The 2016–17
Borussia Dortmund season was the 106th season (and 107th overall year) in the
football
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club's history and
41st consecutive and 50th overall season in the top flight of
German football, the
Bundesliga, having been promoted from the
2. Bundesliga
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in
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
.
In addition to the
domestic league, Borussia Dortmund also participated in this season's editions of the
domestic cup
A domestic cup (also known as association cup or national cup) is a type of sports tournament, particularly common in association football. This tournament type is notable for its participation by professional and amateur teams from many levels of ...
, the
DFB-Pokal, and the
first-tier continental cup, the
UEFA Champions League. This was the 44th season for the club in the
Westfalenstadion, located in
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
, Germany. The stadium had a capacity of 81,360 for
Bundesliga matches, and a capacity of 65,851 for continental matches. The season covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
The season was the first since
2006–07 without
Mats Hummels, who departed to
FC Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which play ...
, though he later returned to Dortmund for the
2019–20 season.
Month by month review
Players
Squad
Transfers
In
Total Spending: €119.85M
Out
Total Income: €123M
Total Expenditure: €3.15M
Friendly matches
International Champions Cup
Competitions
Overview
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
DFB-Pokal
DFL-Supercup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
Knockout phase
=Round of 16
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=Quarter-finals
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Statistics
Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers
Last updated: 27 May 2017
Clean sheets
Last updated: 29 April 2017
Disciplinary record
Last updated: 27 May 2017
References
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