2016–17 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2016–17 season will be Cardiff City's 118th season in their existence and the 89th in the Football League.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. It will be Paul Trollope's first season in charge since replacing Russell Slade as head coach.^[2] Trollope was sacked on 5 October, whilst Cardiff were in the relegation zone, their lowest position in 11 years, and was replaced with Neil Warnock.^[3]^[4] The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

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First-Team Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
21	Ben Amos	GK	Macclesfield	26	12	0	Bolton Wanderers	26 August 2016	Loan	2017
28	Brian Murphy	GK	Waterford	33	0	0	Portsmouth	2 September 2016	Free	2018
30	Ben Wilson	GK	Stanley	24	5	0	Accrington Stanley	November 2014	Free	2019
Defenders
2	Lee Peltier	RB	Liverpool	30	75	0	Huddersfield Town	24 January 2015	Nominal	2018
3	Joe Bennett	LB	Rochdale	26	8	0	Aston Villa	27 August 2016	Free	2019
4	Sean Morrison	CB	Plymouth	25	91	10	Reading	15 August 2014	£2,620,000	2018
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	CB	Libreville	28	66	5	Lorient	1 September 2014	£4,400,000	2017
6	Jazz Richards	RB	Swansea	25	9	0	Fulham	19 July 2016	Swap Deal	2019
12	Declan John	LB	Merthyr Tydfil	21	40	0	Academy	1 June 2013	Trainee	2018
14	Sol Bamba	CB	Ivry-sur-Seine	31	8	1	Free Agent	11 October 2016	Free	2018
16	Matthew Connolly	CB	Barnet	29	121	6	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2019
29	Semi Ajayi	CB	London	23	0	0	Arsenal	1 July 2015	Free	2017
Midfielders
7	Peter Whittingham	CM	Nuneaton	32	442	96	Aston Villa	11 January 2007	£350,000	2017
8	Joe Ralls	CM	Aldershot	24	115	8	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2020
10	Lex Immers	AM/SS	The Hague	30	27	5	Feyenoord	1 July 2016	Undisclosed	2018
11	Craig Noone	RW	Liverpool	29	150	17	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 August 2012	£1,000,000	2018
13	Anthony Pilkington	LW	Blackburn	28	78	13	Norwich City	15 August 2014	£875,000	2019
15	Kieran Richardson	LW/LB	Greenwich	32	5	0	Free Agent	12 October 2016	Free	2017
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM	Akureyri	28	212	21	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2017
22	Stuart O'Keefe	CM	Eye	25	41	2	Crystal Palace	28 January 2015	£750,000	2019
23	Matthew Kennedy	RW	Irvine	22	17	0	Everton	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	2018
24	Kadeem Harris	LW	Westminster	23	36	2	Wycombe Wanderers	30 January 2012	£150,000	2017
25	Emyr Huws	DM	Llanelli	23	3	0	Wigan Athletic	12 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
33	Junior Hoilett	LW	Brampton	26	8	1	Free Agent	10 October 2016	Free	2017
Forwards
9	Frédéric Gounongbe	CF	Brussels	28	12	0	Westerlo	1 July 2016	Free	2018
19	Rickie Lambert	CF	Kirkby	34	12	4	West Bromwich Albion	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	2018
26	Kenneth Zohore	CF	Copenhagen	22	17	2	KV Kortrijk	6 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
27	Marouane Chamakh	CF	Tonneins	32	2	0	Free Agent	11 October 2016	Free	2017
Out on loan
18	Tom Adeyemi	CM	Norwich	25	23	1	Birmingham City	7 August 2014	£882,000	2017
20	Adam le Fondre	CF	Stockport	30	25	3	Reading	28 May 2014	£2,170,000	2017
36	Deji Oshilaja	CB/RB	London	23	3	0	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
39	Idriss Saadi	CF	Valence	24	2	0	Clermont	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018

^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 4 December 2016

Statistics

As of 4 December 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Lee Peltier	17	0	17+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Joe Bennett	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Sean Morrison	18	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Bruno Ecuele Manga	10	0	5+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF		Jazz Richards	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF		Peter Whittingham	19	3	16+3	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Joe Ralls	20	2	19+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Frédéric Gounongbe	12	0	3+8	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Lex Immers	12	0	9+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Craig Noone	16	0	8+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	DF		Declan John	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF		Anthony Pilkington	16	3	12+3	3	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	DF		Sol Bamba	8	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF		Kieran Richardson	5	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF		Matthew Connolly	11	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF		Aron Gunnarsson	15	1	14+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW		Rickie Lambert	12	4	12+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Ben Amos (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)	12	0	12+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Stuart O'Keefe	8	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF		Matthew Kennedy	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	MF		Kadeem Harris	13	0	3+10	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Emyr Huws	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW		Kenneth Zohore	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW		Marouane Chamakh	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK		Ben Wilson	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF		Junior Hoilett	8	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
First team player(s) that left the club:
1	GK		David Marshall	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Simon Moore	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Captains

As of 4 December

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
4	DF	Morrison, SeanSean Morrison		16	Club Captain
1	GK	Marshall, DavidDavid Marshall		4

Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Goals record

As of 4 December 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	Total
1	19	CF	Rickie Lambert	4	4
2	7	CM	Peter Whittingham	3	3
2	13	LW	Anthony Pilkington	3	3
4	8	CM	Joe Ralls	2	2
5	4	CB	Sean Morrison	1	1
	14	CB	Sol Bamba	1	1
	17	CM	Aron Gunnarsson	1	1
	33	LW	Junior Hoilett	1	1
Own Goals				2	2
Total				18	18

Disciplinary Record

As of 4 December 2016

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	7		CM	Peter Whittingham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	16		CB	Matthew Connolly	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	17		CM	Aron Gunnarsson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	13		LW	Anthony Pilkington	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
5	2		RB	Lee Peltier	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	4		CB	Sean Morrison	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19		CF	Rickie Lambert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		LW	Kadeem Harris	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	3		LB	Joe Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5		CB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	8		CM	Joe Ralls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		AM	Lex Immers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		RW	Craig Noone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CB	Sol Bamba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		LW	Kieran Richardson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22		CM	Stuart O'Keefe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		GK	Ben Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	30	1	1

Contracts

Date	Position	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
2 August 2016	CM	Stuart O'Keefe	Signed	3 years	June 2019	^[5]
2 September 2016	GK	Ben Wilson	Extended	2 years	June 2019	^[6]
27 September 2016	LW	Anthony Pilkington	Extended	2 years	June 2019	^[7]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	AM	Lex Immers	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	^[8]
1 July 2016	CF	Frédéric Gounongbe	Westerlo	Free transfer	^[9]
6 July 2016	CF	Kenneth Zohore	KV Kortrijk	Undisclosed	^[10]
19 July 2016	RB	Jazz Richards	Fulham	Swap Deal^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[11]
12 August 2016	DM	Emyr Huws	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	^[12]
27 August 2016	LB	Joe Bennett	Aston Villa	Free transfer	^[13]
31 August 2016	CF	Rickie Lambert	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	^[14]
2 September 2016	GK	Brian Murphy	Portsmouth	Free transfer	^[15]
10 October 2016	LW	Junior Hoilett	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[16]
11 October 2016	CB	Sol Bamba	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[17]
11 October 2016	CF	Marouane Chamakh	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[18]
12 October 2016	LW	Kieran Richardson	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[19]

Expenditure – Undisclosed

↑ Malone transferred to Fulham as part of the deal.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
26 August 2016	GK		Ben Amos	Bolton Wanderers	30 June 2017	^[20]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	RB	Jazzi Barnum-Bobb	Newport County ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free Transfer	^[22]
1 July 2016	CF	Eoin Doyle	Preston North End	Undisclosed	^[23]
1 July 2016	CF	Kenwyne Jones	Atlanta United ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free Transfer	^[22]
1 July 2016	DM	Filip Kiss	FK Haugesund	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	GK	Joe Lewis	Aberdeeen ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Free Transfer	^[22]
1 July 2016	CF	Abdi Noor	Free Agent	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CM	Tyler Roche	Free Agent	Released	^[22]
1 July 2016	CB	Ben Turner	Burton Albion ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Free Transfer	^[22]
1 July 2016	CF	Etien Velikonja	Olimpija Ljubljana^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Free Transfer	^[22]
1 July 2016	CB	Curtis Watkins	Free Agent	Released	^[22]
19 July 2016	LB	Scott Malone	Fulham	Swap deal^{[lower-alpha 6]}	^[11]
12 August 2016	LB	Fábio	Middlesbrough	£2,000,000	^[28]
19 August 2016	GK	Simon Moore	Sheffield United	£500,000	^[29]
26 August 2016	DM	Kagisho Dikgacoi	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[30]
30 August 2016	CF	Federico Macheda	Free Agent	Released	^[31]
30 August 2016	GK	David Marshall	Hull City	£2,500,000^{[lower-alpha 7]}	^[32]^[33]

Income – £5,000,000+

↑ Following Barnum-Bobb's release, he signed for Newport County.^[21]
↑ Following Jones' released, he signed for Atlanta United.^[24]
↑ Following Lewis' release, he signed for Aberdeen.^[25]
↑ Following Turner's release, he signed for Burton Albion.^[26]
↑ Following Velikonja's release, he signed for Olimpija Ljubljana.^[27]
↑ Jazz Richards transferred to Cardiff City as part of the deal.
↑ Transfer fee to rise to a potential of £5 million.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	At	Date to	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Idriss Saadi	KV Kortrijk	30 June 2017	^[34]
6 July 2016	CB	Deji Oshilaja	Gillingham	30 June 2017	^[35]
18 August 2016	CM	Tom Adeyemi	Rotherham United	30 June 2017	^[36]
31 August 2016	CF	Rhys Healey	Newport County	1 January 2017	^[37]
31 August 2016	CF	Adam le Fondre	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2017	^[38]
30 September 2016	CF	Eli Phipps	Gloucester City	27 October 2016	^[39]
21 October 2016	CF	Jamie Bird	Weston-super-Mare	22 January 2017	^[40]
21 October 2016	CM	Lloyd Humphries	Weston-super-Mare	22 January 2017	^[40]

Pre-season

13 July 2016	Forest Green Rovers	3–1	Cardiff City	Nailsworth, Gloucestershire
19:45 BST	Moore 35' (pen.) Tubbs 70' Mehew 83'	report	24' Macheda	Stadium: The New Lawn

16 July 2016	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury, Shropshire
15:00 BST		report	26' Pilkington 34' Gounongbe 70' James 72' Zohore	Stadium: New Meadow

20 July 2016	Rot Weiss Ahlen	Abandoned	Cardiff City	Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia
19:45 WEST

23 July 2016 2016 Osnabrück T	Cardiff City	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
15:30 WEST	Immers 1' Sobiech 27' (o.g.)	report	21' Litka

23 July 2016 2016 Osnabrück T	VfL Osnabrück	0–3	Cardiff City	Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
18:00 WEST			18' Gounongbe 48' John 58' Pilkington

26 July 2016	VfL Bochum	1–1	Cardiff City	Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
18:00 BST	Hoogland 26'	Report	47' (pen) Whittingham	Stadium: Stadion am Schloss Strünkede

28 July 2016	Exeter City	3–0	Cardiff City	Exeter, Devon
19:30 BST	Holmes 28', 68' Simpson 52'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,166

30 July 2016	AFC Bournemouth	1–0	Cardiff Ciy	Bournemouth, Dorset
15:00 BST	Ibe 11'	Report		Stadium: Dean Court

Competitions

EFL Championship

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	5	6	8	21	24	−3	21
21	Blackburn Rovers	19	5	5	9	21	28	−7	20
22	Cardiff City	19	5	4	10	18	30	−12	19	Relegation to Football League One
23	Wigan Athletic	19	4	6	9	16	21	−5	18
24	Rotherham United	19	1	4	14	19	45	−26	7

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

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
16	4	3	9	14	25	−11	15	2	1	5	5	11	−6	2	2	4	9	14	−5

Last updated: 5 November 2016.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	14	17	14	14	17	19	21	24	21	23	23	19	22	20	22	21	21	22	22

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

Matches

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	Birmingham City	0–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 BST	Davis 41'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 18,833 (1,803) Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 2	Cardiff City	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
15:00 BST	Ralls 90+4'	BBC Report	Onuoha 9' Chery 22' 85' (pen.) Luongo 61' Caulker 76' Henry 86'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,869 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 3	Cardiff City	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
19:45 BST	Duffy 14' (o.g.), 20' (o.g.) Harris 66'	BBC Report Club Report	Duffy 63', 90+5' Akpan 71' Graham 77'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,041 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 4	Fulham	2–2	Cardiff City	Fulham, Greater London
15:00 BST	Sessegnon 44' Madl 83' McDonald 86'	BBC Report	60' Ralls 65' Pilkington 75' Whittingham 77' Harris	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 5	Cardiff City	0–1	Reading	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
15:00 BST		BBC Report	89' Kemorgant	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,013 Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire)

