# 2016–17 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 25th season in the Premier League and 39th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup, League Cup, the Champions League, and the Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Tottenham finished as runners-up in the league, seven points behind champions Chelsea. It was their best finish in the Premier League era. The club also had the best attack and defence, scoring 86 and conceding 26 (a goal difference of +60).
The club played their home domestic fixtures at White Hart Lane and their home European fixtures at Wembley Stadium. It was there at White Hart Lane before it was demolished to make way for the new stadium. Tottenham went the season unbeaten at their old stadium in all competitions; it was the first time they had done this in a league campaign since the 1964–65 season. In winning their final fourteen home league matches, they equalled the club record set over the final nine games of 1986–87 and the first five of 1987–88.

## First-team squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (C) | GK | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 30) |
| 13 | Michel Vorm | GK | (1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 33) |
| 30 | Pau López | GK | (1994-12-13)13 December 1994 (aged 22) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Kyle Walker | RB / RWB | (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26) |
| 3 | Danny Rose | LB / LWB | (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 26) |
| 4 | Toby Alderweireld | CB / RB | (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 28) |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen (2nd VC) | CB / LB | (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 30) |
| 16 | Kieran Trippier | RB / RWB | (1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 26) |
| 27 | Kevin Wimmer | CB / LB | (1992-11-15)15 November 1992 (aged 24) |
| 33 | Ben Davies | LB / CB | (1993-04-24)24 April 1993 (aged 24) |
| 38 | Cameron Carter-Vickers | CB / RB | (1997-12-31)31 December 1997 (aged 19) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 11 | Erik Lamela | RW / LW | (1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 25) |
| 12 | Victor Wanyama | DM / CM | (1991-06-25)25 June 1991 (aged 25) |
| 14 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | LW / RW | (1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 22) |
| 15 | Eric Dier | DM / CB / RB | (1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 23) |
| 17 | Moussa Sissoko | CM / DM / RM | (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 27) |
| 19 | Mousa Dembélé | CM / DM | (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 29) |
| 20 | Dele Alli | CM / AM | (1996-04-11)11 April 1996 (aged 21) |
| 23 | Christian Eriksen | AM / SS | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 25) |
| 25 | Josh Onomah | AM / SS | (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 20) |
| 29 | Harry Winks | CM / DM | (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 21) |
| Strikers |||||
| 7 | Son Heung-min | FW / LW / RW / SS | (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 24) |
| 9 | Vincent Janssen | FW | (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22) |
| 10 | Harry Kane (1st VC) | FW / SS | (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 (aged 23) |

## Transfers
### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 31 August 2016 | GK | | Pau López | Espanyol | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 12 July 2016 | MF | Filip Lesniak | Slovan Liberec | 1 January 2017 |
| 3 August 2016 | DF | Federico Fazio | Roma | End of season |
| 25 August 2016 | MF | Nabil Bentaleb | Schalke 04 | End of season |
| 25 August 2016 | FW | William Miller | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Clinton N'Jie | Marseille | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | GK | Luke McGee | Peterborough | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Nathan Oduwa | Peterborough | 1 January 2017 |
| 7 January 2017 | FW | Ryan Loft | Stevenage | End of season |
| 20 January 2017 | FW | Shayon Harrison | Yeovil Town | End of season |
| 24 January 2017 | DF | Connor Ogilvie | Stevenage | End of season |
| 26 January 2017 | MF | Anton Walkes | Atlanta United | End of MLS season |
| 27 January 2017 | MF | Luke Amos | Southend United | End of season |
* ↑ Federico Fazio has cost Roma £1,200,000 for the season-long loan.
* ↑ Nabil Bentaleb has cost Schalke 04 £1,000,000 for the season-long loan.
* ↑ On 24 February 2017 it was announced that Bentaleb would be transferred permanently to Schalke 04 in the Summer.
* ↑ On 5 January 2017, it was announced that William Miller would stay at Burton Albion until the end of the season.
* ↑ On 16 December 2016, it was announced that Luke McGee would stay at Peterborough until the end of the season.
* ↑ On 1 August 2017, it was announced that Anton Walkes would stay at Atlanta United until the end of the MLS season.

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 June 2016 | MF | Victor Wanyama | Southampton | £11,000,000 |
| 12 July 2016 | FW | Vincent Janssen | AZ | £17,000,000 |
| 30 August 2016 | MF | Juan Pablo Gonzalez Velasco | Brentford | Free |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | Marseille | £9,400,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Moussa Sissoko | Newcastle United | £30,000,000 |
| 16 January 2017 | MF | Maximus Tainio | HJK Helsinki | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 26 May 2016 | DF | Christopher Paul | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Emmanuel Sonupe | Northampton Town | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Armani Daly | Free agent | Released |
| 7 June 2016 | MF | Charlie Hayford | Sheffield Wednesday | Released |
| 1 August 2016 | MF | Grant Ward | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2016 | MF | Alex Pritchard | Norwich City | £8,000,000 |
| 12 August 2016 | MF | Dominic Ball | Rotherham United | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2016 | DF | DeAndre Yedlin | Newcastle United | £5,000,000 |
| 29 August 2016 | MF | Nacer Chadli | West Bromwich Albion | £13,000,000 |
| 30 August 2016 | MF | Ryan Mason | Hull City | £13,000,000 |
| 17 January 2017 | MF | Tom Carroll | Swansea City | £4,500,000 |
| 14 February 2017 | MF | Nathan Oduwa | Olimpija Ljubljana | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2017 | MF | Nabil Bentaleb | FC Schalke 04 | £16,000,000 |
* ↑ Following Paul's release he joined Queens Park Rangers.
* ↑ Following Sonupe's release he joined Northampton Town.
* ↑ Following Hayford's release he joined Sheffield Wednesday.
* ↑ Bentaleb deal came into effect on 14 February 2017 but will be complete at the end of the season after his loan spell contract has ended.

### Overall transfer activity
## Friendlies
### Pre-season

On 1 March 2016, it was announced that Tottenham would participate in the Australia edition of the 2016 International Champions Cup. On 24 June, it was announced on the Tottenham Hotspur website that they would also play against Inter Milan in Norway.
Win  Draw  Loss

### Post-season

On 8 May 2017, Spurs confirmed a return to Hong Kong to play an exhibition match against Kitchee SC, which closed Spurs' season.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 13 August 2016 | 21 May 2017 |
| EFL Cup | Third round | Fourth round | 21 September 2016 | 25 October 2016 |
| FA Cup | Third round | Semi-finals | 8 January 2017 | 22 April 2017 |
| Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | 14 September 2016 | 7 December 2016 |
| Europa League | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 16 February 2017 | 23 February 2017 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 86 | 26 | +60 | 068.42 |
| FA Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 080.00 |
| EFL Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Europa League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 53 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 117 | 44 | +73 | 062.26 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Chelsea (C) | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 85 | 33 | +52 | 93 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 86 | 26 | +60 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Manchester City | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 42 | +36 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 FA Cup. As they had also qualified there by the virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Manchester United.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 83 | 86 |

#### Matches

On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MON | LEV | TOT | CSKA |
| 1 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hugo Lloris | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Michel Vorm | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Kyle Walker | 31+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Danny Rose | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Toby Alderweireld | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38+1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Kieran Trippier | 6+6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16+6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Davies | 18+5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29+5 | 2 |
| 38 | DF | Cameron Carter-Vickers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Erik Lamela | 6+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+4 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | Victor Wanyama | 35+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 45+2 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 0+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Eric Dier | 34+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46+2 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | Moussa Sissoko | 8+17 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+22 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 24+6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29+10 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Dele Alli | 35+2 | 18 | 3+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46+4 | 22 |
| 23 | MF | Christian Eriksen | 36 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 45+3 | 12 |
| 25 | MF | Josh Onomah | 0+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+9 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Harry Winks | 3+18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12+21 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | Filip Lesniak | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Anton Walkes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Marcus Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Son Heung-min | 23+11 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 34+14 | 21 |
| 9 | FW | Vincent Janssen | 7+20 | 2 | 1+2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12+26 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | Harry Kane | 29+1 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37+1 | 35 |
| 39 | FW | Shayon Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season. |||||||||||||||
| 28 | DF | Tom Carroll | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 18 May 2017
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Harry Kane | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| 2 | MF | 20 | Dele Alli | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Son Heung-min | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Christian Eriksen | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Vincent Janssen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 12 | Victor Wanyama | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Danny Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Erik Lamela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 15 | Eric Dier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Toby Alderweireld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 33 | Ben Davies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 25 | Josh Onomah | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 29 | Harry Winks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 19 | Mousa Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 84 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 114 |
Last updated: 23 May 2021. Source: premierleague.com, UEFA.com

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Competition | Minutes | Score after goals | Result | Date |
| Harry Kane | West Brom | Premier League | 12', 77', 82' | 1-0, 3-0, 4-0 | 4-0 (H) | 14 January 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Burnley | Premier League | 7', 69', 79' | 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 | 0-3 (A) | 23 December 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Fulham | FA Cup | 16', 51', 73' | 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 | 0-3 (A) | 19 February 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Stoke | Premier League | 14', 32', 37' | 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 | 4-0 (H) | 26 February 2017 |
| Son Heung-min | Millwall | FA Cup | 41', 54', 90+2' | 2-0, 3-0, 6-0 | 6-0 (H) | 12 March 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Leicester | Premier League | 25', 63', 88', 90+2' | 0-1, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6 | 1-6 (A) | 18 May 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Hull | Premier League | 11', 13', 72' | 0-1, 0-2, 1-5 | 1-7 (A) | 21 May 2017 |

#### Own goals

| Player | Against | Competition | Minute | Score after own goal | Result | Date |
| Kevin Wimmer | Arsenal | Premier League | 42' | 1-0 | 1-1 (A) | 6 November 2016 |
| Harry Kane | Gent | Europa League | 20' | 1-1 | 2-2 (H) | 23 February 2017 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Hugo Lloris | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 13 | Michel Vorm | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.