The 2016–17 season was AFC Wimbledon's 15th season in the club's history and The Dons' 1st season in League One following their promotion via the 2016 Football League play-offs.
League table
Results summary
Matches Pre-season friendlies
League One August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
FA Cup On 17 October 2016, the draw for the FA Cup First round proper took place. The competition progresses in knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 2017.
First round At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two). AFC Wimbledon were drawn against fellow League One side Bury.
Second round On 7 November 2016, the draw for the FA Cup Second round took place. At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (17 League One sides, 11 League Two sides and 12 non-league sides). AFC Wimbledon were drawn against National League North side Curzon Ashton.
Third round On 5 December 2016, the draw for the FA Cup Third round took place. At this stage, there were 64 clubs remaining in the competition (20 Premier League sides, 24 Championship sides, 9 League One sides, 6 League Two sides and 5 non-league sides). AFC Wimbledon were drawn away against local National League side Sutton United.
Football League Cup On 22 June 2016, the draw for the Football League Cup took place. The draw is seeded and regionalised on a north/south basis. Seedings are based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season. The competition progresses in knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 26 February 2017.
First round The First Round of the competition includes 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship.
Football League Trophy On 27 June 2016, the draw was made for the Group stages of the newly structured Football League Trophy. The first round will now consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 2 April 2017.
First Round (Southern Group B)
Second Round (Southern Section)
The draw for the Second Round took place on 10 November 2016, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.
Squad
No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age L. Apps L. Goals Int. Caps Int. Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends Goalkeepers1 James SheaGKIslington95000Harrow Borough4 July 2014Free1 July 201724Joe McDonnellGKBasingstoke7000Basingstoke Town5 July 2014Undisclosed1 July 201739Joe BursíkGKLambeth0000Academy13 January 2017TraineeUndisclosed40Nik TzanevGKWellington0000Brentford?FreeUndisclosed Defenders2 Barry FullerRBAshford163100Barnet28 May 2013Free1 July 20183Jonathan MeadesLBGloucester91600Oxford United22 June 2015Free1 July 20185 Will NightingaleCBRoehampton20000Academy6 May 2014Trainee1 July 20196 Paul RobinsonCBBarnet87500Portsmouth3 August 2015Free1 July 201922Sean KellyCB/LBGlasgow26200St Mirren1 August 2016Free1 July 201829Paul KalambayiCBDulwich0000Academy18 February 2016Trainee1 July 201831Seth OwensLB/CBHackney3000Brentford16 August 2016Free1 July 201832Darius CharlesCBEaling43200Burton Albion31 May 2016Free1 July 201834Chris RobertsonCB/RBDundee13100Ross County2 September 2016Free1 July 201835Toby SibbickCB/RBHounslow2000Academy26 August 2016Trainee1 July 2018?Johnville Renee-PringleRBCamden0000Stoke City20 January 2017Trainee1 July 2019 Midfielders4 Dannie BulmanCMAshford121400Crawley Town10 June 2014Free1 July 20177 George FrancombRW/RBHackney1591100Norwich City26 June 2013Free1 July 20188 Jake ReevesCMLewisham114400Swindon Town7 January 2015Undisclosed1 July 201811Chris WhelpdaleRW/LWHarold Wood17100Stevenage28 June 2016Free1 July 201814Tom SoaresCMReading15000Bury31 January 2017Undisclosed1 July 201916Tom BeereCM/RMSouthwark29100Academy6 May 2014Trainee1 July 201717Andy BarchamLWBasildon701000Portsmouth1 July 2015Free1 July 201918Dean ParrettCMHampstead32500Stevenage1 July 2016Free1 July 201819David FitzpatrickRW/LWSurbiton14100Queens Park Rangers23 September 2014Free1 July 201725Dan GallagherCMEpsom1000Academy6 February 2015Trainee1 July 201727Neşet BellikliLWSutton0000Academy16 May 2016Trainee1 July 201828Alfie EganAMLambeth9000Academy5 February 2016Trainee1 July 2018?Anthony HartiganCMKingston upon Thames0000Academy27 January 2017Trainee1 July 2019 Forwards9 Tom ElliottCFLeeds781500Cambridge United2 July 2015Free1 July 201710Dominic PoleonCFNewham41800Oldham Athletic2 July 2016Free1 July 201815George OakleyCFTooting9000Academy6 May 2014Trainee1 July 201721Egli KajaCF 3000Academy17 April 2015Trainee1 July 201723Tyrone BarnettCF Stevenage 36200Shrewsbury Town3 August 2016Free1 July 201829Toyosi OlusanyaCF Lambeth 1100Academy5 February 2016Trainee1 July 201833Lyle TaylorCFGreenwich853021Scunthorpe United14 July 2015Undisclosed1 July 201838Jayden AntwiCF?1000Academy28 March 2017Trainee1 July 2019
Player statistics
|colspan="14"|Players who featured on loan for AFC Wimbledon but subsequently returned to their parent club: |- |colspan="14"|Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season:
Top scorers RankPositionNationNumberPlayerLeague OneFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotal1 FW 33 Lyle Taylor 10 2 1 1 142 FW 9 Tom Elliott 9 4 0 0 13= FW 10 Dominic Poleon 8 3 0 2 133 MF 17 Andy Barcham 5 0 0 1 6= MF 18 Dean Parrett 5 1 0 0 64 FW 23 Tyrone Barnett 2 1 0 2 55 DF 6 Paul Robinson 2 1 0 0 36 DF 3 Jonathan Meades 2 0 0 0 2= MF 7 George Francomb 2 0 0 0 2= DF 22 Sean Kelly 2 0 0 0 2= DF 32 Darius Charles 2 0 0 0 2= MF 11 Chris Whelpdale 1 0 1 0 27 MF 8 Jake Reeves 1 0 0 0 1= DF 34 Chris Robertson 1 0 0 0 1TOTALS52122672
Disciplinary record NumberPositionNationNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotal 1 GK James Shea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 DF Barry Fuller 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 3 DF Jonathan Meades 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 MF Dannie Bulman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 DF Will Nightingale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 DF Paul Robinson 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 12 1 7 MF George Francomb 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 8 MF Jake Reeves 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 9 FW Tom Elliott 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 10 FW Dominic Poleon 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 MF Chris Whelpdale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 MF Tom Soares 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16 MF Tom Beere 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17 MF Andy Barcham 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18 MF Dean Parrett 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 22 DF Sean Kelly 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23 FW Tyrone Barnett 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 31 DF Seth Owens 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 32 DF Darius Charles 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 33 FW Lyle Taylor 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 34 DF Chris Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0TOTALS7131012070904
Transfers Players Transferred InDatePositionNationNamePrevious clubFeeRef. 16 May 2016 MF Neşet Bellikli Academy Free transfer 31 May 2016 DF Darius Charles Burton Albion Free transfer 21 June 2016 GK Ryan Clarke Northampton Town Free transfer 28 June 2016 MF Chris Whelpdale Stevenage Free transfer 1 July 2016 MF Dean Parrett Stevenage Free transfer 2 July 2016 FW Dominic Poleon Oldham Athletic Free transfer 1 August 2016 DF Sean Kelly St Mirren Free transfer 3 August 2016 FW Tyrone Barnett Shrewsbury Town Free transfer 16 August 2016 DF Seth Owens Brentford Free transfer 26 August 2016 DF Toby Sibbick Academy Free transfer 2 September 2016 DF Chris Robertson Ross County Free transfer 13 January 2017 GK Joe Bursík Academy Free transfer 20 January 2017 DF Johnville Renee-Pringle Stoke City Free transfer 27 January 2017 MF Anthony Hartigan Academy Free transfer 31 January 2017 MF Tom Soares Bury Undisclosed Players Loaned InDate fromPositionNationNameFromDate toRef. Players Loaned OutDate fromPositionNationNameToDate toRef. 4 August 2016 MF Dan Gallagher Kingstonian 4 October 2016 11 November 2016 MF David Fitzpatrick Torquay United 9 January 2017 11 November 2016 FW Toyosi Olusanya Kingstonian 10 December 2016 18 November 2016 FW George Oakley Welling United 16 January 2016 16 December 2016 FW Egli Kaja Lewes 16 January 2016 9 February 2017 MF Tom Beere Gateshead 11 March 2017 Players Transferred OutDatePositionNationNameSubsequent clubFeeRef 30 May 2016 FW Adebayo Akinfenwa Wycombe Wanderers Released 31 May 2016 DF Callum Kennedy Leyton Orient Released 31 May 2016 FW Sean Rigg Newport County Released 15 June 2016 FW Adebayo Azeez Partick Thistle Undisclosed 21 June 2016 MF Connor Smith Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed 1 July 2016 GK Will Mannion Hull City Undisclosed 5 August 2016 DF Ryan Sweeney Stoke City £250,000 21 September 2016 GK Ryan Clarke Eastleigh Mutual consent
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