2016–17 Frauen-Bundesliga Explained

Competition:	Frauen-Bundesliga
Season:	2016–17
Winners:	VfL Wolfsburg
Relegated:	Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach
Continentalcup1:	UEFA Women's Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	VfL Wolfsburg Bayern Munich
Biggest Home Win:	Frankfurt 8–0 Mönchengladbach Potsdam 8–0 Duisburg Wolfsburg 8–0 Mönchengladbach
Biggest Away Win:	Leverkusen 1–8 Wolfsburg
Highest Scoring:	Leverkusen 1–8 Wolfsburg
Matches:	132
Total Goals:	371
League Topscorer:	Mandy Islacker (19 goals)
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

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.^[1]

Teams

MSV Duisburg was promoted from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga north and Borussia Mönchengladbach from the south.^{[2] [3]}

Team	Home city	Home ground	Capacity
			3,000
			20,000
			5,500
	Freiburg		5,400
			6,350
			10,800
		Jugendleistungszentrum Kurtekotten	1,140
			10,000
	Munich		12,500
			10,786
		Kühnmatt Stadion	2,000
		AOK Stadium	5,200

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals^[4]
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
	Lea Schüller	SGS Essen
8	Nina Burger	SC Sand	7
	Svenja Huth	Turbine Potsdam
	Felicitas Rauch	Turbine Potsdam

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
			8–0	4 September 2016	^[5]
			5–0	11 September 2016	^[6]
			3–0	19 March 2017	^[7]
			4–2	30 April 2017	^[8]
			8–0	30 April 2017	^[9]
			7–1	14 May 2017	^[10]

External links

• Weltfussball.de
• DFB.de

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dritter Titel perfekt: Der VfL Wolfsburg ist Deutscher Meister. 14 May 2017. dfb.
2. Web site: Zebra-Frauen starten Aufstiegs-Sause: Der MSV ist wieder da!. 17 April 2016. de.
3. Web site: http://www.borussia.de/de/aktuelles-termine/news/borussia-news/news-detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews[tt_news=17402&cHash=1ec45d4b4cb9c287afe24171e7475ca1 Borussias Frauen steigen in die Bundesliga auf]. 1 May 2016. de. 9 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009053743/http://www.borussia.de/de/aktuelles-termine/news/borussia-news/news-detailansicht.html?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=17402&cHash=1ec45d4b4cb9c287afe24171e7475ca1. dead.
4. https://www.dfb.de/allianz-frauen-bundesliga/torjaegerinnen Topscorers
5. Web site: 1. FFC Frankfurt-Borussia Mönchengladbach 8-0. DFB. de. 12 September 2016.
6. Web site: SC Freiburg-MSV Duisburg 5-0. DFB. de. 12 September 2016.
7. Web site: 1. FFC Frankfurt-SGS Essen 3-0. DFB. de. 19 March 2017.
8. Web site: SC Freiburg-SGS Essen 4-2. DFB. de. 30 April 2017.
9. Web site: VfL Wolfsburg-Borussia Mönchengladbach 8-0. DFB. de. 30 April 2017.
10. Web site: SGS Essen-Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7-1. DFB. de. 14 May 2017.