# 2018–19 West Ham United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was West Ham United's seventh consecutive campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 23rd Premier League campaign overall and their 61st top flight appearance in their 124th year in existence.
Aside of the Premier League, West Ham United participated in the FA Cup and League Cup, entering at the third round in the FA Cup and the second round in the EFL Cup.

## First team

| Squad No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Łukasz Fabiański | GK | (1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 33) | Swansea City |
| 13 | Adrián | GK | (1987-01-03)3 January 1987 (aged 31) | Real Betis |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Winston Reid | CB | (1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 30) | Midtjylland |
| 3 | Aaron Cresswell | LB | (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 28) | Ipswich Town |
| 4 | Fabián Balbuena | CB | (1991-08-23)23 August 1991 (aged 27) | Corinthians |
| 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | RB | (1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 33) | Manchester City |
| 21 | Angelo Ogbonna | CB | (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 (aged 30) | Juventus |
| 23 | Issa Diop | CB | (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 21) | Toulouse |
| 24 | Ryan Fredericks | RB/RM | (1992-10-10)10 October 1992 (aged 25) | Fulham |
| 26 | Arthur Masuaku | LB | (1993-11-07)7 November 1993 (aged 24) | Olympiacos |
| 53 | Ben Johnson | LB/RB | (2000-01-24)24 January 2000 (aged 18) | Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 10 | Manuel Lanzini | AM | (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 25) | Al Jazira |
| 11 | Robert Snodgrass | RM | (1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 30) | Hull City |
| 14 | Pedro Obiang | CM/DM | (1992-03-27)27 March 1992 (aged 26) | Sampdoria |
| 15 | Carlos Sánchez | DM | (1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 32) | Fiorentina |
| 16 | Mark Noble (captain) | CM | (1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 31) | Academy |
| 18 | Samir Nasri | AM/LW | (1987-06-26)26 June 1987 (aged 31) | Free Agent |
| 19 | Jack Wilshere | CM/AM | (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 26) | Arsenal |
| 41 | Declan Rice | DM | (1999-01-14)14 January 1999 (aged 19) | Academy |
| 45 | Grady Diangana | CM/AM | (1998-04-19)19 April 1998 (aged 20) | Academy |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Marko Arnautović | LW/RW/ST | (1989-04-19)19 April 1989 (aged 29) | Stoke City |
| 8 | Felipe Anderson | RW/LW/AM | (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 25) | Lazio |
| 9 | Andy Carroll | ST | (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 29) | Liverpool |
| 17 | Javier Hernández | ST | (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 30) | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 20 | Andriy Yarmolenko | RW/LW | (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 28) | Borussia Dortmund |
| 27 | Lucas Pérez | ST/RW | (1988-09-10)10 September 1988 (aged 29) | Arsenal |
| 30 | Michail Antonio | RW/LW/RWB | (1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 28) | Nottingham Forest |
| 32 | Xande Silva | ST | (1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 21) | Vitória Guimarães |

## Competitions
### Friendlies

The club arranged an 11-day pre-season trip to Switzerland, where they played Challenge League side Winterthur. They followed this with a number of other friendlies against English clubs, before travelling to Austria for two games, including the season's Betway Cup fixture, against Mainz 05. In November 2018, the club arranged a friendly against Brentford to coincide with that month's international break.

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 11 | Watford | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 50 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 49 |

#### 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

| 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

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

### EFL Cup

West Ham United entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to AFC Wimbledon. It was the first competitive meeting between the clubs since AFC Wimbledon were formed in 2002. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott. West Ham were drawn at home against Macclesfield Town, only the third senior meeting between the two teams. The 8–0 win was West Ham's biggest victory for 35 years. The fourth round draw was made live on Quest by Rachel Yankey and Rachel Riley on 29 September. West Ham lost the subsequent fourth round tie 1–3 at home against rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Issa Diop | Toulouse | £22,000,000 |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | Swansea City | £7,000,000 |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Ryan Fredericks | Fulham | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Sebastian Nebyla | Spartak Trnava | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2018 | CM | Jack Wilshere | Arsenal | Free |
| 11 July 2018 | RW | Andriy Yarmolenko | Borussia Dortmund | £17,500,000 |
| 14 July 2018 | CB | Fabián Balbuena | Corinthians | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2018 | RW | Felipe Anderson | Lazio | £36,000,000 |
| 2 August 2018 | SS | Xande Silva | Vitória Guimarães | £2,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | CF | Lucas Pérez | Arsenal | £4,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | DM | Carlos Sánchez | Fiorentina | Undisclosed |
| 31 December 2018 | LW | Samir Nasri | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2019 | RW | Mesaque Djú | Benfica | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | James Collins | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Patrice Evra | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Korrey Henry | Yeovil Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Rosaire Longelo | Newcastle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Rihards Matrevics | Barnet | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2018 | CB | Ben Wells | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 10 July 2018 | CB | Reece Burke | Hull City | £1,500,000 |
| 1 August 2018 | DM | Cheikhou Kouyaté | Crystal Palace | £9,500,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | CM | Domingos Quina | Watford | £1,000,000 |
* ↑ James Collins joined Ipswich Town in January 2019.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 24 July 2018 | AM | Marcus Browne | Oxford United | End of season |
| 25 July 2018 | AM | Martin Samuelsen | VVV-Venlo | 20 February 2019 |
| 6 August 2018 | LM | Sead Hakšabanović | Málaga | 20 January 2019 |
| 8 August 2018 | CF | Jordan Hugill | Middlesbrough | End of season |
| 10 August 2018 | RB | Sam Byram | Nottingham Forest | End of season |
| 13 August 2018 | AM | Edimilson Fernandes | Fiorentina | End of season |
| 13 August 2018 | CF | Toni Martínez | Rayo Majadahonda | 18 January 2019 |
| 30 August 2018 | CM | Josh Cullen | Charlton Athletic | End of season |
| 4 January 2019 | LB | Vashon Neufville | Newport County | End of season |
| 11 January 2019 | CM | Moses Makasi | Stevenage | End of season |
| 18 January 2019 | CF | Toni Martínez | Lugo | End of season |
| 20 January 2019 | LM | Sead Hakšabanović | IFK Norrköping | May 2020 |
| 21 January 2019 | AM | Joe Powell | Northampton Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Oladapo Afolayan | Oldham Athletic | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CB | Reece Oxford | Augsburg | 31 May 2019 |
| 20 February 2019 | AM | Martin Samuelsen | FK Haugesund | 30 June 2019 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Correct as of match played 12 May 2019
| 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 | POL | Łukasz Fabiański | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Adrián | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NZL | Winston Reid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Aaron Cresswell | 22 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | PAR | Fabián Balbuena | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Pablo Zabaleta | 27 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Angelo Ogbonna | 29 | 3 | 20+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | FRA | Issa Diop | 38 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 18 | 2 | 12+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | COD | Arthur Masuaku | 27 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 53 | DF | ENG | Ben Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SCO | Robert Snodgrass | 38 | 4 | 25+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | EQG | Pedro Obiang | 29 | 0 | 12+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | COL | Carlos Sánchez | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Mark Noble | 32 | 5 | 29+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Samir Nasri | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Jack Wilshere | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Michail Antonio | 38 | 7 | 22+11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Declan Rice | 38 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Grady Diangana | 21 | 2 | 6+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 54 | MF | IRL | Conor Coventry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUT | Marko Arnautović | 30 | 11 | 24+4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Felipe Anderson | 40 | 10 | 36 | 9 | 0+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Andy Carroll | 14 | 1 | 3+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Manuel Lanzini | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MEX | Javier Hernández | 28 | 8 | 14+11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | UKR | Andriy Yarmolenko | 10 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ESP | Lucas Pérez | 19 | 6 | 4+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 32 | FW | POR | Xande Silva | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season ||||||||||||
| 50 | MF | ENG | Joe Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

Correct as of match played 12 May 2019
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | | Marko Arnautović | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 8 | | Felipe Anderson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | | Javier Hernández | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 30 | | Michail Antonio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 27 | | Lucas Pérez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | | Mark Noble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | | Robert Snodgrass | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 21 | | Angelo Ogbonna | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | 20 | | Andriy Yarmolenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 23 | | Issa Diop | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 24 | | Ryan Fredericks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 41 | | Declan Rice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 45 | | Grady Diangana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | 9 | | Andy Carroll | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | | Fabián Balbuena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 10 | | Manuel Lanzini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 52 | 4 | 12 | 68 |