2016–17 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
2016–17 season
Owner	Marcus Evans
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Lawrence (9); All: Tom Lawrence (11)
Highest home attendance	25,684; (vs Newcastle United, 17 Apr 2017, EFL Championship)
Lowest home attendance	6,858; (vs Stevenage, 9 Aug 2016, EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	16,291
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Ipswich Town's 15th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 139th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup.

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

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Marcus Evans Group

Home

Away

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Third

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
1	GK	ENG	Dean Gerken
3	DF	DEN	Jonas Knudsen
4	DF	ENG	Luke Chambers (captain)
5	DF	NZL	Tommy Smith
6	DF	SCO	Christophe Berra
7	MF	ENG	Teddy Bishop
8	MF	ENG	Cole Skuse (vice-captain)
9	FW	IRL	Leon Best
10	FW	IRL	David McGoldrick
11	FW	Jersey	Brett Pitman
12	DF	ENG	Jordan Spence
14	MF	ENG	Paul Digby
15	DF	ENG	Adam Webster
17	MF	MRI	Kévin Bru
18	MF	ENG	Grant Ward


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ENG	Luke Hyam
20	FW	ENG	Freddie Sears
21	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace)
22	MF	IRL	Jonathan Douglas
23	MF	ENG	Andre Dozzell
27	MF	WAL	Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City)
28	FW	ENG	Kieffer Moore
29	DF	ENG	Josh Emmanuel
30	DF	ENG	Myles Kenlock
33	GK	POL	Bartosz Białkowski
35	MF	ENG	Danny Rowe
39	MF	FRA	Toumani Diagouraga (on loan from Leeds United)
42	FW	ENG	Dominic Samuel (on loan from Reading)
44	MF	WAL	Emyr Huws (on loan from Cardiff City)
47	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy (to Newcastle United)
12	FW	ENG	Luke Varney (to Burton Albion)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	ENG	Conor Grant (loan return to Everton)

First-team coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Assistant Manager	Terry Connor
Goalkeeping Coach	Malcolm Webster
Fitness Coach	Andy Liddell
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard
Assistant Head Physiotherapist	Alex Chapman
Kitman	James Pullen

Pre-season

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly	Shelbourne	1–2	Ipswich Town	Dublin, Ireland
15:00 IST	Grimes 77'	Report	Pitman 28' Sears 63'	Stadium: Tolka Park

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Friendly	Barnet	1–0	Ipswich Town	Edgware, London
15:00 IST	Akinde 69'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Stadium

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	Colchester United	0–1	Ipswich Town	Colchester, Essex
15:00 IST		Report	Pitman 39'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Cambridge United	1–1	Ipswich Town	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
15:00 IST	Pigott 89'	Report	Dozzell 83'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Ipswich Town	Charlton, London, Greater London
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: The Valley

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Ipswich Town	1–2	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Ipswich, Suffolk
15:00 IST	Murphy 61'	Report	Fixelles 72' Rajsel 76'	Stadium: Portman Road

Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58
16	Ipswich Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Bristol City	46	15	9	22	60	66	−6	54
18	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	8	23	52	66	−14	53

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.

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
46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55	8	10	5	30	24	+6	5	6	12	18	34	−16

Last updated: 7 May 2017.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

Round	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	2	13	12	13	11	13	8	11	14	13	16	17	12	17	15	15	17	14	16	17	17	15	16	14	15	14	14	14	17	16	13	13	13	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Ipswich Town	4–2	Barnsley	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Bishop 20' Bru 37' Ward 46', 61', 84' McGoldrick 63' (pen.)	Report	Watkins 27' 74' Kent 42' Hourihane 49' 58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,370 Referee: Keith Stroud

13 August 2016 2	Brentford	2–0	Ipswich Town	Brentford
15:00 BST	Egan 48', 56'	Report	Webster 38'	Stadium: Griffin Road Attendance: 10,089 Referee: Steve Martin

16 August 2016 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
19:45 BST	Hause 20' Saville 75'	Report	Bishop 54' Knudsen 72' Chambers 82' Bru 90+1' Berra 90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,991 Referee: Peter Bankes

21 August 2016 4	Ipswich Town	1–1	Norwich City	Ipswich
12:00 BST	Knudsen 45+1'	Report	Jerome 26' Tettey 64'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,350 Referee: David Coote

27 August 2016 5	Ipswich Town	1–0	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward 15' Skuse 45'	Report	Spurr 38'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,296 Referee: Tim Robinson

9 September 2016 6	Reading	2–1	Ipswich Town	Reading
20:00 BST	Moore 29' Gunter 38' Evans 41' McCleary 45+2' (pen.) Blackett 49' van den Berg 90+4' Williams 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Pitman 50' (pen.) Chambers 52' Berra 90+4'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,146 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

13 September 2016 7	Derby County	0–1	Ipswich Town	Derby
19:45 BST		Report	Skuse 36' Berra 40' Varney 48' 53' Pitman 90'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 26,425 Referee: Stuart Attwell

17 September 2016 8	Ipswich Town	0–0	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Lawrence 52'	Report	Kodjia 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,249 Referee: Tony Harrington

24 September 2016 9	Leeds United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Leeds
15:00 BST	Wood 35'	Report	Bru 76' Berra 81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,554 Referee: Steve Martin

27 September 2016 10	Ipswich Town	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Lawrence 24' Chambers 59' Douglas 61' Emmanuel 84'	Report	Norwood 37' Stephens 42' 82' Murray 90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,228 Referee: Andrew Davies

1 October 2016 11	Ipswich Town	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Douglas 52'	Report	Hogg 50' Schindler 58'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,146 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

15 October 2016 12	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Gallagher 87'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,820 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

18 October 2016 13	Ipswich Town	2–0	Burton Albion	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Chambers 15' Skuse 35' Sears 88'	Report	Irvine 21' Mousinho 80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,816 Referee: Oliver Langford

22 October 2016 14	Newcastle United	3–0	Ipswich Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST	Pérez 1', 73' Colback 27' Ritchie 78' Dummett 86'	Report	Knudsen 41'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,963 Referee: James Adcock

29 October 2016 15	Ipswich Town	2–2	Rotherham United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears 3' McGoldrick 90+5'	Report	Ward 7', 48'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Darren Bond

5 November 2016 16	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Hooper 36' Fletcher 59'	Report	Lawrence 32' Chambers 56' 87' Ward 88'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,851 Referee: Andrew Madley

19 November 2016 17	Ipswich Town	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
17:30 GMT	McGoldrick 44'	Report	Assombalonga 1', 45+1' Vellios 57' Lansbury 69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,417 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 November 2016 18	Ipswich Town	3–0	Queens Park Rangers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Ward 13' Varney 54' Lawrence 61' 71'	Report	Perch 25' Chery 71'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 16,510 Referee: Andy Woolmer

3 December 2016 19	Bristol City	2–0	Ipswich Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Wilbraham 7' Tomlin 31' (pen.) 38' Freeman 72'	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,309 Referee: Stuart Attwell

10 December 2016 20	Ipswich Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 37' Varney 52' Chambers 90+1'	Report	Connolly 27' Gunnarsson 38' 87' Bamba 70' Pilkington 90' Hoilett 90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,042 Referee: James Adcock

13 December 2016 21	Birmingham City	2–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Cotterill 38' Donaldson 41' (pen.) Shotton 43' Morrison 53' Kieftenbeld 90+1'	Report	Chambers 39' Webster 69' Berra 90+5'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 15,212 Referee: Darren Bond

17 December 2016 22	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Ipswich Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Wildschut 35', 62' Kellett 44' Burn 45+1' Jääskeläinen 45+3'	Report	Pitman 7' (pen.), 68', 13' Dozzell 15' McGoldrick 88' Lawrence 90+3'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 December 2016 23	Ipswich Town	0–2	Fulham	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 69' McGoldrick 76'	Report	Martin 36' McDonald 64' Sigurðsson 78'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,723 Referee: Oliver Langford

30 December 2016 24	Ipswich Town	2–1	Bristol City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Bru 39' Pitman 43' 87'	Report	Abraham 52' Magnússon 55' Brownhill 58'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,640 Referee: David Coote

2 January 2017 25	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Ipswich Town	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Sylla 30' Wszołek 83'	Report	Lawrence 48'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 15,136 Referee: Tony Harrington

14 January 2017 26	Ipswich Town	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 38', 57', 42' Berra 53' Dozzell 65'	Report	Akpan 43' Graham 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 15,009 Referee: James Linington

21 January 2017 27	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Ipswich Town	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Brown 41' Schindler 57'	Report	Bru 56' Douglas 71' Digby 76' Berra 83' Lawrence 85'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 19,113 Referee: Andy Davies

28 January 2017 28	Preston North End	1–1	Ipswich Town	Preston
15:00 GMT	Vermijl 14' Hugill 89' McGeady 90+2'	Report	Lawrence 16'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 10,656 Referee: Steve Martin

31 January 2017 29	Ipswich Town	0–3	Derby County	Ipswich
19:45 GMT		Report	Bryson 9' Ince 12' Bent 45+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,719 Referee: Andrew Madley

4 February 2017 30	Ipswich Town	2–2	Reading	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 43', 61' Knudsen 90+4'	Report	Mutch 52' Obita 78' Grabban 85' Evans 89'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,091 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

11 February 2017 31	Aston Villa	0–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Knudsen 76' Diagouraga 79' Huws 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,796 Referee: Tim Robinson

14 February 2017 32	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Ipswich Town	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Hemed 29' (pen.) Baldock 31' Dunk 56'	Report	Kenlock 2' Chambers 9' Emmanuel 21' Lawrence 29' McGoldrick 35' Huws 90+5'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 26,360 Referee: Roger East

18 February 2017 33	Ipswich Town	1–1	Leeds United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Sears 9' Knudsen 85'	Report	Dallas 42'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,748 Referee: Keith Stroud

26 February 2017 34	Norwich City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Norwich
12:00 GMT	Murphy 69'	Report	Sears 59' Knudsen 63' Spence 87'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,107 Referee: Oliver Langford

4 March 2017 35	Ipswich Town	1–1	Brentford	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Huws 26'	Report	Yennaris 44'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,863 Referee: Scott Duncan

7 March 2017 36	Ipswich Town	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Knudsen 21'	Report	Batth 47'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,076 Referee: Darren Deadman

11 March 2017 37	Barnsley	1–1	Ipswich Town	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Watkins 58'	Report	Skuse 45' Lawrence 90+2' 90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,836 Referee: Stephen Martin

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 38	Cardiff City	3–1	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Zohore 36', 50' Bennett 63'	Report	Chambers 23' Berra 53' Pitman 68'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,182 Referee: James Linington

1 April 2017 39	Ipswich Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward 72'	Report	Grounds 48' Bielik 69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,667 Referee: Andrew Madley

4 April 2017 40	Ipswich Town	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Ipswich
19:45 BST	McGoldrick 22' Sears 30', 85' Kenlock 55' Diagouraga 60' Ward 68'	Report	Burn 59' Power 81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Andy Davies

8 April 2017 41	Fulham	3–1	Ipswich Town	Fulham
15:00 BST	Ayité 17' Malone 30' 90' McDonald 37' Johansen 61' Ream 74'	Report	Chambers 52' Berra 90'+1'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,959 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

14 April 2017 42	Burton Albion	1–2	Ipswich Town	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Akins 86' (pen.)	Report	Varney 52' (o.g.) Sears 79' 90+4'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,236 Referee: Oliver Langford

17 April 2017 43	Ipswich Town	3–1	Newcastle United	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears 42' McGoldrick 60' 69' Lawrence 65' Huws 90+3'	Report	Hayden 50' Yedlin 51' Murphy 62'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,684 Referee: Tim Robinson

22 April 2017 44	Rotherham United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Bray 64' Mattock 74' Adeyemi 79'	Report	Diagouraga 54'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,266 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

29 April 2017 45	Ipswich Town	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Skuse 39'	Report	Lee 77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,000 Referee: James Adcock

7 May 2017 46	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Ipswich Town	Nottingham
12:00 BST	Assombalonga 43' (pen.), 69' Cohen 57'	Report	Emmanuel 66' Berra 84'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,249 Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

7 January 2017 Third round	Ipswich Town	2–2	Lincoln City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 12', 86'	Report	Robinson 7', 65' 65' Habergham 90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Stadium Attendance: 16,027 Referee: Lee Probert

17 January 2017 Third round replay	Lincoln City	1–0	Ipswich Town	Lincoln
20:05 GMT	Rhead 49' Arnold 90'	Report	Douglas 64'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,069 Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Ipswich Town	0–1	Stevenage	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Smith 51'	Report	Kennedy 53' Lee 77' Henry 81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,858 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2016	DM	Paul Digby	Barnsley	Free transfer
1 July 2016	LB	Patrick Webber	Worthing	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB	Adam Webster	Portsmouth	Undisclosed + player swap
1 August 2016	RM	Grant Ward	Tottenham Hotspur	£600,000
30 August 2016	CF	Leon Best	Rotherham United	Free transfer
16 January 2017	CF	Kieffer Moore	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed
16 January 2017	RB	Jordan Spence	Free agent	Free transfer
26 January 2017	CB	Steven Taylor	Portland Timbers	Free transfer
27 January 2017	LM	Danny Rowe	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed

^ Fee reported as £750,000 + player swap with Matthew Clarke moving to Portsmouth
^ Fee reported as £10,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until
4 August 2016	CM	Conor Grant	Everton	18 November 2016
30 August 2016	SS	Tom Lawrence	Leicester City	End of Season
31 August 2016	AM	Jonny Williams	Crystal Palace	End of Season
23 January 2017	DM	Toumani Diagouraga	Leeds United	End of Season
31 January 2017	DM	Emyr Huws	Cardiff City	End of Season
31 January 2017	CF	Dominic Samuel	Reading	End of Season

^ Conor Grant returned to Everton on 18 November 2016, cutting his loan deal short.

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2016	CB	Matthew Clarke	Portsmouth	Player swap
1 July 2016	RB	Kyle Hammond	Free agent	Released
1 July 2016	GK	Jonathan Henly	Hemel Hempstead Town	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CF	Cemal Ramadan	Royston Town	Free transfer
1 July 2016	LM	Jay Tabb	Retired
1 July 2016	RW	Larsen Touré	Free agent	Released
1 July 2016	CB	Josh Yorwerth	Crawley Town	Free transfer
9 July 2016	CF	Charlie Brown	Chelsea	Compensation
5 August 2016	RB	Kevin Foley	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
11 August 2016	CM	Victor Guldbrandsen	HB Køge	Free transfer
28 August 2016	CF	Daryl Murphy	Newcastle United	£3,000,000
31 August 2016	CB	Piotr Malarczyk	Cracovia	Free transfer
4 January 2017	LW	Luke Varney	Burton Albion	Free transfer

^ Matthew Clarke's move to Portsmouth was part of the deal for Adam Webster

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until
25 August 2016	CB	Joe Robinson	Boston United	1 January 2017
23 September 2016	GK	Jacob Marsden	Leiston	30 June 2017
26 October 2016	SS	Monty Patterson	Braintree Town	1 January 2017
7 December 2016	CM	Kundai Benyu	Aldershot Town	3 March 2017
3 March 2017	CB	Joe Robinson	St Albans City	31 May 2017
11 March 2017	CF	Ben Morris	Woking	1 June 2017
23 March 2017	AM	Shane McLoughlin	Bromley	30 June 2017

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Dean Gerken	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
33	GK	POL	Bartosz Białkowski	44	0	44	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	DEN	Jonas Knudsen	39	2	35+1	2	2	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Luke Chambers	48	4	46	4	1	0	1	0
5	DF	NZL	Tommy Smith	11	0	6+4	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Christophe Berra	46	2	44	2	2	0	0	0
12	DF	ENG	Jordan Spence	17	0	15+2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Adam Webster	24	1	21+2	1	1	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Josh Emmanuel	17	0	11+4	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Myles Kenlock	18	0	16+2	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	Teddy Bishop	20	0	7+12	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Cole Skuse	41	0	40	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Paul Digby	6	0	2+2	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF	MRI	Kévin Bru	28	1	14+12	1	1	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Grant Ward	46	6	34+9	6	2	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Luke Hyam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams	8	0	1+7	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	IRL	Jonathan Douglas	23	0	17+4	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Andre Dozzell	9	0	6	0	1+1	0	1	0
27	MF	WAL	Tom Lawrence	36	11	32+2	9	0	0	2	2
35	MF	ENG	Danny Rowe	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	FRA	Toumani Diagouraga	12	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	WAL	Emyr Huws	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	IRL	Leon Best	12	0	5+6	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	IRL	David McGoldrick	31	5	25+5	5	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	Jersey	Brett Pitman	23	4	13+9	4	1	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Freddie Sears	43	7	30+10	7	1+1	0	1	0
28	FW	ENG	Kieffer Moore	11	0	0+11	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	ENG	Dominic Samuel	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW	ENG	Luke Varney	15	3	4+11	3	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Conor Grant	7	0	3+3	0	0	0	1	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Player	Championship	FA Cup	Total
27	MF	Tom Lawrence	9	2	11
20	FW	Freddie Sears	7	0	7
18	MF	Grant Ward	6	0	6
10	FW	David McGoldrick	5	0	5
4	DF	Luke Chambers	4	0	4
11	FW	Brett Pitman	4	0	4
12	FW	Luke Varney	3	0	3
44	MF	Emyr Huws	3	0	3
3	DF	Jonas Knudsen	2	0	2
6	DF	Christophe Berra	2	0	2
15	DF	Adam Webster	1	0	1
17	MF	Kévin Bru	1	0	1
Own goal			1	0	1
Total			48	2	50

Assists

No.	Pos	Player	Championship	FA Cup	Total
27	MF	Tom Lawrence	9	0	9
8	MF	Cole Skuse	4	0	4
18	MF	Grant Ward	3	1	4
20	FW	Freddie Sears	4	0	4
10	FW	David McGoldrick	3	0	3
11	FW	Brett Pitman	3	0	3
6	DF	Christophe Berra	1	0	1
9	FW	Daryl Murphy	1	0	1
12	DF	Jordan Spence	1	0	1
15	DF	Adam Webster	1	0	1
17	MF	Kévin Bru	1	0	1
30	DF	Myles Kenlock	1	0	1
42	FW	Dominic Samuel	1	0	1
44	MF	Emyr Huws	1	0	1
Total			32	1	33

Clean sheets

No.	Nat	Name	Championship	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
33		Bartosz Białkowski	9	0	0	9
Total			9	0	0	9

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
3	DF	Jonas Knudsen	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
4	DF	Luke Chambers	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5	DF	Tommy Smith	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
6	DF	Christophe Berra	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7	MF	Teddy Bishop	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	Cole Skuse	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	FW	David McGoldrick	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	FW	Brett Pitman	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
12	FW	Luke Varney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	DF	Jordan Spence	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	Paul Digby	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Adam Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	Kévin Bru	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF	Grant Ward	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	Freddie Sears	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	MF	Jonathan Douglas	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
23	MF	Andre Dozzell	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	MF	Tom Lawrence	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
29	DF	Josh Emmanuel	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	DF	Myles Kenlock	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
37	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
44	MF	Emyr Huws	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			80	0	1	0	1	0	82	0

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
33	GK	Bartosz Białkowski	44
4	RB	Luke Chambers	48
15	CB	Adam Webster	22
6	CB	Christophe Berra	46
3	LB	Jonas Knudsen	38
8	CM	Cole Skuse	41
22	CM	Jonathan Douglas	19	Kévin Bru has 16 starts
18	AM	Grant Ward	37
20	RW	Freddie Sears	32
27	LW	Tom Lawrence	34
10	CF	David McGoldrick	25	Brett Pitman has 14 starts

4–2–3–1 Formation

Białkowski

Chambers(C)

Webster

Berra

Knudsen

Ward

Douglas

Skuse

Lawrence

Sears

McGoldrick

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Bartosz Białkowski
Players' Player of the Year	Tom Lawrence
Young Player of the Year	Tristan Nydam
Goal of the Season	Tom Lawrence

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[4] Fee reported as £750,000 + player swap with Matthew Clarke moving to Portsmouth

[8] Fee reported as £10,000

[14] Conor Grant returned to Everton on 18 November 2016, cutting his loan deal short.

[21] Matthew Clarke's move to Portsmouth was part of the deal for Adam Webster

[1] "Ipswich Town Complete History". Statto. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[2] "Paul Digby Makes Permanent Move To Town". Ipswich Town Official Site. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[3] "Under-18s star Pat Webber signs for Ipswich Town". Worthing Official Site. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[Webster_In,_Clarke_Out-5] "Ipswich sign Pompey defender Webster". BBC. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[6] "Grant Ward Joins Town". Ipswich Town Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[7] "Leon Joins Town". Ipswich Town Official Site. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[9] "Town Agree Deal To Sign Kieffer Moore". Ipswich Town Official Site. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[10] "Town Add Jordan Spence". Ipswich Town Official Site. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[11] "Town Agree Taylor Deal". Ipswich Town Official Site. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[12] "Town Sign Winger Danny". Ipswich Town Official Site. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[13] "Conor Grant Heads Back To Everton". Ipswich Town Official Site. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[15] "Conor Grant Checks In On Loan". Ipswich Town Official Site. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[16] "Tom Lawrence Arrives From Champions". Ipswich Town Official Site. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[17] "Jonny's Back". Ipswich Town Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[18] "Town Sign Diagouraga On Loan". Ipswich Town Official Site. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[19] "Town Land Emyr Huws". Ipswich Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

[20] "Dominic Samuel Makes Town Move". Ipswich Town Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[22] "Hammond to Be Released". TWTD. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[23] "Released Keeper Joins Hemel Hempstead". TWTD. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[24] "Ramadan For Crows". Non League. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[25] "Ipswich Town to release Tabb and Varney in the summer". ITV. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[26] "Touré Released". TWTD. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[27] "Josh Yorwerth: Crawley Town sign defender on one-year deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2016.

[28] "Young Striker Brown Joins Chelsea". TWTD. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

[29] "Charlton hand deal to full-back Foley". BBC. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[30] "HB Køge henter dansker fra Championship-klub" (in Danish). Footy.dk. 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

[31] "Murph Move Completed". Ipswich Town Official Site. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[32] "Daryl Murphy signs for Newcastle United from Ipswich Town". SkySports. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[33] "Malarczyk Już Oficjalnie W Cracovii" (in Polish). Przeglad Sportowy. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[34] "Varney To Depart Town". Ipswich Town Official Site. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[35] "Joe Robinson Makes Loan Switch To Boston". Ipswich Town Official Site. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[Patterson_and_Robinson_Extend_Loans-36] "Patterson and Robinson Extend Loans". TWTD. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[37] "Keeper Marsden Joins Leiston on Loan". TWTD. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[38] "Keeper Marsden Extends Leiston Loan". TWTD. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[39] "Young Ipswich Town striker joins Braintree Town". Ipswich Star. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

[40] "Kundai Benyu Makes Loan Move". Ipswich Town Official Site. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[41] "Kundai Extends Shots Loan". Ipswich Town Official Site. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[42] "Robinson Joins St Albans on Loan". TWTD. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[43] "Robinson Extends St Albans Loan". TWTD. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[44] "Striker Joins on Loan from Ipswich Town". Woking F.C. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[45] "McLoughlin Joins Bromley on Loan". TWTD. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[46] "All Ipswich Town players: 2017".

[47] Watson, Stuart (30 April 2017). "Bartosz Bialkowski named Ipswich Town 'Supporters' Club Player of the Year' once again". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

[TLPPotY-48] "Lawrence Wins Players' Player of the Year". Ipswich Town News.