2017–18 in English football

Football in England
Season2017–18
Men's football
Premier LeagueManchester City
ChampionshipWolverhampton Wanderers
League OneWigan Athletic
League TwoAccrington Stanley
National LeagueMacclesfield Town
FA CupChelsea
EFL TrophyLincoln City
EFL CupManchester City
Community ShieldArsenal
Women's football
WSL 1Chelsea
WSL 2Doncaster Rovers Belles
FA Women's CupChelsea
WSL CupArsenal
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The 2017–18 season was the 138th season of competitive association football in England.

National teams[edit]

England national football team[edit]

Main article: England football team

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]
10 November 2017 England  0–0  Germany London, England
20:00 GMT Gomez Yellow card 45+1'
Livermore Yellow card 59'		 Report Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 81,382
Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (Poland)
14 November 2017 England  0–0  Brazil London, England
20:00 GMT Livermore Yellow card 54' Report Alves Yellow card 56' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 84,595
Referee: Artur Dias Soares (Portugal)
23 March 2018 Netherlands  0–1  England Amsterdam, Netherlands
19:45 GMT Report Lingard 59' Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
27 March 2018 England  1–1  Italy London, England
20:00 BST Vardy 26' Insigne 87' (pen.) Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 82,598
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
2 June 2018 England  2–1  Nigeria London, England
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 70,025
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
7 June 2018 England  2–0  Costa Rica Leeds, England
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 36,104
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)[edit]
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Group F[edit]
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 8 2 0 18 3 +15 26 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
2  Slovakia 10 6 0 4 17 7 +10 18 0–1 — 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0
3  Scotland 10 5 3 2 17 12 +5 18 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 2–0
4  Slovenia 10 4 3 3 12 7 +5 15 0–0 1–0 2–2 — 4–0 2–0
5  Lithuania 10 1 3 6 7 20 −13 6 0–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 — 2–0
6  Malta 10 0 1 9 3 25 −22 1 0–4 1–3 1–5 0–1 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers
In league format, the ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[1]
  1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Points in matches between tied teams
  5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
  6. Goals scored in matches between tied teams
  7. Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie was only between two teams in home-and-away league format)
  8. Fair play points
    • first yellow card: minus 1 point
    • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points
    • direct red card: minus 4 points
    • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points
  9. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
1 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Malta  0–4  England Ta' Qali, Malta
19:45 BST Report Kane 53', 90+2'
Bertrand 85'
Welbeck 90+1'		 Stadium: Ta' Qali National Stadium
Attendance: 16,994
Referee: Artur Dias Soares (Portugal)
4 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification England  2–1  Slovakia London, England
19:45 BST Dier 37'
Rashford 59'		 Report Lobotka 3' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 67,823
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
5 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification England  1–0  Slovenia London, England
19:45 BST Stones Yellow card 44'
Kane 90+4'		 Report Krhin Yellow card 38'
Mevlja Yellow card 45+1'
Rotman Yellow card 51'
Struna Yellow card 86'
Birsa Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 61,598
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)
8 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Lithuania  0–1  England Vilnius, Lithuania
17:00 BST Slivka Yellow card 54' Report Kane 27' (pen.) Stadium: LFF Stadium
Attendance: 5,067
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
2018 FIFA World Cup[edit]
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup
Group G[edit]
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches

18 June 2018 2018 WC Group G Tunisia  1–2  England Volgograd, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Sassi 35' (pen.) Report Kane 11', 90+1'
Walker Yellow card 34'		 Stadium: Volgograd Arena
Attendance: 41,064
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
24 June 2018 2018 WC Group G England  6–1  Panama Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)
13:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Stones 8', 40'
Kane 22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62'
Loftus-Cheek Yellow card 23'
Lingard 36'		 Report Cooper Yellow card 10'
Escobar Yellow card 44'
Murillo Yellow card 72'
Baloy 78'		 Stadium: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Attendance: 43,319
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
28 June 2018 2018 WC Group G England  0–1  Belgium Kaliningrad, Russia
20:00 KALT (UTC+2)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Report Tielemans Yellow card 19'
Dendoncker Yellow card 33'
Januzaj 51'		 Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium
Attendance: 33,973
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Knockout stage[edit]
Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
3 July 2018 2018 WC Round of 16 Colombia  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		  England Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Barrios Yellow card 41'
Arias Yellow card 52'
Sánchez Yellow card 54'
Falcao Yellow card 63'
Bacca Yellow card 64'
Mina 90+3'
Cuadrado Yellow card 118'		 Report Henderson Yellow card 56'
Kane 57' (pen.)
Lingard Yellow card 69'		 Stadium: Spartak Stadium
Attendance: 44,190
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
Penalties
7 July 2018 2018 WC Quarter-finals Sweden  0–2  England Samara, Russia
18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Guidetti Yellow card 87'
Larsson Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Maguire 30' Yellow card 87'
Alli 59'		 Stadium: Cosmos Arena
Attendance: 39,991
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
11 July 2018 2018 WC Semi-finals Croatia  2–1 (a.e.t.)  England Moscow, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Perišić 68'
Rebić Yellow card 96'
Mandžukić Yellow card 48' 109'		 Report Trippier 5'
Walker Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 78,011
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
14 July 2018 2018 WC 3rd place Belgium  2–0  England Saint Petersburg, Russia
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		 Meunier 4'
E. Hazard 82'
Witsel Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Stones Yellow card 52'
Maguire Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium
Attendance: 64,406
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

England U-21 national football team[edit]

Main article: England national under-21 football team

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification[edit]

Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group 4[edit]
Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 8 2 0 23 4 +19 26 Final tournament — 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 7–0
2  Netherlands 10 5 3 2 21 6 +15 18 1–1 — 3–0 1–2 3–0 8–0
3  Ukraine 10 5 2 3 18 12 +6 17 0–2 1–1 — 3–1 3–2 1–0
4  Scotland 10 4 2 4 13 13 0 14 0–2 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 3–0
5  Latvia 10 0 4 6 5 18 −13 4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 — 0–0
6  Andorra 10 0 3 7 1 28 −27 3 0–1 0–1 0–6 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

England U-20 national football team[edit]

Main article: England national under-20 football team

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  South Korea (H) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  Guinea 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Round of 16[edit]
England 2–1 Costa Rica
Fry Yellow card 5'
Lookman 35', 63'
Chapman Yellow card 88'		 Report Mesen Yellow card 52'
Salinas Yellow card 70'
Leal 89'
Attendance: 4,428
Quarter-finals[edit]
Mexico 0–1 England
Report Solanke 47'
Onomah Yellow card 33' Yellow-red card 72'
Attendance: 5,953
Semi-finals[edit]
Italy 1–3 England
Orsolini 2'
Orsolini Yellow card 28'
Favilli Yellow card 37'
Vido Yellow card 83'
Mandragora Yellow card 84'		 Report Kenny Yellow card 63'
Solanke 66', 88'
Lookman 77'
Attendance: 5,329
Final[edit]
Main article: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final
Venezuela 0–1 England
Velasquez Yellow card 46' Report Calvert-Lewin 35'
Tomori Yellow card 48'
Dowell Yellow card 58'
Attendance: 30,346

England U-19 national football team[edit]

Main article: England national under-19 football team

2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification[edit]

Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification
Group 8[edit]
Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification § Group 8

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Elite round
2  Bulgaria (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Elite round[edit]
Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification § Elite round

Group 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6[a] Final tournament
2  Latvia 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6[a]
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3[b]
4  Macedonia (H) 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3[b]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: England 3–0 Latvia.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Macedonia 3–4 Hungary.
Hungary 1–4 England
 Report
England 3–0 Latvia
Mount 22'
Nketiah 52'
Hirst 82'		 Report
Referee: Karim Abed (France)
England 0–2 North Macedonia
Report Atanasov 3'
Mitrovski 90+1'

England U-17 national football team[edit]

Main article: England national under-17 football team

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
Group F[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Mexico 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Chile 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Round of 16[edit]
England 0–0 Japan
Report
Penalties
 5–3
Attendance: 53,302
Quarter-finals[edit]
United States 1–4 England
 Report
Attendance: 16,148
Semi-finals[edit]
Brazil 1–3 England
 Report
Attendance: 63,881
Final[edit]
England 5–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 66,684

2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship[edit]

Main article: 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

The final draw was held in April 2018 in England.[3] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Hosts England were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the other teams were seeded according to their results in the qualification elite round, with the seven best elite round group winners (counting all elite round results) placed in Pot 1 and drawn to positions 1 and 2 in the groups, and the remaining eight teams (the eighth-best elite round group winner and the seven elite round group runners-up) placed in Pot 2 and drawn to positions 3 and 4 in the groups.

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Knockout stage
2  England (H) 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
4  Israel 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
4 May 2018 (2018-05-04) England  2–1  Israel Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
19:00 Doyle 29' (pen.)
Daly 61'		 Report Lugassy 40+1' (pen.) Attendance: 6,102
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
7 May 2018 (2018-05-07) England  2–1  Italy Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00 Appiah 64'
Doyle 69' (pen.)		 Report Riccardi 14' Attendance: 7,159
Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)
10 May 2018 (2018-05-10) Switzerland  1–0  England New York Stadium, Rotherham
19:00 Mambimbi 40+1' Report Referee: Romania Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Quarter-finals[edit]
13 May 2018 (2018-05-13) Norway  0–2  England Pirelli Stadium, Burton
18:00 Report Duncan 14'
Amaechi 49'		 Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)
Semi-finals[edit]
17 May 2018 (2018-05-17) England  0–0
(5–6 p)		  Netherlands Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
19:00 Report Attendance: 7,952
Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)
Penalties

England women's national football team[edit]

Main article: England women's national football team

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) Denmark  1–2  England Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00 Harder 66' Report White 44', 76' Stadium: Gladsaxe Stadium
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)
20 October 2017 France  1–0  England Valenciennes, France
19:50 BST Stadium: Stade du Hainaut
UEFA Women's Euro 2017[edit]
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017
Group D[edit]
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3[a]
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3[a]
4  Portugal 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3[a]
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head records:
    • Spain: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), +1 GD (2 GF, 1 GA)
    • Scotland: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), 0 GD (2 GF, 2 GA)
    • Portugal: 3 pts (1 W, 0 D, 1 L), −1 GD (2 GF, 3 GA)
19 July 2017 Euro 2017 – GS England  6–0  Scotland Utrecht, Netherlands
19:45
Report Stadium: Stadion Galgenwaard
Attendance: 5,578
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
23 July 2017 Euro 2017 – GS England  2–0  Spain Breda, Netherlands
19:45 Kirby 2'
Taylor 85'		 Report Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion
Attendance: 4,879
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)
27 July 2017 Euro 2017 – GS Portugal  1–2  England Tilburg, Netherlands
19:45 C. Mendes 17' Report Duggan 7'
Parris 48'		 Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Attendance: 3,335
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
30 July 2017 Euro 2017 – QF England  1–0  France Deventer, Netherlands
20:45 Taylor 60' Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst,
Attendance: 6,283
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
3 August 2017 Euro 2017 – SF Netherlands  3–0  England Enschede, Netherlands
20:45 Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)[edit]
Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1[edit]
Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 8 7 1 0 29 1 +28 22 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup — 0–0 6–0 4–0 5–0
2  Wales 8 5 2 1 7 3 +4 17 0–3 — 3–0 1–0 1–0
3  Russia 8 4 1 3 16 13 +3 13 1–3 0–0 — 3–0 3–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 1 0 7 3 19 −16 3[a] 0–2 0–1 1–6 — 0–2
5  Kazakhstan 8 1 0 7 2 21 −19 3[a] 0–6 0–1 0–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Kazakhstan 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Kazakhstan (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
19 September 2017 WCQ-G1 England  6–0  Russia Birkenhead, England
19:00
Report Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
24 November 2017 WCQ-G1 England  4–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Walsall, England
20:05
Report Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 10,026
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
28 November 2017 WCQ-G1 England  5–0  Kazakhstan Colchester, England
20:05
Report Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 9,643
Referee: Lois Otte (Belgium)
6 April 2018 WCQ-G1 England  0–0  Wales Southampton, England
20:00 Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 25,603
Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
10 April 2018 WCQ-G1 Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–2  England Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica
16:00
Attendance: 340
Referee: Andromachi Tsiofliki (Greece)
8 June 2018 WCQ-G1 Russia  1–3  England Sapsan Arena, Moscow
18:00
Attendance: 1,859
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
2018 SheBelieves Cup[edit]
Main article: 2018 SheBelieves Cup
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States (H, C) 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
2  England 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  France 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: USSoccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
1 March 2018 England  4–1  France Columbus, United States
16:00 ET Duggan 7'
Scott 28'
Taylor 39'
Kirby 46'		 Report Thiney 77' Stadium: MAPFRE Stadium
Attendance: 7,566
Referee: Christina Unkel (United States)
4 March 2018 Germany  2–2  England Harrison, United States
15:00 ET Kayikci 17'
Bright 51' (o.g.)		 Report White 18', 73' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 7,882
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
7 March 2018 United States  1–0  England Orlando, United States
19:00 ET Bardsley