2016–17 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Ipswich Town's 15th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 139th year in existence.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Ipswich Town

2016–17 season
Owner	Marcus Evans
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Lawrence (9) All: Tom Lawrence (11)
Highest home attendance	25,684 (vs Newcastle United, 17 Apr 2017, EFL Championship)
Lowest home attendance	6,858 (vs Stevenage, 9 Aug 2016, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	16,291
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Marcus Evans Group

Home

Away

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Third

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Dean Gerken 3 DF  DEN Jonas Knudsen 4 DF  ENG Luke Chambers (captain) 5 DF  NZL Tommy Smith 6 DF  SCO Christophe Berra 7 MF  ENG Teddy Bishop 8 MF  ENG Cole Skuse (vice-captain) 9 FW  IRL Leon Best 10 FW  IRL David McGoldrick 11 FW  Jersey Brett Pitman 12 DF  ENG Jordan Spence 14 MF  ENG Paul Digby 15 DF  ENG Adam Webster 17 MF  MRI Kévin Bru 18 MF  ENG Grant Ward

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ENG Luke Hyam 20 FW  ENG Freddie Sears 21 MF  WAL Jonny Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace) 22 MF  IRL Jonathan Douglas 23 MF  ENG Andre Dozzell 27 MF  WAL Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City) 28 FW  ENG Kieffer Moore 29 DF  ENG Josh Emmanuel 30 DF  ENG Myles Kenlock 33 GK  POL Bartosz Białkowski 35 MF  ENG Danny Rowe 39 MF  FRA Toumani Diagouraga (on loan from Leeds United) 42 FW  ENG Dominic Samuel (on loan from Reading) 44 MF  WAL Emyr Huws (on loan from Cardiff City) 47 DF  ENG Steven Taylor

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  IRL Daryl Murphy (to Newcastle United) 12 FW  ENG Luke Varney (to Burton Albion)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  ENG Conor Grant (loan return to Everton)

First-team coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Assistant Manager	Terry Connor
Goalkeeping Coach	Malcolm Webster
Fitness Coach	Andy Liddell
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard
Assistant Head Physiotherapist	Alex Chapman
Kitman	James Pullen

Pre-season

9 July 2015 Friendly	Shelbourne	1–2	Ipswich Town	Dublin, Ireland
15:00 IST	Grimes  77'	Report	Pitman  28' Sears  63'	Stadium: Tolka Park

13 July 2016 Friendly	Barnet	1–0	Ipswich Town	Edgware, London
15:00 IST	Akinde  69'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium

20 July 2016 Friendly	Colchester United	0–1	Ipswich Town	Colchester, Essex
15:00 IST		Report	Pitman  39'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

23 July 2016 Friendly	Cambridge United	1–1	Ipswich Town	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
15:00 IST	Pigott  89'	Report	Dozzell  83'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

26 July 2016 Friendly	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Ipswich Town	Charlton, London, Greater London
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: The Valley

30 July 2016 Friendly	Ipswich Town	1–2	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Ipswich, Suffolk
15:00 IST	Murphy  61'	Report	Fixelles  72' Rajsel  76'	Stadium: Portman Road

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Bristol City	46	15	9	22	60	66	−6	54
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	−14	53

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.

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
46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55	8	10	5	30	24	+6	5	6	12	18	34	−16

Last updated: 7 May 2017.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

Round	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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	13	12	13	11	13	8	11	14	13	16	17	12	17	15	15	17	14	16	17	17	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	17	16	13	13	13	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Ipswich Town	4–2	Barnsley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Bishop  20' Bru  37' Ward  46', 61', 84' McGoldrick  63' (pen.)	Report	Watkins  27'  74' Kent  42' Hourihane  49'  58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,370

13 August 2016 2	Brentford	2–0	Ipswich Town	Brentford
15:00 BST	Egan  48', 56'	Report	Webster  38'	Stadium: Griffin Road Attendance: 10,089

16 August 2016 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Hause  20' Saville  75'	Report	Bishop  54' Knudsen  72' Chambers  82' Bru  90+1' Berra  90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,991

21 August 2016 4	Ipswich Town	1–1	Norwich City	Ipswich
12:00 BST	Knudsen  45+1'	Report	Jerome  26' Tettey  64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,350

27 August 2016 5	Ipswich Town	1–0	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward  15' Skuse  45'	Report	Spurr  38'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,296

9 September 2016 6	Reading	2–1	Ipswich Town	Reading
20:00 BST	Moore  29' Gunter  38' Evans  41' McCleary  45+2' (pen.) Blackett  49' van den Berg  90+4' Williams  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Pitman  50' (pen.) Chambers  52' Berra  90+4'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,146 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

13 September 2016 7	Derby County	0–1	Ipswich Town	Derby
19:45 BST		Report	Skuse  36' Berra  40' Varney  48'  53' Pitman  90'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 26,425

17 September 2016 8	Ipswich Town	0–0	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Lawrence  52'	Report	Kodjia  74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,249

24 September 2016 9	Leeds United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Leeds
15:00 BST	Wood  35'	Report	Bru  76' Berra  81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,554

27 September 2016 10	Ipswich Town	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Lawrence  24' Chambers  59' Douglas  61' Emmanuel  84'	Report	Norwood  37' Stephens  42'  82' Murray  90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,228 Referee: Andrew Davies

1 October 2016 11	Ipswich Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Douglas  52'	Report	Hogg  50' Schindler  58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,146 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

15 October 2016 12	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gallagher  87'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,820 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

18 October 2016 13	Ipswich Town	2–0	Burton Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Chambers  15' Skuse  35' Sears  88'	Report	Irvine  21' Mousinho  80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,816 Referee: Oliver Langford

22 October 2016 14	Newcastle United	3–0	Ipswich Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Pérez  1', 73' Colback  27' Ritchie  78' Dummett  86'	Report	Knudsen  41'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,963 Referee: James Adcock

29 October 2016 15	Ipswich Town	2–2	Rotherham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears  3' McGoldrick  90+5'	Report	Ward  7', 48'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Darren Bond

5 November 2016 16	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Hooper  36' Fletcher  59'	Report	Lawrence  32' Chambers  56'  87' Ward  88'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,851 Referee: Andrew Madley

19 November 2016 17	Ipswich Town	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
17:30 GMT	McGoldrick  44'	Report	Assombalonga  1', 45+1' Vellios  57' Lansbury  69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,417 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 November 2016 18	Ipswich Town	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Ward  13' Varney  54' Lawrence  61'  71'	Report	Perch  25' Chery  71'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 16,510 Referee: Andy Woolmer

3 December 2016 19	Bristol City	2–0	Ipswich Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Wilbraham  7' Tomlin  31' (pen.)  38' Freeman  72'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,309 Referee: Stuart Attwell

10 December 2016 20	Ipswich Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence  37' Varney  52' Chambers  90+1'	Report	Connolly  27' Gunnarsson  38'  87' Bamba  70' Pilkington  90' Hoilett  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,042 Referee: James Adcock

13 December 2016 21	Birmingham City	2–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Cotterill  38' Donaldson  41' (pen.) Shotton  43' Morrison  53' Kieftenbeld  90+1'	Report	Chambers  39' Webster  69' Berra  90+5'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 15,212 Referee: Darren Bond

17 December 2016 22	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Ipswich Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Wildschut  35', 62' Kellett  44' Burn  45+1' Jääskeläinen  45+3'	Report	Pitman  7' (pen.), 68',  13' Dozzell  15' McGoldrick  88' Lawrence  90+3'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 December 2016 23	Ipswich Town	0–2	Fulham	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence  69' McGoldrick  76'	Report	Martin  36' McDonald  64' Sigurðsson  78'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,723 Referee: Oliver Langford

30 December 2016 24	Ipswich Town	2–1	Bristol City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Bru  39' Pitman  43'  87'	Report	Abraham  52' Magnússon  55' Brownhill  58'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,640 Referee: David Coote

2 January 2016 25	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Ipswich Town	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Sylla  30' Wszołek  83'	Report	Lawrence  48'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 15,136 Referee: Tony Harrington

14 January 2016 26	Ipswich Town	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence  38', 57',  42' Berra  53' Dozzell  65'	Report	Akpan  43' Graham  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,009 Referee: James Linington

21 January 2017 27	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Ipswich Town	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Brown  41' Schindler  57'	Report	Bru  56' Douglas  71' Digby  76' Berra  83' Lawrence  85'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,113 Referee: Andy Davies

28 January 2017 28	Preston North End	1–1	Ipswich Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	Vermijl  14' Hugill  89' McGeady  90+2'	Report	Lawrence  16'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 10,656 Referee: Steve Martin

31 January 2017 29	Ipswich Town	0–3	Derby County	Ipswich
19:45 GMT		Report	Bryson  9' Ince  12' Bent  45+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,719 Referee: Andrew Madley

4 February 2017 30	Ipswich Town	2–2	Reading	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence  43', 61' Knudsen  90+4'	Report	Mutch  52' Obita  78' Grabban  85' Evans  89'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,091 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

11 February 2017 31	Aston Villa	0–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Knudsen  76' Diagouraga  79' Huws  83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,796 Referee: Tim Robinson

14 February 2017 32	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Ipswich Town	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Hemed  29' (pen.) Baldock  31' Dunk  56'	Report	Kenlock  2' Chambers  9' Emmanuel  21' Lawrence  29' McGoldrick  35' Huws  90+5'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 26,360 Referee: Roger East

18 February 2017 33	Ipswich Town	1–1	Leeds United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Sears  9' Knudsen  85'	Report	Dallas  42'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,748 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 February 2017 34	Norwich City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Norwich
12:00 GMT	Murphy  69'	Report	Sears  59' Knudsen  63' Spence  87'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,107 Referee: Oliver Langford

4 March 2017 35	Ipswich Town	1–1	Brentford	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Huws  26'	Report	Yennaris  44'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,863 Referee: Scott Duncan

7 March 2017 36	Ipswich Town	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Knudsen  21'	Report	Batth  47'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,076 Referee: Darren Deadman

11 March 2017 37	Barnsley	1–1	Ipswich Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Watkins  58'	Report	Skuse  45' Lawrence  90+2'  90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,836 Referee: Stephen Martin

18 March 2017 38	Cardiff City	3–1	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Zohore  36', 50' Bennett  63'	Report	Chambers  23' Berra  53' Pitman  68'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,182 Referee: James Linington

1 April 2017 39	Ipswich Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward  72'	Report	Grounds  48' Bielik  69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,667 Referee: Andrew Madley

4 April 2017 40	Ipswich Town	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Ipswich
19:45 BST	McGoldrick  22' Sears  30', 85' Kenlock  55' Diagouraga  60' Ward  68'	Report	Burn  59' Power  81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Andy Davies

8 April 2017 41	Fulham	3–1	Ipswich Town	Fulham
15:00 BST	Ayité  17' Malone  30'  90' McDonald  37' Johansen  61' Ream  74'	Report	Chambers  52' Berra  90'+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,959 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

14 April 2017 42	Burton Albion	1–2	Ipswich Town	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Akins  86' (pen.)	Report	Varney  52' (o.g.) Sears  79'  90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 April 2017 43	Ipswich Town	3–1	Newcastle United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears  42' McGoldrick  60'  69' Lawrence  65' Huws  90+3'	Report	Hayden  50' Yedlin  51' Murphy  62'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,684 Referee: Tim Robinson

22 April 2017 44	Rotherham United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Bray  64' Mattock  74' Adeyemi  79'	Report	Diagouraga  54'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,266 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

29 April 2017 45	Ipswich Town	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Skuse  39'	Report	Lee  77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,000 Referee: James Adcock

