2016–17 in English football

4 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Slovakia	0–1	England	Trnava, Slovakia
17:00 BST		Report	Lallana 90+5'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

8 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	England	2–0	Malta	London, England
17:00 BST	Sturridge 29' Alli 38'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

11 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Slovenia	0–0	England	Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

11 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	England	3–0	Scotland	London, England
19:45 GMT	Sturridge 23' Lallana 50' Cahill 61'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 87,258 Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (Turkey)

15 November 2016 Friendly	England	2–2	Spain	London, England
20:00 GMT	Lallana 9' (pen.) Vardy 48'	Report	Iago Aspas 89' Isco 90+6'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

2017 Edit

22 March 2017 Friendly	Germany	1–0	England	Dortmund, Germany
19:45 BST	Podolski 69'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

26 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	England	2–0	Lithuania	London, England
17:00 BST	Defoe 22' Vardy 66'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

10 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Scotland	2–2	England	Glasgow, Scotland
17:00 BST	Griffiths 87', 90'	Report	Oxlade-Chamberlain 70' Kane 90+3'	Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)

13 June 2017 Friendly	France	3–2	England	Saint-Denis, France
19:45 BST	Umtiti 22' Sidibé 43' Dembélé 78'	Report	Kane 9', 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Group F Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	18	3	+15	26	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
2	Slovakia	10	6	0	4	17	7	+10	18		0–1	—	3–0	1–0	4–0	3–0
3	Scotland	10	5	3	2	17	12	+5	18		2–2	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0
4	Slovenia	10	4	3	3	12	7	+5	15		0–0	1–0	2–2	—	4–0	2–0
5	Lithuania	10	1	3	6	7	20	−13	6		0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	3	25	−22	1		0–4	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):^[1] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Managerial changes Edit

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Roy Hodgson	Resigned	27 June 2016^[2]	Sam Allardyce	27 June 2016
Sam Allardyce	Resigned^[3]	26 September 2016	Gareth Southgate	30 November 2016

England women's national football team Edit

Results and fixtures Edit

2016 Edit

15 September EURO	England	5–0	Estonia	Nottingham
	Carter 9', 17', 56' J. Scott 13' Carney 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,052 Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)

20 September EURO	Belgium	0–2	England	Leuven
		Report	Parris 65' Carney 85'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 6,754 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

21 October Friendly	England	0–0	France	Doncaster
		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Referee: Graziella Pirriatore (Italy)

25 October Friendly	Spain	1–2	England	Guadalajara, Spain
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Pedro Escartín

29 November Friendly	Netherlands	0–1	England	Tilburg, Netherlands
		Report		Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion

2017 Edit

22 January Friendly	England	0–1	Norway	La Manga, Spain
17:00 BST		Report	Hegerberg 26'	Stadium: La Manga Stadium

24 January Friendly	England	0–0	Sweden	Murcia, Spain
17:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Pinatar Arena

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 7 Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	7	1	0	32	1	+31	22	Final tournament	—	1–1	7–0	1–0	5–0
2	Belgium	8	5	2	1	27	5	+22	17	Final tournament	0–2	—	1–1	6–0	6–0
3	Serbia	8	3	1	4	10	21	−11	10		0–7	1–3	—	0–1	3–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	3	0	5	8	17	−9	9		0–1	0–5	2–4	—	4–0
5	Estonia	8	0	0	8	0	33	−33	0		0–8	0–5	0–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA competitions Edit

UEFA Champions League Edit

Play-off round Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua București	0–6	Manchester City	0–5	0–1

Group stage Edit

Group A Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	PAR	LUD	BSL
1	Arsenal	6	4	2	0	18	6	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	6–0	2–0
2	Paris Saint-Germain	6	3	3	0	13	7	+6	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	2–2	3–0
3	Ludogorets Razgrad	6	0	3	3	6	15	−9	3	Transfer to Europa League	2–3	1–3	—	0–0
4	Basel	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2		1–4	1–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group C Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	MC	MGB	CEL
1	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	20	4	+16	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–0	4–0	7–0
2	Manchester City	6	2	3	1	12	10	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	3–1	—	4–0	1–1
3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Celtic	6	0	3	3	5	16	−11	3		0–2	3–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group E Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	LEV	TOT	CSKA
1	Monaco	6	3	2	1	9	7	+2	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	2–1	3–0
2	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	3–0	—	0–0	2–2
3	Tottenham Hotspur	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	0–1	—	3–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	0	3	3	5	11	−6	3		1–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group G Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEI	POR	KOB	BRU
1	Leicester City	6	4	1	1	7	6	+1	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	1–0	2–1
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	5–0	—	1–1	1–0
3	Copenhagen	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9	Transfer to Europa League	0–0	0–0	—	4–0
4	Club Brugge	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0		0–3	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase Edit

Round of 16 Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	6–6 (a)	Monaco	5–3	1–3
Bayern Munich	10–2	Arsenal	5–1	5–1
Sevilla	2–3	Leicester City	2–1	0–2

Quarter-finals Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	2–1	Leicester City	1–0	1–1

UEFA Europa League Edit

Qualifying rounds Edit

Third qualifying round Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Domžale	2–4	West Ham United	2–1	0–3

Play-off round Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Astra Giurgiu	2–1	West Ham United	1–1	1–0

Group stage Edit

Group A Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEN	MU	FEY	ZOR
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	1–0	2–0
2	Manchester United	6	4	0	2	12	4	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase	4–1	—	4–0	1–0
3	Feyenoord	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7		0–1	1–0	—	1–0
4	Zorya Luhansk	6	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2		1–1	0–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group K Edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SPP	HBS	SOU	INT
1	Sparta Prague	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–0	3–1
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	0–0	3–2
3	Southampton	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8		3–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Internazionale	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6		2–1	0–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout Phase Edit

Round of 32 Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester United	4–0	Saint-Étienne	3–0	1–0
Gent	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	2–2

Round of 16 Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rostov	1–2	Manchester United	1–1	0–1

Quarter-finals Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Anderlecht	2–3	Manchester United	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Celta Vigo	1–2	Manchester United	0–1	1–1

Finals Edit

24 May 2017

20:45 CEST

Ajax	0–2	Manchester United
	Report	Pogba 18' Mkhitaryan 48'

Friends Arena, Solna

Attendance: 46,961^[4]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

UEFA Youth League Edit

UEFA Women's Champions League Edit

Knockout phase Edit

Round of 32 Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	1–4	Wolfsburg	0–3	1–1
Manchester City	6–0	Zvezda Perm	2–0	4–0

Round of 16 Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	2–1	Brøndby	1–0	1–1

Quarter-finals Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fortuna Hjørring	0–2	Manchester City	0–1	0–1

Semi-finals Edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Manchester City	2–3	Lyon	1–3	1–0

Men's Football Edit

League season Edit

Promotion and relegation Edit

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league^[5]
Premier League	Burnley Middlesbrough Hull City	Newcastle United Norwich City Aston Villa
Championship	Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley	Charlton Athletic Milton Keynes Dons Bolton Wanderers
League One	Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon	Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra
League Two	Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town	Dagenham & Redbridge York City
National League Premier	Solihull Moors North Ferriby United Sutton United Maidstone United	FC Halifax Town Altrincham Kidderminster Harriers Welling United

Premier League Edit

Antonio Conte enjoyed a successful start to life as Chelsea manager, winning the title in his first season at the club and earning a record number of league victories for a season, with only poor early form preventing them from also setting a new points total. Tottenham Hotspur shrugged off a disappointing Champions League campaign to push Chelsea close for the title, though they ultimately missed out – however, they ultimately finished with both the best attack and defence, with striker Harry Kane once again claiming the Golden Boot, whilst they ultimately went unbeaten at home during their final season at White Hart Lane. Manchester City improved on the previous season's finish by one place in Pep Guardiola's first season in charge, though ultimately ended the season trophyless, despite recording the third-best attack and reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Liverpool made the Champions League for the first time in three years in Jürgen Klopp's first full season, though were prevented from finishing any higher than fourth by an inconsistent start to 2017, a consequence of both losing their £35 million signing Sadio Mané to international duty in January and February as well as suffering from several dropped points against bottom-half teams, in spite of going the season unbeaten against the rest of the top seven.