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 6	Norwich City	3–2	Cardiff City	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 BST	Jerome 16' Klose 50' Tettey 55' Martin 59' Murphy 90'	BBC Report	45+4' Connolly 86', 90+4' 90+2' Pilkington	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,519 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

13 September 2016 (2016-09-13) 7	Preston North End	3–0	Cardiff City	Preston, Lancashire
19:45 BST	Clarke 36' Robinson 41' 79' Hugill 88'	Report	26' Wilson 55' Lambert 62' Noone 68' Pilkington	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 9,216 Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 8	Cardiff City	0–2	Leeds United	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
12:30 BST		BBC Report	27' Sacko 42' Ayling 54' Dallas 62' (pen) Wood 82' Hernández	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,608 Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Televised live on Sky

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 9	Rotherham United	1–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham, South Yorkshire
15:00 BST	Brown 60' Halford 81'	Report	30' O'Keefe 69' Connolly 73', 79' Lambert	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,348 Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)

27 September 2016 (2016-09-27) 10	Cardiff City	0–2	Derby County	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
19:45 BST	Whittingham 33' Connolly 80'	Report	52' Butterfield 55' Ince 80' (pen.) Blackman 90+2' Johnson	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,131 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne and Wear)

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 11	Burton Albion	2–0	Cardiff City	Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
15:00 BST	Irvine 12', 84' Akins 49'	BBC Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,426 Referee: Andy Madley (Yorkshire)

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) 12	Cardiff City	2–1	Bristol City	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
19:45 BST	Whittingham 25' (pen.) 42' Bennett 37' Bamba 67' Gunnarsson 70' Immers 90+4'	Report	69' Tomlin 70' Tammy Abraham 81' Bryan 86' Little	Stadium: Cardiff City Attendance: 22,776 Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky

19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) 13	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
19:45 BST	Whittingham 9' Morrison 39'	Report	45' Lee 55' Pudil	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,887 Referee: Darren Bond

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 14	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
17:30 BST	Lam 58' Lansbury 76' 90+1' (pen.)	Report	28' Gunnarsson 39' Ralls 86' Richardson	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,539 Referee: Andy Woolmer
Note: Live on Sky

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 15	Cardiff City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
15:00 BST		Report	86' Jordi Gómez	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Oliver Langford

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05) 16	Newcastle United	2–1	Cardiff City	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
15:00 GMT	Atsu 3' Gouffran 45'	Report	77' Whittingham 85' Gunnarsson	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,257 Referee: Tony Harrington

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 17	Cardiff City	3–2	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
15:00 GMT	Morrison 15' Hoilett 17' Lambert 33' Peltier 48' Bamba 72'	Report	28' Smith 49' Hogg 49' Mooy 70' Billing 72' Hefele 80' Stanković	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,930 Referee: James Adcock

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 18	Aston Villa	3–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 GMT	Adomah 25' Kodijia 39' Gestede 90' (pen)	BBC Report	28' Lambert	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,484 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne and Wear)

3 December 2016 (2016-12-03) 19	Cardiff City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
15:00 GMT	Connolly 50' Whittingham 66' Gunnarsson 76'	BBC Report	51' Duffy 68', 90+1' Bong 83' Dunk	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,168 Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 20	Ipswich Town	v	Cardiff City	Ipswich, Suffolk
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Portman Road

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Cardiff will enter the competition in the 3rd round, due to their place in the Championship, which will take place in January 2017.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Cup

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) Round 1	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Horfield, Bristol
19:45 BST	Lockyer 90+1' Lines 115'	Report	100' Ecuele Manga	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,851 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Development Squad

Manager: Kevin Nicholson

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Date signed	Ends
Goalkeepers
—	Luke O'Reilly	GK		20	0	0	1 July 2015	2017
Defenders
43	Thomas James	CB	Cardiff	20	1	0	5 April 2014	Undisclosed
44	David Tutonda	LB	Kinshasa	21	0	0	1 July 2014	Undisclosed
46	Jordan Blaise	CB	Bordeaux	20	0	0	22 July 2015	2017
—	Rhys Abbruzzese	LB	Aberdare	18	0	0	1 July 2016	Undisclosed
—	Ashley Baker	CB	Bridgend	20	0	0	1 July 2015	2017
—	Rollin Menayesse	CB	Cwmbran	18	0	0	1 July 2016	Undisclosed
—	Dylan Rees	RB	Tenby	19	0	0	1 July 2015	Undisclosed
Midfielders
38	Tommy O'Sullivan	CM	Mountain Ash	21	3	0	23 April 2012	Undisclosed
40	Theo Wharton	CM	Cwmbran	22	2	0	29 March 2012	Undisclosed
45	Marco Weymans	DM/LB		19	0	0	4 September 2015	2018
—	Lloyd Humphries	CM	Neath	19	0	0	1 July 2016	Undisclosed
—	Robbie Patten	DM	Cardiff	20	0	0	1 July 2015	Undisclosed
—	Macauley Southam	CM	Cardiff	21	0	0	1 July 2013	Undisclosed
—	Jamie Veale	WG		18	0	0	1 July 2016	Undisclosed
Forwards
37	Rhys Healey	CF	Manchester	21	1	0	28 January 2013	2017
—	Jamie Bird	CF	Cwmbran	19	0	0	February 2016	Undisclosed
—	Eli Phipps	CF		18	0	0	1 July 2016	Undisclosed

Professional U23 Development League 2

17 August 2016 1	Crewe Alexandra U23	2–3	Cardiff City U23	Crewe, Cheshire
				Stadium: Reasehearth Training Ground

22 August 2016 2	Cardiff City U23	2–1	Leeds United U23	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
	Menayese 9' Healey 81'	Cardiff City Report	55' Mulhern	Stadium: The Vale Resort

5 September 2016 3	Cardiff City U23	3–1	Colchester United U23	Cardiff, South Glamorgan
	Phipps 53', 64' (pen) Bird 60'	Colchester United Report	62' Akinwande	Stadium: The Vale Resort

Overall summary

Summary

Games played	20 (19 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games won	5 (5 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games drawn	4 (4 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	11 (10 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	18 (18 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goals conceded	31 (30 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goal difference	-13
Clean sheets	2 (2 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	30 (29 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Red cards	1 (1 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst Discipline	Matthew Connolly (3 , 0 , 1 )
Best result	2–1 vs Blackburn Rovers (17 Aug 16) 2–1 vs Rotherham United (24 Sep 16) 2–1 vs Bristol City (14 Oct 16) 2–1 vs Nottingham Forest (22 Oct 16) 3–2 vs Huddersfield Town (19 Nov 16)
Worst result	0–3 vs Preston North End (14 Sep 16)
Most appearances	Joe Ralls (19 starts, 0 sub)
Top scorer	Rickie Lambert (4)
Points	19

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Aston Villa		1–3	No
Barnsley
Birmingham City		0–0	No
Blackburn Rovers	2–1
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0		No
Bristol City	2–1
Burton Albion		0–2	No
Derby County	0–2		No
Fulham		2–2	No
Huddersfield Town	3–2
Ipswich Town
Leeds United	0–2		No
Newcastle United		1–2	No
Norwich City		2–3	No
Nottingham Forest		2–1
Preston North End		0–3	No
Queens Park Rangers	0–2		No
Reading	0–1		No
Rotherham United		2–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–1		No
Wigan Athletic	0–1		No
Wolverhampton Wanderers

Club staff

Main article: Cardiff City F.C. personnel

Backroom staff

Position	Name
Manager	Neil Warnock
Assistant Manager	Kevin Blackwell
First Team Coach	James Rowberry
First Team Coach	Ronnie Jepson
Goalkeeper Coach	Martyn Margetson
Head of Fitness & Conditioning	Lee Southernwood
Head of Medical	Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPC
First Team Physiotherapist	Edward Richmond
Senior Strength & Conditioning	Mike Beere
Sports Scientist	Ben Parry
Club Doctor	Dr. Len Nokes
Performance & Recruitment Analyst	Graham Younger
Opposition Analyst	Martin Hodge
Kit & Equipment Manager	Ian Lenning

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
General Manager	Ken Choo
Finance Director	Richard Thompson
Non-Executive Board Members Football Club ^[41]	Steve Borley Derek Chee Seng Chin Mehmet Dalman Michael Filiou Meng Kwong Lim Michael Isaac Vincent Lye Ek Seang
Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings) ^[42]	Danni Rais
Club Secretary ^[43]	David Beeby

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Cardiff City F.C. seasons

1920–21
1921–22
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1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30

1930–31
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1932–33
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1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40

1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50

2016–17 in English football

« 2015–16

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Summer 2016 transfers
Winter 2016–17 transfers
Summer 2017 transfers

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