# 2016–17 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Wigan Athletic's 85th year in existence and their first back in the Championship, after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## First team squad

As of 5 June 2016
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 22 | Jussi Jääskeläinen | GK | (1975-04-19) 19 April 1975 (age 49) | West Ham United |
| 35 | Matt Gilks | GK | (1982-06-04) 4 June 1982 (age 42) | Rangers |
| 46 | Theo Roberts | GK | (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Reece James | LB | (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 30) | Manchester United |
| 3 | Jake Buxton | CB | (1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39) | Derby County |
| 5 | Donervon Daniels | CB | (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30) | West Bromwich Albion |
| 12 | Callum Connolly | RB | (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 27) | Everton |
| 13 | Andy Kellett | LB | (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 30) | Bolton Wanderers |
| 20 | Craig Morgan | CB | (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 39) | Rotherham United |
| 21 | Alex Bruce | CB | (1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 (age 40) | Hull City |
| 23 | Stephen Warnock | CB | (1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 42) | Derby County |
| 24 | Jack Hendry | CB | (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29) | Partick Thistle |
| 29 | Luke Burke | RB | (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |
| 32 | Reece Burke | CB | (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28) | West Ham United |
| 33 | Dan Burn | CB | (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 32) | Fulham |
| 44 | Sam Stubbs | CB | (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 25) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | David Perkins | CM | (1982-06-21) 21 June 1982 (age 42) | Blackpool |
| 6 | Max Power | RM | (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31) | Tranmere |
| 7 | Alex Gilbey | MF | (1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 (age 29) | Colchester United |
| 8 | Sam Morsy | CM | (1991-09-10) 10 September 1991 (age 33) | Chesterfield |
| 16 | Shaun MacDonald | MF | (1988-06-17) 17 June 1988 (age 36) | Bournemouth |
| 17 | Michael Jacobs | MF | (1991-11-04) 4 November 1991 (age 32) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 19 | Ryan Tunnicliffe | MF | (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31) | Fulham |
| 25 | Nick Powell | MF | (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30) | Manchester United |
| 26 | Jamie Hanson | MF | (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28) | Derby County |
| 31 | Jack Byrne | MF | (1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 28) | Manchester City |
| 37 | Josh Laurent | MF | (1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29) | Hartlepool United |
| 42 | Josh Gregory | MF | (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |
| 43 | Marcus Browne | MF | (1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 26) | West Ham United |
| 47 | James Weir | MF | (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29) | Hull City |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Will Grigg | CF | (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33) | Brentford |
| 11 | Gabriel Obertan | WG | (1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35) | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| 14 | Omar Bogle | CF | (1993-07-26) 26 July 1993 (age 31) | Grimsby Town |
| 27 | Ryan Colclough | WG | (1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 29) | Crewe Alexandra |
| 30 | James Barrigan | CF | (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |
| 39 | Mikael Mandron | CF | (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 30) | Eastleigh |
| 49 | Callum Lang | CF | (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Dan Burn | Fulham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Alex Gilbey | Colchester United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Stephen Warnock | Derby County | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2016 | SS | Nick Powell | Manchester United | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2016 | CB | Jake Buxton | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2016 | CM | Shaun MacDonald | AFC Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2016 | AM | Jordi Gómez | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | RM | Nathan Byrne | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £500,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | SS | Kaiyne Woolery | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | GK | Matt Gilks | Rangers | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Mikael Mandron | Eastleigh | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | RW | Gabriel Obertan | Anzhi Makhachkala | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | CAM | Josh Laurent | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Jack Byrne | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Omar Bogle | Grimsby Town | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Leon Barnett | Bury | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Matthew Hamilton | Marine | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RW | Ryan Jennings | AFC Fylde | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Kevin McNaughton | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Adrian Purzycki | Fortuna Sittard | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Louis Robles | Bangor City | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Reece Wabara | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 6 July 2016 | DM | Chris McCann | Atlanta United | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2016 | GK | Lee Nicholls | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2016 | CB | Jason Pearce | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2016 | MF | Emyr Huws | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2016 | CM | Tim Chow | Ross County | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2017 | CF | Craig Davies | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | AM | Jordi Gomez | Rayo Vallecano | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Yanic Wildschut | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 10 April 2017 | MF | Danny O'Brien | IF Kraft | Released |
* ↑ Following Barnett's release, he joined Bury.
* ↑ Following McNaughton's release, he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
* ↑ Following Wabara's release, he joined Bolton Wanderers.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Kyle Knoyle | West Ham United | 14 January 2017 |
| 20 July 2016 | GK | Ádám Bogdán | Liverpool | 24 November 2016 |
| 16 August 2016 | LB | Luke Garbutt | Everton | 2 January 2017 |
| 30 August 2016 | CB | Reece Burke | West Ham United | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | CF | Adam Le Fondre | Cardiff City | 31 January 2017 |
| 7 January 2017 | GK | Jakob Haugaard | Stoke City | 21 April 2017 |
| 14 January 2017 | CB | Callum Connolly | Everton | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | AM | Marcus Browne | West Ham United | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | CM | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Fulham | End of Season |
| 25 January 2017 | DM | Jamie Hanson | Derby County | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CB | Alex Bruce | Hull City | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CM | James Weir | Hull City | End of Season |
* ↑ On 31 January 2017, Adam Le Fondre's loan was terminated.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 13 July 2016 | CF | Billy Mckay | Oldham Athletic | 31 January 2017 |
| 22 July 2016 | CM | Danny Whitehead | Cheltenham Town | 1 January 2017 |
| 25 July 2016 | LW | Sanmi Odelusi | Rochdale | 20 January 2017 |
| 10 August 2016 | LB | Andrew Taylor | Bolton Wanderers | End of Season |
| 12 August 2016 | GK | Owen Evans | Rhyl | 1 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | LW | Ryan Colclough | Milton Keynes Dons | 1 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | CB | Jack Hendry | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | CM | Sam Morsy | Barnsley | 1 January 2017 |
| 9 January 2017 | RB | Nathan Byrne | Charlton Athletic | End of Season |
| 12 January 2017 | GK | Dan Lavercombe | Rhyl | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | LW | Sanmi Odelusi | Blackpool | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | CM | Danny Whitehead | Macclesfield Town | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | CF | Sam Cosgrove | North Ferriby United | End of Season |
| 21 January 2017 | SS | Kaiyne Woolery | Forest Green Rovers | End of Season |
| 30 January 2017 | CM | Jordan Flores | Blackpool | End of Season |
| 30 January 2017 | MF | Danny O'Brien | Chester | 10 April 2017 |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Billy Mckay | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | End of Season |
| 11 February 2017 | CB | Jack White | Skelmersdale United | End of Season |
| 11 February 2017 | CF | Nathan Randell | Skelmersdale United | End of Season |
| 15 February 2017 | RB | Luke Burke | Barrow | 18 March 2017 |
| 1 April 2017 | GK | Owen Evans | North Ferriby United | End of Season |
* ↑ On 31 January 2017, Billy Mckay's loan at Oldham Athletic was terminated.
* ↑ On 1 January 2017, Danny Whitehead's loan at Cheltenham Town was terminated by mutual consent.
* ↑ On 20 January 2017, Sanmi Odelusi's season-long loan was terminated.
* ↑ On 1 January 2017, Ryan Colclough was recalled from his loan spell at Milton Keynes Dons.

## Squad statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 6 August 2016. Source:
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Ádám Bogdán | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Jussi Jääskeläinen | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Matt Gilks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | LB | Reece James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jake Buxton | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Donervon Daniels | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | RB | Callum Connolly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | Andy Kellett | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 20 | CB | Craig Morgan | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 |
| 21 | CB | Alex Bruce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Stephen Warnock | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Jack Hendry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Luke Burke | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Reece Burke | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Dan Burn | 21+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 |
| 44 | CB | Sam Stubbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 4 | CM | David Perkins | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 |
| 6 | RM | Max Power | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Alex Gilbey | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Sam Morsy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Shaun MacDonald | 20+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22+2 | 1 |
| 17 | RW | Michael Jacobs | 24+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27+4 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Nick Powell | 9+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+6 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Jamie Hanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Jack Byrne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Josh Laurent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Josh Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | Marcus Browne | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | James Weir | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Attackers |||||||||||
| 9 | ST | Will Grigg | 21+5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24+5 | 7 |
| 11 | FW | Gabriel Obertan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Omar Bogle | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Ryan Colclough | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | James Barrigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Mikael Mandron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Left club during season |||||||||||
| - | MF | Tim Chow | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| - | LB | Luke Garbutt | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| - | ST | Craig Davies | 1+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+13 | 1 |
| - | MF | Nathan Byrne | 7+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 |
| - | GK | Dan Lavercombe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | Danny Whitehead | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | SS | Kaiyne Woolery | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | RB | Kyle Knoyle | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | FW | Sam Cosgrove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | MF | Jordi Gómez | 12+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12+4 | 3 |
| - | FW | Adam Le Fondre | 3+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+10 | 1 |
| - | MF | Jordan Flores | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| - | MF | Danny O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| - | MF | Yanic Wildschut | 19+6 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20+7 | 5 |
| - | GK | Jakob Haugaard | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank. | Pos. | No. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| Rank. | Pos. | No. | Name | Goals | Goals | Goals | Goals |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Will Grigg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 25 | Nick Powell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | - | Yanic Wildschut | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | - | Jordi Gómez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | Michael Jacobs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 14 | Omar Bogle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 12 | Callum Connolly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Alex Gilbey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 32 | Reece Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Sam Morsy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Shaun MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | - | Adam Le Fondre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | - | Craig Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 33 | Dan Burn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Gabriel Obertan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

## Competitions
### Season Summary

| Games played | 46 (43 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Games won | 11 (10 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Games drawn | 10 (10 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Games lost | 25 (23 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1League Cup) |
| Goals scored | 42 (39 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 60 (54 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) |
| Goal difference | -19 |
| Clean sheets | 13 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 88 (83 Championship, 5 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) |
| Red cards | 1 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) |
| Best result | 3–0 vs Blackburn Rovers (13 Aug 16) |
| Worst result | 0–4 vs Manchester United (29 Jan 17) |
| Most appearances | Stephen Warnock (45) |
| Top scorer | Will Grigg (7) |
| Points | 40 |

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 52 | |
| 21 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 51 | |
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers (R) | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 51 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic (R) | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 42 | Relegation to EFL League One |
| 24 | Rotherham United (R) | 46 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 98 | −58 | 23 | Relegation to EFL League One |

#### Result by round

| Round | 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 19 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |