2016–17 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Mark Hughes
Stadium	bet365 Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Premier League, 13th
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Season statistics
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The 2016–17 season was Stoke City's ninth season in the Premier League and the 61st in the top tier of English football.

Following last season's third-straight ninth-place finish, Mark Hughes brought in Joe Allen, Wilfried Bony, Lee Grant, Bruno Martins Indi and Ramadan Sobhi. However, Stoke's poor form at the end of last season continued at the start of 2016–17 as in the first six matches they managed to pick up just two points, conceding 15 goals, which meant they ended September in the relegation zone. Following a 1–1 draw at Manchester United at the start of October, Stoke's form picked up and with wins against Sunderland, Hull City, Swansea City, Watford and Burnley the team climbed back into a mid-table position come December.

The team's form dropped off again around Christmas conceding three at Arsenal and four at Liverpool and Chelsea whilst home matches against Southampton and Leicester City ended in draws. In January 2017 Hughes brought in long-term transfer target Saido Berahino whilst allowing Bojan to leave on loan. Performances in 2017 were disappointing as Stoke won just six of the remaining 19 Premier League matches, whilst also making an early FA Cup exit. Stoke earned 44 points and finished in 13th position.

Pre-season

In April 2016 Stoke announced that from the 2016–17 season the Britannia Stadium will be renamed the Bet365 Stadium and the capacity increased to 30,000 in time for the start of the 2017–18 season. The club also announced a five-year contract with kit manufacturer Macron described by Chief Executive Tony Scholes as the biggest kit deal in the club's history.

Stoke announced their retained list in June 2016, departing the club were experienced duo Peter Odemwingie and Steve Sidwell along with development squad players Ben Barber, Ed Dryden, Bobby Moseley, Ryan O'Reilly, Petros Skapits and Mason Watkins-Clarke.

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
1	16 July 2016	Burton Albion	A	–
2	23 July 2016	Preston North End	A	–
3	27 July 2016	Orlando City	A	–
4	6 August 2016	Hamburg SV	A	–

Premier League

Main article:2016–17 Premier League

Results

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
1	13 August 2016	Middlesbrough	A	–

FA Cup

Main article:2016–17 FA Cup

League Cup

Main article:2016–17 Football League Cup

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jack Butland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Phil Bardsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Erik Pieters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Marc Muniesa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Glenn Whelan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Stephen Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Glen Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Marko Arnautović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Joselu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Marc Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Ibrahim Afellay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Charlie Adam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Ryan Shawcross (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Mame Biram Diouf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Jonathan Walters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	Geoff Cameron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Giannelli Imbula	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Dionatan Teixeira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	GK	Shay Given	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	Peter Crouch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	Philipp Wollscheid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Bojan Krkić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	GK	Jakob Haugaard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Ollie Shenton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Transfers

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2016	DF	Ben Barber	York City	Free
1 July 2016	FW	Peter Odemwingie	Released	Free
1 July 2016	MF	Steve Sidwell	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free
1 July 2016	MF	Ed Dryden	Released	Free
1 July 2016	DF	Bobby Moseley	Released	Free
1 July 2016	DF	Ryan O'Reilly	Released	Free
1 July 2016	FW	Peter Skapetis	Released	Free
1 July 2016	DF	Mason Watkins-Clark	Released	Free
1 July 2016	FW	Yusuf Coban	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Free

External links

• Official website