The 2017–18 season was the 120th season in the history of Watford and their third consecutive season in the Premier League. They also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Marco Silva replaced Walter Mazzarri despite resigning as the manager at Hull City who were relegated last season, but after just 26 games in charge, he was sacked and was immediately replaced by Javi Gracia.
Squad
First team squad
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 GK Daniel Bachmann Stoke City Free 1 July 2017 CM Tom Cleverley Everton Undisclosed 1 July 2017 RB Kiko Femenía Alavés Free 1 July 2017 CM Will Hughes Derby County £8,000,000 8 July 2017 ST Harvey Bradbury Portsmouth Free 8 July 2017 GK Sam Howes West Ham United Free 14 July 2017 CM Nathaniel Chalobah Chelsea £5,000,000 8 August 2017 FW Richarlison Fluminense £11,160,000 9 August 2017 ST Andre Gray Burnley Undisclosed 31 August 2017 LB Marvin Zeegelaar Sporting CP Undisclosed
Loans in Date Position Nationality Player From End date Ref. 24 August 2017 RW André Carrillo Benfica 30 June 2018 31 August 2017 GK Orestis Karnezis Udinese 30 June 2018 31 August 2017 CB Molla Wagué Udinese 30 June 2018 29 January 2018 FW Gerard Deulofeu Barcelona 30 June 2018
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 CF Ola Adeyemo Valdres Released 1 July 2017 GK Charlie Bannister Free agent Released 1 July 2017 GK Rene Gilmartin Colchester United Released 1 July 2017 CF Ogo Obi Hemel Hempstead Town Released 1 July 2017 CM Rhyle Ovenden Free agent Released 1 July 2017 CF Mathias Ranégie BK Häcken Released 11 July 2017 DM Mario Suárez Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng Undisclosed 31 July 2017 RW Steven Berghuis Feyenoord Undisclosed 4 August 2017 RB Juan Carlos Paredes Emelec Free 15 August 2017 GK Giedrius Arlauskis CFR Cluj Mutual consent 16 August 2017 DM Valon Behrami Udinese Undisclosed
Loans out Date Position Nationality Player To End date Ref. 6 July 2017 DM Dennon Lewis Crawley Town 31 December 2017 27 July 2017 CF Obbi Oularé Antwerp 30 June 2018 1 September 2017 LW Nordin Amrabat Leganés 30 June 2018 1 September 2017 GK Costel Pantilimon Deportivo La Coruña 30 June 2018 2 October 2017 SS Mauro Zárate Al-Nasr 30 June 2018
Friendlies Watford played the following pre-season friendlies.
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 14 June 2017, Watford's league season fixtures were announced.
FA Cup Watford entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against Bristol City.
EFL Cup Watford entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home to Bristol City.
Statistics Appearances and goals Last updated on 8 May 2018.
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
Cards Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 18 December 2017.
No.Pos.Player2DF Daryl Janmaat103DF Miguel Britos315DF Sebastian Prödl106DF Adrian Mariappa208MF Tom Cleverley119FW Troy Deeney1111MF Richarlison3014MF Nathaniel Chalobah1016MF Abdoulaye Doucouré5018FW Andre Gray1021DF Kiko Femenía2022DF Marvin Zeegelaar2125DF José Holebas3027DF Christian Kabasele2029MF Étienne Capoue1037MF Roberto Pereyra10
Clean sheets Last updated on 18 December 2017. No.Pos.PlayerMatchesplayedPremier LeagueEFL CupFA CupTotal1 Heurelho Gomes19500530 Orestis Karnezis1000035 Daniel Bachmann00000Totals5005
References