2016–17 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
2016–17 season
Chairman Mehmet Dalman
Owner Vincent Tan
Head Coach Paul Trollope
Stadium Cardiff City Stadium
← 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] The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Competitions

EFL Championship

The fixtures will be released on 22 June 2016, with the season starting on 6 August 2016 finishing on 6 May 2017, with the play-offs to follow.[3]

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.

League Cup

The first round of the League Cup will take place on 8 August 2016.[3]

Squad

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1 David Marshall GK Scotland Glasgow 39 274 0 Norwich City 12 May 2009 £500,000 2018
21 Simon Moore GK England Sandown 34 23 0 Brentford 29 July 2013 £150,000 2017
30 Ben Wilson GK England Stanley 31 2 0 Accrington Stanley November 2014 Free 2017
Defenders
2 Lee Peltier RB England Liverpool 38 58 0 Huddersfield Town 24 January 2015 Nominal 2018
3 Fábio LB Brazil Rio de Janeiro 34 68 1 Manchester United 29 January 2014 Free 2017
4 Sean Morrison CB England Plymouth 33 74 10 Reading 15 August 2014 £2,620,000 2018
5 Bruno Ecuele Manga CB Gabon Libreville 35 56 5 Lorient 1 September 2014 £4,400,000 2017
12 Declan John LB Wales Merthyr Tydfil 28 31 0 Academy 1 June 2013 Trainee 2018
16 Matthew Connolly CB England Barnet 36 110 6 Queens Park Rangers 22 August 2012 £500,000 2019
28 Scott Malone LB England Rowley Regis 33 56 2 Millwall 7 January 2015 £90,000 2017
29 Semi Ajayi CB Nigeria England London 30 0 0 Arsenal 1 July 2015 Free 2017
36 Adedeji Oshilaja CB England London 31 3 0 Academy 1 July 2012 Trainee Undisclosed
Midfielders
7 Peter Whittingham CM England Nuneaton 39 423 93 Aston Villa 11 January 2007 £350,000 2017
8 Joe Ralls CM England Aldershot 31 94 6 Academy 30 September 2011 Trainee 2020
11 Craig Noone LW England Liverpool 36 134 17 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 August 2012 £1,000,000 2018
13 Anthony Pilkington LW Republic of Ireland England Blackburn 36 62 10 Norwich City 15 August 2014 £875,000 2017
15 Kagisho Dikgacoi DM South Africa Brandfort 39 28 0 Crystal Palace 1 July 2014 Free 2017
17 Aron Gunnarsson CM Iceland Akureyri 36 197 20 Coventry City 8 July 2011 £350,000 2017
22 Stuart O'Keefe CM England Eye 33 33 2 Crystal Palace 28 January 2015 £750,000 2018
23 Matthew Kennedy RW Scotland Irvine 29 16 0 Everton 2 February 2015 Undisclosed 2018
24 Kadeem Harris LW England Westminster 31 23 2 Wycombe Wanderers 30 January 2012 £150,000 2017
— Tom Adeyemi CM England Norwich 32 23 1 Birmingham City 7 August 2014 £882,000 2017
– Lex Immers AM/SS Netherlands The Hague 38 15 5 Feyenoord 1 July 2016 Undisclosed 2018
Forwards
14 Federico Macheda CF Italy Rome 32 31 8 Manchester United 1 July 2014 Free 2017
18 Eoin Doyle CF Republic of Ireland Dublin 36 18 5 Chesterfield 2 February 2015 £750,000 2018
39 Idriss Saadi CF France Valence 32 2 0 Clermont 1 September 2015 Undisclosed 2018
— Adam le Fondre CF England Stockport 37 25 3 Reading 28 May 2014 £2,170,000 2017
Out on loan

^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 23 May 2016

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 AM Netherlands Lex Immers Feyenoord Undisclosed [4]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 RB England Jazzi Barnum-Bobb Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CF Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 DM Slovakia Filip Kiss Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 GK England Joe Lewis Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CF Wales Abdi Noor Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CM Wales Tyler Roche Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CB England Ben Turner Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CF Slovenia Etien Velikonja Free Agent Free Transfer [5]
1 July 2016 CB Wales Curtis Watkins Free Agent Free Transfer [5]

Fixtures

Pre-season

Overall summary

Club staff

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Main article: Cardiff City F.C. personnel

References

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