2016–17 Borussia Dortmund season

Borussia Dortmund
2016–17 season
Borussia Dortmund players celebrating their 2016–17 DFB-Pokal victory
PresidentReinhard Rauball
Head coachThomas Tuchel
StadiumSignal Iduna Park
Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalWinners
DFL-SupercupRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (31)

All:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (40)
Highest home attendance81,360
Lowest home attendance55,094
Average home league attendance79,653
Biggest winLegia 0–6 Dortmund
Dortmund 6–0 Darmstadt
Biggest defeatBayern 4–1 Dortmund
European and cup home colours

The 2016–17 Borussia Dortmund season was the 106th season (and 107th overall year) in the football club's history and 41st consecutive and 50th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1976.

In addition to the domestic league, Borussia Dortmund also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the first-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League. This was the 44th season for the club in the Westfalenstadion, located in Dortmund, Germany. The stadium had a capacity of 81,360 for Bundesliga matches, and a capacity of 65,851 for continental matches. The season covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

The season was the first since 2006–07 without Mats Hummels, who departed to FC Bayern Munich, though he later returned to Dortmund for the 2019–20 season.

Month by month review[edit]

Players[edit]

Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Germany GER Roman Weidenfeller
3 DF South Korea KOR Park Joo-ho
5 DF Spain ESP Marc Bartra
6 MF Germany GER Sven Bender
7 MF France FRA Ousmane Dembélé
8 MF Turkey TUR Nuri Şahin
9 MF Turkey TUR Emre Mor
10 MF Germany GER Mario Götze
11 FW Germany GER Marco Reus (vice-captain)
13 DF Portugal POR Raphaël Guerreiro
14 FW Sweden SWE Alexander Isak
17 FW Gabon GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
18 MF Germany GER Sebastian Rode
21 MF Germany GER André Schürrle
22 MF United States USA Christian Pulisic
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Japan JPN Shinji Kagawa
24 MF Spain ESP Mikel Merino
25 DF Greece GRE Sokratis Papastathopoulos
26 DF Poland POL Łukasz Piszczek
27 MF Germany GER Gonzalo Castro
28 DF Germany GER Matthias Ginter
29 DF Germany GER Marcel Schmelzer (captain)
30 MF Germany GER Felix Passlack
32 MF Germany GER Dženis Burnić
33 MF Germany GER Julian Weigl
34 MF Denmark DEN Jacob Bruun Larsen
37 DF Germany GER Erik Durm
38 GK Switzerland SUI Roman Bürki
39 GK Germany GER Hendrik Bonmann

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
24 MF Spain Mikel Merino 20 EU Spain Osasuna Transfer Summer 2021 €3.75M Borussia Dortmund
35 LB Germany Jannik Bandowski 22 EU Germany 1860 Munich End of loan Summer 2017 Free
7 FW France Ousmane Dembélé 19 EU France Stade Rennais Transfer Summer 2021 €8M Borussia Dortmund
5 CB Spain Marc Bartra 25 EU Spain Barcelona Transfer Summer 2020 €8M Borussia Dortmund
18 MF Germany Sebastian Rode 25 EU Germany Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2020 €14M Borussia Dortmund
9 FW Turkey Emre Mor 18 EU Denmark Nordsjælland Transfer Summer 2021 €9.5M Borussia Dortmund
16 RW Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 30 EU Italy Fiorentina End of loan Summer 2018 Free
13 LB Portugal Raphaël Guerreiro 22 EU France Lorient Transfer Summer 2020 €12M Borussia Dortmund
10 MF Germany Mario Götze 24 EU Germany Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 2020 €26M Borussia Dortmund
21 FW Germany André Schürrle 25 EU Germany Wolfsburg Transfer Summer 2021 €30M Borussia Dortmund
14 FW Sweden Alexander Isak 17 EU Sweden AIK Transfer Winter 2022 €8.6M Borussia Dortmund

Total Spending: Decrease €119.85M

Out[edit]

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
15 CB Germany Mats Hummels 27 EU Germany Bayern Munich Transfer Summer €35M FC Bayern Munich
8 MF Germany İlkay Gündoğan 25 EU England Manchester City Transfer Summer €27M Manchester City F.C.
10 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 27 EU England Manchester United Transfer Summer €42M Manchester United F.C.
16 RW Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski 30 EU Germany Wolfsburg Transfer Summer €5M VfL Wolfsburg
14 MF Germany Moritz Leitner 23 EU Italy Lazio Transfer Summer €2M S.S. Lazio
20 FW Colombia Adrián Ramos 31 Non-EU China Chongqing Lifan Transfer Winter €12M Marca
4 CB Serbia Neven Subotić 28 EU Germany Köln Loan Winter Free 1. FC Köln

Total Income: Increase €123M

Total Expenditure: Increase €3.15M

Friendly matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 July 2016 (2016-07-08) Friendly SpVgg Erkenschwick Germany 2–5 Germany Borussia Dortmund Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stimberg-Stadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sören Storks
9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly Wuppertaler SV Germany 0–2 Germany Borussia Dortmund Wuppertal, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadion am Zoo
Attendance: 5,400
14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–2 Germany FC St. Pauli Brixen im Thale, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Empen 61', 79' Stadium: Sportplatz Brixen
Attendance: 1,100
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly 1860 Munich Germany 1–0 Germany Borussia Dortmund Munich, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ayçiçek 36' Report Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße
Attendance: 12,500
5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 1–1 England Sunderland Altach, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Şahin 17' Report Koné 66' Stadium: Cashpoint-Arena
Attendance: 5,238
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 0–1 Spain Athletic Bilbao St. Gallen, Switzerland
18:45 CEST (UTC+2) Report Susaeta 20' Stadium: kybunpark
Attendance: 7,127
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) Friendly SV Sandhausen Germany 0–3 Germany Borussia Dortmund Sandhausen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion
Attendance: 9,630
23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) Friendly Hallescher FC Germany 0–3 Germany Borussia Dortmund Halle, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: ERDGAS Sportpark
Attendance: 14,000
12 January 2017 (2017-01-12) Friendly Borussia Dortmund Germany 3–0 Belgium Standard Liège Marbella, Spain
18:00 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
Attendance: 4,000
17 January 2017 (2017-01-17) Friendly SC Paderborn Germany 1–6 Germany Borussia Dortmund Paderborn, Germany
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Benteler Arena
Attendance: 12,099
22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) Friendly Rot-Weiß Erfurt Germany Postponed Germany Borussia Dortmund Erfurt, Germany
14:30 CET (UTC+1) Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion
Note: This match was scheduled for 22 January 2017. However due to heavy fog, the plane carrying Dortmund's team could not land safely in Erfurt. The match was subsequently postponed to a later date.[1]

International Champions Cup[edit]

Pos Team Pld W WP LP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Germany Borussia Dortmund 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 +3 4
2 England Manchester City 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
3 England Manchester United 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0
Source: ICC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) 1 Manchester United England 1–4 Germany Borussia Dortmund Shanghai, China
20:00 CST (UTC+8)
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Mkhitaryan 59' Report
Stadium: Shanghai Stadium
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Wang Di (China)

Competitions[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 27 August 2016 20 May 2017 Matchday 1 3rd 34 18 10 6 72 40 +32 052.94
DFB-Pokal 22 August 2016 27 May 2017 First round Winners 6 4 2 0 13 5 +8 066.67
DFL-Supercup 14 August 2016 Final Runners-up 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Champions League 14 September 2016 19 April 2017 Group stage Quarter-finals 10 5 2 3 28 16 +12 050.00
Total 51 27 14 10 113 63 +50 052.94

Last updated: 27 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga[edit]

League table[edit]

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 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 1. FC Köln 34 12 13 9 51 42 +9 49 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 18 10 6 72 40  +32 64 13 4 0 41 12  +29 5 6 6 31 28  +3

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round[edit]

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
ResultWLWWWLDDDWWLWDDDWDWLWWWLWDWLWWDWDW
Position4853235665376656444433333444434333
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 1 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Mainz 05 Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Aubameyang 17', 89' (pen.) Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Robert Hartmann
10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 2 RB Leipzig 1–0 Borussia Dortmund Leipzig
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 42,558
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 3 Borussia Dortmund 6–0 Darmstadt 98 Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Benjamin Brand
20 September 2016 (2016-09-20) 4 VfL Wolfsburg 1–5 Borussia Dortmund Wolfsburg
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
23 September 2016 (2016-09-23) 5 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 SC Freiburg Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 80,800
Referee: Christian Dingert
1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 6 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Ginter Yellow card 74' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) 7 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Hertha BSC Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 80,800
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 8 FC Ingolstadt 3–3 Borussia Dortmund Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Felix Zwayer
29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 9 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 Schalke 04 Dortmund
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 80,179
Referee: Felix Brych
5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 10 Hamburger SV 2–5 Borussia Dortmund Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 11 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 Bayern Munich Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Tobias Stieler
26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 12 Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 13 Borussia Dortmund 4–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Marco Fritz
10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 14 1. FC Köln 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
16 December 2016 (2016-12-16) 15 1899 Hoffenheim 2–2 Borussia Dortmund Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 30,150
Referee: Benjamin Brand
20 December 2016 (2016-12-20) 16 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 FC Augsburg Dortmund
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Guido Winkmann
21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 17 Werder Bremen 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Daniel Siebert
29 January 2017 (2017-01-29) 18 Mainz 05 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Mainz
17:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: OPEL ARENA
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 19 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 RB Leipzig Dortmund
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Aubameyang 35', Yellow card 90+4' Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Tobias Stieler
11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 20 Darmstadt 98 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Attendance: 17,400
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 21 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Bruma Yellow card 89' Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 56,906
Referee: Günter Perl
25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 22 SC Freiburg 0–3 Borussia Dortmund Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC+1) Philipp Yellow card 67' Report Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Daniel Siebert
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23 Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Bayer Leverkusen Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 79,100
Referee: Christian Dingert
11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 24 Hertha BSC 2–1 Borussia Dortmund Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin
Attendance: 74,667
Referee: Robert Hartmann
17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) 25 Borussia Dortmund 1–0 FC Ingolstadt Dortmund
20:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Daniel Siebert
1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 26 Schalke 04 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: VELTINS-Arena
Attendance: 62,271
Referee: Felix Zwayer
4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) 27 Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Hamburger SV Dortmund
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Markus Schmidt
8 April 2017 (2017-04-08) 28 Bayern Munich 4–1 Borussia Dortmund Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Marco Fritz
15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Report Fabián 29' Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Robert Hartmann
22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 30 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–3 Borussia Dortmund Mönchengladbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK
Attendance: 54,014
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
29 April 2017 (2017-04-29) 31 Borussia Dortmund 0–0 1. FC Köln Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Tobias Stieler
6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 32 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 1899 Hoffenheim Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Felix Brych
13 May 2017 (2017-05-13) 33 FC Augsburg 1–1 Borussia Dortmund Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: WWK ARENA
Attendance: 30,660
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) 34 Borussia Dortmund 4–3 Werder Bremen Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 81,360
Referee: Günter Perl

DFB-Pokal[edit]

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) First round Eintracht Trier 0–3 Borussia Dortmund Trier
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Moselstadion
Attendance: 10,805
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) Second round Borussia Dortmund 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)
Union Berlin Dortmund
20:45 CEST (UTC+2) Parensen 44' (o.g.) Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 79,037
Referee: Jochen Drees
Penalties
Note: The match was originally scheduled to start at 20:45, but was delayed 15 minutes due to a traffic jam around the stadium.[3]
8 February 2017 (2017-02-08) Round of 16 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)
Hertha BSC Dortmund
20:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Attendance: 80,500
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Penalties
14 March 2017 (2017-03-14) Quarter-finals Sportfreunde Lotte 0–3 Borussia Dortmund Osnabrück
18:30 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 15,780
Referee: Felix Brych
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 28 February 2017, 20:45, was cancelled due to poor pitch conditions, and was rescheduled for two weeks later.[4] The match was originally scheduled to take place at Sportfreunde Lotte's home stadium, the FRIMO Stadion in Lotte. However, due to the cancellation of the original match due to poor pitch conditions, the match was rescheduled to take place at the Stadion an der Bremer Brücke in Osnabrück.[5]
26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) Semi-finals Bayern Munich 2–3 Borussia Dortmund Munich
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27) Final Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Borussia Dortmund Berlin
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)