2016–17 Kilmarnock F.C. season
Kilmarnock 2016–17 football 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 .
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
Notes
Scottish Premiership
Date
Opponents
H / A
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
League position
6 August 2016
Motherwell
H
1–2[ 8]
M. Smith 81'
4,308
10th
13 August 2016
Hamilton Academical
A
2–1[ 9]
K. Boyd 71', Coulibaly 73'
2,228
6th
20 August 2016
Ross County
A
0–2[ 10]
3,263
10th
26 August 2016
Rangers
H
1–1[ 11]
K. Boyd 29'
11,800
8th
10 September 2016
Dundee
A
1–1[ 12]
Coulibaly 32'
5,111
10th
17 September 2016
Partick Thistle
H
2–2[ 13]
K. Boyd 17', Coulibaly 65'
4,169
8th
24 September 2016
Celtic
A
1–6[ 14]
Coulibaly 32'
53,532
10th
1 October 2016
Aberdeen
H
0–4[ 15]
4,592
11th
15 October 2016
St Johnstone
A
1–0[ 16]
S. Boyd 76'
2,930
9th
22 October 2016
Inverness Calednoian Thistle
A
1–1[ 17]
Coulibaly 8' (pen. )
2,591
8th
26 October 2016
Heart of Midlothian
H
2–0[ 18]
Coulibaly 22', S. Smith 72'
3,917
7th
29 October 2016
Rangers
A
0–3[ 19]
49,302
8th
5 November 2016
Hamilton Academical
H
0–0[ 20]
3,387
7th
18 November 2016
Celtic
H
0–1[ 21]
10,962
7th
26 November 2016
Aberdeen
A
Postponed
3 December 2016
Dundee
H
2–0[ 22]
McKenzie 22', Coulibaly 70'
3,615
6th
6 December 2016
Aberdeen
A
1–5[ 23]
McKenzie 77'
8,195
6th
10 December 2016
Motherwell
A
0–0[ 24]
3,684
6th
17 December 2016
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
H
1–1[ 25]
Coulibaly 73'
3,294
7th
23 December 2016
St Johnstone
H
0–1[ 26]
3,056
8th
27 December 2016
Heart of Midlothian
A
0–4[ 27]
16,696
8th
31 December 2016
Partick Thistle
H
0–0[ 28]
3,584
10th
28 January 2017
Ross County
H
3–2[ 29]
K. Boyd 1', Dicker 61', Longstaff 90'
3,207
8th
1 February 2017
Dundee
A
Postponed
4 February 2017
Hamilton Academical
A
1–1[ 30]
Longstaff 7'
2,159
8th
11 February 2017
Dundee
A
1–1[ 31]
K. Boyd 9'
4,708
6th
19 February 2017
Aberdeen
H
1–2[ 32]
McKenzie 41'
3,972
8th
25 February 2017
St Johnstone
A
2–0[ 33]
McKenzie 11', Sammon 71'
2,933
8th
4 March 2017
Motherwell
H
1–2[ 34]
K. Boyd 32'
4,726
8th
11 March 2017
Ross County
A
2–1[ 35]
Sammon 46', K. Boyd 85'
3,380
7th
18 March 2017
Partick Thistle
H
1–1[ 36]
Sammon 87'
4,519
7th
1 April 2017
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
A
1–1[ 37]
K. Boyd 87' (pen. )
2,780
7th
5 April 2017
Rangers
H
0–0[ 38]
9,548
7th
8 April 2017
Celtic
A
1–3[ 39]
Jones 65'
57,679
7th
14 April 2017
Heart of Midlothian
H
0–0[ 40]
4,110
7th
29 April 2017
Hamilton Academical
A
2–0[ 41]
Sammon 11', Jones 23'
2,482
7th
6 May 2017
Dundee
H
0–1[ 42]
4,040
8th
13 May 2017
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
H
2–1[ 43]
Longstaff 17', Jones 57'
3,137
7th
16 May 2017
Motherwell
A
1–3[ 44]
Frizzell 17'
5,246
8th
20 May 2017
Ross County
H
1–2[ 45]
Sammon 10'(pen. )
3,951
8th
Scottish Cup
Date
Round
Opponents
H / A
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
21 January 2017
Fourth round
Hamilton Academical
H
0–1[ 46]
2,944
Scottish League Cup
Group Stage
Club statistics
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
0 23.68
Scottish Cup
21 January 2017
21 January 2017
Fourth round
Fourth round
1
0
0
1
0
1
−1
00 0.00
League Cup
16 July 2017
30 July 2017
Group stage
Group stage
4
2
1
1
5
5
+0
0 50.00
Total
43
11
15
17
41
62
−21
0 25.58
League table
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).
[ 50] Notes:
^ 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.
League cup table
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.
Source:[ 51]
Player transfers
Transfers in
Transfers out
Notes
^ Note 1: Clark was appointed manager of
Bury on 15 February 2016.
[ 76] 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.
[ 77]
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