The 2016–17 season was Norwich City's return to the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League last season. This season they participated in the Championship, FA Cup and League Cup. The Norwich City development squad also participated in the EFL Trophy. The fixture list for the season was announced on 22 June 2016, and the Championship season began on 6 August 2016. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

First-team squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 13 July 2016 RW Sergi Canós Liverpool £2,550,000 19 July 2016 GK Michael McGovern Hamilton Academical Free transfer 4 August 2016 GK Paul Jones Portsmouth Free transfer 4 August 2016 AM Alex Pritchard Tottenham Hotspur £8,000,000 25 August 2016 GK Jon McCracken Hamilton Academical Undisclosed 30 August 2016 CF Nélson Oliveira Benfica Undisclosed 31 January 2017 LW Yanic Wildschut Wigan Athletic Undisclosed

Total spending: £10,550,000

Out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 CB Reiss Awuah None Released 1 July 2016 CB Afolabi Coker Lewes Released 1 July 2016 CB Adel Gafaiti MC Oran Free transfer 1 July 2016 RB Reece Hall-Johnson Maidstone United Released 1 July 2016 AM Cameron King None Released 1 July 2016 CF Jamar Loza None Released 1 July 2016 RB Cameron Norman None Released 1 July 2016 CM Gary O'Neil Bristol City Free transfer 1 July 2016 RW Nathan Redmond Southampton £10,000,000 1 July 2016 LB Arinse Uade None Released 1 July 2016 CM Tom Walters Europa Point Free transfer 18 July 2016 GK Jake Kean Sheffield Wednesday Free 28 July 2016 ST Ricky van Wolfswinkel Vitesse Arnhem £500,000 5 August 2016 CM Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe Legia Warsaw Undisclosed 28 August 2016 GK Marcus Beauchamp Newport County Free transfer 17 January 2017 LB Martin Olsson Swansea City Undisclosed 31 January 2017 LM Robbie Brady Burnley Undisclosed 31 January 2017 RW Sergi Canós Brentford Undisclosed Total incoming: £10,500,000 (reported £27,500,000)

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 31 January 2017 LB Mitchell Dijks Ajax End of Season

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 16 July 2016 GK Remi Matthews Hamilton Academical End of Season 2 August 2016 GK Declan Rudd Charlton Athletic End of Season 31 August 2016 MF Tony Andreu Dundee United End of Season 31 August 2016 AM James Maddison Aberdeen 4 January 2017 31 August 2016 LB Harry Toffolo Scunthorpe United End of season 31 January 2017 CF Carlton Morris Rotherham United End of season

Pre-season friendlies On 27 May 2016, Norwich City announced their pre-season schedule, which included a week long pre-season training camp in Burgenland, Austria. Their opponents for the two friendlies in Austria were later announced as FK Dukla Prague and Rubin Kazan. On 9 June 2016, they announced that Norwich's final pre-season friendly would be against Hannover 96.

Competitions Overview

Championship

League table

Results by matchday

Results summary

Matches The Championship fixture list was released on 22 June 2016. Norwich's first game was away to Blackburn Rovers.

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals 1 GK John Ruddy 27 0 0 — — — 2 0 0 29 0 0 1 0 2 RB Steven Whittaker 7 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 5 1 2 0 3 DF Mitchell Dijks 15 0 1 — — — — — — 15 0 1 2 1 4 MF Graham Dorrans 22 1 6 — — — 0 1 0 22 2 6 9 0 5 CB Russell Martin 36 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 39 1 2 6 0 6 CB Sébastien Bassong 8 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 7 CAM Steven Naismith 21 9 5 1 0 1 2 0 1 24 9 7 6 1 8 CM Jonny Howson 37 1 6 1 0 0 — — — 38 1 6 7 1 9 ST Nélson Oliveira 16 12 11 — — — 2 0 1 18 12 12 0 1 10 ST Cameron Jerome 31 9 16 1 0 0 — — — 32 9 16 7 0 11 LM Matt Jarvis — — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 13 GK Paul Jones — — — — — — 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 CAM Wes Hoolahan 30 3 7 — — — — — — 30 3 7 8 0 15 CB Timm Klose 31 1 1 2 0 0 — — — 33 1 1 3 0 17 MF Yanic Wildschut 6 3 1 — — — — — — 6 3 1 0 0 18 MF Youssouf Mulumbu 7 6 0 — — — 1 1 0 8 7 0 2 0 19 ST style="text-align:left; | Kyle Lafferty | 0 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 | 2 || 14 || 2 || 2 || 0 |- | 21 || MF || style="text-align:left;" | Alex Pritchard | 19 || 11 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 | 23 || 11 || 7 || 1 || 0 |- | 22 || RM || style="text-align:left;" | Jacob Murphy | 32 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 | 33 || 7 || 10 || 0 || 0 |- | 24 || CB || style="text-align:left;" | Ryan Bennett | 24 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 | 27 || 10 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- | 25 || RB || style="text-align:left;" | Ivo Pinto | 37 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || — || — || — | 38 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 1 |- | 26 || CB || style="text-align:left;" | Michael Turner | — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 || 2 || 0 | 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 27 || CDM || style="text-align:left;" | Alexander Tettey | 33 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 | 35 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 0 |- | 28 || MF || style="text-align:left;" | James Maddison | 0 || 3 || 1 || — || — || — || 1 || 0 || 0 | 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- | 30 || ST || style="text-align:left;" | Carlton Morris | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 31 || LM || style="text-align:left;" | Josh Murphy | 8 || 18 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 | 12 || 19 || 5 || 1 || 0 |- | 33 || GK || style="text-align:left;" | Michael McGovern | 19 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || — || — || — | 21 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 34 || MF || style="text-align:left;" | Louis Thompson | 1 || 2 || 0 || — || — || — || 3 || 0 || 0 | 4 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- | 35 || MF || style="text-align:left;" | Ben Godfrey | 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 | 2 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- | 37 || MF || style="text-align:left;" | Ray Grant | — || — || — || 0 || 1 || 0 || — || — || — | 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 38 || DF || style="text-align:left;" | Louis Ramsay | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 43 || DF || style="text-align:left;" | Glen Middleton | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | — || GK || style="text-align:left;" | Declan Rudd | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;"| Players out on loan: |- | 20 || MF || style="text-align:left;" | Tony Andreu | — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 23 || LB || style="text-align:left;" | Harry Toffolo | — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 0 || 0 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | — || GK || style="text-align:left;" | Remi Matthews | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | colspan="18" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:left;"| Players no longer at the club:'' 3 LB Martin Olsson 16 3 1 1 0 0 — — — 17 3 1 3 1 12 MF Robbie Brady 22 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 1 4 3 1 17 MF Sergi Canós 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 0

Goalscorers Rank Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total 1 ST Cameron Jerome 16 0 0 16 2 ST Nélson Oliveira 11 0 1 12 3 RM Jacob Murphy 9 0 1 10 4 CAM Wes Hoolahan 7 0 0 7 MF Alex Pritchard 6 0 1 7 CAM Steven Naismith 5 1 1 7 7 MF Jonny Howson 6 0 0 6 MF Graham Dorrans 6 0 0 6 9 LM Josh Murphy 4 0 1 5 10 MF Robbie Brady 4 0 0 4 11 ST Kyle Lafferty 1 0 1 2 DF Russell Martin 1 0 1 2 MF Sergi Canós 0 0 2 2 14 DF Martin Olsson 1 0 0 1 DF Ivo Pinto 1 0 0 1 DF Timm Klose 1 0 0 1 DF Mitchell Dijks 1 0 0 1 MF Yanic Wildschut 1 0 0 1 MF James Maddison 1 0 0 1 DF Steven Whittaker 0 1 0 1 MF Ben Godfrey 0 0 1 1 Own goals 3 0 0 3Totals 85 2 10 97

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