2016–17 Bristol City F.C. season

Bristol City
2016–17 season
OwnerSteve Lansdown
ChairmanKeith Dawe
Head CoachLee Johnson
StadiumAshton Gate
Championship17th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tammy Abraham (23)
All: Tammy Abraham (26)
Highest home attendance25,404
vs. Birmingham City (7 May 2017)
Lowest home attendance16,444
vs. Brentford (13 December 2016)
Average home league attendance19,256[1]

The 2016–17 season was Bristol City's 119th season as a professional football club and their second consecutive season back in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

First-Team Squad

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee End
Goalkeepers
1 Frank Fielding GK Blackburn 29 128 0 Derby County 26 June 2013 Undisclosed 2018
33 Fabian Giefer GK Adenau 27 11 0 Schalke 04 19 January 2017 Loan 2017
Defenders
2 Mark Little RWB Worcester 28 102 2 Peterborough United 25 June 2014 Free 2017
3 Joe Bryan LB Bristol 23 182 13 Academy 1 August 2011 Trainee 2019
4 Aden Flint CB Pinxton 27 200 29 Swindon Town 11 June 2013 £300,000 2020
13 Scott Golbourne LB Bristol 29 55 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 January 2016 Undisclosed 2018
23 Hörður Björgvin Magnússon CB/LB Reykjavík 24 29 1 Juventus 13 July 2016 £2,130,000 2019
26 Zak Vyner RB London 20 6 0 Academy 1 July 2015 Trainee Undisclosed
27 Adam Matthews RB Swansea 25 23 0 Sunderland 28 July 2016 Loan 2017
42 Bailey Wright CB Melbourne 24 24 1 Preston North End 6 January 2017 Undisclosed 2019
Midfielders
6 Gary O'Neil CM Beckenham 34 30 1 Norwich City 1 July 2016 Free 2018
7 Korey Smith CM Hatfield, Herts 26 116 2 Oldham Athletic 27 June 2014 Undisclosed 2019
8 Josh Brownhill CM Warrington 21 32 1 Preston North End 1 July 2016 Undisclosed Undisclosed
11 Callum O'Dowda WG Kidlington 22 39 0 Oxford United 14 July 2016 £1,000,000 2019
14 Bobby Reid CM Bristol 24 106 8 Academy 29 April 2011 Trainee 2018
21 Marlon Pack CM Portsmouth 26 185 6 Cheltenham Town 2 August 2013 £100,000 2018
31 Jens Hegeler CM Cologne 29 15 0 Hertha BSC 4 January 2017 £255,000 2019
32 David Cotterill RM Cardiff 29 79 11 Birmingham City 31 January 2017 Loan 2017
Forwards
9 Tammy Abraham CF London 19 48 26 Chelsea 5 August 2016 Loan 2017
10 Lee Tomlin SS/WG Leicester 28 60 13 AFC Bournemouth 5 July 2016 £2,250,000 2019
12 Matty Taylor CF Oxford 27 15 2 Bristol Rovers 31 January 2017 £400,000 2019
18 Aaron Wilbraham CF Knutsford 37 126 34 Crystal Palace 2 July 2014 Free 2017
20 Jamie Paterson CF/WG Coventry 25 24 5 Nottingham Forest 27 August 2016 Undisclosed 2019
22 Milan Đurić CF Tuzla 27 14 1 Cesena 4 January 2016 £1,500,000 2019
Out on Loan
16 Gustav Engvall CF Kalmar 21 6 0 IFK Göteborg 31 August 2016 £1,360,000 2019
17 Taylor Moore CB Walthamstow 20 7 0 Lens 25 August 2016 £1,500,000 2019
19 Paul Garita CF Douala 22 1 0 Châteauroux 7 January 2016 £50,000 Undisclosed
24 Max O'Leary GK Bristol 20 2 0 Academy 8 August 2015 Trainee 2018
29 Ivan Lučić GK Vienna 22 3 0 Bayern Munich 27 July 2016 Undisclosed 2018
30 Diego De Girolamo WG Chesterfield 21 1 0 Sheffield United 7 July 2016 Free 2018

Statistics

As of 7 May 2017
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Frank Fielding 30 0 27+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF  ENG Mark Little 34 0 26+2 0 2+0 0 2+2 0
3 DF  ENG Joe Bryan 49 1 39+5 1 3+0 0 1+1 0
4 DF  ENG Aden Flint 53 5 46+0 5 3+0 0 4+0 0
6 MF  ENG Gary O'Neil 30 1 22+7 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF  ENG Korey Smith 24 0 21+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF  ENG Josh Brownhill 32 1 19+8 1 2+1 0 2+0 0
9 FW  ENG Tammy Abraham 48 26 40+1 23 1+2 0 1+3 3
10 FW  ENG Lee Tomlin 42 7 30+8 6 1+0 0 1+2 1
11 MF  IRL Callum O'Dowda 39 0 15+19 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
12 FW  ENG Matty Taylor 15 2 9+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 DF  ENG Scott Golbourne 24 0 17+2 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
14 MF  ENG Bobby Reid 35 4 18+12 3 1+0 0 3+1 1
16 FW  SWE Gustav Engvall 6 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
18 FW  ENG Aaron Wilbraham 35 5 8+23 4 0+0 0 4+0 1
20 FW  ENG Jamie Paterson 24 5 16+6 4 1+1 1 0+0 0
21 MF  ENG Marlon Pack 39 2 29+4 2 0+2 0 4+0 0
22 FW  BIH Milan Đurić 14 1 3+8 1 3+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF  ISL Hörður Björgvin Magnússon 29 1 26+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF  ENG Zak Vyner 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF  WAL Adam Matthews 14 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
28 FW  ENG Shawn McCoulsky 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
31 MF  GER Jens Hegeler 15 0 8+4 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF  WAL David Cotterill 13 2 12+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK  GER Fabian Giefer 11 0 10+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
42 DF  AUS Bailey Wright 24 1 21+0 1 3+0 0 0+0 0
Player(s) out on loan:
17 DF  ENG Taylor Moore 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
19 FW  CMR Paul Garita 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
29 GK  AUT Ivan Lučić 3 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 FW  ITA Diego De Girolamo 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) who left the club during the season:
5 DF  IRL Derrick Williams 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF  SWE Joel Ekstrand 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK  ENG Richard O'Donnell 11 0 8+0 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
15 MF  ENG Luke Freeman 20 2 13+4 2 0+0 0 3+0 0
20 DF  ENG Luke Ayling 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW  CIV Jonathan Kodjia 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals

As of 7 May 2017
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 9 CF Tammy Abraham 23 0 3 26
2 10 SS Lee Tomlin 6 0 1 7
3 4 CB Aden Flint 5 0 0 5
18 CF Aaron Wilbraham 4 0 1 5
20 RW Jamie Paterson 4 1 0 5
6 14 CM Bobby Reid 3 0 1 4
7 12 CF Matty Taylor 2 0 0 2
15 AM Luke Freeman 2 0 0 2
21 CM Marlon Pack 2 0 0 2
32 RM David Cotterill 2 0 0 2
12 3 LB Joe Bryan 1 0 0 1
6 CM Gary O'Neil 1 0 0 1
8 CM Josh Brownhill 1 0 0 1
22 CF Milan Đurić 1 0 0 1
23 CB Hörður Björgvin Magnússon 1 0 0 1
42 CB Bailey Wright 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 1
Total 59 1 6 66

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2017
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
       
1 3 LB Joe Bryan 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0
2 10 SS Lee Tomlin 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
3 21 CM Marlon Pack 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0
4 2 RB Mark Little 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 CM Gary O'Neil 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
6 4 CB Aden Flint 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
7 CM Korey Smith 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 18 CF Aaron Wilbraham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
31 DM Jens Hegeler 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
10 9 CF Tammy Abraham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
14 CM Bobby Reid 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
15 AM Luke Freeman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
20 RW Jamie Paterson 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
32 RM David Cotterill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
42 CB Bailey Wright 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 17 CB Taylor Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
17 1 GK Frank Fielding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 CB Derrick Williams 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
8 CM Josh Brownhill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 LB Scott Golbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
22 CF Milan Đurić 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23 CB Hörður Björgvin Magnússon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 RB Adam Matthews 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
33 GK Fabian Giefer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 76 1 0 3 0 0 9 0 0 88 1 0

Contracts

Date Position Nationality Name Length Until Ref.
7 July 2016 CM Korey Smith 3 years June 2019 [2]
14 July 2016 RW Wes Burns 2 years June 2018 [3]
5 September 2016 CM Marlon Pack 2 years June 2018 [4]
2 December 2016 CB Aden Flint 4 years June 2020 [5]
5 January 2017 CB Kodi Lyons-Foster 6 months June 2017 [6]
5 January 2017 CF James Difford 6 months June 2017 [6]
18 January 2017 WG Diego De Girolamo 1+12 years June 2018 [7]

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CM Josh Brownhill Preston North End Undisclosed [8]
1 July 2016 CM Gary O'Neil Norwich City Free transfer [9]
5 July 2016 AM Lee Tomlin AFC Bournemouth £3,000,000 [10][11]
7 July 2016 CB Jack Challis Birmingham City Free transfer[a] [12]
7 July 2016 WG Diego De Girolamo Sheffield United Free transfer[a] [12]
7 July 2016 CB Kodi Lyons-Foster Aston Villa Free transfer[a] [12]
7 July 2016 CM Shabazz Omofe Chelsea Free transfer[a] [12]
9 July 2016 GK Denis Begovic Hoffenheim Free transfer [13]
13 July 2016 CB Hörður Björgvin Magnússon Juventus £2,130,000 [14]
14 July 2016 CF Callum O'Dowda Oxford United £1,000,000[b] [15]
27 July 2016 GK Ivan Lučić Bayern Munich Undisclosed [16]
25 August 2016 CB Taylor Moore Lens £1,500,000 [17][18]
27 August 2016 WG Jamie Paterson Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [19]
31 August 2016 CF Gustav Engvall IFK Göteborg £1,360,000 [20]
6 September 2016 CB Joel Ekstrand Watford Free transfer [21]
4 January 2017 CF Milan Đurić Cesena £1,500,000 [22]
4 January 2017 CM Jens Hegeler Hertha Berlin £255,000 [23]
6 January 2017 CB Bailey Wright Preston North End Undisclosed [24]
31 January 2017 CF Matty Taylor Bristol Rovers £400,000 [25]
31 January 2017 CF Freddie Hinds Luton Town Undisclosed [26]
31 January 2017 CB Tin Plavotic FC Schalke 04 II Undisclosed [26]
Income – Undisclosed (£10,395,000+)
  1. ^ a b c d Joined the Under-21 squad.
  2. ^ Transfer fee to rise to a potential of £1.6 million.

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CB Adam El-Abd Shrewsbury Town Released [27][a]
1 July 2016 CB Karleigh Osborne Plymouth Argyle Released [29][b]
1 July 2016 RM Scott Wagstaff Gillingham Released [31][c]
28 July 2016 MF Elijah Chilekwa Worcester City Free transfer [33]
11 August 2016 CF Kieran Agard Milton Keynes Dons Undisclosed [34]
11 August 2016 RB Luke Ayling Leeds United £750,000 [35][36]
26 August 2016 CB Derrick Williams Blackburn Rovers £250,000 [37][38]
30 August 2016 CF Jonathan Kodjia Aston Villa £11,000,000 [39][d]
19 January 2017 RW Wes Burns Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [40]
19 January 2017 GK Richard O'Donnell Rotherham United Undisclosed [41]
30 January 2017 AM Luke Freeman Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [42]
31 January 2017 CB Joel Ekstrand Rotherham United Mutual consent [43][e]
Expenditure – Undisclosed (£12,000,000)
  1. ^ Following El-Abd's release, he signed for Shrewsbury Town.[28]
  2. ^ Following Osborne's release, he signed for Plymouth Argyle.[30]
  3. ^ Following Wagstaff's release, he signed for Gillingham.[32]
  4. ^ Transfer fee to rise to a potential of £15 million.
  5. ^ Following Ekstrand's departure, he signed for Rotherham United.[44]

Loans in

Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
28 July 2016 RB Adam Matthews Sunderland End of Season [45]
5 August 2016 CF Tammy Abraham Chelsea End of Season [46]
19 January 2017 GK Fabian Giefer Schalke 04 End of Season [47]
31 January 2017 RM David Cotterill Birmingham City End of Season [48]

Loans out

Date Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
14 July 2016 RW Wes Burns Aberdeen 16 January 2017 [a] [3]
August 2016 GK Max O'Leary Bath City End of Season[b]
4 August 2016 MF George Dowling Weston-super-Mare 30 September 2016 [50]
4 August 2016 ST Shawn McCoulsky Weston-super-Mare 30 September 2016 [50]
4 August 2016 CM Joe Morrell Sutton United 2 September 2016 [50]
19 August 2016 LW Jonny Smith Cheltenham Town 2 January 2017 [51]
31 August 2016 CF Paul Garita Plymouth Argyle January 2017 [52]
31 August 2016 RB Zak Vyner Accrington Stanley January 2017 [53]
12 October 2016 CB Aden Baldwin Weston-super-Mare 31 May 2017[c] [54]
17 November 2016 CF Shawn McCoulsky Torquay United 1 January 2017 [55]
3 December 2016 CF Jake Andrews Guernsey 3 February 2017[d] [56]
3 December 2016 DF Kodi Lyons-Foster Guernsey 2 January 2016 [56]
1 January 2017 SS Diego De Girolamo Cheltenham Town End of Season [57]
5 January 2017 CF Connor Lemonheigh-Evans Bath City 3 February 2017 [6]
5 January 2017 DF Cameron Pring Guernsey 3 February 2017 [6]
6 January 2017 CB Taylor Moore Bury End of Season [58]
30 January 2017 GK Ivan Lučić AaB End of Season [59]
31 January 2017 CB Tin Plavotic Cheltenham Town End of Season [60]
  1. ^ On 16 January 2017, Wes Burns' loan at Aberdeen was terminated.[49]
  2. ^ O'Leary's loan was extended to the end of the season on 5 January.[6]
  3. ^ Baldwin's loan was extended to May on 5 January.[6]
  4. ^ Andrew's loan was extended to 3 February on 5 January.[6]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2016 (2016-07-10) Hengrove Athletic 0–7 Bristol City Hengrove
14:00 Report Freeman 15'
Flint 25'
Brownhill 36'
Agard 41'
Tomlin 49', 53'
Smith 85'
Stadium: Norton Lane
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Yeovil Town 1–2 Bristol City Yeovil
15:00 Eaves 57' Report Flint 24'
Kodjia 44'
Stadium: Huish Park
20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Granada 2–0 Bristol City La Manga, Spain
19:00 CEST Gabriel Silva 22'
Machís 59'
Report Stadium: Pinatar Arena
22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) UCAM Murcia 1–3 Bristol City La Manga, Spain
11:00 CEST Report Freeman 11'
Garita 28'
Vyner 60'
Stadium: La Manga Stadium
25 July 2016 (2016-07-25) Cheltenham Town 1–2 Bristol City Cheltenham
19:45 Wright 87' Report Kodjia 9'
Tomlin 63'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Bath City 0–1 Bristol City Bath
19:45 Report Reid 27' Stadium: Twerton Park
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Bristol City 0–0 Portsmouth Bristol
15:00 Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 5,317 (721)
Referee: Kevin Friend

EFL Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 10 20 54 58 −4 58
16 Ipswich Town 46 13 16 17 48 58 −10 55
17 Bristol City 46 15 9 22 60 66 −6 54
18 Queens Park Rangers 46 15 8 23 52 66 −14 53
19 Birmingham City 46 13 14 19 45 64 −19 53
Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 15 9 22 60 66  −6 54 11 4 8 33 26  +7 4 5 14 27 40  −13

Last updated: 7 May 2017.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

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ResultWWLLWDLDWWWLLWDLLLWLLLLLLLLDWDLLDLDDWWLLWWDWWL
Position51710681212105556669101311141516171718192020202020212121222221192121211818181717
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1 Bristol City 2–1 Wigan Athletic Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 BST Magnusson 81'
Reid 90'
Tomlin  90+5'
Report  27' Morgan
32' Gilbey
 71' Burn
 72' Perkins
 79' Daniels
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 17,635
Referee: James Adcock
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2 Burton Albion 1–2 Bristol City Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
15:00 BST Flanagan  66'
Naylor 88'
Report  35' Tomlin
44', 90+5' Abraham
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 4,579
Referee: David Coote
16 August 2016 3 Norwich City 1–0 Bristol City Norwich, Suffolk
19:45 BST Howson 38'
Pinto  50'
Tettey  90'
Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,297
Referee: Stuart Atwell
20 August 2016 4 Bristol City 0–1 Newcastle United Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 BST  33' Freeman
 45' Tomlin
 55' Little
Gayle 19' Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 22,512
Referee: Tony Harrington
27 August 2016 5 Bristol City 3–1 Aston Villa Bristol
15:00 BST Bryan  31'
Abraham 59'
Bryan 61'
Tomlin 81'
BBC Report 5'  89'Grealish
 56' Ayew
 57' Chester
 69' de Laet
 74' Elphick
 76' Jedinak
 90+4' Bacuna
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 21,099
Referee: James Lingington
10 September 2016 6 Rotherham United 2–2 Bristol City Rotherham
15:00 BST Brown 6'
Flint 58' (og)
Camp  74'
Ward  90+1'
Report  36' Tomlin
74' Abraham
83' Reid
Stadium: Aesseal New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,559
Referee: Andy Madley
13 September 2016 7 Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 Bristol City Sheffield
19:45 BST Fletcher 52'
Hutchinson  59'
Bannan 75'
Lee 90+6'  90+6'
Report Abraham 33', 39'
O'Neil  42'  61'
Flint  62'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,151
Referee: Darren Bond
17 September 2016 8 Bristol City 1–1 Derby County Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00 BST Wilbraham 90+4' Report Anya 44'
 65' Christie
 89' Carson
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 19,451
Referee: Andy Woolmer
24 September 2016 9 Fulham 0–4 Bristol City London
15:00 BST Parker  38'
Sigurdsson  75'
McDonald  79'
Report 10' Abraham
 49' Little
60' Freeman
68' Reid
83' Flint
 84' Paterson
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 20,585
Referee: Peter Bankes
27 September 2016 10 Bristol City 1–0 Leeds United Bristol
19:45 BST Pack  34', 59'
Tomlin  45+1'
Report  44' Jansson
 45+2' Dallas
 59' Hernández
 88' Taylor
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 19,699
Referee: Keith Stroud
1 October 2016 11 Bristol City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Bristol
15:00 BST Reid  24'
O'Neil  58'
Abraham 65',  66'
Paterson 68'
BBC Report  23' Fox
33' Vellios
 60' Osborn
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 18,922
Referee: Scott Duncan
14 October 2016 12 Cardiff City 2–1 Bristol City Cardiff
19:45 BST Whittingham 25' (pen.)  42'
Bennett  37'
Bamba 67'
Gunnarsson  70'
Immers  90+4'
Report Tomlin 69'
Abraham  70'
Bryan  81'
Little  86'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 22,776
Referee: James Linington
18 October 2016 13 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Bristol City Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST Idrissa Sylla 75' Report  61' Tomlin Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium
Attendance: 12,552
Referee: Andrew Madley
22 October 2016 14 Bristol City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Bristol
15:00 BST Flint  17'
Paterson  20'
Wilbraham 88'
Report  89' Mulgrew Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 21,452
Referee: Andrew Davies
29 October 2016 15 Barnsley 2–2 Bristol City Barnsley
15:00 BST Waktins 21'
Morsy  23'
Kay  42'
Jackson  58'
Hammill 90+1'
Report  28' Wilbraham
 45+1' Smith
58' (pen) Tomlin
 69' Bryan
76' Abraham
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
5 November 2016 16 Bristol City 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol
17:30 GMT O'Neil  54' Report Sidwell 13'
Murphy 20'  90+3'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 19,096
Referee: Darren Bond
19 November 2016 17 Birmingham City 1–0 Bristol City Birmingham
15:00 GMT Cotterill  59'
Morrison  77'
Adams 81'
Spector  90'
Report  88' Pack Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 18,586
Referee: Tony Harrington
26 November 2016 18 Reading 2–1 Bristol City Reading
15:00 GMT McCleary 13' 13'
Beerens 19'  61'
Moore  48'
Report Bryan  83'
O'Neil 87'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 18,778
Referee: Tim Robinson
3 December 2016 19 Bristol City 2–0 Ipswich Town Bristol
15:00 GMT Wilbraham  7'
Tomlin 31' (pen.)  38'
Freeman 72'
Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 18,309
Referee: Stuart Attwell
10 December 2016 20 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Bristol City Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Kachunga 10'  85'
Schindler  32'
Wells 58'
Report Freeman  31'
Abraham 33'
Fielding  49'
Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 18,333
Referee: Keith Stroud
13 December 2016 21 Bristol City 0–1 Brentford Bristol
19:45 GMT Tomlin  73'
Smith  87'
Report Colin 69' Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 16,444
Referee: Andy Woolmer
17 December 2016 22 Bristol City 1–2 Preston North End Bristol
15:00 GMT Wilbraham 78' Report Makienok 21'
McGeady  45+4'
Johnson 85',  90+1'
Pearson  90'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 18,619
Referee: Simon Hooper
26 December 2016 23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 Bristol City Wolverhampton
16:00 GMT Edwards 3'
Coady  53'
Costa 57'
Cavaleiro 84' (pen.)  90+1'
Report Matthews  31'
Pack  37'
Abraham 38'
Flint 44'
Freeman  67'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 24,669
Referee: James Adcock
30 December 2016 24 Ipswich Town 2–1 Bristol City Ipswich
19:45 GMT Bru 39'
Pitman  43' 87'
Report Abraham 52'
Magnússon  55'
Brownhill  58'
Stadium: Portman Road Stadium
Attendance: 15,640
Referee: David Coote
2 January 2017 25 Bristol City 2–3 Reading Bristol
15:00 GMT Abraham 27', 47' (pen.),  62'
Little  64'
Report  39', 86', 90+3' Kermorgant
 68' van den Berg
72' Kelly
 77' Moore
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 20,074
Referee: Roger East
14 January 2017 26 Bristol City 2–3 Cardiff City Bristol
12:00 GMT Murphy 51' (o.g.)
Abraham 78'
Little  90'
Report Bamba  35'
Whittingham  62'
Pilkington 74' (pen.), 85'
Harris 82'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 19,452
Referee: Craig Pawson
21 January 2017 27 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Bristol City Nottingham
15:00 GMT Osborn 67'  90+4'
Ward  85'
Report Little  35'
Hegeler  71'
Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 17,418
Referee: Darren Bond
31 January 2017 28 Bristol City 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Bristol
19:45 GMT Tomlin 31' (pen.)
Abraham 70'
Report Forestieri 17'
Loovens  34'
Lees  37'
Bannan  45+3'
Wallace 51'
Reach  74'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 17,438
Referee: Oliver Langford
4 February 2017 29 Bristol City 1–0 Rotherham United Bristol
15:00 GMT Đurić 73'
Cotterill  79'
Report  90+3' Vaulks Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 18,737
Referee: Peter Bankes
11 February 2017 30 Derby County 3–3 Bristol City Derby
15:00 GMT Butterfield  41'
Bent 57', 81'
Keogh  63'
Ince 76'
Report 14' Taylor
27', 38' Abraham
 58' Bryan
 66' Flint
 83' Đurić
 90+2' Hegeler
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 28,043
Referee: Andy Davies
14 February 2017 31 Leeds United 2–1 Bristol City Leeds
19:45 GMT Wood 28'
Hernández 47'
Ronaldo  71'
Report Tomlin  29'
Cotterill  44'
Wright  66'
Đurić 90+5'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 22,402
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
22 February 2017 32 Bristol City 0–2 Fulham Bristol
19:45 GMT Hegeler  61' Report Piazon 17'
Johansen  45'
Cairney 54'
Ream  71'
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 17,272
Referee: Tim Robinson
25 February 2017 33 Newcastle United 2–2 Bristol City Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT Smith 59' (og)
Clark 82'
Report 11',  51' Wilbraham
21' Cotterill
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,131
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
28 February 2017 34 Aston Villa 2–0 Bristol City Birmingham
19:45 GMT Hutton  43'
Kodjia 54'
Hourihane 59'
Green  82'
Report Smith  16'
Giefer  19'
Reid  39'
Wright  68'
Bryan  86'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 28,119
Referee: Simon Hooper
4 March 2017 35 Bristol City 0–0 Burton Albion Bristol
15:00 GMT O'Neil  12' Report Murphy  39'
Mousinho  66'
Brayford  67'
McFadzean  89'
Palmer  90+2'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 17,914
Referee: Graham Scott
7 March 2017 36 Bristol City 1–1 Norwich City Bristol
19:45 GMT Smith  69'
Wright 78'
Report Wildschut 39'
Martin  77'
Dijks  79'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 17,035
Referee: Stephen Martin
11 March 2017 37 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Bristol City Wigan
15:00 GMT Gilbey  45+1'
Connolly  57'
Report Pack  27'
Flint 88'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,787
Referee: Andrew Madley
17 March 2017 38 Bristol City 4–0 Huddersfield Town Bristol
19:45 GMT Tomlin 30'
Abraham 45+13'
Flint 79'
Cotterill 83' (pen.)
Report Billing  52' Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 16,984
Referee: David Coote
1 April 2017 39 Brentford 2–0 Bristol City London
15:00 BST Canós 18'
Vibe 26'
Report Bryan  12'
O'Neil  35'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 11,360
Referee: Simon Hooper
4 April 2017 40 Preston North End 5–0 Bristol City Preston
19:45 BST Maxwell  4'
Barkhuizen 25'
McGeady 47' (pen.)
Clarke 54'
Robinson 64', 68'
Huntington  90+1'
Report Pack  34'
Tomlin  73'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,224
Referee: Andrew Madley
8 April 2017 41 Bristol City 3–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol
15:00 BST Paterson 33'
Abraham 39' (pen.), 49'
Flint  63'
Report Edwards  31'
Böðvarsson 78'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 20,323
Referee: James Adcock
14 April 2017 42 Bristol City 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Bristol
15:00 BST Pack 14'  86'
Paterson 40'
Report Manning  35'
Luongo  45+1'
Freeman  53'
Mackie  90+2'
Sylla 90+5'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 20,404
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
17 April 2017 43 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Bristol City Blackburn
15:00 BST Bennett  22'
Williams  54'
Gallagher 71'
Report Abraham 14'
Wright  49'
Bryan  81'
Cotterill  86'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,935
Referee: Mike Jones
22 April 2017 44 Bristol City 3–2 Barnsley Bristol
15:00 BST Smith  42'
Abraham 53'
Paterson 69'
Flint 74'
Report  34' Scowen
37' Mowatt
64' Moncur
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 18,617
Referee: Scott Duncan
29 April 2017 45 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Bristol City Brighton
17:30 BST Skalák  45' Report Brownhill 43'
Pack  47'
Bryan  65'
Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 30,338
Referee: Oliver Langford
7 May 2017 46 Bristol City 0–1 Birmingham City Bristol
12:00 BST Bryan  64' Report Adams 16'  56'
Gardner  35'
Maghoma  54'
Grounds  55'
Kuszczak  90+3'
Nsue  90+5'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 25,404
Referee: Lee Mason

FA Cup

7 January 2017 Third round Bristol City 0–0 Fleetwood Town Bristol
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 10,301
Referee: Steve Martin
17 January 2017 Third round replay Fleetwood Town 0–1 Bristol City Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Hunter  90+4' Report Paterson 17'  33'
Hegeler  77'
Bryan  87'
Stadium: Higbury Stadium
Attendance: 2,115
Referee: Carl Boyeson
28 January 2017 Fourth round Burnley 2–0 Bristol City Burnley
15:00 GMT Vokes 45'
Tarkowski  67'
Defour 68'
Darikwa  90+2'
Report Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 14,921
Referee: Andre Marriner

League Cup

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) First round Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 Bristol City High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
19:45 BST McGinn  34'
Wood  47'
Report 27' Abraham
 31' Williams
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,842
Referee: Lee Collins
23 August 2016 Second round Scunthorpe United 1–2 (a.e.t.) Bristol City Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
19:45 BST Morris 60' (pen)
Dawson  72'
van Veen  96'
Report 35' Reid
 65' Golbourne
97' Abraham
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,397
Referee: Ross Joyce
21 September 2016 Third round Fulham 1–2 Bristol City Fulham, London
19:45 BST Lucas Piazon 14'
Joronen  54'
BBC Report  28' Pack
45' Wilbraham
 51' Moore
90' Abraham
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 6,017
Referee: Andy Davies
25 October 2016 Fourth round Bristol City 1–2 Hull City Ashton Gate, Bristol
19:45 BST Bryan  40'
Reid  48'
Flint  65'
Moore  67'
Tomlin 90+3'
Report Maguire 44'
Davies  45+3'
Dawson 47'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 16,149
Referee: Keith Stroud

Summary

Games played 53 (46 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Games won 19 (15 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Games drawn 10 (9 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost 24 (22 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored 67 (60 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 6 League Cup)
Goals conceded 72 (66 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Goal difference −5
Clean sheets 12 (9 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Yellow cards 89 (77 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 9 League Cup)
Red cards 4 (1 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Worst Discipline Joe Bryan (11 , 0  , 0 )
Best result 4–0 vs Fulham (24 Sep 16)
4–0 vs Huddersfield Town (17 Mar 17)
Worst result 0–5 vs Preston North End (4 Apr 17)
Most appearances Aden Flint (53 starts)
Top scorer Tammy Abraham (26)
Points 54

Score overview

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Aston Villa 3–1 0–2 No
Barnsley 3–2 2–2 No
Birmingham City 0–1 0–1 No
Blackburn Rovers 1–0 1–1 No
Brentford 0–1 2–0 No
Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2 1–0 No
Burton Albion 0–0 2–1 No
Cardiff City 1–2 2–3 No
Derby County 1–1 3–3 No
Fulham 0–2 4–0 No
Huddersfield Town 4–0 1–2 No
Ipswich Town 2–0 1–2 No
Leeds United 1–0 1–2 No
Newcastle United 0–1 2–2 No
Norwich City 1–1 0–1 No
Nottingham Forest 2–1 0–1 No
Preston North End 1–2 0–5 No
Queens Park Rangers 2–1 0–1 No
Reading 2–3 1–2 No
Rotherham United 1–0 2–2 No
Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 2–3 No
Wigan 2–1 1–0 Yes
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 2–3 No

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