United 16/17

The 2016–17 season was Manchester United’s 25th season in the Premier League, and their 42nd consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. It began against Leicester City in the FA Community Shield, with United prevailing 2–1 to win the first trophy of the domestic calendar. In February 2017, the club won their second trophy of the campaign, beating Southampton 3–2 in the EFL Cup Final. Although they missed out on qualifying for the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League via the league, having finished in sixth place, a 2–0 victory over Ajax in the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final meant they qualified for the Champions League group stage as Europa League title holders.
Following the departure of Louis van Gaal at the end of the previous season, the club signed former Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale and Real Madrid manager José Mourinho on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year.

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
16 July 2016	Wigan Athletic	A	2–0	Keane 49′, Pereira 58′	13,314
22 July 2016	Borussia Dortmund	N	1–4	Mkhitaryan 59′	38,285
25 July 2016	Manchester City	N	A–A	Match cancelled due to adverse playing conditions
30 July 2016	Galatasaray	N	5–2	Ibrahimović 4′, Rooney (2) 55′, 58′ (pen.), Fellaini 62′, Mata 74′	30,200
3 August 2016	Everton	H	0–0		58,597
4 June 2017	Michael Carrick XI	H	2–2	Vidić 28′, Carrick ’82	70,027

FA Community Shield

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
7 August 2016	Leicester City	N	2–1	Lingard 32′, Ibrahimović 83′	85,437

Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
14 August 2016	Bournemouth	A	3–1	Mata 40′, Rooney 59′, Ibrahimović 64′	11,355	1st
19 August 2016	Southampton	H	2–0	Ibrahimović (2) 36′, 52′ (pen.)	75,326	1st
27 August 2016	Hull City	A	1–0	Rashford 90+2′	24,560	2nd
10 September 2016	Manchester City	H	1–2	Ibrahimović 42′	75,272	3rd
18 September 2016	Watford	A	1–3	Rashford 62′	21,118	7th
24 September 2016	Leicester City	H	4–1	Smalling 22′, Mata 37′, Rashford 40′, Pogba 42′	75,256	6th
2 October 2016	Stoke City	H	1–1	Martial 69′	75,251	6th
17 October 2016	Liverpool	A	0–0		52,769	7th
23 October 2016	Chelsea	A	0–4		41,424	7th
29 October 2016	Burnley	H	0–0		75,325	8th
6 November 2016	Swansea City	A	3–1	Pogba 15′, Ibrahimović (2) 21′, 33′	20,938	6th
19 November 2016	Arsenal	H	1–1	Mata 68′	75,264	6th
27 November 2016	West Ham United	H	1–1	Ibrahimović 21′	75,314	6th
4 December 2016	Everton	A	1–1	Ibrahimović 42′	39,550	6th
11 December 2016	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Mkhitaryan 29′	75,271	6th
14 December 2016	Crystal Palace	A	2–1	Pogba 45+2′, Ibrahimović 88′	25,547	6th
17 December 2016	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–0	Ibrahimović (2) 5′, 56′	26,308	6th
26 December 2016	Sunderland	H	3–1	Blind 39′, Ibrahimović 82′, Mkhitaryan 86′	75,325	6th
31 December 2016	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	Martial 85′, Pogba 86′	75,314	6th
2 January 2017	West Ham United	A	2–0	Mata 63′, Ibrahimović 78′	56,996	6th
15 January 2017	Liverpool	H	1–1	Ibrahimović 84′	75,276	6th
21 January 2017	Stoke City	A	1–1	Rooney 90+4′	27,423	6th
1 February 2017	Hull City	H	0–0		75,297	6th
5 February 2017	Leicester City	A	3–0	Mkhitaryan 42′, Ibrahimović 44′, Mata 49′	32,072	6th
11 February 2017	Watford	H	2–0	Mata 32′, Martial 60′	75,301	6th
4 March 2017	Bournemouth	H	1–1	Rojo 23′	75,245	6th
19 March 2017	Middlesbrough	A	3–1	Fellaini 30′, Lingard 62′, Valencia ’90+3	32,689	5th
1 April 2017	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0		75,397	5th
4 April 2017	Everton	H	1–1	Ibrahimović 90+4′ (pen.)	75,272	6th
9 April 2017	Sunderland	A	3–0	Ibrahimović 30′, Mkhitaryan 46′, Rashford 89′	43,779	5th
16 April 2017	Chelsea	H	2–0	Rashford 7′, Herrera 49′	75,272	5th
23 April 2017	Burnley	A	2–0	Martial 21′, Rooney 39′	21,870	5th
27 April 2017	Manchester City	A	0–0		54,176	5th
30 April 2017	Swansea City	H	1–1	Rooney 45+3′ (pen.)	75,271	5th
7 May 2017	Arsenal	A	0–2		60,055	5th
14 May 2017	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	Rooney 71′	31,848	6th
17 May 2017	Southampton	A	0–0		31,425	6th
21 May 2017	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	Harrop 15′, Pogba 19′	75,254	6th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	78	42	+36	76	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Arsenal	38	23	6	9	77	44	+33	75	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester United	38	18	15	5	54	29	+25	69	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
7	Everton	38	17	10	11	62	44	+18	61	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
8	Southampton	38	12	10	16	41	48	−7	46

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
7 January 2017	Round 3	Reading	H	4–0	Rooney 7′, Martial 15′, Rashford (2) 75′, 79′	74,396
29 January 2017	Round 4	Wigan Athletic	H	4–0	Fellaini 44′, Smalling 57′, Mkhitaryan 74′, Schweinsteiger 81′	75,229
19 February 2017	Round 5	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	Rashford 27′, Ibrahimović 75′	23,130
13 March 2017	Round 6	Chelsea	A	0–1		40,801

EFL Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
21 September 2016	Round 3	Northampton Town	A	3–1	Carrick 17′, Herrera 68′, Rashford 75′	7,798
26 October 2016	Round 4	Manchester City	H	1–0	Mata 54′	74,196
30 November 2016	Round 5	West Ham United	H	4–1	Ibrahimović (2) 2′, 90+3′, Martial (2) 48′, 62′	65,269
10 January 2017	Semi-final First leg	Hull City	H	2–0	Mata 56′, Fellaini 87′	65,798
26 January 2017	Semi-final Second leg	Hull City	A	1–2	Pogba 66′	16,831
26 February 2017	Final	Southampton	N	3–2	Ibrahimović (2) 19′, 87′, Lingard 38′	85,264

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
15 September 2016	Feyenoord	A	0–1		31,000	4th
29 September 2016	Zorya Luhansk	H	1–0	Ibrahimović 69′	58,179	3rd
20 October 2016	Fenerbahçe	H	4–1	Pogba (2) 31′ (pen.), 45+2′, Martial 34′ (pen.), Lingard 48′	73,063	2nd
3 November 2016	Fenerbahçe	A	1–2	Rooney 89′	35,378	3rd
24 November 2016	Feyenoord	H	4–0	Rooney 35′, Mata 69′, Jones 75′ (o.g.), Lingard 90+2′	64,628	2nd
8 December 2016	Zorya Luhansk	A	2–0	Mkhitaryan 48′, Ibrahimović 88′	25,900	2nd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	Manchester United	6	4	0	2	12	4	+8	12	Advance to knockout phase
3	Feyenoord	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7
4	Zorya Luhansk	6	0	2	4	2	8	−6	2

Knockout phase

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
16 February 2017	Round of 32 First leg	Saint-Étienne	H	3–0	Ibrahimović (3) 15′, 75′, 88′ (pen.)	67,192
22 February 2017	Round of 32 Second leg	Saint-Étienne	A	1–0	Mkhitaryan 16′	41,492
9 March 2017	Round of 16 First leg	Rostov	A	1–1	Mkhitaryan 35′	14,223
16 March 2017	Round of 16 Second leg	Rostov	H	1–0	Mata 70′	64,361
13 April 2017	Quarter-finals First leg	Anderlecht	A	1–1	Mkhitaryan 36′	20,000
20 April 2017	Quarter-finals Second leg	Anderlecht	H	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Mkhitaryan 10′, Rashford 107′	71,496
4 May 2017	Semi-finals First leg	Celta Vigo	A	1–0	Rashford 67′	26,202
11 May 2017	Semi-finals Second leg	Celta Vigo	H	1–1	Fellaini 17′	75,138
24 May 2017	Final	Ajax	N	2–0	Pogba 18′, Mkhitaryan 48′	46,961

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	David de Gea	35	0	1	0	5	0	3	0	1	0	45	0	2	0
3	DF	Eric Bailly	24(1)	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	1	0	37(1)	0	7	2
4	DF	Phil Jones	18	0	1(1)	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	25(1)	0	3	0
5	DF	Marcos Rojo	18(3)	1	4	0	5	0	8(2)	0	0(1)	0	35(6)	1	5	0
6	MF	Paul Pogba	29(1)	5	1(1)	0	4	1	15	3	0	0	49(2)	9	10	0
7	FW	Memphis Depay	0(4)	0	0	0	1	0	0(3)	0	0	0	1(7)	0	1	0
8	MF	Juan Mata	19(6)	6	2(1)	0	3	2	9(1)	2	0(1)	0	32(9)	10	5	0
9	FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	27(1)	17	0(1)	1	4(1)	4	9(2)	5	1	1	41(4)	28	8	0
10	FW	Wayne Rooney (c)	15(10)	6	2	1	3(1)	0	4(3)	2	1	0	25(14)	8	9	0
11	FW	Anthony Martial	18(7)	4	3	1	2(1)	2	4(6)	1	1	0	28(14)	8	3	0
12	DF	Chris Smalling	13(5)	1	4	1	4	0	8(2)	0	0	0	29(7)	2	0	0
14	MF	Jesse Lingard	18(7)	1	1(1)	0	2(2)	1	6(4)	2	1	1	28(14)	5	6	0
15	MF	Adnan Januzaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Michael Carrick (vc)	18(5)	0	2	0	4(1)	1	5(2)	0	1	0	30(8)	1	1	0
17	DF	Daley Blind	21(3)	1	1	0	2(1)	0	10(1)	0	1	0	35(5)	1	4	0
18	MF	Ashley Young	8(4)	0	3	0	1	0	3(4)	0	0	0	15(8)	0	5	0
19	FW	Marcus Rashford	16(16)	5	3	3	3(3)	1	8(3)	2	0(1)	0	30(23)	11	3	0
20	GK	Sergio Romero	2	0	3	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
21	MF	Ander Herrera	27(4)	1	2(1)	0	6	1	9	0	0(1)	0	44(6)	2	13	2
22	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	14(9)	4	3	1	2	0	10(1)	6	0(1)	0	29(11)	11	4	0
23	DF	Luke Shaw	9(2)	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	17(2)	0	1	0
24	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	1(3)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	1(3)	0	0	0	4(7)	0	1	0
25	MF	Antonio Valencia	28(1)	1	1	0	3	0	8(1)	0	1	0	41(2)	1	7	0
27	MF	Marouane Fellaini	18(10)	1	2(1)	1	0(5)	1	7(3)	1	1	0	28(19)	4	9	1
28	MF	Morgan Schneiderlin	0(3)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	2	0	0(1)	0	3(5)	0	1	0
31	MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	0	0	1(1)	1	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(3)	1	0	0
32	GK	Sam Johnstone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Demetri Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
36	DF	Matteo Darmian	15(3)	0	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	26(3)	0	3	0
38	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	4	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0	0
39	MF	Scott McTominay	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0
40	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
43	DF	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Andreas Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	FW	Josh Harrop	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
47	MF	Angel Gomes	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
—	—	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	0	–	1	–	–