7 May 2017 46	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Ipswich Town	Nottingham
12:00 BST	Assombalonga  43' (pen.), 69' Cohen  57'	Report	Emmanuel  66' Berra  84'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,249 Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

7 January 2017 Third Round	Ipswich Town	2–2	Lincoln City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence  12', 86'	Report	Robinson  7', 65'  65' Habergham  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 16,027 Referee: Lee Probert

17 January 2017 Third Round Replay	Lincoln City	1–0	Ipswich Town	Lincoln
20:05 GMT	Rhead  49' Arnold  90'	Report	Douglas  64'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,069 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First Round	Ipswich Town	0–1	Stevenage	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Smith  51'	Report	Kennedy  53' Lee  77' Henry  81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,858

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	DM		Paul Digby	Barnsley	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	LB		Patrick Webber	Worthing	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2016	CB		Adam Webster	Portsmouth	Undisclosed + player swap[lower-alpha 1]	[4]
1 August 2016	RM		Grant Ward	Tottenham Hotspur	£600,000	[5]
30 August 2016	CF		Leon Best	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[6]
16 January 2017	CF		Kieffer Moore	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 2]	[7]
16 January 2017	RB		Jordan Spence	Free agent	Free transfer	[8]
26 January 2017	CB		Steven Taylor	Portland Timbers	Free transfer	[9]
27 January 2017	LM		Danny Rowe	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed	[10]

1. Fee reported as £750,000 + player swap with Matthew Clarke moving to Portsmouth
2. Fee reported as £10,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
4 August 2016	CM		Conor Grant	Everton	18 November 2016[lower-alpha 1]	[12]
30 August 2016	SS		Tom Lawrence	Leicester City	End of Season	[13]
31 August 2016	AM		Jonny Williams	Crystal Palace	End of Season	[14]
23 January 2017	DM		Toumani Diagouraga	Leeds United	End of Season	[15]
31 January 2017	DM		Emyr Huws	Cardiff City	End of Season	[16]
31 January 2017	CF		Dominic Samuel	Reading	End of Season	[17]

1. Conor Grant returned to Everton on 18 November 2016, cutting his loan deal short.[11]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB		Matthew Clarke	Portsmouth	Player swap[lower-alpha 1]	[4]
1 July 2016	RB		Kyle Hammond	Free agent	Released	[18]
1 July 2016	GK		Jonathan Henly	Hemel Hempstead Town	Free transfer	[19]
1 July 2016	CF		Cemal Ramadan	Royston Town	Free transfer	[20]
1 July 2016	LM		Jay Tabb	Retired		[21]
1 July 2016	RW		Larsen Touré	Free agent	Released	[22]
1 July 2016	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Crawley Town	Free transfer	[23]
9 July 2016	CF		Charlie Brown	Chelsea	Compensation	[24]
5 August 2016	RB		Kevin Foley	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[25]
11 August 2016	CM		Victor Guldbrandsen	HB Køge	Free transfer	[26]
28 August 2016	CF		Daryl Murphy	Newcastle United	£3,000,000	[27][28]
31 August 2016	CB		Piotr Malarczyk	Cracovia	Free transfer	[29]
4 January 2017	LW		Luke Varney	Burton Albion	Free transfer	[30]

1. Matthew Clarke's move to Portsmouth was part of the deal for Adam Webster

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
25 August 2016	CB		Joe Robinson	Boston United	1 January 2017	[31][32]
23 September 2016	GK		Jacob Marsden	Leiston	30 June 2017	[33][34]
26 October 2016	SS		Monty Patterson	Braintree Town	1 January 2017	[35][32]
7 December 2016	CM		Kundai Benyu	Aldershot Town	3 March 2017	[36][37]
3 March 2017	CB		Joe Robinson	St Albans City	31 May 2017	[38][39]
11 March 2017	CF		Ben Morris	Woking	1 June 2017	[40]
23 March 2017	AM		Shane McLoughlin	Bromley	30 June 2017	[41]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Dean Gerken	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
33	GK		Bartosz Białkowski	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Jonas Knudsen	39	2	35+1	2	2	0	1	0
4	DF		Luke Chambers	48	4	46	4	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Tommy Smith	11	0	6+4	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Christophe Berra	46	2	44	2	2	0	0	0
12	DF		Jordan Spence	17	0	15+2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Adam Webster	24	1	21+2	1	1	0	0	0
29	DF		Josh Emmanuel	17	0	11+4	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF		Myles Kenlock	18	0	16+2	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF		Steven Taylor	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Teddy Bishop	20	0	7+12	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Cole Skuse	41	0	40	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Paul Digby	6	0	2+2	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF		Kévin Bru	28	1	14+12	1	1	0	1	0
18	MF		Grant Ward	46	6	34+9	6	2	0	1	0
19	MF		Luke Hyam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Jonny Williams	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Jonathan Douglas	23	0	17+4	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF		Andre Dozzell	9	0	6	0	1+1	0	1	0
27	MF		Tom Lawrence	36	11	32+2	9	0	0	2	2
35	MF		Danny Rowe	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Toumani Diagouraga	12	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF		Emyr Huws	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Leon Best	12	0	5+6	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		David McGoldrick	31	5	25+5	5	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW		Brett Pitman	23	4	13+9	4	1	0	0	0
20	FW		Freddie Sears	43	7	30+10	7	1+1	0	1	0
28	FW		Kieffer Moore	11	0	0+11	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW		Dominic Samuel	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW		Daryl Murphy	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Luke Varney	15	3	4+11	3	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Conor Grant	7	0	3+3	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
27	MF		Tom Lawrence	9	2	0	11
20	FW		Freddie Sears	7	0	0	7
18	MF		Grant Ward	6	0	0	6
10	FW		David McGoldrick	5	0	0	5
4	DF		Luke Chambers	4	0	0	4
11	FW		Brett Pitman	4	0	0	4
12	FW		Luke Varney	3	0	0	3
44	MF		Emyr Huws	3	0	0	3
3	DF		Jonas Knudsen	2	0	0	2
6	DF		Christophe Berra	2	0	0	2
15	DF		Adam Webster	1	0	0	1
17	MF		Kévin Bru	1	0	0	1
Own goal				1	0	0	1
Total				48	2	0	50

Clean sheets

No.	Nat	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
33		Bartosz Białkowski	9	0	0	9
Total			9	0	0	9

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
3	DF	Jonas Knudsen	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4	DF	Luke Chambers	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5	DF	Tommy Smith	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
6	DF	Christophe Berra	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7	MF	Teddy Bishop	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Cole Skuse	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	FW	David McGoldrick	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	FW	Brett Pitman	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12	FW	Luke Varney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	Jordan Spence	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	Paul Digby	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Adam Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Kévin Bru	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF	Grant Ward	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	Freddie Sears	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Jonathan Douglas	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
23	MF	Andre Dozzell	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	Tom Lawrence	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
29	DF	Josh Emmanuel	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	DF	Myles Kenlock	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
37	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
44	MF	Emyr Huws	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			80	0	1	0	1	0	82	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[42]

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 33 GK Bartosz Białkowski 44 4 RB Luke Chambers 48 15 CB Adam Webster 22 6 CB Christophe Berra 46 3 LB Jonas Knudsen 38 8 CM Cole Skuse 41 22 CM Jonathan Douglas 19 Kévin Bru has 16 starts 18 AM Grant Ward 37 20 RW Freddie Sears 32 27 LW Tom Lawrence 34 10 CF David McGoldrick 25 Brett Pitman has 14 starts

4–2–3–1 Formation Białkowski Chambers(C) Webster Berra Knudsen Ward Douglas Skuse Lawrence Sears McGoldrick

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Bartosz Białkowski	[43]
Players' Player of the Year	Tom Lawrence	[44]
Young Player of the Year	Tristan Nydam	[44]
Goal of the Season	Tom Lawrence	[44]

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