The 2017–18 season was

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

's 113th season in their history and their fourth consecutive season in

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Lea ...

. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup,

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 ...

and

EFL Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Le ...

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

Squad statistics

Competitions

Friendlies

Carlisle United announced six pre-season friendlies against Penrith, Workington, Blyth Spartans, FC Halifax Town, Blackburn Rovers and Carlisle City.

League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Carlisle United were drawn at home against Oldham Athletic in the first round. In the second round Carlisle were given an away trip to Gillingham.

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Carlisle United were drawn away to

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...

in the first round. Championship side

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

Squad statistics

Competitions

Friendlies

League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References