2016–17 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City
2016–17 season
Chairman Huw Jenkins
Manager Francesco Guidolin
(until 3 October)
Bob Bradley
(from 3 October)
Stadium Liberty Stadium
Premier League 19th
FA Cup Third round
EFL Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Leroy Fer (6)
All:
Leroy Fer (6)
Highest home attendance 20,938 vs. Manchester United
(6 November 2016, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 20,024 vs. Hull
(20 August 2016, Premier League)
Average home league attendance 20,695
← 2015–16 2017-18 →

The 2016–17 season is Swansea City's 97th season in the English football league system, and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League.[1] Along with competing in the Premier League, the club will compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Club

Management

Position Name
Owners United States Jason Levien
United States Steve Kaplan
Chairman Wales Huw Jenkins
Vice Chairman Wales Leigh Dineen
Directors Wales Martin Morgan
Wales Huw Cooze
United States Romie Chaudhari
United States Bobby Hernreich

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach United States Bob Bradley
Assistant Coach England Paul Williams
First Team Coach Wales Alan Curtis
Fitness Coach France Pierre Barrieu
Goalkeeping Coach Wales Tony Roberts
Head of Player Recruitment England David Leadbeater
Club Doctor Wales Dr. Jez McClusky
Head of Physiotherapist Wales Kate Rees
Physiotherapist Wales Richard Buchanan
Wales Ailsa Jones
Wales Ritson Lloyd
Soft Tissue Therapist Wales Adele Callaghan
Wales Matthew Murray
Head of Sports Science Wales Jonny Northeast
Sport Scientist Wales Will Sparkes
Wales Jordan Smith
Head Match Analyst Wales Scott Helmich
Football Utilities Co-ordinator Wales Suzan Eames
Football Utilities Assistant Wales Michael Eames
Head Chef Wales Chris Watkins

Squad information

First team squad

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Poland Fabiański, ŁukaszŁukasz Fabiański 31EU 2014[2] 77 0 2019[2] Free
2 CB Spain Amat, JordiJordi Amat 25EU 2013[3] 53 0 2019[4] £2,500,000
3 LB Wales Taylor, NeilNeil Taylor 27EU 2010[5] 165 0 2019[6] £150,000
4 DM South Korea Sung-yueng, KiKi Sung-yueng 27Non-EU 2012[7] 105 10 2018[8] £5,500,000
5 CB Netherlands van der Hoorn, MikeMike van der Hoorn 24EU 2016[9] 1 0 2019[9] Undisclosed
6 CB England Mawson, AlfieAlfie Mawson 22EU 2016[10] 0 0 2020[10] Undisclosed
7 CM England Britton, LeonLeon Britton 34EU 2002-2010, 2011[11] 467 12 2017[12] Undisclosed
8 CM Netherlands Fer, LeroyLeroy Fer 26EU 2016[13] 14 1 2019[13] Undisclosed
9 FW Spain Llorente, FernandoFernando Llorente 31EU 2016[14] 3 0 2018[14] Undisclosed
10 FW Spain Bastón, BorjaBorja Bastón 24EU 2016[15] 0 0 2020[14] £15,500,000
12 RW England Dyer, NathanNathan Dyer 29EU 2009[16] 273 31 2020[17] £400,000
13 GK Sweden Nordfeldt, KristofferKristoffer Nordfeldt 27EU 2015[18] 5 0 2018[18] £600,000
15 LW England Routledge, WayneWayne Routledge 31EU 2011[19] 182 18 2018[20] Undisclosed
17 RW The GambiaSweden Barrow, ModouModou Barrow 24EU 2014[21] 38 2 2019[22] Undisclosed
19 GK Australia Birighitti, MarkMark Birighitti 25Non-EU 2016[23] 0 0 2018[23] Free
20 LW Ecuador Montero, JeffersonJefferson Montero 27Non-EU 2014[24] 61 2 2018[24] Undisclosed
22 RB Spain Rangel, ÀngelÀngel Rangel 34EU 2007[25] 329 9 2018[26] Undisclosed
23 AM Iceland Sigurðsson, GylfiGylfi Sigurðsson 27EU 2012, 2014[27] 93 27 2020[27] Undisclosed
24 DM England Cork, JackJack Cork 27EU 2015[28] (Winter) 52 2 2018[28] Undisclosed
25 GK Germany Tremmel, GerhardGerhard Tremmel 38EU 2011[29] 52 0 2017[30] Free
26 RB England Naughton, KyleKyle Naughton 28EU 2015[31] (Winter) 40 0 2018[31] Undisclosed
33 CB ArgentinaItaly Fernández, FedericoFederico Fernández 27EU 2014[32] 67 1 2018[32] Undisclosed
35 LB Scotland Kingsley, StephenStephen Kingsley 22EU 2014[33] 7 0 2020[34] Undisclosed
56 CM Scotland Fulton, JayJay Fulton 22EU 2014[35] (Winter) 10 1 2020[36] Undisclosed
62 FW Scotland McBurnie, OliverOliver McBurnie 20EU 2015[37] 1 2 2018[37] Undisclosed

Last updated: 23 August 2016
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
 Ordered by 2016–17 squad numbers.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Contract length Fee Ref.
31 May 2016 MF Netherlands Tom Plezier Brabant United F.C. 2 years Undisclosed [38]
5 July 2016 MF Netherlands Leroy Fer Queens Park Rangers 3 years Undisclosed [39]
6 July 2016 DF Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn Ajax 3 years £2,000,000 [40][41]
11 July 2016 MF Scotland George Byers Watford 2 years Free transfer [42]
12 July 2016 DF England Tyler Reid Manchester United 3 years Undisclosed [43]
18 July 2016 GK Australia Mark Birighitti Free agent 2 years Free transfer [44]
5 August 2016 FW Spain Fernando Llorente Sevilla 2 years £5,000,000 [14][45]
11 August 2016 FW Spain Borja Bastón Atlético Madrid 4 years £15,500,000 [15]
30 August 2016 DF England Alfie Mawson Barnsley 4 years £5,000,000 [10][46]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Expiry date Ref.
1 July 2016 DF England Kyle Bartley Leeds United End of season [47]
1 July 2016 GK Wales Oliver Davies Kilmarnock 1 September 2016 [lower-alpha 1] [49]
1 July 2016 DF Wales Liam Shephard Yeovil Town 2 January 2017 [50]
7 July 2016 MF England Matt Grimes Leeds United End of season [51]
8 July 2016 MF Wales Ryan Hedges Yeovil Town 2 January 2017 [52]
28 July 2016 GK England Josh Vickers Barnet End of season [53]
29 July 2016 FW France Bafétimbi Gomis Marseille End of season [54]
29 July 2016 MF Netherlands Kenji Gorré Northampton Town 21 January 2017 [55]
5 August 2016 MF Scotland Adam King Southend United End of season [56]
8 August 2016 MF Wales Josh Sheehan Newport County 21 January 2017 [57]
25 August 2016 DF Wales Connor Roberts Bristol Rovers 2 January 2017 [58]
31 August 2016 DF France Franck Tabanou Granada End of season [59]
31 August 2016 FW Netherlands Marvin Emnes Blackburn Rovers 15 January 2017 [60]
  1. ↑ On 1 September 2016, Kilmarnock released Oliver Davies cutting his loan deal short.[48]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
20 May 2016 MF Wales Lee Lucas Motherwell Released [61][62]
20 May 2016 MF Wales Henry Jones Bangor City Released [61]
20 May 2016 MF Wales Daniel Alfei Free agent Released [61]
20 May 2016 MF Wales Kyle Copp Yeovil Town Released [61]
20 May 2016 MF Cyprus Alex Gogic Free agent Released [61]
20 May 2016 DF England Raheem Hanley Northampton Town Released [61]
20 May 2016 FW Cyprus James Demetriou Karmiotissa Released [61][63]
20 May 2016 GK Wales Gareth Owen Free agent Released [61]
24 May 2016 FW Portugal Éder Lille OSC £4,000,000 [64][65]
17 June 2016 FW Italy Alberto Paloschi Atalanta £5,000,000 [66][67]
8 August 2016 FW Ghana André Ayew West Ham United £20,500,000 [68]
10 August 2016 DF Wales Ashley Williams Everton £12,000,000 [69][70]
2 September 2016 GK Wales Oliver Davies Free agent Released [71]

    New contracts

    Date signed Position Nationality Name Contract length Expiry date Ref.
    20 May 2016 DF Wales Aaron Lewis 1 year June 2017 [72]
    20 May 2016 MF Wales Jack Evans 1 year June 2017 [72]
    20 May 2016 MF Wales Tom Dyson 1 year June 2017 [72]
    20 May 2016 GK Slovenia Gregor Zabret 2 years June 2018 [61]
    1 July 2016 DF England Kyle Bartley 1 year June 2018 [47]
    7 July 2016 FW The Gambia Modou Barrow 3 years June 2019 [22]
    8 July 2016 MF Scotland Adam King 3 years June 2019 [73]
    10 July 2016 MF Scotland Jay Fulton 4 years June 2020 [36]
    11 July 2016 DF Scotland Stephen Kingsley 4 years June 2020 [34]
    2 August 2016 MF Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson 4 years June 2020 [74]
    2 August 2016 MF England Nathan Dyer 4 years June 2020 [17]
    8 August 2016 DF Spain Àngel Rangel 1 year June 2018 [26]
    27 September 2016 DF Wales Connor Roberts 3 years June 2019 [75]

    Pre-season friendlies

      Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

    Competitions

    Overall

    Competition Started roundCurrent
    position / round    		 Final
    position / round    		 First match Last match
    Premier League —16th 13 August 201621 May 2017
    FA Cup Third round— January 2017
    League Cup Second roundThird round 23 August 201621 September 2016

    Last updated: 24 October 2016
    Source: Competitions

    Overview

    Competition Record
    G W D L GF GA GD Win %
    Premier League 13 2 3 8 16 26 −10 15.38
    FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
    EFL Cup 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 50.00
    Total 12 2 2 8 13 21 −8 16.67

    Last updated: 31 October 2016
    Source: Competitions

    Premier League

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    16 Middlesbrough 13 2 6 5 12 15 −3 12
    17 West Ham United 14 3 3 8 15 29 −14 12
    18 Sunderland 14 3 2 9 14 24 −10 11 Relegation to the Football League Championship
    19 Hull City 13 3 2 8 11 28 −17 11
    20 Swansea City 14 2 3 9 16 31 −15 9
    Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Premier League
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[76]

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    12 1 2 9 10 26  −16 5 0 2 4 5 12  −7 1 0 5 5 14  −9

    Last updated: 4 December 2016.
    Source: BBC

    Results by matchday

    Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
    GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHA                        
    Result W L L D L L L L D L L D W L                                                
    Position 3 10 14 13 15 16 17 18 18 18 19 20 19 20                                                

    Last updated: 4 December 2016.
    Source: BBC
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Matches

      Win   Draw   Loss

    FA Cup

    Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

      Win   Draw   Loss

    EFL Cup

    Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

      Win   Draw   Loss

    Statistics

    Appearances, goals, and cards

    Last updated on 27 November 2016
    No. Pos Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
    Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Red card
    1 GK Poland Łukasz Fabiański 13 0 0 – – – – – – 13 0 0 – –
    2 DF Spain Jordi Amat 10 0 0 – – – 2 0 0 12 0 0 3 –
    3 DF Wales Neil Taylor 5 0 0 – – – 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 –
    4 MF South Korea Ki Sung-yueng 5 6 0 – – – 1 0 0 6 6 0 – –
    5 DF Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 5 0 1 – – – 2 0 0 7 0 1 – –
    6 DF England Alfie Mawson 3 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 4 0 0 – –
    7 MF England Leon Britton 6 0 0 – – – 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 –
    8 FW Netherlands Leroy Fer 11 1 6 – – – 0 2 0 11 3 6 2 –
    9 FW Spain Fernando Llorente 8 2 3 – – – 0 1 0 8 3 3 – –
    10 FW Spain Borja Bastón 3 4 1 – – – 1 0 0 4 4 1 – –
    12 MF England Nathan Dyer 0 2 0 – – – 1 0 0 1 2 0 – –
    13 GK Sweden Kristoffer Nordfeldt – – – – – – 2 0 0 2 0 0 – –
    15 MF England Wayne Routledge 11 0 1 – – – 1 0 0 12 0 1 1 –
    17 FW The Gambia Modou Barrow 9 4 0 – – – 0 1 0 9 5 0 1 –
    19 GK Australia Mark Birighitti – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
    20 MF Ecuador Jefferson Montero 0 6 0 – – – 1 0 0 1 6 0 – –
    22 DF Spain Àngel Rangel 3 6 0 – – – 2 0 0 5 6 0 – –
    23 MF Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson 12 1 4 – – – 0 1 1 12 2 5 1 –
    24 MF England Jack Cork 10 1 0 – – – 1 0 0 11 1 0 – –
    25 GK Germany Gerhard Tremmel – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
    26 DF England Kyle Naughton 12 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 13 0 0 3 –
    33 DF Argentina Federico Fernández 8 0 0 – – – 0 1 0 8 1 0 3 –
    35 DF Scotland Stephen Kingsley 7 0 0 – – – – – – 7 0 0 – –
    56 MF Scotland Jay Fulton 2 1 0 – – – 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 –
    62 FW Scotland Oliver McBurnie 0 1 0 – – – 1 0 2 1 1 2 – –

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