2017–18 Everton F.C. season

Everton

2017–18 season
Everton playing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	Ronald Koeman (until 23 October)[1] David Unsworth (caretaker, from 24 October to 29 November) Sam Allardyce (from 30 November)
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Wayne Rooney (10) All: Wayne Rooney (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2017–18 season was Everton's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 140th year in existence.^[2] They participated in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup, and UEFA Europa League. Everton had a disappointing start to the campaign, leading to the dismissal of manager Ronald Koeman in October after a 5–2 home loss to Arsenal, Koeman sacked just 2 months into his second campaign in charge after guiding Everton into the UEFA Europa League in an impressive first season at the club.^[3] It was over a month after his departure that Sam Allardyce took over from interim manager David Unsworth, as prime target, Watford manager Marco Silva, was unable to be released from a contract with The Hornets to take over at Goodison Park. The fiasco led to a legal suit after Silva was controversially sacked by Watford after a downturn in results following his failure to secure the Everton job, and when Silva took over at Everton in the 2018–19 season, Everton were forced to pay £4 million in compensation to Watford for what was described as "an unwarranted approach" whilst Silva was still at Watford.^[4] Allardyce guided the club to 8th in the league, but could not prevent exits in the Europa League group stage and the FA Cup third round. Allardyce was dismissed at the conclusion of the season, with Everton's fans criticising Allardyce's style of play on a number of occasions; the club stated "The decision is part of a long-term plan".^[5]

The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Nathangelo Markelo	Volendam	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2017	AM		Davy Klaassen	Ajax	£23,600,000	[7]
1 July 2017	LW		Henry Onyekuru	Eupen	£6,800,000	[8]
1 July 2017	GK		Jordan Pickford	Sunderland	£25,000,000	[9]
3 July 2017	CB		Michael Keane	Burnley	£25,000,000	[10]
3 July 2017	ST		Sandro	Málaga	£5,200,000	[11]
5 July 2017	FW		Boris Mathis	Metz	Free	[12]
7 July 2017	RW		Josh Bowler	Queens Park Rangers	£1,500,000	[13]
9 July 2017	FW		Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Free	[14]
17 July 2017	RB		Cuco Martina	Southampton	Free	[15]
27 July 2017	CB		Lewis Gibson	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	[16]
16 August 2017	AM		Gylfi Sigurðsson	Swansea City	£40,000,000	[17]
31 August 2017	CM		Dennis Adeniran	Fulham	Undisclosed	[18]
31 August 2017	AM		Nikola Vlašić	Hajduk Split	£8,000,000	[19]
5 January 2018	FW		Cenk Tosun	Beşiktaş	£27,500,000	[20]
17 January 2018	RW		Theo Walcott	Arsenal	£20,000,000	[21]

Transfers out[edit]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Jack Bainbridge	Swansea City	Released	[22][a]
1 July 2017	CF		Delial Brewster	Chesterfield	Released	[22][b]
1 July 2017	CM		Tom Cleverley	Watford	£8,000,000	[25]
1 July 2017	RW		Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	£10,600,000	[26]
1 July 2017	RW		Michael Donohue	Fleetwood Town	Released	[22][c]
1 July 2017	AM		Tyrone Duffus	Free agent	Released	[22]
1 July 2017	GK		Russell Griffiths	Motherwell	Released	[22][d]
1 July 2017	GK		Connor Hunt	Free agent	Released	[22]
1 July 2017	CF		Arouna Koné	Sivasspor	Released	[22][e]
1 July 2017	CF		Conor McAleny	Fleetwood Town	Released	[22][f]
1 July 2017	CB		Josef Yarney	Newcastle United	Released	[22][g]
1 July 2017	RB		James Yates	Hull City	Released	[22][h]
10 July 2017	CF		Romelu Lukaku	Manchester United	£75,000,000	[32]
13 July 2017	RW		Aiden McGeady	Sunderland	£500,000	[33]
17 July 2017	CF		Courtney Duffus	Oldham Athletic	Undisclosed	[34]
15 August 2017	CM		Gareth Barry	West Bromwich Albion	£1,000,000	[35]
5 January 2018	AM		Ross Barkley	Chelsea	£15,000,000	[36]
5 January 2018	CM		Liam Walsh	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[37]
23 January 2018	RW		Aaron Lennon	Burnley	Undisclosed	[38]

Loans in[edit]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	End date	Ref.
7 July 2017	LM		Anton Donkor	VfL Wolfsburg	2 January 2018	[39]
31 January 2018	CB		Eliaquim Mangala	Manchester City	30 June 2018	[40]

Loans out[edit]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	LW		Henry Onyekuru	Anderlecht	30 June 2018	[8]
5 July 2017	CB		Brendan Galloway	Sunderland	30 June 2018	[41]
8 July 2017	RB		Tyias Browning	Sunderland	30 June 2018	[42]
19 July 2017	CB		Matthew Pennington	Leeds United	30 June 2018	[43]
20 July 2017	CM		Joe Williams	Barnsley	30 June 2018	[44]
3 August 2017	RM		Kieran Dowell	Nottingham Forest	30 June 2018	[45]
4 August 2017	LB		Antonee Robinson	Bolton Wanderers	January 2018; extended to June 2018	[46][47]
30 August 2017	CM		Conor Grant	Crewe Alexandra	January 2018	[48]
31 August 2017	CB		Callum Connolly	Ipswich Town	30 June 2018	[49]
31 August 2017	CM		Liam Walsh	Birmingham City	January 2018	[50]
7 January 2018	LW		Kevin Mirallas	Olympiacos	30 June 2018	[51]
31 January 2018	RW		Ademola Lookman	RB Leipzig	30 June 2018	[52]
31 January 2018	CM		Muhamed Bešić	Middlesbrough	30 June 2018	[53]
31 January 2018	CF		Sandro	Sevilla	30 June 2018	[54]

Overall transfer activity[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Friendlies[edit]

On 22 June 2017, Everton announced four pre-season friendlies against Sevilla,^[55] Gor Mahia,^[56] FC Twente^[57] and Genk.^[58]

Gor Mahia v Everton

13 July 2017	Gor Mahia	1–2	Everton	Mzizima, Tanzania
17:00 EAT	Kagere 37'	Report	Rooney 35' Dowell 82'	Stadium: Tanzania National Main Stadium

FC Twente v Everton

19 July 2017	FC Twente	0–3	Everton	De Lutte, Netherlands
19:00 CEST		Report	Mirallas 44' Lennon 73' Dowell 81'	Stadium: De Stockakker

Genk v Everton

22 July 2017	Genk	1–1	Everton	Genk, Belgium
16:00 CEST	Samatta 55'	Report	Rooney 45'	Stadium: Luminus Arena

Everton v Sevilla

6 August 2017	Everton	2–2	Sevilla	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Sandro 1' Mirallas 81' (pen.)	Report	Banega 58', 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park

Competitions[edit]

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Result summary[edit]

Results by matchday[edit]

Matches[edit]

On 14 June 2017, Everton's Premier League fixtures were announced.^[60]

Everton v Stoke City

12 August 2017 1	Everton	1–0	Stoke City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Rooney 45+1' Martina  85'	Report	Allen  29'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,045 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Manchester City v Everton

21 August 2017 2	Manchester City	1–1	Everton	Manchester
20:00 BST	Walker  42'  44' Kompany  77' Sterling 82'	Report	Schneiderlin  7'  88' Davies  25' Rooney 35',  84'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 49,108 Referee: Bobby Madley

Chelsea v Everton

27 August 2017 3	Chelsea	2–0	Everton	Fulham, London
13:30 BST	Fàbregas 27' Morata 40' Moses  76' Azpilicueta  88'	Report	Gueye  9' Rooney  71'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,382 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Everton v Tottenham Hotspur

9 September 2017 4	Everton	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Williams  5' Gueye  57' Rooney  88'	Report	Alderweireld  13' Kane 28', 46' Eriksen 42'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,835 Referee: Graham Scott

Manchester United v Everton

17 September 2017 5	Manchester United	4–0	Everton	Manchester
16:00 BST	Valencia 4' Bailly  82' Mkhitaryan 84' Lukaku 89' Martial 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Williams  63'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,042 Referee: Andre Marriner

Everton v Bournemouth

23 September 2017 6	Everton	2–1	Bournemouth	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Schneiderlin  15' Davies  56' Niasse 77', 82',  80'	Report	King 49' Stanislas  90+6'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,133 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Everton v Burnley

1 October 2017 7	Everton	0–1	Burnley	Liverpool
14:15 BST	Calvert-Lewin  49' Baines  58'	Report	Hendrick 21' Defour  40' Arfield  42'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,448 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton

15 October 2017 8	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Everton	Brighton
13:30 BST	Pröpper  56' Dunk  67' Knockaert 82',  89' Bruno  88'	Report	Rooney 90' (pen.) Mirallas  90+3'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,565 Referee: Michael Oliver

Everton v Arsenal

22 October 2017 9	Everton	2–5	Arsenal	Liverpool
13:30 BST	Rooney 12' Williams  16' Gueye  34'  68' Niasse 90+3'	Report	Monreal 40' Özil 53' Lacazette 74' Koscielny  86' Ramsey 90' Sánchez 90+5'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,189 Referee: Craig Pawson

Leicester City v Everton

29 October 2017 10	Leicester City	2–0	Everton	Leicester
16:00 GMT	Vardy 18' Gray 29'	Report	Davies  20' Gueye  65'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,891 Referee: Andre Marriner

Everton v Watford

5 November 2017 11	Everton	3–2	Watford	Liverpool
16:30 GMT	Niasse 67' Calvert-Lewin 74' Baines 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Richarlison 46' Kabasele 64' Britos  69' Holebas  90' Cleverley 90+11'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,609 Referee: Graham Scott

Crystal Palace v Everton

18 November 2017 12	Crystal Palace	2–2	Everton	London
15:00 GMT	McArthur 1' Milivojević  32' Zaha 35' Sakho  61'	Report	Baines 6' (pen.) Niasse  36', 45+1' Keane  44' Davies  63'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,526 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Southampton v Everton

26 November 2017 13	Southampton	4–1	Everton	Southampton
13:30 GMT	Tadić 18' Austin 52', 58' Davis 87'	Report	Sigurðsson 45'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,461 Referee: Kevin Friend

Everton v West Ham United

29 November 2017 14	Everton	4–0	West Ham United	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Rooney 18', 18', 28', 66' Sigurðsson  35' Davies  53' Williams 78'	Report	Zabaleta  26' Lanzini 59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,242 Referee: Michael Oliver

Everton v Huddersfield Town

2 December 2017 15	Everton	2–0	Huddersfield Town	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Kenny  23' Davies  24' Sigurðsson 47' Calvert-Lewin 73'	Report	Malone  22'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,167 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Liverpool v Everton

10 December 2017 16	Liverpool	1–1	Everton	Liverpool
14:15 GMT	Salah 42' Lovren  76'	Report	Sigurðsson  36' Gueye  42' Rooney 77' (pen.) Schneiderlin  85'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,082 Referee: Craig Pawson

Newcastle United v Everton

13 December 2017 17	Newcastle United	0–1	Everton	Newcastle
19:45 GMT	Shelvey  42'  90+4' Merino  56'	Report	Rooney 27' Holgate  48' Calvert-Lewin  90+3'	Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 51,042 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Everton v Swansea City

18 December 2017 18	Everton	3–1	Swansea City	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Holgate  29' Rooney 45+2', 73' (pen.) Calvert-Lewin 45+2' Sigurðsson 64' Kenny  83'	Report	Fer 35',  84' Dyer  37' Fernández  52'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,580 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Everton v Chelsea

23 December 2017 19	Everton	0–0	Chelsea	Liverpool
12:30 GMT	Calvert-Lewin  10' Martina  21' Keane  57'	Report		Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,191 Referee: Bobby Madley

West Bromwich Albion v Everton

26 December 2017 20	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Everton	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Dawson  68' Barry  79'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,364 Referee: Roger East

Bournemouth v Everton

30 December 2017 21	Bournemouth	2–1	Everton	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Fraser 33', 88'	Report	Gueye 57'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,497 Referee: Lee Probert

Everton v Manchester United

1 January 2018 22	Everton	0–2	Manchester United	Liverpool
17:30 GMT	Rooney  43' Holgate  83'	Report	Martial 57' Lingard 81'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,188 Referee: Andre Marriner

Tottenham Hotspur v Everton

13 January 2018 23	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Everton	London
17:30 GMT	Son 26' Kane 47', 59' Eriksen 81'	Report	Jagielka  45' Rooney  75'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 76,251 Referee: Craig Pawson

Everton v West Bromwich Albion

20 January 2018 24	Everton	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Walcott  45+1' Schneiderlin  58' Niasse 70'	Report	Rodriguez 7' Dawson  88'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,061 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Everton v Leicester City

31 January 2018 25	Everton	2–1	Leicester City	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Walcott 25', 39'	Report	Vardy 71' (pen.) Albrighton  90' Ndidi  90+1'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,390 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Arsenal v Everton

3 February 2018 26	Arsenal	5–1	Everton	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Ramsey 6', 19', 74' Koscielny 14',  24' Aubameyang 37' Mustafi  50'	Report	Calvert-Lewin 64'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,306 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Everton v Crystal Palace

10 February 2018 27	Everton	3–1	Crystal Palace	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 46' Niasse 51' Walcott  68' Davies 75'	Report	Van Aanholt  54' Milivojević 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,139 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Watford v Everton

24 February 2018 28	Watford	1–0	Everton	Watford
17:30 GMT	Capoue  53' Deeney 79' Janmaat  88' Carrillo  90+2'	Report	Gueye  64'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Burnley v Everton

3 March 2018 29	Burnley	2–1	Everton	Burnley
12:30 GMT	Westwood  36' Barnes 56' Wood 80'	Report	Tosun 20' Calvert-Lewin  26' Williams  86'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,802 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion

10 March 2018 30	Everton	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Bong 60' (o.g.) Tosun 76'	Report	Schelotto  55' Knockaert  80'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,199 Referee: Roger East

Stoke City v Everton

17 March 2018 31	Stoke City	1–2	Everton	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Adam  30' Shawcross  55' Choupo-Moting 77'	Report	Tosun 69', 84' Jagielka  82'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 30,022 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Everton v Manchester City

31 March 2018 31	Everton	1–3	Manchester City	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Bolasie 63'	Report	Sané 4' Gabriel Jesus 12' Sterling 37'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,221 Referee: Paul Tierney

Swansea City v Everton

14 April 2018 34	Swansea City	1–1	Everton	Swansea
15:00 BST	J. Ayew  55', 71'	Report	Naughton 43' (o.g.) Baningime  90+3'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,933 Referee: Lee Mason

Everton v Newcastle United

23 April 2018 35	Everton	1–0	Newcastle United	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Walcott 51' Keane  75' Gueye  90+1'	Report	Kenedy  90+1'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,061 Referee: Bobby Madley

Huddersfield Town v Everton

28 April 2018 36	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Everton	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Hogg  50'	Report	Tosun 39' Gueye 77'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 24,121 Referee: Lee Probert

Everton v Southampton

5 May 2018 37	Everton	1–1	Southampton	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Schneiderlin  77' Davies 90+6',  90+6'	Report	Austin  45' Romeu  53' Redmond 56' Yoshida  71'  85' Hoedt  90+3' Long  90+7'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,225 Referee: Jonathan Moss

West Ham United v Everton

13 May 2018 38	West Ham United	3–1	Everton	Stratford, London
15:00 BST	Lanzini 39', 82' Arnautović 63'	Report	Funes Mori  16' Niasse 74'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,926 Referee: Graham Scott

FA Cup[edit]

In the FA Cup, Everton entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Liverpool.^[61]

Liverpool v Everton

5 January 2018 Third round	Liverpool	2–1	Everton	Liverpool
19:55 GMT	Milner 35' (pen.) Van Dijk 84' Solanke  88'	Report	Rooney  7' McCarthy  60' Sigurðsson 67'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 52,513 Referee: Bobby Madley

EFL Cup[edit]

Everton joined the competition in third round and were drawn at home to Sunderland.^[62] An away trip to Chelsea was announced for the fourth round.^[63]

Everton v Sunderland

20 September 2017 Third round	Everton	3–0	Sunderland	Liverpool
19:45 BST	Calvert-Lewin 39', 52' Niasse 83'	Report	Gibson  51'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Oliver Langford

Chelsea v Everton

25 October 2017 Fourth round	Chelsea	2–1	Everton	Fulham
19:45 BST	Rüdiger 26',  66' Willian 90+2'	Report	Williams  28' Davies  50' McCarthy  52' Jagielka  61' Calvert-Lewin 90+3'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,655 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Everton entered the competition in the third qualifying round, where they faced Slovakian side Ružomberok.^[64] After winning the tie 2–0 on aggregate they were drawn against Croatian team Hajduk Split in the play-off round.^[65]

Everton v Ružomberok

27 July 2017 3rd qualifying round L1	Everton	1–0	Ružomberok	Liverpool, England
20:05 BST	Baines 65'	Report	Kupec  54' Haskić  79'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,124 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Ružomberok v Everton

3 August 2017 3rd qualifying round L2	Ružomberok	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Everton	Ružomberok, Slovakia
20:45 CEST		Report	Calvert-Lewin 80'	Stadium: Štadión pod Čebraťom Attendance: 4,752 Referee: Michael Tykgaard (Denmark)

Everton v Hajduk Split

17 August 2017 Play-off round L1	Everton	2–0	Hajduk Split	Liverpool, England
20:05 BST	Schneiderlin  19' Keane 30' Gueye 45' Bešić  90+1'	Report	Memolla  43'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Hajduk Split v Everton

24 August 2017 Play-off round L2	Hajduk Split	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	Everton	Split, Croatia
21:00 CEST	Radošević 43',  74' Erceg  90'	Report	Sigurðsson 46' Bešić  72'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 31,645 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Group stage[edit]

On 25 August 2017, Everton were drawn into Group E alongside Lyon, Atalanta and Apollon Limassol.^[66]

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

Atalanta v Everton

14 September 2017 1	Atalanta	3–0	Everton	Reggio Emilia, Italy
19:00 CET	Masiello 27',  33' Gómez 41' Cristante 44'	Report	Sigurðsson  63'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 14,490 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Everton v Apollon Limassol

28 September 2017 2	Everton	2–2	Apollon Limassol	Liverpool, England
21:05 CET	Rooney 21' Vlašić 66'	Report	Sardinero 12' Yuste  74', 88' Roberge  86'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 27,034 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Everton v Lyon

19 October 2017 3	Everton	1–2	Lyon	Liverpool, England
21:05 CET	Lookman  55' Williams  65', 69'	Report	Fekir 6' (pen.) Traoré  65', 75'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 27,159 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Lyon v Everton

2 November 2017 4	Lyon	3–0	Everton	Lyon, France
19:00 CET	Traoré 68' Aouar 76',  85' Rafael  78' Depay 88'	Report	Martina  7' Schneiderlin  57'  80' Vlašić  90+2'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 48,103 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Everton v Atalanta

23 November 2017 5	Everton	1–5	Atalanta	Liverpool, England
21:05 CET	Williams  43' Martina  67' Sandro 71' Davies  76' Calvert-Lewin  90+3'	Report	Cristante 12', 64' Gómez 48' Gosens 86' Cornelius 88', 90+4'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 17,431 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Apollon Limassol v Everton

