2016–17 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Middlesbrough's fifteenth season in the Premier League, their first since relegation in the 2008–09 season, after gaining promotion the previous season in their 141st year in existence.^[2] Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Middlesbrough

2016–17 season
Middlesbrough celebrate taking the lead at Old Trafford in December 2016; Manchester United would win the match 2–1
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Aitor Karanka (until 16 March 2017)[1] Steve Agnew (caretaker) (from 16 March 2017)
Stadium	Riverside Stadium
Premier League	19th (relegated)
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Álvaro Negredo (9) All: Álvaro Negredo (10)
Highest home attendance	32,704 Middlesbrough 0–1 Chelsea Middlesbrough 0–3 Liverpool
Lowest home attendance	23,661 Middlesbrough 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday
Average home league attendance	30,449 (Premier League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Middlesbrough's long-awaited return to the top flight proved to be disastrous, as the team struggled to score goals all season, despite boasting a strong defensive record compared to other teams in the bottom half of the table. Their total of 27 goals scored throughout the season was the lowest in the Premier League, leading to manager Aitor Karanka's dismissal in March. Caretaker manager Steve Agnew could not improve the team's fortunes as they were relegated back to the Championship on 8 May 2017 following their 3–0 away defeat to Chelsea, who would go on to become champions.^[3]

Squad

First team squad

As of 2 February 2017.^[4]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Team
Goalkeepers
1	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos		GK	(1978-11-29)29 November 1978 (aged 38)	AEK Athens
12	Brad Guzan		GK	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 32)	Aston Villa
26	Victor Valdes		GK	(1987-01-14)14 January 1987 (aged 30)	Barcelona
Defenders
2	Fábio		FB	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 26)	Cardiff City
3	George Friend		LB	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 29)	Doncaster Rovers
4	Daniel Ayala		CB	(1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 26)	Norwich City
5	Bernardo Espinosa		CB	(1989-07-11)11 July 1989 (aged 27)	Sporting Gijón
6	Ben Gibson		CB	(1993-01-15)15 January 1993 (aged 24)	Academy
17	Antonio Barragán		RB	(1987-06-12)12 June 1987 (aged 30)	Valencia
22	Dael Fry		CB	(1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 19)	Academy
25	Calum Chambers L		RB / CB	(1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 22)	Arsenal
40	James Husband		LB	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 23)	Doncaster Rovers
-	Jordan McGhee L		RB	(1996-07-24)24 July 1996 (aged 20)	Hearts
-	Nathan McGinley		LB	(1996-09-15)15 September 1996 (aged 20)	Academy
Midfielders
7	Grant Leadbitter		DM / CM	(1986-01-07)7 January 1986 (aged 31)	Ipswich Town
8	Adam Clayton		DM / CM	(1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 28)	Huddersfield Town
14	Marten de Roon		DM / CM	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 26)	Atalanta
18	Cristhian Stuani		RM / CF	(1986-10-12)12 October 1986 (aged 30)	Espanyol
19	Stewart Downing		AM / LM / RM	(1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 32)	West Ham United
21	Gastón Ramírez		AM	(1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 26)	Southampton
27	Adlène Guedioura		CM	(1985-11-12)12 November 1985 (aged 31)	Watford
34	Adam Forshaw		CM / DM	(1991-10-08)8 October 1991 (aged 25)	Wigan Athletic
-	Alex Pattison		AM	(1997-09-06)6 September 1997 (aged 19)	Academy
-	Lewis Maloney		CM	(1995-05-05)5 May 1995 (aged 22)	Academy
Strikers
10	Álvaro Negredo L		CF	(1985-08-20)20 August 1985 (aged 31)	Valencia
11	Viktor Fischer		LW	(1994-06-09)9 June 1994 (aged 23)	Ajax
20	Patrick Bamford		CF	(1993-09-05)5 September 1993 (aged 23)	Chelsea
29	Rudy Gestede		FW	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 28)	Aston Villa
37	Adama Traoré		RW	(1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 21)	Aston Villa

