Football Bundesliga 2016/17

This article covers the men's 2016/17 Bundesliga soccer season. For the season in the women's Bundesliga, see Bundesliga 2016/17 (women) .

Bundesliga 2016/17
master	FC Bayern Munich
Champions League	FC Bayern Munich RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund
Champions League qualification	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Europe League	1. FC Cologne Hertha BSC
Europa League qualification	Sc freiburg
Cup winners	Borussia Dortmund
Relegation ↓	VfL Wolfsburg (2 × 1: 0 against Eintracht Braunschweig )
Relegated	FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Darmstadt 98
Teams	18th
Games	306 + 2 relegation games
Gates	877  (ø 2.87 per game)
spectator	12,703,167  (ø 41,514 per game)
Top scorer	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ( Borussia Dortmund )
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Participating clubs in the Bundesliga 2016/17

The 2016/17 Bundesliga was the 54th season of the top German division in men's football . It began on August 26, 2016 with a home game of the defending champions FC Bayern Munich against Werder Bremen (6: 0) and ended on May 20, 2017. From December 22, 2016 to January 19, 2017, it was, exceptionally, already after the 16 Matchday, interrupted by the winter break. On the 31st match day, FC Bayern Munich became German football champions with a 6-0 away win at VfL Wolfsburg .

Season course

Championship fight

For the fifth time in a row, FC Bayern Munich secured the championship trophy, although the Munich team was only able to dominate the competition at will in the second half of the season. Carlo Ancelotti's team struggled most of the first half of the season to shape games according to their ideas. The 6-0 opening win against Werder Bremen was followed by a late 2-0 win at FC Schalke 04, in which the Munich team only scored their goals in the final phase between the 80th and 90th minute. In the away win in Hamburg, it took until the 88th minute before Kimmich scored the goal of the day. After the 0: 1 at Borussia Dortmund on the 11th matchday, Bayern had to hand over the top of the table to new league player RB Leipzig for the first time after 39 season-spanning match days. With a 5-0 home win against VfL Wolfsburg and a simultaneous defeat for the Saxons at FC Ingolstadt, the team regained the top of the table on matchday 14 and held it until the end of the season.

Before the start of the season, RB Leipzig was seen as a newcomer rather than a candidate for midfield. Ralf Rangnick gave up his coaching post before the season in favor of Ralph Hasenhüttl , who had moved from FC Ingolstadt to Cottaweg, and concentrated again on his duties as sports director. The promotion team was u. a. reinforced with Naby Keïta , Timo Werner and Oliver Burke , whereby the former were able to prevail in the team immediately. After the cup failure at Dynamo Dresden, the Saxons started the new season extremely well. A 2: 2 at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim was followed by victories against the then reigning runner-up Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV . From the sixth matchday onwards, RB won 8 games in a row and took over the top of the table with a 3-2 away win in Leverkusen on matchday 11. It was also the first league lead by a team from the new federal states since Hansa Rostock in August 1991. Against Bayern they had to admit defeat 3-0. What followed was a bumpy second half, in which the Saxons celebrated eight wins, but also suffered five defeats and four draws. However, after SC Freiburg was defeated 4-0 on the 29th matchday, it was clear that they would take part in a European competition for the first time, which also meant the return of the city of Leipzig to international football after 29 years of abstinence. On matchday 32, the Saxons qualified for the UEFA Champions League with a 4-1 win at Hertha BSC and were runner-up on the following match day despite another defeat against Bayern.

Borussia Dortmund fell short of expectations. After the eighth matchday, Borussia were already six points behind Bayern, and the season was generally characterized by problems that emerged between head coach Thomas Tuchel and the team. The gap narrowed again in the middle of the first half of the season, but Borussia Dortmund never got beyond third place and in the meantime even seemed to be in danger of not being able to qualify directly for the Champions League. The mixed sporting development culminated in the dismissal of Thomas Tuchel after winning the DFB Cup.

