The 2017–18 season was

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s sixth consecutive campaign in the

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since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 22nd Premier League campaign overall, their 60th top flight appearance in their 123rd year in existence, and their second in the

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. The club were unable to play any games at the stadium until September, allowing for the time to convert it back to a football stadium following the

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in August 2017. Aside of the Premier League, West Ham United took part in the

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and League Cup, entering at the third round in the FA Cup and the second round in the EFL Cup. On 7 November 2017 David Moyes was appointed manager on a six-month contract. West Ham were eighteenth in the Premier Division at the time on nine points having played eleven games.

Squad

First team squad

Friendlies

West Ham arranged six pre-season friendlies, beginning against Sturm Graz II on 17 July 2017 in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria, before facing fellow London side

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on 20 July in

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. West Ham then travelled to Germany, where they faced

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in a two-legged tie over two days for the Betway Cup which they lost, 3–2 on aggregate, followed by a friendly with

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on 1 August. West Ham then flew to Iceland to take on fellow Premier League side

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. In March 2018, with a break in Premier League action due to FA Cup and international games, the club travelled to financially struggling Dagenham & Redbridge for a fundraising game.

Squad

First team squad

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Goalscorers

References