2016–17 Newcastle United F.C. season explained

Club:	Newcastle United
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	Rafael Benítez
Owner:	Mike Ashley
Chairman:	Lee Charnley
Chrtitle:	Managing director
Stadium:	St James' Park
League:	Championship
League Result:	1st (promoted)
Cup1:	EFL Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fifth round (knocked out by Hull City)
Cup2:	FA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round (knocked out by Oxford United)
League Topscorer:	Dwight Gayle (23)
Season Topscorer:	Dwight Gayle (23)
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Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 season was Newcastle United's second season in the 21st century to be played in the Championship, following their relegation from the Premier League. This season Newcastle United participated in the EFL Championship, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

On 24 April 2017, Newcastle secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4–1 victory over Preston North End. On 7 May, they clinched the Championship title with a 3–0 win against Barnsley, as Brighton conceded a late equaliser against Aston Villa.

Club

Coaching staff

The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2016–17 season consists of the following:

Players

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed	Signed from	Signing fee
Goalkeepers
21	Rob Elliot	^[1]	GK	May 8, 2016	2011	Charlton Athletic	£300k
26	Karl Darlow		GK	May 8, 2016	2014	Nottingham Forest	£3m
28	Matz Sels		GK	May 8, 2016	2016	Gent	£4.5m
Defenders
2	Ciaran Clark	^[2]	CB / LB	May 8, 2016	2016	Aston Villa	£5m
3	Paul Dummett	^[3]	LB / CB	May 8, 2016	2010	Newcastle United Academy	Free
5	Grant Hanley		CB	May 8, 2016	2016	Blackburn Rovers	£5.5m
6	Jamaal Lascelles		CB	May 8, 2016	2014	Nottingham Forest	£4m
7	Achraf Lazaar		LB / LW	May 8, 2016	2016	Palermo	£3m
18	Chancel Mbemba		CB	May 8, 2016	2015	Anderlecht	£8.5m
19	Massadio Haïdara		LB	May 8, 2016	2013	Nancy	£2m
22	DeAndre Yedlin		RB	May 8, 2016	2016	Tottenham Hotspur	£5m
27	Jesús Gámez		RB / LB	May 8, 2016	2016	Atlético Madrid	£1.5m
37	Stuart Findlay		CB / LB	May 8, 2016	2016	Celtic	Free
38	Curtis Good		CB	May 8, 2016	2012	Melbourne Heart	£300k
42	Jamie Sterry		RB	May 8, 2016	2015	Newcastle United Academy	Free
Midfielders
4	Jack Colback		DM CM	May 8, 2016	2014	Sunderland	Free
8	Vurnon Anita	^[4]	DM / RB	May 8, 2016	2012	Ajax	£6.7m
11	Matt Ritchie		RW / LW	May 8, 2016	2016	AFC Bournemouth	£12m
12	Jonjo Shelvey		CM	May 8, 2016	2016	Swansea City	£12m
14	Isaac Hayden		CM / DM	May 8, 2016	2016	Arsenal	£2.5m
15	Mohamed Diamé		CM / AM	May 8, 2016	2016	Hull City	£4.5m
16	Rolando Aarons	^[5]	LW	May 8, 2016	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
20	Yoan Gouffran		LW / ST	May 8, 2016	2013	Bordeaux	£500k
30	Christian Atsu		RW / LW	May 8, 2016	2016	Chelsea	Loan
34	Sammy Ameobi		RW / LW / SS	May 8, 2016	2008	Newcastle United Academy	Free
35	Daniel Barlaser	^[6]	CM / AM	May 8, 2016	2015	Newcastle United Academy	Free
36	Yasin Ben El-Mhanni			May 8, 2016	2016	Lewes	Free
–	Haris Vučkić		SS / AM	May 8, 2016	2009	Domžale	£500k
Forwards
9	Dwight Gayle		ST	May 8, 2016	2016	Crystal Palace	£10m
17	Ayoze Pérez		SS / ST	May 8, 2016	2014	Tenerife	£1.6m
33	Daryl Murphy		ST	May 8, 2016	2016	Ipswich Town	£3.5m
45	Aleksandar Mitrović		ST	May 8, 2016	2015	Anderlecht	£13m
Out on loan
1	Tim Krul		GK	May 8, 2016	2006	ADO Den Haag	Free
10	Siem de Jong	^[7]	AM / SS	May 8, 2016	2014	Ajax	£7.5m
23	Henri Saivet		CM / AM	May 8, 2016	2016	Bordeaux	£5m
29	Emmanuel Rivière		ST	May 8, 2016	2014	Monaco	£6.3m
32	Adam Armstrong		SS / ST / LW	May 8, 2016	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
41			GK	May 8, 2016	2014		Free
43	Kevin Mbabu			May 8, 2016	2013	Servette	£1m
–	Ľubomír Šatka		CB	May 8, 2016	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
–	Florian Thauvin		RW / LW	May 8, 2016	2015	Marseille	£12m
–			RW / LW	May 8, 2016	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
–	Ivan Toney		ST	May 8, 2016	2015	Northampton Town	£500k

