# 2016–17 Sportfreunde Lotte season

The 2016–17 Sportfreunde Lotte season is their first season in the 3. Liga.

## Events

Sportfreunde Lotte won promotion after beating SV Waldhof Mannheim in the 2015–16 Regionalliga promotion play-offs.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window |
| 1 | GK | David Buchholz | 40 | FC Homburg | Transfer | Summer |
| 31 | MF | Marcel Kaffenberger | 30 | Chemnitzer FC | Transfer | Summer |
| 22 | DF | Dennis Engel | 29 | VfB Oldenburg | Transfer | Summer |
| 21 | DF | Phillipp Steinhart | 32 | Bayern Munich II | Transfer | Summer |
| 33 | GK | Yannick Zummack | 28 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer |
| 24 | MF | Jarosław Lindner | 36 | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Transfer | Summer |
| 14 | MF | Patrick Schikowski | 32 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Transfer | Summer |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window |
| 1 | GK | Dominik Bergdorf | 31 | Offenburger FV | Transfer | Summer |
| 25 | DF | Jeron Al-Hazaimeh | 32 | Preußen Münster | Transfer | Summer |
| 34 | MF | Benjamin Siegert | 43 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Transfer | Summer |
| 13 | FW | Daniel Latkowski | 33 | SC Wiedenbrück | Transfer | Summer |

## Preseason and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## 3. Liga
### 3. Liga fixtures & results

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### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 51 |
| 11 | VfR Aalen | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 48 |
| 12 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 48 |
| 13 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 48 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 47 |
* ↑ On 10 March 2017, VfR Aalen was deducted nine points for filing in for insolvency. On 15 March 2017, Aalen objected the decision. The DFB rejected the appeal on 24 March 2017. After Aalen again appealed the decision, it was rejected once more on 11 April 2017. On 4 May 2017, the DFB rejected the next appeal from Aalen. It was again denied on 18 May 2017.

## Westphalian Cup
### Westphalian Cup results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Player information

As of 31 May 2016.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | Westphalian Cup | Westphalian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | David Buchholz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Tim Wendel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Gerrit Nauber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Matthias Rahn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Tim Gorschlüter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Alexander Hettich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POL | André Dej | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Semih Daglar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Bernd Rosinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Luka Tankulić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Patrick Schikowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Moritz Heyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Nico Neidhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Nico Granatowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Kevin Freiberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Kevin Pires-Rodrigues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Phillipp Steinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Dennis Engel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Alexander Langlitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | POL | Jarosław Lindner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Dennis Brock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Benedikt Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Marcel Kaffenberger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Yannick Zummack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |