2017–18 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2017–18 EFL Championship season was Aston Villa's 143rd season in English football. It was the club's second consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League during the 2015–16 season.^[1] Villa secured a play-off place and defeated Middlesbrough to reach the final,^[2] but lost 1–0 to Fulham in the final and thus missed out on promotion to the Premier League.^[3]

Aston Villa

2017–18 season
Aston Villa players lining up at the EFL Championship play-off final against Fulham in May 2018
Chairman	Tony Xia
Manager	Steve Bruce
Stadium	Villa Park
Championship	4th
Play-offs	Runners-up (vs. Fulham)
FA Cup	Third round (vs. Peterborough United)
EFL Cup	Third round (vs. Middlesbrough)
Top goalscorer	League: Albert Adomah (14) All: Albert Adomah (15)
Highest home attendance	41,745 vs Derby County, 28 April 2018
Lowest home attendance	11,197 vs Middlesbrough, 19 September 2017
Home colours Away colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Second City Derby

57--37--32

← 2016–17 2018–19 →

John Terry (32) joined Aston Villa and was appointed captain.^[4] Other signings included Ahmed Elmohamady (113), Glenn Whelan (68), Robert Snodgrass (40), Josh Onomah (33), Axel Tuanzebe (39), Lewis Grabban (15) and Christopher Samba (12).

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Fulham (O, P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	70	48	+22	75

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83	14	7	2	42	19	+23	10	4	9	30	23	+7

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L
Position	10	21	23	16	15	18	18	13	10	8	7	7	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	8	7	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[5][6]

Aston Villa v Hull City

5 August 2017 1	Aston Villa	1–1	Hull City	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Agbonlahor 7' Lansbury  17' Whelan  22'	Report	Bowen 62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,241 (1,211 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Cardiff City v Aston Villa

12 August 2017 2	Cardiff City	3–0	Aston Villa	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Mendez-Laing 21', 71' Hoilett 60'	Report	Taylor  55'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,899 (4,803 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Reading v Aston Villa

15 August 2017 3	Reading	2–1	Aston Villa	Reading
20:00	Moore  36' Whelan 49' (o.g.) Barrow 55' McCleary  90'	Report	Green  27' Hourihane  37' 87'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,144 (3,935 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

Aston Villa v Norwich City

19 August 2017 4	Aston Villa	4–2	Norwich City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Hourihane 22', 68', 85' Green 42' Hutton  58'	Report	Murphy  36' 60' Franke  78' Oliveira 79'  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,157 (2,389 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Bristol City v Aston Villa

25 August 2017 5	Bristol City	1–1	Aston Villa	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST	Paterson 60' Brownhill  87'	Report	Onomah 64'  85'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,542 (3,106 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Aston Villa v Brentford

9 September 2017 6	Aston Villa	0–0	Brentford	Birmingham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,799 (1,259 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	Aston Villa	0–0	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:30 BST	Snodgrass  31' Lansbury  64' Kodjia  83'	Report	Traoré  4' Christie  80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,631 (1,378 away) Referee: James Linington

Barnsley v Aston Villa

16 September 2017 8	Barnsley	0–3	Aston Villa	Barnsley
17:30 BST	Hammill  25'	Report	Adomah 19', 44 pen.' Davis 55' Whelan  76' Hourihane  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,633 (3,268 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

23 September 2017 9	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Adomah 15' Hourihane 60' Taylor  90+5'	Report	Bridcutt  42' Murphy 52' Brereton  59'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,554 (2,026 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Burton Albion v Aston Villa

26 September 2017 10	Burton Albion	0–4	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Davis 13' Adomah 16' Snodgrass 32' Onomah 71'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,786 (1,654 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss

Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers

30 September 2017 11	Aston Villa	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Whelan  11' Kodjia 39' (pen.) Taylor  90+4'	Report	Wheater  59' Beevers  68' Henry  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,451 (1,110 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa

14 October 2017 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
17:30 BST	Jota 55' Bonatini 72'	Report	Snodgrass  12' Hourihane  42'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,239 (2,758 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Aston Villa v Fulham

21 October 2017 13	Aston Villa	2–1	Fulham	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Terry 23' Adomah 49' Onomah  82'	Report	Norwood  9' Fonte  15' Johansen 45+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,724 (1,341 away) Referee: Mike Jones

