2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt season explained

Club:	Eintracht Frankfurt
Season:	2016–17
Chairman:	Fredi Bobič Oliver Frankenbach Axel Hellmann
Stadium:	Commerzbank-Arena
League:	Bundesliga
League Result:	11th
Cup1:	DFB-Pokal
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Highest Attendance:	51,500
Lowest Attendance:	6,300
Average Attendance:	49,176
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Updated:	27 May 2017
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 117th season in the club's football history. In 2016–17 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's fifth season back in the Bundesliga and the 48th overall.

Players

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
3	Defender	Guillermo Varela		Yes	Manchester United	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	Undisclosed	^[1]
5	Defender	Jesús Vallejo		Yes	Real Madrid	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	Undisclosed	^[2]
7	Midfielder	Danny Blum		Yes	1. FC Nürnberg	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	—	^[3]
15	Defender	Michael Hector		Yes	Chelsea	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	Undisclosed	^[4]
17	Striker	Ante Rebić		Yes	ACF Fiorentina	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	Undisclosed	^[5]
28	Midfielder	Aymen Barkok		Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2020	Free
30	Striker	Shani Tarashaj		No	Everton	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	Undisclosed	^[6]
31	Striker	Branimir Hrgota		Yes	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Free transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	—	^[7]
32	Midfielder	Joel Gerezgiher		Yes	FSV Frankfurt	Loan return	Summer	30 June 2018	—
33	Defender	Taleb Tawatha		No	Maccabi Haifa	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€1.2 million	^[8]
34	Goalkeeper	Leon Bätge		Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2017	Free	^[9]
36	Defender	Furkan Zorba		Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2018	Free
37	Midfielder	Miguel Blanco-Lopez		Yes	Eintracht Frankfurt U19	Academy	Summer	30 June 2017	Free
39	Midfielder	Omar Mascarell		Yes	Real Madrid	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€1.0 million	^[10]
18	Midfielder	Max Besuschkow		Yes	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2020	€100,000	^[11]
24	Forward	Marius Wolf		Yes	Hannover 96	Loan	Winter	30 June 2017	—	^[12]
29	Defender	Andersson Ordóñez		No	Barcelona SC	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2020	€1.0 million	^[13]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
3	Defender	Kaan Ayhan		Yes	FC Schalke 04	Loan end	Summer	Free
5	Defender	Carlos Zambrano		No	Rubin Kazan	Transfer	Summer	€3.5 million	^[14]
7	Midfielder	Stefan Reinartz		Yes	-	Retired	Summer	Free	^[15]
15	Defender	Constant Djakpa		No	Unknown	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[16]
16	Midfielder	Stefan Aigner		Yes	TSV 1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	€3.0 million	^[17]
24	Forward	Luca Waldschmidt		Yes	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€1.3 million
27	Midfielder	Aleksandar Ignjovski		No	SC Freiburg	Transfer	Summer	€750,000	^[18]
28	Midfielder	Sonny Kittel		Yes	FC Ingolstadt	End of contract	Summer	Free	^[19]
29	Goalkeeper	Emil Balayev		No	Qarabağ FK	End of contract	Summer	Free
30	Forward	Luc Castaignos		Yes	Sporting CP	Transfer	Summer	€2.5 million	^[20]
32	Midfielder	Änis Ben-Hatira		Yes	Darmstadt 98	End of contract	Summer	Free
33	Goalkeeper	Yannick Zummack		Yes	Sportfreunde Lotte	End of contract	Summer	Free
35	Midfielder	Nico Rinderknecht		Yes	FC Ingolstadt	End of contract	Summer	Free
8	Midfielder	Szabolcs Huszti		Yes	Changchun Yatai	Transfer	Winter	Free
18	Midfielder	Johannes Flum		Yes	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	Winter	Free	^[21]
32	Midfielder	Joel Gerezgiher		Yes	Holstein Kiel	Released	Winter	30 June 2018	^[22]
38	Forward	Enis Bunjaki		Yes	FC Twente	Released	Winter	Free	^[23]

Friendly matches

Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup

See main article: article and 2016 Schauinsland-Reisen-Cup.

Competitions

Bundesliga

See main article: article and 2016–17 Bundesliga.

Matches

DFB-Pokal

See main article: article and 2016–17 DFB-Pokal.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

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1	10	MF		Marco Fabián	7	0	7
2	31	FW		Branimir Hrgota	5	1	6
3	14	FW		Alexander Meier	5	0	5
4	9	FW		Haris Seferovic	3	1	4
5	17	FW		Ante Rebić	2	1	3
6	7	FW		Danny Blum	1	1	2
	8	MF		Szabolcs Huszti	2	0	2
	11	MF		Mijat Gaćinović	2	0	2
	28	MF		Aymen Barkok	2	0	2
	33	DF		Taleb Tawatha	0	2	2
11	5	DF		Jesús Vallejo	1	0	1
	6	DF		Bastian Oczipka	1	0	1
	15	DF		Michael Hector	1	0	1
	19	DF		David Abraham	1	0	1
	20	MF		Makoto Hasebe	1	0	1
	30	FW		Shani Tarashaj	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Totals					34	6	40

Last updated: 27 May 2017

Clean sheets

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1	1	GK		Lukáš Hrádecký	10	3	13
2	13	GK		Heinz Lindner	1	0	1
Totals					11	3	14

Last updated: 1 April 2017

Disciplinary record

			Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
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1	GK		Lukáš Hrádecký	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1
3	DF		Guillermo Varela	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
4	DF		Marco Russ	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF		Jesús Vallejo	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	DF		Bastian Oczipka	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	MF		Szabolcs Huszti	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
9	FW		Haris Seferovic	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
10	MF		Marco Fabián	10	0	0	1	1	0	11	1	0
11	MF		Mijat Gaćinović	9	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
14	FW		Alexander Meier	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	DF		Michael Hector	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	1
17	FW		Ante Rebić	10	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
18	MF		Max Besuschkow	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF		David Abraham	5	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	1
20	MF		Makoto Hasebe	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
22	DF		Timothy Chandler	7	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	1
24	FW		Marius Wolf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	MF		Aymen Barkok	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	FW		Shani Tarashaj	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	FW		Branimir Hrgota	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
39	MF		Omar Mascarell	13	0	0	2	0	0	15	0	0
Totals				84	1	5	11	2	0	95	3	5

Last updated: 27 May 2017

External links

• Official English Eintracht website
• German archive site
• 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt season at kicker.de
• 2016–17 Eintracht Frankfurt season at Fussballdaten.de

Notes and References

1. News: New right back: Guillermo Varela. 26 July 2016. eintracht.de. 26 July 2016.
2. News: Jesús Vallejo on loan at Eintracht. 17 July 2016. eintracht.de. 17 July 2016.
3. News: Blum joins. 3 July 2016. eintracht.de. 3 July 2016.
4. News: Cool Runnings: Michael Hector joins from Chelsea FC. 15 August 2016. eintracht.de. 15 August 2016.
5. News: Ante Rebić joined Eintracht. 11 July 2016. eintracht.de. 11 July 2016. 17 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817020100/http://www.eintracht.de/en/news/article/ante-rebic-joined-eintracht-55721/. dead.
6. News: Eagles sign Shani Tarashaj. 31 August 2016. eintracht.de. 31 August 2016.
7. News: Hrgota joins. 16 June 2016. eintracht.de. 16 June 2016.
8. News: New left back: Taleb Tawatha. 12 July 2016. eintracht.de. 12 July 2016.
9. News: Contract for goalie Leon Bätge. 7 June 2016. eintracht.de. 7 June 2016.
10. News: Spanish Eagle I: Omar Mascarell. 13 July 2016. eintracht.de. 13 July 2016. 17 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817012915/http://www.eintracht.de/en/news/article/spanish-eagle-i-omar-mascarell-55761/. dead.
11. News: New Eagle: Max Besuschkow. 6 January 2017. eintracht.de. 6 January 2017.
12. News: Eintracht Sign Marius Wolf. 31 January 2017. eintracht.de. 31 January 2017.
13. News: New defender for SGE. 16 December 2016. eintracht.de. 16 December 2016.
14. News: Zambrano to Rubin Kazan. 3 July 2016. eintracht.de. 3 July 2016.
15. News: Stefan Reinartz ends player career. 27 May 2016. eintracht.de. 27 May 2016.
16. News: The latest on Eintracht. 12 June 2016. eintracht.de. 12 June 2016.
17. News: Stefan Aigner returns to 1860 München. 30 July 2016. eintracht.de. 30 July 2016.
18. News: Ignjovski leaves. 15 June 2016. eintracht.de. 15 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160615174721/http://www.eintracht.de/en/news/article/hasebe-stays-ignjovski-leaves-austria-loses-55466/. 15 June 2016. dead. dmy-all.
19. News: The latest on Eintracht. 12 June 2016. eintracht.de. 12 June 2016.
20. News: Luc Castaignos joins Sporting. 29 August 2016. eintracht.de. 29 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160901210958/http://www.eintracht.de/en/news/article/luc-castaignos-and-eintracht-frankfurt-part-ways-56331/. 1 September 2016. dead. dmy-all.
21. News: Flum joins St. Pauli. 8 January 2017. eintracht.de. 8 January 2017.
22. News: Transfers. 31 January 2017. eintracht.de. 31 January 2017.
23. News: Transfers. 31 January 2017. eintracht.de. 31 January 2017.