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.

[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.

[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.

[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.