The 2017–18 season was

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

's 119th season in their existence and the 90th in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

and

League Cup In several sports, most prominently association football, a league cup or secondary cup generally signifies a cup competition for which entry is restricted only to teams in a particular league. The first national association football tournament t ...

. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

First-team squad

Appearances and goals for the club and contracts are up to date as of 6 May 2018.

Statistics

, - , colspan="14", ''Players out on Loan:''

Goals record

Disciplinary record

Suspensions

Contracts

Transfers

Transfers in

* Spent: – £11,900,000

Loans in

Transfers out

* Income: – £1,350,000

Loans out

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 6 June 2017, Cardiff City had announced five pre-season friendlies against

Taff's Well Taff's Well () is a semi-rural village, Community (Wales), community and electoral ward located at the south easterly tip of Rhondda Cynon Taf, to the north of Cardiff, the Capital city, capital city of Wales. Known locally as the 'Gates to the S ...

Tavistock Tavistock ( ) is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England. It is situated on the River Tavy from which its name derives. At the 2011 census the three electoral wards (North, South and South West) had a population of 13,028 ...

, Bodmin Town,

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

and

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

. A joint decision was made on 19 June 2017 to cancel the scheduled friendly with

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

as the clubs were drawn together in the

EFL Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...

first round.

Championship

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Fixtures

FA Cup

In the

entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home versus

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

. A goalless draw at

Cardiff City Stadium The Cardiff City Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team. Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2014 ...

resulted in a replay which took place on 16 January 2018, won by Cardiff City. They were drawn at home against Manchester City in the fourth round, losing 0–2.

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Cardiff City drew

at home in the first round. After beating Portsmouth, Cardiff City were drawn against

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

at home, losing 1–2.

Summary

Club staff

Backroom staff

Board of directors

References

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