The 2017–18 season was Manchester City's 116th season of competitive football, 89th season in the top flight of English football and 21st season in the Premier League. In addition to the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League.
City won their third Premier League title on 15 April 2018, following West Bromwich Albion's 1–0 away win over second-placed Manchester United, and the EFL Cup on 25 February 2018 with a 3–0 win over Arsenal, the latter being Pep Guardiola's first trophy at City.
The team set a number of Premier League records during the season, including: most points (100), most away points (50), most points ahead of second (19), most wins (32), most away wins (16), most goals (106), best goal difference (+79) and most consecutive victories (18). The team also equalled the record for the earliest Premier League title win (5 games to spare), beating every other team in the league throughout the season, and recording the most consecutive away wins (11). As a result of City setting an English top flight record for most points in a single season (100), the team received the nickname "Centurions", and have been acclaimed by pundits and football journalists as being one of the greatest teams in Premier League history.
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Season review On 1 November, Sergio Agüero scored his 178th City goal in a 4–2 Champions League away victory over Napoli to become the club's all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing the former highest total set by Eric Brook.
On 25 February, City won their first silverware of the Guardiola era, defeating Arsenal 3–0 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2017–18 EFL Cup.
On 15 April, City were confirmed as Premier League champions following Manchester United's 0–1 home defeat to West Bromwich Albion. This was the club's third Premier League title and fifth English top flight title and also completed their second league and League Cup double in four years.
City broke and set several new club and English football records during their 2017–18 campaign:
New national records for consecutive away (11) and overall victories (20) in all competitions; and for consecutive league wins (18) New Premier League records for most points (100); most goals scored (106); total wins achieved (32) in a single season; largest winning margin (19 pts); largest goal difference (+79); away games won in a season (16); away points won in a season (50 pts); and the youngest ever Premier League winner (Phil Foden, aged 17 years and 350 days) Equalled the Premier League record for consecutive away league wins (11) New club records for consecutive games unbeaten in all competitions (28); consecutive games unbeaten in the league (30); consecutive home wins in all competitions (20); and fewest goals conceded in a fully played season (non-war) (27)
The 2017–18 season was an undoubted success for the Blues domestically, but their European campaign was quite underwhelming. The team confidently won five games at the group stage and qualified for the knockout stage, where it defeated FC Basel. The Cityzens were drawn with fellow Premier League side Liverpool in the quarter-finals. The outcome of those games was a disappointing result as Manchester City were beaten 5–1 on aggregate and eliminated amid the controversy with refereeing mistakes favourable to Liverpool.
An Amazon Original docuseries of the season titled All or Nothing: Manchester City was released on Amazon Video on 17 August 2018.
Pre-season and friendlies On 16 May 2017, Manchester City announced they would face Manchester United as part of the 2017 International Champions Cup. Matches against Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid were also confirmed as part of the same tournament. A standalone pre-season friendly against West Ham United then took place in Iceland. A friendly was also scheduled against partner club Girona to take place after the first match of the Premier League season.
International Champions Cup
Super Match
Costa Brava Trophy
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 14 June 2017, Manchester City's Premier League fixtures were announced.
FA Cup
Manchester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Burnley. They were handed an away tie against Cardiff City in the fourth round proper. In the fifth round, City were drawn away to Wigan Athletic.
EFL Cup
Manchester City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to West Bromwich Albion. A home tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers was confirmed for the fourth round. The Blues were handed an away tie against Leicester City in the quarter-finals. In the two-legged semi-finals, they were drawn against Bristol City as the home team, thus hosting the first leg and playing the second one on the road at Bristol.
UEFA Champions League
On 24 August 2017, Manchester City were drawn into Group F alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Napoli and Feyenoord. The Blues topped their group and were then paired with Basel from the Swiss Super League in round of 16 two-legged tie.
Group stage
Notes
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Squad information First team squad
Ordered by squad number. Appearances include league and cup appearances, including as substitute. Ages are as at the end of the 2017–18 season.
Statistics Squad statistics
Appearances (Apps) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only, including sub appearances. Red card numbers denote: numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
No.Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTotalAppsAppsAppsAppsApps1 GK 3 3 6 1 13 2 DF 32 2 1 3 6 1 7 1 48 4 13 DF 23 3 2 3 1 6 2 6 2 38 3 7 4 DF 17 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 21 2 6 5 DF 18 2 4 5 3 29 3 7 FW 33 18 3 1 2 1 4 1 8 4 1 45 23 5 18 MF 30 4 3 3 6 1 9 2 2 48 6 6 10 FW 25 21 2 3 2 4 3 7 4 39 30 2 14 DF 9 1 1 3 13 1 15 DF 9 4 2 1 15 1 17 MF 37 8 2 3 1 4 2 8 1 4 52 12 6 18 MF 22 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 29 1 3 119 FW 32 10 4 3 1 5 3 1 9 49 14 5 20 MF 35 6 3 1 6 1 9 1 1 53 9 1 21 MF 29 9 5 2 2 1 1 7 40 10 6 22 DF 7 2 1 8 2 24 DF 2 2 4 25 MF 34 5 7 3 1 3 2 8 2 48 5 12 30 DF 34 4 9 2 2 8 1 2 46 5 11 31 GK 36 1 9 1 45 1 33 FW 29 13 6 4 9 4 2 42 17 8 35 MF 8 1 1 4 1 14 1 42 MF 10 1 4 1 3 17 2 43 FW 2 1 3 47 MF 5 2 3 10 55 MF 5 1 1 3 10 72 MF 1 1 Own goals 3 3Totals1065826211112020190143913
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
No.Pos.PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTOTAL10 FW Sergio Agüero 21 2 3 4 307 MF Raheem Sterling 18 1 0 4 2333 FW Gabriel Jesus 13 0 0 4 1719 FW Leroy Sané 10 1 3 0 1417 MF Kevin De Bruyne 8 1 2 1 1221 MF David Silva 9 0 1 0 1020 MF Bernardo Silva 6 1 1 1 98 MF İlkay Gündoğan 4 0 0 2 625 MF Fernandinho 5 0 0 0 530 DF Nicolás Otamendi 4 0 0 1 53 DF Danilo 3 0 0 0 35 DF John Stones 0 0 0 3 34 DF Vincent Kompany 1 0 1 0 218 MF Fabian Delph 1 0 0 0 1Own Goals 3 0 0 0 3Totals106 6 11 20 143
Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play.
No.PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTOTAL31 Ederson 17 0 0 4 211 Claudio Bravo 1 (1) 1 2 0 4 (1)Totals18 (1) 1 2 4 25 (1)
Awards
Etihad Player of the Month MonthPlayerAugust Raheem SterlingSeptember Kevin De BruyneOctoberNovember Raheem SterlingDecember Nicolás OtamendiJanuary Kevin De BruyneFebruary Sergio AgüeroMarch David Silva
Premier League Player of the Month MonthPlayerOctober Leroy SanéJanuary Sergio Agüero
Premier League Manager of the Month In December 2017, Pep Guardiola became the first manager in Premier League history to be awarded four consecutive Manager of the Month awards. MonthManagerSeptember Pep GuardiolaOctoberNovemberDecember
UEFA Team of the Year YearPlayer2017 Kevin De Bruyne
BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year YearWinner2017 Phil Foden Won the Golden Ball as the best player at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, helping England win the tournament.
Alan Hardaker Trophy YearWinner2018 Vincent Kompany Awarded to the player of the match in the EFL Cup final.
PFA Team of the Year SeasonPos.Player2017–18 DF Kyle Walker DF Nicolás Otamendi MF David Silva MF Kevin De Bruyne FW Sergio Agüero
PFA Young Player of the Year SeasonPlayer2017–18 Leroy Sané
Premier League Playmaker of the Season Inaugural award to the Premier League player with the most league assists in the season. SeasonPlayerNumber of assists2017–18 Kevin De Bruyne 16
Premier League Manager of the Season SeasonManager2017–18 Pep Guardiola
LMA Manager of the Year SeasonManager2017–18 Pep Guardiola
Etihad Player of the Season Manchester City's player of the season. SeasonPlayer2017–18 Kevin De Bruyne
Transfers and loans Transfers in +First TeamDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 1 July 2017 MF 20 Bernardo Silva Monaco £43,000,000 1 July 2017 GK 31 Ederson Benfica £34,900,000 14 July 2017 DF 2 Kyle Walker Tottenham Hotspur £45,000,000 23 July 2017 DF 3 Danilo Real Madrid £26,500,000 24 July 2017 DF 22 Benjamin Mendy Monaco £49,300,000 30 January 2018 DF 14 Aymeric Laporte Athletic Bilbao £57,000,000
+EDS, Academy and otherDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 3 July 2017 DF — Eric García Barcelona £1,450,000 13 July 2017 MF — Uriel Antuna Santos Laguna Undisclosed 15 July 2017 MF — Douglas Luiz Vasco da Gama £10,200,000 11 August 2017 MF — Luka Ilić Red Star Belgrade £2,500,000 12 August 2017 FW — Olarenwaju Kayode Austria Wien Undisclosed 27 August 2017 MF — Mohammed Aminu WAFA £2,000,000 1 January 2018 DF — Erik Palmer-Brown Sporting Kansas City Free 27 January 2018 MF — Mix Diskerud New York City FC Free (Released) 30 January 2018 MF — Jack Harrison New York City FC Undisclosed
Transfers out +First TeamExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 1 July 2017 GK 13 Willy Caballero Chelsea Free (Released) 1 July 2017 DF 22 Gaël Clichy İstanbul Başakşehir Free (Released) 1 July 2017 MF 15 Jesús Navas Sevilla Free (Released) 1 July 2017 DF 3 Bacary Sagna Benevento Free (Released) 1 July 2017 DF 5 Pablo Zabaleta West Ham United Free (Released) 11 July 2017 MF 36 Bruno Zuculini Hellas Verona £1,250,000 16 July 2017 FW 9 Nolito Sevilla £7,650,000 22 July 2017 DF 11 Aleksandar Kolarov Roma £5,250,000 3 August 2017 FW 72 Kelechi Iheanacho Leicester City £25,000,000 4 August 2017 MF 6 Fernando Galatasaray £4,750,000 21 August 2017 MF 11 Samir Nasri Antalyaspor £2,000,000 31 August 2017 FW 14 Wilfried Bony Swansea City £12,000,000
+EDS, Academy and otherExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 1 July 2017 FW 48 Enes Ünal Villarreal £11,900,000 1 July 2017 DF — Callum Bullock Unattached Free (Released) 1 July 2017 MF — Aaron Mooy Huddersfield Town £8,000,000 1 July 2017 GK 64 Billy O'Brien Macclesfield Town Free (Released) 1 July 2017 DF 74 Ellis Plummer Motherwell Free (Released) 6 July 2017 FW — Rubén Sobrino Alavés £1,700,000 7 July 2017 DF — Joe Coveney Nottingham Forest Undisclosed 12 July 2017 MF — Olivier Ntcham Celtic £4,250,000 24 July 2017 MF 61 James Horsfield NAC Breda Undisclosed 11 August 2017 MF — Zackarias Faour IK Sirius Undisclosed 31 August 2017 FW 48 Jadon Sancho Borussia Dortmund £8,000,000 10 September 2017 FW 53 Denzeil Boadu Borussia Dortmund II Undisclosed 6 November 2017 FW 51 David Faupala Zorya Luhansk Free (Released) 5 January 2018 DF 46 Shay Facey Northampton Town Undisclosed
Loans out