2016–17 Aberdeen F.C. season

Aberdeen
2016–17 season
ChairmanStewart Milne
ManagerDerek McInnes
GroundPittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premiership2nd
Scottish League CupRunners-up
Scottish CupRunners-up
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Adam Rooney (12)
All:
Adam Rooney (20)
Highest home attendance19,332 vs Rangers, Premiership, 9 April 2017
Lowest home attendance8,195 vs Kilmarnock, Premiership, 6 December 2016
Average home league attendance12,640

The 2016–17 season was Aberdeen's 103rd season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Aberdeen also competed in qualifying for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[1]

Summary

August

Aberdeen were knocked out of the Europa League by Maribor in the Third qualifying round.[2]

They were then boosted when top-scorer from last season Adam Rooney signed a new contract, keeping him at the club until 2020.[3]

September

October

November

Aberdeen reached the League Cup Final but lost 3–0 to Celtic.[4]

December

After the Cup final loss, McInnes became under pressure after a poor run of results in December which included an abandoned match at home against Motherwell.[5]

However, the Dons ended 2016 with 3 wins out of their last 3 matches in the year, keeping the same starting line-up in all 3 matches, easing pressure on McInnes.[6]

January

Graeme Shinnie boosted the Dons signing on an extra year to his contract.[7]

February

On 6 February, Niall McGinn was awarded SPFL January Goal of the Month for his goal against Dundee.[8]

After 3 bids were rejected in the January transfer window by Cardiff City, on 7 February Jonny Hayes signed a new contract extension to keep him at the club until 2019.[9]

On 14 February, Andrew Considine signed a new contract to also keep him at the club until 2019.[10]

March

On 9 March, English League One side Milton Keynes Dons announced that Peter Pawlett had signed a pre-contract deal to join the club at the end of the 2016–17 season.[11]

On 29 March, Jonny Hayes earned his first start for Ireland in a 1-0 friendly defeat to Iceland.[12]

On 30 March, Greg Tansey signed a pre-contract 3-year deal to join the club from Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2016–17 season.[13]

April

On 7 April, manager Derek McInnes won SPFL March Manager of the Month after reaching the Scottish Cup Semi-final and beating Dundee 7-0.[14]

On 15 April, Aberdeen secured Europa League football for next season with a hard-fought win over St Johnstone in Perth.[15]

On 22 April, Aberdeen reached the Scottish Cup final for the first time in 17 years with victory over holders Hibernian.[16]

May

On 2 May, Jonny Hayes was shortlisted for player of the year in the PFA Scotland awards.[17]

On 4 May, Derek McInnes was shortlisted for manager of the year in the PFA Scotland awards.[18]

On 5 May, Joe Lewis, Shay Logan, Kenny McLean and Jonny Hayes all made the PFA Scotland's Premiership team of the year.[19]

On 7 May, Aberdeen all but secured the Runners-up spot in the Premiership with a 2-1 win against Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle Stadium.[20]

On 12 May, Dean Campbell was introduced as a substitute against Celtic, becoming the club's youngest-ever player (a record previously held by Jack Grimmer).[21]

On 17 May, Aberdeen defeated Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox Stadium, their first victory at that stadium since 1991.[22] The result also mathematically confirmed Aberdeen's second place in the final league table.

On 21 May, teenager Scott Wright scored his first senior hat-trick to end the league season with a 6-0 win against Partick Thistle at Firhill.[23]

On 24 May, Derek McInnes announced that Graeme Shinnie would captain the Dons in the Scottish Cup Final,[24] after it was announced that Ryan Jack was leaving the club.[25]

On 27 May, the Dons lost the Scottish Cup Final to Celtic, their sixth, in total, defeat to them this season against what was "The Invincibles".[26][27]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

26 June 2016[28] Friendly Brechin City 0–3 Aberdeen Brechin
14:00 BST AFC Twitter Stockley 20'
Shankland 30'
Jack 89'		 Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,283 (AFC Twitter)
11 July 2016[29] Friendly East Fife 2–4 Aberdeen Methil
15:00 BST Jack 53' (o.g.)
McManus 55' (pen.)		 AFC Rooney 3'
O'Connor 39'
Stockley 65', 84'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 574 (East Fife FC)
Referee: Bobby Madden
15 January 2017[30] Friendly Bunyodkor 1–2 Aberdeen Dubai, United Arab Emirates
12:00 Javokhir 33' [1] Hayes 1'
Shinnie 75'		 Stadium: Jebal Ali Resort
Attendance: 200

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
7 August 2016 1 St Johnstone 0–0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
12:15 Craig Yellow card 34'
Cummins Yellow card 37'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Collum
13 August 2016 2 Aberdeen 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie Yellow card 44'
Pawlett Yellow card 50'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Watt Yellow card 31'
Rherras Yellow card 37'
Bauben Yellow card 43'
Djoum Yellow card 53'
Rossi Yellow card 78'		 Attendance: 13,559
Referee: Clancy
20 August 2016 3 Aberdeen 2–1 Partick Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn 28' Yellow card 66'
Storey 58'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Osman Yellow card 27'
Devine Yellow card 83'
Welsh Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 87'
Erskine 90+3'		 Attendance: 11,049
Referee: Beaton
27 August 2016 4 Celtic 4–1 Aberdeen Celtic Park
15:00 Griffiths 13'
Forrest 42'
Sinclair 87' (pen.)
Rogic 90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rooney 32'
Reynolds Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 87'
Shinnie Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 57,758
Referee: Madden
10 September 2016 5 Aberdeen 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn 51' BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Tansey Yellow card 31'
Tremarco Yellow card 45'
King Yellow card 45+1'
Vigurs 68'		 Attendance: 11,356
Referee: Allan
18 September 2016 6 Dundee 1–3 Aberdeen Dens Park
12:00 Holt 13'
Kerr Yellow card 22'
O'Dea Yellow card 53'
O'Hara Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 90+2'
Etxabeguren Yellow card 87'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Maddison 19'
O'Connor Yellow card 44'
Shinnie Yellow card 54'
Hayes Yellow card 62'
Stockley 77'
McLean 88' (pen.)		 Attendance: 6,321
Referee: McLean
25 September 2016 7 Aberdeen 2–1 Rangers Pittodrie Stadium
13:00 Shinnie Yellow card 14'
Hayes 46'Yellow card 79'
Reynolds Yellow card 53'
O'Connor Yellow card 64'
McLean Yellow card 83'
Maddison 90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Garner Yellow card 22'
Wilson Yellow card 48'
Halliday 79' (pen.)
Kranjcar Yellow card 81'
Tavernier Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 19,263
Referee: Beaton
1 October 2016 8 Kilmarnock 0–4 Aberdeen Rugby Park
15:00 MacDonald Yellow card 24'
Burn Yellow card 65'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rooney 25' (pen), 72'
Considine 50'
Taylor 67'		 Attendance: 4,592
Referee: Collum
15 October 2016 9 Aberdeen 4–0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hayes 20'
Logan 32'
Reynolds Yellow card 67'
McGinn 68'
Stockley 78'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Fraser Yellow card 12'
Chow Red card 21'
Davies Yellow card 73'		 Attendance: 10,091
Referee: Thomson
25 October 2016 11 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Aberdeen New Douglas Park
19:45 D'Acol 6' (pen) BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Collum
29 October 2016 12 Aberdeen 0–1 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
12:00 Shinnie Yellow card 47'
Hayes Yellow card 79'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Sviatchenko Yellow card 2'
Rogic 23'
Brown Yellow card 79'
Lustig Yellow card 79'		 Attendance: 17,105
Referee: McLean
4 November 2016 13 Partick Thistle 1–2 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
19:45 Barton 51'
Devine Yellow card 56'
Welsh Yellow card 81'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 O'Connor 39'
Stockley 53'		 Attendance: 3,974
Referee: Madden
19 November 2016 14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 Aberdeen Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Doumbouya 15'
Vigurs Yellow card 54'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 McLean 28', 89'
Rooney 33' (pen)
Maddison Yellow card 68'		 Attendance: 4,867
Referee: Clancy
3 December 2016 16 Rangers 2–1 Aberdeen Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Kiernan Yellow card 23'
Miller 52'
Halliday Yellow card 53'
Hodson 70'
Hill Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card 90+1'
Wallace Yellow card 90+2'
Waghorn Yellow card 90+4'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Considine Yellow card 82' 90+4'
Pawlett Yellow card 90+3'
Jack Yellow card 60' Yellow-red card 90+5'		 Attendance: 50,003
Referee: McLean
6 December 2016 15[N 1] Aberdeen 5–1 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Pawlett 20'
Maddison Yellow card 25'
O'Connor 30'
Hayes 37', 85'
Considine Yellow card 43'
McGinn 69'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Boyd Yellow card 76'
McKenzie 77'		 Attendance: 8,195
Referee: Finnie
10 December 2016 17 Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLean Yellow card 87' BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Davidson Yellow card 58'
Kane Yellow card 67'
MacLean Yellow card 68'		 Attendance: 11,501
Referee: Clancy
13 December 2016 10[N 2][N 3] Aberdeen A–A Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Considine Yellow card 5' BBC Report
Evening Express		 McManus Yellow card 7' Referee: Muir
17 December 2016 18 Ross County 2–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 26'
Chow Yellow card 39'
Routis Yellow card 71'
van der Weg Red card 82'
Dow 88'		 Report
SPFL Report		 Considine Yellow card 35'
McGinn 68'
Hayes Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Thomson
23 December 2016 19 Motherwell 1–3 Aberdeen Fir Park
19:45 McDonald 16' Yellow card 77'
Clay Yellow card 63'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shinnie 6'
Rooney 25' (pen)
Reynolds Yellow card 70'
Jack Yellow card 73'
McGinn 90'		 Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Madden
27 December 2016 20 Aberdeen 2–1 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor 34'
Lewis Yellow card 37'
Rooney 68'
Maddison Yellow card 90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Imrie 38' (pen) Yellow card 45+2'
Sarris Yellow card 58'
Devlin Yellow card 87'
McMann Red card 90+2'		 Attendance: 13,131
Referee: Dallas
30 December 2016 21 Heart of Midlothian 0–1 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Johnsen Yellow card 67'
Smith Yellow card 89'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Logan Yellow card 8'
Taylor Yellow card 18'
Hayes 66'		 Attendance: 16,630
Referee: Collum
27 January 2017 22 Aberdeen 3–0 Dundee Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Jack 29'
McGinn 45', 80'
Shinnie Yellow card 73'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Etxabeguren Yellow card 65' Attendance: 10,512
Referee: Clancy
1 February 2017 23 Celtic 1–0 Aberdeen Celtic Park
19:45 Boyata 57'
Brown Yellow card 86'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Logan Yellow card 35'
Taylor Yellow card 59'
Shinnie Yellow card 71'		 Attendance: 53,958
Referee: Beaton
4 February 2017 24 Aberdeen 2–0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Jack Yellow card 40'
Considine Yellow card 54'
Stockley 72'
Christie 90+2'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 10,094
Referee: Greg Aitken
15 February 2017 10[N 2] Aberdeen 7–2 Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hayes 2'
Considine 32' Yellow card 50'
Rooney 34', 64' (pen.), 69'
Christie 40'
Taylor Yellow card 59'
Pawlett 83'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Lucas Yellow card 30'
Bowman 73'
Pearson 82'		 Attendance: 10,384
Referee: Muir
19 February 2017 25 Kilmarnock 1–2 Aberdeen Rugby Park
13:00 McKenzie 41' Yellow card 67'
Dicker Yellow card 79'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Hayes Yellow card 59'
Stockley 83'
Pawlett 85'
McLean Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 3,972
Referee: Dallas
25 February 2017 26 Aberdeen 1–0 Ross County Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Reynolds Yellow card 27'
Rooney 69'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Gardyne Yellow card 23' Attendance: 11,774
Referee: Collum
28 February 2017 27 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Aberdeen New Douglas Park
19:45 Devlin 9'
Skondras Yellow card 52'
MacKinnon Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 83'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shinnie Yellow card 72' Attendance: 2,006
Referee: McLean
11 March 2017 28 Aberdeen 1–0 Motherwell Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Stockley Yellow card 82'
McGinn 90+2'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Heneghan Yellow card 13'
Bowman Yellow card 32'
Pearson Yellow card 69'
Hammell Yellow card 72'
Ferguson Yellow card 75'
Cadden Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 12,524
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 March 2017 29 Aberdeen 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Pittodrie Stadium
12:15 Logan 21'
Hayes 60'
Stockley Red card 89'
Shinnie Yellow card 90'		 BBC Report Tziolis Yellow card 13'
Walker Yellow card 78'
Martin Yellow card 90+1'		 Attendance: 12,178
Referee: McLean
31 March 2017 30 Dundee 0–7 Aberdeen Dens Park
19:45 Kerr Yellow card 81' BBC Sport
SPFL Report		 Considine 17', 39', 83'
Rooney 25'
McLean 34'
Jack 51'
McGinn 73'		 Attendance: 7,314
Referee: Muir
4 April 2017 31 Aberdeen 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Taylor 22' BBC Sport
SPFL Report		 W McKay Yellow card 40'
Tremarco Yellow card 66'		 Attendance: 11,507
Referee: Dallas
9 April 2017 32 Aberdeen 0–3 Rangers Pittodrie Stadium
12:30 Jack Yellow card 4'
Taylor Yellow card 24'
Shinnie Yellow card 33'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Garner Yellow card 4'
Holt Yellow card 53'
Miller 79', 81'
Dodoo 83'		 Attendance: 19,332
Referee: Clancy
15 April 2017 33 St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig Yellow card 22'
Swanson 48' (pen)
Wotherspoon Yellow card 67'
MacLean Yellow card 84'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Christie 19'
Scobbie 32' (o.g.)
Lewis Yellow card 57'		 Attendance: 5,132
Referee: Madden
29 April 2017 34 Aberdeen 0–2 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Logan Yellow card 18'
Hayes Yellow card 19'
Stockley Yellow card 90+3'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Anderson Yellow card 28'
Shaughnessy Yellow card 33'
Swanson 80'
Thomson 80'
Craig Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Muir
7 May 2017 35 Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Aberdeen Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben Yellow card 27'
Gonçalves 61'
Walker Yellow card 44' Yellow-red card 90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rooney 21'
Lewis Yellow card 23'
O'Connor 64'
Reynolds Yellow card 88'		 Attendance: 16,522
Referee: Collum
12 May 2017 36 Aberdeen 1–3 Celtic Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Hayes 12'
Shinnie Yellow card 85'
Logan Yellow card 89'		 BBC Sport Boyata 3'
Armstrong 8'
Griffiths 11' Yellow card 72'
Tierney Yellow card 54'		 Attendance: 16,015
Referee: McLean
17 May 2017 37 Rangers 1–2 Aberdeen Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Miller Yellow card 50'
Waghorn 61'
Bates Yellow card 90'		 BBC Sport Shinnie 9'
Christie 53'
Considine Yellow card 87'
Stockley Yellow card 85' Yellow-red card 89'		 Attendance: 48,289
Referee: Beaton
21 May 2017 38 Partick Thistle 0–6 Aberdeen Firhill Stadium
12:30 Edwards Yellow card 34'
Lamont Yellow card 70'		 BBC Sport Christie 7', 45'
Wright 11', 17', 51'
Hayes 26'
Considine Yellow card 44'
Pawlett Yellow card 56'		 Attendance: 3,924
Referee: Euan Anderson

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Aberdeen qualified for the first preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League by finishing second in the 2015–16 Scottish Premiership.

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg Aberdeen 3–1 Fola Esch Luxembourg Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Logan 68'
McGinn 90+3'
Rooney 90+7' (pen)		 BBC
UEFA		 Klein 70' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 12,570
Referee: Kristoffersen (Denmark)
7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg Luxembourg Fola Esch 1–0
(2–3 agg.)		 Aberdeen Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:30 Hadji 45' BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel
Attendance: 1,789
Referee: Nilsen (Norway)
14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg Aberdeen 3–0 Ventspils Latvia Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Stockley 71'
Rooney 75'
Burns 90+1'		 BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,672
Referee: Pinheiro (Portugal)
21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Latvia Ventspils 0–1
(0–4 agg.)		 Aberdeen Ventspils, Latvia
16:00 BBC
UEFA		 Rooney 79' Stadium: Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Grujić (Serbia)
28 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st leg Aberdeen 1–1 Maribor Slovenia Aberdeen, Scotland
19:45 Hayes 88' BBC
UEFA		 Novaković 83' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 17,105
Referee: Hansen (Norway)
4 August 2016 Third qualifying round 2nd leg Slovenia Maribor 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Aberdeen Maribor, Slovenia
19:15 Shinnie 90+3' (o.g.) BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Attendance: 9,796[31]
Referee: Popov (Bulgaria)

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup
10 August 2016 Second Round Ayr United 1–2 Aberdeen Ayr
19:45 Forrest 41'
Adams Yellow card 29'
Devlin Yellow card 68'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Meggatt 3' (o.g.)
McGinn 30'
Jack Yellow card 37'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,653
Referee: Muir
22 September 2016 Quarter Final Aberdeen 1–0 St Johnstone Aberdeen
19:45 Maddison Yellow card 7'
Shinnie Yellow card 34'
Rooney 90'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shaughnessy Yellow card 11'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 45'
Paton Yellow card 51'
Swanson Yellow card 67'
Davidson Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Thomson
22 October 2016 Semi Final Greenock Morton 0–2 Aberdeen Glasgow
12:15 Lindsay Yellow card 57' BBC Report
SPFL Report		 McGinn Yellow card 47'
Rooney 69'
Considine Yellow card 84'
McLean 88'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 16,183
Referee: Clancy
27 November 2016 Final Aberdeen 0–3 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Rogic 16'
Forrest 37'
Brown Yellow card 48'
Dembélé 64' (pen)
Bitton Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,629
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Fourth Round Aberdeen 4–0 Stranraer Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 30', 50' (pen.)
McGinn 35', 54'		 BBC Report Attendance: 8,960
Referee: Don Robertson
11 February 2017 Fifth Round Ross County 0–1 Aberdeen Victoria Park
15:00 BBC Report Logan 87' Attendance: 4,671
Referee: Madden
5 March 2017 Quarter-final Aberdeen 1–0 Partick Thistle Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie 43' BBC Report Erskine Yellow card 37'
Edwards Yellow card 45+1'
Devine Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Osman Yellow card 82'		 Attendance: 11,333
Referee: Thomson
22 April 2017 Semi-final Hibernian 2–3 Aberdeen Hampden Park
12:15 Fyvie Yellow card 24'
Holt 36' Yellow card 78'
McGeouch 60'		 BBC Report Rooney 1'
Christie 25'
Shinnie Yellow card 82'
McGregor 86' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 31,969
Referee: Beaton
27 May 2017 Final Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen Hampden Park
15:00 Armstrong 11'
Rogic 90+2'		 BBC Report Hayes 9'
Taylor Yellow card 61'		 Attendance: 48,713
Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

Joe Lewis was the only player to have played every minute of this season.

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Joe Lewis 53 0 38 0 6 0 4 0 5 0
2 DF England ENG Shay Logan 53 4 37+1 2 6 1 4 0 5 1
3 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie 52 3 36+1 2 6 0 4 0 5 1
4 DF Scotland SCO Andrew Considine 51 6 36 6 6 0 4 0 5 0
5 DF Wales WAL Ash Taylor 44 3 28+3 3 6 0 2 0 5 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Mark Reynolds 38 0 22+4 0 4+1 0 2+1 0 4 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Kenny McLean 53 5 37+1 4 5+1 0 4 1 5 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Christie 15 7 7+6 6 0 0 0 0 1+1 1
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Adam Rooney 53 20 32+6 12 4+2 3 3+1 2 4+1 3
10 MF Northern Ireland NIR Niall McGinn 50 14 30+6 10 5 1 3+1 1 4+1 2
11 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonny Hayes 44 11 32 9 5 1 2 0 5 1
15 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony O'Connor 41 3 25+7 3 1 0 4 0 0+4 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Peter Pawlett 21 3 6+11 3 1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
17 FW England ENG Jayden Stockley 39 6 8+19 5 4+2 1 1+2 0 2+1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Jack (c) 37 2 23+1 2 6 0 2+1 0 4 0
25 GK Scotland SCO Neil Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Scotland SCO Scott Wright 8 3 1+4 3 0+1 0 0 0 0+2 0
27 MF Scotland SCO Frank Ross 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
29 FW Scotland SCO Connor McLennan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Scotland SCO Bruce Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Scotland SCO Sebastian Ross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW England ENG Miles Storey 18 1 2+12 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
47 MF Scotland SCO Dean Campbell 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Willo Flood (contract terminated - joined Dundee United) 2 0 0 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Wales WAL Wes Burns (end of loan spell) 21 1 7+6 0 1+3 1 2+2 0 0 0
18 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Callum Morris (released - joined Dunfermline Athletic) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF England ENG James Maddison (end of loan spell) 17 2 10+4 2 0 0 3 0 0 0
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
14 FW Scotland SCO Cammy Smith (on loan to St Mirren) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Craig Storie (on loan to St Mirren) 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW England ENG Joe Nuttall (on loan to Dumbarton) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Scotland SCO Lawrence Shankland (on loan to Greenock Morton) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Scott McKenna (on loan to Ayr United) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 DF Scotland SCO Daniel Harvie (on loan to Dumbarton) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Rogers (on loan to Falkirk) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Australia AUS Aaron Lennox (on loan to Raith Rovers) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 GK Scotland SCO Robbie Mutch (on loan to Arbroath) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1 Republic of Ireland 9 Adam Rooney 12 3 2 3 20
2 Northern Ireland 10 Niall McGinn 10 1 1 2 14
3 Republic of Ireland 11 Jonny Hayes 9 1 0 1 11
4 Scotland 8 Ryan Christie 6 0 0 1 7
5 Scotland 4 Andrew Considine 6 0 0 0 6
England 17 Jayden Stockley 5 1 0 0 6
7 Scotland 7 Kenny McLean 4 0 1 0 5
8 England 2 Shay Logan 2 1 0 1 4
9 Scotland 3 Graeme Shinnie 2 0 0 1 3
Wales 5 Ash Taylor 3 0 0 0 3
Republic of Ireland 15 Anthony O'Connor 3 0 0 0 3
Scotland 16 Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 3
Scotland 26 Scott Wright 3 0 0 0 3
14 Scotland 22 Ryan Jack 2 0 0 0 2
England 23 James Maddison 2 0 0 0 2
16 Wales 8 Wes Burns 0 1 0 0 1
England 39 Miles Storey 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goal 1 0 1 1 3
TOTALS 74 8 5 10 97

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 England GK Joe Lewis 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2 England DF Shay Logan 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Scotland DF Graeme Shinnie 11 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
4 Scotland DF Andrew Considine 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
5 Wales DF Ash Taylor 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
6 Scotland DF Mark Reynolds 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
7 Scotland MF Kenny McLean 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Wales MF Wes Burns 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Republic of Ireland MF Willo Flood 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Republic of Ireland FW Adam Rooney 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Northern Ireland MF Niall McGinn 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
11 Republic of Ireland MF Jonny Hayes 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
15 Republic of Ireland DF Anthony O'Connor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Scotland MF Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 England FW Jayden Stockley 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3
22 Scotland MF Ryan Jack 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 1
23 England MF James Maddison 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
26 Scotland FW Scott Wright 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 58 4 13 1 5 0 3 0 79 5

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 34 4 0 106 25 +81 106 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round[b]
2 Aberdeen 38 24 4 10 74 35 +39 76 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 19 10 9 56 44 +12 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50 46 +4 58
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[32]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the second-placed team and the spot awarded to the second-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016–17

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Rearranged game after postponement
  2. ^ a b Rearranged game after postponement
  3. ^ Match abandoned due to floodlight failure
  4. ^ a b c Second loan spell

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