The 2016–17 season was the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.
Season summary
Tommy Wright was kept as manager and remained for the season. The Saints again finished in Fourth place but qualified for European Football. Danny Swanson was the club's Top League and Season scorer, but a few weeks before the end of the season, he signed for a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian.
Results and fixtures
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup
Group B
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics Appearances
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
Goalscorers As of 21 May 2017 RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipLeague CupScottish CupTotal111Danny Swanson105015210Steven MacLean92112325Chris Kane510626Liam Craig510629Graham Cummins5106610Steven Anderson310474Blair Alston20138Murray Davidson3003910David Wotherspoon110214Joe Shaughnessy11021115Brad McKay010118Paul Paton100119Richard Foster100122Keith Watson100127Craig Thomson1001Own goal2002TOTALS3914255
Team statistics League table
Transfers
Players in DatePlayerFromFee3 May 2016 Keith Watson St MirrenFree26 May 2016 Blair Alston FalkirkFree7 June 2016 Paul Paton Dundee UnitedFree1 July 2016 Michael Coulson York CityFree1 July 2016 Joe Gormley Peterborough UnitedLoan19 August 2016 Richard Foster Ross CountyFree31 January 2017 Clive Smith Preston North EndLoan
Players out DatePlayerToFee9 June 2016 Neil Martyniuk Edinburgh CityFree28 June 2016 John Sutton St MirrenFree13 July 2016 Gareth Rodger Brechin CityFree31 August 2016 Brad McKay Inverness Caledonian ThistleFree15 September 2016 Dave MackayRetired4 January 2017 Aaron Comrie PeterheadLoan4 January 2017 Liam Gordon PeterheadLoan6 January 2017 Connor McLaren Stirling AlbionLoan
See also
List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons
References