2016–17 in German football

Germany 2016–17
Season information
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga
3. Liga
DFB-Pokal
DFL-Supercup	Bayern Munich
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The 2016–17 season is the 107th season of competitive football in Germany.

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	SC Freiburg RB Leipzig	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96
2. Bundesliga	Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue Würzburger Kickers	MSV Duisburg FSV Frankfurt SC Paderborn 07
3. Liga	FSV Zwickau Sportfreunde Lotte Jahn Regensburg	Stuttgarter Kickers Energie Cottbus VfB Stuttgart II

Post–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga		Darmstadt 98
2. Bundesliga		Karlsruher SC
3. Liga

National teams

Germany national football team

Main article: Germany national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying UEFA Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Germany	6	6	0	0	27	1	+26	18	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
Northern Ireland	6	4	1	1	11	2	+9	13	Possible Second round
Czech Republic	6	2	3	1	9	5	+4	9
Azerbaijan	6	2	1	3	3	9	−6	7
Norway (Y)	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4
San Marino (E)	6	0	0	6	1	30	−29	0

      Win       Draw       Loss

2018 FIFA World Cup Q 4 September 2016	Norway	0–3	Germany	Oslo, Norway
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Müller  15', 60' Kimmich  45'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 26,793 Referee: William Collum

2018 FIFA World Cup Q 8 October 2016	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	Hamburg, Germany
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Müller  13', 65' Kroos  49'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,299 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

2018 FIFA World Cup Q 11 October 2016	Germany	2–0	Northern Ireland	Hannover, Germany
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Draxler  13' Khedira  17'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 42,132 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

2018 FIFA World Cup Q 11 November 2016	San Marino	0–8	Germany	Serravalle, San Marino
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Khedira  7' Gnabry  9', 58', 76' Hector  32', 65' Stefanelli  82' (o.g.) Volland  85'	Stadium: San Marino Stadium Attendance: 3,851 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

2018 FIFA World Cup Q 26 March 2017	Azerbaijan	1–4	Germany	Baku, Azerbaijan
18:00 (21:00 UTC+5)	Nazarov  30'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Schürrle  19', 80' Müller  35' Gómez  44'	Stadium: Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Referee: Daniele Orsato

2018 FIFA World Cup Q 10 June 2017	Germany	v	San Marino	Nuremberg, Germany
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

2017 FIFA Confed Cup 19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)	Australia	v	Germany	Sochi, Russia
18:00 MSK (UTC+03:00) 17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium

2017 FIFA Confed Cup 22 June 2017 (2017-06-22)	Germany	v	Chile	Kazan, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+03:00) 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Kazan Arena

2017 FIFA Confed Cup 25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)	Germany	v	Cameroon	Sochi, Russia
18:00 MSK (UTC+03:00) 17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium

Friendly matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly 31 August 2016	Germany	2 – 0	Finland	Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45 (CEST)	Meyer  55' Özil  77'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 30,121 Referee: Aliaksei Kulbakov

Friendly 15 November 2016	Italy	0 – 0	Germany	Milan, Italy
20:45 (CET)		Report	Tah 61' Gündoğan 84'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Attendance: 48,600 Referee: Artur Soares Dias

Friendly 22 March 2017	Germany	1–0	England	Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Podolski  69'	Report (DFB)		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 60,109 Referee: Damir Skomina

Friendly 6 June 2017	Denmark	v	Germany	Copenhagen, Denmark
--:-- CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report (DFB)		Stadium: Parken Stadium

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 Bundesliga

Bundesliga standings

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	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	Champions League play-off round
5	1. FC Köln	34	12	13	9	51	42	+9	49	Europa League group stage
6	Hertha BSC	34	15	4	15	43	47	−4	49	Europa League Third qualifying round
7	SC Freiburg	34	14	6	14	42	60	−18	48
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	FSV Mainz 05	34	10	7	17	44	55	−11	37
16	VfL Wolfsburg	34	10	7	17	34	52	−18	37	Qualification to the 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: Kicker.de
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

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings

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

3. Liga

Main article: 2016–17 3. Liga

3. Liga standings

2016–17 3. Fußball-Bundesliga table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MSV Duisburg  (P)	38	18	14	6	52	32	+20	68	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Holstein Kiel  (P)	38	18	13	7	59	25	+34	67
3	Jahn Regensburg	38	18	9	11	62	50	+12	63	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	16	13	9	53	36	+17	61
5	FSV Zwickau	38	16	8	14	47	54	−7	56
6	VfL Osnabrück	38	15	9	14	46	43	+3	54
7	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	14	11	13	45	42	+3	53
8	Chemnitzer FC	38	14	10	14	54	51	+3	52
9	Preußen Münster	38	15	6	17	49	43	+6	51
10	Sonnenhof Großaspach	38	14	9	15	48	48	0	51
11	VfR Aalen	38	14	15	9	52	36	+16	57
12	Sportfreunde Lotte	38	13	9	16	46	47	−1	48
13	Hallescher FC	38	10	18	10	34	39	−5	48
14	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	12	11	15	34	47	−13	47
15	Hansa Rostock	38	10	16	12	44	46	−2	46
16	Fortuna Köln	38	12	10	16	37	59	−22	46
17	Werder Bremen II	38	12	9	17	32	48	−16	45
18	SC Paderborn  (R)	38	12	8	18	38	57	−19	44	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Mainz 05 II  (R)	38	11	7	20	41	58	−17	40
20	FSV Frankfurt  (R)	38	7	13	18	38	50	−12	34

Source: DFB
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

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

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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