2016–17 Bundesliga

The 2016–17 Bundesliga was the 54th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 26 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.[2] Bayern Munich were the defending champions. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 29 June 2016.[3]

Bundesliga
Season2016–17
Dates26 August 2016 – 20 May 2017
ChampionsBayern Munich
26th Bundesliga title
27th German title
RelegatedFC Ingolstadt
Darmstadt 98
Champions LeagueBayern Munich
RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund
1899 Hoffenheim
Europa League1. FC Köln
Hertha BSC
SC Freiburg
Matches played306
Goals scored877 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerPierre-Emerick Aubameyang
(31 goals)
Biggest home winBayern Munich 8–0 Hamburger SV
Biggest away winVfL Wolfsburg 0–6 Bayern Munich
Highest scoringRB Leipzig 4–5 Bayern Munich
Longest winning run8 games[1]
RB Leipzig
Longest unbeaten run17 games[1]
1899 Hoffenheim
Longest winless run12 games[1]
Hamburger SV
Longest losing run8 games[1]
Darmstadt 98
Highest attendance81,360[1]
11 games
Lowest attendance13,521[1]
FC Ingolstadt v VfL Wolfsburg
Attendance12,704,627 (41,518 per match)

Bayern Munich won their 26th Bundesliga title with three games to spare, becoming the first team to win 5 consecutive titles.[4][5] RB Leipzig became the runners-up, only a year after its promotion last season from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga.

Teams

A total of 18 teams participated in this edition of the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart and Hannover 96 were relegated to 2016–17 2. Bundesliga. Former Bundesliga champion Stuttgart were relegated to the second level after 39 years, whereas Hannover 96 finished a 14-years stint in the top level. They were replaced with 2. Bundesliga champion SC Freiburg and 2. Bundesliga runner-up RB Leipzig. Freiburg immediately returned to the Bundesliga, whereas RB Leipzig makes its debut. Finally Eintracht Frankfurt, 16th of Bundesliga faced 1. FC Nürnberg, third of 2. Bundesliga in a Bundesliga play-off. Eintracht won 2–1 on aggregate and remained in the top level.

RB Leipzig was the first team from the former East Germany to play in the Bundesliga since the relegation of Energie Cottbus after the 2008–09 season.

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
FC Augsburg Augsburg WWK Arena 30,660
Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210
Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 75,000
Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Signal Iduna Park 81,360 [6]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,057
Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor 17,000
Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 51,500
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Schwarzwald-Stadion 24,000
Hamburger SV Hamburg Volksparkstadion 57,000
Hertha BSC Berlin Olympiastadion 74,475
1899 Hoffenheim Sinsheim Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena 30,150
FC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Audi Sportpark 15,000
1. FC Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 49,968 [7]
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 42,959 [8]
Mainz 05 Mainz Opel Arena 34,000
Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 62,271 [9]
Werder Bremen Bremen Weser-Stadion 42,100
VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,000
Locations of the 2016–17 Bundesliga teams

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Ref.
FC Augsburg Manuel Baum Paul Verhaegh Nike WWK [10][11][12]
Bayer Leverkusen Tayfun Korkut Lars Bender Jako Barmenia Versicherungen [11][12][13][14]
Bayern Munich Carlo Ancelotti Philipp Lahm Adidas Deutsche Telekom [11][12][15]
Borussia Dortmund Thomas Tuchel Marcel Schmelzer Puma Evonik [12][13][16]
Borussia Mönchengladbach Dieter Hecking Lars Stindl Kappa Postbank [12][17]
Darmstadt 98 Torsten Frings Aytaç Sulu Jako Software AG [11][12]
Eintracht Frankfurt Niko Kovač Alexander Meier Nike Krombacher Brauerei [11][12][18]
SC Freiburg Christian Streich Mensur Mujdža Hummel Schwarzwaldmilch [19]
Hamburger SV Markus Gisdol Gōtoku Sakai Adidas Emirates [11][12][13]
Hertha BSC Pál Dárdai Vedad Ibišević Nike bet-at-home.com [11][12][13]
1899 Hoffenheim Julian Nagelsmann Pirmin Schwegler Lotto SAP [11][12][20]
FC Ingolstadt Maik Walpurgis Marvin Matip Adidas Media Markt [11][12][21]
1. FC Köln Peter Stöger Matthias Lehmann Erima REWE [11][12][13]
RB Leipzig Ralph Hasenhüttl Dominik Kaiser Nike Red Bull [21]
Mainz 05 Martin Schmidt Stefan Bell Lotto Kömmerling [12][13]
Schalke 04 Markus Weinzierl Benedikt Höwedes Adidas Gazprom [11][12][22]
Werder Bremen Alexander Nouri Clemens Fritz Nike Wiesenhof [11][12][13]
VfL Wolfsburg Andries Jonker Diego Benaglio Nike Volkswagen [11][12][13][23]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing Manner Exit date Position in table Incoming Incoming date Ref.
Announced on Departed on Announced on Arrived on
Bayern Munich Pep Guardiola End of contract 20 December 2015 30 June 2016 Pre-season Carlo Ancelotti 20 December 2015 1 July 2016 [15][24]
FC Ingolstadt Ralph Hasenhüttl Signed for RB Leipzig 6 May 2016 Markus Kauczinski 6 May 2016 [21]
RB Leipzig Ralf Rangnick Appointed as sporting director Ralph Hasenhüttl [21]
Schalke 04 André Breitenreiter Sacked 14 May 2016 Markus Weinzierl 2 June 2016 [22][25]
FC Augsburg Markus Weinzierl Signed for Schalke 04 24 May 2016 Dirk Schuster [10][26]
Darmstadt 98 Dirk Schuster Signed for FC Augsburg 2 June 2016 Norbert Meier 10 June 2016 [10][27]
Werder Bremen Viktor Skrypnyk Sacked 18 September 2016 18th Alexander Nouri[lower-alpha 1] 18 September 2016 [28][29]
Hamburger SV Bruno Labbadia Sacked 25 September 2016 16th Markus Gisdol 25 September 2016 26 September 2016 [30][31]
VfL Wolfsburg Dieter Hecking Sacked 17 October 2016 14th Valérien Ismaël 17 October 2016 [32][33]
FC Ingolstadt Markus Kauczinski Sacked 6 November 2016 17th Maik Walpurgis 12 November 2016 [34][35]
Darmstadt 98 Norbert Meier Sacked 5 December 2016 16th Torsten Frings 27 December 2016 [36][37][38]
FC Augsburg Dirk Schuster Sacked 14 December 2016 13th Manuel Baum 14 December 2016 [39][40]
Borussia Mönchengladbach André Schubert Sacked 21 December 2016 14th Dieter Hecking 21 December 2016 [41][42]
VfL Wolfsburg Valérien Ismaël Sacked 26 February 2017 14th Andries Jonker 27 February 2017 [43][44]
Bayer Leverkusen Roger Schmidt Sacked 5 March 2017 9th Tayfun Korkut 6 March 2017 [45][46]
  1. Nouri was initially appointed as interim coach for a few games, but the move was made permanent on 2 October 2016.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C) 34 25 7 2 89 22 +67 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 RB Leipzig 34 20 7 7 66 39 +27 67
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 18 10 6 72 40 +32 64
4 1899 Hoffenheim 34 16 14 4 64 37 +27 62 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 1. FC Köln 34 12 13 9 51 42 +9 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Hertha BSC 34 15 4 15 43 47 −4 49
7 SC Freiburg 34 14 6 14 42 60 −18 48 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Werder Bremen 34 13 6 15 61 64 −3 45
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 9 13 45 49 −4 45
10 Schalke 04 34 11 10 13 45 40 +5 43
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 11 9 14 36 43 −7 42
12 Bayer Leverkusen 34 11 8 15 53 55 −2 41
13 FC Augsburg 34 9 11 14 35 51 −16 38
14 Hamburger SV 34 10 8 16 33 61 −28 38
15 Mainz 05 34 10 7 17 44 55 −11 37
16 VfL Wolfsburg (O) 34 10 7 17 34 52 −18 37 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 FC Ingolstadt (R) 34 8 8 18 36 57 −21 32 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Darmstadt 98 (R) 34 7 4 23 28 63 −35 25
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[47]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

