2017–18 Cardiff City F.C. season

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The 2017–18 season was Cardiff City's 119th season in their existence and the 90th in the Football League. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

OwnerVincent Tan

ChairmanMehmet Dalman

ManagerNeil Warnock

StadiumCardiff City Stadium

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Cardiff City F.C.

2017–18 season

Owner

Chairman

Manager

Stadium

2nd (promoted)

Fourth round
(vs. Manchester City)

EFL Cup

Second round
(vs. Burton Albion)

Top goalscorer

League: Callum Paterson (10)
All: Junior Hoilett (11)

Highest home attendance

32,478
vs Reading, 6 May 2018

Lowest home attendance

5,820
vs Burton Albion, 22 August 2017

Average home league attendance

20,164 ^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

First-team squad

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No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
25	Neil Etheridge	GK	London	28	47	0	Walsall	1 July 2017	Free	2021
28	Brian Murphy	GK	Waterford	35	10	0	Portsmouth	2 September 2016	Free	2018
	Chris Konopka	GK	New Jersey	33	0	0	Free agent	8 March 2018	Free	2018
Defenders
2	Lee Peltier	FB/CB	Liverpool	32	117	0	Huddersfield Town	24 January 2015	Nominal	2019
3	Joe Bennett	LB	Rochdale	28	67	4	Aston Villa	27 August 2016	Free	2019
4	Sean Morrison	CB	Plymouth	27	162	20	Reading	15 August 2014	£3,180,000	2020
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	CB/RB	Libreville	29	121	6	Lorient	1 September 2014	£5,360,000	2019
6	Jazz Richards	FB/DM	Swansea	27	39	0	Fulham	19 July 2016	Swap Deal	2019
14	Sol Bamba	CB	Ivry-sur-Seine	33	73	6	Free agent	11 October 2016	Free	2020
15	Greg Halford	RB/CB/DM	Chelmsford	33	33	1	Rotherham United	6 January 2017	Nominal	2018
16	Matthew Connolly	CB/RB	Barnet	30	163	7	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2019
18	Callum Paterson	RB/CM	London	23	35	10	Heart of Midlothian	1 July 2017	£400,000	2020
32	Armand Traore	LB/CB	Chatenay-Malabry	28	4	1	Nottingham Forest	1 February 2018	Loan	2018
Midfielders
8	Joe Ralls	CM/LM	Aldershot	25	179	18	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2020
11	Kadeem Harris	LW	Westminster	25	64	6	Wycombe Wanderers	30 January 2012	£150,000	2019
12	Liam Feeney	RM/LM	Hammersmith	32	16	0	Blackburn Rovers	31 August 2017	Loan	2018
13	Anthony Pilkington	LW/CF	Blackburn	30	111	23	Norwich City	15 August 2014	£1,060,000	2019
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM/DM	Akureyri	30	258	24	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2018
19	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	RW/LW	Birmingham	26	41	7	Rochdale	1 July 2017	Free	2019
20	Loïc Damour	CM/DM	Chantilly	27	31	0	Bourg-Péronnas	6 July 2017	Free	2019
21	Craig Bryson	CM	Rutherglen	31	22	2	Derby County	31 August 2017	Loan	2018
24	Marko Grujić	DM/CM	Belgrade	22	14	1	Liverpool	17 January 2018	Loan	2018
31	Mark Harris	AM/WG	Swansea	19	2	0	Academy	8 January 2017	Trainee	2019
33	Junior Hoilett	LW/RW	Brampton	28	82	13	Free agent	10 October 2016	Free	2021
Forwards
9	Danny Ward	CF/LW	Bradford	27	20	4	Rotherham United	1 July 2017	£1,600,000	2020
10	Kenneth Zohore	CF	Copenhagen	24	81	23	KV Kortrijk	6 July 2016	£300,000	2020
26	Frédéric Gounongbe	CF	Brussels	30	15	0	Westerlo	1 July 2016	Free	2018
27	Ibrahim Meite	CF	London	22	2	0	Harrow Borough	6 January 2017	Undisclosed	2018
29	Jamie Ward	CF/LW	Birmingham	32	4	0	Nottingham Forest	31 January 2018	Loan	2018
35	Yanic Wildschut	LW/CF	Amsterdam	26	8	0	Norwich City	12 January 2018	Loan	2018
44	Gary Madine	CF	Gateshead	27	13	0	Bolton Wanderers	31 January 2018	£2,000,000	2021
Out on loan
1	Lee Camp	GK	Derby	33	0	0	Rotherham United	1 July 2017	Free	2019
7	Lee Tomlin	AM/WG	Leicester	29	16	1	Bristol City	13 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
22	Stuart O'Keefe	CM	Eye	27	45	2	Crystal Palace	28 January 2015	£910,000	2019
23	Matthew Kennedy	RW	Irvine	23	22	0	Everton	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	2018
30	Omar Bogle	CF	Sandwell	24	12	3	Wigan Athletic	17 August 2017	£700,000	2020
37	Rhys Healey	CF	Manchester	23	13	1	Connah's Quay Nomads	28 January 2013	£25,000	2020

^ Appearances and goals for the club and contracts are up to date as of 6 May 2018.

Statistics

As of 6 May 2018

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Lee Peltier	30	0	27+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	42	1	39+0	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	43	7	38+1	7	3+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	GAB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	43	1	35+3	0	3+0	1	2+0	0
6	DF	WAL	Jazz Richards	11	0	5+1	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	40	7	37+0	7	2+0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Danny Ward	20	4	6+12	4	0+0	0	2+0	0
10	FW	DEN	Kenneth Zohore	39	9	30+6	9	3+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Kadeem Harris	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF	ENG	Liam Feeney	16	0	4+11	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF	IRL	Anthony Pilkington	13	5	1+7	3	1+2	1	1+1	1
14	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba	46	4	43+3	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Greg Halford	16	1	2+10	0	1+1	0	2+0	1
16	DF	ENG	Matthew Connolly	5	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	ISL	Aron Gunnarsson	20	1	17+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	SCO	Callum Paterson	36	10	24+9	10	3+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	41	7	32+5	6	2+0	0	0+2	1
20	MF	FRA	Loïc Damour	32	0	18+9	0	1+2	0	1+1	0
21	MF	SCO	Craig Bryson	22	2	19+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	SRB	Marko Grujić	14	1	12+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	GK	PHI	Neil Etheridge	47	0	45+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW	BEN	Frédéric Gounongbe	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Ibrahim Meite	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	GK	IRL	Brian Murphy	4	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
29	FW	NIR	Jamie Ward	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	SEN	Armand Traoré	4	1	3+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	CAN	Junior Hoilett	50	11	44+2	9	2+1	2	0+1	0
34	DF	WAL	Cameron Coxe	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
35	MF	NED	Yanic Wildschut	10	0	2+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	ENG	Gary Madine	13	0	5+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players out on Loan:
7	MF	ENG	Lee Tomlin (at Nottingham Forest)	15	1	5+7	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Stuart O'Keefe (at Portsmouth)	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	SCO	Matthew Kennedy (at Portsmouth)	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
30	FW	ENG	Omar Bogle (at Peterborough United)	12	3	4+6	3	0+1	0	1+0	0
37	FW	ENG	Rhys Healey (at Torquay United)	5	0	1+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 6 May 2018

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Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	33	LW	Junior Hoilett	9	2	0	11
2	18	RB	Callum Paterson	10	0	0	10
3	10	CF	Kenneth Zohore	9	0	0	9
4	4	CB	Sean Morrison	7	0	0	7
	8	CM	Joe Ralls	7	0	0	7
	19	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	6	0	1	7
7	13	LW	Anthony Pilkington	3	1	1	5
8	9	CF	Danny Ward	4	0	0	4
9	14	CB	Sol Bamba	3	0	0	3
9	30	CF	Omar Bogle	3	0	0	3
11	21	CM	Craig Bryson	2	0	0	2
12	3	LB	Joe Bennett	1	0	0	1
	5	CB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	0	1	0	1
	7	AM	Lee Tomlin	1	0	0	1
	15	CB	Greg Halford	0	0	1	1
	17	CM	Aron Gunnarsson	1	0	0	1
	24	DM	Marko Grujić	1	0	0	1
	32	LB	Armand Traoré	1	0	0	1
Total				69	4	3	76

Disciplinary record

As of 6 May 2018

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Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	2		RB	Lee Peltier	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
2	3		LB	Joe Bennett	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	1	0
3	8		CM	Joe Ralls	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	14		CB	Sol Bamba	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	4		CB	Sean Morrison	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
6	5		CB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	18		RB	Callum Paterson	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	20		CM	Loïc Damour	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	21		CM	Craig Bryson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	24		DM	Marko Grujić	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	15		RB	Greg Halford	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17		CM	Aron Gunnarsson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	33		LW	Junior Hoilett	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
14	6		RB	Jazz Richards	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7		AM	Lee Tomlin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		CB	Matthew Connolly	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	30		CF	Omar Bogle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
18	12		RM	Liam Feeney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13		LW	Anthony Pilkington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	19		RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		GK	Neil Etheridge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		CF	Frédéric Gounongbe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		GK	Brian Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	29		CF	Jamie Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	34		RB	Cameron Coxe	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	44		CF	Gary Madine	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					78	0	1	5	1	0	2	0	0	85	1	1

Suspensions

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Player	Date received	Offence	Length of suspension
Omar Bogle	4 November 2017	vs Bristol City	3 matches	Brentford (H), Barnsley (A), Nottingham Forest (A) (Championship)
Lee Peltier	4 November 2017	5 yellow cards	1 match	Brentford (H) (Championship)
Joe Bennett	28 January 2018	vs Manchester City	1 match	Leeds United (A)

Last updated: 28 January 2018.
Source: Football Association

Contracts

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Date	Position	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
20 July 2017	CB	Sean Morrison	Signed	3 years	June 2020	^[2]
25 August 2017	CB	Sol Bamba	Signed	3 years	June 2020	^[3]
30 October 2017	CF	Rhys Healey	Signed	3 years	June 2020	^[4]
30 November 2017	CM	Aron Gunnarsson	Rejected	—	June 2018	^[5]
26 June 2018	LW	Junior Hoilett	Signed	3 years	June 2021	^[6]
29 June 2018	GK	Neil Etheridge	Signed	3 years	June 2021	^[7]

Transfers

Transfers in

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Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Lee Camp	Rotherham United	Free	^[8]
1 July 2017	GK	Neil Etheridge	Walsall	Free	^[9]
1 July 2017	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Rochdale	Free	^[9]
1 July 2017	RB	Callum Paterson	Heart of Midlothian	Bosman (~£400,000)	^[10]^[a]
1 July 2017	CF	Danny Ward	Rotherham United	£1,600,000	^[12]^[b]
6 July 2017	CM	Loïc Damour	Bourg-Péronnas	Free	^[14]
13 July 2017	AM	Lee Tomlin	Bristol City	£1,500,000	^[15]^[16]
21 July 2017	AM	Tyrone Duffus	Everton	Free transfer	^[17]^[c]
17 August 2017	CF	Omar Bogle	Wigan Athletic	£700,000^[18]	^[19]
16 November 2017	CB	Rolf Feltscher	Free agent	Free transfer	^[20]
22 January 2018	CB	Ciaron Brown	Wealdstone	Undisclosed	^[21]^[c]
22 January 2018	CF	Jack McKay	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[21]^[c]
22 January 2018	CB	Paul McKay	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[21]^[c]
22 January 2018	CF	Ogo Obi	Free Agent	Free transfer	^[21]^[c]
31 January 2018	CF	Gary Madine	Bolton Wanderers	£5,000,000	^[22]
8 March 2018	GK	Chris Konopka	Free agent	Free transfer	^[23]

Spent: – £11,900,000

[a]
Although officially undisclosed, Cardiff reportedly paid a training compensation fee of £400,000.^[11]
[b]
Although officially undisclosed, Sky Sports reported the fee to be £1,600,000 plus add ons.^[13]
[c]
Joined the U-23 squad for the 2017–18 season.

Loans in

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Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
31 August 2017	CM	Craig Bryson	Derby County	30 June 2018	^[24]
31 August 2017	RM	Liam Feeney	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2018^[a]	^[24]
12 January 2018	LW	Yanic Wildschut	Norwich City	30 June 2018	^[26]
17 January 2018	DM	Marko Grujić	Liverpool	30 June 2018	^[27]
31 January 2018	CF	Jamie Ward	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	^[28]
2 February 2018	LB	Armand Traoré	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	^[29]

[a]
On 5 January 2018, Feeney's loan was extended to 30 June 2018.^[25]

