# 2018–19 Everton F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Everton's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 141st year in existence. They participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Kits

| Home | Home Alt. | Home Alt. 2 | Home Alt. 3 | Away | Third | Third Alt. |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 July 2018 | LW | Richarlison | Watford | £35,000,000 |
| 1 August 2018 | LB | Lucas Digne | Barcelona | £18,000,000 |
| 3 August 2018 | GK | João Virgínia | Arsenal | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2018 | LW | Bernard | Shakhtar Donetsk | Free |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | Yerry Mina | Barcelona | £27,200,000 |
* ↑ Fee may eventually rise to £50,000,000.

### Loans in

| Start Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End Date | Ref. |
| 9 August 2018 | CM | | André Gomes | Barcelona | 31 May 2019 | |
| 10 August 2018 | CB | | Kurt Zouma | Chelsea | 31 May 2019 | |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 21 June 2018 | CB | Ramiro Funes Mori | Villarreal | £8,100,000 |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Charlie Ball | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Jose Baxter | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Nathan Baxter | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Sam Byrne | Dundalk | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Jordan Corke | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Stephen Duke-McKenna | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Calum Dyson | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Conor Grant | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Louis Gray | Nuneaton Town | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | David Henen | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Matthew Johnson | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Sid Kerr | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Nathan Moore | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Tom Murphy | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Joel Robles | Real Betis | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Tom Scully | Norwich City | Free |
| 10 July 2018 | SS | Wayne Rooney | D.C. United | Free |
| 27 July 2018 | AM | Davy Klaassen | Werder Bremen | £12,000,000 |
| 20 February 2019 | CB | Tyias Browning | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start Date | Position | Name | To | End Date |
| 2 July 2018 | LB | Luke Garbutt | Oxford United | 31 May 2019 |
| 12 July 2018 | LW | Henry Onyekuru | Galatasaray | 31 May 2019 |
| 19 July 2018 | SS | Shani Tarashaj | Grasshopper Club Zürich | 31 May 2019 |
| 2 August 2018 | CB | Ashley Williams | Stoke City | 31 May 2019 |
| 3 August 2018 | LB | Antonee Robinson | Wigan Athletic | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 August 2018 | RW | Kevin Mirallas | Fiorentina | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | DM | Callum Connolly | Wigan Athletic | 31 January 2019 |
| 15 August 2018 | AM | Nikola Vlašić | CSKA Moscow | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 August 2018 | RB | Cuco Martina | Stoke City | 31 January 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | DM | Muhamed Bešić | Middlesbrough | 31 May 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | CM | Joe Williams | Bolton Wanderers | 31 May 2019 |
| 25 August 2018 | LW | Yannick Bolasie | Aston Villa | 21 January 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | CF | Sandro | Real Sociedad | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CB | Matthew Pennington | Ipswich Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 January 2019 | CB | Mason Holgate | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2019 |
| 2 January 2019 | AM | Kieran Dowell | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CF | Shayne Lavery | Falkirk | 31 May 2019 |
| 12 January 2019 | GK | Joe Hilton | Marine | 31 May 2019 |
| 18 January 2019 | CF | Oumar Niasse | Cardiff City | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CM | Beni Baningime | Wigan Athletic | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LW | Yannick Bolasie | Anderlecht | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | DM | Callum Connolly | Bolton Wanderers | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | AM | Antony Evans | Blackpool | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | RB | Cuco Martina | Feyenoord | 31 May 2019 |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

For their pre-season tour, Everton announced they would be playing six teams away from home, which were ATV Irdning, Bury, Lille, Porto, Blackburn Rovers and Rennes. They also played one game at home against Valencia. Everton hosted Gor Mahia at Goodison Park.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 66 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 54 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 52 | |
| 10 | West Ham United | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 52 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
Everton gets 8th.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Everton entered the competition in the third round and were drawn home to Lincoln City. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.

### EFL Cup

Everton joined the competition in the second round where they defeated Rotherham United at home. They lost to fellow Premier League side Southampton in the third round.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 25 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Mason Holgate |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines (vice-captain) |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Michael Keane |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Kurt Zouma (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka (captain) |
| 8 | MF | POR | André Gomes (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Theo Walcott |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Lucas Digne |
| 13 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun |
| 16 | MF | IRL | James McCarthy |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Bernard |
| 22 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman (3rd captain) |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kieran Dowell |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Dominic Calvert-Lewin |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Richarlison |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman |
| 34 | MF | COD | Beni Baningime |
| 41 | GK | POL | Mateusz Hewelt |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | NED | Maarten Stekelenburg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Michael Keane | 35 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Kurt Zouma | 36 | 2 | 29+3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Lucas Digne | 37 | 4 | 33+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | COL | Yerry Mina | 15 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny | 13 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | POR | André Gomes | 29 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 41 | 14 | 36+2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | James McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SEN | Idrissa Gueye | 35 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Schneiderlin | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Bernard | 36 | 2 | 25+9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies | 19 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ENG | Theo Walcott | 40 | 6 | 24+13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | TUR | Cenk Tosun | 29 | 4 | 10+15 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ENG | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 38 | 8 | 19+16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | BRA | Richarlison | 38 | 14 | 32+3 | 13 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman | 24 | 1 | 3+18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Mason Holgate | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sandro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Kieran Dowell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 12 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of match played 12 May 2019.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 18 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 1 | FW | 30 | Richarlison | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 29 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | FW | 11 | Theo Walcott | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | 12 | Lucas Digne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 14 | Cenk Tosun | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Kurt Zouma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 23 | Séamus Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Bernard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Michael Keane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Phil Jagielka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 13 | Yerry Mina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | André Gomes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 31 | Ademola Lookman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 4 | 4 | 61 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 12 May 2019.
| Rank | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Lucas Digne | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | André Gomes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | MF | Idrissa Gueye | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | FW | Richarlison | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Kurt Zouma | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Bernard | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Cenk Tosun | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Yerry Mina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Morgan Schneiderlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Tom Davies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Michael Keane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Jonjoe Kenny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Phil Jagielka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | GK | Jordan Pickford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Mason Holgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Séamus Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Theo Walcott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 54 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 4 |
Source: Match reports in Competitions