2017–18 Brentford F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Brentford's 128th year in existence and fourth consecutive season in the Championship.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Brentford

2017–18 season
Owner	Matthew Benham
Chairman	Cliff Crown
Head Coach	Dean Smith
Stadium	Griffin Park
Championship	9th
FA Cup	Third round (Vs Notts County)
EFL Cup	Third round (Vs Norwich City)
Top goalscorer	League: Neal Maupay (12 goals) All: Neal Maupay (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	12,367 (vs Queens Park Rangers, 21 April 2018)
Lowest home attendance	6,935 (vs Notts County, 6 January 2018)
Average home league attendance	10,234
Home colours Away colours
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The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Season Review

July

Over the summer break, Brentford brought in right back Henrik Dalsgaard from Zulte Waregem for an undisclosed fee and goalkeeper Luke Daniels from Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.^[2][3] Alan McCormack joined Luton Town following his release from the club.^[4] Germans Philipp Hofmann and Akaki Gogia both moved to 2. Bundesliga with the former moving to Greuther Furth and the latter initially staying at Dynamo Dresden after his loan move during the previous season but instead moving to Union Berlin shortly after making his move permanent.^[5][6] Youngster James Ferry joined Stevenage for an undisclosed fee.^[7] Goalkeeper Jack Bonham signed a new one-year contract extension and moved to Carlisle United on loan until January.^[8] Midfielder Konstantin Kerschbaumer joined Armenia Bielefeld on loan until the end of the season.^[9] Also signing new contracts were Florian Jozefzoon, who added 12 months to his initial contract, and Nico Yennaris, who extended his stay until 2021.^[10][11] On 7 July, South African midfielder Kamohelo Mokotjo signed for an undisclosed fee from Dutch side FC Twente.^[12] On the same day, Brentford began their pre-season with a 5–1 win against Aldershot Town. Reece Cole and Sergi Canós both scored braces with Jozefzoon adding to the scoreline late on.^[13] The first-team travelled to Divonne-les-Bains on the French/Swiss border for a training camp.^[14] During their time there, striker Neal Maupay sealed his transfer to Brentford from Saint-Étienne.^[15] Brentford drew 1–1 against Lausanne-Sport with Lasse Vibe scoring the Bees' only goal.^[16] Following their return to England, Brentford signed EFL Young Player of the Year Ollie Watkins from Exeter City for a reported £1.8 million fee.^[17][18] On 19 July, Brentford travelled to Oxford United for another pre-season friendly which ended 4–3 to the Bees. Jozefzoon, Vibe, Cole and Canós were the goalscorers.^[19] On 21 July, it was announced that Danish forward Emiliano Marcondes will join Brentford in January on a three-and-a-half-year deal after his current deal at FC Nordsjælland expires.^[20] Brentford's first game at Griffin Park of the season ended 2–2 against Premier League side Southampton. Vibe poked the ball home in the first half with Josh Clarke scoring the second after Fraiser Forster spilled his cross.^[21] The unbeaten pre-season campaign continued at MK Dons where Maupay, Watkins and Jozefzoon all scored in a 3–2 win against the League One side.^[22] On 29 July, Brentford played their final game before the start of the season at home against Celta de Vigo. Vibe and Jota scored in the 2–1 win against the Europa League semi-finalists.^[23]

August

Brentford's first Championship game of the season was at newly promoted Sheffield United which ended in a 1–0 defeat. Billy Sharp headed in a Leon Clarke cross just before half-time. Despite improving in the second-half, Brentford could not find the equaliser.^[24] Brentford now have not won on the opening day for six consecutive seasons.^[25] On 7 August, young full-back Tom Field joined Bradford City on loan until January.^[26] Watkins and Justin Shaibu scored their first goals for the club in the first round of the League Cup against AFC Wimbledon. Their goals came in extra-time after Paul Robinson's first-half lobbed strike and Romaine Sawyers' equaliser in the second-half. The 3–1 result after extra-time sealed Brentford's place in the second round.^[27] On 10 August, Cole joined Newport County on loan until January.^[28] The B-team midfielder was in the matchday squad for the League Cup tie against AFC Wimbledon. Brentford's first league match at home was a 7-goal thriller against Nottingham Forest. After John Egan's header, two stunning strikes from Andreas Bouchalakis and Daryl Murphy's tap in left the Bees trailing 3–1 midway through the second-half. Andreas Bjelland gave some hope for Brentford as his header was adjudged to have crossed the line by goal-line technology, a first for Griffin Park.^[29] However, Kieran Dowell scored for Forest four minutes later and Maupay's late goal proved only to be a consolation with the final score finishing 4–3 to the visitors.^[30]