Transfers out

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Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CM	Tom Adeyemi	Ipswich Town	Released	^[30]^[a]
1 July 2017	CB	Semi Ajayi	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	^[32]
1 July 2017	CF	Jamie Bird	Unattached	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	CB	Jordan Blaise	Unattached	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	DM	Emyr Huws	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	^[33]
1 July 2017	CF	Adam Le Fondre	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[34]
1 July 2017	GK	Luke O'Reilly	Unattached	Released	^[35]
1 July 2017	CB	Deji Oshilaja	AFC Wimbledon	Free	^[36]
1 July 2017	LM	Robbie Patten	Unattached	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	CM	Macauley Southam	Unattached	Released	^[30]
1 July 2017	CM	Theo Wharton	York City	Released	^[30]^[b]
1 July 2017	CM	Peter Whittingham	Blackburn Rovers	Free	^[38]
6 July 2017	CF	Rickie Lambert	Unattached	Released	^[30]
21 July 2017	CF	Idriss Saadi	RC Strasbourg	£1,350,000	^[39]
31 August 2017	RW	Craig Noone	Bolton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[40]
19 December 2017	CB	Rolf Feltscher	LA Galaxy	Released	^[41]
22 December 2017	LB	Declan John	Rangers	Undisclosed	^[42]
17 February 2018	GK	Oliver Byrne	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed	^[43]

Income: – £1,350,000

[a]
Following his release, Adeyemi joined Ipswich Town.^[31]
[b]
Following his release, Wharton joined York City.^[37]

Loans out

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Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
4 August 2017	GK	Ben Wilson	Oldham Athletic	4 January 2018	^[44]
25 August 2017	CF	Ibrahim Meite	Crawley Town	4 January 2018	^[45]
31 August 2017	LB	Declan John	Rangers	22 December 2017	^[46]^[a]
31 August 2017	CM	Stuart O'Keefe	Portsmouth	30 June 2018	^[47]
31 August 2017	RW	Matthew Kennedy	Portsmouth	30 June 2018	^[24]
2 November 2017	GK	Oliver Byrne	Chorley	31 December 2017	^[48]
10 November 2017	AM	Tyrone Duffus	Hereford	January 2018	^[49]
31 January 2018	AM	Lee Tomlin	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	^[28]
31 January 2018	CF	Omar Bogle	Peterborough United	30 June 2018	^[50]
1 February 2018	GK	Lee Camp	Sunderland	30 June 2018	^[51]
16 March 2018	CF	Rhys Healey	Torquay United	30 June 2018	^[52]

[a]
John signed a permanent deal with Rangers on 22 December.^[42]

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 6 June 2017, Cardiff City had announced five pre-season friendlies against Taff's Well, Tavistock, Bodmin Town, Plymouth Argyle^[53] and Shrewsbury Town.^[54]

A joint decision was made on 19 June 2017 to cancel the scheduled friendly with Portsmouth as the clubs were drawn together in the EFL Cup first round.^[55]

14 July 2017	Taff's Well	0–1	Cardiff City	Taff's Well
19:00 BST		Report	Pilkington 7'	Stadium: Rhiw Dda'r

17 July 2017	Tavistock	2–7	Cardiff City	Tavistock
19:00 BST	Carter 25', 70' (pen.)	Report	Mendez-Laing 2', 42' Saadi 13', 40' Zohore 20', 30' Ralls 90'	Stadium: Langsford Park

19 July 2017	Bodmin Town	1–3	Cardiff City	Bodmin
19:00 BST	Watson 30' (pen.)	Report	Damour 9', 51' Zohore 54'	Stadium: Priory Park

21 July 2017	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Cardiff City	Plymouth
19:00 BST		Official Report	49' Zohore	Stadium: Home Park

25 July 2017	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST	Whalley 49' (pen.) Dodds 50'	Report	Mendez-Laing 44'	Stadium: Greenhous Meadow

28 July 2017	Cardiff City	4–0	Livingston	Cardiff
19:00 BST	Hoilett 12' Ward 57', 63' Ecuele Manga 75'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Championship

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P)	46	30	9	7	82	39	+43	99	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Fulham (O, P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

[a]
Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	16	4	3	40	16	+24	11	5	7	29	23	+6

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

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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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D
Position	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

5 August 2017 1	Burton Albion	0–1	Cardiff City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	McFadzean 4'	Report	87' Zohore	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Durham)

12 August 2017 2	Cardiff City	3–0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Mendez-Laing 21' Hoilett 60' Mendez-Laing 71'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,899 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

