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

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	Fenerbahçe	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase
2	Manchester United	5	3	0	2	10	4	+6	9
3	Feyenoord	5	2	1	2	3	6	−3	7
4	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
1	GK	David de Gea	13	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	19	0	0	0
3	DF	Eric Bailly	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	13	0	5	0
4	DF	Phil Jones	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
5	DF	Marcos Rojo	4(1)	0	0	0	3	0	3(1)	0	0(1)	0	10(3)	0	0	0
6	MF	Paul Pogba	12	2	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	18	4	5	0
7	FW	Memphis Depay	0(4)	0	0	0	1	0	0(3)	0	0	0	1(7)	0	1	0
8	MF	Juan Mata	9(2)	3	0	0	1	1	4(1)	1	0(1)	0	14(4)	5	3	0
9	FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	13	8	0	0	2(1)	2	2(2)	1	1	1	18(3)	12	5	0
10	FW	Wayne Rooney (c)	6(6)	1	0	0	2	0	3(1)	2	1	0	12(7)	3	5	0
11	FW	Anthony Martial	5(3)	1	0	0	1	2	3(1)	1	1	0	10(4)	4	0	0
12	DF	Chris Smalling	5(2)	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	9(2)	1	0	0
14	MF	Jesse Lingard	6(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(1)	2	1	1	9(3)	3	0	0
15	MF	Adnan Januzaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Michael Carrick (vc)	2(1)	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	1	0	8(1)	1	0	0
17	MF	Daley Blind	9(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	2	0	1	0	14(2)	0	1	0
18	MF	Ashley Young	2(2)	0	0	0	1	0	0(2)	0	0	0	3(4)	0	1	0
19	FW	Marcus Rashford	8(2)	3	0	0	1(2)	1	4	0	0(1)	0	13(5)	4	1	0
20	GK	Sergio Romero	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
21	MF	Ander Herrera	8(2)	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0(1)	0	13(3)	1	5	1
22	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	1(4)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	3(6)	0	0	0
23	DF	Luke Shaw	6(1)	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	12(1)	0	0	0
24	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0	0
25	MF	Antonio Valencia	11	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	15	0	4	0
27	MF	Marouane Fellaini	8(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	1	0	10(3)	0	5	0
28	MF	Morgan Schneiderlin	0(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	2	0	0(1)	0	3(5)	0	1	0
31	MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
32	GK	Sam Johnstone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Paddy McNair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Matteo Darmian	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	1	0
38	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Andreas Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	FW	Will Keane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	—	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	–	1	–	–

Statistics accurate as of 30 November 2016.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
6 June 2016	DF	Eric Bailly	Villarreal	Undisclosed[9]
1 July 2016	FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	Free[10]
6 July 2016	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Borussia Dortmund	Undisclosed[11]
9 August 2016	MF	Paul Pogba	Juventus	£89m[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
10 June 2016	GK	George Dorrington	Released[lower-alpha 1]	Free[14]
10 June 2016	GK	Víctor Valdés	Released[lower-alpha 2]	Free[16]
10 June 2016	MF	Nick Powell	Released[lower-alpha 3]	Free[18]
10 June 2016	MF	Oliver Rathbone	Released[lower-alpha 4]	Free[20]
12 July 2016	DF	Tyler Reid	Swansea City	Undisclosed[21]
12 July 2016	MF	Joe Rothwell	Oxford United	Free[22]
12 July 2016	FW	Ashley Fletcher	West Ham United	Free[23]
13 July 2016	DF	Jimmy Dunne	Burnley	Free[24]
13 July 2016	GK	Oliver Byrne	Cardiff City	Free[25]
11 August 2016	DF	Paddy McNair	Sunderland	£5.5m[26]
11 August 2016	DF	Donald Love	Sunderland
22 August 2016	DF	Tyler Blackett	Reading	Undisclosed[27]
30 August 2016	FW	Will Keane	Hull City	Undisclosed[28]
31 August 2016	MF	James Weir	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	Guillermo Varela	Eintracht Frankfurt[30]
12 August 2016	30 June 2017	MF	Adnan Januzaj	Sunderland[31]
20 August 2016	30 June 2017	FW	James Wilson	Derby County[32]
22 August 2016	30 June 2017	DF	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	Wolverhampton Wanderers[33]
26 August 2016	30 June 2017	MF	Andreas Pereira	Granada[34]
31 August 2016	1 January 2017	GK	Dean Henderson	Grimsby Town[35]
31 August 2016	30 June 2017	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	Belenenses[36]

See also

• List of Manchester United F.C. seasons

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