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Kilmarnock
2016–17 season
ChairmanBilly Bowie
ManagerLee Clark[Note 1]
Lee McCulloch
StadiumRugby Park
PremiershipEighth Place
Scottish CupFourth Round
League CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Souleymane Coulibaly (8)
All: Souleymane Coulibaly (11)
Highest home attendance11,800 (vs Rangers, 26 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance2,219 (vs Albion Rovers, 30 July 2016)
Average home league attendance5,118

The 2016–17 season was Kilmarnock's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their 24th consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Kilmarnock also competed in the Scottish Premiership, Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Overview

Kilmarnock finished eighth in the Scottish Premiership with 41 points.[1] They failed to qualify from the group stages of the League Cup,[2] and lost to Hamilton Academical in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup[3]

Match results

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers
9 July 2016 Morpeth Town H 4–2[4] M. Smith, Dicker, Coulibaly, Burn
24 July 2016 Auchinleck Talbot A[a] 3–1[5] Coulibaly 15', McKenzie 20', Clark 64'
11 January 2017 Gateshead A 1–1[6] Roberts 36'
12 January 2017 Newcastle United U23s A 3–1[7] Frizzell 25', S. Boyd 35', Hawkshaw 90'
Notes
  1. ^
    a: Played at Beechwood Park, Auchinleck.

Scottish Premiership

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Referee League
position
6 August 2016 Motherwell H 1–2[8] M. Smith 81' 4,308 Thomson 10th
13 August 2016 Hamilton Academical A 2–1[9] K. Boyd 71', Coulibaly 73' 2,228 McLean 6th
20 August 2016 Ross County A 0–2[10] 3,263 Walsh 10th
26 August 2016 Rangers H 1–1[11] K. Boyd 29' 11,800 Clancy 8th
10 September 2016 Dundee A 1–1[12] Coulibaly 32' 5,111 Robertson 10th
17 September 2016 Partick Thistle H 2–2[13] K. Boyd 17', Coulibaly 65' 4,169 Dallas 8th
24 September 2016 Celtic A 1–6[14] Coulibaly 32' 53,532 Walsh 10th
1 October 2016 Aberdeen H 0–4[15] 4,592 Collum 11th
15 October 2016 St Johnstone A 1–0[16] S. Boyd 76' 2,930 McLean 9th
22 October 2016 Inverness Calednoian Thistle A 1–1[17] Coulibaly 8' (pen.) 2,591 Walsh 8th
26 October 2016 Heart of Midlothian H 2–0[18] Coulibaly 22', S. Smith 72' 3,917 Dallas 7th
29 October 2016 Rangers A 0–3[19] 49,302 Beaton 8th
5 November 2016 Hamilton Academical H 0–0[20] 3,387 Anderson 7th
18 November 2016 Celtic H 0–1[21] 10,962 Robertson 7th
26 November 2016 Aberdeen A Postponed
3 December 2016 Dundee H 2–0[22] McKenzie 22', Coulibaly 70' 3,615 Allan 6th
6 December 2016 Aberdeen A 1–5[23] McKenzie 77' 8,195 Finnie 6th
10 December 2016 Motherwell A 0–0[24] 3,684 McLean 6th
17 December 2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 1–1[25] Coulibaly 73' 3,294 Walsh 7th
23 December 2016 St Johnstone H 0–1[26] 3,056 Finnie 8th
27 December 2016 Heart of Midlothian A 0–4[27] 16,696 Thomson 8th
31 December 2016 Partick Thistle H 0–0[28] 3,584 Clancy 10th
28 January 2017 Ross County H 3–2[29] K. Boyd 1', Dicker 61', Longstaff 90' 3,207 Cook 8th
1 February 2017 Dundee A Postponed
4 February 2017 Hamilton Academical A 1–1[30] Longstaff 7' 2,159 McLean 8th
11 February 2017 Dundee A 1–1[31] K. Boyd 9' 4,708 Muir 6th
19 February 2017 Aberdeen H 1–2[32] McKenzie 41' 3,972 Dallas 8th
25 February 2017 St Johnstone A 2–0[33] McKenzie 11', Sammon 71' 2,933 Robertson 8th
4 March 2017 Motherwell H 1–2[34] K. Boyd 32' 4,726 Madden 8th
11 March 2017 Ross County A 2–1[35] Sammon 46', K. Boyd 85' 3,380 Walsh 7th
18 March 2017 Partick Thistle H 1–1[36] Sammon 87' 4,519 Beaton 7th
1 April 2017 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–1[37] K. Boyd 87' (pen.) 2,780 Madden 7th
5 April 2017 Rangers H 0–0[38] 9,548 Muir 7th
8 April 2017 Celtic A 1–3[39] Jones 65' 57,679 Thomson 7th
14 April 2017 Heart of Midlothian H 0–0[40] 4,110 Anderson 7th
29 April 2017 Hamilton Academical A 2–0[41] Sammon 11', Jones 23' 2,482 Collum 7th
6 May 2017 Dundee H 0–1[42] 4,040 Thomson 8th
13 May 2017 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 2–1[43] Longstaff 17', Jones 57' 3,137 Beaton 7th
16 May 2017 Motherwell A 1–3[44] Frizzell 17' 5,246 Walsh 8th
20 May 2017 Ross County H 1–2[45] Sammon 10'(pen.) 3,951 Madden 8th

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Referee
21 January 2017 Fourth round Hamilton Academical H 0–1[46] 2,944 Allan

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Referee
16 July 2016 Group stage Clyde A 2–1[47] Coulibaly 69', Boyle 76' 1,303 Beaton
23 July 2016 Group stage Greenock Morton H 0–2[48] 3,020 McLean
26 July 2016 Group stage Berwick Rangers A 3–2[49] Coulibaly 65', 70', McKenzie 85' 609 Duncan
30 July 2016 Group stage Albion Rovers H 0–0 (3–5p) 2,219 Newlands

Club statistics

Competition Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 6 August 2016 20 May 2017 Matchday 1 Matchday 38 38 9 14 15 36 56 −20 023.68
Scottish Cup 21 January 2017 21 January 2017 Fourth round Fourth round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
League Cup 16 July 2017 30 July 2017 Group stage Group stage 4 2 1 1 5 5 +0 050.00
Total 43 11 15 17 41 62 −21 025.58

Source: Competitions

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 −16 42
7 Ross County 38 11 13 14 48 58 −10 46
8 Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36 56 −20 41
9 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46 69 −23 38
10 Dundee 38 10 7 21 38 62 −24 37
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[50]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

League cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Morton (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 5 0 +5 11 Qualification for the Second Round
2 Kilmarnock 4 2 0 1 1 5 5 0 7
3 Clyde 4 1 1 0 2 4 5 −1 5
4 Albion Rovers 4 0 2 1 1 1 2 −1 5
5 Berwick Rangers 4 0 0 2 2 3 6 −3 2
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Squad statistics

During the 2016–17 season, Kilmarnock used thirty-seven different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

No. Pos. Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Jamie MacDonald 24 0 0 0 2 0 26 0 1 0
2 DF England Josh Webb 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland Steven Smith 26 1 1 0 3 0 30 1 5 0
4 DF England Miles Addison 11 0 0 0 4 0 15 0 2 0
5 DF England Karleigh Osborne 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
5 DF England Will Boyle 11 0 0 0 3 1 14 1 6 0
6 MF Scotland Martin Smith 10 1 0 0 2 0 12 1 0 0
7 MF Scotland Rory McKenzie 28 4 1 0 3 1 32 5 6 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Gary Dicker 36 1 1 0 4 0 41 1 11 0
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 27 8 1 0 1 0 29 8 2 0
10 FW Scotland Greg Kiltie 11 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 0 0
11 MF Northern Ireland Jordan Jones 37 3 1 0 4 0 42 3 1 0
12 FW England Nathan Tyson 17 0 0 0 1 0 18 0 1 0
12 GK Wales Oliver Davies 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
13 FW England Josh Umerah 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
14 DF Scotland Callum McFadzean 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland Scott Boyd 18 1 1 0 0 0 19 1 4 0
16 MF England Mark Waddington 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
17 GK England Freddie Woodman 14 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 0
17 DF England Jonny Burn 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 2 0
18 MF England Sean Longstaff 16 3 1 0 0 0 17 3 1 0
18 MF England Charlee Adams 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0
19 FW Republic of Ireland Conor Sammon 15 5 0 0 0 0 15 5 1 0
19 FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly 21 8 1 0 4 3 26 11 2 0
20 DF Norway Kristoffer Ajer 16 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 2 0
20 FW Albania Flo Bojaj 2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland Adam Frizzell 15 1 0 0 1 0 16 1 0 0
22 DF England Jamie Cobain 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 DF Scotland Greg Taylor 34 0 1 0 3 0 38 0 10 0
25 FW England Callum Roberts 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 1 0
25 MF England George Green 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
27 DF England Luke Hendrie 32 0 1 0 0 0 33 0 8 0
28 FW Northern Ireland Josh Magennis 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
33 MF Scotland Dean Hawkshaw 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 2 0
35 FW Scotland Lewis Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
36 MF Scotland Iain Wilson 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 4 0
40 FW Scotland Will Graham 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
44 FW Scotland Innes Cameron 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Source:[51]

