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The 2016–17 EFL League Two (referred to as the Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.[1]
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Portsmouth |
Promoted | Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool |
Relegated | Hartlepool United Leyton Orient |
Matches played | 557 |
Goals scored | 1,490 (2.68 per match) |
Top goalscorer | John Akinde John Marquis (26 goals each) |
Biggest home win | Stevenage 6–1 Hartlepool Yeovil 5–0 Crawley Crewe 5–0 Grimsby Accrington 5–0 Leyton Orient Plymouth 6–1 Newport County Portsmouth 6–1 Cheltenham |
Biggest away win | Hartlepool 0–5 Cambridge |
Longest winning run | 7 matches (Exeter City) |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches (Accrington Stanley, Carlisle United) |
Longest winless run | 13 matches (Notts County) |
Longest losing run | 10 matches (Notts County) |
Highest attendance | Portsmouth 1–1 Plymouth Argyle (18,644) |
Average attendance | 4,751 |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017. |
Promoted from National League
Relegated from League One
Promoted to League One
Relegated to National League
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Blackpool | Neil McDonald | Sacked | 18 May 2016[15] | Pre-season | Gary Bowyer | 1 June 2016[16] |
Leyton Orient | Andy Hessenthaler | 26 September 2016[17] | 14th | Alberto Cavasin | 2 October 2016[18] | |
Newport County | Warren Feeney | 28 September 2016[19] | 24th | Graham Westley | 10 October 2016[20] | |
Grimsby Town | Paul Hurst | Hired by Shrewsbury Town | 24 October 2016[21] | 8th | Marcus Bignot | 7 November 2016[22] |
Mansfield Town | Adam Murray | Resigned | 14 November 2016[23] | 18th | Steve Evans | 16 November 2016[24] |
Leyton Orient | Alberto Cavasin | Sacked | 23 November 2016[25] | 22nd | Andy Edwards | 23 November 2016[26] |
Barnet | Martin Allen | Hired by Eastleigh | 1 December 2016[27] | 8th | Kevin Nugent | 15 February 2017[28] |
Notts County | John Sheridan | Sacked | 2 January 2017[29] | 22nd | Kevin Nolan | 12 January 2017[30] |
Crewe Alexandra | Steve Davis | 8 January 2017[31] | 18th | David Artell | 8 January 2017[31] | |
Hartlepool United | Craig Hignett | Mutual consent | 15 January 2017[32] | 19th | Dave Jones | 18 January 2017[33] |
Leyton Orient | Andy Edwards | Hired by the Football Association | 29 January 2017[34] | 23rd | Danny Webb | 29 January 2017[34] |
Newport County | Graham Westley | Sacked | 9 March 2017[35] | 24th | Mike Flynn | 9 May 2017[36] |
Leyton Orient | Danny Webb | Resigned | 30 March 2017[37] | 24th | Steve Davis | 10 July 2017[38] |
Grimsby Town | Marcus Bignot | Sacked | 10 April 2017[39] | 14th | Russell Slade | 12 April 2017[40] |
Barnet | Kevin Nugent | 15 April 2017[41] | 16th | Rossi Eames | 19 May 2017[42] | |
Hartlepool United | Dave Jones | 24 April 2017[43] | 23rd | Craig Harrison | 26 May 2017[44] | |
Crawley Town | Dermot Drummy | Mutual consent | 4 May 2017[45] | 21st | Harry Kewell | 23 May 2017[46] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Portsmouth (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 87 | Promotion to EFL League One |
2 | Plymouth Argyle (P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 87 | |
3 | Doncaster Rovers (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 85 | 55 | +30 | 85 | |
4 | Luton Town | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 77 | Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1] |
5 | Exeter City | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 75 | 56 | +19 | 71 | |
6 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 71 | |
7 | Blackpool (O, P) | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 70 | |
8 | Colchester United | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 69 | |
9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 69 | |
10 | Stevenage | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 67 | |
11 | Cambridge United | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 66 | |
12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 66 | |
13 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 65 | |
14 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 62 | |
15 | Barnet | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 57 | |
16 | Notts County | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 56 | |
17 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 55 | |
18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 52 | |
19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 51 | |
20 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 50 | |
21 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 50 | |
22 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 48 | |
23 | Hartlepool United (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 46 | Relegation to the National League |
24 | Leyton Orient (R) | 46 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 47 | 87 | −40 | 36 |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
4 | Luton Town | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
7 | Blackpool | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
7 | Blackpool | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Exeter City | 1 | |||||||||
5 | Exeter City | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
6 | Carlisle United | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Home \ Away | ACC | BAR | BLP | CAM | CRL | CHL | COL | CRA | CRE | DON | EXE | GRI | HAR | LEY | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NTC | PLY | POR | STE | WYC | YEO |
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Accrington Stanley | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
Barnet | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
Blackpool | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
Cambridge United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
Carlisle United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Cheltenham Town | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
Colchester United | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
Crawley Town | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
Crewe Alexandra | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
Exeter City | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | |
Grimsby Town | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
Hartlepool United | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
Leyton Orient | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
Luton Town | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
Mansfield Town | 4–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
Morecambe | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
Newport County | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Notts County | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
Plymouth Argyle | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | |
Portsmouth | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | |
Stevenage | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
Wycombe Wanderers | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
Yeovil Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Source: BBC Sport
Correct as of 28 May 2017
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Akinde | Barnet | 26 |
John Marquis | Doncaster Rovers | ||
3 | Danny Hylton | Luton Town | 22 |
4 | Matt Godden | Stevenage | 20 |
James Collins | Crawley Town | ||
6 | Omar Bogle | Grimsby Town | 19 |
David Wheeler | Exeter City | ||
8 | Luke Berry | Cambridge United | 17 |
9 | Chris Porter | Colchester United | 16 |
10 | Ollie Watkins | Exeter City | 15 |
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | Jim Bentley | Morecambe | James Coppinger | Doncaster Rovers | [47][48] |
September | Derek Adams | Plymouth Argyle | Jon Stead | Notts County | [49][50] |
October | Keith Curle | Carlisle United | Jason Kennedy | Carlisle United | [51][52] |
November | Gareth Ainsworth | Wycombe Wanderers | Omar Bogle | Grimsby Town | [53][54] |
December | John McGreal | Colchester United | Scott Kashket | Wycombe Wanderers | [55][56] |
January | Darren Ferguson | Doncaster Rovers | Ollie Watkins | Exeter City | [57][58] |
February | Darren Sarll | Stevenage | Matt Godden | Stevenage | [59][60] |
March | John Coleman | Accrington Stanley | Shay McCartan | Accrington Stanley | [61][62] |
April | Paul Cook | Portsmouth | Mickey Demetriou | Newport County | [63][64] |
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