2016–17 Derby County F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Derby County's ninth consecutive season in the Championship in their 133rd year in existence.[2] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Derby County
2016–17 season
ChairmanMel Morris
ManagerNigel Pearson
(until 27 September)
Steve McClaren
(from 12 October until 12 March)
Gary Rowett
(from 14 March)
StadiumPride Park Stadium
Championship9th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tom Ince (14)
All: Tom Ince (15)
Highest home attendance32,616
Lowest home attendance26,301
Average home league attendance29,042[1]

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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
27 August 2016CF Matěj VydraWatford£8,000,000[3]
31 August 2016RM Ikechi AnyaWatfordUndisclosed[4]
31 August 2016GK Chris WealeYeovil TownFree transfer[5]
9 January 2017CF David NugentMiddlesbroughUndisclosed[6]
27 January 2017RW Kyle McAllisterSt MirrenUndisclosed[7]

Transfers out

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
1 July 2016DM Jared BirdFree agentReleased[8]
1 July 2016LW Iván CaleroSparta Rotterdam [a]Released[8]
1 July 2016DM James CarvellFree agentReleased[8]
1 July 2016DM Tom KoblenzJägersburgReleased[8]
1 July 2016CF Shaq McDonaldNuneaton Town [b]Released[8]
1 July 2016GK Mats MörchFree agentReleased[8]
1 July 2016CF Conor SammonHeart of Midlothian [c]Released[8]
1 July 2016RB Ryan ShottonBirmingham CityUndisclosed[12]
1 July 2016CF Kwame ThomasCoventry City [d]Released[8]
1 July 2016LB Stephen WarnockWigan Athletic [e]Released[8]
9 July 2016CB Raúl AlbentosaDeportivo La CoruñaUndisclosed[15]
26 July 2016CB Jake BuxtonWigan AthleticUndisclosed[16]
31 August 2016CM Jeff HendrickBurnley£10,500,000[17]
4 January 2017GK Lee GrantStoke City£1,300,000[18]
17 January 2017GK Chris WealeFree agentMutual consent[19]

Loans in

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromDate untilRef.
21 August 2016CF James WilsonManchester United2 February 2017[20][a]
5 January 2017DM Julien De SartMiddlesbroughEnd of Season[22]

Loans out

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToDate untilRef.
24 August 2016GK Kelle RoosBristol Rovers10 January 2017 [a][24]
31 August 2016GK Lee GrantStoke City3 January 2017[25]
31 August 2016CF Chris MartinFulhamEnd of Season[26]
10 November 2016RM Alefe SantosEastleigh2 January 2017[27]
11 January 2017CM Callum GuyPort ValeEnd of Season[28]
17 January 2017CB Farrend RawsonCoventry CityEnd of Season[29]
19 January 2017RW Andreas WeimannWolverhampton WanderersEnd of Season[30]
23 January 2017AM Charles VernamCoventry CityEnd of Season[31]
25 January 2017DM Jamie HansonWigan AthleticEnd of Season[32]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Vitória de Setúbal v Derby County
15 July 2016 (2016-07-15) Friendly Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 Derby County Algarve, Portugal
21:30 CESTCostinha 11'Report
Benfica v Derby County
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly Benfica 4–0 Derby County Algarve, Portugal
21:30 CESTSemedo 18'
Fonte 54'
Almeida 62'
Salvio 88'
Report
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly Walsall 0–2 Derby County Bescot
15:00 WEST (UTC+01:00)ReportBent 35'
Ince 68'
Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 2933

Championship

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
7Leeds United46229156147+1475
8Norwich City462010168569+1670
9Derby County461813155450+467
10Brentford461810187565+1064
11Preston North End461614166463+162
Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.


