2016–17 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga 2016–17
Season information
Season statistics
Matches played	98
Goals scored	257
Average	(2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guido Burgstaller (8 goals)
Biggest home win	Braunschweig 6−1 1. FC Nürnberg
Biggest away win	Kaiserslautern 0−4 Hannover
Highest scoring	VfL Bochum 5−4 1. FC Nürnberg
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 2. Bundesliga is the 43rd season of the 2. Bundesliga. It commenced on 5 August 2016.

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.

On 16 April 2016, Dynamo Dresden won promotion from the 2015–16 3. Liga. Aue followed on 7 May 2016. 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. Wurzburg returned to the 2nd level after 38 years via their second consecutive promotion; Duisburg returned immediately to the 3rd level.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
1860 Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	71,000
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 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
Karlsruhe !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	Runjaić, KostaKosta Runjaić	Aigner, StefanStefan Aigner	Macron	Die Bayerische
1. FC Nürnberg	Schwartz, AloisAlois Schwartz	Brečko, MišoMišo Brečko	Umbro	Wolf-Möbel
Arminia Bielefeld		Klos, FabianFabian Klos	Saller	Schüco
VfL Bochum	Verbeek, GertjanGertjan Verbeek	Bastians, FelixFelix Bastians	Nike	BOOSTER Energy Drink (H) / Netto (A)
Eintracht Braunschweig	Lieberknecht, TorstenTorsten Lieberknecht	Correia, MarcelMarcel Correia	Nike	SEAT
Dynamo Dresden	Neuhaus, UweUwe Neuhaus	Hartmann, MarcoMarco Hartmann	Erima	Feldschlößchen
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Funkel, FriedhelmFriedhelm Funkel	Fink, OliverOliver Fink	Puma	o.tel.o
Erzgebirge Aue	Dochev, PavelPavel Dochev	Männel, MartinMartin Männel	Nike	WätaS Wärmetauscher Sachsen
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Ruthenbeck, StefanStefan Ruthenbeck	Caligiuri, MarcoMarco Caligiuri	Hummel	Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
Hannover 96	Stendel, DanielDaniel Stendel	Schmiedebach, ManuelManuel Schmiedebach	Jako	Heinz von Heiden
1. FC Heidenheim	Schmidt, FrankFrank Schmidt	Schnatterer, MarcMarc Schnatterer	Nike	Hartmann Gruppe
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Korkut, TayfunTayfun Korkut	Halfar, DanielDaniel Halfar	Uhlsport	Top12.de
Karlsruher SC	Oral, TomasTomas Oral	Valentini, EnricoEnrico Valentini	Jako	Klaiber Markisen
SV Sandhausen	Kenan Kocak	Kulovits, StefanStefan Kulovits	Puma	Verivox
FC St. Pauli	Lienen, EwaldEwald Lienen	Sobiech, LasseLasse Sobiech	Under Armour	Congstar
Stuttgart !VfB Stuttgart	Wolf, HannesHannes Wolf	Gentner, ChristianChristian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank
1. FC Union Berlin	Keller, JensJens Keller	Kroos, FelixFelix Kroos	Macron	kfzteile24
Würzburger Kickers	Hollerbach, BerndBernd Hollerbach	Neumann, SebastianSebastian Neumann	Capelli Sports	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	1 July 2016
Union Berlin	André Hofschneider	End of interim			Jens Keller
1860 Munich	Denis Bushuev	End of interim			Kosta Runjaić
VfB Stuttgart	Jürgen Kramny	Demoted to U23 team			Jos Luhukay
1. FC Kaiserslautern	Konrad Fünfstück	Sacked			Tayfun Korkut
Arminia Bielefeld	Norbert Meier	Signed by SV Darmstadt 98			Rüdiger Rehm
1. FC Nürnberg	René Weiler	Signed by R.S.C. Anderlecht			Alois Schwartz
SV Sandhausen	Alois Schwartz	Signed by 1. FC Nürnberg			Kenan Kocak	3 July 2016
VfB Stuttgart	Jos Luhukay	Resigned	20 September 2016	2nd	Hannes Wolf	20 September 2016
Arminia Bielefeld	Rüdiger Rehm	Sacked	22 October 2016	18th

Fixtures

Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 29 June 2016.

League table

2016–17 2. Fußball-Bundesliga table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	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 Relegation 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	34	10	6	18	37	47	−10	36	Qualification to the 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 and 2. Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

AUE

BIE

BOC

BRS

DRE

DÜS

GRF

H96

HEI

KAI

KAR

M60

NUR

SAN

STP

STU

UNB

WÜR

Erzgebirge Aue

1–1

2–4

0–2

2–0

1–3

Arminia Bielefeld

3–3

0–0

1–3

1–0

4–4

0–1

VfL Bochum

1–1

2–1

5–4

2–2

1–1

2–1

Eintracht Braunschweig

2–1

1–0

1–0

6–1

2–1

2–1

Dynamo Dresden

0–3

3–2

1–1

1–0

5–0

2–2

Fortuna Düsseldorf

4–0

3–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

SpVgg Greuther Fürth

3–2

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–3

Hannover 96

0–2

3–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

1. FC Heidenheim

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

3–0

1–2

1. FC Kaiserslautern

0–0

3–0

3–0

0–0

0–4

0–1

Karlsruher SC

2–0

1–1

0–0

0–3

1–1

1–3

1860 Munich

6–2

1–0

1–3

0–2

1–2

1. FC Nürnberg

1–2

2–0

1–1

1–2

2–0

SV Sandhausen

2–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

3–0

1–2

FC St. Pauli

1–2

2–1

0–2

2–2

VfB Stuttgart

2–0

4–0

1–2

2–1

2–1

Union Berlin

2–2

0–1

4–0

2–0

Würzburger Kickers

2–0

2–1

1–1

0–2

2–0

0–1

Updated to games played on 30 October 2016
Source: DFB
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 24 October 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Guido Burgstaller	1. FC Nürnberg	8
2	Collin Quaner	Union Berlin	7
3	Domi Kumbela	Eintracht Braunschweig	6
4	Rouwen Hennings	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5
	Pascal Köpke	Erzgebirge Aue
	Steven Skrzybski	Union Berlin
7	Christian Gentner	VfB Stuttgart	4
	Damir Kreilach	Union Berlin
	Michael Liendl	1860 Munich
	Tim Matavž	1. FC Nürnberg
	Andrew Wooten	SV Sandhausen
	Johannes Wurtz	VfL Bochum

Number of teams by state

Position	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	Bavaria	4	SpVgg 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

External links

• Official website

2016–17 in German football
League competitions
Bundesliga · 2. Bundesliga · 3. Liga · Regionalliga (Bayern · Nord · Nordost · Südwest · West)
Cup competitions
DFB-Pokal (Final) · DFL-Supercup · Verbandspokal
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Senior (2017 FIFA Confederations Cup)
Club seasons
Bundesliga
Bayern Munich · Borussia Dortmund ·
Other
Summer 2016 transfers · Winter 2016–17 transfers · Summer 2017 transfers
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