The 2017-18 season was Aston Villa's 2nd season in the Football League Championship. The 2017–18 EFL Championship season was Villa's 143rd season in English football. Villa secured a play-off place and defeated Middlesbrough to reach the final, but lost 1–0 to Fulham in the final and thus missed out on promotion to the Premier League.
John Terry (32) joined Aston Villa and was appointed captain. Other signings included Ahmed Elmohamady (113), Glenn Whelan (68), Robert Snodgrass (40), Josh Onomah (33), Axel Tuanzebe (39), Lewis Grabban (15) and Christopher Samba (12).
Competitions
Championship
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.
Play-offs
FA Cup In the FA Cup, Aston Villa entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against either Woking or Peterborough United. The latter won their replayed tie 5–2 to visit Villa Park in the third round.
EFL Cup On 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place with a trip to Colchester United confirmed. Villa were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the second round. A third round home time against Middlesbrough was made on 24 August 2017.
Pre-season friendlies
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 3 July 2017 CB John Terry Chelsea Free 19 July 2017 RB Ahmed Elmohamady Hull City Undisclosed 20 July 2017 CB Christopher Samba Free agent Free 20 July 2017 DM Glenn Whelan Stoke City £2,000,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CF Libor Kozák Free agent Released 1 July 2017 CB Niall Mason Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed 1 July 2017 DM Carlos Sánchez Moreno Fiorentina £3,000,000 25 July 2017 CM Jordan Veretout Fiorentina £7,000,000 28 July 2017 CB Nathan Baker Bristol City Undisclosed 13 August 2017 MF Leandro Bacuna Reading F.C. Undisclosed
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 14 July 2017 GK Sam Johnstone Manchester United 30 June 2018 4 August 2017 CM Josh Onomah Tottenham Hotspur 30 June 2018 25 August 2017 RW Robert Snodgrass West Ham United 30 June 2018 25 January 2018CBAxel TuanzebeManchester United30 June 201831 January 2018CFLewis GrabbanBournemouth30 June 2018
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 16 January 2017 GK Pierluigi Gollini Atalanta 30 June 2018 12 July 2017 RW Carles Gil Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2018 27 July 2017 CM Aaron Tshibola Milton Keynes Dons 30 June 2018 10 August 2017 LB Jordan Amavi Marseille 30 June 2018 24 August 2017 CB Kevin Toner Stevenage 30 June 2018 31 August 2017 CM Gary Gardner Barnsley 30 June 2018 31 August 2017 GK Matija Sarkic Wigan Athletic January 2018 29 September 2017FWRoss McCormackMelbourne CityInjury replacement23 January 2018RBRitchie De LaetRoyal Antwerp30 June29 January 2018CBTommy ElphickReading30 June31 January 2018CBEasah SulimanGrimsby Town30 June
Squad statistics Appearances and goals Ref:
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Top scorers Sources: No.Pos.Nat.PlayerChampionshipLeague Cup FA CupOtherTotalGoalsAssistsGoalsAssistsGoalsAssistsGoalsAssistsGoalsAssists 37 MF Albert Adomah145120000157 14 MF Conor Hourihane112000000112 9 FWScott Hogan6230000092 45 FW Lewis Grabban8100000080 7 MF Robert Snodgrass714000000714 18 MF Josh Onomah4300000043 20 MF Birkir Bjarnason3211000043 5 DF James Chester4100000041 10 MF Jack Grealish3500000136 39 FW Keinan Davis 2 100 1000 3 1 8 MF Henri Lansbury 2 3000000 2 3 15 MF Mile Jedinak 100000 10 20 22 FW Jonathan Kodjia1300000013 11 FW Gabriel Agbonlahor1100000011 26 DF John Terry1100000011 6 MF Glenn Whelan1100000011 4 DF Christopher Samba1000000010 19 MF Andre Green1000000010 27 DF Ahmed Elmohamady0500000005 21 DF Alan Hutton0200000002 36 MF Callum O'Hare0100000001 2 DF Ritchie De Laet0001000001Total71525410117857
Disciplinary record
NationNameHenri Lansbury11Conor Hourihane20Neil Taylor21Glenn Whelan30Andre Green10Alan Hutton10Jonathan Kodjia10Josh Onomah10Robert Snodgrass10
Suspensions served
Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed19 September 20171Tommy Elphick vs Middlesbrough (H)Nottingham Forest (H)
References