The 2016–17 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 89th in existence and 88th season in the top flight of Italian football. The team competed in four competitions: in Serie A, finishing as runners-up for the third time in four seasons; the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the semi-finals by city rivals Lazio; the UEFA Champions League, where the club was eliminated in the play-off round by Portuguese club Porto; and in the UEFA Europa League, in which the team reached the round of 16 only to be eliminated by eventual semi-finalists Lyon.
The season was notable for being club legend and veteran Francesco Totti's 24th and last, as his retirement as a Roma player was confirmed shortly before the last match of the season against Genoa. In addition, Bosnian striker Edin Džeko won the prestigious top scorer award in Serie A, the capocannoniere, with 29 goals, becoming the first Roma player in a decade to win the award. He also won the top scorer award in the Europa League with eight goals, tied with Zenit Saint Petersburg striker Giuliano.
Players
Squad information Last updated on 28 May 2017 Appearances include all competitions No. Player Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (age at end of season) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Wojciech Szczęsny GK Arsenal 2015 2017 81 0 18 Bogdan Lobonț GK Dinamo București 2009 2018 28 0 19 Alisson GK Internacional 2016 2021 15 0 Defenders 2 Antonio Rüdiger CB / RB VfB Stuttgart 2015 2020 72 2 3 Juan Jesus CB / LB Internazionale 2016 2017 33 0 13 Bruno Peres RB / RM Torino 2016 2017 44 2 15 Thomas Vermaelen CB Barcelona 2016 2017 12 0 20 Federico Fazio CB Tottenham Hotspur 2016 2017 48 4 21 Mário Rui LB / LM Empoli 2016 2017 9 0 33 Emerson LB / LM Santos 2015 2017 45 2 44 Kostas Manolas CB Olympiacos 2014 2019 131 2 Midfielders 4 Radja Nainggolan CM / AM Cagliari 2014 2020 161 27 5 Leandro Paredes DM / CM Boca Juniors 2014 2019 54 4 6 Kevin Strootman DM / CM PSV Eindhoven 2013 2018 86 12 7 Clément Grenier CM / AM / RW Lyon 2017 2017 6 0 16 Daniele De Rossi (vice-captain) DM / CM Youth Sector 2001 2017 561 59 24 Alessandro Florenzi RB / CM / RW Youth Sector 2011 2019 182 24 30 Gerson CM / AM / RW Fluminense 2016 2021 11 0 Forwards 8 Diego Perotti AM / LW / RW Genoa 2016 2019 62 13 9 Edin Džeko CF / ST Manchester City 2015 2020 90 49 10 Francesco Totti (captain) AM / LW / SS / CF / ST Youth Sector 1992 2017 783 306 11 Mohamed Salah RW Chelsea 2015 2019 83 34 92 Stephan El Shaarawy LW Milan 2016 2020 62 20 Players transferred during the season 7 Juan Iturbe SS / LW / RW Hellas Verona 2014 2019 68 5 17 Moustapha Seck CB Lazio Youth Sector 2016 1 0
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Antonio Rüdiger VfB Stuttgart €9M Bought out loan Norbert Gyömbér Catania €1.5M Bought out loan Stephan El Shaarawy Milan €13M Bought out loan Umar Sadiq Spezia €2.5M Bought out loan Nura Abdullahi Spezia €2.5M Bought out loan Alisson Internacional €8M Mohamed Salah Chelsea €15M Bought out loan Emerson Santos €2M Bought out loan
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Mário Rui Empoli €3M Loan with a mandatory option to buy for €6M Juan Jesus Internazionale €2M Loan with a mandatory option to buy for €8M Federico Fazio Tottenham Hotspur €1.2M Loan with an option to buy for €3.2M Wojciech Szczęsny Arsenal Loan Second consecutive loan spell with Roma Thomas Vermaelen Barcelona Loan Bruno Peres Torino €1M Loan with an option to buy for €12.5M Clément Grenier Lyon Loan Loan with an option to buy for €3.5M
Out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Miralem Pjanić Juventus €32M Lucas Digne Paris Saint-Germain Free Loan return Seydou Keita Free agent Free End of contract Maicon Free agent Free End of contract Salih Uçan Fenerbahçe Free Loan return Morgan De Sanctis Monaco Free Antonio Sanabria Real Betis €7.5M Adem Ljajić Torino €8.5M Vasilis Torosidis Bologna Undisclosed Iago Falque Torino €6M Bought out loan
Loans out Date Player Moving to Fee Notes Source Seydou Doumbia Basel Loan Nicola Falasco Cesena Loan Matteo Ricci Perugia Loan Leandro Castán Sampdoria Loan Iago Falque Torino Loan Loan with an option to buy Ervin Zukanović Atalanta Loan Loan with an option to buy Ezequiel Ponce Granada Loan Norbert Gyömbér Pescara Loan Leandro Castán Torino Loan Former loan to Sampdoria ended before Castán made an appearance Federico Ricci Sassuolo Loan Loan with an option to buy Umar Sadiq Bologna Loan Loan with an option to buy William Vainqueur Marseille Loan Loan with an option to buy Juan Iturbe Torino Loan Loan with an option to buy for €12.5M
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overall Competition Started round Final position First match Last match Serie A Matchday 1 2nd 20 August 2016 28 May 2017 Coppa Italia Round of 16 Semi-finals 19 January 2017 4 April 2017 Champions League Play-off round Play-off round 17 August 2016 23 August 2016 Europa League Group stage Round of 16 15 September 2016 16 March 2017 Last updated: 28 May 2017
Serie A
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Coppa Italia
UEFA Champions League
Play-off round
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style="background:#B21B1C; color:#FFD700; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLUEFA ELTotal19FWEdin Džeko2920839211FWMohamed Salah152021934MFRadja Nainggolan1120114492FWStephan El Shaarawy82021258FWDiego Perotti8001966MFKevin Strootman40026716MFDaniele De Rossi40015820DFFederico Fazio2002495MFLeandro Paredes3000310FWFrancesco Totti210031113DFBruno Peres200021224MFAlessandro Florenzi0001133DFEmerson00011Own goal20136Totals909124124
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Clean sheets NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLUEFA ELTotal11GKWojciech Szczęsny1400014219GKAlisson Becker01034Totals1410318
Last updated: 28 May 2017
Disciplinary record NameSerie ACoppa ItaliaUEFA CLUEFA ELTotal1GKWojciech Szczęsny00000000000000018GKBogdan Lobonț00000000000000019GKAlisson Becker0000000000000002DFAntonio Rüdiger7011000001109113DFJuan Jesus50000000010060013DFBruno Peres30000000010040015DFThomas Vermaelen10000001000011017DFMoustapha Seck00000000000000020DFFederico Fazio30000000010040021DFMário Rui10000000000010033DFEmerson10000010110030144DFKostas Manolas700100100300120091DFRiccardo Marchizza0000000000000004MFRadja Nainggolan2001000002005005MFLeandro Paredes4001000002007006MFKevin Strootman6000001002009007MFClément Grenier10000000000010016MFDaniele De Rossi900000101100110124MFAlessandro Florenzi30000000000030030MFGerson1000001000002007FWJuan Iturbe0000000000000008FWDiego Perotti2001000001004009FWEdin Džeko40010000000050010FWFrancesco Totti10000000010020011FWMohamed Salah20000000000020092FWStephan El Shaarawy000000000000000Totals630160051217109123Last updated: 28 May 2017
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