Despite winning seven of their final eight games, Arsenal finished in fifth place and failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1997, as fan pressure on both manager Arsène Wenger and share-owner Stan Kroenke grew. While they did win the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons, making Wenger the most successful manager in the competition's history, they endured yet another disastrous Champions League run, losing at the last-16 stage for a seventh successive year. Manchester United finished in sixth place, one place lower than the previous season, in José Mourinho's first season in charge with their failure to turn any one of their 15 draws into victories, though they did at least win the EFL Cup and won the Europa League final, winning the competition for the first time in their history and therefore securing a place in the Champions League. In only their second-ever top-flight season, AFC Bournemouth built on the success of the previous season as they secured a ninth-place finish and scored 55 goals, defying the critics who had tipped them to struggle from second-season syndrome. Much as Chelsea had the previous season, Leicester City made a poor defence of their title, despite having what turned out to be the best Champions League run of any English club this season by reaching the quarter-finals. With the club struggling, manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked in February and replaced by coach Craig Shakespeare, who steered the club to 12th place, still the lowest finish for a defending Premier League champion, but comfortably clear of relegation.

Crystal Palace had looked in serious danger of relegation early on, but a revival after Sam Allardyce took over saw them comfortably survive, securing a club-record fifth successive top-flight season in the process. Swansea City also looked dead and buried after early struggles under Francesco Guidolin and then a disastrous spell with Bob Bradley as manager, but were ultimately saved by a late improvement under Paul Clement's management. Burnley fared the best of the promoted clubs, with only atrocious away form preventing them finishing higher as they made their home-ground of Turf Moor one of the hardest places to get a point from – and secured a second successive top-flight season for the first time in 40 years. Watford, in their first successive top-flight campaign for 30 years, successfully ensured a third consecutive Premier League season – however, as a result of poor away form, a disastrous end to the season and several spells of indifferent form throughout the campaign, the Hornets were unable to really build on the previous season despite recording their first league victories over Manchester United and at Arsenal since the 1980s.

After several successive escapes from relegation, Sunderland's resilience finally collapsed and they dropped into the Championship after a decade, spending virtually the entire season rooted to the bottom of the table, as David Moyes being the first manager to spend a full season in charge of the Black Cats since 2011 ultimately amounted to nothing. Middlesbrough also struggled throughout their first top-flight season in eight years, with a poor end to the season, the weakest goalscoring record in the division and an inability to turn one of their 13 draws into victories ultimately dooming them. Hull City were the final relegated side, never quite recovering from a disastrous pre-season which saw manager Steve Bruce quit and next to no new players signed; despite encouraging early season form under Mike Phelan, a dismal run in the winter saw him sacked and replaced by Marco Silva, who steered the club to a much better second half of the season, but it ultimately proved to be a case of too little, too late.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	38	30	3	5	85	33	+52	93	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Tottenham Hotspur	38	26	8	4	86	26	+60	86
3	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	80	39	+41	78
4	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	78	42	+36	76	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Arsenal	38	23	6	9	77	44	+33	75	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Manchester United	38	18	15	5	54	29	+25	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[b]
7	Everton	38	17	10	11	62	44	+18	61	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[c]
8	Southampton	38	12	10	16	41	48	−7	46
9	Bournemouth	38	12	10	16	55	67	−12	46
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	12	9	17	43	51	−8	45
11	West Ham United	38	12	9	17	47	64	−17	45
12	Leicester City	38	12	8	18	48	63	−15	44
13	Stoke City	38	11	11	16	41	56	−15	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	12	5	21	50	63	−13	41
15	Swansea City	38	12	5	21	45	70	−25	41
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 the 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).^[6]^[7]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Arsenal qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 FA Cup. As they had also qualified there by the virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Manchester United.
^ Manchester United qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (6th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League group stage. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
^ Manchester United, winners of the 2016–17 EFL Cup, initially attained a spot in the Europa League third qualifying round. That was passed to the next-highest ranked team in the league not already qualified for UEFA competitions (7th-placed Everton).

Championship Edit

Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion led the way for most of the season, and ultimately secured the two automatic promotion spots. Newcastle, as in their previous spell in the second tier, made an immediate return to the top-flight as champions despite a late scare with three games to go (and because of both Sunderland and Middlesbrough being relegated, it would be the first time since 1998 that the Magpies were the sole North-East team in the top-flight), while Brighton (ironically managed by Chris Hughton who steered Newcastle to promotion in their previous spell in the Championship) lost out on the title on the last day, after not winning any of their last 3 games – however, by this point, they had already earned promotion to the top-flight for only the second time in their history, and for the first time since 1983, after they narrowly missed out to Middlesbrough on goal difference on the final day of the previous season. Taking the final spot through the playoffs were Huddersfield Town, who won promotion to the top-flight for the first time in 45 years and in manager David Wagner's first full season in charge – whilst they did endure a poor end to the season and ultimately finished with a negative goal difference, the Terriers gradually eased their way through the play-off semi-final games against Sheffield Wednesday and then edged out Reading on penalties in the final at Wembley.

Leeds United managed a promotion challenge for the first time in six years and secured only their third finish in the top half of the Championship since being relegated from the Premier League in 2004, but poor runs of form either end of the season combined with an excellent late run by Fulham saw them fall short of the play-offs. Aston Villa's first season outside of the top-flight since 1988 proved to be turbulent as they changed managers after just eleven games – whilst they didn't look like relegation material, their failure to turn draws into wins also prevented them from making anything resembling a promotion challenge despite striker Jonathan Kodjia scoring 19 of their goals. Birmingham City's season surprised for all the wrong reasons, as they controversially sacked manager Gary Rowett in favour of Gianfranco Zola in December despite being only just outside the play-offs, only for their form to completely collapse in the second half of the season, leaving them needing a late improvement after Zola was replaced by Harry Redknapp and then a final-day win at Bristol City to stay up.

After two seasons flirting with relegation, Rotherham United finished bottom in what was a truly awful league campaign, getting through three managers by the end of November and recording the lowest second tier points total since 3 points for a win was introduced in 1981, with only a three match unbeaten run at the end of the season stopping them from conceding 100 goals. Wigan Athletic were immediately relegated back to League One, never quite getting back to grips with life in the Championship and ultimately being cost dear by a poor end to the season, as well as a failure to win home games between October and January. Blackburn Rovers filled the final relegation spot in a season marred by increasing fan protests aimed at the owners; while a late-season revival under Tony Mowbray meant they took survival to the last day, other results ultimately went against them and sent them down to the third tier for the first time since 1980; this also made them the first former Premier League champions to drop down into the third tier (Leicester City and Manchester City had both been in the third tier since the formation of the Premier League, but did not win the league until after their spells in the third tier). In their first ever season in the Championship, Burton Albion flirted with the drop on several occasions but ultimately pulled themselves away from the bottom three to ensure their first season in the second tier would not be their last.

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
6	Fulham	46	22	14	10	85	57	+28	80
7	Leeds United	46	22	9	15	61	47	+14	75
8	Norwich City	46	20	10	16	85	69	+16	70
9	Derby County	46	18	13	15	54	50	+4	67
10	Brentford	46	18	10	18	75	65	+10	64
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
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
19	Birmingham City	46	13	14	19	45	64	−19	53
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

League One Edit

After five seasons of near-misses and playoff heartbreak, Sheffield United finally ended their exile from the Championship and returned to the second tier for the first time since 2011, going up as champions and breaking the 100-point mark in the process. Despite making a slow start, the Blades gradually surged up the table and into the top two, giving former player Chris Wilder promotion in his first season as the club's manager as well as his second successive promotion in a year. Taking second place in a battle that went to the final day, Bolton Wanderers secured promotion back to the Championship at the first opportunity and in manager Phil Parkinson's first season in charge, never once looking like falling out of the top six. Taking the final spot through the play-offs were Millwall who shrugged off losing in the final the previous year by scraping into the top six in their last few games and then edged past opponents Bradford City in the final at Wembley, returning to the second tier after two years.

Fleetwood Town enjoyed their best season in their history, earning an unlikely fourth place, missing out on automatic promotion on the final day before only just being edged out by Bradford City in the play-offs semi-finals. In their first ever season at this level, AFC Wimbledon surprised the critics with an early challenge for promotion – whilst several dropped points and a failure to win any of their last six games pushed them back down into mid-table and below rivals Milton Keynes Dons (who looked like suffering a second successive relegation before the arrival of Hearts manager Robbie Neilson helped push them away from the drop), the club were not once in danger of suffering an immediate relegation back to League Two and ensured their stay in the third tier would last beyond one season. Northampton Town's first season in League One since 2009 started strongly as they continued their impressive unbeaten run, but a sharp drop in form in the winter months pushed them into the relegation battle, before a late good run of form helped them move back up the table. For the second season in a row, John Sheridan returned to Oldham Athletic to mastermind the Latic's great escape from relegation, despite their miserable scoring record that saw them score less than all four relegated teams.

At the bottom of the table, Chesterfield's three-year stay in League One came to an end as their decline in form following the loss of manager Paul Cook to Portsmouth finally took its toll. Coventry City fared not much better as they hit rock-bottom and fell into the bottom tier of the Football League for the first time since 1959 and just 16 years after having been in the top-flight – even victory in the Football League Trophy and a late run of good results following the return of successful former manager Mark Robins proved to not be enough, as growing fan protests towards the owners left the Sky Blues facing a bleak future. Only two years after narrowly missing out on promotion to the Championship, Swindon Town fell into League Two for the first time since 2012 with several poor results proving costly, despite the surprise appointment of former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood as director of football. Taking the final spot were Port Vale, who looked like shrugging off the loss of manager Rob Page to Northampton Town – however, a complete collapse in form around the winter period saw them slide into the relegation zone and they were relegated on the final day after drawing at Fleetwood, as it turned out a victory would have proved enough to save them.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield United (C, P)	46	30	10	6	92	47	+45	100	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	25	11	10	68	36	+32	86	Promotion to the EFL Championship
3	Scunthorpe United	46	24	10	12	80	54	+26	82	Qualification for the League One play-offs^[a]
4	Fleetwood Town	46	23	13	10	64	43	+21	82
5	Bradford City	46	20	19	7	62	43	+19	79
6	Millwall (O, P)	46	20	13	13	66	57	+9	73
7	Southend United	46	20	12	14	70	53	+17	72
8	Oxford United	46	20	9	17	65	52	+13	69
9	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	71	62	+9	69
10	Bristol Rovers	46	18	12	16	68	70	−2	66
11	Peterborough United	46	17	11	18	62	62	0	62
12	Milton Keynes Dons	46	16	13	17	60	58	+2	61
13	Charlton Athletic	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60
14	Walsall	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	Northampton Town	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53
17	Oldham Athletic	46	12	17	17	31	44	−13	53
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	12	21	46	63	−17	51
19	Bury	46	13	11	22	61	73	−12	50
20	Gillingham	46	12	14	20	59	79	−20	50
21	Port Vale (R)	46	12	13	21	45	70	−25	49	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Swindon Town (R)	46	11	11	24	44	66	−22	44
23	Coventry City (R)	46	9	12	25	37	68	−31	39
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	9	10	27	43	78	−35	37

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

League Two Edit

Having lost in the play-offs just the previous year, Portsmouth shrugged off the heartbreak and won promotion to League One for the first time since 2013 and their first promotion in 14 years – despite looking set for the play-offs once more, a late surge in form from January onwards helped propel them into the top 3, taking the title on the last day. Going up in second were Plymouth Argyle, who also shrugged off their play-off loss from the previous year and ensured their six-year exile from the third tier came to an end, only missing out on the title by goal difference. Doncaster Rovers took the last automatic spot, securing an immediate return to League One – they had ironically been the first club to be promoted, but a failure to win any of their last five games pushed them into third place. Taking the last place through the play-offs were Blackpool, who also secured an immediate return to League One by defeating Exeter City at Wembley, also giving the club their first promotion since 2010 after 3 relegations in 5 years.

Despite losing their manager to Shrewsbury Town and then dismissing his replacement after only five months, Grimsby Town's first season in the Football League for six years saw them never once threatened with relegation and they secured their Football League status comfortably. Crewe Alexandra endured a turbulent season both on and off the pitch, as their strong start petered out and they were sucked into the relegation fight, which led to the dismissal of manager Steve Davis, an act seen as overdue by the fans after months of protests against the owners and their refusal to sack him. However, following the appointment of former player David Artell as manager, the Railwaymen fought their way back up the table and finished comfortably clear of the bottom two.

At the bottom of the table, after 112 years in the Football League and just three years after narrowly missing out on promotion to the Championship, Leyton Orient finally hit rock-bottom and were relegated to the fifth tier in a season that saw them change managers five times and was marked by increasing fan protests against the club owners, one of which led to the end of their final home game being finished behind closed doors. Taking the final spot on the last day were Hartlepool United, who finally saw their 96-year stay in the Football League end in the worst possible way – they had looked safe at the turn of the year but a collapse in form as well as failing to better the result of the team above them in their last game ultimately cost them their status. Having spent much of the season adrift in the relegation spaces, a late surge in form saw Newport County narrowly fight their way to safety – with a last-minute goal from player Mark O'Brien against Notts County on the final day proving to be crucial.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Portsmouth (C, P)	46	26	9	11	79	40	+39	87	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Plymouth Argyle (P)	46	26	9	11	71	46	+25	87
3	Doncaster Rovers (P)	46	25	10	11	85	55	+30	85
4	Luton Town	46	20	17	9	70	43	+27	77	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
5	Exeter City	46	21	8	17	75	56	+19	71
6	Carlisle United	46	18	17	11	69	68	+1	71
7	Blackpool (O, P)	46	18	16	12	69	46	+23	70
8	Colchester United	46	19	12	15	67	57	+10	69
9	Wycombe Wanderers	46	19	12	15	58	53	+5	69
10	Stevenage	46	20	7	19	67	63	+4	67
11	Cambridge United	46	19	9	18	58	50	+8	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	15	14	54	50	+4	66
13	Accrington Stanley	46	17	14	15	59	56	+3	65
14	Grimsby Town	46	17	11	18	59	63	−4	62
15	Barnet	46	14	15	17	57	64	−7	57
16	Notts County	46	16	8	22	54	76	−22	56
17	Crewe Alexandra	46	14	13	19	58	67	−9	55
18	Morecambe	46	14	10	22	53	73	−20	52
19	Crawley Town	46	13	12	21	53	71	−18	51
20	Yeovil Town	46	11	17	18	49	64	−15	50
21	Cheltenham Town	46	12	14	20	49	69	−20	50
22	Newport County	46	12	12	22	51	73	−22	48
23	Hartlepool United (R)	46	11	13	22	54	75	−21	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Leyton Orient (R)	46	10	6	30	47	87	−40	36	Relegation to the National League

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One

National League Top Division Edit

Six years after suffering relegation from League Two, Lincoln City returned to the Football League in a season of unprecedented success and off-field tragedy – not only did they win promotion as champions, nearly breaking the 100-point mark in the process, but they became the first non-league team in over 100 years to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, even securing victory at top-flight team Burnley along the way, honouring the sudden passing of former player and manager Graham Taylor in January in the best possible way. Going up through the playoffs were Forest Green Rovers, who avenged their loss in the playoff final the previous year by comfortably beating Tranmere Rovers at Wembley in manager Mark Cooper's first full season in charge – in the process of winning promotion, not only did the club secure their place in the Football League for the first time in their history but they also ensured that their hometown of Nailsworth became the smallest settlement to ever host a Football League club.

