The 2016–17 season was

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

's fifteenth season in the

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, their first since relegation in the 2008–2009 season, after gaining promotion the previous season in their 141st year in existence. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the

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and

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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. 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

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's dismissal in March. Caretaker manager

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could not improve the team's fortunes as they were mathematically relegated back to the

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on 8 May 2017 following their 3–0 away defeat to

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, who would go on to become champions.

Squad

First team squad

* L = Player on Loan

Transfers

Transfers in

:Total spending £20,800,000

Loans in

Loans out

Transfers out

New contracts

Competitions

Overview

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Pre-season friendlies

Premier League

Matches

Results by matchday

Results summary

League table

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Statistics

Appearances

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Ben Gibson Benjamin James Gibson (born 15 January 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Norwich City. Having graduated from Middlesbrough's Academy, Gibson enjoyed loan spells with Plymouth Argyle, York City ...

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Viktor Fischer Viktor Gorridsen Fischer (born 9 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Swedish club AIK on loan from the Belgian First Division A club Antwerp. Fischer has previously played for ...

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Marten de Roon Marten Elco de Roon (born 29 March 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Atalanta and the Netherlands national team. He formerly played for Sparta Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen and Middlesbrough. Early life De ...

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Antonio Barragán Antonio Juan Barragán Fernández (born 12 June 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Having started out at Liverpool, he spent most of his career in the two highest divisions of Spanish football, playing for De ...

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Top scorers

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, 9, , 1, , 0, , 10 , - , rowspan="2", 2 , RM , 18 , align=left,

, 4, , 1, , 0, , 5 , - , CM , 14 , align="left",

, 4, , 1, , 0, , 5 , - , 4 , CM , 7 , align="left",

, 1, , 2, , 0, , 3 , - , rowspan="3", 5 , AM , 21 , align=left,

, 2, , 0, , 0, , 2 , - , LM , 19 , align=left,

, 1, , 1, , 0, , 2 , - , FW , 29 , align=left,

, 1, , 1, , 0, , 2 , - , rowspan="5", 8 , CB , 4 , align=left,

, 1, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , CB , 6 , align=left,

, 1, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , FW , 20 , align=left,

, 1, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , CB , 25 , align=left,

, 1, , 0, , 0, , 1 , - , FW , 35 , align=left,

, 0, , 0, , 1, , 1 , -class="sortbottom" , colspan="4", Own goals , 1 , 0 , 0 , 1 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=4, Total , 27 , 7 , 1 , 35

Clean sheets

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, 8, , 0, , 0, , 8 , - , rowspan="1", 2 , 12 , align=left,

, 3, , 1, , 0, , 4 , - , rowspan="1", 3 , 1 , align="left",

, 0, , 1, , 0, , 1 , - , rowspan="1", 4 , 13 , align=left,

, 0, , 0, , 0, , 0 , - , colspan="3", Total , 11, , 2, , 0, , 13

References

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