Colchester United Under-23s 2016-17

The Colchester United Under-23s were managed by Wayne Brown in 2016-17.

2016-17 Squad

Goalkeepers

Name	Age	Nationality	Represented (oldest)	Contract expires	First team debut	Senior debut
Dillon Barnes	U21	England		June 2019
James Bransgrove	U22	Scotland		June 2017

Defenders

Name	Age	Nationality	Represented (oldest)	Contract expires	First team debut	Senior debut
Jamie Harney	U21	Northern Ireland		June 2017
Callum Harrison	U20	Scotland		June 2017
Cameron James	U19	England		June 2019
Michael O'Donoghue	U21	Republic of Ireland		June 2017
Dexter Peter	U20	England		June 2017
Kane Vincent-Young	U21	England		June 2017
Ben Wyatt	U21	England		June 2017

Midfielders

Name	Age	Nationality	Represented (oldest)	Contract expires	First team debut	Senior debut
Milo Downey	U19	England
Charley Edge	U20	Wales		June 2017
Tom Lapslie	U21	England		June 2018
Chris Regis	U20	England		June 2017
Dion Sembie-Ferris	U21	England		June 2018
Sammie Szmodics	U21	England		June 2018
Diaz Wright	U19	England		June 2017
Drey Wright	U22	England		June 2017

Forwards

Name	Age	Nationality	Represented (oldest)	Contract expires	First team debut	Senior debut
Femi Akinwande	U20	England		June 2017
Macauley Bonne	U21	England		June 2018
Jack Curtis	U21	England		June 2017
Tariq Issa	U19	England		June 2019
Courtney Senior	U20	England		June 2018
Decarrey Sheriff	U19	England		June 2017

2016-17 Campaign

2016-17 Professional Development League 2

Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score
15 August 2016	Hull City	Away	D	1-1
22 August 2016	Sheffield United	Home	D	0-0
29 August 2016	Charlton Athletic	Home	W	2-0
3 September 2016	Cardiff City	Away	L	1-4
9 September 2016	Nottingham Forest	Away	W	2-0
19 September 2016	Crewe Alexandra	Home	L	1-4
26 September 2016	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	L	1-2
10 October 2016	Bolton Wanderers	Home	D	0-0
17 October 2016	Ipswich Town	Home	D	2-2
24 October 2016	Watford	Away	W	4-3
31 October 2016	Coventry City	Away	D	2-2
14 November 2016	Bristol City	Home	L	0-5
21 November 2016	Millwall	Home	W	4-1
25 November 2016	Queens Park Rangers	Away	L	2-3
12 December 2016	Crystal Palace	Home	L	0-1
19 December 2016	Charlton Athletic	Away	W	2-1
9 January 2017	Ipswich Town	Away	W	3-2
16 January 2017	Watford	Home	W	4-0
30 January 2017	Bristol City	Away	L	1-4
6 February 2017	Coventry City	Home	D	1-1
20 February 2017	Millwall	Away	L	0-2
27 March 2017	Birmingham City	Away	D	1-1
6 April 2017	Huddersfield Town	Away	L	2-3
10 April 2017	Cardiff City	Home	D	1-1
13 April 2017	Barnsley	Home	D	2-2
17 April 2017	Queens Park Rangers	Home	L	1-7
24 April 2017	Crystal Palace	Away	W	2-1
3 May 2017	Leeds United	Home	L	0-3

2016-17 Premier League Cup

Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score
2 October 2016	Hull City	Away	W	1-0
5 December 2016	Derby County	Home	D	2-2
19 January 2017	Manchester City	Home	W	2-1
13 February 2017	Manchester City	Away	L	0-3
28 February 2017	Derby County	Away	L	1-2
2 March 2017	Hull City	Home	W	2-1
17 March 2017	Sunderland	Away	W	1-0
3 April 2017	Portsmouth	Away	L	0-2

Goalscorers

(Final Statistics)

Player	PDL2	PL Cup	Total
Tariq Issa	8	1	9
Femi Akinwande	6	1	7
Eoin McKeown	3	2	5
Decarrey Sheriff	4	0	4
Charley Edge	3	0	3
Macauley Bonne	2	0	2
George Brown	2	0	2
Louis Dunne	2	0	2
Dexter Peter	1	1	2
Chris Regis	2	0	2
Callum Anderson	1	0	1
Dion Sembie-Ferris	1	1	1
Matthew Briggs	0	1	1
Aaron Cosgrave	1	0	1
Denny Johnstone	1	0	1
Cameron James	0	1	1
Frankie Kent	1	0	1
Tommy O'Sullivan	1	0	1
Eli Phipps	1	0	1
Joshua Pollard	0	1	1
Trialist	1	0	1
Own Goal	1	0	1

Player Statistics

(Final Statistics)
(Missing Lineups from QPR (A), Bristol City (A), Millwall A, Portsmouth (A), Huddersfield (A), Barnsley (H), QPR (H), Leeds (H))

Player	Starts	Subs	Goals
Femi Akinwande	7	3	7
Max Allen	1	0	0
Macauley Bonne	6	0	2
Matthew Briggs	3	0	1
George Brown	20	2	1
Ryan Clampin	1	2	0
Aaron Cosgrave	1	1	1
Stephen Dooley	1	0	0
Lloyd Doyley	2	0	0
Louis Dunne	12	1	2
Eze Ebuzoeme	1	0	0
Charley Edge	18	2	3
Owen Garvan	4	0	0
Jermaine Grandison	2	0	0
Callum Harrison	6	4	0
Will Hoskins	1	0	0
Rob Howard	2	0	0
Tariq Issa	14	1	7
Cameron James	13	1	1
Dan Jefferies	2	0	0
Denny Johnstone	1	0	1
Callum Jones	0	3	0
Glen Kamara	1	0	0
Ollie Kensdale	3	1	0
Frankie Kent	7	0	1
George Keys	0	3	0
Lewis Kinsella	2	0	0
Mark Kitching	1	0	0
Tom Lapslie	1	0	0
Doug Loft	2	0	0
Jamar Loza	1	0	0
Kodi Lyons-Foster	1	0	0
Eoin McKeown	5	1	3
Kieran Monlouis	1	0	0
Jake Mulryne	1	0	0
Brendan Ocran	17	2	0
Michael O'Donoghue	4	1	0
Tommy O'Sullivan	3	0	1
Jacob Partridge	1	2	0
Dexter Peter	23	0	2
Eli Phipps	2	0	1
Joshua Pollard	3	3	1
Rekeil Pyke	1	0	0
Chris Regis	11	2	2
Dion Sembie-Ferris	9	0	1
Decarrey Sheriff	10	7	4
Sammie Szmodics	2	0	0
Kane Vincent-Young	7	0	0
Sam Warde	1	0	0
JJ Wilson	6	2	0
Diaz Wright	24	1	0
Drey Wright	2	0	0
Ben Wyatt	5	1	0
Alex Wynter	3	0	0
Trialists	2	0	0

Keeper	Starts	Subs	Clean Sheets	Conceded
Dillon Barnes	13	0	4	15
James Bransgrove	7	0	2	15
Dean Brill	1	0	1	0
Daniel Wilks	2	0	0	3
Rhys Williams	4	0	0	7
Trialist	1	0	0	1