# 2016–17 SC Paderborn 07 season

The 2016–17 SC Paderborn 07 season is the 110th season in the football club's history. After being relegated from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga, Paderborn now play in the 3. Liga. They also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 26 January 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Lukas Kruse |
| 2 | DF | GER | Lukas Boeder |
| 3 | DF | GER | Florian Ruck |
| 4 | DF | GER | Tim Sebastian |
| 5 | DF | GER | Christian Strohdiek |
| 7 | MF | GER | Niko Dobros |
| 8 | MF | GER | Marc-André Kruska |
| 9 | FW | NED | Koen van der Biezen |
| 11 | MF | GER | Christian Bickel |
| 12 | DF | GER | Felix Herzenbruch |
| 13 | MF | GER | Sebastian Schonlau |
| 14 | DF | GER | Thomas Bertels |
| 17 | FW | SVN | Zlatko Dedić |
| 18 | FW | GER | Tim Mannek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | Marc Vucinovic |
| 20 | DF | GER | Pascal Itter |
| 21 | MF | GER | Semir Saric |
| 22 | MF | GER | Sven Michel |
| 23 | MF | GER | Robin Krauße |
| 25 | MF | GER | Aykut Soyak |
| 27 | MF | GER | Marcus Piossek |
| 29 | DF | GER | Sebastian Heidinger |
| 30 | GK | GER | Till Brinkmann |
| 31 | DF | GER | Ben Zolinski |
| 32 | DF | GER | Jan Steven Erisa |
| 33 | FW | FIN | Roope Riski |
| 34 | GK | GER | Michael Ratajczak |
| 35 | GK | GER | Jonas Brammen |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 46 | |
| 17 | Werder Bremen II | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 45 | |
| 18 | SC Paderborn | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 44 | |
| 19 | Mainz 05 II (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 41 | 58 | −17 | 40 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | FSV Frankfurt (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 25 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.
* ↑ SC Paderborn were originally relegated from the 2016–17 3. Liga after finishing 18th. However, 1860 Munich, who were relegated from the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga, were unable to obtain a license for the 2017–18 3. Liga. Therefore, SC Paderborn, who submitted a 3. Liga license application, remained in the league for the 2017–18 season.
* ↑ On 24 April 2017, FSV Frankfurt was deducted nine points for filing in for insolvency. Frankfurt appealed on 27 April 2017. On 4 May 2017, the appeal was rejected from the DFB. Another appeal was turned down on 10 May 2017. Frankfurt accepted the penalty on 17 May 2017.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2017. Source:

#### 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 18 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 |