2017–18 Derby County F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Derby County's tenth consecutive season in the Championship in their 134th year in existence.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Derby County
2017–18 season
ChairmanMel Morris
ManagerGary Rowett
StadiumPride Park Stadium
Championship6th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Matej Vydra (21)
All: Matej Vydra (22)
Average home league attendance27,175

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

Players

Current squad

As of 3 February 2018[2]

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
21GK  NEDKelle Roos
23FW  CZEMatěj Vydra
26DF  ENGJamie Hanson
28FW  ENGDavid Nugent
29DF  SWEMarcus Olsson
33DF  ENGCurtis Davies
34MF  ENGGeorge Thorne
35GK  ENGJonathan Mitchell
36MF  WALJoe Ledley
44MF  ENGTom Huddlestone
45MF  ENGLuke Thomas
47DF  ENGJayden Bogle

Out on loan

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

Pre-season

Friendlies

On 9 May 2017, Derby County announced they will face two German sides as part of their pre-season preparations.[4] Three days later The Rams confirmed their pre-season schedule ahead of the new campaign.[5]

11 July 2017 Kidderminster Harriers 0–4 Derby County Kidderminster
19:45 BSTReport
Stadium: Aggborough Stadium
Attendance: 1,078
18 July 2017 Port Vale 0–1 Derby County Burslem
19:45 BSTReportBent 51' (pen.)Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 1,657
29 July 2017 Derby County 1–2 1899 Hoffenheim Derby
15:00 BSTVydra 80'ReportRupp 60'
Wagner 82'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 11,406

Competitions

Championship

Derby County became the first team to score a goal in the Championship 2017–18 season when Bradley Johnson netted after 11 minutes of their opening match against Sunderland.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
4Aston Villa462411117242+3083Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
5Middlesbrough462210146745+2276
6Derby County462015117048+2275
7Preston North End461916115746+1173
8Millwall461915125645+1172
Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

Result summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
462015117048 +227512564122 +1981052926 +3

Last updated: 23 May 2018.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAH
ResultDLWWLWLDDDWWWWLDWWLWWWWDWDWDDWDLDDLDDLWWLLLWDW
Position1119148127151515141387568666644342222223344555555577666
Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[6][7]

4 August 2017 1 Sunderland 1–1 Derby County Sunderland
19:45 BSTGrabban 42' (pen.)
Vaughan  89'
ReportJohnson 11'Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 29,578
Referee: Oliver Langford
15 August 2017 3 Derby County 1–0 Preston North End Derby
19:45 BSTJohnson  45'
Vydra 58' (pen.)
Weimann  90+2'
ReportRobinson  36'
Huntington  57'
Browne  74'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 24,371
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
19 August 2017 4 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Derby County Horwich
15:00 BSTKaracan  35'
Beevers  57'
Madine 90+1'
ReportNugent 8', 21'
Wisdom  79'
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 15,175
Referee: Steve Martin
26 August 2017 5 Sheffield United 3–1 Derby County Sheffield
15:00 BSTSharp 4', 90+7'  89'
O'Connell  32'
Russell 39' (o.g.)
Blackman  90+6'
ReportLawrence  59'
Johnson  71'
Keogh  89'
Bryson 90+1'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 26,202
Referee: Andy Madley
8 September 2017 6 Derby County 5–0 Hull City Derby
19:45 BSTVydra 15', 34'
Davies 38'
Johnson 45', 58'
ReportLarsson 27'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,107
Referee: Darren Bond
12 September 2017 P Derby County P–P Ipswich Town Derby
19:45 BSTStadium: Pride Park Stadium
Note: Match postponed on 31 August due to second round EFL Cup match against Barnsley being moved to the same date.[8]
16 September 2017 7 Bristol City 4–1 Derby County Ashton Gate
15:00 BSTWoodrow 50'
Reid 55 pen.'
Pack  66'
Paterson 83'
Diedhiou 90+1'
ReportJohnson  4'
Vydra 27 pen.'
Davies  82'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 19,473
Referee: Martin Atkinsom
23 September 2017 8 Derby County 1–1 Birmingham City Derby
15:00 BSTWinnall 67'ReportJutkiewicz 64'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,392
Referee: Roger East
26 September 2017 9 Brentford 1–1 Derby County Brentford
19:45 BSTWoods  30'
Dalsgaard  36'
Watkins  45+5' 86'
ReportLedley 15'
Forsyth  25'
Wisdom  30'
Johnson  30'
Winnall  37'
Keogh  76'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,679
Referee: Andy Davies
30 September 2017 10 Cardiff City 0–0 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 BSTDamour  66'
Bennett  79'
ReportJohnson  87'Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 18,840
Referee: James Linington
15 October 2017 11 Derby County 2–0 Nottingham Forest Derby
13:15 BSTVydra 1'
Nugent 50'
ReportFox  66'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 31,196
Referee: Andy Madley
21 October 2017 12 Derby County 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Derby
15:00 BSTVydra 5' (pen.)
Nugent  45+1'
Russell  48'
Johnson 86'
ReportLoovens  4'
Lee  21'
Reach  64'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,426
Referee: Scott Duncan
28 October 2017 13 Norwich City 1–2 Derby County Norwich
15:00 BSTKlose  60' 71'ReportNugent 45+1'  74'
Johnson  66'
Forsyth  69'
Winnall 83'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 26,048
Referee: Peter Bankes
31 October 2017 14 Leeds United 1–2 Derby County Leeds
19:45 GMTLasogga 7'
Sáiz  82'
Jansson  83'
ReportKeogh  45'
Winnall 72', 80' (pen.)
Huddlestone  87'
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 28,565
Referee: Simon Hooper
4 November 2017 15 Derby County 2–4 Reading Derby
15:00 GMT (UTC)Winnall  23'
Nugent  60'
Russell 71'
Johnson  81'
Martin  84' 90+1'
ReportMoore 9'
Aluko 13'
Gunter  32'
Beerens 54'
Barrow  67' 75'
Mannone  84'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,938
Referee: Keith Stroud
18 November 2017 16 Fulham 1–1 Derby County Fulham
15:00 GMTNorwood 30'
Odoi  53'
ReportVydra 50'Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 18,192
Referee: Darren Bond
21 November 2017 17 Derby County 2–0 Queens Park Rangers Derby
19:45 GMTHuddlestone  26'
Forsyth  37'
Vydra 45+3'
Lawrence 53'
ReportBaptiste  23'
Freeman  59'
Bidwell  64'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 23,296
Referee: Paul Tierney
25 November 2017 18 Middlesbrough 0–3 Derby County Middlesbrough
15:00 GMTAyala  15'   60'
Fábio  53'
ReportVydra 13', 47' (pen.), 63'
Huddlestone  53'
Ledley  77'
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 24,607
Referee: Simon Hooper
28 November 2017 19 Derby County 0–1 Ipswich Town Derby
19:45 GMTLawrence  33'
Russell  90'
Baird  90+5'
ReportConnolly 5'
Chambers  58'
Webster  64'
Downes  82'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 24,475
Referee: Scott Duncan
2 December 2017 20 Derby County 1–0 Burton Albion Derby
15:00 GMTRussell 81'ReportNaylor  14'
Flanagan  65'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 26,761
Referee: David Coote
9 December 2017 21 Barnsley 0–3 Derby County Barnsley
15:00 GMTReportLawrence 39'
Vydra 44'
Weimann  63' 78'
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 13,973
Referee: Tim Robinson
16 December 2017 22 Derby County 2–0 Aston Villa Derby
15:00 GMTWeimann 24'
Russell 90+1'
ReportStadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 28,118
Referee: Lee Probert
23 December 2017 23 Derby County 3–0 Millwall Derby
15:00 GMTNugent 23', 28'
Vydra 25'
ReportCooper  54'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,813
Referee: Darren England
26 December 2017 24 Hull City 0–0 Derby County Kingston-upon-Hull
15:00 GMTHector  28'
Larsson  35'
ReportJohnson  11'
Ledley  72'
Baird  90'
Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 18,026
Referee: Tony Harrington
30 December 2017 25 Ipswich Town 1–2 Derby County Ipswich
15:00 GMTGarner 66'ReportWinnall 13', 49'Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,267
Referee: Oliver Langford
1 January 2018 26 Derby County 1–1 Sheffield United Derby
15:00 GMTVydra 24' (pen.)ReportClarke 57'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 30,003
Referee: Darren Bond
13 January 2018 27 Birmingham City 0–3 Derby County Bordesley
15:00 GMTReportRussell 19'
Vydra 56'
Weimann 89'
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 22,121
Referee: Lee Probert
19 January 2018 28 Derby County 0–0 Bristol City Derby
19:45 GMTJerome  87'ReportBryan  29'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 26,525
Referee: Darren England
30 January 2018 29 Millwall 0–0 Derby County Bermondsey
19:45 GMTElliott  71'
McLaughlin  90'
ReportWisdom  85'Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 10,931
Referee: Oliver Langford
3 February 2018 30 Derby County 3–0 Brentford Derby
15:00 GMTHuddlestone 30'
Jerome 34'  63'
Vydra 90' (pen.)
Olsson  90'
ReportCanós  21'
Woods  37'
Bjelland  71'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 25,938
Referee: Peter Bankes
10 February 2018 31 Derby County 1–1 Norwich City Derby
15:00 GMTVydra 12'
Carson  39'
Weimann  90'
ReportTettey  30'
Reed  53'
Maddison 72' (pen.)
Srbeny  90+1'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,171
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
13 February 2018 32 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Derby County Owlerton, Sheffield
19:45 GMTJoão 18', 47'
Hunt  25'
Loovens  81'
Pudil  90'
ReportLedley  58'
Vydra  68'
Forsyth  90+4'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,180
Referee: David Coote
21 February 2018 33 Derby County 2–2 Leeds United Derby
19:45 GMTWeimann 45+2'
Palmer 90+2'
ReportLasogga 34'
Vieira  39'
Alioski 79'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,934
Referee: Keith Stroud
24 February 2018 34 Reading 3–3 Derby County Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC)Kelly 16'
Barrow 32'
Richards  49'
Böðvarsson 80'
Moore  83'
ReportPalmer 6'  50'
Olsson  20'
Keogh 35'  83'
Lawrence 46'
Weimann  83'
Baird  85'
Carson  86'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,647
Referee: Tony Harrington
3 March 2018 35 Derby County 1–2 Fulham Derby
15:00 GMTLawrence  36'
Palmer  60'
Huddlestone 68'
Weimann  70'
ReportMitrovic 10',  74'
R Sessegnon 22'
Johansen  60'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,138
Referee: Lee Mason
6 March 2018 36 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Derby County Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 GMTLuongo 87'
Scowen  90+3'
ReportForsyth  16'
Weimann 38',  82'
Lawrence  87'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,488
Referee: Simon Hooper
11 March 2018 37 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Derby County Nottingham
14:30 GMTColback  33'
Watson  75'
Figueiredo  80'
Darikwa  90+3'
ReportLawrence  28'
Huddlestone  78'   81'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 29,106
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
18 March 2018 P Derby County P–P Cardiff City Derby
12:00 GMTStadium: Pride Park Stadium
Note: Match postponed due to a frozen pitch and heavy snow.[9]
30 March 2018 38 Derby County 1–4 Sunderland Derby
12:00 BSTVydra 42',  84'
Johnson  90'
ReportHoneyman 10'
Fletcher 36'
McGeady 50' (pen)
Koné  59'
Love  63'
Cattermole  67'
O'Shea  72', 76'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,890
Referee: James Linington
2 April 2018 39 Preston North End 0–1 Derby County Preston
19:45 BSTPearson  43'
Fisher  88'
ReportLawrence 52'
Nugent  68'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,520
Referee: Tony Harrington
7 April 2018 40 Derby County 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Derby
15:00 BSTPearce 6'
Vydra 33'
Lawrence 54'
Baird  80'
Reportle Fondre  78'Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 25,723
Referee: Darren England
14 April 2018 42 Burton Albion 3–1 Derby County Burton upon Trent
15:00 BSTBoyce 24'
Buxton  39'
Murphy 44'
Brayford  63'
Akins 68'
Akpan  77'
ReportNugent 29'
Huddlestone  49'
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: James Linington
21 April 2018 43 Derby County 1–2 Middlesbrough Derby
15:00 BSTHuddlestone  36'
Hanson  84'
Nugent 90+2' (pen)
ReportClayton  1'
Bešić 20'
Traoré  32'
Assombalonga 70'
Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 28,096
Referee: Lee Probert
24 April 2018 44 Derby County 3–1 Cardiff City Derby
19:45 BSTJerome 69', 90'
Vydra 82'
ReportPaterson  11', 28'
Manga  53'
Bennett  66'
Ralls  70'
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 30,294
Referee: Andrew Madley (Huddersfield)
Note: Live on Sky TV
28 April 2018 45 Aston Villa 1–1 Derby County Birmingham
15:00 BSTChester 84'ReportJerome 14',  87'Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,745
Referee: Scott Duncan
6 May 2018 46 Derby County 4–1 Barnsley Derby
12:30 BSTJerome 14', Vydra 55', Nugent 68', Lawrence 71'ReportMoncur 80'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 30,682
Referee: Simon Hooper

Football League play-offs

11 May 2018 Semi final (1st leg) Derby County 1–0 Fulham Derby
19:45 BSTJerome 34'
Weimann  78'
Johnson  86'
ReportJohansen  85'Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 27,163
Referee: Roger East
14 May 2018 Semi final (2nd leg) Fulham 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Derby County Fulham
19:45 BSTR Sessegnon 47'
Johansen  62'
Odoi 66'
Kamara  74'
McDonald  78'
Bettinelli  90'
ReportHuddlestone  77'
Palmer  78'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 23,529
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Derby County entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to Manchester United.[10]

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the first round draw took place with a trip to Grimsby Town announced.[11] Following the abandonment off the first round tie, the fixture was rescheduled for 22 August 2017.[12] Victory against Grimsby Town in the rescheduled match set up a second round tie against Barnsley.[13]

22 August 2017 First round Grimsby Town 0–1 Derby County Cleethorpes
19:45 BSTBerrett  28'
Davies  55'   63'
ReportLawrence  38'
Pearce  47'
Vydra 53' (pen.)
Bryson  69'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 3,033
Referee: Trevor Kettle
12 September 2017 Second round Barnsley 3–2 Derby County Barnsley
19:45 BSTJackson 18'
Bradshaw 73'
McCarthy  76'
Hammill 89'
ReportRussell 7'
Bennett 39'  79'
Stadium: Oakwell
Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.PosNatPlayerTotalChampionshipLeague CupFA CupPlay-offs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1GK  ENGScott Carson490460001020
35GK  ENGJonathan Mitchell2000200000
Defenders
3DF  SCOCraig Forsyth350310200020
6DF  IRLRichard Keogh451421001020
12DF  NIRChris Baird23021+10100000
14DF  ENGAndre Wisdom34029+10101020
16DF  IRLAlex Pearce1015+21201000
29DF  SWEMarcus Olsson16014+10001000
33DF  ENGCurtis Davies481461000020
Midfielders
7MF  ENGKasey Palmer1622+13200000+10
8MF  SCOIkechi Anya1103+401+10001+10
15MF  ENGBradley Johnson35425+84000020
26MF  ENGJamie Hanson800+60000+100+10
34MF  ENGGeorge Thorne2209+110101000
36MF  WALJoe Ledley26123+31000000
39MF  ENGCallum Guy10000+100000
40MF  ENGMax Bird1000100000
44MF  ENGTom Huddlestone472442001020
45MF  ENGLuke Thomas200+20000000
Forwards
10FW  WALTom Lawrence44636+361+101020
17FW  ENGSam Winnall1866+116001000
19FW  AUTAndreas Weimann43532+85001020
23FW  CZEMatěj Vydra442234+621110+101+10
28FW  ENGDavid Nugent39929+8900000+20
32FW  ENGCameron Jerome2068+105000021
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
4MF  SCOCraig Bryson510+41100000
5DF  ENGJason Shackell2000200000
7FW  SCOJohnny Russell25513+104111000
9FW  SCOChris Martin2515+181200000
11FW  ENGDarren Bent0000000000
18MF  ENGJacob Butterfield402+10100000
20FW  ENGMason Bennett611+20210+1000
25DF  ENGMax Lowe0000000000
41MF  ENGKellan Gordon10000+100000

Last updated: 14 May 2018
Source: [14]

References

Notes