2017–18 Leeds United F.C. season


The 2017–18 season is Leeds United's eighth consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

First team squad

Appearances and goals include those in the Championship, League One, FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

New contracts

Friendlies

Pre-season

As of 28 June 2017, Leeds United had announced six pre-season friendlies against Harrogate Town, Guiseley, North Ferriby United, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Oxford United and Eibar.
Another friendly was scheduled against Ingolstadt, which was cancelled by local government officials in Kufstein, Austria. Instead, the club arranged a behind-closed-doors friendly in Italy with Bursaspor. The Turkish team divulged details and a video of the match to the public.

Post-season

On 24 April, Leeds United announced a post-season tour of Myanmar was to take place in May.

Competitions

Championship

League table

Result summary

Results by matchday

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Leeds United entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Newport County.

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Leeds United were drawn at home against Port Vale in the first round. Leeds were drawn away to Newport County for the second round, but the match was held at Elland Road due to Rodney Parade's pitch being resurfaced. The club agreed to share 45% of gate receipts for the match with Newport, despite being entitled to keep the full amount due to the change of venue. An away trip to Burnley was drawn for the third round. Another away tie against Leicester City was announced for the fourth round.

Statistics

Appearances

Top scorers

Sources:

Goals

Disciplinary record

NationName
Liam Cooper62
Gaetano Berardi52
Ronaldo Vieira81
Samuel Sáiz61
Eunan O'Kane31
Kalvin Phillips110
Pontus Jansson90
Luke Ayling40
Pablo Hernández40
Ezgjan Alioski40
Kemar Roofe30
Madger Gomes20
Mateusz Klich20
Vurnon Anita20
Matthew Pennington20
Stuart Dallas10
Jay-Roy Grot10
Conor Shaughnessy10
Felix Wiedwald10
Adam Forshaw10

Suspensions served

DateMatches MissedPlayerReasonOpponents Missed
29 April 201713Pontus Jansson vs Norwich Bolton, Port Vale
26 September 20171Liam Cooper vs Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday
21 October 20173Gaetano Berardi vs Bristol City Leicester City, Sheffield United, Derby County
22 November 20171Ronaldo Vieira vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnsley
7 January 20186Samuel Sáiz vs Newport County Ipswich Town, Millwall, Hull City, Cardiff City, Sheffield United, Bristol City
13 January 20183Eunan O'Kane vs Ipswich Town Millwall, Hull City, Cardiff City
20 January 20183Liam Cooper vs Millwall Hull City, Cardiff City,Sheffield United
20 January 20182Kalvin Phillips vs Millwall Hull City, Cardiff City
3 February 20182Gaetano Berardi vs Cardiff City Sheffield United, Bristol City
7 April 20185Gaetano Berardi vs Sunderland Preston North End, Aston Villa, Barnsley, Norwich, QPR

1Jansson's suspension carried over from the 2016–17 season.