| Club: | Queen of the South |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Manager: | Gavin Skelton Jim Thomson Gary Naysmith |
| Chairman: | Billy Hewitson |
| Stadium: | Palmerston Park |
| League: | Scottish Championship |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Challenge Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Sixth round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| Cup3: | Scottish Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Stephen Dobbie (19) |
| Season Topscorer: | Stephen Dobbie (26) |
| Highest Attendance: | 3,703 vs. Hibernian, 24 September 2016 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,147 vs. St Mirren, 6 December 2016 |
| Average Attendance: | 1,857 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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The 2016–17 season is Queen of the South's fourth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fourth season in the Scottish Championship,[1] having been promoted as champions from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[2] Queens will also be competing in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Queen of the South finished sixth in the Scottish Championship.
The club reached the sixth round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the third round of the Scottish Cup.
The club began the 2016-17 season under the management of Gavin Skelton and he remained in charge until 7 November 2016 when he resigned for personal reasons.[3] Former club captain and current football development manager Jim Thomson was placed in temporary charge along with another former club captain Graeme Robertson, who was back home for one month after coaching in China.[4] Gary Naysmith was appointed the club's manager along with his assistant Dougie Anderson on 1 December 2016, having previously been in-charge of part-time club East Fife.[5]
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| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Scottish Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Lee Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | Jamie Hamill | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF | Jordan Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 4 | DF | Andy Dowie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | Darren Brownlie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 6 | DF | Chris Higgins | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 7 | MF | Grant Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| MF | Mark Millar[8] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | John Rankin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 9 | FW | Derek Lyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 10 | FW | Dale Hilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 11 | FW | Stephen Dobbie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | Kyle Jacobs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF | Joe Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | MF | Jake Pickard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 22 | MF | Callum Tapping | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | Dom Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF | Scott Mercer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | FW | Lyndon Dykes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Connor Murray | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 0 | ||||
Last updated 6 May 2017
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Scottish Championship | width=80 | Challenge Cup | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | Scottish Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Dobbie | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| 2 | Derek Lyle | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| 3 | Joe Thomson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| = | | Lyndon Dykes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Grant Anderson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| = | Dom Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| = | Dale Hilson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | Steven Rigg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | Jamie Hamill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 | Mark Millar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| = | Jake Pickard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | Dean Brotherston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | Kyle Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | John Rankin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |