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

The 2016–17 season was Everton's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 139th year in existence. They participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players

### First team

Everton announced their squad numbers for the 2016–17 Premier League on 3 August 2016.

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Joel Robles | GK | (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 33) |
| 22 | Maarten Stekelenburg | GK | (1982-09-22) 22 September 1982 (age 40) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Leighton Baines | LB | (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984 (age 38) |
| 5 | Ashley Williams | CB | (1984-08-23) 23 August 1984 (age 38) |
| 6 | Phil Jagielka | CB | (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 40) |
| 23 | Séamus Coleman | RB | (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 34) |
| 25 | Ramiro Funes Mori | CB | (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 32) |
| 27 | Tyias Browning | RB | (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 29) |
| 30 | Mason Holgate | CB | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 26) |
| 32 | Brendan Galloway | LB | (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 27) |
| 38 | Matthew Pennington | CB | (1994-10-06) 6 October 1994 (age 28) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 2 | Morgan Schneiderlin | CM | (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 33) |
| 7 | Gerard Deulofeu | RM/LM | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 29) |
| 8 | Ross Barkley | AM | (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 29) |
| 11 | Kevin Mirallas | RM/LM | (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 35) |
| 12 | Aaron Lennon | RM | (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 36) |
| 14 | Yannick Bolasie | LM | (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 34) |
| 15 | Tom Cleverley | CM | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 33) |
| 16 | James McCarthy | CM | (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 32) |
| 17 | Idrissa Gueye | CM | (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 33) |
| 18 | Gareth Barry | DM | (1981-02-23) 23 February 1981 (age 42) |
| 21 | Muhamed Bešić | DM | (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 30) |
| 26 | Tom Davies | DM | (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 25) |
| 28 | Kieran Dowell | AM | (1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 25) |
| 39 | Conor Grant | CM | (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 28) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Arouna Koné | FW | (1982-11-11) 11 November 1982 (age 40) |
| 10 | Romelu Lukaku | FW | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 30) |
| 19 | Enner Valencia | ST | (1989-11-04) 4 November 1989 (age 33) |
| 29 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | FW | (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 26) |
| 31 | Ademola Lookman | FW | (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 25) |

### Player awards

* Player of the Season – Romelu Lukaku
* Players' Player of the Season – Romelu Lukaku
* Young Player of the Season – Tom Davies
* Reserve / U21 Player of the Season – Jonjoe Kenny
* Goal of the Season – Tom Davies vs. Manchester City

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2016 | CF | Bassala Sambou | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Maarten Stekelenburg | Fulham | £850,000 |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Chris Renshaw | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2016 | GK | Joe Hilton | Manchester City | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2016 | CB | Nathan Baxter | Vitesse | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Idrissa Gueye | Aston Villa | £7,100,000 |
| 10 August 2016 | DF | Ashley Williams | Swansea City | £9,000,000 |
| 15 August 2016 | MF | Yannick Bolasie | Crystal Palace | £22,500,000 |
| 1 September 2016 | CF | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Sheffield United | £1,500,000 |
| 5 January 2017 | MF | Ademola Lookman | Charlton Athletic | £7,500,000 |
| 12 January 2017 | MF | Morgan Schneiderlin | Manchester United | £20,000,000 |

Total spending: £73,950,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Jindřich Stanek | — | Released |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Jordan Thorniley | Sheffield Wednesday | Released |
| 4 July 2016 | GK | Tim Howard | Colorado Rapids | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Steven Kinsella | St Patrick's Athletic | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2016 | DF | John Stones | Manchester City | £47,500,000 |
| 22 August 2016 | DF | Spencer Myers | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 25 August 2016 | CM | Ryan Ledson | Oxford United | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2017 | LW | Nathan Holland | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2017 | CM | Darron Gibson | Sunderland | £3,000,000 |
| 30 January 2017 | LB | Bryan Oviedo | Sunderland | £4,500,000 |

Total incoming: £55,000,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 August 2016 | CF | | Enner Valencia | West Ham United | End of Season | |
| 25 January 2017 | LM | | Anton Donkor | VfL Wolfsburg | End of Season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 August 2016 | CM | Conor Grant | Ipswich Town | 18 November 2016 |
| 5 August 2016 | GK | Russell Griffiths | Cheltenham Town | 2 January 2017 |
| 16 August 2016 | LB | Luke Garbutt | Wigan Athletic | 2 January 2017 |
| 22 August 2016 | LB | Brendan Galloway | West Bromwich Albion | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | RW | Aiden McGeady | Preston North End | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | CF | Shani Tarashaj | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of Season |
| 1 January 2017 | CF | Delial Brewster | Southport | End of Season |
| 2 January 2017 | CM | Conor Grant | Doncaster Rovers | End of Season |
| 12 January 2017 | CM | Tom Cleverley | Watford | End of Season |
| 13 January 2017 | CF | Oumar Niasse | Hull City | End of Season |
| 14 January 2017 | CB | Callum Connolly | Wigan Athletic | End of Season |
| 18 January 2017 | RB | Gethin Jones | Barnsley | End of Season |
| 19 January 2017 | AM | Antony Evans | Morecambe | End of Season |
| 20 January 2017 | RW | Gerard Deulofeu | Milan | End of Season |
| 27 January 2017 | GK | Russell Griffiths | Motherwell | End of Season |
| 30 January 2017 | RB | Tyias Browning | Preston North End | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Calum Dyson | Grimsby Town | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | LW | Steven Kinsella | Dundalk | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Conor McAleny | Oxford United | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | CF | Leandro Rodríguez | Waasland-Beveren | End of Season |

* ↑ On 18 November 2016, Conor Grant returned from his loan spell.

## Competitions

### Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 77 | 44 | +33 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Manchester United | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 7 | Everton | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Southampton | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 46 | |
| 9 | Bournemouth | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 46 | |

* ↑ Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 FA Cup. As they had also qualified there by the virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Manchester United.
* ↑ Manchester United qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (6th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League group stage. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
* ↑ Manchester United, winners of the 2016–17 EFL Cup, initially attained a spot in the Europa League third qualifying round. That was passed to the next-highest ranked team in the league not already qualified for UEFA competitions (7th-placed Everton).

**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 |
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| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Statistics

    As of match played 21 May 2017.

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Joel Robles | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines | 33 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | WAL | Ashley Williams | 39 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka | 27 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Ross Barkley | 39 | 6 | 32+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Arouna Koné | 9 | 2 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Romelu Lukaku | 39 | 26 | 36+1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Kevin Mirallas | 37 | 4 | 23+12 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon | 13 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | COD | Yannick Bolasie | 15 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Tom Cleverley | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | James McCarthy | 13 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye | 35 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Gareth Barry | 34 | 2 | 23+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ECU | Enner Valencia | 23 | 3 | 5+16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CRC | Bryan Oviedo | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Muhamed Bešić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman | 28 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori | 26 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies | 25 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Tyias Browning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kieran Dowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Mason Holgate | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Brendan Galloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Matthew Pennington | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
