# 2017–18 Sevilla FC season

The 2017–18 season was Sevilla FC's 111th season in existence and the club's 17th consecutive season in La Liga, the top league of Spanish football. Sevilla competed in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League.

## Kit

Supplier: New Balance

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 January 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 | ESP | Sergio Rico |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Corchia |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Miguel Layún (on loan from Porto) |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Simon Kjær |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Clément Lenglet |
| 6 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Roque Mesa (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Arana |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Wissam Ben Yedder |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Joaquín Correa |
| 12 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David Soria |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Guido Pizarro |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Jesús Navas |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Sergio Escudero (3rd captain) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Paulo Henrique Ganso |
| 20 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Pareja (captain) |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Franco Vázquez |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Sandro Ramírez (on loan from Everton) |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Nolito |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado |
| — | DF | FRA | Lionel Carole (on loan from Galatasaray) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 10 | MF | Éver Banega | 29 | EU | Internazionale | Transfer | Summer | €9,000,000 |
| 20 | FW | Luis Muriel | 25 | EU | Sampdoria | Transfer | Summer | €20,000,000 |
| 14 | MF | Guido Pizarro | 27 | EU | UANL | Transfer | Summer | €6,000,000 |
| 24 | MF | Nolito | 30 | EU | Manchester City | Transfer | Summer | €9,000,000 |
| 2 | DF | Sébastien Corchia | 26 | EU | Lille | Transfer | Summer | €7,500,000 |
| 16 | MF | Jesús Navas | 31 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 4 | DF | Simon Kjær | 28 | EU | Fenerbahce | Transfer | Summer | €12,500,000 |
Total spending: €64,000,000

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 8 | MF | Vicente Iborra | 29 | EU | Leicester City | Transfer | Summer | €15,000,000 |
| 20 | MF | Vitolo | 27 | EU | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | Summer | €35,600,000 |
| 23 | DF | Adil Rami | 31 | EU | Marseille | Transfer | Summer | €6,000,000 |
| 3 | DF | Mariano | 31 | EU | Galatasaray | Transfer | Summer | €4,500,000 |
| 7 | MF | Michael Krohn-Dehli | 34 | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Transfer | Summer | Free transfer |
Total income: €61,100,000
Net: €2,900,000

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Summer

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overall

| 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 % |
| La Liga | 20 August 2017 | 19 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 044.74 |
| Copa del Rey | 24 October 2017 | 21 April 2018 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 077.78 |
| Champions League | 16 August 2017 | 11 April 2018 | Play-off round | Quarter-finals | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 59 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 87 | 85 | +2 | 047.46 |
Last updated: 19 May 2018 (2018-05-19) Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 044.74 |
| Copa del Rey | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 077.78 |
| Champions League | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 59 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 87 | 85 | +2 | 047.46 |
Updated to match played 19 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Sevilla | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Getafe | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 55 | |
| 9 | Eibar | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 51 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Eibar finished ahead of Girona on head-to-head points: Eibar 4–1 Girona, Girona 1–4 Eibar.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIV | SEV | SPM | MRB |
| 1 | Liverpool | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 6 | +17 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | Transfer to Europa League | 1–1 | 5–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Maribor | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 | | 0–7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 20 May 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio Rico | 40 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | David Soria | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | ESP | Juan Soriano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | FRA | Sébastien Corchia | 20 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MEX | Miguel Layún | 18 | 2 | 11+5 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Simon Kjær | 27 | 3 | 18+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Clément Lenglet | 54 | 4 | 33+2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | POR | Daniel Carriço | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Guilherme Arana | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Sergio Escudero | 45 | 3 | 26+1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Pareja | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Gabriel Mercado | 43 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| — | DF | FRA | Lionel Carole | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ESP | Roque Mesa | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega | 50 | 5 | 25+6 | 3 | 7+1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Joaquín Correa | 39 | 7 | 15+6 | 1 | 7+1 | 5 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | GER | Johannes Geis | 20 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARG | Guido Pizarro | 40 | 2 | 19+5 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 8+3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi | 44 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Jesús Navas | 44 | 3 | 20+6 | 1 | 6+2 | 2 | 5+5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Pablo Sarabia | 53 | 9 | 27+7 | 6 | 7+1 | 2 | 8+3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Ganso | 11 | 4 | 7+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | ITA | Franco Vázquez | 44 | 5 | 22+8 | 4 | 5+2 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Sandro Ramírez | 18 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ESP | José Alonso | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Wissam Ben Yedder | 42 | 22 | 18+7 | 9 | 3+3 | 3 | 10+1 | 10 |
| 20 | FW | COL | Luis Muriel | 46 | 9 | 17+12 | 7 | 6+3 | 2 | 2+6 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Nolito | 42 | 5 | 17+13 | 4 | 2+3 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Carlos Fernández | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | DEN | Michael Krohn-Dehli | 19 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Walter Montoya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Out on loan ||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | ESP | Borja Lasso | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 22 December 2017.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 2 | DF | Sébastien Corchia | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Simon Kjær | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Clément Lenglet | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Daniel Carriço | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Wissam Ben Yedder | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Éver Banega | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Joaquín Correa | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | David Soria | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Guido Pizarro | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Steven Nzonzi | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Jesús Navas | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Pablo Sarabia | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Sergio Escudero | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Luis Muriel | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Nicolas Pareja | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Franco Vázquez | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Nolito | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Gabriel Mercado | 6 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 22 December 2017.
| Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Champions League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Sergio Rico | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | | David Soria | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |