2016–17 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion 2016–17
Club information
Manager	Tony Pulis
League Season information
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Season statistics
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The 2016–17 season was West Bromwich Albion's seventh consecutive season in the Premier League and their 139th year in existence. This season West Bromwich Albion participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, with competitive matches played between August and May.

Transfers

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Victor Anichebe	Free agent	Released
1 July 2016	SS		Stéphane Sessègnon	Free agent	Released

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
FA Cup	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
League Cup	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	+0	!—
Total	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	&-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000	−0	—

Last updated: May 2016
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Pre-season friendlies

On 11 May 2016, West Bromwich Albion announced a friendly double-header in Devon with games coming against Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United. A day later, on 12 May, the club announced a third pre-season friendly against Kidderminster Harriers, it will take place on 16 July. On 22 June, West Brom announced that they have accepted an invitation to take part in the inaugural 2016 Fox Sports Cup.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendly 16 July 2016	Kidderminster Harriers	v	West Bromwich Albion	Kidderminster, England
15:00 BST				Stadium: Aggborough

2016 Fox Sports Cup 21 July 2016	Vitesse	v	West Bromwich Albion	Arnhem, Netherlands
17:30 BST				Stadium: GelreDome

2016 Fox Sports Cup 23 July 2016	West Bromwich Albion	v	PSV Eindhoven	Arnhem, Netherlands
17:00 BST				Stadium: GelreDome

Friendly 30 July 2016	Plymouth Argyle	v	West Bromwich Albion	Plymouth, England
17:30 BST				Stadium: Home Park

Friendly 1 August 2016	Torquay United	v	West Bromwich Albion	Torquay, England
19:30 BST				Stadium: Plainmoor

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