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 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 runners-up 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
DatePos.PlayerOrigin / DestinationNotesReferences
GKGermany Fabienne WeberGermany SV JungingenSoccerdonna
2016–04–04DFGermany Verena FaisstGermany VfL WolfsburgSport1
2016–05–05FWGermany Eunice BeckmannUnited States Boston BreakersSport1
2016–05–05MFGermany Simone LaudehrGermany 1. FFC FrankfurtWelt
2016–05–20MFAustria Laura FeiersingerGermany SC SandZeit
2016–05–20MFGermany Anna GerhardtGermany 1. FC KölnKicker
2016–06–15DFNetherlands Stefanie van der GragtNetherlands TwenteRTV Oost
2016–06–15GKNetherlands Jacintha WeimarNetherlands CTO EindhovenVI
2016–07–??MFGermany Ricarda WalklingUnited States N.C. State WolfpackSoccerdonna
2016–07–07DFItaly Raffaella ManieriItaly BresciaGiornale di Brescia
2016–07–08MFSpain Vero BoqueteFrance Paris Saint-GermainMarca
2016–11–22FWSweden Fridolina RolföSweden LinköpingExpressen
2016–12–20DFUnited States Claire FalknorUnited States Houston DashEqualizer 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
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsNotes
1VfL Wolsburg2217325614+4254Qualified for next season's Champions League
2Bayern Munich2217143615+2152Qualified for next season's Champions League
3Turbine Potsdam2216244216+2650
4SC Freiburg2214534520+2549
51. FFC Frankfurt2210754028+1237
Frauen DFB-Pokal

Bundesliga statistics

Bundesliga squad and statistics
No.Pos.BornFIFA nationality 1PlayerGamesGoalsDisciplinary record
Pl.St.Yellow cardYellow cardYellow cardRed cardRed card
31Goalkeeper1995 AustriaManuela Zinsberger10100000
32Goalkeeper1986 FinlandTinja-Riikka Korpela12120000
2Defender1985 United StatesGina Lewandowski21212100
3Defender1992 NetherlandsStefanie van der Gragt990200
5Defender1988  SwitzerlandCaroline Abbé15102100
6Defender1989 GermanyKatharina Baunach1261100
15Defender1987 NorwayNora Holstad Berge15131000
19Defender1991 AustriaCarina Wenninger19142300
20Defender1992 GermanyLeonie Maier17150210
22Defender1989 GermanyVerena Faißt11100100
25Defender1991 AustriaViktoria Schnaderbeck12120000
7Midfielder1985 GermanyMelanie Behringer20205600
8Midfielder1994 GermanyMelanie Leupolz1050000
9Midfielder1986  SwitzerlandVanessa Bürki731000
11Midfielder1993 GermanyLena Lotzen211000
13Midfielder1993 JapanMana Iwabuchi320000
14Midfielder1994 GermanySarah Romert300000
21Midfielder1986 GermanySimone Laudehr761200
27Midfielder1998 GermanyAnna Gerhardt921000
33Midfielder1995 GermanySara Däbritz22211200
35Midfielder2000 GermanyVerena Wieder200000
36Midfielder2000 GermanySydney Lohmann320000
10Forward1996 NetherlandsVivianne Miedema222114200
18Forward1992 ScotlandLisa Evans15130000
29Forward1992 GermanyNicole Rolser16103100
4Forward1993 SwedenFridolina Rolfö530000
Forward1998 CroatiaIvana Slipčević110000

1 Senior internationals in bold

References

  1. ↑ "(West) Germany - List of Women Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  2. ↑ "FCB women draw with Twente, bow out of UWCL - FC Bayern Munich". fcbayern.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  3. ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Verena Faißt - FC Bayern München". fcbayern.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  4. ↑ "FC Bayern sign Simone Laudehr - FC Bayern Munich". fcbayern.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  5. ↑ "Breakers sign German forward Eunice Beckmann - Boston Breakers". bostonbreakerssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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  8. ↑ "Veronica Boquete firma por dos años - Equipo Femenino - Paris Saint-Germain FC". psg.fr. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  9. ↑ "sc/blog/posts/20160520_SC-Sand-verpflichtet-oÖsterreichische-Nationalspielerin-Laura-Feiersinger". scsand-frauen.de. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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  15. ↑ "Estados Unidos - C. Falknor - Perfil con noticias, estadísticas de carrera e historia - Women Soccerway". es.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
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