2016–17 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Wigan Athletic's 85th year in existence and their first back in the Championship, after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Wigan Athletic

2016–17 season
Team huddle before the Latics' FA Cup clash with Manchester United, January 2017
Owner	Dave Whelan
Chairman	David Sharpe
Manager	Gary Caldwell (until 25 October 2016)[1] Warren Joyce (2 November 2016 – 13 March 2017)[2] Graham Barrow (from 17 March 2017)
Stadium	DW Stadium
Championship	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Nick Powell (6) All: Will Grigg (7)
Home colours Away colours
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First team squad

As of 5 June 2016

No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
22	Jussi Jääskeläinen		GK	(1975-04-19) 19 April 1975 (age 49)	West Ham United
35	Matt Gilks		GK	(1982-06-04) 4 June 1982 (age 42)	Rangers
46	Theo Roberts		GK	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
Defenders
2	Reece James		LB	(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 31)	Manchester United
3	Jake Buxton		CB	(1985-03-04) 4 March 1985 (age 39)	Derby County
5	Donervon Daniels		CB	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 31)	West Bromwich Albion
12	Callum Connolly		RB	(1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 27)	Everton
13	Andy Kellett		LB	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)	Bolton Wanderers
20	Craig Morgan		CB	(1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 39)	Rotherham United
21	Alex Bruce		CB	(1984-09-28) 28 September 1984 (age 40)	Hull City
23	Stephen Warnock		CB	(1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 43)	Derby County
24	Jack Hendry		CB	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 29)	Partick Thistle
29	Luke Burke		RB	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
32	Reece Burke		CB	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28)	West Ham United
33	Dan Burn		CB	(1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 32)	Fulham
44	Sam Stubbs		CB	(1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
Midfielders
4	David Perkins		CM	(1982-06-21) 21 June 1982 (age 42)	Blackpool
6	Max Power		RM	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31)	Tranmere
7	Alex Gilbey		MF	(1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 (age 30)	Colchester United
8	Sam Morsy		CM	(1991-09-10) 10 September 1991 (age 33)	Chesterfield
16	Shaun MacDonald		MF	(1988-06-17) 17 June 1988 (age 36)	Bournemouth
17	Michael Jacobs		MF	(1991-11-04) 4 November 1991 (age 33)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
19	Ryan Tunnicliffe		MF	(1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31)	Fulham
25	Nick Powell		MF	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 30)	Manchester United
26	Jamie Hanson		MF	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 29)	Derby County
31	Jack Byrne		MF	(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996 (age 28)	Manchester City
37	Josh Laurent		MF	(1995-05-06) 6 May 1995 (age 29)	Hartlepool United
42	Josh Gregory		MF	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
43	Marcus Browne		MF	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997 (age 26)	West Ham United
47	James Weir		MF	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)	Hull City
Forwards
9	Will Grigg		CF	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33)	Brentford
11	Gabriel Obertan		WG	(1989-02-26) 26 February 1989 (age 35)	Anzhi Makhachkala
14	Omar Bogle		CF	(1993-07-26) 26 July 1993 (age 31)	Grimsby Town
27	Ryan Colclough		WG	(1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 29)	Crewe Alexandra
30	James Barrigan		CF	(1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
39	Mikael Mandron		CF	(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 30)	Eastleigh
49	Callum Lang		CF	(1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 26)	Youth system

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB		Dan Burn	Fulham	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2016	CM		Alex Gilbey	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[4]
1 July 2016	LB		Stephen Warnock	Derby County	Free transfer	[5]
12 July 2016	SS		Nick Powell	Manchester United	Free transfer	[6]
26 July 2016	CB		Jake Buxton	Derby County	Undisclosed	[7]
13 August 2016	CM		Shaun MacDonald	AFC Bournemouth	Undisclosed	[8]
17 August 2016	AM		Jordi Gómez	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[9]
31 August 2016	RM		Nathan Byrne	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500,000	[10][11]
31 August 2016	SS		Kaiyne Woolery	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	[12]
31 January 2017	GK		Matt Gilks	Rangers	Undisclosed	[13]
31 January 2017	CF		Mikael Mandron	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	[14]
31 January 2017	RW		Gabriel Obertan	Anzhi Makhachkala	Free transfer	[15]
31 January 2017	CAM		Josh Laurent	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed	[16]
31 January 2017	MF		Jack Byrne	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[17]
31 January 2017	CF		Omar Bogle	Grimsby Town	Undisclosed	[18]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CB		Leon Barnett	Bury	Released	[19][a]
1 July 2016	CF		Matthew Hamilton	Marine	Released	[19]
1 July 2016	RW		Ryan Jennings	AFC Fylde	Released	[19]
1 July 2016	RB		Kevin McNaughton	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Released	[19][b]
1 July 2016	CM		Adrian Purzycki	Fortuna Sittard	Released	[19]
1 July 2016	CF		Louis Robles	Bangor City	Released	[19]
1 July 2016	RB		Reece Wabara	Bolton Wanderers	Released	[19][c]
6 July 2016	DM		Chris McCann	Atlanta United	Free transfer	[23]
3 August 2016	GK		Lee Nicholls	Milton Keynes Dons	Free transfer	[24]
4 August 2016	CB		Jason Pearce	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[25]
12 August 2016	MF		Emyr Huws	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	[26]
25 August 2016	CM		Tim Chow	Ross County	Undisclosed
7 January 2017	CF		Craig Davies	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[27]
31 January 2017	AM		Jordi Gomez	Rayo Vallecano	Undisclosed
31 January 2017	MF		Yanic Wildschut	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[28]
10 April 2017	MF		Danny O'Brien	IF Kraft	Released	[29]

1. Following Barnett's release, he joined Bury.^[20]
2. Following McNaughton's release, he joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle.^[21]
3. Following Wabara's release, he joined Bolton Wanderers.^[22]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2016	RB		Kyle Knoyle	West Ham United	14 January 2017	[30]
20 July 2016	GK		Ádám Bogdán	Liverpool	24 November 2016	[31]
16 August 2016	LB		Luke Garbutt	Everton	2 January 2017	[32]
30 August 2016	CB		Reece Burke	West Ham United	End of Season	[33]
31 August 2016	CF		Adam Le Fondre	Cardiff City	31 January 2017	[34][a]
7 January 2017	GK		Jakob Haugaard	Stoke City	21 April 2017	[36]
14 January 2017	CB		Callum Connolly	Everton	End of Season	[37]
20 January 2017	AM		Marcus Browne	West Ham United	End of Season	[38]
20 January 2017	CM		Ryan Tunnicliffe	Fulham	End of Season	[39]
25 January 2017	DM		Jamie Hanson	Derby County	End of Season	[40]
31 January 2017	CB		Alex Bruce	Hull City	End of Season	[41]
31 January 2017	CM		James Weir	Hull City	End of Season	[42]

1. On 31 January 2017, Adam Le Fondre's loan was terminated.^[35]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
13 July 2016	CF		Billy Mckay	Oldham Athletic	31 January 2017	[43][a]
22 July 2016	CM		Danny Whitehead	Cheltenham Town	1 January 2017	[45][b]
25 July 2016	LW		Sanmi Odelusi	Rochdale	20 January 2017	[47][c]
10 August 2016	LB		Andrew Taylor	Bolton Wanderers	End of Season	[49]
12 August 2016	GK		Owen Evans	Rhyl	1 January 2017
31 August 2016	LW		Ryan Colclough	Milton Keynes Dons	1 January 2017	[50][d]
31 August 2016	CB		Jack Hendry	Milton Keynes Dons	3 January 2017	[52]
31 August 2016	CM		Sam Morsy	Barnsley	1 January 2017	[53]
9 January 2017	RB		Nathan Byrne	Charlton Athletic	End of Season	[54]
12 January 2017	GK		Dan Lavercombe	Rhyl	End of Season
20 January 2017	LW		Sanmi Odelusi	Blackpool	End of Season	[48]
20 January 2017	CM		Danny Whitehead	Macclesfield Town	End of Season
20 January 2017	CF		Sam Cosgrove	North Ferriby United	End of Season
21 January 2017	SS		Kaiyne Woolery	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season
30 January 2017	CM		Jordan Flores	Blackpool	End of Season	[55]
30 January 2017	MF		Danny O'Brien	Chester	10 April 2017	[56]
31 January 2017	CF		Billy Mckay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	End of Season	[44]
11 February 2017	CB		Jack White	Skelmersdale United	End of Season
11 February 2017	CF		Nathan Randell	Skelmersdale United	End of Season
15 February 2017	RB		Luke Burke	Barrow	18 March 2017
1 April 2017	GK		Owen Evans	North Ferriby United	End of Season

1. On 31 January 2017, Billy Mckay's loan at Oldham Athletic was terminated.^[44]
2. On 1 January 2017, Danny Whitehead's loan at Cheltenham Town was terminated by mutual consent.^[46]
3. On 20 January 2017, Sanmi Odelusi's season-long loan was terminated.^[48]
4. On 1 January 2017, Ryan Colclough was recalled from his loan spell at Milton Keynes Dons.^[51]

Squad statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 6 August 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Ádám Bogdán	17	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
22	GK	Jussi Jääskeläinen	8+1	0	0	0	1	0	9+1	0
35	GK	Matt Gilks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	LB	Reece James	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Jake Buxton	24	0	2	0	1	0	27	0
5	CB	Donervon Daniels	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
12	RB	Callum Connolly	3	2	0	1	0	0	4	2
13	DF	Andy Kellett	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0
20	CB	Craig Morgan	9+4	0	0	0	0	0	9+4	0
21	CB	Alex Bruce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Stephen Warnock	27	0	2	0	1	0	30	0
24	DF	Jack Hendry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Luke Burke	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	4+1	0
32	DF	Reece Burke	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
33	DF	Dan Burn	21+3	0	2	0	0	0	23+3	0
44	CB	Sam Stubbs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	CM	David Perkins	17+1	0	1	0	1	0	19+1	0
6	RM	Max Power	27	0	2	0	1	0	30	0
7	MF	Alex Gilbey	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
8	MF	Sam Morsy	3	1	2	0	0	0	5	1
16	MF	Shaun MacDonald	20+2	1	2	0	0	0	22+2	1
17	RW	Michael Jacobs	24+4	1	2	0	1	0	27+4	1
19	MF	Ryan Tunnicliffe	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
25	MF	Nick Powell	9+6	1	1	0	0	0	10+6	1
26	MF	Jamie Hanson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	Jack Byrne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Josh Laurent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	Josh Gregory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	Marcus Browne	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
47	MF	James Weir	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Attackers
9	ST	Will Grigg	21+5	6	2	0	1	1	24+5	7
11	FW	Gabriel Obertan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Omar Bogle	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
27	FW	Ryan Colclough	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	1+2	0
30	FW	James Barrigan	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
39	FW	Mikael Mandron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left club during season
-	MF	Tim Chow	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
-	LB	Luke Garbutt	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	7+1	0
-	ST	Craig Davies	1+13	1	0	0	0	0	1+13	1
-	MF	Nathan Byrne	7+7	0	0	0	0	0	7+7	0
-	GK	Dan Lavercombe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Danny Whitehead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	SS	Kaiyne Woolery	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
-	RB	Kyle Knoyle	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
-	FW	Sam Cosgrove	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	MF	Jordi Gómez	12+3	3	0+1	0	0	0	12+4	3
-	FW	Adam Le Fondre	3+9	1	0+1	0	0	0	3+10	1
-	MF	Jordan Flores	0+2	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+3	0
-	MF	Danny O'Brien	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
-	MF	Yanic Wildschut	19+6	5	1+1	0	0	0	20+7	5
-	GK	Jakob Haugaard	3	0	2	0	0	0	5	0

Top scorers

Rank.	Pos.	No.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
				Goals	Goals	Goals	Goals
1	FW	9	Will Grigg	5	1	1	7
2	MF	25	Nick Powell	6	0	0	6
3	MF	-	Yanic Wildschut	4	1	0	5
4	MF	-	Jordi Gómez	3	0	0	3
4	MF	17	Michael Jacobs	3	0	0	3
4	FW	14	Omar Bogle	3	0	0	3
5	DF	12	Callum Connolly	2	0	0	2
5	MF	7	Alex Gilbey	2	0	0	2
6	DF	32	Reece Burke	1	0	0	1
6	MF	8	Sam Morsy	1	0	0	1
6	MF	16	Shaun MacDonald	1	0	0	1
6	FW	-	Adam Le Fondre	1	0	0	1
6	FW	-	Craig Davies	1	0	0	1
6	DF	33	Dan Burn	1	0	0	1
6	FW	11	Gabriel Obertan	1	0	0	1
6	MF	19	Ryan Tunnicliffe	1	0	0	1
Own goals				3	0	0	3

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Braga v Wigan Athletic

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09)	Braga	0–0	Wigan Athletic
18:30		Report		Attendance: 351

