# 2016–17 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

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 | Name | From | Fee |
| 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 | Name | From | Date until |
| 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 | Name | To | Date until |
| 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 | Name | To | Fee |
| 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 |
* ↑ Following Lloyd Allinson being release, he later signed for Chesterfield.
* ↑ Following Callum Charlton being released, he later signed for Altrincham.
* ↑ Following Duane Holmes being released, he later signed for Scunthorpe United.
* ↑ Following Ishmael Miller being released, he later signed for Bury.
* ↑ Following Joe Wilkinson being released, he later signed for Buxton.

## 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.
Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): Pure Legal Limited (home), Radian B (away), Covonia (third)
| Home | Away | Away alt. | Third | GK (1) | GK (2) | GK (3) | GK (4) |
Last updated: 5 June 2017. Source: The English Football League Championship 2016–2017 - Historical Football kits

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

20:23, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | WAL | Danny Ward | 46 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tommy Smith | 47 | 4 | 40+2 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dean Whitehead | 20 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson | 26 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg | 43 | 1 | 33+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Sean Scannell | 16 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing | 28 | 2 | 13+11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | COD | Elias Kachunga | 48 | 13 | 41+1 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 51 | 4 | 42+3 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Harry Bunn | 19 | 2 | 6+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | 15 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Joel Coleman | 10 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Martin Cranie | 21 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Chris Löwe | 45 | 2 | 39+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Jack Payne | 28 | 4 | 10+13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NED | Rajiv van La Parra | 46 | 2 | 36+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Joe Lolley | 22 | 1 | 8+11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Ivan Paurević | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BER | Nahki Wells | 47 | 10 | 31+12 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Collin Quaner | 22 | 3 | 9+7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Christopher Schindler | 48 | 2 | 43+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | SVN | Jon Gorenc Stanković | 12 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Isaiah Brown | 21 | 5 | 12+3 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GER | Michael Hefele | 42 | 5 | 28+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Kasey Palmer | 27 | 4 | 16+8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Cards

    As of 28 May 2017
| Number | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Michael Hefele | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tommy Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Chris Löwe | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mark Hudson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Elias Kachunga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Aaron Mooy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Dean Whitehead | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Nahki Wells | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Kasey Palmer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Christopher Schindler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Izzy Brown | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Philip Billing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Rajiv van La Parra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Jon Gorenc Stanković | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Collin Quaner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Danny Ward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Jack Payne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Sean Scannell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Harry Bunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Martin Cranie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ivan Paurević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 91 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 4 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 6 August 2016 | 7 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 054.35 |
| Play-Offs | 14 May 2017 | 29 May 2017 | Semi-Finals | Final | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2017 | 1 March 2017 | Third round | Fifth round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 9 August 2016 | 9 August 2016 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 29 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Championship
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2017. Source:

#### Results 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Reading | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 85 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Fulham | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 80 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Leeds United | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 75 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

#### Play-offs
### EFL Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw was made, Huddersfield Town were drawn away against Shrewsbury Town.