# 2016–17 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Swansea City's 97th season in the English football league system, and their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Club
### Management

| Position | Name |
| Owners | Jason Levien Steve Kaplan |
| Chairman | Huw Jenkins |
| Vice Chairman | Leigh Dineen |
| Chief Operating Officer | Chris Pearlman |
| Directors | Martin Morgan Stuart McDonald Romie Chaudhari Bobby Hernreich |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Paul Clement |
| Assistant coach | Nigel Gibbs |
| Assistant coach | Claude Makélélé |
| Performance director | Rich Buchanan |
| Head of Physical Performance | Karl Halabi |
| Loan Player Manager | Alan Curtis |
| Goalkeeping coach | Tony Roberts |
| Head of Player Recruitment | David Leadbeater |
| Club doctor | Dr. Jez McClusky |
| Head of physiotherapist | Kate Rees |
| Physiotherapist |
| Physiotherapist | Ailsa Jones |
| Physiotherapist | Ritson Lloyd |
| Soft-tissue therapist | Adele Callaghan |
| Soft-tissue therapist | Matthew Murray |
| Head of sports science | Jonny Northeast |
| Sport Scientist | Will Sparkes |
| Sport Scientist | Jordan Smith |
| Head Match Analyst | Scott Helmich |
| Football Utilities Co-ordinator | Suzan Eames |
| Football Utilities Assistant | Michael Eames |
| Head Chef | Chris Watkins |

## Squad information
### First team squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 32 | EU | 2014 | 113 | 0 | 2019 | Free |
| 2 | CB | Jordi Amat | 26 | EU | 2013 | 72 | 0 | 2019 | £2,500,000 |
| 3 | FW | Jordan Ayew | 25 | Non-EU | 2017 (Winter) | 14 | 1 | 2020 | £5,000,000 |
| 4 | DM | Ki Sung-yueng | 28 | Non-EU | 2012 | 130 | 10 | 2018 | £5,500,000 |
| 5 | CB | Mike van der Hoorn | 24 | EU | 2016 | 11 | 1 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 6 | CB | Alfie Mawson | 23 | EU | 2016 | 27 | 4 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 7 | CM | Leon Britton | 34 | EU | 2002-2010, 2011 | 521 | 17 | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 8 | CM | Leroy Fer | 27 | EU | 2016 | 48 | 6 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 9 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 32 | EU | 2016 | 35 | 15 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 10 | FW | Borja Bastón | 24 | EU | 2016 | 20 | 1 | 2020 | £15,500,000 |
| 12 | RW | Nathan Dyer | 29 | EU | 2009 | 281 | 31 | 2020 | £400,000 |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 27 | EU | 2015 | 8 | 0 | 2018 | £600,000 |
| 15 | LW | Wayne Routledge | 32 | EU | 2011 | 212 | 21 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 16 | LB | Martin Olsson | 29 | EU | 2017 (Winter) | 15 | 2 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | RW | Modou Barrow | 24 | EU | 2014 | 55 | 2 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 19 | GK | Mark Birighitti | 26 | Non-EU | 2016 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Free |
| 20 | LW | Jefferson Montero | 27 | Non-EU | 2014 | 72 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 22 | RB | Àngel Rangel | 34 | EU | 2007 | 367 | 10 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 23 | AM | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 27 | Non-EU | 2012, 2014 | 131 | 37 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 24 | DM | Jack Cork | 27 | EU | 2015 (Winter) | 83 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 25 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | 38 | EU | 2011 | 52 | 0 | 2017 | Free |
| 26 | RB | Kyle Naughton | 28 | EU | 2015 (Winter) | 71 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 28 | RW | Luciano Narsingh | 26 | EU | 2017 (Winter) | 13 | 0 | 2019 | £4,000,000 |
| 33 | CB | Federico Fernández | 28 | EU | 2014 | 93 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 35 | LB | Stephen Kingsley | 22 | EU | 2014 | 19 | 0 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 42 | CM | Tom Carroll | 24 | EU | 2014, 2017 (Winter) | 17 | 1 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 56 | CM | Jay Fulton | 23 | EU | 2014 (Winter) | 22 | 1 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 62 | FW | Oli McBurnie | 20 | EU | 2015 | 6 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
Updated to match played 21 May 2017 Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Ordered by 2016–17 squad numbers.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Contract length | Fee |
| 31 May 2016 | MF | Tom Plezier | Brabant United F.C. | 2 years | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2016 | MF | Leroy Fer | Queens Park Rangers | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2016 | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | Ajax | 3 years | £2,000,000 |
| 11 July 2016 | MF | George Byers | Free agent | 2 years | Free transfer |
| 12 July 2016 | DF | Tyler Reid | Manchester United | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2016 | GK | Mark Birighitti | Free agent | 2 years | Free transfer |
| 5 August 2016 | FW | Fernando Llorente | Sevilla | 2 years | £5,000,000 |
| 11 August 2016 | FW | Borja Bastón | Atlético Madrid | 4 years | £15,500,000 |
| 30 August 2016 | DF | Alfie Mawson | Barnsley | 4 years | £5,000,000 |
| 12 January 2017 | MF | Luciano Narsingh | PSV Eindhoven | 2½ years | £4,000,000 |
| 17 January 2017 | MF | Tom Carroll | Tottenham Hotspur | 3½ years | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2017 | DF | Martin Olsson | Norwich City | 2½ years | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Jordan Ayew | Aston Villa | 3½ years | £5,000,000 + Neil Taylor |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Expiry date |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Kyle Bartley | Leeds United | End of season |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Oliver Davies | Kilmarnock | 1 September 2016 |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Liam Shephard | Yeovil Town | 2 January 2017 |
| 7 July 2016 | MF | Matt Grimes | Leeds United | End of season |
| 8 July 2016 | MF | Ryan Hedges | Yeovil Town | 2 January 2017 |
| 28 July 2016 | GK | Josh Vickers | Barnet | End of season |
| 29 July 2016 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | Marseille | End of season |
| 29 July 2016 | MF | Kenji Gorré | Northampton Town | 3 January 2017 |
| 5 August 2016 | MF | Adam King | Southend United | End of season |
| 8 August 2016 | MF | Josh Sheehan | Newport County | 21 January 2017 |
| 25 August 2016 | DF | Connor Roberts | Bristol Rovers | 2 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | Franck Tabanou | Granada | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | Marvin Emnes | Blackburn Rovers | 15 January 2017 |
| 14 January 2017 | FW | Alex Samuel | Newport County | End of season |
| 27 January 2017 | MF | Alex Bray | Rotherham United | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Modou Barrow | Leeds United | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Marvin Emnes | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Tom Holland | AFC Fylde | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Owain Jones | Yeovil Town | End of season |
* ↑ On 1 September 2016, Kilmarnock released Oliver Davies cutting his loan deal short.

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Lee Lucas | Motherwell | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Henry Jones | Bangor City | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Daniel Alfei | Free agent | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Kyle Copp | Yeovil Town | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Alex Gogić | Free agent | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | DF | Raheem Hanley | Northampton Town | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | FW | James Demetriou | Karmiotissa | Released |
| 20 May 2016 | GK | Gareth Owen | Free agent | Released |
| 24 May 2016 | FW | Éder | Lille OSC | £4,000,000 |
| 17 June 2016 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | Atalanta | £5,000,000 |
| 8 August 2016 | FW | André Ayew | West Ham United | £20,500,000 |
| 10 August 2016 | DF | Ashley Williams | Everton | £12,000,000 |
| 2 September 2016 | GK | Oliver Davies | Free agent | Released |
| 31 January 2017 | DF | Neil Taylor | Aston Villa | Jordan Ayew swap deal |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Ryan Hedges | Barnsley | Undisclosed |
| 9 May 2017 | FW | Alex Samuel | Stevenage | Free |

### New contracts

| Date signed | Position | Name | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 20 May 2016 | DF | Aaron Lewis | 1 year | June 2017 |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Jack Evans | 1 year | June 2017 |
| 20 May 2016 | MF | Tom Dyson | 1 year | June 2017 |
| 20 May 2016 | GK | Gregor Zabret | 2 years | June 2018 |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 1 year | June 2018 |
| 7 July 2016 | FW | Modou Barrow | 3 years | June 2019 |
| 8 July 2016 | MF | Adam King | 3 years | June 2019 |
| 10 July 2016 | MF | Jay Fulton | 4 years | June 2020 |
| 11 July 2016 | DF | Stephen Kingsley | 4 years | June 2020 |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 4 years | June 2020 |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 4 years | June 2020 |
| 8 August 2016 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 1 year | June 2018 |
| 27 September 2016 | DF | Connor Roberts | 3 years | June 2019 |

## Pre-season friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | — | 15th | 13 August 2016 | 21 May 2017 |
| FA Cup | Third round | — | Third round | 7 January 2017 | 7 January 2017 |
| League Cup | Second round | — | Third round | 23 August 2016 | 21 September 2016 |
Updated to match played 21 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 031.58 |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 41 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 49 | 75 | −26 | 031.71 |
Updated to match played 21 May 2017 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | Stoke City | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 44 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 41 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 41 |
| 16 | Burnley | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 40 |
| 17 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2017. Source: BBC

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

    Last updated on 21 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 37 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2 | DF | Jordi Amat | 15 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3 | FW | Jordan Ayew | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5 | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 6 | DF | Alfie Mawson | 27 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8 | FW | Leroy Fer | 27 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 9 | – |
| 9 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 28 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 2 | – |
| 10 | FW | Borja Bastón | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | – | – |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 16 | DF | Martin Olsson | 14 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| 19 | GK | Mark Birighitti | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | MF | Jefferson Montero | 2 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | – | – |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 37 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 2 | – |
| 24 | MF | Jack Cork | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 25 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 7 | – |
| 28 | MF | Luciano Narsingh | 3 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 0 | – | – |
| 33 | DF | Federico Fernández | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 35 | DF | Stephen Kingsley | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 42 | MF | Tom Carroll | 16 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 62 | FW | Oli McBurnie | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | – |
| Player currently away on loan |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | FW | Modou Barrow | 12 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Player transferred to another club during the season |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |