2017–18 Manchester City F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was Manchester City's 116th season of competitive football, 89th season in the top division of English football and 21st season in the Premier League since the league was first created. In addition to the Premier 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 win away to second place Manchester United, and the EFL Cup with a 3–0 win over Arsenal.
The team set a number of Premier League records during the season, including: most points, most away points, most points ahead of second, most wins, most away wins, most goals, best goal difference and most consecutive victories. The team also equalled the record for the earliest Premier League title win, beating every other team in the league throughout the season, and recording the most consecutive away wins.
2017-18 season was an undoubted success for the Blues domestically, but their European campaign was quite underwhelming. The team confidently won 5 games at the group stage and qualified for the knock-out stage, where it defeated FC Basel. The Cityzens were drawn with fellow Premier League side Liverpool in the quarterfinals. The outcome of those games was a dissapointing result as Manchester City were beaten 5–1 on aggregate and eliminated.
An Amazon Original docuseries of the season titled was released on Amazon Video on 17 August 2018.
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 previous total by Eric Brook.On 25 February, City won their first silverware of the Pep Guardiola era, beating 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 defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion.
This was their third Premier League title and fifth English top flight title at the time and also completed their second league and League Cup double in 4 years.
City broke and set several new club and English football records during their 2017–18 campaign:
- new National records for consecutive away and overall victories in all competitions; and for consecutive league wins
- new Premier League records for most points ; most goals scored ; total wins achieved in a single season; largest winning margin ; largest goal difference ; away games won in a season ; away points won in a season ; and the youngest ever premier league winner
- equalled the Premier League record for consecutive away league wins
- new club records for consecutive games unbeaten in all competitions ; consecutive games unbeaten in the league ; consecutive home wins in all competitions ; and fewest goals conceded in a fully played season
Pre-season and friendlies
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 club were handed an away tie against Leicester City in the quarter-finals. In the two-legged semi-finals, Manchester City were drawn against Bristol City as the home team, thus hosting the first leg and playing the second one away from home at Bristol.UEFA Champions League
On 24 August 2017, Manchester City were drawn into Group F alongside Shakhtar Donetsk, Napoli and Feyenoord. The club topped their group in the group stages and were handed a round of 16 two legged tie against Basel from the Swiss Super League.Group stage
;NotesKnockout 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 numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.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.Awards
Etihad">Etihad Airways">Etihad Player of the Month
[Premier League Player of the Month]
[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.| Month | Manager |
| September |  Pep Guardiola |
| October | Pep Guardiola |
| November | Pep Guardiola |
| December | Pep Guardiola |
[UEFA Team of the Year]
[BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year]
[Alan Hardaker Trophy]
[PFA Team of the Year]
| Season | Pos. | Player |
| 2017–18 | - | - |
| 2017–18 | DF |  Kyle Walker |
| 2017–18 | DF |  Nicolás Otamendi |
| 2017–18 | MF | David Silva |
| 2017–18 | MF |  Kevin De Bruyne |
| 2017–18 | FW | Sergio Agüero |
[PFA Young Player of the Year]
| Season | Player |
| 2017–18 |  Leroy Sané |
[Premier League Playmaker of the Season]
Inaugural award to the Premier League Player with the most league assists in the season.| Season | Player | Number of assists |
| 2017–18 | Kevin De Bruyne | 16 |
[Premier League Manager of the Season]
| Season | Manager |
| 2017–18 | Pep Guardiola |
[LMA Manager of the Year]
| Season | Manager |
| 2017–18 | Pep Guardiola |
Etihad Player of the Season">List of Manchester City F.C. players#Player of the Year">Etihad Player of the Season
Manchester City's player of the season.| Season | Player |
| 2017–18 | Kevin De Bruyne |
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 3 July 2017 | DF | — | Eric García | Barcelona | £1.45m |
| 13 July 2017 | MF | — |  Uriel Antuna | Santos Laguna | undisclosed |
| 15 July 2017 | MF | — |  Douglas Luiz | Vasco da Gama | £10.2m |
| 11 August 2017 | MF | — |  Luka Ilić | Red Star Belgrade | £2.5m |
| 12 August 2017 | FW | — |  Olarenwaju Kayode |  Austria Wien | undisclosed |
| 27 August 2017 | MF | — |  Aminu Mohammed | WAFA | £2m |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | — |  Erik Palmer-Brown | Sporting Kansas City | Free |
| 27 January 2018 | MF | — | Mix Diskerud | New York City | Free |
| 30 January 2018 | MF | — | Jack Harrison | New York City | Undisclosed |
Transfers out
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | 13 | Willy Caballero | Chelsea | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | 22 |  Gaël Clichy |  İstanbul Başakşehir | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | 15 | Jesús Navas | Sevilla | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | 3 | Bacary Sagna |  Benevento Calcio | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | 5 | Pablo Zabaleta | West Ham United | Free |
| 11 July 2017 | MF | 36 | Bruno Zuculini | Hellas Verona | £1.25m |
| 16 July 2017 | FW | 9 | Nolito | Sevilla | £7.65m |
| 22 July 2017 | DF | 11 | Aleksandar Kolarov | Roma | £5.25m |
| 3 August 2017 | FW | 72 |  Kelechi Iheanacho | Leicester City | £25m |
| 4 August 2017 | MF | 6 | Fernando | Galatasaray | £4.75m |
| 21 August 2017 | MF | 11 | Samir Nasri | Antalyaspor | £2m |
| 31 August 2017 | FW | 14 |  Wilfried Bony | Swansea City | £12m |
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | 48 | Enes Ünal | Villarreal | £11.9m |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | — | Callum Bullock | Unattached | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | — |  Aaron Mooy | Huddersfield Town | £8m |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | 64 |  Billy O'Brien | Macclesfield Town | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | 74 | Ellis Plummer |  Motherwell | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | FW | — | Rubén Sobrino | Alavés | £1.7m |
| 7 July 2017 | DF | — | Joe Coveney | Nottingham Forest | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2017 | MF | — | Olivier Ntcham | Celtic | £4.25m |
| 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 | £8m |
| 10 September 2017 | FW | 53 | Denzeil Boadu | Borussia Dortmund II | Undisclosed |
| 6 November 2017 | FW | 51 | David Faupala |  Zorya Luhansk | Free |
| 5 January 2018 | DF | 46 | Shay Facey | Northampton Town | Undisclosed |
Loans out
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | 68 | Thierry Ambrose | NAC Breda |
| 1 July 2017 | 28 July 2017 | MF | — | Anthony Cáceres | Melbourne City |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 67 | Paolo Fernandes | NAC Breda |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 76 | Manu García | NAC Breda |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | — | Pablo Marí | NAC Breda |
| 1 July 2017 | 1 January 2018 | DF | 56 | Ashley Smith-Brown | Hearts |
| 3 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 59 |  Bersant Celina | Ipswich Town |
| 11 July 2017 | 31 December 2017 | DF | 45 | Chidiebere Nwakali |  Sogndal |
| 21 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | — | Thomas Agyepong | NAC Breda |
| 28 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Anthony Cáceres |  Al-Wasl |
| 1 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Luke Brattan | Melbourne City |
| 1 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Douglas Luiz | Girona |
| 3 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 78 | Rodney Kongolo | Doncaster Rovers |
| 3 August 2017 | 12 January 2018 | FW | 70 | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | Twente |
| 8 August 2017 | 30 June 2019 | FW | — | Uriel Antuna | Groningen |
| 11 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Ivan Ilić | Red Star Belgrade |
| 11 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Luka Ilić | Red Star Belgrade |
| 11 August 2017 | 2 March 2018 | FW | — | Olarenwaju Kayode | Girona |
| 17 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 62 | Brandon Barker | Hibernian |
| 23 August 2017 | 1 January 2018 | MF | 57 |  Aaron Nemane | Rangers |
| 31 August 2017 | 1 January 2018 | MF | 52 | Kean Bryan | Oldham Athletic |
| 1 September 2017 | 1 January 2018 | GK | 60 | Kjetil Haug | Peralada-Girona B |
| 1 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | FW | — | Yaw Yeboah | Real Oviedo |
| 1 January 2018 | 31 December 2018 | MF | — | Ernest Agyiri | Vålerenga Fotball |
| 7 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 57 | Aaron Nemane | Go Ahead Eagles |
| 10 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | DF | — | Chidiebere Nwakali | Aberdeen |
| 12 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | FW | 70 | Isaac Buckley-Ricketts | Oxford United |
| 16 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 52 | Kean Bryan | Oldham Athletic |
| 29 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | DF | 56 | Ashley Smith-Brown | Oxford United |
| 29 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | DF | — | Philippe Sandler | PEC Zwolle |
| 30 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Jack Harrison | Middlesbrough |
| 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | MF | — | Divine Naah | AFC Tubize |
| 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | MF | 82 | Jacob Davenport | Burton Albion |
| 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | DF | — | Erik Palmer-Brown | KV Kortrijk |
| 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 | DF | 58 | Charlie Oliver | Fleetwood Town |
| 16 February 2018 | 31 December 2018 | MF | — | Mix Diskerud | IFK Göteborg |
| 2 March 2018 | 30 June 2018 | FW | — | Olarenwaju Kayode | Shakhtar Donetsk |
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure
Summer: £210.35mWinter: £57m
Total: £267.35m
Income
Summer: £68.24mWinter: Nil
Total: £68.24m
Net totals
Summer: £142.11mWinter: £57m
Total: £199.11m