# 2016–17 Dynamo Dresden season

The 2016–17 Dynamo Dresden season was the 67th season in the football club's history and the first season since 2013–14 in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 6th overall. In addition to the domestic league, Dynamo Dresden also participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. This was the 64th season for Dynamo Dresden in the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, located in Dresden, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 21 May 2017
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 | GER | Markus Schubert |
| 2 | MF | GER | Akaki Gogia |
| 3 | DF | GER | Marc Wachs |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Giuliano Modica |
| 5 | MF | GER | Manuel Konrad |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Hartmann (captain) |
| 7 | DF | GER | Niklas Kreuzer |
| 8 | MF | GER | Nils Teixeira |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Tim Väyrynen |
| 10 | MF | GER | Marvin Stefaniak |
| 11 | MF | SYR | Aias Aosman |
| 14 | GK | FRA | Jean-François Kornetzky |
| 17 | MF | GER | Andreas Lambertz |
| 18 | DF | GER | Jannik Müller |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | GER | Fabian Müller |
| 21 | DF | GER | Hendrik Starostzik |
| 23 | DF | GER | Florian Ballas |
| 24 | GK | GER | Patrick Wiegers |
| 25 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Niklas Landgraf |
| 29 | MF | GER | Robin Fluß |
| 30 | FW | GER | Stefan Kutschke |
| 31 | FW | GER | Marcos Álvarez |
| 33 | MF | GER | Marcel Hilßner |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann |
| 37 | FW | GER | Pascal Testroet |
| 40 | MF | GER | Erich Berko |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | GER | Akaki Gogia (on loan from Brentford F.C.) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Marc Wachs (from FSV Mainz 05 II) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Konrad (from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 21 | DF | GER | Hendrik Starostzik (from Stuttgarter Kickers) |
| 23 | DF | GER | Florian Ballas (from FSV Frankfurt) |
| 25 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe (from TSG Hoffenheim) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Marcel Hilßner (from Werder Bremen II) |
| 40 | MF | GER | Erich Berko (from Stuttgarter Kickers) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Janis Blaswich (loan return to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Michael Hefele (to Huddersfield Town A.F.C.) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Luca Dürholtz (to Holstein Kiel) |
| 11 | FW | GER | Justin Eilers (to Werder Bremen) |
| 16 | MF | GER | Jim-Patrick Müller (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 21 | MF | GER | Quirin Moll (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Sinan Tekerci (on loan to SC Preußen Münster) |
| 23 | DF | GER | Fabian Holthaus (loan return to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Robert Andrich (to SV Wehen Wiesbaden) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | GER | Philip Heise (from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 31 | DF | GER | Marcos Álvarez (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | FIN | Tim Väyrynen (to Hansa Rostock) |

## Competitions
### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 | |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 50 | |
| 6 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 46 | |
| 7 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 45 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2017. Source: Kicker

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad and statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | GER | Markus Schubert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | GK | GER | Jean-François Kornetzky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | GER | Patrick Wiegers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | GER | Marc Wachs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Giuliano Modica | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Niklas Kreuzer | 29 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Jannik Müller | 28 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | GER | Fabian Müller | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Hendrik Starostzik | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Florian Ballas | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Niklas Landgraf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | GER | Akaki Gogia | 24 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Manuel Konrad | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marco Hartmann | 30 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Nils Teixeira | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Marvin Stefaniak | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SYR | Aias Aosman | 32 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Andreas Lambertz | 28 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Robin Fluß | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Marcel Hilßner | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Niklas Hauptmann | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Erich Berko | 30 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 30 | FW | GER | Stefan Kutschke | 34 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Marcos Álvarez | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Pascal Testroet | 25 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FIN | Tim Väyrynen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |