# 2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga

The 2016–17 season of the Frauen-Bundesliga was the 27th season of Germany's premier women's football league. Bayern Munich were the defending champions.
VfL Wolfsburg secured their third title.

## Teams

MSV Duisburg was promoted from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga north and Borussia Mönchengladbach from the south.
| Team | Home city | Home ground | Capacity |
| MSV Duisburg | Duisburg | PCC-Stadion | 3,000 |
| SGS Essen | Essen | Stadion Essen | 20,000 |
| 1. FFC Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Stadion am Brentanobad | 5,500 |
| SC Freiburg | Freiburg | Möslestadion | 5,400 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | Hoffenheim | Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion | 6,350 |
| FF USV Jena | Jena | Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld | 10,800 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Leverkusen | Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten | 1,140 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Mönchengladbach | Grenzlandstadion | 10,000 |
| FC Bayern Munich | Munich | Grünwalder Stadion | 12,500 |
| 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam | Potsdam | Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion | 10,786 |
| SC Sand | Willstätt | Kühnmatt Stadion | 2,000 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | AOK Stadium | 5,200 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg (C) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 14 | +42 | 54 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 52 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Turbine Potsdam | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 50 | |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 45 | |
| 5 | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 37 | |
| 6 | SGS Essen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 32 | |
| 7 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 | |
| 8 | SC Sand | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 28 | |
| 9 | FF USV Jena | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 17 | |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 49 | −30 | 16 | |
| 11 | Bayer Leverkusen (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 53 | −37 | 9 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 66 | −58 | 6 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

## Results

| Home \ Away | DUI | ESS | FRA | FRE | HOF | JEN | LEV | MÖN | MUN | POT | SAN | WOL |
| MSV Duisburg | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–3 |
| SGS Essen | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| FFC Frankfurt | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 |
| SC Freiburg | 5–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| FF Jena | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 0–0 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–8 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Bayern Munich | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Turbine Potsdam | 8–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| SC Sand | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| Wolfsburg | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |

## Topscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mandy Islacker | 1. FFC Frankfurt | 19 |
| 2 | Vivianne Miedema | Bayern Munich | 14 |
| 3 | Hasret Kayikçi | SC Freiburg | 12 |
| 4 | Lina Magull | SC Freiburg | 11 |
| 5 | Tabea Kemme | Turbine Potsdam | 10 |
| 6 | Alexandra Popp | VfL Wolfsburg | 8 |
| 6 | Lea Schüller | SGS Essen | 8 |
| 8 | Nina Burger | SC Sand | 7 |
| 8 | Svenja Huth | Turbine Potsdam | 7 |
| 8 | Felicitas Rauch | Turbine Potsdam | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Mandy Islacker | 1. FFC Frankfurt | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 8–0 | 4 September 2016 |
| Lena Petermann | SC Freiburg | MSV Duisburg | 5–0 | 11 September 2016 |
| Mandy Islacker | 1. FFC Frankfurt | SGS Essen | 3–0 | 19 March 2017 |
| Lina Magull | SC Freiburg | SGS Essen | 4–2 | 30 April 2017 |
| Pernille Harder | VfL Wolfsburg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 8–0 | 30 April 2017 |
| Lea Schüller | SGS Essen | Bayer Leverkusen | 7–1 | 14 May 2017 |