Chester v Wigan Athletic

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13)	Chester	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Chester
19:30		Report		Stadium: Deva Stadium Attendance: 500 (200 away)

Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16)	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Manchester United	Wigan
13:30		Report	Keane 49' Pereira 58'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,314

Wigan Athletic v Liverpool

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17)	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Liverpool	Wigan
16:00			Ings 71' Woodburn 74'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 18,426

Macclesfield Town v Wigan Athletic

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	Macclesfield Town	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Macclesfield
19:00		Report		Stadium: Moss Rose

Rochdale v Wigan Athletic

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Rochdale	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Rochdale
15:00	Noble-Lazarus 26' Mendez-Laing 31' Canavan 79' Andrew 82'	Report	Wildschut 77'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26)	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Oldham
19:30 GMT		Report	Jacobs 77'	Stadium: Boundary Park

Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic

29 July 2016 (2016-07-29)	Fleetwood Town	3–4	Wigan Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45	Ball 7', 50' B. Grant 55'	Report	Power 11' Burke 35' Wildschut 37' Jacobs 52'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 1,717

Season Summary

Games played	46 (43 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games won	11 (10 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games drawn	10 (10 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	25 (23 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1League Cup)
Goals scored	42 (39 Championship, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals conceded	60 (54 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Goal difference	-19
Clean sheets	13 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	88 (83 Championship, 5 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Red cards	1 (0 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Best result	3–0 vs Blackburn Rovers (13 Aug 16)
Worst result	0–4 vs Manchester United (29 Jan 17)
Most appearances	Stephen Warnock (45)
Top scorer	Will Grigg (7)
Points	40

Championship

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Burton Albion	46	13	13	20	49	63	−14	52
21	Nottingham Forest	46	14	9	23	62	72	−10	51
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	46	12	15	19	53	65	−12	51	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Wigan Athletic (R)	46	10	12	24	40	57	−17	42
24	Rotherham United (R)	46	5	8	33	40	98	−58	23

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.
(R) Relegated

Result by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	D
Position	19	10	10	16	20	21	23	22	22	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23

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

Matches

Bristol City v Wigan Athletic

6 August 2016 1	Bristol City	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Bristol
15:00 BST	Abraham 81' Reid 90' Tomlin  90+5'	Report	Morgan  27' Gilbey 32' Burn  71' Perkins  72' Daniels  79'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

13 August 2016 2	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Wigan
15:00 BST	Grigg 14' Perkins  33' Powell 33' Gilbey  48' Duffy 63' (o.g.)	Report	Lowe  33' Duffy  35' Greer  45+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,216 Referee: Graham Scott

Wigan Athletic v Birmingham City

16 August 2016 3	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Birmingham City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Bodgán  43' Power  44' Morgan  49' Davies 90'	Report	Davis 44'  64' Donaldson  75' Grounds  90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,182

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

20 August 2016 4	Nottingham Forest	4–3	Wigan Athletic	West Bridgford
15:00 BST	Assombalonga 6' Cash  9' Burke 53', 78' Cohen  58' Lam  68' 90+2' Henderson  90+6'	Report	Jacobs 11'  75' Wildschut  57' Grigg 65', 86'  90+1' Morgan  72'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,750 (980 away)

Wigan Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

27 August 2016 5	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wigan
15:00 BST	Powell  43' MacDonald  51' Jacobs  66' Morgan  82'	Report	Cousins  13' Bidwell  38' Henry  42' Onuoha 48'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,606 (768 away)

Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic

10 September 2016 6	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Fletcher 29' Forestieri  34' 62'	Report	Power  3' Grigg 5' Garbutt  23' Jacobs  73'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 24,860 (650 away)

Norwich City v Wigan Athletic

13 September 2016 7	Norwich City	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Norwich
19:45 BST	Jacob Murphy 3', 11' Howson  63' Martin  77'	Report	MacDonald  17' Gilbey  27' Power  55' Jordi Gómez 72'	Stadium: Carrow Road

Wigan Athletic v Fulham

17 September 2016 8	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Fulham	Wigan
15:00 BST	Jacobs  59'	Report	Odoi  51'	Stadium: The DW Stadium

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic

23 September 2016 9	Preston North End	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Preston
19:45 BST	Hugill 7' Cunningham  30' Browne  75'	Report	Burn  45+1' Perkins  67'	Stadium: Deepdale Stadium Attendance: 13,077

Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 September 2016 10	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wigan
19:45 BST	Le Fondre 5' Jordi Gómez  34' MacDonald  44' Grigg 88' Powell  90+2'	Report	Oniangué 34'  71' Sílvio  41' Saïss  53'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,723 Referee: Tony Harrington

Brentford v Wigan Athletic

1 October 2016 11	Brentford	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Brentford
15:00 BST	McCormack  36' Dean  85' Egan  90+4'	Report	Buxton  40' Warnock  74' Powell  90+3'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,547 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Wigan Athletic v Burton Albion

15 October 2016 12	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Burton Albion	Wigan
15:00 BST		Report	Akins  54' Brayford  59' McFadzean  64'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,430 Referee: Andrew Davies

Leeds United v Wigan Athletic

18 October 2016 13	Leeds United	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Leeds
19:45 BST	Wood 29'	Report	MacDonald 90+1'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,861 Referee: Peter Bankes

Wigan Athletic v Brighton & Hove Albion

22 October 2016 14	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wigan
15:00 BST	Power  89' Le Fondre  90+1'	Report	Stephens 68'  90'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,430 Referee: Simon Hooper

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic

29 October 2016 15	Cardiff City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff
15:00 BST		Report	Jordi Gómez 86'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Oliver Langford

Wigan Athletic v Reading

5 November 2016 16	Wigan Athletic	0–3	Reading	Wigan
15:00 GMT	MacDonald  45+1' Power  62' Perkins  69'	Report	McCleary 1', 5' McShane  33' Kermorgant 63' (pen.) Blackett  75'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,277 Referee: David Coote

Barnsley v Wigan Athletic

19 November 2016 17	Barnsley	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Barnsley
15:00 GMT		Report	MacDonald  43' Morgan  71'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 12,181 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic

28 November 2016 18	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Hogg  18' Mooy 50' Smith  71'	Report	Warnock  3' Burke 40' Power  52' Wildschut 60' Garbutt  90+3'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 18,943 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wigan Athletic v Derby County

3 December 2016 19	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Derby County	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Perkins  45+1'	Report	Olsson  10' Johnson 16'  38' Hughes  85'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 12,526 Referee: Andrew Madley

Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic

10 December 2016 20	Aston Villa	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hutton  83' Grealish  86' 88'	Report	Garbutt  12' Gómez  64' Perkins  79' MacDonald  90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,392 Referee: James Linington

Wigan Athletic v Newcastle United

14 December 2016 21	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Newcastle United	Wigan
19:45 GMT		Report	Diamé 26' Hayden  32' Atsu 78'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 14,562 Referee: Simon Hooper

Wigan Athletic v Ipswich Town

17 December 2016 22	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Ipswich Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Wildschut 35', 62' Kellett  44' Burn  45+1' Jääskeläinen  45+3'	Report	Pitman 7' (pen.), 68'  13' Dozzell  15' McGoldrick 88' Lawrence  90+3'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,071 Referee: Keith Stroud

Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic

26 December 2016 23	Rotherham United	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Belaïd 8'  36' Mattock  20' Ward  25' 32' Fisher  45' Burn 45+1' (o.g.)	Report	Davies  31' Wildschut 51' Gómez 79' Jacobs  90+1'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,158 Referee: David Coote

Derby County v Wigan Athletic

31 December 2016 24	Derby County	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Derby
15:00 GMT	Johnson  57' Hughes  87'	Report		Stadium: iPro Stadium Attendance: 28,289 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Wigan Athletic v Huddersfield Town

2 January 2017 25	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Huddersfield Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Jacobs  68'	Report	Billing  12' Mooy  45+2' Holmes-Dennis  55' Stanković  77' Wells 80'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 13,480 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic

14 January 2017 26	Burton Albion	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 GMT	Sordell  33' Ward  69'	Report	Connolly 45+1', 64'  77' Buxton  57' Flores  81'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,411 Referee: Andrew Madley

Wigan Athletic v Brentford

21 January 2017 27	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Brentford	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Morsy 28' Dean 32' (o.g.) MacDonald  36'	Report	Jota 86'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 10,244 Referee: James Adcock

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

3 February 2017 28	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Morsy  85'	Report	Wallace 43' Hunt  62'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 13,037 Referee: Steve Martin

Wigan Athletic v Norwich City

7 February 2017 29	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Norwich City	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Grigg  48' Bogle 62', 68' Morsy  90'	Report	Oliveira 40' Martin  48' Dijks 73' Pinto  86'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,193 Referee: Peter Bankes

Fulham v Wigan Athletic

11 February 2017 30	Fulham	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Aluko  21' Ayité 25' Odoi 71' Kebano 90+3'	Report	Malone 32' (o.g.) Jacobs 45+1' Burn  61' Connolly  70'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 15,552 Referee: David Coote

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

14 February 2017 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Enobakhare  49' Weimann  83'	Report	Burn  73' Buxton 88' Morsy  90+1'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 17,156 Referee: Simon Hooper

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End

18 February 2017 32	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Preston North End	Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report	McGeady  36' Browning  43'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,117 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Queens Park Rangers v Wigan Athletic

21 February 2017 33	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMT	Smith 4' Lynch  15' Washington 60' Sylla  76'	Report	Bogle 17' (pen.)  22' Grigg  30' Power  35' Hanson  46' Buxton  61'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,101 Referee: James Linington

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

25 February 2017 34	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Buxton  38'	Report	Vaughan  70'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,254 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic

4 March 2017 35	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Emnes 58' Mulgrew  69'	Report	Morsy  87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,165 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic

7 March 2017 36	Birmingham City	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Keita  88'	Report	Burn 19' Perkins  62'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 15,596 Referee: Scott Duncan

Wigan Athletic v Bristol City

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

Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa

18 March 2017 38	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Aston Villa	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Hanson  23'	Report	Hourihane  42' Chester 73' Lansbury  75' Hogan 84'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,811 Referee: Tony Harrington

Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic

1 April 2017 39	Newcastle United	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Newcastle
15:00 BST	Diamé  17' Gayle 36' Ritchie 57'	Report	Burn  29' Morsy  39' Jacobs 50'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,849 Referee: David Coote

Ipswich Town v Wigan Athletic

4 April 2017 40	Ipswich Town	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Ipswich
19:45 BST	McGoldrick 22' Sears 30', 85' Kenlock  55' Diagouraga  60' Ward  68'	Report	Burn  59' Power  81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,661 Referee: Andy Davies

Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United

8 April 2017 41	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Rotherham United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Obertan 34' Gilbey 65' Powell  90+5' 90+6'	Report	Ward 29' Forde 61' Fisher  83' Price  90+5'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,085 Referee: Scott Duncan

Wigan Athletic v Barnsley

13 April 2017 42	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Barnsley	Wigan
19:45 BST	MacDonald  45' Powell 71', 72', 82' (pen.) Burn  78' Hanson  90'	Report	Armstrong 42' Watkins  49' Janko  53' Kent 59' Jones  76' MacDonald  78'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,838 Referee: Simon Hooper

Brighton & Hove Albion v Wigan Athletic

17 April 2017 43	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Falmer, Brighton
15:00 BST	Murray 37' Knockaert  51' March 65'	Report	Powell 85'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 29,940 Referee: James Linington

Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City

22 April 2017 44	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00 BST		Report	Halford  87'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,875 Referee: Oliver Langford

Reading v Wigan Athletic

29 April 2017 45	Reading	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 BST	Kermorgant 6' Evans  13' Moore  45+3' Gunter  51' Williams  64' Kelly  87'	Report	Connolly  50'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,177 Referee: Tim Robinson

Wigan Athletic v Leeds United

7 May 2017 46	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Leeds United	Wigan
12:00 BST	Tunnicliffe 6' Burn  24'	Report	Green  25' Bartley  39' Wood 50' (pen.)	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,280 Referee: Scott Duncan

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

7 January 2017 Third round	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
15:00 GMT	MacDonald  13' Jacobs  36' Grigg 45+2' Wildschut 57' Flores  90+1' Power  90+2'	Report	Hobbs  6' Lichaj 81' Pereira  90+2'	Stadium: The DW Stadium Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Oliver Langford

Manchester United v Wigan Athletic

29 January 2017 Fourth round	Manchester United	4–0	Wigan Athletic	Manchester
16:00 GMT	Fellaini 44' Smalling 57' Mkhitaryan 74' Schweinsteiger 81'	Report	Burn  55'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,229 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

EFL Cup

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup

Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic

9 August 2016 First round	Oldham Athletic	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Oldham
19:45 BST	Flynn 18' Klok  41' Law 83'	Report	Grigg 34' Buxton  45+2'	Stadium: Boundary Park

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