2016–17 Oxford United F.C. season

Oxford United
2016–17 season
Chairman Darryl Eales
Head Coach Michael Appleton
Stadium Kassam Stadium
League One 14th
FA Cup 2nd round
League Cup 2nd round (eliminated by Brighton)
League Trophy 2nd round
Top goalscorer League: Maguire (7)
All: Maguire (8)
Highest home attendance 11,042 v Swindon Town, 10 September 2016
Lowest home attendance 1,575 v Exeter City, 30 August 2016

The 2016–17 season is Oxford United's first season back in League One after gaining promotion the previous season and their 123rd year in existence.[1] As well as competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 GK England Simon Eastwood Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [2]
1 July 2016 CB England Aaron Martin Coventry City Free transfer [3]
1 July 2016 RB Wales Christian Ribeiro Exeter City Free transfer [4]
1 July 2016 CF England Wes Thomas Birmingham City Free transfer [5]
4 July 2016 CB England Curtis Nelson Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed [6]
12 July 2016 CM England Joe Rothwell Manchester United Undisclosed [7]
19 July 2016 CF England Robert Hall Free Agent Free transfer [8]
27 July 2016 CF England Kane Hemmings Dundee £250,000 [9]
25 August 2016 CM England Ryan Ledson Everton Undisclosed [10]
31 August 2016 MF England Marvin Johnson Motherwell Undisclosed [11]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CF England Jordan Bowery Leyton Orient[lower-alpha 1] Released [13]
1 July 2016 LM Antigua and Barbuda AJ George Free agent Released [13]
1 July 2016 LB England Freddie Grant Oxford City[lower-alpha 2] Released [13]
1 July 2016 CF Republic of Ireland Patrick Hoban Mansfield Town[lower-alpha 3] Released [13]
1 July 2016 CF England Danny Hylton Luton Town Free transfer [16]
1 July 2016 CB England Johnny Mullins Luton Town[lower-alpha 4] Released [13]
7 July 2016 LW England Kemar Roofe Leeds United £3,000,000 [18][19]
9 July 2016 CB England Jake Wright Sheffield United[lower-alpha 5] Mutual consent [21]
14 July 2016 LW Republic of Ireland Callum O'Dowda Bristol City £1,000,000 + add ons [22]
19 July 2016 GK England Sam Slocombe Blackpool[lower-alpha 6] Mutual consent [24]
4 August 2016 GK New Zealand Max Crocombe Carlisle United[lower-alpha 7] Mutual consent [26]
  1. Following Bowery's release, he signed for Leyton Orient.[12]
  2. Following Grant's release, he signed for Oxford City.[14]
  3. Following Hoban's release, he signed for Mansfield Town.[15]
  4. Following Mullins' release, he signed for Luton Town.[17]
  5. Following Wright's departure, he signed for Sheffield United.[20]
  6. Following Slocombe's release, he signed for Blackpool.[23]
  7. Following Crocombe's departure, he signed for Carlisle United.[25]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2016 AM England Daniel Crowley Arsenal 2 December 2016[27] [28]
28 July 2016 CF Wales Tyler Roberts West Bromwich Albion 3 January 2017 [29]
19 August 2016 RB England Phil Edwards Burton Albion End of season [30]
31 August 2016 CB England Charlie Raglan Chesterfield January 2017 [11]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Port Vale 20 7 6 7 24 29 5 27
13 Bristol Rovers 20 7 6 7 29 35 6 27
14 Oxford United 20 7 5 8 24 24 0 26
15 Gillingham 20 7 5 8 29 32 3 26
16 Walsall 20 6 8 6 23 28 5 26
Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
20 7 5 8 24 24  0 26 6 2 2 15 9  +6 1 3 6 9 15  −6

Last updated: 26 November 2016.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHHA
Result D L L W L W W D D L W L W L D L L W W D
Position 13 17 21 19 18 14 11 12 13 16 10 13 10 13 14 17 20 16 14 14

Last updated: 26 November 2016.
Source: see below
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy
Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Swindon Town 3 1 2 0 0 3 2 +1 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Oxford United 3 1 0 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3 L2 Exeter City 3 1 0 1 1 6 7 1 4
4 ACA Chelsea Academy 3 0 1 0 2 4 6 2 2
Source: EFL.com

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 December 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Simon Eastwood 27 0 20 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
2 DF Wales Christian Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF England Joe Skarz 22 0 17 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
4 MF England John Lundstram 24 0 19+1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
5 DF England Curtis Nelson 10 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
6 DF England Aaron Martin 8 0 1+2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
7 MF England Dan Crowley 11 3 2+4 2 0 0 0+2 1 3 0
8 MF England Liam Sercombe 20 4 15 2 0 1 2 1 1+2 0
9 FW England Wes Thomas 17 4 8+5 3 0 0 2 1 0+2 0
10 FW Scotland Chris Maguire 24 8 20 7 1 0 1 0 2 1
11 MF Scotland Alex MacDonald 22 3 11+5 1 2 1 1+1 0 1+1 1
13 GK Liechtenstein Benjamin Büchel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF England Josh Ruffels 13 1 4+4 0 1+1 1 1 0 2 0
15 FW England Kane Hemmings 22 7 13+4 4 1+1 2 1+1 0 0+1 1
16 DF England Phil Edwards 20 1 16 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
17 MF England Jonny Giles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England Joe Rothwell 21 0 11+4 0 1+1 0 1 0 3 0
19 FW England Robert Hall 5 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 FW England Ryan Taylor 20 1 6+8 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 2 1
21 FW Wales Tyler Roberts 15 2 0+9 0 2 1 1+1 0 2 1
22 DF England Sam Long 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
23 MF England Ryan Ledson 8 0 4+2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF England Josh Ashby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF England Charlie Raglan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF England Marvin Johnson 18 1 9+5 1 2 0 0 0 0+2 0
33 DF England Chey Dunkley 23 1 19 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
35 DF Republic of Ireland Canice Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF England Miles Welch-Hayes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW England George Jeacock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • Source:

Top scorers

As of 2 December 2016
Place Position Nation Number Name League One FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1FW Scotland 10 Chris Maguire 7 0 0 1 8
2FW England 15 Kane Hemmings 4 2 0 1 7
3FW England 9 Wes Thomas 3 0 1 0 4
4MF England 7 Dan Crowley 2 0 1 0 3
MF England 8 Liam Sercombe 2 0 1 0 3
MF Scotland 11 Alex MacDonald 1 1 0 1 3
7FW Wales 21 Tyler Roberts 0 1 0 1 2
Own goal 2 0 0 0 2
9FW England 14 Josh Ruffels 0 1 0 0 1
DF England 16 Phil Edwards 1 0 0 0 1
FW England 20 Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 1 1
MF England 28 Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 1
DF England 33 Chey Dunkley 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 24 5 3 5 37

Disciplinary record

As of 2 December 2016
Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
3 England DF Joe Skarz 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
4 England MF John Lundstram 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
5 England DF Curtis Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 England DF Aaron Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 England MF Dan Crowley 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
8 England MF Liam Sercombe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 England FW Wes Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Scotland FW Chris Maguire 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Scotland MF Alex MacDonald 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
14 England MF Josh Ruffels 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
15 England FW Kane Hemmings 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 England DF Phil Edwards 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
18 England MF Joe Rothwell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
19 England MF Robert Hall 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
20 England FW Ryan Taylor 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
22 England DF Sam Long 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 England MF Ryan Ledson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 England DF Charlie Raglan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 England MF Marvin Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 England DF Chey Dunkley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
TOTALS 38 1 3 0 4 0 4 1 49 2

References

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  4. "Oxford United Sign Christian Ribeiro". Oxford United Official Site. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
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  17. "Luton add former Oxford captain Mullins". BBC. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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  29. "Oxford United Sign Tyler Roberts". Oxford United Official Site. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  30. "Phil Edwards Joins Oxford United". Oxford United Official Site. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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