7 December 2017 6	Apollon Limassol	0–3	Everton	Limassol, Cyprus
19:00 CET	Sachetti  78'	Report	Lookman 21', 27' Baningime  73' Vlašić 87'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium Attendance: 4,237 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of 31 January 2018^[67][68]

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 Jordan Pickford 2 MF  FRA Morgan Schneiderlin 3 DF  ENG Leighton Baines 4 DF  ENG Michael Keane 5 DF  WAL Ashley Williams 6 DF  ENG Phil Jagielka (captain) 7 FW  COD Yannick Bolasie 10 FW  ENG Wayne Rooney 11 MF  ENG Theo Walcott 13 DF  FRA Eliaquim Mangala 14 FW  TUR Cenk Tosun 15 DF  CUW Cuco Martina 16 MF  IRL James McCarthy 17 MF  SEN Idrissa Gueye

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ISL Gylfi Sigurðsson 19 FW  SEN Oumar Niasse 20 MF  NED Davy Klaassen 22 GK  NED Maarten Stekelenburg 23 DF  IRL Séamus Coleman 25 DF  ARG Ramiro Funes Mori 26 MF  ENG Tom Davies 27 FW  CRO Nikola Vlašić 29 FW  ENG Dominic Calvert-Lewin 30 DF  ENG Mason Holgate 33 GK  ESP Joel Robles 43 DF  ENG Jonjoe Kenny 54 MF  ENG Beni Baningime

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  ESP Sandro (at Sevilla until June 2018)[54] 11 FW  BEL Kevin Mirallas (at Olympiacos until June 2018)[69] 21 MF  BIH Muhamed Bešić (at Middlesbrough until June 2018)[53] 28 MF  ENG Kieran Dowell (at Nottingham Forest until June 2018)[70] 31 FW  ENG Ademola Lookman (at RB Leipzig until June 2018)[52] 35 DF  ENG Callum Connolly (at Ipswich Town until June 2018)[71]

No. Pos. Nation Player 46 MF  ENG Joe Williams (at Barnsley until June 2018)[72] — DF  USA Antonee Robinson (at Bolton Wanderers until June 2018)[73] — DF  ENG Brendan Galloway (at Sunderland until June 2018)[74] — DF  ENG Matthew Pennington (at Leeds United until June 2018)[75] — DF  ENG Tyias Browning (at Sunderland until June 2018)[76] — FW  NGA Henry Onyekuru (at Anderlecht until June 2018)[77]

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jordan Pickford	46	0	38	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
2	MF	FRA	Morgan Schneiderlin	40	0	24+6	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
3	DF	ENG	Leighton Baines	29	3	22	2	0	0	1	0	6	1
4	DF	ENG	Michael Keane	38	1	29+1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
5	DF	WAL	Ashley Williams	34	2	20+4	1	0	0	2	0	8	1
6	DF	ENG	Phil Jagielka	29	0	23+2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF	COD	Yannick Bolasie	17	1	12+4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Wayne Rooney	40	11	27+4	10	1	0	1	0	7	1
11	MF	ENG	Theo Walcott	15	3	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	FRA	Eliaquim Mangala	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	TUR	Cenk Tosun	14	5	12+2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	CUW	Cuco Martina	28	0	20+1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
16	MF	IRL	James McCarthy	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	SEN	Idrissa Gueye	37	3	32	2	0	0	0	0	5	1
18	MF	ISL	Gylfi Sigurðsson	33	6	25+2	4	1	1	0	0	4+1	1
19	FW	SEN	Oumar Niasse	24	9	9+12	8	0+1	0	0+2	1	0	0
20	MF	NED	Davy Klaassen	17	0	4+3	0	0	0	1	0	7+2	0
22	GK	NED	Maarten Stekelenburg	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
23	DF	IRL	Séamus Coleman	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ARG	Ramiro Funes Mori	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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