2016–17 Oxford United F.C. season

Oxford United
2016–17 season
Chairman	Darryl Eales
Head Coach	Michael Appleton
Stadium	Kassam Stadium
League One	8th
FA Cup	5th round; (eliminated by Middlesbrough)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by Brighton)
League Trophy	Runners-up; (beaten by Coventry City)
Top goalscorer	League: Maguire (13); All: Maguire (17)
Highest home attendance	11,810 v Newcastle United, 27 January 2017
Lowest home attendance	1,383 v Scunthorpe United, 10 January 2017
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Oxford United's first season back in League One after gaining promotion the previous season, and their 123rd year in existence.^[1] As well as competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

Oxford lost three key players in the close season, Kemar Roofe departing for Leeds for a club record of £3m, Callum O'Dowda (less expectedly) to Bristol City for around £1m, and striker Danny Hylton who declined a contract renewal offer and joined Luton Town in League Two. United narrowly failed to sign Matty Taylor to replace the goal-scoring potential of these three players,^[2] but Chris Maguire, after protracted negotiations, signed a one-year contract extension and strikers Wes Thomas and Kane Hemmings were brought in to boost the forward line, the latter for a £250,000 fee. Manager Michael Appleton's first summer signing was goalkeeper Simon Eastwood. Eastwood had previously been on Oxford's books as cover for Ryan Clarke in 2010–11 but had failed to make an appearance. Another returning player was Rob Hall, a former loanee signed from Bolton Wanderers despite carrying a long-term injury. United spent what was believed to be a club record fee to secure the services of winger Marvin Johnson from Motherwell, and the defence was bolstered by the arrival of Christian Ribeiro, Aaron Martin and Curtis Nelson. Young midfielder John Lundstram was appointed captain to replace defender Jake Wright (who joined former Oxford manager Chris Wilder at eventual champions Sheffield United) and his deputy Johnny Mullins (who was not offered a new contract and joined teammate Hylton at Luton Town). Notable loanees from Premier League sides included Dan Crowley from Arsenal, Toni Martínez from West Ham and Conor McAleny from Everton.

After a shaky start which saw them in the relegation places after three games, League One newcomers United recovered strongly to finish 8th in the table, four points off the last playoff position, the highest of the promoted teams and in their highest placing at any point of the season. They again completed the double over local rivals Swindon Town, who were relegated to League Two.^[3] Eastwood, in stark contrast to his previous stint at the club, played every minute of United's 62 games in all competitions (the most competitive games played by any league team for the second season in succession) and was voted the club's Player of the Season by both fans and teammates at the end of the season.^[4] Maguire was the team's highest scorer with 17 goals in all competitions, with Hemmings chipping in with 15 and loanee McAleny scoring 10 in 18 League appearances in the second half of the season, including two hat-tricks. In total, Oxford scored 100 goals in all competitions.^[5]

For the second year running, Oxford reached the final of the League Trophy at Wembley Stadium but finished runners-up in the competition, this time beaten 2–1 by Coventry City. This was the club's fourth visit to the national stadium. They reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, beating Rotherham United and Newcastle United of the Championship before being eliminated by Middlesbrough of the Premier League. In the first round of the League Cup they also defeated Championship opposition in the shape of Birmingham City, but were knocked out in the second round by Brighton & Hove Albion.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK	Simon Eastwood	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2016	CB	Aaron Martin	Coventry City	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2016	RB	Christian Ribeiro	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July 2016	CF	Wes Thomas	Birmingham City	Free transfer	^[9]
4 July 2016	CB	Curtis Nelson	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	^[10]
12 July 2016	CM	Joe Rothwell	Manchester United	Undisclosed	^[11]
19 July 2016	CF	Robert Hall	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[12]
27 July 2016	CF	Kane Hemmings	Dundee	£250,000	^[13]
25 August 2016	CM	Ryan Ledson	Everton	Undisclosed	^[14]
31 August 2016	MF	Marvin Johnson	Motherwell	Undisclosed	^[15]
5 January 2017	CM	James Cowan	Dundee	Undisclosed	^[16]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Jordan Bowery	Leyton Orient	Released	^[17]^[a]
1 July 2016	LM	AJ George	Free agent	Released	^[17]
1 July 2016	LB	Freddie Grant	Oxford City	Released	^[17]^[b]
1 July 2016	CF	Patrick Hoban	Mansfield Town	Released	^[17]^[c]
1 July 2016	CF	Danny Hylton	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[21]
1 July 2016	CB	Johnny Mullins	Luton Town	Released	^[17]^[d]
7 July 2016	LW	Kemar Roofe	Leeds United	£3,000,000	^[23]^[24]
9 July 2016	CB	Jake Wright	Sheffield United	Mutual consent	^[25]^[e]
14 July 2016	LW	Callum O'Dowda	Bristol City	£1,000,000 + add ons	^[27]
19 July 2016	GK	Sam Slocombe	Blackpool	Mutual consent	^[28]^[f]
4 August 2016	GK	Max Crocombe	Carlisle United	Mutual consent	^[30]^[g]
5 January 2017	CF	George Jeacock	Free agent	Mutual consent	^[32]
30 January 2017	CF	Ryan Taylor	Plymouth Argyle	Mutual consent	^[33]
31 January 2017	MF	Alex MacDonald	Mansfield Town	Mutual consent	^[34]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM	Daniel Crowley	Arsenal	2 December 2016	^[35]^[a]
28 July 2016	CF	Tyler Roberts	West Bromwich Albion	3 January 2017	^[37]
19 August 2016	RB	Phil Edwards	Burton Albion	End of season	^[38]
31 August 2016	CB	Charlie Raglan	Chesterfield	End of season	^[15]^[b]
23 January 2017	CF	Toni Martínez	West Ham United	End of season	^[40]
31 January 2017	CF	Conor McAleny	Everton	End of season	^[41]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
5 August 2016	CB	Robbie Cundy	Oxford City	2 September 2016	^[42]
5 August 2016	GK	Jack Stevens	Oxford City	2 September 2016	^[42]
7 September 2016	CM	John Ashby	Oxford City	31 December 2016	^[43]
7 September 2016	RM	Jonny Giles	Oxford City	7 December 2016	^[43]
7 September 2016	CF	James Roberts	Oxford City	31 December 2016	^[43]
9 September 2016	CF	George Jeacock	Banbury United	7 October 2016	^[44]
8 December 2016	CB	Miles Welch-Hayes	Bath City	5 January 2017	^[45]
2 January 2017	RM	Jonny Giles	Aldershot Town	End of season	^[46]
9 January 2017	CB	Robbie Cundy	Southport	6 February 2017	^[47]
24 February 2017	CF	James Roberts	Stalybridge Celtic	End of season	^[48]
4 March 2017	GK	Benjamin Büchel	Barnet	11 March 2017	^[49]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Solihull Moors	1–1	Oxford United	Solihull
15:00 BST	Hayden 68'	Report	Thomas 54'	Stadium: Damson Park

12 July 2016 (2016-07-12) Friendly	Alhaurín de la Torre	0–2	Oxford United	Alhaurín de la Torre
19:30 BST		Report	Ashby 37' Roberts 64'	Stadium: Los Manantiales

15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Friendly	Marbella	1–0	Oxford United	La Cala
18:00 BST		Report

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Oxford United	1–2	Leicester City	Oxford
19:45 BST	Maguire 13'	Report	Gray 28' Schlupp 68'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,487 Referee: John Busby

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Oxford United	0–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Oxford
19:45 BST		Report	Knockaert 17' Cadman 67' Hemed 76' 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,498 Referee: John Busby

30 July 2015 (2015-07-30) Friendly	Barnet	3–3	Oxford United	Canons Park
15:00 BST	Weston 6' Akinde 10', 66' (pen.)	Report	Thomas 43', 46' Crowley 80'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Millwall (O, P)	46	20	13	13	66	57	+9	73	Qualification for the League One play-offs^[a]
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

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69	11	4	8	33	27	+6	9	5	9	32	25	+7

Last updated: 30 April 2017.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	13	17	21	19	18	14	11	12	13	16	10	13	10	13	14	17	20	16	14	14	14	10	14	13	12	13	12	13	11	11	10	9	10	11	10	10	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2017. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Oxford United	1–1	Chesterfield	Oxford
15:00 BST	Thomas 31' Ruffles 75'	Report	Raglan 8' Nolan 73' Evans 76'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,679 (872 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

14 August 2016 2	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Oxford United	Horfield
15:00 BST	Lines 11' Easter 25' Gaffney 29' Taylor 70' J.Clarke 76' O.Clarke 78'	Report	Hemmings 42' Long 45+3' 67' Martin 55'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 10,053 (1,283 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 August 2016 3	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Oxford United	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Ball 50' Grant 59' Hunter 70'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,614 (395 away) Referee: David Webb

20 August 2016 4	Oxford United	2–1	Peterborough United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Skarz 37' Thomas 46' Maguire 66' Maguire 90+3' (pen)	Report	Baldwin 34' 90+3' Forrester 44' Nichols 62' Da Silva Lopes 78'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,500 (798 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

27 August 2016 5	Sheffield United	2–1	Oxford United	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Basham 1' Wright 16' Freeman 52' Sharp 65' Wilson 73'	Report	Hemmings 18' 60' Ruffles 73'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,313 (1,278 away) Referee: Nick Kinseley

4 September 2016 6	Oxford United	1–0	Rochdale	Oxford
15:00 BST	Maguire 27' Raglan 42' Sercombe 88'	Report	Mendez-Laing 49'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,939 (232 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

10 September 2016 7	Oxford United	2–0	Swindon Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Thomas 39' Maguire 44' (pen), 61' Lundstram 68' MacDonald 90+6'	Report	Thomas 34' Jones 45+2' 63' Vigouroux 56' 90+4' Barry 63'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,042 (1,190 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

17 September 2016 8	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	Oxford United	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST		Report	Sercombe 78'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 12,340 (3,892 away) Referee: Lee Probert

24 September 2016 9	Oxford United	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Oxford
15:00 BST	Edwards 53' Maguire 67' Hemmings 90+5'	Report	Lennon 51' 90+4' Jackson 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,847 (1,476 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

27 September 2016 10	Southend United	2–1	Oxford United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Leonard 13' Wordsworth 40' 74' (pen) Mooney 61' O'Neill 87' Inniss 90+3' Oxley 90+6'	Report	Lundstram 44' Hemmings 45+4' Maguire 60' Raglan 84'	Stadium: Roots Hall Stadium Attendance: 5,593 (440 away) Referee: Graham Horwood

1 October 2016 11	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Oxford United	Bolton
15:00 BST	Beevers 35' Trotter 59' Vela 79'	Report	Lundstram 56' Thomas 81' Maguire 90'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,207 (1,383 away) Referee: Mark Haywood

9 October 2016 12	Oxford United	1–3	AFC Wimbledon	Oxford
12:15 BST	Charles 49' (o.g.) Dunkley 70' Johnson 81'	Report	Elliott 10' 20' Taylor 13' Charles 42' Barcham 45+2' Shea 59'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,742 (531 away) Referee: Darren Deadman

15 October 2016 13	Oxford United	1–0	Bradford City	Oxford
15:00 BST	Taylor 55' Maguire 90+1'	Report	Law 28' Darby 90'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,245 (1,101 away) Referee: David Webb

18 October 2016 14	Coventry City	2–1	Oxford United	Coventry
19:45 BST	Stevenson 28' 55' Sordell 43' Sterry 57'	Report	Taylor 37' Ruffels 90+1' Crowley 90+2'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 9,912 (2,137 away) Referee: Robert Jones

22 October 2016 15	Port Vale	2–2	Oxford United	Burslem
15:00 BST	Mac-Intosch 26' Cicilia 54' Taylor 59' (pen)	Report	Dunkley 11' 65' Crowley 19' Nelson 58'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,837 (606 away) Referee: Ben Toner

29 October 2016 16	Oxford United	1–2	Millwall	Oxford
15:00 BST	Skarz 26' Sercombe 31' Edwards 52' Rothwell 65' Maguire 68'	Report	Romeo 9' Thompson 23' Morison 36' 90+3' O'Brien 50' Ferguson 67'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,944 (934 away) Referee: Roger East

12 November 2016 17	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Oxford United	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Leitch-Smith 19' O'Brien 63' Whalley 89' 90+8'	Report	Hemmings 21'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,491 (900 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

19 November 2016 18	Oxford United	4–1	Coventry City	Oxford
15:00 BST	Hemmings 7' Ledson 30' Sterry 30' (o.g.) Maguire 36' (pen) Hall 37' Skarz 43' MacDonald 60'	Report	Tudgay 90+5' (pen)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,199 (1,477 away) Referee: Darren England

22 November 2016 19	Oxford United	1–0	Gillingham	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Johnson 32' Hemmings 45+2'	Report	Dack 90+1'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,848 (301 away) Referee: Andy Madley

26 November 2016 20	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Oxford United	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Holmes 35' van Veen 89'	Report	Ledson 36' Dunkley 40' Edwards 47' Hall 56'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,338 (441 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

10 December 2016 21	Oxford United	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Johnson 39' Hall 54' 64'	Report	Burgess 10' Fané 17' 58' Banks 63' McLaughlin 78' Ripley 90+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,430 (449 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

17 December 2016 22	Bury	2–3	Oxford United	Bury
15:00 GMT	Vaughan 5' Soares 9' Etuhu 36' Pope 39' 81' Bedeau 42' Kay 86'	Report	Maguire 14', 43' 54' Hall 20' Johnson 63' Leigh 70' (o.g.) MacDonald 82'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,986 (477 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

26 December 2016 23	Oxford United	0–1	Northampton Town	Oxford
15:00 GMT		Report	O'Toole 36' Revell 45' Taylor 75' Phillips 79' Anderson 87' Richards 90+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,790 (1,128 away) Referee: John Brooks

31 December 2016 24	Oxford United	0–0	Walsall	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dunkley 40'	Report	Laird 69'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,340 (684 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

2 January 2017 25	Gillingham	0–1	Oxford United	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Oshilaja 48' 76' Wagstaff 52' Ehmer 90+1'	Report	MacDonald 11' Hall 54' Dunkley 66' Roberts 90+4'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,414 (1,238 away) Referee: Lee Swabey

14 January 2017 26	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Oxford United	Kingston upon Thames
15:00 GMT	Eastwood 12' (o.g.) Kelly 28' 90+4' Robinson 43' Poleon 90+1'	Report	Hall 6' Taylor 25' Nelson 46' Johnson 74'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Stadium Attendance: 4,808 (800 away) Referee: Mark Haywood

21 January 2017 27	Rochdale	0–4	Oxford United	Rochdale
15:00 GMT		Report	Taylor 12' 53' Johnson 18' Hall 29' Ledson 73'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 3,246 (489 away) Referee: Robert Jones

5 February 2017 28	Swindon Town	1–2	Oxford United	Swindon
12:00 GMT	Dabo 19' 90+7' Norris 25' Jones 32' Gladwin 45+3' Vigouroux 90+3' Brophy 90+5'	Report	Sercombe 70' Hall 73' 74' Edwards 90+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,658 Referee: Darren Deadman

11 February 2017 29	Oxford United	1–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Ledson 62' Dunkley 67' Hemmings 88' Maguire 90+5' 90+6'	Report	Walsh 10' Barnes 82' Potter 85' 90+5' Williams 90+1'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,179 (1,350 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

14 February 2017 30	Oxford United	0–2	Southend United	Oxford
19:45 GMT		Report	Fortuné 62' Demetriou 77' Robinson 88'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,277 (472 away) Referee: Darren England

21 February 2017 31	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Oxford United	Charlton, London
19:45 GMT	Forster-Caskey 25' Crofts 45+1' Bauer 69' Solly 70' Watt 80' Holmes 86'	Report	McAleny 12' Lundstram 45+1' Johnson 90+5'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 9,109 (699 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

25 February 2017 32	Chesterfield	0–4	Oxford United	Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	Grimshaw 56' Hird 90'	Report	Hall 17' McAleny 35' 60' 69'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,901 (960 away) Referee: David Webb

4 March 2017 33	Oxford United	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Dunkley 7' Ledson 59' Martínez 84'	Report	Clarke 16' 45+2' Sinclair 36' Brown 74' Lumley 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,862 (1,798 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

7 March 2017 34	Oxford United	2–3	Sheffield United	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Dunkley 22' Ledson 37' Nelson 76' Martínez 90+2'	Report	Wright 16' Sharp 55' 76' (pen) 81' Freeman 72' Coutts 74'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,965 (1,667 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

11 March 2017 35	Peterborough United	1–2	Oxford United	Peterborough
15:00 GMT	Taylor 65' Da Silva Lopes 67' 85' Mackail-Smith 90+1'	Report	Edwards 23' McAleny 45' 71' Ledson 87'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 5,469 (1,130 away) Referee: Mark Heywood

14 March 2017 36	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Oxford United	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Erwin 36' 70'	Report	Chris Maguire 60' (pen)	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,124 (383 away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 March 2017 37	Oxford United	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Lundstram 52' Nelson 90+1'	Report	Madden 12'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,652 (394 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

21 March 2017 38	Oxford United	2–4	Bolton Wanderers	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Hemmings 42' Maguire 75' McAleny 77'	Report	Morais 4' Beevers 23' 89' Dunkley 60' (o.g.) Vela 90+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,146 (575 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

25 March 2017 39	Northampton Town	0–0	Oxford United	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Taylor	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,434 (1,399 away) Referee: Mike Jones

28 March 2017 40	Oxford United	5–1	Bury	Oxford
19:45 BST	Johnson 11' Rothwell 35' McAleny 39', 49', 90+4' Dunkley 86'	Report	Lowe 42' Vaughan 59' Mellis 80'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,552 (185 away) Referee: Andy Haines

5 April 2017 41	Oxford United	1–3	Fleetwood Town	Oxford
19:45 BST	Nelson 8' Maguire 56'	Report	Grant 6' (pen.) Dempsey 12' Hunter 38' Bolger 51' Eastham 75' Bell 80' Ball 87'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,728 (83 away) Referee: Graham Horwood

8 April 2017 42	Walsall	1–1	Oxford United	Walsall
15:00 BST	McCarthy 35' Makris 48'	Report	Carroll 38' Maguire 74'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 5,417 (1,146 away) Referee: Darren Handley

14 April 2017 43	Bradford City	1–0	Oxford United	Bradford
15:00 BST	Law 61'	Report	Skarz 54' Raglan 90+4'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 19,346 (577 away) Referee: Richard Clark

17 April 2017 44	Oxford United	2–0	Port Vale	Oxford
15:00 BST	Ruffles 14' Maguire 82'	Report	Streete 40'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,646 (351 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

22 April 2017 45	Millwall	0–3	Oxford United	Millwall
15:00 BST	Craig 29'	Report	McAleny 6' 9' Ruffels 71'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,533 (630 away) Referee: Dean Whitestone

30 April 2017 46	Oxford United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Oxford
12:00 BST	Nelson 16' Hall 17'	Report	Payne 45+4'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,287 (897 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

FA Cup

5 November 2016 First round	Merstham	0–5	Oxford United	Merstham
12:30 GMT	Okoye 25' Vidal 38' Hall 53'	Report	MacDonald 12' 29' Ruffels 45' Hemmings 62', 90' Roberts 63'	Stadium: Moatside Stadium Attendance: 1,920 Referee: John Brooks

2 December 2016 Second round	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Oxford United	Macclesfield
19:55 GMT	Hancox 77'	Report	Dunkley 11' Johnson 60'	Stadium: Moss Rose Ground Attendance: 2,566 (314 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

13 December 2016 Second round replay	Oxford United	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Taylor 10' Rothwell 47' Hemmings 78'	Report	Hancox 23' 44'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,642 (237 away) Referee: Carl Boyeson

7 January 2017 Third round	Rotherham United	2–3	Oxford United	Rotherham
15:00	Broadfoot 35' Fisher 37' Ward 51' Adeyemi 90'	Report	Maguire 36' Taylor 41' Edwards 80' Hemmings 88'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 5,618 (1,292 away) Referee: Darren Bond

27 January 2017 Fourth round	Oxford United	3–0	Newcastle United	Oxford
15:00	Hemmings 46' 57' Edwards 66' Nelson 79' Martínez 87'	Report	Mitrovic 66' Hanley 90+1'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,810 (1,787 away) Referee: David Coote

18 February 2017 Fifth round	Middlesbrough	3–2	Oxford United	Middlesbrough
15:00	Leadbitter 26' (pen) Gestede 34' Ayala 62' Chambers 71' Stuani 86' Negredo 90+2'	Report	Maguire 64' Martínez 65' Ledson 76' Johnson 90+4'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,198 (3,376 away) Referee: Andre Marriner

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Birmingham City	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Oxford United	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Storer 52'	Report	Taylor 35' Lundstram 72' Crowley 93' Skarz 104' Sercombe 120'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 7,202 (1,155 away) Referee: Darren Handley

23 August 2016 Second round	Oxford United	2–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Oxford
19:45 BST	Thomas 28' Crowley 90+4'	Report	Adekugbe 2' Hünemeier 41' Holla 45+1' LuaLua 76' Manu 81' Adekugbe 85' Hemed 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,189 (677 away) Referee: Andy Davies

EFL Trophy

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Swindon Town	3	1	2	0	0	3	2	+1	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	3	1	0	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Exeter City	3	1	0	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Oxford United	4–2	Exeter City	Oxford
19:45 BST	Roberts 12' Maguire 36' (pen.) Taylor 68' MacDonald 71'	Report	Jay 43' McAlinden 61'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,575 (98 away) Referee: James Adcock

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Swindon Town	0–0 (3–1 p)	Oxford United	Swindon
19:45 BST	Iandolo 18' Thomas 39' Goddard 90+3'	Report	Edwards 24' MacDonald 37' Rothwell 40' Skarz 48' Crowley 68'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,698 (533 away) Referee: Paul Tierney
	Penalties
	Goddard Murray Norris Thomas Furlong		Sercombe Taylor Thomas Ruffels

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Chelsea U23	1–1 (13–12 p)	Oxford United	Fulham, London
19:30 GMT	Quintero 44'	Report	Hemmings 90+4'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 5,200 (624 away)^[50] Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Penalties
	Ugbo Aina Dabo van Ginkel Zouma Collins Ali Maddox Quintero Grant Colley Ugbo Aina Dabo van Ginkel Zouma Collins		Maguire Lundstram Hemmings Rothwell Johnson Thomas Skarz Edwards Nelson Martin Eastwood Maguire Lundstram Hemmings Rothwell Johnson Thomas

6 December 2016 Second round	Southend United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Oxford United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Timlin 76' Wordsworth 86'	Report	Ruffels 28' Taylor 78' Maguire 81'	Stadium: Roots Hall Stadium Attendance: 2,004 (88 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle
	Penalties
	Cox Demetriou Wordsworth Leonard McLaughlin		Maguire Hemmings Edwards Johnson Roberts

10 January 2017 Third round	Oxford United	4–1	Scunthorpe United	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Johnson 19' Hemmings 23', 50' (pen.), 90+3' Skarz 43'	Report	Williams 11' (pen.) Clarke 36' Sutton 49'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,383 (90 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

31 January 2017 Quarter-final	Oxford United	2–1	Bradford City	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Maguire 53' (pen.) Johnson 55' 90+1' Hall 84'	Report	Hiwula 84' Vincelot 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,274 (159 away) Referee: D. Whitestone

1 March 2017 Semi-final	Luton Town	2–3	Oxford United	Luton
19:45 GMT	Rea 22' Vassell 72' Hylton 83' Mullins 90'	Report	Edwards 10' 34' Ruddock 69' (o.g.) Johnson 85'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 6,901 (742 away) Referee: Nigel Miller

2 April 2017 Final	Coventry City	2–1	Oxford United	Wembley
14:30 BST	Bigirimana 11' 39' G. Thomas 55'	Report	Nelson 63' Sercombe 75' 86'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 74,434 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Oxfordshire Senior Cup

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8 February 2017 QF	Kidlington	1–5	Oxford United	Yarnton Road Stadium, Kidlington
19:45	Coyle 31' (pen)	Report	Hemmings 17' 68' McAleny 44' Roberts	Attendance: 233

4 April 2017 SF	Oxford United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Banbury United	Marston
19:45 GMT	Graham 68' 120' C Hawtin 90'	Report	McDonagh 74' Duku 83'	Stadium: Court Place Farm Attendance: 248

25 April 2017 Final	Oxford United	1–2	North Leigh	Thame
19:45 GMT	Heap 86'	Report	James 20' 57'	Stadium: ASM Stadium Referee: E Turner

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 30 April 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Simon Eastwood	62	0	46	0	6	0	2	0	8	0
2	DF	WAL	Christian Ribeiro	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Skarz	38	0	28+2	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
4	MF	ENG	John Lundstram	57	1	44+1	1	3	0	2	0	5+2	0
5	DF	ENG	Curtis Nelson	43	4	33	3	4	1	1	0	5	0
6	DF	ENG	Aaron Martin	11	0	2+2	0	3	0	1	0	3	0
7	MF	ENG	Dan Crowley	11	3	2+4	2	0	0	0+2	1	3	0
7	FW	ESP	Toni Martínez	17	3	8+7	1	1+1	2	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Liam Sercombe	44	5	25+6	3	1+3	0	1+1	1	4+3	1
9	FW	ENG	Wes Thomas	17	4	8+5	3	0	0	2	1	0+2	0
10	FW	SCO	Chris Maguire	54	17	40+2	13	4	1	1	0	6+1	3
11	MF	SCO	Alex MacDonald	31	3	18+5	1	4	1	1+1	0	1+1	1
11	FW	ENG	Conor McAleny	19	10	14+4	10	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	LIE	Benjamin Büchel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Josh Ruffels	30	3	14+6	2	2+1	1	1	0	6	0
15	FW	ENG	Kane Hemmings	53	15	22+17	6	3+3	5	1+1	0	5+1	4
16	DF	ENG	Phil Edwards	52	4	37+2	2	5	1	0	0	8	1
17	MF	ENG	Jonny Giles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Joe Rothwell	44	2	19+13	1	2+2	1	1	0	6+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Robert Hall	35	6	21+5	6	4	0	0	0	5	0
20	FW	ENG	Ryan Taylor	31	4	9+12	1	3+1	2	1+1	0	4	1
21	FW	WAL	Tyler Roberts	22	2	0+14	0	3	1	1+1	0	2+1	1
22	DF	ENG	Sam Long	7	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
23	MF	ENG	Ryan Ledson	29	1	20+2	1	4	0	0	0	2+1	0
24	MF	ENG	Josh Ashby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Charlie Raglan	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Marvin Johnson	52	6	33+6	3	6	0	0	0	5+2	3
33	DF	ENG	Chey Dunkley	51	3	40	3	5	0	1	0	5	0
35	DF	IRL	Canice Carroll	7	0	3+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
36	DF	ENG	Miles Welch-Hayes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	ENG	George Jeacock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

As of 30 April 2017

Place	Position	Number	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	FW	10	Chris Maguire	13	1	0	3	17
2	FW	15	Kane Hemmings	6	5	0	4	15
3	FW	11	Conor McAleny	10	0	0	0	10
4	FW	19	Robert Hall	6	0	0	0	6
4	MF	28	Marvin Johnson	3	0	0	3	6
6	MF	8	Liam Sercombe	3	0	1	1	5
7	DF	5	Curtis Nelson	3	1	0	0	4
	FW	9	Wes Thomas	3	0	1	0	4
	DF	16	Phil Edwards	2	1	0	1	4
	FW	20	Ryan Taylor	1	2	0	1	4
	Own goal			3	0	0	1	4
12	MF	7	Dan Crowley	2	0	1	0	3
	FW	7	Toni Martínez	1	2	0	0	3
	MF	11	Alex MacDonald	1	1	0	1	3
	MF	14	Josh Ruffels	2	1	0	0	3
	DF	33	Chey Dunkley	3	0	0	0	3
17	MF	18	Joe Rothwell	1	1	0	0	2
17	FW	21	Tyler Roberts	0	1	0	1	2
19	MF	4	John Lundstram	1	0	0	0	1
19	MF	23	Ryan Ledson	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				62	16	3	16	100

Disciplinary record

As of 30 April 2017

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
1		GK	Simon Eastwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Joe Skarz	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0
4		MF	John Lundstram	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Curtis Nelson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Aaron Martin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Dan Crowley	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
7		FW	Toni Martínez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Liam Sercombe	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
9		FW	Wes Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Chris Maguire	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
11		MF	Alex MacDonald	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
11		FW	Conor McAleny	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Josh Ruffels	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
15		FW	Kane Hemmings	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
16		DF	Phil Edwards	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
18		MF	Joe Rothwell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
19		MF	Robert Hall	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
20		FW	Ryan Taylor	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
21		FW	Tyler Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Sam Long	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
23		MF	Ryan Ledson	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
25		DF	Charlie Raglan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28		MF	Marvin Johnson	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
33		DF	Chey Dunkley	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
35		DF	Canice Carroll	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS				76	1	7	0	4	0	12	1	99	2

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2016–17 Oxford United F.C. season

Contents

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Oxfordshire Senior Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69	11	4	8	33	27	+6	9	5	9	32	25	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69	11	4	8	33	27	+6	9	5	9	32	25	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69	11	4	8	33	27	+6	9	5	9	32	25	+7