2009–10 in German football

3 August 2009 – Mainz sack coach Jørn Andersen in a surprise move after a Round 1 cup defeat against fourth-level side VfB Lübeck.

19 August 2009 – Edmund Becker is sacked as head coach of 2nd Bundesliga sides Karlsruher SC after four-and-a-half years.

[3] Just a few hours later, Dieter Hecking resigns as Hannover 96 head coach after a series of bad results during the preparation and early season stages.

The club board cites "a situation where we had to act in order to save Alemannia from harm" as a reason.

The team clinches its fifth title in a row and seventh overall by beating England, 6–2, in the Final at Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland.

[8]On the same day, Stefan Emmerling is also handed his working papers by Rot Weiss Ahlen after just five months with the club.

[10] 28 September 2009 – Lucien Favre is released from his duties as Hertha BSC coach after a series of bad results.

[11] 4 October 2009 – Tomas Oral resigns as head coach of FSV Frankfurt after two draws and six losses from the first eight matches of the 2.

[13] 10 October 2009 – The men's national football team qualifies for the 2010 FIFA World Cup after a 1–0 victory against Russia at Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.

[14] 30 October 2009 – MSV Duisburg and Peter Neururer mutually agree to end the 54-year-old's tenure as head coach of the team.

[17] As a mark of respect, the German national team cancels the friendly match against Chile scheduled for four days later.

13 December 2009 – Facing relegation, TuS Koblenz relieves Uwe Rapolder of his duties as head coach.

[21] 22 December 2009 – Former Hannover 96 manager, Dieter Hecking takes over the post vacated by Michael Oenning just a day earlier.

Petrik Sander, who had led Energie Cottbus to promotion, takes over in Koblenz,[23] while Greuther Fürth hires Mike Büskens who previously had served as interim coach of FC Schalke 04 twice.

[25] Later the same day, Hannover announces that former FC Schalke manager, Mirko Slomka would replace Bergmann.

25 January 2010 – Defending German champions VfL Wolfsburg sack manager Armin Veh, after seven consecutive matches without a win.

[27] 1 February 2010 – With his team just one spot clear of the relegation zone, Jürgen Luginger resigns as manager of Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

[31] 11 March 2010 – With their chances of promotion diminishing, Arminia Bielefeld fires head coach Thomas Gerstner.

His asstants Frank Eulberg, and Jörg Böhme as well as Arminia sport director Detlev Dammeier take over the post in the interim.

[33] 26 April 2010 – Having won only one of their previous seven Bundesliga matches, Hamburger SV sack manager Bruno Labbadia, and places his assistant Ricardo Moniz in charge.

After ending the group as first-placed team, Germany successively defeated Italy, Norway and England for their fifth straight and seventh overall UEFA Women's Championship.

Germany v. Argentina in March 2010.