2016–17 Premier League

Premier League 2016–17
Season information
Winners	Chelsea
Relegated	Sunderland Middlesbrough Hull City
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Arsenal or Chelsea
Capital One Cup	Manchester United
Community Shield	Manchester United
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City Liverpool
Europa League	Arsenal Everton
Season statistics
Matches played	390
Goals scored	1,064
Average	2.8
Top goalscorer	Harry Kane (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Bournemouth 6–1 Hull City (15 October 2016) Chelsea 5–0 Everton (5 November 2016) Liverpool 6–1 Watford (6 November 2016) Tottenham 5–0 Swansea City (3 December 2016)
Biggest away win	Stoke City 0–4 Tottenham (10 September 2016) West Brom 0–4 Man City (29 October 2016) West Ham Utd 1–5 Arsenal (3 December 2016) Swansea City 0–4 Arsenal (14 January 2017) West Ham Utd 0–4 Man City (1 February 2017) Crystal Palace 0–4 Sunderland (4 February 2017) Sunderland 0–4 Southampton (11 February 2017)
Highest scoring	Swansea City 5–4 Crystal Palace (26 November 2016) Everton 6–3 Bournemouth (4 February 2017)
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The 2016–17 Premier League was the 25th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017. Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 15 June 2016.

Chelsea won their fifth Premier League title, and sixth English title, with two matches to spare following a 1–0 away win over West Bromwich Albion on 12 May. The defending champions were Leicester City.

Burnley, Middlesbrough and Hull City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2015–16 Football League Championship.

Premier League rebranding

On 9 February 2016, the Premier League announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2016–17 season, the competition will be known simply as the Premier League, without any sponsor's name attached. As part of their rebranding, a new logo was introduced.

Ticket prices

From the beginning of the 2016–17 season, ticket prices for away fans will be capped at £30 per ticket.

Teams

Twenty teams will compete in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season, as well as three teams promoted from the Championship.

Burnley became the first club to be promoted after a 1–0 win against Queens Park Rangers on 2 May 2016 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place. They return to the League after only a season's absence. Middlesbrough became the second club to be promoted, after a 1–1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion meant they finished above them on goal difference and secured the second automatic spot. They will play Premier League football for the first time since the 2008–09 season. Hull City became the third and final club to be promoted, following a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship play-off final at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016, to secure their return to the Premier League after only a season's absence.

The three promoted clubs replace Newcastle United, Norwich City and Aston Villa.

This season will be the first premier league season since the league's founding to feature a team from every one of the 10 regions of England and Wales, with 2 teams from North East England, 5 from the North West England, 5 from London, 2 from the West Midlands, and one each from South West England (A.F.C Bournemouth), South East England (Southampton), East of England (Watford), Wales (Swansea), East Midlands (Leicester City) and Yorkshire and the Humber (Hull).

Stadia

West Ham United will be playing for the first time in their 60,010 capacity Olympic Stadium. Stoke City have announced that from the 2016–17 season the Britannia Stadium will be renamed to the bet365 Stadium.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court	11,464
Arsenal	London	Emirates Stadium	60,432
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
Chelsea	London	Stamford Bridge	41,623
Crystal Palace	London	Selhurst Park	26,309
Everton	Liverpool	Goodison Park	40,569
Hull City	Hull	KC Stadium	25,404
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,500
Liverpool	Liverpool	Anfield	45,362
Manchester City	Manchester	Etihad Stadium	55,097
Manchester United	Manchester	Old Trafford	76,100
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	35,100
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,689
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Bet365 Stadium	28,383
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	49,000
Swansea City	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	20,972
Tottenham Hotspur	London	White Hart Lane	36,274
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	21,977
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,500
West Ham United	London	Olympic Stadium	60,010

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Manchester United	name !Louis van Gaal	Sacked	23 May 2016	Pre-season	name !José Mourinho	27 May 2016
Southampton	name !Ronald Koeman	Signed by Everton	14 June 2016		name !Claude Puel	30 June 2016
Everton	name !David Unsworth	End of caretaker spell	14 June 2016		name !Ronald Koeman	14 June 2016
Chelsea	name !Guus Hiddink		30 June 2016		name !Antonio Conte	1 July 2016
Manchester City	name !Manuel Pellegrini	Mutual consent	30 June 2016		name !Pep Guardiola	1 July 2016
Watford	name !Quique Sánchez Flores		30 June 2016		name !Walter Mazzarri	1 July 2016
Hull City	name !Steve Bruce	Resigned	22 July 2016		name !Mike Phelan	22 July 2016
Sunderland	name !Sam Allardyce	Signed by England	22 July 2016		name !David Moyes	23 July 2016
Swansea City	name !Francesco Guidolin	Sacked	3 October 2016	17th	name !Bob Bradley	3 October 2016
Crystal Palace	name !Alan Pardew		22 December 2016	17th	name !Sam Allardyce	23 December 2016
Swansea City	name !Bob Bradley		27 December 2016	19th	name !Paul Clement	2 January 2017
Hull City	name !Mike Phelan		3 January 2017	20th	name !Marco Silva	5 January 2017
Leicester City	name !Claudio Ranieri		23 February 2017	17th	name !Craig Shakespeare	12 March 2017
Middlesbrough	Karanka, Aitor ! Aitor Karanka		16 March 2017	19th	name !Steve Agnew	16 March 2017

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 Hotspur	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 United	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 Bromwich Albion	38	12	9	17	43	51	−8	45
11	West Ham United	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

Result table

Home \ Away

ARS

BOU

BUR

CHE

CRY

EVE

HUL

LEI

LIV

MNC

MNU

MID

SOT

STK

SUN

SWA

TOT

WAT

WBA

WHU

Arsenal

3–1

2–1

3–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

1–0

3–4

2–2

2–0

0–0

2–1

3–1

2–0

3–2

1–1

1–2

1–0

3–0

Bournemouth

3–3

2–1

1–3

0–2

1–0

6–1

1–0

4–3

0–2

1–3

4–0

1–3

2–2

1–2

2–0

0–0

2–2

1–0

3–2

Burnley

0–1

3–2

1–1

3–2

2–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

4–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–2

1–2

Chelsea

3–1

3–0

3–0

1–2

5–0

2–0

3–0

1–2

2–1

4–0

3–0

4–2

4–2

5–1

3–1

2–1

4–3

1–0

2–1

Crystal Palace

3–0

1–1

0–2

0–1

0–1

4–0

2–2

2–4

1–2

1–2

1–0

3–0

4–1

0–4

1–2

0–1

1–0

0–1

0–1

Everton

2–1

6–3

3–1

0–3

1–1

4–0

4–2

0–1

4–0

1–1

3–1

3–0

1–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

2–0

Hull City

1–4

3–1

1–1

0–2

3–3

2–2

2–1

2–0

0–3

0–1

4–2

2–1

0–2

0–2

2–1

1–7

2–0

1–1

2–1

Leicester City

0–0

1–1

3–0

0–3

3–1

0–2

3–1

3–1

4–2

0–3

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–6

3–0

1–2

1–0

Liverpool

3–1

2–2

2–1

1–1

1–2

3–1

5–1

4–1

1–0

0–0

3–0

0–0

4–1

2–0

2–3

2–0

6–1

2–1

2–2

Manchester City

2–1

4–0

2–1

1–3

5–0

1–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–1

2–0

3–1

3–1

Manchester United

1–1

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

3–1

4–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

2–0

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

1–1

Middlesbrough

1–2

2–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–3

2–2

1–3

1–2

1–1

1–0

3–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

1–3

Southampton

0–2

0–0

3–1

0–2

3–1

1–0

0–0

3–0

0–0

0–3

0–0

1–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–4

1–1

1–2

1–3

Stoke City

1–4

0–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

3–1

2–2

0–3

1–4

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–0

3–1

0–4

0–1

1–1

0–0

Sunderland

1–4

0–1

0–0

0–1

2–3

0–3

3–0

2–1

2–2

0–2

0–3

1–2

0–4

1–3

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–2

Swansea City

0–4

0–3

3–2

2–2

5–4

1–0

0–2

2–0

1–2

1–3

1–3

0–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

1–3

0–0

2–1

1–4

Tottenham Hotspur

2–0

4–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

3–2

3–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

4–0

1–0

5–0

4–0

4–0

3–2

Watford

1–3

2–2

2–1

1–2

1–1

3–2

1–0

2–1

0–1

0–5

3–1

0–0

3–4

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–4

2–0

1–1

West Bromwich Albion

3–1

2–1

4–0

0–1

0–2

1–2

3–1

0–1

0–1

0–4

0–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–1

3–1

4–2

West Ham United

1–5

1–0

1–0

1–2

3–0

0–0

1–0

2–3

0–4

0–4

0–2

1–1

0–3

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–4

2–2

Updated to games played on 13 May 2017
Source: Premier League
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	29
2	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	25
3	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	24
4	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	20
	Diego Costa	Chelsea
6	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	18
7	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Manchester United	17
8	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	16
	Joshua King	AFC Bournemouth
10	Christian Benteke	Crystal Palace	15
	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland
	Fernando Llorente	Swansea City

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Lukaku, RomeluRomelu Lukaku	Everton	Sunderland	3–0	02016-09-12-12 September 2016
Sánchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez	Arsenal	West Ham United	5–1	02016-12-03-3 December 2016
Vardy, JamieJamie Vardy	Leicester City	Manchester City	4–2	02016-12-10-10 December 2016
Rondón, SalomónSalomón Rondón	West Bromwich Albion	Swansea City	3–1	02016-12-14-14 December 2016
Gray, AndreAndre Gray	Burnley	Sunderland	4–1	02016-12-31-31 December 2016
Kane, HarryHarry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	West Bromwich Albion	4–0	02017-01-14-14 January 2017
Lukaku, RomeluRomelu Lukaku4	Everton	AFC Bournemouth	6–3	02017-02-04-4 February 2017
Kane, HarryHarry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Stoke City	4–0	02017-02-26-26 February 2017
King, JoshuaJoshua King	AFC Bournemouth	West Ham United	3–2	02017-03-11-11 March 2017
Kane, HarryHarry Kane4	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City	6–1	02017-05-18-18 May 2017
Kane, HarryHarry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Hull City	7–1	02017-05-21-21 May 2017

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	16
2	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	15
3	David de Gea	Manchester United	14
	Fraser Forster	Southampton
5	Petr Čech	Arsenal	12
6	Tom Heaton	Burnley	10
	Joel Robles	Everton
8	Artur Boruc	AFC Bournemouth	9
	Lee Grant	Stoke City
	Simon Mignolet	Liverpool

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14
  • José Holebas (Watford)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Miguel Britos (Watford)
  • Fernandinho (Manchester City)
  • Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 84
  • Watford

• Most red cards: 5
  • Hull City
  • Watford
  • West Ham United

External links

• Official website