The 2016–17 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 25th season in the Premier League and 39th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup, League Cup, the Champions League, and the Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Tottenham finished as runners-up in the league, seven points behind champions Chelsea. It was their best finish in the Premier League era. The club also had the best attack and defence, scoring 86 and conceding 26 (a goal difference of +60).
The club played their home domestic fixtures at White Hart Lane and their home European fixtures at Wembley Stadium. It was their last season at White Hart Lane before it was demolished to make way for the new stadium. Tottenham went the season unbeaten at their old stadium in all competitions; it was the first time they had done this in a league campaign since the 1964–65 season. In winning their final fourteen home league matches, they equalled the club record set over the final nine games of 1986–87 and the first five of 1987–88.
First-team squad Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris (C) GK 13 Michel Vorm GK 30 Pau López GK Defenders 2 Kyle Walker RB / RWB 3 Danny Rose LB / LWB 4 Toby Alderweireld CB / RB 5 Jan Vertonghen (2nd VC) CB / LB 16 Kieran Trippier RB / RWB 27 Kevin Wimmer CB / LB 33 Ben Davies LB / CB 38 Cameron Carter-Vickers CB / RB Midfielders 11 Erik Lamela RW / LW 12 Victor Wanyama DM / CM 14 Georges-Kévin Nkoudou LW / RW 15 Eric Dier DM / CB / RB 17 Moussa Sissoko CM / DM / RM 19 Mousa Dembélé CM / DM 20 Dele Alli CM / AM 23 Christian Eriksen AM / SS 25 Josh Onomah AM / SS 29 Harry Winks CM / DM Strikers 7 Son Heung-min FW / LW / RW / SS 9 Vincent Janssen FW 10 Harry Kane (1st VC) FW / SS
Transfers
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 31 August 2016 GK Pau López Espanyol End of season
Loans out
Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 12 July 2016 MF Filip Lesniak Slovan Liberec 1 January 2017 3 August 2016 DF Federico Fazio Roma End of season 25 August 2016 MF Nabil Bentaleb Schalke 04 End of season 25 August 2016 FW William Miller Burton Albion End of season 31 August 2016 FW Clinton N'Jie Marseille End of season 31 August 2016 GK Luke McGee Peterborough End of season 31 August 2016 FW Nathan Oduwa Peterborough 1 January 2017 7 January 2017 FW Ryan Loft Stevenage End of season 20 January 2017 FW Shayon Harrison Yeovil Town End of season 24 January 2017 DF Connor Ogilvie Stevenage End of season 26 January 2017 MF Anton Walkes Atlanta United End of MLS season 27 January 2017 MF Luke Amos Southend United End of season
Transfers in
Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 23 June 2016 MF Victor Wanyama Southampton £11,000,000 12 July 2016 FW Vincent Janssen AZ £17,000,000 30 August 2016 MF Juan Pablo Gonzalez Velasco Brentford Free 31 August 2016 MF Georges-Kévin Nkoudou Marseille £9,400,000 31 August 2016 MF Moussa Sissoko Newcastle United £30,000,000 16 January 2017 MF Maximus Tainio HJK Helsinki Undisclosed
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 26 May 2016 DF Christopher Paul Queens Park Rangers Released 7 June 2016 MF Emmanuel Sonupe Northampton Town Released 7 June 2016 MF Armani Daly Free agent Released 7 June 2016 MF Charlie Hayford Sheffield Wednesday Released 1 August 2016 MF Grant Ward Ipswich Town Undisclosed 4 August 2016 MF Alex Pritchard Norwich City £8,000,000 12 August 2016 MF Dominic Ball Rotherham United Undisclosed 24 August 2016 DF DeAndre Yedlin Newcastle United £5,000,000 29 August 2016 MF Nacer Chadli West Bromwich Albion £13,000,000 30 August 2016 MF Ryan Mason Hull City £13,000,000 17 January 2017 MF Tom Carroll Swansea City £4,500,000 14 February 2017 MF Nathan Oduwa Olimpija Ljubljana Undisclosed 14 February 2017 MF Nabil Bentaleb FC Schalke 04 £16,000,000
Overall transfer activity
Spending Summer: £67,400,000
Winter: £0
Total: £67,400,000
Income Summer: £39,000,000
Winter: £20,500,000
Total: £59,500,000
Expenditure Summer: £28,400,000
Winter: £20,500,000
Total: £7,900,000
Friendlies
Pre-season On 1 March 2016, it was announced that Tottenham would participate in the Australia edition of the 2016 International Champions Cup. On 24 June, it was announced on the Tottenham Hotspur website that they would also play against Inter Milan in Norway.
Post-season On 8 May 2017, Spurs confirmed a return to Hong Kong to play an exhibition match against Kitchee SC, which closed Spurs' season.
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position First match Last match Premier League Matchday 1 2nd 13 August 2016 21 May 2017 EFL Cup Third round Fourth round 21 September 2016 25 October 2016 FA Cup Third round Semi-finals 8 January 2017 22 April 2017 Champions LeagueGroup stage 14 September 2016 7 December 2016 Europa LeagueRound of 32 16 February 2017 23 February 2017
Overview
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| FA Cup
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| Champions League
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Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
EFL Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
UEFA Europa League
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Statistics
Appearances
No.Pos.NamePremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers 1 GK Hugo Lloris34010006020430 13 GK Michel Vorm4+104020000010+10Defenders 2 DF Kyle Walker31+200+1000302036+30 3 DF Danny Rose18200003000212 4 DF Toby Alderweireld30140002+112038+12 5 DF Jan Vertonghen33030005010420 16 DF Kieran Trippier6+605020300016+60 27 DF Kevin Wimmer4+10202010009+10 33 DF Ben Davies18+514120302029+52 38 DF Cameron Carter-Vickers002020000040Midfielders 11 MF Erik Lamela6+31001+11300010+42 12 MF Victor Wanyama35+14300+10502145+25 14 MF Georges-Kévin Nkoudou0+801+201+100+300+102+150 15 MF Eric Dier34+224010502046+22 17 MF Moussa Sissoko8+1702+20001+301012+220 19 MF Mousa Dembélé24+611+20002+202029+101 20 MF Dele Alli35+2183+2300612046+422 23 MF Christian Eriksen3682+11125+101+1145+312 25 MF Josh Onomah0+501+20210+20003+91 29 MF Harry Winks3+18140202+201+1012+211 44 MF Filip Lesniak0+10000000000+10 45 MF Anton Walkes00000+1000000+10 48 MF Marcus Edwards00000+1000000+10Forwards 7 FW Son Heung-min23+1114560+10610+2034+1421 9 FW Vincent Janssen7+2021+22222+300+1012+266 10 FW Harry Kane29+1293400322037+135 39 FW Shayon Harrison00000+1000000+10 Players transferred out during the season. 28 DF Tom Carroll0+10002000002+10
Goal scorers Includes all competitive matches.
PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW 10 Harry Kane294020352 MF 20 Dele Alli183010223 MF 7 Son Heung-min146010214 MF 23 Christian Eriksen81201125 FW 9 Vincent Janssen2220066 MF 12 Victor Wanyama4000157 DF 3 Danny Rose200002 MF 11 Erik Lamela101002 MF 15 Eric Dier200002 DF 4 Toby Alderweireld100102 DF 33 Ben Davies11000212 MF 25 Josh Onomah001001 MF 29 Harry Winks100001MF 19 Mousa Dembélé100001TOTALS8417652114
Hat-tricks Player Against Competition Minutes Score after goals Result Date Harry KanePremier League12', 77', 82'1-0, 3-0, 4-04-0 (H)14 January 2017 Harry KaneFA Cup16', 51', 73'0-1, 0-2, 0-30-3 (A)19 February 2017 Harry KanePremier League14', 32', 37'1-0, 2-0, 3-04-0 (H)26 February 2017 Son Heung-minFA Cup41', 54', 90+2'2-0, 3-0, 6-06-0 (H)12 March 2017 Harry KanePremier League25', 63', 88', 90+2'0-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-61-6 (A)18 May 2017 Harry KanePremier League11', 13', 72'0-1, 0-2, 1-51-7 (A)21 May 2017
Own goals Player Against Competition Minute Score after own goal Result Date Kevin WimmerPremier League 42'1-01-1 (A)6 November 2016 Harry KaneEuropa League 20'1-12-2 (H)23 February 2017
Clean sheets The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 1 Hugo Lloris 15 0 0 2 0 172 13 Michel Vorm 2 3 1 0 0 6
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