2018–19 Watford F.C. season

Watford 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Marco Silva
League Season information
Cup placements
FA Cup	Final vs Man City
EFL Cup	Third round (knocked out by Tottenham Hotspur)
Season statistics
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The 2018–19 season is Watford's 138th year in their history and third consecutive season in the Premier League. Watford will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2018	RW		Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	£11,500,000
1 July 2018	RB		Marc Navarro	Espanyol	Undisclosed
1 July 2018	CB		Ben Wilmot	Stevenage	Undisclosed
2 July 2018	LB		Adam Masina	Bologna	Undisclosed
5 July 2018	GK		Ben Foster	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed
5 July 2018	LW		Ken Sema	Östersunds FK	£1,800,000
9 August 2018	CM		Domingos Quina	West Ham United	£1,000,000
10 August 2018	CM		Kwasi Sibo	Banants	Undisclosed
8 January 2019	CF		Filip Stuparević	Voždovac	£2,000,000
23 January 2019	GK		Adam Parkes	Southampton	Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2018	GK		Nathan Gartside	Derry City	Released
1 July 2018	LW		Dennon Lewis	Unattached	Released
1 July 2018	LB		Brandon Mason	Coventry City	Released
1 July 2018	RB		Louis Rogers	Unattached	Released
1 July 2018	CB		Charlie Rowan	Queens Park Rangers	Released
1 July 2018	LW		Max Ryan	Unattached	Released
1 July 2018	RB		David Sesay	Crawley Town	Released
1 July 2018	CB		Connor Stevens	Wealdstone	Released
1 July 2018	AM		Carl Stewart	Wingate & Finchley	Released
3 July 2018	GK		Costel Pantilimon	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed
6 July 2018	ST		Mauro Zárate	Boca Juniors	Undisclosed
16 July 2018	LW		Nordin Amrabat	Al-Nassr	£4,000,000
23 July 2018	CM		Eduardo Montenegro	Envigado	Undisclosed
24 July 2018	LW		Richarlison	Everton	£40,000,000
30 July 2018	CB		Marian Huja	Køge	Undisclosed
7 August 2018	CF		Harvey Bradbury	Oxford United	Free transfer
20 August 2018	RB		Brice Dja Djédjé	Ankaragücü	Undisclosed
21 December 2018	CB		Younès Kaboul	Unattached	Mutual consent
7 January 2019	CF		Jubril Adedeji	Køge	Free transfer
15 January 2019	LW		Dion Pereira	Atlanta United	Undisclosed
18 January 2019	LW		Randell Williams	Exeter City	Free transfer

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date
11 July 2018	CF		Luis Javier Suárez	Gimnàstic de Tarragona	31 May 2019
18 July 2018	CM		Jaime Alvarado	Hércules	31 May 2019
20 July 2018	CF		Juan Camilo Becerra	Teruel	31 May 2019
23 July 2018	RW		Dodi Lukebakio	Fortuna Düsseldorf	31 May 2019
24 July 2018	CF		Harvey Bradbury	Hungerford Town	18 August 2018
25 July 2018	CB		Tommie Hoban	Aberdeen	31 May 2019
25 July 2018	CF		Jerome Sinclair	Sunderland	10 January 2019
27 July 2018	LW		Randell Williams	Wycombe Wanderers	2 January 2019
30 July 2018	AM		Matheus Santana	Ejea	31 May 2019
8 August 2018	GK		Daniel Bachmann	Kilmarnock	31 May 2019
9 August 2018	CF		Alex Jakubiak	Bristol Rovers	31 May 2019
10 August 2018	LB		Pervis Estupiñán	Mallorca	31 May 2019
22 August 2018	CF		Matheus Aias	Mirandés	31 May 2019
23 August 2018	RB		Kingsley Fobi	UD Ibiza	31 May 2019
23 August 2018	RB		Dimitri Foulquier	Getafe	31 May 2019
23 August 2018	CF		Obbi Oularé	Standard Liège	31 May 2019
27 August 2018	CB		Williams Velásquez	Sabadell	31 December 2018
31 August 2018	CM		Sulayman Marreh	Eupen	31 May 2019
27 December 2018	CB		Jorge Segura	Atlas	31 May 2019
1 January 2019	GK		Sam Howes	Eastbourne Borough	February 2019
1 January 2019	CB		Williams Velásquez	JEF United Chiba	2 January 2020
5 January 2019	RB		Andrew Eleftheriou	Braintree Town	31 May 2019
8 January 2019	CF		Stefano Okaka	Udinese	30 June 2019
10 January 2019	LB		Marvin Zeegelaar	Udinese	30 June 2019
31 January 2019	DF		Ashley Charles	Barnet	30 June 2019
31 January 2019	FW		Michael Folivi	AFC Wimbledon	30 June 2019
31 January 2019	CF		Jerome Sinclair	Oxford United	30 June 2019
31 January 2019	CB		Ben Wilmot	Udinese	30 June 2019

Friendlies

Watford confirmed pre-season friendlies with 1. FC Köln, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Stevenage, Brentford and Sampdoria.

Friendly 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)	1. FC Köln	1–1	Watford	Kitzbühel, Austria
18:30 CEST	Córdoba  56'	Report	Gray  6'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kitzbühel-Langau

Friendly 21 July 2018 (2018-07-21)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	Watford	Kitzbühel, Austria
15:30 CEST	Hennings  25'	Report	Success  20' Deeney  64' Sinclair  86'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kitzbühel-Langau

Friendly 27 July 2018 (2018-07-27)	Stevenage	0–1	Watford	Stevenage
19:30 BST		Report	Gray  88'	Stadium: Broadhall Way

Friendly 28 July 2018 (2018-07-28)	Brentford	1–2	Watford	Brentford
15:00 BST	Watkins  5'	Report	Dalsgaard  25' (o.g.) Gray  36'	Stadium: Griffin Park

Friendly 4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)	Watford	1–1	Sampdoria	Watford
15:00 BST	Deeney  53'	Matchday: Watford 1-1 Sampdoria Report	Colley  8'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,332