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2016–17 2. Frauen-Bundesliga

football league season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ23891381 ↗
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The 2016–17 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was the thirteenth season of Germany's second-tier women's football league.

North

The season started on 28 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017. Bramfelder SV was promoted from the 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord, 1. FC Union Berlin was promoted from the 2015–16 Regionalliga Nordost and Arminia Bielefeld was promoted from the 2015–16 Regionalliga West.

Results

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2017.

South

The season started on 28 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017. SC Sand II was promoted from the 2015–16 Regionalliga Süd.

Results

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “2016–17 2. Frauen-Bundesliga” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.