2016–17 Newcastle United F.C. season
# 2016–17 Newcastle United F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Newcastle United's second season in the 21st century to be played in the Championship, following their relegation from the Premier League. This season Newcastle United participated in the EFL Championship, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Club

### Coaching staff

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

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Manager | Rafael Benítez |
| Assistant Coach | Ian Cathro (until 5 December 2016) |
| First Team Coach | Mikel Antía |
| First Team Coach | Antonio Gómez Pérez |
| Fitness Coach | Francisco de Míguel Moreno |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Chris Wilding |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Simon Smith |
| Head of Sports Science & Medicine | Paul Catterson |
| Rehabilitation Fitness Coach | Cristian Fernández Martínez |
| Head of Physiotherapy | Derek Wright |
| Physiotherapist | Daniel Martí |
| Physiotherapist | Michael Harding |
| Physiotherapist | Carl Nelson |
| Chief Scout | Graham Carr |
| Head of Analysis | Kerry Morrow |

Last updated: 29 June 2016 Source:

## Players

### First team squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed | Signed from | Signing fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 21 | Rob Elliot | GK | (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30) | 2011 | Charlton Athletic | £300k |
| 26 | Karl Darlow | GK | (1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 25) | 2014 | Nottingham Forest | £3m |
| 28 | Matz Sels | GK | (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 24) | 2016 | Gent | £4.5m |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | Ciaran Clark | CB / LB | (1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 26) | 2016 | Aston Villa | £5m |
| 3 | Paul Dummett | LB / CB | (1991-09-26)26 September 1991 (aged 24) | 2010 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| 5 | Grant Hanley | CB | (1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 24) | 2016 | Blackburn Rovers | £5.5m |
| 6 | Jamaal Lascelles | CB | (1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 22) | 2014 | Nottingham Forest | £4m |
| 7 | Achraf Lazaar | LB / LW | (1992-01-22)22 January 1992 (aged 24) | 2016 | Palermo | £3m |
| 18 | Chancel Mbemba | CB | (1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 21) | 2015 | Anderlecht | £8.5m |
| 19 | Massadio Haïdara | LB | (1992-12-02)2 December 1992 (aged 23) | 2013 | Nancy | £2m |
| 22 | DeAndre Yedlin | RB | (1993-07-09)9 July 1993 (aged 22) | 2016 | Tottenham Hotspur | £5m |
| 27 | Jesús Gámez | RB / LB | (1985-04-10)10 April 1985 (aged 31) | 2016 | Atlético Madrid | £1.5m |
| 37 | Stuart Findlay | CB / LB | (1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 20) | 2016 | Celtic | Free |
| 38 | Curtis Good | CB | (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 23) | 2012 | Melbourne Heart | £300k |
| 42 | Jamie Sterry | RB | (1995-11-21)21 November 1995 (aged 20) | 2015 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 4 | Jack Colback | DM CM | (1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 26) | 2014 | Sunderland | Free |
| 8 | Vurnon Anita | DM / RB | (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 27) | 2012 | Ajax | £6.7m |
| 11 | Matt Ritchie | RW / LW | (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26) | 2016 | AFC Bournemouth | £12m |
| 12 | Jonjo Shelvey | CM | (1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 24) | 2016 | Swansea City | £12m |
| 14 | Isaac Hayden | CM / DM | (1995-03-22)22 March 1995 (aged 21) | 2016 | Arsenal | £2.5m |
| 15 | Mohamed Diamé | CM / AM | (1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 28) | 2016 | Hull City | £4.5m |
| 16 | Rolando Aarons | LW | (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 20) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| 20 | Yoan Gouffran | LW / ST | (1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 29) | 2013 | Bordeaux | £500k |
| 30 | Christian Atsu | RW / LW | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 24) | 2016 | Chelsea | Loan |
| 34 | Sammy Ameobi | RW / LW / SS | (1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 24) | 2008 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| 35 | Daniel Barlaser | CM / AM | (1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 19) | 2015 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| 36 | Yasin Ben El-Mhanni | LW / RW | (1995-10-26)26 October 1995 (aged 20) | 2016 | Lewes | Free |
| – | Haris Vučkić | SS / AM | (1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 23) | 2009 | Domžale | £500k |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Dwight Gayle | ST | (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 26) | 2016 | Crystal Palace | £10m |
| 17 | Ayoze Pérez | SS / ST | (1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 22) | 2014 | Tenerife | £1.6m |
| 33 | Daryl Murphy | ST | (1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 33) | 2016 | Ipswich Town | £3.5m |
| 45 | Aleksandar Mitrović | ST | (1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 21) | 2015 | Anderlecht | £13m |
| Out on loan ||||||||
| 1 | Tim Krul | GK | (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 28) | 2006 | ADO Den Haag | Free |
| 10 | Siem de Jong | AM / SS | (1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 27) | 2014 | Ajax | £7.5m |
| 23 | Henri Saivet | CM / AM | (1990-10-26)26 October 1990 (aged 25) | 2016 | Bordeaux | £5m |
| 29 | Emmanuel Rivière | ST | (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 26) | 2014 | Monaco | £6.3m |
| 32 | Adam Armstrong | SS / ST / LW | (1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 19) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| 41 | Freddie Woodman | GK | (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 19) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| 43 | Kevin Mbabu | RB / LB | (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 21) | 2013 | Servette | £1m |
| – | Ľubomír Šatka | CB | (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 20) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| – | Florian Thauvin | RW / LW | (1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 23) | 2015 | Marseille | £12m |
| – | Callum Roberts | RW / LW | (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 19) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy | Free |
| – | Ivan Toney | ST | (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 20) | 2015 | Northampton Town | £500k |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | ENG | Nathan Harker |
| — | GK | ENG | Brendan Pearson |
| — | GK | ENG | Ben Smith |
| — | GK | ENG | Paul Woolston |
| — | DF | ENG | Liam Gibson |
| — | DF | ENG | Macaulay Gillesphey |
| — | DF | SCO | Kyle Cameron |
| — | DF | NIR | Michael Newberry |
| — | DF | GHA | Gideon Adu-Peprah |
| — | MF | ENG | Owen Bailey |
| — | MF | ENG | Stefan Broccoli |
| — | MF | ENG | Mackenzie Heaney |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Jack Hunter |
| — | MF | ENG | Sean Longstaff |
| — | MF | ENG | Dan Lowther |
| — | MF | ENG | Callum Smith |
| — | MF | ENG | Liam Smith |
| — | MF | ENG | Dan Ward |
| — | FW | ENG | Luke Charman |
| — | FW | ENG | Tom Heardman |
| — | FW | ENG | Jamie Holmes |
| — | FW | ENG | Lewis McNall |
| — | FW | SCO | Owen Gallacher |

### Youth team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | ENG | Carl Robinson |
| — | GK | FIN | Otto Huuhtanen |
| — | DF | ENG | Lewis Cass |
| — | DF | ENG | Isaac Gamblin |
| — | DF | ENG | Lewis Gibson |
| — | DF | ENG | Ben Kitchen |
| — | DF | ENG | Craig Spooner |
| — | DF | ENG | Ollie Walters |
| — | DF | TOG | Yannick Aziakonou |
| — | MF | ENG | Kieren Aplin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Mace Goodridge |
| — | MF | ENG | Oliver Long |
| — | MF | ENG | Matty Longstaff |
| — | FW | ENG | Thomas Allan |
| — | FW | ENG | Jack Robson |
| — | FW | ENG | Kurtis Russell |
| — | FW | ENG | Kelland Watts |
| — | FW | ENG | Adam Wilson |
| — | FW | DEN | Elias Sorensen |

## Transfers and loans

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 June 2016 | GK | 28 | Matz Sels | Gent | £4,500,000 |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | 9 | Dwight Gayle | Crystal Palace | £10,000,000 |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | 11 | Matt Ritchie | AFC Bournemouth | £12,000,000 |
| 8 July 2016 | DF | 27 | Jesús Gámez | Atlético Madrid | £1,500,000 |
| 11 July 2016 | MF | 14 | Isaac Hayden | Arsenal | £2,500,000 |
| 21 July 2016 | DF | 5 | Grant Hanley | Blackburn Rovers | £5,500,000 |
| 3 August 2016 | DF | 2 | Ciaran Clark | Aston Villa | £5,000,000 |
| 3 August 2016 | MF | 15 | Mohamed Diamé | Hull City | £4,500,000 |
| 24 August 2016 | DF | 22 | DeAndre Yedlin | Tottenham Hotspur | £5,000,000 |
| 28 August 2016 | FW | 33 | Daryl Murphy | Ipswich Town | £3,500,000 |
| 28 August 2016 | DF | 7 | Achraf Lazaar | Palermo | £3,000,000 |

* Total spending: £57,000,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | 14 | Gabriel Obertan | Anzhi Makhachkala | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | 31 | Sylvain Marveaux | FC Lorient | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | 25 | Andros Townsend | Crystal Palace | £13,000,000 |
| 5 July 2016 | DF | 2 | Fabricio Coloccini | San Lorenzo | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2016 | FW | 9 | Papiss Cissé | Shandong Luneng | £2,500,000 |
| 22 July 2016 | MF | 5 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Liverpool | £25,000,000 |
| 1 August 2016 | DF | 27 | Steven Taylor | Portland Timbers | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2016 | MF | — | Rémy Cabella | Marseille | £8,000,000 |
| 24 August 2016 | DF | 22 | Daryl Janmaat | Watford | £7,500,000 |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | — | Gaël Bigirimana | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | 7 | Moussa Sissoko | Tottenham Hotspur | £30,000,000 |
| 9 February 2017 | MF | 24 | Cheick Tioté | Beijing BG | £1,000,000 |

* Total incoming: ~ £87,000,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Number | Nationality | Name | From | Expiry | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | 30 | | Christian Atsu | Chelsea | End of Season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | To | Expiry |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 August 2016 | MF | — | Florian Thauvin | Marseille | End of Season |
| 8 August 2016 | FW | — | Ivan Toney | Shrewsbury Town | 3 January 2017 |
| 22 August 2016 | MF | 10 | Siem de Jong | PSV | End of Season |
| 23 August 2016 | DF | 43 | Kevin Mbabu | Young Boys | End of Season |
| 24 August 2016 | MF | 23 | Henri Saivet | Saint-Étienne | End of Season |
| 25 August 2016 | GK | 1 | Tim Krul | Ajax | 31 January 2017 |
| 30 August 2016 | FW | 32 | Adam Armstrong | Barnsley | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | FW | 29 | Emmanuel Rivière | Osasuna | End of Season |
| 31 August 2016 | DF | 42 | Jamie Sterry | Coventry City | 4 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | — | Haris Vučkić | Bradford City | 3 January 2017 |
| 31 August 2016 | MF | 34 | Sammy Ameobi | Bolton Wanderers | 3 January 2017 |
| 9 January 2017 | MF | — | Callum Roberts | Kilmarnock | End of Season |
| 9 January 2017 | GK | 41 | Freddie Woodman | Kilmarnock | End of Season |
| 11 January 2017 | DF | — | Ľubomír Šatka | DAC Dunajská Streda | End of Season |
| 12 January 2017 | FW | — | Ivan Toney | Scunthorpe United | End of Season |
| 31 January 2017 | GK | 1 | Tim Krul | AZ | End of Season |

## Competitions

### Overall summary

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship | – | – | 1st (champions) | 5 August 2016 | 7 May 2017 |
| EFL Cup | Second round | – | Fifth round | 23 August 2016 | 29 November 2016 |
| FA Cup | Third round | – | Fourth round | 7 January 2017 | 28 January 2017 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record |
| - | - |
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 85 | 40 | +45 | 063.04 |
| EFL Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 075.00 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 53 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 46 | +54 | 062.26 |

Source: Competitions

### EFL Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Reading | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 85 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Huddersfield Town (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 81 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |

* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

**Results by matchday**

| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |

**Matches**

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

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 7 May 2017.

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | IRL | Rob Elliot | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Karl Darlow | 36 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | BEL | Matz Sels | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Ciaran Clark | 36 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Paul Dummett | 46 | 0 | 44+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Grant Hanley | 15 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jamaal Lascelles | 47 | 3 | 41+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | MAR | Achraf Lazaar | 9 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | COD | Chancel Mbemba | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | FRA | Massadio Haïdara | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | DeAndre Yedlin | 32 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Jesús Gámez | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SCO | Stuart Findlay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | AUS | Curtis Good | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Jamie Sterry | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jack Colback | 34 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NED | Vurnon Anita | 31 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Matt Ritchie | 48 | 16 | 40+2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jonjo Shelvey | 48 | 5 | 38+4 | 5 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Isaac Hayden | 37 | 2 | 28+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SEN | Mohamed Diamé | 39 | 6 | 25+10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Rolando Aarons | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Yoan Gouffran | 44 | 7 | 33+5 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Christian Atsu | 34 | 5 | 15+17 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NGA | Sammy Ameobi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Daniel Barlaser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Yasin Ben El-Mhanni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| – | MF | SVN | Haris Vučkić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ENG | Dwight Gayle | 34 | 23 | 26+6 | 23 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Ayoze Pérez | 41 | 12 | 25+11 | 9 | 1+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy | 18 | 6 | 7+8 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Mitrović | 29 | 6 | 11+14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) who left on loan but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | NED | Tim Krul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Siem de Jong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | FRA | Emmanuel Rivière | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Adam Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Freddie Woodman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | SUI | Kevin Mbabu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player(s) who left permanently but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 22 | DF | NED | Daryl Janmaat | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CIV | Cheick Tioté | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 7 May 2017.

| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Ciaran Clark | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Paul Dummett | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Jack Colback | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Grant Hanley | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jamaal Lascelles | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Vurnon Anita | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Dwight Gayle | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Matt Ritchie | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Jonjo Shelvey | 10 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Isaac Hayden | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Mohamed Diamé | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Ayoze Pérez | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Yoan Gouffran | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Daryl Janmaat | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | DeAndre Yedlin | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Cheick Tioté | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Karl Darlow | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Matz Sels | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Christian Atsu | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Aleksandar Mitrović | 4 | 0 |

### Goals

    Last updated on 7 May 2017.

| Place | Position | Number | Nation | Name | Championship | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Dwight Gayle | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | | Matt Ritchie | 12 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | | Ayoze Pérez | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | | Yoan Gouffran | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | | Mohamed Diamé | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 33 | | Daryl Murphy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 45 | | Aleksandar Mitrović | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | 12 | | Jonjo Shelvey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | 30 | | Christian Atsu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | | Ciaran Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | | Jamaal Lascelles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | 14 | | Isaac Hayden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 5 | | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 18 | | Chancel Mbemba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 22 | | DeAndre Yedlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 85 | 11 | 4 | 100 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 7 May 2017.

| Place | Number | Nation | Name | Championship | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 26 | | Karl Darlow | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 28 | | Matz Sels | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | | Rob Elliot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
