# 2017–18 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Swansea City's 98th season in the English football league system, and their seventh consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Swansea's relegation to the Championship was confirmed on 13 May 2018, the final day of the Premier League season, by virtue of them losing 2–1 at home to already relegated Stoke City, where only a win and a ten-goal difference swing over Southampton would have ensured survival.

## Club
### Directors

| Position | Name |
| Owners | Jason Levien Steve Kaplan |
| Chairman | Huw Jenkins |
| Vice Chairman | Leigh Dineen |
| Chief Operating Officer | Chris Pearlman |
| Directors | Martin Morgan Stuart McDonald Romie Chaudhari Bobby Hernreich |

### Behind the team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Paul Clement until December 2017 |
| Head coach | Carlos Carvalhal from December 2017 |
| Assistant coaches | Nigel Gibbs until December 2017 |
| Assistant coaches | Claude Makélélé until November 2017 |
| Assistant coaches | Leon Britton November 2017 to December 2017 |
| Assistant coaches | João Mário from December 2017 |
| Assistant coaches | Bruno Lage from December 2017 |
| Analysts | Jhony Conceição from December 2017 |
| Analysts | Paulo Sampaio from December 2017 |
| Head of physical performance | Karl Halabi until December 2017 |
| Assistant head of physical performance | Eddie Lattimore until December 2017 |
| Physical performance coach | Jordan Smith |
| Goalkeeping coach | Tony Roberts |
| Loan player manager | Alan Curtis |
| Performance director | Rich Buchanan |
| Head of medicine/club doctor | Dr. Jez McClusky |
| Physiotherapists | Kate Rees |
| Physiotherapists | Ailsa Jones |
| Physiotherapists | Ritson Lloyd |
| Lead soft tissue therapist | Andy Stanbury |
| Soft tissue therapists | Adele Callaghan |
| Soft tissue therapists | Matthew Murray |
| Player liaison officer | Huw Lake |
| Head of recruitment | David Leadbeater |
| Technical recruitment scout | Tim Henderson |
| Assistant technical recruitment scout | Ian Roscrow |
| Match analysts | Scott Helmich |
| Match analysts | Alex Thomas |
| Football utilities co-ordinator | Suzan Eames |
| Football utilities assistants | Michael Eames |
| Football utilities assistants | Shaun Baggridge |

## Squad information
### First team squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 32 | EU | 2014 | 112 | 0 | 2019 | Free |
| 2 | CF | Wilfried Bony | 28 | Non-EU | 2017 | 70 | 35 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 4 | CM | Ki Sung-yueng | 28 | Non-EU | 2012 | 130 | 10 | 2018 | £5,500,000 |
| 5 | CB | Mike van der Hoorn | 24 | EU | 2016 | 11 | 1 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 6 | CB | Alfie Mawson | 23 | EU | 2016 | 27 | 4 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 7 | DM | Leon Britton | 34 | EU | 2011 | 521 | 17 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 8 | CM | Leroy Fer | 27 | EU | 2016 | 48 | 6 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 10 | CF | Tammy Abraham | 19 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Loan |
| 11 | RM | Luciano Narsingh | 26 | EU | 2017 | 13 | 0 | 2019 | £4,000,000 |
| 12 | RM | Nathan Dyer | 29 | EU | 2009 | 281 | 31 | 2020 | £400,000 |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 28 | EU | 2015 | 8 | 0 | 2018 | £600,000 |
| 14 | CM | Tom Carroll | 25 | EU | 2017 | 35 | 2 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 15 | LM | Wayne Routledge | 32 | EU | 2011 | 212 | 21 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 16 | LB | Martin Olsson | 29 | EU | 2017 | 15 | 2 | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | CM | Sam Clucas | 26 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | Undisclosed |
| 18 | CF | Jordan Ayew | 25 | Non-EU | 2017 | 14 | 1 | 2020 | £5,000,000 |
| 22 | RB | Àngel Rangel (C) | 34 | EU | 2007 | 367 | 10 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 25 | GK | Erwin Mulder | 28 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | Free |
| 26 | RB | Kyle Naughton | 28 | EU | 2015 | 71 | 1 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 27 | CB | Kyle Bartley | 26 | EU | 2012 | 26 | 0 | 2021 | £1,000,000 |
| 33 | CB | Federico Fernández | 28 | EU | 2014 | 93 | 1 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 35 | CM | Renato Sanches | 20 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | Loan |
| 51 | DM | Roque Mesa | 28 | EU | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2021 | £11,000,000 |
| 56 | CM | Jay Fulton | 23 | EU | 2014 | 22 | 1 | 2020 | Undisclosed |
| 62 | CF | Oli McBurnie | 21 | EU | 2015 | 6 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed |
Updated to match played 8 September 2017 Source: Swansea City Official Website
Ordered by 2017–18 squad numbers.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Contract length | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Erwin Mulder | Heerenveen | 3 years | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | CM | Kees de Boer | Ajax | 3 years | Youth |
| 6 July 2017 | DM | Roque Mesa | Las Palmas | 4 years | £11,000,000 |
| 7 July 2017 | AM | Arnór Guðjohnsen | Breiðablik UBK | 3 years | Youth |
| 8 July 2017 | RW | Marc Walsh | Finn Harps | 3 years | Youth |
| 9 July 2017 | RW | Jayden Reid | Manchester United | 2 years | Youth |
| 17 July 2017 | CB | Cian Harries | Coventry City | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| 14 August 2017 | CF | Courtney Baker-Richardson | Leamington | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2017 | DF | Jack Bainbridge | Everton | 1 year | Free |
| 24 August 2017 | CM | Sam Clucas | Hull City | 4 years | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | Steven Benda | 1860 Munich | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Wilfried Bony | Manchester City | 2 years | Undisclosed |
| 17 October 2017 | LB | Matic Paljk | Koper | 1 year | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | LW | André Ayew | West Ham United | 3.5 years | £18,000,000 |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Jack Withers | Boston United | 1.5 years | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Bony contract includes option for a third year.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Expiry date |
| 4 July 2017 | CF | Tammy Abraham | Chelsea | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | CM | Renato Sanches | Bayern Munich | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | CM | Andy King | Leicester City | 30 June 2018 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Tom Dyson | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LW | Liam Edwards | Hull City | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Marvin Emnes | Akhisar Belediyespor | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Bafétimbi Gomis | Galatasaray | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Tom Holland | The New Saints | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Owain Jones | Merthyr Town | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Alex Samuel | Stevenage | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | RB | Liam Shephard | Peterborough United | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Franck Tabanou | Guingamp | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | Retired | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Josh Vickers | Lincoln City | Released |
| 11 July 2017 | DM | Jack Cork | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2017 | CB | Daniel Jefferies | Colchester United | Free |
| 3 August 2017 | RW | Modou Barrow | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2017 | AM | Gylfi Sigurðsson | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2017 | LB | Stephen Kingsley | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | Mark Birighitti | NAC Breda | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Fernando Llorente | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2018 | CM | Josh Sheehan | Newport County | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Jack Bainbridge | Free agent | Released |
| 31 January 2018 | RB | Anthony Brydges | Free agent | Released |
| 31 January 2018 | LB | Tom Plezier | Free agent | Released |
* ↑ Liam Edwards joined Hull City after his release.
* ↑ Marvin Emnes joined Akhisar Belediyespor after his release.
* ↑ Tom Holland joined The New Saints after his release.
* ↑ Owain Jones joined Merthyr Town after his release.
* ↑ Liam Shephard joined Peterborough United after his release.
* ↑ Franck Tabanou joined Guingamp after he left the club by mutual consent.
* ↑ Gerhard Tremmel retired from football after his release. He became Swansea's new European recruitment assistant.
* ↑ Josh Vickers joined Lincoln City after his release.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | Expiry date |
| 1 July 2017 | LW | Daniel James | Shrewsbury Town | 31 August 2017 |
| 4 July 2017 | CF | Borja Bastón | Málaga | 30 June 2018 |
| 7 July 2017 | CB | Jordi Amat | Real Betis | 30 June 2018 |
| 14 July 2017 | RB | Connor Roberts | Middlesbrough | 3 January 2018 |
| 14 July 2017 | CB | Keston Davies | Yeovil Town | 3 January 2018 |
| 18 August 2017 | CM | Matt Grimes | Northampton Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Botti Biabi | Hamilton Academical | 31 December 2017 |
| 1 September 2017 | LM | Jefferson Montero | Getafe | 30 June 2018 |
| 6 January 2018 | RB | Tyler Reid | Newport County | 30 June 2018 |
| 11 January 2018 | CM | Ryan Blair | Falkirk | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 January 2018 | CM | Jay Fulton | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2018 |
| 29 January 2018 | CM | Adam King | Mansfield Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 30 January 2018 | DM | Roque Mesa | Sevilla | 30 June 2018 |
| 30 January 2018 | CB | Joe Rodon | Cheltenham Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Jack Withers | Boston United | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | GK | Lewis Thomas | Carmarthen Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Oli McBurnie | Barnsley | 30 June 2018 |
| 27 February 2018 | LM | Jefferson Montero | Emelec | 30 June 2018 |
* ↑ On 31 August 2017, Daniel James mutually cancelled his loan spell at Shrewsbury Town.
* ↑ On 3 January 2018, Connor Roberts was recalled from his loan spell at Middlesbrough.
* ↑ On 3 January 2018, Keston Davies was recalled from his loan spell at Yeovil Town.
* ↑ On 27 February 2018, Jefferson Montero was sub-loaned from Getafe to Emelec for the rest of the season.

### New contracts

| Date signed | Position | Name | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 28 June 2017 | CM | Leon Britton | 1 year | June 2018 |
| 4 July 2017 | RB | Kyle Naughton | 3 years | June 2020 |
| 9 August 2017 | CB | Kyle Bartley | 4 years | June 2021 |

## Pre-season friendlies
### Friendlies

As of 2 June 2017, Swansea City have confirmed six pre-season friendlies against Philadelphia Union, Richmond Kickers, North Carolina in the United States, Birmingham City, Barnet and Sampdoria.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 021.05 |
| FA Cup | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 042.86 |
| EFL Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | 48 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 027.08 |
Updated to match played 13 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 37 | |
| 17 | Southampton | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 36 | |
| 18 | Swansea City (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 33 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Stoke City (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 33 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 31 | 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: 13 May 2018. 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
On 14 June 2017, Swansea City's Premier League fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
Swansea City joined the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

### EFL Cup

Swansea City were given another away trip in the third round against Reading.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals, and cards

    Last updated on 13 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 38 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| 2 | FW | Wilfried Bony | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 5 | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 6 | DF | Alfie Mawson | 38 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8 | FW | Leroy Fer | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 7 | – |
| 10 | FW | Tammy Abraham | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | – | – |
| 11 | MF | Luciano Narsingh | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | – | – |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14 | MF | Tom Carroll | 27 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | – |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 16 | DF | Martin Olsson | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 17 | MF | Sam Clucas | 24 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 18 | FW | Jordan Ayew | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | André Ayew | 10 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24 | MF | Andy King | 9 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – |
| 25 | GK | Erwin Mulder | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| 27 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33 | DF | Federico Fernández | 29 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 35 | MF | Renato Sanches | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38 | MF | Adnan Marić | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 42 | MF | Daniel James | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 52 | DF | Connor Roberts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – |
| Players currently away on loan |||||||||||||||||
| 51 | MF | Roque Mesa | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 62 | FW | Oli McBurnie | 2 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | – | – |