2016–17 S.V. Zulte Waregem season
# 2016–17 S.V. Zulte Waregem season

The 2016–17 season was the 16th season in the existence of S.V. Zulte Waregem and the club's 12th consecutive season in the top flight of Belgian football. In addition to the domestic league, S.V. Zulte Waregem participated in this season's edition of the Belgian Cup.

## Players

### First-team squad

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 | BEL | Sammy Bossut |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Davy De fauw |
| 3 | DF | CGO | Marvin Baudry |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Luca Marrone (on loan from Juventus) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Yoan Severin |
| 6 | DF | BEL | Timothy Derijck |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Aliko Bala |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Lukas Lerager |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Mbaye Leye (captain) |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Onur Kaya |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Jens Naessens (on loan from Mechelen) |
| 14 | DF | DEN | Henrik Dalsgaard |
| 15 | DF | NGA | Kingsley Madu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Souahilo Meïté (on loan from Lille) |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Babacar Guèye (on loan from Hannover 96) |
| 22 | GK | BEL | Kenny Steppe |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Christophe Lepoint |
| 25 | GK | BEL | Louis Bostyn |
| 29 | MF | BEL | Alessandro Cordaro |
| 30 | MF | DEN | Jakob Ankersen |
| 31 | DF | DEN | Brian Hämäläinen |
| 43 | MF | BEL | Sander Coopman (on loan from Brugge) |
| 44 | DF | BEL | Azzedine Zaidi |
| 45 | DF | BEL | Pieter De Smet |
| — | FW | NED | Robert Mühren |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | DF | BEL | Charni Ekangamene (at NAC Breda until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | BEL | Bryan Verboom (at Roda JC Kerkrade until 30 June 2017) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| 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 % |
| First Division A | 30 July 2016 | 21 May 2017 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 040.00 |
| Belgian Cup | 21 September 2016 | 18 March 2017 | Sixth round | Winners | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 083.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 045.65 |

Source: Soccerway

### First Division A

**Regular season**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anderlecht | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 61 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 59 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 4 | Gent | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |
| 5 | Oostende | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for the championship play-offs |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source:

**Results by round**

| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Championship play-offs**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AND | CLU | GNT | OOS | CHA | ZWA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Anderlecht (C) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–1 | — | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Gent | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Oostende (O) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off final | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Charleroi | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 35 | | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 6 | Zulte Waregem | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — |

* ↑ Zulte Waregem qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Belgian Cup.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source:

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | |
