2016–17 FC Bayern Munich (women) season

2016–17 season
Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Manager Thomas Wörle
Stadium Grünwalder Stadion
Bundesliga Second
DFB-Pokal Quarterfinalist
Champions League Quarterfinalist
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2016–17 season was the 27th edition of Bayern Munich's women's section since the creation of the Frauen Bundesliga. In it the team tried to defend its second consecutive Frauen Bundesliga title and made its third appearance in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Summary

Bayern had successfully defended its first Bundesliga title and won the 2015–16 championship too with a 10 points advantage over Wolfsburg – the largest gap between the league's champion and runner-up since the 2001–02 edition.[1] On the other hand, in its return to the UEFA Women's Champions League, where Wolfsburg lost the final on penalties against Olympique Lyonnais, Bayern failed to progress to the later stages and was knocked out by Twente on away goals in the Round of 32.[2] In the DFB-Pokal the team reached the semifinals, where it was eliminated by the sensation of the competition, Sand.

The day after the DFB-Pokal elimination, Bayern announced its first signing for the 2016–17 season, international Verena Faißt from Wolfsburg.[3] Before the end of the Bundesliga another experienced German international was signed, Frankfurt's Simone Laudehr,[4] while Eunice Beckmann left the club for NWSL's Boston Breakers.[5]

Few days after the final Bundesliga game against Hoffenheim Bayern signed midfielder Anna Gerhardt coming from Köln, which had just been relegated.[6] She has followed one month later by Dutch defender Stefanie van der Gragt from Twente[7] and Jacintha Weimar, who replaced Fabienne Weber as Bayern's third goalkeeper. On the other hand, Paris St.-Germain signed Spanish midfielder Vero Boquete,[8] and Laura Feiersinger and Raffaella Manieri, who had played few games in the 2015–16 season, signed for Sand and Brescia respectively.[9][10]

Bayern failed to win its two first Bundesliga home games, tying 1–1 against Freiburg and losing 1–2 against title containder Wolfsburg.[11] However, the team won all away games in the Bundesliga up to March, chaining six victories until until they lost 1–2 against Turbine Potsdam, back to the top positions after a disappointing 2015–16 season, on December 11.[12] Meanwhile, Bayern had easily knocked out the Scottish and Russian runner-ups Hibernian and Rossiyanka by wide aggregates (10–1 and 8–0 respectively) in the Champions League and reached the quarterfinals for the first time.[13] Lastly it progressed easily past lower-division teams 1. FC Riegelsberg (0–15) and Arminia Ibbenbüren (0–8) in the DFB-Pokal.

In November, following the end of the 2016 Damallsvenskan, signed Fridolina Rolfö from champion Linköping.[14] One month later Claire Falknor, having played no Bundesliga games in the first half of the season,[15] departed to the NWSL.[16]

On January 9 Melanie Behringer was awarded the bronze in the successor of the FIFA Women's World Player, The Best Awards.[17] Bayern was the only team with more than one player in the top 5 positions, as Sara Däbritz ranked fifth. Meanwhile, the team held a training stage in Andalusia during the winter interseason, in which they defeated Arsenal 3–1 in a charitable friendly played in Betis' home ground.[18]

Back into official action, Bayern defeated Freiburg and Jena before facing two crucial games against Wolfsburg in March. They lost both by 0–2 as Wolfsburg knocked them out of the DFB Pokal in the quarterfinals and set course for the title. Next they faced the Champions League's quarterfinals against 2014–15 runner-up Paris St.-Germain. Bayern won the first leg by 1–0 but suffered a 4–0 defeat in the Parc des Princes.[19] Thus the team ended March out of the Champions League and the Pokal and with few options of winning the Bundesliga.

From April Bayern won the next three Bundesliga games before losing 4–2 against Frankfurt. On May 11 it defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach but lost all mathematical options to win the championship with Wolfsburg's 2–1 victory over Essen.[20] Bayern now faced a head-to-head match for the other Champions League spot against Turbine Potsdam. They won it with a remarkable 0–4 scoreline,[21] and sealed their qualification in the last game by defeating Essen by 2–0.

Transfers

  Transfers in   Transfers out

Transfers
Date Pos. Player Origin / Destination Notes References
GK Germany Fabienne Weber Germany SV Jungingen Soccerdonna
2016–04–04 DF Germany Verena Faisst Germany VfL Wolfsburg Sport1
2016–05–05 FW Germany Eunice Beckmann United States Boston Breakers Sport1
2016–05–05 MF Germany Simone Laudehr Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt Welt
2016–05–20 MF Austria Laura Feiersinger Germany SC Sand Zeit
2016–05–20 MF Germany Anna Gerhardt Germany 1. FC Köln Kicker
2016–06–15 DF Netherlands Stefanie van der Gragt Netherlands Twente RTV Oost
2016–06–15 GK Netherlands Jacintha Weimar Netherlands CTO Eindhoven VI
2016–07–?? MF Germany Ricarda Walkling United States N.C. State Wolfpack Soccerdonna
2016–07–07 DF Italy Raffaella Manieri Italy Brescia Giornale di Brescia
2016–07–08 MF Spain Vero Boquete France Paris Saint-Germain Marca
2016–11–22 FW Sweden Fridolina Rolfö Sweden Linköping Expressen
2016–12–20 DF United States Claire Falknor United States Houston Dash Equalizer Soccer

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed
Numbers in brackets in league games show the team's position in the table following the match

Preseason and interseason
UEFA Women's Champions League
Frauen Bundesliga
Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 VfL Wolsburg 22 17 3 2 56 14 +42 54 Qualified for next season's Champions League
2 Bayern Munich 22 17 1 4 36 15 +21 52 Qualified for next season's Champions League
3 Turbine Potsdam 22 16 2 4 42 16 +26 50
4 SC Freiburg 22 14 5 3 45 20 +25 49
5 1. FFC Frankfurt 22 10 7 5 40 28 +12 37
Frauen DFB-Pokal

Bundesliga statistics

Bundesliga squad and statistics
No. Pos. Born FIFA nationality 1 Player Games Goals Disciplinary record
Pl. St. YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
31 Goalkeeper 1995  Austria Zinsberger, ManuelaManuela Zinsberger 10 10 0 0 0 0
32 Goalkeeper 1986  Finland Korpela, Tinja-RiikkaTinja-Riikka Korpela 12 12 0 0 0 0
2 Defender 1985  United States Lewandowski, GinaGina Lewandowski 21 21 2 1 0 0
3 Defender 1992  Netherlands van der Gragt, StefanieStefanie van der Gragt 9 9 0 2 0 0
5 Defender 1988   Switzerland Abbé, CarolineCaroline Abbé 15 10 2 1 0 0
6 Defender 1989  Germany Baunach, KatharinaKatharina Baunach 12 6 1 1 0 0
15 Defender 1987  Norway Holstad Berge, NoraNora Holstad Berge 15 13 1 0 0 0
19 Defender 1991  Austria Wenninger, CarinaCarina Wenninger 19 14 2 3 0 0
20 Defender 1992  Germany Maier, LeonieLeonie Maier 17 15 0 2 1 0
22 Defender 1989  Germany Faißt, VerenaVerena Faißt 11 10 0 1 0 0
25 Defender 1991  Austria Schnaderbeck, ViktoriaViktoria Schnaderbeck 12 12 0 0 0 0
7 Midfielder 1985  Germany Behringer, MelanieMelanie Behringer 20 20 5 6 0 0
8 Midfielder 1994  Germany Leupolz, MelanieMelanie Leupolz 10 5 0 0 0 0
9 Midfielder 1986   Switzerland Bürki, VanessaVanessa Bürki 7 3 1 0 0 0
11 Midfielder 1993  Germany Lotzen, LenaLena Lotzen 2 1 1 0 0 0
13 Midfielder 1993  Japan Iwabuchi, ManaMana Iwabuchi 3 2 0 0 0 0
14 Midfielder 1994  Germany Romert, SarahSarah Romert 3 0 0 0 0 0
21 Midfielder 1986  Germany Laudehr, SimoneSimone Laudehr 7 6 1 2 0 0
27 Midfielder 1998  Germany Gerhardt, AnnaAnna Gerhardt 9 2 1 0 0 0
33 Midfielder 1995  Germany Däbritz, SaraSara Däbritz 22 21 1 2 0 0
35 Midfielder 2000  Germany Wieder, VerenaVerena Wieder 2 0 0 0 0 0
36 Midfielder 2000  Germany Lohmann, SydneySydney Lohmann 3 2 0 0 0 0
10 Forward 1996  Netherlands Miedema, VivianneVivianne Miedema 22 21 14 2 0 0
18 Forward 1992  Scotland Evans, LisaLisa Evans 15 13 0 0 0 0
29 Forward 1992  Germany Rolser, NicoleNicole Rolser 16 10 3 1 0 0
4 Forward 1993  Sweden Rolfö, FridolinaFridolina Rolfö 5 3 0 0 0 0
Forward 1998  Croatia Slipčević, IvanaIvana Slipčević 1 1 0 0 0 0

1 Senior internationals in bold

References

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