2016–17 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City

2016–17 season

Chairman

Edic Rahic
Stefan Rupp

Manager

Stadium

2nd

First round
(vs. Accrington Stanley)

EFL Cup

First round
(vs. Accrington Stanley)

Top goalscorer

League: Billy Clarke (6)
All: Billy Clarke (6)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2015–16

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The 2016–17 season will be Bradford City's 114th season in their history, their 102nd in the Football League and 104th in the English football league system.^[1] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 July 2016	Guiseley	A	1–1	Hateley 75'	-
16 July 2016	Gateshead	A	2–1	B.Clarke 15', Anderson 45'	687
19 July 2016	St Johnstone	A	0–2		-
23 July 2016	Burnley	H	1–4	Morais 44'	-
27 July 2016	Bradford Park Avenue	A	2–2	Trialist (2) 19', 28'	-
30 July 2016	Carlisle United	H	2–0	Morais 52', Hanson 64'	-

League One

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[2]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
6 August 2016	Port Vale	H	0–0		18,558	15th
13 August 2016	Peterborough United	A	1–0	Hiwula 11'	5,906	9th
16 August 2016	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2–1	Cullen 12', B.Clarke 17'	8,166	5th
20 August 2016	Coventry City	H	3–1	McMahon (2) 67' (pen.), 75' (pen.), Marshall 69'	17,595	3rd
27 August 2016	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	B.Clarke 57' (pen.)	17,793	2nd
3 September 2016	Millwall	A	1–1	Webster 42' (o.g.)	9,067	2nd
10 September 2016	Gillingham	A	1–1	Hiwula 29'	5,079	3rd
17 September 2016	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	Meredith 73'	17,489	4th
24 September 2016	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–0		17,486	4th
27 September 2016	Fleetwood Town	H	2–1	Morais 45+1', B.Clarke 62' (pen.)	16,759	3rd
1 October 2016	Chesterfield	A	1–0	B.Clarke 26'	6,997	2nd
8 October 2016	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–0	Law 21', Vučkić 90+6' (pen.)	17,703	2nd
15 October 2016	Oxford United	A	0–1		8,245	2nd
18 October 2016	Southend United	H	1–1	McNulty 36'	16,112	2nd
22 October 2016	Sheffield United	H	3–3	B.Clarke 35', Hiwula 60', Dieng 68'	20,972	2nd
29 October 2016	AFC Wimbledon	A	3–2	Hiwula 3', Hanson (2) 78' (pen.), 90+2'	4,826	3rd
12 November 2016	Rochdale	H	4–0	B.Clarke 41', Dieng 44', Hanson 59', Marshall 63'	18,205	2nd
19 November 2016	Southend United	A	0–3		7,005	4th
22 November 2016	Northampton Town	H	1–0	Hanson 56'	15,935	4th
26 November 2016	Swindon Town	A	0–1		6,344	4th
10 December 2016	Charlton Athletic	H	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Pos.
17 December 2016	Walsall	A	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Pos.
26 December 2016	Scunthorpe United	H	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Pos.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Bolton Wanderers	20	12	4	4	24	12	+12	40	Promotion to the Football League Championship
3	Sheffield United	20	11	5	4	34	22	+12	38	Qualification for League One play-offs^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bradford City	20	9	8	3	27	18	+9	35
5	Rochdale	20	9	3	8	27	25	+2	30
6	Peterborough United	19	8	5	6	28	21	+7	29

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Football League Championship.

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
5 November 2016	Round 1	Accrington Stanley	H	1–2	Kilgallon 72'	4,985

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 August 2016	Round 1	Accrington Stanley	A	0–0 (10–11p)		1,936

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bradford City	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Morecambe	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Bury	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	ACA	Stoke City Reserves and Academy	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: EFL.com

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 August 2016	Group Stage	Stoke City U23	H	1–0	Dieng 38'	1,444
4 October 2016	Group Stage	Bury	H	2–1	Vučkić 31', Hiwula 35'	1,865
9 November 2016	Group Stage	Morecambe	A	2–3	Vučkić (2) 52', 83'	827
6 December 2016	Round 2	Cambridge United	H	Score	Scorers	Attendance

Squad Statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Colin Doyle	19	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	22	0	0	0
2	DF	Stephen Darby	14	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	17	0	1	0
3	DF	James Meredith	17	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	20	1	3	0
4	MF	Nicky Law	19(1)	1	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	20(2)	1	2	0
5	DF	Nathan Clarke	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
6	DF	Romain Vincelot	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	0	3	0
7	MF	Mark Marshall	17(2)	2	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	18(3)	2	2	0
8	MF	Timothee Dieng	14(2)	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	17(2)	3	1	0
9	FW	James Hanson	9(2)	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	11(2)	4	0	0
10	FW	Billy Clarke	14(2)	6	0(1)	0	1	0	0	0	15(3)	6	1	0
11	FW	Jordy Hiwula	13(6)	4	0(1)	0	1	0	2	1	16(7)	5	1	0
12	GK	Rouven Sattelmaier	1	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0	3(1)	0	0	0
14	MF	Josh Cullen	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	1	2	0
16	MF	Paul Anderson	0(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1(3)	0	1	0
17	FW	Vincent Rabiega	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0	2(2)	0	0	0
18	FW	Marc McNulty	5(6)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6(6)	1	1	0
19	FW	Haris Vuckic	3(4)	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	6(4)	4	0	0
20	MF	Filipe Morais	3(12)	1	1	0	0(1)	0	3	0	7(13)	1	1	0
21	DF	James King	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	0	4	0
23	DF	Rory McArdle	2(1)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5(1)	0	0	0
24	MF	Daniel Devine	6(2)	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	11(2)	0	1	0
25	FW	Reece Webb-Foster	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	1(2)	0	0	0
26	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	3(1)	0	1	1	0	0	1(1)	0	5(2)	1	0	0
29	DF	Tony McMahon	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2	1	0
30	GK	Joe Cracknell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Kwame Boateng	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
32	MF	Ellis Hudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
33	MF	Niah Payne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	Tom Windle	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1(2)	0	0	0
35	MF	Sam Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
-	–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	–

Statistics accurate as of 28 November 2016

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2016	CM	Nicky Law	Rangers	Free transfer	^[4]
12 July 2016	GK	Colin Doyle	Blackpool	£1	^[5]^[6]
13 July 2016	DM	Timothée Dieng	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[7]
22 July 2016	GK	Rouven Sattelmaier	Stuttgarter Kickers	Free transfer	^[8]
23 July 2016	CM	Romain Vincelot	Coventry City	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 August 2016	CB	Matthew Kilgallon	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[10]
16 August 2016	CF	Vincent Rabiega	RB Leipzig	Free transfer	^[11]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CF	Steve Davies	Rochdale ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[13]
1 July 2016	CM	Billy Knott	Gillingham ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Released	^[13]
1 July 2016	LB	Greg Leigh	Bury	Free transfer	^[15]
1 July 2016	LM	Josh Morris	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2016	RM	Dylan Mottley-Henry	Barnsley	Released	^[13]
1 July 2016	CB	Christopher Routis	Ross County	Free transfer	^[17]
1 July 2016	LB	Alan Sheehan	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[18]
1 July 2016	GK	Ben Williams	Bury	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	CM	Sam Wright	Free agent	Released	^[13]
5 July 2016	CF	Jamie Proctor	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[20]
31 August 2016	RW	Paul Anderson	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[21]

↑ Following Davies' release, he signed for Rochdale.^[12]
↑ Following Knott's release, he signed for Gillingham.^[14]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
15 July 2016	CF	Jordy Hiwula	Huddersfield Town	End of Season	^[22]
8 August 2016	CM	Josh Cullen	West Ham United	End of Season	^[23]
31 August 2016	FW	Marc McNulty	Sheffield United	End of Season	^[24]
31 August 2016	AM	Haris Vučkić	Newcastle United	3 January 2017	^[25]

Loans Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
29 August 2016	GK		Joe Cracknell	Bradford Park Avenue	14 January 2017	^[26]

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "CITY TO BEGIN AT HOME TO PORT VALE". Bradford City AFC. 22 June 2016.
↑ "City Secure Deal For Knight-Percival". Bradford City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "City Land Law Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "City Complete Doyle Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "Bradford sign goalkeeper Doyle for £1". BBC. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
↑ "City Deliver Dieng Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
↑ "City Seal Sattelmaier Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
↑ "City Snap Up Vincelot". Bradford City Official Site. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
↑ "City Clinch Kilgallon Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "City Confirm Rabiega Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
↑ "Dale sign ex-Bradford striker Davies". BBC. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Club Confirm Released List". Bradford City Official Site. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
↑ "Gillingham sign midfielder Knott". BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ "Leigh Moves To Bury". Bradford City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
↑ "Morris Departs For Scunthorpe". Bradford City Official Site. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
↑ "Ross County bring in four new signings". BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
↑ "Luton sign Bradford defender Sheehan". BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
↑ "Shakers sign Williams and Ismail". BBC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
↑ "Bolton bring in forward Proctor". BBC. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
↑ "Anderson Leaves The Bantams". Bradford City Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "City Secure Loan Move For Hiwula". Bradford City Official Site. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
↑ "Cullen Returns". Bradford City Official Site. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "Cullen Returns". BBC. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ "Vuckic Signs On Loan". Bradford City Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
↑ "City Secure Loan Move For Hiwula". Newsquest. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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National teams

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

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