The 2016–17 season was

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's 136th year in existence and second consecutive season in the

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. Watford also participated in the

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and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

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took over as manager following the departure of Quique Sánchez Flores.

Pre-season

In May 2016, Watford began to announce the pre-season friendlies.

Overview

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Competitions

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

Staff

Squad information and statistics

''Statistics correct as of 23 April 2017.'' No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored

= Yellow cards GK =

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DF = Defender MF =

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FW = Forward

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, 10, , FW, , align=left, , 2+16, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2+16, , 1, , 1, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , 11, , MF, , align=left, , 23+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 23+1, , 0, , 6, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 12, , MF, , align=left, Kenedy , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , bgcolor=#FFCCCC, 2016, , No, , — , - , 13, , GK, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 14, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 15, , DF, , align=left, , 13+2, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 14+2, , 0, , 3, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 16, , MF, , align="left", , 9+6, , 1, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 12+6, , 1, , 4, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 17, , MF, , align="left", , 9+3, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 11+3, , 0, , 2, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 18, , DF, , align=left, , 6+13, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 6+14, , 1, , 1, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , , - , 19, , FW, , align=left, , 1+4, , 0, , 2, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 3+4, , 1, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , 20, , FW, , align="left", , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , bgcolor=#FFCCCC, 2015, , No, , — , - , 20, , FW, , align="left", , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2017, , No, , — , - , 21, , MF, , align="left", , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , bgcolor=#FFCCCC, 2012, , No, , — , - , 21, , FW, , align="left", , 11, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 11, , 2, , 2, , 0, , , , 2017, , No, , — , - , 22, , MF, , align="left", , 13+9, , 1, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 13+10, , 1, , 1, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 23, , MF, , align=left, , 0+4, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 2+4, , 0, , 0, , 1, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 24, , FW, , align=left, , 14+4, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 0+1, , 1, , 15+5, , 2, , 1, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 25, , DF, , align=left, , 30, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 30, , 2, , 12, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 26, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 1+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 27, , DF, , align=left, , 5+8, , 2, , 1, , 1, , 1, , 0, , 7+8, , 3, , 1, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , 29, , MF, , align=left, , 32, , 6, , 1, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 33+1, , 6, , 4, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 30, , GK, , align="left", , 0+2, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 3+2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 31, , DF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2011, , Yes, , — , - , 32, , DF, , align=left, , 0+1, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 2+1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , 33, , FW, , align="left", , 7+7, , 3, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 8+7, , 3, , 4, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 34, , GK, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 35, , MF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , 37, , MF, , align=left, , 12+1, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 12+1, , 2, , 2, , 1, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 39, , FW, , align=left, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , 42, , DF, , align=left, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , —, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , —, , GK, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , —, , GK, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , —, , FW, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , Yes, , — , - , —, , FW, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , —, , MF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , —, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , — , - , —, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , Yes, , —

Non-playing staff

''Information correct as of 11 July 2016.''

Transfers

In

{, class="wikitable" !Date !Player !From !Fee !Ref , - , 1 July 2016 , , , , , , £6,000,000 , , , - , 1 July 2016 , , , , , , £4,000,000 , , , - , 1 July 2016 , , , , , , £12,500,000 , , , - , 21 July 2016 , , , , , , £4,000,000 , , , - , 8 August 2016 , , , , , , Free , , , - , 19 August 2016 , , , , , , £4,000,000 , , , - , 19 August 2016 , , , , , , £13,000,000 , , , - , 24 August 2016 , , , , , , £7,000,000 , , , - , 29 August 2016 , , , , , , Undisclosed , , , - , 30 August 2016 , , , , , , Free transfer , , , - , 25 January 2017 , , , , , , Undisclosed , ,

Out

{, class="wikitable" !Date !Player !Transferred to !Fee !Ref , - , 28 May 2016, , , , , , £6,000,000, , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 3 June 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 1 July 2016, , , , , , Undisclosed, , , - , 4 July 2016, , , , , , £1,500,000, , , - , 12 July 2016, , , , , , Free transfer, , , - , 28 July 2016, , , , , , £3,500,000, , , - , 28 July 2016, , , , , , £1,500,000, , , - , 10 August 2016, , , , , , Free transfer ''(Released)'', , , - , 27 August 2016, , , , , , £12,500,000, , , - , 31 August 2016, , , , , , £4,000,000, , , - , 31 August 2016, , , , , , Free transfer, , , - , 31 August 2016, , , , , , £4,000,000, , , - , 31 January 2017 , , , , , , £3,500,000, , , - , 31 January 2017 , , , , , , £20,000,000, ,

Loans in

{, class="wikitable" !Date from !Player !Loaned from !Date until !Ref , - , 16 July 2016 , , , , , , End of Season , , , - , 30 August 2016 , , , , , , 13 December 2016 , , , - , 31 August 2016 , , , , , , End of Season , , , - , 12 January 2017 , , , , , , End of Season , , , - , 26 January 2017 , , , , , , End of Season , ,

Loans out

Mathias Ranegie started the season on loan at

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

for the duration of the

2016 Allsvenskan The 2016 Allsvenskan season was the 92nd edition of top tier Allsvenskan football competition since its founding in 1924 under the authority of the Swedish Football Association in Sweden; the 2016 Swedish football season. The season started on 2 ...

season, having joined in February 2016. {, class="wikitable" !Date from !Player !Loaned to !Date until !Ref , - , 11 July 2016 , , , , , , 5 January 2017 , , , - , 27 July 2016 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 27 July 2016 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 1 August 2016 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 16 August 2016 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 26 August 2016 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 31 August 2016 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 5 January 2017 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 26 January 2017 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 30 January 2017 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 31 January 2017 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 31 January 2017 , , , , , , End of season , , , - , 31 January 2017 , , , , , , End of season , ,

References

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