# 2017–18 Derby County F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Derby County's tenth consecutive season in the Championship in their 134th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 3 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Carson |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Craig Forsyth |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Richard Keogh (captain) |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Kasey Palmer (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ikechi Anya |
| 10 | MF | WAL | Tom Lawrence |
| 12 | DF | NIR | Chris Baird |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Andre Wisdom |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Bradley Johnson |
| 16 | DF | IRL | Alex Pearce |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Sam Winnall (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Andreas Weimann |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | NED | Kelle Roos |
| 23 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jamie Hanson |
| 28 | FW | ENG | David Nugent |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Marcus Olsson |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Curtis Davies |
| 34 | MF | ENG | George Thorne |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Jonathan Mitchell |
| 36 | MF | WAL | Joe Ledley |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Tom Huddlestone |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Luke Thomas |
| 47 | DF | ENG | Jayden Bogle |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Craig Bryson (on loan at Cardiff City) |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell (on loan at Millwall) |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Chris Martin (on loan at Reading) |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent (on loan at Burton Albion) |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jacob Butterfield (on loan at Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Mason Bennett (on loan at Notts County) |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Nick Blackman (on loan at Maccabi Tel Aviv) |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Max Lowe (on loan at Shrewsbury Town) |

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

On 9 May 2017, Derby County announced they will face two German sides as part of their pre-season preparations. Three days later The Rams confirmed their pre-season schedule ahead of the new campaign.

## Competitions
### Championship

Derby County became the first team to score a goal in the Championship 2017–18 season when Bradley Johnson netted after 11 minutes of their opening match against Sunderland.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 83 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 76 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Derby County | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 75 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Preston North End | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 73 | |
| 8 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 72 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier 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: 23 May 2018. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

#### Football League play-offs
### FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Derby County entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Manchester United.

### EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Grimsby Town announced. Following the abandonment off the first round tie, the fixture was rescheduled for 22 August 2017. Victory against Grimsby Town in the rescheduled match set up a second round tie against Barnsley.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Scott Carson | 49 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | Jonathan Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SCO | Craig Forsyth | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | IRL | Richard Keogh | 45 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | NIR | Chris Baird | 23 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Andre Wisdom | 34 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRL | Alex Pearce | 10 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SWE | Marcus Olsson | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Curtis Davies | 48 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Kasey Palmer | 16 | 2 | 2+13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Ikechi Anya | 11 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Bradley Johnson | 35 | 4 | 25+8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jamie Hanson | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | George Thorne | 22 | 0 | 9+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | WAL | Joe Ledley | 26 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | Callum Guy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Max Bird | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Tom Huddlestone | 47 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | ENG | Luke Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | WAL | Tom Lawrence | 44 | 6 | 36+3 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Sam Winnall | 18 | 6 | 6+11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | AUT | Andreas Weimann | 43 | 5 | 32+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra | 44 | 22 | 34+6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | David Nugent | 39 | 9 | 29+8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Cameron Jerome | 20 | 6 | 8+10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players transferred or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SCO | Craig Bryson | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jason Shackell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SCO | Johnny Russell | 25 | 5 | 13+10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Chris Martin | 25 | 1 | 5+18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jacob Butterfield | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Mason Bennett | 6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Max Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Kellan Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2018 Source: