The 2016–17 season was Cardiff City's 118th season in their existence and the 89th in the Football League. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. It was Paul Trollope's first season in charge since replacing Russell Slade as head coach. Trollope was sacked on 5 October, whilst Cardiff were in the relegation zone, their lowest position in 11 years, and was replaced with Neil Warnock. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Kit

First-Team squad No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends Goalkeepers1 Allan McGregorGKEdinburgh190Hull City18 January 2017Loan201721Ben AmosGKMacclesfield160Bolton Wanderers26 August 2016Loan201728Brian MurphyGKWaterford60Portsmouth2 September 2016Free2018 Defenders2 Lee PeltierRBLiverpool870Huddersfield Town24 January 2015Nominal20193 Joe BennettLBRochdale253Aston Villa27 August 2016Free20194 Sean MorrisonCBPlymouth11913Reading15 August 2014£2,620,00020185 Bruno Ecuele MangaCBLibreville785Lorient1 September 2014£4,400,00020196 Jazz RichardsRBSwansea280Fulham19 July 2016Swap Deal201912Declan JohnLBMerthyr Tydfil470Academy1 June 2013Trainee201814Sol BambaCB Ivry-sur-Seine272Free agent11 October 2016Free201815Greg HalfordRB/CBChelmsford170Rotherham United6 January 2017Nominal201816Matthew ConnollyCBBarnet1587Queens Park Rangers22 August 2012£500,0002019 Midfielders7Peter WhittinghamCMNuneaton460100Aston Villa11 January 2007£350,00020178Joe RallsCMAldershot13912Academy30 September 2011Trainee201911Craig NooneRWLiverpool17019Brighton & Hove Albion30 August 2012£1,000,000201813Anthony PilkingtonLW Blackburn9818Norwich City15 August 2014£875,000201917Aron GunnarssonCMAkureyri23823Coventry City8 July 2011£350,000201824Kadeem HarrisLWWestminster616Wycombe Wanderers30 January 2012£150,000201931Mark HarrisAMSwansea30Academy8 January 2017Trainee201933Junior HoilettLWBrampton332Free agent10 October 2016Free2018 Forwards9Frédéric GounongbeCF Brussels120Westerlo1 July 2016Free201819Rickie LambertCFKirkby194West Bromwich Albion31 August 2016£1,700,0002018 26Kenneth ZohoreCFCopenhagen4214KV Kortrijk6 July 2016Undisclosed202027Ibrahim MeiteCFLondon2210Harrow Borough6 January 2017Undisclosed201837Rhys HealeyCFManchester81Connah's Quay Nomads28 January 2013£25,0002018 Out on loan18Tom AdeyemiCMNorwich231Birmingham City7 August 2014£882,000201720Adam Le FondreCFStockport253Reading28 May 2014£2,170,000201722Stuart O'KeefeCMEye432Crystal Palace28 January 2015£750,000201923Matthew KennedyRWIrvine190Everton2 February 2015Undisclosed201825Emyr HuwsDMLlanelli40Wigan Athletic12 August 2016Undisclosed201929Semi AjayiCB London00Arsenal1 July 2015Free201730Ben WilsonGKStanley40Accrington StanleyNovember 2014Free201936Deji OshilajaCB/RBLondon30Academy1 July 2012Trainee201739Idriss SaadiCFValence20Clermont1 September 2015Undisclosed2018

Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 7 May 2017

Statistics

|colspan=14|First team players out on loan:

|colspan=14|First team player(s) that left the club:

Goals record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total126CFKenneth Zohore 120012213LWAnthony Pilkington 710837 CMPeter Whittingham 700748 CMJoe Ralls 600654 CBSean Morrison 400419CFRickie Lambert 400424LWKadeem Harris 4004817CMAron Gunnarsson 300393 LBJoe Bennett 200211RWCraig Noone 200214CBSol Bamba 200233LWJunior Hoilett 20021316CBMatthew Connolly 100137CFRhys Healey 1001Own Goals 2002Total 591060

Disciplinary record

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 17 CMPeter Whittingham 80000000080017CMAron Gunnarsson 800000000800314CBSol Bamba 60100000060116CBMatthew Connolly 601000000601524LWKadeem Harris 50000000050052 RBLee Peltier 3100000003108 CMJoe Ralls 40000000040013LWAnthony Pilkington 40000000040033RWJunior Hoilett 400000000400103 LBJoe Bennett 3000000003004 CBSean Morrison 30000000030015RBGreg Halford 300000000300136 RBJazz Richards 20000000020011RWCraig Noone 20000000020019CFRickie Lambert 200000000200165 CBBruno Ecuele Manga 00000010010010AMLex Immers 10000000010015LWKieran Richardson 10000000010022CMStuart O'Keefe 10000000010026CFKenneth Zohore 10000000010030GKBen Wilson 10000000010037CFRhys Healey 100000000100Total 69120001007012

Contracts Date Position Nationality Name Status Contract Length Expiry Date Ref.2 August 2016CMStuart O'KeefeSigned3 yearsJune 20192 September 2016GKBen WilsonExtended2 yearsJune 201927 September 2016LW Anthony PilkingtonExtended2 yearsJune 201928 April 2017CFKenneth ZohoreSigned yearsJune 20206 June 2017LWJunior HoilettSigned1 yearJune 20186 June 2017RBLee PeltierExtended2 yearsJune 201913 June 2017CMPeter WhittinghamRejected0 yearsJune 201716 June 2017LWKadeem HarrisSigned2 yearsJune 201927 June 2017CBBruno Ecuele MangaSigned2 yearsJune 2019

