# 2016–17 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Ipswich Town's 15th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 139th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Kits

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| Home | Away | Away alt.1 | Away alt.2 | Third |

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jonas Knudsen |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Teddy Bishop |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Leon Best |
| 10 | FW | IRL | David McGoldrick |
| 11 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Jordan Spence |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Webster |
| 17 | MF | MRI | Kévin Bru |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Grant Ward |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Freddie Sears |
| 21 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace) |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Jonathan Douglas |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Andre Dozzell |
| 27 | MF | WAL | Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City) |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Kieffer Moore |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Josh Emmanuel |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Myles Kenlock |
| 33 | GK | POL | Bartosz Białkowski |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Danny Rowe |
| 39 | MF | FRA | Toumani Diagouraga (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 42 | FW | ENG | Dominic Samuel (on loan from Reading) |
| 44 | MF | WAL | Emyr Huws (on loan from Cardiff City) |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Steven Taylor |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy (to Newcastle United) |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Luke Varney (to Burton Albion) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Conor Grant (loan return to Everton) |

## First-team coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Mick McCarthy |
| Assistant Manager | Terry Connor |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Malcolm Webster |
| Fitness Coach | Andy Liddell |
| Head Physiotherapist | Matt Byard |
| Assistant Head Physiotherapist | Alex Chapman |
| Kitman | James Pullen |

## Competitions
### EFL Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 14 | Barnsley | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 67 | −3 | 58 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 54 | 58 | −4 | 58 |
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 55 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 54 |
| 18 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 53 |

#### 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: Football League Championship

#### Results by matchday

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 2 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches
### EFL Cup
## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | DM | Paul Digby | Barnsley | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Patrick Webber | Worthing | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Adam Webster | Portsmouth | Undisclosed + player swap |
| 1 August 2016 | RM | Grant Ward | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2016 | CF | Leon Best | Rotherham United | Free transfer |
| 16 January 2017 | CF | Kieffer Moore | Forest Green Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2017 | RB | Jordan Spence | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 26 January 2017 | CB | Steven Taylor | Portland Timbers | Free transfer |
| 27 January 2017 | LM | Danny Rowe | Macclesfield Town | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Fee reported as £750,000 + player swap with Matthew Clarke moving to Portsmouth
* ↑ Fee reported as £600,000
* ↑ Fee reported as £10,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 4 August 2016 | CM | Conor Grant | Everton | 18 November 2016 |
| 30 August 2016 | SS | Tom Lawrence | Leicester City | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | AM | Jonny Williams | Crystal Palace | End of Season |
| 23 January 2017 | DM | Toumani Diagouraga | Leeds United | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | DM | Emyr Huws | Cardiff City | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Dominic Samuel | Reading | End of Season |
* ↑ Conor Grant returned to Everton on 18 November 2016, cutting his loan deal short.

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Matthew Clarke | Portsmouth | Player swap |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Kyle Hammond | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Jonathan Henly | Hemel Hempstead Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Cemal Ramadan | Royston Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | LM | Jay Tabb | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2016 | RW | Larsen Touré | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | Crawley Town | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2016 | CF | Charlie Brown | Chelsea | Compensation |
| 5 August 2016 | RB | Kevin Foley | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2016 | CM | Victor Guldbrandsen | HB Køge | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2016 | CF | Daryl Murphy | Newcastle United | £3,000,000 |
| 31 August 2016 | CB | Piotr Malarczyk | Cracovia | Free transfer |
| 4 January 2017 | LW | Luke Varney | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
* ↑ Matthew Clarke's move to Portsmouth was part of the deal for Adam Webster

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 25 August 2016 | CB | Joe Robinson | Boston United | 1 January 2017 |
| 23 September 2016 | GK | Jacob Marsden | Leiston | 30 June 2017 |
| 26 October 2016 | SS | Monty Patterson | Braintree Town | 1 January 2017 |
| 7 December 2016 | CM | Kundai Benyu | Aldershot Town | 3 March 2017 |
| 3 March 2017 | CB | Joe Robinson | St Albans City | 31 May 2017 |
| 11 March 2017 | CF | Ben Morris | Woking | 1 June 2017 |
| 23 March 2017 | AM | Shane McLoughlin | Bromley | 30 June 2017 |

## Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | POL | Bartosz Białkowski | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jonas Knudsen | 39 | 2 | 35+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers | 48 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra | 46 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Jordan Spence | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Adam Webster | 24 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Josh Emmanuel | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Myles Kenlock | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Steven Taylor | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Teddy Bishop | 20 | 0 | 7+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse | 41 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MRI | Kévin Bru | 28 | 1 | 14+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Grant Ward | 46 | 6 | 34+9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | WAL | Jonny Williams | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Jonathan Douglas | 23 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Andre Dozzell | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | WAL | Tom Lawrence | 36 | 11 | 32+2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Danny Rowe | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | FRA | Toumani Diagouraga | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | WAL | Emyr Huws | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRL | Leon Best | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | David McGoldrick | 31 | 5 | 25+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman | 23 | 4 | 13+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Freddie Sears | 43 | 7 | 30+10 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Kieffer Moore | 11 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | ENG | Dominic Samuel | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Luke Varney | 15 | 3 | 4+11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Conor Grant | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: end of season Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 27 | MF | | Tom Lawrence | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | FW | | Freddie Sears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | MF | | Grant Ward | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Brett Pitman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | FW | | Luke Varney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | MF | | Emyr Huws | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Jonas Knudsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | Adam Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Kévin Bru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 2 | 0 | 50 |

### Assists

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 27 | MF | | Tom Lawrence | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | MF | | Cole Skuse | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | | Grant Ward | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | FW | | Freddie Sears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | | Brett Pitman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Jordan Spence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Adam Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Kévin Bru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | | Myles Kenlock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | FW | | Dominic Samuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | | Emyr Huws | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 1 | 0 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat | Name | Championship | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 33 | | Bartosz Białkowski | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Jonas Knudsen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Luke Chambers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Tommy Smith | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Christophe Berra | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Teddy Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Cole Skuse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | David McGoldrick | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Brett Pitman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Luke Varney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Jordan Spence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Paul Digby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Adam Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kévin Bru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Grant Ward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Freddie Sears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jonathan Douglas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Andre Dozzell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Tom Lawrence | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Josh Emmanuel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Myles Kenlock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Toumani Diagouraga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Emyr Huws | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 0 |

### Starting 11

    Considering starts in all competitions
| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 33 | GK | Bartosz Białkowski | 44 | |
| 4 | RB | Luke Chambers | 48 | |
| 15 | CB | Adam Webster | 22 | |
| 6 | CB | Christophe Berra | 46 | |
| 3 | LB | Jonas Knudsen | 38 | |
| 8 | CM | Cole Skuse | 41 | |
| 22 | CM | Jonathan Douglas | 19 | Kévin Bru has 16 starts |
| 18 | AM | Grant Ward | 37 | |
| 20 | RW | Freddie Sears | 32 | |
| 27 | LW | Tom Lawrence | 34 | |
| 10 | CF | David McGoldrick | 25 | Brett Pitman has 14 starts |
* 4–2–3–1 Formation
* Białkowski
* Chambers(C)
* Webster
* Berra
* Knudsen
* Ward
* Douglas
* Skuse
* Lawrence
* Sears
* McGoldrick

## Awards
### Player awards

| Award | Player |
| Player of the Year | Bartosz Białkowski |
| Players' Player of the Year | Tom Lawrence |
| Young Player of the Year | Tristan Nydam |
| Goal of the Season | Tom Lawrence |