2016–17 Burnley F.C. season
# 2016–17 Burnley F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Burnley's 135th competitive season and their first season back in the Premier League, just one campaign after their relegation in 2014–15. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Burnley finished 16th in the table, avoiding relegation for the first time in the Premier League era.

## Match details

### Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 41 | |
| 15 | Swansea City | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 45 | 70 | −25 | 41 | |
| 16 | Burnley | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 40 | |
| 17 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 40 | |
| 18 | Hull City (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 80 | −43 | 34 | Relegation to the EFL Championship |

**Matches**

Premier League match details :

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 August 2016 | 19th | Swansea City | H | L | 0–1 | | 19,126 |
| 20 August 2016 | 7th | Liverpool | H | W | 2–0 | Vokes 2', Gray 37' | 21,313 |
| 27 August 2016 | 13th | Chelsea | A | L | 0–3 | | 41,607 |
| 10 September 2016 | 13th | Hull City | H | D | 1–1 | Defour 72' | 18,803 |
| 17 September 2016 | 15th | Leicester City | A | L | 0–3 | | 31,916 |
| 26 September 2016 | 13th | Watford | H | W | 2–0 | Hendrick 38', Keane 50' | 18,519 |
| 2 October 2016 | 14th | Arsenal | H | L | 0–1 | | 20,982 |
| 16 October 2016 | 14th | Southampton | A | L | 1–3 | Vokes 72' pen. | 29,040 |
| 22 October 2016 | 14th | Everton | H | W | 2–1 | Vokes 39', Arfield 90' | 21,416 |
| 29 October 2016 | 13th | Manchester United | A | D | 0–0 | | 75,325 |
| 5 November 2016 | 9th | Crystal Palace | H | W | 3–2 | Vokes 2', Guðmundsson 14', Barnes 90+4' | 19,196 |
| 21 November 2016 | 12th | West Bromwich Albion | A | L | 0–4 | | 23,016 |
| 26 November 2016 | 12th | Manchester City | H | L | 1–2 | Marney 14' | 21,794 |
| 3 December 2016 | 14th | Stoke City | A | L | 0–2 | | 27,306 |
| 10 December 2016 | 13th | AFC Bournemouth | H | W | 3–2 | Hendrick 13', Ward 16', Boyd 75' | 19,680 |
| 14 December 2016 | 13th | West Ham United | A | L | 0–1 | | 56,990 |
| 18 December 2016 | 16th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | L | 1–2 | Barnes 21' | 31,467 |
| 26 December 2016 | 14th | Middlesbrough | H | W | 1–0 | Gray 80' | 21,562 |
| 31 December 2016 | 11th | Sunderland | H | W | 4–1 | Gray (3) 31', 51', 53', Barnes pen. 67' | 21,124 |
| 2 January 2017 | 11th | Manchester City | A | L | 1–2 | Mee 70' | 54,463 |
| 14 January 2017 | 10th | Southampton | H | W | 1–0 | Barton 78' | 20,254 |
| 22 January 2017 | 13th | Arsenal | A | L | 1–2 | Gray 90+3' pen. | 59,955 |
| 31 January 2017 | 9th | Leicester City | H | W | 1–0 | Vokes 78' | 19,202 |
| 4 February 2017 | 12th | Watford | A | L | 1–2 | Barnes 78' pen. | 20,178 |
| 12 February 2017 | 12th | Chelsea | H | D | 1–1 | Brady 24' | 21,744 |
| 26 February 2017 | 11th | Hull City | A | D | 1–1 | Keane 76' | 20,156 |
| 4 March 2017 | 12th | Swansea City | A | L | 2–3 | Gray (2) 20' pen., 61' | 20,679 |
| 12 March 2017 | 12th | Liverpool | A | L | 1–2 | Barnes 7' | 53,145 |
| 18 March 2017 | 13th | Sunderland | A | D | 0–0 | | 41,518 |
| 1 April 2017 | 15th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | L | 0–2 | | 21,684 |
| 4 April 2017 | 12th | Stoke City | H | W | 1–0 | Boyd 58' | 19,881 |
| 8 April 2017 | 12th | Middlesbrough | A | D | 0–0 | | 29,547 |
| 15 April 2017 | 14th | Everton | A | L | 1–3 | Vokes 52' pen. | 39,328 |
| 23 April 2017 | 16th | Manchester United | H | L | 0–2 | | 21,870 |
| 29 April 2017 | 14th | Crystal Palace | A | W | 2–0 | Barnes 8', Gray 85' | 25,013 |
| 6 May 2017 | 14th | West Bromwich Albion | H | D | 2–2 | Vokes (2) 55', 86' | 20,825 |
| 13 May 2017 | 14th | AFC Bournemouth | A | L | 1–2 | Vokes 83' | 11,388 |
| 21 May 2017 | 16th | West Ham United | H | L | 1–2 | Vokes 24' | 21,634 |

### FA Cup

FA Cup match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Third round | 7 January 2017 | Sunderland | A | D | 0–0 | | 17,632 |
| Third round replay | 17 January 2017 | Sunderland | H | W | 2–0 | Vokes 44', Gray 83' | 12,257 |
| Fourth round | 28 January 2017 | Bristol City | H | W | 2–0 | Vokes 45', Defour 68' | 14,921 |
| Fifth round | 18 February 2017 | Lincoln City | H | L | 0–1 | | 19,185 |

### EFL Cup

EFL Cup match details :

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Second round | 24 August 2016 | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | | 3,170 | |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 June 2016 | Robbie Leitch | Motherwell | Free |
| 30 June 2016 | Jamie Thomas | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 13 July 2016 | Jimmy Dunne | Manchester United | Free |
| 19 July 2016 | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2016 | Nick Pope | Charlton Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2016 | Steven Defour | Anderlecht | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | Jeff Hendrick | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2017 | Joey Barton | (Rangers) | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | Ashley Westwood | Aston Villa | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | Robbie Brady | Norwich City | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2017 | Harry Flowers | Brocton | Free |
| 24 February 2017 | Harry Limb | Wisbech Town | Free |

    † Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Burnley.

### Out

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2016 | Joey Barton | Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Luke Conlan | Morecambe | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Michael Duff | | Retired |
| 1 July 2016 | Lloyd Dyer | (Burton Albion) | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Jason Gilchrist | (FC United of Manchester) | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Matt Gilks | Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Danijel Nizic | (Morecambe) | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Brandon Wilson | (Perth Glory) | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | Matthew Taylor | (Northampton Town) | Released |
| 16 August 2016 | David Jones | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | Cameron Dummigan | Oldham Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2016 | Renny Smith | Vicenza | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2017 | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2017 | Daniel Lafferty | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |

    † Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his Burnley contract expired.

### Loan in

| Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 August 2016 | Jon Flanagan | Liverpool | End of season | |
| 30 August 2016 | Patrick Bamford | Chelsea | 14 January 2017 | |

### Loan out

| Date | Player | Club | Return |
| - | - | - | - |
| 19 July 2016 | Jamie Thomas | Ayr United | 21 October 2016 |
| 26 July 2016 | Alex Whitmore | Morecambe | End of season |
| 28 July 2016 | Josh Ginnelly | Walsall | 3 January 2017 |
| 9 August 2016 | Khius Metz | Altrincham | 8 September 2016 |
| 12 August 2016 | George Green | Kilmarnock | 2 January 2017 |
| 12 August 2016 | Chris Long | Fleetwood Town | 30 January 2017 |
| 13 August 2016 | Tony Aghayere | Colne | End of season |
| 18 August 2016 | Dan Agyei | Coventry City | 3 January 2017 |
| 19 August 2016 | Luke Hendrie | Kilmarnock | End of season |
| 22 August 2016 | Rouwen Hennings | Fortuna Düsseldorf | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | Tom Anderson | Chesterfield | End of season |
| 31 August 2016 | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Birmingham City | 2 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | Daniel Lafferty | Sheffield United | 13 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | Ntumba Massanka | Morecambe | 2 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | Fredrik Ulvestad | Charlton Athletic | End of season |
| 12 January 2017 | Ntumba Massanka | Wrexham | End of season |
| 28 January 2017 | George Green | Salford City | End of season |
| 30 January 2017 | Chris Long | Bolton Wanderers | End of season |
| 30 January 2017 | Josh Ginnelly | Lincoln City | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | Michael Kightly | Burton Albion | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | Aiden O'Neill | Oldham Athletic | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | Brad Jackson | Bangor City | End of season |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players contracted for the 2016–17 season :

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Tom Heaton | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lowton | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NIR | Daniel Lafferty † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jon Flanagan * | 3 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Michael Keane | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Mee | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Andre Gray | 26 (6) | 9 | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 28 (8) | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Sam Vokes | 21 (16) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 (16) | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 20 (8) | 6 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (11) | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Michael Kightly | 1 (4) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 7 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IRL | Jeff Hendrick | 31 (1) | 2 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 (3) | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | David Jones † | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Patrick Bamford * † | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Steven Defour | 16 (5) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 (5) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | ENG | Paul Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Rouwen Hennings † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 6 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lukas Jutkiewicz † | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Joey Barton | 12 (2) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (2) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | George Boyd | 33 (3) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 34 (5) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Stephen Ward | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Chris Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ISL | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 10 (10) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (10) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | James Tarkowski | 4 (15) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (15) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ZIM | Tendayi Darikwa | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Nick Pope | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Dan Agyei | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | NIR | Conor Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CAN | Scott Arfield | 23 (8) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 26 (9) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | NIR | Cameron Dummigan † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | AUS | Aiden O'Neill | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | ENG | Brad Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | ENG | Ntumba Massanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
