Season | 2016–17 |
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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 Union Berlin |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 games Hannover 96 |
Longest winless run | 16 games Würzburger Kickers |
Longest losing run | 4 games Erzgebirge Aue Greuther Fürth Karlsruher SC 1860 Munich 1. FC Nürnberg FC St. Pauli |
Highest attendance | 60,000 Stuttgart v St. Pauli |
Lowest attendance | 4,721 Sandhausen v Braunschweig |
Average attendance | 21,732 |
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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.
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 second level after 38 years via their second consecutive promotion; Duisburg returned immediately to the third level.
Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 29 June 2016.
Updated to games played on 21 May 2017.
Source: DFB
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.