2016–17 Hull City A.F.C. season

Hull City

2016–17 season
Hull players huddle before Leicester City at home, 2016
Owner	Assem Allam
Chairman	Assem Allam
Manager	Steve Bruce (until 22 July) Mike Phelan (13 October to 3 January) Marco Silva (5 January–25 May) Leonid Slutsky (9 June–)
Stadium	KCOM Stadium
Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Robert Snodgrass (7) All: Robert Snodgrass (9)
Highest home attendance	24,822 (4 February v Liverpool)
Lowest home attendance	17,403 (10 December v Crystal Palace)
Average home league attendance	20,761
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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

Mike Phelan was appointed caretaker manager in July, won Premier League Manager of the Month for August and became permanent head coach in October.

• 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.

Harry Maguire and Curtis Davies mark Everton's Romelu Lukaku, in Phelan's final home match as Hull boss, being fired in January 2017.

• 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

Marco Silva was appointed as Phelan's replacement, two days after his predecessor's departure.

• 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 2+1⁄2-year deal.
• On 13 January 2017, Evandro Goebel signed a 2+1⁄2-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.

Tigers players during the draw with Manchester United in February 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 3+1⁄2-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

As of 3 February 2017.

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ENG	Moses Odubajo
3	DF	SCO	Andrew Robertson
5	DF	ENG	Harry Maguire
6	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies
7	MF	IRL	David Meyler (vice-captain)
8	MF	ENG	Tom Huddlestone
9	FW	URU	Abel Hernández
10	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye (on loan from Villarreal until 30 June 2017)
11	MF	ENG	Sam Clucas
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Ranocchia (on loan from Internazionale until 30 June 2017)
14	DF	NOR	Omar Elabdellaoui (on loan from Olympiacos until 30 June 2017)
15	MF	SCO	Shaun Maloney
16	GK	SUI	Eldin Jakupović
17	FW	POL	Kamil Grosicki
18	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv until 30 June 2017)
19	FW	ENG	Will Keane
20	FW	NOR	Adama Diomande

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson (captain)
22	FW	NOR	Markus Henriksen
23	GK	SCO	David Marshall
24	FW	SEN	Oumar Niasse (on loan from Everton until 30 June 2017)
25	MF	ENG	Ryan Mason
27	MF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady
28	DF	ENG	Josh Tymon
29	FW	ENG	Jarrod Bowen
30	MF	ENG	Daniel Batty
31	DF	IRL	Brian Lenihan
32	FW	ENG	Greg Luer
34	MF	ENG	Ellis Barkworth
35	GK	ENG	Will Mannion
36	MF	ENG	Greg Olley
39	FW	ENG	Ben Hinchliffe
40	MF	BRA	Evandro
50	MF	SRB	Lazar Marković (on loan from Liverpool until 30 June 2017)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor (On loan at Cardiff City until end of 2016–17 season)
4	DF	NIR	Alex Bruce (On loan at Wigan Athletic until end of 2016–17 season)
17	MF	ENG	James Weir (On loan at Wigan Athletic until end of 2016–17 season)
33	FW	ENG	Johan Ter Horst (On loan at York City until end of 2016–17 season)
37	DF	ENG	Josh Clackstone (On loan at Notts County until end of 2016–17 season)
38	DF	ENG	Harvey Rodgers (On loan at Accrington Stanley until end of 2016–17 season)

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.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Grimsby Town v Hull City

15 July 2016 Friendly	Grimsby Town	0–0	Hull City	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,469 (420 away)

North Ferriby United v Hull City

16 July 2016 Billy Bly Memorial Trophy	North Ferriby United	0–2	Hull City	North Ferriby
15:00 BST		Report	Olley Luer	Stadium: Grange Lane Attendance: 1,473

Mansfield Town v Hull City

19 July 2016 Friendly	Mansfield Town	0–1	Hull City	Mansfield
19:30 BST		Report	Bowen 55'	Stadium: Field Mill

Scunthorpe United v Hull City

23 July 2016 Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–2	Hull City	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST		Report	Maloney 25' Hernández 65'	Stadium: Glanford Park

Barnsley v Hull City

26 July 2016 Friendly	Barnsley	2–2	Hull City	Barnsley
19:30 BST	Bradshaw 35', 50'	Report	Diomande 16' Bowen 86'	Stadium: Oakwell

Nottingham Forest v Hull City

30 July 2016 Friendly	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Burke 86'	Report	Diomande 6', 17'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 3,777 (181 away) Referee: L. Collins

Çaykur Rizespor v Hull City

3 August 2016 Friendly	Çaykur Rizespor	1–3	Hull City	Kufstein, Austria
17:00 BST	Fink 2'	Report	Hernández 30' (pen.), 55' Snodgrass 76'	Stadium: Kufstein Arena

Torino v Hull City

6 August 2016 Friendly	Torino	2–1	Hull City	Salzburg, Austria
15:00 BST	Belotti 18' Bovo 83'	Report	Hernández 27'	Stadium: My Phone Austria Stadion

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	18th (relegated)	13 August 2016	21 May 2017
League Cup	Second round	—	Semi-finals	23 August 2016	26 January 2017
FA Cup	Third round	—	Fourth round	7 January 2017	29 January 2017

Updated to match played 21 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Burnley	38	11	7	20	39	55	−16	40
17	Watford	38	11	7	20	40	68	−28	40
18	Hull City (R)	38	9	7	22	37	80	−43	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Middlesbrough (R)	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28
20	Sunderland (R)	38	6	6	26	29	69	−40	24

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	7	22	37	80	−43	34	8	4	7	28	35	−7	1	3	15	9	45	−36

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L
Position	1	3	5	6	10	12	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hull City v Leicester City

13 August 2016 1	Hull City	2–1	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST	Diomande 45+1' Snodgrass 57' Davies  71' Clucas  83'	Report	Fuchs  29' Simpson  33' Mahrez 47' (pen.)	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,137 Referee: Mike Dean

Swansea City v Hull City

20 August 2016 2	Swansea City	0–2	Hull City	Swansea
15:00 BST		Report	Maloney 79' Hernández 90+2'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,024 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Hull City v Manchester United

27 August 2016 3	Hull City	0–1	Manchester United	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 BST	Huddlestone  71' Meyler  77'	Report	Fellaini  23' Rooney  76' Rashford 90+2',  90+3'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 24,560 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Burnley v Hull City

10 September 2016 4	Burnley	1–1	Hull City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Mee  27' Defour 72' Arfield  82'	Report	Snodgrass 90+5'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,803 Referee: Paul Tierney

Hull City v Arsenal

17 September 2016 5	Hull City	1–4	Arsenal	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Livermore  40' Snodgrass 79' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 17', 83' Cazorla  34' Walcott 55' Čech  78' Xhaka 90+2'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 22,536 Referee: Roger East

Liverpool v Hull City

24 September 2016 6	Liverpool	5–1	Hull City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Lallana 17' Milner  19', 30' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Mané 36' Coutinho 52'	Report	Huddlestone  7' Elmohamady  29' Mason  37' Meyler 51'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,109 Referee: Andre Marriner

Hull City v Chelsea

1 October 2016 7	Hull City	0–2	Chelsea	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Livermore  42' Robertson  79'	Report	Moses  35' Matić  41' Willian 61' Costa 67'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 21,257 Referee: Anthony Taylor

AFC Bournemouth v Hull City

15 October 2016 8	AFC Bournemouth	6–1	Hull City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Daniels 5' Cook 41' Stanislas 45' (pen.), 65' Wilson 83' Gosling 88'	Report	Clucas  19' Mason 34' Snodgrass  44' Robertson  59'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,029 Referee: Lee Mason

Hull City v Stoke City

22 October 2016 9	Hull City	0–2	Stoke City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Mason  77' Clucas  90+6'	Report	Shaqiri 26', 50',  90+7' Bardsley  90+7' Allen  90+7'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 18,522 Referee: Kevin Friend

Watford v Hull City

29 October 2016 10	Watford	1–0	Hull City	Watford
15:00 BST	Behrami  53' Dawson 82' (o.g.)	Report	Mason  57' Clucas  58'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,022 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Hull City v Southampton

6 November 2016 11	Hull City	2–1	Southampton	Kingston upon Hull
14:15 GMT	Snodgrass 61' Dawson 63'	Report	Austin 6' (pen.) Tadić  29' Clasie  57' Bertrand  72' Yoshida  84' Romeu  90+1'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 17,768 Referee: Graham Scott

Sunderland v Hull City

19 November 2016 12	Sunderland	3–0	Hull City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Djilobodji  31'  89' Defoe 34' Anichebe 62', 84' Jones  72'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,271 Referee: Lee Mason

Hull City v West Bromwich Albion

26 November 2016 13	Hull City	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Dawson  29', 72' Clucas  42' Diomande  73'	Report	McAuley 34',  60' Evans  67'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 18,086 Referee: Paul Tierney

Middlesbrough v Hull City

5 December 2016 14	Middlesbrough	1–0	Hull City	Middlesbrough
20:00 GMT	Ramírez 60' Fábio  72'	Report	Livermore  15'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,395 Referee: Mike Dean

Hull City v Crystal Palace

10 December 2016 15	Hull City	3–3	Crystal Palace	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Snodgrass  20', 27' (pen.) Elmohamady  43' Diomande 72' Livermore 78'	Report	Dann  26' McArthur  45+1' Puncheon  46' C. Benteke 52' (pen.) Zaha 70' Cabaye  79' Campbell 89'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 17,403 Referee: Mike Jones

Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City

14 December 2016 16	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Hull City	Tottenham, London
20:00 GMT	Eriksen 14', 63' Wanyama 73'	Report	Maguire  18' Davies  59'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,347 Referee: Andre Marriner

West Ham United v Hull City

17 December 2016 17	West Ham United	1–0	Hull City	Stratford, London
15:00 GMT	Obiang  36' Noble  60', 76' (pen.)	Report	Livermore  32' Dawson  74' Henriksen  84' Maguire  90+5'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 56,952 Referee: Lee Mason

Hull City v Manchester City

26 December 2016 18	Hull City	0–3	Manchester City	Kingston upon Hull
17:15 GMT	Mason  82'	Report	Touré 72' (pen.) Iheanacho 78' Davies 90+4' (o.g.)	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 23,134 Referee: Robert Madley

Hull City v Everton

30 December 2016 19	Hull City	2–2	Everton	Kingston upon Hull
20:00 GMT	Dawson 6' Elmohamady  62' Snodgrass 65' Maguire  83'	Report	Marshall 45+1' (o.g.) Jagielka  60' Davies  75' Barkley 84'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,111 Referee: Jonathan Moss

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

2 January 2017 20	West Bromwich Albion	3–1	Hull City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Brunt 49' McAuley 62' Morrison 73'	Report	Snodgrass 21'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,402 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Hull City v AFC Bournemouth

14 January 2017 21	Hull City	3–1	AFC Bournemouth	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Hernández 32', 50' Mings 62' (o.g.)	Report	Stanislas 3' (pen.) Smith  60'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 17,963 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Chelsea v Hull City

22 January 2017 22	Chelsea	2–0	Hull City	Fulham, London
16:30 GMT	Kanté  43' Costa 45+7' Cahill 81'	Report	Dawson  7' Davies  26' Robertson  52'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,605 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Manchester United v Hull City

1 February 2017 23	Manchester United	0–0	Hull City	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Rooney  84'	Report	Niasse  13' Clucas  79' Marković  81' Meyler  89'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,297 Referee: Mike Jones

Hull City v Liverpool

4 February 2017 24	Hull City	2–0	Liverpool	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Maguire  27' N'Diaye 44' Tymon  74' Niasse 84'	Report	Milner  40'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 24,822 Referee: Lee Mason

Arsenal v Hull City

11 February 2017 25	Arsenal	2–0	Hull City	Holloway, London
12:30 GMT	Sánchez 34', 90+3' (pen.),  76' Walcott  53' Gibbs  54'	Report	Ranocchia  70' Clucas  90+1'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Hull City v Burnley

25 February 2017 26	Hull City	1–1	Burnley	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Huddlestone  53', 72' (pen.)	Report	Westwood  40' Barnes  71'  90+2' Keane 76'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,156 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Leicester City v Hull City

4 March 2017 27	Leicester City	3–1	Hull City	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Fuchs 27' Drinkwater  49' Mahrez 59' Huddlestone 90' (o.g.)	Report	Clucas 14' Huddlestone  89'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,971 Referee: Mike Dean

Hull City v Swansea City

11 March 2017 28	Hull City	2–1	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	N'Diaye  45+4' Huddlestone  56' Niasse 69', 78' Marković  73'	Report	Olsson  45+4' Mawson 90+1'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 19,195 Referee: Andre Marriner

Everton v Hull City

18 March 2017 29	Everton	4–0	Hull City	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Calvert-Lewin 9' Williams  63' Valencia 78' Barry  79' Lukaku 90+1', 90+4'	Report	Huddlestone  73'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,248 Referee: Paul Tierney

Hull City v West Ham United

1 April 2017 30	Hull City	2–1	West Ham United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Robertson 53' Niasse  57' N'Diaye  73' Ranocchia 85'	Report	Fonte  1' Carroll 18',  66'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,820 Referee: Mike Jones

Hull City v Middlesbrough

5 April 2017 31	Hull City	4–2	Middlesbrough	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Marković 14' Clucas  19' Niasse 27' Hernández 33' Maguire 70' N'Diaye  85'	Report	Negredo 5' Clayton  21' de Roon 45'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,380 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Hull City

8 April 2017 32	Manchester City	3–1	Hull City	Manchester
15:00 BST	Elmohamady 31' (o.g.) Agüero 48' Delph 64'	Report	Evandro  28' N'Diaye  69' Ranocchia 85'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,393 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Stoke City v Hull City

15 April 2017 33	Stoke City	3–1	Hull City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Arnautović 6' Crouch 66' Shaqiri 80'	Report	Niasse  45' Maguire 51' Marković  70'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 37,505 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Hull City v Watford

22 April 2017 34	Hull City	2–0	Watford	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Niasse  25' N'Diaye  42' Marković 62',  66' Clucas 71' Robertson  81'	Report	Prödl  68'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,432 Referee: Robert Madley

Southampton v Hull City

29 April 2017 35	Southampton	0–0	Hull City	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Maguire  70' N'Diaye  90' Ranocchia  90+2'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,120 Referee: Mike Dean

Hull City v Sunderland

6 May 2017 36	Hull City	0–2	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Clucas  28' Grosicki  33' Elmohamady  84'	Report	Jones 69' Anichebe  89' Defoe 90+2'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 22,480 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Crystal Palace v Hull City

14 May 2017 37	Crystal Palace	4–0	Hull City	Selhurst, London
12:00 BST	Zaha 3' Benteke 34' Cabaye  37' Puncheon  41' Milivojević 85' (pen.) van Aanholt 90'  90+1'	Report	Robertson  40' N'Diaye  80' Dawson  84' Davies  87' Clucas  90+3'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,176 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur

21 May 2017 38	Hull City	1–7	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Clucas 66'	Report	Kane 11', 13', 72' Alli 45+2' Wanyama 69' Davies 84' Alderweireld 87'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 23,804 Referee: Andre Marriner

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 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.

The tie took place on 29 January 2017 at 12.30 p.m. at Craven Cottage. Fullam opened the scoring through former city player Sone Aluko after 17-minutes. Hull struck back at the start of the second-half through Evandro Goebel, but Chris Martin restored Fulham's lead 5-minutes later. Fullam went further in front with goals from Ryan Sessegnon and Stefan Johansen. Tomáš Kalas tripped Andrew Robertson in the area to give Hull a penalty. Abel Hernández took the spot-kick which goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli stopped, Hernández followed through but was fouled by Bettinelli with the awarding of a second penalty. Hernández took the second penalty that was tipped over the bar by Bettinelli. Hull exited the cup, losing 4–1.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Hull City v Swansea City

7 January 2017 Third	Hull City	2–0	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Huddlestone  7' Clucas  45+1' Hernández 78' Tymon 90+3'	Report	Naughton  88'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 6,608 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Fulham v Hull City

29 January 2017 Fourth	Fulham	4–1	Hull City	Fulham, London
12:30 GMT	Aluko 17' McDonald  36' Martin 54' Sessegnon 66' Johansen  74' 78' Kalas  86'	Report	Maguire  32' Evandro 49' Hernández 86' 87' Marković  90+2'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 15,143 Referee: Paul Tierney

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Hull City enter the competition in the second-round, the draw took place on 10 August 2016 and City were drawn away to Exeter City. The match took place on 23 August 2016 with City giving debuts to Dušan Kuciak, Jarrod Bowen and Greg Olley. Exeter took the lead when Jake Taylor scored after 24-minutes. City responded when Adama Diomande hit the net a minute later, scoring a second goal 13 minutes from time. This was quickly followed by Robert Snodgrass hitting the net from a free kick to put City into the next round by a score of 3–1. The draw for the third-round took place the following day and Hull were drawn away to Stoke City. The match took place on 21 September 2016 at the Bet365 Stadium. Marko Arnautović opened the scoring for Stoke after 24 minutes, but Hull drew level just before half-time when Ryan Mason scored his first goal for the club. Stoke dominated the second-half, but in injury time, Markus Henriksen, on his debut, scored the winner for Hull.

The draw for the fourth-round, took place the same day and Hull were again drawn away to Bristol City. The match at Ashton Gate Stadium took place on 25 October 2016. Harry Maguire opened the scoring with a goal just before half-time for Hull, with Michael Dawson getting a second just after the break. Bristol left it late to get on the scoreboard when Lee Tomlin scored in extra-time, and Tammy Abraham went close just before the final whistle. Hull progressed to the fifth round for the second year in a row. Later The Football Association charged Adama Diomande with violent conduct for an incident with Marlon Pack. Diomande accepted the charge and was given a three-match ban. The draw for the quarter-final took place the following day and Hull were drawn at home to Newcastle United.

The match took place on 29 November 2016 at the KCOM Stadium, and both teams missed several chances to score and with a minute to go of normal time Hull's Dieumerci Mbokani was sent off, but this failed to break the deadlock. Extra time was played and Newcastle United had the extra player advantage giving ex-Hull striker Mohamed Diamé the chance to take advantage with a goal eight-minutes into the first period. Hull responded immediately through Robert Snodgrass who levelled the score a minute later. Newcastle United continued to press but could not break the deadlock and the game ended 1–1 after extra time. The game went to penalties, Jonjo Shelvey started for Newcastle but his shot was saved by Eldin Jakupović, Robert Snodgrass converted for Hull, Dwight Gayle's attempt went over the bar while Michael Dawson scored, Christian Atsu put one in for Newcastle before Tom Huddlestone converted his attempt. Newcastle had to score to stay in the match but Yoan Gouffran's attempt was saved by Jakupović and Hull progressed 3–1 on penalties to the semi-final for the first time in their history. The draw for the semi-finals took place the following day and Hull were drawn against Manchester United, the game to be played over two-legs in January 2017.

The first leg took place on 10 January 2017 at Old Trafford. Hull had a depleted side because of injuries and sickness and could only name six substitutes; Tom Huddlestone took the captain's role in the absence of Michael Dawson. Manchester United pressed in the first-half but were unable to make a break through. Markus Henriksen sustained a shoulder injury after 16-minutes and was replaced by Abel Hernández. In the second-half Manchester broke the deadlock after 11-minutes Juan Mata tapped in from close range and with 3-minutes to go Marouane Fellaini doubled the score.

In the second leg, played on 26 January 2017, although Hull managed a 2–1 victory thanks to goals from Tom Huddlestone and Oumar Niasse, Paul Pogba's goal in between them meant they lost the tie 3–2 on aggregate and were eliminated.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Exeter City v Hull City

23 August 2016 Second	Exeter City	1–3	Hull City	Exeter
19:45 BST	Taylor 24'	Report	Diomande 25', 77' Snodgrass 81' Livermore  90'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Stoke City v Hull City

21 September 2016 Third	Stoke City	1–2	Hull City	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 BST	Arnautović 24' Martins Indi  58' Allen  63'	Report	Mason 45' Henriksen 90+1'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 10,550 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Bristol City v Hull City

25 October 2016 Fourth	Bristol City	1–2	Hull City	Bristol
19:45 BST	Bryan  40' Reid  48' Flint  65' Moore  67' Tomlin 90+3'	Report	Maguire 44' Davies  45+3' Dawson 47'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 16,149 Referee: Keith Stroud

Hull City v Newcastle United

29 November 2016 Fifth	Hull City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Newcastle United	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Snodgrass  45', 99' Robertson  77' Mbokani  89' Huddlestone  89'	Report	Hayden  63' Gouffran  67' Lascelles  89' Diamé 98'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,243 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	Penalties
	Snodgrass Dawson Huddlestone		Shelvey Gayle Atsu Gouffran

Manchester United v Hull City

10 January 2017 Semi-final first leg	Manchester United	2–0	Hull City	Manchester
20:00 GMT	Mata 56' Fellaini 87'	Report	Maguire  40'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 65,798 Referee: Kevin Friend

Hull City v Manchester United

26 January 2017 Semi-final second leg	Hull City	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Manchester United	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Huddlestone 35' (pen.) Niasse 85'	Report	Jones  11' Pogba 66' Rojo  87'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,831 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Statistics

Appearances

As of 21 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF	ENG	Moses Odubajo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Andrew Robertson	39	1	31+2	1	2	0	3+1	0
4	DF	NIR	Alex Bruce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Harry Maguire	36	3	25+4	2	0+1	0	6	1
6	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies	29	0	25+1	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF	IRL	David Meyler	28	1	9+11	1	2	0	5+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Tom Huddlestone	39	2	23+8	1	2	0	3+3	1
9	FW	URU	Abel Hernández	30	5	17+8	4	1+1	1	1+2	0
10	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Sam Clucas	41	3	36+1	3	2	0	2	0
12	GK	SVK	Dušan Kuciak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	ITA	Andrea Ranocchia	16	2	15+1	2	0	0	0	0
14	DF	NOR	Omar Elabdellaoui	9	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Shaun Maloney	14	1	2+7	1	0+1	0	3+1	0
16	GK	SUI	Eldin Jakupović	26	0	22	0	2	0	2	0
17	MF	ENG	James Weir	3	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0
17	FW	POL	Kamil Grosicki	15	0	12+3	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani	14	0	8+4	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW	ENG	Will Keane	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW	NOR	Adama Diomande	30	4	13+9	2	2	0	5+1	2
21	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	26	4	19+3	3	1	0	3	1
22	FW	NOR	Markus Henriksen	20	1	6+9	0	1	0	3+1	1
23	GK	SCO	David Marshall	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
24	FW	SEN	Oumar Niasse	19	5	12+5	4	1	0	1	1
25	MF	ENG	Ryan Mason	20	2	11+5	1	1	0	3	1
27	MF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	37	0	28+5	0	0	0	3+1	0
28	DF	ENG	Josh Tymon	12	1	4+1	0	0+2	1	4+1	0
29	FW	ENG	Jarrod Bowen	9	0	1+6	0	0	0	2	0
31	DF	IRL	Brian Lenihan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Greg Luer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	ENG	Greg Olley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	MF	BRA	Evandro	13	1	7+4	0	1	1	0+1	0
50	MF	SRB	Lazar Marković	14	2	12	2	1	0	0+1	0
Players who played for Hull City but were subsequently sold by the club:
10	MF	SCO	Robert Snodgrass	24	9	19+1	7	1	0	2+1	2
14	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	25	1	20+1	1	1	0	3	0

• Source: Compiled from competitive match reports

Note: Appearances shown after a "+" indicate player came on during course of match.

Disciplinary record

Name	Number	Position	Premier		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Sam Clucas	11	MF	9	1	1	0	0	0	10	1
Tom Huddlestone	8	MF	5	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
Jake Livermore	14	MF	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
Oumar Niasse	24	FW	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	MF	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Dieumerci Mbokani	18	FW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Alfred N'Diaye	10	MF	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Harry Maguire	5	DF	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
Andrew Robertson	3	DF	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Curtis Davies	6	DF	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Lazar Marković	50	MF	5	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
Michael Dawson	21	DF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Ryan Mason	25	MF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Robert Snodgrass	10	MF	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
David Meyler	7	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Andrea Ranocchia	13	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Adama Diomande	20	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Evandro	40	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Kamil Grosicki	17	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Markus Henriksen	22	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Tymon	28	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			67	5	4	0	6	1	77	6

Top scorers

Name	Number	Position	Premier	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Robert Snodgrass	10	MF	7	0	2	9
Abel Hernández	9	FW	4	1	0	5
Oumar Niasse	24	FW	4	0	1	5
Adama Diomande	20	FW	2	0	2	4
Michael Dawson	21	DF	3	0	1	4
Sam Clucas	11	MF	3	0	0	3
Harry Maguire	5	DF	2	0	1	3
Tom Huddlestone	8	MF	1	0	1	2
Lazar Marković	50	MF	2	0	0	2
Ryan Mason	25	FW	1	0	1	2
Andrea Ranocchia	13	DF	2	0	0	2
Evandro	40	MF	0	1	0	1
Markus Henriksen	22	FW	0	0	1	1
Jake Livermore	14	MF	1	0	0	1
Shaun Maloney	15	FW	1	0	0	1
David Meyler	7	MF	1	0	0	1
Alfred N'Diaye	10	MF	1	0	0	1
Andrew Robertson	3	DF	1	0	0	1
Josh Tymon	28	DF	0	1	0	1
Total			37	3	9	49

Kits

On 14 July 2016 the away kit of black with amber trim made by Umbro was revealed. On 25 July 2016 the club announced that SportPesa, the Kenyan on-line gaming company, would be the new shirt sponsor having signed a three-year deal that was the largest in the club's history. Later the same day the new home kit was on display with black and amber vertical stripes, complemented by black shorts and amber socks. A third kit, of purple cactus, was revealed on 14 October 2016 ahead of the away game against Bournemouth where it was used.

Awards

The annual awards for the club saw Sam Clucas pick-up the Player of the Year and Goal of the Season, for his goal on 22 April 2017 against Watford. Harry Maguire picked up Players’ Player of the Year and Fans’ Player of the Year awards. Josh Tymon took the award for Young Player of the Year.