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
Results
3. Liga
Playoff
Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate; Dynamo promoted, Osnabrück relegated
DFB-Pokal
Saxony Cup
Transfers
In
PlayerFromDate Shergo Biran1. FC Union BerlinSummer Dennis BührerRot-Weiss EssenSummer Alexander EssweinVfL WolfsburgSummer Cristian FiélAlemannia AachenSummer Marcel FrankeYouth teamSummer Thomas FrankeEnergie CottbusSummer Florian GrossertHansa RostockSummer Denny HerzigRot-Weiss EssenSummer Tim KisterRot-Weiss FrankfurtSummer Toni LeistnerSC Borea DresdenSummer Marc SandSK Austria KärntenSummer Sebastian SchuppanSC Paderborn 07Summer Marcel WächterYouth teamSummer Dani SchahinSpVgg Greuther Fürth (loan)January
Out
PlayerToDate Oliver BirnbaumVFC PlauenSummer Cataldo CozzaEintracht TrierSummer Pavel DobryChemnitzer FCSummer Benjamin GirkeRadebeuler BC 08Summer Christoph KlippelHallescher FCSummer Christian MikolajczakEintracht TrierSummer Ronny NikolCarl Zeiss JenaSummer Volker OppitzRetiredSummer Markus PalionisSC Paderborn 07Summer Aleksandro PetrovicReleasedSummer Halil Savran1. FC Union BerlinSummer Tony SchmidtZFC MeuselwitzSummer Mirko SoltauDynamo Dresden IISummer Philipp ZeigerVFC Plauen (loan)Summer Shergo Biran1. FC MagdeburgJanuary Marc SandBayer Leverkusen IIJanuary Tore Andreas GundersenHam KamMarch
References
External links Season details at fussballdaten