2016–17 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

2016–17 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Paul Trollope (until 4 October) Neil Warnock (from 5 October)
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship	22nd
FA Cup	Enter in 3rd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Lambert (4) All: Lambert (4)
Highest home attendance	22,776 (Vs. Bristol City, 14 Oct)
Lowest home attendance	14,041 (Vs. Blackburn Rovers, 17 Aug)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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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Home

Away

Last updated: 28 August 2016.
Source: Historical Football Kits

First-Team Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	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
				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.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	19		CF	Rickie Lambert	4	0	0	4
2	7		CM	Peter Whittingham	3	0	0	3
	13		LW	Anthony Pilkington	3	0	0	3
4	8		CM	Joe Ralls	2	0	0	2
5	4		CB	Sean Morrison	1	0	0	1
	14		CB	Sol Bamba	1	0	0	1
	17		CM	Aron Gunnarsson	1	0	0	1
	33		LW	Junior Hoilett	1	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	2
Total					18	0	0	18

Disciplinary Record

As of 4 December 2016

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
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	Nationality	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	Nationality	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

1. 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	Nationality	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+

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

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	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

Forest Green Rovers v Cardiff City

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

Shrewsbury Town v Cardiff City

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

Rot Weiss Ahlen v Cardiff City

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

Cardiff City v FC St. Pauli

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

VfL Osnabrück v Cardiff City

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

VfL Bochum v Cardiff City

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

Exeter City v Cardiff City

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

AFC Bournemouth v Cardiff Ciy

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

Competitions

EFL 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

Birmingham City v Cardiff City

6 August 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers

14 August 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers

17 August 2016 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)

Fulham v Cardiff City

20 August 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Reading

27 August 2016 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)

Norwich City v Cardiff City

10 September 2016 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)

Preston North End v Cardiff City

13 September 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Leeds United

17 September 2016 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

Rotherham United v Cardiff City

24 September 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Derby County

27 September 2016 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)

Burton Albion v Cardiff City

1 October 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Bristol City

14 October 2016 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

Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday

19 October 2016 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

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

22 October 2016 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

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic

29 October 2016 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

Newcastle United v Cardiff City

5 November 2016 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

Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town

19 November 2016 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

Aston Villa v Cardiff City

26 November 2016 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)

Cardiff City v Brighton & Hove Albion

3 December 2016 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)

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City

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

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

Bristol Rovers v Cardiff City

11 August 2016 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.	Nat.	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

Crewe Alexandra U23 v Cardiff City U23

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

Cardiff City U23 v Leeds United U23

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

Cardiff City U23 v Colchester United U23

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

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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