# 2018–19 Newcastle United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Newcastle United's second season back in the Premier League following their promotion from the 2016–17 EFL Championship and their 24th year in the Premier League. This season Newcastle United participated in the Premier League, EFL Cup and FA Cup. This article covers the period of 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Club
### Coaching staff

The Newcastle United first team coaching staff for the 2018–19 season consisted of the following:

#### First Team

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Rafael Benítez |
| Assistant Manager | Francisco "Paco" de Míguel Moreno |
| First Team Coach | Mikel Antía |
| First Team Coach | Antonio Gómez Pérez |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Simon Smith |
| Head of Medicine | Paul Catterson |
| Rehabilitation Fitness Coach | Cristian Fernández Martínez |
| Head of Physiotherapy | Derek Wright |
| Physiotherapist | Daniel Martí |
| Physiotherapist | Michael Harding |
| Head of Recruitment | Steve Nickson |
| Head of Analysis | Kerry Morrow |
Source:

## Squads
### First-team squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Rob Elliot | GK | (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986 (age 38) | 2011 | Charlton Athletic |
| 12 | Martin Dúbravka | GK | (1989-01-15) 15 January 1989 (age 36) | 2018 | Sparta Prague |
| 26 | Karl Darlow | GK | (1990-10-08) 8 October 1990 (age 34) | 2014 | Nottingham Forest |
| 41 | Freddie Woodman | GK | (1997-03-04) 4 March 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Ciaran Clark | CB / LB | (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | Aston Villa |
| 3 | Paul Dummett | LB / CB | (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 33) | 2010 | Newcastle United Academy |
| 5 | Fabian Schär | CB / CM | (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 33) | 2018 | Deportivo La Coruña |
| 6 | Jamaal Lascelles | CB | (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | Nottingham Forest |
| 18 | Federico Fernández | CB | (1989-02-21) 21 February 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | Swansea City |
| 19 | Javier Manquillo | RB / LB / RWB / LWB | (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | Atlético Madrid |
| 20 | Florian Lejeune | CB | (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | Eibar |
| 22 | DeAndre Yedlin | RB / RWB | (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31) | 2016 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 23 | Antonio Barreca | LB / LWB | (1995-03-18) 18 March 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | Monaco |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Ki Sung-yueng | CM | (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 36) | 2018 | Swansea City |
| 8 | Jonjo Shelvey | CM | (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | Swansea City |
| 10 | Mohamed Diamé | CM | (1987-06-14) 14 June 1987 (age 37) | 2016 | Hull City |
| 11 | Matt Ritchie | RW / LW / LWB | (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | AFC Bournemouth |
| 14 | Isaac Hayden | CM / DM | (1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | Arsenal |
| 15 | Kenedy | LW / AM / LWB | (1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Chelsea |
| 24 | Miguel Almirón | AM / LW | (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | Atlanta United |
| 30 | Christian Atsu | RW / LW | (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 33) | 2017 | Chelsea |
| 36 | Sean Longstaff | CM / AM | (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27) | 2016 | Newcastle United Academy |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Salomón Rondón | ST | (1989-09-16) 16 September 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 13 | Yoshinori Mutō | ST / SS | (1992-07-15) 15 July 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Mainz 05 |
| 17 | Ayoze Pérez | SS | (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 31) | 2014 | Tenerife |
| 21 | Joselu | ST | (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 34) | 2017 | Stoke City |
| Out on loan |||||||
| 7 | Jacob Murphy | RW / LW | (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29) | 2017 | Norwich City |
| 25 | Jamie Sterry | RB | (1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 (age 29) | 2015 | Newcastle United Academy |
| 37 | Callum Roberts | RW / LW | (1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 27) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy |
| 57 | Achraf Lazaar | LB / LW | (1992-01-22) 22 January 1992 (age 33) | 2016 | Palermo |
| – | Daniel Barlaser | CM / AM | (1997-01-18) 18 January 1997 (age 28) | 2015 | Newcastle United Academy |
| – | Henri Saivet | CM / AM | (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 34) | 2016 | Bordeaux |
| – | Jack Colback | DM / CM | (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 35) | 2014 | Sunderland |
| – | Rolando Aarons | LW | (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 29) | 2014 | Newcastle United Academy |
| – | Dwight Gayle | ST | (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35) | 2016 | Crystal Palace |
* ↑ Elliot was born in Greenwich, England.
* ↑ Clark was born in Harrow, England.
* ↑ Dummett was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
* ↑ Ritchie was born in Gosport, England.
* ↑ Joselu was born in Stuttgart, Germany.
* ↑ Aarons was born in Kingston, Jamaica.

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | 12 | Martin Dúbravka | Sparta Prague | £4,000,000 |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | 4 | Ki Sung-yueng | Swansea City | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2018 | CB | 5 | Fabian Schär | Deportivo La Coruña | £3,000,000 |
| 3 August 2018 | FW | 13 | Yoshinori Mutō | Mainz 05 | £9,500,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | 18 | Federico Fernández | Swansea City | £6,000,000 |
| 31 January 2019 | AM | 24 | Miguel Almirón | Atlanta United | £21,000,000 |
* Total spending: £43,500,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | — | Yasin Ben El-Mhanni | Scunthorpe United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | — | Kyle Cameron | Torquay United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | — | Stuart Findlay | Kilmarnock | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | 27 | Jesús Gámez | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | — | Macaulay Gillesphey | Carlisle United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | — | Alex Gilliead | Shrewsbury Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | 38 | Curtis Good | Melbourne City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | 25 | Massadio Haïdara | Lens | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | — | Callum Smith | Hull City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | — | Liam Smith | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | — | Paul Woolston | Manchester United | Released |
| 12 July 2018 | CM | 23 | Mikel Merino | Real Sociedad | £10,000,000 |
| 23 July 2018 | CB | 18 | Chancel Mbemba | Porto | £7,000,000 |
| 26 July 2018 | GK | — | Matz Sels | Strasbourg | £3,500,000 |
| 30 July 2018 | FW | 45 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Fulham | £22,000,000 |
| 6 August 2018 | FW | — | Adam Armstrong | Blackburn Rovers | £1,750,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | FW | — | Ivan Toney | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
* Total incoming: ~ £44,250,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | From | Expiry |
| 12 July 2018 | LW | 15 | Kenedy | Chelsea | 31 May 2019 |
| 6 August 2018 | ST | 9 | Salomón Rondón | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LB | 23 | Antonio Barreca | Monaco | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Number | Name | To | Expiry |
| 20 July 2018 | DM | — | Jack Colback | Nottingham Forest | 31 May 2019 |
| 6 August 2018 | ST | 9 | Dwight Gayle | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2019 |
| 10 August 2018 | CB | — | Josef Yarney | Morecambe | 9 January 2019 |
| 25 August 2018 | CM | — | Henri Saivet | Bursaspor | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CM | — | Daniel Barlaser | Accrington Stanley | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | ST | — | Luke Charman | Accrington Stanley | 9 January 2019 |
| 7 September 2018 | LW | — | Rolando Aarons | Slovan Liberec | December 2018 |
| 10 January 2019 | LB | — | Liam Gibson | Accrington Stanley | 31 May 2019 |
| 21 January 2019 | ST | — | Elias Sørensen | Blackpool | 31 May 2019 |
| 26 January 2019 | RB | 25 | Jamie Sterry | Crewe Alexandra | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LW | — | Rolando Aarons | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LB | 57 | Achraf Lazaar | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | RW | 7 | Jacob Murphy | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | LW | 37 | Callum Roberts | Colchester United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | — | Josef Yarney | Chesterfield | 31 May 2019 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

As of 14 June 2018, Newcastle United have announced five pre-season friendlies against St Patrick's Athletic, Hull City, FC Porto, S.C. Braga and FC Augsburg.
On 7 February 2019, Newcastle United confirmed a mid-season training camp in Spain which included a friendly against CSKA Moscow.

## Competitions
### Overall summary

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | – | 13th | – | 11 August 2018 | 12 May 2019 |
| EFL Cup | Second round | – | Second round | 29 August 2018 | 29 August 2018 |
| FA Cup | Third round | – | Fourth round | 5 January 2019 | 26 January 2019 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record |
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 031.58 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 030.95 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Watford | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 50 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 49 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 45 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 45 |
| 15 | Burnley | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 40 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: Premier League

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 14 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches

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

### EFL Cup

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

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 12 May 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IRL | Rob Elliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SVK | Martin Dúbravka | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ENG | Karl Darlow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Freddie Woodman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IRL | Ciaran Clark | 14 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | WAL | Paul Dummett | 25 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Fabian Schär | 28 | 4 | 22+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jamaal Lascelles | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Federico Fernández | 22 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo | 21 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | FRA | Florian Lejeune | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | DeAndre Yedlin | 28 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Antonio Barreca | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KOR | Ki Sung-yueng | 18 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jonjo Shelvey | 17 | 1 | 10+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SEN | Mohamed Diamé | 28 | 0 | 23+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Matt Ritchie | 38 | 3 | 34+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Isaac Hayden | 27 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Kenedy | 27 | 1 | 14+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | PAR | Miguel Almirón | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Christian Atsu | 31 | 1 | 14+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Sean Longstaff | 13 | 2 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Forward ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | VEN | Salomón Rondón | 32 | 12 | 29+2 | 11 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yoshinori Mutō | 17 | 1 | 5+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Ayoze Pérez | 40 | 13 | 33+3 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Joselu | 20 | 3 | 5+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Player(s) who left on loan but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jacob Murphy | 13 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Jamie Sterry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Callum Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | DF | MAR | Achraf Lazaar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | ENG | Daniel Barlaser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | ENG | Jack Colback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | SEN | Henri Saivet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | ENG | Rolando Aarons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | FW | ENG | Dwight Gayle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goals

    Last updated on 12 May 2019.
| Place | Position | Number | Nation | Name | Premier League | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | | Ayoze Pérez | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | | Salomón Rondón | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | CB | 2 | | Fabian Schär | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | CB | 5 | | Ciaran Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | 21 | | Joselu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| MF | 11 | | Matt Ritchie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 36 | | Sean Longstaff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 13 | | Yoshinori Muto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | | Kenedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | RB | 22 | | DeAndre Yedlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | | Isaac Hayden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | | Jonjo Shelvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | | Christian Atsu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 37 | | Callum Roberts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 42 | 1 | 5 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 12 May 2019.
| Place | Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | Premier League | EFL Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | | Martin Dúbravka | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 26 | | Karl Darlow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | | Rob Elliot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 41 | | Freddie Woodman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |