# 2016–17 Manchester City F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Manchester City Football Club's 115th season of competitive football, 88th season in the top flight of English football and 20th season in the Premier League. Along with the league, the club also competed in the UEFA Champions League (for the sixth year in a row), FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Club "brand update"

In conjunction with the recruitment of Pep Guardiola, the manager whom City's executives had sought to hire since they joined the club four years previously and the man synonymous with the style of football they wanted the club to espouse, Manchester City announced a series of adjustments to the club's "brand" prior to the start of the season.
On 15 October 2015, the club announced that they intended to enter into a consultation with their fans over the designing of a new badge to replace the design that had been brought in 1997 and which had largely been unpopular since. The result of the online-based consultation was a design bearing many of the hallmarks of the crest replaced in 1997, plus some elements of the style established by the other club badges of fellow City Football Group teams Melbourne City FC and New York City FC. While many praised the logo for its simplicity and similarity to the beloved previous design, it was criticised from other corners for its slightly amateurish appearance, its removal of the words "Football Club" and for its failure to more closely replicate the earlier badge.
On 30 June 2016, the club unexpectedly announced the renaming of their Twitter accounts and website. Replacing the old "branding" of MCFC (the initials of the club), both social media outlets were rechristened "ManCity". While the move was popular among many, especially the club's more recent foreign fans for whom the styling was already their preferred abbreviation of the club's name, the change provoked another mixed reaction from the Manchester-based core supporter base, with many criticising the decision to use a wording often used by the club's rivals, as well as highlighting the decision to again remove the "Football Club" wording.

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

On 20 July 2016, Manchester City began their pre-season with a 0–1 defeat against Bayern Munich. Due to bad weather during the International Champions Cup, the derby against Manchester United was cancelled, and City went on to play Borussia Dortmund in their next cup match, which they would go on to win 6–5 on penalties after drawing 1–1 at the end of regular time. A match was played on 7 August against Arsenal in the 2016 Supermatchen, which ended 3–2 to Arsenal. To replace the game against Manchester United, which was cancelled, City arranged a friendly against St Johnstone, which was played behind closed doors.

#### 2016 Super Match
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | 3rd | 13 August 2016 | 21 May 2017 |
| FA Cup | Third round | Semi-finals | 6 January 2017 | 23 April 2017 |
| League Cup | Third round | Fourth round | 21 September 2016 | 26 October 2016 |
| UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 16 August 2016 | 5 April 2017 |
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 |
Last updated: 21 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

38 matches were played, two against each other team in the league; one at home and one away.

### FA Cup

As a Premier League club, Manchester City entered the competition in the third round proper, drawing West Ham United away from home.

### League Cup

As a club participating in European competition, Manchester City entered the competition in the third round, drawing Swansea City away from home.

### UEFA Champions League

In the first season under the reign of Pep Guardiola, hopes were high for Manchester City as they progressed to the knockout phase after finishing second in the group that featured Guardiola's former team, Barcelona. City lost their away match to Barça 0–4, but then rebounded to win 3–1 at home. In the round of 16, the Blues were drawn with Monaco and were expected to progress to the quarter-finals. City were trailing 1–2 and 2–3 in their home match before scoring three unanswered goals and winning 5–3. In the away game, the Cityzens were down 0–2 when Leroy Sané scored and seemingly brought the ticket to the quarter-finals to Man City; however, Tiémoué Bakayoko's late goal meant that Monaco progressed further and City were eliminated.

#### Play-off round

The draw for the Champions League play-off round took place on 5 August 2016. Manchester City were a seeded team in the league path, and they were drawn against Steaua București of Romania.

#### Group stage

The group stage draw was made on 25 August 2016 in Monaco. Manchester City were drawn with Barcelona (pot 1), Borussia Mönchengladbach (pot 3), and Celtic (pot 4).
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | MCI | BMG | CEL |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 3 | | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | — |

#### Round of 16
## Squad information
### First-team squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Claudio Bravo | 34 | EU | 2016 | 30 | 0 | 2020 | £15.4M | Second nationality: Spain |
| 3 | RB | Bacary Sagna | 34 | EU | 2014 | 87 | 0 | 2017 | Free | |
| 4 | CB | Vincent Kompany | 31 | EU | 2008 | 313 | 17 | 2019 | £6M | Captain |
| 5 | RB | Pablo Zabaleta | 32 | Non-EU | 2008 | 333 | 12 | 2017 | £6M | |
| 6 | DM | Fernando | 29 | Non-EU | 2014 | 103 | 4 | 2019 | £12M | |
| 7 | LW | Raheem Sterling | 22 | EU | 2015 | 94 | 21 | 2020 | £44M | |
| 8 | CM | İlkay Gündoğan | 26 | EU | 2016 | 16 | 5 | 2020 | £20M | |
| 9 | LW | Nolito | 30 | EU | 2016 | 30 | 6 | 2020 | £13.8M | |
| 10 | ST | Sergio Agüero | 28 | Non-EU | 2011 | 253 | 169 | 2019 | £38M | |
| 11 | LB | Aleksandar Kolarov | 31 | EU | 2010 | 247 | 21 | 2018 | £16M | |
| 13 | GK | Willy Caballero | 35 | Non-EU | 2014 | 48 | 0 | 2017 | £4.4M | |
| 15 | RM | Jesús Navas | 31 | EU | 2013 | 183 | 8 | 2017 | £14.9M | |
| 17 | RM | Kevin De Bruyne | 25 | EU | 2015 | 90 | 23 | 2021 | £54.5M | Record Signing |
| 18 | CM | Fabian Delph | 27 | EU | 2015 | 42 | 4 | 2020 | £8M | |
| 19 | RM | Leroy Sané | 21 | EU | 2016 | 37 | 9 | 2021 | £37M | |
| 21 | AM | David Silva | 31 | EU | 2010 | 306 | 51 | 2019 | £24M | |
| 22 | LB | Gaël Clichy | 31 | EU | 2011 | 203 | 3 | 2017 | £7M | |
| 24 | CB | John Stones | 22 | EU | 2016 | 41 | 2 | 2022 | £47.5M | |
| 25 | CM | Fernandinho | 32 | Non-EU | 2013 | 183 | 17 | 2017 | £30M | |
| 30 | CB | Nicolás Otamendi | 29 | Non-EU | 2015 | 92 | 2 | 2020 | £28M | |
| 33 | ST | Gabriel Jesus | 20 | Non-EU | 2017 | 11 | 7 | 2021 | £27M | |
| 42 | CM | Yaya Touré | 34 | Non-EU | 2010 | 299 | 82 | 2017 | £24M | |
| 50 | RB | Pablo Maffeo | 19 | EU | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2019 | £85,000 | Academy Graduate |
| 53 | CB | Tosin Adarabioyo | 19 | EU | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2017 | Free | Academy Graduate |
| 54 | GK | Angus Gunn | 21 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | £235,000 | Academy Graduate |
| 69 | LB | Angeliño | 20 | EU | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2019 | £3.83M | Academy Graduate |
| 72 | ST | Kelechi Iheanacho | 20 | Non-EU | 2015 | 64 | 21 | 2021 | £360,000 | Academy Graduate |
| 75 | CM | Aleix García | 19 | EU | 2014 | 9 | 1 | 2020 | £1.7M | Academy Graduate |
Updated to match played 21 May 2017 Source: mancity.com
Ordered by squad number. Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

### Playing statistics

    As of 21 May 2017
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Claudio Bravo | GK | 22 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 1 | 30 | | | 1 |
| 3 | | Bacary Sagna | DF | 17 | | 2 | | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | 5 | | 1 | | 25 | | 4 | |
| 4 | | Vincent Kompany | DF | 10 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 14 | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | | Pablo Zabaleta | DF | 19 | 1 | 2 | | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 7 | | 2 | | 31 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | | Fernando | MF | 14 | | 3 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | 6 | | | | 26 | | 4 | |
| 7 | | Raheem Sterling | MF | 33 | 7 | 7 | | 5 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 8 | 2 | 3 | | 47 | 10 | 11 | |
| 8 | | İlkay Gündoğan | MF | 10 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 2 | 1 | | 16 | 5 | 1 | |
| 9 | | Nolito | FW | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | 1 | | | | 6 | 2 | | | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | | Sergio Agüero | FW | 31 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | | | 1 | | | | 8 | 8 | 1 | | 45 | 33 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | | Aleksandar Kolarov | DF | 28 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 8 | | 2 | | 39 | 1 | 9 | |
| 13 | | Willy Caballero | GK | 16 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | | 26 | | | |
| 15 | | Jesús Navas | MF | 24 | | 2 | | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | | 36 | | 2 | |
| 17 | | Kevin De Bruyne | MF | 35 | 5 | 4 | | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 48 | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | | Fabian Delph | MF | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 13 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 | | Leroy Sané | FW | 25 | 5 | 3 | | 5 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | | | | 4 | 2 | | | 36 | 9 | 4 | |
| 21 | | David Silva | MF | 33 | 4 | 6 | | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | 2 | 1 | | 44 | 8 | 7 | |
| 22 | | Gaël Clichy | DF | 25 | 1 | 2 | | 5 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | 7 | | | | 39 | 2 | 2 | |
| 24 | | John Stones | DF | 26 | | 1 | | 4 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 9 | 1 | | | 40 | 2 | 1 | |
| 25 | | Fernandinho | MF | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 30 | | Nicolás Otamendi | DF | 29 | 1 | 9 | | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 7 | | 2 | | 42 | 1 | 12 | |
| 33 | | Gabriel Jesus | FW | 10 | 7 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 7 | 2 | |
| 42 | | Yaya Touré | MF | 24 | 4 | 4 | | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 30 | 6 | 5 | |
| 50 | | Pablo Maffeo | DF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 53 | | Tosin Adarabioyo | DF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | |
| 54 | | Angus Gunn | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | | Brahim Díaz | MF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| 69 | | Angeliño | DF | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 72 | | Kelechi Iheanacho | FW | 20 | 4 | | | 3 | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 | | 4 | 2 | | | 29 | 7 | 1 | |
| 75 | | Aleix García | MF | 4 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | 1 | | |
| On loan | | Joe Hart | GK | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | |
| On loan | | Samir Nasri | MF | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 5 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 6 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 65 | 65 | 4 | | 16 | 9 | 0 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | | 24 | 17 | 2 | | 107 | 93 | 6 |
Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Squad Profiles (for actual stats.)

### Goalscorers

    Correct as of match played on 21 May 2017
| No. | Pos. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League | TOTAL |
| 10 | FW | Sergio Agüero | 20 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 33 |
| 7 | MF | Raheem Sterling | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 19 | FW | Leroy Sané | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 21 | MF | David Silva | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 42 | MF | Yaya Touré | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | FW | Gabriel Jesus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 72 | FW | Kelechi Iheanacho | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | MF | Kevin De Bruyne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Nolito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | İlkay Gündoğan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | Vincent Kompany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | MF | Fernandinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | Gaël Clichy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | John Stones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Pablo Zabaleta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Fabian Delph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75 | MF | Aleix García | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Aleksandar Kolarov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Nicolás Otamendi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 80 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 122 |

### Awards
#### Premier League Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
| Month | Player |
| August | Raheem Sterling |

#### Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
| Month | Player |
| February | Pep Guardiola |

#### Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the club's official website
| Month | Player |
| August | Raheem Sterling |
| September | Kevin De Bruyne |
| October | İlkay Gündoğan |
| November | Kevin De Bruyne |
| December | Yaya Touré |
| January | David Silva |
| February | Leroy Sané |
| March | Leroy Sané |

#### Etihad Player of the Season

In association with the Official Manchester City Supporters Club David Silva

## Transfers
### Transfers in

* Gündogan signs with Manchester City
* Footballers Neymar, Zlatan, Nolito sign contracts
Total spending: £171,500,000

### Transfers out

Total earnings: £28,000,000

### Loans out

* ↑ On 31 January 2017, Angeliño's half-season loan at Girona was cut short and he joined RCD Mallorca for the remainder of the season.
* ↑ On 6 January 2017, Jack Byrne's season-long loan at Blackburn Rovers was cut short.
* ↑ On 2 January 2017, David Faupala's season-long loan at NAC Breda was cut short.
* ↑ On 11 January 2017, Manu García's season-long loan at Alavés was cut short and he joined NAC Breda for the remainder of the season.
* ↑ On 17 January 2017, Bruno Zuculini's season-long loan at Vallecano was cut short and he joined Hellas Verona for the remainder of the season.