Youth team

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2016	GK	28				£4,500,000	^[8]
1 July 2016	FW	9				£10,000,000	^[9]
1 July 2016	MF	11				£12,000,000	^[10]
8 July 2016	DF	27				£1,500,000	^[11]
11 July 2016	MF	14				£2,500,000	^[12]
21 July 2016	DF	5				£5,500,000	^[13]
3 August 2016	DF	2				£5,000,000	^[14]
3 August 2016	MF	15				£4,500,000	^[15]
24 August 2016	DF	22				£5,000,000	^[16]
28 August 2016	FW	33				£3,500,000	^[17]
28 August 2016	DF	7				£3,000,000	^[18]

• Total spending: £57,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	MF	14		Gabriel Obertan	Anzhi Makhachkala	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	MF	31		Sylvain Marveaux	FC Lorient	Free transfer
1 July 2016	MF	25				£13,000,000	^[20]
5 July 2016	DF	2				Free transfer	^[21]
9 July 2016	FW	9				£2,500,000	^[22]
22 July 2016	MF	5				£25,000,000	^[23]
1 August 2016	DF	27				Free transfer	^[24] ^[25]
11 August 2016	MF	—				£8,000,000	^[26]
24 August 2016	DF	22				£7,500,000	^[27]
26 August 2016	MF	—				Free transfer	^[28]
31 August 2016	MF	7				£30,000,000	^[29]
9 February 2017	MF	24				£1,000,000	^[30]

• Total incoming: ~ £87,000,000

Loans out

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Expiry	Ref.
4 August 2016	MF	—				End of Season	^[32]
8 August 2016	FW	—				3 January 2017	^[33]
22 August 2016	MF	10				End of Season	^[34]
23 August 2016	DF	43				End of Season	^[35]
24 August 2016	MF	23				End of Season	^[36]
25 August 2016	GK	1				31 January 2017	^[37]
30 August 2016	FW	32				End of Season	^[38] ^[39]
31 August 2016	FW	29				End of Season	^[40]
31 August 2016	DF	42				4 January 2017	^[41]
31 August 2016	MF	—				3 January 2017	^[42]
31 August 2016	MF	34				3 January 2017	^[43]
9 January 2017	MF	—				End of Season	^[44]
9 January 2017	GK	41				End of Season
11 January 2017	DF	—				End of Season	^[45]
12 January 2017	FW	—				End of Season	^[46]
31 January 2017	GK	1				End of Season	^[47]

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Championship	–	–	1st (champions)	5 August 2016	7 May 2017
EFL Cup	Second round	–	Fifth round	23 August 2016	29 November 2016
FA Cup	Third round	–	Fourth round	7 January 2017	28 January 2017

Overview

Competition	Record
Championship
EFL Cup
FA Cup
Total EFL Championship See main article: 2016–17 EFL Championship. Matches The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were released on 22 June 2016.^[48] EFL Cup See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup. FA Cup See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup. Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on 7 May 2017.
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Player(s) who left on loan but featured this season
Player(s) who left permanently but featured this season

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 7 May 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Ciaran Clark	2	0
3	DF	Paul Dummett	8	1
4	MF	Jack Colback	10	0
5	DF	Grant Hanley	2	0
6	DF	Jamaal Lascelles	7	0
8	MF	Vurnon Anita	1	1
9	FW	Dwight Gayle	3	0
11	MF	Matt Ritchie	10	0
12	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	10	1
14	MF	Isaac Hayden	9	0
15	MF	Mohamed Diamé	4	0
17	FW	Ayoze Pérez	4	0
20	MF	Yoan Gouffran	4	0
22	DF	Daryl Janmaat	1	0
22	DF	DeAndre Yedlin	3	0
24	MF	Cheick Tioté	1	0
26	GK	Karl Darlow	3	0
28	GK	Matz Sels	1	0
30	MF	Christian Atsu	2	0
45	FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	4	0

Goals

Last updated on 7 May 2017.

Place	Position	Number	Nation	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	9		Dwight Gayle	23	0	0	23
2	MF	11		Matt Ritchie	12	2	2	16
3	FW	17		Ayoze Pérez	9	3	0	12
4	MF	20		Yoan Gouffran	5	1	1	7
5	MF	15		Mohamed Diamé	3	3	0	6
	FW	33		Daryl Murphy	5	0	1	6
	FW	45		Aleksandar Mitrović	4	2	0	6
8	MF	12		Jonjo Shelvey	5	0	0	5
	MF	30		Christian Atsu	5	0	0	5
10	DF	2		Ciaran Clark	3	0	0	3
	DF	6		Jamaal Lascelles	3	0	0	3
	Own Goals				3	0	0	3
13	MF	14		Isaac Hayden	2	0	0	2
14	DF	5		Grant Hanley	1	0	0	1
	DF	18		Chancel Mbemba	1	0	0	1
	DF	22		DeAndre Yedlin	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					85	11	4	100

Clean sheets

Last updated on 7 May 2017.

Place	Number	Nation	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	26		Karl Darlow	13	2	0	15
2	28		Matz Sels	4	1	0	5
3	21		Rob Elliot	2	0	0	2
TOTALS				19	3	0	22

Notes and References

1. Elliot was born in Greenwich, England.
2. Clark was born in Harrow, England.
3. Dummett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
4. Anita was born in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles.
5. Aarons was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
6. Barlarser was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
7. de Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland.
8. Magpies Complete Sels Signing . 29 June 2016 . Newcastle United.
9. United Complete Gayle Capture . 1 July 2016 . Newcastle United . 11 August 2016.
10. Ritchie Signs On At St. James' Park . 1 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
11. United Complete Gamez Signing . 8 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
12. United Complete Hayden Signing . 11 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
13. United Complete Hanley Signing . 21 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
14. United Complete Clark Capture . 3 August 2016 . Newcastle United .
15. Diame Signs On At St. James' Park . 3 August 2016 . Newcastle United .
16. News: United Complete Yedlin Signing . Newcastle United Official Site . 24 August 2016 . 24 August 2016.
17. News: United Complete Murphy Signing . Newcastle United Official Site . 28 August 2016 . 28 August 2016.
18. Web site: Lazaar Arrives At St. James' Park. nufc.co.uk. 28 August 2016.
19. Web site: Obertan And Marveaux Leave Newcastle. Newcastle United Football Club. EN. 2017-08-02.
20. Townsend Joins Crystal Palace . 1 July 2016 . Newcastle United . 11 August 2016.
21. Coloccini Leaves Newcastle After Eight Years . 5 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
22. Cisse Joins Shandong Luneng . 9 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
23. Liverpool complete Georginio Wijnaldum capture . 22 July 2016 . Newcastle United .
24. Steven Taylor Leaves United . 3 June 2016 . 11 August 2016 . Newcastle United.
25. News: Portland Timbers seal signing of ex-Newcastle defender Steven Taylor . 1 August 2016 . ESPNFC . 1 August 2016.
26. Thauvin Completes Loan Move . 11 August 2016 . Newcastle United .
27. News: Daryl Departs For Watford . Newcastle United Official Site . 24 August 2016 . 24 August 2016.
28. News: Bigirimana Joins Coventry . Newcastle United Official Site . 26 August 2016 . 26 August 2016.
29. News: Sissoko Sold To Spurs . Newcastle United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
30. News: Cheick Tiote: Newcastle midfielder joins Chinese second division side . BBC Sport . 9 February 2017 . 9 February 2017.
31. News: United Complete Atsu Loan Capture. Newcastle United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
32. United Agree Thauvin Marseille Return . 4 August 2016 . Newcastle United .
33. Toney Joins Shrewsbury On Loan . 8 August 2016 . Newcastle United .
34. News: De Jong Joins PSV On Loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 22 August 2016 . 22 August 2016.
35. News: Mbabu Joins Young Boys On Loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 23 August 2016 . 23 August 2016.
36. News: Saivet Heads For Saint-Étienne . Newcastle United Official Site . 24 August 2016 . 24 August 2016.
37. News: Krul Joins Ajax On Loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 25 August 2016 . 25 August 2016.
38. News: Armstrong Joins Barnsley On Loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 30 August 2016 . 30 August 2016.
39. News: Armstrong extends Barnsley loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 5 January 2017 . 5 January 2017.
40. News: Riviere Joins Osasuna On Loan. Newcastle United Official Site. 31 August 2016. 31 August 2016.
41. News: Sterry Loaned To Sky Blues . Newcastle United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
42. News: Vuckic Joins Bantams On Loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
43. News: Ameobi Agrees Bolton Loan Deal. Newcastle United Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
44. News: Young trio join Kilmarnock on loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 9 January 2017 . 9 January 2017.
45. News: Ľubomír Šatka: Cieľom európsky šampionát . FC DAC 1904 Website . 11 January 2017 . 11 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170113154949/http://fcdac.sk/sk/spravy/2017/01/10/lubomir-satka-cielom-europsky-sampionat . 13 January 2017 . dead .
46. News: Toney joins Scunthorpe on loan . Newcastle United Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
47. News: Newcastle keeper Tim Krul joins AZ Alkmaar on loan . Sky Sports Website . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
48. 2016/17 Fixtures . Newcastle United .