2016–17 Everton F.C. season

Everton

2016–17 season
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	Ronald Koeman
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premier League	Sixth
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
League Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Lukaku (6) All: Lukaku (6)
Highest home attendance	39,494
Lowest home attendance	39,494
Average home league attendance	39,494
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2016–17 season is Everton's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 139th year in existence.^[1] This season, Everton participates in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

First Team

Everton announced their squad numbers for 2016-17 Premier League on 3 August 2016 ^[2]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Joel Robles		GK	17 June 1990
22	Maarten Stekelenburg		GK	22 September 1982
Defenders
3	Leighton Baines		LB	11 December 1984
5	Ashley Williams		CB	23 August 1984
6	Phil Jagielka		CB	17 August 1982
20	Bryan Oviedo		LB	18 February 1990
23	Séamus Coleman		RB	11 October 1988
25	Ramiro Funes Mori		CB	5 March 1991
27	Tyias Browning		RB	27 May 1994
30	Mason Holgate		CB	22 October 1996
32	Brendan Galloway		LB	17 March 1996
38	Matthew Pennington		CB	6 October 1996
Midfielders
4	Darron Gibson		CM	25 October 1987
7	Gerard Deulofeu		RM/LM	13 March 1994
8	Ross Barkley		AM	5 December 1993
11	Kevin Mirallas		RM	5 October 1987
12	Aaron Lennon		RM	16 April 1987
14	Yannick Bolasie		LM	24 May 1989
15	Tom Cleverley		CM	12 August 1989
16	James McCarthy		CM	12 November 1990
17	Idrissa Gueye		CM	26 September 1989
18	Gareth Barry		DM	23 February 1981
21	Muhamed Bešić		DM	10 September 1992
26	Tom Davies		DM	30 June 1998
28	Kieran Dowell		AM	10 October 1997
39	Conor Grant		CM	18 April 1995
Forwards
9	Arouna Koné		FW	11 November 1982
10	Romelu Lukaku		FW	13 May 1993
24	Shani Tarashaj		FW	7 February 1992

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Bassala Sambou	Coventry City	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2016	GK		Maarten Stekelenburg	Fulham	£850,000	[4][5]
1 July 2016	GK		Chris Renshaw	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[6]
2 July 2016	GK		Joe Hilton	Manchester City	Free transfer	[7]
2 July 2016	CB		Nathan Baxter	Vitesse	Free transfer	[7]
2 August 2016	MF		Idrissa Gueye	Aston Villa	£7,100,000	[8]
10 August 2016	DF		Ashley Williams	Swansea City	£12,000,000	[9]
15 August 2016	MF		Yannick Bolasie	Crystal Palace	£25,000,000	[10]
1 September 2016	CF		Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Sheffield United	£1,500,000	[11]

Total spending: £46,450,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2016	DF		James Graham	—	Released
30 June 2016	DF		Tony Hibbert	—	Released
30 June 2016	DF		Felipe Mattioni	—	Released
30 June 2016	MF		Leon Osman	—	Released
30 June 2016	MF		Steven Pienaar	Sunderland	Released	[12]
30 June 2016	GK		Jindřich Stanek	—	Released
30 June 2016	DF		Jordan Thorniley	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	[13]
4 July 2016	GK		Tim Howard	Colorado Rapids	Free transfer	[14]
2 August 2016	MF		Steven Kinsella	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer	[15]
9 August 2016	DF		John Stones	Manchester City	£47,500,000	[16][17]
22 August 2016	DF		Spencer Myers	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[18]
25 August 2016	CM		Ryan Ledson	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[19]

Total incoming: £47,500,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2016	CF		Enner Valencia	West Ham United	End of Season	[20]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
4 August 2016	CM		Conor Grant	Ipswich Town	18 November 2016 [lower-alpha 1]	[22]
5 August 2016	GK		Russell Griffiths	Cheltenham Town	2 January 2017	[23]
16 August 2016	LB		Luke Garbutt	Wigan Athletic	2 January 2017	[24]
22 August 2016	LB		Brendan Galloway	West Bromwich Albion	End of Season	[25]
31 August 2016	RW		Aiden McGeady	Preston North End	End of Season	[26]
31 August 2016	CF		Shani Tarashaj	Eintracht Frankfurt	End of Season	[27]

1. On 18 November 2016, Conor Grant returned from his loan spell.^[21]

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Jablonec v Everton

16 July 2016 Friendly	Jablonec	0–1	Everton	Schruns, Austria
14:00 CEST		Report	Galloway  60'	Stadium: Sportplatz

Barnsley v Everton

23 July 2016 Friendly	Barnsley	0–3	Everton	Barnsley
16:00 CEST		Report	Mirallas  9' Deulofeu  60' Barkley  73'	Stadium: Oakwell

Milton Keynes Dons v Everton

26 July 2016 Friendly	Milton Keynes Dons	1–3	Everton	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Rasulo  31'	Report	Deulofeu  2' Barkley  19' Bešić  85'	Stadium: Stadium mk

Dynamo Dresden v Everton

29 July 2016 Dresden Cup	Dynamo Dresden	2–1	Everton	Dresden, Germany
19:30 BST	Hauptmann  14' Testroet  65'	Report	Deulofeu  40'	Stadium: Stadion Dresden Attendance: 12,353

Everton v Real Betis

30 July 2016 Dresden Cup	Everton	1–1 (3–4 p)	Real Betis	Dresden, Germany
12:30 BST	Mandi  13' (o.g.)	Report	Pezzella  23'	Stadium: Stadion Dresden
		Penalties
	Grant Dowell Stones Bešić Holgate		Ceballos Durmisi Sanabria Martin Musonda

Manchester United v Everton

3 August 2016 Friendly	Manchester United	0–0	Everton	Manchester
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford

Everton v Espanyol

6 August 2016 Friendly	Everton	0–1	Espanyol	Liverpool
15:00 BST		Report	Baptistão  5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 12,080

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Manchester United	14	5	6	3	19	16	+3	21
7	West Bromwich Albion	14	5	5	4	20	17	+3	20
8	Everton	14	5	5	4	17	16	+1	20
9	Stoke City	14	5	4	5	16	19	−3	19
10	AFC Bournemouth	14	5	3	6	19	22	−3	18

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[28]

Matches

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

13 August 2016 1	Everton	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Barkley  5'	Report	Lamela  59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,494 Referee: Martin Atkinson

West Bromwich Albion v Everton

20 August 2016 2	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Everton	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	McAuley  9' Berahino  26' Olsson  59' Evans  90+3'	Report	Mirallas  45+2' Barry  60'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,654 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Everton v Stoke City

27 August 2016 3	Everton	1–0	Stoke City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Barkley  9' Given  51' (o.g.) Barry  88'	Report	Pieters  56'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,581 Referee: Michael Oliver

Sunderland v Everton

12 September 2016 4	Sunderland	0–3	Everton	Sunderland
20:00 BST	Watmore  43'	Report	Gueye  55' Lukaku  60', 68', 71'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,406 Referee: Mike Jones

Everton v Middlesbrough

17 September 2016 5	Everton	3–1	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Barry  24' Coleman  42' Lukaku  45+1'	Report	Stekelenburg  21' (o.g.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,074 Referee: Lee Mason

AFC Bournemouth v Everton

24 September 2016 6	AFC Bournemouth	1–0	Everton	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Stanislas  23' Daniels  42' Surman  84'	Report	Gueye  34' Oviedo  57'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,291 Referee: Robert Madley

Everton v Crystal Palace

30 September 2016 7	Everton	1–1	Crystal Palace	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Oviedo  16' Lukaku  35' Barry  68' Gueye  78' Bolasie  88' Cleverley  90+4'	Report	Puncheon  26' Tomkins  45+1' Benteke  50',  52' Townsend  67'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,758 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Manchester City v Everton

15 October 2016 8	Manchester City	1–1	Everton	Manchester
15:00 BST	De Bruyne 43' Agüero 70' Nolito  72'	Report	Lukaku  64' Coleman  81' Williams  85'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,512 Referee: Michael Oliver

Burnley v Everton

22 October 2016 9	Burnley	2–1	Everton	Burnley
15:00 BST	Arfield  18',  90' Hendrick  35' Vokes  39'	Report	Gueye  26' Coleman  45+1' Bolasie  58' Barry  90+2'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,416 Referee: Mike Jones

Everton v West Ham United

30 October 2016 10	Everton	2–0	West Ham United	Liverpool
13:30 GMT	Gueye  32' Lukaku  50' Oviedo  74' Barkley  76'	Report	Obiang  54' Reid  67' Antonio  89'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,574 [29] Referee: Anthony Taylor

Chelsea v Everton

5 November 2016 11	Chelsea	5–0	Everton	London
17:30 GMT	Hazard  19', 56' Alonso  20' Costa  42' Pedro  65'	Report	Bolasie  15' Jagielka  30' Barry  64'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,429 Referee: Robert Madley

Everton v Swansea City

19 November 2016 12	Everton	1–1	Swansea City	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Jagielka  40' McCarthy  57' Baines  63' Barkley  75' Coleman  89' Mirallas  90+2'	Report	Barrow  38' Sigurðsson  41' (pen.) Naughton  42'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,773 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Southampton v Everton

27 November 2016 13	Southampton	1–0	Everton	Southampton
16:30 GMT	Austin  1'	Report	Lukaku  78'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,132 Referee: Craig Pawson

FA Cup

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EFL Cup

Everton v Yeovil Town

23 August 2016 2	Everton	4–0	Yeovil Town	Liverpool
19:45 BST	Lennon  28' Barkley  69' Koné  83', 90'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

Everton v Norwich City

20 September 2016 3	Everton	0–2	Norwich City	Liverpool
19:45 BST		Report	Naismith  41' Jo. Murphy  74'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 29,550 Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Trophy

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Everton	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Round 2
2	Blackpool	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Cheltenham Town	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
4	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3

First match(es) will be played on 29 August – 4 September 2016. Source: EFL.com

Bolton Wanderers v Everton

30 August 2016	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Everton	Bolton
19:00 BST		Report	Dyson  22' McAleny  79'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1,540

Cheltenham Town v Everton

4 October 2016	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Everton	Cheltenham
	Waters  82' Wright  83' (pen.)	Report	Kitscha  5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road

Everton v Blackpool

8 November 2016	Everton	v	Blackpool	Liverpool
19:30 BST				Stadium: Goodison Park

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played 19 November 2016.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Joel Robles	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Leighton Baines	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Darron Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	DF		Ashley Williams	13	0	10+1	0	0	0	2	0
6	DF		Phil Jagielka	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	9	0	3+5	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Ross Barkley	13	3	11	2	0	0	2	1
9	FW		Arouna Koné	4	2	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	2
10	FW		Romelu Lukaku	12	7	10+1	7	0	0	1	0
11	FW		Kevin Mirallas	13	1	8+4	1	0	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Aaron Lennon	6	1	1+3	0	0	0	2	1
14	MF		Yannick Bolasie	13	1	10+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
15	MF		Tom Cleverley	10	0	3+5	0	0	0	1+1	0
16	MF		James McCarthy	5	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Idrissa Gueye	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF		Gareth Barry	11	2	11	2	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Enner Valencia	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Bryan Oviedo	6	1	6	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Muhamed Bešić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Maarten Stekelenburg	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
23	DF		Séamus Coleman	10	2	9	2	0	0	1	0
25	DF		Ramiro Funes Mori	9	0	4+3	0	0	0	2	0
26	MF		Tom Davies	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF		Tyias Browning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Kieran Dowell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Mason Holgate	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF		Brendan Galloway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	DF		Matthew Pennington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Score overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Arsenal
Bournemouth		0-1
Burnley
Chelsea
Crystal Palace	1-1
Hull City
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City		1-1
Manchester United
Middlesbrough	3-1
Southampton
Stoke City	1–0
Sunderland		0–3
Swansea City
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1
Watford
West Bromwich Albion		1–2
West Ham United	2-0

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