2016–17 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2016–17 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 118th season in the football club's history and 9th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2008. 1899 Hoffenheim will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. It is the 8th season for Hoffenheim in the WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena, located in Sinsheim, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

1899 Hoffenheim

2016–17 season
Owner	President
Chairman	Peter Görlich Frank Briel
Manager	Julian Nagelsmann
Stadium	WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Andrej Kramarić (15 goals) All: Andrej Kramarić (18 goals)
Biggest win	Egestorf/Langreder 0–6 Hoffenheim
Biggest defeat	Köln 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hoffenheim Dortmund 2–1 Hoffenheim
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2017.

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Oliver Baumann 3 DF  CZE Pavel Kadeřábek 4 DF  BIH Ermin Bičakčić 5 DF   SUI Fabian Schär 6 MF  GER Sebastian Rudy 7 MF  GER Lukas Rupp 8 MF  POL Eugen Polanski (captain) 12 DF  BRA Danilo Soares 13 MF  TUR Kerem Demirbay 14 FW  GER Sandro Wagner 15 DF  GER Jeremy Toljan 16 MF   SUI Pirmin Schwegler 17 MF   SUI Steven Zuber

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  GER Nadiem Amiri 19 FW  GER Mark Uth 21 DF  GER Benjamin Hübner 22 MF  GER Kevin Vogt 23 FW  GER Marco Terrazzino 25 DF  GER Niklas Süle 27 FW  CRO Andrej Kramarić 28 FW  HUN Ádám Szalai 30 FW  GER Philipp Ochs 32 MF  GER Dennis Geiger 33 GK  GER Alexander Stolz 36 GK   SUI Gregor Kobel

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	28 August 2016	20 May 2017	Matchday 1	4th	34	16	14	4	64	37	+27	047.06
DFB-Pokal	21 August 2016	26 October 2016	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	050.00
Total					36	17	14	5	71	39	+32	047.22

Last updated: 27 May 2017

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	RB Leipzig	34	20	7	7	66	39	+27	67	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Borussia Dortmund	34	18	10	6	72	40	+32	64
4	1899 Hoffenheim	34	16	14	4	64	37	+27	62	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	1. FC Köln	34	12	13	9	51	42	+9	49	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Hertha BSC	34	15	4	15	43	47	−4	49

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.[1]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, Borussia Dortmund, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Hertha BSC; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, SC Freiburg.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	14	4	64	37	+27	62	11	6	0	35	14	+21	5	8	4	29	23	+6

Last updated: 27 May 2017.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	8	13	10	11	9	7	6	4	3	3	5	6	4	4	3	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2017. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

28 August 2016 1	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	RB Leipzig	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vogt  22' Schär  51' Rupp  55' Uth  83'	Report	Orban  20' Compper  54' Kaiser  58' Ilsanker  74' Demme  79' Sabitzer  90'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,188 Referee: Tobias Stieler

11 September 2016 2	Mainz 05	4–4	1899 Hoffenheim	Mainz
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	de Blasis  3', 23',  45+2' Córdoba  27' Öztunalı  43' Bussmann  57'	Report	Wagner  39',  60' Uth  67',  71', 72' Szalai  84' Rupp  86'	Stadium: OPEL ARENA Attendance: 27,408 Referee: Markus Schmidt

17 September 2016 3	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner  20' Rudy  78'	Report	Gerhardt  11'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,295 Referee: Günter Perl

20 September 2016 4	Darmstadt 98	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Darmstadt
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Jungwirth  77' Oliynyk  90+2'	Report	Kramarić  46' Vargas  83'	Stadium: Jonathan-Heimes-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,800 Referee: Frank Willenborg

25 September 2016 5	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić  17' Bičakčić  26' Rupp  41'	Report	Choupo-Moting  4' Di Santo  90+6'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,288 Referee: Tobias Welz

1 October 2016 6	FC Ingolstadt	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Ingolstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Matip  58' Hinterseer  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Wagner  11' Demirbay  35' Hübner  72' Rupp  90+4'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 13,844 Referee: Robert Kampka

15 October 2016 7	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	SC Freiburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner  34' Vogt  54' Rudy  70' Kramarić  81' (pen.)	Report	Torrejón  65' Niederlechner  77' Haberer  90+3' Söyüncü  90+4'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,540 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

22 October 2016 8	Bayer Leverkusen	0–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Volland  6'	Report	Demirbay  15' Rudy  45+1' Wagner  49' Zuber  60'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 28,716 Referee: Bastian Dankert

30 October 2016 9	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Hertha BSC	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Süle  31'	Report	Weiser  62' Stark  69' Allan  75' Schieber  84'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,015 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

5 November 2016 10	Bayern Munich	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Zuber  34' (o.g.)	Report	Demirbay  16' Rudy  56' Bičakčić  90'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

20 November 2016 11	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bičakčić  40' Wagner  45+1' Zuber  49'	Report	Sakai  16' Kostić  28' Müller  42',  61'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,512 Referee: Robert Hartmann

26 November 2016 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dahoud  25'	Report	Amiri  53' Uth  67' Kadeřábek  77'	Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 51,086 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

3 December 2016 13	1899 Hoffenheim	4–0	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wagner  8', 67' Toljan  39',  71' Uth  89'	Report	Mavraj  84'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,740 Referee: Günter Perl

9 December 2016 14	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Fabián  52' Chandler  73'  82' Mascarell  77' Oczipka  82' Rebić  87'	Report	Polanski  68' Uth  82' Wagner  88'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

16 December 2016 15	1899 Hoffenheim	2–2	Borussia Dortmund	Sinsheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Uth  3' Wagner  20' Süle  30' Hübner  39' Demirbay  58' Rudy  86' Vogt  86'	Report	Reus  9'  41' Götze  11' Bartra  27' Aubameyang  48'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Benjamin Brand

21 December 2016 16	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	Werder Bremen	Sinsheim
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Wagner  26' Hübner  77' Schwegler  90+2'	Report	S. García  53' Bartels  73' Gnabry  87'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,076 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

21 January 2017 17	FC Augsburg	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stafylidis  10' Koo  39' Kohr  50'	Report	Demirbay  15' Ochs  21' Süle  36' Wagner  47' Kramarić  64' Schär  90'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 24,515 Referee: Markus Schmidt

28 January 2017 18	RB Leipzig	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Poulsen  35' Werner  38' Sabitzer  77' Compper  84' Selke  90+2'	Report	Amiri  18',  25' Wagner  60' Szalai  88' Hübner  90'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 39,633 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

4 February 2017 19	1899 Hoffenheim	4–0	Mainz 05	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Uth  5' Baumann  51' Kadeřábek  59' Terrazzino  81' Szalai  86', 90+1'	Report	Córdoba  37' Öztunalı  90'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,078 Referee: Guido Winkmann

12 February 2017 20	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rodríguez  14' Bazoer  24' Arnold  50' Didavi  73' Mallı  75'	Report	Zuber  26' Vogt  87' Hübner  87'	Stadium: VOLKSWAGEN ARENA Attendance: 23,148 Referee: Daniel Siebert

18 February 2017 21	1899 Hoffenheim	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Demirbay  22' Kramarić  64', 90+3' (pen.) Bičakčić  75' Rudy  78'	Report	Sam  76' Sirigu  80' Niemeyer  86' Altıntop  90+2'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,013 Referee: Felix Brych

26 February 2017 22	Schalke 04	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schöpf  5'	Report	Süle  67' Hübner  69' Rudy  79'	Stadium: VELTINS-Arena Attendance: 58,839 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

4 March 2017 23	1899 Hoffenheim	5–2	FC Ingolstadt	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rudy  17',  34' Hübner  58',  88' Szalai  62', 79' Kramarić  77'	Report	Cohen  38' Süle  60' (o.g.) Suttner  65' Kittel  84'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 23,028 Referee: Bastian Dankert

11 March 2017 24	SC Freiburg	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Höfler  5' Philipp  56' Haberer  61'	Report	Vogt  56' Kramarić  60' Hübner  62'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

18 March 2017 25	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Szalai  26' Wagner  62'	Report	Volland  23'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,117 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

31 March 2017 26	Hertha BSC	1–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Berlin
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pekarík  32' Mittelstädt  38'  58' Ibišević  42' Skjelbred  82'	Report	Kramarić  39' (pen.), 86' Amiri  61' Süle  76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 42,401 Referee: Benjamin Brand

4 April 2017 27	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Bayern Munich	Sinsheim
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kramarić  21'	Report	Lewandowski  64'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

8 April 2017 28	Hamburger SV	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hunt  25', 75' Kostić  40' Walace  51' Papadopoulos  68' Diekmeier  82'	Report	Rudy  32' Kramarić  35' (pen.),  36' Zuber  62' Hübner  82'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 53,565 Referee: Felix Zwayer

15 April 2017 29	1899 Hoffenheim	5–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Szalai  9', 24' Hübner  30' Demirbay  58', 89' Vogt  64' Uth  75'	Report	Stindl  26',  35' Vestergaard  31' Elvedi  45+1' Christensen  48' Dahoud  63',  78'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Christian Dingert

21 April 2017 30	1. FC Köln	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Heintz  21' Bittencourt  58' Osako  90+2'	Report	Demirbay  90+3'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Marco Fritz

30 April 2017 31	1899 Hoffenheim	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hübner  90'	Report	Abraham  55' Russ  75' Fabián  90+2'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Günter Perl

6 May 2017 32	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Reus  4',  11' Castro  45+1' Papastathopoulos  53' Dembélé  57' Aubameyang  82'	Report	Uth  15' Demirbay  59' Kramarić  86' (pen.)	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 81,360 Referee: Felix Brych

13 May 2017 33	Werder Bremen	3–5	1899 Hoffenheim	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebre Selassie  59' Bauer  80',  90' Bargfrede  86'	Report	Szalai  7' Kramarić  11', 49' Süle  12' Zuber  40' Bičakčić  51'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

20 May 2017 34	1899 Hoffenheim	0–0	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Rudy  45' Zuber  55'	Report	Baier  45'	Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Marco Fritz

DFB-Pokal

21 August 2016 First round	Germania Egestorf/Langreder	0–6	1899 Hoffenheim	Barsinghausen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dismer  54'  61'	Report	Kramarić  18', 32', 80' Rudy  21' Uth  43' Wagner  54',  90' Kadeřábek  60'  72'	Stadium: Joyetech-Arena Attendance: 2,585 Referee: Marcel Schütz

26 October 2016 Second round	1. FC Köln	2–1 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Risse  36' Sørensen  90+2' Modeste  91',  96'	Report	Hübner  8' Demirbay  33' Szalai  112'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Oliver Baumann	36	0	34	0	2	0
33	GK		Alexander Stolz	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK		Gregor Kobel	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Pavel Kadeřábek	24	0	22+1	0	1	0
4	DF		Ermin Bičakčić	19	1	11+7	1	1	0
5	DF		Fabian Schär	7	0	3+3	0	1	0
12	DF		Danilo Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Jeremy Toljan	21	1	14+6	1	0+1	0
21	DF		Benjamin Hübner	26	3	25	2	1	1
25	DF		Niklas Süle	34	2	33	2	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Sebastian Rudy	34	3	32	2	2	1
7	MF		Lukas Rupp	16	2	8+6	2	1+1	0
8	MF		Eugen Polanski	14	0	7+7	0	0	0
11	MF		Jiloan Hamad	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Kerem Demirbay	29	6	27+1	6	1	0
16	MF		Pirmin Schwegler	10	0	2+7	0	1	0
17	MF		Steven Zuber	26	4	23+1	4	2	0
18	MF		Nadiem Amiri	33	2	20+12	2	1	0
22	MF		Kevin Vogt	33	0	30+1	0	2	0
30	MF		Philipp Ochs	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0
32	MF		Dennis Geiger	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
14	FW		Sandro Wagner	33	12	30+1	11	2	1
19	FW		Mark Uth	23	8	12+10	7	1	1
23	FW		Marco Terrazzino	9	1	4+4	1	0+1	0
27	FW		Andrej Kramarić	36	18	28+6	15	2	3
28	FW		Ádám Szalai	23	8	7+15	8	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW		Eduardo Vargas	6	0	0+5	0	0+1	0
20	DF		Kim Jin-su	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		Barış Atik	3	0	0+3	0	0	0

Last updated: 20 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	27	FW		Andrej Kramarić	15	3	18
2	14	FW		Sandro Wagner	11	1	12
3	19	FW		Mark Uth	7	1	8
	28	FW		Ádám Szalai	8	0	8
5	13	MF		Kerem Demirbay	6	0	6
6	17	MF		Steven Zuber	4	0	4
7	6	MF		Sebastian Rudy	2	1	3
	21	DF		Benjamin Hübner	2	1	3
9	7	MF		Lukas Rupp	2	0	2
	18	MF		Nadiem Amiri	2	0	2
	25	DF		Niklas Süle	2	0	2
12	4	DF		Ermin Bičakčić	1	0	1
	15	DF		Jeremy Toljan	1	0	1
	23	FW		Marco Terrazzino	1	0	1
Own goal					0	0	0
Totals					64	7	71

Last updated: 13 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	1	GK		Oliver Baumann	12	1	13
Totals					12	1	13

Last updated: 20 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
1	GK		Oliver Baumann	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Pavel Kadeřábek	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0
4	DF		Ermin Bičakčić	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	DF		Fabian Schär	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF		Sebastian Rudy	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
7	MF		Lukas Rupp	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF		Eugen Polanski	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	FW		Eduardo Vargas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	MF		Kerem Demirbay	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
14	FW		Sandro Wagner	3	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1
15	DF		Jeremy Toljan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	MF		Pirmin Schwegler	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	MF		Steven Zuber	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	MF		Nadiem Amiri	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW		Mark Uth	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	DF		Benjamin Hübner	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
22	MF		Kevin Vogt	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
25	DF		Niklas Süle	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
27	FW		Andrej Kramarić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	FW		Ádám Szalai	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
30	MF		Philipp Ochs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals				63	0	1	3	1	0	66	1	1

Last updated: 20 May 2017

References

1. "Ligaverband: Ligastatut" [League Association: League Regulations] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. p. 214. Retrieved 16 August 2016.