International places

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim had a successful season for the first time in years and were the only team to remain unbeaten against Munich. A 1: 1 in Munich was a 1: 0 home win against the old and new champions. Under Julian Nagelsmann, the Kraichgauer only lost their first game on matchday 19 and fought a close battle for the Champions League places with Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and Hertha BSC from the middle of the first half of the season. From the start of the second half, however, only Borussia Dortmund remained as a direct competitor. Between the 26th and 29th matchday the Hoffenheim team were in third place and also returned there again on the 31st matchday, but in the end had to admit defeat in a direct duel on the 32nd matchday 2-1 against Borussia Dortmund, which the Participation in the CL qualification was certain.

1. FC Köln developed into one of the surprise teams in the battle for Europe. In the course of the first half of the season, the Domstadt team achieved notable successes thanks to their sovereignty and a well-rehearsed team, such as a 1-1 draw against Bayern on the sixth match day. Over the course of the season, the "Effzeh" always stayed within reach of the international places and finally managed to qualify for the first European Cup in 25 years with a 2-0 win against Mainz 05 on the last match day. Hertha BSC was never seriously pushed out of the international positions during the season. The last miserable away record (after the 15th matchday only one away win) could not change that. Coach Pal Dardai's team showed little constant performance, especially in the last third of the season, but still kept their distance to the competition and reached direct qualification for the Europa League at the end of the season.

Surprisingly, by winning the Dortmund Cup, SC Freiburg qualified as a promoted team for the third round of the Europa League qualification. After the direct resurgence, the team played a strong season and was within reach of the international places the entire time. After a temporary fall to 11th place, Christian Streich's team stabilized and at the end of the season were among the top eight teams in the table for over six weeks.

Midfield: Werder soaring, disillusionment at Schalke

Werder Bremen was one of the relegation candidates in the league for a long time. After a series of three defeats at the beginning of the season, the Skripnik / Frings coaching team had to vacate their post. Alexander Nouri, who was declared head coach on October 1, initially acted as interim coach. The downward trend in Bremen was initially stopped, but the team remained in danger of relegation and was in 15th place at the end of the first half of the season. The second half of the season was the turning point for the team from Osterdeich. After Werder could not free themselves from the relegation zone by the 25th matchday, a strong final spurt followed with victories against RB Leipzig, Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC, which catapulted Bremen into 8th place in the final table.

Borussia Mönchengladbach was traded as a candidate for the international places before the season, but was never really convincing and had to struggle with injuries to its top performers. After a sporty downturn that brought the club from fifth place to close to the relegation site, André Schubert was dismissed and replaced by Dieter Hecking. This was able to lead the team to the second round of the Europa League and the semi-finals of the DFB Cup, but even under him the foals did not find a connection to the upper ranks. In the end, there was ninth place.

Schalke's international dreams burst at the latest with the end of the Europa League quarter-finals against Ajax Amsterdam . A series of five opening defeats was followed by a season that took place completely in the no man's land of the table. Schalke did not find their usual game, and in addition there were repeated defeats against competitors for the European places. After a disappointing 10th place at the end of the season, coach Markus Weinzierl was dismissed.

Eintracht Frankfurt had nothing to do with the relegation battle for the entire season after relegation, but repeatedly struggled with a lack of consistency. After staying in third place for three game days in a row at the start of the second half of the season, defeats against RB Leipzig, Hertha BSC and FC Ingolstadt led to a fall into the middle of the table. In the end, the Adler landed in 11th place. They also reached the final of the DFB Cup.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen suffered a similar fate. After a mixed start to the season, the Werkself stayed close to the international positions for a long time, but only finished sixth on two match days in the first half of the season. While they performed well in the Champions League, they mostly stayed below the table in the Bundesliga of the European regions. After a 2: 6 defeat against Borussia Dortmund on the 23rd match day, Roger Schmidt was dismissed and replaced by Tayfun Korkut, who could not prevent the team from falling to 12th place at the end of the season.

Relegation battle: Shivering game for Hamburg and the bitter end for FC Ingolstadt

FC Augsburg held their ground for most of the season in the lower midfield and benefited from victories against direct competition from Bremen, Darmstadt and Ingolstadt in the first half of the season. Nevertheless, the first round balance with only 3 wins up to the 14th matchday was the end for Dirk Schuster, who was brought from Darmstadt. He was on leave on December 14th after the away game in Hamburg and replaced by Manuel Baum. This was able to stabilize the Fuggerstadters and keep them in the Bundesliga.

Hamburger SV started the new season extremely poorly. From the first five games, only one point was scored against FC Ingolstadt on the first day of the match. It then set a 1: 3 in Leverkusen, in which the lead was lost within a few minutes in the final phase. Against league newcomer RB Leipzig a desolate second half was the receipt - 0: 4 it was in the end. In the end, Bruno Labbadia, who had only been celebrated as a savior a year earlier, had to pack his bags after a 0-1 home defeat against Bayern - Markus Gisdol came for him. But even under him, the Hanseatic League did not get into calmer table regions, even if on matchday 28, the second-highest place of the season was achieved with 13th place. With a 2-1 win against VfL Wolfsburg, the relegation was averted on the last day of the match.

FSV Mainz 05 had one of the negative surprises of the season. A first half of the season, which was largely played out in the upper midfield, was followed by a continuous crash in the second half of the season, which culminated in the defeat in Freiburg on matchday 28. The season turned out to be a disappointment in both the Europa League and the Bundesliga. At the end of the season, the Rheinhessen finished 15th. Head coach Martin Schmidt was released after the season.

After a good start to the season, VfL Wolfsburg fell into the lower midfield of the table on matchday 6 and was constantly in danger of relegation. Dieter Hecking was fired after the defeat against RB Leipzig on matchday 8 and replaced by Valérien Ismaël, who previously coached the Wolfsburg U23. But even under him the problems of the Wolfsburg were not resolved, further inconstancy and passivity determined the Wolfsburg game. This was also fueled by internal squabbles among the team. In mid-December, Klaus Allofs was finally dismissed as Managing Director Sport and replaced by Olaf Rebbe. After there was no improvement at the beginning of the second half of the season, Andries Jonker was signed as the new head coach on February 26th. Under this one could make some games, including at RB Leipzig, successfully, but this did not save the club from relegation. With two victories against Eintracht Braunschweig one could finally still keep the class.

FC Ingolstadt was in a relegation battle for the entire season. This was to be expected as the team had the smallest budget in the league next to SV Darmstadt 98. Nevertheless, you could fight for many small successes, such as a 1-0 victory over the eventual runner-up RB Leipzig on matchday 14, so that 15th place slipped within reach until the end. But even the new head coach Maik Walpurgis, who was signed at the beginning of November, could not prevent relegation. After the 33rd matchday and a 1-1 draw in Freiburg, the Schanzer's relegation was sealed after only two seasons in the Bundesliga.

Darmstadt 98, like FC Ingolstadt, was in the fight to stay in the league from the start. At the end of the first half of the season, a 1-0 defeat in Freiburg resulted in the first fall to the bottom of the table. Coach Norbert Meier had already been sacked a week earlier after a 2-0 home defeat against HSV. Even interim coach Ramon Berndroth and his successor Torsten Frings could no longer prevent the descent of SV Darmstadt 98, which did not even leave last place in the entire second half of the season. After a defeat at Bayern Munich on matchday 32, relegation was certain.

statistics

League leader

Bottom of the table

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich (M, P)	34	25th	7th	2	089:220	+67	82
2.	RB Leipzig (N)	34	20th	7th	7th	066:390	+27	67
3.	Borussia Dortmund	34	18th	10	6th	072:400	+32	64
4th	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	34	16	14th	4th	064:370	+27	62
5.	1. FC Cologne	34	12	13	9	051:420	+9	49
6th	Hertha BSC	34	15th	4th	15th	043:470	−4	49
7th	SC Freiburg (N)	34	14th	6th	14th	042:600	−18	48
8th.	Werder Bremen	34	13	6th	15th	061:640	−3	45
9.	Borussia Monchengladbach	34	12	9	13	045:490	−4	45
10.	FC Schalke 04	34	11	10	13	045:400	+5	43
11.	Eintracht Frankfurt (R)	34	11	9	14th	036:430	−7	42
12.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	34	11	8th	15th	053:550	−2	41
13.	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14th	035:510	−16	38
14th	Hamburger SV	34	10	8th	16	033:610	−28	38
15th	1. FSV Mainz 05	34	10	7th	17th	044:550	−11	37
16.	VfL Wolfsburg	34	10	7th	17th	034:520	−18	37
17th	FC Ingolstadt 04	34	8th	8th	18th	036:570	−21	32
18th	SV Darmstadt 98	34	7th	4th	23	028:630	−35	25th

At the end of the 2016/17 season:
German champion and participation in the group stage of the 2017/18 Champions League Participation in the group stage of the 2017/18 Champions League Participation in the play-offs for the 2017/18 Champions League Participation in the group stage of the Europa League 2017/18 Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2017/18 Europa League Participation in the relegation games against the third placed in the 2nd Bundesliga 2016/17 Relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga 2017/18
At the end of the 2015/16 season:
(M)	German champion 2015/16: FC Bayern Munich
(P)	DFB Cup winner 2015/16: FC Bayern Munich
(R)	Relegation winner 2015/16 : Eintracht Frankfurt
(N)	Newcomers from the 2nd Bundesliga 2015/16 : SC Freiburg, RB Leipzig

Table history

The number in front of the club name indicates the final position in order to facilitate the assignment.

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2016/17																		RBL
FC Bayern Munich		4: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	3-0	5-0	1: 1	8-0	3: 1	6-0	6-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	4: 1	3-0
Borussia Dortmund	1-0		6: 2	4: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	3-0	1-0	1: 1	4: 3	6-0	2: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1-0
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0-0	2-0		2: 3	1: 4	0: 2	3: 1	3: 3	2: 2	3: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	0: 3	3-0	1: 1	2: 3
Borussia Monchengladbach	0: 1	2: 3	2: 1		4: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 1	4: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	3-0	1: 2
FC Schalke 04	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	4-0		3-0	2-0	4: 1	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1
1. FSV Mainz 05	1: 3	1: 1	2: 3	1: 2	0: 1		1-0	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	4: 4	4: 2	4: 2	2: 3
Hertha BSC	1: 1	2: 1	2: 6	3-0	2-0	2: 1		1-0	2: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	0: 1	2-0	1: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 4
VfL Wolfsburg	0: 6	1: 5	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	2: 3		0-0	1-0	3-0	1: 2	1: 2	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1
1. FC Cologne	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1	2-0	4: 2	1-0		3-0	2: 1	0-0	4: 3	2-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1
Hamburger SV	0: 1	2: 5	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1		1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 3	2: 2	0: 4
FC Ingolstadt 04	0: 2	3: 3	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1		0: 2	2: 4	3: 2	1: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1-0
FC Augsburg	1: 3	1: 1	1: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	0: 2	2: 1	4-0	2: 3		3: 2	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2
Werder Bremen	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	3-0	1: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2		2-0	3: 5	1: 2	1: 3	3-0
SV Darmstadt 98	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	3: 1	1: 6	0: 2	0: 1	1: 2	2: 2		1: 1	1-0	3-0	0: 2
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1-0	2: 2	1-0	5: 3	2: 1	4-0	1-0	0-0	4-0	2: 2	5: 2	0-0	1: 1	2-0		1-0	2: 1	2: 2
Eintracht Frankfurt	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3-0	3: 3	0: 2	1-0	0-0	0: 2	3: 1	2: 2	2-0	0-0		1: 2	2: 2
Sc freiburg	1: 2	0: 3	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 3	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 5	1-0	1: 1	1-0		1: 4
RB Leipzig	4: 5	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	0: 1	3: 1	0: 3	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	4-0	2: 1	3-0	4-0

Relegation

The two relegation games between the sixteenth in the Bundesliga and the third in the 2nd Bundesliga were played on May 25 and 29, 2017.

date		Result		Gates
May 25, 2017	VfL Wolfsburg	1: 0 (1: 0)	Eintracht Braunschweig	1-0 Gómez (35th, hand penalty)
29 May 2017	Eintracht Braunschweig	0: 1 (0: 0)	VfL Wolfsburg	0: 1 Vieirinha (49th)
Total:	VfL Wolfsburg	2-0	Eintracht Braunschweig
VfL Wolfsburg remained in the Bundesliga.

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are listed alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1.	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	31
2.	Robert Lewandowski	FC Bayern Munich	30th
3.	Anthony Modeste	1. FC Cologne	25th
4th	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	21st
5.	Mario Gomez	VfL Wolfsburg	16
6th	Andrej Kramarić	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	15th
	Max Kruse	Werder Bremen
8th.	Arjen Robben	FC Bayern Munich	13
9.	Vedad Ibišević	Hertha BSC	12
10.	Chicharito	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	11
	Serge Gnabry	Werder Bremen
	Florian Niederlechner	Sc freiburg
	Lars Stindl	Borussia Monchengladbach
	Sandro Wagner	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Status: end of season

Scorer list

The goals scored as well as the assists (forward) of a player count as scorer point (total). If the number of scorer points is the same, the players are first sorted by the number of assists and then alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	Ges.	Template	Gates
1.	Robert Lewandowski	FC Bayern Munich	35	05	30th
2.	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	33	02	31
3.	Emil Forsberg	RB Leipzig	27	19th	08th
	Anthony Modeste	1. FC Cologne		02	25th
5.	Timo Werner	RB Leipzig	26th	05	21st
6th	Andrej Kramarić	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	23	08th	15th
7th	Arjen Robben	FC Bayern Munich	22nd	09	13
	Max Kruse	Werder Bremen		07th	15th
9.	Ousmane Dembélé	Borussia Dortmund	18th	12	06th
10.	Thomas Müller	FC Bayern Munich	17th	12	05
	Mario Gomez	VfL Wolfsburg		01	16
Status: end of season

Most assists

If the number of templates is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	team	templates
1.	Emil Forsberg	RB Leipzig	19th
2.	Ousmane Dembélé	Borussia Dortmund	12
	Thomas Müller	FC Bayern Munich
4th	Franck Ribery	FC Bayern Munich	11
5.	Arjen Robben	FC Bayern Munich	09
6th	Julian Brandt	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	08th
	Kerem Demirbay	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
	Vincenzo Grifo	Sc freiburg
	Zlatko Junuzović	Werder Bremen
	Andrej Kramarić	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Status: end of season

Stadiums, spectators, sponsorships and outfitters

	society	Stadium (sponsor name)	capacity	spectator	per game	workload	sold out	Shirt sponsor	Outfitter	Season tickets
01.	Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion (Signal Iduna Park)	81,359	1,192,385	79.207	97.35%	14/15	Evonik Industries	puma	54,916
02.	FC Bayern Munich	Allianz Arena	75,021	1,275,408	75,024	100.03%	17/17	Deutsche Telekom	Adidas	38,000
03.	FC Schalke 04	Veltins Arena	62,271	01,028,607	60.506	97.17%	4/17	Gazprom	Adidas	43,935
04th	Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion	57,439	0889.446	52,320	91.79%	4/17	Emirates	Adidas	26,000
05.	Borussia Monchengladbach	Borussia Park	54,049	0869.871	51,169	94.64%	7/17	Postbank	Kappa	30,000
06th	1. FC Cologne	Rheinenergiestadion	50,000	0833.182	49.011	98.02%	10/17	Rewe Group	Erima	25,500
07th	Eintracht Frankfurt	Commerzbank Arena	51,500	0831,982	48,940	95.03%	5/17	Krombacher	Nike	27,000
08th.	Hertha BSC	Olympic Stadium	74,649	0805.530	47,384	63.69%	2/17	Bet-at-home	Nike	18,000
09.	RB Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	42,959	0678.425	39.907	92.9%	11/17	Red Bull	Nike	20,000
10.	Werder Bremen	Weser Stadium	42,100	0672,546	39,562	93.97%	12/17	Wiesenhof	Nike	25,000
11.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	BayArena	30.210	0481.474	28,322	93.75%	6/17	Barmenia Insurance	Jako	19,000
12.	1. FSV Mainz 05	Opel Arena	34,000	0468,585	27,564	81.07%	4/17	Kömmerling / Profine	Lotto Sport Italia	19,000
13.	VfL Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000	0448,558	26,386	87.95%	6/17	Volkswagen	Nike	21,500
14th	FC Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660	0443,898	26,112	85.17%	5/17	WWK insurance group	Nike	18,500
15th	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Rhein-Neckar-Arena (Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena)	30,150	0440,688	25,923	85.98%	5/17	SAP	Lotto Sport Italia	15,000
16.	Sc freiburg	Black Forest Stadium	24,000	0406.709	23,924	99.68%	15/17	Black Forest milk	bumblebee	15,000
17th	SV Darmstadt 98	Jonathan Heimes Stadium at Böllenfalltor	17,000	0283,403	16,671	98.06%	11/17	Software AG	Jako	11,500
18th	FC Ingolstadt 04	Audi sports park	15.198	0247.130	14,537	95.65%	8/17	Media market	Adidas	11,000
total			0802.565	012,451,953	0040,693	0091.34%	0146/306			0438.851
Status: end of season

The championship team of FC Bayern Munich

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goal : Manuel Neuer (26 / -); Sven Ulreich (5 / -); Tom Strong (3 / -) Defense : David Alaba (32/4); Mats Hummels (27/1); Philipp Lahm (26/1); Javi Martinez (25/1); Rafinha (20/1); Juan Bernat (18/2); Jérôme Boateng (13 / -) Midfield : Thomas Müller (29/5); Joshua Kimmich (27/6); Thiago (27/6); Arturo Vidal (27/4); Xabi Alonso (27/3); Arjen Robben (26/13); Douglas Costa (23/4); Franck Ribéry (22/5); Kingsley Coman (19/2); Renato Sanches (17 / -) Attack : Robert Lewandowski (33/30) Coach : Carlo Ancelotti

* Holger Badstuber (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Change of coach

After x. Gameday	society	Table position	Trainer	successor	source
Summer break	FC Bayern Munich	Summer break	pep Guardiola	Carlo Ancelotti
	FC Ingolstadt 04		Ralph Hasenhüttl	Markus Kauczinski
	RB Leipzig		Ralf Rangnick	Ralph Hasenhüttl
	FC Schalke 04		André Breitenreiter	Markus Weinzierl
	FC Augsburg		Markus Weinzierl	Dirk Schuster
	SV Darmstadt 98		Dirk Schuster	Norbert Meier
3	Werder Bremen	18th	Viktor Skripnik	Alexander Nouri
5	Hamburger SV	16.	Bruno Labbadia	Markus Gisdol
7th	VfL Wolfsburg	14th	Dieter Hecking	Valérien Ismaël
10	FC Ingolstadt 04	17th	Markus Kauczinski	Maik Walpurgis
13	SV Darmstadt 98	16.	Norbert Meier	Ramon Berndroth (interim)
14th	FC Augsburg	13.	Dirk Schuster	Manuel Baum
16	Borussia Monchengladbach	14th	André Schubert	Dieter Hecking
16	SV Darmstadt 98	18th	Ramon Berndroth (interim)	Torsten Frings
22nd	VfL Wolfsburg	14th	Valérien Ismaël	Andries Jonker
23	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	9.	Roger Schmidt	Tayfun Korkut

(Interim coaches are included if they have completed a game)

useful information

General

• Since the German Olympic football team took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , the season started later than usual. For this reason, the 17th matchday was played for the first time after the winter break.
• RB Leipzig played in the Bundesliga for the first time. The club was the 55th Bundesliga club since the league was founded and also the first from the new federal states since 2009 and from Saxony since 1995. RB is the second Leipzig club in the Bundesliga since VfB Leipzig in 1993/94.
• With the 6-0 win of FC Bayern Munich in the home game against Werder Bremen on August 26, 2016, the latter equalized the record victory at Kickers Offenbach's start of the season on August 24, 1974.
• In the 3-0 win of FC Bayern Munich against RB Leipzig on December 21, 2016 (16th matchday), Thiago (1-0; 17th minute) and Xabi Alonso (2-0; 25th minute) met for the first time with two Spanish Player in a point game. This incident was repeated on March 4, 2017 (23rd matchday) in a 3-0 win in the away game against 1. FC Köln , when Javi Martínez made it 1-0 in the 25th and Juan Bernat 2-0 in the 48th minute met. In addition, RB Leipzig had to accept three goals against in the Bundesliga for the first time.
• FC Bayern Munich won the last 13 Bundesliga games against Werder Bremen with a 2-1 win on January 28, 2017 (18th matchday); such a series has not existed in any pairing in the history of the Bundesliga.
• The 50,000. The goal of Bundesliga history was scored by Karim Bellarabi from Leverkusen in the 3-1 win in the away game against FC Augsburg on February 17, 2017 (21st matchday) with the 1-0 goal in the 23rd minute.
• With the 1-1 goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time, Robert Lewandowski from FC Bayern Munich scored the latest goal in Bundesliga history since detailed data was recorded in the away game against Hertha BSC on February 18, 2017 (21st matchday).
• In the game between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Schalke 04 (0: 1) on March 19, 2017 (25th matchday), referee Wolfgang Stark made his 339th appearance as a Bundesliga referee. With Markus Merk as referee, he equaled most of the game directors in the Bundesliga. On the following 26th matchday, Stark led his 340th Bundesliga game on April 1, 2017 with SC Freiburg's game against Werder Bremen (2: 5), making him the sole record holder as a referee with the most Bundesliga appearances.
• After their 4-1 win against Hertha BSC on May 6, 2017 (32nd matchday), RB Leipzig became the first promoted team since 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1998 to qualify for the UEFA Champions League and also became the first promoted team since Eintracht Frankfurt 2013 European Cup qualification.
• After Borussia Dortmund won the Cup, all promoted players from the 2nd Bundesliga, RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg, qualified for the European Cup for the first time in a Bundesliga season, but Freiburg failed to qualify there.

Peak values ​​of the season

• The biggest win of the season with eight goals difference was the 8-0 of Bayern Munich against Hamburger SV on matchday 22.
• The highest-scoring game of the season was RB Leipzig's 4-5 against Bayern Munich on matchday 33 with nine goals.
• The draw with the highest number of goals with eight goals was the 4: 4 of 1. FSV Mainz 05 against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim on the second match day.
• The matchday with the highest number of goals with 37 goals was the 33rd matchday on May 13, 2017.

referee

Surname	Born	Hometown club	Regional association	Games				annotation
Deniz Aytekin	July 21, 1978	TSV Altenberg	Bavaria	14th	52	0	2	FIFA referee
Benjamin Brand	July 10, 1989	FC Schallfeld	Bavaria	13	48	3	1
Felix Brych	0Aug 3, 1975	SV Am Hart Munich	Bavaria	17th	81	0	1	FIFA referee
Benjamin Cortus	Dec 13, 1981	TSV Burgfarrnbach	Bavaria	8th	19th	0	0	Newbie
Bastian Dankert	0June 9, 1980	Brüsewitzer SV	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	15th	62	2	2	FIFA referee
Christian Dingert	July 14, 1980	TSG Burg Lichtenberg	southwest	14th	56	0	1	FIFA referee
Jochen Drees	15th Mar 1970	SV Münster-Sarmsheim	southwest	10	30th	1	1	last season in the Bundesliga
Marco Fritz	0Oct 3, 1977	SV Breuningsweiler	Württemberg	17th	62	0	0	FIFA referee
Manuel Graefe	21 Sep 1973	Hertha 03 Zehlendorf	Berlin	17th	56	2	1	FIFA referee
Robert Hartmann	08 Sep 1979	SV Krugzell	Bavaria	12	41	1	0
Patrick Ittrich	0Jan. 3, 1979	Mümmelmannsberger SV	Hamburg	10	57	0	3
Robert Kampka	Feb 21, 1982	TSV Schornbach	Württemberg	8th	27	1	0	Newbie
Harm Osmers	Jan. 28, 1985	SV Baden	Lower Saxony	9	29	1	0	Newbie
Günter Perl	23 Dec 1969	MSV Munich	Bavaria	13	42	1	1	last season in the Bundesliga
Markus Schmidt	Aug 31, 1973	SV Sillenbuch	Württemberg	13	49	1	2
Daniel Siebert	0May 4th 1984	FC Nordost Berlin	Berlin	16	59	3	2	FIFA referee
Wolfgang Stark	Nov 20, 1969	DJK Altdorf	Bavaria	17th	78	0	3	last season in the Bundesliga
Sascha Stegemann	0Dec 6, 1984	1. FC Niederkassel	Middle Rhine	16	48	0	1
Tobias Stieler	02nd July 1981	SG Rosenhöhe	Hesse	18th	73	2	2	FIFA referee
Tobias Welz	July 11, 1977	FC 1934 Bierstadt	Hesse	3	11	0	0	FIFA referee
Frank Willenborg	Feb 10, 1979	SV Gehlenberg	Lower Saxony	7th	20th	3	0	Newbie
Guido Winkmann	Nov 27, 1973	SV Nütterden	Lower Rhine	13	48	4th	3
Felix Zwayer	May 19, 1981	SC Charlottenburg	Berlin	17th	62	3	1	FIFA referee
Total:				297	1.110	28	27
As of May 13, 2017

Compared to the previous season, Benjamin Cortus, Robert Kampka, Harm Osmers and Frank Willenborg have four new referees. With Knut Kircher , Michael Weiner , Florian Meyer (reached age limit) and Peter Sippel (premature retirement ), four referees also left the top division. For Wolfgang Stark, Jochen Drees and Günter Perl, the 2016/17 season will be their last in the Bundesliga.

Squad

→ Main article : Team squad of the German Bundesliga 2016/17

Web links

Commons : Fußball-Bundesliga 2016/2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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11. ↑ Ralph Hasenhüttl is the new trainer for the Red Bulls! In: dierotenbullen.com. RB Leipzig , May 6, 2016, accessed on May 8, 2016 . 
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13. ↑ Weinzierl takes over Schalke 04. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin, May 31, 2016, accessed on June 1, 2016 . 
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16. ↑ Interim coach Nouri takes over for Skripnik. In: werder.de. Werder Bremen , September 18, 2016, accessed on September 26, 2016 . 
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22. ↑ FC Ingolstadt dismisses coach Kauczinski. In: sueddeutsche.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 6, 2016, accessed on November 6, 2016 . 
23. ↑ Maik Walburgas is the new head coach of the Schanzer. In: fcingolstadt.de. FC Ingolstadt 04, November 12, 2016, accessed on November 14, 2016 . 
24. ↑ SV 98 separates from Meier and Fach. (No longer available online.) In: sv98.de. SV Darmstadt 98 , December 5, 2016, archived from the original on December 5, 2016 ; Retrieved December 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
25. ↑ FCA releases coaching team. In: fcaugsburg.de. FC Augsburg , December 14, 2016, accessed on December 14, 2016 . 
26. ↑ Borussia separates from trainer André Schubert. In: borussia.de. Borussia Mönchengladbach , December 21, 2016, accessed on December 21, 2016 . 
27. ↑ Dieter Hecking new head coach at Borussia. In: borussia.de. Borussia Mönchengladbach, December 22, 2016, accessed on December 22, 2016 . 
28. ↑ Torsten Frings new head coach at SV 98. (No longer available online.) In: sv98.de. SV Darmstadt 98, December 27, 2016, archived from the original on December 28, 2016 ; accessed on December 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
29. ^ Separation from Valérien Ismaël. In: vfl-wolfsburg.de. VfL Wolfsburg , February 26, 2017, accessed on February 26, 2017 . 
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32. ↑ Tayfun Korkut new head coach at Bayer 04. (No longer available online.) In: bayer04.de. Bayer 04 Leverkusen, March 6, 2017, archived from the original on January 26, 2017 ; accessed on March 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
33. ^ Bundesliga 1974/1975 - The 1st matchday. In: fussballdaten.de. Fußballdaten Verlags GmbH, accessed on September 4, 2016 . 
34. ↑ Javi Martinez cracks compact Cologne. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin, March 4, 2017, accessed on April 6, 2017 . 
35. ↑ "FCB decides the summit hit at halftime" . In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin, December 21, 2016, accessed on January 3, 2017 . 
36. ↑ Two strokes of genius are enough for Bavaria to win in Bremen. In: bundesliga.de. DFL, January 28, 2017, accessed March 6, 2017 . 
37. ↑ Karim Bellarabi shoots the 50,000. Bundesliga goal. In: bundesliga.de. DFL, February 17, 2017, accessed March 6, 2017 . 
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