Matches

6 August 2016 1 Derby County 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Derby
15:00 BSTBryson  41'
Hendrick  84'
ReportKayal  60'
Knockaert  72'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 28,749 (1,354 Brighton supporters)
13 August 2016 2 Barnsley 2–0 Derby County Barnsley
15:00 BSTCarson 11' (o.g.)
Watkins  33'
Mawson 47'
Hourihane  56'
Hammill  81'
ReportButterfield  47'
Bryson  58'
Christie  77'
Ince  83'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 15,049 (3,932 Derby supporters)
16 August 2016 3 Preston North End 0–1 Derby County Preston
19:45 BSTPringle  86'ReportForsyth 87'Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,628 (1,150 Derby supporters)
20 August 2016 4 Derby County 0–0 Aston Villa Derby
17:30 BSTHughes  57'
Keogh  59'
Bryson  60'
ReportBacuna  47'
McCormack  60'
Cissokho  73'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 31,205 (3,070 away supporters)
10 September 2016 6 Derby County 0–2 Newcastle United Derby
17:30 BSTReportGouffran 20'  60'
Shelvey  24'
Gayle  76'
Yedlin 90+1'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 30,405 (3,177 Newcastle supporters)
13 September 2016 7 Derby County 0–1 Ipswich Town Derby
19:45 BSTReportSkuse  36'
Berra  40'
Varney  48' 53'
Pitman  90'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 26,425 (687 Ipswich supporters)
17 September 2016 8 Bristol City 1–1 Derby County Bristol
15:00 BSTWilbraham 90+4'ReportAnya 44'Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 19,451 (1,525 away)
24 September 2016 9 Derby County 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Derby
15:00 BSTVydra 69'
Christie  77'
ReportLowe  29'
Evans  37'
Emnes 70'
Graham 73'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 26,602 (523 Blackburn supporters)
27 September 2016 10 Cardiff City 0–2 Derby County Cardiff
19:45 BSTWhittingham  33'
Connolly  80'
ReportButterfield  52'
Ince 55'
Blackman 80' (pen.)
Johnson  90+2'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,131
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
1 October 2016 11 Reading 1–1 Derby County Reading
15:00 BSTMcCleary  60'
Gunter  61'
Evans 90'
ReportJohnson  44'
Vydra 62'
Hughes  65'
Ince  90'
Butterfield  90+4'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,002
Referee: Tim Robinson
15 October 2016 12 Derby County 1–0 Leeds United Derby
15:00 BSTHughes  47'
Russell 56'
Johnson  72'
ReportStadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 31,170
Referee: Tony Harrington
18 October 2016 13 Derby County 0–0 Brentford Derby
19:45 BSTStadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 26,707
Referee: Scott Duncan
22 October 2016 14 Huddersfield Town 1–0 Derby County Huddersfield
15:00 BSTWells  40'
Hogg  57'
Kachunga 90+3'
ReportHughes  65'Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 19,749
Referee: Peter Bankes
29 October 2016 15 Derby County 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Derby
15:00 BSTChristie 17'
Pearce 67'
Ince  82'
ReportPalmer  51'
Hutchinson  66'
Nuhiu  90+1'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 30,064
Referee: James Linington
5 November 2016 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Derby County Wolverhampton
12:30 GMTSaville  34'
Costa 61'
Cavaleiro  77'
Doherty  79'
Coady  80'
Edwards 82'
Borthwick-Jackson  90+2'
ReportInce 6', 77' (pen.)
Bent 15'
Hughes  36'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 19,858
Referee: Paul Tierney
19 November 2016 17 Derby County 3–0 Rotherham United Derby
15:00 GMTInce 15', 68'
Bent 19'
ReportStadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 28,191
Referee: Oliver Langford
26 November 2016 18 Derby County 1–0 Norwich City Derby
15:00 GMTJohnson 65'
Pearce  86'
Weimann  90+5'
ReportLafferty  78'
Martin  85'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 29,311
Referee: Simon Hooper
3 December 2016 19 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Derby County Wigan
15:00 GMTPerkins  45+1'ReportOlsson  10'
Johnson 16'  38'
Hughes  85'
Stadium: The DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,526
Referee: Andrew Madley
11 December 2016 20 Derby County 3–0 Nottingham Forest Derby
12:00 GMTJohnson  9'
Bent  10'
Bendtner 33' (o.g.)
Ince 55'
Hughes 64'  71'
ReportOsborn  9'
Perquis  10'
Lam  50'
Cash  65'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 32,600
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
14 December 2016 21 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Derby County Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMTReportButterfield  17'
Baird  26'
Ince 86'
Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 12,371
Referee: David Coote
17 December 2016 22 Fulham 2–2 Derby County Fulham, London
15:00 GMTFredericks  32'
Johansen  40' 61'
Ayité 45+1'
Madl  90+2'
ReportInce 34'
Pearce 75'
Bryson  85'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 18,748
Referee: Andy Woolmer
27 December 2016 23 Derby County 1–0 Birmingham City Derby
15:00 GMTBent 64' (pen.)
Hughes  88'
ReportDavis  56'
Morrison  64'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 32,616
Referee: Graham Scott
31 December 2016 24 Derby County 0–0 Wigan Athletic Derby
15:00 GMTJohnson  57'
Hughes  87'
ReportStadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 28,289
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
2 January 2017 25 Norwich City 3–0 Derby County Norwich
15:00 GMTOliveira 15', 78', 80'
Pinto  81'
ReportKeogh  41'
Butterfield  66'
Carson  67'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,422
Referee: Darren Bond
13 January 2017 26 Leeds United 1–0 Derby County Leeds
19:45 GMTWood 45'
Bartley  51'
Hernández  56'
ReportJohnson  64'   89'
Baird  74'
Ince  82'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,546
Referee: Scott Duncan
21 January 2017 27 Derby County 3–2 Reading Derby
15:00 GMTBent 36'
Ince 63'  90+8'
Hughes 74'
Bryson  79'
Russell  85'
ReportSwift 16'  41'
Méïte 80'
Obita  87'   90+6'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 28,393
Referee: Peter Bankes
31 January 2017 28 Ipswich Town 0–3 Derby County Ipswich
19:45 GMTReportBryson 9'
Ince 12'
Bent 45+4'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,719
Referee: Andrew Madley
4 February 2017 29 Newcastle United 1–0 Derby County Newcastle
15:00 GMTRitchie 27'  86'
Dummett  81'
ReportDe Sart  79'Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,231
Referee: Darren Bond
11 February 2017 30 Derby County 3–3 Bristol City Derby
15:00 GMTButterfield  41'
Bent 57', 81' (pen.)
Keogh  63'
Ince 76'
ReportTaylor 14'
Abraham 27', 38'
Bryan  58'
Flint  66'
Đurić  83'
Hegeler  90+2'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 28,043
Referee: Andrew Davies
14 February 2017 31 Derby County 3–4 Cardiff City Derby
19:45 GMTDe Sart 7'
Bent 17', 74'
ReportHarris 41', 47'
Noone 57'
Ralls 90' (pen.)
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 26,541
Referee: Stephen Martin
21 February 2017 32 Derby County 0–0 Burton Albion Derby
19:45 GMTInce  85'ReportNaylor  69'Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 31,081
Referee: Simon Hooper
25 February 2017 33 Aston Villa 1–0 Derby County Birmingham
15:00 GMTChester 25'
Taylor  79'
Bacuna  90+3'
ReportInce  44'
Christie  80'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 30,935
Referee: Andrew Madley
28 February 2017 34 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Derby County Blackburn
19:45 GMTNyambe  11'
Guthrie  24'
Conway 58' (pen.)
Bennett  83'
Steele  90+2'
ReportLowe  37'
De Sart  90+3'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,536
Referee: Darren Bond
4 March 2017 35 Derby County 2–1 Barnsley Derby
15:00 GMTInce 54'
Nugent 76'  90+2'
ReportYiadom  27'
James 52'
Scowen  58'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 30,280
Referee: Keith Stroud
7 March 2017 36 Derby County 1–1 Preston North End Derby
19:45 GMTVydra 50'
Johnson  81'
ReportMcGeady  54'
Barkhuizen 90+4'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 26,301
Referee: James Linington
18 March 2017 38 Nottingham Forest 2–2 Derby County West Bridgford
13:00 GMTClough 5'
Fox  80'
Pinillos 90+4'
ReportVydra 47'
Nugent 53'
Johnson  90+4'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,665
Referee: Peter Bankes
31 March 2017 39 Derby County 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Derby
19:45 BSTVydra 70'ReportFreeman  78'Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 27,690
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
4 April 2017 40 Derby County 4–2 Fulham Derby
19:45 GMTNugent 8', 42', 59'
Russell 67'  90+3'
ReportAyité 35', 79'
Lucas Piazon  45+2'
McDonald  87'
Aluko  90'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 27,221
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
8 April 2017 41 Birmingham City 1–2 Derby County Birmingham
15:00 BSTAdams 68'ReportKuszczak 3' (o.g.)
Pearce  45+1'
Keogh  90'
Ince 90+1'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 19,381
Referee: Andy Davies
14 April 2017 42 Brentford 4–0 Derby County Brentford
15:00 BSTVibe 32', 82'
Woods  51'
Barbet  60'
Jota 70', 90'
ReportBaird  31'
Johnson  50'
Olsson  72'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Referee: Tim Robinson
17 April 2017 43 Derby County 1–1 Huddersfield Town Derby
18:00 BSTCamara  77'
Butterfield 88'
ReportQuaner 9'
van La Parra  45'
Hefele  85'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 29,031
Referee: Darren Bond
22 April 2017 44 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Derby County Sheffield
15:00 BSTReach  53'
Fletcher 58'
Hooper 64'
ReportBent 48'
Hughes  57'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 28,889
Referee: Paul Tierney
7 May 2017 46 Rotherham United 1–1 Derby County Rotherham
12:00 BSTFrecklington 66'ReportInce 84' (pen.)Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 10,763
Referee: Darren Deadman

FA Cup

7 January 2017 Third round West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Derby County West Bromwich
15:00 GMTPhillips 35'
Morrison  53'
ReportBent 51'
Ince 54'  90+5'
Johnson  90+2'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,288
Referee: Jonathan Moss
27 January 2017 Fourth round Derby County 2–2 Leicester City Derby
19:55 GMTBent 21'
Bryson 40'
Pearce  55'
ReportBent 8' (o.g.)
Morgan 86'
Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 25,079
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
8 February 2017 Fourth round replay Leicester City 3–1 (a.e.t.) Derby County Leicester
19:45 GMTMendy  9'
King 47'
Musa  84'
Ndidi 95'
Gray 114'
ReportChristie  6'
Camara 62'
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,648
Referee: Mike Jones

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round Derby County 1–0 Grimsby Town Derby
19:45 BSTPearce  25'
Keogh 60'
ReportStadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 11,692 (1,734 Grimsby supporters)
20 September 2016 Third Round Derby County 0–3 Liverpool Derby
19:45 BSTJohnson  77'
Hughes  79'
Klavan 24'
Moreno  45+2'
Coutinho 50'
Origi 54'
Grujić  76'
Stadium: iPro Stadium

Statistics

[33]

Appearances and goals

No.PosNatPlayerTotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1GK  ENGScott Carson5004602020
35GK  ENGJonathan Mitchell20001010
Defenders
2DF  IRLCyrus Christie30124+311020
3DF  SCOCraig Forsyth41310010
5DF  ENGJason Shackell1007+102000
6DF  IRLRichard Keogh4814203031
12DF  NIRChris Baird37028+502020
16DF  IRLAlex Pearce45239+121+1030
25DF  ENGMax Lowe1208+10101+10
26DF  ENGJamie Hanson602+301000
29DF  SWEMarcus Olsson3203000020
Midfielders
4MF  SCOCraig Bryson37323+1122110
8MF  SCOIkechi Anya28114+121100+10
15MF  ENGBradley Johnson3833333020
17MF  BELJulien De Sart1118+112000
18MF  ENGJacob Butterfield45134+611+102+10
19MF  ENGWill Hughes42228+102102+10
30MF  SVNTimi Elšnik2000000+20
Forwards
7FW  SCOJohnny Russell39229+721+1010
10FW  ENGTom Ince501541+414210+30
11FW  ENGDarren Bent421322+15102231
20FW  GUIAbdoul Camara1713+1002+1110
22FW  ENGNick Blackman1212+711020
23FW  CZEMatěj Vydra36520+1350+3000
28FW  ENGDavid Nugent18611+660+1000
38FW  ENGMason Bennett200+200000
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
8MF  IRLJeff Hendrick20200000
9FW  SCOChris Martin603+200010
14FW  ENGJames Wilson403+100000
24FW  AUTAndi Weimann1201+1000010
48FW  ENGCharles Vernam10000+1000

Last updated: 30 June 2017
Source: Competitions

References