On 15 August, Brentford proposed amendments for the new Brentford Community Stadium which included a decrease in capacity from 20,000 to 17,250 and construction starting in 2018 with completion in late 2019 or early 2020.^[31] Midfielder Ryan Woods was given compassionate leave after the tragic loss of his baby.^[32] He would not feature for Brentford's next few games. Brentford next faced Bristol City at Griffin Park. Despite conceding an early Josh Brownhill goal, Brentford rallied in the second half and took the lead through Watkins and Maupay and would have been further in front had it not been for an inspired performance from opposing goalkeeper Frank Fielding. Eight minutes into added time due to an injury to Josh McEachran, Bobby Reid pounced and denied Brentford's first league win of the season.^[33] The Bees' poor run of results continued at Ipswich Town where, despite a dominant first half, Martyn Waghorn and Joe Garner's goals sealed a 2–0 win for the home side, leaving Brentford bottom of the league table.^[34] In the second round of the League Cup, Brentford beat local rivals Queens Park Rangers 4–1 in a West London derby. There were goals from Egan, Maupay and an own goal from Ariel Borysiuk in the first-half, plus one for QPR from Darnell Furlong. Clarke capped off a fine win at Loftus Road with a finish into the bottom corner late in the second-half.^[35] Brentford's final game of August ended in a goalless draw against high-spending Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[36] Brentford headed into the international break with no wins in their first five league games.

Brentford had a busy final few days of the transfer window. On 30 August, former captain Harlee Dean joined Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.^[37] The following day, on transfer deadline day, Jota and Maxime Colin joined Dean at Birmingham City for undisclosed fees as well, although Jota's fee was confirmed to be Birmingham's record transfer fee.^[38][39][40] B-team defenders Jan Holldack and Manny Onariase both left the club for KFC Uerdingen 05 and Rotherham United respectively.^[41][42]

September

On 1 September, B-team captain Zain Westbrooke joined Solihull Moors on loan for a month.^[43] Brentford's first match after the transfer window was against Aston Villa. Despite a good performance, they could not find a goal to give them their first league victory as the match ended 0–0.^[44] On 12 September, Brentford travelled to Hillsborough where they let a lead slip to give Sheffield Wednesday a win. Yennaris scored early with a volley but Gary Hooper netted on the brink of half-time and Ross Wallace completed the comeback from Jordan Rhodes' pull-back. There was concern late into stoppage time as defender Dalsgaard was knocked unconscious and given treatment on the pitch for several minutes before being taken off on a stretcher.^[45] Brentford continued their win-less streak in the league at home to Reading. Clarke rifled in from a tight angle after good play between himself and Maupay but Liam Kelly equalised with a penalty after Rico Henry fouled Tyler Blackett as the game ended 1–1.^[46] On 18 September, central defender Chris Mepham signed a five-year contract and was promoted to the first team squad.^[47] The next day, he made his first competitive start, along with Theo Archibald, in the third round of the League Cup against Norwich City where he gave away the penalty for Norwich's first goal. After Marco Vrancic scored from the spot, Brentford were awarded a penalty themselves, but Yoann Barbet skied it into the stands. Vrancic then curled in a free kick in the second half and Josh Murphy chipped over the oncoming Daniels to give the Canaries a three-goal advantage. Clarke scored a consolation late on as Brentford crashed out of the League Cup, losing 3–1.^[48] Brentford finally found their first league win of the season against bottom side Bolton Wanderers. Barbet made amends for his penalty miss in the cup with a superb free-kick in the first half. Yennaris then scored from 30 yards in the second half with Watkins adding a third shortly before full-time.^[49] On 26 September, Brentford hosted Derby County at Griffin Park. Despite completely dominating, Brentford could not break down the Derby defence and found themselves behind to Joe Ledley's debut goal for the Rams. It took 86 minutes for Watkins to find a deserved equaliser to grab a point for the Bees.^[50] Brentford picked up their sixth draw of the season against Middlesbrough. Despite scoring two goals, courtesy of Barbet's header and Watkins' finish, Middlesbrough came back from behind twice through Martin Braithwaite and Fabio to secure a 2–2 result.^[51] Henry was stretchered off in this game and suffered a serious knee injury which would sideline him for a significant length of time.^[52]

Transfers

Transfers in

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	MF	Theo Archibald	Celtic	Undisclosed	[53]
1 July 2017	MF	Ali Coote	Dundee United	Undisclosed	[54]
1 July 2017	DF	Henrik Dalsgaard	Zulte Waregem	Undisclosed	[2]
1 July 2017	GK	Luke Daniels	Scunthorpe United	Free	[3]
1 July 2017	FW	Marcus Forss	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[55]
7 July 2017	MF	Kamohelo Mokotjo	FC Twente	Undisclosed	[12]
14 July 2017	FW	Neal Maupay	Saint-Étienne	£1,800,000	[15][56]
18 July 2017	FW	Ollie Watkins	Exeter City	£1,800,000	[18]
1 August 2017	DF	Mads Bech Sørensen	AC Horsens	Undisclosed	[57]
1 January 2018	MF	Emiliano Marcondes	FC Nordsjælland	Free	[20]
14 January 2018	MF	Jaakko Oksanen	HJK Helsinki	Undisclosed	[58]
30 January 2018	MF	Chiedozie Ogbene	Limerick	Undisclosed	[59]

Loans in

Players loaned in
Start date	Pos.	Name	Parent Club	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	MF	Nikolaj Kirk	FC Midtjylland	End of season	[60]

Transfers out

Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent Club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	MF	Akaki Gogia	Dynamo Dresden	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2017	FW	Philipp Hofmann	Greuther Fürth	Undisclosed	[5]
30 August 2017	DF	Harlee Dean	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[37]
31 August 2017	MF	Jan Holldack	Uerdingen 05	Undisclosed	[41]
31 August 2017	MF	Jota	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[39]
31 August 2017	DF	Manny Onariase	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	[42]
31 August 2017	DF	Maxime Colin	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[38]
10 February 2018	FW	Lasse Vibe	Changchun Yatai	Undisclosed	[61]

Loans out

Players loaned out
Start date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent Club	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Jack Bonham	Carlisle United	End of season	[8]
1 July 2017	MF	Konstantin Kerschbaumer	Arminia Bielefeld	End of season	[9]
7 August 2017	DF	Tom Field	Bradford City	1 January 2018	[26]
10 August 2017	MF	Reece Cole	Newport County	1 January 2018	[28]
1 September 2017	MF	Zain Westbrooke	Solihull Moors	29 September 2017	[62]
11 October 2017	MF	Zain Westbrooke	Leyton Orient	10 January 2018	[63]
19 January 2018	DF	Ilias Chatzitheodoridis	Cheltenham Town	End of season	[64]
29 January 2018	MF	Justin Shaibu	Walsall	End of season	[65]

Released

Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2018	FW	Herson Alves	Maidenhead United	1 July 2018	[66]
30 June 2018	FW	Raphael Assibey-Mensah	TSV Schott Mainz	September 2018	[67]
30 June 2018	DF	Andreas Bjelland	FC Copenhagen	9 July 2018	[68]
30 June 2018	MF	Bradley Clayton	Chesham United	August 2018	[69]
30 June 2018	FW	Jan Novak	NK Krka	22 August 2018	[70]
30 June 2018	MF	Zain Westbrooke	Coventry City	1 July 2018	[71]

Pre-season

Friendlies

Aldershot Town v Brentford

7 July 2017	Aldershot Town	1–5	Brentford	Aldershot
19:30 BST	Mensah 30'	Report	Cole 48', 52' Canós 56', 73' Jozefzoon 84'	Stadium: Recreation Ground

Lausanne-Sport v Brentford

15 July 2017	Lausanne-Sport	1–1	Brentford	Saint-Prex, Switzerland
16:00 CEST	Pak Kwang-ryong 65'	Report	Vibe 14'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif de Divonne-les-Bains

Oxford United v Brentford

19 July 2017	Oxford United	3–4	Brentford	Oxford
19:45 BST	Johnson 36' (pen.) Hemmings 56' Henry 61'	Report	Jozefzoon 8' Vibe 30' Cole 78' Canós 80'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,216 Referee: John Busby

Brentford v Southampton

22 July 2017	Brentford	2–2	Southampton	Brentford
15:00 BST	Vibe 40' Clarke 82'	Report	Austin 53', 60'	Stadium: Griffin Park

Milton Keynes Dons v Brentford

25 July 2017	Milton Keynes Dons	2–3	Brentford	Denbigh
19:45 BST	Seager 7', 28'	Report	Maupay 21' Watkins 56' Jozefzoon 76'	Stadium: Stadium MK Referee: Craig Hicks

Brentford v Celta de Vigo

29 July 2017	Brentford	2–1	Celta de Vigo	Brentford
15:00 BST	Vibe 26' Jota 34'	Report	Guidetti 53'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 2,675

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	57	46	+11	73
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	+11	72
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69
10	Sheffield United	46	20	9	17	62	55	+7	69
11	Bristol City	46	17	16	13	67	58	+9	67

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69	9	11	3	37	24	+13	9	4	10	25	28	−3

Source: Brentford F.C.

Result by matchday

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D
Position	18	22	20	24	23	23	23	22	20	20	19	18	18	18	15	12	13	13	14	11	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	9

Source: Brentford F.C.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sheffield United v Brentford

5 August 2017 1	Sheffield United	1–0	Brentford	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Sharp 39'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,746 Referee: Stephen Martin

Brentford v Nottingham Forest

12 August 2017 2	Brentford	3–4	Nottingham Forest	Brentford
15:00 BST	Egan 38' Bjelland 79' Henry  81' Maupay 90+2'	Report	Bouchalakis  28' 41', 47' Murphy 43' Vaughan  82' Dowell 83' Mills  86'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,169 Referee: James Linington

Brentford v Bristol City

15 August 2017 3	Brentford	2–2	Bristol City	Brentford
19:45 BST	Barbet  49' Watkins 56' McEachran  60' Maupay 77'	Report	Brownhill 5' Pack  35' Paterson  74' O'Neil  90+6' Reid 90+8'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,811 Referee: Peter Bankes

Ipswich Town v Brentford

19 August 2017 4	Ipswich Town	2–0	Brentford	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Waghorn 35' Garner 51' Kenlock  80'	Report	Sawyers  40' Maupay  45+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,348 Referee: Oliver Langford

Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 August 2017 5	Brentford	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Brentford
15:00 BST	Dean  36'	Report	Doherty  43'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,351 Referee: Tim Robinson

Aston Villa v Brentford

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

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

12 September 2017 7	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Brentford	Owlerton
19:45 BST	Hooper 45+1' Wallace 70' Hunt  89' Rhodes  90+1' Lee  90+2'	Report	Yennaris 9'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 23,536 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Brentford v Reading

16 September 2017 8	Brentford	1–1	Reading	Brentford
15:00 BST	Clarke 16' Egan  66' Henry  69' Maupay  72'	Report	McShane  5' McCleary  25' Edwards  34' Kelly 70' (pen.) Obita  81'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,739 Referee: Tony Harrington

Bolton Wanderers v Brentford

23 September 2017 9	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Brentford	Horwich
15:00 BST	Burke  45+1' Karacan  56'	Report	Barbet 38' Yennaris 62'  76' Watkins 84'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,897 Referee: Darren England

Brentford v Derby County

26 September 2017 10	Brentford	1–1	Derby County	Brentford
19:45 BST	Woods  30' Dalsgaard  36' Watkins  45+5' 86'	Report	Ledley 15' Forsyth  25' Wisdom  30' Johnson  30' Winnall  37' Keogh  76'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 8,679 Referee: Andy Davies

Middlesbrough v Brentford

30 September 2017 11	Middlesbrough	2–2	Brentford	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Braithwaite 68' Christie  70' Fábio 76' Bamford  90+4' Randolph  90+6'	Report	Barbet 29' Dalsgaard  67' Watkins 72'  90+5' Maupay  90+6'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,545 Referee: Paul Tierney

Brentford v Millwall

14 October 2017 12	Brentford	1–0	Millwall	Brentford
15:00 BST	Sawyers 47' Woods  83' Mepham  90+3'	Report	Ferguson  53'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,622 Referee: Lee Probert

Brentford v Sunderland

21 October 2017 13	Brentford	3–3	Sunderland	Brentford
15:00 BST	Yennaris 8' Jozefzoon 47' Dalsgaard  61' Maupay 78'  90+4'	Report	Grabban 13', 45+2' (pen.) Oviedo  37' Bentley 40' (o.g.) Cattermole  52' Ndong  72' Koné  90+1'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,726 Referee: Darren England

Preston North End v Brentford

28 October 2017 14	Preston North End	2–3	Brentford	Preston
15:00 BST	Maguire  2' 41' Huntington  25' Barkhuizen 66' Woods  82'	Report	Yennaris 25' Sawyers 56' Watkins 69'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,005 Referee: David Coote

Birmingham City v Brentford

1 November 2017 15	Birmingham City	0–2	Brentford	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Davis  54' Morrison  73'	Report	Woods  31' Watkins 74' (pen.) Maupay 84'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 19,045 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Brentford v Leeds United

4 November 2017 16	Brentford	3–1	Leeds United	Brentford
17:30 GMT	Maupay 22' Watkins 44'  45+3' Yennaris  68' Barbet 85'  90' Woods 90+3'	Report	O'Kane  45+3' Alioski 67' Sáiz  90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,068 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Cardiff City v Brentford

18 November 2017 17	Cardiff City	2–0	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ralls 8' Ward 36' Feeney  59' Ecuele Manga  84'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,335 Referee: Andy Madley

Brentford v Burton Albion

21 November 2017 18	Brentford	1–1	Burton Albion	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Jozefzoon 54' Watkins  82'	Report	Lund  68' Turner 78'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,957 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Queens Park Rangers v Brentford

27 November 2017 19	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Brentford	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT	Freeman  15' 90+5' Mackie  27' Smith 90+3'	Report	Vibe 52', 81'  63' Maupay  90+6'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 13,410 Referee: Stephen Martin

Brentford v Fulham

2 December 2017 20	Brentford	3–1	Fulham	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Canós 33'  36' Sawyers 49' Watkins 85'	Report	Kebano 25' Odoi  45'  53' Cairney  59' Fredericks  82' Norwood  89'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,090 Referee: Robert Madley

Hull City v Brentford

9 December 2017 21	Hull City	3–2	Brentford	Kingston-upon-Hull
15:00 GMT	Grosicki 54' Larsson 70' Irvine 75' Aina  78' Luer  90+8' Toral  90+10'	Report	Meyler 47' (o.g.) Egan 87'  90+1' Maupay  90+10'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,620 Referee: Simon Hooper

Brentford v Barnsley

16 December 2017 22	Brentford	0–0	Barnsley	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Sawyers  90+2'	Report	Yiadom  59' Gardner  90+1'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,868 Referee: David Coote

Norwich City v Brentford

23 December 2017 23	Norwich City	1–2	Brentford	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Stiepermann  45+2' Pritchard  79' Oliveira 90+1'	Report	Vibe 36', 41' Sawyers  58' Maupay  61'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,725 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Brentford v Aston Villa

26 December 2017 24	Brentford	2–1	Aston Villa	Brentford
19:30 GMT	Sawyers 22' McEachran  37' Barbet  41' Vibe 52'	Report	Onomah 30' Elphick  68'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,341 Referee: Keith Stroud

Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday

30 December 2017 25	Brentford	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Vibe 20' Sawyers  39' Jozefzoon 83'	Report	Wallace  39' Hutchinson  44' Pudil  49'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,853 Referee: David Coote

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford

2 January 2018 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Brentford	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Neves 57' Douglas 59' Neves  65' Boly  77' Jota 80'	Report	Watkins  22' Woods  56' Barbet  67'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 28,475 Referee: Andrew Madley

Brentford v Bolton Wanderers

13 January 2018 27	Brentford	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Jozefzoon 40' Maupay 90+1'	Report	Litte  22' Wheater  42' Madine  67' Robinson  87' Ameobi  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,507 Referee: Andy Davies

Reading v Brentford

20 January 2018 28	Reading	0–1	Brentford	Reading
15:00 GMT	van den Berg  10' Gunter  45+1' Evans  90+4'	Report	Watkins  60' Vibe 74' Woods  84' Bjelland  85' Canós  86'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,893 Referee: Darren Bond

Brentford v Norwich City

27 January 2018 29	Brentford	0–1	Norwich City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Canós  83' Bjelland  90+5'	Report	Maddison 5' Lewis  40' Hanley  90+7'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,252 Referee: Scott Duncan

Derby County v Brentford

3 February 2018 30	Derby County	3–0	Brentford	Derby
15:00 GMT	Huddlestone 30' Jerome 34'  63' Vydra 90+2' (pen.) Olsson  90+3'	Report	Canós  21' Woods  37' Bjelland  71'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,938 Referee: Peter Bankes

Brentford v Preston North End

10 February 2018 31	Brentford	1–1	Preston North End	Brentford
15:00 GMT	McEachran  17' Jozefzoon 62' Egan  90+1'	Report	Fisher  32' Gallagher  63' Barkhuizen 54' Cunningham  73'  74'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,194 Referee: Simon Hooper

Sunderland v Brentford

17 February 2018 32	Sunderland	0–2	Brentford	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Jones  36' Fletcher  65' McGeady  74'	Report	Mokotjo 13' Maupay 28'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,702 Referee: John Brooks

Brentford v Birmingham City

20 February 2018 33	Brentford	5–0	Birmingham City	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Watkins 31', 81' Jozefzoon 41' Maupay 51' Roberts 54' (o.g.)	Report	Gardner  45+3' Lowe  87'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,511 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Leeds United v Brentford

24 February 2018 34	Leeds United	1–0	Brentford	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Anita  23' Alioski  24' Cooper 31'	Report	Sawyers  45+3' Woods  53' Egan  73' Barbet  80'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 28,428 Referee: Oliver Langford

Brentford v Cardiff City

3 March 2018 P	Brentford	v	Cardiff City
15:00 GMT
Note: Match postponed on match day, due to adverse weather conditions.[72]

Burton Albion v Brentford

6 March 2018 35	Burton Albion	0–2	Brentford	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Flanagan  59'	Report	Maupay  33' McFadzean 60' (o.g.) Watkins 80'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,464 Referee: Tony Harrington

Millwall v Brentford

10 March 2018 36	Millwall	1–0	Brentford	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Saville 1' Elliott  75' Cahill  88'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,251 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Brentford v Cardiff City

13 March 2018 37	Brentford	1–3	Cardiff City	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Maupay 5' Mepham  65'	Report	Ecuele Manga  18' Bamba 25' Paterson 45+2' Damour  55' Zohore 58' Morrison  71'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 8,549 Referee: James Linington

Brentford v Middlesbrough

17 March 2018 38	Brentford	1–1	Middlesbrough	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Woods  14' Macleod 34' Sawyers  87'  90+1' Mepham  90+6'	Report	Traoré 21' Clayton  29' Gibson  51' Bešić  62' Friend  90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,134 Referee: Simon Hooper

Brentford v Sheffield United

30 March 2018 39	Brentford	1–1	Sheffield United	Brentford
15:00 BST	Mepham 68' Woods  69'	Report	Basham  50', 55' Stevens  60' Blackman  69'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,174 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Bristol City v Brentford

2 April 2018 40	Bristol City	0–1	Brentford	Bristol
15:00 BST	Smith  18' Brownhill  76' Bryan  86'	Report	Watkins  15' Maupay 80' Clarke  83'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,049 Referee: Keith Stroud

Brentford v Ipswich

7 April 2018 41	Brentford	1–0	Ipswich	Brentford
15:00 BST	McEachran  51' Maypay 72' Canos  90+1'	Report	Carter-Vickers  17' Connolly  51' Knudsen  72'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,939 Referee: Robert Jones

Nottingham Forest v Brentford

10 April 2018 42	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Brentford	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Guédioura  52' Darikwa  55'	Report	Dalsgaard 81'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,596 Referee: Andy Davis

Fulham v Brentford

14 April 2018 43	Fulham	1–1	Brentford	Fulham
17:30 BST	Mitrović 70' Fredericks  90+3'	Report	Mepham  69' Maupay  76' 90+4'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,877 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Brentford v Queens Park Rangers

21 April 2018 44	Brentford	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Brentford
15:00 BST	Canós 16' Woods  26' Watkins  33' 43' Jozefzoon 69'	Report	Ingram  42' Sylla 45+2'  52' Bidwell  50' Scowen  52'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 12,367 Referee: Andy Madley

Barnsley v Brentford

28 April 2018 45	Barnsley	2–0	Brentford	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Moore 11' McBurnie 51'	Report	Barbet  82'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,127 Referee: Darren Bond

Brentford v Hull City

6 May 2018 46	Brentford	1–1	Hull City	Brentford
12:30 BST	Canós 12'	Report	Bowen 45+2' Wilson 58'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,475 Referee: James Linington

FA Cup

Brentford v Notts County

6 January 2018 Third round	Brentford	0–1	Notts County	Brentford
15:00 GMT		Report	Tootle  52' Duffy  54' Stead 65' Jones  68' Noble  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 6,935 Referee: Tim Robinson

EFL Cup

AFC Wimbledon v Brentford

8 August 2017 First round	AFC Wimbledon	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Brentford	Norbiton
19:45 BST	Robinson 25'	Report	Sawyers 69' Watkins 105+1' Shiabu 119'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,229 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Queens Park Rangers v Brentford

22 August 2017 Second round	Queens Park Rangers	1–4	Brentford	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 BST	Baptise  17' Furlong 43' Robinson  47'	Report	Borysiuk 10' (o.g.) Egan 19' Maupay 32' Clarke 83'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 9,719 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Brentford v Norwich City

19 September 2017 Third round	Brentford	1–3	Norwich City	Brentford
19:45 BST	Barbet  15' 30' Clarke 90'	Report	Vrančić 10' (pen.), 51' Watkins  31' Zimmermann  55' Hoolahan  60' Murphy 68'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,863 Referee: James Linington

First team squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2017–18 season.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Dan Bentley		GK	(1993-07-13)13 July 1993 (aged 24)	Southend United	2016
28	Luke Daniels		GK	(1988-01-05)5 January 1988 (aged 29)	Scunthorpe United	2017
37	Ellery Balcombe		GK	(1999-10-15)15 October 1999 (aged 17)	Academy	2016
Defenders
3	Rico Henry		LB	(1997-07-08)8 July 1997 (aged 20)	Walsall	2016
5	Andreas Bjelland		CB / LB	(1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 29)	FC Twente	2015
14	John Egan		CB	(1992-10-20)20 October 1992 (aged 24)	Gillingham	2016
22	Henrik Dalsgaard		RB	(1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 28)	Zulte Waregem	2017
29	Yoann Barbet		CB / LB	(1993-05-10)10 May 1993 (aged 24)	Chamois Niortais	2015
30	Tom Field		LB	(1997-03-14)14 March 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2015	Loaned to Bradford City
31	Ilias Chatzitheodoridis		LB	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 19)	Arsenal	2016	Loaned to Cheltenham Town
33	Chris Mepham		CB	(1997-11-05)5 November 1997 (aged 19)	Academy	2014
34	Mads Bech Sørensen		LB / CB	(1999-01-07)7 January 1999 (aged 18)	AC Horsens	2017
Midfielders
4	Lewis Macleod		LM / AM	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 23)	Rangers	2015
8	Nico Yennaris		CM / RB	(1993-05-24)24 May 1993 (aged 24)	Arsenal	2014
10	Josh McEachran		CM	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 24)	Chelsea	2015
12	Kamohelo Mokotjo		DM	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 26)	FC Twente	2017
15	Ryan Woods		CM	(1993-12-13)13 December 1993 (aged 23)	Shrewsbury Town	2015
17	Emiliano Marcondes		AM / ST / LW	(1995-03-09)9 March 1995 (aged 22)	Nordsjælland	2018
18	Alan Judge		AM / LM	(1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 28)	Blackburn Rovers	2014
19	Romaine Sawyers		AM / CM	(1991-11-02)2 November 1991 (aged 25)	Walsall	2016
20	Josh Clarke		RM / RB	(1994-07-05)5 July 1994 (aged 23)	Academy	2013
25	Theo Archibald		RM	(1998-03-05)5 March 1998 (aged 19)	Celtic	2017
32	Reece Cole		CM	(1998-02-17)17 February 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	Loaned to Newport County
35	Zain Westbrooke		CM	(1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2011	Loaned to Solihull Moors and Leyton Orient
Attackers
7	Florian Jozefzoon		LW / RW	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 26)	PSV Eindhoven	2017
9	Neal Maupay		ST	(1996-08-14)14 August 1996 (aged 20)	Saint-Étienne	2017
11	Ollie Watkins		ST / LW / AM	(1995-12-30)30 December 1995 (aged 21)	Exeter City	2017
24	Chiedozie Ogbene		RW / LW	(1997-05-01)1 May 1997 (aged 20)	Limerick	2018
27	Justin Shaibu		ST	(1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 19)	HB Køge	2016	Loaned to Walsall
47	Sergi Canós		RW / LW	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 20)	Norwich City	2017
Players who departed mid-season
2	Maxime Colin		RB	(1991-11-15)15 November 1991 (aged 25)	RSC Anderlecht	2015	Transferred to Birmingham City
6	Harlee Dean		CB	(1991-07-26)26 July 1991 (aged 26)	Southampton	2012	Transferred to Birmingham City
23	Jota		RM / AM	(1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 26)	Celta de Vigo	2014	Transferred to Birmingham City
21	Lasse Vibe		ST / RW	(1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 30)	IFK Göteborg	2015	Transferred to Changchun Yatai

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Dan Bentley	45	0	45+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Rico Henry	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Lewis Macleod	11	1	5+5	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	DEN	Andreas Bjelland	35	1	32+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	SUR	Florian Jozefzoon	43	7	31+8	7	1+0	0	2+1	0
8	MF	CHN	Nico Yennaris	44	4	31+10	4	0+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW	FRA	Neal Maupay	46	13	25+17	12	1+0	0	3+0	1
10	MF	ENG	Josh McEachran	28	0	14+11	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Ollie Watkins	48	11	39+6	10	0+1	0	1+1	1
12	MF	RSA	Kamohelo Mokotjo	39	1	25+10	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
14	DF	EIR	John Egan	34	3	32+1	2	0+0	0	1+0	1
15	MF	ENG	Ryan Woods	40	1	35+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	DEN	Emiliano Marcondes	13	0	2+10	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	EIR	Alan Judge	14	0	3+10	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SKN	Romaine Sawyers	44	5	36+6	4	0+0	0	2+0	1
20	MF	ENG	Josh Clarke	32	3	23+5	1	1+0	0	3+0	2
22	DF	DEN	Henrik Dalsgaard	32	1	29+0	1	0+0	0	0+3	0
24	FW	EIR	Chiedozie Ogbene	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	MF	SCO	Theo Archibald	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	DEN	Justin Shaibu	5	1	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+3	1
28	GK	ENG	Luke Daniels	5	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
29	DF	FRA	Yoann Barbet	37	3	32+2	3	1+0	0	2+0	0
30	DF	EIR	Tom Field	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	GRE	Ilias Chatzitheodoridis	4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
32	MF	ENG	Reece Cole	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF	WAL	Chris Mepham	23	1	17+4	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
34	DF	DEN	Mads Bech Sørensen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF	ENG	Zain Westbrooke	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	GK	ENG	Ellery Balcombe	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
47	FW	ESP	Sergi Canós	31	3	17+13	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
2	DF	FRA	Maxime Colin	5	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Harlee Dean	4	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	FW	DEN	Lasse Vibe	19	7	14+5	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ESP	Jota	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: Soccerbase
Italic: denotes player is no longer with team

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Player	FLC	FAC	FLC	Total
9	FW	Neal Maupay	12	0	1	13
11	FW	Ollie Watkins	10	0	1	11
7	FW	Florian Jozefzoon	7	0	0	7
21	FW	Lasse Vibe	7	0	0	7
19	MF	Romaine Sawyers	4	0	1	5
8	MF	Nico Yennaris	4	0	0	4
14	DF	John Egan	2	0	1	3
20	MF	Josh Clarke	1	0	2	3
29	DF	Yoann Barbet	3	0	0	3
47	FW	Sergi Canós	3	0	0	3
4	MF	Lewis Macleod	1	0	0	1
5	DF	Andreas Bjelland	1	0	0	1
12	MF	Kamohelo Mokotjo	1	0	0	1
15	MF	Ryan Woods	1	0	0	1
22	DF	Henrik Dalsgaard	1	0	0	1
27	FW	Justin Shaibu	0	0	1	1
33	DF	Chris Mepham	1	0	0	1
		Own Goals	3	0	1	4
		Totals	62	0	8	70

Source: Soccerbase
Italic: denotes player is no longer with team

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Player
15	MF	Ryan Woods	9	1
19	MF	Romaine Sawyers	7	1
47	FW	Sergi Canós	4	1
9	FW	Neal Maupay	9	0
11	FW	Ollie Watkins	8	0
29	DF	Yoann Barbet	7	0
10	MF	Josh McEachran	4	0
14	DF	John Egan	4	0
33	DF	Chris Mepham	4	0
5	DF	Andreas Bjelland	3	0
22	DF	Henrik Dalsgaard	3	0
3	DF	Rico Henry	2	0
8	MF	Nico Yennaris	2	0
6	DF	Harlee Dean	1	0
20	MF	Josh Clarke	1	0
21	FW	Lasse Vibe	1	0
		Totals	69	3

Source: Soccerbase
Italic: denotes player is no longer with team

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
				P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Dean Smith		30 November 2015	present	50	20	15	15	040.00|	46	18	15	13	039.13

Summary

Games played	50 (46 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Games won	20 (18 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games drawn	15 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	15 (13 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	70 (62 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 8 League Cup)
Goals conceded	58 (52 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 5 League Cup)
Clean sheets	15 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	69 (68 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Red cards	3 (3 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline	(9 yellows and 1 red) Ryan Woods
Biggest league win	5–0 (vs Birmingham City)
Worst league defeat	0–3 (vs Wolverhampton Wanderers & Derby County)
Most appearances	47 Ollie Watkins
Top scorer (league)	12 Neal Maupay
Top scorer (all competitions)	13 Neal Maupay

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