Season | 2016â17 |
---|---|
Champions | VfB Stuttgart |
Promoted |
VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96 |
Relegated |
1860 Munich (to
RL Bayern) WĂŒrzburger 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 6â0 Braunschweig |
Biggest away win |
Kaiserslautern 0â4
Hannover Aue 0â4 Stuttgart |
Highest scoring | Bochum 5â4 NĂŒrnberg |
Longest winning run | 6 games
[1] Union Berlin |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 games
[1] Hannover 96 |
Longest winless run | 16 games
[1] WĂŒrzburger Kickers |
Longest losing run | 4 games
[1] Erzgebirge Aue Greuther FĂŒrth Karlsruher SC 1860 Munich 1. FC NĂŒrnberg 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] |
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The 2016â17 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 2016â17 season were announced on 29 June 2016. [2]
A total of 18 teams participate in the 2016â17 2. Bundesliga. These include 14 teams from the 2015â16 2. Bundesliga, together with two automatically relegated teams from the 2015â16 Bundesliga, and two automatically promoted teams from the 2015â16 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 2015â16 3. Liga. [3] Aue followed on 7 May 2016. [4] On 8 May 2016, SC Paderborn was relegated to 2016â17 3. Liga. On 15 May 2016, FSV Frankfurt followed. 1. FC NĂŒrnberg lost its playoff 2â1 on aggregate and remained in the league. Finally MSV Duisburg, 16th-placed team of the 2. Bundesliga lost to WĂŒrzburger Kickers, third of the 3. Liga, 4â1 on aggregate in a relegation playoff. WĂŒrzburg returned to the second level after 38 years via their second consecutive promotion; Duisburg returned immediately to the third level.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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1860 Munich | Munich | Allianz Arena | 75,000 |
Arminia Bielefeld | Bielefeld | SchĂŒco-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 DĂŒsseldorf | DĂŒsseldorf | Esprit Arena | 54,600 |
Erzgebirge Aue | Aue | Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion | 15,711 |
SpVgg Greuther FĂŒrth | FĂŒrth | 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 NĂŒrnberg | 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 |
WĂŒrzburger Kickers | WĂŒrzburg | Flyeralarm Arena | 14,500 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 FĂŒrth | 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 DĂŒsseldorf | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 42 | |
12 | 1. FC NĂŒrnberg | 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 | WĂŒrzburger 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 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 1â0 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
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GĂłmez 35' ( pen.) | Report |
VfL Wolfsburg won 2â0 on aggregate and both clubs therefore remained in their respective tiers for the 2017â18 season.
Jahn Regensburg | 1â1 | 1860 Munich |
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Lais 2' | Report | Neuhaus 78' |
Jahn Regensburg won 3â1 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
Position | State | Number of teams | Teams |
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1 | Bavaria | 4 | Greuther FĂŒrth, 1860 Munich, NĂŒrnberg, and WĂŒrzburger Kickers |
Baden-WĂŒrttemberg | 4 | Heidenheim, Karlsruher SC, SV Sandhausen and Stuttgart | |
3 | North Rhine-Westphalia | 3 | Arminia Bielefeld, Bochum and Fortuna DĂŒsseldorf |
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 |