The 2016–17 season is Dumbarton's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their fourth season in the Scottish Championship, having won promotion via the play-offs from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2011–12 season. This is Stevie Aitken's second full season as manager.
Dumbarton finished eighth in the Scottish Championship. Dumbarton did not advance beyond the group stage of the newly revamped League Cup, drawing 2 and losing 2 of the qualifying matches. In the Challenge Cup, Dumbarton's abysmal record in this competition continued (5 wins from 31 starts) with a third round exit to League One opponents, Stranraer. And it was a disastrous first hurdle exit to non-league junior side Bonnyrigg Rose in the third round of the Scottish Cup.
Results & fixtures
Pre Season
League Cup
Challenge Cup
Scottish Championship
Scottish Cup
Player statistics
Squad Last updated 7 May 2017
Transfers
Players in PlayerFromFee Robert Thomson Brechin City Free Andy Stirling Stranraer Free Craig Pettigrew Stranraer Free Ryan Stevenson Ayr United Free David Smith Falkirk Free Jamie Barclay Stenhousemuir Free Josh Todd Annan Athletic Free Daniel Harvie Aberdeen Loan Alan Martin Hamilton Free Joe Thomson Celtic Loan Sam Stanton Hibernian Loan Christian Nadé Stranraer Free Lewis Vaughan Raith Rovers Loan Stuart Carswell Keflavik Free Tom Lang Rangers Free Calum Gallagher St Mirren Free Ross McCrorie Rangers Loan Joe Nuttall Aberdeen Loan
Players out PlayerToFee Kevin Cawley Alloa AthleticFree Paul HeffernanFree Mikey HopkinsFree Jordan Kirkpatrick Alloa AthleticFree Scott Taggart Alloa AthleticFree Jon Routledge New SaintsFree Steven Saunders New SaintsFree Christian Nadé StranraerFree Jamie Barclay East StirlingshireFree Ryan Clark Kilwinning RangersLoan Amadou Kassaraté Kirkintilloch Rob RoyLoan Ryan Stevenson Raith Rovers Free Frazer Wright Stirling AlbionFree Craig Pettigrew StranraerFree Josh Todd St Mirren Free Donald McCallum ArbroathLoan Amadou Kassaraté StranraerLoan Mark BrownRetired
See also List of Dumbarton F.C. seasons
References