The 2016–17 Bundesliga was the 54th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. It began on 26 August 2016 and ended on 20 May 2017.^[2] Bayern Munich were the defending champions. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 29 June 2016.^[3]

Bayern Munich won their 26th Bundesliga title with three games to spare, becoming the first team to win 5 consecutive titles.^[4][5] RB Leipzig became the runners-up, only a year after its promotion last season from the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga.

A total of 18 teams participated in this edition of the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart and Hannover 96 were relegated to 2016–17 2. Bundesliga. Former Bundesliga champion Stuttgart were relegated to the second level after 39 years, whereas Hannover 96 finished a 14-year stint in the top level. They were replaced by 2. Bundesliga champion SC Freiburg and 2. Bundesliga runner-up RB Leipzig. Freiburg immediately returned to the Bundesliga, whereas RB Leipzig made its debut. Finally Eintracht Frankfurt, 16th of Bundesliga faced 1. FC Nürnberg, third of 2. Bundesliga in a Bundesliga play-off. Eintracht won 2–1 on aggregate and remained in the top level.

RB Leipzig was the first team from the former East Germany to play in the Bundesliga since the relegation of Energie Cottbus after the 2008–09 season.

Stadiums and locations

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK Arena	30,660
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,360	[6]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Borussia-Park	54,057
Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt	Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor	17,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
SC Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	Schwarzwald-Stadion	24,000
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,475
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena	30,150
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,000
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion	49,968	[7]
RB Leipzig	Leipzig	Red Bull Arena	42,959	[8]
Mainz 05	Mainz	Opel Arena	34,000
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271	[9]
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weser-Stadion	42,100
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

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FC Augsburg

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Darmstadt 98

Eintracht Frankfurt

SC Freiburg

Hamburger SV

Hertha BSC

1899 Hoffenheim

FC Ingolstadt

1. FC Köln

RB Leipzig

Mainz 05

Schalke 04

Werder Bremen

VfL Wolfsburg

Locations of the 2016–17 Bundesliga teams

Personnel and kits

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Manuel Baum	Paul Verhaegh	Nike	WWK	[10][11][12]
Bayer Leverkusen	Tayfun Korkut	Lars Bender	Jako	Barmenia Versicherungen	[11][12][13][14]
Bayern Munich	Carlo Ancelotti	Philipp Lahm	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	[11][12][15]
Borussia Dortmund	Thomas Tuchel	Marcel Schmelzer	Puma	Evonik	[12][13][16]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dieter Hecking	Lars Stindl	Kappa	Postbank	[12][17]
Darmstadt 98	Torsten Frings	Aytaç Sulu	Jako	Software AG	[11][12]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Niko Kovač	Alexander Meier	Nike	Krombacher	[11][12][18]
SC Freiburg	Christian Streich	Mensur Mujdža	Hummel	Schwarzwaldmilch	[19]
Hamburger SV	Markus Gisdol	Gōtoku Sakai	Adidas	Fly Emirates	[11][12][13]
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Vedad Ibišević	Nike	bet-at-home.com	[11][12][13]
1899 Hoffenheim	Julian Nagelsmann	Pirmin Schwegler	Lotto	SAP	[11][12][20]
FC Ingolstadt	Maik Walpurgis	Marvin Matip	Adidas	Media Markt	[11][12][21]
1. FC Köln	Peter Stöger	Matthias Lehmann	Erima	REWE	[11][12][13]
RB Leipzig	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Dominik Kaiser	Nike	Red Bull	[21]
Mainz 05	Martin Schmidt	Stefan Bell	Lotto	Kömmerling	[12][13]
Schalke 04	Markus Weinzierl	Benedikt Höwedes	Adidas	Gazprom	[11][12][22]
Werder Bremen	Alexander Nouri	Clemens Fritz	Nike	Wiesenhof	[11][12][13]
VfL Wolfsburg	Andries Jonker	Diego Benaglio	Nike	Volkswagen	[11][12][13][23]

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Coaching changes

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Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
Bayern Munich	Pep Guardiola	End of contract	20 December 2015	30 June 2016	Pre-season	Carlo Ancelotti	20 December 2015	1 July 2016	[15][24]
FC Ingolstadt	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Signed for RB Leipzig	6 May 2016			Markus Kauczinski	6 May 2016		[21]
RB Leipzig	Ralf Rangnick	Appointed as sporting director				Ralph Hasenhüttl			[21]
Schalke 04	André Breitenreiter	Sacked	14 May 2016			Markus Weinzierl	2 June 2016		[22][25]
FC Augsburg	Markus Weinzierl	Signed for Schalke 04	24 May 2016			Dirk Schuster			[10][26]
Darmstadt 98	Dirk Schuster	Signed for FC Augsburg	2 June 2016			Norbert Meier	10 June 2016		[10][27]
Werder Bremen	Viktor Skrypnyk	Sacked	18 September 2016		18th	Alexander Nouri[lower-alpha 1]	18 September 2016		[28][29]
Hamburger SV	Bruno Labbadia		25 September 2016		16th	Markus Gisdol	25 September 2016	26 September 2016	[30][31]
VfL Wolfsburg	Dieter Hecking		17 October 2016		14th	Valérien Ismaël	17 October 2016		[32][33]
FC Ingolstadt	Markus Kauczinski		6 November 2016		17th	Maik Walpurgis	12 November 2016		[34][35]
Darmstadt 98	Norbert Meier		5 December 2016		16th	Torsten Frings	27 December 2016		[36][37][38]
FC Augsburg	Dirk Schuster		14 December 2016		13th	Manuel Baum	14 December 2016		[39][40]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	André Schubert		21 December 2016		14th	Dieter Hecking	21 December 2016		[41][42]
VfL Wolfsburg	Valérien Ismaël		26 February 2017		14th	Andries Jonker	27 February 2017		[43][44]
Bayer Leverkusen	Roger Schmidt		5 March 2017		9th	Tayfun Korkut	6 March 2017		[45][46]

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1. Nouri was initially appointed as interim coach for a few games, but the move was made permanent on 2 October 2016.