Player transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
24 June 2016 DF England Josh Webb England Aston Villa Free [52]
MF Northern Ireland Jordan Jones England Middlesbrough Free [52]
DF England Jamie Cobain England Newcastle United Free [52]
FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly England Peterborough United Free [52]
DF Scotland Callum McFadzean England Sheffield United Free [52]
MF England Martin Smith England Sunderland Free [52]
FW Albania Flo Bojaj England Huddersfield Town Loan [52]
DF England Will Boyle Loan [52]
DF England Jonny Burn England Middlesbrough Loan [52]
MF England Mark Waddington England Stoke City Loan [52]
GK Wales Oliver Davies Wales Swansea City Loan [52]
13 August 2016 MF England George Green England Burnley Loan [53]
19 August 2016 MF England Charlee Adams England Birmingham City Loan [54]
DF England Luke Hendrie England Burnley Loan [54]
DF Nigeria Dapo Kayode Romania Dinamo București Free [54]
31 August 2016 DF Scotland Scott Boyd Scotland Ross County Loan [55]
12 September 2016 FW England Nathan Tyson Free Agent Free [56]
9 January 2017 MF England Sean Longstaff England Newcastle United Loan [57]
FW England Callum Roberts Loan [57]
GK England Freddie Woodman Loan [57]
16 January 2017 DF England Karleigh Osborne England Plymouth Argyle Free [58]
20 January 2017 DF Norway Kristoffer Ajer Scotland Celtic Loan [59]
31 January 2017 FW England Josh Umerah England Charlton Athletic Loan [60]
FW Republic of Ireland Conor Sammon Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan [60]
DF Scotland Scott Boyd Scotland Ross County Free [60]

Transfers out

Date Position Name Subsequent Club Fee Ref
23 May 2016 DF Republic of Ireland Mark Connolly England Crawley Town Free [61]
DF Scotland Lee Ashcroft Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free [61]
MF England Alex Henshall England Margate Free [61]
GK Northern Ireland Conor Brennan Scotland Raith Rovers Free [61]
MF Scotland Chris Johnston Free [61]
MF France Julien Faubert Free Agent Released [61]
MF Scotland Aaron Splaine Free Agent Released [61]
8 June 2016 MF Scotland Mark O'Hara Scotland Dundee Free [62]
16 June 2016 DF Scotland David Syme Scotland Partick Thistle Free [63]
18 June 2016 DF Scotland Kevin McHattie Scotland Raith Rovers Free [64]
1 July 2016 FW England Tope Obadeyi Scotland Dundee United Free [65]
7 July 2016 MF Scotland Craig Slater England Colchester United Undisclosed [66]
15 July 2016 FW Scotland Dale Carrick Scotland Livingston Free [67]
18 July 2016 MF England Kallum Higginbotham Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free [68]
11 August 2016 FW Northern Ireland Josh Magennis England Charlton Athletic Undisclosed [69]
30 August 2016 DF England Conrad Balatoni Scotland Ayr United Free [70]
13 January 2017 MF Scotland Jack Whittaker Scotland Stranraer Loan [71]
24 January 2017 FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Egypt Al Ahly Undisclosed [72]
30 January 2017 GK Scotland Devlin McKay Scotland Berwick Rangers Loan [73]
17 March 2017 MF Scotland Callum McFadzean England Alfreton Town Free [74]

Notes

  1. ^
    Note 1: Clark was appointed manager of Bury on 15 February 2016.[75] McCulloch and Peter Leven were put in temporary charge of the first team before McCulloch was appointed Kilmarnock manager on a permanent basis on 5 June 2017.[76]

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