2017–18 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Queens Park Rangers' third consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2014–15 season. Along with the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

Queens Park Rangers

2017–18 season
Owner	Tune Group
Co-chairmen	Tony Fernandes Ruben Gnanalingam
Manager	Ian Holloway
Stadium	Loftus Road
EFL Championship	16th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Matt Smith (11) All: Matt Smith (11)
Highest home attendance	16,934 vs. Aston Villa (18Nov. Championship)
Lowest home attendance	11,488 vs. Derby County (6 Mar. Championship)
Average home league attendance	13,928
Biggest win	4-1 Vs Norwich City (2 April 2018)
Biggest defeat	0-4 Nottingham Forest (4 November 2017), Hull City (7 April 2018)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Players

First team squad

No.	Name	Nat	Position	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Alex Smithies		GK	2015	(1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 35)	Huddersfield Town	107	0
13	Matt Ingram		GK	2016	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 31)	Wycombe Wanderers	6	0
26	Joe Lumley		GK	2016	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 30)	Queens Park Rangers Academy	3	0
Defenders
2	Darnell Furlong		RB/CB	2015	(1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 29)	Queens Park Rangers Academy	39	0
3	Jake Bidwell		LB	2016	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 32)	Brentford	82	2
4	Grant Hall		CB/RB	2015	(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 33)	Tottenham Hotspur	78	1
5	Nedum Onuoha (C)	[notes 1]	CB/RB	2012	(1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 38)	Manchester City	207	7
6	Joel Lynch	[notes 2]	CB/LB	2016	(1987-10-03) 3 October 1987 (age 37)	Huddersfield Town	55	4
18	Jack Robinson		LB/CB	2014	(1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31)	Liverpool	39	2
20	Alex Baptiste		CB	2018	(1986-01-31) 31 January 1986 (age 39)	Middlesbrough	26	0
24	James Perch		RB/CB/DM	2015	(1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 39)	Wigan Athletic	74	0
29	Osman Kakay		RB	2015	(1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27)	Queens Park Rangers Academy	3	0
32	Niko Hämäläinen	[notes 3]	LB/CB	2016	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 28)	Queens Park Rangers Academy	3	0
Midfielders
7	Luke Freeman		AM/RM/LM	2017	(1992-03-22) 22 March 1992 (age 33)	Bristol City	61	7
8	Jordan Cousins		CM/RM/LM	2016	(1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 31)	Charlton Athletic	33	0
11	Josh Scowen		CM	2017	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 32)	Barnsley	42	1
12	Jamie Mackie	[notes 4]	RW/LW/CF	2015	(1985-09-22) 22 September 1985 (age 39)	Nottingham Forest	138	24
14	Ryan Manning		CM	2015	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 29)	Galway United	37	3
21	Massimo Luongo		CM/AM/DM	2015	(1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 (age 32)	Swindon Town	104	7
22	Paweł Wszołek		RW/LW/RB	2016	(1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 (age 33)	Hellas Verona	65	5
33	Ilias Chair	[notes 5]	Midfielder	2017	(1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 27)	Lierse	4	1
34	Bright Osayi-Samuel		RW/LW	2017	(1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 27)	Blackpool	18	1
36	David Wheeler		RW/LW	2017	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34)	Exeter City	9	1
Forwards
9	Conor Washington	[notes 6]	CF/RW/LW	2016	(1992-05-18) 18 May 1992 (age 33)	Peterborough United	88	13
17	Matt Smith		CF	2017	(1989-06-07) 7 June 1989 (age 36)	Fulham	56	16
30	Eberechi Eze		CF	2016	(1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 27)	Millwall	16	2
37	Paul Smyth		CF	2017	(1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 27)	Linfield	13	2
38	Aramide Oteh		CF	2017	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26)	Tottenham Hotspur	6	1
40	Idrissa Sylla		CF/RW/LW	2016	(1990-12-03) 3 December 1990 (age 34)	Anderlecht	58	17

Kit

Errea became manufacturers of QPR's kit. Bookmaker Royal Panda became kit sponsors.

Home

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Away

Third

Kit information

QPR agreed a multi-year partnership with Erreà to replace Dryworld as the official technical kit suppliers from the 2017/18 season. The kits will be 100 per-cent bespoke designs for the duration of the deal.^[1] The Kits were revealed on 23 June.^[2]

On 22 June QPR announced a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with online casino Royal Panda.^[3]

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
12	FW	Jamie Mackie	1 year	2018	19 May 2017	[4]
28	FW	Reece Grego-Cox[notes 7]	1 year	2018	19 May 2017	[5]
—	FW	Danny Rowe	1 year	2018	21 May 2017	[6]
—	MF	Brandon Comley[notes 8]	1 year	2018	30 June 2017	[7]
14	MF	Ryan Manning	3 years	2020	17 July 2017	[8]
33	MF	Ilias Chair	2.5 years	2020	9 February 2018	[9]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM		Charlie Owens	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	[10]
1 July 2017	DF		Giles Phillips	FC Barrington	Free	[11]
1 July 2017	CM		Josh Scowen	Barnsley	Free	[12]
12 July 2017	RW		Chay Tilt	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[13]
7 August 2017	RB		Alex Baptiste	Middlesbrough	Free	[14]
29 August 2017	FW		Paul Smyth	Linfield	Undisclosed	[15]
31 August 2017	RW		David Wheeler	Exeter City	£500,000	[16]
31 August 2017	LW		Bright Osayi-Samuel	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[17]
14 September 2017	FW		Zenon Stylianides	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	[18]
5 January 2018	FW		Deshane Dalling	Huddersfield	Free	[19]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	[notes 9]	Michael Doughty	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[20]
1 July 2017	CM		Ben Gladwin	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	[21]
1 July 2017	DM		Karl Henry	Bolton Wanderers [a]	Free	[23]
7 July 2017	RW		Josh Bowler	Everton	Undisclosed	[24]
23 August 2017	AM		Abdenasser El Khayati	ADO Den Haag [b]	Free	[26]
28 December 2017	DF		Steven Caulker	Dundee[c]	Free	[28]
3 January 2018	RW	[notes 10]	Yeni Ngbakoto	Guingamp	Undisclosed	[29]
12 January 2018	FW		Reece Grego-Cox	Woking [d]	Free	[31]
12 January 2018	RW		Michael Petrasso	Montreal Impact [e]	Free	[31]
17 January 2018	CM		Brandon Comley	Colchester United	Undisclosed	[33]
22 January 2018	FW		Danny Rowe	Free agent	Free	[34]
23 January 2018	FW		Dan Darbyshire	Dartford [f]	Free	[36]
25 January 2018	CM		Ariel Borysiuk	Lechia Gdańsk [g]	Free	[38]
29 January 2018	AM		Axel Prohouly	Free agent	Free	[39]
12 April 2018	GK		Martin Herdman	Retired [h]	—	[41]

1. Following Henry's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.^[22]
2. Following El Khayati's release he joined ADO Den Haag.^[25]
3. Following Caulker's release he joined Dundee.^[27]
4. Following Grego-Cox's release he joined Woking.^[30]
5. Following Petrasso's release he joined Montreal Impact.^[32]
6. Following Darbyshire's release he joined Dartford.^[35]
7. Following Borysiuk's release he joined Lechia Gdańsk.^[37]
8. Following Herdman's release he retired.^[40]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
31 July 2017	DF		Jack Williams	Wycombe Wanderers	1 January 2018	[42]
3 August 2017	DF		Alex Finney	Maidstone United	Approximately 1 January 2018[a]	[44]
30 August 2017	FW		Brandon Adams	Linfield	30 June 2018	[45]
30 August 2017	FW		Eberechi Eze	Wycombe Wanderers	2 January 2018	[46]
31 August 2017	CM		Brandon Comley	Colchester United	14 January 2018	[47]
31 August 2017	GK		Matt Ingram	Northampton Town	8 January 2018[b]	[49]
28 October 2017	GK		Seny Dieng	Whitehawk	Approximately 4 January 2018[c]	[51]
13 December 2017	GK		Marcin Brzozowski	Ashford Town	9 January 2018	[52]
15 December 2017	LB		Caden Genovesi (work experience)	Whitehawk	Unknown	[53]
28 December 2017	GK		Martin Herdman	Staines Town	24 January 2018	[54]
1 January 2018	GK		Conor Hudnott	Staines Town	30 June 2018[d]	[56]
3 January 2018	CM		Sean Goss	Rangers	30 June 2018	[57]
8 January 2018	GK		Joe Lumley	Blackpool	30 June 2018	[48]
22 January 2018	DF		Alex Finney	Maidstone United	30 June 2018	[58]
31 January 2018	RW		Olamide Shodipo	Colchester United	30 June 2018	[59]
16 March 2018	GK		Seny Dieng	Hampton & Richmond Borough	30 April 2018	[60]
23 March 2018	CM		Joshua Wallen	Chelmsford City	30 June 2018	[61]

1. On approximately 1 January 2018, Finney's loan at Maidstone United was cut short from 6 January 2018 to approximately 1 January 2018^[43]
2. On 8 January 2018, Ingram's loan at Northampton Town was cut short from 30 June 2018 to 8 January 2018^[48]
3. Dieng's loan at Whitehawk was extended from 25 November 2017 to approximately 4 January 2018^[50]
4. On 23 January 2018, Hudnott's loan at Staines Town was extended from 27 January 2018 to 30 June 2018.^[55]

Friendlies

For the 2017/18 season, QPR announced pre-season friendlies against Peterborough United,^[62] FC Union Berlin,^[63] Lokomotive Leipzig,^[63] Bournemouth^[64] as well as behind-closed-doors games against Bromley,^[65] and Reading.^[66]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming   Void   Postponed

Queens Park Rangers v Bromley

4 July 2017	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Bromley	Harlington, London
	Washington 17' 40' Matt Smith 39' Idrissa Sylla 67'	Report		Stadium: Imperial College Sports Ground

Reading v Queens Park Rangers

8 July 2017	Reading	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wokingham
13:00 BST	Beerans 15' East 38'	Report	Washington pen 40'	Stadium: Hogwood Park

Reading v Queens Park Rangers

8 July 2017	Reading	5–2	Queens Park Rangers	Wokingham
14:45 BST	Namaso 7' Popa 13' Loader 26' 37' 54'	Report	Grego-Cox 86' Owens 90'	Stadium: Hogwood Park

Peterborough United v Queens Park Rangers

15 July 2017	Peterborough United	2–4	Queens Park Rangers	Peterborough
15:00 BST	Morias 63', 72'	Report	Mackie 22' Robinson 85' Eze 87' Owens 105'	Stadium: London Road Stadium

FC Union Berlin v Queens Park Rangers

22 July 2017	FC Union Berlin	A–A	Queens Park Rangers	Berlin, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
Note: Match Abandoned after 15 minutes due to heavy rain, making the pitch unplayable.

Lokomotive Leipzig v Queens Park Rangers

23 July 2017	Lokomotive Leipzig	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Leipzig, Germany
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Malone 11' Maurer 19' Salewski 51'	Report	Manning 54' Wszołek 83'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion

FC Union Berlin v Queens Park Rangers

24 July 2017	FC Union Berlin	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Berlin, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kreilach 19' Hosiner 75' (pen.)	Report	Smith 48'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 8,050 Referee: Henry Muller
Note: Rescheduled From 22 July 2017.

Queens Park Rangers v AFC Bournemouth

29 July 2017	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	AFC Bournemouth	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST		Report	Ibe 40'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 9,386 Referee: Andy Davies

Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic

10 November 2017	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Shepherd's Bush
12:00 GMT	Smith x2	Report	Best Dodoo	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	032.61
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
League Cup	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total	49	16	11	22	60	75	−15	032.65

Source: Competitions

Sky Bet Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Norwich City	46	15	15	16	49	60	−11	60
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	15	17	59	60	−1	57
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56
17	Nottingham Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53
18	Hull City	46	11	16	19	70	70	0	49

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

Result 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	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56	12	5	6	37	31	+6	3	6	14	21	39	−18

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 09:00 BST.^[67]

Queens Park Rangers v Reading

5 August 2017 1	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Reading	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Washington 22', 59' (pen.) Lynch  57'	Report	Ilori  56' Barrow  90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,460 Referee: Scott Duncan

Sheffield Wednesday v Queens Park Rangers

12 August 2017 2	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Winnall 48'	Report	Mackie 23' Lynch  40' Bidwell  66' Scowen  82'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 25,537 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Norwich City v Queens Park Rangers

16 August 2017 3	Norwich City	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Norwich
19:45 BST	Oliveira 48' Martin  72' Reed 82'	Report	Lynch  15'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,082 Referee: Oliver Langford

Queens Park Rangers v Hull City

19 August 2017 4	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Hull City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Smith 74'  90+7' Perch  82' Sylla 90+1'  90+2'	Report	Bowen 35' Meyler  56' Larsson  60' McGregor  87'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,609 Referee: James Linington

Cardiff City v Queens Park Rangers

26 August 2017 5	Cardiff City	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Hoilett 22' Bamba 45+1'	Report	Smith 15' Furlong  38'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,520 Referee: Simon Hooper

Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town

9 September 2017 6	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Ipswich Town	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Mackie 43' Freeman 49'  90'	Report	Downes  34' Celina 89'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,060 Referee: Andy Davies

Queens Park Rangers v Millwall

12 September 2017 7	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Millwall	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Onuoha  11' Freeman  39' Luongo 73' Smith 85'	Report	McLaughlin 6'  83' Williams  26' Gregory  41' Wallace 50' Archer  70' Tunnicliffe  80'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Roger East

Middlesbrough v Queens Park Rangers

16 September 2017 8	Middlesbrough	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Clayton  34' Leadbitter  39' Baker 36'  66' Fletcher 55' Assombalonga 60' Christie  66'	Report	Wheeler 2' Luongo  32' Wszolek  47' Mackie 50'  66' Smithies  52'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,790 Referee: Darren Bond

Queens Park Rangers v Burton Albion

23 September 2017 9	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Burton Albion	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Andy Madley

Barnsley v Queens Park Rangers

26 September 2017 10	Barnsley	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Barnes 20' Williams  49'	Report	Caulker  23' Luongo  39' Freeman 87'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,920 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Queens Park Rangers v Fulham

29 September 2017 11	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Fulham	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Luongo  17' Mackie  22' Lynch  83' Washington 90+1'	Report	Robinson 41' (o.g.) Norwood  63' Fredericks  64' Johansen 85' Button  86'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,415 Referee: Peter Bankes

Sunderland v Queens Park Rangers

14 October 2017 12	Sunderland	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Sunderland
15:00 BST	McGeady 61'	Report	Sylla 37'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,066 Referee: Steve Martin

Bolton Wanderers v Queens Park Rangers

21 October 2017 13	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Horwich
15:00 BST	Pratley 22'	Report	Sylla 78'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,243 Referee: James Linington

Queens Park Rangers v Wolverhampton Wanderers

28 October 2017 14	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Washington 41' Bidwell  45+1' Luongo  79' Smith 81' Lynch  90+6'	Report	Bonatini 43' Saiss  90+5'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,004 Referee: Tony Harrington

Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield United

31 October 2017 15	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Sheffield United	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMT	Sylla 4' Cousins  28' Scowen  90+1'	Report	Clarke  29' Brooks  90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,604 Referee: Keith Stroud

Nottingham Forest v Queens Park Rangers

4 November 2017 16	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Walker 13', 84'  73' Dowell 44' McKay 52'	Report	Freeman  70'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 24,021 Referee: Tim Robinson

Queens Park Rangers v Aston Villa

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

Derby County v Queens Park Rangers

21 November 2017 18	Derby County	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Derby
19:45 GMT	Huddlestone  26' Forsyth  37' Vydra 45+3' Lawrence 53'	Report	Baptiste  23' Freeman  59' Bidwell  64'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 23,296 Referee: Paul Tierney

Queens Park Rangers v Brentford

27 November 2017 19	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Brentford	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMT	Freeman  15' 90+4' Mackie  27' Smith 90+3'	Report	Vibe 52', 81'  63'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,410 Referee: Steve Martin

Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers

2 December 2017 20	Preston North End	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Preston
15:00 GMT	Pearson  79' Huntington  79' Hugill 88'	Report	Mackie  22' Luongo  86' Bidwell  90' Baptiste  90+5'  90+6'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,290 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United

9 December 2017 21	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Leeds United	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Scowen  20' Luongo  55' Wszołek 90'	Report	Phillips  29' Vieira  56' Alioski  60' Roofe 63', 68', 90+4'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,506 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers

16 December 2017 22	Birmingham City	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Gallagher 57'  67'	Report	Robinson 17', 83' Scowen  45+1' Smith  68'	Stadium: St Andrew's Referee: Mike Jones

Queens Park Rangers v Bristol City

23 December 2017 23	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Bristol City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Flint 37' (o.g.) Bidwell  80'	Report	Bryan  36' Leko  56' Flint  76' Reid 81'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,683 Referee: Andy Madley

Ipswich Town v Queens Park Rangers

26 December 2017 24	Ipswich Town	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Knudsen  24'	Report	Scowen  18'  86'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,696 Referee: Andy Davies

Millwall v Queens Park Rangers

29 December 2017 25	Millwall	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Bermondsey
19:45 GMT	Morison 55' Cooper  90'	Report	Wszołek  51'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 16,601 Referee: Keith Stroud

Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City

1 January 2018 26	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Cardiff City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Smith 62' Smyth  70' 72' Freeman  90+3'	Report	Connolly  18' Peltier  50' Ralls 54'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,801 Referee: Tim Robinson

Burton Albion v Queens Park Rangers

13 January 2018 27	Burton Albion	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Burton Upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Dyer 34' Murphy  53' McFadzean  56' Buxton  90+1'	Report	Oteh 32' Scowen  66' Lynch  71' Washington 74' Luongo 87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,264 Referee: Steve Martin

Queens Park Rangers v Middlesbrough

20 January 2018 28	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Middlesbrough	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT		Report	Ayala 24' Friend 34' Traoré 85'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,182 Referee: Oliver Langford

Bristol City v Queens Park Rangers

27 January 2018 29	Bristol City	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Baker  32' Diedhiou 45' Bryan 66' Reid  84'	Report	Luongo  80' Smith  83' Onuoha  83'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 21,492 Referee: Keith Stroud

Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley

3 February 2018 30	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Barnsley	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Cousins  6' Scowen 48' Manning  71' Robinson  90+4'	Report	Gardner  33'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,413 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Queens Park Rangers

10 February 2018 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	N'Diaye 12' Costa 21'	Report	Lynch  40' Cousins  45+2' Washington 51' Freeman  61'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 30,168 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Queens Park Rangers v Bolton Wanderers

17 February 2018 32	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Lynch 72' Smith 90+1'	Report	Henry  34' Little  54'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,638 Referee: Scott Duncan

Sheffield United v Queens Park Rangers

20 February 2018 33	Sheffield United	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Stearman 27' Lundstram 50' Evans  77'	Report	Freeman 63'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,339 Referee: Oliver Langford

Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest

24 February 2018 34	Queens Park Rangers	2–5	Nottingham Forest	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Luongo 68' Smith 78' Scowen  84'	Report	Tomlin  35' 37' 47' Lolley 51' Pantilimon  72' Cash 76' Brereton 90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,675 Referee: Darren Bond

Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers

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

Queens Park Rangers v Derby County

6 March 2018 35	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Derby County	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMT	Luongo 87' Scowen  90+3'	Report	Forsyth  16' Weimann 38',  82' Lawrence  87'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,488 Referee: Simon Hooper

Queens Park Rangers v Sunderland

10 March 2018 36	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Sunderland	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Freeman  61' Eze 62' Onuoha  74'	Report	Steele  49' O'Shea  70'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,216 Referee: Robert Jones

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 12' Bidwell 33',  90+2' Lynch  59' Freeman 82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,228 Referee: Tim Robinson

Fulham v Queens Park Rangers

17 March 2018 38	Fulham	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Fulham
12:30 GMT	Cairney 32' Piazon 45' Targett  86' Mitrović  90+3'	Report	Luongo 45+3',  49' Wszołek 81' Cousins  89' Lynch  90+3'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,347 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Reading v Queens Park Rangers

30 March 2018 39	Reading	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Reading
17:30 BST	Aluko 13',  90' Martin  21' Kermorgant  70'  81'	Report	Bidwell  57' Freeman  69' Lynch  82'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,273 Referee: David Coote

Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City

2 April 2018 40	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Norwich City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Luongo 39',  41' Smith 55' Lynch  56' Eze 60' Manning 80'	Report	Manning 38' (o.g.) Husband  41' Vrancic  68' Hanley  77' Zimmermann  80'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,053 Referee: James Linington

Hull City v Queens Park Rangers

7 April 2018 41	Hull City	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Bowen  30' Wilson 42' Smithies 45+4' (o.g.) Grosicki 62' Hernández 69' Irvine  81' Henriksen  90+1'	Report	Bidwell  30' Onuoha  90' Scowen  90+1'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,181 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Queens Park Rangers v Sheffield Wednesday

10 April 2018 42	Queens Park Rangers	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Smyth 8' Bidwell 10' Sylla 15' 53' Scowen  40'	Report	Forestieri 61' Nuhiu 69' Pudil  86'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,521 Referee: Oliver Langford

Queens Park Rangers v Preston North End

14 April 2018 43	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Preston North End	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Smith 13' Ingram  38' Robinson  70' Luongo  83'	Report	Cunningham  41' Robinson 45', 74'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,760 Referee: Robert Jones

Brentford v Queens Park Rangers

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

Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City

28 April 2018 45	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	Birmingham City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Osayi-Samuel 29' Manning  57' Chair 70'  87' Smith 90+2'	Report	Adams 27' Davis  63'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,805 Referee: Steve Martin

Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers

6 May 2018 46	Leeds United	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Leeds
12:30 BST	Roofe 30' Phillips 47'  86' Alioski  54' Edmondson  81'	Report	Furlong  63' Scowen  84' Bidwell  90+1'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,004 Referee: Darren England

Emirates FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

In the FA Cup, QPR entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Milton Keynes Dons.^[68]

Queens Park Rangers v Milton Keynes Dons (League One)

6 January 2018 Third round	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons (League One)	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Freeman  71'	Report	Cissé 60' Muirhead  66' McGrandles  70' Wootton  87' Nicholls  90+2'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 6,314 Referee: James Linington

Carabao Cup

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, QPR were drawn at home against Northampton Town in the first round.^[69] Another home tie against Brentford was confirmed for the second round.^[70]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

Queens Park Rangers v Northampton Town (League One)

8 August 2017 First round	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Northampton Town (League One)	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Caulker  31' N'Gbakoto 36' Manning  44'	Report	Barnett  20'  53' Pierre  45+2' Smith  90+7'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Queens Park Rangers v Brentford (Championship)

22 August 2017 Second round	Queens Park Rangers	1–4	Brentford (Championship)	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Baptiste  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

Squad statistics

Statistics

As of 6 May 2018

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Sky Bet Championship		Carabao Cup		Emirates FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Alex Smithies	44	0	42+1	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ENG	Matt Ingram	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
26	GK	ENG	Joe Lumley	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Darnell Furlong	24	1	18+4	0	2	1	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Jake Bidwell	47	2	45+1	2	0	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Grant Hall	5	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Nedum Onuoha	31	0	28+1	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	WAL	Joel Lynch	25	1	22+3	1	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	34	2	29+2	2	2	0	1	0
20	DF	ENG	Alex Baptiste	28	0	26	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	ENG	James Perch	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	ENG	Osman Kakay	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	FIN	Niko Hämäläinen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	Luke Freeman	47	5	42+2	5	1+1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jordan Cousins	16	0	13+2	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Josh Scowen	43	1	42	1	0	0	1	0
14	MF	IRL	Ryan Manning	21	2	10+9	2	2	0	0	0
21	MF	AUS	Massimo Luongo	39	6	38+1	6	0	0	0	0
22	MF	POL	Paweł Wszołek	37	2	27+8	2	1	0	0+1	0
30	MF	ENG	Eberechi Eze	17	2	8+8	2	0	0	0+1	0
33	MF	BEL	Ilias Chair	7	1	4	1	1+1	0	1	0
34	MF	NGA	Bright Osayi-Samuel	20	1	6+14	1	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	David Wheeler	9	1	5+4	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	NIR	Conor Washington	34	6	24+9	6	0+1	0	0	0
12	FW	SCO	Jamie Mackie	22	4	16+4	4	0+2	0	0	0
17	FW	ENG	Matt Smith	43	11	17+24	11	1	0	1	0
37	FW	NIR	Paul Smyth	13	2	6+6	2	0	0	1	0
38	FW	ENG	Aramide Oteh	6	1	3+3	1	0	0	0	0
40	FW	GUI	Idrissa Sylla	28	7	13+13	7	2	0	0	0
Out on Loan
19	MF	ENG	Sean Goss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	IRL	Olamide Shodipo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Left During the Season
15	DF	ENG	Steven Caulker	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	MF	POL	Ariel Borysiuk	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF	COD	Yeni N'Gbakoto	6	1	2+3	0	1	1	0	0
25	MF	CAN	Michael Petrasso	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	FW	IRL	Reece Grego-Cox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	COD	Kazenga LuaLua	8	0	2+6	0	0	0	0	0

Goals

As of 6 May 2018

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Matt Smith	FW	11	0	0	11
2	Idrissa Sylla	FW	7	0	0	7
3	Conor Washington	FW	6	0	0	6
	Massimo Luongo	MF	6	0	0	6
5	Luke Freeman	MF	5	0	0	5
6	Jamie Mackie	FW	4	0	0	4
7	Jake Bidwell	DF	2	0	0	2
	Jack Robinson	DF	2	0	0	2
	Pawel Wszolek	MF	2	0	0	2
	Ryan Manning	MF	2	0	0	2
	Eberechi Eze	MF	2	0	0	2
	Paul Smyth	FW	2	0	0	2
13	Joel Lynch	DF	1	0	0	1
	Josh Scowen	MF	1	0	0	1
	David Wheeler	MF	1	0	0	1
	Aramide Oteh	FW	1	0	0	1
	Ilias Chair	MF	1	0	0	1
	Bright Osayi-Samuel	MF	1	0	0	1
	Yeni N'Gbakoto	MF	0	1	0	1
	Darnell Furlong	DF	0	1	0	1
Total			57	2	0	59

Clean sheets

As of 6 May 2018

Rank	Player	Position	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	Alex Smithies	GK	7	0	0	7
2	Matt Ingram	GK	0	1	0	1
3	Joe Lumley	GK	0	0	0	0
Total			7	1	0	8

Disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
11	MF	Josh Scowen	13	1	0	0	0	0	13	1
5	DF	Nedum Onouha	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
20	DF	Alex Baptiste	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
12	FW	Jamie Mackie	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
14	MF	Ryan Manning	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
6	DF	Joel Lynch	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
3	DF	Jake Bidwell	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
21	MF	Massimo Luongo	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
7	MF	Luke Freeman	9	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
8	MF	Jordan Cousins	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	DF	Jack Robinson	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
17	FW	Matt Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Darnell Furlong	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	GK	Matt Ingram	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	Steven Caulker	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
22	MF	Paweł Wszołek	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40	FW	Idrissa Sylla	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1	GK	Alex Smithies	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	James Perch	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF	Ilias Chair	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	FW	Paul Smyth	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			87	5	1	0	4	0	92	5

Notes

1. Onuoha was born in Warri, Nigeria, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-20 and U-21 level.
2. Lynch was born in Eastbourne, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in August 2012.
3. Hämäläinen was born in Florida, United States, but also qualifies to represent Finland internationally through his father and has represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level.
4. Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland in October 2010.
5. Chair was born in Belgium, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and has trained with the Morocco national under-20 football team.
6. Washington was born in Chatham, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his mother and Northern Ireland through his grandmother and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2016.
7. Grego-Cox was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
8. Comley was born in Islington, England, but also qualifies to represent Montserrat internationally and has been called up by the Montserrat national football team.
9. Doughty was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level.
10. Ngbakoto was born in Croix, France, and has represented them at U-17 and U-18 level, but also qualifies to represent DR Congo internationally and made his international debut for DR Congo in March 2017.