2018–19 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Neil Warnock
League Season information
Final League position	18th (relegated)
Highest position	14th
lowest position	20th
Points	31
Goals for	32
Goals against	69
Goals difference	–37
Cup placements
FA Cup	3rd Round (knocked out by Gillingham)
EFL Cup	2nd Round (knocked out by Norwich City)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Victor Camarasa (5) Bobby Reid (5)
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The 2018–19 season was Cardiff City's 120th season in their existence and their second in the Premier League. Cardiff were promoted to the top tier of English football for the first time since 2013 during the 2017–18 season. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

On 21 January, a Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft transporting Cardiff's recently transferred-in player Emiliano Sala was crashed off Alderney, in the Channel Islands. The aircraft had been travelling from Nantes, France, to Cardiff. The wreckage of the aircraft was found thirteen days later. He was confirmed dead on 7 February. Two days before the tragedy, Sala was presented as a Cardiff player but had not decided on his shirt number at that time. Cardiff and Nantes are in dispute over the payment of the transfer fee for Sala.

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Camp	GK		Derby	33	0	0	Rotherham United	1 July 2017	Free	2019
25	Neil Etheridge	GK		London	28	47	0	Walsall	1 July 2017	Free	2019
28	Brian Murphy	GK		Waterford	35	10	0	Portsmouth	2 September 2016	Free	2018
	Chris Konopka	GK		New Jersey	33	0	0	Free Agent	8 March 2018	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Lee Peltier	FB/CB		Liverpool	32	117	0	Huddersfield Town	24 January 2015	Nominal	2019
3	Joe Bennett	LB		Rochdale	28	67	4	Aston Villa	27 August 2016	Free	2019
4	Sean Morrison	CB		Plymouth	27	162	20	Reading	15 August 2014	£3,180,000	2020
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	CB/RB		Libreville	29	121	6	Lorient	1 September 2014	£5,360,000	2019
6	Jazz Richards	FB/DM		Swansea	27	39	0	Fulham	19 July 2016	Swap Deal	2019
14	Sol Bamba	CB		Ivry-sur-Seine	33	73	6	Free Agent	11 October 2016	Free	2020
15	Greg Halford	RB/CB/DM		Chelmsford	33	33	1	Rotherham United	6 January 2017	Nominal	2018
16	Matthew Connolly	CB/RB		Barnet	30	163	7	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2019
18	Callum Paterson	RB/CM		London	23	35	10	Heart of Midlothian	1 July 2017	£400,000	2020
Midfielders
7	Lee Tomlin	AM/WG		Leicester	29	16	1	Bristol City	13 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
8	Joe Ralls	CM/LM		Aldershot	25	179	18	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2020
11	Kadeem Harris	LW		Westminster	25	64	6	Wycombe Wanderers	30 January 2012	£150,000	2019
13	Anthony Pilkington	LW/CF		Blackburn	30	111	23	Norwich City	15 August 2014	£1,060,000	2019
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM/DM		Akureyri	30	258	24	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2018
19	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	RW/LW		Birmingham	26	41	7	Rochdale	1 July 2017	Free	2019
20	Loïc Damour	CM/DM		Chantilly	27	31	0	Bourg-Péronnas	6 July 2017	Free	2019
22	Stuart O'Keefe	CM		Eye	27	45	2	Crystal Palace	28 January 2015	£910,000	2019
23	Matthew Kennedy	RW		Irvine	23	22	0	Everton	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	2018
31	Mark Harris	AM/WG		Swansea	19	2	0	Academy	8 January 2017	Trainee	2019
33	Junior Hoilett	LW/RW		Brampton	28	82	13	Free Agent	10 October 2016	Free	2018
Forwards
9	Danny Ward	CF/LW		Bradford	27	20	4	Rotherham United	1 July 2017	£1,600,000	2020
10	Kenneth Zohore	CF		Copenhagen	24	81	23	KV Kortrijk	6 July 2016	£300,000	2020
26	Frédéric Gounongbe	CF		Brussels	30	15	0	Westerlo	1 July 2016	Free	2018
27	Ibrahim Meité	CF		London	22	2	0	Harrow Borough	6 January 2017	Undisclosed	2018
30	Omar Bogle	CF		Sandwell	24	12	3	Wigan Athletic	17 August 2017	£700,000	2020
37	Rhys Healey	CF		Manchester	23	13	1	Connah's Quay Nomads	28 January 2013	£25,000	2020
44	Gary Madine	CF		Gateshead	27	13	0	Bolton Wanderers	31 January 2018	£2,000,000	2021
Out on loan

^ Appearances and goals for the club and contracts are up to date as of 6 May 2018.

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	38	19	9	10	67	52	+15	66
7	Wolves	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham Utd	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	−2	49
13	Newcastle Utd	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45
14	Bournemouth	38	13	6	19	56	70	−14	45
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton	38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36
18	Cardiff City  (R)	38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham  (R)	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26
20	Huddersfield Town  (R)	38	3	7	28	22	76	−54	16

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 8 May 2018
Source: Premier League

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
Result
Position

Last updated: 8 May 2018.
Source: 11v11.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Summary

Games played	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games won	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games drawn	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goals scored	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goals conceded	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Goal difference	0
Clean sheets	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Red cards	0 (0 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst Discipline	(0 , 0 , 0 )
Best result
Worst result
Most appearances
Top scorer
Most Cleans Sheets
Points	0

Club staff

Backroom staff

Position	Name
Manager	Neil Warnock
Assistant Manager	Kevin Blackwell
First Team Coach	Ronnie Jepson
Goalkeeper Coach	Andy Dibble
Assistant Coach	James Rowberry
Head of Medical Services	Paul Godfrey
Club Doctor	Dr. Len Nokes
First Team Physiotherapist	James Rowland
Head of Fitness & Conditioning	Lee Southernwood
Senior Strength & Conditioning	Mike Beere
Sports Scientist	Ben Parry
Head Scout	Glyn Chamberlain
First Team Analyst	Jack Radusin
Player Liaison Officer	Callum Davies
Kit and Equipment Manager	Paul Carter

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
General Manager	Ken Choo
Finance Director	Richard Thompson
Non-Executive Board Members Football Club	Steve Borley (since 2003) Derek Chee Seng Chin (since 2010) Veh Ken Choo (since 2016) Mehmet Dalman (since 2012)
Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings)	Danni Rais (since 2012)
Club Secretary	David Beeby