# 2016–17 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Norwich City's return to the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League last season. This season they participated in the Championship, FA Cup and League Cup. The Norwich City development squad also participated in the EFL Trophy. The fixture list for the season was announced on 22 June 2016, and the Championship season began on 6 August 2016. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## First-team squad

    As of 17 January 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | John Ruddy |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Steven Whittaker |
| 3 | DF | NED | Mitchell Dijks |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Russell Martin (captain) |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Sébastien Bassong |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Steven Naismith |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jonny Howson (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | POR | Nélson Oliveira |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Cameron Jerome |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Matt Jarvis |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Paul Jones |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Wes Hoolahan |
| 15 | DF | SUI | Timm Klose |
| 17 | MF | NED | Yanic Wildschut |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | COD | Youssouf Mulumbu |
| 19 | FW | NIR | Kyle Lafferty |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Alex Pritchard |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Jacob Murphy |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ryan Bennett |
| 25 | DF | POR | Ivo Pinto |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Michael Turner |
| 27 | MF | NOR | Alexander Tettey |
| 28 | MF | ENG | James Maddison |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Carlton Morris |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Josh Murphy |
| 33 | GK | NIR | Michael McGovern |
| 34 | MF | WAL | Louis Thompson |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Ben Godfrey |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Ray Grant |
| — | GK | ENG | Declan Rudd |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Tony Andreu (at Dundee United until the end of the 2016–17 season) |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Harry Toffolo (at Scunthorpe United until the end of the 2016–17 season) |
| — | GK | ENG | Remi Matthews (at Hamilton Academical until the end of the 2016–17 season) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 July 2016 | RW | Sergi Canós | Liverpool | £2,550,000 |
| 19 July 2016 | GK | Michael McGovern | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2016 | GK | Paul Jones | Portsmouth | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2016 | AM | Alex Pritchard | Tottenham Hotspur | £8,000,000 |
| 25 August 2016 | GK | Jon McCracken | Hamilton Academical | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2016 | CF | Nélson Oliveira | Benfica | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | LW | Yanic Wildschut | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
Total spending: £10,550,000

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Reiss Awuah | None | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Afolabi Coker | Lewes | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CB | Adel Gafaiti | MC Oran | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Reece Hall-Johnson | Maidstone United | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | AM | Cameron King | None | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Jamar Loza | None | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Cameron Norman | None | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Gary O'Neil | Bristol City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | RW | Nathan Redmond | Southampton | £10,000,000 |
| 1 July 2016 | LB | Arinse Uade | None | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | CM | Tom Walters | Europa Point | Free transfer |
| 18 July 2016 | GK | Jake Kean | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 28 July 2016 | ST | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | Vitesse Arnhem | £500,000 |
| 5 August 2016 | CM | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | Legia Warsaw | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2016 | GK | Marcus Beauchamp | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 17 January 2017 | LB | Martin Olsson | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | LM | Robbie Brady | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | RW | Sergi Canós | Brentford | Undisclosed |
Total incoming: £10,500,000 (reported £27,500,000)
* ↑ Following Coker's release, he signed for Lewes.
* ↑ Following Kean's departure, he signed for Sheffield Wednesday.
* ↑ Fee reported as £4,000,000
* ↑ Fee reported as £13,000,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 31 January 2017 | LB | | Mitchell Dijks | Ajax | End of Season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 16 July 2016 | GK | Remi Matthews | Hamilton Academical | End of Season |
| 2 August 2016 | GK | Declan Rudd | Charlton Athletic | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | Tony Andreu | Dundee United | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | AM | James Maddison | Aberdeen | 4 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | LB | Harry Toffolo | Scunthorpe United | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Carlton Morris | Rotherham United | End of season |
* ↑ On 7 January, Toffolo's loan was extended until the end of the season

## Pre-season friendlies

On 27 May 2016, Norwich City announced their pre-season schedule, which included a week long pre-season training camp in Burgenland, Austria. Their opponents for the two friendlies in Austria were later announced as FK Dukla Prague and Rubin Kazan. On 9 June 2016, they announced that Norwich's final pre-season friendly would be against Hannover 96.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| EFL Championship | 6 August 2016 | 7 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 85 | 69 | +16 | 043.48 |
| FA Cup | 7 January 2017 | 18 January 2017 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 23 August 2016 | 25 October 2016 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 97 | 75 | +22 | 043.14 |
Source: Soccerway

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Fulham | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 85 | 57 | +28 | 80 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Leeds United | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 75 | |
| 8 | Norwich City | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 85 | 69 | +16 | 70 | |
| 9 | Derby County | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 67 | |
| 10 | Brentford | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 75 | 65 | +10 | 64 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source:

#### Matches

The Championship fixture list was released on 22 June 2016. Norwich's first game was away to Blackburn Rovers.

### EFL Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Championship | Championship | Championship | 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 | John Ruddy | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | Steven Whittaker | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mitchell Dijks | 15 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Graham Dorrans | 22 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Russell Martin | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | CB | Sébastien Bassong | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | CAM | Steven Naismith | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | CM | Jonny Howson | 37 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | ST | Nélson Oliveira | 16 | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | ST | Cameron Jerome | 31 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | LM | Matt Jarvis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Paul Jones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | CAM | Wes Hoolahan | 30 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | CB | Timm Klose | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Yanic Wildschut | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Youssouf Mulumbu | 7 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | ST | Kyle Lafferty | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | RM | Jacob Murphy | 32 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | CB | Ryan Bennett | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | RB | Ivo Pinto | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | CB | Michael Turner | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | CDM | Alexander Tettey | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | James Maddison | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | ST | Carlton Morris | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | LM | Josh Murphy | 8 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Michael McGovern | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Louis Thompson | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Ben Godfrey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Ray Grant | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Louis Ramsay | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Glen Middleton | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | Declan Rudd | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | Tony Andreu | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | LB | Harry Toffolo | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | GK | Remi Matthews | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | LB | Martin Olsson | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Robbie Brady | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Sergi Canós | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | Cameron Jerome | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | ST | Nélson Oliveira | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | RM | Jacob Murphy | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | CAM | Wes Hoolahan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | CAM | Steven Naismith | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | Jonny Howson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | Graham Dorrans | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | LM | Josh Murphy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Robbie Brady | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | ST | Kyle Lafferty | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Russell Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Sergi Canós | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | Martin Olsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Ivo Pinto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Timm Klose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Mitchell Dijks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Yanic Wildschut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | James Maddison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Steven Whittaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Ben Godfrey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 85 | 2 | 10 | 97 |