Birmingham City v Aston Villa

29 October 2017 14	Birmingham City	0–0	Aston Villa	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Adams  16' N'Doye  52' Roberts  74'	Report	Snodgrass  16' Onomah  76'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,408 (2,078 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Preston North End v Aston Villa

1 November 2017 15	Preston North End	0–2	Aston Villa	Preston
19:45 BST	Browne  55'	Report	Chester 12' Snodgrass 33' Davis  63'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,212 (2,828 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Aston Villa v Sheffield Wednesday

4 November 2017 16	Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Samba 90+6'	Report	Reach 1' Rhodes 23' Wallace  56'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,154 (2,718 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Queens Park Rangers v Aston Villa

18 November 2017 17	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Aston Villa	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST	Mackie 19' Robinson  53' Manning  76'	Report	Whelan  38' Adomah 45+3', 58' Snodgrass  60' Taylor  90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,934 (3,200 away) Referee: Darren England

Aston Villa v Sunderland

22 November 2017 18	Aston Villa	2–1	Sunderland	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Adomah 10' Onomah 49'	Report	Grabban 72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,662 (824 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

Aston Villa v Ipswich Town

25 November 2017 19	Aston Villa	2–0	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adomah 36', 66'	Report	Connolly  56' Huws  73'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,427 (1,364 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Leeds United v Aston Villa

1 December 2017 20	Leeds United	1–1	Aston Villa	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Jansson 19'  74' Sáiz  77'	Report	Hourihane  28' Snodgrass  45+2' Lansbury 71' Hutton  90+2'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,547 (2,443 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Aston Villa v Millwall

9 December 2017 21	Aston Villa	0–0	Millwall	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Whelan  76'	Report	Saville  55' Wallace  70' Cooper  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,628 (2,088 away) Referee: Andrew Davies

Derby County v Aston Villa

16 December 2017 22	Derby County	2–0	Aston Villa	Derby
15:00 GMT	Weimann 24' Russell 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 28,118 (3,143 away) Referee: Lee Probert

Aston Villa v Sheffield United

23 December 2017 23	Aston Villa	2–2	Sheffield United	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Adomah 4' (pen.) Jedinak 9'	Report	Donaldson 12' (26) Basham  57' Donaldson  68' O'Connell  71'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,210 (2,723 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Brentford v Aston Villa

26 December 2017 24	Brentford	2–1	Aston Villa	Brentford
17:30 GMT	Sawyers 22' McEachran  57' Barbet  57' Vibe 52'	Report	Onomah 30' Elphick  68'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,341 (1,618 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

30 December 2017 25	Middlesbrough	0–1	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Leadbitter  15' Friend  67' Downing  90+4'	Report	Hourihane  24' Onomah  30' Elphick  45+4' Chester  62' Snodgrass 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,422 (2,648 away) Referee: Andy Madley

Aston Villa v Bristol City

1 January 2018 26	Aston Villa	5–0	Bristol City	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Hogan 23' Snodgrass 34', 60' Bjarnason 72' Hourihane 85'	Report	Baker  29'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,604 (2,100 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

13 January 2018 27	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
17:30 GMT	Lichaj  61' Cash  63'	Report	Hogan 18' Elmohamady  71' Terry  89'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 25,433 (2,004 away) Referee: James Linington

Aston Villa v Barnsley

20 January 2018 28	Aston Villa	3–1	Barnsley	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hogan 5', 7' Hourihane 18'	Report	Cavare 41' Moore  71' Pinnock  81'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,869 (1,534 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Sheffield United v Aston Villa

30 January 2018 29	Sheffield United	0–1	Aston Villa	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Wilson  71' Basham  81'	Report	Snodgrass 90'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,477 (2,385 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Aston Villa v Burton Albion

3 February 2018 30	Aston Villa	3–2	Burton Albion	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Snodgrass  20' Hogan 33' Adomah 65' Grealish  69' Elmohamady  73' Grealish 88'	Report	Murphy  71' Akins  71' McFadzean  71' Naylor  71' Elmohamady 71' (o.g.) Boyce 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,022 (553 away) Referee: Robert Lewis

Aston Villa v Birmingham City

11 February 2018 31	Aston Villa	2–0	Birmingham City	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Adomah 60' Hourihane 81'	Report	Jenkinson  71' N'Doye  90+4' Dean  71'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,233 (2,100 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Fulham v Aston Villa

17 February 2018 32	Fulham	2–0	Aston Villa	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Sessegnon 52' Johansen  67' Ayité 71'	Report	Jedinak  59'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,547 (4,073 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Aston Villa v Preston North End

20 February 2018 33	Aston Villa	1–1	Preston North End	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Bjarnason  22' Jedinak  51' Grabban 65' (pen.) Terry  79'	Report	Fisher  34' Barkhuizen 65' Pearson  51' Rudd  90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,894 (973 away) Referee: Darren England

Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa

24 February 2018 34	Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	Aston Villa	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Clare 14' Pelupessy  32' João 45+2' Boyd  82' Pudil  90+6'	Report	Grabban 21' Whelan 67' Hourihane 87' Snodgrass 90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,604 (4,630 away) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers

3 March 2018	Aston Villa	P–P[7]	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Villa Park
Note: Match postponed due to a heavy snowfall. Rescheduled for 13 March at 19:45.

Sunderland v Aston Villa

6 March 2018 35	Sunderland	0–3	Aston Villa	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Love  23' Oviedo  55'	Report	Grabban 34' Chester  35' Chester 45+3' Oviedo og' (66)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,081 (1,605 away) Referee: Andy Madley

Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers

10 March 2018 36	Aston Villa	4–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Adomah 8' Adomah  44' Chester 57' Grabban 62' Hourihane  79' Grealish  83' Bjarnason 85'	Report	Jota 20' Batth  37' Jota  39' N'Diaye  55' Coady  73' Costa  80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,836 (2,700 away) Referee: David Coote

Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers

13 March 2018 37	Aston Villa	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Chester 88' Grealish  90+2'	Report	Manning 11' Bidwell 33' Lynch  59' Freeman 82' Bidwell  90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,228 (462 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Rescheduled from 5 March because of heavy snowfall.

Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa

17 March 2018 38	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Aston Villa	Horwich
17:30 GMT	Le Fondre 19'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 19,304 (4,342 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Hull City v Aston Villa

31 March 2018 39	Hull City	0–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 BST	Larsson  56'	Report	Snodgrass  32' Grabban  81'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,133 (2,221 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Aston Villa v Reading

3 April 2018 40	Aston Villa	3–0	Reading	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Bjarnason 46' Hourihane 63' Hogan 70'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,223 (350 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Norwich City v Aston Villa

7 April 2018 41	Norwich City	3–1	Aston Villa	Norwich
12:30 BST	Maddison  36' 72' Murphy 45+2'  86' Srbeny 54'  65' Reed  63'	Report	Grealish 67'  82' Hourihane  68' Chester  90+4'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,278 (2,000 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Aston Villa v Cardiff City

10 April 2018 42	Aston Villa	1–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Hourihane  20' Snodgrass  45' Grealish 85' Johnstone  90+4' Kodjia  90+5'	Report	Paterson  37' Gunnarsson  78' Bennett  81' Ward  89' Peltier  90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,560 (2,700 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Aston Villa v Leeds United

13 April 2018 43	Aston Villa	1–0	Leeds United	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Grabban 29'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,374 (2,288 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Ipswich Town v Aston Villa

21 April 2018 44	Ipswich Town	0–4	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward  42'	Report	Hourihane 25' Grabban 57' Grabban 78' Lansbury 82'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,034 (1,981 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Aston Villa v Derby County

28 April 2018 45	Aston Villa	1–1	Derby County	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Chester 84'	Report	Jerome 14',  87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,745 (2,671 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Millwall v Aston Villa

6 May 2018 46	Millwall	1–0	Aston Villa	Bermondsey
12:30 BST	Williams pen' (30)	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,195 (2,163 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Play-offs

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

12 May 2018 Semi-final first leg	Middlesbrough	0–1	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
17:15 BST	Friend  45' Gibson  49'	Report	Hourihane  13' Jedinak 15' Snodgrass  75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,233 Referee: Robert Madley

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

15 May 2018 Semi-final second leg	Aston Villa	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Snodgrass  34' Hutton  45' Grealish  60' Johnstone  87'	Report	Friend  13' Bešić  80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,505 Referee: Mike Dean

Aston Villa v Fulham

26 May 2018 Final	Aston Villa	0–1	Fulham	London
17:00 BST	Chester  8' Grealish  63' Jedinak  76' Hutton  86'	Report	Cairney 23' Odoi  38'  70' Kamara  77'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,243 Referee: Anthony Taylor

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Aston Villa entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against either Woking or Peterborough United.^[8] The latter won their replayed tie 5–2 to visit Villa Park in the third round.^[9]

Aston Villa v Peterborough United

6 January 2018 Third round	Aston Villa	1–3	Peterborough United	Aston
15:00 GMT	Davis 8'	Report	Marriott 75', 90+3' Tafazolli 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 21,677 Referee: Robert Jones

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place with a trip to Colchester United confirmed.^[10] Villa were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the second round.^[11] A third round home time against Middlesbrough was made on 24 August 2017.^[12]

Colchester United v Aston Villa

9 August 2017 First round	Colchester United	1–2	Aston Villa	Colchester
19:45 BST	Kent 39' Murray  76' Szmodics  87'	Report	Hogan 6' Kent 21' (o.g.) Green  53' O'Hare  59'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 6,603 Referee: John Brooks

Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic

22 August 2017 Second round	Aston Villa	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Hogan 19', 44' Adomah 36' O'Hare  68' Bjarnason 74'	Report	Colclough 43' Burke  62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 18,108 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

19 September 2017 Third round	Aston Villa	0–2	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Elphick  17'  57'	Report	Bamford 58' (pen.), 67' Howson  72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Stephen Martin

Pre-season friendlies

Kidderminster Harriers v Aston Villa

12 July 2017	Kidderminster Harriers	0–3	Aston Villa	Kidderminster
19:45 BST		Report	Hourihane 9' Chester 30' McKirdy 82'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 2,408

AFC Telford United v Aston Villa

12 July 2017	AFC Telford United	0–4	Aston Villa	Telford
19:45 BST		Report	Green 38' Lansbury 49' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Agbonlahor 53'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Blake Antrobus

Shrewsbury Town v Aston Villa

15 July 2017	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Aston Villa	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Jules 76' Gnahoua 80'	Report	Lansbury 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Steve Martin

Walsall v Aston Villa

18 July 2017	Walsall	0–0	Aston Villa	Walsall
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 7,022

Aston Villa v MSV Duisburg

23 July 2017	Aston Villa	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg, Germany
12:00 CEST (45 min match)	Green 21' Hogan 23', 36'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,913

Aston Villa v Hertha BSC

23 July 2017	Aston Villa	2–0	Hertha BSC	Duisburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (45 min match)	Samba 17' Agbonlahor 30'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,913

Arminia Bielefeld v Aston Villa

25 July 2017	Arminia Bielefeld	P–P[13]	Aston Villa	Gütersloh, Germany
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Heidewaldstadion

Aston Villa v Watford

29 July 2017	Aston Villa	0–0	Watford	Aston
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Oliver Langford

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2017	CB		John Terry	Chelsea	Free	[14]
19 July 2017	RB		Ahmed Elmohamady	Hull City	Undisclosed	[15]
20 July 2017	CB		Christopher Samba	Free agent	Free	[16]
20 July 2017	DM		Glenn Whelan	Stoke City	£2,000,000	[17]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF		Libor Kozák	Free agent	Released	[18]
1 July 2017	CB		Niall Mason	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	[19]
1 July 2017	DM		Carlos Sánchez Moreno	Fiorentina	£3,000,000	[20]
25 July 2017	CM		Jordan Veretout	Fiorentina	£7,000,000	[21]
28 July 2017	CB		Nathan Baker	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[22]
13 August 2017	MF		Leandro Bacuna	Reading F.C.	Undisclosed	[23]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 July 2017	GK		Sam Johnstone	Manchester United	30 June 2018	[24]
4 August 2017	CM		Josh Onomah	Tottenham Hotspur	30 June 2018	[25]
25 August 2017	RW		Robert Snodgrass	West Ham United	30 June 2018	[26]
25 January 2018	CB		Axel Tuanzebe	Manchester United	30 June 2018	[27]
31 January 2018	CF		Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth	30 June 2018	[28]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
16 January 2017	GK		Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	30 June 2018	[29]
12 July 2017	RW		Carles Gil	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2018	[30]
27 July 2017	CM		Aaron Tshibola	Milton Keynes Dons	30 June 2018	[31]
10 August 2017	LB		Jordan Amavi	Marseille	30 June 2018	[32]
24 August 2017	CB		Kevin Toner	Stevenage	30 June 2018	[33]
31 August 2017	CM		Gary Gardner	Barnsley	30 June 2018	[34]
31 August 2017	GK		Matija Sarkic	Wigan Athletic	January 2018	[35]
29 September 2017	FW		Ross McCormack	Melbourne City	Injury replacement	[36]
23 January 2018	RB		Ritchie De Laet	Royal Antwerp	30 June
29 January 2018	CB		Tommy Elphick	Reading	30 June
31 January 2018	CB		Easah Suliman	Grimsby Town	30 June

