2016–17 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

2016–17 season
Chairman	Dean Hoyle
Head Coach	David Wagner
Stadium	John Smith's Stadium
Championship	6th (as of 28 November 2016)
FA Cup	Not Yet Entered
League Cup	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Elias Kachunga (5) All: Elias Kachunga (6)
Highest home attendance	22,368 vs. Sheffield Wednesday (16 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance	18,479 vs. Brentford (6 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	19,996
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Huddersfield Town's fifth consecutive season in the Championship and 108th year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK		Luke Coddington	Middlesbrough	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	GK		Joel Coleman	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2016	GK		George Dorrington	Manchester United	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2016	CB		Michael Hefele	Dynamo Dresden	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2016	LB		Chris Löwe	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Free transfer	[6]
1 July 2016	DM		Ivan Paurević	FC Ufa	Undisclosed	[7]
1 July 2016	CM		Jack Payne	Southend United	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2016	CB		Christopher Schindler	1860 Munich	£1,800,000	[9][10]
1 July 2016	RW		Rajiv van La Parra	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[11]
8 July 2016	CB		Jon Gorenc Stanković	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed	[12]
24 August 2016	LB		Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[13]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Elias Kachunga	FC Ingolstadt 04	End of Season	[14]
5 July 2016	CM		Aaron Mooy	Manchester City	End of Season	[15]
11 July 2016	GK		Danny Ward	Liverpool	End of Season	[16]
15 July 2016	AM		Kasey Palmer	Chelsea	End of Season	[17]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF		Flo Bojaj	Kilmarnock	4 January 2017	[18]
1 July 2016	CB		Will Boyle	Kilmarnock	4 January 2017	[18]
15 July 2016	CF		Jordy Hiwula	Bradford City	End of Season	[19]
18 August 2016	LB		Jason Davidson	Groningen	End of Season	[20]
29 August 2016	CM		Kyle Dempsey	Fleetwood Town	End of Season	[21]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK		Lloyd Allinson	Chesterfield [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	RW		Callum Charlton	Altrincham [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	GK		Sam Guthrie	Free agent	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CM		Ben Holmes	Free agent	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CM		Duane Holmes	Scunthorpe United [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CB		Joel Lynch	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[26]
1 July 2016	RW		Karim Matmour	TSV 1860 Munich	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CF		Ishmael Miller	Bury [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CF		James Vaughan	Birmingham City	Free transfer	[23][28]
1 July 2016	GK		Ed Wilczynski	A.F.C. Fylde	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CB		Joe Wilkinson	Free agent	Released	[23]
1 July 2016	CB		Joe Wright	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	[29]
31 August 2016	FW		Jake Charles	Barnsley	Undisclosed
31 August 2016	LB		Jack Senior	Luton Town	Undisclosed

1. Following Lloyd Allinson being release, he later signed for Chesterfield.^[22]
2. Following Callum Charlton being released, he later signed for Altrincham.^[24]
3. Following Duane Holmes being released, he later signed for Scunthorpe United.^[25]
4. Following Ishmael Miller being released, he later signed for Bury.^[27]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 19 November 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Danny Ward	20	0	19	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Tommy Smith	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Dean Whitehead	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Mark Hudson	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Jonathan Hogg	20	1	17+2	1	0	0	1	0
7	MF		Sean Scannell	12	0	6+5	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Philip Billing	3	1	0+3	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Elias Kachunga	20	6	19	5	0	0	1	1
10	MF		Aaron Mooy	20	2	18+1	2	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Harry Bunn	10	0	3+7	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Tareiq Holmes-Dennis	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Martin Cranie	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Chris Löwe	19	1	18	1	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Jack Payne	13	1	5+7	1	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Rajiv van La Parra	17	1	14+2	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Joe Lolley	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Ivan Paurević	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
21	FW		Nahki Wells	18	3	13+5	3	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Christopher Schindler	20	1	18+1	1	0	0	1	0
27	DF		Jon Gorenc Stanković	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF		Michael Hefele	13	1	5+7	1	0	0	0+1	0
45	MF		Kasey Palmer	18	3	11+6	3	0	0	0+1	0

Cards

As of 5 November 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
5		DF	Mark Hudson	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
6		MF	Jonathan Hogg	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
15		DF	Chris Löwe	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2		DF	Tommy Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Elias Kachunga	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
45		MF	Kasey Palmer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		MF	Dean Whitehead	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Rajiv van La Parra	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
7		MF	Sean Scannell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Aaron Mooy	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Harry Bunn	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Jack Payne	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Ivan Paurević	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26		DF	Christopher Schindler	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Nahki Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Michael Hefele	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
			Totals	33	1	0	0	3	0	34	1

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Guiseley v Huddersfield Town

6 July 2016 Friendly	Guiseley	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Guiseley
19:45 BST		Report	Scannell  44'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park

Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town XI

9 July 2016 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Huddersfield Town XI	Wigan
11:30 BST			J. Boyle  ?', 55'	Stadium: Christopher Park

Huddersfield Town v Accrington Stanley

10 July 2016 Friendly	Huddersfield Town	4–1	Accrington Stanley	Huddersfield
12:00 BST	Kachunga  5' Payne  52' Wells  70' van La Parra  73'		?  80'	Stadium: PPG Canalside Attendance: Behind closed doors

Huddersfield Town v Rochdale

12 July 2016 Friendly	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Rochdale	Huddersfield
12:00 BST	Kachunga  20' Wells  73'			Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors

Oldham Athletic v Huddersfield Town

16 July 2016 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Huddersfield Town	Oldham
15:00 BST		Report	Bunn  72' Payne  89'	Stadium: SportsDirect.com Park Attendance: 2,163

A.F.C. Emley v Huddersfield Town XI

18 July 2016 Friendly	A.F.C. Emley	0–4	Huddersfield Town XI	Emley
19:00 BST			Charles  12' Scott  50' Booty  54' Colville  77'	Stadium: Welfare Ground

Huddersfield Town v Liverpool

20 July 2016 Shankly Trophy	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Liverpool	Huddersfield
19:45 BST		Report	Grujić  32' Moreno  90' (pen.)	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 21,266 Referee: David Coote

Werder Bremen v Huddersfield Town

26 July 2016 Friendly	Werder Bremen	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Zell am Ziller, Austria
17:00 BST				Stadium: Parkstadion Zell/Ziller

Ingolstadt v Huddersfield Town

29 July 2016 Friendly	Ingolstadt	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Schwaz, Austria
17:30 BST		Report	Hefele  86'	Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz

West Bromwich Albion v Huddersfield Town XI

30 July 2016 Friendly	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Huddersfield Town XI	West Bromwich
12:00 BST	Campbell  ?'			Stadium: West Bromwich Albion Training Ground

Guernsey v Huddersfield Town XI

3 August 2016 Friendly	Guernsey	0–6	Huddersfield Town XI	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
19:45 BST			Colville  21', 50', 57', 75' Scott  53' Dyson  66'	Stadium: Footes Lane Attendance: 551

Championship

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	9	3	7	22	24	−2	30	6	1	2	13	8	+5	3	2	5	9	16	−7

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D
Position	5	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	4	6	8

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Sheffield Wednesday	19	9	4	6	22	21	+1	31	Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
7	Norwich City	19	9	3	7	34	30	+4	30
8	Huddersfield Town	19	9	3	7	21	24	−3	30
9	Derby County	19	8	5	6	17	13	+4	29
10	Fulham	19	7	7	5	30	21	+9	28

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

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

Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

Huddersfield Town v Brentford

6 August 2016 1	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Brentford	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Kachunga  50' Palmer  79'	Report	Yennaris  77'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,479 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Newcastle United v Huddersfield Town

13 August 2016 2	Newcastle United	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Newcastle
15:00 BST	Gayle  60'	Report	Wells  45+1' Payne  82'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,079 Referee: Oliver Langford

