# 2017–18 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 26th season in the Premier League and 40th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Following the rebuilding of White Hart Lane, Spurs played all home fixtures at Wembley Stadium during this season at full 90,000 capacity. The season also marked a change in kit suppliers as Nike replaced Under Armour.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## First-team squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (C) | GK | (1986-12-26) 26 December 1986 (age 38) |
| 13 | Michel Vorm | GK | (1983-10-20) 20 October 1983 (age 41) |
| 22 | Paulo Gazzaniga | GK | (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 33) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Kieran Trippier | RB / RWB | (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34) |
| 3 | Danny Rose | LB / LWB | (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 34) |
| 4 | Toby Alderweireld | CB / RB | (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35) |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen (2nd VC) | CB / LB | (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 37) |
| 6 | Davinson Sánchez | CB / RB | (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28) |
| 21 | Juan Foyth | CB / DM | (1998-01-12) 12 January 1998 (age 27) |
| 24 | Serge Aurier | RB / RWB | (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 32) |
| 33 | Ben Davies | LB / LWB / CB | (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31) |
| 37 | Kyle Walker-Peters | RB / LB | (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 11 | Erik Lamela | RW / LW | (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32) |
| 12 | Victor Wanyama | DM / CM | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33) |
| 15 | Eric Dier | DM / CB | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31) |
| 17 | Moussa Sissoko | CM / RM | (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 35) |
| 19 | Mousa Dembélé | CM / DM | (1987-07-16) 16 July 1987 (age 37) |
| 20 | Dele Alli | CM / AM | (1996-04-11) 11 April 1996 (age 28) |
| 23 | Christian Eriksen | AM / LW / RW | (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 33) |
| 27 | Lucas Moura | RW | (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32) |
| 29 | Harry Winks | CM / DM | (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 29) |
| Strikers |||||
| 7 | Son Heung-min | FW / LW / RW | (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 10 | Harry Kane (1st VC) | FW / SS | (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 31) |
| 18 | Fernando Llorente | FW | (1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39) |
Last updated: 31 August 2017. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

## Transfers
### Released

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Charlie Owens | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 9 June 2017 | MF | Filip Lesniak | Aalborg BK | Released |
| 9 June 2017 | GK | Thomas McDermott | Derry City | Released |
| 9 June 2017 | DF | Joe Muscatt | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 9 June 2017 | MF | Zenon Stylianides | Queens Park Rangers | Released |
| 9 June 2017 | FW | Juan Pablo González Velasco | CD Lugo | Released |
* ↑ Following Owens's release he joined Queens Park Rangers.
* ↑ Following Lesniak's release he joined Aalborg BK.
* ↑ Following McDermott's release he joined Derry City.
* ↑ Following Muscatt's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.
* ↑ Following Stylianides's release he joined Queens Park Rangers.
* ↑ Following Velasco's release he joined CD Lugo.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | Connor Ogilvie | Gillingham | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 July 2017 | GK | Tom Glover | Central Coast Mariners | April 2018 |
| 4 August 2017 | MF | Josh Onomah | Aston Villa | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 August 2017 | DF | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Sheffield United | 15 January 2018 |
| 8 September 2017 | FW | Vincent Janssen | Fenerbahçe | 30 June 2018 |
| 9 January 2018 | FW | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | Burnley | 30 June 2018 |
| 15 January 2018 | MF | Marcus Edwards | Norwich City | 11 April 2018 |
| 19 January 2018 | DF | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Ipswich Town | 30 June 2018 |
| 22 January 2018 | FW | Ryan Loft | Exeter | 30 June 2018 |
| 29 January 2018 | MF | Luke Amos | Stevenage | 30 June 2018 |
| 29 January 2018 | DF | Anton Walkes | Portsmouth | 30 June 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Shayon Harrison | Southend United | 30 June 2018 |
* ↑ On 15 January 2018 it was announced that Carter-Vickers had been recalled early by Tottenham Hotspur from his season-long loan.
* ↑ On 11 April 2018 it was reported that Edwards's loan had been terminated early. He was originally to remain at Norwich City until the end of the season.

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 August 2017 | DF | Davinson Sánchez | Ajax | £42,000,000 |
| 23 August 2017 | GK | Paulo Gazzaniga | Southampton | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2017 | DF | Juan Foyth | Estudiantes La Plata | £10,000,000 |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Serge Aurier | Paris Saint-Germain | £23,000,000 |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | Fernando Llorente | Swansea City | £12,000,000 |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Lucas Moura | Paris Saint-Germain | £25,000,000 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 12 July 2017 | GK | Luke McGee | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2017 | DF | Kyle Walker | Manchester City | £50,000,000 |
| 15 July 2017 | DF | Federico Fazio | Roma | £2,750,000 |
| 16 July 2017 | FW | Clinton N'Jie | Marseille | £6,000,000 |
| 29 August 2017 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | Stoke City | £18,000,000 |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Will Miller | Burton Albion | Undisclosed |

### Overall transfer activity
## Friendlies
### Pre-season

On 21 March 2017, it was announced that Tottenham Hotspur would take part in the 2017 International Champions Cup playing against Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and Manchester City in the United States. On 4 July 2017, it was announced that Tottenham would welcome Juventus to play a friendly match in Wembley Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur played a closed door match in Hotspur Way against Leyton Orient on 12 July 2017.
Win  Draw  Loss

#### 2017 International Champions Cup
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 060.53 |
| FA Cup | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 057.14 |
| EFL Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 062.50 |
| Total | 55 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 113 | 53 | +60 | 060.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Manchester City (C) | 38 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 106 | 27 | +79 | 100 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Manchester United | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Liverpool | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 84 | 38 | +46 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Chelsea | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup (Chelsea) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup (Manchester City) both qualified for European competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team (Europa League group stage) and the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) were passed down the league.

#### Result 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 Premier League fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

Spurs entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against AFC Wimbledon.

### EFL Cup

Tottenham Hotspur entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Barnsley. Another home tie was confirmed for the fourth round, against West Ham United.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

On 24 August 2017, Tottenham was drawn into Group H alongside Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and APOEL.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | RMA | DOR | APO |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | APOEL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 2 | | 0–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: APOEL 1–1 Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund 1–1 APOEL (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hugo Lloris | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Michel Vorm | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Paulo Gazzaniga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Kieran Trippier | 21+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32+3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Danny Rose | 9+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Toby Alderweireld | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 36 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Davinson Sánchez | 29+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39+2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Juan Foyth | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Serge Aurier | 16+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23+1 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Davies | 26+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34+4 | 2 |
| 37 | DF | Kyle Walker-Peters | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+4 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Erik Lamela | 7+18 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12+21 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | Victor Wanyama | 8+10 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12+12 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Eric Dier | 32+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 44+3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Moussa Sissoko | 15+18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 26+21 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 21+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 28+12 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Dele Alli | 34+2 | 9 | 1+6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 42+8 | 14 |
| 23 | MF | Christian Eriksen | 37 | 10 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 45+2 | 14 |
| 27 | MF | Lucas Moura | 2+4 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+6 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Harry Winks | 9+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Anthony Georgiou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Tashan Oakley-Boothe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Son Heung-min | 27+10 | 12 | 5+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 4 | 39+14 | 18 |
| 9 | FW | Vincent Janssen | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Harry Kane | 35+2 | 30 | 3+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 45+3 | 41 |
| 18 | FW | Fernando Llorente | 1+15 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 | 10+21 | 5 |
| 54 | FW | Kazaiah Sterling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season. |||||||||||||
| 27 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Harry Kane | 30 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 41 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Son Heung-min | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Dele Alli | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Christian Eriksen | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Fernando Llorente | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Erik Lamela | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Moussa Sissoko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 24 | Serge Aurier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 33 | Ben Davies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Jan Vertonghen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 12 | Victor Wanyama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 27 | Lucas Moura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 37 | Kyle Walker-Peters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 70 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 107 |
Last updated: 13 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Competition | Minutes | Score after goals | Result | Date |
| Harry Kane | APOEL Nicosia | Champions League | 39', 62', 67' | 0–1, 0–2, 0-3 | 0-3 (A) | 26 September 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Burnley | Premier League | 7', 69', 79' | 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 | 0-3 (A) | 23 December 2017 |
| Harry Kane | Southampton | Premier League | 22', 39', 67' | 1-0, 2-0, 5-1 | 5-2 (H) | 26 December 2017 |
| Fernando Llorente | Rochdale | FA Cup | 47', 53', 59' | 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 | 6-1 (H) | 28 February 2018 |

#### Own goals

| Player | Against | Competition | Minute | Score after own goal | Result | Date |
| Davinson Sánchez | Southampton | Premier League | 15' | 1-0 | 1-1 (A) | 21 January 2018 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Hugo Lloris | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 13 | Michel Vorm | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 22 | Paulo Gazzaniga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.