2016–17 in English football

England 2016–17
Season information
Premier League
Championship
League One	Sheffield United
League Two
National League	Lincoln City
FA Cup
League Cup	Manchester United
Community Shield	Manchester United
← 2015–16	2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season will be the 137th season of competitive association football in England.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League	Burnley Middlesbrough Hull City	Newcastle United Norwich City Aston Villa
Championship	Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley	Charlton Athletic Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers
League One	Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon	Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra
League Two	Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town	Dagenham & Redbridge York City
National League	Solihull Moors North Ferriby United Sutton United Maidstone United	FC Halifax Town Altrincham Kidderminster Harriers Welling United

National teams

England national football team

Main article:England national football team

Results and fixtures

2016

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 4 September 2016	Slovakia	0–1	England	Trnava, Slovakia
17:00 BST		Report	Lallana  90+5'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 8 October 2016	England	2–0	Malta	London, England
17:00 BST	Sturridge  29' Alli  38'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 11 October 2016	Slovenia	0–0	England	Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:45 BST				Stadium: Stožice Stadium

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 11 November 2016	England	v	Scotland	London, England
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

Friendly 15 November 2016	England	v	Spain	London, England
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2017

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 26 March 2017	England	v	Lithuania	London, England
17:00 BST				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification 10 June 2017	Scotland	v	England	Glasgow, Scotland
17:00 BST				Stadium: Hampden Park

Friendly 13 June 2017	France	v	England	Saint-Denis, France
19:45 BST				Stadium: Stade de France

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group F

Main article:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Main article:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
England	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13	20	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
Slovakia	8	5	0	3	14	6	+8	15	Possible Second round
Slovenia	8	4	2	2	10	4	+6	14
Scotland	8	4	2	2	14	10	+4	14
Lithuania (E)	8	1	2	5	6	18	−12	5
Malta (E)	8	0	0	8	2	21	−19	0

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers

In home-and-away league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7): Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Goal difference Goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams) Play-off match(es) on neutral ground (if approved by FIFA Organizing Committee), with extra time and penalty shoot-out if necessary

Managerial changes

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Hodgson, RoyRoy Hodgson	Resigned	27 June 2016	name !Sam Allardyce	27 June 2016
name !Sam Allardyce	Resigned	26 September 2016	name !Gareth Southgate (Caretaker)	26 September 2016

England women's national football team

Main article:England women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 7

Main article:UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Main article:UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 7

Template:UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 7

UEFA competitions

2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round#Play-off round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua București	0–6	Manchester City	0–5	0–1

Group stage

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Arsenal	6	4	2	0	18	6	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase
Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	3	0	13	7	+6	12
Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3	Transfer to Europa League
Basel	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Barcelona	6	5	0	1	20	4	+16	15	Advance to knockout phase
Manchester City	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9
Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5	Transfer to Europa League
Celtic	6	0	3	3	5	16	−11	3

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Monaco	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase
Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10
Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7	Transfer to Europa League
CSKA Moscow	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Leicester City	6	4	1	1	7	6	+1	13	Advance to knockout phase
Porto	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11
Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League
Club Brugge	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0

Knockout phase

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

• Arsenal

2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Domžale	2–4	West Ham United	2–1	0–3

Play-off round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Astra Giurgiu	2–1	West Ham United	1–1	1–0

Group stage

Main article:2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Fenerbahçe	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Advance to knockout phase
Manchester United	6	4	0	2	12	4	+8	12
Feyenoord	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7
Zorya Luhansk	6	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2

Group K

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Sparta Prague	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase
Southampton	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	7
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4
Internazionale	4	1	0	3	3	7	−4	3

League season

Premier League

Main article:2016–17 Premier League

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

Football League Championship

Main article:2016–17 Football League Championship

2016–17 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle United  (C) (P)	46	29	7	10	85	40	+45	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Brighton & Hove Albion  (P)	46	28	9	9	74	40	+34	93
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	+4	85	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	9	13	60	45	+15	81
5	Huddersfield Town  (P)	46	25	6	15	56	58	−2	81
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	+28	80
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	+14	75
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	+16	70
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	+4	67
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	+10	64
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Bristol City	45	14	9	22	60	66	−6	51
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	−14	53
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	−19	53
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers  (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to the Football League One
23	Wigan Athletic  (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United  (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

