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

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

Loans in

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

Loans out

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

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 GK England Lloyd Allinson Chesterfield [lower-alpha 1] Released [23]
1 July 2016 RW England Callum Charlton Altrincham [lower-alpha 2] Released [23]
1 July 2016 GK England Sam Guthrie Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 CM England Ben Holmes Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 CM United States Duane Holmes Scunthorpe United [lower-alpha 3] Released [23]
1 July 2016 CB Wales Joel Lynch Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [26]
1 July 2016 RW Algeria Karim Matmour TSV 1860 Munich Released [23]
1 July 2016 CF England Ishmael Miller Bury [lower-alpha 4] Released [23]
1 July 2016 CF England James Vaughan Birmingham City Free transfer [23][28]
1 July 2016 GK Poland Ed Wilczynski A.F.C. Fylde Released [23]
1 July 2016 CB England Joe Wilkinson Free agent Released [23]
1 July 2016 CB Wales Joe Wright Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [29]
31 August 2016 FW Wales Jake Charles Barnsley Undisclosed
31 August 2016 LB England 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 TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Wales Danny Ward 20 0 19 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF England Tommy Smith 18 1 18 1 0 0 0 0
4 MF England Dean Whitehead 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Mark Hudson 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England Jonathan Hogg 20 1 17+2 1 0 0 1 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell 12 0 6+5 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Denmark Philip Billing 3 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Germany Elias Kachunga 20 6 19 5 0 0 1 1
10 MF Australia Aaron Mooy 20 2 18+1 2 0 0 1 0
11 MF England Harry Bunn 10 0 3+7 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF England Tareiq Holmes-Dennis 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF England Martin Cranie 5 0 1+3 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF Germany Chris Löwe 19 1 18 1 0 0 1 0
16 MF England Jack Payne 13 1 5+7 1 0 0 1 0
17 MF Netherlands Rajiv van La Parra 17 1 14+2 1 0 0 1 0
18 MF England Joe Lolley 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Croatia Ivan Paurević 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 FW Bermuda Nahki Wells 18 3 13+5 3 0 0 0 0
26 DF Germany Christopher Schindler 20 1 18+1 1 0 0 1 0
27 DF Slovenia Jon Gorenc Stanković 5 0 2+2 0 0 0 1 0
44 DF Germany Michael Hefele 13 1 5+7 1 0 0 0+1 0
45 MF England 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
Red card Red card Red card Red card
5 England DF Mark Hudson 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
6 England MF Jonathan Hogg 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
15 Germany DF Chris Löwe 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2 England DF Tommy Smith 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Germany FW Elias Kachunga 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
45 England MF Kasey Palmer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 England MF Dean Whitehead 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Netherlands MF Rajiv van La Parra 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
7 Republic of Ireland MF Sean Scannell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Australia MF Aaron Mooy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 England MF Harry Bunn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 England MF Jack Payne 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Croatia MF Ivan Paurević 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
26 Germany DF Christopher Schindler 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Bermuda FW Nahki Wells 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 Germany DF Michael Hefele 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 1 0 0 3 0 34 1

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Championship

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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.

League Cup

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

References

  1. "History". Statto.
  2. "Luke Coddington joins HTAFC". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "HTAFC signs 'keeper Joel Coleman". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. "Keeper Dorrington Joins Under-21's". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. "Michael Hefele to join HTAFC". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. "Chris Lowe: Huddersfield Town agree deal for Kaiserslautern defender". BBC Sport. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. "Town signs Ivan Paurevic". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  8. "Jack Payne to join HTAFC". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  9. "Schindler Arrives For Club Record Fee". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. "Terriers pay 'record fee' for Schindler". BBC. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. "Rajv van La Parra joins HTAFC". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  12. "Jon Gorenc Stankovic Signs". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  13. "Tareiq Holmes-Dennis Signs For Terriers". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  14. "Elias Kachunga To Join On Loan". Huddersfield Town AFC. 24 June 2016.
  15. "Man City's Aaron Mooy Arrives At HTAFC". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  16. "Terriers to sign Liverpool keeper Ward". BBC. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  17. "Chelsea's Kasey Palmer joins HTAFC". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. 1 2 "Bojaj & Boyle Join Kilmarnock". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  19. "Jordy Hiwula Joins Bradford City". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  20. "Davidson To Join FC Groningen". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  21. "Loan: Dempsey Joins Fleetwood Town". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  22. "Spireites Make Young Goalkeeper Signing". Chesterfield Official Site. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Retained List Confirmed". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  24. "Callum Charlton". Altrincham Official Site. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  25. "Scunthorpe sign midfielder Holmes". BBC. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  26. "Joel Lynch Joins QPR". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  27. "Bury sign ex-Terriers forward Miller". BBC Sport. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  28. "Blues snap up James Vaughan". Birmingham City Official Site. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  29. "Joe Wright Joins Doncaster Rovers". Huddersfield Town Official Site. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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