The 2016–17 season was Hull City's first season back in the Premier League following their promotion via the 2016 Football League play-offs in the previous season in their 113th year in existence. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
Hull were relegated back to the Championship on 14 May 2017, following their 4–0 away defeat to Crystal Palace. It would take them 9 years to make their Premier League comeback, until the 2026–27 Hull City A.F.C. season.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Events Steve Bruce On 1 July 2016 Tom Huddlestone signed a new two-year deal with the club.
On 1 July 2016, goalkeeper Rory Watson went on a season-long loan to North Ferriby United. On 1 July 2016, goalkeeper Will Mannion was signed from AFC Wimbledon on a three-year contract. On 15 July 2016, in the pre-season friendly against Grimsby Town, Moses Odubajo sustained an injury early in the match, which was later diagnosed as a ruptured medial patellofemoral ligament. This would side-line him for about six months.
On 19 July 2016, in the pre-season friendly against Mansfield Town, captain Michael Dawson left the field after about half-an-hour after a knock. This was later diagnosed as a medial knee ligament injury which would rule him out for approximately three months, leaving the team with only 13 fit senior players. On 20 July 2016, the club announced that takeover talks has been put on hold until after the close of the transfer window. On 22 July 2016, the BBC reported that manager Steve Bruce had resigned from his position. This was later confirmed by the club, which also announced that Mike Phelan would act as caretaker manager.
Mike Phelan
On 2 August 2016, the club sacked the first team coach Keith Bertschin. On 3 August 2016, Mohamed Diamé turned down a new contract with the club and signed a three-year deal with Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee. On 12 August 2016, Calaum Jahraldo-Martin signed for Oldham Athletic on a free transfer. On 17 August 2016, Sam Clucas signed a new three-year deal with the club. On 18 August 2016, Hull signed defender Bradley Maslen-Jones on a one-year contract from Peterborough United on a free transfer. On 30 August 2016, Hull signed goalkeeper David Marshall on a three-year deal from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee, they also signed centre midfielder Ryan Mason on a three-year deal from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed fee that broke the previous club record signing. The third signing of the day was centre forward Will Keane from Manchester United on a three-year deal for £1 million. On transfer deadline day, 31 August 2016, centre midfielder James Weir signed on a three-year deal from Manchester United for an undisclosed fee. Hull also brought in Dieumerci Mbokani on a season-long loan from Dynamo Kyiv and Markus Henriksen on loan from AZ until January 2017, when the loan became permanent. On 9 September 2016, caretaker manager Mike Phelan was named Premier League Manager of the Month for August.
On 13 October 2016, Stephen Clemence left the club to take up a role at Aston Villa. On 13 October 2016, Mike Phelan became Hull's permanent head coach. On 24 October 2016, Neil McDonald was appointed as assistant head coach.
On 1 November 2016, Gary Walsh left Hull and joined former manager Steve Bruce at Aston Villa as goalkeeper coach. On 7 November 2016, Jarrod Bowen signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club. On 17 November 2016, Tony Pennock was promoted to first team coach and Jon Beale took over as manager of the Tigers Academy.
On 23 December 2016, Hull extended the contracts of six first team players, including winger Robert Snodgrass, defenders Michael Dawson, Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire, midfielder Jake Livermore and striker Abel Hernández, to until the end of the 2017–18 season.
On 1 January 2017 Jonathan Edwards and Harvey Rodgers moved on loan to Accrington Stanley for the remainder of the season. On 3 January 2017, head coach Mike Phelan was sacked by Hull City, less than three months after being made permanent. The decision was made following a 3–1 away defeat to West Bromwich Albion the previous day, leaving the Tigers bottom of the Premier League and three points adrift of safety. On 4 January 2017, it was announced that assistant head coach, Neil McDonald, goalkeeping coach, Bobby Mimms, and head scout, Stan Ternent had left the club.
Marco Silva
On 5 January 2017, the club announced the appointment of Marco Silva as the new head coach until the end of the season. He would bring his own back-room staff: assistant head coach João Pedro Sousa, first team coach Gonçalo Pedro and goalkeeping coach Hugo Oliveira. On 6 January 2016, Markus Henriksen's loan from AZ became permanent when he signed a -year deal. On 13 January 2017, Evandro Goebel signed a -year deal with Hull City. On 13 January 2017, Oumar Niasse signed a loan deal from Everton until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 17 January 2017, the club announced that first team coach Tony Pennock had left the club. On 17 January 2017, Johan Ter Horst moved on loan to York City until the end of 2016–17 season. On 18 January 2017, Allan McGregor joined Cardiff City on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. On 20 January 2017, Jake Livermore moved to West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee. 20 January 2017, Omar Elabdellaoui was signed on loan from Olympiacos for the remainder of the season. On 22 January 2017, 13-minutes into the away match against Chelsea, Ryan Mason sustained a fractured skull after a clash of heads with defender Gary Cahill and was taken to St Mary's Hospital where he underwent surgery. He was discharged from hospital on 30 January 2017.
On 23 January 2017, Lazar Marković signed on loan, from Liverpool, until the end of the season. On 27 January 2017, Robert Snodgrass signed a -year deal with West Ham United. On 31 January 2017, defender Andrea Ranocchia joined on loan from Internazionale for the rest of the season, Alfred N'Diaye signed on loan from Villarreal for the rest of the season, and Kamil Grosicki joined from Rennais for an undisclosed fee. Alex Bruce and James Weir moved on loan to Wigan Athletic for the rest of the season, Josh Clackstone moved on loan at Notts County until the end of the 2016–17 season, and the season-long loan of goalkeeper Rory Watson to North Ferriby United was terminated and he moved on a free transfer to Scunthorpe United. On 3 February 2017 goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak left on a free transfer to join Lechia Gdańsk. On 7 March 2017, Jon Beale was appointed as Academy Manager.
On 25 May 2017, following relegation from the Premier League manager Marco Silva resigned.
On 7 June 2017 Curtis Davies signed a 2-year contract with Derby County for an undisclosed fee.
Leonid Slutsky On 9 June 2017, the club announced the appointment of Leonid Slutsky as head coach. On 15 June 2017, Tony Pennock returned to Hull City as first-team coach. On 15 June 2017, Harry Maguire, signed a five-year deal with Leicester City for an undisclosed fee. On 16 June 2017, Harvey Rodgers signed a three-year deal with Fleetwood Town. On 20 June 2017, Lee Darnbrough was appointed Head of Recruitment, and Pat Mountain was appointed as Goalkeeping Coach. On 22 June 2017, the club announced a three-year partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature to raise money towards a campaign to double the number of wild tigers by 2022.
Players
First team squad
Out on loan
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 CF Jonathan Edwards Peterborough United Free transfer 1 July 2016 GK Will Mannion AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed 18 August 2016 CB Bradley Maslen-Jones Peterborough United Free transfer 30 August 2016 CF Will Keane Manchester United £1,000,000 30 August 2016 GK David Marshall Cardiff City £3,500,000 30 August 2016 CM Ryan Mason Tottenham Hotspur £13,000,000 31 August 2016 CM James Weir Manchester United Undisclosed 6 January 2017 CM Markus Henriksen AZ Alkmaar Undisclosed 13 January 2017 MF Evandro Goebel FC Porto Undisclosed 31 January 2017 FW Kamil Grosicki Rennais Undisclosed
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 30 June 2016 RW Sone Aluko Fulham Free transfer 30 June 2016 RB Ryan Taylor Port Vale Free transfer 1 July 2016 CB Ben Clappison York City Free transfer 3 August 2016 CM Mohamed Diamé Newcastle United £4,500,000 12 August 2016 RW Calaum Jahraldo-Martin Oldham Athletic Free transfer 20 January 2017 CM Jake Livermore West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed 27 January 2017 RW Robert Snodgrass West Ham United £10,200,000 31 January 2017 GK Rory Watson Scunthorpe United Free transfer 3 February 2017 GK Dušan Kuciak Lechia Gdańsk Free transfer 15 June 2017 CB Harry Maguire Leicester City Undisclosed 16 June 2017 RB Harvey Rodgers Fleetwood Town Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 31 August 2016 ST Dieumerci Mbokani Dynamo Kyiv End of Season 31 August 2016 CM Markus Henriksen AZ 6 January 2017 13 January 2017 FW Oumar Niasse Everton End of Season 20 January 2017 DF Omar Elabdellaoui Olympiacos End of Season 23 January 2017 MF Lazar Marković Liverpool End of Season 31 January 2017 CB Andrea Ranocchia Internazionale End of Season 31 January 2017 MF Alfred N'Diaye Villarreal End of Season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 1 July 2016 LB Max Clark Cambridge United End of Season 1 July 2016 GK Rory Watson North Ferriby United 31 January 2017 1 January 2017 CF Jonathan Edwards Accrington Stanley End of Season 1 January 2017 CB Harvey Rodgers Accrington Stanley End of Season 17 January 2017 FW Johan Ter Horst York City End of Season 18 January 2017 GK Allan McGregor Cardiff City End of Season 31 January 2017 CB Alex Bruce Wigan Athletic End of Season 31 January 2017 CM James Weir Wigan Athletic End of Season 31 January 2017 DF Josh Clackstone Notts County End of Season
Pre-season The Tigers will hold a pre-season training camp in Portugal from 5 to 16 July 2016.
On 13 June 2015, Hull City announced a series of local pre-season friendlies against Grimsby Town, North Ferriby United, Mansfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Barnsley and Nottingham Forest. On 28 June 2016, two friendlies were announced to take place in Austria, against Çaykur Rizespor and Torino.
Competitions
Overall
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 15 June 2016, the fixtures for the season were announced and Hull started the season with a home tie against champions Leicester City on 13 August 2016. The season concluded with a home game against Tottenham Hotspur on 21 May 2017.
FA Cup
Hull enter the FA Cup in the third-round with the draw taking place at the BT Tower on 5 December 2016. Hull were drawn at home to fellow Premier League team Swansea City. The match took place on 7 January 2017 at the KCOM Stadium and was the first game with new head coach Marco Silva in charge. The first half saw chances at both ends of the field but no one was able to break the deadlock. The second half started in the same way but soon after Abel Hernández was introduced, in place of Markus Henriksen, Hull broke the deadlock when Hernández turned in a cross from Shaun Maloney after 78-minutes. A goal deep in added time by substitute Josh Tymon, his first for the club, added to Hull's lead. At the other end Eldin Jakupović did his part in keeping a clean sheet for Hull who progressed to the fourth round after winning 2–0. The draw for the fourth round took place on 9 January 2017 and Hull were drawn away to Fulham.