Ronald Koeman enjoyed a successful first season in charge of the club as he helped them finish seventh in the Premier League table which was enough to book a place in the Europa League next season.
Though Everton got the season off to an excellent start, dropping points just once in their opening six games, a big dip in form midway through the campaign saw them struggle to hold on to their place in the top half of the table.
An excellent win over Arsenal in December though proved to be the turning point of the campaign and while they did suffer defeats against Liverpool as well as Leicester City in the third round of the FA Cup, a brilliant run of form in the second half of the season saw them emerge as surprise challengers for a place in the top four only for Everton hitting another bump in form in the final weeks which meant that they had to settle for a seventh placed finish.
Although Koeman will be disappointed that his side was not able to sustain the challenge at least for the fifth place, there were a number of positives for the Everton coach with new signing Morgan Schneiderlin emerging as a key cog in the midfield while youngster Tom Davies showed all the qualities needed to become a really top player.
Everton will be heading into the summer with question marks over the futures of two of their key players as Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley are both linked with moves away from the club after rejecting extensions to their contracts and quality replacements will be key if Everton are to improve on their seventh placed finish next season.
