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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]

Season2016–17
ChampionsVfB Stuttgart
PromotedVfB Stuttgart
Hannover 96
Relegated1860 Munich (to RL Bayern)
Würzburger Kickers
Karlsruher SC
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
2. Bundesliga
Season2016–17
ChampionsVfB Stuttgart
PromotedVfB Stuttgart
Hannover 96
Relegated1860 Munich (to RL Bayern)
Würzburger Kickers
Karlsruher SC
Matches306
Goals758 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerSimon Terodde
(25 goals)
Best goalkeeperPhilipp Tschauner
(16 clean sheets)
Biggest home winBielefeld 6−0 Braunschweig
Biggest away winKaiserslautern 0−4 Hannover
Aue 0−4 Stuttgart
Highest scoringBochum 5−4 Nürnberg
Longest winning run6 games[1]
Union Berlin
Longest unbeaten run11 games[1]
Hannover 96
Longest winless run16 games[1]
Würzburger Kickers
Longest losing run4 games[1]
Erzgebirge Aue
Greuther Fürth
Karlsruher SC
1860 Munich
1. FC Nürnberg
FC St. Pauli
Highest attendance60,000[1]
Stuttgart v St. Pauli
Lowest attendance4,721[1]
Sandhausen v Braunschweig
Average attendance21,732[1]
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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.

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

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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
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Personnel and kits

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

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

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

More information Home \ Away, AUE ...
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 —
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Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

First leg

More information VfL Wolfsburg, 1–0 ...
VfL Wolfsburg1–0Eintracht Braunschweig
Gómez 35' (pen.) Report
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Attendance: 29,100

Second leg

More information Eintracht Braunschweig, 0–1 ...
Eintracht Braunschweig0–1VfL Wolfsburg
Report Vieirinha 49'
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Attendance: 23,000

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

More information Jahn Regensburg, 1–1 ...
Jahn Regensburg1–11860 Munich
Lais 2' Report Neuhaus 78'
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Attendance: 15,224

Second leg

More information 1860 Munich, 0–2 ...
1860 Munich0–2Jahn Regensburg
Report
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Attendance: 62,200

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

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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

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

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Position State Number of teams Teams
1 Bavaria4Greuther Fürth, 1860 Munich, Nürnberg, and Würzburger Kickers
Baden-Württemberg4Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC, SV Sandhausen and Stuttgart
3 North Rhine-Westphalia3Arminia Bielefeld, Bochum and Fortuna Düsseldorf
4 Lower Saxony2Eintracht Braunschweig and Hannover 96
Saxony2Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue
6 Berlin1Union Berlin
Hamburg1FC St. Pauli
Rhineland-Palatinate1Kaiserslautern
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Attendances

Source:[40]

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No.TeamAttendanceChangeHighest
1VfB Stuttgart50,573-2.7%60,000
2Hannover 9636,647-11.2%49,000
3FC St. Pauli29,4010.2%29,546
41. FC Nürnberg28,834-6.1%44,089
5Dynamo Dresden28,5153.5%30,530
61. FC Kaiserslautern26,3681.9%45,761
7Fortuna 9525,9780.3%37,320
8TSV 186025,90010.9%47,100
9BTSV Eintracht21,4241.1%23,225
101. FC Union Berlin20,8595.6%22,012
11Arminia Bielefeld17,504-0.2%25,138
12VfL Bochum16,933-5.1%27,600
13Karlsruher SC13,855-13.5%27,930
141. FC Heidenheim12,518-2.3%15,000
15Würzburger Kickers11,145111.7%13,080
16Greuther Fürth9,525-7.2%13,205
17Erzgebirge Aue8,5883.6%10,000
18SV Sandhausen6,7318.1%13,083
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