2016–17 Swansea City A.F.C. season explained

Club:	Swansea City
Season:	2016–17
Manager:	(until 3 October)^[1] (3 October – 27 December)^[2] (from 3 January)^[3]
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Stadium:	Liberty Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	15th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Third round (knocked out by Hull City)
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round (knocked out by Manchester City)
League Topscorer:	Fernando Llorente (15)
Season Topscorer:	Fernando Llorente (15)
Highest Attendance:	20,938 vs. Manchester United (6 November 2016, Premier League)
Lowest Attendance:	20,024 vs. Hull (20 August 2016, Premier League)
Average Attendance:	20,619
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Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18

The 2016–17 season was Swansea City's 97th season in the English football league system, and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League.^[4] Along with competing in the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Club

Management

Position	Name
Owners	Jason Levien Steve Kaplan
Chairman	Huw Jenkins
Vice Chairman	Leigh Dineen
Chief Operating Officer	Chris Pearlman
Directors	Martin Morgan Stuart McDonald Romie Chaudhari Bobby Hernreich

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Paul Clement
Assistant coach	Nigel Gibbs
	Claude Makélélé
Performance director	Rich Buchanan
Head of Physical Performance	Karl Halabi
Loan Player Manager	Alan Curtis
Goalkeeping coach	Tony Roberts
Head of Player Recruitment	David Leadbeater
Club doctor	Dr. Jez McClusky
Head of physiotherapist	Kate Rees
Physiotherapist
	Ailsa Jones
	Ritson Lloyd
Soft-tissue therapist	Adele Callaghan
	Matthew Murray
Head of sports science	Jonny Northeast
Sport Scientist	Will Sparkes
	Jordan Smith
Head Match Analyst	Scott Helmich
Football Utilities Co-ordinator	Suzan Eames
Football Utilities Assistant	Michael Eames
Head Chef	Chris Watkins

Squad information

First team squad

Ordered by 2016–17 squad numbers.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Contract length	Fee	Ref.
31 May 2016	MF		Tom Plezier	Brabant United F.C.	2 years	Undisclosed	^[5]
5 July 2016	MF				3 years	Undisclosed	^[6]
6 July 2016	DF				3 years	£2,000,000	^[7] ^[8]
11 July 2016	MF				2 years	Free transfer	^[9]
12 July 2016	DF				3 years	Undisclosed	^[10]
18 July 2016	GK				2 years	Free transfer	^[11]
5 August 2016	FW				2 years	£5,000,000	^[12] ^[13]
11 August 2016	FW				4 years	£15,500,000	^[14]
30 August 2016	DF				4 years	£5,000,000	^[15] ^[16]
12 January 2017	MF				2½ years	£4,000,000	^[17]
17 January 2017	MF				3½ years	Undisclosed	^[18]
17 January 2017	DF				2½ years	Undisclosed	^[19]
31 January 2017	FW				3½ years		^[20]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Expiry date	Ref.
1 July 2016	DF				End of season	^[21]
1 July 2016	GK		Oliver Davies		1 September 2016	^[22]
1 July 2016	DF				2 January 2017	^[23]
7 July 2016	MF				End of season	^[24]
8 July 2016	MF				2 January 2017	^[25]
28 July 2016	GK				End of season	^[26]
29 July 2016	FW				End of season	^[27]
29 July 2016	MF				3 January 2017	^[28]
5 August 2016	MF				End of season	^[29]
8 August 2016	MF				21 January 2017	^[30]
25 August 2016	DF				2 January 2017	^[31]
31 August 2016	DF				End of season	^[32]
31 August 2016	FW				15 January 2017	^[33]
14 January 2017	FW				End of season	^[34]
27 January 2017	MF				End of season	^[35]
31 January 2017	MF				End of season	^[36]
31 January 2017	FW				End of season	^[37]
31 January 2017	MF		Tom Holland		End of season	^[38]
31 January 2017	MF				End of season	^[39]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
20 May 2016	MF				Released	^[40] ^[41]
20 May 2016	MF		Henry Jones		Released
20 May 2016	MF			Free agent	Released
20 May 2016	MF				Released
20 May 2016	MF			Free agent	Released
20 May 2016	DF				Released
20 May 2016	FW				Released	^[42]
20 May 2016	GK		Gareth Owen	Free agent	Released
24 May 2016	FW				£4,000,000	^[43]
17 June 2016	FW				£5,000,000	^[44] ^[45]
8 August 2016	FW				£20,500,000	^[46]
10 August 2016	DF				£12,000,000	^[47] ^[48]
2 September 2016	GK		Oliver Davies	Free agent	Released	^[49]
31 January 2017	DF				Jordan Ayew swap deal
31 January 2017	MF				Undisclosed	^[50]
9 May 2017	FW				Free

New contracts

Date signed	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
20 May 2016	DF		Aaron Lewis	1 year	June 2017	^[51]
20 May 2016	MF		Jack Evans	1 year	June 2017
20 May 2016	MF		Tom Dyson	1 year	June 2017
20 May 2016	GK			2 years	June 2018
1 July 2016	DF			1 year	June 2018
7 July 2016	FW			3 years	June 2019	^[52]
8 July 2016	MF			3 years	June 2019	^[53]
10 July 2016	MF			4 years	June 2020	^[54]
11 July 2016	DF			4 years	June 2020	^[55]
2 August 2016	MF			4 years	June 2020	^[56]
2 August 2016	MF			4 years	June 2020	^[57]
8 August 2016	DF		Àngel Rangel	1 year	June 2018	^[58]
27 September 2016	DF		Connor Roberts	3 years	June 2019	^[59]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Total Premier League See main article: article and 2016–17 Premier League. Matches FA Cup See main article: article and 2016–17 FA Cup. EFL Cup See main article: article and 2016–17 EFL Cup. Statistics Appearances, goals and cards Last updated on 21 May 2017 Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals 1 GK 37 0 0 – – – – – – 37 0 0 1 – 2 DF 15 2 0 – – – 2 0 0 17 2 0 5 – 3 FW 9 5 1 – – – – – – 9 5 1 1 – 4 MF 13 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 10 0 3 – 5 DF 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 1 1 – 6 DF 27 0 4 – – – 1 0 0 28 0 4 1 – 7 MF 16 0 0 – – – 2 0 0 18 0 0 3 – 8 FW 27 7 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 9 6 9 – 9 FW 28 5 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 28 7 15 2 – 10 FW 4 14 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 14 1 – – 12 MF 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 – – 13 GK 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 – – 15 MF 24 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 26 4 3 1 – 16 DF 14 1 2 – – – – – – 14 1 2 2 – 19 GK – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 20 MF 2 11 0 – – – 1 0 0 3 11 0 – – 22 DF 8 10 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 10 11 0 1 – 23 MF 37 1 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 38 2 10 2 – 24 MF 25 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 28 5 0 7 – 25 GK – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 26 DF 31 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 34 0 1 7 – 28 MF 3 10 0 – – – – – – 3 10 0 – – 33 DF 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 1 0 7 – 35 DF 12 1 0 1 0 0 – – – 13 1 0 – – 42 MF 16 1 1 – – – – – – 16 1 1 1 – 56 MF 9 2 0 – – – 2 0 1 11 2 1 2 – 62 FW 0 5 0 – – – 1 0 2 1 5 2 – – Player currently away on loan 17 FW 12 6 0 – – – 0 1 0 12 7 0 1 – Player transferred to another club during the season 3 DF 11 0 0 – – – 2 0 0 13 0 0 2 – References

Notes and References

1. News: Swansea sack Francesco Guidolin and appoint Bob Bradley manager . BBC Sport . 3 October 2016 . 28 December 2016.
2. News: Bob Bradley: Swansea City sack American manager . BBC Sport . 27 December 2016 . 28 December 2016.
3. News: Clement confirmed as new Swans head coach . BBC Sport . 3 January 2017 . 3 January 2017 .
4. News: History . Statto . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624070340/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swansea-city/history . 2015-06-24 .
5. News: RKC Waalwijk kan nog lol beleven aan Plezier . bd.nl . 31 May 2016 . 27 September 2016.
6. News: Leroy links up with Swans . Swansea City Official Site . 5 July 2016 . 5 July 2016 .
7. News: Swans sign van der Hoorn . Swansea City Official Site . 6 July 2016 . 6 July 2016 .
8. News: Swansea agree fee for Ajax defender Mike van der Hoorn . SkySports . 26 June 2016 . 24 August 2016.
9. News: Byers joins Swans Development squad . Swansea City Official Site . 11 July 2016 . 11 July 2016.
10. News: Swansea City: Defender Tyler Reid signs from Manchester United. BBC Sport . 12 July 2016 . 12 July 2016.
11. News: Birighitti joins Swans . Swansea City Official Site . 18 July 2016 . 18 July 2016 .
12. News: World Cup winner Llorente joins Swans . Swansea City Official Site . 5 August 2016 . 5 August 2016 .
13. News: Swansea to sign £5m Spain international Llorente . Football 365 . 4 August 2016 . 24 August 2016.
14. News: Swans clinch club-record signing of Borja . swanseacity.com . 11 August 2016 . 11 August 2016 .
15. News: Mawson completes Swans switch . Swansea City Official Site . 30 August 2016 . 30 August 2016 .
16. News: Swansea sign Barnsley defender Mawson for £5m . Football365 . 30 August 2016 . 14 September 2016.
17. News: Narsingh signs for Swans . Swansea City Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017 .
18. News: Carroll makes Swans return . Swansea City Official Site . 17 January 2017 . 17 January 2017 .
19. News: Olsson completes Swans switch . Swansea City Official Site . 17 January 2017 . 17 January 2017 .
20. News: TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: Ayew joins as Taylor heads to Villa . Swansea City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017 .
21. News: Leeds loan Bartley . Swansea City Official Site . 1 July 2016 . 1 July 2016.
22. News: Kilmarnock sign 11 players in one day . BBC . 24 June 2016 . 27 June 2016.
23. News: Shephard joins Yeovil on loan . Swansea City Official Site . 1 July 2016 . 1 July 2016.
24. News: Grimes makes Leeds loan move . Swansea City Official Site . 7 July 2016 . 7 July 2016.
25. News: Hedges confirms Yeovil loan switch . Swansea City Official Site . 8 July 2016 . 8 July 2016.
26. News: Vickers makes Barnet loan move . Swansea City Official Site . 28 July 2016 . 28 July 2016.
27. News: Gomis joins Marseille on loan . Swansea City Official Site . 29 July 2016 . 29 July 2016 .
28. News: Northampton loan move for Gorre . Swansea City Official Site . 29 July 2016 . 29 July 2016.
29. News: King joins Southend on loan . Swansea City Official Site . 5 August 2016 . 5 August 2016 .
30. News: Newport loan move for Sheehan. Swansea City Official Site . 8 August 2016 . 8 August 2016.
31. News: Roberts joins Bristol Rovers on loan . Swansea City Official Site . 25 August 2016 . 25 August 2016.
32. News: Tabanou makes Granada loan move . Swansea City Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016 .
33. News: Emnes completes Blackburn loan switch . Swansea City Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
34. News: Samuel joins Newport County on loan . Swansea City Official Site . 14 January 2017 . 15 January 2017 .
35. News: Bray joins Rotherham on loan . Swansea City Official Site . 27 January 2017 . 27 January 2017.
36. News: TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: Barrow completes Leeds loan . Swansea City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 1 February 2017.
37. News: TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: Emnes makes loan return to Blackburn . Swansea City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
38. News: TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: Holland makes Fylde switch . Swansea City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
39. News: TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: Jones makes loan switch to Yeovil . Swansea City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
40. News: Swans starlets sign professional deals . Swansea City AFC . 20 May 2016 .
41. News: Motherwell sign midfielder Lee Lucas on short-term deal . Herald Scotland . 14 September 2016 . 14 September 2016.
42. News: Ex-Swansea youngster makes Cyprus move . HITC Sport . 6 September 2016 . 14 September 2016.
43. News: Éder to join Lille . Swansea City AFC . 24 May 2016 .
44. News: Paloschi to join Atalanta . Swansea City Official Site . 17 June 2016 . 17 June 2016.
45. News: Alberto Paloschi completes move to Atalanta from Swansea . SkySports . 17 June 2016 . 24 August 2016.
46. News: Ayew joins West Ham for £20.5m . Swansea City Official Site . 8 August 2016 . 8 August 2016.
47. News: Williams makes Everton move . Swansea City Official Site . 10 August 2016 . 10 August 2016.
48. News: Everton agree £12m transfer fee for Swansea's Ashley Williams . SkySports . 9 August 2016 . 24 August 2016.
49. News: Borja's boost for Swans . Swansea City Official Site . 2 September 2016 . 27 September 2016.
50. News: TRANSFER DEADLINE DAY: Hedges joins Barnsley . Swansea City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
51. News: Swans offer three pro deals . swanseacity.com . 14 April 2016.
52. News: Barrow signs new Swans contract . swanseacity.com . 7 July 2016.
53. News: King signs new Swans deal . swanseacity.com . 8 July 2016.
54. News: Fulton signs new Swans deal . swanseacity.com . 10 July 2016 .
55. News: Kingsley commits future to Swans . swanseacity.com . 11 July 2016.
56. News: Sigurdsson signs new Swans contract . swanseacity.com . 2 August 2016.
57. News: Dyer pens new Swans deal . swanseacity.com . 2 August 2016 .
58. News: Rangel signs new Swans deal . swanseacity.com . 8 August 2016 .
59. News: Connor pens new Swans deal . Swansea City A.F.C. . 27 September 2016 . 27 September 2016 .