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Newcastle United

2016–17 season
Owner	Mike Ashley
Managing director	Lee Charnley
Manager	Rafael Benítez
Stadium	St James' Park
Championship	1st (promoted)
EFL Cup	Fifth round (knocked out by Hull City)
FA Cup	Fourth round (knocked out by Oxford United)
Top goalscorer	League: Dwight Gayle (23) All: Dwight Gayle (23)
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The 2016–17 season was Newcastle United's second season in the 21st century to be played in the Championship, following their relegation from the Premier League. This season Newcastle United participated in the EFL Championship, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

On 24 April 2017, Newcastle secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4–1 victory over Preston North End. On 7 May, they clinched the Championship title with a 3–0 win against Barnsley, as Brighton conceded a late equaliser against Aston Villa.

Club

Coaching staff

The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2016–17 season consists of the following:

Position	Staff
Manager	Rafael Benítez
Assistant Coach	Ian Cathro (until 5 December 2016)
First Team Coach	Mikel Antía
First Team Coach	Antonio Gómez Pérez
Fitness Coach	Francisco de Míguel Moreno
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Chris Wilding
Goalkeeping Coach	Simon Smith
Head of Sports Science & Medicine	Paul Catterson
Rehabilitation Fitness Coach	Cristian Fernández Martínez
Head of Physiotherapy	Derek Wright
Physiotherapist	Daniel Martí
Physiotherapist	Michael Harding
Physiotherapist	Carl Nelson
Chief Scout	Graham Carr
Head of Analysis	Kerry Morrow

Last updated: 29 June 2016
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Players

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed	Signed from	Signing fee
Goalkeepers
21	Rob Elliot		GK	(1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30)	2011	Charlton Athletic	£300k
26	Karl Darlow		GK	(1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 25)	2014	Nottingham Forest	£3m
28	Matz Sels		GK	(1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Gent	£4.5m
Defenders
2	Ciaran Clark		CB / LB	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 26)	2016	Aston Villa	£5m
3	Paul Dummett		LB / CB	(1991-09-26)26 September 1991 (aged 24)	2010	Newcastle United Academy	Free
5	Grant Hanley		CB	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 24)	2016	Blackburn Rovers	£5.5m
6	Jamaal Lascelles		CB	(1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 22)	2014	Nottingham Forest	£4m
7	Achraf Lazaar		LB / LW	(1992-01-22)22 January 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Palermo	£3m
18	Chancel Mbemba		CB	(1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 21)	2015	Anderlecht	£8.5m
19	Massadio Haïdara		LB	(1992-12-02)2 December 1992 (aged 23)	2013	Nancy	£2m
22	DeAndre Yedlin		RB	(1993-07-09)9 July 1993 (aged 22)	2016	Tottenham Hotspur	£5m
27	Jesús Gámez		RB / LB	(1985-04-10)10 April 1985 (aged 31)	2016	Atlético Madrid	£1.5m
37	Stuart Findlay		CB / LB	(1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 20)	2016	Celtic	Free
38	Curtis Good		CB	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 23)	2012	Melbourne Heart	£300k
42	Jamie Sterry		RB	(1995-11-21)21 November 1995 (aged 20)	2015	Newcastle United Academy	Free
Midfielders
4	Jack Colback		DM CM	(1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 26)	2014	Sunderland	Free
8	Vurnon Anita		DM / RB	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 27)	2012	Ajax	£6.7m
11	Matt Ritchie		RW / LW	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26)	2016	AFC Bournemouth	£12m
12	Jonjo Shelvey		CM	(1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Swansea City	£12m
14	Isaac Hayden		CM / DM	(1995-03-22)22 March 1995 (aged 21)	2016	Arsenal	£2.5m
15	Mohamed Diamé		CM / AM	(1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 28)	2016	Hull City	£4.5m
16	Rolando Aarons		LW	(1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 20)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
20	Yoan Gouffran		LW / ST	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 29)	2013	Bordeaux	£500k
30	Christian Atsu		RW / LW	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Chelsea	Loan
34	Sammy Ameobi		RW / LW / SS	(1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 24)	2008	Newcastle United Academy	Free
35	Daniel Barlaser		CM / AM	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 19)	2015	Newcastle United Academy	Free
36	Yasin Ben El-Mhanni		LW / RW	(1995-10-26)26 October 1995 (aged 20)	2016	Lewes	Free
–	Haris Vučkić		SS / AM	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 23)	2009	Domžale	£500k
Forwards
9	Dwight Gayle		ST	(1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 26)	2016	Crystal Palace	£10m
17	Ayoze Pérez		SS / ST	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 22)	2014	Tenerife	£1.6m
33	Daryl Murphy		ST	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 33)	2016	Ipswich Town	£3.5m
45	Aleksandar Mitrović		ST	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 21)	2015	Anderlecht	£13m
Out on loan
1	Tim Krul		GK	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 28)	2006	ADO Den Haag	Free
10	Siem de Jong		AM / SS	(1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 27)	2014	Ajax	£7.5m
23	Henri Saivet		CM / AM	(1990-10-26)26 October 1990 (aged 25)	2016	Bordeaux	£5m
29	Emmanuel Rivière		ST	(1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 26)	2014	Monaco	£6.3m
32	Adam Armstrong		SS / ST / LW	(1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 19)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
41	Freddie Woodman		GK	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 19)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
43	Kevin Mbabu		RB / LB	(1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 21)	2013	Servette	£1m
–	Ľubomír Šatka		CB	(1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 20)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
–	Florian Thauvin		RW / LW	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 23)	2015	Marseille	£12m
–	Callum Roberts		RW / LW	(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 19)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
–	Ivan Toney		ST	(1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 20)	2015	Northampton Town	£500k

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Nathan Harker — GK  ENG Brendan Pearson — GK  ENG Ben Smith — GK  ENG Paul Woolston — DF  ENG Liam Gibson — DF  ENG Macaulay Gillesphey — DF  SCO Kyle Cameron — DF  NIR Michael Newberry — DF  GHA Gideon Adu-Peprah — MF  ENG Owen Bailey — MF  ENG Stefan Broccoli — MF  ENG Mackenzie Heaney

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Jack Hunter — MF  ENG Sean Longstaff — MF  ENG Dan Lowther — MF  ENG Callum Smith — MF  ENG Liam Smith — MF  ENG Dan Ward — FW  ENG Luke Charman — FW  ENG Tom Heardman — FW  ENG Jamie Holmes — FW  ENG Lewis McNall — FW  SCO Owen Gallacher

Youth team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Carl Robinson — GK  FIN Otto Huuhtanen — DF  ENG Lewis Cass — DF  ENG Isaac Gamblin — DF  ENG Lewis Gibson — DF  ENG Ben Kitchen — DF  ENG Craig Spooner — DF  ENG Ollie Walters — DF  TOG Yannick Aziakonou — MF  ENG Kieren Aplin

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Mace Goodridge — MF  ENG Oliver Long — MF  ENG Matty Longstaff — FW  ENG Thomas Allan — FW  ENG Jack Robson — FW  ENG Kurtis Russell — FW  ENG Kelland Watts — FW  ENG Adam Wilson — FW  DEN Elias Sorensen

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2016	GK	28		Matz Sels	Gent	£4,500,000
1 July 2016	FW	9		Dwight Gayle	Crystal Palace	£10,000,000
1 July 2016	MF	11		Matt Ritchie	AFC Bournemouth	£12,000,000
8 July 2016	DF	27		Jesús Gámez	Atlético Madrid	£1,500,000
11 July 2016	MF	14		Isaac Hayden	Arsenal	£2,500,000
21 July 2016	DF	5		Grant Hanley	Blackburn Rovers	£5,500,000
3 August 2016	DF	2		Ciaran Clark	Aston Villa	£5,000,000
3 August 2016	MF	15		Mohamed Diamé	Hull City	£4,500,000
24 August 2016	DF	22		DeAndre Yedlin	Tottenham Hotspur	£5,000,000
28 August 2016	FW	33		Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	£3,500,000
28 August 2016	DF	7		Achraf Lazaar	Palermo	£3,000,000

• Total spending: £57,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	MF	14		Gabriel Obertan	Anzhi Makhachkala	Free transfer
1 July 2016	MF	31		Sylvain Marveaux	FC Lorient	Free transfer
1 July 2016	MF	25		Andros Townsend	Crystal Palace	£13,000,000
5 July 2016	DF	2		Fabricio Coloccini	San Lorenzo	Free transfer
9 July 2016	FW	9		Papiss Cissé	Shandong Luneng	£2,500,000
22 July 2016	MF	5		Georginio Wijnaldum	Liverpool	£25,000,000
1 August 2016	DF	27		Steven Taylor	Portland Timbers	Free transfer
11 August 2016	MF	—		Rémy Cabella	Marseille	£8,000,000
24 August 2016	DF	22		Daryl Janmaat	Watford	£7,500,000
26 August 2016	MF	—		Gaël Bigirimana	Coventry City	Free transfer
31 August 2016	MF	7		Moussa Sissoko	Tottenham Hotspur	£30,000,000
9 February 2017	MF	24		Cheick Tioté	Beijing BG	£1,000,000

• Total incoming: ~ £87,000,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Expiry	Ref.
31 August 2016	MF	30		Christian Atsu	Chelsea	End of Season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	To	Expiry	Ref.
4 August 2016	MF	—		Florian Thauvin	Marseille	End of Season
8 August 2016	FW	—		Ivan Toney	Shrewsbury Town	3 January 2017
22 August 2016	MF	10		Siem de Jong	PSV	End of Season
23 August 2016	DF	43		Kevin Mbabu	Young Boys	End of Season
24 August 2016	MF	23		Henri Saivet	Saint-Étienne	End of Season
25 August 2016	GK	1		Tim Krul	Ajax	31 January 2017
30 August 2016	FW	32		Adam Armstrong	Barnsley	End of Season
31 August 2016	FW	29		Emmanuel Rivière	Osasuna	End of Season
31 August 2016	DF	42		Jamie Sterry	Coventry City	4 January 2017
31 August 2016	MF	—		Haris Vučkić	Bradford City	3 January 2017
31 August 2016	MF	34		Sammy Ameobi	Bolton Wanderers	3 January 2017
9 January 2017	MF	—		Callum Roberts	Kilmarnock	End of Season
9 January 2017	GK	41		Freddie Woodman	Kilmarnock	End of Season
11 January 2017	DF	—		Ľubomír Šatka	DAC Dunajská Streda	End of Season
12 January 2017	FW	—		Ivan Toney	Scunthorpe United	End of Season
31 January 2017	GK	1		Tim Krul	AZ	End of Season

Pre-season friendlies

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Bohemians	0–6	Newcastle United	Dublin
14:00		Report	Ritchie 15' Mitrović 30' (pen.) Gayle 52' Thauvin 55' Aarons 59' Wijnaldum 75'	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Robert Harvey

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Newcastle United	Doncaster
19:45	Williams 19', 45+4'	Report	Hayden 51' Ayoze 90+2'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,698 Referee: Ross Joyce

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	KSC Lokeren	0–4	Newcastle United	Lokeren
16:30		Report	Ayoze 13', 39' Janmaat 26' Shelvey 48'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Christof Dierick

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Southend United	0–2	Newcastle United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45		Report	Anita 48' Gouffran 78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,570 Referee: Keith Stroud

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Newcastle United	3–2	Vitesse	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Leerdam 22' (o.g.) Gayle 36' Colback 41'	Report	Nathan 53' Kashia 61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Sebastien Stockbridge

Competitions

Overall summary

Overview

Source: Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results by matchday

Matches

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were released on 22 June 2016.

5 August 2016 1	Fulham	1–0	Newcastle United	London
19:45	Odoi  10' Smith 45'	Report	Hanley  68' Dummett  75' Janmaat  90+4'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,922 (6,452 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 August 2016 2	Newcastle United	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Gayle 60', 60',  63'	Report	Hudson  21' Wells 45+1' Löwe  62' Payne 82'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,079 (3,200 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

17 August 2016 3	Newcastle United	4–1	Reading	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Gayle  3', 69', 89' Hayden 20' Ritchie 50' (pen.)	Report	Obita  19' Williams  40' McCleary 45' (pen.) Gunter  49' Kermorgant  62' Evans  68'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,209 (787 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

20 August 2016 4	Bristol City	0–1	Newcastle United	Bristol
15:00		Report	Gayle 19' Sels  90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 22,512 (2,501 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

27 August 2016 5	Newcastle United	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30	Lascelles 15',  53' Shelvey  22', 63' Ayoze  33' Ritchie  34'	Report	Baldock  45+1'  55' Knockaert  85'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,196 (1,632 away) Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Live on Sky Sports

10 September 2016 6	Derby County	0–2	Newcastle United	Derby
17:30		Report	Gouffran 20',  60' Shelvey  24' Gayle  75' Yedlin 90+1'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 30,405 (3,177 away) Referee: Darren Bond
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 September 2016 7	Queens Park Rangers	0–6	Newcastle United	London
19:45		Report	Shelvey 12', 48' Ayoze 30' Clark 56' Mitrović 63' Hanley 79'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,404 (3,238 away) Referee: Andy Davies

17 September 2016 8	Newcastle United	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Dummett  40' Diamé  45+1' Ritchie  51' Anita  87'	Report	Mbemba 29' (o.g.) Batth  35' Saïss  36' Teixeira  56' Costa 62' Borthwick-Jackson  72' Edwards  79'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,117 (3,257 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

24 September 2016 9	Aston Villa	1–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham
17:30	Chester  41' Tshibola  79', 88'	Report	Shelvey  27' Elphick 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,062 (2,788 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

28 September 2016 10	Newcastle United	4–3	Norwich City	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Colback  9' Gayle 24', 71', 90+6' Ritchie  40' Dummett  43' Mitrović  73' Lascelles  77' Gouffran 90+5'	Report	Dorrans 44' (pen.),  60' Brady  45+2' Jerome 52',  78' Howson  59' Murphy 69' Olsson  73'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,236 (876 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

1 October 2016 11	Rotherham United	0–1	Newcastle United	Rotherham
15:00	Frecklington  37' Ward  58'	Report	Atsu 41' Diamé  81'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,653 (2,587 away) Referee: Roger East

15 October 2016 12	Newcastle United	3–1	Brentford	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Clark 11' Gayle 16', 49' Gouffran  26' Colback  38' Atsu  42'	Report	Dean  24' Hogan 52' Sawyers  72' Woods  73'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,885 (2,778 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

18 October 2016 13	Barnsley	0–2	Newcastle United	Barnsley
19:45	Hourihane  38'	Report	Lascelles  40' Gayle 49', 68' Shelvey  74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,597 (5,501 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

22 October 2016 14	Newcastle United	3–0	Ipswich Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Ayoze 1', 73' Colback  27' Ritchie 78' Dummett  86'	Report	Knudsen  41'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,963 (2,759 away) Referee: James Adcock

29 October 2016 15	Preston North End	1–2	Newcastle United	Preston
15:00	Robinson  61' Pearson  64' Johnson  64' Lascelles 90' (o.g.)	Report	Mitrović 59', 71' Hayden  76' Ritchie  89' Darlow  90+7'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 20,724 (5,714 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

5 November 2016 16	Newcastle United	2–1	Cardiff City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Atsu 3' Gouffran 45'	Report	Wittingham 77' Gunnarsson  85'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,257 (1,063 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

20 November 2016 17	Leeds United	0–2	Newcastle United	Leeds
13:15	Jansson  44'	Report	Gayle 23', 54' Colback  59'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,002 (2,764 away) Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

26 November 2016 18	Newcastle United	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Hayden  83'	Report	Conway  24' Lowe  68' Mulgrew 75' Marshall  90+1'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,092 (1,559 away) Referee: David Coote

2 December 2016 19	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Newcastle United	Nottingham
19:45	Bendtner 34', 52' Mancienne  44' Lansbury 45+4',  72' Lascelles 86' (o.g.)	Report	Shelvey  33' Ritchie 45' Dummett  45+1' Darlow  45+2' Gouffran  53' Yedlin  90+3'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,317 (1,866 away) Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Live on Sky Sports

10 December 2016 20	Newcastle United	4–0	Birmingham City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Gayle 18', 24', 77' Gouffran 47' Ritchie  59' Hayden  75'	Report	Tesche  32'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,145 (3,110 away) Referee: Andy Davies

14 December 2016 21	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Newcastle United	Wigan
19:45		Report	Diamé 26' Hayden  32' Atsu 78'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,562 (4,291 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

17 December 2016 22	Burton Albion	1–2	Newcastle United	Burton upon Trent
15:00	Dyer 20' Naylor  19' Irvine  45+3'	Report	Gayle 15' Diamé 34' Hayden  56'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,665 (1,782 away) Referee: Lee Probert

26 December 2016 23	Newcastle United	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Hayden  52'	Report	Bannan  30' Pudil  35' Loovens 53' Reach  70' Hutchinson  76' Wallace  85' Palmer  90+5'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,179 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

30 December 2016 24	Newcastle United	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ritchie 4' Clark  12' Colback  53' Gayle 63', 80' Yedlin  65'	Report	Lam  26' Dumitru 29' Mills  59'  60' Pereira  61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,228 (3,086 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

2 January 2017 25	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Newcastle United	Blackburn
15:00	Lowe  53' Mulgrew 74'	Report	Dummett  64' Colback  73'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,524 (6,943 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 January 2017 26	Brentford	1–2	Newcastle United	Brentford
15:00	Vibe 52',  81'	Report	Gayle 20' Dummett  31' Murphy 79'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,435 (1,633 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

21 January 2017 27	Newcastle United	4–0	Rotherham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Murphy 45+3' Ritchie 49', 78' Ayoze 59'	Report	Smallwood  45+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,208 (3,183 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

1 February 2017 28	Newcastle United	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Shelvey 1' Ritchie 54',  89'	Report	Perch  40' Washington 44' Clark 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 47,907 (520 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

4 February 2017 29	Newcastle United	1–0	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Ritchie 27',  86' Dummett  82'	Report	de Sart  79'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,231 (3,185 away) Referee: Darren Bond

11 February 2017 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
17:30	Doherty  64'	Report	Mitrović  15', 44' Ritchie  67' Colback  88' Ayoze  89' Darlow  90+2'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,876 (4,164 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 February 2017 31	Norwich City	2–2	Newcastle United	Norwich
19:45	Murphy 12' Jerome 17' Dijks  82' Whittaker  90+4'	Report	Ayoze 1' Colback  27' Lascelles  48', 81'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,841 (2,401 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

20 February 2017 32	Newcastle United	2–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00	Shelvey  34' Lascelles  38' Gouffran 42' Lansbury 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,024 (1,770 away) Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Live on Sky Sports

25 February 2017 33	Newcastle United	2–2	Bristol City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Smith 59' (o.g.) Clark 82'	Report	Wilbraham 11',  51' Cotterill 21'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,131 (2,703 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

28 February 2017 34	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Newcastle United	Falmer
19:45	Murray 14' (pen.),  90+2' Knockaert  38' Duffy  58'	Report	Yedlin  37' Diamé 81' Ayoze 89'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,230 (2,604 away) Referee: Bobby Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

4 March 2017 35	Huddersfield Town	1–3	Newcastle United	Huddersfield
17:30	Schindler  33' Mooy 72' (pen.)	Report	Ritchie 10' (pen.) Murphy 32' Colback  35' Anita  45+2' Clark  46' Shelvey  61' Gayle 90+1'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,213 (2,000 away) Referee: Roger East
Note: Live on Sky Sports

7 March 2017 36	Reading	0–0	Newcastle United	Reading
20:00	Gunter  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 23,121 (3,704 away) Referee: Andy Davies

11 March 2017 37	Newcastle United	1–3	Fulham	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Atsu  50' Clark  60' Murphy 76' Shelvey  79' Dummett  89'	Report	Cairney 15' Sessegnon 51', 59' McDonald  73' Ream 90+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,903 (1,643 away) Referee: James Linington

18 March 2017 38	Birmingham City	0–0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00	Robinson  56'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 19,796 (3,229 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

1 April 2017 39	Newcastle United	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Diamé  17' Gayle 36' Ritchie 57'	Report	Burn  29' Morsy  39' Jacobs 50'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,849 (833 away) Referee: David Coote

5 April 2017 40	Newcastle United	1–0	Burton Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Lascelles  50' Ritchie 68'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,814 (763 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

8 April 2017 41	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Newcastle United	Sheffield
17:30	Bannan  18' Lees 59' Fletcher 68' Wallace  70'	Report	Diamé  44' Shelvey 88'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 28,883 (3,100 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 April 2017 42	Newcastle United	1–1	Leeds United	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Lascelles 67' Shelvey  90+4' Colback  90+4'	Report	Jansson  52' Bartley  54' Phillips  76' Wood 90+5'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,301 (3,200 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

17 April 2017 43	Ipswich Town	3–1	Newcastle United	Ipswich
15:00	Sears 42' McGoldrick  60', 69' Lawrance  65' Huws 90+3'	Report	Hayden  50' Murphy 62'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,684 (1,952 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

24 April 2017 44	Newcastle United	4–1	Preston North End	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ayoze 7', 67' Atsu 45' Shelvey  56' Ritchie 65' (pen.),  82'	Report	Hugill 14' Browning  27' Gallagher  64'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,212 (535 away) Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

28 April 2017 45	Cardiff City	0–2	Newcastle United	Cardiff
19:45	Richards  79'	Report	Atsu 55' Hayden 65'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,153 (4,262 away) Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

7 May 2017 46	Newcastle United	3–0	Barnsley	Newcastle upon Tyne
12:00	Ayoze 23' Shelvey  26' Mbemba 59' Gayle 90'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,276 (2,764 away) Referee: James Linington

EFL Cup

23 August 2016 Second round	Newcastle United	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ayoze 45+2', 47'	Report	Rowe  51'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 21,972 Referee: Stephen Martin

20 September 2016 Third round	Newcastle United	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ritchie 29' Gouffran 31',  63' Ayoze  90+5'	Report	Saville  81'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 34,735 Referee: Andy Woolmer

25 October 2016 Fourth round	Newcastle United	6–0	Preston North End	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Mitrović 19', 55',  55' Diamé 38', 87' Ritchie 53' (pen.) Ayoze 90+1'	Report	Doyle  19' Browne  27' Wright  53'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,042 Referee: Andrew Madley

29 November 2016 Fifth round	Hull City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Newcastle United	Kingston upon Hull
19:45	Snodgrass  45', 99' Robertson  77' Huddlestone  89' Mbokani  89'	Report	Hayden  63' Gouffran  67' Lascelles  89' Diamé 98'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,243 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	Penalties
	Snodgrass Dawson Huddlestone		Shelvey Gayle Atsu Gouffran

FA Cup

7 January 2017 Third round	Birmingham City	1–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00	Jutkiewicz 42'	Report	Murphy 5' Hayden  68'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 13,171 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

18 January 2017 Third round replay	Newcastle United	3–1	Birmingham City	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ritchie 9' (pen.), 90+2' Gouffran 34' Tioté  69'	Report	Lagzdins  9' Shotton  34' Cotterill 71' Grounds  87'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 34,896 Referee: Lee Probert

28 January 2017 Fourth round	Oxford United	3–0	Newcastle United	Oxford
15:00	Hemmings 46',  57' Edwards  65' Nelson 79' Martínez 87'	Report	Mitrović 66' Hanley  90+1'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,810 Referee: David Coote

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 7 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		EFL Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
21	GK	IRL	Rob Elliot	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Karl Darlow	36	0	34	0	2	0	0	0
28	GK	BEL	Matz Sels	14	0	9	0	2	0	3	0
Defenders
2	DF	IRL	Ciaran Clark	36	3	34	3	2	0	0	0
3	DF	WAL	Paul Dummett	46	0	44+1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	SCO	Grant Hanley	15	1	5+5	1	2	0	3	0
6	DF	ENG	Jamaal Lascelles	47	3	41+2	3	2+1	0	1	0
7	DF	MAR	Achraf Lazaar	9	0	0+4	0	2	0	3	0
18	DF	COD	Chancel Mbemba	13	1	12	1	1	0	0	0
19	DF	FRA	Massadio Haïdara	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF	USA	DeAndre Yedlin	32	1	21+6	1	2+1	0	2	0
27	DF	ESP	Jesús Gámez	7	0	2+3	0	1	0	1	0
37	DF	SCO	Stuart Findlay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38	DF	AUS	Curtis Good	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	DF	ENG	Jamie Sterry	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	34	0	24+5	0	3	0	1+1	0
8	MF	NED	Vurnon Anita	31	1	24+3	1	1+2	0	1	0
11	MF	SCO	Matt Ritchie	48	16	40+2	12	3	2	1+2	2
12	MF	ENG	Jonjo Shelvey	48	5	38+4	5	3+1	0	2	0
14	MF	ENG	Isaac Hayden	37	2	28+5	2	2	0	0+2	0
15	MF	SEN	Mohamed Diamé	39	6	25+10	3	4	3	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Rolando Aarons	5	0	1+3	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	FRA	Yoan Gouffran	44	7	33+5	5	2+1	1	1+2	1
30	MF	GHA	Christian Atsu	34	5	15+17	5	1+1	0	0	0
34	MF	NGA	Sammy Ameobi	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	TUR	Daniel Barlaser	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	MF	ENG	Yasin Ben El-Mhanni	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
–	MF	SVN	Haris Vučkić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ENG	Dwight Gayle	34	23	26+6	23	1+1	0	0	0
17	FW	ESP	Ayoze Pérez	41	12	25+11	9	1+2	3	1+1	0
33	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	18	6	7+8	5	1+1	0	1	1
45	FW	SRB	Aleksandar Mitrović	29	6	11+14	4	2	2	2	0
Player(s) who left on loan but featured this season
1	GK	NED	Tim Krul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	NED	Siem de Jong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	SEN	Henri Saivet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	FRA	Emmanuel Rivière	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Adam Armstrong	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	ENG	Freddie Woodman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	SUI	Kevin Mbabu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) who left permanently but featured this season
22	DF	NED	Daryl Janmaat	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	CIV	Cheick Tioté	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 7 May 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
2	DF	Ciaran Clark	2	0
3	DF	Paul Dummett	8	1
4	MF	Jack Colback	10	0
5	DF	Grant Hanley	2	0
6	DF	Jamaal Lascelles	7	0
8	MF	Vurnon Anita	1	1
9	FW	Dwight Gayle	3	0
11	MF	Matt Ritchie	10	0
12	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	10	1
14	MF	Isaac Hayden	9	0
15	MF	Mohamed Diamé	4	0
17	FW	Ayoze Pérez	4	0
20	MF	Yoan Gouffran	4	0
22	DF	Daryl Janmaat	1	0
22	DF	DeAndre Yedlin	3	0
24	MF	Cheick Tioté	1	0
26	GK	Karl Darlow	3	0
28	GK	Matz Sels	1	0
30	MF	Christian Atsu	2	0
45	FW	Aleksandar Mitrović	4	0

Goals

Last updated on 7 May 2017.

Place	Position	Number	Nation	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	9		Dwight Gayle	23	0	0	23
2	MF	11		Matt Ritchie	12	2	2	16
3	FW	17		Ayoze Pérez	9	3	0	12
4	MF	20		Yoan Gouffran	5	1	1	7
5	MF	15		Mohamed Diamé	3	3	0	6
	FW	33		Daryl Murphy	5	0	1	6
	FW	45		Aleksandar Mitrović	4	2	0	6
8	MF	12		Jonjo Shelvey	5	0	0	5
	MF	30		Christian Atsu	5	0	0	5
10	DF	2		Ciaran Clark	3	0	0	3
	DF	6		Jamaal Lascelles	3	0	0	3
	Own Goals				3	0	0	3
13	MF	14		Isaac Hayden	2	0	0	2
14	DF	5		Grant Hanley	1	0	0	1
	DF	18		Chancel Mbemba	1	0	0	1
	DF	22		DeAndre Yedlin	1	0	0	1
TOTALS					85	11	4	100

Clean sheets

Last updated on 7 May 2017.

Place	Number	Nation	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	26		Karl Darlow	13	2	0	15
2	28		Matz Sels	4	1	0	5
3	21		Rob Elliot	2	0	0	2
TOTALS				19	3	0	22

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2. Clark was born in Harrow, England.
3. Dummett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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