# 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 117th season in the club's football history. In 2016–17 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's fifth season back in the Bundesliga and the 48th overall.

## 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 | FIN | Lukáš Hrádecký |
| 2 | DF | GER | Yanni Regäsel |
| 3 | DF | URU | Guillermo Varela (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marco Russ |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Jesús Vallejo (on loan from Real Madrid) |
| 6 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka |
| 7 | FW | GER | Danny Blum |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Marco Fabián |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović |
| 13 | GK | AUT | Heinz Lindner |
| 14 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier (captain) |
| 15 | DF | JAM | Michael Hector (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Max Besuschkow |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | ARG | David Abraham |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe |
| 21 | MF | GER | Marc Stendera |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler |
| 24 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević |
| 28 | MF | GER | Aymen Barkok |
| 29 | DF | ECU | Anderson Ordóñez |
| 30 | FW | SUI | Shani Tarashaj (on loan from Everton) |
| 31 | MF | SWE | Branimir Hrgota |
| 33 | DF | ISR | Taleb Tawatha |
| 34 | GK | GER | Leon Bätge |
| 36 | DF | GER | Furkan Zorba |
| 37 | MF | GER | Miguel Blanco-Lopez |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Omar Mascarell |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Guillermo Varela | 23 | Yes | Manchester United | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 5 | Defender | Jesús Vallejo | 19 | Yes | Real Madrid | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 7 | Midfielder | Danny Blum | 25 | Yes | 1. FC Nürnberg | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 15 | Defender | Michael Hector | 24 | Yes | Chelsea | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | Striker | Ante Rebić | 22 | Yes | ACF Fiorentina | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 28 | Midfielder | Aymen Barkok | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2020 | Free |
| 30 | Striker | Shani Tarashaj | 21 | No | Everton | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 31 | Striker | Branimir Hrgota | 23 | Yes | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | — |
| 32 | Midfielder | Joel Gerezgiher | 20 | Yes | FSV Frankfurt | Loan return | Summer | 30 June 2018 | — |
| 33 | Defender | Taleb Tawatha | 24 | No | Maccabi Haifa | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.2 million |
| 34 | Goalkeeper | Leon Bätge | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 36 | Defender | Furkan Zorba | 18 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2018 | Free |
| 37 | Midfielder | Miguel Blanco-Lopez | 17 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 39 | Midfielder | Omar Mascarell | 23 | Yes | Real Madrid | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.0 million |
| 18 | Midfielder | Max Besuschkow | 19 | Yes | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2020 | €100,000 |
| 24 | Forward | Marius Wolf | 21 | Yes | Hannover 96 | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 29 | Defender | Andersson Ordóñez | 22 | No | Barcelona SC | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2020 | €1.0 million |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 3 | Defender | Kaan Ayhan | 21 | Yes | FC Schalke 04 | Loan end | Summer | Free |
| 5 | Defender | Carlos Zambrano | 26 | No | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Summer | €3.5 million |
| 7 | Midfielder | Stefan Reinartz | 27 | Yes | - | Retired | Summer | Free |
| 15 | Defender | Constant Djakpa | 29 | No | Unknown | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 16 | Midfielder | Stefan Aigner | 28 | Yes | TSV 1860 Munich | Transfer | Summer | €3.0 million |
| 24 | Forward | Luca Waldschmidt | 20 | Yes | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | €1.3 million |
| 27 | Midfielder | Aleksandar Ignjovski | 25 | No | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | €750,000 |
| 28 | Midfielder | Sonny Kittel | 23 | Yes | FC Ingolstadt | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 29 | Goalkeeper | Emil Balayev | 22 | No | Qarabağ FK | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 30 | Forward | Luc Castaignos | 23 | Yes | Sporting CP | Transfer | Summer | €2.5 million |
| 32 | Midfielder | Änis Ben-Hatira | 27 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 33 | Goalkeeper | Yannick Zummack | 20 | Yes | Sportfreunde Lotte | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 35 | Midfielder | Nico Rinderknecht | 18 | Yes | FC Ingolstadt | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 8 | Midfielder | Szabolcs Huszti | 33 | Yes | Changchun Yatai | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| 18 | Midfielder | Johannes Flum | 29 | Yes | FC St. Pauli | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| 32 | Midfielder | Joel Gerezgiher | 21 | Yes | Holstein Kiel | Released | Winter | 30 June 2018 |
| 38 | Forward | Enis Bunjaki | 19 | Yes | FC Twente | Released | Winter | Free |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup
## 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 | 27 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2016 | 27 May 2017 | First round | Runners-up | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 032.50 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 45 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 43 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 42 |
| 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 41 |
| 13 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 35 | 51 | −16 | 38 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### 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 | FIN | Lukáš Hrádecký | 39 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | AUT | Heinz Lindner | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | GER | Leon Bätge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | GER | Yanni Regäsel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | URU | Guillermo Varela | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marco Russ | 6 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Jesús Vallejo | 27 | 1 | 22+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka | 38 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | JAM | Michael Hector | 27 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | David Abraham | 36 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler | 38 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Anderson Bamba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ECU | Anderson Ordóñez | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ISR | Taleb Tawatha | 19 | 2 | 8+6 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Furkan Zorba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | MEX | Marco Fabián | 27 | 7 | 23+1 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović | 34 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Max Besuschkow | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe | 25 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Marc Stendera | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Aymen Barkok | 19 | 2 | 6+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Omar Mascarell | 33 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | GER | Danny Blum | 18 | 2 | 3+11 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic | 29 | 4 | 12+13 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier | 25 | 5 | 15+6 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | CRO | Ante Rebić | 28 | 3 | 16+8 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SUI | Shani Tarashaj | 15 | 1 | 1+12 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SWE | Branimir Hrgota | 30 | 6 | 22+6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | HUN | Szabolcs Huszti | 17 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Johannes Flum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Joel Gerezgiher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | GER | Enis Bunjaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Marco Fabián | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 31 | FW | | Branimir Hrgota | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | | Alexander Meier | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Haris Seferovic | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Ante Rebić | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | FW | | Danny Blum | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Szabolcs Huszti | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Mijat Gaćinović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Aymen Barkok | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | | Taleb Tawatha | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | | Jesús Vallejo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | DF | | Bastian Oczipka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | DF | | Michael Hector | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | DF | | David Abraham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | MF | | Makoto Hasebe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 30 | FW | | Shani Tarashaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 34 | 6 | 40 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Lukáš Hrádecký | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | 13 | GK | | Heinz Lindner | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 3 | 14 |
Last updated: 1 April 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Lukáš Hrádecký | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Guillermo Varela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Marco Russ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Jesús Vallejo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Bastian Oczipka | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Szabolcs Huszti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Haris Seferovic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Marco Fabián | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Mijat Gaćinović | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Alexander Meier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Michael Hector | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Ante Rebić | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Max Besuschkow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | David Abraham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Makoto Hasebe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Timothy Chandler | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | | Marius Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Aymen Barkok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Shani Tarashaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | | Branimir Hrgota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Omar Mascarell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 84 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 5 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017