The 2018–19 season was Charlton Athletic's 113th season in their existence. Along with competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Kit Sportswear manufacturers Hummel were Kit suppliers, with BETDAQ the front of shirt sponsor.
Squad statistics
Top scorers
PlacePositionNationNumberNameLeague OneLeague One play-offsFA CupLeague CupEFL TrophyTotal1FW9Lyle Taylor211300252FW18Karlan Grant140000143MF17Joe Aribo91000104FW14Igor Vetokele3000255MF12Ben Reeves400004=DF4Krystian Bielik310004=MF15Darren Pratley210014=DF43Toby Stevenson0010349DF23Naby Sarr200013=FW25Nicky Ajose10101311MF11Tariqe Fosu200002=DF6Jason Pearce200002=MF7Mark Marshall10100214DF20Chris Solly100001=MF16Jamie Ward100001=DF2Anfernee Dijksteel100001=MF24Josh Cullen100001=DF16Ben Purrington010001=DF5Patrick Bauer010001=DF34Jamie Mascoll000011=MF32George Lapslie000011Own goals500005Totals736601095
Disciplinary record
NumberNationPositionNameLeague OneLeague One play-offsFA CupLeague CupEFL TrophyTotal4DFKrystian Bielik120100000001309FWLyle Taylor1110010000012123DFNaby Sarr81100000009115MFDarren Pratley70101000009024MFJosh Cullen7000000000705DFPatrick Bauer4110000000516DFJason Pearce50000000005032MFGeorge Lapslie40001000005020DFChris Solly4200000000423DFLewis Page40000000004012MFBen Reeves30000000003017MFJoe Aribo20100000003016MFJamie Ward20000000002021GKJed Steer20000000002018FWKarlan Grant20000000002021MFJonny Williams20000000002014FWIgor Vetokele 20000000002010FWBilly Clarke00002000002014MFTariqe Fosu1100000000111GKDillon Phillips10000000001019MFAlbie Morgan1000000000102DFAnfernee Dijksteel1000000000107MFMark Marshall 10000000001016DFBen Purrington 10000000001036MFTaylor Maloney00001000001039DFJo Cummings00000010001038DFRyan Blumberg 000000001010Totals876506010101006
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CF Lyle Taylor AFC Wimbledon Free transfer 17 July 2018 CM Darren Pratley Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 4 January 2019 CM Jonny Williams Crystal Palace Free transfer 16 January 2019 CF Wassim Aouachria Olympique de Marseille Free transfer 31 January 2019 CF Josh Parker Gillingham Undisclosed
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 GK Jordan Beeney Free agent Released 1 July 2018 CM Matt Carter Hashtag United Released 1 July 2018 RW Regan Charles-Cook Gillingham Free transfer 1 July 2018 LB Archie Edwards Free agent Released 1 July 2018 CF Brandon Hanlan Gillingham Released 1 July 2018 CM Johnnie Jackson Retired 1 July 2018 CB Ezri Konsa Brentford Undisclosed 1 July 2018 CM Ahmed Kashi Troyes Released 1 July 2018 CB Harry Lennon Southend United Undisclosed 1 July 2018 RW Louis-Michel Yamfam Free agent Released 30 July 2018 CF Josh Magennis Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed 19 December 2018 CB Ryan Blumberg University of Maryland Free transfer 30 January 2019 FW Karlan Grant Huddersfield Town Undisclosed 31 January 2019 AM Billy Clarke Bradford City Free transfer
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 8 August 2018 GK Jed Steer Aston Villa 31 December 2018 16 August 2018 CB Krystian Bielik Arsenal 30 June 2019 30 August 2018 CM Josh Cullen West Ham United 30 June 2019 31 August 2018 LW Jamie Ward Nottingham Forest 31 December 2018 8 January 2019 GK Chris Maxwell Preston North End 30 June 2019 10 January 2019 LB Ben Purrington Rotherham United 30 June 2019 8 February 2019 MF Abraham Odoh Tooting & Mitcham United 30 June 2019
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 27 July 2018 DF Daniel Bowry Hampton & Richmond Borough 19 September 2018 8 August 2018 CF Josh Umerah Boreham Wood 27 April 2019 7 September 2018 FW Reeco Hackett-Fairchild Boreham Wood 5 October 2018 18 September 2018 DF Kenneth Yao Dartford 20 October 2018 17 October 2018 CB Jo Cummings Guiseley 18 January 2019 19 October 2018 MF Alfie Doughty Kingstonian 17 November 2018 10 November 2018 FW Wilberforce Ocran Cray Wanderers 10 December 2018 30 November 2018 GK Ashley Maynard-Brewer Chelmsford City 1 January 2019 12 December 2018 CM Ben Dempsey Kingstonian 1 January 2019 26 December 2018 FW Mikhail Kennedy Chelmsford City 26 January 2019 14 January 2019 FW Nicky Ajose Mansfield Town 30 June 2019 8 February 2019 MF Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu Bromley 27 April 2019 21 February 2019 DF Jamie Mascoll Dulwich Hamlet 27 April 2019 9 March 2019 MF Taylor Maloney Concord Rangers 27 April 2019 12 March 2019 FW Reeco Hackett-Fairchild Bromley 6 April 2019 22 March 2019 GK Ashley Maynard-Brewer Hampton & Richmond Borough 27 April 2019 28 March 2019 FW Mikhail Kennedy Concord Rangers 27 April 2019
Competitions
Friendlies On 22 May 2018, Charlton Athletic announced its first confirmed friendly taking place ahead of the 2018–19 season would be against Welling United at Park View Road. On 29 May the first home friendly was announced which would see Brighton & Hove Albion visit The Valley on 24 July 2018. A further home friendly was added against Norwich City for 28 July 2018. On 27 June 2018 it was announced that a behind-closed door friendly between Queens Park Rangers and Charlton Athletic would take place on 7 July at QPR's Harlington training ground.
League One
League table
Result summary
Results by round
Matches
League One play-offs
FA Cup
The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, Charlton Athletic were drawn away to Milton Keynes Dons in the first round.
EFL Trophy
On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.
Kent Senior Cup
References