2016–17 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
2016–17 season
Owner	Mike Ashley
Managing director	Lee Charnley
Manager	Rafael Benítez
Stadium	St James' Park
Championship	1st (promoted)
EFL Cup	Fifth round; (knocked out by Hull City)
FA Cup	Fourth round; (knocked out by Oxford United)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dwight Gayle (23); All: ; Dwight Gayle (23)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Newcastle United's second season in the 21st century to be played in the Championship, following their relegation from the Premier League. This season Newcastle United participated in the EFL Championship, EFL Cup and FA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

On 24 April 2017, Newcastle secured promotion to the Premier League with a 4–1 victory over Preston North End. On 7 May, they clinched the Championship title with a 3–0 win against Barnsley, as Brighton conceded a late equaliser against Aston Villa.

Club

Coaching staff

The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2016–17 season consists of the following:

Position	Staff
Manager	Rafael Benítez
Assistant Coach	Ian Cathro (until 5 December 2016)
First Team Coach	Mikel Antía
First Team Coach	Antonio Gómez Pérez
Fitness Coach	Francisco de Míguel Moreno
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Chris Wilding
Goalkeeping Coach	Simon Smith
Head of Sports Science & Medicine	Paul Catterson
Rehabilitation Fitness Coach	Cristian Fernández Martínez
Head of Physiotherapy	Derek Wright
Physiotherapist	Daniel Martí
Physiotherapist	Michael Harding
Physiotherapist	Carl Nelson
Chief Scout	Graham Carr
Head of Analysis	Kerry Morrow

Last updated: 29 June 2016
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Players

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed	Signed from	Signing fee
Goalkeepers
21	Rob Elliot	^[1]	GK	(1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30)	2011	Charlton Athletic	£300k
26	Karl Darlow		GK	(1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 25)	2014	Nottingham Forest	£3m
28	Matz Sels		GK	(1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Gent	£4.5m
Defenders
2	Ciaran Clark	^[2]	CB / LB	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 26)	2016	Aston Villa	£5m
3	Paul Dummett	^[3]	LB / CB	(1991-09-26)26 September 1991 (aged 24)	2010	Newcastle United Academy	Free
5	Grant Hanley		CB	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 24)	2016	Blackburn Rovers	£5.5m
6	Jamaal Lascelles		CB	(1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 22)	2014	Nottingham Forest	£4m
7	Achraf Lazaar		LB / LW	(1992-01-22)22 January 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Palermo	£3m
18	Chancel Mbemba		CB	(1994-08-08)8 August 1994 (aged 21)	2015	Anderlecht	£8.5m
19	Massadio Haïdara		LB	(1992-12-02)2 December 1992 (aged 23)	2013	Nancy	£2m
22	DeAndre Yedlin		RB	(1993-07-09)9 July 1993 (aged 22)	2016	Tottenham Hotspur	£5m
27	Jesús Gámez		RB / LB	(1985-04-10)10 April 1985 (aged 31)	2016	Atlético Madrid	£1.5m
37	Stuart Findlay		CB / LB	(1995-09-14)14 September 1995 (aged 20)	2016	Celtic	Free
38	Curtis Good		CB	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 23)	2012	Melbourne Heart	£300k
42	Jamie Sterry		RB	(1995-11-21)21 November 1995 (aged 20)	2015	Newcastle United Academy	Free
Midfielders
4	Jack Colback		DM CM	(1989-10-24)24 October 1989 (aged 26)	2014	Sunderland	Free
8	Vurnon Anita	^[4]	DM / RB	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 27)	2012	Ajax	£6.7m
11	Matt Ritchie		RW / LW	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 26)	2016	AFC Bournemouth	£12m
12	Jonjo Shelvey		CM	(1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Swansea City	£12m
14	Isaac Hayden		CM / DM	(1995-03-22)22 March 1995 (aged 21)	2016	Arsenal	£2.5m
15	Mohamed Diamé		CM / AM	(1987-06-14)14 June 1987 (aged 28)	2016	Hull City	£4.5m
16	Rolando Aarons	^[5]	LW	(1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 20)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
20	Yoan Gouffran		LW / ST	(1986-05-25)25 May 1986 (aged 29)	2013	Bordeaux	£500k
30	Christian Atsu		RW / LW	(1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 24)	2016	Chelsea	Loan
34	Sammy Ameobi		RW / LW / SS	(1992-05-01)1 May 1992 (aged 24)	2008	Newcastle United Academy	Free
35	Daniel Barlaser	^[6]	CM / AM	(1997-01-18)18 January 1997 (aged 19)	2015	Newcastle United Academy	Free
36	Yasin Ben El-Mhanni		LW / RW	(1995-10-26)26 October 1995 (aged 20)	2016	Lewes	Free
–	Haris Vučkić		SS / AM	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 23)	2009	Domžale	£500k
Forwards
9	Dwight Gayle		ST	(1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 26)	2016	Crystal Palace	£10m
17	Ayoze Pérez		SS / ST	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 22)	2014	Tenerife	£1.6m
33	Daryl Murphy		ST	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 33)	2016	Ipswich Town	£3.5m
45	Aleksandar Mitrović		ST	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 21)	2015	Anderlecht	£13m
Out on loan
1	Tim Krul		GK	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 28)	2006	ADO Den Haag	Free
10	Siem de Jong	^[7]	AM / SS	(1989-01-28)28 January 1989 (aged 27)	2014	Ajax	£7.5m
23	Henri Saivet		CM / AM	(1990-10-26)26 October 1990 (aged 25)	2016	Bordeaux	£5m
29	Emmanuel Rivière		ST	(1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 26)	2014	Monaco	£6.3m
32	Adam Armstrong		SS / ST / LW	(1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 19)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
41	Freddie Woodman		GK	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 19)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
43	Kevin Mbabu		RB / LB	(1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 21)	2013	Servette	£1m
–	Ľubomír Šatka		CB	(1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 20)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
–	Florian Thauvin		RW / LW	(1993-01-26)26 January 1993 (aged 23)	2015	Marseille	£12m
–	Callum Roberts		RW / LW	(1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 19)	2014	Newcastle United Academy	Free
–	Ivan Toney		ST	(1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 20)	2015	Northampton Town	£500k

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Nathan Harker
—	GK	ENG	Brendan Pearson
—	GK	ENG	Ben Smith
—	GK	ENG	Paul Woolston
—	DF	ENG	Liam Gibson
—	DF	ENG	Macaulay Gillesphey
—	DF	SCO	Kyle Cameron
—	DF	NIR	Michael Newberry
—	DF	GHA	Gideon Adu-Peprah
—	MF	ENG	Owen Bailey
—	MF	ENG	Stefan Broccoli
—	MF	ENG	Mackenzie Heaney


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Jack Hunter
—	MF	ENG	Sean Longstaff
—	MF	ENG	Dan Lowther
—	MF	ENG	Callum Smith
—	MF	ENG	Liam Smith
—	MF	ENG	Dan Ward
—	FW	ENG	Luke Charman
—	FW	ENG	Tom Heardman
—	FW	ENG	Jamie Holmes
—	FW	ENG	Lewis McNall
—	FW	SCO	Owen Gallacher

Youth team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Carl Robinson
—	GK	FIN	Otto Huuhtanen
—	DF	ENG	Lewis Cass
—	DF	ENG	Isaac Gamblin
—	DF	ENG	Lewis Gibson
—	DF	ENG	Ben Kitchen
—	DF	ENG	Craig Spooner
—	DF	ENG	Ollie Walters
—	DF	TOG	Yannick Aziakonou
—	MF	ENG	Kieren Aplin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Mace Goodridge
—	MF	ENG	Oliver Long
—	MF	ENG	Matty Longstaff
—	FW	ENG	Thomas Allan
—	FW	ENG	Jack Robson
—	FW	ENG	Kurtis Russell
—	FW	ENG	Kelland Watts
—	FW	ENG	Adam Wilson
—	FW	DEN	Elias Sorensen

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Number	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2016	GK	28	Matz Sels	Gent	£4,500,000	^[8]
1 July 2016	FW	9	Dwight Gayle	Crystal Palace	£10,000,000	^[9]
1 July 2016	MF	11	Matt Ritchie	AFC Bournemouth	£12,000,000	^[10]
8 July 2016	DF	27	Jesús Gámez	Atlético Madrid	£1,500,000	^[11]
11 July 2016	MF	14	Isaac Hayden	Arsenal	£2,500,000	^[12]
21 July 2016	DF	5	Grant Hanley	Blackburn Rovers	£5,500,000	^[13]
3 August 2016	DF	2	Ciaran Clark	Aston Villa	£5,000,000	^[14]
3 August 2016	MF	15	Mohamed Diamé	Hull City	£4,500,000	^[15]
24 August 2016	DF	22	DeAndre Yedlin	Tottenham Hotspur	£5,000,000	^[16]
28 August 2016	FW	33	Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	£3,500,000	^[17]
28 August 2016	DF	7	Achraf Lazaar	Palermo	£3,000,000	^[18]

Total spending: £57,000,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Number	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	MF	14	Gabriel Obertan	Anzhi Makhachkala	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	MF	31	Sylvain Marveaux	FC Lorient	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016	MF	25	Andros Townsend	Crystal Palace	£13,000,000	^[20]
5 July 2016	DF	2	Fabricio Coloccini	San Lorenzo	Free transfer	^[21]
9 July 2016	FW	9	Papiss Cissé	Shandong Luneng	£2,500,000	^[22]
22 July 2016	MF	5	Georginio Wijnaldum	Liverpool	£25,000,000	^[23]
1 August 2016	DF	27	Steven Taylor	Portland Timbers	Free transfer	^[24]^[25]
11 August 2016	MF	—	Rémy Cabella	Marseille	£8,000,000	^[26]
24 August 2016	DF	22	Daryl Janmaat	Watford	£7,500,000	^[27]
26 August 2016	MF	—	Gaël Bigirimana	Coventry City	Free transfer	^[28]
31 August 2016	MF	7	Moussa Sissoko	Tottenham Hotspur	£30,000,000	^[29]
9 February 2017	MF	24	Cheick Tioté	Beijing BG	£1,000,000	^[30]

Total incoming: ~ £87,000,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Number	Nationality	Name	From	Expiry	Ref.
31 August 2016	MF	30		Christian Atsu	Chelsea	End of Season	^[31]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Number	Name	To	Expiry	Ref.
4 August 2016	MF	—	Florian Thauvin	Marseille	End of Season	^[32]
8 August 2016	FW	—	Ivan Toney	Shrewsbury Town	3 January 2017	^[33]
22 August 2016	MF	10	Siem de Jong	PSV	End of Season	^[34]
23 August 2016	DF	43	Kevin Mbabu	Young Boys	End of Season	^[35]
24 August 2016	MF	23	Henri Saivet	Saint-Étienne	End of Season	^[36]
25 August 2016	GK	1	Tim Krul	Ajax	31 January 2017	^[37]
30 August 2016	FW	32	Adam Armstrong	Barnsley	End of Season	^[38]^[39]
31 August 2016	FW	29	Emmanuel Rivière	Osasuna	End of Season	^[40]
31 August 2016	DF	42	Jamie Sterry	Coventry City	4 January 2017	^[41]
31 August 2016	MF	—	Haris Vučkić	Bradford City	3 January 2017	^[42]
31 August 2016	MF	34	Sammy Ameobi	Bolton Wanderers	3 January 2017	^[43]
9 January 2017	MF	—	Callum Roberts	Kilmarnock	End of Season	^[44]
9 January 2017	GK	41	Freddie Woodman	Kilmarnock	End of Season	^[44]
11 January 2017	DF	—	Ľubomír Šatka	DAC Dunajská Streda	End of Season	^[45]
12 January 2017	FW	—	Ivan Toney	Scunthorpe United	End of Season	^[46]
31 January 2017	GK	1	Tim Krul	AZ	End of Season	^[47]

Pre-season friendlies

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Bohemians	0–6	Newcastle United	Dublin
14:00		Report	Ritchie 15' Mitrović 30' (pen.) Gayle 52' Thauvin 55' Aarons 59' Wijnaldum 75'	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Robert Harvey

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Newcastle United	Doncaster
19:45	Williams 19', 45+4'	Report	Hayden 51' Ayoze 90+2'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 5,698 Referee: Ross Joyce

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	KSC Lokeren	0–4	Newcastle United	Lokeren
16:30		Report	Ayoze 13', 39' Janmaat 26' Shelvey 48'	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Christof Dierick

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Southend United	0–2	Newcastle United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45		Report	Anita 48' Gouffran 78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,570 Referee: Keith Stroud

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Newcastle United	3–2	Vitesse	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Leerdam 22' (o.g.) Gayle 36' Colback 41'	Report	Nathan 53' Kashia 61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Sebastien Stockbridge

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Championship	–	–	1st (champions)	5 August 2016	7 May 2017
EFL Cup	Second round	–	Fifth round	23 August 2016	29 November 2016
FA Cup	Third round	–	Fourth round	7 January 2017	28 January 2017

Overview

Competition	Record
P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	46	29	7	10	85	40	+45	063.04
EFL Cup	4	3	1	0	11	1	+10	075.00
FA Cup	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	033.33
Total	53	33	9	11	100	46	+54	062.26

Source: Competitions

EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle United (C, P)	46	29	7	10	85	40	+45	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Brighton & Hove Albion (P)	46	28	9	9	74	40	+34	93	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Reading	46	26	7	13	68	64	+4	85	Qualification for the Championship play-offs^[a]
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	9	13	60	45	+15	81
5	Huddersfield Town (O, P)	46	25	6	15	56	58	−2	81

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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	20	21	17	7	4	2	2	3	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1

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

Matches

The fixtures for the 2016–17 season were released on 22 June 2016.^[48]

5 August 2016 1	Fulham	1–0	Newcastle United	London
19:45	Odoi 10' Smith 45'	Report	Hanley 68' Dummett 75' Janmaat 90+4'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,922 (6,452 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 August 2016 2	Newcastle United	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Gayle 60', 60', 63'	Report	Hudson 21' Wells 45+1' Löwe 62' Payne 82'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,079 (3,200 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

17 August 2016 3	Newcastle United	4–1	Reading	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Gayle 3', 69', 89' Hayden 20' Ritchie 50' (pen.)	Report	Obita 19' Williams 40' McCleary 45' (pen.) Gunter 49' Kermorgant 62' Evans 68'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,209 (787 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

20 August 2016 4	Bristol City	0–1	Newcastle United	Bristol
15:00		Report	Gayle 19' Sels 90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 22,512 (2,501 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

27 August 2016 5	Newcastle United	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30	Lascelles 15', 53' Shelvey 22', 63' Ayoze 33' Ritchie 34'	Report	Baldock 45+1' 55' Knockaert 85'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,196 (1,632 away) Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Live on Sky Sports

10 September 2016 6	Derby County	0–2	Newcastle United	Derby
17:30		Report	Gouffran 20', 60' Shelvey 24' Gayle 75' Yedlin 90+1'	Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 30,405 (3,177 away) Referee: Darren Bond
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 September 2016 7	Queens Park Rangers	0–6	Newcastle United	London
19:45		Report	Shelvey 12', 48' Ayoze 30' Clark 56' Mitrović 63' Hanley 79'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,404 (3,238 away) Referee: Andy Davies

17 September 2016 8	Newcastle United	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Dummett 40' Diamé 45+1' Ritchie 51' Anita 87'	Report	Mbemba 29' (o.g.) Batth 35' Saïss 36' Teixeira 56' Costa 62' Borthwick-Jackson 72' Edwards 79'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,117 (3,257 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

24 September 2016 9	Aston Villa	1–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham
17:30	Chester 41' Tshibola 79', 88'	Report	Shelvey 27' Elphick 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,062 (2,788 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

28 September 2016 10	Newcastle United	4–3	Norwich City	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Colback 9' Gayle 24', 71', 90+6' Ritchie 40' Dummett 43' Mitrović 73' Lascelles 77' Gouffran 90+5'	Report	Dorrans 44' (pen.), 60' Brady 45+2' Jerome 52', 78' Howson 59' Murphy 69' Olsson 73'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,236 (876 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

1 October 2016 11	Rotherham United	0–1	Newcastle United	Rotherham
15:00	Frecklington 37' Ward 58'	Report	Atsu 41' Diamé 81'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,653 (2,587 away) Referee: Roger East

15 October 2016 12	Newcastle United	3–1	Brentford	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Clark 11' Gayle 16', 49' Gouffran 26' Colback 38' Atsu 42'	Report	Dean 24' Hogan 52' Sawyers 72' Woods 73'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,885 (2,778 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

18 October 2016 13	Barnsley	0–2	Newcastle United	Barnsley
19:45	Hourihane 38'	Report	Lascelles 40' Gayle 49', 68' Shelvey 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 18,597 (5,501 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

22 October 2016 14	Newcastle United	3–0	Ipswich Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Ayoze 1', 73' Colback 27' Ritchie 78' Dummett 86'	Report	Knudsen 41'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,963 (2,759 away) Referee: James Adcock

29 October 2016 15	Preston North End	1–2	Newcastle United	Preston
15:00	Robinson 61' Pearson 64' Johnson 64' Lascelles 90' (o.g.)	Report	Mitrović 59', 71' Hayden 76' Ritchie 89' Darlow 90+7'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 20,724 (5,714 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

5 November 2016 16	Newcastle United	2–1	Cardiff City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Atsu 3' Gouffran 45'	Report	Wittingham 77' Gunnarsson 85'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,257 (1,063 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

20 November 2016 17	Leeds United	0–2	Newcastle United	Leeds
13:15	Jansson 44'	Report	Gayle 23', 54' Colback 59'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,002 (2,764 away) Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

26 November 2016 18	Newcastle United	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Hayden 83'	Report	Conway 24' Lowe 68' Mulgrew 75' Marshall 90+1'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,092 (1,559 away) Referee: David Coote

2 December 2016 19	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Newcastle United	Nottingham
19:45	Bendtner 34', 52' Mancienne 44' Lansbury 45+4', 72' Lascelles 86' (o.g.)	Report	Shelvey 33' Ritchie 45' Dummett 45+1' Darlow 45+2' Gouffran 53' Yedlin 90+3'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 21,317 (1,866 away) Referee: Stephen Martin
Note: Live on Sky Sports

10 December 2016 20	Newcastle United	4–0	Birmingham City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Gayle 18', 24', 77' Gouffran 47' Ritchie 59' Hayden 75'	Report	Tesche 32'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,145 (3,110 away) Referee: Andy Davies

14 December 2016 21	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Newcastle United	Wigan
19:45		Report	Diamé 26' Hayden 32' Atsu 78'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,562 (4,291 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

17 December 2016 22	Burton Albion	1–2	Newcastle United	Burton upon Trent
15:00	Dyer 20' Naylor 19' Irvine 45+3'	Report	Gayle 15' Diamé 34' Hayden 56'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,665 (1,782 away) Referee: Lee Probert

26 December 2016 23	Newcastle United	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Hayden 52'	Report	Bannan 30' Pudil 35' Loovens 53' Reach 70' Hutchinson 76' Wallace 85' Palmer 90+5'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,179 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

30 December 2016 24	Newcastle United	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ritchie 4' Clark 12' Colback 53' Gayle 63', 80' Yedlin 65'	Report	Lam 26' Dumitru 29' Mills 59' 60' Pereira 61'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,228 (3,086 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

2 January 2017 25	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Newcastle United	Blackburn
15:00	Lowe 53' Mulgrew 74'	Report	Dummett 64' Colback 73'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,524 (6,943 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 January 2017 26	Brentford	1–2	Newcastle United	Brentford
15:00	Vibe 52', 81'	Report	Gayle 20' Dummett 31' Murphy 79'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,435 (1,633 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

