# 2018–19 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Norwich City's third consecutive season in the Championship. During the season they participated in the Championship, FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Mason Bloomfield | Dagenham & Redbridge | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Emiliano Buendía | Getafe | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Ciaren Jones | Luton Town | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Moritz Leitner | Augsburg | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Ben Marshall | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Teemu Pukki | Brøndby | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Caleb Richards | Blackpool | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Tom Scully | Everton | Free |
| 24 July 2018 | LM | Josh Coley | Hitchin Town | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2018 | GK | Tim Krul | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free |
| 6 August 2018 | GK | Billy Johnson | Beccles Town | Free |
| 22 January 2019 | CM | William Hondermarck | Drogheda United | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2019 | CB | Akin Famewo | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | LB | Philip Heise | Dynamo Dresden | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2019 | GK | Nicholas Hayes | Dunstable Town | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2019 | FW | Kole Lambert | Basford United | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Ebou Adams | Ebbsfleet United | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | Wes Hoolahan | West Bromwich Albion | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Paul Jones | Fleetwood Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | James Maddison | Leicester City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Josh Murphy | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Henry Pollock | Lowestoft Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Louis Ramsay | Leicester City | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Emersson Sambu | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Marley Watkins | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 2 July 2018 | RB | Ayo Tanimowo | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | CB | Michee Efete | Maidstone United | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2018 | CB | Owen Wallis | Tamworth | Free transfer |
| 15 August 2018 | GK | Jake Hallett | Salisbury | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2018 | CB | Russell Martin | Walsall | Mutual Consent |
| 18 January 2019 | GK | Remi Matthews | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2019 | LW | Jaden Brissett | Brentford | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Until | Ref. |
| 2 July 2018 | RB | | Felix Passlack | Borussia Dortmund | 31 May 2019 | |
| 10 July 2018 | CF | | Jordan Rhodes | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 May 2019 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Until |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Mason Bloomfield | Hamilton Academical | 3 January 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Marcel Franke | Darmstadt | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Diallang Jaiyesimi | Yeovil Town | 31 January 2019 |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Savvas Mourgos | Dordrecht | 31 August 2018 |
| 3 July 2018 | CF | Tristan Abrahams | Exeter City | 30 January 2019 |
| 6 July 2018 | AM | Steven Naismith | Hearts | 31 May 2019 |
| 13 July 2018 | CM | Adam Phillips | Hamilton Academical | 30 August 2018 |
| 19 July 2018 | RW | Yanic Wildschut | Bolton Wanderers | 31 May 2019 |
| 25 July 2018 | CB | Sean Raggett | Rotherham United | 31 May 2019 |
| 12 August 2018 | GK | Remi Matthews | Bolton Wanderers | 5 January 2019 |
| 20 August 2018 | LB | James Husband | Fleetwood Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 27 November 2018 | DM | Adam Phillips | FC Dordrecht | 31 May 2019 |
| 30 November 2018 | LB | Caleb Richards | FC United of Manchester | 6 January 2019 |
| 1 December 2018 | CM | Devonte Aransibia | Billericay Town | 6 January 2019 |
| 1 January 2019 | LW | Matt Jarvis | Walsall | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CF | Mason Bloomfield | AFC Fylde | 31 May 2019 |
| 7 January 2019 | RM | Simon Power | FC Dordrecht | 31 May 2019 |
| 16 January 2019 | RM | Ben Marshall | Millwall | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | CB | Timi Odusina | AFC Fylde | 31 May 2019 |
| 22 January 2019 | CF | Nélson Oliveira | Reading | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Tristan Abrahams | Yeovil Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 4 February 2019 | LB | Caleb Richards | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 November 2019 |
| 19 March 2019 | CF | Anthony Spyrou | Wrexham | 31 May 2019 |

## Pre-season friendlies

On 16 May 2018, SC Paderborn announced a pre-season friendly with Norwich City was to take place on 15 July. The club themselves confirmed the SC Paderborn friendly on 17 May, whilst also announcing a friendly with Union Berlin. Other friendly opponents include King's Lynn Town, Lincoln City, Crawley Town, Luton Town and Charlton Athletic.

## 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 % |
| EFL Championship | 4 August 2018 | 5 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 93 | 57 | +36 | 058.70 |
| FA Cup | 5 January 2019 | 5 January 2019 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| EFL Cup | 14 August 2018 | 30 October 2018 | First round | Fourth round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 104 | 65 | +39 | 058.82 |
Source: Soccerway

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Norwich City (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 93 | 57 | +36 | 94 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Sheffield United (P) | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 41 | +37 | 89 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Leeds United | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 83 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Aston Villa (O, P) | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 82 | 61 | +21 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Derby County | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 74 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the league fixtures 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

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September.

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

| No. | Pos | Player | Championship | Championship | Championship | 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 | Tim Krul | 46 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ivo Pinto | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ben Godfrey | 26 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Christoph Zimmermann | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mario Vrančić | 14 | 22 | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Moritz Leitner | 19 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | ST | Jordan Rhodes | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Jamal Lewis | 42 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Timm Klose | 23 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Emiliano Buendía | 34 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Marco Stiepermann | 39 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Tom Trybull | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 43 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Kenny McLean | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Felix Passlack | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Onel Hernández | 35 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Alexander Tettey | 26 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Philip Heise | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | ST | Carlton Morris | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Grant Hanley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | Dennis Srbeny | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Michael McGovern | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Louis Thompson | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Max Aarons | 41 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | Aston Oxborough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Alfie Payne | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | James Husband | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ben Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | ST | Nélson Oliveira | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Matt Jarvis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | Oluwarotimi Odusina | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Marcel Franke | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | DF | Sean Raggett | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Steven Naismith | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | MF | Yanic Wildschut | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer at the club: |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Russell Martin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Remi Matthews | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Championship | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | Teemu Pukki | 29 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 2 | MF | Mario Vrančić | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | Marco Stiepermann | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | Onel Hernández | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | ST | Jordan Rhodes | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | Emiliano Buendía | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | DF | Timm Klose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Ben Godfrey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | Kenny McLean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Max Aarons | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Christoph Zimmermann | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | ST | Dennis Srbeny | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | MF | Moritz Leitner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Tom Trybull | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Alexander Tettey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Todd Cantwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 93 | 0 | 11 | 104 |