2017–18 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Gary Rowett
League Season information
Cup placements
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	First round
Season statistics
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The 2017–18 season was Derby County's tenth consecutive season in the Championship in their 134th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	CB		Curtis Davies	Hull City	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	RB		Andre Wisdom	Liverpool	₤2,000,000
15 July 2017	DM		Tom Huddlestone	Hull City	Undisclosed
15 August 2017	SS		Tom Lawrence	Leicester City	Undisclosed
31 August 2017	S		Sam Winnall	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed
31 August 2017	CM		Maikel Kieftenbeld	Birmingham City	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	LW		Abdoul Camara	Guingamp	Mutual Consent
1 July 2017	CM		Will Hughes	Watford	£8,000,000
1 July 2017	ST		Tom Mellors	Retired	N/A
1 July 2017	RM		Alefe Santos	Yeovil Town	Released
4 July 2017	LW		Tom Ince	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed
7 July 2017	RB		Cyrus Christie	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed

Competitions

Friendlies

On 9 May 2017, Derby County announced they will face two German sides as part of their pre-season preparations. Three days later The Rams confirmed their pre-season schedule ahead of the new campaign.

11 July 2017	Kidderminster Harriers	0–4	Derby County	Kidderminster
19:45 BST		Report	Nugent  8' Bryson  17' Martin  31' Bent  72'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 1,078

15 July 2017	Macclesfield Town	0–2	Derby County	Macclesfield
15:00 BST		Report	Johnson  71' Bennett  81'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,501

18 July 2017	Port Vale	0–1	Derby County	Burslem
19:45 BST		Report	Bent  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,657

18 July 2017	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Derby County	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Rowe  59'	Report	Keogh  14'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,618

22 July 2017	Kaiserslautern	0–2	Derby County	Kaiserslautern, Germany
16:00 CEST		Report	Martin  24' Johnson  45'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion

25 July 2017	Northampton Town	1–0	Derby County	Northampton
19:45 BST	Richards  18'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,855

29 July 2017	Derby County	1–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Derby
15:00 BST	Vydra  80'	Report	Rupp  60' Wagner  82'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 11,406

Championship

Derby County became the first team to score a goal in the Championship 2017-18 season when Bradley Johnson netted after 11 minutes of their opening match against Sunderland.

League table

2017–18 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wolves  (C) (P)	46	30	9	7	82	39	+43	99	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Cardiff City  (P)	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90
3	Fulham  (P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	69	48	+21	75
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	58	45	+13	73
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	+11	72
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69
10	Sheffield Utd	46	20	9	17	62	55	+7	69
11	Bristol City	46	17	16	13	67	58	+9	67
12	Ipswich Town	46	17	9	20	57	60	−3	60
13	Leeds United	46	17	9	20	59	64	−5	60
14	Norwich City	46	15	15	16	49	60	−11	60
15	Reading	46	14	15	17	59	60	−1	57
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56
17	Nottm Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53
18	Hull City	46	11	16	19	70	70	0	49
19	Birmingham City	46	13	7	26	38	68	−30	46
20	Reading	46	10	14	22	48	70	−22	44
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	13	23	39	74	−35	43
22	Barnsley  (R)	46	9	14	23	48	71	−23	41	Relegation to League One
23	Burton Albion  (R)	46	10	11	25	38	81	−43	41
24	Sunderland  (R)	46	7	16	23	52	80	−28	37

Updated to games played on 26 May 2018
Source: EFL.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

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
5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7	1	0	1	1	2	−1	1	1	1	4	5	−1

Last updated: 19 August 2017
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	W	L
Position	11	19	14	8	12

Last updated: 19 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

1 4 August 2017	Sunderland	1–1	Derby County	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Grabban  42' (pen.) Vaughan 89'	Report	Johnson  11'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,578 Referee: Oliver Langford

2 12 August 2017	Derby County	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby
15:00 BST		Report	Douglas  32' Cavaleiro  76'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,757 Referee: Lee Probert

3 15 August 2017	Derby County	1–0	Preston North End	Derby
19:45 BST	Johnson 45' Vydra  58' (pen.) Weimann 90+2'	Report	Robinson 36' Huntington 57' Browne 74'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 24,371 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

4 19 August 2017	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Derby County	Horwich
15:00 BST	Karacan 35' Beevers 57' Madine  90+1'	Report	Nugent  8', 21' Wisdom 79'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 15,175 Referee: Steve Martin

5 26 August 2017	Sheffield United	3-1	Derby County	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Sharp  4', 90+8' Russell  39 o.g'		Bryson  90+1'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,202 Referee: Andy Madley

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Grimsby Town announed. Following the abandonment off the first round tie, the fixture was rescheduled for 22 August 2017. Victory against Grimsby Town in the re-scheduled match set up a second round tie against Barnsley.

First round 8 August 2017	Grimsby Town	A–A	Derby County	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST				Stadium: Blundell Park

First round 22 August 2017	Grimsby Town	0–1	Derby County	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Berrett 28' Davies  55', 63'	Report	Lawrence 38' Pearce 47' Vydra  53' (pen.) Bryson 69'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Second round 19 September 2017	Barnsley	v	Derby County	Barnsley
19:45 BST				Stadium: Oakwell