The 2018–19 season was Crystal Palace's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League (extending their longest ever spell in the top division of English football) and the 113th year in their history. In this season, Palace participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Players
Friendlies The club had a pre-season tour to Scandinavia to play FC Helsingør and Halmstads BK, first-team friendlies away against Oxford United and Reading, and at home to Toulouse, as well as Palace XI (mixture of first-team and Under-23s) fixtures against Bromley, Stevenage, Boreham Wood and Kingstonian.
Competitions Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
In the third round draw, made on 3 December 2018, Palace were drawn at home to League Two team Grimsby Town. They won through a late Jordan Ayew goal after Grimsby had a man sent off, and in the draw for the next round were paired with fellow Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur. Palace won 2–0 against Spurs, earning an away tie against League One team Doncaster Rovers in the fifth round. The draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February.
EFL Cup
Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round, where they were drawn against Swansea City. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018, where Palace were drawn to play away against West Brom. The fourth round draw was on 29 September with Crystal Palace again drawn away, this time to Middlesbrough. Palace lost the game to a goal in first-half injury time.
Player statistics Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center| Left club during season
Goalscorers
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 4 MF 12 0 0 12 11 FW 10 0 0 10 10 MF 6 1 2 9 23 FW 5 1 0 6 15 MF 4 1 0 5 3 DF 3 0 1 4 18 MF 3 0 0 3 7 MF 1 1 0 2 14 FW 1 1 0 2 5 DF 1 0 0 1 2 DF 1 0 0 1 17 FW 1 0 0 1 9 FW 0 0 1 1 21 FW 0 1 0 1 — Own goal 3 0 0 3Total 51 6 4 61
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 4 MF 10 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 11 FW 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 18 MF 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 DF 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 29 DF 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 GK 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 FW 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 34 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 42 MF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Total 58 2 3 0 1 0 62 2
Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 GK Vicente Guaita Getafe Free transfer 1 August 2018 DM Cheikhou Kouyaté West Ham United £9,500,000 2 August 2018 CM Max Meyer Schalke 04 Free transfer 27 January 2019 LW Bakary Sako West Bromwich Albion Free transfer 14 March 2019 CB Jacob Mensah Ramsgate Free transfer
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 9 August 2018 CF Jordan Ayew Swansea City End of season 24 January 2019 GK Lucas Perri São Paulo End of season 31 January 2019 CF Michy Batshuayi Chelsea End of season
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CM Yohan Cabaye Al-Nasr SC Released 1 July 2018 GK Diego Cavalieri Free agent Released 1 July 2018 CF Andre Coker Maidstone United Free transfer 1 July 2018 CB Damien Delaney Cork City Released 1 July 2018 RW Lee Chung-yong VfL Bochum Released 1 July 2018 LW Bakary Sako West Bromwich Albion Released 1 August 2018 LB Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong Aldershot Town Free transfer 3 August 2018 GK Matt Funnell Maidstone United Free transfer 4 January 2019 MF Jonny Williams Charlton Athletic Undisclosed 4 January 2019 MF Jordon Mutch Gyeongnam Released 21 January 2019 LW Sullay Kaikai NAC Breda Undisclosed
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 24 July 2018 CB Jarosław Jach Çaykur Rizespor End of season 29 August 2018 RW Jason Lokilo Lorient End of season 31 August 2018 LB Tyler Brown Kingstonian End of season 31 August 2018 CF James Daly Kingstonian End of season 31 August 2018 CB Ryan Inniss Dundee 31 January 2019 31 August 2018 MF Levi Lumeka Leyton Orient 9 January 2019 4 January 2019 MF Jason Puncheon Huddersfield Town End of season 8 January 2019 CF Alexander Sørloth Gent End of season 11 January 2019 AM Nya Kirby Blackpool End of season 18 January 2019 MF Joseph Hungbo Margate End of season 25 January 2019 GK Oliver Webber Greenwich Borough End of season 31 January 2019 GK Dion-Curtis Henry Maidstone United End of season 2 February 2019 CB Jarosław Jach Sheriff Tiraspol 29 August 2019
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