2016–17 Würzburger Kickers season

The 2016–17 Würzburger Kickers season is their 2nd season in the 2. Bundesliga. They won promotion after beating MSV Duisburg in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga Relegation play-offs.[1]

Würzburger Kickers

2016–17 season
Chairman	Dr. Michael Schlagbauer
Manager	Bernd Hollerbach
Stadium	flyeralarm Arena

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
DF	Felix Müller	23	Yes	SC Preußen Münster	Transfer	Summer	2018		[2][3]
DF	Júnior Díaz	32	No	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer			[4]
DF	Franko Uzelac	21	Yes	VfB Oldenburg	Transfer	Summer	2018		[5]
DF	Sascha Traut	31	Yes	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[2]
FW	Marco Königs	26	Yes	SC Fortuna Köln	Transfer	Summer	2018		[2]
MF	Tobias Schröck	23	Yes	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	Transfer	Summer	2018		[6]
MF	Patrick Weihrauch	22	Yes	FC Bayern München	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[6]
MF	Valdet Rama	28	No	TSV 1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	2018		[7]
DF	Sebastian Neumann	25	Yes	VfR Aalen	Transfer	Summer	2018		[2]
DF	Leon Volz	19	Yes	SB/DJK Rosenheim	Transfer	Summer			[8]

Out

Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
FW	Christopher Bieber	26	Yes	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Transfer	Summer		[9]
MF	Liridon Vocaj	22	No	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Transfer	Summer		[10]
DF	Paweł Thomik	31	Yes		Released	Summer		[11]
DF	Nico Herzig	32	Yes		Released	Summer		[11]
DF	Lukas Billick	28	Yes		Released	Summer		[11]
FW	Adam Jabiri	32	Yes	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Released	Summer		[11][12]
DF	Niklas Weißenberger	23	Yes		Released	Summer		[11]
MF	Nico Gutjahr	23	Yes		Released	Summer		[11]
FW	Daniele Bruno	20	Yes		Released	Summer		[11]
DF	Christian Demirtas	32	Yes		Retirement	Summer		[11]
MF	Marco Haller	32	Yes	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Transfer	Summer		[13]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.^2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							Würzburger Kickers	Opponent
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2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

MD	Date Kickoff^1	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						Würzburger Kickers	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	Erzgebirge Aue	34	10	9	15	37	52	−15	39
15	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	13	13	50	54	−4	37
16	1860 Munich[lower-alpha 1] (R)	34	10	6	18	37	47	−10	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	Würzburger Kickers (R)	34	7	13	14	32	41	−9	34	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	Karlsruher SC (R)	34	5	10	19	27	56	−29	25

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 1860 Munich, who lost in the relegation play-offs, were unable to obtain a license for the 2017–18 3. Liga. Therefore, 1860 Munich was relegated to the Regionalliga Bayern.[14][15]

DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								Würzburger Kickers	Opponent
First round						–

Player informations

As of 11 June 2016.[16]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB–Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dominik Brunnhübner	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Dennis Schmitt	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Dominik Nothnagel	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Rico Benatelli	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Clemens Schoppenhauer	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF		Amir Shapourzadeh	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Nejmeddin Daghfous	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Richard Weil	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Joannis Karsanidis	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Peter Kurzweg	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK		Kenan Mujezinovic	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Dániel Nagy	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Dennis Russ	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Royal-Dominique Fennell	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK		Robert Wulnikowski	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Emanuel Taffertshofer	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW		Elia Soriano	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Leon Volz	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Franko Uzelac	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Sebastian Neumann	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Sascha Traut	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Felix Müller	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Marco Königs	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Tobias Schröck	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Patrick Weihrauch	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

• 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
• 2.^ Würzburger Kickers goals first.

References

1. "MSV Duisburg (1) 1-2 (4) Würzburger Kickers: Würzburg win seals second successive promotion". Retrieved 24 May 2016.
2. "Würzburger Kickers rüsten auf" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
3. "Würzburger Kickers verpflichten Königs, Neumann, Traut und F. Müller" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
4. "Junior Diaz wechselt von Darmstadt nach Würzburg" (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2016.
5. "Franko Uzelac wechselt zu den Würzburger Kickers" (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
6. "Würzburg angelt sich Weihrauch und Schröck" (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2016.
7. "TRANSFER: KICKERS VERPFLICHTEN STÜRMER VALDET RAMA" (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
8. "Transfer-Hammer: Leon Volz vom SBR zu den Würzburger Kickers!" (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
9. "Bieber landet in Erfurt" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2016.
10. "Vocaj als Judt-Ersatz nach Erfurt" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2016.
11. "DIE WÜRZBURGER KICKERS STELLEN ERSTE PERSONELLE WEICHEN" (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2016.
12. "Schnüdel rüsten weiter auf: Auch Jabiri kommt vom FWK" (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
13. "Mit Erfolg: Schweinfurt lockt Haller vom FWK" (in German). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
14. "TSV 1860 München erhält keine Zulassung für die 3. Liga" [TSV 1860 Munich does not receive approval for the 3. Liga]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
15. "Teilnehmerfeld der 3. Liga für Saison 2017/2018 komplett". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
16. "SPIELERKADER 1.MANNSCHAFT" (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2015.