Transfers

In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 AM Lex Immers Feyenoord £2,000,000 1 July 2016 CF Frédéric Gounongbe Westerlo Free transfer 6 July 2016 CF Kenneth Zohore KV Kortrijk Undisclosed 19 July 2016 RB Jazz Richards Fulham Swap Deal 12 August 2016 DM Emyr Huws Wigan Athletic Undisclosed 27 August 2016 LB Joe Bennett Aston Villa Free transfer 31 August 2016 CF Rickie Lambert West Bromwich Albion £1,700,000 2 September 2016 GK Brian Murphy Portsmouth Free transfer 10 October 2016 LW Junior Hoilett Free agent Free transfer 11 October 2016 CB Sol Bamba Free agent Free transfer 11 October 2016 CF Marouane Chamakh Free agent Free transfer 12 October 2016 LW Kieran Richardson Free agent Free transfer 6 January 2017 RB Greg Halford Rotherham United Nominal fee 6 January 2017 ST Ibrahim Meite Harrow Borough Undisclosed 8 January 2017 AM Mark Harris Academy Promoted Expenditure – Undisclosed (£3,700,000+)

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.26 August 2016GKBen AmosBolton WanderersEnd of Season 18 January 2017 GK Allan McGregor Hull City End of Season

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 RB Jazzi Barnum-Bobb Newport County Free transfer 1 July 2016 CF Eoin Doyle Preston North End Undisclosed 1 July 2016 CF Kenwyne Jones Atlanta United Free transfer 1 July 2016 DM Filip Kiss FK Haugesund Released 1 July 2016 GK Joe Lewis Aberdeen Free transfer 1 July 2016 CF Abdi Noor Free agent Released 1 July 2016 CM Tyler Roche Free agent Released 1 July 2016 CB Ben Turner Burton Albion Free transfer 1 July 2016 CF Etien Velikonja Olimpija Ljubljana Free transfer 1 July 2016 CB Curtis Watkins Free agent Released 19 July 2016 LB Scott Malone Fulham Swap deal 12 August 2016 LB Fábio Middlesbrough £2,000,000 19 August 2016 GK Simon Moore Sheffield United £500,000 26 August 2016 DM Kagisho Dikgacoi Free agent Free transfer 30 August 2016 CF Federico Macheda Free agent Released 30 August 2016 GK David Marshall Hull City £2,500,000 12 December 2016 CB Rollin Menayese Weston-super-Mare Free transfer 1 January 2017 LB David Tutonda Barnet Free transfer 6 January 2017 AM Lex Immers Club Brugge Released 9 January 2017 CF Marouane Chamakh Free agent Released 12 January 2017 LW Kieran Richardson Free agent Released 13 January 2017 CB Tom James Yeovil Town Free transfer 18 January 2017 CF Eli Phipps Colchester United Undisclosed 20 January 2017 CM Tommy O'Sullivan Colchester United Undisclosed 22 January 2017 CB Ash Baker Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer Income – Undisclosed (£5,000,000+)

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name At Date to Ref. 1 July 2016 CF Idriss Saadi KV Kortrijk End of Season 6 July 2016 CB Deji Oshilaja Gillingham End of Season 18 August 2016 CM Tom Adeyemi Rotherham United End of Season 31 August 2016 CF Rhys Healey Newport County 9 January 2017 31 August 2016 CF Adam Le Fondre Wigan Athletic 31 January 2017 30 September 2016 CF Eli Phipps Gloucester City 27 October 2016 21 October 2016 CF Jamie Bird Weston-super-Mare 22 January 2017 21 October 2016 CM Lloyd Humphries Weston-super-Mare 22 January 2017 30 January 2017 CB Semi Ajayi Rotherham United End of Season 30 January 2017 GK Ben Wilson Rochdale End of Season 31 January 2017 CF Adam Le Fondre Bolton Wanderers End of Season 31 January 2017 DM Emyr Huws Ipswich Town End of Season 31 January 2017 RW Matthew Kennedy Plymouth Argyle End of Season 31 January 2017 CM Stuart O'Keefe Milton Keynes Dons 1 May 2017

Pre-season

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Summary Games played 48 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Games won 17 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Games drawn 11 (11 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Games lost 20 (18 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Goals scored 61 (60 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Goals conceded 63 (60 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Goal difference −2Clean sheets 9 (9 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Yellow cards 70 (69 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Red cards 3 (3 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Worst Discipline Gunnarsson & Whittingham (8 , 0 , 0 )Best result 5–0 vs Rotherham United (18 Feb 17)Worst result 0–3 vs Preston North End (14 Sep 16)Most appearances Morrison (43 starts, 1 subs)Top scorer Zohore (12)Points 62

Club staff

Backroom staff PositionNameManager Neil WarnockAssistant manager Kevin BlackwellFirst-team coach James RowberryFirst-team coach Ronnie JepsonGoalkeeper coach Andy DibbleHead of Fitness & Conditioning Lee SouthernwoodHead of Medical Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPCFirst-team physiotherapist Edward RichmondSenior Strength & Conditioning Mike BeereSports scientist Ben ParryClub doctor Dr. Len NokesPerformance & Recruitment Analyst Graham YoungerOpposition Analyst Martin Hodge Kit & equipment manager Ian Lenning

Board of directors PositionNameChairman Mehmet DalmanGeneral Manager Ken ChooFinance Director Richard ThompsonNon-ExecutiveBoard MembersFootball Club Steve Borley (since 2003) Derek Chee Seng Chin (since 2010) Veh Ken Choo (since 2016) Mehmet Dalman (since 2012) Meng Kwong Lim (since 2010)Non-ExecutiveBoard MembersCardiff City (Holdings) Danni Rais (since 2012)Club Secretary David Beeby

References