The 2016–17 season is Huddersfield Town's fifth consecutive season in the Championship and 108th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.
Huddersfield Town were promoted to the Premier League on 29 May 2017, following a 4–3 penalty shootout victory over Reading in the 2017 EFL Championship play-off final, after drawing 0–0 in both normal and extra time.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 GK Luke Coddington Middlesbrough Free transfer 1 July 2016 GK Joel Coleman Oldham Athletic Undisclosed 1 July 2016 GK George Dorrington Manchester United Free transfer 1 July 2016 CB Michael Hefele Dynamo Dresden Free transfer 1 July 2016 LB Chris Löwe 1. FC Kaiserslautern Free transfer 1 July 2016 DM Ivan Paurević FC Ufa Undisclosed 1 July 2016 CM Jack Payne Southend United Compensation 1 July 2016 CB Christopher Schindler 1860 Munich £1,800,000 1 July 2016 RW Rajiv van La Parra Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 8 July 2016 CB Jon Gorenc Stanković Borussia Dortmund II Undisclosed 24 August 2016 LB Tareiq Holmes-Dennis Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 20 January 2017 CF Collin Quaner Union Berlin Undisclosed
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 1 July 2016 CF Elias Kachunga FC Ingolstadt 04 End of Season 5 July 2016 CM Aaron Mooy Manchester City End of Season 11 July 2016 GK Danny Ward Liverpool End of Season 15 July 2016 AM Kasey Palmer Chelsea End of Season 6 January 2017 LW Isaiah Brown Chelsea End of Season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2016 CF Flo Bojaj Kilmarnock 4 January 2017 1 July 2016 CB Will Boyle Kilmarnock 4 January 2017 15 July 2016 CF Jordy Hiwula Bradford City End of Season 18 August 2016 LB Jason Davidson Groningen End of Season 10 January 2017 CF Florent Bojaj Newport County End of Season 30 January 2017 GK Joe Murphy Bury End of Season 30 January 2017 ST Rekeil Pyke Colchester United End of Season
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 GK Lloyd Allinson Chesterfield Released 1 July 2016 RW Callum Charlton Altrincham Released 1 July 2016 GK Sam Guthrie Free agent Released 1 July 2016 CM Ben Holmes Free agent Released 1 July 2016 CM Duane Holmes Scunthorpe United Released 1 July 2016 CB Joel Lynch Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 1 July 2016 RW Karim Matmour TSV 1860 Munich Released 1 July 2016 CF Ishmael Miller Bury Released 1 July 2016 CF James Vaughan Birmingham City Free transfer 1 July 2016 GK Ed Wilczynski AFC Fylde Released 1 July 2016 CB Joe Wilkinson Buxton Released 1 July 2016 CB Joe Wright Doncaster Rovers Free transfer 31 August 2016 FW Jake Charles Barnsley Undisclosed 31 August 2016 LB Jack Senior Luton Town Undisclosed 9 January 2017 CB Will Boyle Cheltenham Town Free transfer 10 January 2017 DM Ivan Paurević Ufa Free transfer 31 January 2017 DF Jacob Hanson Bradford City Undisclosed 19 May 2017 MF Kyle Dempsey Fleetwood Town Undisclosed
Kit The 2016–17 season was the club's fourth with technical kit supplier Puma. Pure Legal Limited, Radian B & Covonia continued their individual sponsorships of the home, away and third shirts, respectively.
For a consecutive season, the home kit featured white shorts and socks, with a return to a deeper shade of blue in the stripes along with a wide collar. The away kit kept the popular fluorescent yellow theme from the previous season, but this time the shirt included black hoops, and was paired with black shorts and socks (except for the away game at Wolves, in which it was worn with fluorescent yellow shorts and socks). The third kit was created to honour former Town full-back Ray Wilson, and its release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the 1966 World Cup Final in which Wilson played.
Squad statistics Appearances and goals 20:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
Cards
NumberNationPositionNameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal6MFJonathan Hogg90001010044DFMichael Hefele800010902DFTommy Smith8000008015DFChris Löwe800000805DFMark Hudson601000709FWElias Kachunga7000007010MFAaron Mooy600000604MFDean Whitehead5100005121FWNahki Wells5000005045MFKasey Palmer4000004026DFChristopher Schindler4000004037MFIzzy Brown301000408MFPhilip Billing4000004017MFRajiv van La Parra3100003127DFJon Gorenc Stanković2010003023FWCollin Quaner2000002012DFTareiq Holmes-Dennis200000201GKDanny Ward1100001116MFJack Payne110000117MFSean Scannell1000001011MFHarry Bunn1000001014DFMartin Cranie1000001019MFIvan Paurević00001010Totals9143030974
Competitions Pre-season friendlies
Overview
Championship
Results summary
Results by round
League table
Matches On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
Play-offs
FA Cup
EFL Cup On 22 June 2016, the first round draw was made, Huddersfield Town were drawn away against Shrewsbury Town.
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