# 2016–17 RB Leipzig season

The 2016–17 RB Leipzig season was the 8th season in the football club's history and 1st ever season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2016. RB Leipzig also participated in the season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Review
### Background

On 6 May 2016, Ralph Hasenhüttl was appointed to replace Ralf Rangnick as the head coach. On 8 May 2016, RB Leipzig was directly promoted to the Bundesliga after securing second position in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga.

### December

On 3 December, Leipzig faced Schalke 04 at home on matchday 13. The match finished as a 2–1 win for RB Leipzig. RBL opened the scoring in the second minute from the penalty spot via Timo Werner. Two minutes later, Yussuf Poulsen missed two opportunities in a row to extend the lead for Leipzig. Poulsen again missed an opportunity in the 29th minute, missing a metre away from goal. Two minutes later, Sead Kolašinac scored the equaliser for Schalke, after the ball was parried by RB goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi. Two minutes into the second half, Sead Kolašinac scored an own goal from a free kick from Leipzig's Emil Forsberg. Leipzig had further opportunities to score, but failed to capitalise. This includes a chance for Poulsen in the 64th minute from a corner, from Marcel Halstenberg in the 74th minute with a header onto the bar, and two opportunities for Naby Keïta in the 81st and 83rd minute. Leipzig goalkeeper Gulácsi preserved their lead with three consecutive saves in the 77th minute. The final opportunities fell to Poulsen in the 84th minute and Emil Forsberg in the 88th, yet both were unable to extend the lead. This proved to be enough, as Leipzig secured their 8th consecutive victory and maintained their position at the top of the table.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SUI | Fabio Coltorti |
| 2 | MF | PHI | John-Patrick Strauß |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Bernardo |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán (Vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Naby Keïta |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker |
| 14 | DF | GER | Dominik Franke |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Oliver Burke |
| 20 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz |
| 21 | GK | GER | Marius Müller |
| 22 | GK | GER | Benjamin Bellot |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser (captain) |
| 25 | MF | POL | Kamil Wojtkowski |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme |
| 32 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi |
| 33 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper |
| 36 | DF | GER | Ken Gipson |
| 38 | FW | GER | Federico Palacios Martínez |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Kalmár (loan return from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz (from FC Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner (€10 million) (from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 23 | GK | GER | Marius Müller (€1.7 million) (from 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Naby Keïta (from FC Red Bull Salzburg) |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Oliver Burke (£13 million) (from Nottingham Forest) |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano (€10 million) (from FC Red Bull Salzburg) |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | GER | Nils Quaschner (on loan to VfL Bochum) |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Stefan Hierländer (to SK Sturm Graz) |
| 39 | DF | AUT | Georg Teigl (to FC Augsburg) |
| — | FW | ISR | Omer Damari (on loan to Maccabi Haifa) |
| 3 | MF | GER | Anthony Jung (on loan to FC Ingolstadt) |
| 18 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd (to Darmstadt 98) |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 28 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 058.82 |
| DFB-Pokal | 20 August 2016 | 20 August 2016 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 40 | +32 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SUI | Fabio Coltorti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | GER | Marius Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Bernardo | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 29 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | FRA | Dayot Upamecano | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Benno Schmitz | 17 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Ken Gipson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 33 | 9 | 31+1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Naby Keïta | 32 | 8 | 29+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker | 34 | 0 | 29+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Oliver Burke | 25 | 1 | 5+20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser | 26 | 2 | 7+18 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 33 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 30 | 5 | 25+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 31 | 8 | 27+3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Timo Werner | 32 | 21 | 28+3 | 21 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GER | Agyemang Diawusie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 20 | 4 | 2+18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GER | Federico Palacios Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 17 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Vitaly Janelt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Kalmár | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Idrissa Touré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | | Timo Werner | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Marcel Sabitzer | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Emil Forsberg | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Naby Keïta | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Yussuf Poulsen | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 27 | FW | | Davie Selke | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Willi Orbán | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Dominik Kaiser | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 33 | DF | | Marvin Compper | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 19 | MF | | Oliver Burke | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 31 | MF | | Diego Demme | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 2 | 62 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Péter Gulácsi | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Fabio Coltorti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Last updated: 29 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | MF | | Bernardo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Willi Orbán | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Marcel Sabitzer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Naby Keïta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Yussuf Poulsen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Emil Forsberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Timo Werner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Stefan Ilsanker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Dayot Upamecano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Oliver Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Benno Schmitz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Marcel Halstenberg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Dominik Kaiser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | Davie Selke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | | Diego Demme | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Péter Gulácsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Marvin Compper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017