# 2017–18 Burnley F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Burnley's 136th competitive season, their second consecutive in the Premier League and their 55th in top flight English football. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Match details
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Chelsea | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Arsenal | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Burnley | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Everton | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 49 | |
| 9 | Leicester City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 47 | |
* 1 2 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.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2018. Source: Premier League

#### Matches

Premier League match details :
| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 12 August 2017 | 6th | Chelsea | A | W | 3–2 | Vokes (2) 24', 43', Ward 39' | 41,616 |
| 19 August 2017 | 13th | West Bromwich Albion | H | L | 0–1 | | 19,619 |
| 27 August 2017 | 10th | Tottenham Hotspur | A | D | 1–1 | Wood 90+2' | 67,862 |
| 10 September 2017 | 7th | Crystal Palace | H | W | 1–0 | Wood 3' | 18,862 |
| 16 September 2017 | 7th | Liverpool | A | D | 1–1 | Arfield 27' | 53,231 |
| 23 September 2017 | 9th | Huddersfield Town | H | D | 0–0 | | 20,759 |
| 1 October 2017 | 6th | Everton | A | W | 1–0 | Hendrick 21' | 38,448 |
| 14 October 2017 | 7th | West Ham United | H | D | 1–1 | Wood 85' | 20,945 |
| 21 October 2017 | 9th | Manchester City | A | L | 0–3 | | 54,118 |
| 30 October 2017 | 7th | Newcastle United | H | W | 1–0 | Hendrick 74' | 21,031 |
| 4 November 2017 | 6th | Southampton | A | W | 1–0 | Vokes 81' | 30,491 |
| 18 November 2017 | 7th | Swansea City | H | W | 2–0 | Cork 29', Barnes 40' | 18,895 |
| 26 November 2017 | 7th | Arsenal | H | L | 0–1 | | 21,722 |
| 29 November 2017 | 6th | AFC Bournemouth | A | W | 2–1 | Wood 37', Brady 65' | 10,302 |
| 2 December 2017 | 7th | Leicester City | A | L | 0–1 | | 30,714 |
| 9 December 2017 | 7th | Watford | H | W | 1–0 | Arfield 45' | 19,479 |
| 12 December 2017 | 6th | Stoke City | H | W | 1–0 | Barnes 89' | 19,909 |
| 16 December 2017 | 5th | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | D | 0–0 | | 29,921 |
| 23 December 2017 | 7th | Tottenham Hotspur | H | L | 0–3 | | 21,650 |
| 26 December 2017 | 7th | Manchester United | A | D | 2–2 | Barnes 3', Defour 36' | 75,046 |
| 30 December 2017 | 7th | Huddersfield Town | A | D | 0–0 | | 24,095 |
| 1 January 2018 | 7th | Liverpool | H | L | 1–2 | Guðmundsson 87' | 21,756 |
| 13 January 2018 | 7th | Crystal Palace | A | L | 0–1 | | 24,696 |
| 20 January 2018 | 8th | Manchester United | H | L | 0–1 | | 21,841 |
| 31 January 2018 | 7th | Newcastle United | A | D | 1–1 | Darlow 85' o.g. | 50,174 |
| 3 February 2018 | 7th | Manchester City | H | D | 1–1 | Guðmundsson 82' | 21,658 |
| 10 February 2018 | 7th | Swansea City | A | L | 0–1 | | 20,179 |
| 24 February 2018 | 7th | Southampton | H | D | 1–1 | Barnes 67' | 20,982 |
| 3 March 2018 | 7th | Everton | H | W | 2–1 | Barnes 56', Wood 80' | 20,802 |
| 10 March 2018 | 7th | West Ham United | A | W | 3–0 | Barnes 66', Wood (2) 70', 81' | 56,904 |
| 31 March 2018 | 7th | West Bromwich Albion | A | W | 2–1 | Barnes 22', Wood 73' | 23,455 |
| 7 April 2018 | 7th | Watford | A | W | 2–1 | Vokes 70', Cork 73' | 20,044 |
| 14 April 2018 | 7th | Leicester City | H | W | 2–1 | Wood 6', Long 9' | 21,727 |
| 19 April 2018 | 7th | Chelsea | H | L | 1–2 | Barnes 64' | 21,264 |
| 22 April 2018 | 7th | Stoke City | A | D | 1–1 | Barnes 62' | 29,532 |
| 28 April 2018 | 7th | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | D | 0–0 | | 19,459 |
| 6 May 2018 | 7th | Arsenal | A | L | 0–5 | | 59,540 |
| 13 May 2018 | 7th | AFC Bournemouth | H | L | 1–2 | Wood 39' | 20,720 |

### FA Cup

FA Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Third round | 6 January 2018 | Manchester City | A | L | 1–4 | Barnes 25' | 53,356 | |

### EFL Cup

EFL Cup match details :
| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| Second round | 23 August 2017 | Blackburn Rovers | A | W | 2–0 | Cork 27', Brady 45+4' | 16,313 | |
| Third round | 19 September 2017 | Leeds United | H | D | 2–2 (a.e.t.) 3–5 pens. | Wood 89' pen., Brady 90+6' | 11,799 | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| 5 July 2017 | Rahis Nabi | (West Bromwich Albion) | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | Christian N'Guessan | (Blackpool) | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | Aidan Stone | Brocton | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | Charlie Taylor | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2016 | Jonathan Walters | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2017 | Jack Cork | Swansea City | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2017 | Phil Bardsley | Stoke City | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2017 | Adam Legzdins | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2017 | Chris Wood | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | Nahki Wells | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 21 September 2017 | Anders Lindegaard | (Preston North End) | Free |
| 23 January 2018 | Aaron Lennon | Everton | Undisclosed |
    † Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Burnley.

### Loans in

| Date | Player | Club | Return | Ref |
| 8 January 2018 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Player | Club† | Fee |
| 30 June 2017 | Joey Barton | | Retired |
| 30 June 2017 | George Green | (Viking) | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | Christian Hill | | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | Taofiq Olomowewe | (Maldon & Tiptree) | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | Richard Pingling | (AFC Wimbledon) | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | Tony Aghayere | (Salford City) | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | Paul Robinson | | Retired |
| 30 June 2017 | Michael Kightly | (Southend United) | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | George Boyd | (Sheffield Wednesday) | Released |
| 3 July 2017 | Michael Keane | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 7 July 2017 | Rouwen Hennings | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Free |
| 26 July 2017 | Tendayi Darikwa | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2017 | Andre Gray | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | Robbie Leitch | (St Mirren) | Released |
| 9 January 2018 | Luke Hendrie | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2018 | Alex Whitmore | Chesterfield | Free |
| 19 January 2018 | Harry Flowers | Guiseley | Free |
| 2 February 2018 | Fredrik Ulvestad | Djurgårdens IF | Free |
    † Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his Burnley contract expired.

### Loans out

| Date | Player | Club | Return |
| 1 July 2017 | Josh Ginnelly | Lincoln City | 12 January 2018 |
| 4 July 2017 | Ntumba Massanka | Wrexham | 1 January 2018 |
| 5 July 2017 | Jimmy Dunne | Barrow | 1 January 2018 |
| 5 July 2017 | Brad Jackson | Southport | End of season |
| 10 July 2017 | Connor King | Barnoldswick Town | |
| 28 July 2017 | Chris Long | Northampton Town | End of season |
| 28 July 2017 | Alex Whitmore | Bury | 4 January 2018 |
| 31 July 2017 | Aiden O'Neill | Fleetwood Town | 12 January 2018 |
| 31 July 2017 | Conor Mitchell | Chester | 1 January 2018 |
| 21 August 2017 | Luke Hendrie | Bradford City | 6 January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | Dan Agyei | Walsall | 6 January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | Tommy Wood | Barnoldswick Town | |
| 31 August 2017 | Tom Anderson | Port Vale | 31 January 2018 |
| 4 January 2018 | Jimmy Dunne | Accrington Stanley | End of season |
| 4 January 2018 | Khius Metz | Chorley | End of season |
| 12 January 2018 | Harry Limb | Matlock Town | End of season |
| 12 January 2018 | Josh Ginnelly | Tranmere Rovers | End of season |
| 18 January 2018 | Dan Agyei | Blackpool | End of season |
| 31 January 2018 | Tom Anderson | Doncaster Rovers | End of season |

## Appearances and goals

    Source:
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
    Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
    Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
    Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players contracted for the 2017–18 season :
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Tom Heaton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Matthew Lowton | 25 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Charlie Taylor | 10 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jack Cork | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 40 (1) | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | James Tarkowski | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Mee | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | FRA | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou * | 2 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dean Marney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | WAL | Sam Vokes | 7 (23) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (23) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Ashley Barnes | 21 (15) | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 (15) | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Chris Wood | 20 (4) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 1 | 20 (6) | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | IRL | Robbie Brady | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 | 16 (1) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | IRL | Jeff Hendrick | 29 (5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 (5) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Steven Defour | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 24 (1) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ISL | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 32 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 34 (4) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ashley Westwood | 12 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 (7) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRL | Jonathan Walters | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NOR | Fredrik Ulvestad † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BER | Nahki Wells | 0 (9) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | DEN | Anders Lindegaard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Stephen Ward | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Chris Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon | 13 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Phil Bardsley | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IRL | Kevin Long | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Nick Pope | 34 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Adam Legzdins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Dwight McNeil | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | Dan Agyei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CAN | Scott Arfield | 15 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 (3) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | AUS | Aiden O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |