2016–17 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City

2016–17 season
Chairman	Peter Coates
Manager	Mark Hughes
Stadium	bet365 Stadium
League Cup	Third Round
Home colours Away colours
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The 2016–17 season will be Stoke City's ninth season in the Premier League and the 61st in the top tier of English football.^[1]

Following last season's third-straight ninth-place finish, Mark Hughes brought in Joe Allen, Wilfried Bony, Lee Grant, Bruno Martins Indi and Ramadan Sobhi. However, Stoke's poor form at the end of last season continued at the start of 2016–17 as in the first six matches they managed to pick up just two points, which meant they ended September in the relegation zone.

Pre-season

In April 2016, Stoke announced that from the 2016–17 season, the Britannia Stadium will be renamed the bet365 Stadium, with the capacity to be increased to 30,000 for the start of the 2017–18 season.^[2][3] The club also announced a five-year contract with kit manufacturer Macron, described by chief executive Tony Scholes as the biggest kit deal in the club's history.^[4] Stoke announced their retained list in June 2016; departing the club were experienced duo Peter Odemwingie and Steve Sidwell along with development squad players Ben Barber, Ed Dryden, Bobby Moseley, Ryan O'Reilly, Petros Skapits and Mason Watkins-Clarke.^[5]

The Stoke squad returned to training on 8 July 2016, where they then went on a six-day training camp in Kitzbühel, Austria.^[6][7] Stoke's first pre-season match saw them lose 3–0 to a much fitter Burton Albion side with goals from Lucas Akins and a brace from Chris O'Grady.^[8] Stoke then played out a 1–1 draw against Preston North End at Deepdale, with Mame Biram Diouf cancelling out Daniel Johnson's opener.^[9] Stoke made their first signings of the season on 25 July 2016 with the arrival of Egyptian winger Ramadan Sobhi from Al Ahly for £5 million and Welsh midfielder Joe Allen from Liverpool for £13 million.^[10][11] The squad then travelled out to Florida for a ten-day training camp.^[12] Stoke earned their first win of pre-season on 27 July 2016 with a 2–1 win against Major League Soccer side Orlando City, with goals from Bojan and Diouf.^[13] Stoke also played against Orlando's B team in a behind closed doors match which Stoke won 5–0.^[14] Stoke ended their low-key pre-season with a 1–0 defeat at German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.^[15]

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
1	16 July 2016	Burton Albion	A	0–3		Report
2	23 July 2016	Preston North End	A	1–1	Diouf 54'	Report
3	27 July 2016	Orlando City	A	2–1	Diouf 48', Bojan 64'	Report
4	1 August 2016	Orlando City B	A	5–0	Shaqiri 22', 29' (2), Joselu 51', Diouf 63', Arnautović 82'	Report
5	6 August 2016	Hamburger SV	A	0–1		Report

Premier League

August

Stoke began their ninth season in the Premier League with a trip to newly promoted Middlesbrough on 13 August. Stoke suffered a blow prior to the match with Jack Butland being ruled out due to injury.^[16] Stoke made a terrible start to the game with Boro's new signing Álvaro Negredo scoring after 11 minutes and Gastón Ramírez hit the post as Aitor Karanka's side controlled the first half. Stoke improved after the break and earned a point thanks to a Xherdan Shaqiri free-kick.^[17][18]

Stoke's first home match at the newly re-branded bet365 Stadium was against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. Manchester City took the lead in controversial fashion after referee Mike Dean awarded a penalty against Ryan Shawcross for shirt pulling, Sergio Agüero, scoring from the spot. Agüero then made it 2–0 with a header before Dean awarded Stoke a penalty for the same offence he gave Man City. Bojan converted his spot-kick but it was Manchester City substitute Nolito who sealed the three points for the away side with two late goals.^[19][20]

The final match of August was away at Ronald Koeman's Everton where Stoke lost 1–0 to a controversial penalty. After a goalless first half Michael Oliver awarded Everton a penalty just after half time for Phil Bardsley tangling with Ashley Williams from a corner. Shay Given pushed Leighton Baines' spot-kick on to the post but the ball then rebounded off Given's head and in.^[21][22] After the match, Oliver's decision was criticised by Mark Hughes, Glenn Whelan and Peter Coates.^[23][24][25]

Stoke had a busy transfer deadline day with the loan arrivals of Wilfried Bony, Bruno Martins Indi and Lee Grant, while Joselu and Philipp Wollscheid both departed on season-long loans.^[26]

September

Hughes gave debuts to new signings Wilfried Bony and Bruno Martins Indi for the visit of Tottenham Hotspur following the international break. After an even opening half hour the game changed when Mark Hughes was sent-off by Antony Taylor for arguing with fourth official Jon Moss, Hughes later admitted he deserved to be sent-off.^[27] From then on, Stoke lost their focus and put in an abject performance and goals from Dele Alli, Harry Kane and a brace from Son Heung-min earned Spurs a second-straight 4–0 win at Stoke.^[28][29] Afterwards, chairman Peter Coates heavily criticized the team's performance, saying, "We fell to pieces."^[30]

There was no improvement the following week away at Crystal Palace as Stoke again put in a woeful performance and conceded four goals for a third time. Scott Dann, James McArthur, James Tomkins and Andros Townsend scored for Palace with Marko Arnautović scoring a last minute consolation. The result kept Stoke rock bottom of the Premier League and increased the pressure on Mark Hughes.^[31][32]

Following their EFL Cup exit to Hull City, Stoke came up against midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion and former manager Tony Pulis, who was in charge of his 1,000th match.^[33] In what was a hard fought encounter, Stoke took the lead in the 73rd minute through Joe Allen's first goal for the Potters. Stoke, however, were unable to see out their first win of the season as a mix-up between Bruno Martins Indi and debutant Lee Grant gifted West Brom a late corner which was duly headed in by Salomón Rondón.^[34][35]

October

Stoke then travelled to Old Trafford to play Manchester United on 2 October. Lee Grant made a number of fine saves to deny Manchester United from taking the lead in the first half before he was eventuality beaten by Anthony Martial on 69 minutes. Joe Allen scored for the second match running, earning Stoke a 1–1 draw, their first point at Old Trafford since 1980.^[36][37]

Following the international break, Stoke played against Sunderland, the only other team without a Premier League victory. Stoke won the match 2–0 with Joe Allen scoring twice in the first half to lift some of the pressure off Mark Hughes. Goalkeeper Lee Grant had little to do as the Black Cats put in an inept performance and City earned the first clean sheet in the league since March.^[38][39]

Stoke then travelled to the KCOM Stadium to take on Mike Phelan's Hull City on 22 October. The Potters produced their best performance of the season, comfortably winning the match 2–0 with two long range strikes from Xherdan Shaqiri.^[40][41] The result lifted the team out of the relegation zone and was also Stoke's 100th win in the Premier League.^[42] There was an incident after the final whistle where Stoke had three players booked for a confrontation with Sam Clucas.^[43]

Swansea City, now under the management of Bob Bradley, traveled to the Potteries on 31 October. Stoke made the perfect start to the match, with Wilfried Bony scoring his first goal for the against his former employers after just three minutes. The Swans, however, hit back soon after with a header from Wayne Routledge. Stoke then hit the post three times in quick succession before retaking the lead after half time after Ramadan Sobhi's low cross was turned into his own net by Alfie Mawson. Bony scored again late on to earn Stoke a 3–1 victory.^[44][45]

November

Stoke made their first visit to West Ham United's London Stadium on 5 November. After a drab first half, West Ham took the lead when Michail Antonio's header was deflected in by Glenn Whelan for an own goal. Stoke earned a point after a mistake from Hammers' goalkeeper Adrian let in Bojan to fire into an empty net.^[46]

After the international break Stoke took on Eddie Howe's Bournemouth at home. The Cherries were the better side and took the lead in the first half through a set play which was headed in by Nathan Aké. Stoke did have the chance to draw level but Bojan missed a second half penalty.^[47]

The final match of November was against Watford at Vicarage Road, Hughes made five changes to his side which included the return of Giannelli Imbula. It paid off as Stoke dominated the match and scored the only goal of the encounter in the first half after Charlie Adam's header hit the post but then deflected in off Hornets' goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes for an own goal. It was a poor day for Watford and they had Miguel Britos sent-off late on for two bookable offences.^[48]

Results

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
1	13 August 2016	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	32,110	Shaqiri 67'	Report
2	20 August 2016	Manchester City	H	1–4	27,455	Bojan 49' (pen)	Report
3	27 August 2016	Everton	A	0–1	39,581		Report
4	10 September 2016	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–4	27,835		Report
5	18 September 2016	Crystal Palace	A	1–4	23,781	Arnautović 90+4'	Report
6	24 September 2016	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	27,645	Allen 73'	Report
7	2 October 2016	Manchester United	A	1–1	75,251	Allen 82'	Report
8	15 October 2016	Sunderland	H	2–0	27,701	Allen (2) 8', 45+1'	Report
9	22 October 2016	Hull City	A	2–0	18,522	Shaqiri (2) 26', 50'	Report
10	31 October 2016	Swansea City	H	3–1	26,602	Bony (2) 3', 73', Mawson 55' (o.g.)	Report
11	5 November 2016	West Ham United	A	1–1	56,970	Bojan 75'	Report
12	19 November 2016	Bournemouth	H	0–1	27,815		Report
13	27 November 2016	Watford	A	1–0	20,058	Gomes 29' (o.g.)	Report
14	3 December 2016	Burnley	H	2–0	27,306	Walters 20', Muniesa 35'	Report
15	10 December 2016	Arsenal	A	–

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	West Bromwich Albion	14	5	5	4	20	17	+3	20
8	Everton	14	5	5	4	17	16	+1	20
9	Stoke City	14	5	4	5	16	19	−3	19
10	AFC Bournemouth	14	5	3	6	19	22	−3	18
11	Watford	14	5	3	6	18	24	−6	18

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[49]

FA Cup

League Cup

Stoke were drawn away against League Two side Stevenage in the second round of the re-branded EFL Cup in what was the first meeting between the clubs. Stoke comfortably won the tie 4–0 with Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick and Phil Bardsley scoring from 30-yards.^[50][51] Stoke were then knocked out of the competition by Hull City despite Marko Arnautović opening the scoring goals from Ryan Mason and Markus Henriksen earned the Tigers passage to the next round.^[52][53]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Report
R2	23 August 2016	Stevenage	A	4–0	3,363	Crouch (3) 14', 48', 70', Bardsley 32'	Report
R3	21 September 2016	Hull City	H	1–2	10,550	Arnautović 24'	Report

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jack Butland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Phil Bardsley	8(1)	0	0	0	1	1	9(1)	1	2	0
3	DF	Erik Pieters	13	0	0	0	1(1)	0	14(1)	0	2	0
4	MF	Joe Allen	11(2)	4	0	0	2	0	13(2)	4	5	0
5	DF	Marc Muniesa	2(1)	1	0	0	1	0	3(1)	1	1	0
6	MF	Glenn Whelan	11(1)	0	0	0	1	0	12(1)	0	2	0
7	MF	Stephen Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	DF	Glen Johnson	5(1)	0	0	0	1	0	6(1)	0	0	0
10	FW	Marko Arnautović	13	1	0	0	2	1	15	2	5	0
12	FW	Wilfried Bony	9	2	0	0	1	0	10	2	1	0
14	MF	Ibrahim Afellay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Bruno Martins Indi	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0
16	MF	Charlie Adam	5(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	6(4)	0	3	0
17	DF	Ryan Shawcross (c)	12	0	0	0	2	0	14	0	3	0
18	FW	Mame Biram Diouf	5(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	5(5)	0	1	0
19	FW	Jonathan Walters	5(7)	1	0	0	1	0	6(7)	1	0	0
20	DF	Geoff Cameron	7	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	1	0
21	MF	Giannelli Imbula	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0
22	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	9	3	0	0	0	0	9	3	1	0
24	GK	Shay Given	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0
25	FW	Peter Crouch	1(7)	0	0	0	1	3	2(7)	3	0	0
26	DF	Philipp Wollscheid	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
27	FW	Bojan Krkić	4(3)	2	0	0	0(1)	0	4(4)	2	1	0
29	GK	Jakob Haugaard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Ramadan Sobhi	1(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	2(4)	0	0	0
33	GK	Lee Grant	9	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0
–	–	Own goals	–	2	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	–

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
25 July 2016	MF	Joe Allen	Liverpool	£13 million[11][54]
25 July 2016	MF	Ramadan Sobhi	Al Ahly	£5 million[10][55]
5 August 2016	DF	Ryan Sweeney	AFC Wimbledon	£250,000[56]
31 August 2016	DF	Cameron McJannet	Luton Town	Undisclosed[57]
29 September 2016	DF	Harry Souttar	Dundee United	Undisclosed[58]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2016	DF	Ben Barber	York City	Free[59][60]
1 July 2016	FW	Peter Odemwingie	Rotherham United	Free[5][61]
1 July 2016	MF	Steve Sidwell	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free[5][62]
1 July 2016	MF	Ed Dryden	Released	Free[5]
1 July 2016	DF	Bobby Moseley	Solihull Moors	Free[5]
1 July 2016	DF	Ryan O'Reilly	Released	Free[5]
1 July 2016	FW	Peter Skapetis	Released	Free[5]
1 July 2016	DF	Mason Watkins-Clark	Released	Free[5]
1 July 2016	FW	Yusuf Coban	1899 Hoffenheim	Free[63]
1 July 2016	GK	Dominic Kurasik	Brentford	Free[64]
1 July 2016	GK	Chris Marques	Nottingham Forest	Free[65]
1 July 2016	DF	Toby Wells	Aberdeen	Free[66]
15 August 2016	DF	Marc Wilson	AFC Bournemouth	£2 million[67][68]

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
31 August 2016	30 June 2017[lower-alpha 1]	FW	Wilfried Bony	Manchester City[70][71]
31 August 2016	3 January 2017	GK	Lee Grant	Derby County[72][71]
31 August 2016	30 June 2017	DF	Bruno Martins Indi	Porto[73][71]

1. A £2 million loan fee is applied for Bony's loan.^[69]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2016	1 September 2017[lower-alpha 1]	MF	Mark Waddington	Kilmarnock[75]
15 August 2016	1 January 2017	MF	Moha El Ouriachi	Shrewsbury Town[76]
15 August 2016	1 January 2017	FW	George Waring	Shrewsbury Town[76]
31 August 2016	30 June 2017[lower-alpha 2]	DF	Philipp Wollscheid	Wolfsburg[78]
31 August 2016	30 June 2017	FW	Joselu	Deportivo de La Coruña[79]

1. On 1 September 2016, Kilmarnock released Mark Waddington cutting his loan deal short.^[74]
2. A £1.1 million loan fee has been applied to Wollscheid's loan.^[77]

Under-23s

Premier League 2 Division 2

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
1	13 August 2016	West Ham United	H	0–3		Report
2	22 August 2016	Norwich City	A	1–0	Abdallah	Report
3	27 August 2016	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1		Report
4	12 September 2016	Newcastle United	A	1–1	N'Goy	Report
5	17 September 2016	Fulham	H	1–2	Waddington	Report
6	26 September 2016	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	N'Goy	Report
7	14 October 2016	Middlesbrough	H	3–1	N'Goy, Telford (2)	Report
8	22 October 2016	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	Telford	Report
9	31 October 2016	Swansea City	A	1–2	Campbell	Report
10	26 November 2016	Aston Villa	H	2–4	Abdallah, Shenton	Report
11	12 December 2016	Blackburn Rovers	A	–
12	16 December 2016	Newcastle United	H	–
13	9 January 2017	Fulham	A	–
14	14 January 2017	West Bromwich Albion	H	–
15	30 January 2017	Middlesbrough	A	–
16	4 February 2017	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	–
17	20 February 2017	Aston Villa	A	–
18	6 March 2017	West Ham United	A	–
19	11 March 2017	Norwich City	H	–
20	10 April 2017	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	–
21	22 April 2017	Swansea City	H	–
22		Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	–

EFL Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Report
Northern Section Group C Match 1	30 August 2016	Bradford City	A	0–1		Report
Northern Section Group C Match 2	4 October 2016	Morecambe	A	1–3	Adam	Report
Northern Section Group C Match 3	8 November 2016	Bury	H	1–1	Bojan	Report

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