# 2016–17 Granada CF season

The 2016–17 season was Granada CF's sixth season in La Liga following their promotion at the end of the 2010–11 season. Granada were relegated from La Liga, finishing 20th, and returned to the Segunda División for the first time since 2011. Granada also competed in the Copa del Rey, being knocked out in the Round of 32 by Osasuna.

## Season Events

Prior to the start of the season, Granada appointed Paco Jémez to replace José González on 20 June 2016 Jémez was sacked on 28 September 2016, being replaced by Lucas Alcaraz on 3 October 2016. Alcaraz was then fired on 10 April 2017, with Tony Adams taking charge until the end of the season.

## Squad

    As of 31 January 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | POR | Rui Silva |
| 3 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva (on loan from Torino) |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Sergi Samper (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 5 | DF | NGA | Uche (on loan from Watford) |
| 6 | DF | ESP | David Lombán (2nd captain) |
| 7 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Ponce (on loan from Roma) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jérémie Boga (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Kone (on loan from Udinese) |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Ochoa (on loan from Málaga) |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Franck Tabanou (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Omer Atzili |
| 16 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo (on loan from Valencia) |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Andreas Pereira (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Isaac Cuenca |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier |
| 21 | MF | SVN | Rene Krhin |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Dimitri Foulquier (captain) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Héctor (on loan from Real Sociedad) |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Artem Kravets (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 25 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason |
| 26 | MF | CIV | Victorien Angban (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 29 | MF | CMR | Martin Hongla |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Juanan Entrena |
| 34 | MF | MLI | Aly Mallé (on loan from Watford) |
| 35 | DF | ECU | Pervis Estupiñán (on loan from Watford) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ESP | Oier Olazábal (at Levante until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | CHI | Valber Huerta (at Huachipato until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | ARG | Emanuel Insúa (at Racing Club until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | POR | Luís Martins (at Marítimo until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | ESP | Brian Oliván (at Cádiz until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | MLI | Molla Wagué (at Udinese until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | ESP | Tito (at Leganés until 30 June 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Fran Rico (at Eibar until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | ESP | Rubén Pérez (at Leganés until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | ESP | Sergi Guardiola (at Murcia until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | BRA | Luizinho (at Atibaia until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | VEN | Darwin Machís (at Leganés until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | ECU | Kevin Mercado (at CSKA Sofia until 1 January 2018) |

## Transfer
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tito (from Rayo Vallecano) |
| 3 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva (on loan from Torino) |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Sergi Samper (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Ponce (on loan from Roma) |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jérémie Boga (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jon Toral (on loan from Arsenal, previously on loan at Birmingham City) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva (on loan from Udinese, previously on loan at Genoa) |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Ochoa (on loan from Málaga) |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Franck Tabanou (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Omer Atzili (from Beitar Jerusalem) |
| 16 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela (from Benfica) |
| 17 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo (on loan from Valencia) |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Andreas Pereira (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier (from Troyes) |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Alberto Bueno (on loan from Porto) |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Artem Kravets (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv, previously on loan at VfB Stuttgart) |
| 26 | MF | CIV | Victorien Angban (on loan from Chelsea, previously on loan at Sint-Truiden) |
| 28 | DF | POR | Luís Martins (loan return from Osasuna) |
| — | FW | ECU | José Angulo (from Independiente del Valle) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Cristiano Biraghi (loan return to Inter Milan, later signed by Pescara) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Diego Mainz |
| 6 | DF | MTQ | Jean-Sylvain Babin (to Sporting Gijón) |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Robert Ibáñez (loan return to Valencia) |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Youssef El-Arabi (to Lekhwiya) |
| 11 | FW | NGA | Isaac Success (to Watford) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Dória (loan return to Marseille) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andrés Fernández (loan return to Porto, later loaned to Villarreal) |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Salva Ruiz (loan return to Valencia) |
| 16 | MF | FRA | Abdoulaye Doucouré (loan return to Watford) |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Édgar Méndez (to Alavés) |
| 18 | DF | POR | Miguel Lopes (loan return to Sporting CP) |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pérez (on loan to Leganés) |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Rubén Rochina (to Rubin Kazan) |
| 24 | DF | POR | Ricardo Costa (to Luzern) |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Jesús Fernández (to Cádiz) |
| 27 | FW | VEN | Adalberto Peñaranda (to Watford, later loaned to Udinese) |
| 35 | GK | MKD | Stole Dimitrievski (to Gimnàstic) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos (loan from Borussia Dortmund) |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso (loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Kone (loan from Udinese) |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Héctor (loan from Real Sociedad) |
| 25 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason (from Lokeren) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Oier Olazábal (loan to Levante) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tito (loan to Leganés) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | David Barral (to APOEL) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Javi Márquez (to New York Cosmos) |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jon Toral (loan return to Arsenal) |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva (loan return to Udinese) |
| 25 | GK | CRO | Ivan Kelava (to Debreceni) |
| 28 | DF | POR | Luís Martins (loan to Marítimo) |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 36 | |
| 17 | Leganés | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 35 | |
| 18 | Sporting Gijón (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Osasuna (R) | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 94 | −54 | 22 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 20 | Granada (R) | 38 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 82 | −52 | 20 | Relegation to Segunda División |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2017. Source: See results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 |

#### Results
### Copa del Rey
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 25 April 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | URU | Gastón Silva | 21 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Sergi Samper | 22 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NGA | Uche | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | David Lombán | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | COL | Adrián Ramos | 10 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GHA | Mubarak Wakaso | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Ponce | 26 | 2 | 10+14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jérémie Boga | 24 | 2 | 13+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Kone | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | MEX | Guillermo Ochoa | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | FRA | Franck Tabanou | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Omer Atzili | 11 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAR | Mehdi Carcela | 24 | 5 | 20+2 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | POR | Rúben Vezo | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Andreas Pereira | 33 | 4 | 30+1 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Isaac Cuenca | 23 | 2 | 15+7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Matthieu Saunier | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SVN | Rene Krhin | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | FRA | Dimitri Foulquier | 19 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Héctor | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Artem Kravets | 26 | 5 | 16+10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ISL | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CIV | Victorien Angban | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CMR | Martin Hongla | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Juanan Entrena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MLI | Aly Mallé | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ECU | Pervis Estupiñán | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Granada on loan: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Oier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Tito | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Alberto Bueno | 15 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Granada during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | David Barral | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Javi Márquez | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Jon Toral | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | FW | 24 | Artem Kravets | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | 16 | Mehdi Carcela | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 18 | Andreas Pereira | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | DF | 6 | David Lombán | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Adrián Ramos | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 19 | Isaac Cuenca | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Jérémie Boga | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Ezequiel Ponce | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 23 | Alberto Bueno | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Mubarak Wakaso | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 25 | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | Jon Toral | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 27 | 1 | 28 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Tito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Gastón Silva | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Sergi Samper | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Uche | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | David Lombán | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | David Barral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Adrián Ramos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Javi Márquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mubarak Wakaso | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Ezequiel Ponce | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Jon Toral | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Gabriel Silva | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Guillermo Ochoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Franck Tabanou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Mehdi Carcela | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Rúben Vezo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Andreas Pereira | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Isaac Cuenca | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Matthieu Saunier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Dimitri Foulquier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Héctor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Artem Kravets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sverrir Ingi Ingason | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Victorien Angban | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Aly Mallé | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Pervis Estupiñán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 111 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 6 |