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2017–18 Crystal Palace F.C. season

2017–18 season
Steve Parish
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Selhurst Park
11th
Third round
Fourth round
Luka Milivojević (10)
25,840 v Manchester United (5 March 2018)
6,607 v Huddersfield Town (19 September 2017)
25,063
5–0 v Leicester City, Premier League, 28 April 2018
0–5 v Manchester City, Premier League, 23 September 2017

Home colours

Away colours

The 2017–18 season was Crystal Palace's fifth consecutive season in the Premier League (which at that point had become their longest spell in the top division of English football) and the 112th year in their history. That season, Crystal Palace participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Frank de Boer was appointed as manager of Palace before the season began, only to be sacked on 11 September 2017 after losing his first four Premier League games without scoring. Former England national team manager Roy Hodgson was confirmed as his replacement the next day. Palace finished in 11th place in the Premier League, and were knocked out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup in the third and fourth rounds, respectively.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Crystal Palace started the season with the newly appointed Frank de Boer as manager, following the close season resignation of Sam Allardyce. A number of players were released at the end of their contracts, including first-team players Fraizer Campbell, Mathieu Flamini and Joe Ledley. Steve Mandanda was sold back to Marseille after a single season with the club. Early July saw the arrival of Jaïro Riedewald on a permanent transfer from Ajax and Ruben Loftus-Cheek on loan from Chelsea. As a warm-up to the season, the team took part in the Asia Trophy in Hong Kong (where they won one game and lost one), and had friendlies against Metz and Schalke 04, both of which were drawn. A week before the season started, Timothy Fosu-Mensah was loaned in from Manchester United.

Crystal Palace opened the Premier League season at home to newly promoted Huddersfield Town, a game they lost 0–3. An away defeat to Liverpool and another home defeat, to Swansea City, saw pressure grow on Frank de Boer. The first win of the season came against Ipswich Town in the Carabao Cup. Transfer deadline-day saw the arrival of Mamadou Sakho from Liverpool, following a successful spell on loan at the end of the previous season.

Following a fourth consecutive league defeat to Burnley, and with the team still goalless in the competition, Palace sacked De Boer on 11 September, replacing him the next day with former England manager Roy Hodgson. The poor run of league form continued with another three defeats, to Southampton, Manchester City and Manchester United. The second round of the Carabao Cup saw the team exact revenge for their opening day defeat by beating Huddersfield Town. By the end of the month, Crystal Palace were four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table, with seven defeats and no goals scored.

After an international break at the start of the month, Crystal Palace finally won a game: defeating the reigning Premier League champions, Chelsea, at home by a score of 2–1. Palace took an early lead through an own-goal with Chelsea equalising soon after. Wilfried Zaha scored the winning goal on the stroke of half-time. The third round of the Carabao Cup saw Palace travel to play Championship team Bristol City. Despite opening the scoring, they ended up on the wrong end of a 4–1 defeat. The month finished with another away defeat, this time to Newcastle, and a 2–2 home draw with West Ham, with Zaha scoring an equaliser seven minutes into injury time at the end of the game.

An away defeat to Spurs started the month, but the turnaround in home form continued with a 2–2 draw with Everton and a 2–1 victory over Stoke. On 28 November, Crystal Palace travelled away to play rivals Brighton & Hove Albion, returning with their first away point of the season after a 0–0 draw. The match saw a significant number of Palace fans locked-out following allegations of crowd disturbances. The local police reported a number of weapons were recovered at the match, a claim they later admitted was false.

A second successive goalless away draw against West Bromwich Albion saw Crystal Palace move off the foot of the table for the first time in 11 games, though they returned there after another 2–2 home draw with AFC Bournemouth. During injury time at the end of this match, Palace were awarded a penalty. Despite Luka Milivojević scoring a penalty earlier in the match, striker Christian Benteke insisted on taking it and his weak effort was saved, leading to criticism from his manager and the press. A home match with Watford saw Palace's habit of scoring late goals continue, with Bakary Sako and James McArthur scoring goals in the 89th and 91st minutes respectively to overcome a third-minute goal by their opponents. The next match was far less stressful: Palace were comfortable 3–0 winners over Leicester City, the match marking both the first away goals and the first away win of the league campaign, and moved the team up to 14th in the table. A further away point was gained with a draw at Swansea, which extended an unbeaten streak to eight matches, Palace's best ever in the Premier League. This run came to an end with a 2–3 home defeat to Arsenal before the year finished with a hard-fought scoreless draw with Manchester City. This match marked the end of City's 18-match winning streak in the Premier League, but saw season-ending injuries to both Scott Dann and Jason Puncheon and a late penalty miss by Luka Milivojević.

The first game of the New Year saw Crystal Palace chalk-up their second away win of the season, against Southampton, with goals from James McArthur and Luka Milivojević overcoming an early goal from Shane Long for the hosts. In the third round of the FA Cup, Palace lost 2–1 to rivals Brighton, with former Eagle Glenn Murray scoring a late winner. Back in the league, the good run continued, with Bakary Sako scoring the only goal in the first half of the home game against Burnley. The next game saw an awful start by Palace, finding themselves four goals down within the first quarter of the away match against Arsenal. They staged a minor recovery, scoring the only goal in the second half to lose 4–1. Another local away match, this time against West Ham, ended in a 1–1 draw, with Christian Benteke scoring his second goal of the season to open the scoring before a penalty from Mark Noble evened the score just before half-time. During the transfer window, Crystal Palace bolstered their ranks with Polish defender Jarosław Jach and Norwegian striker Alexander Sørloth as permanent transfers and Swedish midfielder Erdal Rakip a loan-signing from Benfica. Squad-members Keshi Anderson and Freddie Ladapo left the club with Andre Coker and Sullay Kaikai loaned out.

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Draw Loss

In the FA Cup, Crystal Palace entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round where they were drawn against Ipswich Town. Another home tie was confirmed for the third round, against Huddersfield Town, but in the fourth round Palace were drawn away against Bristol City.

Crystal Palace had five pre-season friendlies against Maidstone United, Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion (2017 Premier League Asia Trophy), Metz and Schalke 04.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Julián Speroni
2	DF	ENG	Joel Ward
3	DF	NED	Patrick van Aanholt
4	MF	SRB	Luka Milivojević
5	DF	ENG	James Tomkins
6	DF	ENG	Scott Dann
7	MF	FRA	Yohan Cabaye
8	MF	ENG	Ruben Loftus-Cheek (on loan from Chelsea)
9	FW	NOR	Alexander Sørloth
10	MF	ENG	Andros Townsend
11	MF	CIV	Wilfried Zaha
12	DF	FRA	Mamadou Sakho
13	GK	WAL	Wayne Hennessey
14	MF	KOR	Lee Chung-yong
15	MF	GHA	Jeffrey Schlupp
16	GK	BRA	Diego Cavalieri
17	FW	BEL	Christian Benteke
18	MF	SCO	James McArthur
21	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham
23	DF	SEN	Pape Souaré
24	DF	NED	Timothy Fosu-Mensah (on loan from Manchester United)
26	MF	MLI	Bakary Sako
27	DF	IRL	Damien Delaney
28	MF	BEL	Jason Lokilo
29	MF	ENG	Aaron Wan-Bissaka
30	GK	ENG	Dion-Curtis Henry
31	MF	SWE	Erdal Rakip (on loan from Benfica)
32	FW	ENG	Levi Lumeka
33	DF	POL	Jarosław Jach
34	DF	ENG	Martin Kelly
37	FW	ENG	James Daly
42	MF	ENG	Jason Puncheon (club captain)
44	DF	NED	Jaïro Riedewald

As of 13 May 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
4	MF	Luka Milivojević	10	0	0	10
11	MF	Wilfried Zaha	9	0	0	9
18	MF	James McArthur	5	0	2	7
26	MF	Bakary Sako	3	1	2	6
3	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	5	0	0	5
5	DF	James Tomkins	3	0	0	3
17	FW	Christian Benteke	3	0	0	3
10	MF	Andros Townsend	2	0	0	2
8	MF	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	2	0	0	2
12	DF	Mamadou Sakho	1	0	0	1
6	DF	Scott Dann	1	0	0	1
—	Own goal	1	0	0	1

As of 5 May 2018

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee
24 July 2017	CB	Jaïro Riedewald	Ajax	£8,000,000
4 August 2017	GK	Dion-Curtis Henry	Peterborough United	Free
31 August 2017	CB	Mamadou Sakho	Liverpool	£26,000,000
23 January 2018	DF	Jarosław Jach	Zagłębie Lubin	Undisclosed
31 January 2018	FW	Alexander Sørloth	Midtjylland	Undisclosed
2 March 2018	GK	Diego Cavalieri	Fluminense	Free agent

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee
30 June 2017	FW	Corie Andrews	Free agent	Released
30 June 2017	CF	Kwesi Appiah	AFC Wimbledon	Released
30 June 2017	FW	Jonathan Benteke	Omonia	Released
30 June 2017	FW	Fraizer Campbell	Hull City	Released
30 June 2017	CB	Luke Croll	Exeter City	Released
30 June 2017	MF	Mathieu Flamini	Free agent	Released
30 June 2017	DF	Zeki Fryers	Barnsley	Released
30 June 2017	DF	Ryan King-Elliott	Free agent	Released
30 June 2017	MF	Joe Ledley	Derby County	Released
30 June 2017	MF	Randell Williams	Watford	Released
30 June 2017	DF	Ben Wynter	Bromley	Released
11 July 2017	GK	Steve Mandanda	Marseille	Undisclosed
1 August 2017	DF	Callum Sturgess	Colchester United	Free
31 August 2017	MF	Hiram Boateng	Exeter City	Free
1 September 2017	GK	Kleton Perntreou	Welling United	Released
12 January 2018	MF	Noor Husin	Notts County	Undisclosed
16 January 2018	FW	Keshi Anderson	Swindon Town	Undisclosed
31 January 2018	FW	Freddie Ladapo	Southend United	Undisclosed
9 March 2018	MF	Michael Phillips	Maidstone United	Free

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date
12 July 2017	CM	Ruben Loftus-Cheek	Chelsea	30 June 2018
10 August 2017	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Manchester United	30 June 2018
22 January 2018	MF	Erdal Rakip	Benfica	End of season

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
31 August 2017	SS	Keshi Anderson	Swindon Town	January 2018
31 August 2017	CB	Ryan Inniss	Colchester United	30 June 2018
31 August 2017	AM	Jonny Williams	Sunderland	30 June 2018
26 January 2018	FW	Andre Coker	Maidstone United	30 June 2018
26 January 2018	FW	Sullay Kaikai	Charlton Athletic	30 June 2018
2 March 2018	MF	Jordon Mutch	Vancouver Whitecaps	31 December 2018

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