# 2017–18 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Huddersfield Town's 109th year in existence and first season in the Premier League following promotion through the 2017 Championship play-off final. The club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | RM | Elias Kachunga | FC Ingolstadt | £1,127,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Laurent Depoitre | Porto | Undisc. |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Aaron Mooy | Manchester City | £8,000,000 |
| 4 July 2017 | LM | Tom Ince | Derby County | Undisc. |
| 4 July 2017 | CM | Danny Williams | Reading | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | CF | Steve Mounié | Montpellier | £11,500,000 |
| 5 July 2017 | LB | Scott Malone | Fulham | Undisc. |
| 7 July 2017 | CB | Mathias Jørgensen | Copenhagen | £3,500,000 |
| 23 August 2017 | AM | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 1. FC Nürnberg | Undisc. |
| 27 August 2017 | GK | Robert Green | Leeds United | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | AM | Alex Pritchard | Norwich City | Undisc. |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Jonas Lössl | Mainz 05 | 30 June 2018 |
| 4 July 2017 | AM | Kasey Palmer | Chelsea | 3 January 2018 |
| 24 August 2017 | RB | Florent Hadergjonaj | FC Ingolstadt | 30 June 2018 |
| 2 January 2018 | CB | Terence Kongolo | Monaco | 30 June 2018 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Flo Bojaj | Welling United | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Ronan Coughlan | Bray Wanderers | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Kyle Dempsey | Fleetwood Town | £725,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Frank Mulhern | Guiseley | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Joe Murphy | Bury | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Jamie Spencer | Bradford Park Avenue | Released |
| 1 July 2017 | CM | Sam Warde | Colchester United | Released |
| 4 August 2017 | LW | Harry Bunn | Bury | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2017 | CB | Mark Hudson | Retired | — |
| 17 August 2017 | GK | Luke Coddington | Northampton Town | Free |
| 28 August 2017 | LB | Jason Davidson | Rijeka | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Nahki Wells | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2018 | CF | Deshane Dalling | Queens Park Rangers | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | GK | Tadhg Ryan | Galway United | Free |
| 24 January 2018 | CB | Danny Kane | Cork City | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | CF | Cedwyn Scott | Dundee | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Martin Cranie | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | RW | Joe Lolley | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Flo Bojaj joined Welling United following his release.
* ↑ Ronan Coughlan joined Bray Wanderers following his release.
* ↑ Frank Mulhern joined Guiseley following his release.
* ↑ Jamie Spencer joined Bradford Park Avenue following his release.
* ↑ Sam Warde joined Colchester United following his release.

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| 5 July 2017 | LB | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | Portsmouth | 31 May 2018 | |
| 5 July 2017 | CF | Jordy Hiwula | Fleetwood Town | 31 May 2018 | |
| 6 July 2017 | CB | Fraser Horsfall | Gateshead | 31 August 2017 | |
| 11 July 2017 | CF | Rekeil Pyke | Port Vale | 31 May 2018 | |
| 28 July 2017 | AM | Jack Payne | Oxford United | 5 May 2018 | |
| 18 August 2017 | RW | Sean Scannell | Burton Albion | 6 January 2018 | |
| 25 August 2017 | RB | Jordan Williams | Bury | 31 May 2018 | |
| 31 August 2017 | CB | Fraser Horsfall | Kidderminster Harriers | 31 January 2018 | |
| 8 January 2018 | GK | Ryan Schofield | Telford United | 31 May 2018 | - |
| 31 January 2018 | CB | Dylan Cogill | Clyde | 31 May 2018 | |
| 31 January 2018 | AM | Jack Boyle | Clyde | 31 May 2018 | |
* ↑ Fraser Horsfall was recalled and sent on loan to Kidderminster Harriers.

## First team

    Last updated on 31 January 2018
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Jonas Lössl | GK | (1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 36) |
| 13 | Joel Coleman | GK | (1995-09-26)26 September 1995 (aged 21) |
| 28 | Robert Green | GK | (1980-01-18)18 January 1980 (aged 37) |
| 31 | Ryan Schofield | GK | (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 25) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Tommy Smith (captain) | RB | (1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32) |
| 3 | Scott Malone | LB / LW | (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33) |
| 5 | Terence Kongolo | CB / LB | (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 (aged 24) |
| 15 | Chris Löwe | LB | (1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 35) |
| 25 | Mathias Jørgensen | CB | (1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34) |
| 26 | Christopher Schindler | CB | (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 34) |
| 27 | Jon Gorenc Stanković | CB | (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 29) |
| 33 | Florent Hadergjonaj | RB / RWB / DM | (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30) |
| 44 | Michael Hefele | CB | (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 34) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Dean Whitehead | DM / CM | (1982-01-21) 21 January 1982 (age 43) |
| 6 | Jonathan Hogg (vice-captain) | DM / CM | (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 36) |
| 7 | Sean Scannell | RW | (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) |
| 8 | Philip Billing | CM | (1996-06-11) 11 June 1996 (age 28) |
| 10 | Aaron Mooy | CM / AM | (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 34) |
| 11 | Abdelhamid Sabiri | AM | (1996-11-28) 28 November 1996 (age 28) |
| 17 | Rajiv van La Parra | LW / RW | (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33) |
| 19 | Danny Williams | DM / CM / RB | (1989-03-08) 8 March 1989 (age 36) |
| 21 | Alex Pritchard | AM | (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 22 | Tom Ince | LW / RW / AM | (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 33) |
| 39 | Lewis O’Brien | AM | (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 26) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Elias Kachunga | ST / RW | (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 32) |
| 20 | Laurent Depoitre | ST | (1988-12-07) 7 December 1988 (age 36) |
| 23 | Collin Quaner | ST / RW / LW | (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 33) |
| 24 | Steve Mounié | ST | (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 30) |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

As 18:20, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Jonas Lössl | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tommy Smith | 27 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Scott Malone | 28 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Dean Whitehead | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Terence Kongolo | 17 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg | 33 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Sean Scannell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing | 22 | 1 | 8+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | COD | Elias Kachunga | 21 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 38 | 4 | 34+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 10 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Joel Coleman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Chris Löwe | 25 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NED | Rajiv van La Parra | 38 | 5 | 26+7 | 3 | 2+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Danny Williams | 24 | 1 | 11+9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | BEL | Laurent Depoitre | 35 | 6 | 18+15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Alex Pritchard | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Tom Ince | 37 | 3 | 27+6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | GER | Collin Quaner | 31 | 0 | 13+13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | BEN | Steve Mounié | 31 | 9 | 21+7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | DEN | Mathias Jørgensen | 40 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | GER | Christopher Schindler | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SUI | Florent Hadergjonaj | 27 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Jordan Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GER | Michael Hefele | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | ENG | Martin Cranie | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Joe Lolley | 10 | 2 | 2+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Kasey Palmer | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Cards

    As of 9 May 2018
| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Tommy Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Christopher Schindler | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | Mathias Jørgensen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Aaron Mooy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Collin Quaner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Rajiv van La Parra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Philip Billing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Florent Hadergjonaj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Michael Hefele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Kasey Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Steve Mounié | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Danny Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Jonas Lössl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Elias Kachunga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Laurent Depoitre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Joe Lolley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Joel Coleman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 58 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 3 |

## Awards
### Huddersfield Town Blue & White Foundation Player of the Month Award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by members of the Blue & White Foundation voting on htafc.com
| Month | Player |
| August | Christopher Schindler |
| September | Christopher Schindler |
| October | Laurent Depoitre |
| November | Christopher Schindler |
| December | Jonas Lössl |
| January | Jonathan Hogg |
| February | Steve Mounié |
| March | Jonathan Hogg |
| Season | Christopher Schindler |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

As of 14 July 2017, Huddersfield Town have announced six pre-season friendlies against Bury, Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, VfB Stuttgart, Torino, SV Sandhausen and Udinese.

## 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 % |
| Premier League | 12 August 2017 | 13 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 023.68 |
| FA Cup | 6 January 2018 | 17 February 2018 | Third round | Fifth round | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 |
| EFL Cup | 23 August 2017 | 19 September 2017 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 027.27 |
Last updated: 13 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Watford | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 41 | |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 40 | |
| 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Huddersfield Town entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Bolton Wanderers.

### EFL Cup

Huddersfield Town were drawn at home to Rotherham United as they entered into the second round of the competition. The Terriers were drawn away in the third round, against Crystal Palace.