The 2016–17 season was Chesterfield's 150th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 CF Kristian Dennis Stockport County Free transfer 1 July 2016 CF Ched Evans Free agent Free transfer 1 July 2016 RB Paul McGinn Dundee Free transfer 1 July 2016 LW Reece Mitchell Chelsea Free transfer 1 July 2016 CM Jon Nolan Grimsby Town Free transfer 4 August 2016 GK Lloyd Allinson Huddersfield Town Free transfer 2 February 2017 RB Sadiq El Fitouri Manchester United Free transfer 18 February 2017 GK Thorsten Stuckmann Partick Thistle Free transfer
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 GK Aaron Chapman Accrington Stanley Released 1 July 2016 CF Emmanuel Dieseruvwe Kidderminster Harriers Released 1 July 2016 CF Byron Harrison Barrow Released 1 July 2016 DM Chris Herd Gillingham Released 1 July 2016 CM Michael Onovwigun Dulwich Hamlet Released 1 July 2016 CF Jordan Slew Plymouth Argyle Released 1 July 2016 RB Drew Talbot Portsmouth Released 1 July 2016 CF Jake Orrell Hartlepool United Free transfer 19 July 2016 AM Ollie Banks Oldham Athletic Free transfer 13 January 2017 CM Gary Liddle Carlisle United Undisclosed 31 January 2017 RW Gboly Ariyibi Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 31 January 2017 DM Liam O'Neil Cambridge United Undisclosed 22 February 2017 LW Derek Daly Waterford Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 10 July 2016 GK Ryan Fulton Liverpool End of Season 31 August 2016 CB Tom Anderson Burnley End of Season 31 August 2016 CF Conor Wilkinson Bolton Wanderers 9 January 2017 31 January 2017 CM Reece Brown Birmingham City 14 March 2017 31 January 2017 CF David Faupala Manchester City End of Season 31 January 2017 DM Liam Grimshaw Preston North End End of Season 31 January 2017 RB Osman Kakay Queens Park Rangers End of Season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 31 August 2016 CF Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Shrewsbury Town 9 January 2017 31 August 2016 CB Charlie Raglan Oxford United End of season 24 January 2017 AM Jay O'Shea Sheffield United End of season
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies
League One
League table
Matches
FA Cup
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy
Statistics
Appearances Italics indicate loan player Asterisk indicates player left club mid-season Source:
Goalscorers NameLeague OneFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal120FWKristian Dennis800210226MFJay O'Shea6101839FWChed Evans51017424FWConor Wilkinson40004510FWSylvan Ebanks-Blake20013615MFLiam O'Neil20002=7MFDan Gardner20002=6DFIan Evatt20002=23DFTom Anderson20002=11MFReece Mitchell20002=2DFPaul McGinn10102125MFGary Liddle10001=4DFSam Hird10001=18MFJon Nolan10001=15FWDavid Faupala10001=19MFDion Donohue10001=39MFJoe Rowley10001=17MFConnor Dimaio00011=27DFLaurence Maguire00011Own goals10001Total4321753
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