2016–17 2. Bundesliga

The 2016–17 2. Bundesliga was the 43rd season of the 2. Bundesliga. It commenced on 5 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 29 June 2016.^[2]

2. Bundesliga

Season	2016–17
Champions	VfB Stuttgart
Promoted	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96
Relegated	1860 Munich (to RL Bayern) Würzburger Kickers Karlsruher SC
Matches played	306
Goals scored	758 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Simon Terodde (25 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Philipp Tschauner (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Bielefeld 6−0 Braunschweig
Biggest away win	Kaiserslautern 0−4 Hannover Aue 0−4 Stuttgart
Highest scoring	Bochum 5−4 Nürnberg
Longest winning run	6 games[1] Union Berlin
Longest unbeaten run	11 games[1] Hannover 96
Longest winless run	16 games[1] Würzburger Kickers
Longest losing run	4 games[1] Erzgebirge Aue Greuther Fürth Karlsruher SC 1860 Munich 1. FC Nürnberg FC St. Pauli
Highest attendance	60,000[1] Stuttgart v St. Pauli
Lowest attendance	4,721[1] Sandhausen v Braunschweig
Average attendance	21,732[1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Teams

A total of 18 teams participate in the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga. These include 14 teams from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga, together with two automatically relegated teams from the 2015–16 Bundesliga, and two automatically promoted teams from the 2015–16 3. Liga. The 16th-placed Bundesliga and third-placed team of the 2. Bundesliga and the 16th-placed 2. Bundesliga team and the third-place finisher in the 3. Liga participated in promotion-relegation playoffs.

Berlin

Bielefeld

Bochum

Braun-
schweig

Dresden

Düsseldorf

Aue

Fürth

Hannover

Heidenheim

1. FCK

Karlsruhe

Munich

Nürnberg

Sandhausen

St. Pauli

Stuttgart

Würzburg

Locations of the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga teams

On 16 April 2016, Dynamo Dresden won promotion from the 2015–16 3. Liga.^[3] Aue followed on 7 May 2016.^[4] On 8 May 2016, SC Paderborn was relegated to 2016–17 3. Liga. On 15 May 2016, FSV Frankfurt followed. 1. FC Nürnberg lost its playoff 2–1 on aggregate and remained in the league. Finally MSV Duisburg, 16th-placed team of the 2. Bundesliga lost to Würzburger Kickers, third of the 3. Liga, 4–1 on aggregate in a relegation playoff. Würzburg returned to the second level after 38 years via their second consecutive promotion; Duisburg returned immediately to the third level.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
1860 Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
Arminia Bielefeld	Bielefeld	Schüco-Arena	27,300
VfL Bochum	Bochum	Vonovia-Ruhrstadion	29,299
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweig	Eintracht-Stadion	23,325
Dynamo Dresden	Dresden	DDV-Stadion	32,066
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Düsseldorf	Esprit Arena	54,600
Erzgebirge Aue	Aue	Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion	15,711
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Fürth	Sportpark Ronhof	18,500
Hannover 96	Hanover	HDI-Arena	49,200
1. FC Heidenheim	Heidenheim	Voith-Arena	15,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	Fritz-Walter-Stadion	49,780
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruhe	Wildparkstadion	29,699
1. FC Nürnberg	Nuremberg	Grundig-Stadion	50,000
SV Sandhausen	Sandhausen	Hardtwald	12,100
FC St. Pauli	Hamburg	Millerntor-Stadion	29,546
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,469
Union Berlin	Berlin	Alte Försterei	22,012
Würzburger Kickers	Würzburg	Flyeralarm Arena	14,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1860 Munich	Vítor Pereira	Stefan Aigner	Macron	Die Bayerische
1. FC Nürnberg	Michael Köllner	Mišo Brečko	Umbro	Nürnberger Versicherung
Arminia Bielefeld	Jeff Saibene	Fabian Klos	Saller	Schüco
VfL Bochum	Gertjan Verbeek	Patrick Fabian	Nike	Booster Energy Drink (H) / Netto (A)
Eintracht Braunschweig	Torsten Lieberknecht	Marcel Correia	Nike	SEAT
Dynamo Dresden	Uwe Neuhaus	Marco Hartmann	Erima	Feldschlößchen
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Friedhelm Funkel	Oliver Fink	Puma	o.tel.o
Erzgebirge Aue	Domenico Tedesco	Martin Männel	Nike	WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Janos Radoki	Marco Caligiuri	Hummel	Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
Hannover 96	André Breitenreiter	Manuel Schmiedebach	Jako	Heinz von Heiden
1. FC Heidenheim	Frank Schmidt	Marc Schnatterer	Nike	Hartmann Gruppe
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Norbert Meier	Daniel Halfar	Uhlsport	Top12.de
Karlsruher SC	Marc-Patrick Meister	Enrico Valentini	Jako	Klaiber Markisen
SV Sandhausen	Kenan Kocak	Stefan Kulovits	Puma	Verivox
FC St. Pauli	Ewald Lienen	Lasse Sobiech	Under Armour	Congstar
VfB Stuttgart	Hannes Wolf	Christian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank
1. FC Union Berlin	Jens Keller	Felix Kroos	Macron	Layenberger[5]
Würzburger Kickers	Bernd Hollerbach	Sebastian Neumann	Capelli	s.Oliver

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Karlsruher SC	Markus Kauczinski	Resigned	30 June 2016	Preseason	Tomas Oral[6]	1 July 2016
Union Berlin	André Hofschneider	End of interim			Jens Keller[7]
1860 Munich	Denis Bushuev[8]	End of interim			Kosta Runjaić[9]
VfB Stuttgart	Jürgen Kramny[10]	Demoted to U23 team			Jos Luhukay[11]
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Konrad Fünfstück[12]	Sacked			Tayfun Korkut[13]
Arminia Bielefeld	Norbert Meier[14]	Signed by SV Darmstadt 98			Rüdiger Rehm[15]
1. FC Nürnberg	René Weiler[16]	Signed by R.S.C. Anderlecht			Alois Schwartz[16]
SV Sandhausen	Alois Schwartz[16]	Signed by 1. FC Nürnberg			Kenan Kocak[17]	3 July 2016
VfB Stuttgart	Jos Luhukay[18]	Resigned	20 September 2016	2nd	Hannes Wolf[19]	20 September 2016
Arminia Bielefeld	Rüdiger Rehm[20]	Sacked	22 October 2016	18th	Jürgen Kramny[21]	15 November 2016
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Stefan Ruthenbeck[22]	Sacked	21 November 2016	13th	Janos Radoki[22]	21 November 2016
1860 Munich	Kosta Runjaić[23]	Sacked	22 November 2016	14th	Vítor Pereira[24]	1 January 2017
Karlsruher SC	Tomas Oral[25]	Sacked	4 December 2016	15th	Mirko Slomka[26]	3 January 2017
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Tayfun Korkut[27]	Resigned	27 December 2016	13th	Norbert Meier[28]	4 January 2017
Erzgebirge Aue	Pavel Dochev[29]	Resigned	28 February 2017	18th	Domenico Tedesco[30]	8 March 2017
1. FC Nürnberg	Alois Schwartz[31]	Sacked	7 March 2017	11th	Michael Köllner[31]	7 March 2017
Arminia Bielefeld	Jürgen Kramny[32]	Sacked	14 March 2017	18th	Jeff Saibene[33]	19 March 2017
Hannover 96	Daniel Stendel[34]	Sacked	20 March 2017	4th	André Breitenreiter[34]	20 March 2017
Karlsruher SC	Mirko Slomka[35]	Sacked	4 April 2017	18th	Marc-Patrick Meister[35]	4 April 2017

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfB Stuttgart (C, P)	34	21	6	7	63	37	+26	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hannover 96 (P)	34	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	19	9	6	50	36	+14	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Union Berlin	34	18	6	10	51	39	+12	60
5	Dynamo Dresden	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50
6	1. FC Heidenheim	34	12	10	12	43	39	+4	46
7	FC St. Pauli	34	12	9	13	39	35	+4	45
8	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	12	9	13	33	40	−7	45
9	VfL Bochum	34	10	14	10	42	47	−5	44
10	SV Sandhausen	34	10	12	12	41	36	+5	42
11	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	10	12	12	37	39	−2	42
12	1. FC Nürnberg	34	12	6	16	46	52	−6	42
13	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	10	11	13	29	33	−4	41
14	Erzgebirge Aue	34	10	9	15	37	52	−15	39
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	13	13	50	54	−4	37
16	1860 Munich[a] (R)	34	10	6	18	37	47	−10	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Würzburger Kickers (R)	34	7	13	14	32	41	−9	34	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Karlsruher SC (R)	34	5	10	19	27	56	−29	25

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1860 Munich, who lost in the relegation play-offs, were unable to obtain a license for the 2017–18 3. Liga. Therefore, 1860 Munich was relegated to the Regionalliga Bayern.^[36][37]

Results

Home \ Away	AUE	UNB	DSC	BOC	EBS	SGD	F95	SGF	H96	FCH	FCK	KSC	M60	FCN	SVS	STP	VFB	FCW
Erzgebirge Aue	—	1–3	1–1	2–4	0–2	1–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–4	3–1
Union Berlin	0–1	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
Arminia Bielefeld	2–2	4–4	—	1–0	6–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–1
VfL Bochum	1–1	2–1	1–1	—	1–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	5–4	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–1
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	—	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	6–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1
Dynamo Dresden	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	—	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	5–0	2–2
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	1–2	0–3	—	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–1
Greuther Fürth	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	—	4–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–3
Hannover 96	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	—	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–1
1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	—	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Karlsruher SC	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–4	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–3	—	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1
1860 Munich	6–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1
1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	1–3	0–2	2–3	2–2
SV Sandhausen	2–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	0–1	—	3–0	1–2	0–0
FC St. Pauli	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–0
VfB Stuttgart	3–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	—	4–1
Würzburger Kickers	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

First leg

25 May 2017

20:30 CEST

VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig
Gómez 35' (pen.)	Report

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 29,100

Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

Second leg

29 May 2017

20:30 CEST

Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
	Report	Vieirinha 49'

Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

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

Relegation play-offs

First leg

26 May 2017

18:00 CEST

Jahn Regensburg	1–1	1860 Munich
Lais 2'	Report	Neuhaus 78'

Continental Arena, Regensburg

Attendance: 15,224

Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Second leg

30 May 2017

18:00 CEST

1860 Munich	0–2	Jahn Regensburg
	Report	Pusch 30' Lais 41'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 62,200

Referee: Daniel Siebert

Jahn Regensburg won 3–1 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[38]
1	Simon Terodde	VfB Stuttgart	25
2	Martin Harnik	Hannover 96	17
3	Stefan Kutschke	Dynamo Dresden	16
4	Aziz Bouhaddouz	FC St. Pauli	15
5	Guido Burgstaller	1. FC Nürnberg	14
6	Fabian Klos	Arminia Bielefeld	13
	Domi Kumbela	Eintracht Braunschweig
8	Christoffer Nyman	Eintracht Braunschweig	11
	Marc Schnatterer	1. FC Heidenheim
10	Serdar Dursun	Greuther Fürth	10
	Akaki Gogia	Dynamo Dresden
	Pascal Köpke	Erzgebirge Aue

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[39]
1	Philipp Tschauner	Hannover 96	16
2	Julian Pollersbeck	1. FC Kaiserslautern	14
3	Kevin Müller	1. FC Heidenheim	13
4	Marco Knaller	SV Sandhausen	12
5	Jasmin Fejzić	Eintracht Braunschweig	11
	Michael Rensing	Fortuna Düsseldorf
9	Mitchell Langerak	VfB Stuttgart	9
	Martin Männel	Erzgebirge Aue
	Marvin Schwäbe	Dynamo Dresden
10	Philipp Heerwagen	FC St. Pauli	8
	Balázs Megyeri	Greuther Fürth
	Robert Wulnikowski	Würzburger Kickers

Number of teams by state

Position	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	Bavaria	4	Greuther Fürth, 1860 Munich, Nürnberg, and Würzburger Kickers
	Baden-Württemberg	4	Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC, SV Sandhausen and Stuttgart
3	North Rhine-Westphalia	3	Arminia Bielefeld, Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf
4	Lower Saxony	2	Eintracht Braunschweig and Hannover 96
	Saxony	2	Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue
6	Berlin	1	Union Berlin
	Hamburg	1	FC St. Pauli
	Rhineland-Palatinate	1	Kaiserslautern