The 2016–17 season was Wigan Athletic's 85th year in existence and their first back in the Championship, after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 CB Dan Burn Fulham Free transfer 1 July 2016 CM Alex Gilbey Colchester United Undisclosed 1 July 2016 LB Stephen Warnock Derby County Free transfer 12 July 2016 SS Nick Powell Manchester United Free transfer 26 July 2016 CB Jake Buxton Derby County Undisclosed 13 August 2016 CM Shaun MacDonald AFC Bournemouth Undisclosed 17 August 2016 AM Jordi Gómez Sunderland Undisclosed 31 August 2016 RM Nathan Byrne Wolverhampton Wanderers £500,000 31 August 2016 SS Kaiyne Woolery Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed 31 January 2017 GK Matt Gilks Rangers Undisclosed 31 January 2017 CF Mikael Mandron Eastleigh Undisclosed 31 January 2017 RW Gabriel Obertan Anzhi Makhachkala Free transfer 31 January 2017 CAM Josh Laurent Hartlepool United Undisclosed 31 January 2017 MF Jack Byrne Manchester City Undisclosed 31 January 2017 CF Omar Bogle Grimsby Town Undisclosed

Out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 CB Leon Barnett Bury Released 1 July 2016 CF Matthew Hamilton Marine Released 1 July 2016 RW Ryan Jennings AFC Fylde Released 1 July 2016 RB Kevin McNaughton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Released 1 July 2016 CM Adrian Purzycki Fortuna Sittard Released 1 July 2016 CF Louis Robles Bangor City Released 1 July 2016 RB Reece Wabara Bolton Wanderers Released 6 July 2016 DM Chris McCann Atlanta United Free transfer 3 August 2016 GK Lee Nicholls Milton Keynes Dons Free transfer 4 August 2016 CB Jason Pearce Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 12 August 2016 MF Emyr Huws Cardiff City Undisclosed 25 August 2016 CM Tim Chow Ross County Undisclosed 7 January 2017 CF Craig Davies Scunthorpe United Undisclosed 31 January 2017 AM Jordi Gomez Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed 31 January 2017 MF Yanic Wildschut Norwich City Undisclosed 10 April 2017 MF Danny O'Brien IF Kraft Released

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 1 July 2016 RB Kyle Knoyle West Ham United 14 January 2017 20 July 2016 GK Ádám Bogdán Liverpool 24 November 2016 16 August 2016 LB Luke Garbutt Everton 2 January 2017 30 August 2016 CB Reece Burke West Ham United End of Season 31 August 2016 CF Adam Le Fondre Cardiff City 31 January 2017 7 January 2017 GK Jakob Haugaard Stoke City 21 April 2017 14 January 2017 CB Callum Connolly Everton End of Season 20 January 2017 AM Marcus Browne West Ham United End of Season 20 January 2017 CM Ryan Tunnicliffe Fulham End of Season 25 January 2017 DM Jamie Hanson Derby County End of Season 31 January 2017 CB Alex Bruce Hull City End of Season 31 January 2017 CM James Weir Hull City End of Season

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 13 July 2016 CF Billy Mckay Oldham Athletic 31 January 2017 22 July 2016 CM Danny Whitehead Cheltenham Town 1 January 2017 25 July 2016 LW Sanmi Odelusi Rochdale 20 January 2017 10 August 2016 LB Andrew Taylor Bolton Wanderers End of Season 12 August 2016 GK Owen Evans Rhyl 1 January 2017 31 August 2016 LW Ryan Colclough Milton Keynes Dons 1 January 2017 31 August 2016 CB Jack Hendry Milton Keynes Dons 3 January 2017 31 August 2016 CM Sam Morsy Barnsley 1 January 2017 9 January 2017 RB Nathan Byrne Charlton Athletic End of Season 12 January 2017 GK Dan Lavercombe Rhyl End of Season 20 January 2017 LW Sanmi Odelusi Blackpool End of Season 20 January 2017 CM Danny Whitehead Macclesfield Town End of Season 20 January 2017 CF Sam Cosgrove North Ferriby United End of Season 21 January 2017 SS Kaiyne Woolery Forest Green Rovers End of Season 30 January 2017 CM Jordan Flores Blackpool End of Season 30 January 2017 MF Danny O'Brien Chester 10 April 2017 31 January 2017 CF Billy Mckay Inverness Caledonian Thistle End of Season 11 February 2017 CB Jack White Skelmersdale United End of Season 11 February 2017 CF Nathan Randell Skelmersdale United End of Season 15 February 2017 RB Luke Burke Barrow 18 March 2017 1 April 2017 GK Owen Evans North Ferriby United End of Season

Competitions Pre-season friendlies

Season summary Games played 46 (43 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Games won 11 (10 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Games drawn 10 (10 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Games lost 25 (23 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1League Cup)Goals scored 42 (39 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Goals conceded 60 (54 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Goal difference -19Clean sheets 13 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Yellow cards 88 (83 Championship, 5 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Red cards 1 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Best result 3–0 vs Blackburn Rovers (13 Aug 16) Worst result 0–4 vs Manchester United (29 Jan 17)Most appearances Stephen Warnock (45)Top scorer Will Grigg (7)Points 40

Championship

League table

Result by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Squad statistics Appearances

No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Goalkeepers 1 GK Ádám Bogdán1700000170 22 GK Jussi Jääskeläinen8+1000109+10 35 GK Matt Gilks00000000 Defenders 2 LB Reece James00000000 3 DF Jake Buxton2402010270 5 CB Donervon Daniels0+1000101+10 12 RB Callum Connolly32010042 13 DF Andy Kellett3+1000003+10 20 CB Craig Morgan9+4000009+40 21 CB Alex Bruce00000000 23 DF Stephen Warnock2702010300 24 DF Jack Hendry00000000 29 DF Luke Burke4+1000004+10 32 DF Reece Burke71000071 33 DF Dan Burn21+30200023+30 44 CB Sam Stubbs00000000 Midfielders 4 CM David Perkins17+10101019+10 6 RM Max Power2702010300 7 MF Alex Gilbey81000081 8 MF Sam Morsy31200051 16 MF Shaun MacDonald20+21200022+21 17 RW Michael Jacobs24+41201027+41 19 MF Ryan Tunnicliffe0+100+10000+20 25 MF Nick Powell9+61100010+61 26 MF Jamie Hanson00000000 31 MF Jack Byrne00000000 37 MF Josh Laurent00000000 42 MF Josh Gregory00000000 43 MF Marcus Browne000+10000+10 47 MF James Weir0+1000000+10 Attackers 9 ST Will Grigg21+56201124+57 11 FW Gabriel Obertan00000000 14 FW Omar Bogle0+1000000+10 27 FW Ryan Colclough0+2000101+20 30 FW James Barrigan00000+100+10 39 FW Mikael Mandron00000000 Left club during season - MF Tim Chow0+1000101+10 - LB Luke Garbutt7+1000007+10 - ST Craig Davies1+13100001+131 - MF Nathan Byrne7+7000007+70 - GK Dan Lavercombe00000000 - MF Danny Whitehead00000000 - SS Kaiyne Woolery0+1000000+10 - RB Kyle Knoyle0+1000000+10 - FW Sam Cosgrove00000000 - MF Jordi Gómez12+330+100012+43 - FW Adam Le Fondre3+910+10003+101 - MF Jordan Flores0+200+10101+30 - MF Danny O'Brien00000+100+10 - MF Yanic Wildschut19+651+100020+75 - GK Jakob Haugaard30200050

Top scorers

Rank.Pos.No.NameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotalGoalsGoalsGoalsGoals1FW9 Will Grigg 51172MF25Nick Powell 60063MF -Yanic Wildschut 41054MF -Jordi Gómez 30034MF17 Michael Jacobs 30034FW14Omar Bogle30035DF12 Callum Connolly 20025MF7 Alex Gilbey 20026DF32 Reece Burke 10016MF8Sam Morsy 10016MF16 Shaun MacDonald 10016FW -Adam Le Fondre 10016FW -Craig Davies 10016DF33Dan Burn10016FW11Gabriel Obertan10016MF19Ryan Tunnicliffe1001Own goals3003

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