Swansea City 2017–18 football season
The 2017–18 season was Swansea City 's 98th season in the English football league system , and their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League .[ 3] Along with competing in the Premier League , the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup . The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Swansea's relegation to the Championship was confirmed on 13 May 2018, the final day of the Premier League season, by virtue of them losing 2–1 at home to already relegated Stoke City , where only a win and a ten-goal difference swing over Southampton would have ensured survival.[ 4]
Club
Directors
Position
Name
Owners
Jason Levien Steve Kaplan
Chairman
Huw Jenkins
Vice Chairman
Leigh Dineen
Chief Operating Officer
Chris Pearlman
Directors
Martin Morgan Stuart McDonald Romie Chaudhari Bobby Hernreich
Behind the team
Position
Name
Head coach
Paul Clement until December 2017
Carlos Carvalhal from December 2017
Assistant coaches
Nigel Gibbs until December 2017
Claude Makélélé until November 2017[ 5]
Leon Britton November 2017 to December 2017[ 6]
João Mário from December 2017
Bruno Lage from December 2017
Analysts
Jhony Conceiçãofrom December 2017
Paulo Sampaiofrom December 2017
Head of physical performance
Karl Halabiuntil December 2017
Assistant head of physical performance
Eddie Lattimoreuntil December 2017
Physical performance coach
Jordan Smith
Goalkeeping coach
Tony Roberts
Loan player manager
Alan Curtis
Performance director
Rich Buchanan
Head of medicine/club doctor
Dr. Jez McClusky
Physiotherapists
Kate Rees
Ailsa Jones
Ritson Lloyd
Lead soft tissue therapist
Andy Stanbury
Soft tissue therapists
Adele Callaghan
Matthew Murray
Player liaison officer
Huw Lake
Head of recruitment
David Leadbeater
Technical recruitment scout
Tim Henderson
Assistant technical recruitment scout
Ian Roscrow
Match analysts
Scott Helmich
Alex Thomas
Football utilities co-ordinator
Suzan Eames
Football utilities assistants
Michael Eames
Shaun Baggridge
First team squad
N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Since
App
Goals
Ends
Transfer fee
Notes
1
GK
Łukasz Fabiański
32
EU
2014 [ 7]
112
0
2019[ 7]
Free
2
CF
Wilfried Bony
28
Non-EU
2017 [ 8]
70
35
2019[ 8]
Undisclosed
4
CM
Ki Sung-yueng
28
Non-EU
2012 [ 9]
130
10
2018[ 10]
£5,500,000
5
CB
Mike van der Hoorn
24
EU
2016 [ 11]
11
1
2019[ 11]
Undisclosed
6
CB
Alfie Mawson
23
EU
2016 [ 12]
27
4
2020[ 12]
Undisclosed
7
DM
Leon Britton
34
EU
2011 [ 13]
521
17
2018[ 14]
Undisclosed
8
CM
Leroy Fer
27
EU
2016 [ 15]
48
6
2019[ 15]
Undisclosed
10
CF
Tammy Abraham
19
EU
2017 [ 16]
0
0
2018[ 16]
Loan
11
RM
Luciano Narsingh
26
EU
2017 [ 17]
13
0
2019[ 17]
£4,000,000
12
RM
Nathan Dyer
29
EU
2009 [ 18]
281
31
2020[ 19]
£400,000
13
GK
Kristoffer Nordfeldt
28
EU
2015 [ 20]
8
0
2018[ 20]
£600,000
14
CM
Tom Carroll
25
EU
2017 [ 21]
35
2
2020[ 21]
Undisclosed
15
LM
Wayne Routledge
32
EU
2011 [ 22]
212
21
2018[ 23]
Undisclosed
16
LB
Martin Olsson
29
EU
2017 [ 24]
15
2
2019[ 24]
Undisclosed
17
CM
Sam Clucas
26
EU
2017 [ 25]
0
0
2021[ 25]
Undisclosed
18
CF
Jordan Ayew
25
Non-EU
2017 [ 26]
14
1
2020[ 26]
£5,000,000
22
RB
Àngel Rangel (C )
34
EU
2007 [ 27]
367
10
2018[ 28]
Undisclosed
25
GK
Erwin Mulder
28
EU
2017 [ 29]
0
0
2020[ 29]
Free
26
RB
Kyle Naughton
28
EU
2015 [ 30]
71
1
2020[ 31]
Undisclosed
27
CB
Kyle Bartley
26
EU
2012 [ 32]
26
0
2021[ 33]
£1,000,000
33
CB
Federico Fernández
28
EU
2014 [ 34]
93
1
2020[ 35]
Undisclosed
35
CM
Renato Sanches
20
EU
2017 [ 36]
0
0
2018[ 36]
Loan
51
DM
Roque Mesa
28
EU
2017 [ 37]
0
0
2021[ 37]
£11,000,000
56
CM
Jay Fulton
23
EU
2014 [ 38]
22
1
2020[ 39]
Undisclosed
62
CF
Oli McBurnie
21
EU
2015 [ 40]
6
2
2018[ 40]
Undisclosed
Updated to match played 8 September 2017 Source: Swansea City Official Website [1]
Ordered by 2017–18 squad numbers.
Transfers
Transfers in
^ Bony contract includes option for a third year.
Loans in
Transfers out
Loans out
New contracts
Pre-season friendlies
Friendlies
As of 2 June 2017, Swansea City have confirmed six pre-season friendlies against Philadelphia Union , Richmond Kickers , North Carolina in the United States,[ 92] Birmingham City ,[ 93] Barnet [ 94] and Sampdoria .[ 95]
Competitions
Overview
Competition
Record
Premier League
38
8
9
21
28
56
−28
0 21.05
FA Cup
7
3
3
1
13
6
+7
0 42.86
EFL Cup
3
2
0
1
6
3
+3
0 66.67
Total
48
13
12
23
47
63
−16
0 27.08
Updated to match played 13 May 2018 Source: Competitions
Premier League
League table
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
[ 96] (R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
38
8
9
21
28
56
−28
33
6
3
10
17
24
−7
2
6
11
11
32
−21
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 A H A H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A A H A H A H H Result D L W L D L L W L L L L D L L W L L D L W L D W W D W L W D L D D L L L L L Position 12 15 13 15 14 14 18 13 15 17 18 19 19 19 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 17 16 18 13 14 14 15 15 17 17 17 18 18
Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2018. Source:
BBC A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
Win
Draw
Loss
On 14 June 2017, Swansea City's Premier League fixtures were announced.[ 97]
FA Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
Swansea City joined the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Wolverhampton Wanderers .[ 98]
EFL Cup
Swansea City were given another away trip in the third round against Reading .[ 99]
Win
Draw
Loss
Statistics
Appearances, goals, and cards
Last updated on 13 May 2018
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions