2017–18 Everton F.C. season

Everton 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Ronald Koeman
League Season information
Points	7
Goals for	4
Goals against	11
Goals difference	-7
Cup placements
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Season statistics
Matches played	6
Top goalscorer	League: Wayne Rooney (2) Oumar Niasse (2) All: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (3) Oumar Niasse (3)
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The 2017–18 season is Everton's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 140th year in existence. This season, Everton will participate in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Transfers

Transfers in

Everton spend big in summer transfer 2017. So far, 12 players have joined the club, with total spending of £127.1 millions. One of Everton's transfer this summer is returning Wayne Rooney from Manchester United on free transfer. Gylfi Sigurðsson breaks the club-record transfer after his arrival from Swansea City for fee of £40 millions. Other notable players are Davy Klaassen, Jordan Pickford, Sandro Ramírez, and Michael Keane.

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	CB		Nathangelo Markelo	Volendam	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	AM		Davy Klaassen	Ajax	£23,600,000
1 July 2017	LW		Henry Onyekuru	Eupen	£6,800,000
1 July 2017	GK		Jordan Pickford	Sunderland	£30,000,000
3 July 2017	CB		Michael Keane	Burnley	£25,000,000
3 July 2017	ST		Sandro Ramírez	Màlaga	£5,200,000
5 July 2017	FW		Boris Mathis	Metz	Free
7 July 2017	RW		Josh Bowler	Queens Park Rangers	£1,500,000
9 July 2017	FW		Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Free
17 July 2017	RB		Cuco Martina	Southampton	Free
27 July 2017	CB		Lewis Gibson	Newcastle United	£6,000,000
16 August 2017	AM		Gylfi Sigurðsson	Swansea City	£40,000,000
31 August 2017	CM		Dennis Adeniran	Fulham	Undisclosed
31 August 2017	AM		Nikola Vlašić	Hadjuk Split	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Everton's last season top scorer, Romelu Lukaku joined Manchester United, just one day after Rooney's arrival. Lukaku was transferred with undisclosed fee (officially), but it was reported to be worth an initial of £75 millions. Gerard Deulofeu left for Barcelona in buy-back clause.

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	CB		Jack Bainbridge	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Delial Brewster	Chesterfield	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Tom Cleverley	Watford	£8,000,000
1 July 2017	RW		Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	£10,600,000
1 July 2017	RW		Michael Donohue	Fleetwood Town	Released
1 July 2017	AM		Tyrone Duffus	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	GK		Russell Griffiths	Motherwell	Released
1 July 2017	GK		Connor Hunt	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Arouna Koné	Sivasspor	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Conor McAleny	Fleetwood Town	Released
1 July 2017	CB		Josef Yarney	Newcastle United	Released
1 July 2017	RB		James Yates	Hull City	Released
10 July 2017	CF		Romelu Lukaku	Manchester United	£75,000,000
13 July 2017	RW		Aiden McGeady	Sunderland	£500,000
17 July 2017	FW		Courtney Duffus	Oldham Athletic	Undislosed
15 August 2017	CM		Gareth Barry	West Brom	£1,000,000

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date
7 July 2017	LM		Anton Donkor	Wolfsburg	2 January 2018

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date
1 July 2017	LW		Henry Onyekuru	Anderlecht	30 June 2018
5 July 2017	CB		Brendan Galloway	Sunderland	30 June 2018
8 July 2017	RB		Tyias Browning	Sunderland	30 June 2018
19 July 2017	CB		Matthew Pennington	Leeds United	30 June 2018
20 July 2017	CM		Joe Williams	Barnsley	30 June 2018
3 August 2017	RM		Kieran Dowell	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018
4 August 2017	LB		Antonee Robinson	Bolton Wanderers	January 2018
30 August 2017	CM		Conor Grant	Crewe Alexandra	January 2018
31 August 2017	CB		Callum Connolly	Ipswich Town	30 June 2018
31 August 2017	CM		Liam Walsh	Birmingham City	January 2018

Overall transfer activity

Spending Summer: £133,100,000 Winter: £0 Total: £133,100,000

Income Summer: £95,100,000 Winter: £0 Total: £95,100,000

Expenditure Summer: £38,000,000 Winter: £0 Total: £38,000,000

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 22 June 2017, Everton have announced four pre-season friendlies against Sevilla, Gor Mahia, FC Twente and Racing Genk.

13 July 2017	Gor Mahia	1–2	Everton	Mzizima, Tanzania
17:00 EAT	Kagere  37'	Report	Rooney  35' Dowell  82'	Stadium: Tanzania National Main Stadium

19 July 2017	FC Twente	0–3	Everton	De Lutte, Netherlands
19:00 CEST		Report	Mirallas  44' Lennon  73' Dowell  81'	Stadium: De Stockakker

22 July 2017	Racing Genk	1–1	Everton	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST	Samatta  55'	Report	Rooney  45'	Stadium: Luminus Arena

6 August 2017	Everton	2–2	Sevilla	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Sandro  1' Mirallas  81' (pen.)	Report	Banega  58', 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	4	2	106	27	+79	100	Qualification for the  Champions League group stage
2	Manchester Utd  (Q)	38	25	6	7	68	28	+40	81
3	Tottenham  (Q)	38	23	8	7	74	36	+38	77
4	Liverpool  (Q)	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75
5	Chelsea  (Q)	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Arsenal  (Q)	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley  (Q)	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle Utd	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham Utd	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41
15	Brighton	38	9	13	16	34	54	−20	40
16	Huddersfield Town	38	9	10	19	28	58	−30	37
17	Southampton	38	7	15	16	37	56	−19	36
18	Swansea City  (R)	38	8	9	21	28	56	−28	33	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Stoke City  (R)	38	7	12	19	35	68	−33	33
20	West Brom  (R)	38	6	13	19	31	56	−25	31

Updated to games played on 13 May 2018
Source: Barclays Premier League
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
6	2	1	3	4	11	−7	7	2	0	1	3	4	−1	0	1	2	1	7	−6

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	L	W
Position	7	8	12	16	18	14

Last updated: 23 September 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Everton's Premier League fixtures were announced.

1 12 August 2017	Everton	1–0	Stoke City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Rooney  45+1'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,045 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

2 21 August 2017	Manchester City	1–1	Everton	Manchester
20:00 BST	Walker  44' Sterling  82'	Report	Rooney  35' Schneiderlin  88'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 49,108 Referee: Robert Madley

3 27 August 2017	Chelsea	2–0	Everton	London
13:30 BST	Fàbregas  27' Morata  40'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,382 Referee: Jonathan Moss

4 9 September 2017	Everton	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
15:00		Report	Kane  28', 46' Eriksen  42'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,835 Referee: Graham Scott

5 16 September 2017	Manchester United	4–0	Everton	Manchester
15:00	Valencia  4' Mkhitaryan  83' Lukaku  89' Martial  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,042 Referee: Andre Marriner

6 23 September 2017	Everton	2–1	Bournemouth	Liverpool
15:00	Niasse  77', 82'	Report	King  49'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,133 Referee: Martin Atkinson

7 30 September 2017	Everton	v	Burnley	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

8 14 October 2017	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Everton	Brighton
15:00				Stadium: Amex Stadium

9 21 October 2017	Everton	v	Arsenal	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

10 28 October 2017	Leicester City	v	Everton	Leicester
15:00				Stadium: King Power Stadium

11 4 November 2017	Everton	v	Watford	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

12 18 November 2017	Crystal Palace	v	Everton	London
15:00				Stadium: Selhurst Park

13 25 November 2017	Southampton	v	Everton	Southampton
15:00				Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium

14 29 November 2017	Everton	v	West Ham United	Liverpool
19:45				Stadium: Goodison Park

15 2 December 2017	Everton	v	Huddersfield Town	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

16 9 December 2017	Liverpool	v	Everton	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Anfield

17 13 December 2017	Newcastle United	v	Everton	Newcastle
19:45				Stadium: St. James' Park

18 16 December 2017	Everton	v	Swansea City	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

19 23 December 2017	Everton	v	Chelsea	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

20 26 December 2017	West Bromwich Albion	v	Everton	West Bromwich
15:00				Stadium: The Hawthorns

21 30 December 2017	Bournemouth	v	Everton	Bournemouth
15:00				Stadium: Vitality Stadium

22 1 January 2018	Everton	v	Manchester United	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

23 13 January 2018	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Everton	London
15:00				Stadium: Wembley Stadium

24 20 January 2018	Everton	v	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

25 31 January 2018	Everton	v	Leicester City	Liverpool
19:45				Stadium: Goodison Park

26 3 February 2018	Arsenal	v	Everton	Holloway, London
15:00				Stadium: Emirates Stadium

27 10 February 2018	Everton	v	Crystal Palace	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

28 24 February 2018	Watford	v	Everton	Watford
15:00				Stadium: Vicarage Road

29 3 March 2018	Burnley	v	Everton	Burnley
15:00				Stadium: Turf Moor

30 10 March 2018	Everton	v	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

31 17 March 2018	Stoke City	v	Everton	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00				Stadium: Bet365 Stadium

32 31 March 2018	Everton	v	Manchester City	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

33 7 April 2018	Everton	v	Liverpool	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

34 14 April 2018	Swansea City	v	Everton	Swansea
15:00				Stadium: Liberty Stadium

35 21 April 2018	Everton	v	Newcastle United	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

36 28 April 2018	Huddersfield Town	v	Everton	Huddersfield
15:00				Stadium: John Smith's Stadium

37 5 May 2018	Everton	v	Southampton	Liverpool
15:00				Stadium: Goodison Park

38 13 May 2018	West Ham United	v	Everton	Stratford, London
15:00				Stadium: London Stadium

EFL Cup

Everton joined the competition in third round and were drawn at home to Sunderland. They advanced to the fourth round after defeating Sunderland 3–0, they were drawn against Chelsea

Third round 20 September 2017	Everton	3–0	Sunderland	Walton, Liverpool
19:45 BST	Calvert-Lewin  38', 51' Niasse  83'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Oliver Langford

Fourth round 24 October 2017	Chelsea	v	Everton	Fulham, London
13:45 BST				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying

On 14 July 2017, the draw for the third qualifying round was made with Everton facing Slovakian side Ružomberok (confirmed on 20 July 2017) with the first leg being at home. Everton advance to the play-off round after winning the tie 2–0 on aggregate. In the play-off round, Everton were drawn against Croatian side, Hajduk Split.

Third qualifying round L1 27 July 2017	Everton	1–0	Ružomberok	Walton, England
20:05 BST	Baines  65'	Report (Official site) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,124 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Third qualifying round L2 3 August 2017	Ružomberok	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Everton	Ružomberok, Slovakia
20:45 CEST		Report (Official site) Report (UEFA)	Calvert-Lewin  80'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Play-off round L1 17 August 2017	Everton	2–0	Hajduk Split	Walton, England
20:05	Keane  30' Gueye  45'	Report (Official site) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Play-off round L2 24 August 2017	Hajduk Split	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Everton	Split, Croatia
21:00 CEST	Radošević  43'	Report (Official site) Report (UEFA)	Sigurðsson  46'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 31,645 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage

On 25 August 2017, Everton were drawn into Group E alongside Lyon, Atalanta and Apollon Limassol.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
Atalanta	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase
Lyon	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11
Everton	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4
Apollon Limassol	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3

Group E 14 September 2017	Atalanta	3–0	Everton	Bergamo, Italy
19:00 CET	Masiello  27' Gómez  41' Cristante  44'	Report (Official site) Report (UEFA)		Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Group E 28 September 2017	Everton	v	Apollon Limassol	Walton, England
21:05 CET				Stadium: Goodison Park

Group E 19 October 2017	Everton	v	Lyon	Walton, England
21:05 CET				Stadium: Goodison Park

Group E 2 November 2017	Lyon	v	Everton	Lyon, France
19:00 CET				Stadium: Groupama Stadium

Group E 23 November 2017	Everton	v	Atalanta	Walton, England
21:05 CET				Stadium: Goodison Park

Group E 7 December 2017	Apollon Limassol	v	Everton	Limassol, Cyprus
19:00 CET				Stadium: Tsirion Stadium

Squad statistics

As of 14 September 2017

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Jordan Pickford	9	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		MF	Morgan Schneiderlin	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Leighton Baines	11	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
4		DF	Michael Keane	11	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
5		DF	Ashley Williams	11	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
6		DF	Phil Jagielka	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Yannick Bolasie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Ross Barkley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		FW	Sandro Ramírez	8	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+2	0
10		FW	Wayne Rooney	11	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	5	0
11		FW	Kevin Mirallas	6	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
12		MF	Aaron Lennon	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
15		DF	Cuco Martina	7	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	James McCarthy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		MF	Idrissa Gueye	9	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
18		MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	7	1	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
20		MF	Davy Klaassen	9	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	0
21		MF	Muhamed Bešić	6	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0
22		GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23		DF	Séamus Coleman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	Ramiro Funes Mori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		MF	Tom Davies	11	0	3+3	0	0	0	1	0	1+3	0
27		MF	Nikola Vlašić	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
29		FW	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	12	3	3+3	0	0	0	1	2	3+2	1
30		DF	Mason Holgate	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
31		FW	Ademola Lookman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
33		GK	Joel Robles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		FW	Oumar Niasse	2	3	0+1	2	0	0	0+1	1	0	0
43		DF	Jonjoe Kenny	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left during the season
18		MF	Gareth Barry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0