2016–17 Manchester City F.C. season


The 2016–17 season was Manchester City's 115th season of competitive football, 88th season in the top division of English football and 20th season in the Premier League since the league was first created with City as one of the original 22 founder-members. They competed in all three domestic competitions, as well as the UEFA Champions League for the sixth year in a row.

Club "brand update"

In conjunction with the recruitment of Pep Guardiola, the manager whom City's executives had sought to hire since they joined the club four years previously and the man synonymous with the style of football they wanted the club to espouse, Manchester City announced a series of adjustments to the club's "brand" as of the start of the season.
On 15 October 2015, the club announced that they intended to enter into a consultation with their fans over the designing of a new badge to replace the design that had been brought in 1997 and which had largely been unpopular since. The result of the online-based consultation was a design bearing many of the hallmarks of the crest replaced in 1997, plus some elements of the style established by the other club badges of fellow City Football Group teams Melbourne City FC and New York City FC. While many praised the logo for its simplicity and similarity to the beloved previous design, it was criticised from other corners for its slightly amateurish appearance, its removal of the words "Football Club" and for its failure to more closely replicate the earlier badge.
On 30 June 2016, the club unexpectedly announced the renaming of their Twitter accounts and website. Replacing the old "branding" of MCFC, both social media outlets were rechristened "ManCity". While the move was popular among many, especially the club's more recent foreign fans for whom the styling was already their preferred abbreviation of the club's name, the change provoked another mixed reaction from the Manchester-based core supporter base, with many criticising the decision to use a wording often used by the club's rivals, as well as highlighting the decision to again remove the "Football Club" wording.

Non-competitive

Pre-season

On 20 July 2016, Manchester City began their pre-season with a 0–1 defeat against Bayern Munich. Due to weather during the International Champions Cup, the derby against Manchester United was cancelled, and City went on to play Borussia Dortmund in their next cup match, which they would go on to win 6–5 on penalties after drawing 1–1 at the end of regular time. A match was played on 7 August against Arsenal in the 2016 Supermatchen, which ended 3–2 to Arsenal. To replace the game against Manchester United, which was cancelled, City arranged a friendly against St Johnstone, which was played behind closed doors.

Friendly

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Competitions

Overall

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

38 matches are played, 2 against each other team in the league; one at home and one away.

FA Cup

As a Premier League club, Manchester City entered the competition in the third round, drawing West Ham United away from home.

League Cup

As a European club, Manchester City entered the competition in the third round, drawing Swansea City away from home.

UEFA Champions League

In the first season under the reign of legendary Pep Guardiola hopes were high for Manchester City as they progressed to the knock-out phase after finishing second in the group that featured Guardiola's former team, Barcelona. City lost their away match to Barça 0–4, but then rebounded to win 3–1 at home. In the Round of 16 City were drawn with Monaco and were expected to progress to the quarterfinals. The Blues were trailing 1–2 and 2–3 in their home match before scoring three unanswered goals and winning 5–3. In the away game, the Cityzens were down 0–2 when Leroy Sané scored and seemingly brought the ticket to the quarterfinals to Man City, but Tiémoué Bakayoko's late goal meant that Monaco progressed further and City were eliminated.

Play-off Round

The draw for the Champions League play-off round took place on 5 August 2016. Manchester City were a seeded team in the league route. They were drawn against Steaua București of Romania.

Group stage

The group stage draw was made on 25 August 2016 in Monaco. Manchester City were drawn with Barcelona, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Celtic.

Round of 16

Squad information

First team squad

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Ordered by squad number.
Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

Playing statistics

Appearances numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances

Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Awards

Premier League ''Player of the Month''">Premier League Player of the Month">Premier League ''Player of the Month'' award

Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
MonthPlayer
August Raheem Sterling

Premier League ''Manager of the Month''">Premier League Manager of the Month">Premier League ''Manager of the Month'' award

Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor
MonthPlayer
February Pep Guardiola

Etihad">Etihad Airways">Etihad ''Player of the Month'' awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the club's official website
MonthPlayer
August Raheem Sterling
September Kevin De Bruyne
October İlkay Gündoğan
November Kevin De Bruyne
December Yaya Touré
January David Silva
February Leroy Sané
March Leroy Sané

Etihad">Etihad Airways">Etihad ''Player of the Season''

In association with the Official Manchester City Supporters Club
David Silva

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee
1 June 2016MF8 İlkay Gündoğan Borussia Dortmund£20,000,000
1 July 2016FW9 Nolito Celta Vigo£13,800,000
4 July 2016MF35 Oleksandr Zinchenko Ufa£1,700,000
2 August 2016FW19 Leroy Sané Schalke 04£37,000,000
6 August 2016FW29 Marlos Moreno Atlético Nacional£4,750,000
9 August 2016DF24 John Stones Everton£47,500,000
25 August 2016GK1 Claudio Bravo Barcelona£15,400,000
19 January 2017FW33 Gabriel Jesus Palmeiras£27,000,000

DatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee
24 June 2016MF— Benjamin Garre Vélez SarsfieldUndisc.
30 June 2016MF— Aaron Mooy Melbourne CityFree
1 July 2016FW— Lorenzo Gonzalez ServetteUndisc.
4 July 2016GK— Louie Moulden LiverpoolFree
19 July 2016GK— Gerónimo Rulli Deportivo Maldonado£4,000,000
16 August 2016DF— Pablo Marí Gimnàstic TarragonaUndisc.
23 September 2016FW— Rabbi Matondo Cardiff CityUndisc.
20 January 2017DF— Finley Burns Southend United£175,000
31 January 2017MF— Yangel Herrera Atletico VenezuelaUndisc.
31 January 2017FW— Nabil Touaizi Valencia€300,000

Total spending: £171,500,000

Transfers out

Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee
10 June 2016DF26 Martín Demichelis EspanyolFree
10 June 2016GK29 Richard WrightRetiredReleased
1 July 2016FW–– Edin Džeko Roma£10,800,000
1 January 2017FW35 Stevan Jovetić Inter Milan£12,200,000

Exit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee
10 June 2016DF— Sam TattumFree AgentReleased
10 June 2016GK— Charlie AlbinsonFree AgentReleased
18 June 2016DF48 Mathias Bossaerts OostendeFree
18 June 2016MF66 Seko Fofana Udinese£3,800,000
29 June 2016DF–– Florian Lejeune Eibar£1,200,000
1 July 2016MF–– Rafael Camacho LiverpoolFree
1 July 2016DF–– Diego Lattie LiverpoolFree
31 August 2016MF–– Myles Beerman RangersUndisclosed
1 January 2017GK–– Gerónimo Rulli Real SociedadUndisclosed
12 January 2017MF73 George Glendon Fleetwood TownUndisclosed
13 January 2017GK45 Ian Lawlor Doncaster RoversUndisclosed
24 January 2017MF–– Bismark Adjei-Boateng Colorado RapidsUndisclosed
31 January 2017MF37 Jack Byrne Wigan AthleticUndisclosed
14 March 2017FW–– Joe Hardy BrentfordUndisclosed

Total earnings: £28,000,000

Loans out

Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club
6 August 201630 June 2017FW29 Marlos Moreno Deportivo La Coruña
26 August 201630 June 2017MF35 Oleksandr Zinchenko PSV
31 August 201630 June 2017GK1 Joe Hart Torino
31 August 201630 June 2017MF8 Samir Nasri Sevilla
31 August 201630 June 2017FW14 Wilfried Bony Stoke City
31 August 201630 June 2017DF20 Eliaquim Mangala Valencia
31 August 201630 June 2017DF28 Jason Denayer Sunderland
1 January 201731 January 2017DF69 Angeliño Girona
1 January 201730 June 2017DF50 Pablo Maffeo Girona
31 January 201730 June 2017DF69 Angeliño Mallorca

Start dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club
10 June 201630 June 2017MF47 Luke Brattan Melbourne City
10 June 201630 June 2017MF— Anthony Cáceres Melbourne City
1 July 20166 January 2017 MF37 Jack Byrne Blackburn Rovers
6 July 201630 June 2017MF— Aaron Mooy Huddersfield Town
10 July 201630 June 2017MF— Thomas Agyepong NAC Breda
10 July 201630 June 2017DF56 Ashley Smith-Brown NAC Breda
15 July 201630 June 2017FW— Rubén Sobrino Alavés
21 July 201630 June 2017FW— Yaw Yeboah Twente
23 July 201630 June 2017FW48 Enes Ünal Twente
29 July 201630 June 2017MF— Divine Naah Nordsjælland
9 August 20161 January 2017GK— Gerónimo Rulli Real Sociedad
11 August 20162 January 2017 FW51 David Faupala NAC Breda
13 August 20162 January 2017MF73 George Glendon Fleetwood Town
15 August 201630 June 2017FW62 Brandon Barker NAC Breda
16 August 201611 January 2017 MF76 Manu García Alavés
16 August 201630 June 2017DF— Pablo Marí Girona
17 August 2016January 2017DF— Callum Bullock Crewe Alexandra
25 August 201630 June 2017MF59 Bersant Celina Twente
31 August 201630 June 2017MF52 Kean Bryan Bury
31 August 201630 June 2017DF46 Shay Facey Heerenveen
31 August 201617 January 2017MF36 Bruno Zuculini Rayo Vallecano
2 September 201631 December 2016FW— Zackarias Faour Midtjylland
11 January 201730 June 2017MF76 Manu García NAC Breda
17 January 201730 June 2017MF61 James Horsfield NAC Breda
17 January 201730 June 2017MF36 Bruno Zuculini Hellas Verona
19 January 201730 June 2017GK64 Billy O'Brien St Mirren
31 January 201730 April 2017FW51 David Faupala Chesterfield
31 January 201730 June 2017FW— Zackarias Faour Nordsjælland
8 February 2017August 2017DF— Chidiebere Nwakali Sogndal
14 February 201731 December 2017MF— Yangel Herrera New York City