2017–18 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Garry Monk
League Season information
Final League position	The Championship
Cup placements
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Season statistics
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The 2017–18 season was Leeds United's 99th year in existence and eighth consecutive season in The Championship after finishing in 7th place last season.

The club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

The season covered the period from July 2017 to May/June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
2017	CB		Pontus Jansson	Torino	£3,420,000
2017	SS		Samu Saiz	SD Huesca	£3,150,000
2017	LM		Ezgjan Alioski	FC Lugano	£2,250,000
2017	RW		Hadi Sacko	Sporting B	£1,800,000
2017	CM		Mateusz Klich	FC Twente	£1,530,000
2017	CF		Pawel Cibicki	Malmo	£1,440,000
2017	CF		Jay-Roy Grot	Nijmegen	£1,440,000
2017	CF		Caleb Ekuban	Chievo Verona	£504,000
2017	GK		Felix Wiedwald	Werder Bremen	£450,000
2017	DM		Vurnon Anita	Newcastle United	Free
2017	CM		Ouasim Bouy	Juventus	Free
2017	GK		Andy Lonergan	Wolves	Free
2017	CM		Madger Gomes	Liverpool	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	Moving to	Fee
2017	CF		Chris Wood	Burnley	£14,760,000
2017	LB		Charlie Taylor	Burnley	Free
2017	CB		Giuseppe Bellusci	US Palermo	Free
2017	CF		Souleymane Doukara	Osmanlispor	Free
2017	RW		Jordan Botaka	Sint-Truiden	Free
2017	GK		Robert Green	Huddersfield Town	Free

Championship

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
11	6	2	3	18	11	+7	20	3	2	0	10	2	+8	3	0	3	8	9	−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	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L
Position	3	8	7	5	3	2	1	1	1	2	5

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 5 August 2017	Bolton Wanderers	2-3	Leeds United	Bolton
16:30 BST	Madine  39' Le Fondre  67'		Phillips  7', 42' Wood  30'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 19,857 Referee: Simon Hooper

2 12 August 2017	Leeds United	0-0	Preston North End	Leeds
15:00 BST				Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,880 Referee: Scott Duncan

3 15 August 2017	Leeds United	0-0	Fulham	Leeds
19:45 BST				Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 28,918 Referee: Darren Bond

4 19 August 2017	Sunderland	0-2	Leeds United	Sunderland
17:30 BST			Saiz  21' Dallas  76'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,237 Referee: Andy Davies

5 26 August 2017	Nottingham Forest	0-2	Leeds United	Nottingham
17:30 BST			Roofe  24' Alioski  87'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 25,682 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

6 09 Sep 2017	Leeds United	5-0	Burton Albion	Leeds
15:00 BST	Lasogga  20', 59' Phillips  35' Hernandez  44' Roofe  54'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,404 Referee: Oliver Langford

7 12 Sep 2017	Leeds United	2-0	Birmingham City	Leeds
19:45 BST	Saiz  17' Dallas  90+2'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 31,507 Referee: Peter Bankes

8 16 Sep 2017	Millwall	1-0	Leeds United	Millwall
15:00 BST	O'Brien  73'			Stadium: The Den Attendance: 16,447 Referee: Tim Robinson

9 23 Sep 2017	Leeds United	3-2	Ipswich Town	Leeds
15:00 BST	Lasogga  13' Phillips  32' Bialkowski  67 o.g.'		McGoldrick  30' Garner  71'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,002 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

10 26 Sep 2017	Cardiff City	3-1	Leeds United	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Zohore  28', 59' Hoilett  37'		Roofe  67'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,160 Referee: Kevin Friend

11 01 Oct 2017	Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Leeds United	Sheffield
13:00 BST	Hooper  25', 41' Lee  87'			Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,972 Referee: Andy Madley

EFL Cup

First round 9 August 2017	Leeds United	4-1	Port Vale	Leeds
19:45 BST	Saiz  12', 60', 62' Ekuban  83'		Michael Tonge  36'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 15,431 Referee: Peter Bankes

Second round 22 August 2017	Leeds United	5-1	Newport County	Leeds
19:45 BST	Roofe  44', 49', 65' Saiz  78' Vieira  89'		Labadie  33'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,098 Referee: Ross Joyce