2017-18_in_English_football

2017–18 in English football

2017–18 in English football

138th season of competitive association football in England

The 2017–18 season was the 138th season of competitive association football in England.

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National teams

England national football team

Main article: England football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies
10 November 2017 England  0–0  Germany London, England
20:00 GMT Gomez Yellow card 45+1'
Livermore Yellow card 59'		 Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 81,382
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (Poland)
14 November 2017 England  0–0  Brazil London, England
20:00 GMT Livermore Yellow card 54' Report Alves Yellow card 56' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 84,595
Referee: Artur Dias Soares (Portugal)
23 March 2018 Netherlands  0–1  England Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:45 GMT Report Lingard 59' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
27 March 2018 England  1–1  Italy London, England
20:00 BST Vardy 26' Insigne 87' (pen.) Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 82,598
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
2 June 2018 England  2–1  Nigeria London, England
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 70,025
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
7 June 2018 England  2–0  Costa Rica Leeds, England
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Group F
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
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1 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Malta  0–4  England Ta' Qali, Malta
19:45 BST Report Kane 53', 90+2'
Bertrand 85'
Welbeck 90+1'		 Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 16,994
Referee: Artur Dias Soares (Portugal)
4 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification England  2–1  Slovakia London, England
19:45 BST Dier 37'
Rashford 59'		 Report Lobotka 3' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 67,823
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
5 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification England  1–0  Slovenia London, England
19:45 BST Stones Yellow card 44'
Kane 90+4'		 Report Krhin Yellow card 38'
Mevlja Yellow card 45+1'
Rotman Yellow card 51'
Struna Yellow card 86'
Birsa Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 61,598
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
8 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Lithuania  0–1  England Vilnius, Lithuania
17:00 BST Slivka Yellow card 54' Report Kane 27' (pen.) Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
2018 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Group G
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

18 June 2018 2018 WC Group G Tunisia  1–2  England Volgograd, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Sassi 35' (pen.) Report Kane 11', 90+1'
Walker Yellow card 34'		 Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 41,064
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
24 June 2018 2018 WC Group G England  6–1  Panama Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)
13:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Stones 8', 40'
Kane 22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62'
Loftus-Cheek Yellow card 23'
Lingard 36'		 Report Cooper Yellow card 10'
Escobar Yellow card 44'
Murillo Yellow card 72'
Baloy 78'		 Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Attendance: 43,319
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
28 June 2018 2018 WC Group G England  0–1  Belgium Kaliningrad, Russia
20:00 KALT (UTC+2)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Report Tielemans Yellow card 19'
Dendoncker Yellow card 33'
Januzaj 51'		 Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium
Attendance: 33,973
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Knockout stage
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
3 July 2018 2018 WC Round of 16 Colombia  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		  England Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Barrios Yellow card 41'
Arias Yellow card 52'
Sánchez Yellow card 54'
Falcao Yellow card 63'
Bacca Yellow card 64'
Mina 90+3'
Cuadrado Yellow card 118'		 Report Henderson Yellow card 56'
Kane 57' (pen.)
Lingard Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 44,190
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Penalties
7 July 2018 2018 WC Quarter-finals Sweden  0–2  England Samara, Russia
18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Guidetti Yellow card 87'
Larsson Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Maguire 30' Yellow card 87'
Alli 59'		 Stadium: Cosmos Arena
Attendance: 39,991
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
11 July 2018 2018 WC Semi-finals Croatia  2–1 (a.e.t.)  England Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Perišić 68'
Rebić Yellow card 96'
Mandžukić Yellow card 48' 109'		 Report Trippier 5'
Walker Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 78,011
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
14 July 2018 2018 WC 3rd place Belgium  2–0  England Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Meunier 4'
E. Hazard 82'
Witsel Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Stones Yellow card 52'
Maguire Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 64,406
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

England U-21 national football team

Main article: England national under-21 football team

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group 4
Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

England U-20 national football team

Main article: England national under-20 football team

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Group A

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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Round of 16
More information England, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 4,428
Quarter-finals
More information Mexico, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 5,953
Semi-finals
More information Italy, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 5,329
Final
Main article: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final
More information Venezuela, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 30,346

England U-19 national football team

Main article: England national under-19 football team

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Group 8
Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification § Group 8

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Elite round
Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification § Elite round

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: England 3–0 Latvia.
  2. Head-to-head result: Macedonia 3–4 Hungary.
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Referee: Karim Abed (France)
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England U-17 national football team

Main article: England national under-17 football team

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group F

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Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Round of 16
More information England, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 53,302
Quarter-finals
More information United States, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 16,148
Semi-finals
More information Brazil, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 63,881
Final
More information England, 5–2 ...
Attendance: 66,684

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The final draw was held in April 2018 in England.[3] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Group A

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
4 May 2018 (2018-05-04) England  2–1  Israel Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
19:00 Doyle 29' (pen.)
Daly 61'		 Report Lugassy 40+1' (pen.) Attendance: 6,102
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
7 May 2018 (2018-05-07) England  2–1  Italy Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00 Appiah 64'
Doyle 69' (pen.)		 Report Riccardi 14' Attendance: 7,159
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
10 May 2018 (2018-05-10) Switzerland  1–0  England New York Stadium, Rotherham
19:00 Mambimbi 40+1' Report Referee: Romania Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Quarter-finals
13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) Norway  0–2  England Pirelli Stadium, Burton
18:00 Report Duncan 14'
Amaechi 49'		 Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Semi-finals
17 May 2018 (2018-05-17) England  0–0
(5–6 p)		  Netherlands Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
19:00 Report Attendance: 7,952
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Penalties

England women's national football team

Main article: England women's national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) Denmark  1–2  England Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 Harder 66' Report White 44', 76' Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadium
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
20 October 2017 France  1–0  England Valenciennes, France
19:50 BST Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Group D
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group D
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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head records:
    • Spain: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), +1 GD (2 GF, 1 GA)
    • Scotland: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), 0 GD (2 GF, 2 GA)
    • Portugal: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), −1 GD (2 GF, 3 GA)
19 July 2017 Euro 2017 – GS England  6–0  Scotland Utrecht, Netherlands
19:45
Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 5,578
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
23 July 2017 Euro 2017 – GS England  2–0  Spain Breda, Netherlands
19:45 Kirby 2'
Taylor 85'		 Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 4,879
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)
27 July 2017 Euro 2017 – GS Portugal  1–2  England Tilburg, Netherlands
19:45 C. Mendes 17' Report Duggan 7'
Parris 48'		 Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 3,335
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
30 July 2017 Euro 2017 – QF England  1–0  France Deventer, Netherlands
20:45 Taylor 60' Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst,
Attendance: 6,283
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
3 August 2017 Euro 2017 – SF Netherlands  3–0  England Enschede, Netherlands
20:45 Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Kazakhstan 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Kazakhstan (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
19 September 2017 WCQ-G1 England  6–0  Russia Birkenhead, England
19:00
Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
24 November 2017 WCQ-G1 England  4–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Walsall, England
20:05
Report Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 10,026
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
28 November 2017 WCQ-G1 England  5–0  Kazakhstan Colchester, England
20:05
Report Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 9,643
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
6 April 2018 WCQ-G1 England  0–0  Wales Southampton, England
20:00 Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 25,603
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
10 April 2018 WCQ-G1 Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–2  England Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica
16:00
Attendance: 340
Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)
8 June 2018 WCQ-G1 Russia  1–3  England Sapsan Arena, Moscow
18:00
Attendance: 1,859
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
2018 SheBelieves Cup
Main article: 2018 SheBelieves Cup
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Source: USSoccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
1 March 2018 England  4–1  France Columbus, United States
16:00 ET Duggan 7'
Scott 28'
Taylor 39'
Kirby 46'		 Report Thiney 77' Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 7,566
Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)
4 March 2018 Germany  2–2  England Harrison, United States
15:00 ET Kayikci 17'
Bright 51' (o.g.)		 Report White 18', 73' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,882
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
7 March 2018 United States  1–0  England Orlando, United States
19:00 ET Bardsley 58' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 12,351
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard (Canada)

Managerial changes

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England women's national under-20 football team

Main article: England women's national under-20 football team

England women's U-19 national football team

Main article: England women's national under-19 football team

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship

Main article: 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
Group B

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Because France are among the semi-finalists, the two third-placed teams of the group stage enter the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off where the winner qualifies for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Knockout stage
17 August 2017 (2017-08-17) Scotland  0–2  England Lurgan, Northern Ireland
19:00 Report Cross 28'
Rouse 50'		 Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 107[6]
Referee: Petra Pavlikova (Slovakia)

2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification

Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
Qualifying round
Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification § Group 2

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Elite round
Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification § Elite round

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information England, 4–1 ...
Športový areál OFK, Dunajská Lužná
Referee: Ivana Projkovska (Macedonia)
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Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
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Športový areál OFK, Dunajská Lužná
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

England women's U-17 national football team

Main article: England women's national under-17 football team

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification
Qualifying round
Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification § Group 2

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Elite round
Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification § Elite round

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
25 March 2018 (2018-03-25) England  0–0  Slovenia Klepp Stadion, Klepp
13:00 Report Referee: Ainara Andrea Acevedo Dudley (Spain)
28 March 2018 (2018-03-28) England  4–0   Switzerland Ålgård stadion, Ålgård
13:00
Report Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)
31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) Norway  0–2  England Klepp Stadion, Klepp
15:00 Report
Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

Main article: 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Group B

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Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) Poland  2–2  England Savivaldybė Stadium, Šiauliai
17:00
  • Filipczak 48'
  • Tomasiak 80+2'
 Report
  • Park 58'
  • McKenzie 68'
 Referee: Lucie Šulcová (Czech Republic)
12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) Spain  2–1  England Alytus Stadium, Alytus
13:00
Report
Referee: Kateryna Usova (Ukraine)
15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) England  4–0  Italy Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė
13:00
Report Referee: Irena Velevačkoska (Macedonia)
Semi-finals
18 May 2018 (2018-05-18) Germany  8–0  England Alytus Stadium, Alytus
16:30
Report Referee: Hristiana Guteva (Bulgaria)
3rd place
21 May 2018 (2018-05-21) England  1–2  Finland Alytus Stadium, Alytus
14:00
Report
  • Huhta 46'
  • Kantanen 61'
 Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League play-off round
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Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Group A

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Source: UEFA
Group C

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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Chelsea 3–3 Roma, Roma 3–0 Chelsea.
Group E

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Source: UEFA
Group F

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Source: UEFA
Group H

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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase
Round of 16
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
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Final
Main article: 2018 UEFA Champions League Final

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.[7]

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Attendance: 61,561[8]

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Qualifying Phase and Play-off Round
Third qualifying round
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Play-off round
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Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage
Group E

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Source: UEFA
Group H

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Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout phase
Round of 32
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Round of 32
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Round of 16
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Semi-finals
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UEFA Super Cup

Main article: 2017 UEFA Super Cup
More information Real Madrid, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 30,421[9]

UEFA Youth League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League group stage
Group A
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Manchester United 4–3 Basel, Basel 2–1 Manchester United (Basel won on away goals).
Group C
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Roma 1–2 Atlético Madrid, Atlético Madrid 2–1 Roma.
Group E
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Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Spartak Moscow 1–1 Sevilla, Sevilla 3–3 Spartak Moscow (Spartak Moscow won on away goals).
Group F
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Source: UEFA
Group H
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Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League knockout phase

For the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams are drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match.

Play-offs
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League play-offs
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Round of 16
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League round of 16
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Quarter-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League Quarter-finals
More information Team 1, Score ...
Semi-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League Semi-finals
More information Team 1, Score ...
Finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Youth League Finals

The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.[10][11]

More information Chelsea, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 7,200

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
Round of 32
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 32
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Round of 16
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League Semi-finals
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Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

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Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Premier League

In what was largely a one-sided race for the title, Manchester City won the Premier League for the third time in six years, breaking records for the highest number of goals scored by one team in a league campaign and the most victories as well as gathering the most points, becoming the first top-flight team to reach the 100-point mark. This gave manager Pep Guardiola his first pieces of silverware with the club, having also won the League Cup – with perhaps the only blemishes in the season being a shock FA Cup loss at 2013 winners Wigan Athletic and a 5–1 aggregate loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals. Finishing second were neighbours Manchester United, whose second season under José Mourinho finished with mixed success. While they improved on the previous league season and finished as runners-up in the FA Cup final, they never came close to challenging City for the title and also endured an early exit in the Champions League at the hands at Sevilla, though they did finish higher than fourth for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

Tottenham Hotspur successfully qualified for the Champions League once again, but this proved to be their only success in the season as they failed to win their first trophy in ten years. Early woes at their temporary home of Wembley saw the London club's hopes of challenging for the title diminish once again, with a loss of late form and fitness costing striker Harry Kane a third successive Golden Boot. A run of only three wins from their opening nine league matches extinguished Liverpool's hopes of ending their 28-year wait for a league title. Otherwise, their season proved to be a successful one as they ensured qualification for the Champions League once again, breaking the record for the most league seasons where they avoided defeat at Anfield, while summer signing Mohamed Salah narrowly broke the 22-year record for the most goals scored in a league season by scoring 32. However, their biggest achievement proved to be in the Champions League as they reached the final in Kiev against all odds, only narrowly losing to Real Madrid.

Chelsea endured what proved to be a poor defence of their title and finished fifth, missing out on the Champions League once again. A woeful start to 2018 costing them a place in the top four despite four wins in their last six games (and making it the third season in a row where the defending champions failed to finish in the top four) and winning their first FA Cup since 2012. Arsenal were unable to send manager Arsène Wenger, who resigned after 22 years as manager, out on a high as they finished in their lowest league position under the Frenchman and missed out on trophies, most notably being knocked out of the Europa League in the semi-finals. Burnley proved to be the surprise package of the whole season as they mounted a charge for Champions League qualification and stood fifth at Christmas. While 11 matches without a win saw them slide out of the top five, the Clarets recovered enough to secure seventh place and qualify for the Europa League. Everton and Leicester City looked set to battle relegation after poor starts to the season, but they rallied after the respective appointments of Sam Allardyce and Claude Puel, only missing out on the Europa League late on in the season.

For only the third time in Premier League history, all three promoted teams avoided the drop. Newcastle United finished highest, a final day win against Chelsea earning them a tenth-place finish after a poor run of form. Brighton & Hove Albion's first top-flight campaign since 1983 saw the Seagulls finish below them, never being seriously threatened with immediate relegation despite a few scares. However, arguably the biggest surprise of the three were Huddersfield Town, who defied all expectations and ensured Premier League survival in their first season in the top-flight for 45 years. While a dreadful goal-scoring record (having scored less than both Salah and Kane) and heavy losses both home and away threatened their hopes, key points gained at crucial stages helped push the Terriers away from the drop and towards safety in their penultimate match, a remarkable effort that earned the team and their American head coach David Wagner plenty of praise.

Despite making the worst start in the history of English football, going into the October international break goalless and pointless after seven games, a resurgence under former England manager Roy Hodgson saw Crystal Palace extend their stay in the top-flight to a sixth successive season – steering well clear of relegation in the process. While successfully ensuring a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, Watford endured what proved to be another season of struggle. They did make a superb start, but their form spectacularly collapsed following what the club considered to be an "unwarranted approach" from Everton over head coach Marco Silva. The Hornets eventually pulled themselves over the finish line after a change of manager, but at the cost of question marks over the club's managerial turnover and their stability in the top-flight.

West Bromwich Albion finished bottom, ending a run of eight years among the elite – a 20-game winless run from mid-August to January, and only winning just once after that left them rooted to last place, but a late run of form under caretaker manager Darren Moore that saw the Baggies take 11 points from their last six matches at least saw them go down fighting, with relegation not being confirmed until the penultimate round of games. Stoke City finished just above them, bringing to an end a decade in the Premier League. The Potters' downfall ultimately proved to be both an anaemic goal record and an inability to see out a win, having dropped 19 points from winning positions all season and only finishing above West Brom with a final-day win. The final spot was taken by Swansea City, who endured their worst season since promotion in 2011. The Swans appeared to have been rejuvenated by the arrival of Portuguese manager Carlos Carvalhal after Christmas, but a loss of form in their last ten matches saw the Welsh club overtaken by FA Cup semi-finalists Southampton, who endured a horrendous league season but stayed up thanks in part to the late appointment of Mark Hughes.

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Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[12]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup (Chelsea) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup (Manchester City) both qualified for European competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team (Europa League group stage) and the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) were passed down the league.

Championship

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Championship

Following successive seasons of struggle and near-misses with relegation, Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their six-year absence from the Premier League in style, leading the table from Halloween onwards and giving Portuguese head coach Nuno Espírito Santo both promotion and the Championship title in his first season in charge. The fight for second place went down to the last round of games, but it was ultimately Cardiff City who emerged victorious and returned to the top-flight for the first time since 2014, earning manager Neil Warnock a record eighth promotion, as his mixed team of young players and journeymen ensured a Welsh presence in the top-flight next season. Taking the final spot through the playoffs were Fulham, who had been relegated to the second-tier alongside Cardiff in 2014, as they defeated Aston Villa in the playoff final at Wembley, their first visit to the stadium since 1975. This gave Serbian manager Slaviša Jokanović his second promotion to the Premier League in four seasons, having previously won promotion with Watford (albeit leaving the Hornets just weeks later) in 2015.

While a poor run of form in both December and the end of April ended their hopes of a second successive promotion, Sheffield United's first season in the second tier since 2011 proved to be an excellent one as they remained in the promotion chase for practically the entire season. Leeds United spent the first half of the season looking to build on their play-offs near-miss the previous year, but an appalling second half of the season - only bottom-placed Sunderland earned fewer points after Christmas - saw them crash down the table, with only their strong early form and a couple of late wins keeping them from being involved in the relegation struggle. Both Reading and Sheffield Wednesday endured tough seasons after narrowly missing out on promotion the previous year, with only a change of manager for the two teams helping them avoid the drop into League One. Amid off-pitch struggles and growing anger towards owner Assem Allam, a fine second half of the campaign helped Hull City avoid a second successive relegation in a season awash with 140 goals, where they massively leaked goals but had no problem scoring them either – managing to score more than second-placed Cardiff City in the process.

At the bottom of the table, Sunderland endured a second successive relegation and fell into the third tier for the first time in 30 years with just seven wins all season and an inability to turn any one of their staggering 16 draws into wins contributing to their downfall, despite the managerial presence of former Wales manager Chris Coleman. In a battle that went down to the closing minutes of the season, the remaining relegation spots were filled by Burton Albion and Barnsley, who both returned to League One after two seasons in the second tier. Despite the Brewers securing three wins from their final four matches and the Tykes actually starting their final match at Derby County outside the bottom three, both were relegated, mainly because of the heroics of Bolton Wanderers, who scored two late goals in two minutes to survive and relegate their fellow strugglers, a remarkable achievement considering their failure to win any of their first 11 matches after promotion the previous season.

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Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

League One

Main article: 2017–18 EFL League One

For the second time in three years, Wigan Athletic won the League One title and returned to the Championship at the first attempt in style, having never looked like falling out of the top two all season and breaking their previous points total from 2016. Also achieving promotion were Blackburn Rovers, who finally enjoyed some success after two relegations in five years as they also made an immediate return to the Championship. In a tightly contested play-off final that went all the way to extra time, Rotherham United scraped past Shrewsbury Town to make it a hat-trick of immediate returns to the second tier – in almost exactly the same fashion they had won promotion to the second tier four years previously. This meant that for the first time ever since three clubs were allowed promotion in 1974, all three clubs relegated from the Championship the previous season were promoted the following season.

Portsmouth continued their gradual climb back up the Football League by achieving a top-half finish, never being remotely threatened by an immediate relegation back to League Two. While they narrowly missed out on a second promotion in a row with only one win in their final six games, the signs were promising for the South-Coast club in their first season of ownership under former Walt Disney executive Michael Eisner. AFC Wimbledon, despite remaining in a relegation battle all season long and having won just five games between August and December, were able to secure a third successive season in the third tier – and also finished above rivals Milton Keynes Dons for the first time in their history, while also ensuring that the following season they would be playing in a higher division than the Dons for the first time.

Three years after gaining promotion to League One, Bury finally ran out of luck and were the first team in the division to suffer relegation, winning just eight times. Having been tipped to regain the form that saw them enter the Championship three years previously, Milton Keynes Dons ultimately fared little better and fell into the bottom tier for the first time in a decade, changing managers three times and finishing well below rivals AFC Wimbledon as a result. Just two years after winning promotion to League One, Northampton Town's struggles continued as they fell back into the bottom tier of the Football League, with the worst defence in the division playing a big role. Taking the last spot in the last game were Oldham Athletic, who finally succumbed to the relegation they had been fighting against for the last couple of years, and fell into the bottom tier of the Football League for the first time in 47 years, also making this the first time since 1997 that they would be playing in anything other than the third tier. Both teams went down playing each other (and drawing 2–2), with Rochdale surviving by a single point.

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Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

League Two

Main article: 2017–18 EFL League Two

Just 12 years after returning to the Football League, Accrington Stanley won promotion to the third tier for the first time in their history (their forerunners having last played in the third tier in 1960), an outstanding second half of the season propelling them from mid-table to the title – and securing promotion on the 130th anniversary of the Lancashire club's founding. Also going up were Luton Town, whose steady climb back up the Football League saw them return to League One for the first time in a decade; while a loss of form cost them the title having led the table for large periods of the season, the club saved some grace by being the highest-scoring team in the division. Taking the third automatic promotion spot in what proved to be a tight race were Wycombe Wanderers, who ended their six-year stay in League Two and finally gave manager Gareth Ainsworth the promotion he had sought after years of heart-break. The final promotion spot via the play-offs was filled by Coventry City, who secured an immediate return to League One in a season that saw them finish in the top six for the first time since 1970 and end a 51-year wait to achieve promotion - at the expense of Exeter City, the club losing in the play-off final for the second season running.

Notts County enjoyed what proved to be their most successful season since winning promotion to League One in 2010 as they remained in the promotion race for the whole season, only missing out on a place in the play-off final after a controversial loss to Coventry City; furthermore, player-manager Kevin Nolan became the first Magpies manager to last a full season in charge for nine years. Lincoln City's first season back in the Football League since 2011 proved to be very successful as they not only attempted a second consecutive promotion by qualifying for the play-offs (losing to Exeter City), but they also won the Football League Trophy – beating Shrewsbury Town on their first ever visit to Wembley. A sharp downturn in form that saw them fail to win for 21 games resulted in Grimsby Town having to battle to keep their place in League Two, with only four late wins towards the end of the season helping them stay up. Having been tipped for immediate relegation, Forest Green Rovers achieved survival in their first ever season in the Football League – while a few heavy losses in the opening months left them stuck in the relegation zone, several bursts of good form at key stages in the season helped them up the table and secure their place in the closing weeks.

After 97 years as a member of the Football League, Chesterfield's sharp decline in form continued as they endured a second successive relegation, just 4 years after winning promotion to League One; while a good run of form in the winter months gave the club hope, a poor start and an equally poor end to the season cost them their League status. Taking the second spot and enduring their second relegation from League Two in five years were Barnet, despite the return of Martin Allen for the fifth time as manager late in the season; while the club did put up more of a fight to avoid the drop, ending their season only relegated on goal difference, it once again proved to be too late. This made Barnet the first club to be automatically relegated from the Football League on three separate occasions, and the club to have survived the shortest after being promoted from the Conference (not counting Maidstone United, who also lasted just three seasons after promotion, but were forced out of the Football League by bankruptcy rather than being relegated). Morecambe narrowly escaped relegation on goal difference, despite having the weakest goal-scoring record in the division and winning less games than both relegated clubs, while Port Vale avoided a second successive relegation despite winning just twice at the turn of the year.

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Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

National League Top Division

Main article: 2017–18 National League

Macclesfield Town were National League champions and won promotion back to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. Taking the second promotion spot in the first season to use six play-off places instead of four were Tranmere Rovers, who made amends for their previous play-off final loss the previous year and returned to the Football League after three years, in a tightly contested final with Boreham Wood.

Leyton Orient and Hartlepool were the two teams relegated from the Football League the previous season, and neither achieved particular success, finishing 13th and 15th in the league respectively. Through much of the season, both looked more likely to be relegated again than to challenge for promotion and Hartlepool also endured struggles off the field, nearly going out of business altogether.

Relegated from the league were Guiseley, Chester, Torquay United and Woking. Guiseley finished bottom of the table, picking up just seven wins and conceding the most goals in the league, seeing them relegated back to the National League North three years after being promoted. Chester and Torquay United both suffered financial uncertainty in addition to being relegated, the latter just a few years after having been in the Football League. Woking's relegation was not guaranteed until the final day of the season, when a defeat against Dover ensured they finished one point behind Barrow.

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Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [13]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

League play-offs

Football League play-offs

Main article: 2018 English Football League play-offs
EFL Championship
Main article: 2018 English Football League play-offs § Championship
Final
Main article: 2018 EFL Championship play-off Final
More information Aston Villa, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 85,243
EFL League One
Main article: 2018 English Football League play-offs § League One
Final
Main article: 2018 EFL League One play-off Final
More information Rotherham United, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 26,218
Referee: Robert Jones
EFL League Two
Main article: 2018 English Football League play-offs § League Two
Final
Main article: 2018 EFL League Two play-off Final
More information Coventry City, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 50,196
Referee: David Webb

National League play-offs

Main article: 2017–18 National League § National League play-offs
National League
Final
More information Tranmere Rovers, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 16,306
National League North
Final
More information Harrogate Town, 3–0 ...
Wetherby Road, Harrogate
Attendance: 3,000
National League South
Final
More information Hampton & Richmond Borough, 1–1 ...
Beveree Stadium, Hampton
Attendance: 3,127

Cup competitions

FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Cup
Final
Main article: 2018 FA Cup Final
More information Chelsea, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 87,647

EFL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup
Final
Main article: 2018 EFL Cup Final
More information Arsenal, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 85,671
Referee: Craig Pawson

Community Shield

Main article: 2017 FA Community Shield
More information Arsenal, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 83,325

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Trophy
Final
Main article: 2018 EFL Trophy Final
More information Lincoln City, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 41,261
Referee: Gavin Ward

FA Trophy

Main article: 2017–18 FA Trophy
Final
Main article: 2018 FA Trophy Final
More information Brackley Town, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Attendance: 31,430

Women's football

League season

Women's Super League

Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL
WSL 1
Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL 1

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Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
WSL 2
Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL 2

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Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Millwall Lionesses had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in their first game of the season against Watford.[19]

Cup competitions

FA Women's Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Women's Cup
Final
Main article: 2018 FA Women's Cup Final
More information Arsenal, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 45,423

FA WSL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL Cup
Final
Main article: 2018 FA WSL Cup Final
More information Arsenal, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 2,136

Managerial changes

This is a list of changes of managers within English league football:

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Diary of the season

  • 5 June: Northern Premier League members Ilkeston are wound-up at the High Court in Liverpool.[31]
  • 16 June: The live-streamed first-round draw for the 2017–18 EFL Cup, held in sponsor Carabao's hometown of Bangkok in Thailand, descends into farce as a string of errors crop up, including an official graphic assigning two different sets of opposition to Charlton Athletic.[32]
  • 7 July: The draw for the extra qualifying round of the FA Cup pits Northwich Victoria with the club that acrimoniously broke away from them, 1874 Northwich.[33]
  • 20 July: Following the demise of East Midlands side Ilkeston, a new club, Ilkeston Town, are founded, led by Notts County owner Alan Hardy.[34] The club is the third to take the name, after sides active from the 1880s to 1903, and from 1945 to 2010.
  • 27 July: Leighton Baines scores the only goal in Everton's first-leg tie with MFK Ružomberok in the UEFA Europa League's third qualifying round as Wayne Rooney makes his second debut for the Toffees.[35]
  • 31 July: The English Football League announce that, on a trial basis for this season, penalty shoot-outs in the EFL Cup, EFL Trophy and the play-offs will be in a format more akin to the "tiebreak in tennis" in which team A kicks first and team B kicks second. This is referred to as "ABBA".[36]
  • 3 August: Everton eliminate Ružomberok 2–0 on aggregate; Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the goalscorer in Slovakia.[37]
  • 4 August: Two matches start off the English Football League: Bradley Johnson of Derby County scores the first goal of the 2017–18 English Football League season at Sunderland, who hit back through a penalty kick converted by Lewis Grabban,[38] while Nottingham Forest become the campaign's first victors, winning 1–0 over Millwall through debutant Barrie McKay to go top of the embryonic EFL Championship table.[39] Meanwhile, on Merseyside, Everton and Liverpool learn their opposition in the European playoff draws: the latter are paired with German outfit 1899 Hoffenheim in the UEFA Champions League, while the former face Croat club Hajduk Split in the Europa League.[40]
  • 6 August: Arsenal are victorious over Chelsea in the 2017 FA Community Shield after earning a 1–1 draw with a goal near the end of normal time. The match subsequently becomes the first competitive game to be decided via the use of the new "ABBA" penalty format, with consecutive misses by Thibaut Courtois and Álvaro Morata ultimately proving costly for Chelsea, and Arsenal scoring all four of their own penalties.
  • 23 August: Liverpool's 6–3 aggregate victory over 1899 Hoffenheim sees them enter the group stage of this season's Champions League. This means that, for the first time, five English teams will be taking part in the group stage of the competition (five had previously qualified for the 2005–06 tournament, but Everton failed to make it through to the group stages).
  • 31 August: The first month of the season ends with Manchester United leading the Premier League, having won all three matches so far and scored ten goals without having conceded once. Liverpool are in second place, with third-placed Huddersfield Town proving the surprise package of the early season, level on points with both Liverpool and fourth-placed Manchester City. West Bromwich Albion are behind the aforementioned three sides on goal difference, while defending champions Chelsea are sixth. West Ham United, Crystal Palace and AFC Bournemouth are all without any points (and in Crystal Palace's case, goals) so far this season, and make up the bottom three. In the Championship, Cardiff City lead the way with five wins out of five; Ipswich Town are in second place, a point ahead of Leeds United, with Wolverhampton Wanderers, newly promoted Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest rounding off the top six. Bolton Wanderers are bottom of the table, with Brentford ahead only on goal difference, and both sides winless. Norwich City, who had been among the pre-season promotion favourites, are also in the bottom three.
  • 30 September: The month ends with Manchester City having taken over the top of the Premier League table from their cross-city rivals United; both sides have near-identical records, with six wins and a draw apiece, but City are ahead by just one goal. Tottenham Hotspur are five points back in third place, and Chelsea are fourth; Watford are now just a point off fourth place, though they have played a game more than Liverpool (6th) and Arsenal (7th). Crystal Palace are marooned at the bottom of the table following a horrendous start to the season, which has seen them lose seven games out of seven without scoring once, a top-flight record. Bournemouth are still in the bottom three as well, with Swansea City now having joined them. Cardiff City continue to lead the way in the Championship, with Wolverhampton Wanderers now second. Sheffield United are third and hunting for a second successive promotion, though fourth-place Leeds United have a game in hand over their Yorkshire rivals. Bristol City and Preston North End occupy the other two play-off spots. Bolton Wanderers remain bottom, and are now five points adrift. Sunderland are now second-bottom and facing a battle to avoid a second relegation in a row, while Birmingham City have also dropped into the bottom three.
  • 5 October: The England national team secure qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with a 1–0 victory over Slovenia at Wembley Stadium. While Scotland's victory over Slovakia on the same night meant that it would have been sufficient for England to draw, an injury time goal from Harry Kane ultimately puts qualification beyond all doubt.
  • 31 October: October comes to a close with Manchester City opening a five-point lead over second-placed Manchester United with the best start to a season in Premier League history: with 10 games played, they have scored 35 goals while only conceding 6 and have only dropped two points. Spurs and Chelsea remain third and fourth, Arsenal have jumped ahead of Liverpool to stand in fifth, and Burnley have continued their good start to the season to climb to seventh. Crystal Palace have finally won a game but remain bottom. Bournemouth remain 19th, and Everton have fallen into the relegation zone, with Swansea only ahead on goal difference. Wolves and Cardiff have swapped places at the summit of the Championship, while Sheffield United remain third. The rest of the top six consists of Bristol City, Derby County (with a game in hand), and Leeds (ahead of Middlesbrough on goals scored). Bolton (24th) and Sunderland remain in the bottom three, now sandwiching Burton Albion.
  • 10 November: England draw 0–0 with reigning world champions Germany in a friendly at Wembley.[41]
  • 14 November: England register another home clean sheet, this time shutting out five-time FIFA World Cup winners Brazil in a goalless draw at the national stadium.[42]
  • 30 November: Manchester City end November still at the top of the table, having won all their league games in November. Their lead over second-placed Manchester United has increased to eight points; furthermore, City will break the record for the most Premier League games won consecutively if they win their upcoming match against West Ham and succeed in the Manchester derby. Chelsea climb to third and Arsenal seize fourth place, with Liverpool two points behind them. Burnley's good form shows no sign of abating as they finish November in sixth place, ahead of a Spurs side whose European exploits are outstripping their domestic performance. Crystal Palace end another month bottom, but now tied on goal difference with Swansea City and only three points behind West Bromwich Albion. West Ham United are 18th. The top three of the Championship stays the same from the end of October. Aston Villa have leapfrogged the rest of the play-off hopefuls and stand fourth, ahead of Bristol City and Derby. Sunderland and Bolton have swapped positions, but the relegation zone otherwise remains unchanged.
  • 1 December: The World Cup draw is made at the Kremlin State Palace in Moscow, Russia, co-hosted by the Golden Boot winner for the 1986 tournament, Gary Lineker. England are drawn in Group G, against Belgium, Tunisia, and Panama.
  • 2 December: In the second round of the FA Cup, Southern League Premier Division side Hereford force a replay with League One outfit Fleetwood Town,[43] while a 95th-minute winner for Notts County deprives Oxford City of the National League South a place in the third-round draw.[44]
  • 3 December: Manchester United win 3–1 against rivals Arsenal. Antonio Valencia got the first of the victors' goals before Jesse Lingard scored his second and third of the week, however Paul Pogba was sent off and will be suspended for the forthcoming Manchester derby; Alexandre Lacazette is the Gunners' goalscorer.[45] In more FA Cup round two fixtures, Crewe Alexandra and Woking earn replays against opposition from higher leagues: Alex after Blackburn Rovers went 3–0 up and then Rovers were reduced to nine men, and the non-league club after falling behind to Peterborough United.[46]
  • 4 December: The FA Cup third-round draw throws up the Tees–Wear and Merseyside derbies as well as the Brighton–Crystal Palace rivalry, while also setting up an all-London tie between Tottenham and AFC Wimbledon. Holders Arsenal travel to Nottingham Forest, Manchester United are at home to Derby, and Milton Keynes Dons are drawn away at Queens Park Rangers, who were offered the Stadium mk site that would later house the Dons.[47]
  • 7 December: It is announced that the FA Cup tie between Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace will see the English competitive club début of video assistant referee technology.[48]
  • 11 December: The European draws are made. In the Champions League last 16, Chelsea will face Barcelona, Liverpool drew Porto, Manchester City will play Swiss side Basel, Manchester United meet Sevilla and Tottenham will welcome Juventus back to Wembley after facing the reigning Italian champions there in pre-season. England's sole Europa League survivors, Arsenal, will face Östersund of Sweden, managed by Englishman Graham Potter.[49] Elsewhere, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah is crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017, ahead of Chelsea man Victor Moses and Naby Keïta, the Leipzig Red Bull due to join Salah at Liverpool on 1 July 2018.[50]
  • 14 December: The last non-league club exit the FA Cup as Fleetwood Town beat Hereford in the second round replay. This is the first tournament since the 1950–51 edition to see no non-league side reach the third round.[51]
  • 20 December: Bristol City are the shock name in the EFL Cup semi-finals after victory against holders Manchester United. They will face Manchester City in the last four, while rivals Arsenal and Chelsea are drawn together and will meet in a third competition this season, having played each other in the Premier League and the FA Community Shield.[52]
  • 23 December: Harry Kane equals Alan Shearer's record of 36 Premier League goals in a calendar year, scoring all of Tottenham's three in their away win at Burnley.[53]
  • 26 December: Kane surpasses Shearer's record with another hat-trick in the 5–2 home win against Southampton, ending the year with 39 Premier League goals.[54]
  • 31 December: Manchester City end 2017 by ending their 18-game winning streak with a goalless draw at Crystal Palace, but are now 14 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea, and it is increasingly becoming a question of not if but when the Mancunian side will claim their first title since 2014. A poor December has seen Manchester United fall to third, three points ahead of Liverpool. Arsenal and Spurs remain in the hunt for Champions League football, and Burnley remain poised to finish in the top seven. Crystal Palace have escaped the relegation zone and finish the year in 17th, though 18th-placed West Ham are a point behind with a game in hand. Swansea, who held the dubious honour of being bottom of the league on Christmas Day, hold their position into the New Year, tied on goal difference with West Brom. In the Championship, another dominant side is emerging, as Wolves are 10 points clear of second-placed Derby County. Severnside rivals Bristol City and Cardiff continue to compete for second place. Leeds have returned to the play-off zone, and Sheffield United steal sixth place from Aston Villa on goals scored. Sunderland have escaped the relegation zone at the expense of 24th-placed Birmingham City. Bolton and Burton are 22nd and 23rd, but Hull City and Barnsley are only a few points ahead of the two sides and also in danger of relegation.
  • 2 January: Preston North End and Ireland U21 defender Kevin O'Connor is revealed as the winner of €1,000,000 in the Irish National Lottery's 2017 Christmas Millionaire Raffle, with a ticket bought as a Christmas present by his uncle.[55] Elsewhere, West Brom's winless run is extended to 20 matches with defeat at the London Stadium:[56] Jake Livermore and a West Ham fan rowed after the supporter made reference to the death of Livermore's young son.[57]
  • 4 January: Mohamed Salah adds the CAF African Footballer of the Year award for 2017 to his collection, ahead of fellow Kopite Sadio Mané.[58]
  • 6 January: The third round of the FA Cup sees Premier League side Stoke City dumped out by League Two outfit Coventry City, a result which costs Stoke manager Mark Hughes his job within hours of the game.
  • 7 January: The next round of FA Cup fixtures results in holders Arsenal being knocked out by Championship side Nottingham Forest, while another Championship side, Leeds United, are knocked out by League Two side Newport County.
  • 14 January: During the first set of Premier League fixtures since the enforced FA Cup break, Manchester City see their unbeaten run come to an end in thrilling fashion after going down 4–3 at Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring for the Reds on 9 minutes before goals from Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah sealed the deal.
  • 17 January: League 1 leaders Wigan Athletic eliminate Premier League team Bournemouth in the FA Cup third round replay at the DW Stadium.[59] Meanwhile, at Stamford Bridge, Norwich take Chelsea to a penalty shoot-out before exiting the Cup, as the Premier League winners score all five of their spot-kicks.[60]
  • 23 January: Bristol City's EFL Cup run is ended at the semi-final stage by quadruple-chasing Manchester City.[61]
  • 24 January: Arsenal beat Chelsea 2–1 in the EFL Cup semi-final.[62] The draw for the inaugural edition of the UEFA Nations League is made: England are drawn into Group 4 of League A, alongside Spain and Croatia.[63] Elsewhere, Leeds' new crest for their centenary is unveiled and promptly receives a barrage of criticism with some likening the "Leeds Salute" depiction to the cover art of Pro Evolution Soccer 2; managing director Angus Kinnear says "We need to reopen that consultation process very clearly."[64]
  • 31 January: Manchester City's seeming march towards the title is showing no signs of slowing, with the club now having a 15-point lead. Neighbours Manchester United have now moved up to second place, three points ahead of Liverpool, who are ahead of Chelsea on goal difference. Tottenham Hotspur are two more points behind in fifth place, but have a comfortable six-point lead over North London rivals Arsenal. Burnley remain seventh, though with resurgent Leicester City and Everton sides closing the gap. Despite winning for the first time since August, West Bromwich Albion have now fallen to the foot of the table, three points behind both Swansea and Southampton, the latter of whom have been dropped into the relegation zone after failing to win a league game since the end of November. The situation in the Championship is looking a similar procession for the leaders, with Wolverhampton Wanderers now 11 points ahead of Derby County, who in turn are just barely ahead of the chasing pack, with Aston Villa, Cardiff City, Bristol City and Fulham making up the top six. Burton are now bottom of the table, with Sunderland now back in the relegation zone, along with Bolton; only four points separate the bottom six, however.
  • 6 February: The 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster is marked with remembrance ceremonies at Old Trafford[65] and on Manchester Platz (Manchester Square) in Munich,[66] while Manchester United's Under-19 team visited Partizan Stadium, where United played the match before the air disaster.[65] In the FA Cup fourth round replays, Rochdale of League One knock out Championship side Millwall, Huddersfield overcome Birmingham City in extra time, and Notts' run is ended in South Wales as Swansea City engineer eight goals at the Liberty Stadium.[67] Meanwhile, Lincoln City will play at Wembley for the first time after beating Chelsea's Under-21 team, the last remaining U21 side, in the EFL Trophy semi-final.[68]
  • 13 February: The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase begins at St. Jakob-Park, where Manchester City's fight on four fronts continues as they hit Basel for four.[69] At Juventus Stadium, Gonzalo Higuaín's nine-minute brace is overturned by Tottenham: Harry Kane halved the arrears before Higuaín missed the chance to complete a hat-trick by missing a penalty; Christian Eriksen drew Spurs level with a free-kick.[70]
  • 14 February: Liverpool inflict a Valentine's Day massacre on Porto as Sadio Mané scores a hat-trick at the Estádio do Dragão; Mo Salah and Bobby Firmino are the other scorers for Jürgen Klopp's Kopites.[71]
  • 15 February: Arsenal score three away goals without reply against Östersund at the Jamtkraft Arena in the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 clash.[72]
  • 16 February: Bottom-of-the-table West Bromwich Albion are rocked after four senior players, all capped by their countries, are investigated for stealing a taxicab on a club trip to Barcelona. They are American-born Wales goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, England midfielders Gareth Barry and Jake Livermore, and Jonny Evans, the captain of his club and his country of Northern Ireland.[73]
  • 18 February: League One's bottom club Rochdale draw 2–2 with Spurs in the FA Cup fifth round, setting up a replay at Wembley.[74] In the Championship, Luke Chambers and Timm Klose exchange late headed goals as the East Anglian derby finishes 1–1.[75]
  • 19 February: Wigan's Will Grigg sets fire to Manchester City's quadruple hopes by scoring the only goal of a bad-tempered all-Greater Manchester fifth round Cup-tie, becoming only the third side this season to beat City in all competitions.[76]
  • 20 February: Willian gives Chelsea the lead over Barça in the Champions League, only for Lionel Messi to finally break his duck against Chelsea at the ninth time of asking, firing in the 75th minute at Stamford Bridge.[77]
  • 21 February: A David de Gea masterclass between the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium sticks helps Manchester United shut out Sevilla in a goalless draw in Andalusia.[78]
  • 22 February: Arsenal squeeze past Östersund on aggregate after the Swedish side win on the night but fall short on aggregate.[79]
  • 23 February: The Europa League round of 16 draw pits Arsenal, now Britain's last Europa League representative after Celtic's last-32 exit, with Milan, a fixture that was last played when the Rossoneri eliminated the Londoners from the same stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.[80]
  • 25 February: Manchester City win 3–0 over Arsenal in the 2018 EFL Cup Final: Sergio Agüero, Vincent Kompany, and David Silva are on the scoresheet.[81]
  • 6 March: A goalless draw at Anfield is enough to see Liverpool comfortably past Porto and through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.[82]
  • 7 March: Having gone in front through Son Heung-min, Juventus negate and overturn Tottenham's lead in three minutes to end their Champions League hopes at the national stadium.[83] Elsewhere in the capital, senior officials on the West Ham board, including vice-chair Karren Brady, are accused by The Independent of meeting with members of the Inter City Firm, an English hooligan firm aligned with the Stratford side.[84] Meanwhile, Basel become only the second side to win at the City of Manchester Stadium in the Pep Guardiola era by beating Manchester City 2–1 on the night, bowing out 5–2 on aggregate.[85]
  • 10 March: A match at the London Stadium between West Ham and Burnley designated for remembering Bobby Moore on the 25th anniversary of his death descends into ugly scenes as during four separate pitch invasions, "an impromptu protest took place within the stadium with around 200 people gathering under the directors' box" according to the Metropolitan Police.[86]
  • 13 March: Wissam Ben Yedder's four-minute double for Sevilla proves insurmountable for Manchester United, who can only find a Romelu Lukaku goal in riposte.[87]
  • 14 March: Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi chalks up his 99th and 100th Champions League goals either side of Ousmane Dembélé's first in Blaugrana colours to send Chelsea out of the Champions League.[88]
  • 15 March: The England squad for the friendlies against the Netherlands and Italy includes uncapped Bournemouth man Lewis Cook, Swansea City's Alfie Mawson, and Burnley's defensive duo James Tarkowski and Nick Pope. The 27-man cohort also shows recalls for Jack Wilshere and Ashley Young.[89] Also included is Danny Welbeck, on the same day he scored two of Arsenal's three in their win over Milan. Granit Xhaka got the Gunners' other goal.[90]
  • 16 March: England are guaranteed one side in the Champions League semi-finals after the last surviving English teams, North Western clubs Liverpool and Manchester City, are drawn together.[91] The match will be the first all-England tie in the Champions League since 2010–11, and City will become the seventh English side to draw Liverpool in Europe.[92] In the Europa League, Arsenal's reward for overcoming Milan is a trip to Russia, three months before England fly over, to do battle with CSKA Moscow.[93]
  • 13 April: The European semi-final draws are made: Liverpool will face Roma in the Champions League to set up a rerun of the 1984 European Cup Final and a return to the Stadio Olimpico where Liverpool won the 1977 European Cup Final; Europa League Arsenal are paired with 2009–10 and 2011–12 UEFA Europa League champions Atlético Madrid.[94]
  • 24 April: Following a summer move to Liverpool, Mohamed Salah scores two of the Reds' five at Anfield and sinks his former club in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, allowing them to take a three-goal lead to Italy.[95] In domestic affairs, Chesterfield are relegated and lose their League status for the first time since 1921, although the club's official Twitter account ignores this, electing instead to focus on their Derbyshire Senior Cup victory that same day.[96]
  • 1 May: Mo Salah beats Kevin De Bruyne to the 2017–18 FWA Footballer of the Year award, in what Football Writers' Association chair Patrick Barclay decreed "the toughest call since 1968–69", when the accolade was shared. The other nominees were: Sergio Agüero, Christian Eriksen, Roberto Firmino, Nick Pope, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, and Jan Vertonghen.[97]
  • 2 May: A 4–2 defeat in the second leg is enough for Liverpool to overcome Roma 7–6 on aggregate and set up a final date with the most successful club in the tournament's history: twelve-time winners Real Madrid.[98]
  • 5 May: Stoke's ten-year tenure in the top-flight will come to an end this season, after a 2–1 defeat to Crystal Palace renders the Potters' relegation unavoidable.[99]
  • 9 May: Tottenham Hotspur's victory against Newcastle means Spurs will qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and finish as the highest-placed London club.[100]
  • 15 May: England World Cup winner Ray Wilson dies at the age of 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease and on the same morning former Aston Villa and Bolton defender Jlloyd Samuel is tragically killed in a car accident in Cheshire having dropped his children off at school.
  • 19 May: Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
  • 26 May: A Gareth Bale wonder goal seals Real Madrid's 3rd Champions League in a row.

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    The venue of was moved to Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, following assessment of the pitch conditions of the original venue, Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati, which had been affected by severe rainfall.[2]

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