2016–17 Hull City A.F.C. season

Hull City 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Steve Bruce (until 22 July) Mike Phelan (caretaker 22 July to 12 October) Mike Phelan (13 October)
League Season information
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Season statistics
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The 2016–17 season was Hull City's first season back in the Premier League following their promotion via the 2016 Football League play-offs last season in their 113th year in existence. Along with the Premier League, the club compete in the FA Cup and Football League Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2016	GK		Will Mannion	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed
18 August 2016	CB		Bradley Maslen-Jones	Peterborough United	Free transfer
30 August 2016	CF		Will Keane	Manchester United	£1,000,000
30 August 2016	GK		David Marshall	Cardiff City	Undisclosed
30 August 2016	CM		Ryan Mason	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed
31 August 2016	CM		James Weir	Manchester United	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
30 June 2016	RW		Sone Aluko	Fulham	Free transfer
30 June 2016	RB		Ryan Taylor	Unattached	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB		Ben Clappison	York City	Free transfer
3 August 2016	CM		Mohamed Diamé	Newcastle United	Undisclosed
12 August 2016	RW		Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until
31 August 2016	ST		Dieumerci Mbokani	Dynamo Kyiv	30 June 2017
31 August 2016	CM		Markus Henriksen	AZ Alkmaar	January 2017

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until
1 July 2016	LB		Max Clark	Cambridge United	1 January 2017
1 July 2016	GK		Rory Watson	North Ferriby United	30 June 2017

Pre-season

The Tigers will hold a pre-season training camp in Portugal from 5 July to 16 July 2016.

On 13 June 2015, Hull City announced a series of local pre-season friendlies against Grimsby Town, North Ferriby United, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Barnsley and Nottingham Forest.

Friendly 15 July 2016	Grimsby Town	v	Hull City	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Blundell Park

Billy Bly Memorial Trophy 16 July 2016	North Ferriby United	v	Hull City	North Ferriby
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Grange Lane

Friendly 19 July 2016	Mansfield Town	v	Hull City	Mansfield
19:30 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Field Mill

Friendly 23 July 2016	Scunthorpe United	v	Hull City	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Glanford Park

Friendly 26 July 2016	Barnsley	v	Hull City	Barnsley
19:30 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Oakwell

Friendly 30 July 2016	Nottingham Forest	v	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: City Ground

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—
League Cup	—	—
FA Cup	—	—

Last updated: 6 June 2016
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Premier League

League table

2016–17 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chelsea  (C)	38	30	3	5	85	33	+52	93	Champions League group stage
2	Tottenham	38	26	8	4	86	26	+60	86
4	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	80	39	+41	78
3	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	78	42	+36	76	Champions League play-off round
5	Arsenal	38	23	6	9	77	44	+33	075a	Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	38	18	15	5	54	29	+25	069b	Champions League group stage
7	Everton	38	17	10	11	32	44	−12	61	Europa League third qualifying round
8	Southampton	38	12	10	16	41	48	−7	46
9	Bournemouth	38	12	10	16	55	67	−12	46
10	West Brom	38	12	9	17	43	51	−8	45
11	West Ham Utd	38	12	9	17	47	64	−17	45
12	Leicester City	38	12	8	18	48	63	−15	44
13	Stoke City	38	11	11	16	41	56	−15	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	5	21	50	63	−13	41
15	Swansea City	38	12	5	21	45	70	−25	41
16	Burnley	38	11	7	20	39	55	−16	40
17	Watford	38	11	7	20	40	68	−28	40
18	Hull City  (R)	38	9	7	22	37	80	−43	34	Relegation to 2017–18 Football League Championship
19	Middlesbrough  (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28
20	Sunderland  (R)	38	6	6	26	29	69	−40	24

Source: Barclays Premier League

a: Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 FA Cup.
b: Manchester United qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. They also qualified for the Europa League group stage based on their league position, but that spot was vacated without replacement per UEFA regulations, and their spot in the Europa League third qualifying round as winners of the 2016–17 EFL Cup was passed down the league.

Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 June 2016
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: 8 June 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the season were announced and Hull start the season with a home tie against champions Leicester City on 13 August 2016. The season concludes with a home game against Tottenham Hotspur on 21 May 2017.

      Win       Draw       Loss

August 2016	Hull City	v	. Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
BST		[ Report]		Stadium: KC Stadium

1 13 August 2016	Hull City	v	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: KC Stadium