# 2016–17 FC Ingolstadt 04 season

The 2016–17 FC Ingolstadt 04 season is the 13th season in the football club's history and 2nd consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2015. FC Ingolstadt will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. It is the 7th overall season for FC Ingolstadt in the Audi Sportpark, located in Ingolstadt, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Background

On 6 May 2016, Markus Kauczinski was confirmed to replace Ralph Hasenhüttl as head coach for the season.

## 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 | NOR | Ørjan Nyland |
| 3 | MF | GER | Anthony Jung (on loan from RB Leipzig) |
| 6 | MF | USA | Alfredo Morales |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Roger |
| 9 | FW | GER | Moritz Hartmann |
| 10 | MF | GER | Pascal Groß |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Darío Lezcano |
| 13 | FW | GER | Robert Leipertz |
| 14 | MF | GER | Stefan Lex |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer |
| 18 | DF | FRA | Romain Brégerie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | Max Christiansen |
| 21 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel |
| 22 | MF | GER | Nico Rinderknecht |
| 24 | GK | CRO | Fabijan Buntić |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Markus Suttner |
| 31 | MF | GER | Maurice Multhaup |
| 32 | MF | COD | Marcel Tisserand |
| 33 | DF | SUI | Florent Hadergjonaj |
| 34 | DF | CMR | Marvin Matip (Captain) |
| 35 | GK | DEN | Martin Hansen |
| 36 | MF | ISR | Almog Cohen |
| 39 | GK | GER | Christian Ortag |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | GER | Robert Leipertz (from Schalke 04) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Hauke Wahl (from SC Paderborn) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel (from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 22 | MF | GER | Nico Rinderknecht (from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| 24 | GK | CRO | Fabijan Buntić (from VfB Stuttgart U19) |
| 35 | GK | DEN | Martin Hansen (from ADO Den Haag) |
| — | MF | GER | Kerem Bülbül (from Hertha BSC II) |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUT | Ramazan Özcan (to Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Benjamin Hübner (to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Danilo (released) |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Konstantin Engel (released) |
| 21 | DF | GER | Danny da Costa (to Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 25 | FW | GER | Elias Kachunga (on loan to Huddersfield Town) |
| — | MF | GER | Kerem Bülbül (on loan to Hansa Rostock) |

## 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 | 27 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 17th (relegated) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 023.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 21 August 2016 | 25 October 2016 | First round | Second round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 022.22 |
Last updated: 27 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 38 | |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 37 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | FC Ingolstadt (R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 32 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Darmstadt 98 (R) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 28 | 63 | −35 | 25 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

#### 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 | NOR | Ørjan Nyland | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | CRO | Fabijan Buntić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | DEN | Martin Hansen | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | GK | GER | Christian Ortag | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | FRA | Romain Brégerie | 18 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Tobias Levels | 12 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | AUT | Markus Suttner | 33 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SUI | Florent Hadergjonaj | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CMR | Marvin Matip | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | GER | Anthony Jung | 17 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Alfredo Morales | 28 | 1 | 20+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Roger | 31 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Pascal Groß | 35 | 5 | 31+2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Stefan Lex | 15 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Max Christiansen | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel | 21 | 2 | 7+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | GER | Nico Rinderknecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Maurice Multhaup | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | COD | Marcel Tisserand | 28 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ISR | Almog Cohen | 33 | 7 | 29+2 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mathew Leckie | 32 | 0 | 25+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Moritz Hartmann | 16 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | PAR | Darío Lezcano | 35 | 6 | 27+6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Robert Leipertz | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer | 29 | 3 | 8+20 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 17 | DF | GER | Hauke Wahl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 36 | MF | | Almog Cohen | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Darío Lezcano | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Pascal Groß | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 29 | DF | | Markus Suttner | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | | Lukas Hinterseer | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | DF | | Romain Brégerie | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Sonny Kittel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | MF | | Anthony Jung | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Alfredo Morales | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Roger | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Moritz Hartmann | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | DF | | Florent Hadergjonaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 36 | 0 | 36 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 35 | GK | | Martin Hansen | 4* | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Ørjan Nyland | 1* | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 2 | 7 |
* Includes one shared clean sheet against RB Leipzig.
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 | | Anthony Jung | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Alfredo Morales | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Mathew Leckie | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | | Roger | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Pascal Groß | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Darío Lezcano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Stefan Lex | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Lukas Hinterseer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Romain Brégerie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Max Christiansen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Sonny Kittel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Tobias Levels | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | | Markus Suttner | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Marcel Tisserand | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Florent Hadergjonaj | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Marvin Matip | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | | Martin Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Almog Cohen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 69 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
Last updated: 20 May 2017