The 2017–18 season is Queens Park Rangers' third consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2014–15 season. Along with the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.
Players First team squad
Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Alex Smithies GK 2015 Huddersfield Town 107 0 13 Matt Ingram GK 2016 Wycombe Wanderers 6 0 26 Joe Lumley GK 2016 Queens Park Rangers Academy 3 0 Defenders 2 Darnell Furlong RB/CB 2015 Queens Park Rangers Academy 39 0 3 Jake Bidwell LB 2016 Brentford 82 2 4 Grant Hall CB/RB 2015 Tottenham Hotspur 78 1 5 Nedum Onuoha (C) Onuoha was born in Warri, Nigeria, but was raised in England and has represented them at U-20 and U-21 level. CB/RB 2012 Manchester City 207 7 6 Joel Lynch Lynch was born in Eastbourne, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his father and made his international debut for Wales in August 2012. CB/LB 2016 Huddersfield Town 55 4 18 Jack Robinson LB/CB 2014 Liverpool 39 2 20 Alex Baptiste CB 2018 Middlesbrough 26 0 24 James Perch RB/CB/DM 2015 Wigan Athletic 74 0 29 Osman Kakay RB 2015 Queens Park Rangers Academy 3 0 32 Niko Hämäläinen Hämäläinen was born in Florida, United States, but also qualifies to represent Finland internationally through his father and has represented them at U-18, U-19, and U-21 level. LB/CB 2016 Queens Park Rangers Academy 3 0 Midfielders 7 Luke Freeman AM/RM/LM 2017 Bristol City 61 7 8 Jordan Cousins CM/RM/LM 2016 Charlton Athletic 33 0 11 Josh Scowen CM 2017 Barnsley 42 1 12 Jamie Mackie Mackie was born in Dorking, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his grandfather and made his international debut for Scotland in October 2010. RW/LW/CF 2015 Nottingham Forest 138 24 14 Ryan Manning CM 2015 Galway United 37 3 21 Massimo Luongo CM/AM/DM 2015 Swindon Town 104 7 22 Paweł Wszołek RW/LW/RB 2016 Hellas Verona 65 5 33 Ilias Chair Chair was born in Belgium, but also qualifies to represent Morocco internationally and has trained with the Morocco national under-20 football team. Midfielder 2017 Lierse 4 1 34 Bright Osayi-Samuel RW/LW 2017 Blackpool 18 1 36 David Wheeler RW/LW 2017 Exeter City 9 1 Forwards 9 Conor Washington Washington was born in Chatham, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally through his mother and Northern Ireland through his grandmother and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in March 2016. CF/RW/LW 2016 Peterborough United 88 13 17 Matt Smith CF 2017 Fulham 56 16 30 Eberechi Eze CF 2016 Millwall 16 2 37 Paul Smyth CF 2017 Linfield 13 2 38 Aramide Oteh CF 2017 Tottenham Hotspur 6 1 40 Idrissa Sylla CF/RW/LW 2016 Anderlecht 58 17
Kit Errea became manufacturers of QPR's kit. Bookmaker Royal Panda became kit sponsors.
Kit information QPR agreed a multi-year partnership with Erreà to replace Dryworld as the official technical kit suppliers from the 2017/18 season. The kits will be 100 per-cent bespoke designs for the duration of the deal. The Kits were revealed on 23 June.
On 22 June QPR announced a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with online casino Royal Panda.
New contracts
PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource 12 28 Grego-Cox was born in Hammersmith and Fulham, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and has represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level. — — Comley was born in Islington, England, but also qualifies to represent Montserrat internationally and has been called up by the Montserrat national football team. 14 33
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CM Charlie Owens Tottenham Hotspur Free 1 July 2017 DF Giles Phillips FC Barrington Free 1 July 2017 CM Josh Scowen Barnsley Free 12 July 2017 RW Chay Tilt West Bromwich Albion Free 7 August 2017 RB Alex Baptiste Middlesbrough Free 29 August 2017 FW Paul Smyth Linfield Undisclosed 31 August 2017 RW David Wheeler Exeter City £500,000 31 August 2017 LW Bright Osayi-Samuel Blackpool Undisclosed 14 September 2017 FW Zenon Stylianides Tottenham Hotspur Free 5 January 2018 FW Deshane Dalling Huddersfield Free
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CM Doughty was born in Westminster, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally and has represented them at U-19 and U-21 level. Michael Doughty Peterborough United Undisclosed 1 July 2017 CM Ben Gladwin Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed 1 July 2017 DM Karl Henry Bolton Wanderers Free 7 July 2017 RW Josh Bowler Everton Undisclosed 23 August 2017 AM Abdenasser El Khayati ADO Den Haag Free 28 December 2017 DF Steven Caulker Dundee Free 3 January 2018 RW Ngbakoto was born in Croix, France, and has represented them at U-17 and U-18 level, but also qualifies to represent DR Congo internationally and made his international debut for DR Congo in March 2017. Yeni Ngbakoto Guingamp Undisclosed 12 January 2018 FW Reece Grego-Cox Woking Free 12 January 2018 RW Michael Petrasso Montreal Impact Free 17 January 2018 CM Brandon Comley Colchester United Undisclosed 22 January 2018 FW Danny Rowe Free agent Free 23 January 2018 FW Dan Darbyshire Dartford Free 25 January 2018 CM Ariel Borysiuk Lechia Gdańsk Free 29 January 2018 AM Axel Prohouly Free agent Free 12 April 2018 GK Martin Herdman Retired
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref. 31 July 2017 DF Jack Williams Wycombe Wanderers 1 January 2018 3 August 2017 DF Alex Finney Maidstone United Approximately1 January 2018 30 August 2017 FW Brandon Adams Linfield 30 June 2018 30 August 2017 FW Eberechi Eze Wycombe Wanderers 2 January 2018 31 August 2017 CM Brandon Comley Colchester United 14 January 2018 31 August 2017 GK Matt Ingram Northampton Town 8 January 2018 28 October 2017 GK Seny Dieng Whitehawk Approximately4 January 2018 13 December 2017 GK Marcin Brzozowski Ashford Town 9 January 2018 15 December 2017 LB Caden Genovesi(work experience) Whitehawk Unknown 28 December 2017 GK Martin Herdman Staines Town 24 January 2018 1 January 2018 GK Conor Hudnott Staines Town 30 June 2018 3 January 2018 CM Sean Goss Rangers 30 June 2018 8 January 2018 GK Joe Lumley Blackpool 30 June 2018 22 January 2018 DF Alex Finney Maidstone United 30 June 2018 31 January 2018 RW Olamide Shodipo Colchester United 30 June 2018 16 March 2018 GK Seny Dieng Hampton & Richmond Borough 30 April 2018 23 March 2018 CM Joshua Wallen Chelmsford City 30 June 2018
Friendlies For the 2017/18 season, QPR announced pre-season friendlies against Peterborough United, FC Union Berlin, Lokomotive Leipzig, Bournemouth as well as behind-closed-doors games against Bromley, and Reading.
Competitions
Overview
CompetitionRecord Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Sky Bet Championship
League table
Result summary
Matches
The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 21 June 2017 at 09:00 BST.
Emirates FA Cup
In the FA Cup, QPR entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Milton Keynes Dons.
Carabao Cup
On 16 June 2017, QPR were drawn at home against Northampton Town in the first round. Another home tie against Brentford was confirmed for the second round.
Squad statistics Statistics Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Out on Loan Left During the Season
Goals
RankPlayerPositionChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotal1 Matt SmithFW1100112 Idrissa SyllaFW70073 Conor WashingtonFW6006 Massimo LuongoMF60065 Luke FreemanMF50056 Jamie MackieFW40047 Jake BidwellDF2002 Jack RobinsonDF2002 Pawel WszolekMF2002 Ryan ManningMF2002 Eberechi EzeMF2002 Paul SmythFW200213 Joel LynchDF1001 Josh ScowenMF1001 David WheelerMF1001 Aramide OtehFW1001 Ilias ChairMF1001 Bright Osayi-SamuelMF1001 Yeni N'GbakotoMF0101 Darnell FurlongDF0101Total572059
Clean sheets
RankPlayerPositionChampionshipLeague CupFA CupTotal1 Alex SmithiesGK70072 Matt IngramGK01013 Joe LumleyGK0000Total7108
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 11 MF Josh Scowen 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 5 DF Nedum Onouha 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 20 DF Alex Baptiste 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 12 FW Jamie Mackie 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 14 MF Ryan Manning 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 6 DF Joel Lynch 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 DF Jake Bidwell 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 21 MF Massimo Luongo 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 7 MF Luke Freeman 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 8 MF Jordan Cousins 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18 DF Jack Robinson 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17 FW Matt Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 DF Darnell Furlong 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 GK Matt Ingram 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 DF Steven Caulker 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22 MF Paweł Wszołek 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 40 FW Idrissa Sylla 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 GK Alex Smithies 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 DF James Perch 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 MF Ilias Chair 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 37 FW Paul Smyth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 colspan=3 Total 87 5 1 0 4 0 92 5
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