2016–17 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season
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The 2016–17 season was Dunfermline Athletic's first season in the Scottish Championship, having finished top of the Scottish League One in 2015–16. The Pars were relegated from the competition's previous incarnation, the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2012–13 season.[9]
2016–17 season | |||
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Chairman | Ross McArthur[1] | ||
Manager | Allan Johnston[2][3] | ||
Stadium | East End Park | ||
Championship | Fifth | ||
Challenge Cup | Quarter-finals, lost to Dundee United | ||
League Cup | Group stage, Third | ||
Scottish Cup | Fifth round, lost to Hamilton Academical | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Nicky Clark (15)[4] All: Nicky Clark (16)[5] | ||
Highest home attendance | League: 7,622[6] vs. Hibernian (22 October 2016) Cup: 2,580 vs. Inverness CT (26 July 2016) | ||
Lowest home attendance | League: 2,653[6] vs. Queen of the South (7 March 2017) Cup: 1,930 vs. Queen's Park (8 October 2016) | ||
Average home league attendance | 4,438[6] (![]() | ||
Biggest win | League: Dunfermline Athletic 5–1 Dumbarton[6] (4 March 2017) Cup: Brechin City 1–5 Dunfermline Athletic[8] (3 September 2016) | ||
Biggest defeat | League: Raith Rovers 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic[6] (20 August 2016) Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Dundee United[6] (10 September 2016) Dunfermline Athletic 1–3 Hibernian[6] (22 October 2016) Falkirk 2–0 Dunfermline Athletic[6] (4 February 2017) Cup: Dunfermline Athletic 1–5 Inverness CT[8] (26 July 2016) | ||
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All statistics correct as of 14 May 2017. |
Manager Allan Johnston made four permanent first-team summer signings as he began his second season as Dunfermline Athletic manager. The club's first competitive fixtures came in the revamped Scottish League Cup, where they were eliminated at the group stage after finishing in third place.[10] Dunfermline Athletic also competed in the Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out by Dundee United[11] and Hamilton Academical[12] respectively.