At the bottom of the table, North Ferriby United's first-ever season in the fifth tier ended in disaster as they finished last, undone by their inability to score and having the second worst defence. Southport fared little better as their run of seven successive seasons in the fifth tier finally came to an end in the worst possible fashion, conceding nearly 100 goals and making it through not just three managers but even losing their chairman along the way. Braintree Town took the third spot on the last day of the season, only one season after finishing third in the table and losing out to eventually-promoted Grimsby Town over two legs – just one win from their final three games would have saved them from the drop. Despite victory in the FA Trophy, York City took the last spot on the final day of the campaign, suffering the embarrassment of a second successive relegation and becoming the first club to suffer back-to-back relegations from the Football League to the sixth tier; whilst their form between January and April gave them a good chance of survival, an awful first half of the season ultimately proved to be costly for their hopes, as did a staggering five results all going against them on the final day of the season.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lincoln City (C, P)	46	30	9	7	83	40	+43	99	Promoted to EFL League Two
2	Tranmere Rovers	46	29	8	9	79	39	+40	95	Qualified for the play-offs
3	Forest Green Rovers (O, P)	46	25	11	10	88	56	+32	86
4	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	26	6	14	79	53	+26	84
5	Aldershot Town	46	23	13	10	66	37	+29	82
6	Dover Athletic	46	24	7	15	85	63	+22	79
7	Barrow	46	20	15	11	72	53	+19	75
8	Gateshead	46	19	13	14	72	51	+21	70
9	Macclesfield Town	46	20	8	18	64	57	+7	68
10	Bromley	46	18	8	20	59	66	−7	62
11	Boreham Wood	46	15	13	18	49	48	+1	58
12	Sutton United	46	15	13	18	61	63	−2	58
13	Wrexham	46	15	13	18	47	61	−14	58
14	Maidstone United	46	16	10	20	59	75	−16	58
15	Eastleigh	46	14	15	17	56	63	−7	57
16	Solihull Moors	46	15	10	21	62	75	−13	55
17	Torquay United	46	14	11	21	54	61	−7	53
18	Woking	46	14	11	21	66	80	−14	53
19	Chester	46	14	10	22	63	71	−8	52
20	Guiseley	46	13	12	21	50	67	−17	51
21	York City (R)	46	11	17	18	55	70	−15	50	Relegated to National League North
22	Braintree Town (R)	46	13	9	24	51	76	−25	48	Relegated to National League South
23	Southport (R)	46	10	9	27	52	97	−45	39	Relegated to National League North
24	North Ferriby United (R)	46	12	3	31	32	82	−50	39	Relegated to National League North

Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results ^[8]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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Football League play-offs Edit

EFL Championship Edit

Final Edit

29 May 2017

15:00

Huddersfield Town	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Reading
	Report
Penalties
Löwe Hefele Wells Mooy Schindler	4–3	Kermorgant Williams Kelly Moore Obita

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,682

Referee: Neil Swarbrick

EFL League One Edit

Final Edit

20 May 2017

15:00

Bradford City	0–1	Millwall
	Report	Morison 85'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 53,320

Referee: Simon Hooper

EFL League Two Edit

Final Edit

28 May 2017

15:00 BST

Blackpool	2–1	Exeter City
Potts 3' Cullen 64'	Report	Wheeler 40'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 23,380

Referee: Darren England

National League play-offs Edit

National League Edit

Final Edit

14 May 2017

15:00

Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Forest Green Rovers
Jennings 22'		Woolery 12', 44' Doidge 41'

Wembley Stadium, London

National League North Edit

Final Edit

13 May 2017

15:00

FC Halifax Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chorley
Roberts 48' Garner 101'	Report	Blakeman 60'

The Shay, Halifax

Attendance: 7,920

Referee: Daniel Middleton

National League South Edit

Final Edit

13 May 2017

15:00

Ebbsfleet United	2–1	Chelmsford City
Winfield 72' McQueen 76'	Report	Graham 55'

Stonebridge Road, Northfleet

Attendance: 3,134

Referee: Richard Hulme

Cup competitions Edit

FA Cup Edit

Final Edit

27 May 2017

17:30 BST

Arsenal	2–1	Chelsea
Sánchez 4' Ramsey 79'	Report, nationalities	Costa 76'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 89,472

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

EFL Cup Edit

Final Edit

26 February 2017

16:30 GMT

Manchester United	3–2	Southampton
Ibrahimović 19', 87' Lingard 38'	Report	Gabbiadini 45+1', 48'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,264

Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)

Community Shield Edit

7 August 2016

16:00 BST

Leicester City	1–2	Manchester United
Vardy 52'	Report	Lingard 32' Ibrahimović 83'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,437

Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)^[9]

EFL Trophy Edit

Final Edit

2 April 2017

14:30 BST

Coventry City	2–1	Oxford United
Bigirimana 11' G. Thomas 55'	Report	Sercombe 75'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 74,434

Referee: Chris Sarginson

FA Trophy Edit

Final Edit

October 16, 2023

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[table_note_res_ELTH0.24547362525271-7] Manchester United qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (6th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League group stage. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

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[table_note_res_PLPO0.40508052911846-11] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

[table_note_res_PLPO0.90021195397722-12] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

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