15 August 2017 3	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Mendez-Laing 20', 55' Bamba 23' Morrison 44'	Report	21' Basham	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,844 Referee: Lee Mason (Bolton)

19 August 2017 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Saïss 28' Bonatini 67'	Report	19' Hoilett 39', 54' Joe Ralls 45+1' Damour, 56' Peltier 77' Mendez-Laing	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 27,068 Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland)

26 August 2017 5	Cardiff City	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Hoilett 22' Bamba 45+1'	Report	15' Smith 38' Furlong	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,520 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

9 September 2017 6	Fulham	1–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00 BST	Mollo 29' McDonald 70' Johansen 70' Sessegnon 75' Button 82'	Report	30' Bennett 36' Morrison 79' Peltier 83' Ward	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 20,984 Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland)

12 September 2017 7	Preston North End	3–0	Cardiff City	Preston
19:45 BST	Fisher 7' Harrop 38', 75' Welsh 64' Maguire 70' Browne 78'	Report	24' Gunnarsson 39' Bamba 82' Peltier	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,796 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

16 September 2017 8	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Leckwith, Cardiff
15:00 BST	Peltier 29' Bamba 90+4'	Report	Hooper 39' Pudil 44' van Aken 62'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,137 Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

23 September 2017 9	Sunderland	1–2	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Cattermole 11' Gooch 53' (pen.) Browning 70' Koné 73'	Report	Richards 19' Bryson 7' Gunnarsson 60' Ralls 73' (pen.) 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 25,733 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

26 September 2017 10	Cardiff City	3–1	Leeds United	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Zohore 28', 59' Hoilett 37'	Report	Phillips 23' Cooper 39' 45+3' Roofe 67'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,160 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

30 September 2017 11	Cardiff City	0–0	Derby County	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Damour 66' Bennett 79'	Report	Johnson 87'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,840 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)

13 October 2017 12	Birmingham City	1–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Adams 19' Davis 60' Kieftenbeld 62'	Report	Bryson 62'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 19,059 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Durham)
Note: Live on Sky TV

21 October 2017 13	Middlesbrough	0–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Gibson 20' Leadbitter 66'	Report	Bennett 39' Bamba 59' Ralls 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,806 Referee: Andrew Madley (Huddersfield)

28 October 2017 14	Cardiff City	0–0	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Ralls 78' Tomlin 88'	Report	Meredith 72'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,496 Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)

31 October 2017 15	Cardiff City	3–1	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Hoilett 12' Bogle 46' Morrison 83' Ward 90+1'	Report	Smith 60' Celina 90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,951 Referee: Oliver Langford (West Midlands)

4 November 2017 16	Bristol City	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
12:00 GMT	O'Dowda 20' Pack 31' Bryan 51' Flint 66' Woodrow 88'	Report	Peltier 4' Bogle 41', 55' Bryson 57'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,692 Referee: Mike Jones (Chester)

18 November 2017 17	Cardiff City	2–0	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ralls 8' Ward 36' Feeney 59' Manga 84'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,335 Referee: Andy Madley (Huddersfield)

21 November 2017 18	Barnsley	0–1	Cardiff City	Barnsley
19:45 GMT		Report	Ralls 79' Paterson 83' Bamba 90+1'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,051 Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)

26 November 2017 19	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
13:00 GMT	Traore 14'	Report	Hoilett 24' Ward 38' Paterson 66' Gounongbe 87'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 25,210 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

1 December 2017 20	Cardiff City	3–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Ralls 49' (pen.) Tomlin 54' Hoilett 63' Bogle 80'	Report	Klose 36' Stiepermann 43' Gunn 77'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,033 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

11 December 2017 21	Reading	2–2	Cardiff City	Reading
20:00 GMT	Paterson 16' (o.g.) Barrow 41' Kelly 51' Bacuna 87'	Report	Bogle 32' Bennett 83' Tomlin 90+1'	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 16,670 Referee: Stephen Martin (Staffordshire)
Note: Live on Sky

16 December 2017 22	Cardiff City	1–0	Hull City	Cardiff
17:30 GMT	Bamba 51', 57'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,049 Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland)
Note: Live on Sky TV

23 December 2017 23	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Cardiff City	Horwich, Bolton
15:00 GMT	Pratley 41' Henry 61' Madine 75' (pen.), 87' Vela 88'	BBC Report	Damour 56' Peltier 77' Ecuele Manga 78' Halford 82'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 15,344 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

26 December 2017 24	Cardiff City	2–4	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Zohore 57' Ralls 90' Paterson 90+2'	Report	Ream 12' Ayité 34', 56' Fredericks 43' Sessegnon 78' Odoi 82' Bettinelli 90+2' Johansen 90+7'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,662 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

29 December 2017 25	Cardiff City	0–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Peltier 22' Paterson 90+4'	Report	Barkhuizen 27' Browne 36' Pearson 48' Clarke 90' Hugill 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,751 Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Note: Live on Sky TV

1 January 2018 26	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Cardiff City	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Smith 62' Smyth 72'	Report	Ralls 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,801 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

13 January 2018 27	Cardiff City	4–0	Sunderland	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Paterson 46', 80' Ralls 55' Morrison 85' Pilkington 90+4'	Report	Oviedo 41' Gooch 45+1' Ndong 49'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,703 Referee: Andrew Madley (Huddersfield)
Note: Live on Sky

20 January 2018 28	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
17:30 GMT	Grujić 8' Bamba 40' Richards 90+2'	Report	Wallace 77'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,277 Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

3 February 2018 29	Leeds United	1–4	Cardiff City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Berardi 26' Bamba 54' (o.g.)	Report	Paterson 9' Madine 35' Hoilett 41' Ralls 45+1' Morrison 45+5' Pilkington 79' Grujić 81' Pilkington 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,534 Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

9 February 2018 30	Millwall	1–1	Cardiff City	London
17:45 GMT	Romeo 2' Gregory 40' Cooper 71'	Report	Hoilett 3'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,204 Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

13 February 2018 31	Cardiff City	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Traoré 34' Morrison 44'	Report	Beevers 43'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,013 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

17 February 2018 32	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Morrison 33'	Report	Bešić 45'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,720 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)

21 February 2018 33	Ipswich Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT		Report	Zohore 65' Bryson 90+1'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,205 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

25 February 2018 34	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
12:00 GMT	Connolly 14' Halford 65' Zohore 82'	Report	Baker 5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,018 Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

3 March 2018	Brentford	v	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Griffin Park
Note: Postponed due to unsafe conditions

6 March 2018 35	Cardiff City	2–1	Barnsley	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Grujić 14', 46' Paterson 31' Halford 81'	Report	Gardner 14' McBurnie 60' Yiadom 83' Moore 85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 16,176 Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside)

10 March 2018 36	Cardiff City	3–2	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Mendez-Laing 12' Bryson 23' Paterson 45+3' Bamba 58' Etheridge 78' Bennett 90+6'	Report	Gardner 54' (pen.) Morrison 88' Colin 90+5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,634 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

13 March 2018 37	Brentford	1–3	Cardiff City	London
19:45 GMT	Maupay 5' Mepham 65'	Report	Ecuele Manga 18' Bamba 25' Paterson 45+2' Damour 55' Zohore 58' Morrison 71'	Stadium: Griffin Park Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight)
Note: Live On Sky TV.

18 March 2018	Derby County	v	Cardiff City	Derby
12:00 GMT				Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Note: Postponed due to unsafe conditions

30 March 2018 38	Cardiff City	3–1	Burton Albion	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Zohore 16' Mendez-Laing 45+1' Paterson 64'	BBC Report	Bent 21'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,086 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

2 April 2018 39	Sheffield United	1–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Clarke 28'	Report	Bennett 29' Pilkington 90+1'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,231 Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Note: Live On Sky TV

6 April 2018 40	Cardiff City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Peltier 62' Morrison 66'	Report	Neves 67', 90+6' Saïss 75' Costa 89'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 29,317 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

10 April 2018 41	Aston Villa	1–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Hourihane 20' Snodgrass 45' Grealish 85' Johnstone 90+4' Kodjia 90+5'	Report	Paterson 37' Gunnarsson 78' Bennett 81' Ward 89' Peltier 90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,560 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

14 April 2018 42	Norwich City	0–2	Cardiff City	Norwich
15:00 BST	Murphy 90+2'	Report	Damour 44' Peltier 66' Zohore 86' Hoilett 90+3'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,503 Referee: Tim Robinson (West Sussex)

21 April 2018 43	Cardiff City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Morrison 35' Gunnarsson 74'	Report	50' Bridcutt 73' Mancienne 73' Watson 90' Colback	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,310 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)
Note: Live on Sky TV

24 April 2018 44	Derby County	3–1	Cardiff City	Derby
19:45 BST	Jerome 69', 90' Vydra 82'	Report	Paterson 11', 28' Manga 53' Bennett 66' Ralls 70'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 30,294 Referee: Andrew Madley (Huddersfield)
Note: Live on Sky TV

28 April 2018 45	Hull City	0–2	Cardiff City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Kingsley 3' Henriksen 45' Meyler 70'	Report	Grujic 30' Morrison 32', 80' Ralls 60'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 17,441 Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

6 May 2018 46	Cardiff City	0–0	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Hoilett 58'	Report	Elphick 27' Kermorgant 74'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,478 Referee: Robert Madley (Yorkshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Cardiff City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home versus Mansfield Town.^[56] A goalless draw at Cardiff City Stadium resulted in a replay which took place on 16 January 2018, won by Cardiff City.^[57] They were drawn at home against Manchester City in the fourth round, losing 0–2.

6 January 2018 Third Round	Cardiff City	0–0	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

16 January 2018 Replay	Mansfield Town	1–4	Cardiff City	Mansfield
19:45 GMT	Rose 35'	Report	Hoilett 25', 66', 89' E Manga 34' Bennett 58' Paterson 61' Morrison 64' Pilkington 71'	Stadium: Field Mill Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Durham)

28 January 2018 Fourth Round	Cardiff City	0–2	Manchester City	Cardiff
16:00 GMT	Bennett 45' 90+2' Manga 77'	Report	De Bruyne 8' Sterling 37' Fernandinho 80'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,339 Referee: Lee Mason (Bolton)
Note: Live on BBC TV

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Cardiff City drew Portsmouth at home in the first round.^[58] After beating Portsmouth, Cardiff City were drawn against Burton Albion at home, losing 1–2.^[59]

8 August 2017 First round	Cardiff City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Portsmouth	Leckwith, Cardiff
19:45 BST	Murphy 45' Mendez-Laing 48' Halford 113'	BBC Report	32' (o.g.) Morrison	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 6,592 Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)

22 August 2017 Second round	Cardiff City	1–2	Burton Albion	Cardiff, Wales
19.45 BST	Coxe 34' Pilkington 76'	Report	26' Naylor 68' Irvine 70' Fox	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 5,820 Referee: John Busby

Summary

Games played	51 (46 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won	29 (27 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn	10 (9 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	12 (10 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	76 (69 Championship, 4 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goals conceded	45 (39 Championship, 3 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goal difference	+31
Clean sheets	20 (19 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	85 (78 Championship, 5 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Red cards	2 (1 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst Discipline	Lee Peltier (11 , 0 , 0 )
Best result	4–0 vs Sunderland (13 Jan 18)
Worst result	0–3 vs Preston North End (12 Sep 17)
Most appearances	Junior Hoilett (46 starts, 4 subs)
Top scorer	Junior Hoilett (11)
Most Cleans Sheets	Neil Etheridge (19)
Points	90

Club staff

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Backroom staff

Position	Name
Manager	Neil Warnock
Assistant manager	Kevin Blackwell
First-team coach	Ronnie Jepson
Goalkeeper coach	Andy Dibble
Assistant coach	James Rowberry
Head of medical services	Paul Godfrey
Club doctor	Dr. Len Nokes
First-team physiotherapist	James Rowland
Head of Fitness & Conditioning	Lee Southernwood
Senior Strength & Conditioning	Mike Beere
Sports scientist	Ben Parry
Head scout	Glyn Chamberlain
First Team Analyst	Jack Radusin
Player Liaison Officer	Callum Davies
Kit and Equipment Manager	Paul Carter

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
General Manager	Ken Choo
Finance Director	Richard Thompson
Non-Executive Board Members Football Club ^[60]	Steve Borley (since 2003) Derek Chee Seng Chin (since 2010) Veh Ken Choo (since 2016) Mehmet Dalman (since 2012)
Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings) ^[61]	Danni Rais (since 2012)
Club Secretary ^[62]	David Beeby

2017–18 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Statistics

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Transfers in

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Competitions

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Championship

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FA Cup

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Summary

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References

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Fact Checks

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	16	4	3	40	16	+24	11	5	7	29	23	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	16	4	3	40	16	+24	11	5	7	29	23	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	16	4	3	40	16	+24	11	5	7	29	23	+6