# 2018–19 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Huddersfield Town's 110th year in existence and second season in the Premier League following promotion via the 2017 Championship play-off final. The club has finished their FA Cup and EFL Cup campaigns. They suffered the joint-earliest relegation to the Championship since Derby County in 2008 after a 2–0 defeat to Crystal Palace on 30 March 2019.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Jan Siewert |
| Assistant head coach | Andreas Winkler |
| First team coach | Andrew Hughes |
| Head of goalkeeping | Paul Clements |
| Head of performance services | John Iga |
| Head of medical | Ian Kirkpatrick |

## First team players

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Since | Ends | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Jonas Lössl | (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | 2019 | 69 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tommy Smith $^{(C)}$ | (1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | 2020 | 195 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Terence Kongolo | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | 2022 | 43 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35) | 2013 | 2020 | 188 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Juninho Bacuna | (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 27) | 2018 | 2021 | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Philip Billing | (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28) | 2014 | 2020 | 91 | 6 |
| 9 | FW | Elias Kachunga | (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | 2020 | 88 | 14 |
| 10 | MF | Aaron Mooy | (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | 2020 | 114 | 10 |
| 11 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | (1996-07-05) 5 July 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Ben Hamer | (1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 36) | 2018 | 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Joel Coleman | (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Chris Löwe | (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | 2020 | 96 | 2 |
| 16 | FW | Karlan Grant | (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27) | 2019 | 2022 | 7 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | Isaac Mbenza | (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | 2019 | 19 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Danny Williams | (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 35) | 2017 | 2019 | 29 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | Laurent Depoitre | (1988-12-07) 7 December 1988 (age 35) | 2017 | 2019 | 60 | 6 |
| 21 | MF | Alex Pritchard | (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | 2021 | 42 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | Steve Mounié | (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 29) | 2017 | 2021 | 58 | 11 |
| 25 | DF | Mathias Jørgensen | (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | 2020 | 65 | 3 |
| 26 | DF | Christopher Schindler | (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | 2021 | 119 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | Jon Gorenc Stanković | (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28) | 2016 | 2020 | 21 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Abdelhamid Sabiri | (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 27) | 2017 | 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Florent Hadergjonaj | (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | 2021 | 50 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Erik Durm | (1992-05-12) 12 May 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | 2019 | 25 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Demeaco Duhaney | (1998-10-13) 13 October 1998 (age 26) | 2018 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Matty Daly | (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 23) | 2018 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Jason Puncheon | (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 38) | 2019 | 2019 | 7 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Aaron Rowe | (2000-09-07) 7 September 2000 (age 24) | 2018 | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 March 2019. Source: Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

## New contracts

| No. | Pos. | Player | Date | Until |
| | DF | Romoney Crichlow-Noble | 3 July 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| | MF | Dom Tear | 9 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| 41 | MF | Matty Daly | 17 July 2018 | 30 June 2021 |
| 13 | GK | Joel Coleman | 27 July 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| 26 | DF | Christopher Schindler | 10 August 2018 | 30 June 2021 |
| 31 | GK | Ryan Schofield | 5 October 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| | FW | Rekeil Pyke | 7 November 2018 | 30 June 2020 |
| | MF | Scott High | 17 November 2018 | 30 June 2020 |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Date | Fee |
| 33 | DF | Florent Hadergjonaj | Ingolstadt 04 | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 1 | GK | Jonas Lössl | Mainz 05 | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 12 | GK | Ben Hamer | Leicester City | 1 July 2018 | |
| 5 | DF | Terence Kongolo | AS Monaco | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 14 | MF | Ramadan Sobhi | Stoke City | 1 July 2018 | £5,700,000 |
| 7 | MF | Juninho Bacuna | Groningen | 1 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 37 | DF | Erik Durm | Borussia Dortmund | 13 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 11 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | AS Monaco | 20 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 38 | DF | Demeaco Duhaney | Manchester City | 17 August 2018 | |
| | DF | Jaden Brown | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 January 2019 | Compensation |
| 16 | FW | Karlan Grant | Charlton Athletic | 30 January 2019 | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Date | Until | Fee | Source |
| 18 | FW | Isaac Mbenza | Montpellier | 9 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 | | |
| 42 | MF | Jason Puncheon | Crystal Palace | 4 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Date | Fee |
| 28 | GK | Robert Green | Chelsea | 1 July 2018 | Free |
| 4 | MF | Dean Whitehead | Retired | 1 July 2018 | — |
| 28 | MF | Sean Scannell | Bradford City | 19 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | Bristol Rovers | 23 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 11 | MF | Tom Ince | Stoke City | 24 July 2018 | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Jordy Hiwula | Coventry City | 2 August 2018 | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Jordan Williams | Barnsley | 8 August 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 3 | DF | Scott Malone | Derby County | 8 August 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 44 | DF | Michael Hefele | Nottingham Forest | 9 August 2018 | Undisclosed |

### Loan out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Date | Until | Fee |
| | MF | Regan Booty | Aldershot Town | 3 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | FW | Rekeil Pyke | Wrexham | 10 July 2018 | 30 January 2019 | |
| | MF | Jack Payne | Bradford City | 16 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | |
| 13 | GK | Joel Coleman | Shrewsbury Town | 27 July 2018 | 10 January 2019 | |
| | MF | Lewis O'Brien | Bradford City | 31 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 | |
| 14 | MF | Ramadan Sobhi | Al-Ahly | 1 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | £800,000 |
| 17 | MF | Rajiv van La Parra | Middlesbrough | 1 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | DF | Jaden Brown | Exeter City | 18 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | FW | Rekeil Pyke | Rochdale | 30 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | DF | Romoney Crichlow-Noble | Bradford (Park Avenue) | 31 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | DF | Rarmani Edmonds-Green | Brighouse Town | 31 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | DF | Ben Jackson | Darlington | 15 March 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |
| | FW | Kit Elliott | Darlington | 15 March 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 11 August 2018 | 12 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 20th | 38 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 76 | −54 | 007.89 |
| FA Cup | 5 January 2019 | 5 January 2019 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 28 August 2018 | 28 August 2018 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 79 | −57 | 007.50 |
Last updated: 12 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 39 | |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 36 | |
| 18 | Cardiff City (R) | 38 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Fulham (R) | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 81 | −47 | 26 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Huddersfield Town (R) | 38 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 76 | −54 | 16 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 May 2019. Source: Premier League

#### Results by matchday

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

### EFL Cup

The second-round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Jonas Lössl | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tommy Smith | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Terence Kongolo | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Juninho Bacuna | 17+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19+5 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Philip Billing | 25+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25+2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Elias Kachunga | 13+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Aaron Mooy | 25+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 25+5 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Adama Diakhaby | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Ben Hamer | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Joel Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Ramadan Sobhi | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Chris Löwe | 23+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Karlan Grant | 9+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Rajiv van La Parra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Isaac Mbenza | 10+12 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Danny Williams | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Laurent Depoitre | 10+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 26+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 26+6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Collin Quaner | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Steve Mounié | 19+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Mathias Jørgensen | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Christopher Schindler | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Jon Gorenc Stanković | 9+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Florent Hadergjonaj | 18+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Erik Durm | 21+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Demeaco Duhaney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Matty Daly | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Jason Puncheon | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Aaron Rowe | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | — | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | – |

## Awards
### Huddersfield Town Blue & White Foundation Player of the Month Award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by members of the Blue & White Foundation voting on htafc.com
| Month | Player |
| August | Terence Kongolo |
| September | Philip Billing |
| October | Chris Löwe |
| November | Aaron Mooy |
| December | Philip Billing |
| January | Jonathan Hogg |
| February | Jonas Lössl |
| March | Karlan Grant |
| Season | Christopher Schindler |