Borussia Dortmund earned its seventh league title with two games to spare on 30 April 2011, beating 1.
At the end of the 2009–10 season, VfL Bochum and Hertha BSC were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places of the league table.
This was the first-ever season since reunification without any teams from either the former East Germany or West Berlin, since Hertha BSC was relegated.
Several stadiums were undergoing long-term reconstruction work, among them Mercedes-Benz Arena, Millerntor-Stadion and Weserstadion.
The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned a spot in the 2011–12 Bundesliga.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 2–1 on aggregate and retained its Fußball-Bundesliga spot for the 2011–12 season.