2018–19 Leeds United F.C. season explained

Club:	Leeds United
Season:	2018–19
Manager:	Marcelo Bielsa
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Chairman:	Andrea Radrizzani
Stadium:	Elland Road
League:	Championship
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Play-offs
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup2:	FA Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
Cup3:	EFL Cup
Cup3 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Kemar Roofe (14)
Season Topscorer:	Kemar Roofe (15)
Highest Attendance:	37,004 vs Sheffield United (17 March 2019, Championship)
Lowest Attendance:	18,652 vs Preston North End (28 August 2018, EFL Cup)
Average Attendance:	33,834
Prevseason:	2017–18
Nextseason:	2019–20
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The 2018–19 season was Leeds United's ninth consecutive season in the Championship.^[1]

Competitions

Championship

See main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship.

Matches

On 21 June, the Championship fixtures were released.^[2]

Play-offs

See main article: 2019 English Football League play-offs.

FA Cup

See main article: 2018–19 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup.

Statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship		Play-offs		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	1	0
2	DF	Luke Ayling	38	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	42	2	6	1
3	DF	Barry Douglas	21(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21(6)	0	8	0
4	MF	Adam Forshaw	19(11)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	21(11)	0	3	0
6	DF	Liam Cooper	36	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	38	3	6	0
7	FW	Kemar Roofe	27(5)	14	1	1	0	0	0(1)	0	28(6)	15	6	0
9	FW	Patrick Bamford	15(7)	9	1	0	0	0	2	1	18(7)	10	3	0
10	DF	Ezgjan Alioski	44	7	0	0	1	0	0(2)	0	45(2)	7	10	0
11	FW	Tyler Roberts	20(8)	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	23(8)	3	4	0
13	GK	Will Huffer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF	Samuel Sáiz	15(4)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	1	16(5)	1	4	0
15	DF	Stuart Dallas	10(16)	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	13(16)	4	2	0
18	DF	Pontus Jansson	37(2)	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	39(2)	3	8	1
19	MF	Pablo Hernández	37(2)	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	39(2)	12	6	0
20	DF	Tom Pearce	0(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2	0	2(3)	0	0	0
22	MF	Jack Harrison	32(5)	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	37(5)	4	2	0
23	MF	Kalvin Phillips	42	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	46	1	8	1
27	GK	Jamal Blackman	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
28	DF	Gaetano Berardi	10(3)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12(3)	0	6	1
33	GK	Kiko Casilla	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	2	1
34	MF	Lewis Baker	2(9)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5(9)	0	2	0
35	DF	Conor Shaughnessy	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	MF	Izzy Brown	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	1	0	0
39	FW	Ryan Edmondson	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
40	DF	Leif Davis	1(3)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2(3)	0	0	0
43	MF	Mateusz Klich	46	10	2	0	0	0	0(2)	0	48(2)	10	10	0
46	MF	Jamie Shackleton	3(16)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	2	0	7(17)	0	0	0
47	FW	Jack Clarke	4(18)	2	0(2)	0	1	0	0	0	5(20)	2	1	0
48	MF	Jordan Stevens	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
52	DF	Aapo Halme	1(3)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2(3)	1	2	0
54	MF	Clarke Oduor	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
57	FW	Kun Temenuzhkov	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2018	DF	Joshveer Shergill		£25,000	^[3]
4 July 2018	DF			Undisclosed	^[4]
28 July 2018	DF			£3,000,000	^[5]
31 July 2018	FW			£7,000,000	^[6]
17 January 2019	GK			Free	^[7]
29 January 2019	MF			Undisclosed	^[8]
29 March 2019	MF				^[9]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
19 June 2018	GK			Undisclosed	^[10]
1 July 2018	FW	Moses Abioye	Unattached	Released	^[11]
	MF				^[12]
	DF	Matthew Keogh
	FW	Moise Kroma
	MF
5 July 2018	GK			Free	^[13]
14 July 2018	FW			Undisclosed	^[14]
1 August 2018	MF			£6,000,000	^[15]
2 August 2018	MF			Free	^[16]
3 August 2018	FW	Ousama Siddiki		Undisclosed	^[17]
31 January 2019	FW	Samuel Amissah

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
1 July 2018	9 January 2019	MF			^[18]
16 July 2018	16 November 2018	GK			^[19]
30 July 2018	31 May 2019	MF			^[20]
30 August 2018		MF			^[21]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2018	31 May 2019	DF			^[22]
3 July 2018	31 December 2018	FW			^[23]
5 July 2018	31 May 2019	FW			^[24]
6 July 2018		DF			^[25]
	8 January 2019	DF			^[26]
11 July 2018	31 May 2019	FW			^[27]
19 July 2018		FW	Alex Machuca		^[28]
20 July 2018	2 January 2019	DF			^[29]
31 July 2018	26 January 2019	FW			^[30]
21 August 2018	31 May 2019	DF			^[31]
		MF			^[32]
24 August 2018		FW	Adrián Balboa		^[33]
		MF			^[34]
29 August 2018		FW			^[35]
31 August 2018		MF			^[36]
	10 January 2019	MF			^[37]
1 September 2018	31 May 2019	FW			^[38]
1 January 2019		MF			^[39]
7 January 2019		MF			^[40]
8 January 2019		DF			^[41]
11 January 2019		MF			^[42]
25 January 2019	25 February 2019	GK			^[43]
29 January 2019	31 May 2019	FW			^[44]
31 January 2019		FW			^[45]
		DF			^[46]

Notes and References

1. News: History . Statto . 15 June 2018 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924140719/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leeds-united/history . dead .
2. News: Leeds United Scores & Fixtures . 21 June 2018 . .
3. News: Leeds United first signing of Bielsa era – bigger signings next . 9 July 2018 . The 72 . 16 June 2018.
4. Leeds Confirm the Arrival of Under-23 Starlet Leif Davis on 3-Year Deal . 7 July 2018 . Sports Illustrated . 4 July 2018.
5. News: Barry Douglas is confirmed as Leeds United's first permanent capture of the summer . 28 July 2018 . . 28 July 2018.
6. News: Patrick Bamford Completes Leeds United Move . 31 July 2018 . . 31 July 2018.
7. Web site: Leeds United Sign Kiko Casilla . . 17 January 2019.
8. Web site: Whites Complete Mateusz Bogusz Deal . . 29 January 2019.
9. Web site: Cusick . Aiden . 29 March 2019 . Who is Morten Spencer? Five facts about the youngster who's just joined Leeds United from Sunderland . 2 August 2020 . HITC . en-GB.
10. News: Leeds keeper Wiedwald joins Frankfurt . 19 June 2018 . . 19 June 2018.
11. News: Leeds United 2018/19 Retained List. 27 May 2018. Leeds United F.C. Official Site. 18 May 2018.
12. News: Madger Gomes Departs . 11 June 2018 . . 11 June 2018.
13. News: Middlesbrough sign goalkeeper Lonergan . 2 August 2018 . . 2 August 2018.
14. Web site: Welcome to Malmö FF, Marcus Antonsson!. Malmö FF. sv. 14 July 2018.
15. News: Ronaldo Vieira Joins Sampdoria . 1 August 2018 . . 1 August 2018.
16. News: Bolton Wanderers sign Luke Murphy . 2 August 2018 . . 2 August 2018.
17. News: Ousama Siddiki leaves Leeds United, signs deal in Spain . 24 August 2018 . HITC . 3 August 2018.
18. News: Leeds United land first summer deal as Lewis Baker joins. 30 June 2018. Yorkshire Evening Post. 30 June 2018.
19. News: Jamal Blackman joins on loan. 16 July 2018. Leeds United Official. 16 July 2018.
20. News: Jack Harrison completes Leeds United loan switch from Manchester City . 30 July 2018 . . 30 July 2018.
21. News: Brown Loaned To Leeds . 30 August 2018 . . 30 August 2018.
22. News: Leeds' Coyle agrees new Fleetwood loan . 27 June 2018 . . 27 June 2018.
23. News: Leeds forward Cibicki joins Molde . 3 July 2018 . . 3 July 2018.
24. News: Goalkeeper Lonergan leaves Leeds . 6 July 2018 . . 5 July 2018.
25. News: Peterborough sign Denton and Yorwerth . 6 July 2018 . . 6 July 2018.
26. News: Blackpool sign Leeds defender O'Connor . 6 July 2018 . . 6 July 2018.
27. News: Leeds forward Mallik joins Doncaster . 11 July 2018 . . 11 July 2018.
28. News: Alex Machuca Agrees Loan Move . 19 July 2018 . . 19 July 2018.
29. News: Liam Kitching Signs New Contract . 20 July 2018 . . 20 July 2018.
30. News: Hadi Sacko Joins Las Palmas . 31 July 2018 . . 31 July 2018.
31. News: Laurens De Bock Makes Temporary Switch . 21 August 2018 . . 21 August 2018.
32. News: Yosuke Ideguchi Makes Loan Move . 21 August 2018 . . 21 August 2018.
33. News: Adrian Balboa Heads Out On Loan . 24 August 2018 . . 24 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180824172845/https://www.leedsunited.com/news/academy-news/23736/adrian-balboa-heads-out-on-loan . 24 August 2018 . dead .
34. News: Leeds United midfielder Buoy joins Zwolle on season-long loan . 24 August 2018 . . 24 August 2018.
35. News: Caleb Ekuban: Leeds forward moves to Trabzonspor on season-long loan . 29 August 2018 . . 29 August 2018.
36. News: Leeds United's Magpies recruit Vurnon Anita joins Willem II on season-long loan . 31 August 2018 . . 31 August 2018.
37. News: Leeds United midfielder Eunan O'Kane makes deadline-day departure to League One side on loan . 31 August 2018 . . 31 August 2018.
38. News: Good luck to #LUFC U23s forward Oliver Sarkic who joins @barakaoficial on a season-long loan. Leeds United Twitter. 1 September 2018. 1 September 2018.
39. Web site: Samuel Saiz To Join Getafe CF . . 18 December 2018.
40. Web site: Duo Complete Loan Moves . . 7 January 2019.
41. Web site: City Complete O'Connor Signing . . 8 January 2019.
42. Web site: Pawel Cibicki Completes Loan Move . . 11 January 2019.
43. Web site: Will Huffer Joins Barnet On Loan . . 25 January 2019.
44. Web site: Leeds United winger Hadi Sacko seals loan move to Turkey . . 29 January 2019.
45. Web site: Sam Dalby Loan . . 31 January 2019.
46. Web site: Tom Pearce joins on loan from Leeds . 31 January 2019 . . 31 January 2019.