The 2016–17 season was

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...

's 138th season in existence, and their tenth consecutive season in the

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

and

EFL Cup The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Orga ...

. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The club was relegated to the second tier for the first time in ten years at the end of the season, finishing bottom of the table with 24 points.

First team squad

Transfers and loans

New contracts

Transfers in

Loans in

Transfers out

Loans out

Pre-season friendlies

On 3 June 2016, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendlies against

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and

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Competitions

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Statistics

Overview

Top scorers

''The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.'' Last updated on 4 February 2017.

Clean sheets

''Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.'' :''Correct as of match played on 26 February 2017''

Disciplinary record

References

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