The 2016–17 season was Sunderland's 138th season in existence, and their tenth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
The club was relegated to the second tier for the first time in ten years at the end of the season, finishing bottom of the table with 24 points.
First team squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Age Apps Goals Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Vito Mannone GK 80 0 Arsenal 12 Mika GK 0 0 Boavista 13 Jordan Pickford GK 23 0 Academy 32 Max Stryjek U23 GK 0 0 Polonia Warsaw Defenders 2 Billy Jones RB 61 1 West Bromwich Albion 3 Bryan Oviedo LB 3 0 Everton 4 Jason Denayer CB 19 0 Manchester City (on loan) 5 Papy Djilobodji CB 23 0 Chelsea 15 Joleon Lescott CB 1 0 AEK Athens 16 John O'Shea (captain) CB 206 3 Manchester United 19 Paddy McNair CB 12 2 Manchester United 21 Javier Manquillo RB 14 0 Atlético Madrid (on loan) 22 Donald Love RB 15 0 Manchester United 23 Lamine Koné CB 37 3 Lorient 34 Thomas Robson U23 LB 1 0 Darlington 43 Michael Ledger U23 CB 0 0 Academy 45 Josh Robson U23 RB 0 0 Academy Midfielders 6 Lee Cattermole (vice-captain) DM 184 2 Wigan Athletic 7 Sebastian Larsson CM 195 14 Birmingham City 8 Jack Rodwell CM 66 6 Manchester City 10 Wahbi Khazri AM 29 2 Bordeaux 14 Duncan Watmore RW 43 4 Altrincham 17 Didier Ndong CM 22 1 Lorient 20 Steven Pienaar LW 16 0 Everton 24 Darron Gibson CM 3 0 Everton 25 Ethan Robson U23 CM 0 0 Academy 27 Jan Kirchhoff DM 23 0 Bayern Munich 37 Rees Greenwood U23 LW 1 0 Academy 39 George Honeyman U23 AM 6 0 Academy 44 Adnan Januzaj RW 21 1 Manchester United (on loan) 46 Lynden Gooch AM 13 0 Academy Forwards 9 Fabio Borini ST 81 16 Liverpool 18 Jermain Defoe ST 82 36 Toronto FC 28 Victor Anichebe ST 12 3 West Bromwich Albion 29 Joel Asoro ST 4 0 IF Brommapojkarna 35 Josh Maja U18 ST 1 0 Manchester City
Transfers and loans
New contracts
PlayerUntilSource3LB Patrick van AanholtJune 202018ST Jermain DefoeJune 20191GK Vito MannoneJune 201823CB Lamine KonéJune 2021
Transfers in
+First TeamDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 5 August 2016 CB 5 Papy Djilobodji Chelsea £8,000,000 11 August 2016 CB 19 Paddy McNair Manchester United £5,500,000 11 August 2016RB 22 Donald Love 19 August 2016 LW 20 Steven Pienaar Everton Free 31 August 2016 CM 17 Didier N'Dong Lorient £13,600,000 2 September 2016 ST 28 Victor Anichebe West Bromwich Albion Free 7 September 2016 GK 12 Mika Boavista Undisc. 24 January 2017 DF 15 Joleon Lescott AEK Athens Free 30 January 2017 CM 24 Darron Gibson Everton £7,500,000 30 January 2017 LB 3 Bryan Oviedo
+Reserves and AcademyDatePositionPlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 4 July 2016 MF Jack Connolly St Francis Undisc. 4 July 2016 MF Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka IK Sirius Undisc. 4 July 2016 FW Lee Connelly Queen's Park Undisc.
Loans in
+First TeamStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerClub from 12 August 2016 30 June 2017 RW 44 Adnan Januzaj Manchester United 25 August 2016 30 June 2017RB 21 Javier Manquillo Atlético Madrid 31 August 2016 30 June 2017 CB 4 Jason Denayer Manchester City
+Reserves and AcademyStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club
Transfers out
+First TeamExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 1 July 2016 GK 33 Steve Harper Retired Free 1 July 2016 CB 5 Wes Brown Blackburn Rovers Free 1 July 2016 ST 19 Danny Graham Blackburn Rovers Free 1 July 2016 ST 26 Steven Fletcher Sheffield Wednesday Free 1 July 2016 CB 27 Santiago Vergini Boca Juniors £1,500,000 16 July 2016 LW 23 Emanuele Giaccherini Napoli £2,000,000 27 July 2016 CB 29 Valentin Roberge Apollon Limassol Free 16 August 2016 DM 4 Liam Bridcutt Leeds United £2,000,000 17 August 2016 CM 14 Jordi Gómez Wigan Athletic £500,000 19 August 2016 CB 4 Younès Kaboul Watford £4,000,000 6 September 2016 RW 28 Charis Mavrias Karlsruher SC Free 30 January 2017 LB 3 Patrick van Aanholt Crystal Palace £14,000,000 2 February 2017 CB Sebastián Coates Sporting CP £5,000,000
+Reserves and AcademyExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 1 July 2016 ST 38 Mikael Mandron Eastleigh Free 1 July 2016 CM 40 Martin Smith Kilmarnock Free 1 July 2016 CM 42 Liam Agnew Boston United Free 1 July 2016 GK Greg Purvis Free 1 July 2016 DM David Lowrie Free 1 July 2016 CM Avis Ganiyu Free 1 July 2016 AM Dylan McEvoy Free
Loans out
+First TeamStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club 1 July 2016 2 February 2017 CB 22 Sebastián Coates Sporting CP 28 July 2016 30 June 2017 RB 12 Adam Matthews Bristol City 5 August 2016 30 June 2017 LW 30 Will Buckley Sheffield Wednesday 30 August 2016 30 June 2017 LW 17 Jeremain Lens Fenerbahçe
+Reserves and AcademyStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club 31 January 2017 30 June 2017 DF — Tom Beadling Bury 31 January 2017 30 June 2017 FW — Andrew Nelson Hartlepool United
Pre-season friendlies On 3 June 2016, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendlies against Hartlepool United and Rotherham United.
Competitions
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Statistics Overview
CompetitionRecord Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Appearances and goalsPlayers out on loan:Players no longer with club:
Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.
Correct as of match played on 26 February 2017
No.Nat.PlayerMatches PlayedClean Sheet %Premier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTOTAL 1 Vito Mannone 1127% 2 1 0 3 12 Mika 00% 0 0 0 0 13 Jordan Pickford 2015% 2 0 1 3 32 Max Stryjek 00% 0 0 0 0Totals3119% 4 1 1 6
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total 2 DF Billy Jones 4 1 5 3 DF Bryan Oviedo 1 1 4 DF Jason Denayer 2 1 5 DF Papy Djilobodji 41 2 6 MF Lee Cattermole 1 1 7 MF Sebastian Larsson 3 3 8 MF Jack Rodwell 4 4 9 FW Fabio Borini 2 2 10 MF Wahbi Khazri 3 1 4 14 MF Duncan Watmore 1 1 16 DF John O'Shea 2 2 17 MF Didier Ndong 4 1 5 18 FW Jermain Defoe 1 1 20 MF Steven Pienaar 41 4 1 21 DF Javi Manquillo 2 2 22 DF Donald Love 1 1 2 23 DF Lamine Koné 3 3 24 MF Darron Gibson 1 1 27 MF Jan Kirchhoff 1 1 28 FW Victor Anichebe 1 1 39 MF George Honeyman 1 1 44 MF Adnan Januzaj 3 1 3 1 46 MF Lynden Gooch 3 1 3 Total 54301004005830
References