The 2018–19 season was Bristol City's 121st season as a professional football club and their fourth consecutive season back in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season was a largely successful one for the club, with City finishing in 8th place, just four points outside the playoff positions and the club's highest finish in the Championship since a 4th place finish in the 2007–08 season.
Statistics
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Goals record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total19 CFFamara Diedhiou 130013214CFAndreas Weimann 10001038 CMJosh Brownhill 5106411LMCallum O'Dowda 4105510CFMatty Taylor 400420AMJamie Paterson 500574 CBAdam Webster 300319RMNiclas Eliasson 210392 RBEros Pisano 200215RWMarley Watkins 200221CMMarlon Pack 200245CM/AMKasey Palmer 20021317LBLloyd Kelly 100132RBJack Hunt 1001Own Goals 3003Total 593062
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 121CMMarlon Pack 12001000001300232RBJack Hunt 10000000001000314CFAndreas Weimann 60000010070048 CMJosh Brownhill 41000000041052 RBEros Pisano 50000000050017LBLloyd Kelly 50000000050074 CBAdam Webster 40000000040010CFMatty Taylor 40000000040015RWMarley Watkins 40000000040022CBTomáš Kalas 300100000400115 CBBailey Wright 2001000003009 CFFamara Diedhiou 3000000003001311LMCallum O'Dowda 20000000020018CFAntoine Semenyo 10100000010145CMKasey Palmer 200000000200161 GKFrank Fielding 1000000001003 LBJay Dasilva 10000000010012CMLiam Walsh 10000000010019RMNiclas Eliasson 10000000010020AMJamie Paterson 10000000010024GKMax O'Leary 100000000100Total 73113001007611
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 RW Marley Watkins Norwich City £1,000,000 1 July 2018 CB Adam Webster Ipswich Town Undisclosed 2 July 2018 RW Hakeeb Adelakun Scunthorpe United Free transfer 3 July 2018 RW Andreas Weimann Derby County Undisclosed 6 July 2018 RB Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed 23 July 2018 CF Mohamed Eisa Cheltenham Town £1,500,000 1 August 2018 GK Niki Mäenpää Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer 7 March 2019 GK Stefan Marinovic Vancouver Whitecaps FC Free(Free Agent) Transfer
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CF Gustav Engvall KV Mechelen Undisclosed 1 July 2018 CB Aden Flint Middlesbrough Undisclosed (Believed to be £7,000,000) 1 July 2018 CF Paul Garita Charleroi Released 1 July 2018 LB Scott Golbourne Shrewsbury Town Released 1 July 2018 CB Hörður Björgvin Magnússon CSKA Moscow Undisclosed 1 July 2018 CM Gary O'Neil Bolton Wanderers Released 1 July 2018 AM Bobby Reid Cardiff City £10,000,000 1 July 2018 GK Luke Steele Nottingham Forest Released 7 August 2018 CF Milan Đurić Salernitana Undisclosed 9 August 2018 LB Joe Bryan Fulham £6,000,000 9 November 2018 CB Kacper Łopata Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed 19 December 2018 CM Jens Hegeler Free agent Mutual consent 3 January 2019 CF Shawn McCoulsky Forest Green Rovers Undisclosed 18 May 2019 LB Lloyd Kelly A.F.C. Bournemouth £13,000,000
Loans in Start date 2018 Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 9 August 2018 LB Jay Dasilva Chelsea 31 May 2019 23 August 2018 CB Tomáš Kalas Chelsea 31 May 2019 9 January 2019 AM Kasey Palmer Chelsea 31 May 2019
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 2 July 2018 RB Zak Vyner Rotherham United 31 May 2019 10 July 2018 LM Jonny Smith Tranmere Rovers 31 May 2019 17 July 2018 MF George Dowling Eastleigh 21 December 2018 18 July 2018 CF Antoine Semenyo Newport County 31 May 2019 27 July 2018 CF Freddie Hinds Wrexham 23 November 2018 27 July 2018 WG George Nurse Weston-super-Mare February 2019 28 July 2018 CB Harvey Smith Hereford 31 May 2019 30 July 2018 CM Tyreeq Bakinson Newport County 31 May 2019 3 August 2018 CB Aden Baldwin Cheltenham Town 1 January 2019 10 August 2018 CB Aaron Parsons Weston-super-Mare September 2018 10 August 2018 CF Shawn McCoulsky Southend United 3 January 2019 30 August 2018 LM Jake Andrews Torquay United 31 May 2019 30 August 2018 RM Opi Edwards Torquay United September 2018 31 August 2018 RB Taylor Moore Southend United 31 May 2019 31 August 2018 LB Cameron Pring Newport County January 2019 13 September 2018 CF Rory Holden Barrow October 2018 21 September 2018 CF Saikou Janneh Torquay United 31 May 2019 21 September 2018 GK Alhaji Sesay Dorchester Town 21 October 2018 29 September 2018 MF Connor Lemonheigh-Evans Torquay United 31 May 2019 14 November 2018 GK Alhaji Sesay Gloucester City 30 November 2018 30 November 2018 GK Joe Wollacott Gloucester City 31 May 2019 21 December 2018 CM George Dowling Weston-super-Mare January 2019 21 December 2018 CB Aaron Parsons Weston-super-Mare January 2019 3 January 2019 CF Rory Holden Rochdale 31 May 2019 3 January 2019 LB Cameron Pring Cheltenham Town 31 May 2019 4 January 2019 CF Freddie Hinds Bath City February 2019 6 February 2019 DF Joe Low Dorchester Town Work experience 29 March 2019 DF Jack Spark Gloucester City 31 May 2019
Competitions Pre-season friendlies The Robins revealed they would face Bitton, Cheltenham Town, Shrewsbury Town and Bournemouth.
Championship
League table
Results by matchday
Result summary
Matches On 21 June 2018, the EFL Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
The third round draw was made live on BBC One by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC One by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019. The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC One, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.
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