The 2016–17 season is Queens Park Rangers' second consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2014–15 season and their 135th year in existence. Along with the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.
Players First team squad
Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Alex Smithies GK 2015 Huddersfield Town 64 0 13 Matt Ingram GK 2016 Wycombe Wanderers 4 0 Defenders 3 Jake Bidwell LB 2016 Brentford 36 0 4 Grant Hall CB/RB 2015 Tottenham Hotspur 73 0 5 Nedum Onuoha (C) Onuoha was born in Warri, Nigeria, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. CB/RB 2012 Manchester City 178 7 6 Joel Lynch Lynch was born in Eastbourne, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in August 2012. CB/LB 2016 Huddersfield Town 30 3 18 Jack Robinson LB 2014 Liverpool 8 0 22 Steven Caulker CB 2014 Cardiff City 48 3 24 James Perch RB/CB/DM 2015 Wigan Athletic 67 0 29 Darnell Furlong RB/CB 2015 Queens Park Rangers Academy 17 0 38 Niko Hämäläinen Hämäläinen was born in Florida, United States, but also qualifies to represent Finland internationally through his father and has represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level. LB/CB 2016 Queens Park Rangers Academy 3 0 Midfielders 2 Luke Freeman AM/RM/LM 2017 Bristol City 16 2 8 Jordan Cousins CM/RM/LM 2016 Charlton Athletic 18 0 10 Sean Goss Goss was born in Wegberg, Germany, but was raised in England from the age of 8. CM/LM/LB 2017 Manchester United 6 0 12 Jamie Mackie Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland in October 2010. RW/LW/CF 2015 Nottingham Forest 118 20 15 Paweł Wszołek RW/LW/RB 2016 Hellas Verona 29 3 16 Michael Doughty Doughty was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. CM/LM/LB 2010 Queens Park Rangers Academy 12 0 20 Karl Henry DM/CM 2013 Wolverhampton Wanderers 112 2 21 Massimo Luongo CM/AM/DM 2015 Swindon Town 65 123 Yeni Ngbakoto Ngbakoto was born in Croix, France, and has represented them at U-17 and U-18 level, but also qualifies to represent DR Congo internationally and made his international debut for DR Congo in March 2017. RW/LW/CF 2016 Metz 26 3 25 Michael Petrasso RW/LW 2013 Queens Park Rangers Academy 11 0 28 Kazenga LuaLua LW/RW 2017 On loan from Brighton & Hove Albion 11 1 30 Josh Bowler CM 2016 Queens Park Rangers Academy 1 0 37 Chris Paul CM 2016 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 41 Ryan Manning CM 2015 Galway United 18 1 49 Ravel Morrison CM/AM/DM 2017 On loan from Lazio 5 0 Forwards 9 Conor Washington Washington was born in Chatham, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his mother and Northern Ireland through his grandmother and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2016. CF/RW/LW 2016 Peterborough United 55 7 17 Matt Smith CF 2017 Fulham 16 4 35 Reece Grego-Cox Grego-Cox was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level. CF 2015 Queens Park Rangers Academy 5 0 39 Eberechi Eze CF 2016 Millwall 0 0 40 Idrissa Sylla CF/RW/LW 2016 Anderlecht 32 10
Kit Dryworld became manufacturers of QPR's kit. Bookmaker smarkets became kit sponsors.
The 2016/17 kits were revealed on 29 June 2016 and was streamed live on QPR's official Facebook Channel.
Kit information QPR agreed a 10-year multimillion-pound eight figure deal with Dryworld to replace Nike as the official technical kit suppliers from the 2016/17 season.
The club confirmed a one-year deal with Smarkets as the new shirt sponsor for the 2016/17 season, the brand will be displayed on the home, away and third strips.
New contracts
PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource — Unknown N/A 20 26 25 34 37 38 27 39 41 29 21 1 — — — — — — Chair was born in Belgium, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and has trained with the Morocco national under-20 football team.
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 3 1 July 2016 LB Jake Bidwell Brentford Undisclosed 7 1 July 2016 DM Ariel Borysiuk Legia Warsaw £1,500,000 — 1 July 2016 GK Conor Hudnott Academy Trainee 6 1 July 2016 CB Joel Lynch Huddersfield Town £1,200,000 37 1 July 2016 CM Chris Paul Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer 8 13 July 2016 CM Jordan Cousins Charlton Athletic £1,250,000 39 3 August 2016 AM Eberechi Eze Millwall Free transfer 23 7 August 2016 RW Yeni Ngbakoto Metz Undisclosed — 26 August 2016 GK Seny Dieng MSV Duisburg Free transfer 40 30 August 2016 CF Idrissa Sylla Anderlecht Undisclosed — 18 November 2016 CB Alex Finney Bolton Wanderers Free transfer — 9 January 2017 CF Danny Rowe Leicester City Free transfer — 22 January 2017 CF Brandon Adams Academy Trainee 10 28 January 2017 CM Sean Goss Manchester United £500,000 2 30 January 2017 AM Luke Freeman Bristol City £350,000 17 31 January 2017 CF Matt Smith Fulham £1,000,000 15 31 January 2017 RW Paweł Wszołek Hellas Verona Undisclosed — 31 January 2017 AM Ilias Chair Lierse Unknown — 15 February 2017 RW Josh Bowler Academy Trainee — 21 February 2017 GK Marcin Brzozowski Academy Trainee — 27 March 2017 CF Dan Darbyshire Academy Trainee — 26 April 2017 CF Odysseus Alfa Academy Trainee — 5 May 2017 CF Aramide Oteh Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.1531 August 2016RWPaweł WszołekHellas Verona31 January 20172810 January 2017LWKazenga LuaLuaBrighton & Hove AlbionEnd of Season—18 January 2017CFAramide Oteh(work experience)Tottenham Hotspur27 February 20174931 January 2017CMRavel MorrisonLazioEnd of Season
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. — 1 July 2016 CM Michael Anastasiou Free agent Released — 1 July 2016 CF Tyler Blackwood Arizona United Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CM George Butler Team Solent Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CF Nathan Corkery Wealdstone Free transfer 32 1 July 2016 DM Diakité was born in Montfermeil, France, but also qualifies to represent Mali internationally and made his international debut for Mali in January 2012. Samba Diakité Red Star Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CM Leo Donnellan Dagenham & Redbridge Free transfer 18 1 July 2016 CM Alejandro Faurlín Getafe Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CB Addison Garnett Crawley Town Free transfer 17 1 July 2016 CM Oscar Gobern Mansfield Town Free transfer 1 1 July 2016 GK Robert Green Leeds United Free transfer — 1 July 2016 RB James Haran Kettering Town Free transfer 6 1 July 2016 CB Clint Hill Rangers Free transfer 23 1 July 2016 RW Junior Hoilett Cardiff City Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CM Andreas Komodikis St Albans City Free transfer — 1 July 2016 RB Leon Lobjoit Buckingham Town Free transfer — 1 July 2016 DF Tom Matthews The New Saints Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CM Aaron Mitchell Hampton & Richmond Borough Free transfer — 1 July 2016 LW Jake Mulraney Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free transfer — 1 July 2016 AM Joseph N'Guessan Maidstone United Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CM Callum O'Sullivan Ashford Town (Middlesex) Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CF Ben Pattie Folkestone Invicta Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CM Rosenthal was born in London, England, but also qualifies to represent Israel internationally through his father and Belgium, and represented Belgium at U-18 and U-19 level and Israel at U-21 level. Tom Rosenthal FC Dordrecht Free transfer 37 1 July 2016 CM Sutherland was born in Hillingdon, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level. Frankie Sutherland Woking Free transfer 3 1 July 2016 LB Traoré was born in Chatenay-Malabry, France, and represented them at U-17, U-18, U-19, and U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Senegal internationally and made his international debut for Senegal in August 2011. Armand Traoré Nottingham Forest Free transfer — 1 July 2016 CB Harly Wise Hemel Hempstead Town Free transfer 22 1 July 2016 LB Yun Suk-young Brøndby Free transfer 10 5 July 2016 CM Leroy Fer Swansea City Undisclosed 7 6 July 2016 RW Phillips was born in Aylesbury, England, and represented them at U-19 and U-21 level, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and made his international debut for Scotland in May 2012. Matt Phillips West Bromwich Albion £5,500,000 32 31 August 2016 DF Cole Kpekawa Barnsley £400,000 28 31 August 2016 CM Dániel Tőzsér Debrecen Free transfer 17 10 January 2017 CF Sebastian Polter Union Berlin Undisclosed 30 11 January 2017 CM Sandro Antalyaspor Undisclosed 10 24 January 2017 AM Tjaronn Chery Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng Undisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref. 16 5 August 2016 CM Michael Doughty Swindon Town 2 January 2017 14 5 August 2016 CF Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Gillingham End of Season 29 12 August 2016 RB Darnell Furlong Swindon Town 2 January 2017 35 31 August 2016 CF Reece Grego-Cox Newport County 9 January 2017 36 31 August 2016 CMComley was born in Islington, England, but also qualifies to represent Montserrat internationally and has been called up by the Montserrat national football team. Brandon Comley Grimsby Town 3 January 2017 — 21 October 2016 CF Brandon Adams(work experience) Staines Town 22 January 2017 11 10 January 2017 CM Ben Gladwin Swindon Town End of Season 36 13 January 2017 CM Brandon Comley Grimsby Town End of Season 26 18 January 2017 GK Joe Lumley Bristol Rovers End of Season — 22 January 2017 CF Brandon Adams Perlis FA 30 August 2017 7 26 January 2017 DM Ariel Borysiuk Lechia Gdańsk End of Season 27 30 January 2017 LW Olamide Shodipo Port Vale End of Season 33 31 January 2017 AM Axel Prohouly Port Vale End of Season 34 31 January 2017 RB Osman Kakay Chesterfield 30 April 2017 19 31 January 2017 LW Abdenasser El Khayati ADO Den Haag End of Season — 15 February 2017 RW Gianni Crichlow(work experience) Torquay United 7 March 2017 — 10 March 2017 LB Jack Williams(work experience) Bishop's Stortford 29 April 2017
Friendlies Pre-season friendlies
On 20 May 2016, QPR confirmed that they would be touring the Netherlands and would be based in the town of Ermelo. During the nine-day training camp which was between the 3 and 12 July 2016, they played two friendly fixtures, one against Dutch Champions, PSV Eindhoven and the other against FC Groningen.
Competitions Overview
CompetitionRecord Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Sky Bet Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were announced on 22 June 2016 at 9am.
Emirates FA Cup
Carabao Cup
Squad statistics Statistics † denotes players that left the club during the season.
Goals
RankPlayerPositionChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotal1 Idrissa SyllaFW1000102 Conor WashingtonFW71083 Yeni NgbakotoMF3104 Matt SmithFW4004 Tjaronn CheryMF4004 Sebastian PolterFW40047 Paweł WszołekMF3003 Nedum OnuohaDF3003 SandroMF030310 Luke FreemanMF2002 Steven CaulkerDF200212 Joel LynchDF3003 Jamie MackieFW1001 Ryan ManningMF1001 Kazenga LuaLuaMF1001 Massimo LuongoMF1001 Jake BidwellDF0011Total525158
Clean sheets
RankPlayerPositionChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotal1 Alex SmithiesGK7007Total7007
Discipline
References
Notes