The 2016–17 season was Manchester City Football Club's 115th season of competitive football, 88th season in the top flight of English football and 20th season in the Premier League. Along with the league, the club also competed in the UEFA Champions League (for the sixth year in a row), FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Club "brand update" In conjunction with the recruitment of Pep Guardiola, the manager whom City's executives had sought to hire since they joined the club four years previously and the man synonymous with the style of football they wanted the club to espouse, Manchester City announced a series of adjustments to the club's "brand" prior to the start of the season.
On 15 October 2015, the club announced that they intended to enter into a consultation with their fans over the designing of a new badge to replace the design that had been brought in 1997 and which had largely been unpopular since. The result of the online-based consultation was a design bearing many of the hallmarks of the crest replaced in 1997, plus some elements of the style established by the other club badges of fellow City Football Group teams Melbourne City FC and New York City FC. While many praised the logo for its simplicity and similarity to the beloved previous design, it was criticised from other corners for its slightly amateurish appearance, its removal of the words "Football Club" and for its failure to more closely replicate the earlier badge.
On 30 June 2016, the club unexpectedly announced the renaming of their Twitter accounts and website. Replacing the old "branding" of MCFC (the initials of the club), both social media outlets were rechristened "ManCity". While the move was popular among many, especially the club's more recent foreign fans for whom the styling was already their preferred abbreviation of the club's name, the change provoked another mixed reaction from the Manchester-based core supporter base, with many criticising the decision to use a wording often used by the club's rivals, as well as highlighting the decision to again remove the "Football Club" wording.
Friendlies Pre-season On 20 July 2016, Manchester City began their pre-season with a 0–1 defeat against Bayern Munich. Due to bad weather during the International Champions Cup, the derby against Manchester United was cancelled, and City went on to play Borussia Dortmund in their next cup match, which they would go on to win 6–5 on penalties after drawing 1–1 at the end of regular time. A match was played on 7 August against Arsenal in the 2016 Supermatchen, which ended 3–2 to Arsenal. To replace the game against Manchester United, which was cancelled, City arranged a friendly against St Johnstone, which was played behind closed doors.
Friendly
2016 International Champions Cup
2016 Super Match
Competitions Overall
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches 38 matches were played, two against each other team in the league; one at home and one away.
FA Cup
As a Premier League club, Manchester City entered the competition in the third round proper, drawing West Ham United away from home.
League Cup
As a club participating in European competition, Manchester City entered the competition in the third round, drawing Swansea City away from home.
UEFA Champions League
In the first season under the reign of Pep Guardiola, hopes were high for Manchester City as they progressed to the knockout phase after finishing second in the group that featured Guardiola's former team, Barcelona. City lost their away match to Barça 0–4, but then rebounded to win 3–1 at home. In the round of 16, the Blues were drawn with Monaco and were expected to progress to the quarter-finals. City were trailing 1–2 and 2–3 in their home match before scoring three unanswered goals and winning 5–3. In the away game, the Cityzens were down 0–2 when Leroy Sané scored and seemingly brought the ticket to the quarter-finals to Man City; however, Tiémoué Bakayoko's late goal meant that Monaco progressed further and City were eliminated.
Play-off round
The draw for the Champions League play-off round took place on 5 August 2016. Manchester City were a seeded team in the league path, and they were drawn against Steaua București of Romania.
Group stage
The group stage draw was made on 25 August 2016 in Monaco. Manchester City were drawn with Barcelona (pot 1), Borussia Mönchengladbach (pot 3), and Celtic (pot 4).
Round of 16
Squad information First-team squad
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Ordered by squad number.Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
No.Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTotalAppsAppsAppsAppsApps1 GK 22 4 4 1 30 13 DF 17 2 3 1 5 1 25 4 4 DF 10 3 5 2 2 14 3 5 5 DF 19 1 2 4 1 1 7 2 31 2 4 6 MF 14 3 4 2 1 6 26 4 7 MF 33 7 7 5 1 1 1 8 2 3 47 10 11 8 MF 10 3 6 2 1 16 5 1 9 FW 19 4 3 1 4 1 6 2 30 6 3 110 FW 31 20 4 1 5 5 1 8 8 1 45 33 5 111 DF 28 1 6 2 1 1 8 2 39 1 9 13 GK 16 2 2 6 26 15 MF 24 2 4 2 6 36 2 17 MF 35 6 4 5 1 1 7 1 1 48 7 6 18 MF 7 1 1 5 1 1 1 13 2 2 19 FW 25 5 3 5 2 1 2 4 2 36 9 4 21 MF 33 4 6 4 2 7 2 1 44 8 7 22 DF 25 1 2 5 2 1 7 39 2 2 24 DF 26 1 4 1 1 9 1 40 2 1 25 MF 31 2 4 2 3 1 9 1 3 1 43 3 8 330 DF 29 1 9 5 1 1 7 2 42 1 12 33 FW 10 7 2 1 11 7 2 42 MF 24 5 4 4 2 1 2 30 7 5 50 DF 1 2 3 53 DF 1 2 3 54 GK 55 MF 1 1 69 DF 1 1 2 72 FW 20 4 3 1 2 1 4 2 29 7 1 75 MF 4 2 2 1 8 1 GK 1 1 MF 1 1 Own goals 5 1 0 0 6Totals65654169022024172107936
Goalscorers
No.Pos.PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTOTAL10 FW Sergio Agüero 20 5 0 8 337 MF Raheem Sterling 7 1 0 2 1019 FW Leroy Sané 5 2 0 2 921 MF David Silva 4 2 0 2 842 MF Yaya Touré 5 2 0 0 733 FW Gabriel Jesus 7 0 0 0 772 FW Kelechi Iheanacho 4 1 0 2 717 MF Kevin De Bruyne 6 0 0 1 79 FW Nolito 4 0 0 2 68 MF İlkay Gündoğan 3 0 0 2 54 DF Vincent Kompany 3 0 0 0 325 MF Fernandinho 2 0 0 1 322 DF Gaël Clichy 1 0 1 0 224 DF John Stones 0 1 0 1 25 DF Pablo Zabaleta 1 1 0 0 218 MF Fabian Delph 1 0 0 1 275 MF Aleix García 0 0 1 0 111 DF Aleksandar Kolarov 1 0 0 0 130 DF Nicolás Otamendi 1 0 0 0 1Own Goals 5 1 0 0 6Totals80 16 2 24 122
Awards Premier League Player of the Month award Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor MonthPlayer August Raheem Sterling
Premier League Manager of the Month award Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor MonthPlayer February Pep Guardiola
Etihad Player of the Month awards Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the club's official website Month Player August Raheem Sterling September Kevin De Bruyne October İlkay Gündoğan November Kevin De Bruyne December Yaya Touré January David Silva February Leroy Sané March Leroy Sané
Etihad Player of the Season In association with the Official Manchester City Supporters Club David Silva
Transfers Transfers in
+First TeamDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 1 June 2016 MF 8 İlkay Gündoğan Borussia Dortmund £20,000,000 1 July 2016 FW 9 Nolito Celta Vigo £13,800,000 4 July 2016 MF 35 Oleksandr Zinchenko Ufa £1,700,000 2 August 2016 FW 19 Leroy Sané Schalke 04 £37,000,000 6 August 2016 FW 29 Marlos Moreno Atlético Nacional £4,750,000 9 August 2016 DF 24 John Stones Everton £47,500,000 25 August 2016 GK 1 Claudio Bravo Barcelona £15,400,000 19 January 2017 FW 33 Gabriel Jesus Palmeiras £27,000,000
+EDS, Academy and otherDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 24 June 2016 MF — Benjamín Garré Vélez Sarsfield Undisc. 30 June 2016 MF — Aaron Mooy Melbourne City Free 1 July 2016 FW — Lorenzo Gonzalez Servette Undisc. 4 July 2016 GK — Louie Moulden Liverpool Free 19 July 2016 GK — Gerónimo Rulli Deportivo Maldonado £4,000,000 16 August 2016 DF — Pablo Marí Gimnàstic Tarragona Undisc. 23 September 2016 FW — Rabbi Matondo Cardiff City Undisc. 20 January 2017 DF — Finley Burns Southend United £175,000 31 January 2017 MF — Yangel Herrera Atletico Venezuela Undisc. 31 January 2017 FW — Nabil Touaizi Valencia €300,000
Total spending: £171,500,000
Transfers out
+First TeamExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 10 June 2016 DF 26 Martín Demichelis Espanyol Free 10 June 2016 GK 29 Richard Wright Retired Released 1 July 2016 FW – Edin Džeko Roma £10,800,000 1 January 2017 FW 35 Stevan Jovetić Inter Milan £12,200,000
+EDS and AcademyExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 10 June 2016 DF — Sam Tattum Free agent Released 10 June 2016 GK — Charlie Albinson Free agent Released 18 June 2016 DF 48 Mathias Bossaerts Oostende Free 18 June 2016 MF 66 Seko Fofana Udinese £3,800,000 29 June 2016 DF – Florian Lejeune Eibar £1,200,000 1 July 2016 MF – Rafael Camacho Liverpool Free 1 July 2016 DF – Diego Lattie Liverpool Free 31 August 2016 MF – Myles Beerman Rangers Undisclosed 1 January 2017 GK – Gerónimo Rulli Real Sociedad Undisclosed 12 January 2017 MF 73 George Glendon Fleetwood Town Undisclosed 13 January 2017 GK 45 Ian Lawlor Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed 24 January 2017 MF – Bismark Adjei-Boateng Colorado Rapids Undisclosed 31 January 2017 MF 37 Jack Byrne Wigan Athletic Undisclosed 14 March 2017 FW – Joe Hardy Brentford Undisclosed
Total earnings: £28,000,000
Loans out
+First TeamStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club 6 August 2016 30 June 2017 FW 29 Marlos Moreno Deportivo La Coruña 26 August 2016 30 June 2017 MF 35 Oleksandr Zinchenko PSV 31 August 2016 30 June 2017 GK 1 Joe Hart Torino 31 August 2016 30 June 2017 MF 8 Samir Nasri Sevilla 31 August 2016 30 June 2017 FW 14 Wilfried Bony Stoke City 31 August 2016 30 June 2017 DF 20 Eliaquim Mangala Valencia 31 August 2016 30 June 2017 DF 28 Jason Denayer Sunderland 1 January 2017 31 January 2017 DF 69 Angeliño Girona 1 January 2017 30 June 2017 DF 50 Pablo Maffeo Girona 31 January 2017 30 June 2017 DF 69 Angeliño Mallorca