2017–18 in English football

Football in England

Season	2017–18
Men's football
Premier League	Manchester City
Championship	Wolverhampton Wanderers
League One	Wigan Athletic
League Two	Accrington Stanley
National League	Macclesfield Town
FA Cup	Chelsea
EFL Trophy	Lincoln City
EFL Cup	Manchester City
Community Shield	Arsenal
Women's football
WSL 1	Chelsea
WSL 2	Doncaster Rovers Belles
FA Women's Cup	Chelsea
WSL Cup	Arsenal
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was the 138th season of competitive association football in England.

National teams[]

England national football team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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	—

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers

In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[1] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Overall goal difference Overall goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format) 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 Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

2018 FIFA World Cup[]

Group G[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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

Matches

Knockout stage[]

England U-21 national football team[]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification[]

Group 4[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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	—

England U-20 national football team[]

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

England U-19 national football team[]

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

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]

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England U-17 national football team[]

2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

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[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Knockout stage
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

England women's national football team[]

Results and fixtures[]

Friendlies[]

UEFA Women's Euro 2017[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)[]

2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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	—

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

Managerial changes[]

Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Mark Sampson	Sacked	20 September 2017[4]	Phil Neville	23 January 2018[5]

England women's national under-20 football team[]

England women's U-19 national football team[]

2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Knockout stage and 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	England	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3	FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup play-off[a]
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	5	11	−6	1

Knockout stage[]

2018 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification[]

Qualifying round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Elite round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	4
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Kazakhstan (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

Elite round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Final tournament
2	England	3	2	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Israel	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
4	Slovakia (H)	3	0	1	2	0	14	−14	1

England women's U-17 national football team[]

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification[]

Qualifying round[]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9	Elite round
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Latvia (H)	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

Elite round[]

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
2	Norway (H)	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	England	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
3	Italy	3	0	2	1	0	4	−4	2
4	Poland	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2

Semi-finals[]

3rd place[]

UEFA competitions[]

UEFA Champions League[]

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1899 Hoffenheim	3–6	Liverpool	1–2	2–4

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MU	BSL	CSKA	BEN
1	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	12	3	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	2–1	2–0
2	Basel	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12			1–0	—	1–2	5–0
3	CSKA Moscow	6	3	0	3	8	10	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League		1–4	0–2	—	2–0
4	Benfica	6	0	0	6	1	14	−13	0			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	CHL	ATL	QRB
1	Roma	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11[a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–0	0–0	1–0
2	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	16	8	+8	11[a]			3–3	—	1–1	6–0
3	Atlético Madrid	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	1–2	—	1–1
4	Qarabağ	6	0	2	4	2	14	−12	2			1–2	0–4	0–0	—

Group E[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	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			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	—

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MC	SHK	NAP	FEY
1	Manchester City	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–1	1–0
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	4	0	2	9	9	0	12			2–1	—	2–1	3–1
3	Napoli	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6	Transfer to Europa League		2–4	3–0	—	3–1
4	Feyenoord	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3			0–4	1–2	2–1	—

Group H[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	RM	DOR	APO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	5	1	0	15	4	+11	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	3–1	3–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	1	1	17	7	+10	13			1–1	—	3–2	3–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	0	2	4	7	13	−6	2[a]	Transfer to Europa League		1–2	1–3	—	1–1
4	APOEL	6	0	2	4	2	17	−15	2[a]			0–3	0–6	1–1	—

Knockout phase[]

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventus	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–1
Basel	2–5	Manchester City	0–4	2–1
Porto	0–5	Liverpool	0–5	0–0
Sevilla	2–1	Manchester United	0–0	2–1
Chelsea	1–4	Barcelona	1–1	0–3

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	5–1	Manchester City	3–0	2–1

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	7–6	Roma	5–2	2–4

Final[]

The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.^[7]

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying rounds[]

Third qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	2–0	Ružomberok	1–0	1–0

Play-off round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Everton	3–1	Hajduk Split	2–0	1–1

Group stage[]

Group E[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATA	LYO	EVE	APL
1	Atalanta	6	4	2	0	14	4	+10	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	3–0	3–1
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11			1–1	—	3–0	4–0
3	Everton	6	1	1	4	7	15	−8	4			1–5	1–2	—	2–2
4	Apollon Limassol	6	0	3	3	5	14	−9	3			1–1	1–1	0–3	—

Group H[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	ZVE	KLN	BATE
1	Arsenal	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–0	3–1	6–0
2	Red Star Belgrade	6	2	3	1	3	2	+1	9			0–1	—	1–0	1–1
3	1. FC Köln	6	2	0	4	7	8	−1	6			1–0	0–1	—	5–2
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	6	16	−10	5			2–4	0–0	1–0	—

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Östersund	2–4	Arsenal	0–3	2–1

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	1–5	Arsenal	0–2	1–3

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	6–3	CSKA Moscow	4–1	2–2

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	1–2	Atlético Madrid	1–1	0–1

UEFA Super Cup[]

UEFA Youth League[]

UEFA Champions League Path[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAS	MUN	BEN	CSM
1	Basel	6	3	2	1	14	11	+3	11[a]	Round of 16		—	2–1	2–2	4–2
2	Manchester United	6	3	2	1	11	9	+2	11[a]	Play-offs		4–3	—	1–1	1–0
3	Benfica	6	1	4	1	10	8	+2	7			0–0	2–2	—	5–1
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	0	5	8	15	−7	3			2–3	1–2	2–0	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	ATL	ASR	QAR
1	Chelsea	6	5	0	1	17	7	+10	15	Round of 16		—	4–2	0–2	5–0
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9[a]	Play-offs		1–3	—	2–1	0–1
3	Roma	6	3	0	3	11	6	+5	9[a]			1–2	1–2	—	3–0
4	Qarabağ	6	1	0	5	3	19	−16	3			1–3	1–5	0–3	—

Group E[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	SPA	SEV	MAR
1	Liverpool	6	5	0	1	18	3	+15	15	Round of 16		—	2–0	4–0	3–0
2	Spartak Moscow	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8[a]	Play-offs		2–1	—	1–1	5–0
3	Sevilla	6	2	2	2	6	12	−6	8[a]			0–4	3–3	—	1–0
4	Maribor	6	1	0	5	2	14	−12	3			1–4	1–0	0–1	—

Group F[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	FEY	SHA	NAP
1	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	13	Round of 16		—	0–0	3–1	3–1
2	Feyenoord	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9	Play-offs		0–2	—	4–0	4–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7			2–1	1–1	—	1–2
4	Napoli	6	1	1	4	12	17	−5	4			3–5	2–2	1–2	—

Group H[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOT	RMA	DOR	APO
1	Tottenham Hotspur	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Round of 16		—	3–2	4–0	4–1
2	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	21	10	+11	10	Play-offs		1–1	—	2–1	10–0
3	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	0	3	14	12	+2	9			1–3	5–3	—	5–0
4	APOEL	6	1	0	5	2	24	−22	3			1–0	0–3	0–2	—

Knockout phase[]

For the knockout phase (round of 16 onwards), the 16 teams are drawn into a single-elimination tournament, with all ties played over one match.

Play-offs[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Brodarac	0–2	Manchester United

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Manchester City	1–1(3–2 p)	Internazionale
Liverpool	2–0	Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1(3–1 p)	Monaco
Chelsea	5–2	Feyenoord

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Real Madrid	2–4	Chelsea
Manchester City	1–1(3–2 p)	Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Porto

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Manchester City	4–5	Barcelona
Chelsea	2–2(5–4 p)	Porto

Finals[]

The final was played on 23 April 2018 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.^[10][11]

UEFA Women's Champions League[]

Knockout phase[]

Round of 32[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	2–2 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–2
St. Pölten	0–6	Manchester City	0–3	0–3

Round of 16[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	4–0	Rosengård	3–0	1–0
Lillestrøm	1–7	Manchester City	0–5	1–2

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montpellier	1–5	Chelsea	0–2	1–3
Manchester City	7–3	Linköping	2–0	5–3

Semi-finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	1–5	VfL Wolfsburg	1–3	0–2
Manchester City	0–1	Lyon	0–0	0–1

Men's football[]

League season[]

Promotion and relegation[]

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League	Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion Huddersfield Town	Hull City Middlesbrough Sunderland
Championship	Sheffield United Bolton Wanderers Millwall	Blackburn Rovers Wigan Athletic Rotherham United
League One	Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool	Port Vale Swindon Town Coventry City Chesterfield
League Two	Lincoln City Forest Green Rovers	Hartlepool United Leyton Orient
National League	AFC Fylde Maidenhead United Halifax Town Ebbsfleet United	York City Braintree Town Southport North Ferriby United

Premier League[]

In what was largely a one-sided race for the title, Manchester City won the Premier League for the third time in six years, breaking records for the highest number of goals scored by one team in a league campaign and the most victories as well as gathering the most points, becoming the first top-flight team to reach the 100-point mark. This gave manager Pep Guardiola his first pieces of silverware with the club, having also won the League Cup – with perhaps the only blemishes in the season being a shock FA Cup loss at 2013 winners Wigan Athletic and a 5–1 aggregate loss to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-finals. Finishing second were neighbours Manchester United, whose second season under José Mourinho finished with mixed success. While they improved on the previous league season and finished as runners-up in the FA Cup final, they never came close to challenging City for the title and also endured an early exit in the Champions League at the hands at Sevilla, though they did finish higher than fourth for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

Tottenham Hotspur successfully qualified for the Champions League once again, but this proved to be their only success in the season as they failed to win their first trophy in ten years. Early woes at their temporary home of Wembley saw the London club's hopes of challenging for the title diminish once again, with a loss of late form and fitness costing striker Harry Kane a third successive Golden Boot. A run of only three wins from their opening nine league matches extinguished Liverpool's hopes of ending their 28-year wait for a league title. Otherwise, their season proved to be a successful one as they ensured qualification for the Champions League once again, breaking the record for the most league seasons where they avoided defeat at Anfield, while summer signing Mohamed Salah narrowly broke the 22-year record for the most goals scored in a league season by scoring 32. However, their biggest achievement proved to be in the Champions League as they reached the final in Kiev against all odds, only narrowly losing to Real Madrid.

Chelsea endured what proved to be a poor defence of their title and finished fifth, missing out on the Champions League once again. A woeful start to 2018 costing them a place in the top four despite four wins in their last six games (and making it the third season in a row where the defending champions failed to finish in the top four) and winning their first FA Cup since 2012. Arsenal were unable to send manager Arsène Wenger, who resigned after 22 years as manager, out on a high as they finished in their lowest league position under the Frenchman and missed out on trophies, most notably being knocked out of the Europa League in the semi-finals. Burnley proved to be the surprise package of the whole season as they mounted a charge for Champions League qualification and stood fifth at Christmas. While 11 matches without a win saw them slide out of the top five, the Clarets recovered enough to secure seventh place and qualify for the Europa League. Everton and Leicester City looked set to battle relegation after poor starts to the season, but they rallied after the respective appointments of Sam Allardyce and Claude Puel, only missing out on the Europa League late on in the season.

For only the third time in Premier League history, all three promoted teams avoided the drop. Newcastle United finished highest, a final day win against Chelsea earning them a tenth-place finish after a poor run of form. Brighton & Hove Albion's first top-flight campaign since 1983 saw the Seagulls finish below them, never being seriously threatened with immediate relegation despite a few scares. However, arguably the biggest surprise of three were Huddersfield Town, who defied all expectations and ensured Premier League survival in their first season in the top-flight for 45 years. While a dreadful goal-scoring record (having scored less than both Salah and Kane) and heavy losses both home and away threatened their hopes, key points gained at crucial stages helped push the Terriers away from the drop and towards safety in their penultimate match, a remarkable effort that earned the team and their American head coach David Wagner plenty of praise.

Despite making the worst start in the history of English football, going into the October international break goalless and pointless after seven games, a resurgence under former England manager Roy Hodgson saw Crystal Palace extend their stay in the top-flight to a sixth successive season – steering well clear of relegation in the process. While successfully ensuring a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, Watford endured what proved to be another season of struggle. They did make a superb start, but their form spectacularly collapsed following what the club considered to be an "unwarranted approach" from Everton over head coach Marco Silva. The Hornets eventually pulled themselves over the finish line after a change of manager, but at the cost of question marks over the club's managerial turnover and their stability in the top-flight.

West Bromwich Albion finished bottom, ending a run of eight years among the elite – a 20-game winless run from mid-August to January, and only winning just once after that left them rooted to last place, but a late run of form under caretaker manager Darren Moore that saw the Baggies take 11 points from their last six matches at least saw them go down fighting, with relegation not being confirmed until the penultimate round of games. Stoke City finished just above them, bringing to an end a decade in the Premier League. The Potters' downfall ultimately proved to be both an anaemic goal record and an inability to see out a win, having dropped 19 points from winning positions all season and only finishing above West Brom with a final-day win. The final spot was taken by Swansea City, who endured their worst season since promotion in 2011. The Swans appeared to have been rejuvenated by the arrival of Portuguese manager Carlos Carvalhal after Christmas, but a loss of form in their last ten matches saw the Welsh club overtaken by FA Cup semi-finalists Southampton, who endured a horrendous league season but stayed up thanks in part to the late appointment of Mark Hughes.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	38	32	4	2	106	27	+79	100	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United	38	25	6	7	68	28	+40	81
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	8	7	74	36	+38	77
4	Liverpool	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75
5	Chelsea	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Arsenal	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle United	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
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 the EFL Championship
19	Stoke City (R)	38	7	12	19	35	68	−33	33
20	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	6	13	19	31	56	−25	31

Championship[]

Following successive seasons of struggle and near-misses with relegation, Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their six-year absence from the Premier League in style, leading the table from Halloween onwards and giving Portuguese head coach Nuno Espírito Santo both promotion and the Championship title in his first season in charge. The fight for second place went down to the last round of games, but it was ultimately Cardiff City who emerged victorious and returned to the top-flight for the first time since 2014, earning manager Neil Warnock a record eighth promotion, as his mixed team of young players and journeymen ensured a Welsh presence in the top-flight next season. Taking the final spot through the playoffs were Fulham, who had been relegated to the second-tier alongside Cardiff in 2014, as they defeated Aston Villa in the playoff final at Wembley, their first visit to the stadium since 1975. This gave Serbian manager Slaviša Jokanović his second promotion to the Premier League in four seasons, having previously won promotion with Watford (albeit leaving the Hornets just weeks later) in 2015.

While a poor run of form in both December and the end of April ended their hopes of a second successive promotion, Sheffield United's first season in the second tier since 2011 proved to be an excellent one as they remained in the promotion chase for practically the entire season. Leeds United spent the first half of the season looking to build on their play-offs near-miss the previous year, but an appalling second half of the season saw them crash down the table, with only their strong early form and a couple of late wins keeping them from being involved in the relegation struggle. Both Reading and Sheffield Wednesday endured tough seasons after narrowly missing out on promotion the previous year, with only a change of manager for the two teams helping them avoid the drop into League One. Amid off-pitch struggles and growing anger towards owner Assem Allam, a fine second half of the campaign helped Hull City avoid a second successive relegation in a season awash with 140 goals, where they massively leaked goals but had no problem scoring them either – managing to score more than second-placed Cardiff City in the process.

At the bottom of the table, Sunderland endured a second successive relegation and fell into the third tier for the first time in 30 years with just seven wins all season and an inability to turn any one of their staggering 16 draws into wins contributing to their downfall, despite the managerial presence of former Wales manager Chris Coleman. In a battle that went down to the closing minutes of the season, the remaining relegation spots were filled by Burton Albion and Barnsley, who both returned to League One after two seasons in the second tier. Despite the Brewers securing three wins from their final four matches and the Tykes actually starting their final match at Derby County outside the bottom three. This was mainly because of the heroics of Bolton Wanderers, who scored two late goals in two minutes to survive and relegate their fellow strugglers, a remarkable achievement considering their failure to win any of their first 11 matches after promotion the previous season.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P)	46	30	9	7	82	39	+43	99	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90
3	Fulham (O, P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	69	48	+21	75
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	58	45	+13	73
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	+11	72
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69
10	Sheffield United	46	20	9	17	62	55	+7	69
11	Bristol City	46	17	16	13	67	58	+9	67
12	Ipswich Town	46	17	9	20	57	60	−3	60
13	Leeds United	46	17	9	20	59	64	−5	60
14	Norwich City	46	15	15	16	49	60	−11	60
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	15	17	59	60	−1	57
16	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	11	20	58	70	−12	56
17	Nottingham Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	−14	53
18	Hull City	46	11	16	19	70	70	0	49
19	Birmingham City	46	13	7	26	38	68	−30	46
20	Reading	46	10	14	22	48	70	−22	44
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	13	23	39	74	−35	43
22	Barnsley (R)	46	9	14	23	48	71	−23	41	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Burton Albion (R)	46	10	11	25	38	81	−43	41
24	Sunderland (R)	46	7	16	23	52	80	−28	37

League One[]

For the second time in three years, Wigan Athletic won the League One title and returned to the Championship at the first attempt in style, having never looked like falling out of the top two all season and breaking their previous points total from 2016. Also achieving promotion were Blackburn Rovers, who finally enjoyed some success after two relegations in five years as they also made an immediate return to the Championship. In a tightly contested play-off final that went all the way to extra time, Rotherham United scraped past Shrewsbury Town to make it a hat-trick of immediate returns to the second tier – in almost exactly the same fashion they had won promotion to the second tier four years previously. This meant that for the first time ever since three clubs were allowed promotion in 1974, all three clubs relegated from the Championship the previous season were promoted the following season.

Portsmouth continued their gradual climb back up the Football League by achieving a top-half finish, never being remotely threatened by an immediate relegation back to League Two. While they narrowly missed out on a second promotion in a row with only one win in their final six games, the signs were promising for the South-Coast club in their first season of ownership under former Walt Disney executive Michael Eisner. AFC Wimbledon, despite remaining in a relegation battle all season long and having won just five games between August and December, were able to secure a third successive season in the third tier – and also finished above rivals Milton Keynes Dons for the first time in their history, while also ensuring that the following season they would be playing in a higher division than the Dons for the first time.

Three years after gaining promotion to League One, Bury finally ran out of luck and were the first team in the division to suffer relegation, winning just eight times. Having been tipped to regain the form that saw them enter the Championship three years previously, Milton Keynes Dons ultimately fared little better and fell into the bottom tier for the first time in a decade, changing managers three times and finishing well below rivals AFC Wimbledon as a result. Just two years after winning promotion to League One, Northampton Town's struggles continued as they fell back into the bottom tier of the Football League, with the worst defence in the division playing a big role. Taking the last spot in the last game were Oldham Athletic, who finally succumbed to the relegation they had been fighting against for the last couple of years, and fell into the bottom tier of the Football League for the first time in 47 years, also making this the first time since 1997 that they would be playing in anything other than the third tier. Both teams went down playing each other (and drawing 2–2), with Rochdale surviving by a single point.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (C, P)	46	29	11	6	89	29	+60	98	Promotion to the EFL Championship
2	Blackburn Rovers (P)	46	28	12	6	82	40	+42	96
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	25	12	9	60	39	+21	87	Qualification for League One play-offs[a]
4	Rotherham United (O, P)	46	24	7	15	73	53	+20	79
5	Scunthorpe United	46	19	17	10	65	50	+15	74
6	Charlton Athletic	46	20	11	15	58	51	+7	71
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	11	16	58	59	−1	68
8	Portsmouth	46	20	6	20	57	56	+1	66
9	Peterborough United	46	17	13	16	68	60	+8	64
10	Southend United	46	17	12	17	58	62	−4	63
11	Bradford City	46	18	9	19	57	67	−10	63
12	Blackpool	46	15	15	16	60	55	+5	60
13	Bristol Rovers	46	16	11	19	60	66	−6	59
14	Fleetwood Town	46	16	9	21	59	68	−9	57
15	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	17	16	52	52	0	56
16	Oxford United	46	15	11	20	61	66	−5	56
17	Gillingham	46	13	17	16	50	55	−5	56
18	AFC Wimbledon	46	13	14	19	47	58	−11	53
19	Walsall	46	13	13	20	53	66	−13	52
20	Rochdale	46	11	18	17	49	57	−8	51
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	46	11	17	18	58	75	−17	50	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Northampton Town (R)	46	12	11	23	43	77	−34	47
23	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	11	12	23	43	69	−26	45
24	Bury (R)	46	8	12	26	41	71	−30	36

League Two[]

Just 12 years after returning to the Football League, Accrington Stanley won promotion to the third tier for the first time in their history (their forerunners having last played in the third tier in 1960), an outstanding second half of the season propelling them from mid-table to the title – and securing promotion on the 130th anniversary of the Lancashire club's founding. Also going up were Luton Town, whose steady climb back up the Football League saw them return to League One for the first time in a decade; while a loss of form cost them the title having led the table for large periods of the season, the club saved some grace by being the highest-scoring team in the division. Taking the third automatic promotion spot in what proved to be a tight race were Wycombe Wanderers, who ended their six-year stay in League Two and finally gave manager Gareth Ainsworth the promotion he had sought after years of heart-break. The final promotion spot via the play-offs was filled by Coventry City, who secured an immediate return to League One in a season that saw them finish in the top six for the first time since 1970 and end a 51-year wait to achieve promotion - at the expense of Exeter City, the club losing in the play-off final for the second season running.

Notts County enjoyed what proved to be their most successful season since winning promotion to League One in 2010 as they remained in the promotion race for the whole season, only missing out on a place in the play-off final after a controversial loss to Coventry City; furthermore, player-manager Kevin Nolan became the first Magpies manager to last a full season in charge for nine years. Lincoln City's first season back in the Football League since 2011 proved to be very successful as they not only attempted a second consecutive promotion by qualifying for the play-offs (losing to Exeter City), but they also won the Football League Trophy – beating Shrewsbury Town on their first ever visit to Wembley. A sharp downturn in form that saw them fail to win for 21 games resulted in Grimsby Town having to battle to keep their place in League Two, with only four late wins towards the end of the season helping them stay up. Having been tipped for immediate relegation, Forest Green Rovers achieved survival in their first ever season in the Football League – while a few heavy losses in the opening months left them stuck in the relegation zone, several bursts of good form at key stages in the season helped them up the table and secure their place in the closing weeks.

After 97 years as a member of the Football League, Chesterfield's sharp decline in form continued as they endured a second successive relegation, just 4 years after winning promotion to League One; while a good run of form in the winter months gave the club hope, a poor start and an equally poor end to the season cost them their League status. Taking the second spot and enduring their second relegation from League Two in five years were Barnet, despite the return of Martin Allen for the fifth time as manager late in the season; while the club did put up more of a fight to avoid the drop, ending their season only relegated on goal difference, it once again proved to be too late. This made Barnet the first club to be automatically relegated from the Football League on three separate occasions, and the club to have survived the shortest after being promoted from the Conference (not counting Maidstone United, who also lasted just three seasons after promotion, but were forced out of the Football League by bankruptcy rather than being relegated). Morecambe narrowly escaped relegation on goal difference, despite having the weakest goal-scoring record in the division and winning less games than both relegated clubs, while Port Vale avoided a second successive relegation despite winning just twice at the turn of the year.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Accrington Stanley (C, P)	46	29	6	11	76	46	+30	93	Promotion to EFL League One
2	Luton Town (P)	46	25	13	8	94	46	+48	88
3	Wycombe Wanderers (P)	46	24	12	10	79	60	+19	84
4	Exeter City	46	24	8	14	64	54	+10	80	Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5	Notts County	46	21	14	11	71	48	+23	77
6	Coventry City (O, P)	46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75
7	Lincoln City	46	20	15	11	64	48	+16	75
8	Mansfield Town	46	18	18	10	67	52	+15	72
9	Swindon Town	46	20	8	18	67	65	+2	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	62	54	+8	67
11	Newport County	46	16	16	14	56	58	−2	64
12	Cambridge United	46	17	13	16	56	60	−4	64
13	Colchester United	46	16	14	16	53	52	+1	62
14	Crawley Town	46	16	11	19	58	66	−8	59
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	17	5	24	62	75	−13	56
16	Stevenage	46	14	13	19	60	65	−5	55
17	Cheltenham Town	46	13	12	21	67	73	−6	51
18	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	42	66	−24	51
19	Yeovil Town	46	12	12	22	59	75	−16	48
20	Port Vale	46	11	14	21	49	67	−18	47
21	Forest Green Rovers	46	13	8	25	54	77	−23	47
22	Morecambe	46	9	19	18	41	56	−15	46
23	Barnet (R)	46	12	10	24	46	65	−19	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	10	8	28	47	83	−36	38

National League[]

Macclesfield Town were National League champions and won promotion back to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. Taking the second promotion spot in the first season to use six play-off places instead of four were Tranmere Rovers, who made amends for their previous play-off final loss the previous year and returned to the Football League after three years, in a tightly contested final with Boreham Wood.

Leyton Orient and Hartlepool were the two teams relegated from the Football League the previous season, and neither achieved particular success, finishing 13th and 15 in the league respectively. Through much of the season, both looked more likely to be relegated again than to challenge for promotion and Hartlepool also endured struggles off the field, nearly going out of business altogether.

Relegated from the league were Guiseley, Chester, Torquay United and Woking. Guiseley finished bottom of the table, picking up just seven wins and conceding the most goals in the league, seeing them relegated back to the National League North three years after being promoted. Chester and Torquay United both suffered financial uncertainty in addition to being relegated, the latter just a few years after having been in the Football League. Woking's relegation was not guaranteed until the final day of the season, when a defeat against Dover ensured they finished one point behind Barrow.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Macclesfield Town (C)	46	27	11	8	67	46	+21	92	Promoted to EFL League Two
2	Tranmere Rovers (P, O)	46	24	10	12	78	46	+32	82	Qualified for the National League play-off semi-finals
3	Sutton United	46	23	10	13	67	53	+14	79
4	Boreham Wood	46	20	15	11	64	47	+17	75	Qualified for the National League play-off qualifying round
5	Aldershot Town	46	20	15	11	64	52	+12	75
6	Ebbsfleet United	46	19	17	10	64	50	+14	74
7	Fylde	46	20	13	13	82	56	+26	73
8	Dover Athletic	46	20	13	13	62	44	+18	73
9	Bromley	46	19	13	14	75	58	+17	70
10	Wrexham	46	17	19	10	49	39	+10	70
11	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	19	11	16	69	62	+7	68
12	Maidenhead United	46	17	13	16	65	66	−1	64
13	Leyton Orient	46	16	12	18	58	56	+2	60
14	Eastleigh	46	13	17	16	65	72	−7	56
15	Hartlepool United	46	14	14	18	53	63	−10	56
16	Halifax Town	46	13	16	17	48	58	−10	55
17	Gateshead	46	12	18	16	62	58	+4	54
18	Solihull Moors	46	14	12	20	49	60	−11	54
19	Maidstone United	46	13	15	18	52	64	−12	54
20	Barrow	46	11	16	19	51	63	−12	49
21	Woking (R)	46	13	9	24	55	76	−21	48	Relegated to National League South
22	Torquay United (R)	46	10	12	24	45	73	−28	42
23	Chester (R)	46	8	13	25	42	79	−37	37	Relegated to National League North
24	Guiseley (R)	46	7	12	27	44	89	−45	33

League play-offs[]

Football League play-offs[]

EFL Championship[]

Final[]

EFL League One[]

Final[]

EFL League Two[]

Final[]

National League play-offs[]

National League[]

Final[]

National League North[]

Final[]

National League South[]

Final[]

Cup competitions[]

FA Cup[]

Final[]

EFL Cup[]

Final[]

Community Shield[]

EFL Trophy[]

Final[]

FA Trophy[]

Final[]

Women's football[]

League season[]

Women's Super League[]

WSL 1[]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea (C, Q)	18	13	5	0	44	13	+31	44	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Manchester City (Q)	18	12	2	4	51	17	+34	38
3	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	38	18	+20	37
4	Reading	18	9	5	4	40	18	+22	32
5	Birmingham City	18	9	3	6	30	18	+12	30
6	Liverpool	18	9	1	8	30	27	+3	28
7	Sunderland (R)	18	5	1	12	15	40	−25	16	Did not apply for a licence, Relegated to the FA Women's National League
8	Bristol City	18	5	1	12	13	47	−34	16
9	Everton	18	4	2	12	19	30	−11	14
10	Yeovil Town	18	0	2	16	2	54	−52	2

WSL 2[