21 January 2017 27	Newcastle United	4–0	Rotherham United	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Murphy 45+3' Ritchie 49', 78' Ayoze 59'	Report	Smallwood 45+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,208 (3,183 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

1 February 2017 28	Newcastle United	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Shelvey 1' Ritchie 54', 89'	Report	Perch 40' Washington 44' Clark 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 47,907 (520 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

4 February 2017 29	Newcastle United	1–0	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Ritchie 27', 86' Dummett 82'	Report	de Sart 79'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,231 (3,185 away) Referee: Darren Bond

11 February 2017 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
17:30	Doherty 64'	Report	Mitrović 15', 44' Ritchie 67' Colback 88' Ayoze 89' Darlow 90+2'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,876 (4,164 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 February 2017 31	Norwich City	2–2	Newcastle United	Norwich
19:45	Murphy 12' Jerome 17' Dijks 82' Whittaker 90+4'	Report	Ayoze 1' Colback 27' Lascelles 48', 81'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,841 (2,401 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

20 February 2017 32	Newcastle United	2–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00	Shelvey 34' Lascelles 38' Gouffran 42' Lansbury 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,024 (1,770 away) Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Live on Sky Sports

25 February 2017 33	Newcastle United	2–2	Bristol City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Smith 59' (o.g.) Clark 82'	Report	Wilbraham 11', 51' Cotterill 21'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,131 (2,703 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

28 February 2017 34	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Newcastle United	Falmer
19:45	Murray 14' (pen.), 90+2' Knockaert 38' Duffy 58'	Report	Yedlin 37' Diamé 81' Ayoze 89'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,230 (2,604 away) Referee: Bobby Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

4 March 2017 35	Huddersfield Town	1–3	Newcastle United	Huddersfield
17:30	Schindler 33' Mooy 72' (pen.)	Report	Ritchie 10' (pen.) Murphy 32' Colback 35' Anita 45+2' Clark 46' Shelvey 61' Gayle 90+1'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,213 (2,000 away) Referee: Roger East
Note: Live on Sky Sports

7 March 2017 36	Reading	0–0	Newcastle United	Reading
20:00	Gunter 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 23,121 (3,704 away) Referee: Andy Davies

11 March 2017 37	Newcastle United	1–3	Fulham	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Atsu 50' Clark 60' Murphy 76' Shelvey 79' Dummett 89'	Report	Cairney 15' Sessegnon 51', 59' McDonald 73' Ream 90+2'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,903 (1,643 away) Referee: James Linington

18 March 2017 38	Birmingham City	0–0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
15:00	Robinson 56'	Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 19,796 (3,229 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

1 April 2017 39	Newcastle United	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Diamé 17' Gayle 36' Ritchie 57'	Report	Burn 29' Morsy 39' Jacobs 50'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,849 (833 away) Referee: David Coote

5 April 2017 40	Newcastle United	1–0	Burton Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Lascelles 50' Ritchie 68'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,814 (763 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

8 April 2017 41	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Newcastle United	Sheffield
17:30	Bannan 18' Lees 59' Fletcher 68' Wallace 70'	Report	Diamé 44' Shelvey 88'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 28,883 (3,100 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 April 2017 42	Newcastle United	1–1	Leeds United	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Lascelles 67' Shelvey 90+4' Colback 90+4'	Report	Jansson 52' Bartley 54' Phillips 76' Wood 90+5'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,301 (3,200 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

17 April 2017 43	Ipswich Town	3–1	Newcastle United	Ipswich
15:00	Sears 42' McGoldrick 60', 69' Lawrance 65' Huws 90+3'	Report	Hayden 50' Murphy 62'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,684 (1,952 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

24 April 2017 44	Newcastle United	4–1	Preston North End	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45	Ayoze 7', 67' Atsu 45' Shelvey 56' Ritchie 65' (pen.), 82'	Report	Hugill 14' Browning 27' Gallagher 64'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,212 (535 away) Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

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