2016–17 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United
2016–17 season
Co-chairmen Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager José Mourinho
Stadium Old Trafford
Premier League 6th
League Cup Semi-finals
Community Shield Winners
UEFA Europa League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Zlatan Ibrahimović (7)
All: Zlatan Ibrahimović (11)
Highest home attendance 75,326 vs. Southampton (19 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance 58,179 vs. Zorya Luhansk (29 September 2016)
Average home league attendance 75,287
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season is Manchester United's 25th season in the Premier League, and their 42nd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. The club started facing Leicester City in the FA Community Shield, winning the game 2–1.

As well as this, they will also compete in the two domestic cups, the FA Cup and the League Cup, and the Europa League. Following the departure of Louis van Gaal at the end of the previous season, the club signed former Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale and Real Madrid manager José Mourinho on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year.

Pre-season and friendlies

United preceded their 2016–17 campaign with a friendly against Wigan, a tour of China,[1] a friendly in Sweden facing Turkish club Galatasaray in the 2016 Supergame, and Wayne Rooney's testimonial match between Manchester United and Everton at Old Trafford.[2]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
16 July 2016 Wigan Athletic A 2–0 Keane 49', Pereira 58' 13,314[3]
22 July 2016 Borussia Dortmund N 1–4 Mkhitaryan 59' 38,285
25 July 2016 Manchester City N A–A Match cancelled due to adverse playing conditions
30 July 2016 Galatasaray N 5–2 Ibrahimović 4', Rooney (2) 55', 58' (pen.), Fellaini 62', Mata 74' 30,200[4]
3 August 2016 Everton H 0–0 58,597[5]

FA Community Shield

As a result of winning the 2016 FA Cup, Manchester United were scheduled to face Leicester City, who won the 2015–16 Premier League, in their 30th FA Community Shield appearance. Manchester United won the match to claim their 21st Community Shield (including four shared titles).[6]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
7 August 2016 Leicester City N 2–1 Lingard 32', Ibrahimović 83' 85,437

Premier League

The Premier League season kicked off on 13 August and is scheduled to conclude on 21 May.[7]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance League
position
14 August 2016 Bournemouth A 3–1 Mata 40', Rooney 59', Ibrahimović 64' 11,355 1st
19 August 2016 Southampton H 2–0 Ibrahimović (2) 36', 52' (pen.) 75,326 1st
27 August 2016 Hull City A 1–0 Rashford 90+2' 24,560 2nd
10 September 2016 Manchester City H 1–2 Ibrahimović 42' 75,272 3rd
18 September 2016 Watford A 1–3 Rashford 62' 21,118 7th
24 September 2016 Leicester City H 4–1 Smalling 22', Mata 37', Rashford 40', Pogba 42' 75,256 6th
2 October 2016 Stoke City H 1–1 Martial 69' 75,251 6th
17 October 2016 Liverpool A 0–0 52,769 7th
23 October 2016 Chelsea A 0–4 41,424 7th
29 October 2016 Burnley H 0–0 75,325 8th
6 November 2016 Swansea City A 3–1 Pogba 15', Ibrahimović (2) 21', 33' 20,938 6th
19 November 2016 Arsenal H 1–1 Mata 68' 75,264 6th
27 November 2016 West Ham United H 1–1 Ibrahimović 21' 75,314 6th
4 December 2016 Everton A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Tottenham Hotspur 14 7 6 1 24 10 +14 27 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 West Bromwich Albion 14 5 5 4 20 17 +3 20
7 Manchester United 13 5 5 3 18 15 +3 20
8 Everton 13 5 4 4 16 15 +1 19
9 Stoke City 14 5 4 5 16 19 −3 19
Updated to match(es) played on 3 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).[8]

FA Cup

Manchester United will enter the FA Cup in the third round with the other Premier League clubs, as well as those from the Championship. The draw will be made on 5 December 2016, with the ties taking place in January 2017.

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

As one of seven English clubs who qualified for European competition in the 2015–16 season, United received a bye to the third round of the EFL Cup. The draw for the third round took place on 24 August 2016. United were drawn away against Northampton Town. The match was scheduled for 21 September 2016 and Manchester United won 3–1, Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and Marcus Rashford scored the goals. Alex Revell scored for Northampton Town from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute of the game.

The draw for the next round took place shortly after the match and United were drawn at home against Manchester City. The game was played on 26 October 2016. The Reds won 1–0 with Juan Mata scoring the only goal.

The Fifth round draw was held shortly afterwards and Manchester United got West Ham at home. The match was played on 30 November 2016. United won 4–1, with Zlatan Ibrahimović and Anthony Martial both scoring braces. Former youth Manchester United player, Ashley Fletcher scored the only goal for the Hammers in the 35th minute.

The Semi–finals draw took place immediately after the game and the Reds were drawn against Hull City. The first leg is scheduled for 10 January 2017 at home and the second is to be played on 26 January 2017 at the KCOM Stadium.

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
21 September 2016 Round 3 Northampton Town A 3–1 Carrick 17', Herrera 68', Rashford 75' 7,798
26 October 2016 Round 4 Manchester City H 1–0 Mata 54' 74,196
30 November 2016 Round 5 West Ham United H 4–1 Ibrahimović (2) 2', 90+3', Martial (2) 48', 62' 65,269
10 January 2017 Semi-final
First leg		 Hull City H
26 January 2017 Semi-final
Second leg		 Hull City A

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

As FA Cup winners, United entered the Europa League at the group stage. The draw took place on 26 August 2016 and saw United paired with Turkish league runners-up Fenerbahçe, Dutch cup winners Feyenoord and the fourth-placed team from the Ukrainian league, Zorya Luhansk. They had met Fenerbahçe in Europe twice before (1996–97 and 2004–05) and Feyenoord once before (1997–98). The fixture schedule sees United first head to the Netherlands to play Feyenoord on 15 September, then a home game against Zorya Luhansk two weeks later, followed by a double-header against Fenerbahçe, first at home then away. The programme then closes out with the return games against Feyenoord and Zorya Luhansk. Due to the war in Donbass, the away game against Zorya Luhansk will be played at Chornomorets Stadium in Odessa.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance Group
position
15 September 2016 Feyenoord A 0–1 31,000 4th
29 September 2016 Zorya Luhansk H 1–0 Ibrahimović 69' 58,179 3rd
20 October 2016 Fenerbahçe H 4–1 Pogba (2) 31' (pen.), 45+2', Martial 34' (pen.), Lingard 48' 73,063 2nd
3 November 2016 Fenerbahçe A 1–2 Rooney 89' 35,378 3rd
24 November 2016 Feyenoord H 4–0 Rooney 35', Mata 69', Jones 75' (o.g.), Lingard 90+2' 64,628 2nd
8 December 2016 Zorya Luhansk A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe 5 3 1 1 7 6 +1 10 Advance to knockout phase
2 England Manchester United 5 3 0 2 10 4 +6 9
3 Netherlands Feyenoord 5 2 1 2 3 6 −3 7
4 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk (E) 5 0 2 3 2 6 −4 2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated.

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GKSpain David de Gea 1300020301019000
3DFIvory Coast Eric Bailly 900000301013050
4DFEngland Phil Jones 30001010005000
5DFArgentina Marcos Rojo 4(1)000303(1)00(1)010(3)000
6MFFrance Paul Pogba 1220010520018450
7FWNetherlands Memphis Depay 0(4)000100(3)0001(7)010
8MFSpain Juan Mata 9(2)300114(1)10(1)014(4)530
9FWSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 138002(1)22(2)11118(3)1250
10FWEngland Wayne Rooney (c) 6(6)100203(1)21012(7)350
11FWFrance Anthony Martial 5(3)100123(1)11010(4)400
12DFEngland Chris Smalling 5(2)1001030009(2)100
14MFEngland Jesse Lingard 6(1)0000(1)02(1)2119(3)300
15MFBelgium Adnan Januzaj 00000000000000
16MFEngland Michael Carrick (vc) 2(1)0003120108(1)100
17MFNetherlands Daley Blind 9(1)0002(1)0201014(2)010
18MFEngland Ashley Young 2(2)000100(2)0003(4)010
19FWEngland Marcus Rashford 8(2)3001(2)1400(1)013(5)410
20GKArgentina Sergio Romero 00001020003000
21MFSpain Ander Herrera 8(2)00031200(1)013(3)151
22MFArmenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 1(4)000101(1)00(1)03(6)000
23DFEngland Luke Shaw 6(1)00020301012(1)000
24DFNetherlands Timothy Fosu-Mensah 0(1)000101(1)0002(2)000
25MFEcuador Antonio Valencia 1100020101015040
27MFBelgium Marouane Fellaini 8(2)0000(1)0101010(3)050
28MFFrance Morgan Schneiderlin 0(3)0001(1)0200(1)03(5)010
31MFGermany Bastian Schweinsteiger 00000(1)000000(1)000
32GKEngland Sam Johnstone 00000000000000
33DFNorthern Ireland Paddy McNair 00000000000000
36DFItaly Matteo Darmian 40000030007010
38DFEngland Axel Tuanzebe 00000000000000
43DFEngland Cameron Borthwick-Jackson 00000000000000
44MFBrazil Andreas Pereira 00000000000000
48FWEngland Will Keane 00000000000000
——Own goals –0–0–0–1–0–1––

Statistics accurate as of 30 November 2016.

Transfers

In

Wikinews has related news:
Date Pos. Name From Fee
6 June 2016 DF Ivory Coast Eric Bailly Spain Villarreal Undisclosed[9]
1 July 2016 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain Free[10]
6 July 2016 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan Germany Borussia Dortmund Undisclosed[11]
9 August 2016 MF France Paul Pogba Italy Juventus £89m[12]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
10 June 2016 GK England George Dorrington Released[lower-alpha 1] Free[14]
10 June 2016 GK Spain Víctor Valdés Released[lower-alpha 2] Free[16]
10 June 2016 MF England Nick Powell Released[lower-alpha 3] Free[18]
10 June 2016 MF England Oliver Rathbone Released[lower-alpha 4] Free[20]
12 July 2016 DF England Tyler Reid Wales Swansea City Undisclosed[21]
12 July 2016 MF England Joe Rothwell England Oxford United Free[22]
12 July 2016 FW England Ashley Fletcher England West Ham United Free[23]
13 July 2016 DF Republic of Ireland Jimmy Dunne England Burnley Free[24]
13 July 2016 GK England Oliver Byrne Wales Cardiff City Free[25]
11 August 2016 DF Northern Ireland Paddy McNair England Sunderland £5.5m[26]
11 August 2016 DF Scotland Donald Love England Sunderland
22 August 2016 DF England Tyler Blackett England Reading Undisclosed[27]
30 August 2016 FW England Will Keane England Hull City Undisclosed[28]
31 August 2016 MF England James Weir England Hull City Undisclosed[29]
  1. ↑ Following his release, Dorrington signed for Huddersfield Town.[13]
  2. ↑ Following his release, Valdés signed for Middlesbrough.[15]
  3. ↑ Following his release, Powell signed for Wigan Athletic.[17]
  4. ↑ Following his release, Rathbone signed for Rochdale.[19]

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
23 July 2016 30 June 2017 DF Uruguay Guillermo Varela Germany Eintracht Frankfurt[30]
12 August 2016 30 June 2017 MF Belgium Adnan Januzaj England Sunderland[31]
20 August 2016 30 June 2017 FW England James Wilson England Derby County[32]
22 August 2016 30 June 2017 DF England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson England Wolverhampton Wanderers[33]
26 August 2016 30 June 2017 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira Spain Granada[34]
31 August 2016 1 January 2017 GK England Dean Henderson England Grimsby Town[35]
31 August 2016 30 June 2017 GK Portugal Joel Castro Pereira Portugal Belenenses[36]

See also

References

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  12. ↑ "Paul Pogba: Manchester United re-sign France midfielder for world-record £89m". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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  14. ↑ "George Dorrington, Nick Powell, Oliver Rathbone and Victor Valdes have been released by #mufc. We wish them all the best for the future.". Twitter, Inc. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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  20. ↑ "George Dorrington, Nick Powell, Oliver Rathbone and Victor Valdes have been released by #mufc. We wish them all the best for the future.". Twitter. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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  28. ↑ "Keane joins Hull City on permanent basis". ManUtd.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "Weir Joins Hull City on 3 year deal". ManUtd.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  30. ↑ "Loan moved agreed for Guillermo Varela". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  31. ↑ "Adnan Januzaj Joins Sunderland on Loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  32. ↑ "Wilson set to join Derby County on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  33. ↑ "Borthwick-Jackson Joins Wolves on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  34. ↑ "Pereira to seal loan move to Granada". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  35. ↑ "Henderson joins Grimsby Town on loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  36. ↑ "Pereira joins Belenenses on season long loan". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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