2016–17 Kilmarnock F.C. season

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

Kilmarnock

2016–17 season
Chairman	Billy Bowie
Manager	Lee Clark^[Note 1] Lee McCulloch
Stadium	Rugby Park
Premiership	Eighth place
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Coulibaly (8) All: Coulibaly (11)
Highest home attendance	11,800 (vs Rangers, 26 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance	2,219 (vs Albion Rovers, 30 July 2016)
Average home league attendance	5,118
Home colours Away colours

Overview

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

Match results

Friendlies

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

Notes

1. ^
   a: Played at Beechwood Park, Auchinleck.

Scottish Premiership

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

Scottish Cup

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

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

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

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

Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Squad statistics

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

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

Source:[50]

Club statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
6	Partick Thistle	38	10	12	16	38	54	−16	42
7	Ross County	38	11	13	14	48	58	−10	46
8	Kilmarnock	38	9	14	15	36	56	−20	41
9	Motherwell	38	10	8	20	46	69	−23	38
10	Dundee	38	10	7	21	38	62	−24	37

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[51]
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Competition Overview

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

Source: Competitions

Player transfers

Transfers in

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

Transfers out

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

Notes

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

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