Results
Home \ Away AUG BSC BRE DAR DOR FRA FRE HAM HOF ING KÖL LEI LEV MAI MÖN MUN SCH WOL
FC Augsburg — 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–2
Hertha BSC 2–0 — 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–4 2–6 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0
Werder Bremen 1–2 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–1 3–5 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1
Darmstadt 98 1–2 0–2 2–2 — 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–6 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1
Borussia Dortmund 1–1 1–1 4–3 6–0 — 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 6–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 3–3 2–2 2–0 2–1 — 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–2
SC Freiburg 2–1 2–1 2–5 1–0 0–3 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–3
Hamburger SV 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–5 0–3 2–2 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1
1899 Hoffenheim 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 — 5–2 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–0 5–3 1–0 2–1 0–0
FC Ingolstadt 0–2 0–2 2–4 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 — 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1
1. FC Köln 0–0 4–2 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–3 1–1 1–0
RB Leipzig 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 3–1 — 1–0 3–1 1–1 4–5 2–1 0–1
Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 — 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–4 3–3
Mainz 05 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 4–2 4–2 3–1 4–4 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–3 — 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 4–2 1–2
Bayern Munich 6–0 3–0 6–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 8–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 — 1–1 5–0
Schalke 04 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 0–2 — 4–1
VfL Wolfsburg 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–5 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–6 0–1 —
Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

First leg
VfL Wolfsburg1–0Eintracht Braunschweig
Gómez  35' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 29,100

Second leg
Eintracht Braunschweig0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Report Vieirinha  49'
Attendance: 23,000

VfL Wolfsburg won 2–0 on aggregate and both clubs therefore remained in their respective tiers for the 2017–18 season.

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[48]
1 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund 31
2 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 30
3 Anthony Modeste 1. FC Köln 25
4 Timo Werner RB Leipzig 21
5 Mario Gómez VfL Wolfsburg 16
6 Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim 15
Max Kruse Werder Bremen
8 Arjen Robben Bayern Munich 13
9 Vedad Ibišević Hertha BSC 12
10 Serge Gnabry Werder Bremen 11
Florian Niederlechner SC Freiburg
Javier Hernández Bayer Leverkusen
Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sandro Wagner 1899 Hoffenheim

Hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Werder Bremen 6–0 26 August 2016
Joel Pohjanpalo Bayer Leverkusen Hamburger SV 3–1 10 September 2016
Javier Hernández Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 3–2 24 September 2016
Anthony Modeste 1. FC Köln Hamburger SV 3–0 30 October 2016
Salomon Kalou Hertha BSC Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 4 November 2016
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang4 Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV 5–2 5 November 2016
Danny Latza Mainz 05 Hamburger SV 3–1 17 December 2016
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Hamburger SV 8–0 25 February 2017
Anthony Modeste 1. FC Köln Hertha BSC 4–2 18 March 2017
Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich FC Augsburg 6–0 1 April 2017
Thomas Delaney Werder Bremen SC Freiburg 5–2 1 April 2017
Mario Gómez VfL Wolfsburg Bayer Leverkusen 3–3 2 April 2017
Max Kruse4 Werder Bremen FC Ingolstadt 4–2 22 April 2017

4 Player scored four goals

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[49]
1 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich 14
2 Oliver Baumann 1899 Hoffenheim 12
3 Rune Jarstein Hertha BSC 11
4 Lukáš Hrádecký Eintracht Frankfurt 10
Yann Sommer Borussia Mönchengladbach
6 Roman Bürki Borussia Dortmund 9
Péter Gulácsi RB Leipzig
8 Koen Casteels VfL Wolfsburg 8
Ralf Fährmann Schalke 04
10 Marwin Hitz FC Augsburg 7

Number of teams by state
Rank State Number of teams Club(s)
1  North Rhine-Westphalia 5 1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Schalke 04
2  Bavaria 3 FC Augsburg, Bayern Munich and FC Ingolstadt
3  Baden-Württemberg 2 SC Freiburg and 1899 Hoffenheim
 Hesse Darmstadt 98 and Eintracht Frankfurt
5  Berlin 1 Hertha BSC
 Bremen Werder Bremen
 Hamburg Hamburger SV
 Lower Saxony VfL Wolfsburg
 Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz 05
 Saxony RB Leipzig

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