• L = Player on Loan

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	DF		Bernardo Espinosa	Sporting Gijón	Free	[5]
1 July 2016	FW		Viktor Fischer	Ajax	£3,800,000	[6][7]
4 July 2016	MF		Marten de Roon	Atalanta	£12,000,000	[8][9]
7 July 2016	GK		Víctor Valdés	Manchester United	Free	[10]
15 July 2016	DF		Antonio Barragán	Valencia	£3,000,000	[11]
18 July 2016	MF		Gastón Ramírez	Southampton	Free	[12]
29 July 2016	GK		Brad Guzan	Aston Villa	Free	[13]
12 August 2016	DF		Fábio	Cardiff City	£2,000,000	[14]
31 August 2016	FW		Adama Traoré	Aston Villa	£7,500,000	[15]
4 January 2017	FW		Rudy Gestede	Aston Villa	£6,000,000	[16]
5 January 2017	FW		Mikael Soisalo	Ilves	Undisclosed	[17]
18 January 2017	FW		Patrick Bamford	Chelsea	£6,000,000	[18]
31 January 2017	MF		Adlène Guedioura	Watford	£4,500,000	[19]
2 February 2017	MF		William Opoku Asiedu	Okyeman Planners	Free	[20]

Total spending £20,800,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 July 2016	DF		Jordan McGhee	Hearts	End of season	[21]
20 July 2016	FW		Álvaro Negredo	Valencia	End of season	[22]
30 August 2016	DF		Calum Chambers	Arsenal	End of season	[23]
2 February 2017	DF		Pedro Silva Torrejón	Boca Juniors	End of season	[24]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	DF		Jonny Burn	Kilmarnock	4 January 2017	[25]
9 July 2016	GK		Connor Ripley	Oldham Athletic	End of season	[26]
12 August 2016	MF		Harry Chapman	Sheffield United	End of season	[27]
30 August 2016	FW		Bradley Fewster	Hartlepool United	End of season	[28]
31 August 2016	DF		Alex Baptiste	Preston North End	End of season	[29]
31 August 2016	DF		Dael Fry	Rotherham United	4 January 2017[a]	[31]
5 January 2017	MF		Julien De Sart	Derby County	End of season	[32]
5 January 2017	GK		Tomás Mejías	Rayo Vallecano	End of season	[33]
26 January 2017	GK		Joseph Fryer	Hartlepool United	End of season	[34]
27 January 2017	DF		Mark Kitching	Rochdale	31 January 2017[b]	[36]
31 January 2017	MF		Harry Chapman	Sheffield United	End of season	[37]
31 January 2017	MF		Callum Cooke	Crewe Alexandra	End of season	[38]
31 January 2017	MF		Carlos de Pena	Real Oviedo	End of season	[39]
1 February 2017	FW		Jordan Rhodes	Sheffield Wednesday	End of season	[40]
2 February 2017	MF		William Opoku Asiedu	Levadia	End of next season	[20]
2 February 2017	MF		Robbie Tinkler	North Ferriby United	End of season	[41]

1. On 4 January 2017, Dael Fry was recalled back from his loan at Rotherham United.^[30]
2. On 31 January 2017, Mark Kitching's loan was made permanent.^[35]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	DF		Damià Abella	Retired	Released	[42]
1 July 2016	DF		Jonathan Woodgate	Retired	Released	[42]
1 July 2016	DF		Rhys Williams	Perth Glory	Free	[43]
1 July 2016	GK		Luke Coddington	Huddersfield Town	Free	[44]
1 July 2016	MF		Jordan Jones	Kilmarnock	Free	[42]
1 July 2016	DF		Andre Bennett	Bishop Auckland	Free	[42]
30 August 2016	DF		Adam Jackson	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[45]
30 August 2016	DF		Brad Halliday	Cambridge United	Undisclosed	[46]
31 August 2016	MF		Mustapha Carayol	Nottingham Forest	Free	[47]
31 August 2016	MF		Albert Adomah	Aston Villa	Undisclosed	[48]
31 August 2016	MF		Adam Reach	Sheffield Wednesday	£5,000,000	[49]
9 January 2017	FW		David Nugent	Derby County	Undisclosed[a]	[51]
18 January 2017	DF		Emilio Nsue	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[52]
20 January 2017	MF		Bryn Morris	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[53]
26 January 2017	DF		Jonny Burn	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	[54]
31 January 2017	FW		Arnel Jakupovic	Empoli	Undisclosed	[55]
31 January 2017	DF		Mark Kitching	Rochdale	Undisclosed	[35]
1 February 2017	FW		Jordan Rhodes	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	[40]

1. Fee Reported as £2,500,000^[50]

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
4	CB	Daniel Ayala	4 years	2020	5 August 2016	[56]
3	LB	George Friend	4 years	2020	13 August 2016	[57]
6	CB	Ben Gibson	5 years	2021	20 August 2016	[58]
34	CM	Adam Forshaw	4 years	2020	26 August 2016	[59]
22	CB	Dael Fry	5 years	2021	31 August 2016	[60]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	013.16
FA Cup	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3	075.00
League Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Total	43	8	13	22	35	59	−24	018.60

Updated to match played 8 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

York City v Middlesbrough

9 July 2016 Friendly	York City	0–6	Middlesbrough	York
12:30 PM BST		Report	Flinders 19' (o.g.) Nugent 23' Adomah 33' Rhodes 63', 87' Reach 75'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,812 (2,000 Boro – approx)

Doncaster Rovers v Middlesbrough

16 July 2016 Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Middlesbrough	Doncaster
3:00 PM BST		Report	Downing 13' Pattison 82'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,886 (1,118 Boro) Referee: Darren England

Real Betis v Middlesbrough

19 July 2016 Friendly	Real Betis	2–1	Middlesbrough	Marbella
8:00 PM WET	Ceballos 26' Castro 72'	Report	Rhodes 74'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Alcorcón v Middlesbrough

23 July 2016 Friendly	Alcorcón	2–2	Middlesbrough	Marbella
6:30 PM WET	Bautista Romagnoli 55' Alejo 90'	Report	Negredo 34' Rhodes 90'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Al-Ahli v Middlesbrough

25 July 2016 Friendly	Al-Ahli	0–2	Middlesbrough	Marbella
11:00 PM WET		Report	Nugent 58' De Sart 68'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

30 July 2016 Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
3:00 PM BST	Baker 14'	Report	Negredo Fischer Rhodes	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 14,863 (869 Boro) Referee: Steve Martin

Udinese v Middlesbrough

3 August 2016 Friendly	Udinese	0–0	Middlesbrough	Udine
8:30 PM BST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Friuli

Middlesbrough v Real Sociedad

6 August 2016 Friendly	Middlesbrough	0–0	Real Sociedad	Middlesbrough
3:00 PM BST		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 9,726 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Premier League

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Middlesbrough v Stoke City

13 August 2016 1	Middlesbrough	1–1	Stoke City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Negredo 11' Downing  29' Ramírez  30' Forshaw  90'	Report	Shaqiri 67' Shawcross  22' Given  30' Bardsley  48' Wollscheid  90' Arnautović  90+3'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,110 Referee: Kevin Friend

Sunderland v Middlesbrough

21 August 2016 2	Sunderland	1–2	Middlesbrough	Sunderland
13:30 BST	Van Aanholt 71' Gooch  81'	Report	Stuani 13', 46' Clayton  26'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,515 Referee: Martin Atkinson

West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough

28 August 2016 3	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Middlesbrough	West Bromwich
13:30 BST	Yacob  65'	Report	Ayala  1' Ramírez  49' Barragán  77'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,690 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Middlesbrough v Crystal Palace

10 September 2016 4	Middlesbrough	1–2	Crystal Palace	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Ayala 38' Ramírez  60'	Report	Benteke 15' Zaha 47' Ward  82' Zaha  90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,551 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Everton v Middlesbrough

17 September 2016 5	Everton	3–1	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Stekelenburg  22' Barry 24',  45' Coleman 42' Lukaku 45'	Report	Stekelenburg 21' (o.g.) Ayala  37'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,074 Referee: Lee Mason

Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur

24 September 2016 6	Middlesbrough	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Gibson 65' Traoré  87' Friend  90'	Report	Son 7', 23' Walker  63'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,703 Referee: Graham Scott

West Ham United v Middlesbrough

1 October 2016 7	West Ham United	1–1	Middlesbrough	Stratford, London
15:00 BST	Obiang  11' Payet 57' Arbeloa  90'	Report	Stuani 51',  80' De Roon  62' Barragán  88'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 56,945 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Middlesbrough v Watford

15 October 2016 8	Middlesbrough	0–1	Watford	Middlesbrough
12:30 BST	Barragán  21' Stuani  38' Ramírez  42' De Roon  74'	Report	Holebas 54' Amrabat  65'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,131 Referee: Roger East

Arsenal v Middlesbrough

22 October 2016 9	Arsenal	0–0	Middlesbrough	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Mustafi  64'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Mike Dean

Middlesbrough v AFC Bournemouth

29 October 2016 10	Middlesbrough	2–0	AFC Bournemouth	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Ramírez  24', 39' Downing 56' Chambers  90+2'	Report	Smith  25'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,600 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Manchester City v Middlesbrough

5 November 2016 11	Manchester City	1–1	Middlesbrough	Manchester
15:00 BST	Agüero 43',  88'	Report	Forshaw  20' Clayton  52' De Roon  89', 90+1'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 54,294 Referee: Kevin Friend

Middlesbrough v Chelsea

20 November 2016 12	Middlesbrough	0–1	Chelsea	Middlesbrough
16:00 BST	Clayton  8' Chambers  74'	Report	Costa 41' Azpilicueta  51' David Luiz  64' Kanté  73'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,704 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Leicester City v Middlesbrough

26 November 2016 13	Leicester City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Leicester
15:00 BST	Albrighton  29' Mahrez 34' (pen.) Amartey  51' Vardy  65' Slimani 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Negredo 13', 71',  34' Chambers  31' Valdés  90+2' De Roon  90+3'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,058 Referee: Lee Mason

Middlesbrough v Hull City

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

Southampton v Middlesbrough

11 December 2016 15	Southampton	1–0	Middlesbrough	Southampton
14:15 GMT	Tadić  22' Boufal  45+1', 53' Fonte  55' Romeu  58'	Report	Barragán  17' Forshaw  52' Clayton  80'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,976 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Middlesbrough v Liverpool

14 December 2016 16	Middlesbrough	0–3	Liverpool	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Gibson  69'	Report	Lallana 29', 68' Origi 60'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,704 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

17 December 2016 17	Middlesbrough	3–0	Swansea City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Negredo 18', 29',  90' De Roon 58'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,302 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Burnley v Middlesbrough

26 December 2016 18	Burnley	1–0	Middlesbrough	Burnley
15:00 BST	Boyd  21' Mee  42' Flanagan  53' Ward  65' Gray  73', 80' Hendrick  85'	Report	De Roon  2' Ramírez  31' Barragán  45+2' Fábio  80' Negredo  90+4'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,562 Referee: Craig Pawson

Manchester United v Middlesbrough

31 December 2016 19	Manchester United	2–1	Middlesbrough	Trafford, Manchester
15:00 BST	Blind  57' Martial 85' Pogba 86'	Report	Leadbitter 67' Chambers  90+2'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,314 Referee: Lee Mason

Middlesbrough v Leicester City

2 January 2017 20	Middlesbrough	0–0	Leicester City	Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT	Ramírez  26' Gibson  43' Clayton  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,437 Referee: Robert Madley

Watford v Middlesbrough

14 January 2017 21	Watford	0–0	Middlesbrough	Watford
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road

Middlesbrough v West Ham

21 January 2017 22	Middlesbrough	1–3	West Ham	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Stuani 27' Gibson  80' Bernardo  83'	Report	Lanzini  6' Carroll 9', 43' Calleri 90+4'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,848 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion

31 January 2017 23	Middlesbrough	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Negredo 17' (pen.),  51' Bernardo  45'	Report	Morrison 6' Dawson  89'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,316 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Tottenham Hotspur v Middlesbrough

4 February 2017 24	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Middlesbrough	Tottenham, London
17:30 GMT	Kane 58' (pen.)	Report	De Roon  38'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,949 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Middlesbrough v Everton

11 February 2017 25	Middlesbrough	0–0	Everton	Middlesbrough
17:30 GMT	Clayton  31' Ramírez  85'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Attendance: 31,496 Referee: Mike Dean

Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough

25 February 2017 26	Crystal Palace	1–0	Middlesbrough	South Norwood, London
15:00 GMT	Cabaye  30' Van Aanholt 34' McArthur  76' Ward  83'	Report	Fábio  75'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,416 Referee: Robert Madley

Stoke City v Middlesbrough

4 March 2017 27	Stoke City	2–0	Middlesbrough	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Shawcross  21' Arnautović 29', 43'	Report	Friend  45+2' De Roon  78'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,644 Referee: Craig Pawson

Middlesbrough v Manchester United

19 March 2017 28	Middlesbrough	1–3	Manchester United	Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT	Clayton  33' Gestede 77'	Report	Jones  25' Fellaini 30' Lingard 62' Valencia 90+3'	Stadium: Riverside Attendance: 32,689 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Swansea City v Middlesbrough

2 April 2017 29	Swansea City	0–0	Middlesbrough	Swansea
13:30 BST	Fer  16' Mawson  58'	Report	Fábio  23' Negredo  69' Gestede  79'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,354 Referee: Bobby Madley

Hull City v Middlesbrough

5 April 2017 30	Hull City	4–2	Middlesbrough	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Marković 14' Clucas  19' Niasse 27' Hernández 33' Maguire 70' N'Diaye  85'	Report	Negredo 5' Clayton  21' De Roon 45+1'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 20,380 Referee: Michael Oliver

Middlesbrough v Burnley

8 April 2017 31	Middlesbrough	0–0	Burnley	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	Ward  45+1' Barnes  48' Keane  85'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,547 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Middlesbrough v Arsenal

17 April 2017 32	Middlesbrough	1–2	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
20:00 BST	Leadbitter  7' Negredo 50' Gestede  82'	Report	Oxlade-Chamberlain  4' Sánchez 42' Gabriel  43' Özil 71'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,298 Referee: Anthony Taylor

AFC Bournemouth v Middlesbrough

23 April 2017 (2017-04-23) 33	AFC Bournemouth	4–0	Middlesbrough	Bournemouth
15:00	King 2' Afobe 16' Pugh 65' Daniels 70'	Report	Ramírez  14'  20' Friend  58' Ayala  67'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,890 Referee: Graham Scott

Middlesbrough v Sunderland

26 April 2017 34	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	De Roon 9' Friend  29' Clayton  31' Fábio  71'	Report	O'Shea  37' Gibson  45+2' Jones  75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,742 Referee: Mike Dean

Middlesbrough v Manchester City

30 April 2017 35	Middlesbrough	2–2	Manchester City	Middlesbrough
14:05 BST	Stuani  16' Negredo 38' Forshaw  54' Fábio  67' De Roon  68' Chambers 78'	Report	Kompany  31' Sané  68' Agüero 69' (pen.) Otamendi  76' Sterling  81' Jesus 85'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,763 Referee: Kevin Friend

Chelsea v Middlesbrough

8 May 2017 36	Chelsea	3–0	Middlesbrough	Fulham, London
20:00 BST	Costa 23' Alonso 34' Matić 65'	Report	Fábio  60' Bamford  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Craig Pawson

Middlesbrough v Southampton

13 May 2017 37	Middlesbrough	1–2	Southampton	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Clayton  66' Bamford 72' Gibson  86' de Roon  90'	Report	Rodriguez 42' Redmond 57'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,203 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Liverpool v Middlesbrough

21 May 2017 38	Liverpool	3–0	Middlesbrough	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Wijnaldum 45+1' Coutinho 51' Lallana 56'	Report	Gestede  66'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,191 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Results by matchday

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

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	5	13	20	27	53	−26	28	4	6	9	17	22	−5	1	7	11	10	31	−21

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: Premier League

League table

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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[61][62]
(R) Relegated

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday

8 January 2017 Third round	Middlesbrough	3–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Negredo  24', 67' De Roon  48', 90+1' Leadbitter 58',  60' Ayala  59'	Report	Fletcher  27' Bannan  56'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,661 Referee: David Coote

Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley

28 January 2017 Fourth round	Middlesbrough	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Leadbitter  64' Downing 69',  88' Clayton  81' Gibson  90+4'	Report	Conneely  14' Clare  85' Rodgers  90+5'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,040 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Middlesbrough v Oxford United

18 February 2017 Fifth round	Middlesbrough	3–2	Oxford United	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Leadbitter 26' (pen.) Gestede 34' Ayala  62' Chambers  71' Stuani 86' Negredo  90+2'	Report	Maguire 62' Martínez 65' Ledson  76' Johnson  90+4'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,198 Referee: Andre Marriner

Middlesbrough v Manchester City

11 March 2017 Quarter-final	Middlesbrough	0–2	Manchester City	Middlesbrough
12:15 GMT	Barragán  17' Leadbitter  45' Traoré  45+3' De Roon  83'	Report	Silva 3' Agüero 67'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,228 Referee: Mike Dean

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Fulham v Middlesbrough

22 August 2016 Second round	Fulham	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Middlesbrough	Fulham, London
19:45 BST	Adeniran  15' De Sart 54' (o.g.) Kavanagh  72' Stearman  79' Christensen 113'	Report	Nugent 8' Ayala  32'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 8,522 Referee: David Coote

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total			Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
1	GK	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fábio	21 (3)	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	1	0	1	25 (3)	0	1	8	0
3	DF	George Friend	20 (4)	0	2	2	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	22 (5)	0	2	4	0
4	DF	Daniel Ayala	11 (3)	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	14 (3)	1	0	5	1
5	DF	Bernardo Espinosa	10 (1)	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	14 (1)	0	0	2	0
6	DF	Ben Gibson	38	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	41	1	1	5	0
7	MF	Grant Leadbitter	7 (6)	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	11 (6)	3	1	4	0
8	MF	Adam Clayton	32 (2)	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	36 (2)	0	2	11	0
10	FW	Álvaro Negredo	33 (3)	9	4	1 (2)	1	1	0	0	0	34 (5)	10	5	5	0
11	FW	Viktor Fischer	6 (7)	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	9 (7)	0	3	0	0
12	GK	Brad Guzan	10	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Marten de Roon	32 (1)	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	34 (1)	5	0	9	0
17	DF	Antonio Barragán	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	5	0
18	MF	Cristhian Stuani	16 (7)	4	0	2 (2)	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	18 (10)	5	0	4	0
19	MF	Stewart Downing	24 (6)	1	3	2 (1)	1	0	1	0	0	27 (7)	2	3	2	0
20	FW	Patrick Bamford	2 (6)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3 (6)	1	0	1	0
21	MF	Gastón Ramírez	20 (4)	2	3	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	20 (6)	2	3	9	1
22	DF	Dael Fry	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Calum Chambers	24	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	1	1	5	0
26	GK	Víctor Valdés	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0
27	MF	Adlène Guedioura	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Rudy Gestede	4 (12)	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7 (12)	2	0	2	0
34	MF	Adam Forshaw	30 (4)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	30 (5)	0	1	4	0
37	FW	Adama Traoré	16 (11)	0	1	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	19 (12)	0	1	2	0
40	DF	James Husband	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
9	FW	Jordan Rhodes	2 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (4)	0	0	0	0
13	GK	Tomás Mejías	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Alex Baptiste	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Carlos de Pena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Adam Reach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Julien De Sart	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Emilio Nsue	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Albert Adomah	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0
35	FW	David Nugent	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1 (4)	1	0	0	0
-	MF	Bryn Morris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Álvaro Negredo	9	1	0	10
2	RM	18	Cristhian Stuani	4	1	0	5
	CM	14	Marten de Roon	4	1	0	5
4	CM	7	Grant Leadbitter	1	2	0	3
5	AM	21	Gastón Ramírez	2	0	0	2
	LM	19	Stewart Downing	1	1	0	2
	FW	29	Rudy Gestede	1	1	0	2
8	CB	4	Daniel Ayala	1	0	0	1
	CB	6	Ben Gibson	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Patrick Bamford	1	0	0	1
	CB	25	Calum Chambers	1	0	0	1
	FW	35	David Nugent	0	0	1	1
Own goals				1	0	0	1
Total				27	7	1	35

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total appearances are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	26	Víctor Valdés	8	0	0	8
2	12	Brad Guzan	3	1	0	4
3	1	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	0	1	0	1
4	13	Tomás Mejías	0	0	0	0
Total			11	2	0	13