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2016–17 AFC Wimbledon season

The 2016–17 season was AFC Wimbledon's 15th season in the club's history and The Dons' 1st season in League One following their promotion via the 2016 Football League play-offs.

2016–17 season
Erik Samuelson
Neal Ardley
Kingsmeadow
15th
Third round vs Sutton United (17 January 2017)
First round vs Peterborough United (9 August 2016)
Second round vs Brighton & Hove Albion (6 December 2016)
League: Tom Elliott 9All: Tom Elliott 13
4,826 vs Bradford City (29 October 2016)
4,023 vs Fleetwood Town (26 November 2016)
4,486

Home colours

Away colours

The 2016–17 season was AFC Wimbledon's 15th season in the club's history and The Dons' 1st season in League One following their promotion via the 2016 Football League play-offs.

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13	46	14	18	14	60	53	+7	60
14	46	14	16	16	51	58	−7	58
15	46	13	18	15	52	55	−3	57
16	46	14	11	21	60	73	−13	53
17	46	12	17	17	31	44	−13	53

On 17 October 2016, the draw for the FA Cup First round proper took place. The competition progresses in knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 2017.

At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two). AFC Wimbledon were drawn against fellow League One side Bury.

On 7 November 2016, the draw for the FA Cup Second round took place. At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (17 League One sides, 11 League Two sides and 12 non-league sides). AFC Wimbledon were drawn against National League North side Curzon Ashton.

On 5 December 2016, the draw for the FA Cup Third round took place. At this stage, there were 64 clubs remaining in the competition (20 Premier League sides, 24 Championship sides, 9 League One sides, 6 League Two sides and 5 non-league sides). AFC Wimbledon were drawn away against local National League side Sutton United.

On 22 June 2016, the draw for the Football League Cup took place. The draw is seeded and regionalised on a north/south basis. Seedings are based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season. The competition progresses in knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 26 February 2017.

The First Round of the competition includes 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship.

On 27 June 2016, the draw was made for the Group stages of the newly structured Football League Trophy. The first round will now consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages, culminating in a Final to be played at Wembley Stadium on 2 April 2017.

The draw for the Second Round took place on 10 November 2016, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.

As of 30 April 2017

Rank	Position	Nation	Number	Player	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	FW		33	Lyle Taylor	10	2	1	1	14
2	FW		9	Tom Elliott	9	4	0	0	13
=	FW		10	Dominic Poleon	8	3	0	2	13
3	MF		17	Andy Barcham	5	0	0	1	6
=	MF		18	Dean Parrett	5	1	0	0	6
4	FW		23	Tyrone Barnett	2	1	0	2	5
5	DF		6	Paul Robinson	2	1	0	0	3
6	DF		3	Jonathan Meades	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		7	George Francomb	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF		22	Sean Kelly	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF		32	Darius Charles	2	0	0	0	2
=	MF		11	Chris Whelpdale	1	0	1	0	2
7	MF		8	Jake Reeves	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF		34	Chris Robertson	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	52	12	2	6	72

Players Transferred In
16 May 2016	MF	Neşet Bellikli	Academy	Free transfer
31 May 2016	DF	Darius Charles	Burton Albion	Free transfer
21 June 2016	GK	Ryan Clarke	Northampton Town	Free transfer
28 June 2016	MF	Chris Whelpdale	Stevenage	Free transfer
1 July 2016	MF	Dean Parrett	Stevenage	Free transfer
2 July 2016	FW	Dominic Poleon	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer
1 August 2016	DF	Sean Kelly	St Mirren	Free transfer
3 August 2016	FW	Tyrone Barnett	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer
16 August 2016	DF	Seth Owens	Brentford	Free transfer
26 August 2016	DF	Toby Sibbick	Academy	Free transfer
2 September 2016	DF	Chris Robertson	Ross County	Free transfer
13 January 2017	GK	Joe Bursík	Academy	Free transfer
20 January 2017	DF	Johnville Renee-Pringle	Stoke City	Free transfer
27 January 2017	MF	Anthony Hartigan	Academy	Free transfer
31 January 2017	MF	Tom Soares	Bury	Undisclosed

4 August 2016	MF	Dan Gallagher	Kingstonian	4 October 2016
11 November 2016	MF	David Fitzpatrick	Torquay United	9 January 2017
11 November 2016	FW	Toyosi Olusanya	Kingstonian	10 December 2016
18 November 2016	FW	George Oakley	Welling United	16 January 2016
16 December 2016	FW	Egli Kaja	Lewes	16 January 2016
9 February 2017	MF	Tom Beere	Gateshead	11 March 2017
30 May 2016	FW	Adebayo Akinfenwa	Wycombe Wanderers	Released
31 May 2016	DF	Callum Kennedy	Leyton Orient	Released
31 May 2016	FW	Sean Rigg	Newport County	Released
15 June 2016	FW	Adebayo Azeez	Partick Thistle	Undisclosed
21 June 2016	MF	Connor Smith	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	GK	Will Mannion	Hull City	Undisclosed
5 August 2016	DF	Ryan Sweeney	Stoke City	£250,000
21 September 2016	GK	Ryan Clarke	Eastleigh	Mutual consent

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