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Manchester United
2017–18 season
Co-chairmenJoel and Avram Glazer
ManagerJosé Mourinho
StadiumOld Trafford
Premier League1st
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Romelu Lukaku (4)
All: Romelu Lukaku (6)
Highest home attendance75,021 vs. Leicester City (26 August)
Lowest home attendance74,928 vs. West Ham United (13 August)
Average home league attendance74,974
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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 2003–04 without former club captain Wayne Rooney, who rejoined Everton after 13 seasons with United, during which time he overtook Bobby Charlton as their all-time top scorer.[1] United return to the Champions League after a single season's absence, having won the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Pre-season and friendlies

See also: 2017 International Champions Cup

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

See also: 2017 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

Main article: 2017–18 Premier League

The Premier League season began on 11 August 2017 and is scheduled to conclude on 13 May 2018.[8]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
13 August 2017 West Ham United H 4–0 Lukaku (2) 33', 52', Martial 87', Pogba 90' 74,928 1st
19 August 2017 Swansea City A 4–0 Bailly 45', Lukaku 80', Pogba 82', Martial 84' 20,862 1st
26 August 2017 Leicester City H 2–0 Rashford 70', Fellaini 82' 75,021 1st
9 September 2017 Stoke City A 2–2 Rashford 45+1', Lukaku 57' 29,320 1st
17 September 2017 Everton H
23 September 2017 Southampton A
30 September 2017 Crystal Palace H

Template:2017–18 Premier League table

FA Cup

Manchester United will enter the 2017–18 FA Cup in the third round as one of the 20 Premier League clubs who automatically receive a bye to that stage. Matches will be played on the weekend of 6 January 2018.[9]

EFL Cup

Manchester United enter the 2017–18 EFL Cup as holders, having beaten Southampton in the 2017 final. As one of the seven clubs that qualified for the European competition in 2017–18,[10] they will enter the EFL Cup in third round, the draw for which was held on 24 August, with Manchester United being paired with Championship club Burton Albion.[11]. The two sides last met in the third round of the 2005–06 FA Cup, with United winning a replay 5–0 at Old Trafford following a goalless draw at the Pirelli Stadium.[12][13]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
20 September 2017 Round 3 Burton Albion H

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage

Manchester United qualified for the group stage of the Champions League as winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and were placed in pot 2 for the group stage draw. The draw was made on 24 August 2017, with Manchester United drawn alongside Benfica, Basel and CSKA Moscow.[14] United were previously drawn with both Benfica and Basel in 2011–12, and with CSKA Moscow in 2015–16; on both occasions, they finished third in the group and dropped down to the UEFA Europa League.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
12 September 2017 Basel H 3–0 Fellaini 35', Lukaku 53', Rashford 84'
27 September 2017 CSKA Moscow A
18 October 2017 Benfica A
31 October 2017 Benfica H
22 November 2017 Basel A
5 December 2017 CSKA Moscow H

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group A table

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain David de Gea 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
2 DF Sweden Victor Lindelöf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Eric Bailly 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0
4 DF England Phil Jones 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Argentina Marcos Rojo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF France Paul Pogba 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 1 0
8 MF Spain Juan Mata 3(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(1) 0 0 0
9 FW Belgium Romelu Lukaku 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 5 0 0
10 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW France Anthony Martial 1(3) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(3) 2 0 0
12 DF England Chris Smalling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
14 MF England Jesse Lingard 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1(3) 0 1 0
15 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF England Michael Carrick (c) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Netherlands Daley Blind 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
18 MF England Ashley Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW England Marcus Rashford 3(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3(2) 2 1 0
20 GK Argentina Sergio Romero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Spain Ander Herrera 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2(1) 0 0 0
22 MF Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0
23 DF England Luke Shaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF Ecuador Antonio Valencia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 0
27 MF Belgium Marouane Fellaini 0(3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(4) 1 0 0
29 FW England James Wilson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF Serbia Nemanja Matić 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
35 DF England Demetri Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF Italy Matteo Darmian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
38 DF England Axel Tuanzebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF England Scott McTominay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Portugal Joel Castro Pereira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 GK Republic of Ireland Kieran O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statistics accurate as of 9 September 2017.[15]

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2017 DF Sweden Victor Lindelöf Portugal Benfica Undisclosed[nb 1][17]
10 July 2017 FW Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Everton Undisclosed[nb 2][19]
31 July 2017 MF Serbia Nemanja Matić England Chelsea Undisclosed[nb 3][21]
24 August 2017 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Unattached[22]

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
30 June 2017 FW Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Released[23]
30 June 2017 FW England Kayne Diedrick-Roberts Released[24]
30 June 2017 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Faustin Makela Released[24]
30 June 2017 MF England Josh Harrop England Preston North End Undisclosed[25]
9 July 2017 FW England Wayne Rooney England Everton Undisclosed[26]
12 July 2017 MF Belgium Adnan Januzaj Spain Real Sociedad Undisclosed[nb 4][28]
12 August 2017 DF Uruguay Guillermo Varela Uruguay Peñarol Undisclosed[29]

Loan out

Date from Date to Pos. Name To
7 July 2017 30 June 2018 DF Wales Regan Poole England Northampton Town[30]
10 July 2017 30 June 2018 GK England Dean Henderson England Shrewsbury Town[31]
14 July 2017 30 June 2018 GK England Sam Johnstone England Aston Villa[32]
28 July 2017 January 2018 MF England Devonte Redmond England Scunthorpe United[33]
7 August 2017 30 June 2018 DF England Cameron Borthwick-Jackson England Leeds United[34]
10 August 2017 30 June 2018 DF Netherlands Timothy Fosu-Mensah England Crystal Palace[35]
31 August 2017 30 June 2018 MF England Matty Willock Netherlands FC Utrecht[36]
1 September 2017 30 June 2018 MF Brazil Andreas Pereira Spain Valencia[37]

Notes

  1. ^ Fee reported as £30.7 million[16]
  2. ^ Fee reported as £75 million[18]
  3. ^ Fee reported as £40 million[20]
  4. ^ Fee reported as £9.8 million[27]

References

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