# 2016–17 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Sunderland's 138th season in existence, and their tenth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
The club was relegated to the second tier for the first time in ten years at the end of the season, finishing bottom of the table with 24 points.

## First team squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Vito Mannone | GK | 29 | 80 | 0 | Arsenal |
| 12 | Mika | GK | 26 | 0 | 0 | Boavista |
| 13 | Jordan Pickford | GK | 23 | 23 | 0 | Academy |
| 32 | Max Stryjek U23 | GK | 20 | 0 | 0 | Polonia Warsaw |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Billy Jones | RB | 30 | 61 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 3 | Bryan Oviedo | LB | 27 | 3 | 0 | Everton |
| 4 | Jason Denayer | CB | 22 | 19 | 0 | Manchester City (on loan) |
| 5 | Papy Djilobodji | CB | 28 | 23 | 0 | Chelsea |
| 15 | Joleon Lescott | CB | 34 | 1 | 0 | AEK Athens |
| 16 | John O'Shea (captain) | CB | 36 | 206 | 3 | Manchester United |
| 19 | Paddy McNair | CB | 22 | 12 | 2 | Manchester United |
| 21 | Javier Manquillo | RB | 23 | 14 | 0 | Atlético Madrid (on loan) |
| 22 | Donald Love | RB | 22 | 15 | 0 | Manchester United |
| 23 | Lamine Koné | CB | 28 | 37 | 3 | Lorient |
| 34 | Thomas Robson U23 | LB | 21 | 1 | 0 | Darlington |
| 43 | Michael Ledger U23 | CB | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy |
| 45 | Josh Robson U23 | RB | 19 | 0 | 0 | Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | Lee Cattermole (vice-captain) | DM | 29 | 184 | 2 | Wigan Athletic |
| 7 | Sebastian Larsson | CM | 32 | 195 | 14 | Birmingham City |
| 8 | Jack Rodwell | CM | 26 | 66 | 6 | Manchester City |
| 10 | Wahbi Khazri | AM | 26 | 29 | 2 | Bordeaux |
| 14 | Duncan Watmore | RW | 23 | 43 | 4 | Altrincham |
| 17 | Didier Ndong | CM | 23 | 22 | 1 | Lorient |
| 20 | Steven Pienaar | LW | 35 | 16 | 0 | Everton |
| 24 | Darron Gibson | CM | 29 | 3 | 0 | Everton |
| 25 | Ethan Robson U23 | CM | 20 | 0 | 0 | Academy |
| 27 | Jan Kirchhoff | DM | 26 | 23 | 0 | Bayern Munich |
| 37 | Rees Greenwood U23 | LW | 21 | 1 | 0 | Academy |
| 39 | George Honeyman U23 | AM | 22 | 6 | 0 | Academy |
| 44 | Adnan Januzaj | RW | 22 | 21 | 1 | Manchester United (on loan) |
| 46 | Lynden Gooch | AM | 21 | 13 | 0 | Academy |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Fabio Borini | ST | 26 | 81 | 16 | Liverpool |
| 18 | Jermain Defoe | ST | 34 | 82 | 36 | Toronto FC |
| 28 | Victor Anichebe | ST | 29 | 12 | 3 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 29 | Joel Asoro | ST | 18 | 4 | 0 | IF Brommapojkarna |
| 35 | Josh Maja U18 | ST | 18 | 1 | 0 | Manchester City |

## Transfers and loans
### New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Until |
| 3 | LB | Patrick van Aanholt | June 2020 |
| 18 | ST | Jermain Defoe | June 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Vito Mannone | June 2018 |
| 23 | CB | Lamine Koné | June 2021 |

### Loans out
## Pre-season friendlies

On 3 June 2016, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendlies against Hartlepool United and Rotherham United.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Burnley | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 40 | |
| 17 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 40 | |
| 18 | Hull City (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 80 | −43 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Middlesbrough (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 28 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Sunderland (R) | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 24 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Premier League

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 16 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches
### EFL Cup
## Statistics
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 015.79 |
| FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | 43 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 018.60 |
Source: Competitions

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Vito Mannone | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 29 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CRC | Bryan Oviedo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BEL | Jason Denayer | 27 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Papy Djilobodji | 23 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Lee Cattermole | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson | 23 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jack Rodwell | 23 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Fabio Borini | 26 | 2 | 19+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Wahbi Khazri | 23 | 1 | 7+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | POR | Mika | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Duncan Watmore | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Joleon Lescott | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRL | John O'Shea | 30 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong | 33 | 1 | 27+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 40 | 15 | 37 | 15 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | NIR | Paddy McNair | 12 | 2 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar | 17 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo | 22 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Donald Love | 16 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CIV | Lamine Koné | 31 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Jan Kirchhoff | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | NGA | Victor Anichebe | 19 | 3 | 14+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SWE | Joel Asoro | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | POL | Max Stryjek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Josh Maja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | George Honeyman | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Adnan Januzaj | 28 | 1 | 18+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | MF | USA | Lynden Gooch | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | NED | Jeremain Lens | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer with club: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | NED | Patrick van Aanholt | 26 | 3 | 20+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Younès Kaboul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated on 4 February 2017.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | Jermain Defoe | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | DF | 3 | Patrick van Aanholt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Victor Anichebe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | 19 | Paddy McNair | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Fabio Borini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Didier Ndong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 23 | Lamine Koné | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 44 | Adnan Januzaj | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 27 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.
    Correct as of match played on 26 February 2017
| No. | Nat. | Player | Matches Played | Clean Sheet % | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Vito Mannone | 11 | 27% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | Mika | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | | Jordan Pickford | 20 | 15% | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | | Max Stryjek | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 31 | 19% | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 26 February 2017
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Billy Jones | 4 | | | | | | 1 | | | 5 | | |
| 3 | DF | Bryan Oviedo | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | Jason Denayer | 2 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 5 | DF | Papy Djilobodji | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 6 | MF | Lee Cattermole | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 7 | MF | Sebastian Larsson | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 8 | MF | Jack Rodwell | 4 | | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| 9 | FW | Fabio Borini | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 10 | MF | Wahbi Khazri | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 4 | | |
| 14 | MF | Duncan Watmore | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 16 | DF | John O'Shea | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 17 | MF | Didier Ndong | 4 | | | | | | 1 | | | 5 | | |
| 18 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 20 | MF | Steven Pienaar | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | 4 | 1 | |
| 21 | DF | Javi Manquillo | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 22 | DF | Donald Love | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | |
| 23 | DF | Lamine Koné | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | |
| 24 | MF | Darron Gibson | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 27 | MF | Jan Kirchhoff | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 28 | FW | Victor Anichebe | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 39 | MF | George Honeyman | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | | |
| 44 | MF | Adnan Januzaj | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | 3 | 1 | |
| 46 | MF | Lynden Gooch | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 54 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 |