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Ref:^[37]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		Play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Sam Johnstone	48	0	45	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Jed Steer	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
31	GK	ENG	Mark Bunn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	WAL	Neil Taylor	30	0	27+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	CGO	Christopher Samba	14	1	5+7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	WAL	James Chester	50	4	46	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	James Bree	10	0	3+3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Micah Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	33	0	26+3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	ENG	John Terry	36	1	32	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	45	0	36+7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Axel Tuanzebe	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	WAL	Mitchell Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IRL	Glenn Whelan	35	1	30+3	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Robert Snodgrass	43	7	38+2	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	12	2	6+4	2	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Jack Grealish	31	3	19+8	3	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
14	MF	IRL	Conor Hourihane	46	11	40+1	11	3	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak	28	2	17+8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Josh Onomah	37	4	20+13	4	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Andre Green	7	1	4+1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF	ISL	Birkir Bjarnason	29	4	11+12	3	0+2	0	1	0	3	1
32	MF	IRL	Jake Doyle-Hayes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
37	MF	GHA	Albert Adomah	44	15	34+5	14	3	0	0	0	2	1
38	DF	AUS	Jordan Lyden	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
9	FW	IRL	Scott Hogan	41	9	19+18	6	0+1	0	0	0	3	3
11	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor	6	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	CIV	Jonathan Kodjia	18	1	9+6	1	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
36	FW	ENG	Callum O'Hare	8	0	0+4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
39	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	30	3	17+11	2	0	0	1	1	0+1	0
43	FW	ENG	Corey Blackett-Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	18	8	10+5	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
25	MF	ENG	Gary Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	FW	SCO	Ross McCormack	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
7	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet	9	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0
24	DF	ENG	Tommy Elphick	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	DF	ENG	Easah Suliman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 8 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

As of 17 January 2018
Sources:^[38][39]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Championship		League Cup		FA Cup		Other		Total
				Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
37	MF	ENG	Albert Adomah	14	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	15	7
14	MF	IRE	Conor Hourihane	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
9	FW	IRE	Scott Hogan	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
45	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7	MF	SCO	Robert Snodgrass	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14
18	MF	ENG	Josh Onomah	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
20	MF	ISL	Birkir Bjarnason	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	3
5	DF	WAL	James Chester	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
10	MF	ENG	Jack Grealish	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6
39	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
8	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
15	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
22	FW	CIV	Jonathan Kodjia	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
11	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
26	DF	ENG	John Terry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
6	MF	IRE	Glenn Whelan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	DF	CGO	Christopher Samba	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Andre Green	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
21	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
36	MF	ENG	Callum O'Hare	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total				71	52	5	4	1	0	1	1	78	57

Disciplinary record

As of 30 September 2017

Nation	Name
	Henri Lansbury	1	1
	Conor Hourihane	2	0
	Neil Taylor	2	1
	Glenn Whelan	3	0
	Andre Green	1	0
	Alan Hutton	1	0
	Jonathan Kodjia	1	0
	Josh Onomah	1	0
	Robert Snodgrass	1	0

Suspensions served

As of 23 September 2017

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
19 September 2017	1	Tommy Elphick	vs Middlesbrough (H)	Nottingham Forest (H)