2016–17 1. FC Union Berlin season

Union Berlin
2016–17 season
Manager	Jens Keller
Stadium	Stadion An der Alten Försterei
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 19 April 2017.

The 2016–17 1. FC Union Berlin season is the 51st season in the football club's history. For the 7th consecutive season, Union Berlin play in the 2. Bundesliga. They also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. The season covers a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

Squad

As of 20 January 2017^[1]

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	Daniel Mesenhöler
3	DF	AUT	Emanuel Pogatetz
4	DF	CRO	Roberto Punčec
5	DF	GER	Benjamin Kessel
6	DF	DEN	Kristian Pedersen
7	MF	GER	Benjamin Köhler
8	MF	GER	Stephan Fürstner
9	FW	GER	Sebastian Polter
10	MF	GER	Dennis Daube
11	MF	GER	Maximilian Thiel
12	GK	DEN	Jakob Busk
13	MF	GER	Raffael Korte
14	MF	SUI	Adrian Nikçi
16	FW	AUT	Philipp Hosiner


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	SWE	Simon Hedlund
18	MF	GER	Kenny Prince Redondo
19	MF	CRO	Damir Kreilach
23	MF	GER	Felix Kroos (Captain)
24	FW	GER	Steven Skrzybski
25	DF	GER	Christopher Lenz
27	MF	KOS	Eroll Zejnullahu
28	DF	AUT	Christopher Trimmel
29	DF	GER	Michael Parensen
30	GK	AUT	Michael Gspurning
34	DF	GER	Fabian Schönheim
37	DF	GER	Toni Leistner
39	MF	GER	Lukas Lämmel

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Hannover 96 (P)	34	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	19	9	6	50	36	+14	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Union Berlin	34	18	6	10	51	39	+12	60
5	Dynamo Dresden	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50
6	1. FC Heidenheim	34	12	10	12	43	39	+4	46

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted

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	18	6	10	51	39	+12	60	11	3	3	29	12	+17	7	3	7	22	27	−5

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: kicker

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W
Position	17	15	15	12	9	6	3	5	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 1	VfL Bochum	2–1	Union Berlin	Bochum
13:00 CET	Bastians 57' Weilandt 77' Wurtz 90'	Report	Schönheim 39' Kreilach 42' 72'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 17,118 Referee: Robert Kampka

15 August 2016 2	Union Berlin	2–2	Dynamo Dresden	Berlin
20:15 CET	Redondo 15' Fürstner 27' Quaner 58' 66'	Report	Aosman 8' 48' Lambertz 69' Berko 70'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

28 August 2016 3	Arminia Bielefeld	4–4	Union Berlin	Bielefeld
13:30 CET	Schuppan 30' Klos 42' 75' Nöthe 63' Ulm 84'	Report	Fürstner 29' 37' Punčec 34' Skrzybski 66' 81' Quaner 68' Kroos 90+1'	Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 13,604 Referee: Timo Gerach

10 September 2016 4	Union Berlin	4–0	Karlsruher SC	Berlin
13:00 CET	Leistner 12' Kreilach 22' Quaner 44' 76' Skrzybski 60' (pen.)	Report	Kinsombi 6' Sallahi 32' Vollath 60'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,356 Referee: Aarne Aarink

16 September 2016 5	TSV 1860 Munich	1–2	Union Berlin	Munich
18:30 CET	Liendl 25' (pen.) Përdedaj 41' Adlung 65' Wittek 83'	Report	Skrzybski 5' Schönheim 25' Redondo 40' Kroos 63' Busk 72'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Florian Heft

21 September 2016 6	Würzburger Kickers	0–1	Union Berlin	Würzburg
17:30 CET	Kurzweg 90+4'	Report	Quaner 84'	Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 10,148 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

26 September 2016 7	Union Berlin	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
20:15 CET	Hosiner 12' Redondo 42'	Report	Ziereis 65' Sobota 90'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Harm Osmers

30 September 2016 8	Nürnberg	2–0	Union Berlin	Nuremberg
18:30 CET	Salli 26' Möhwald 45+1' Teuchert 83' Brečko 85'	Report	Pedersen 24' Punčec 72' Leistner 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 24,465 Referee: Daniel Schlager

16 October 2016 9	Union Berlin	2–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
13:30 CET	Kreilach 10' Trimmel 27' Parensen 44' Quaner 75' Hosiner 79' Fürstner 89'	Report	Anton 12' Karaman 17' Klaus 90+6' 90+8'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Robert Hartmann

23 October 2016 10	Erzgebirge Aue	1–3	Union Berlin	Aue
13:30 CET	Kvesić 20' Riedel 41'	Report	Leistner 11' Kreilach 41' 63' Skrzybski 82'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

29 October 2016 11	Union Berlin	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Berlin
13:00 CET	Hedlund 65' Hosiner 71'	Report	Ayhan 50' Kiesewetter 54' Bebou 56' Bellinghausen 57' Bodzek 69'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,195 Referee: Patrick Alt

5 November 2016 12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0	Union Berlin	Kaiserslautern
13:00 CET	Aliji 23' Gaus 71' Mwene 80' Ziegler 86'	Report		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 21,446 Referee: Sören Storks

20 November 2016 13	Union Berlin	1–1	Stuttgart	Berlin
13:30 CET	Daube 31' Skrzybski 60' Fürstner 88'	Report	Terodde 3' Kamiński 38'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

27 November 2016 14	Sandhausen	0–1	Union Berlin	Sandhausen
13:30 CET	Pledl 76'	Report	Kroos 12' 73' Trimmel 32' Daube 45'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 5,185 Referee: Alexander Sather

5 December 2016 15	Union Berlin	2–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Berlin
20:15 CET	Hedlund 56' Leistner 80' Daube 82'	Report	Moll 60'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,312 Referee: Christian Dingert

9 December 2016 16	Heidenheim	3–0	Union Berlin	Heidenheim an der Brenz
18:30 CET	Kleindienst 34' Schnatterer 58' (pen.) Beermann 74' Halloran 90+2'	Report	Brandy 81'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,300 Referee: Robert Schröder

11 December 2016 17	Union Berlin	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Berlin
13:30 CET	Kroos 62' Leistner 65' Fürstner 90+1'	Report	Dursun 80'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,228 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

27 January 2017 18	Union Berlin	2–1	VfL Bochum	Berlin
18:30 CET	Punčec 42' Polter 67' Skrzybski 80' Trimmel 83' Kreilach 90'	Report	Fabian 38' Hoogland 40' Wurtz 69' Quaschner 87'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,130 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

5 February 2017 19	Dynamo Dresden	0–0	Union Berlin	Dresden
13:30 CET		Report		Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 30,153 Referee: Benjamin Brand

12 February 2017 20	Union Berlin	3–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Berlin
13:30 CET	Kroos 22' Kreilach 63' Polter 83'	Report	Klos 44'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,258 Referee: Martin Petersen

19 February 2017 21	Karlsruher SC	1–2	Union Berlin	Karlsruhe
13:30 CET	Stoppelkamp 77' (pen.)	Report	Hedlund 6' (pen.) Kinsombi 37' (o.g.)	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 13,531 Referee: Thorben Siewer

24 February 2017 (2017-02-24) 22	Union Berlin	2–0	1860 Munich	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) 23	Union Berlin	2–0	Würzburger Kickers	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

10 March 2017 (2017-03-10) 24	FC St. Pauli	1–2	Union Berlin	Hamburg
		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

20 March 2017 (2017-03-20) 25	Union Berlin	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 26	Hannover 96	2–0	Union Berlin	Hanover
		Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion

5 April 2017 (2017-04-05) 27	Union Berlin	0–1	Erzgebirge Aue	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 28	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Union Berlin	Düsseldorf
		Report		Stadium: Düsseldorf Arena

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16) 29	Union Berlin	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

24 April 2017 (2017-04-24) 30	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	Union Berlin	Stuttgart
		Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) 31	Union Berlin	2–1	SV Sandhausen	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) 32	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–1	Union Berlin	Braunschweig
		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	Union Berlin	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
		Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–2	Union Berlin	Fürth
		Report		Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer

DFB-Pokal

21 August 2016 Round 1	MSV Duisburg	1 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Union Berlin	Duisburg
15:30	Iljutcenko 67' Wiegel 97' Albutat 110'	Report	Quaner 62' Schnellhardt 95' (o.g.) Pedersen 114'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 14,209 Referee: Marco Fritz

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) Second round	Borussia Dortmund	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Union Berlin	Dortmund
21:00	Parensen 44' (o.g.)	Report	Parensen 55' Punčec 77' Skrzybski 81' Fürstner 91' Trimmel 98'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 79,037 Referee: Jochen Drees
	Penalties
	Dembélé Ginter Götze		Kroos Fürstner Hosiner

References

^ "Profis Saison 2016/17" (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

[1] "Profis Saison 2016/17" (in German). 1. FC Union Berlin. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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