2017–18 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

2017–18 season

Chairman

Ellis Short

Manager

Stadium

3rd

Third Round

First Round

Top goalscorer

League: Lewis Grabban (1)
All: Lewis Grabban (1)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2017–18 season is Sunderland's 138th season in existence, and their first season in the Championship since 2006.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. This will be the first season to feature Simon Grayson as club manager, following the departure of David Moyes in May 2017.

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Age	Ends	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Jason Steele	GK	26	2021	Blackburn Rovers
12	Mika	GK	26	2018	Boavista
25	Robbin Ruiter	GK	30	2019	Utrecht
32	Maksymilian Stryjek	GK	21	2019	Polonia Warsaw
Defenders
2	Billy Jones	RB	30	2018	West Bromwich Albion
3	Bryan Oviedo	LB	27	2020	Everton
4	Paddy McNair	CB	22	2020	Manchester United
5	Papy Djilobodji	CB	28	2020	Chelsea
15	Brendan Galloway	LB	21	2018	Everton
16	John O'Shea	CB	36	2018	Manchester United
18	Tyias Browning	RB	23	2018	Everton
21	Adam Matthews	RB	25	2019	Celtic
22	Donald Love	RB	22	2020	Manchester United
23	Lamine Koné	CB	28	2020	Lorient
Midfielders
6	Lee Cattermole	DM	29	2021	Wigan Athletic
8	Jack Rodwell	CM	26	2019	Manchester City
10	Wahbi Khazri	AM	26	2020	Bordeaux
14	Duncan Watmore	RW	23	2020	Altrincham
17	Didier N'Dong	CM	23	2021	Lorient
19	Aiden McGeady	LW	31	2020	Everton
24	Darron Gibson	CM	29	2018	Everton
26	George Honeyman	AM	22	2019	Academy
27	Lynden Gooch	AM	21	2019	Academy
28	Ethan Robson	CM	21	2018	Academy
40	Elliot Embleton	CM	18	2019	Academy
Forwards
9	James Vaughan	ST	29	2019	Bury
11	Lewis Grabban	ST	29	2018	Bournemouth
20	Josh Maja	ST	18	2019	Manchester City
29	Joel Asoro	ST	18	2019	IF Brommapojkarna

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Until	Source
39	Midfielder	George Honeyman	June 2019	^[2]
16	Defender	John O'Shea	June 2018	^[3]

Pre-season friendlies

As of 6 July 2017, Sunderland have announced eight pre-season friendlies against Bury,^[4] Hibernian,^[5] Livingston, Bradford City, Scunthorpe United,^[6] St Johnstone,^[7] Celtic^[8] and Hartlepool United.^[9]

7 July 2017	Bury	2–3	Sunderland	Bury
19:30 BST	Tutte 19' Reilly 27'	Report	Rodwell 37' Maja 77', 86'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,110 Referee: Darren Handley

9 July 2017	Hibernian	2–2	Sunderland	Leith, Scotland
14:00 BST	Boyle 68' S.Murray 72'	Report	Khazri 42' Lens 54'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 9,309 Referee: Gavin Duncan

12 July 2017	Livingston	0–3	Sunderland	Livingston, Scotland
19:45 BST		Report	Khazri 25' Asoro 76' Lens 90'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Steven Kirkland

15 July 2017	St Johnstone	3–0	Sunderland	Perth, Scotland
15:00 BST	MacLean 19' Wotherspoon 21', 24'	Report		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Nick Walsh

18 July 2017	Hartlepool United	1–2	Sunderland	Hartlepool
19:30 BST	Donaldson 62'	Report	Maja 37' Lens 90'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 4,728 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

22 July 2017	Bradford City	2–3	Sunderland	Bradford
15:00 BST	McMahon 65' (pen.) Gibson 90'	Report	Maja 5' Lens 8' Jones 42'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,902 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

26 July 2017	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Sunderland	Scunthorpe
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,794 Referee: Darren Drysdale

29 July 2017	Sunderland	0–5	Celtic	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report	McGregor 5', 15', 57' (pen.) Hayes 39' Armstrong 70'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: Not announced Referee: Tony Harrington

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Fulham	2	2	0	2	2	0	2
14	Norwich City	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
15	Sunderland	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
16	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	1	3	4	−1	1
17	Millwall	2	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 August 2017. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 4 August 2017.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H
Result	D
Position	15

Last updated: 4 August 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were released on 21 June 2017.^[10]

4 August 2017 1	Sunderland	1–1	Derby County	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Grabban 42' (pen.) Vaughan 89'	Report	Johnson 11'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,578 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 August 2017 2	Norwich City	v	Sunderland	Norwich
13:30				Stadium: Carrow Road

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Sunderland were drawn away to Bury in the first round.^[11]^[12]

10 August 2017 First round	Bury	0–1	Sunderland	Bury
19:45 BST		Report	Browning 45+1' Khazri 62' Honeyman 69'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Robert Jones

August 2017 Second round	Carlisle United	v	Sunderland	Carlisle
				Stadium: Brunton Park

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 10 August 2017.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Championship	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	11	Lewis Grabban	1	0	1
1	MF	26	George Honeyman	0	1	1
Total				1	1	2

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 10 August 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jason Steele	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Billy Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Lee Cattermole	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		James Vaughan	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Wahbi Khazri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW		Lewis Grabban	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Brendan Galloway	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF		John O'Shea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Didier N'Dong	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF		Tyias Browning	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF		Aiden McGeady	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF		Adam Matthews	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF		Lamine Koné	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Darron Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF		George Honeyman	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
27	MF		Lynden Gooch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	FW		Joel Asoro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Disciplinary record

As of 10 August 2017

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
9	FW	James Vaughan	1									1
10	MF	Wahbi Khazri							1			1
18	DF	Tyias Browning							1			1
Total			1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2017	RW	Aiden McGeady	Everton	£250,000	^[13]
13 July 2017	ST	James Vaughan	Bury	£500,000	^[14]
26 July 2017	GK	Jason Steele	Blackburn Rovers	£500,000	^[15]
2 August 2017	GK	Robbin Ruiter	Utrecht	Free	^[16]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Until	Ref.
5 July 2017	LB	Brendan Galloway	Everton	30 June 2018	^[17]
8 July 2017	RB	Tyias Browning	Everton	30 June 2018	^[18]
26 July 2017	ST	Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth	30 June 2018	^[19]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB	Joleon Lescott	Free agent	Released	^[20]
1 July 2017	DM	Jan Kirchhoff	Free agent	Released	^[20]
1 July 2017	CM	Sebastian Larsson	Hull City	Free	^[20]
1 July 2017	RW	Will Buckley	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[21]
1 July 2017	LW	Steven Pienaar	Bidvest Wits	Free	^[20]
1 July 2017	ST	Victor Anichebe	Beijing Enterprises	Free	^[22]
1 July 2017	GK	Jordan Pickford	Everton	£30,000,000	^[23]
1 July 2017	ST	Jermain Defoe	Bournemouth	Free	^[24]
19 July 2017	GK	Vito Mannone	Reading	£2,000,000	^[25]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
1 July 2017	LW		Fabio Borini	Milan	30 June 2018	^[26]
7 August 2017	RW		Jeremain Lens	Beşiktaş	30 June 2018	^[27]

References

↑ "History". Statto.
↑ "Honeyman signs new contract". Sunerland A.F.C. 5 May 2017.
↑ "O'Shea pens one-year deal". Sunerland A.F.C. 30 June 2017.
↑ "Pre-Season: Black Cats head to Gigg Lane". Sunderland Official Site. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
↑ "Pre-Season: Sunderland to face Hibs". Sunderland Official Site. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
↑ "Taking Shape: Pre-season plans confirmed". Sunderland Official Site. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
↑ "Pre-Season Fixture: Lads to round off Scotland trip at St Johnstone". Sunderland Official Site. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
↑ "SoL Friendly: Sunderland welcome Scottish champions". Sunderland Official Site. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ "Date For The Diary: Hartlepool United friendly arranged". Sunderland Official Site. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
↑ "2017/18 Fixtures" (Press release). EFL.
↑ "Round One: Lads drawn away to Bury in the Carabao Cup". Sunderland Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
↑ "Carabao Cup: Bury fixture changed". Sunderland Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
↑ "Done Deal: McGeady and Vaughan confirmed". Sunderland Official Site. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
↑ "Done Deal: McGeady and Vaughan confirmed". Sunderland Official Site. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
↑ "Steele signs four-year deal". Sunderland Official Site. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
↑ "Ruiter Signs For Sunderland". Sunderland Official Site. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
↑ "Done Deal: Galloway joins on loan". Sunderland Official Site. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
↑ "Browning checks in". Sunderland Official Site. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
↑ "Grabban completes loan switch". Sunderland Official Site. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
1 2 3 4 "Sunderland release retained list". Sunderland Echo. 9 June 2017.
↑ "Transfer: Bolton Wanderers sign former Sunderland winger". BBC. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Victor Anichebe joins Chinese Second Division". Goal. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Transfer: Pickford joins Everton". Sunderland Official Site. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
↑ "Transfer: Defoe joins AFC Bournemouth". Sunderland Official Site. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
↑ "Transfer: Mannone joins Reading". Sunderland Official Site. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
↑ "Borini joins AC Milan". EPSN FC. 30 June 2017.
↑ "Beşiktaş sign Lens on loan". Beşiktaş J.K. Official Web Site. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

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