2017–18 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United

2017–18 season

Co-chairmen

Joel and Avram Glazer

Manager

José Mourinho

Stadium

Old Trafford

UEFA Super Cup

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

League:
All: Romelu Lukaku (1)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2017–18 season is Manchester United's 26th season in the Premier League, and their 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club will participate in the Premier League, FA Cup, EFL Cup (as holders), UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup.

The season will be the first since the departure of club captain Wayne Rooney, who rejoined Everton after 13 seasons with United, during which time he overtook Bobby Charlton as the club's all-time top scorer.^[1] United return to the UEFA Champions League after a single season's absence, as the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Pre-season and friendlies

United preceded their 2017–18 campaign with a tour of the United States, which included the first Manchester derby to be played outside the United Kingdom, in the International Champions Cup.^[2] The tour also included games against Real Madrid and Barcelona.^[3] The US tour started against LA Galaxy on 15 July 2017.^[4] United then faced Vålerenga in Norway.^[5] The final preparations during pre-season included a trip to the Republic of Ireland to face Sampdoria.^[6]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
16 July 2017	LA Galaxy	A	5–2	Rashford (2) 2', 20', Fellaini 26', Mkhitaryan 67', Martial 72'	25,667
18 July 2017	Real Salt Lake	A	2–1	Mkhitaryan 29', Lukaku 38'	20,241
21 July 2017	Manchester City	N	2–0	Lukaku 37', Rashford 39'	67,401
23 July 2017	Real Madrid	N	1–1 (2–1p)	Lingard 45+1'	65,109
27 July 2017	Barcelona	N	0–1		80,162
30 July 2017	Vålerenga	A	3–0	Fellaini 44', Lukaku 47', McTominay 70'	25,137
2 August 2017	Sampdoria	N	2–1	Mkhitaryan 9', Mata 81'	50,000^[7]

UEFA Super Cup

Manchester United, as winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League faced Real Madrid, winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League for the 2017 UEFA Super Cup on 8 August 2017, at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 2017	Real Madrid	N	1–2	Lukaku 62'	30,421

Premier League

The Premier League season is scheduled to begin on 12 August 2017 and conclude on 13 May 2018.^[8]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
13 August 2017	West Ham United	H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2017. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[9]

FA Cup

Manchester United will enter the third round of FA Cup as one of the Premier League clubs, starting on 6 January 2018. The draw date is yet to be announced.^[10]

EFL Cup

As one of the seven clubs that qualified for the European competition in 2017–18, Manchester United will enter the EFL Cup third round. The third round draw's date is yet to be announced.^[11] Manchester United are the defending champions of this cup.^[12]

UEFA Champions League

Manchester United qualified for the group stage of the Champions League as winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. The draw will be made on 24 August 2017, with Manchester United in Pot 2.

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
12/13 September 2017
26/27 September 2017
17/18 October 2017
31 October/1 November 2017
21/22 November 2017
5/6 December 2017

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	David de Gea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	Victor Lindelöf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	Eric Bailly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Phil Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Marcos Rojo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Paul Pogba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	Juan Mata	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Romelu Lukaku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
11	FW	Anthony Martial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	Chris Smalling	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	Jesse Lingard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
16	MF	Michael Carrick (c)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Daley Blind	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Ashley Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Marcus Rashford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	1	0
20	GK	Sergio Romero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Ander Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF	Luke Shaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	Antonio Valencia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF	Marouane Fellaini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
31	MF	Nemanja Matić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	MF	Demetri Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Matteo Darmian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Scott McTominay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	Matty Willock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	Andreas Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	FW	Angel Gomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	James Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Statistics accurate as of 10 August 2017.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Victor Lindelöf	Benfica	Undisclosed^{[nb 1]}^[14]
10 July 2017	FW	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	Undisclosed^{[nb 2]}^[16]
31 July 2017	MF	Nemanja Matić	Chelsea	Undisclosed^{[nb 3]}^[18]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
30 June 2017	FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Released^[19]
30 June 2017	FW	Kayne Diedrick-Roberts	Released^[20]
30 June 2017	MF	Faustin Makela	Released^[20]
30 June 2017	MF	Josh Harrop	Preston North End	Undisclosed^[21]
9 July 2017	FW	Wayne Rooney	Everton	Undisclosed^[22]
12 July 2017	MF	Adnan Januzaj	Real Sociedad	Undisclosed^{[nb 4]}^[24]
12 August 2017	MF	Guillermo Varela	Peñarol	Undisclosed^[25]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
7 July 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Regan Poole	Northampton Town^[26]
10 July 2017	30 June 2018	GK	Dean Henderson	Shrewsbury Town^[27]
14 July 2017	30 June 2018	GK	Sam Johnstone	Aston Villa^[28]
28 July 2017	January 2018	MF	Devonte Redmond	Scunthorpe United^[29]
7 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	Leeds United^[30]
10 August 2017	30 June 2018	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	Crystal Palace^[31]

Notes

↑ Fee reported as £30.7 million^[13]
↑ Fee reported as £75 million^[15]
↑ Fee reported as £40 million^[17]
↑ Fee reported as £9.8 million^[23]

References

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↑ "Nemanja Matic: Manchester United complete signing of Chelsea midfielder". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 31 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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↑ Stone, Simon (12 July 2017). "Adnan Januzaj: Real Sociedad sign Belgium winger from Man Utd". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
↑ Froggatt, Mark (12 July 2017). "Januzaj complete moves to Real Sociedad". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
↑ "Guille_Varela4 has left #MUFC to rejoin Penarol.". twitter.com. Manchester United. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
↑ "United Defender Poole Agrees Loan Move". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
↑ "United keeper Henderson joins Shrewsbury". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 10 July 2017.
↑ "Johnstone to spend Season at Villa". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. 14 July 2017.
↑ "Redmond joins on loan from Manchester United". scunthorpe-united.co.uk. Scunthorpe United FC. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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