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2016–17 Premier League

The 2016–17 Premier League was the 25th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 118th season of top-flight English football overall. The season began on 13 August 2016 and concluded on 21 May 2017.[4] Fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 15 June 2016.[5]

Premier League
Season2016–17
Dates13 August 2016 – 21 May 2017
ChampionsChelsea
5th Premier League title
6th English title
RelegatedHull City
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
Champions LeagueChelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
Liverpool
Manchester United (as Europa League winners)
Europa LeagueArsenal
Everton
Matches played380
Goals scored1,064 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerHarry Kane
(29 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeperThibaut Courtois (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home winBournemouth 6–1 Hull City
(15 October 2016)
Chelsea 5–0 Everton
(5 November 2016)
Liverpool 6–1 Watford
(6 November 2016)
Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Swansea City
(3 December 2016)
Manchester City 5–0 Crystal Palace
(6 May 2017)
Biggest away winHull City 1–7 Tottenham Hotspur
(21 May 2017)
Highest scoringSwansea City 5–4 Crystal Palace
(26 November 2016)
Everton 6–3 Bournemouth
(4 February 2017)
Longest winning run13 matches[2]
Chelsea
Longest unbeaten run25 matches[2]
Manchester United
Longest winless run16 matches[2]
Middlesbrough
Longest losing run6 matches[2]
Crystal Palace
Hull City
Watford
Highest attendance75,397[3]
Manchester United 0–0 West Bromwich Albion (1 April 2017)
Lowest attendance10,890[3]
Bournemouth 4–0 Middlesbrough
(22 April 2017)
Total attendance13,612,316[3]
Average attendance35,821[3]

Chelsea won their fifth Premier League title, and sixth English title, with two matches to spare following a 1–0 away win over West Bromwich Albion on 12 May.[6]

The defending champions were Leicester City, who finished 12th, thereby setting a new record for the worst Premier League title defence; the record had previously been held by Chelsea, who had finished 10th in 2015–16 after winning the title in 2014–15. When including the Football League era, it was the worst title defence since 1991–92 champions Leeds United finished 17th in 1992–93.[7]

Burnley, Middlesbrough, and Hull City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2015–16 Football League Championship. Only Burnley avoided immediate relegation back to the Championship.

Overview

Premier League rebranding

On 9 February 2016, the Premier League announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2016–17 season, the competition was known simply as the Premier League, without any sponsor's name attached. As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced.[8]

Ticket prices

From the beginning of the 2016–17 season, ticket prices for away fans were capped at £30 per ticket.[9]

Summary

Antonio Conte enjoyed a successful start as Chelsea manager, winning the title in his first season at the club and earning a record number of league victories for a season, with only poor early form preventing them from also setting a new points total. Tottenham Hotspur shrugged off a disappointing Champions League campaign to push Chelsea close for the title, though they ultimately missed out. However, they finished the season with statistically both the best attack and defence, with striker Harry Kane once again claiming the Golden Boot. Furthermore, the season marked the end of Tottenham's 118-year stay at the White Hart Lane stadium, temporarily using Wembley for the subsequent season, before a new stadium move.[10] Manchester City finished one spot better than the previous season in Pep Guardiola's first season in charge, though ended the season trophy-less, despite recording the third-best attack and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Liverpool made the Champions League for the first time in three years in Jürgen Klopp's first full season, though they were prevented from finishing any higher than fourth by an inconsistent start to 2017, a consequence of both losing their £35 million signing Sadio Mané to international duty in January and February as well as suffering from several dropped points against bottom-half teams.

Despite winning seven of their final eight games, Arsenal finished fifth and failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1997, as fan pressure on both manager Arsène Wenger and majority-shareholder Stan Kroenke grew. While they did win the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons, making Wenger the most successful manager in the competition's history, they endured yet another disappointing Champions League run, eliminated at the round of 16 for a seventh successive year. Manchester United finished sixth, one lower than the previous season, in José Mourinho's first season in charge, with their failure to turn any one of their 15 draws – with 12 earned amidst the season-record 25 matches unbeaten run – into victories proving problematic. They did at least win the EFL Cup and won the Europa League final. The latter was the first Europa League title in their history, not only securing a place in the Champions League but also made them only the fifth club to have won all three major European trophies. Everton, the final team to qualify for the UEFA competitions, made their first return to that level for 3 years. Under Ronald Koeman, who replaced Roberto Martínez following his sacking towards the end of the previous season after a period of mid-table stagnation, the club would spend virtually the entire season in the Europa League places; never mounting any serious push for the Champions League places, but always remaining well clear of the rest of the league. This also meant that for the fourth time in seven seasons, the top seven positions were occupied by the same teams.

In only their second-ever top-flight season, Bournemouth built on the success of the previous season as they secured a ninth-place finish and scored 55 goals, defying the critics who had tipped them to struggle from second-season syndrome. Much as Chelsea had the previous season, Leicester City made a poor defence of their title, despite having what turned out to be the best Champions League run of any English club this season. They were beaten by Hull City in the first match, the first time this has happened to a reigning Premier League champion. With the club struggling, manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked in February and replaced by coach Craig Shakespeare, who steered the club to 12th. It broke the record of the lowest finish for Premier League title holders, set by Chelsea the previous season by finishing 10th, but comfortably clear of relegation.

Swansea City had looked dead and buried after early struggles under Francesco Guidolin and then a disastrous spell with Bob Bradley as manager, but were saved by a late improvement under Paul Clement's management. Burnley fared the best of the promoted clubs, with only atrocious away form preventing them finishing higher as they made their home-ground of Turf Moor one of the hardest places to get a point from – and secured a second successive top-flight season for the first time in 40 years. Watford, in their first successive top-flight campaign for 30 years, successfully ensured a third consecutive Premier League season – however, as a result of poor away form, a disastrous end to the season and several spells of indifferent form throughout the campaign, the Hornets were unable to really build on the previous season despite recording their first league victories over Manchester United and at Arsenal since the 1980s.

After several successive escapes from relegation, Sunderland's resilience finally broke and they dropped into the Championship after a decade, having spent virtually the entire season rooted to the bottom of the table. Middlesbrough also struggled through their first top-flight season in eight years, with a poor end to the season, the weakest goal-scoring record in the division and an inability to turn one of their 13 draws into victories dooming them. Hull City were the final relegated side, never quite recovering from a disastrous pre-season which saw manager Steve Bruce quit and next to no new players signed. Despite encouraging early season form under Mike Phelan, a dismal run in the winter saw him sacked and replaced by Marco Silva, who steered the club to a much better second half of the season, but it ultimately proved to be a case of too little, too late.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Burnley, Middlesbrough and Hull City. Burnley and Hull City returned to the top flight after a season's absence while Middlesbrough returned after a seven-year absence. They replaced Newcastle United, Norwich City and Aston Villa, who were relegated to the Championship after their top flight spells of six, one, and twenty-eight years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2016–17 Premier League teams
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Greater London Premier League football clubs
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocation and CountyStadiumCapacity[11]
ArsenalLondon (Holloway)Emirates Stadium60,432
BournemouthBournemouthDean Court11,464
BurnleyBurnleyTurf Moor22,546
ChelseaLondon (Fulham)Stamford Bridge41,623
Crystal PalaceLondon (Selhurst)Selhurst Park26,309
EvertonLiverpool (Walton)Goodison Park39,572
Hull CityKingston upon HullKCOM Stadium25,404
Leicester CityLeicesterKing Power Stadium32,500
LiverpoolLiverpool (Anfield)Anfield54,074
Manchester CityManchester (Bradford)City of Manchester Stadium55,097
Manchester UnitedManchester (Old Trafford)Old Trafford76,100
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughRiverside Stadium35,100
SouthamptonSouthamptonSt Mary's Stadium32,689
Stoke CityStoke-on-TrentBet365 Stadium[a]28,383
SunderlandSunderlandStadium of Light49,000
Swansea CitySwanseaLiberty Stadium20,972
Tottenham HotspurLondon (Tottenham)White Hart Lane32,000[b]
WatfordWatfordVicarage Road21,977
West Bromwich AlbionWest BromwichThe Hawthorns26,500
West Ham UnitedLondon (Stratford)London Stadium[c]57,000[15][d]

Personnel and kits

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016–17 Premier League kits.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Arsenal Arsène Wenger Laurent Koscielny1[16]Puma[17]Emirates[18]
Bournemouth Eddie Howe Simon Francis[19]JD Sports[20]Mansion Group[21]
Burnley Sean Dyche Tom Heaton[22]Puma[23]Dafabet[24]
Chelsea Antonio Conte John Terry[25]Adidas[26]Yokohama[27]
Crystal Palace Sam Allardyce Scott Dann[28]Macron[29]Mansion Group[30]
Everton Ronald Koeman Phil Jagielka[31]Umbro[32]Chang[33]
Hull City Marco Silva Michael Dawson[34]Umbro[35]SportPesa[36]
Leicester City Craig Shakespeare (caretaker) Wes Morgan[37]Puma[38]King Power[39]
Liverpool Jürgen Klopp Jordan Henderson[40]New Balance[41]Standard Chartered[42]
Manchester City Pep Guardiola Vincent Kompany[43]Nike[44]Etihad Airways[45]
Manchester United José Mourinho Wayne Rooney[46]Adidas[47]Chevrolet[48]
Middlesbrough Steve Agnew (caretaker) Grant Leadbitter[49]Adidas[50]Ramsdens[51]
Southampton Claude Puel Steven DavisUnder Armour[52]Virgin Media[53]
Stoke City Mark Hughes Ryan Shawcross[54]Macron[55]bet365[56]
Sunderland David Moyes John O'Shea[57]Adidas[58]Dafabet[59]
Swansea City Paul Clement Leon Britton[60]Joma[61]BetEast[62]
Tottenham Hotspur Mauricio Pochettino Hugo Lloris[63]Under Armour[64]AIA[65]
Watford Walter Mazzarri Troy Deeney[66]Dryworld[67]138.com[68]
West Bromwich Albion Tony Pulis Darren Fletcher[69]Adidas[70]UK-K8.com[71]
West Ham United Slaven Bilić Mark Noble[72]Umbro[73]Betway[74]

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure		Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Manchester United Louis van GaalSacked23 May 2016[75]Pre-season José Mourinho27 May 2016[76]
Southampton Ronald KoemanSigned by Everton14 June 2016[77] Claude Puel30 June 2016[78]
Everton David Unsworth
Joe Royle		End of caretaker spell14 June 2016[79] Ronald Koeman14 June 2016[79]
Chelsea Guus Hiddink30 June 2016[80] Antonio Conte1 July 2016[80]
Manchester City Manuel PellegriniEnd of contract30 June 2016[81] Pep Guardiola1 July 2016[82]
Watford Quique Sánchez FloresMutual consent30 June 2016[83] Walter Mazzarri1 July 2016[84]
Hull City Steve BruceResigned22 July 2016[85] Mike Phelan22 July 2016[86][87]
Sunderland Sam AllardyceSigned by England22 July 2016[88] David Moyes23 July 2016[89]
Swansea City Francesco GuidolinSacked3 October 2016[90]17th Bob Bradley3 October 2016[90]
Crystal Palace Alan Pardew22 December 2016[91]17th Sam Allardyce23 December 2016[92]
Swansea City Bob Bradley27 December 2016[93]19th Paul Clement2 January 2017[94]
Hull City Mike Phelan3 January 2017[95]20th Marco Silva5 January 2017[96]
Leicester City Claudio Ranieri23 February 2017[97]17th Craig Shakespeare12 March 2017[98]
Middlesbrough Aitor KarankaMutual consent16 March 2017[99]19th Steve Agnew (caretaker)16 March 2017[100]

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Chelsea (C)3830358533+5293Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Tottenham Hotspur3826848626+6086
3Manchester City3823968039+4178
4Liverpool38221067842+3676Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5Arsenal3823697744+3375Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6Manchester United38181555429+2569Qualification for the Champions League group stage[b]
7Everton381710116244+1861Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[c]
8Southampton381210164148−746
9Bournemouth381210165567−1246
10West Bromwich Albion38129174351−845
11West Ham United38129174764−1745
12Leicester City38128184863−1544
13Stoke City381111164156−1544
14Crystal Palace38125215063−1341
15Swansea City38125214570−2541
16Burnley38117203955−1640
17Watford38117204068−2840
18Hull City (R)3897223780−4334Relegation to the EFL Championship
19Middlesbrough (R)38513202753−2628
20Sunderland (R)3866262969−4024
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).[101][102]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARSBOUBURCHECRYEVEHULLEILIVMCIMUNMIDSOUSTKSUNSWATOTWATWBAWHU
Arsenal—3–12–13–02–03–12–01–03–42–22–00–02–13–12–03–21–11–21–03–0
Bournemouth3–3—2–11–30–21–06–11–04–30–21–34–01–32–21–22–00–02–21–03–2
Burnley0–13–2—1–13–22–11–11–02–01–20–21–01–01–04–10–10–22–02–21–2
Chelsea3–13–03–0—1–25–02–03–01–22–14–03–04–24–25–13–12–14–31–02–1
Crystal Palace3–01–10–20–1—0–14–02–22–41–21–21–03–04–10–41–20–11–00–10–1
Everton2–16–33–10–31–1—4–04–20–14–01–13–13–01–02–01–11–11–03–02–0
Hull City1–43–11–10–23–32–2—2–12–00–30–14–22–10–20–22–11–72–01–12–1
Leicester City0–01–13–00–33–10–23–1—3–14–20–32–20–02–02–02–11–63–01–21–0
Liverpool3–12–22–11–11–23–15–14–1—1–00–03–00–04–12–02–32–06–12–12–2
Manchester City2–14–02–11–35–01–13–12–11–1—0–01–11–10–02–12–12–22–03–13–1
Manchester United1–11–10–02–02–01–10–04–11–11–2—2–12–01–13–11–11–02–00–01–1
Middlesbrough1–22–00–00–11–20–01–00–00–32–21–3—1–21–11–03–01–20–11–11–3
Southampton0–20–03–10–23–11–00–03–00–00–30–01–0—0–11–11–01–41–11–21–3
Stoke City1–40–12–01–21–01–13–12–21–21–41–12–00–0—2–03–10–42–01–10–0
Sunderland1–40–10–00–12–30–33–02–12–20–20–31–20–41–3—0–20–01–01–12–2
Swansea City0–40–33–22–25–41–00–22–01–21–31–30–02–12–03–0—1–30–02–11–4
Tottenham Hotspur2–04–02–12–01–03–23–01–11–12–02–11–02–14–01–05–0—4–04–03–2
Watford1–32–22–11–21–13–21–02–10–10–53–10–03–40–11–01–01–4—2–01–1
West Bromwich Albion3–12–14–00–10–21–23–10–10–10–40–20–00–11–02–03–11–13–1—4–2
West Ham United1–51–01–01–23–00–01–02–30–40–40–21–10–31–11–01–01–02–42–2—
Source: Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[1]
1 Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur29
2 Romelu LukakuEverton25
3 Alexis SánchezArsenal24
4 Sergio AgüeroManchester City20
Diego CostaChelsea
6 Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur18
7 Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United17
8 Eden HazardChelsea16
Joshua KingBournemouth
10 Christian BentekeCrystal Palace15
Jermain DefoeSunderland
Fernando LlorenteSwansea City

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Romelu LukakuEvertonSunderland3–0 (A)12 September 2016[103]
Alexis SánchezArsenalWest Ham United5–1 (A)3 December 2016[104]
Jamie VardyLeicester CityManchester City4–2 (H)10 December 2016[105]
Salomón RondónWest Bromwich AlbionSwansea City3–1 (H)14 December 2016[106]
Andre GrayBurnleySunderland4–1 (H)31 December 2016[107]
Harry KaneTottenham HotspurWest Bromwich Albion4–0 (H)14 January 2017[108]
Romelu Lukaku4EvertonBournemouth6–3 (H)4 February 2017[109]
Harry KaneTottenham HotspurStoke City4–0 (H)26 February 2017[110]
Joshua KingBournemouthWest Ham United3–2 (H)11 March 2017[111]
Harry Kane4Tottenham HotspurLeicester City6–1 (A)18 May 2017[112]
Harry KaneTottenham HotspurHull City7–1 (A)21 May 2017[113]
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets[114]
1 Thibaut CourtoisChelsea16
2 Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur15
3 David de GeaManchester United14
Fraser ForsterSouthampton
5 Petr ČechArsenal12
6 Tom HeatonBurnley10
Joel RoblesEverton
8 Artur BorucBournemouth9
Lee GrantStoke City
Simon MignoletLiverpool

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 84[117]
    • Watford
  • Most red cards: 5[118]
    • Hull City
    • Watford
    • West Ham United

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthGoal of the MonthReferences
ManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
August Mike PhelanHull City Raheem SterlingManchester City Cristhian StuaniMiddlesbrough[119][120]
September Jürgen KloppLiverpool Son Heung-minTottenham Hotspur Jordan HendersonLiverpool[121][122]
October Antonio ConteChelsea Eden HazardChelsea Dimitri PayetWest Ham United[123][124][125]
November Diego Costa PedroChelsea[126][127][128]
December Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United Henrikh MkhitaryanManchester United[129][130][131]
January Paul ClementSwansea City Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur Andy CarrollWest Ham United[132][133][134]
February Pep GuardiolaManchester City Harry Kane Eden HazardChelsea[135][136][137]
March Eddie HoweBournemouth Romelu LukakuEverton Andros TownsendCrystal Palace[138][139][140]
April Mauricio PochettinoTottenham Hotspur Son Heung-minTottenham Hotspur PedroChelsea[141][142][143]

Annual awards

AwardWinnerClub
Premier League Manager of the Season Antonio Conte[144]Chelsea
Premier League Player of the Season N'Golo Kanté[145]Chelsea
Premier League Goal of the Season Emre Can[146]Liverpool
PFA Players' Player of the Year N'Golo Kanté[147]Chelsea
PFA Young Player of the Year Dele Alli[148]Tottenham Hotspur
FWA Footballer of the Year N'Golo Kanté[149]Chelsea
PFA Team of the Year[150]
Goalkeeper David de Gea (Manchester United)
Defence Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) Gary Cahill (Chelsea) David Luiz (Chelsea) Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur)
Midfield Eden Hazard (Chelsea) Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
Attack Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) Romelu Lukaku (Everton)

References

External links

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