Thomas Franke Energie Cottbus Summer
Germany Florian Grossert Hansa Rostock Summer
Germany Denny Herzig Rot-Weiss Essen Summer
Germany Tim Kister Rot-Weiss Frankfurt Summer
Germany Toni Leistner SC Borea Dresden Summer
Austria Marc Sand SK Austria Kärnten Summer
Germany Sebastian Schuppan SC Paderborn 07 Summer
Germany Marcel Wächter Youth team Summer
Germany Dani Schahin SpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan) January

Out

Player To Date
Germany Oliver Birnbaum VFC Plauen Summer
Germany Cataldo Cozza Eintracht Trier Summer
Czech Republic Pavel Dobry Chemnitzer FC Summer
Germany Benjamin Girke Radebeuler BC 08 Summer
Germany Christoph Klippel Hallescher FC Summer
Germany Christian Mikolajczak Eintracht Trier Summer
Germany Ronny Nikol Carl Zeiss Jena Summer
Germany Volker Oppitz Retired Summer
Lithuania Markus Palionis SC Paderborn 07 Summer
Germany Aleksandro Petrovic Released Summer
Germany Halil Savran 1. FC Union Berlin Summer
Germany Tony Schmidt ZFC Meuselwitz Summer
Germany Mirko Soltau Dynamo Dresden II Summer
Germany Philipp Zeiger VFC Plauen (loan) Summer
Germany Shergo Biran 1. FC Magdeburg January
Austria Marc Sand Bayer Leverkusen II January
Norway Tore Andreas Gundersen Ham Kam March

References

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