Updated to games played on 7 May 2017
Source: EFL.com
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

Football League One

Main article:2016–17 Football League One

2016–17 Football League One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield United  (C) (P)	46	30	10	6	92	47	+45	100	Promotion to the Championship
2	Bolton Wanderers  (P)	46	25	11	10	68	36	+32	86
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82	Qualification to the League One play-offs
4	Fleetwood Town	46	23	13	10	64	43	+21	82
5	Bradford City	46	20	19	7	62	43	+19	79
6	Millwall  (P) (O)	46	20	13	13	66	57	+9	73
7	Southend United	46	20	12	14	70	53	+17	72
8	Oxford United	46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69
9	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	71	62	+9	69
10	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	70	−2	66
11	Peterborough United	46	17	11	18	62	62	0	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	16	13	17	60	58	+2	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60
14	Walsall	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	Northampton Town	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53
17	Oldham Athletic	46	12	17	17	31	44	−13	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	12	21	46	63	−17	51
19	Bury	46	13	11	22	61	73	−12	50
20	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	59	79	−20	50
21	Port Vale  (R)	46	12	13	21	45	70	−25	49	Relegation to the League Two
22	Swindon Town  (R)	46	11	11	24	44	66	−22	44
23	Coventry City  (R)	46	9	12	25	37	68	−31	39
24	Chesterfield  (R)	46	9	10	27	43	78	−35	37

Updated to games played on 30 April 2017
Source: BBC Sport
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

Football League Two

Main article:2016–17 Football League Two

2016–17 Football League Two table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portsmouth  (C) (P)	46	26	9	11	79	40	+39	87	Promotion to Football League One
2	Plymouth Argyle  (P)	46	26	9	11	71	46	+25	87
3	Doncaster Rovers  (P)	46	25	10	11	85	55	+30	85
4	Luton Town	46	20	17	9	70	43	+27	77	Qualification to the League Two play-offs
5	Exeter City	46	21	8	17	75	56	+19	71
6	Carlisle United	46	18	17	11	69	68	+1	71
7	Blackpool  (P)	46	18	16	12	69	46	+23	70
8	Colchester United	46	19	12	15	67	57	+10	69
9	Wycombe Wanderers	46	19	12	15	58	53	+5	69
10	Stevenage	46	20	7	19	67	33	+34	67
11	Cambridge United	46	19	9	18	58	50	+8	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	15	14	54	50	+4	66
13	Accrington Stanley	46	17	14	15	59	56	+3	65
14	Grimsby Town	46	17	11	18	59	63	−4	62
15	Barnet	46	14	15	17	57	64	−7	57
16	Notts County	46	16	8	22	54	76	−22	56
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	13	19	58	67	−9	55
18	Morecambe	46	14	10	22	53	73	−20	52
19	Crawley Town	46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	51
20	Yeovil Town	46	11	17	18	49	64	−15	50
21	Cheltenham Town	46	12	14	20	49	69	−20	50
22	Newport County	46	12	12	22	51	73	−22	48
23	Hartlepool United  (R)	46	11	13	22	54	75	−21	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Leyton Orient  (R)	46	10	6	30	47	87	−40	36

Source: BBC Sport
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

National League Top Division

Main article:2016–17 National League

2016–17 National League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln City  (C) (P)	46	30	9	7	83	40	+43	99	Promotion to the Football League Two
2	Tranmere Rovers	46	29	8	9	79	39	+40	95	Qualification to the National League play-offs
3	Forest Green Rovers  (P) (O)	46	25	11	10	88	56	+32	86
4	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	26	6	14	79	53	+26	84
5	Aldershot Town	46	23	13	10	66	37	+29	82
6	Dover Athletic	46	24	7	15	85	63	+22	79
7	Barrow	46	20	15	11	72	53	+19	75
8	Gateshead	46	19	13	14	72	51	+21	70
9	Macclesfield Town	46	20	8	18	64	57	+7	68
10	Bromley	46	18	8	20	59	66	−7	62
11	Boreham Wood	46	15	13	18	49	48	+1	58
12	Sutton United	46	15	13	18	61	63	−2	58
13	Wrexham	46	15	13	18	47	61	−14	58
14	Maidstone United	46	16	10	20	59	75	−16	58
15	Eastleigh	46	14	15	17	56	63	−7	57
16	Solihull Moors	46	15	10	21	62	75	−13	55
17	Torquay United	46	14	11	21	54	61	−7	53
18	Woking	46	14	11	21	66	80	−14	53
19	Chester	46	14	10	22	63	71	−8	52
20	Guiseley	46	13	12	21	50	67	−17	51
21	York City  (R)	46	11	17	18	55	70	−15	50	Relegation to the National League North or National League South
22	Braintree Town  (R)	46	13	9	24	51	76	−25	48
23	Southport  (R)	46	10	9	27	52	97	−45	39
24	North Ferriby United  (R)	46	12	3	31	32	82	−50	39

Updated to games played on 29 April 2017
Source: National League official site
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

Cup competitions

FA Cup

Main article:2016–17 FA Cup

Final

EFL Cup

Main article:2016–17 EFL Cup

Final

Community Shield

Main article:2016 FA Community Shield

7 August 2016 16:00 BST	Leicester City	1–2	Manchester United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 85,437 Referee: Craig Pawson
	Vardy  52'	Report	Lingard  32' Ibrahimović  83

EFL Trophy

Main article:2016–17 EFL Trophy

Final

Women's football

FA Women's Cup

Main article:2016–17 FA Women's Cup

Women's Super League

Main article:2016 FA WSL

Women's Super League 1

Main article:2016 FA WSL#WSL 1

Women's Super League 2

Main article:2016 FA WSL#WSL 2

FA WSL Cup

Main article:2016 FA WSL#WSL Cup

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within English league football:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Blackburn Rovers	Lambert, PaulPaul Lambert	Mutual consent	7 May 2016	Pre-season	Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle	2 June 2016
Cardiff City	Slade, RussellRussell Slade	Promoted to head of football	8 May 2016		Trollope, PaulPaul Trollope	18 May 2016
Nottingham Forest	Williams, PaulPaul Williams	Mutual consent	12 May 2016		Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier	27 June 2016
Northampton Town	Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder	Signed by Sheffield United	12 May 2016		Page, RobRob Page	19 May 2016
Sheffield United	Adkins, NigelNigel Adkins	Sacked	12 May 2016		Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder	12 May 2016
Rotherham United	Warnock, NeilNeil Warnock	End of contract	18 May 2016		Stubbs, AlanAlan Stubbs	1 June 2016
Blackpool	McDonald, NeilNeil McDonald	Mutual consent	18 May 2016		Bowyer, GaryGary Bowyer	1 June 2016
Port Vale	Page, RobRob Page	Signed by Northampton Town	19 May 2016		Ribeiro, BrunoBruno Ribeiro	20 June 2016
Manchester United	van Gaal, LouisLouis van Gaal	Sacked	23 May 2016		Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho	27 May 2016
Reading	McDermott, BrianBrian McDermott		27 May 2016		Stam, JaapJaap Stam	13 June 2016
Derby County	Wassall, DarrenDarren Wassall	End of contract	27 May 2016		Pearson, NigelNigel Pearson	27 May 2016
Oldham Athletic	Sheridan, JohnJohn Sheridan	Signed by Notts County	29 May 2016		name !Steve Robinson	9 July 2016
Leeds United	Evans, SteveSteve Evans	Sacked	31 May 2016		Monk, GarryGarry Monk	2 June 2016
Aston Villa	Black, EricEric Black	End of caretaker spell	2 June 2016		Di Matteo, RobertoRoberto Di Matteo	2 June 2016
Bradford City	Parkinson, PhilPhil Parkinson	Signed by Bolton Wanderers	10 June 2016		McCall, StuartStuart McCall	20 June 2016
Southampton	Koeman, RonaldRonald Koeman	Signed by Everton	14 June 2016		Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel	30 June 2016
Chelsea	name !Guus Hiddink	End of caretaker spell	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		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
Fleetwood Town	name !Steven Pressley	Resigned	26 July 2016		name !Uwe Rosler	30 July 2016
Wolverhampton Wanderers	name !Kenny Jackett	Sacked	30 July 2016		name !Walter Zenga	30 July 2016
Leyton Orient	name !Andy Hessenthaler		26 September 2016	14th	name !Alberto Cavasin	2 October 2016
Newport County	name !Warren Feeney		28 September 2016	24th	name !Graham Westley	7 October 2016
Coventry City	name !Tony Mowbray	Resigned	29 September 2016	24th	TBA	TBA
Aston Villa	name !Roberto Di Matteo	Sacked	3 October 2016	19th	name !Steve Bruce	12 October 2016
Swansea City	name !Francesco Guidolin		3 October 2016	17th	name !Bob Bradley	3 October 2016
Cardiff City	name !Paul Trollope		4 October 2016	23rd	name !Neil Warnock	5 October 2016
Shrewsbury Town	name !Micky Mellon	Signed by Tranmere Rovers	6 October 2016	22nd	name !Paul Hurst	24 October 2016
Derby County	name !Nigel Pearson	Mutual consent	8 October 2016	20th	name !Steve McClaren	12 October 2016
Rotherham United	name !Alan Stubbs	Sacked	19 October 2016	24th	name !Kenny Jackett	21 October 2016
Milton Keynes Dons	name !Karl Robinson	Mutual consent	23 October 2016	19th	TBA	TBA
Grimsby Town	name !Paul Hurst	Signed by Shrewsbury Town	24 October 2016	8th	name !Marcus Bignot	7 November 2016
Wolverhampton Wanderers	name !Walter Zenga	Sacked	25 October 2016	18th	name !Paul Lambert	5 November 2016
Wigan Athletic	name !Gary Caldwell		25 October 2016	23rd	name !Warren Joyce	2 November 2016
Queens Park Rangers	name !Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink		6 November 2016	17th	TBA	TBA

Deaths

• 6 June 2016: Harry Gregory, 72, Leyton Orient, Charlton Athletic F.C., Aston Villa and Hereford United midfielder.
• 6 June 2016: Nicky Jennings, 70, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth and Exeter City winger.
• 7 June 2016: Johnny Brooks, 84, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Brentford inside forward.
• 10 June 2016: Alex Govan, 86, Plymouth Argyle, Birmingham City and Portsmouth outside left.
• 13 June 2016: Tony Byrne, 70, Republic of Ireland, Millwall, Southampton, Hereford United and Newport County left back.
• 20 June 2016: Eamonn Dolan, 48, West Ham United, Birmingham City and Exeter City striker, who also managed Exeter and was Reading academy manager at the time of his death.
• 21 June 2016: Bryan Edwards, 85, Bolton Wanderers wing half, who also managed Bradford City.
• 3 July 2016: Jimmy Frizzell, 79, Oldham Athletic utility player, who also had spells in management at Oldham and Manchester City.
• 3 July 2016: John Middleton, 59, Nottingham Forest and Derby County goalkeeper.
• 7 July 2016: John O'Rourke, 71, Luton Town, Middlesbrough, Ipswich Town, Coventry City, Queens Park Rangers and A.F.C. Bournemouth forward.
• 9 July 2016: Ray Spencer, 82, Darlington and Torquay United wing half.
• 10 July 2016: David Stride, 58, Chelsea, Millwall and Leyton Orient defender.
• 13 July 2016: George Allen, 84, Birmingham City and Torquay United left back.
• 18 July 2016: John Hope, 67, Darlington, Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Hartlepool United goalkeeper.
• c.20 July 2016: Bill Park, 97, Blackpool and York City centre half.
• c.20 July 2016: Tom McCready, 72, Watford and Wimbledon left back.
• 28 July 2016: Dave Syrett, 60, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town, Walsall, Peterborough United and Northampton Town forward.
• 2 August 2016: Neil Wilkinson, 61, Blackburn Rovers, Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra right back.
• 3 August 2016: Russell Coughlin, 56, Blackburn Rovers, Carlisle United, Plymouth Argyle, Blackpool, Swansea City, Exeter City and Torquay United midfielder.
• 5 August 2016: Joe Davis, 75, Carlisle United left back.
• 6 August 2016: Mel Slack, 72, Sunderland, Southend United and Cambridge United midfielder.
• 7 August 2016: Roy Summersby, 81, Millwall, Crystal Palace and Portsmouth inside forward.
• 13 August 2016: Liam Tuohy, 83, Republic of Ireland and Newcastle United outside left.
• 15 August 2016: Dalian Atkinson, 48, Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Manchester City striker.
• 29 August 2016: Reg Matthewson, 77, Sheffield United, Fulham and Chester defender.
• 30 August 2016: Dave Durie, 85, Blackpool and Chester City inside forward.
• 5 September 2016: Max Murray, 80, West Bromwich Albion striker.
• 6 September 2016: Bert Llewellyn, 77, Everton, Crewe Alexandra, Port Vale, Northampton Town, Walsall and Wigan Athletic centre-forward.
• 6 September 2016: Dave Pacey, 79, Luton Town midfielder.
• 7 September 2016: Alan Smith, 77, Torquay United centre half.
• 13 September 2016: Denis Atkins, 77, Huddersfield Town and Bradford City full back.
• 13 September 2016: Matt Gray, 80, Manchester City forward.
• c.14 September 2016: Ronnie Cope, 81, Manchester United and Luton Town centre half.
• 24 September 2016: Mel Charles, 81, Wales, Swansea City, Arsenal, Cardiff City and Port Vale utility player.
• 26 September 2016: Jackie Sewell, 89, England, Zambia, Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Hull City forward.
• 28 September 2016: Seamus Dunne, 86, Ireland and Luton Town defender.
• 28 September 2016: Graham Hawkins, 70, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Blackburn Rovers and Port Vale defender, who also managed Wolves for two years..
• 1 October 2016: David Herd, 82, Scotland, Stockport County, Arsenal, Manchester United and Stoke City forward, who also managed Lincoln City.
• 4 October 2016: Merfyn Jones, 85, Liverpool, Scunthorpe United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City and Lincoln City winger.
• 7 October 2016: Peter Denton, 70, Coventry City and Luton Town winger.
• 10 October 2016: Gerry Gow, 64, Bristol City, Manchester City, Rotherham United and Burnley midfielder.
• October 2016: Eddie O'Hara, 80, Everton, Rotherham United and Barnsley winger.
• 18 October 2016: Gary Sprake, 71. Wales, Leeds United and Birmingham City goalkeeper.
• 19 October 2016: Sammy Smyth, 91, Northern Ireland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stoke City and Liverpool striker.
• 21 October 2016: Roy Jennings, 84, Brighton & Hove Albion centre half.
• 27 October 2016: Brian Hill, 75, Coventry City and Torquay United defender.
• 2 November 2016: Ray Mabbutt, 80, Bristol Rovers and Newport County midfielder.
• 6 November 2016: Mick Granger, 85, York City, Hull City and Halifax Town goalkeeper.

Retirements

• 9 June 2016: Daniel Agger, 31, former Denmark and Liverpool defender.
• 21 June 2016: Andrew Procter, 33, former Accrington Stanley, Preston North End and Bury midfielder.

• 3 July 2016: Mikel Arteta, 34, former Everton and Arsenal midfielder.
• 13 July 2016: Kelvin Davis, 39, former Luton Town, Wimbledon, Ipswich Town, Sunderland and Southampton goalkeeper.
• 26 July 2016: Gregor Robertson, 32, former Nottingham Forest, Rotherham United, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra and Northampton Town defender.
• 1 August 2016: Andy Reid, 34, former Republic of Ireland, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Sunderland and Blackpool midfielder.
• 8 August 2016: Brede Hangeland, 35, former Norway, Fulham and Crystal Palace defender.
• 14 August 2016: Jonathan Woodgate, 36, former England, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City defender.
• 22 August 2016: Danny Boshell, 35, former Oldham Athletic, Stockport County, Grimsby Town, Chesterfield, Altrincham and Guiseley midfielder.
• 31 August 2016: Dani Osvaldo, 30, former Italy and Southampton striker.
• 2 September 2016: Antony Sweeney, 32, former Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and Gateshead midfielder.
• 18 September 2016: Jérémy Hélan, 24, former Manchester City, Carlisle United, Shrewsbury Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder.
• 23 October 2016: Stephen McPhail, 36, former Republic of Ireland, Leeds United, Barnsley, Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday midfielder.
• 1 November 2016: Joe Gormley, 26, former Peterborough United striker.