2016–17 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

2016–17 season
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Owner	Vincent Tan
Manager	vacant
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2015–16 season will be Cardiff City's 118th season in their existence and the 89th in the Football League.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship or the Premier League depending on the previous season's results, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Competitions

EFL Championship

The fixtures will be released on 22 June 2016, with the season starting on 6 August 2016 finishing on 6 May 2017, with the play-offs to follow.^[2]

FA Cup

Cardiff will enter the competition in the 3rd round, due to their place in the Championship, which will take place in January 2017.

League Cup

The first round of the League Cup will take place on 8 August 2016.^[2]

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	David Marshall	GK		Glasgow	31	272	0	Norwich City	12 May 2009	£500,000	2018
21	Simon Moore	GK		Sandown	25	23	0	Brentford	29 July 2013	£150,000	2017
30	Ben Wilson	GK		Stanley	23	2	0	Accrington Stanley	November 2014	Free	2017
—	Joe Lewis	GK		Bury St. Edmunds	28	4	0	Peterborough United	25 May 2012	Free	Undisclosed
Defenders
2	Lee Peltier	RB		Liverpool	30	56	0	Huddersfield Town	24 January 2015	Nominal	2018
3	Fábio	LB		Rio de Janeiro	25	68	1	Manchester United	29 January 2014	Free	2016
4	Sean Morrison	CB		Plymouth	25	73	10	Reading	15 August 2014	£2,620,000	2018
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	CB		Libreville	27	54	5	Lorient	1 September 2014	£4,400,000	2017
6	Ben Turner	CB		Birmingham	27	120	4	Coventry City	31 August 2011	£750,000	2016
12	Declan John	LB		Merthyr Tydfil	20	31	0	Academy	1 June 2013	Trainee	2018
16	Matthew Connolly	CB		Barnet	28	108	6	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2019
28	Scott Malone	LB		Rowley Regis	25	54	2	Millwall	7 January 2015	£90,000	2017
29	Semi Ajayi	CB		London	22	0	0	Arsenal	1 July 2015	Free	2017
36	Adedeji Oshilaja	CB		London	23	3	0	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	2016
Midfielders
7	Peter Whittingham	CM		Nuneaton	31	421	93	Aston Villa	11 January 2007	£350,000	2017
8	Joe Ralls	CM		Aldershot	23	94	6	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2020
11	Craig Noone	LW		Liverpool	28	132	17	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 August 2012	£1,000,000	2018
13	Anthony Pilkington	LW		Blackburn	27	60	9	Norwich City	15 August 2014	£875,000	2017
15	Kagisho Dikgacoi	DM		Brandfort	31	27	0	Crystal Palace	1 July 2014	Free	2017
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM		Akureyri	28	197	20	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2017
22	Stuart O'Keefe	CM		Eye	25	31	2	Crystal Palace	28 January 2015	£750,000	2018
23	Matthew Kennedy	RW		Irvine	21	16	0	Everton	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	2018
24	Kadeem Harris	LW		Westminster	22	21	2	Wycombe Wanderers	30 January 2012	£150,000	2017
—	Tom Adeyemi	CM		Norwich	24	23	1	Birmingham City	7 August 2014	£882,000	2017
—	Filip Kiss	CM		Dunajská Streda	25	36	1	Slovan Bratislava	1 July 2012	£500,000	2016
Forwards
9	Kenwyne Jones	CF		Point Fortin	31	67	19	Stoke Ciy	28 January 2014	Part Exchange	2016
14	Federico Macheda	CF		Rome	24	31	8	Manchester United	1 July 2014	Free	2017
18	Eoin Doyle	CF		Dublin	28	18	5	Chesterfield	2 February 2015	£750,000	2018
39	Idriss Saadi	CF		Valence	24	2	0	Clermont	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018
—	Adam le Fondre	CF		Stockport	29	25	3	Reading	28 May 2014	£2,170,000	2017
—	Etien Velikonja	CF		Šempeter pri Gorici	27	5	0	Maribor	25 July 2012	£1,574,373	2016
Out on loan

^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 23 April 2016. ^ Italics on player's name indicate the player's contract runs out on 30 June 2016.

Overall summary

Summary Games played 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Games won 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Games drawn 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Games lost 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Goals scored 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Goals conceded 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Goal difference 0 Clean sheets 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Yellow cards 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Red cards 0 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Worst Discipline Best result Worst result Most appearances Top scorer Points

Score overview Opposition Home score Away score Double Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Bristol City Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

Club staff

Backroom staff Position Name Head of Football Russell Slade Manager Vacant Assistant Manager Scott Young Head Coach Paul Trollope Goalkeeper Coach Martyn Margetson First Team Coach James Rowberry Head of Medical Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPC First Team Physiotherapist Adam Rattenberry MCSP SRP Head of Fitness & Condition Lee Southernwood Strength & Conditioning Coach Mike Beere Club Doctor Dr. Len Nokes Performance & Recruitment Analyst Graham Younger Opposition Analyst Martin Hodge Kit & Equipment Manager Ian Lenning

Board of directors Position Name Chairman Mehmet Dalman General Manager Ken Choo Finance Director Richard Thompson Non-Executive Board Members Football Club [3] Steve Borley Derek Chee Seng Chin Mehmet Dalman Michael Filiou Meng Kwong Lim Michael Isaac Vincent Lye Ek Seang Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings) [4] Danni Rais Club Secretary [5] David Beeby

References

1. "History". Statto.
2. "Football League Key Dates". Football League. unknown. Retrieved 3 May 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. "Football Club Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
4. "Holding Company Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
5. "New Club Secretary". Retrieved 25 August 2015.