2016–17 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
2016–17 season
Head coach Kenny Jackett
(to 29 July)
Walter Zenga
(30 July – 25 October)
Rob Edwards (interim)
(25 October – 5 November)
Paul Lambert
(5 November – 30 May)
Football League Championship 15th
FA Cup 5th Round
League Cup 3rd Round
Football League Trophy 3rd round
(competing as an under-23 team)
Top goalscorer League: Hélder Costa &
David Edwards (10)

All: Hélder Costa (12)
Highest home attendance 30,193
(vs Chelsea,
18 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance 8,252
(vs Crawley,
9 August 2016)
Average home league attendance 21,570
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 season was the 139th year in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club competed in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship for a third consecutive year.

This was the first season for the club under the ownership of the Chinese investment group Fosun which acquired the club on 21 July 2016 for a reported £45 million.[1] Although head coach Kenny Jackett's position was initially confirmed by the new owners, he was replaced by Walter Zenga before the season proper began.[2] However, Zenga lasted just 14 league games before being dismissed with the team in 18th place.[3]

Paul Lambert was appointed on 5 November,[4] but despite leading the team to two victories away at Premier League opposition in the FA Cup, the club's league form showed only a marginal improvement in the form of a 15th place finish, one place lower than the previous campaign (although with an identical points tally of 58).

Following an internal review of the season, it was announced on 30 May that the club had decided to relieve Lambert of his position.[5]

Results

Pre-season

Football League Championship

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Championship in the 2016–17 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 22 June 2016, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.[6]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 16 10 20 54 58  −4 58 8 4 11 25 30  −5 8 6 9 29 28  +1

Source: Statto.com

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAAHHHAAHAAHHAHAHHAH
Result D W D W L D L W W L L D L L D L D L W D L W W L D W L W L L L L L D W W W W W L L W D L L W
Position 8 6 8 3 9 11 16 10 8 11 12 12 15 18 17 19 18 21 19 19 20 18 15 16 16 16 18 16 18 18 18 19 21 21 20 18 16 16 15 15 16 16 15 15 15 15

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Aston Villa 46 16 14 16 47 48 1 62
14 Barnsley 46 15 13 18 64 67 3 58
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 10 20 54 58 4 58
16 Ipswich Town 46 13 16 17 48 58 10 55
17 Bristol City 46 15 9 22 60 66 6 54
Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Wolves were one of the sixteen teams from outside the bottom two divisions of the Football League to be invited to field their academy team in the competition due to it holding Category 1 academy status. They were drawn in Group B in the Northern section.

Players

Statistics

Key

  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

A yellow card = Yellow cards

A red card = Red cards

† Permanent player left club during the season

¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

No. Pos Name P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
1GKNigeria Ikeme, CarlCarl Ikeme 310200033000
2DFRepublic of Ireland Doherty, MattMatt Doherty 40(1)4311(1)044(2)540
3DFPortugal Sílvio, Sílvio 4000105020
4MFWales Edwards, DavidDavid Edwards 41(2)102(1)00(2)043(5)1090
5DFEngland Stearman, RichardRichard Stearman 170110018120
6DFEngland Batth, DannyDanny Batth (c) 3940020414110
7MFEngland Henry, JamesJames Henry ¤ 1(1)000203(1)000
8MFEngland Saville, GeorgeGeorge Saville 13(10)1302017(11)170
9FWMali Dicko, NouhaNouha Dicko 18(11)31(1)00019(12)320
10FWRepublic of Ireland Mason, JoeJoe Mason 9(10)31(1)02112(11)400
11MFEngland Graham, JordanJordan Graham 1(1)000001(1)000
12MFEngland Wallace, JedJed Wallace ¤ 5(4)000318(4)110
13GKEngland Flatt, JonathanJonathan Flatt ¤ 0000000000
14MFWales Evans, LeeLee Evans 12(3)0201015(3)020
15MFNetherlands John, OlaOla John ‡¤ 0(2)0000(1)00(3)000
16MFEngland Coady, ConorConor Coady 34(5)0203139(5)180
17MFPortugal Costa, HélderHélder Costa 30(5)10311(1)134(6)1230
18DFEngland Iorfa, DominicDominic Iorfa 21(1)0102024(1)041
19MFEngland Price, JackJack Price 17(2)0102(1)020(3)070
20MFRepublic of the Congo Oniangué, PrincePrince Oniangué ¤ 8(2)200109(2)200
21GKEngland Lonergan, AndyAndy Lonergan 8(2)0003011(2)000
22FWIceland Böðvarsson, Jón DaðiJón Daði Böðvarsson 22(20)32(1)00(3)024(24)330
23DFEngland Ebanks-Landell, EthanEthan Ebanks-Landell ¤ 0000000000
24MFPortugal Teixeira, JoãoJoão Teixeira 9(8)2003012(8)230
25MFEngland Byrne, NathanNathan Byrne 0000000000
25FWNetherlands Gladon, PaulPaul Gladon 1(1)000102(1)000
26FWNigeria Enobakhare, BrightBright Enobakhare 8(5)010009(5)010
27MFMorocco Saïss, RomainRomain Saïss 18(5)00(1)00018(6)080
28DFFrance Deslandes, SylvainSylvain Deslandes ¤ 0000000000
29DFEngland Borthwick-Jackson, CameronCameron Borthwick-Jackson 6000107020
30DFEngland Hause, KortneyKortney Hause 23(1)2303029(1)220
31GKEngland Burgoyne, HarryHarry Burgoyne ¤ 6010007010
34FWEngland Wilson, DonovanDonovan Wilson 0(1)00(1)0000(2)000
43MFRepublic of Ireland Ronan, ConnorConnor Ronan 3(1)00(2)0003(3)000
48DFEngland Johnson, ConnorConnor Johnson 0000000000
50MFPortugal Cavaleiro, IvanIvan Cavaleiro 17(13)5000017(13)541
55MFEngland Gibbs-White, MorganMorgan Gibbs-White 2(4)00(1)0002(5)000
60DFEngland Williamson, MikeMike Williamson 4010005011
63MFAustria Weimann, AndreasAndreas Weimann 14(4)2210016(4)340
64MFEngland Marshall, BenBen Marshall 12(3)2000012(3)210

      Awards

      Award Winner[7]
      Fans' Player of the Season Hélder Costa
      Players' Player of the Season Hélder Costa
      Young Player of the Season Connor Ronan
      Academy Player of the Season Morgan Gibbs-White
      Goal of the Season Hélder Costa
      (vs Cardiff, 1 April 2017)

      Transfers

      In

      Date Player From Fee
      1 July 2016 England Andy Lonergan Fulham Free[8]
      30 July 2016 Portugal Sílvio Atlético Madrid Free[9]
      2 August 2016 Iceland Jón Daði Böðvarsson Kaiserslautern £2,700,000[10]
      15 August 2016 Republic of the Congo Prince Oniangué Reims £2,000,000[11]
      26 August 2016 Netherlands Paul Gladon Heracles Almelo £1,000,000[12]
      29 August 2016 Scotland Jack Ruddy Bury Undisclosed[13]
      30 August 2016 Morocco Romain Saïss Angers £3,000,000[14]
      31 August 2016 Portugal Ivan Cavaleiro Monaco £7,000,000[15]
      13 January 2017 Haiti Duckens Nazon Kerala Blasters Free[16]
      30 January 2017 Portugal Hélder Costa Benfica £13,000,000[17]
      31 January 2017 England Ben Marshall Blackburn Rovers £1,500,000[18]

      Out

      Date Player To Fee
      1 June 2016 Netherlands Rajiv van La Parra Huddersfield Town £750,000[19]
      30 June 2016 Togo Razak Boukari Released [lower-alpha 1] Free[21]
      30 June 2016 England Zeli Ismail Bury [lower-alpha 2] Free[21]
      30 June 2016 Republic of Ireland Liam McAlinden Exeter City [lower-alpha 3] Free[21]
      30 June 2016 Republic of Ireland Aaron McCarey Ross County [lower-alpha 4] Free[21]
      30 June 2016 England Tommy Rowe Doncaster Rovers [lower-alpha 5] Free[21]
      30 June 2016 Iceland Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson Released [lower-alpha 6] Free[21]
      22 July 2016 Scotland Kevin McDonald Fulham £1,250,000[27]
      31 August 2016 England Nathan Byrne Wigan Athletic £500,000[28]
      13 January 2017 England Connor Hunte Released Free[29]
      1. Following Boukari's release, he signed for Châteauroux.[20]
      2. Following Ismail's release, he signed for Bury.[22]
      3. Following McAlinden's release, he signed for Exeter City.[23]
      4. Following McCarey's release, he signed for Ross County.[24]
      5. Following Rowe's release, he signed for Doncaster Rovers.[25]
      6. Following Sigurðarson's release, he signed for Molde.[26]

      Loans in

      Date from Player From Date until
      29 July 2016 Portugal Hélder Costa Benfica 30 January 2017[30][lower-alpha 1]
      2 August 2016 Portugal João Teixeira Benfica End of season[10]
      22 August 2016 England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson Manchester United End of season[31]
      22 August 2016 Netherlands Ola John Benfica End of season[31]
      31 August 2016 England Richard Stearman Fulham End of season[32]
      19 January 2017 Austria Andreas Weimann Derby County End of season[33]
      1. On 30 January 2017, Hélder Costa joined the club on a permanent basis.[17]

      Loans out

      Date from Player To Date until
      15 August 2016 England Connor Hunte Stevenage 7 January 2017[34]
      25 August 2016 Wales Bradley Reid Wrexham September 2016[35]
      31 August 2016 England Ethan Ebanks-Landell Sheffield United End of season[36][37]
      31 August 2016 Wales Aaron Collins Notts County 9 January 2017[38]
      31 August 2016 England James Henry Bolton Wanderers End of season[39][40]
      2 September 2016 England Ben O'Hanlon Nuneaton Town October 2016[41]
      13 January 2017 Netherlands Ola John Deportivo de La Coruña End of season[29]
      16 January 2017 Republic of the Congo Prince Oniangué Bastia End of season[42]
      19 January 2017 England Jed Wallace Millwall End of season[43]
      31 January 2017 France Sylvain Deslandes Bury End of season
      31 January 2017 England Will Randall Walsall End of season[44]
      31 January 2017 England Aaron Simpson Portsmouth End of season
      31 January 2017 Portugal João Teixeira Nottingham Forest End of season[44]
      25 February 2017 England Harry Burgoyne Barnet 4 March 2017[45]
      23 March 2017 Wales Aaron Collins Tranmere Rovers End of season[46]

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