Aston Villa v Huddersfield Town

16 August 2016 3	Aston Villa	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Birmingham
19:45 BST	McCormack  25'	Report	Hefele  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,924 Referee: Scott Duncan

Huddersfield Town v Barnsley

20 August 2016 4	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Barnsley	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Löwe  27' Hogg  90+2'	Report	Mawson  47'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,001 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Huddersfield Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 August 2016 5	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	van La Parra  6'	Report		Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,972 Referee: Stephen Martin

Leeds United v Huddersfield Town

10 September 2016 6	Leeds United	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Leeds
15:00 BST		Report	Mooy  55'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 28,514 Referee: Roger East

Brighton & Hove Albion v Huddersfield Town

13 September 2016 7	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Falmer
19:45 BST	Knockaert  80'	Report		Stadium: American Express Community Stadium Attendance: 24,166 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers

17 September 2016 8	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Huddersfield
17:00 BST	Palmer  14' Kachunga  62'	Report	Sylla  76'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,595 Referee: Simon Hooper

Reading v Huddersfield Town

24 September 2016 9	Reading	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Reading
15:00 BST	Obita  35' Beerens  41' Gunter  56'	Report	van La Parra  23', 26' Smith  27' Löwe  45' Hudson  59' Kachunga  66'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,030 Referee: James Linington

Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United

27 September 2016 10	Huddersfield Town	2-1	Rotherham United	Huddersfield
19:45 BST	Kachunga  2' Wells  38' Whitehead  43' Scannell  53' Payne  87'	Report	Ward  34' Newell  68'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,808 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Ipswich Town v Huddersfield Town

1 October 2016 11	Ipswich Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Douglas  52'	Report	Hogg  50' Schindler  58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,146 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Huddersfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday

16 October 2016 12	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Huddersfield
12:00 BST	Kachunga  38'	Report	Forestieri  68' (pen.) Hooper  70' Hutchinson  73'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 22,368 Referee: Graham Scott

Preston North End v Huddersfield Town

19 October 2016 13	Preston North End	3–1	Huddersfield Town	Preston
19:45 BST	Clarke  6' Baptiste  42' Gallagher  53' Hugill  82'	Report	Hudson  53' Wells  81'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 12,862 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Huddersfield Town v Derby County

22 October 2016 14	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Derby County	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Wells  40' Hogg  57' Kachunga  90+3'	Report	Hughes  65'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,749 Referee: Peter Bankes

Fulham v Huddersfield Town

29 October 2016 15	Fulham	5–0	Huddersfield Town	London
15:00 BST	Martin  8', 63' (pen.) Kalas  34' Fredericks  36' Piazon  42' McDonald  66'	Report	Whitehead  30' Palmer  36'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 19,858 Referee: David Coote

Huddersfield Town v Birmingham City

5 November 2016 16	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Kachunga  69'	Report	Morrison  38' Jutkiewicz  73' Shotton  83'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Stephen Martin

Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town

19 November 2016 17	Cardiff City	3–2	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Morrison  15' Hoilett  17' Lambert  33' Peltier  48' Bamba  72'	Report	Smith  28' Hogg  49' Mooy  49' Billing  70' Hefele  72' Stankovič  80'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,930 Referee: James Adcock

Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic

28 November 2016 18	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Hogg  18' Mooy  50' Smith  71'	Report	Warnock  3' Burke  40' Power  52' Wildschut  60' Garbutt  90+3'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,943 Referee: Tony Harrington

Blackburn Rovers v Huddersfield Town

3 December 2016 19	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Lowe  13' Graham  34' (pen.) Nyambe  69' Lenihan  90+2'	Report	Palmer  6'  58' Hefele  34'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,034 Referee: Simon Hooper

League Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw was made, Huddersfield Town were drawn away against Shrewsbury Town.

Shrewsbury Town v Huddersfield Town

9 August 2016 Round 1	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST	Leitch-Smith  1' Dodds  77'		Kachunga  39'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Graham Salisbury

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