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Newcastle United
2016–17 season
Owner Mike Ashley
Managing directorLee Charnley
Manager Rafael Benítez
Stadium St James' Park
Championship Pre–Season
EFL Cup Second Round
FA Cup Third round
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The 2016–17 season will be Newcastle United's first season back in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season in their 124th year in existence. This season Newcastle United will participate in the Football League Championship, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Season overview

11 May 2016: Newcastle United were relegated to the Football League Championship as rivals Sunderland won 3–0 against Everton. [1]

25 May 2016: Rafael Benítez confirmed that he will stay at the club on a three-year contract. [2]

27 May 2016: The club announced that they would travel to Ireland for a week-long training camp. [3]

1 June 2016: Fabio Pecchia confirmed that he leave the club to manage Hellas Verona. [4]

2 June 2016: A day later Mikel Antía replaced Fabio Pecchia as first team coach. [5] The club confirmed their first pre-season game against Bohemian on July 16. [6]

3 June 2016: The club confirmed that Steven Taylor will leave the club when his contract expires. [7] The also confirm that an option in Kevin Mbabu's contract has been exercised, extending the left-back's contract for a further two years. In addition, Macaulay Gillesphey, Ton Heardman and Liam Smith all agreed new professional contracts, while Stefan Broccoli, Kyle Cameron, Liam Gibson, Brendan Pearson and Callum Williams all signed their first professional contracts at the club. Academy players Luke Charman, Jamie Holmes, Jack Hunter, Sean Longstaff, Michael Newberry, Ben Smith, Dan Ward and Paul Woolston all received extensions to their scholarship deals, while fellow academy players Jamie Cobain, Louis Johnson, Adam Laidler, Ben Pollock, Lewis Suddick and Jake Trodd were all released after not being offered extensions. [8]

8 June 2016: The club confirmed a friendly match against Doncaster Rovers which will take place on 20 July 2016. [9]

22 June 2016: The fixture list for the Football League Championship were announced. Newcastle United will start at Fulham on 5 August at 19:45. [10]

23 June 2016: The club confirmed a friendly match against Vitesse which will take place on 30 July 2016. [11]

25 June 2016: The club confirmed a friendly match against KSC Lokeren which will take place on 23 July 2016. [12]

29 June 2016: Belgian goalkeeper Matz Sels joined Newcastle United on a five-year deal. [13]

1 July 2016: Dwight Gayle joins the club from Crystal Palace on a 5-year deal. [14] The club also confirmed that Andros Townsend would be going the other way around. [15] Newcastle United have signed Matt Ritchie from AFC Bournemouth. [16]

5 July 2016: The club confirmed a friendly match against Southend United which will take place on 26 July 2016. [17] The club also confirmed that captain Fabricio Coloccini would return to Argentina to join San Lorenzo, ending his eight-year association with the club. [18]

8 July 2016: Newcastle United sign defender Jesús Gámez from La Liga outfit Atlético Madrid. [19] The club also confirmed the signing of youngsters Yasin Ben El-Mhanni and Stuart Findlay. [20]

9 July 2016: The club confirmed the departure of striker Papiss Cissé to join Chinese Super League club Shandong Luneng Taishan. [21]

11 July 2016: Isaac Hayden joined the club from Arsenal on a five-year deal. [22]

3 August 2016: Ciaran Clark and Mohamed Diamé joins Newcastle United from Aston Villa and Hull City respectively. [23] [24]

Club

Coaching staff

The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2016–17 season consists of the following:

First Team

Position Staff
Manager Spain Rafael Benítez
Assistant Coach Scotland Ian Cathro
First Team Coach Spain Mikel Antía
First Team Coach Spain Antonio Gómez Pérez
Fitness Coach Spain Francisco de Míguel Moreno
Strength and Conditioning Coach England Chris Wilding
Goalkeeping Coach England Simon Smith
Head of Sports Science & Medicine England Paul Catterson
Rehabilitation Fitness Coach Spain Cristian Fernández Martínez
Head of Physiotherapy England Derek Wright
Physiotherapist Spain Daniel Martí
Physiotherapist England Michael Harding
Physiotherapist England Carl Nelson
Chief Scout England Graham Carr

Last updated: 29 June 2016
Source: Coaching Staff Index

First team squad

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed Signed from Signing fee
Goalkeepers
21 Rob Elliot Republic of Ireland [a] GK (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30) 2011 England Charlton Athletic £300k
26 Karl Darlow England GK (1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 25) 2014 England Nottingham Forest £3m
28 Matz Sels Belgium GK (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 24) 2016 Belgium Gent £4.5m
41 Freddie Woodman England GK (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 19) 2014 England Newcastle United Academy Free
Defenders
2 Ciaran Clark Republic of Ireland CB (1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 26) 2016 England Aston Villa £5m
3 Paul Dummett Wales [b] LB / CB (1991-09-26)26 September 1991 (aged 24) 2010 England Newcastle United Academy Free
5 Grant Hanley Scotland CB (1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 24) 2016 England Blackburn Rovers £5.5m
6 Jamaal Lascelles England CB (1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 22) 2014 England Nottingham Forest £4m
14 Isaac Hayden England CB / DM (1995-03-22)22 March 1995 (aged 21) 2016 England Arsenal £2.5m
18 Chancel Mbemba Democratic Republic of the Congo CB (1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 21) 2015 Belgium Anderlecht £8.5m
19 Massadio Haïdara France LB (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 (aged 23) 2013 France Nancy £2m
27 Jesús Gámez Spain RB (1985-04-10)10 April 1985 (aged 31) 2016 Spain Atlético Madrid £1.5m
30 Benjamin Henrichs Germany RB / CM (1997-02-23)23 February 1997 (aged 19) 2016 Germany Bayer Leverkusen Loan
33 Curtis Good Australia CB / LB (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 23) 2012 Australia Melbourne Heart £300k
37 Ľubo Šatka Slovakia CB (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 20) 2014 England Newcastle United Academy Free
42 Jamie Sterry England CB (1995-11-21)21 November 1995 (aged 20) 2015 England Newcastle United Academy Free
43 Kevin Mbabu Switzerland LB / CB (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 21) 2013 Switzerland Servette £1m
Midfielders
4 Jack Colback England CM (1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 26) 2014 England Sunderland Free
7 Mohamed Diamé Senegal CM (1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 29) 2016 England Hull City £4.5m
8 Vurnon Anita Netherlands [c] DM / RB (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 27) 2012 Netherlands Ajax £6.7m
11 Matt Ritchie Scotland RW (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26) 2016 England AFC Bournemouth £12m
12 Jonjo Shelvey England CM (1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 24) 2016 Wales Swansea City £12m
16 Rolando Aarons England [d] LW (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 20) 2014 England Newcastle United Academy Free
17 Ayoze Pérez Spain AM / ST (1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 23) 2014 Spain Tenerife £1.6m
20 Yoan Gouffran France LW / CM (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 30) 2013 France Bordeaux £500k
22 Andreas Pereira Brazil [e] AM / LW / RW (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 20) 2016 England Manchester United Loan
23 Henri Saivet Senegal CM / LW (1990-10-26)26 October 1990 (aged 25) 2016 France Bordeaux £5m
25 Sammy Ameobi Nigeria [f] LW / RW / ST (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 24) 2008 England Newcastle United Academy Free
39 Haris Vučkić Slovenia AM / ST (1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 23) 2009 Slovenia Domžale £0.5M
Forwards
9 Dwight Gayle England ST (1990-10-20)20 October 1990 (aged 25) 2016 England Crystal Palace £10m
15 Dario Lezcano Paraguay ST / AM (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 (aged 26) 2016 Germany Ingolstadt £6m
32 Adam Armstrong England ST (1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 19) 2006 England Newcastle United Academy Free
36 Ivan Toney England ST (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 20) 2015 England Northampton Town £500k
45 Aleksandar Mitrović Serbia ST (1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 21) 2015 Belgium Anderlecht £13m
  1. ^ Elliot was born in Greenwich, England.
  2. ^ Dummett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  3. ^ Anita was born in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles.
  4. ^ Aarons was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
  5. ^ Pereira was born in Duffel, Belgium.
  6. ^ Ameobi was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Transfers and loans

Transfers In

Date from Position Name From Fee
29 June 2016 GK Belgium Matz Sels Belgium Gent £4.5m
1 July 2016 FW England Dwight Gayle England Crystal Palace £10m
1 July 2016 MF Scotland Matt Ritchie England AFC Bournemouth £12m
8 July 2016 DF Spain Jesús Gámez Spain Atlético Madrid £1.5m
11 July 2016 DF England Isaac Hayden England Arsenal £2.5m
21 July 2016 DF Scotland Grant Hanley England Blackburn Rovers £5.5m
3 August 2016 DF Republic of Ireland Ciaran Clark England Aston Villa £5m
3 August 2016 MF Senegal Mohamed Diamé England Hull City £4.5m
10 August 2016 FW Paraguay Dario Lezcano Germany Ingolstadt £6m

Transfers Out

Date from Position Name To Fee
1 July 2016 DF England Steven Taylor United States Portland Timbers Free
1 July 2016 MF England Andros Townsend England Crystal Palace £13m
5 July 2016 DF Argentina Fabricio Coloccini Argentina San Lorenzo Free
9 July 2016 FW Senegal Papiss Cissé China Shandong Luneng Taishan £2.5m
22 July 2016 MF Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum England Liverpool £25m
5 August 2016 MF France Moussa Sissoko Italy Juventus £32m
8 August 2016 DF Netherlands Daryl Janmaat Germany Bayer Leverkusen £6.7m
9 August 2016 GK Netherlands Tim Krul England Bournemouth £3.5m
12 August 2016 MF Burundi Gaël Bigirimana England Millwall £500k
20 August 2016 MF Ivory Coast Cheick Tioté United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli £4m
29 August 2016 FW France Emmanuel Rivière Portugal Sporting Lisbon £2.1m

Loans in

Date from Position Name From Expiry
8 August 2016 DF Germany Benjamin Henrichs Germany Bayer Leverkusen End of Season
14 August 2016 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira England Manchester United End of Season

Loans out

Date from Position Name To Expiry
13 July 2016 MF England Liam Smith England Crewe Alexandra 9 January 2017
29 July 2016 DF England Macaulay Gillesphey England Carlisle United 2 January 2017
4 August 2016 MF France Florian Thauvin France Olympique de Marseille End of Season
28 August 2016 MF Netherlands Siem de Jong England Stoke City End of Season

Pre-season friendlies

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly Bohemians Republic of Ireland 0–6 Newcastle United Dublin
14:00 Report Ritchie 15'
Mitrović 30' ( pen.)
Gayle 52'
Thauvin 55'
Aarons 59'
Wijnaldum 75'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Robert Harvey
20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly Doncaster Rovers England 2–2 Newcastle United Doncaster
19:45 Williams 19', 45+4' Report Hayden 51'
Pérez 90+2'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 5,698
Referee: Ross Joyce
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly KSC Lokeren Belgium 0–4 Newcastle United Lokeren
16:30 Report Pérez 13', 39'
Janmaat 26'
Shelvey 48'		 Stadium: Daknamstadion
Attendance: 2,876
Referee: Christof Dierick
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly Southend United England 0–2 Newcastle United Southend-on-Sea
19:45 Report Anita 48'
Gouffran 78'		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 6,570
Referee: Keith Stroud
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly Newcastle United 3–2 Netherlands Vitesse Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 Leerdam 22' ( o.g.)
Gayle 36'
Colback 41'		 Report Nathan 53'
Kashia 61'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 19,200
Referee: Sebastien Stockbridge

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started Round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First Match Last Match
Championship – 5 August 2016
EFL Cup Second round – August 2016
FA Cup Third round – January 2016

Overview

Games played 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games won 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Goals scored 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Goals conceded 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Total goal difference 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Clean sheets 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Yellow Cards 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Red Cards 0 (0 Football League Championship, 0 EFL Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Points in League 0
Most appearances
Top scorer
Worst Discipline
Best Result
Worst Result
Best Home Result
Worst Home Result
Best Away Result
Worst Away Result

Football League Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Championship

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Newcastle United (C, P) 46 29 7 10 85 40 +45 94 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Brighton & Hove Albion (P) 46 28 9 9 74 40 +34 93
3 Reading 46 26 7 13 68 64 +4 85 Qualification for the Championship play-offs [a]
4 Sheffield Wednesday 46 24 9 13 60 45 +15 81
5 Huddersfield Town (O, P) 46 25 6 15 56 58 −2 81
Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 11 May 2016.
Source: [ citation needed]

Results by matchday

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundA
Result
Position
Source: [ citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were released on 22 June 2016. [10]

5 August 2016 1 Fulham v Newcastle United London
19:45 Stadium: Craven Cottage
  • Note: Due to copyright restrictions, the full fixture list can't be reproduced without the relevant licensing from Football DataCo, but can be found here.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup
August 2016 Second Round v

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup
January 2017 Third round v

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 11 July 2016.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship EFL Cup FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands  NED Tim Krul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Ireland  EIR Ciaran Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Wales  WAL Paul Dummett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF England  ENG Jack Colback 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland  SCO Grant Hanley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF England  ENG Jamaal Lascelles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF France  FRA Moussa Sissoko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Netherlands  NED Vurnon Anita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW England  ENG Dwight Gayle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Netherlands  NED Siem de Jong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland  SCO Matt Ritchie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF England  ENG Jonjo Shelvey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF England  ENG Isaac Hayden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF England  ENG Rolando Aarons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Spain  ESP Ayoze Pérez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD Chancel Mbemba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF France  FRA Massadio Haïdara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF France  FRA Yoan Gouffran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK Ireland  EIR Rob Elliot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Netherlands  NED Daryl Janmaat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Senegal  SEN Henri Saivet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Ivory Coast  CIV Cheick Tioté 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK England  ENG Karl Darlow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Spain  ESP Jesús Gámez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK Belgium  BEL Matz Sels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW France  FRA Emmanuel Rivière 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW England  ENG Adam Armstrong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 DF England  ENG Jamie Sterry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF Switzerland  SUI Kevin Mbabu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW Serbia  SRB Aleksandar Mitrović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 11 May 2016.
No. Pos. Name

Goals

Last updated on 11 May 2016.
Place Position Nation Number Name Championship EFL Cup FA Cup Total
TOTALS 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 11 May 2016.
Place Number Name Championship EFL Cup FA Cup Total
TOTALS 0 0 0 0

Captains

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 11 May 2016.
No. Pos. Name Starts
12 MF England Jonjo Shelvey 0

Suspensions

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 15 May 2016.
Date Incurred Name Number of Games Missed Team(s) Missed Reason
15 May 2016 Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović 4 First four matches of season Red card vs Tottenham Hotspur (Last Season)

Penalties

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 11 May 2016.
Green tickY if scored. Red XN if missed.
Date Team Name Who Won Penalty Name Who Took Penalty Scored?

Conceded Penalties

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 11 May 2016.
Green tickY if scored. Red XN if missed.
Date Opposition Name Who Conceded Penalty Name Who Took Penalty Scored?
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