# 2016–17 Chesterfield F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Chesterfield's 150th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 14 March 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 | ENG | Tommy Lee |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Paul McGinn |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Daniel Jones |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Sam Hird (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ian Evatt (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Dan Gardner |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ángel |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Ched Evans |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Reece Mitchell |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Ryan Fulton (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 15 | FW | FRA | David Faupala (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Connor Dimaio |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jon Nolan |
| 19 | MF | WAL | Dion Donohue |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Kristian Dennis |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Lloyd Allinson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | BER | Rai Simons |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson (on loan from Burnley) |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Osman Kakay (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys (player-coach) |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Laurence Maguire |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Liam Grimshaw (on loan from Preston North End) |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jake Beesley |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Curtis Morrison |
| 32 | DF | LBY | Sadiq El Fitouri |
| 33 | DF | NZL | Liam Graham |
| 34 | DF | NGA | Ify Ofoegbu |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Ricky German |
| 36 | GK | ENG | Dylan Parkin |
| 38 | GK | GER | Thorsten Stuckmann |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Joe Rowley |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Matt Duke (player/goalkeeper coach) |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Charlie Wakefield |

### 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 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Charlie Raglan (at Oxford United until the end of the season) |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Jay O'Shea (at Sheffield United until the end of the season) |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Kristian Dennis | Stockport County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Ched Evans | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Paul McGinn | Dundee | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LW | Reece Mitchell | Chelsea | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Jon Nolan | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2016 | GK | Lloyd Allinson | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 2 February 2017 | RB | Sadiq El Fitouri | Manchester United | Free transfer |
| 18 February 2017 | GK | Thorsten Stuckmann | Partick Thistle | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Aaron Chapman | Accrington Stanley | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | Kidderminster Harriers | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Byron Harrison | Barrow | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | DM | Chris Herd | Gillingham | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Michael Onovwigun | Dulwich Hamlet | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Jordan Slew | Plymouth Argyle | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Drew Talbot | Portsmouth | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Jake Orrell | Hartlepool United | Free transfer |
| 19 July 2016 | AM | Ollie Banks | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 13 January 2017 | CM | Gary Liddle | Carlisle United | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | RW | Gboly Ariyibi | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | DM | Liam O'Neil | Cambridge United | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2017 | LW | Derek Daly | Waterford | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Following Chapman's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.
* ↑ Following Dieseruvwe's release, he signed for Kidderminster Harriers.
* ↑ Following Harrison's release, he signed for Barrow.
* ↑ Following Herd's release, he signed for Gillingham.
* ↑ Following Onovwigun's release, he signed for Dulwich Hamlet.
* ↑ Following Slew's release, he signed for Plymouth Argyle.
* ↑ Following Talbot's release, he signed for Portsmouth.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 10 July 2016 | GK | Ryan Fulton | Liverpool | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | CB | Tom Anderson | Burnley | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | CF | Conor Wilkinson | Bolton Wanderers | 9 January 2017 |
| 31 January 2017 | CM | Reece Brown | Birmingham City | 14 March 2017 |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | David Faupala | Manchester City | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | DM | Liam Grimshaw | Preston North End | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | RB | Osman Kakay | Queens Park Rangers | End of Season |
* ↑ Brown's loan was ended early on 14 March 2017.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 31 August 2016 | CF | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Shrewsbury Town | 9 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | CB | Charlie Raglan | Oxford United | End of season |
| 24 January 2017 | AM | Jay O'Shea | Sheffield United | End of season |
* ↑ On 3 January 2017, Raglan's loan at Oxford United was extended until the end of the season.

## Competitions
### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 20 | Gillingham | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 59 | 79 | −20 | 50 | |
| 21 | Port Vale (R) | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 49 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 22 | Swindon Town (R) | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 44 | 66 | −22 | 44 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 23 | Coventry City (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 68 | −31 | 39 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
| 24 | Chesterfield (R) | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 37 | Relegation to EFL League Two |

#### Matches
### EFL Trophy

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Chesterfield | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Accrington Stanley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |

## Statistics
### Appearances

* Italics indicate loan player
* Asterisk indicates player left club mid-season
* Source:
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League One | League One | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Tommy Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Paul McGinn | 19 | 2 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Daniel Jones | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Sam Hird | 37 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Gary Liddle* | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ian Evatt | 39 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Dan Gardner | 38 | 2 | 22+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ángel | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Ched Evans | 29 | 7 | 20+5 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | 14 | 3 | 9+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Reece Mitchell | 32 | 2 | 18+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Ryan Fulton | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Liam O'Neil* | 20 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | FRA | David Faupala | 14 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Charlie Raglan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Connor Dimaio | 29 | 1 | 17+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jon Nolan | 37 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | WAL | Dion Donohue | 42 | 1 | 36+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Kristian Dennis | 43 | 10 | 27+9 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Lloyd Allinson | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | BER | Rai Simons | 25 | 0 | 6+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson | 39 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IRL | Conor Wilkinson* | 12 | 4 | 6+6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Osman Kakay | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Ritchie Humphreys | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Jay O'Shea | 33 | 8 | 23+4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Laurence Maguire | 16 | 1 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | USA | Gboly Ariyibi* | 36 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Liam Grimshaw | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Jake Beesley | 10 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Curtis Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | IRL | Derek Daly* | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | LBY | Sadiq El Fitouri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | NZL | Liam Graham | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Ify Ofoegbu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Ricky German | 9 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | ENG | Dylan Parkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Reece Brown* | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | GER | Thorsten Stuckmann | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Joe Rowley | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Matt Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Jack Brownell | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Charlie Wakefield | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rnk | No | Pos | Nat | Name | League One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Kristian Dennis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | | Jay O'Shea | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Ched Evans | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 24 | FW | | Conor Wilkinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | FW | | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Liam O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 7 | MF | | Dan Gardner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 6 | DF | | Ian Evatt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 23 | DF | | Tom Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 11 | MF | | Reece Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 2 | DF | | Paul McGinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | MF | | Gary Liddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 4 | DF | | Sam Hird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 18 | MF | | Jon Nolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 15 | FW | | David Faupala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 19 | MF | | Dion Donohue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 39 | MF | | Joe Rowley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 17 | MF | | Connor Dimaio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | 27 | DF | | Laurence Maguire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 53 |