2017–18 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season explained

Club:	Tottenham Hotspur
Season:	2017–18
Manager:	Mauricio Pochettino
Chairman:	Daniel Levy
Stadium:	Wembley Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	EFL Cup
Cup2 Result:	Fourth round
Cup3:	UEFA Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Harry Kane (30)
Season Topscorer:	Harry Kane (41)
Highest Attendance:	84,010 vs Juventus (7 March 2018, Champions League)
Lowest Attendance:	23,826 vs Barnsley (19 September 2017, EFL Cup)
Average Attendance:	67,953
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Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19

The 2017–18 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 26th season in the Premier League and 40th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Following the rebuilding of White Hart Lane, Spurs played all home fixtures at Wembley Stadium during this season at full 90,000 capacity.^[1] The season also marked a change in kit suppliers as Nike replaced Under Armour.^[2]

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

First-team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hugo Lloris (C)		GK	1986 12, df=yes
13	Michel Vorm		GK	1983 10, df=yes
22	Paulo Gazzaniga		GK	1992 1, df=yes	-	41	Alfie Whiteman		GK	1998 10, df=yes-->
Defenders
2	Kieran Trippier		RB / RWB	1990 9, df=yes
3	Danny Rose		LB / LWB	1990 7, df=yes
4	Toby Alderweireld		CB / RB	1989 3, df=yes
5	Jan Vertonghen (2nd VC)		CB / LB	1987 4, df=yes
6	Davinson Sánchez		CB / RB	1996 6, df=yes
21	Juan Foyth		CB / DM	1998 1, df=yes
24	Serge Aurier		RB / RWB	1992 12, df=yes
33	Ben Davies		LB / LWB / CB	1993 4, df=yes
37	Kyle Walker-Peters		RB / LB	1997 4, df=yes
Midfielders
11	Erik Lamela		RW / LW	1992 3, df=yes
12	Victor Wanyama		DM / CM	1991 6, df=yes
15	Eric Dier		DM / CB	1994 1, df=yes
17	Moussa Sissoko		CM / RM	1989 8, df=yes
19	Mousa Dembélé		CM / DM	1987 7, df=yes
20	Dele Alli		CM / AM	1996 4, df=yes
23	Christian Eriksen		AM / LW / RW	1992 2, df=yes
27	Lucas Moura		RW	1992 8, df=yes
29	Harry Winks		CM / DM	1996 2, df=yes
Strikers
7	Son Heung-min		FW / LW / RW	1992 7, df=yes
10	Harry Kane (1st VC)		FW / SS	1993 7, df=yes
18	Fernando Llorente		FW	1985 2, df=yes

Transfers

Released

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
26 May 2017	MF				Released	^[3]
9 June 2017	MF				Released
9 June 2017	GK		Thomas McDermott		Released
9 June 2017	DF				Released
9 June 2017	MF		Zenon Stylianides		Released
9 June 2017	FW		Juan Pablo González Velasco		Released

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
7 July 2017	DF				30 June 2018	^[4]
25 July 2017	GK				April 2018	^[5]
4 August 2017	MF				30 June 2018	^[6]
25 August 2017	DF				15 January 2018	^[7]
8 September 2017	FW				30 June 2018	^[8]
9 January 2018	FW				30 June 2018	^[9]
15 January 2018	MF				11 April 2018	^[10]
19 January 2018	DF				30 June 2018	^[11]
22 January 2018	FW				30 June 2018	^[12]
29 January 2018	MF				30 June 2018	^[13]
29 January 2018	DF				30 June 2018	^[14]
31 January 2018	FW				30 June 2018	^[15]

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
23 August 2017	DF				£42,000,000	^[16]
23 August 2017	GK				Undisclosed	^[17]
30 August 2017	DF				£10,000,000	^[18]
31 August 2017	DF				£23,000,000	^[19]
31 August 2017	FW				£12,000,000	^[20]
31 January 2018	MF				£25,000,000	^[21]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
12 July 2017	GK				Undisclosed	^[22]
14 July 2017	DF				£50,000,000	^[23]
15 July 2017	DF				£2,750,000	^[24]
16 July 2017	FW				£6,000,000	^[25]
29 August 2017	DF				£18,000,000	^[26]
31 August 2017	MF				Undisclosed	^[27]

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: £87,000,000

Winter: £25,000,000

Total: £112,000,000

Income

Summer: £76,750,000

Winter: £0

Total: £76,750,000

Net totals

Summer: £10,250,000

Winter: £25,000,000

Total: £35,250,000

Friendlies

Pre-season

On 21 March 2017, it was announced that Tottenham Hotspur would take part in the 2017 International Champions Cup playing against Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and Manchester City in the United States.^[28] On 4 July 2017, it was announced that Tottenham would welcome Juventus to play a friendly match in Wembley Stadium.^[29] Tottenham Hotspur played a closed door match in Hotspur Way against Leyton Orient on 12 July 2017.

2017 International Champions Cup

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Premier League
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Champions League
Total Premier League See main article: 2017–18 Premier League. Matches On 14 June 2017, the 2017–18 Premier League fixtures were announced.^[30] FA Cup See main article: 2017–18 FA Cup. Spurs entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie against AFC Wimbledon.^[31] EFL Cup See main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup. Tottenham Hotspur entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against Barnsley.^[32] Another home tie was confirmed for the fourth round, against West Ham United.^[33] UEFA Champions League See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. Group stage On 24 August 2017, Tottenham was drawn into Group H alongside Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and APOEL.^[34] Round of 16 See main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase. Statistics Appearances No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 GK Hugo Lloris 36 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 43 0 13 GK Michel Vorm 1 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 11 0 22 GK Paulo Gazzaniga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Defenders 2 DF Kieran Trippier 21+3 0 6 0 2 0 3 0 32+3 0 3 DF Danny Rose 9+1 0 3 0 1 0 3+1 0 16+2 0 4 DF Toby Alderweireld 13+1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 20+1 0 5 DF Jan Vertonghen 36 0 4 1 1 0 6 0 47 1 6 DF Davinson Sánchez 29+2 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 39+2 0 21 DF Juan Foyth 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 8 0 24 DF Serge Aurier 16+1 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 23+1 2 33 DF Ben Davies 26+3 2 2+1 0 1 0 5 0 34+4 2 37 DF Kyle Walker-Peters 2+1 0 2+2 1 1 0 0+1 0 5+4 1 Midfielders 11 MF Erik Lamela 7+18 2 4+2 2 0 0 1+1 0 12+21 4 12 MF Victor Wanyama 8+10 1 4+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 12+12 1 14 MF Georges-Kévin Nkoudou 0+1 0 0 0 0+2 0 1+1 1 1+4 1 15 MF Eric Dier 32+2 0 4 0 1+1 0 7 0 44+3 0 17 MF Moussa Sissoko 15+18 1 6 0 2 1 3+3 0 26+21 2 19 MF Mousa Dembélé 21+7 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 3+3 0 28+12 0 20 MF Dele Alli 34+2 9 1+6 1 2 2 5 2 42+8 14 23 MF Christian Eriksen 37 10 2+1 2 0+1 0 6 2 45+2 14 27 MF Lucas Moura 2+4 0 3+1 1 0 0 0+1 0 5+6 1 29 MF Harry Winks 9+7 0 3 0 1 0 5 0 18+7 0 42 MF Anthony Georgiou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 46 MF Tashan Oakley-Boothe 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 Forwards 7 FW Son Heung-min 27+10 12 5+2 2 2 0 5+2 4 39+14 18 9 FW Vincent Janssen 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 10 FW Harry Kane 35+2 30 3+1 4 0 0 7 7 45+3 41 18 FW Fernando Llorente 1+15 1 5+1 3 2 0 2+5 1 10+21 5 54 FW Kazaiah Sterling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 Players transferred out during the season. 27 DF Kevin Wimmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goal scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. width=10 width=10 width=10 width=180 Player width=50 Premier League width=50 FA Cup width=50 EFL Cup width=50 Champions League width=50 Total 1 FW 10 30 4 0 7 41 2 FW 7 12 2 0 4 18 3 MF 20 9 1 2 2 14 MF 23 10 2 0 2 14 5 FW 18 1 3 0 1 5 6 MF 11 2 2 0 0 4 7 MF 17 1 0 1 0 2 DF 24 2 0 0 0 2 DF 33 2 0 0 0 2 10 DF 5 0 1 0 0 1 MF 12 1 0 0 0 1 MF 14 0 0 0 1 1 FW 27 0 1 0 0 1 DF 37 0 1 0 0 1 TOTALS 70 17 3 17 107 Hat-tricks Player Against Competition Minutes Score after goals Result Date Harry Kane Champions League 39', 62', 67' 0–1, 0–2, 0-3 0-3 (A) 26 September 2017 Harry Kane Premier League 7', 69', 79' 0-1, 0-2, 0-3 0-3 (A) 23 December 2017 Harry Kane Premier League 22', 39', 67' 1-0, 2-0, 5-1 5-2 (H) 26 December 2017 Fernando Llorente FA Cup 47', 53', 59' 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 6-1 (H) 28 February 2018 Own goals

Notes and References

1. News: Tottenham confirm move to Wembley for 2017/18 season. Lyall . Thomas . 28 April 2017 . Sky Sports .
2. News: Tottenham Hotspur Announces Multi-Year Partnership with Nike. Tottenham Hotspur . 30 June 2017 . 4 July 2017 .
3. News: Player Update . tottenhamhotspur . 9 June 2017 . 9 June 2017.
4. News: Connor Ogilvie: Gillingham sign Spurs defender on loan. 1 February 2018. BBC Sport . 7 July 2017.
5. Web site: Tottenham youngster Tom Glover joins Central Coast on one-year loan . ESPN . espn.co.uk . 26 July 2017 . 1 February 2018.
6. News: Josh Onomah: Aston Villa sign Tottenham midfielder on season-long loan. 1 February 2018. BBC Sport. 4 August 2017.
7. News: Cameron Carter-Vickers: Sheffield United sign Tottenham defender on loan . 1 February 2018. BBC Sport. 25 August 2017.
8. News: Vincent Janssen joins Fenerbahçe from Tottenham on season's loan. The Guardian. 8 September 2017 . 8 September 2017.
9. News: Georges-Kevin Nkoudou: Burnley sign Tottenham winger on loan . 1 February 2018. BBC Sport . 9 January 2018.
10. News: Marcus Edwards: Norwich City sign midfielder on loan from Tottenham Hotspur . 1 February 2018. BBC Sport . 15 January 2018.
11. Web site: Ipswich sign Tottenham's Cameron Carter-Vickers & Birmingham's Stephen Gleeson . BBC Sport . 19 January 2018 . 1 February 2018 .
12. Web site: Ryan Loft: Tottenham Hotspur striker joins Exeter City on loan . BBC Sport . 22 January 2018 . 1 February 2018.
13. News: Luke Amos: Tottenham Hotspur midfielder joins Stevenage on loan . 1 February 2018. BBC Sport. 29 January 2018.
14. News: Portsmouth: Tottenham midfielder Anton Walkes agrees loan move. 1 February 2018. BBC Sport. 29 January 2018.
15. Web site: Southend United sign Shayon Harrison, Freddie Ladapo and Sam Mantom . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 1 February 2018 .
16. Web site: Davinson Sanchez: Tottenham complete signing of Ajax defender on six-year deal . BBC Sport . 23 August 2017 . 29 August 2017.
17. Web site: Tottenham sign Southampton goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga . BBC Sport . 23 August 2017 . 29 August 2017.
18. Web site: Juan Foyth: Tottenham sign Estudiantes defender Juan Foyth on long-term contract . ESPN . 30 August 2017 . 30 August 2017.
19. Web site: Serge Aurier: Tottenham sign Paris St-Germain full-back for £23m . BBC Sport . Simon Stone . 31 August 2017 . 31 August 2017 .
20. Web site: Fernando Llorente: Tottenham beat Chelsea to sign Swansea striker Fernando Llorente . ESPN . 31 August 2017 . 31 August 2017 .
21. Web site: Lucas Moura: Tottenham sign PSG forward for fee in region of £25m . BBC Sport . 31 January 2018 . 31 January 2018 .
22. News: Pompey Move For McGee. 12 July 2017. Tottenham Hotspur . 12 July 2017.
23. News: Walker Move To Man City Agreed. 14 July 2017. Tottenham Hotspur Official Site. 14 July 2017.
24. News: Roma Move for Fazio. 15 July 2017. Tottenham Hotspur. 15 July 2017.
25. Web site: Clinton makes permanent Marseille move . Tottenham Hotspur . 16 July 2017 . 16 July 2017 .
26. Web site: Wimmer: Potters Switch was easy decision . stokecityfc.com . 29 August 2017 . 29 August 2017 .
27. Web site: Miller signs for Brewers . Burton Albion . 31 August 2017 . 2 September 2017 .
28. Web site: Club to return to United States for 2017 International Champions Cup. tottenhamhotspur.com . 21 March 2017 . 13 July 2017.
29. Web site: Club to Face Italian Champions Juventus. tottenhamhotspur.com . 4 July 2017 . 4 July 2017.
30. News: Fixtures 2017-18 - List In Full. 14 June 2017. Tottenham Hotspur Official Site. 14 June 2017.
31. News: AFC Wimbledon At Home In The FA Cup third round. 7 December 2017. Tottenham Hotspur Official Site. 4 December 2017.
32. News: Barnsley in Carabao Cup third round. 12 September 2017. Tottenham Hotspur Official Site. 12 September 2017.
33. Web site: West Ham In Carabao Cup fourth round. Tottenham Hotspur Official Site. 21 September 2017.
34. News: UEFA Champions League Group Stage Opponents Confirmed. 24 August 2017. Tottenham Hotspur Official Site. 24 August 2017.