2017–18 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2017–18 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Garry Monk; (until 23 December 2017); Tony Pulis; (from 26 December 2017)
Stadium	Riverside Stadium
Championship	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Britt Assombalonga (14); All: Britt Assombalonga (14)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Middlesbrough's first season back in the Championship, making an immediate return to the division following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. In their 142nd year in existence, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.^[1]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, with all competitive games played between August 2017 and May 2018. Two transfer windows took place, the first from 1 July to 31 August 2017, the second from 1 January to 31 January 2018.

Garry Monk was appointed as manager in June 2017, however he parted company with the club in late December after an unconvincing start to the season, with the club in 9th position. Tony Pulis replaced him on 26 December, and took charge of the team after Middlesbrough's Boxing Day fixture against Bolton Wanderers.

Changes

The first and most crucial change this season is that the club will play in the EFL Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League in the previous season.^[2] Aitor Karanka, who had managed the club from November 2013, was sacked in March 2017 after a poor run of results, having not won in ten matches and having occupied a place in the relegation zone. Prior to his sacking, tensions had mounted between Karanka and both the club's board and fans surrounding Middlesbrough's January transfer activity and frustration from supporters over the poor results and perceived poor style of play.^[3]^[4] Karanka's assistant manager, Steve Agnew, served as caretaker manager until the end of the season.^[5] On 9 June 2017, it was confirmed that former Swansea City and Leeds United manager Garry Monk would become the new manager for the 2017–18 season.^[6]

Nathan Convery,^[7] Bradley Fewster,^[7] Brandon Holdsworth,^[7] Lewis Maloney,^[7] Niall McGoldrick,^[7] Junior Mondal,^[7] Josef Wheatley,^[7] Matthew Wilson,^[7] Víctor Valdés,^[8] Brad Guzan^[9] and Viktor Fischer^[10] were amongst the first players to leave the club in the summer 2017 transfer window. Further departures would include Bernardo Espinosa^[11] and Cristhian Stuani,^[12] who both completed moves to Girona, while James Husband^[13] would leave for Norwich City, defender Antonio Barragán would depart on a season-long loan to Spanish club Real Betis, midfielder Gastón Ramírez would depart for Sampdoria, and the club also terminated the contract of Carlos de Pena^[14] by mutual consent.

Monk's first major signings included Norwich City midfielder Jonny Howson,^[15] Derby County right-back Cyrus Christie,^[16] Toulouse striker Martin Braithwaite, Nottingham Forest striker Britt Assombalonga,^[17] as well as goalkeeper Darren Randolph, and striker Ashley Fletcher, both moving from West Ham United.^[18]^[19]

Squad

First team squad

As of 1 February 2018.^[20]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Team
Goalkeepers
1	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	GK	(1978-11-29) 29 November 1978 (age 46)	AEK Athens
13	Tomás Mejías	GK	(1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 (age 35)	Real Madrid
25	Darren Randolph	GK	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37)	West Ham United
Defenders
2	Fábio	FB	(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 34)	Cardiff City
3	George Friend	LB	(1987-10-17) 17 October 1987 (age 37)	Doncaster Rovers
4	Daniel Ayala	CB	(1990-11-07) 7 November 1990 (age 34)	Norwich City
5	Ryan Shotton	RB / CB	(1988-10-30) 30 October 1988 (age 36)	Birmingham City
6	Ben Gibson	CB	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 31)	Academy
14	Martin Cranie	CB / RB	(1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 38)	Huddersfield Town
20	Dael Fry	CB / RB	(1997-08-30) 30 August 1997 (age 27)	Academy
Midfielders
7	Grant Leadbitter	DM / CM	(1986-01-07) 7 January 1986 (age 38)	Ipswich Town
8	Adam Clayton	DM / CM	(1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 35)	Huddersfield Town
16	Jonny Howson	CM	(1988-05-21) 21 May 1988 (age 36)	Norwich City
19	Stewart Downing	AM / LM / RM	(1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 (age 40)	West Ham United
21	Marvin Johnson	LW	(1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 34)	Oxford United
23	Jack Harrison L	RW	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 28)	Manchester City
27	Muhamed Bešić L	CM	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 32)	Everton
30	Lewis Baker L	CM	(1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 29)	Chelsea
37	Adama Traoré	RW	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28)	Aston Villa
Strikers
9	Britt Assombalonga	ST	(1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32)	Nottingham Forest
11	Patrick Bamford	CF	(1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 31)	Chelsea
39	Rudy Gestede	FW	(1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 36)	Aston Villa

L = Player on Loan

Pre-season

Friendlies

As of 3 July 2017, Middlesbrough have announced five pre-season friendlies, against Mansfield Town, Rochdale,^[21] Oxford United, Chesterfield^[22] and FC Augsburg.^[23]

12 July 2017	Oxford United	0–0	Middlesbrough	Albufeira, Portugal
18:30 WEST		Report		Stadium: Estádio da Nora

15 July 2017	Chesterfield	0–2	Middlesbrough	Santo António, Portugal
18:30 WEST		Report	Stuani 19' Bamford 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Complexo Desportivo de Vila Real de Santo António

19 July 2017	Mansfield Town	2–2	Middlesbrough	Mansfield
19:30 BST	Howson 13' (o.g.) Angol 18'	Report	Soisalo 19' Fry 28'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,931 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 July 2017	Rochdale	2–0	Middlesbrough	Spotland
15:00 BST	Ayala 51' (o.g.) Rathbone 87'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Darren Handley

29 July 2017	Middlesbrough	2–1	FC Augsburg	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Braithwaite 37' Forshaw 90'	Report	Stafylidis 2'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Fulham (O, P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	70	48	+22	75
7	Preston North End	46	19	16	11	57	46	+11	73

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76	14	3	6	33	17	+16	8	7	8	34	28	+6

Last updated: 6 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	D
Position	20	12	4	9	9	6	9	7	6	9	11	11	13	12	8	5	6	6	7	9	8	10	9	7	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2017 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Middlesbrough	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Miranda 28' Bonatini 33'	Report	Clayton 58' Forshaw 90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,692 Referee: Darren Bond

12 August 2017 2	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sheffield United	Middlesbrough
17:30 BST	Gestede 20' Friend 75'	Report	Stevens 63'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,876 Referee: Peter Bankes

15 August 2017 3	Middlesbrough	2–0	Burton Albion	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Clayton 12' Assombalonga 23', 60'	Report	Lund 26' Naylor 70' Akpan 78'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,522 Referee: Tim Robinson

19 August 2017 4	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Middlesbrough	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Darikwa 15' McKay 16' Traoré 19' Murphy 79' (pen.)	Report	Clayton 39' Fry 63' Assombalonga 76' Gibson 83' 89'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 26,265 Referee: Graham Scott

26 August 2017 5	Middlesbrough	0–0	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Clayton 65'	Report	Pearson 63' Harrop 89'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,295 Referee: Darren England

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) 6	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Middlesbrough	Horwich
15:00 BST	Karacan 10'	Report	Assombalonga 13', 71' Traoré 45+1' Johnson 78'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,385 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	Aston Villa	0–0	Middlesbrough	Aston
19:30 BST	Snodgrass 31' Lansbury 64' Kodjia 83'	Report	Traoré 4' Christie 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,631 Referee: James Linington

16 September 2017 8	Middlesbrough	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Clayton 34' Leadbitter 39' Baker 36' 66' Fletcher 55' Assombalonga 60' Christie 66'	Report	Wheeler 2' Luongo 32' Wszołek 47' Mackie 50' 66' Smithies 52'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,790 Referee: Darren Bond

23 September 2017 9	Fulham	1–1	Middlesbrough	Craven Cottage, London
15:00 BST	Kamara 86'	Report	Christie 88'	Attendance: 20,718 Referee: Oliver Langford

26 September 2017 10	Middlesbrough	0–1	Norwich City	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Howson 71'	Report	Maddison 13' Wildschut 28' Pinto 54' Tettey 62' Stiepermann 82'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,084 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

30 September 2017 11	Middlesbrough	2–2	Brentford	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Braithwaite 68' Christie 70' Fábio 76' Bamford 90+4' Randolph 90+6'	Report	Barbet 29' Dalsgaard 67' Watkins 72' 90+5' Maupay 90+6'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,545 Referee: Paul Tierney

14 October 2017 12	Barnsley	2–2	Middlesbrough	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Fletcher 3' (o.g.) McGeehan 9' Pearson 73' Williams 74'	Report	Braithwaite 7' Assombalonga 60'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 17,163 Referee: Lee Mason

21 October 2017 13	Middlesbrough	0–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Gibson 20' Leadbitter 66'	Report	Bennett 39' Bamba 59' Ralls 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,806 Referee: Andrew Madley

28 October 2017 14	Reading	0–2	Middlesbrough	Reading
15:00 BST	McShane 45+1'	Report	Leadbitter 14' (pen.) Assombalonga 49' 74'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,928 Referee: Oliver Langford

31 October 2017 15	Hull City	1–3	Middlesbrough	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Grosicki 72' 90+1' Hector 83' Irvine 90+1'	Report	Braithwaite 13' Assombalonga 36' Ayala 56' Howson 81' Leadbitter 85' (pen.)	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 15,454 Referee: Tim Robinson

5 November 2017 16	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
12:00 GMT	Tavernier 6' Christie 63'	Report	Jones 17' Cattermole 45' McGeady 60' Wilson 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,277 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

19 November 2017 17	Leeds United	2–1	Middlesbrough	Leeds
13:15 GMT	Hernández 25' 90+2' Berardi 33' Jansson 34' Alioski 54' Ayling 76' Phillips 87'	Report	Friend 30' Howson 61' Assombalona 78' (pen.) 86'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 33,771 Referee: Keith Stroud

22 November 2017 18	Middlesbrough	2–0	Birmingham City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Assombalonga 10', 41' Howson 56'	Report	Maghoma 81'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,848 Referee: Darren England

25 November 2017 19	Middlesbrough	0–3	Derby County	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Ayala 15' 60' Fabio 53'	Report	Vydra 13', 47' (pen.), 63' Huddlestone 53' Ledley 77'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,607 Referee: Simon Hooper

2 December 2017 20	Bristol City	2–1	Middlesbrough	Ashton Gate
17:30 GMT	Bryan 51' 61' Paterson 54' Smith 90+4'	Report	Gibson 56' Magnússon 75' (o.g.) Christie 90+2'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 18,752 Referee: Stephen Martin

9 December 2017 21	Middlesbrough	2–0	Ipswich Town	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Leadbitter 21' Ayala 32' Braithwaite 44' 90' Bamford 51'	Report	Celina 59'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,989 Referee: Robert Jones

16 December 2017 22	Millwall	2–1	Middlesbrough	South Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Wallace 31' Saville 37'	Report	Downing 67'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,026 Referee: Oliver Langford

23 December 2017 23	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Middlesbrough	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Wallace 30' Palmer 33' van Aken 57'	Report	Leadbitter 71 Howson 71' 90+5' Shotton 83'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 27,471 Referee: Peter Bankes

26 December 2017 24	Middlesbrough	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Howson 33' Braithwaite 49', 57' Assombalonga 67'	Report	Taylor 12' Beevers 51' Wheater 88'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,433 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

30 December 2017 25	Middlesbrough	0–1	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Leadbitter 15' Friend 67' Downing 90+4'	Report	Hourihane 24' Onomah 30' Elphick 45+4' Chester 62' Snodgrass 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,422 Referee: Andy Madley

1 January 2018 26	Preston North End	2–3	Middlesbrough	Preston
15:00 GMT	Robinson 14' Hugill 40' Johnson 63' Harrop 67'	Report	Ayala 13', 73' Christie 56' Howson 65' Friend 72' Gestede 89' Randolph 90+2'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,101 Referee: David Coote

13 January 2018 27	Middlesbrough	0–1	Fulham	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT		Report	Norwood 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,850 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

20 January 2018 28	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Middlesbrough	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT		Report	Ayala 24' Friend 34' Traoré 85'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,182 Referee: Oliver Langford

30 January 2018 29	Middlesbrough	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Middlesbrough
19:45 DST		Report	Thorniley 11' Reach 87'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,120 Referee: James Linington

3 February 2018 30	Norwich City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Trybull 44' 45+1' Tettey 90'	Report	Gestede 28' Leadbitter 62'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,960 Referee: Mike Jones

10 February 2018 31	Middlesbrough	2–1	Reading	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Traoré 44' 49' Friend 73' Clayton 88'	Report	van den Berg 60' Martin 78' Gunter 83' Bacuna 87'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,491 Referee: David Coote

17 February 2018 32	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Morrison 33'	Report	Bešić 45'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,720 Referee: Darren Bond

20 February 2018 33	Middlesbrough	3–1	Hull City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Gestede 16', 58', 35' Bamford 45'	Report^[24]	Evandro 41' Dawson 88'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,111 Referee: Andrew Madley

24 February 2018 34	Sunderland	3–3	Middlesbrough	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Asoro 11' Clarke-Salter 24' Williams 58' McManaman 90+6'	Report	Traore 37' Bamford 49', 68' Leadbitter 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,048 Referee: Tim Robinson

2 March 2018 35	Middlesbrough	3–0	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Bamford 31', 36', 68' Leadbitter 34'	Report	Sáiz 34' Anita 41' Cooper 73'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,621 Referee: Darren England

6 March 2018 36	Birmingham City	0–1	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Morrison 82'	Report	Bamford 39'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 18,301 Referee: Stephen Martin

10 March 2018 37	Middlesbrough	3–1	Barnsley	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Ayala 1' Traoré 18' Bamford 53'	Report	Gardner 5' Moore 58'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,917 Referee: Andy Davies

17 March 2018 38	Brentford	1–1	Middlesbrough	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Woods 14' MacLeod 34' Dalsgaard 53' Sawyers 87' 90+1' Mepham 90+6'	Report	Traoré 21' Clayton 29' Gibson 51' Bešić 62' Friend 90'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,134 Referee: Simon Hooper

30 March 2018 39	Middlesbrough	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
17:30 BST	Bamford 90+4'	Report	Costa 32' Cavaleiro 37'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,658 Referee: Stuart Attwell

2 April 2018 40	Burton Albion	1-1	Middlesbrough	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Sordell 6'	Report	Assombalonga 90'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4468 Referee: David Coote

7 April 2018 41	Middlesbrough	2–0	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Ayala 7' Downing 31' Shotton 57'	Report	Dowell 13' Pereira Figueiredo 34'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 25,812 Referee: David Webb

10 April 2018 42	Sheffield United	2–1	Middlesbrough	Sheffield
	L. Evans 2', 40' Fleck 35'	Report	Leadbitter 19' 25' Traoré 41' Ayala 48' Fábio 71' Friend 87'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,557 Referee: Darren Bond

14 April 2018 43	Middlesbrough	2–1	Bristol City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Bešić 9' Friend 18', 19' Clayton 56' Ayala 68' Randolph 90'	Report	Djuric 13' Reid 45' Pack 77'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,812 Referee: Andy Madley

21 April 2018 44	Derby County	1–2	Middlesbrough	Derby
15:00 BST	Huddlestone 36' Hanson 84' Nugent 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Clayton 1' Bešić 20' Traoré 32' Assombalonga 70'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 28,096 Referee: Lee Probert

28 April 2018 45	Middlesbrough	2–0	Millwall	Middlesbrough
17:30 BST	Assombalonga 11' Friend 47' Howson 66' Bešić 85'	Report	Williams 45' Hutchinson 87' Tunnicliffe 90'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 28,606 Referee: Paul Tierney

6 May 2018 46	Ipswich Town	2–2	Middlesbrough	Ipswich
12:30 BST	Sears 8', 45+2' Skuse 12' Nydam 45+1' Waghorn 83' (pen.)	Report	Downing 71' Gibson 90+4' Bamford 90+6'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,829 Referee: David Coote

Football League play-offs

12 May 2018 Semi final (1st leg)	Middlesbrough	0–1	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Friend 45' Gibson 49'	Report	Hourihane 13' Jedinak 15' Snodgrass 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,233 Referee: Robert Madley

15 May 2018 Semi-final second leg	Aston Villa	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Snodgrass 34' Hutton 45' Grealish 60' Johnstone 87'	Report	Friend 13' Bešić 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,505 Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Middlesbrough entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home versus Sunderland.^[25] Boro beat the Black Cats 2–0 at the Riverside.

The Monday after Boro were drawn with who ever won that night's game between Brighton and Crystal Palace. The Seagulls (Brighton) won the game 2–1, meaning that Boro will play them in the 4th round, on the Weekend of the 27th of January.

6 January 2018 Third round	Middlesbrough	2–0	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
13:00 GMT	Gestede 10' Braithwaite 42'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,399 Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Middlesbrough	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Clayton 44'	Report	Baldock 61' Pröpper 68' Izquierdo 70' Murray 90' Kayal 90+5'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,475 Referee: Anthony Taylor

EFL Cup

Middlesbrough entered the 2017–18 EFL Cup in the second round, and were drawn at home to Scunthorpe United.^[26] An away trip against Aston Villa was confirmed for the third round.^[27] A fourth round trip to AFC Bournemouth was announced.^[28]

22 August 2017 Second round	Middlesbrough	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Fábio 17' Baker 30' Fletcher 55'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 12,679 Referee: Andy Madley

19 September 2017 Third round	Aston Villa	0–2	Middlesbrough	Aston
19:45 BST	Elphick 17' 57'	Report	Bamford 58' (pen.), 67' Howson 72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Stephen Martin

24 October 2017 Fourth round	AFC Bournemouth	3–1	Middlesbrough	Boscombe
19:45 BST	Simpson 49' Wilson 75' (pen.) Afobe 82'	Report	Fry 39' Tavernier 56'	Stadium: Dean Court Referee: Simon Hooper

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Luke Armstrong	Blyth Spartans	Free	^[29]
1 July 2017	CB	Tom Brewitt	Liverpool	Free	^[30]
1 July 2017	CB	Enes Mahmutovic	Fola Esch	Undisclosed	^[31]
1 July 2017	AM	Lewis Wing	Shildon	Free	^[32]
7 July 2017	RB	Cyrus Christie	Derby County	Undisclosed	^[16]
7 July 2017	CM	Jonny Howson	Norwich City	Undisclosed	^[15]
13 July 2017	CF	Martin Braithwaite	Toulouse	undisclosed	^[33]
14 July 2017	ST	George Miller	Bury	Undisclosed	^[34]
17 July 2017	CF	Britt Assombalonga	Nottingham Forest	£15,000,000	^[17]
22 July 2017	GK	Darren Randolph	West Ham United	£5,000,000	^[18]
28 July 2017	CF	Ashley Fletcher	West Ham United	£6,500,000	^[19]
29 August 2017	CB	Jakub Sinior	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed	^[35]
29 August 2017	AM	Amadou Sylla	Stade Reims	Free	^[35]
30 August 2017	CB	Ryan Shotton	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[36]
31 August 2017	LM	Marvin Johnson	Oxford United	Undisclosed	^[37]
31 January 2018	RB	Martin Cranie	Huddersfield Town	Undisclosed	^[38]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	FW	Jordan Rhodes	Sheffield Wednesday	Undisclosed	^[39]
1 July 2017	RB	Nathan Convery	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	CF	Bradley Fewster	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	LW	Viktor Fischer	Mainz 05	Undisclosed	^[10]
1 July 2017	GK	Brad Guzan	Atlanta United	Undisclosed	^[9]
1 July 2017	CM	Brandon Holdsworth	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	CM	Lewis Maloney	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	CB	Niall McGoldrick	Whitby Town	Released	^[7]^[a]
1 July 2017	LW	Junior Mondal	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	GK	Víctor Valdés	Retired	Released	^[8]
1 July 2017	CM	Josef Wheatley	Free agent	Released	^[7]
1 July 2017	MF	Matthew Wilson	Free agent	Released	^[7]
7 July 2017	CB	Bernardo Espinosa	Girona	Undisclosed	^[11]
11 July 2017	LB	James Husband	Norwich City	Undisclosed	^[13]
19 July 2017	LW	Carlos de Pena	Free agent	Released	^[14]
21 July 2017	RW	Cristhian Stuani	Girona	Undisclosed	^[12]
4 August 2017	AM	Gastón Ramírez	Sampdoria	Undisclosed	^[41]
7 August 2017	CB	Alex Baptiste	Queen's Park Rangers	Released	^[42]
10 August 2017	CM	Marten de Roon	Atalanta	Undisclosed	^[43]
18 January 2018	CM	Adam Forshaw	Leeds United	£4,500,000	^[44]
31 January 2018	RB	Cyrus Christie	Fulham	Undisclosed	^[45]
31 January 2018	CM	Adlène Guedioura	Nottingham Forest	Free	^[46]

^ Niall McGoldrick joined Whitby Town following his release.^[40]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 July 2017	RB	Connor Roberts	Swansea City	30 June 2018	^[47]
11 August 2017	CM	Lewis Baker	Chelsea	30 June 2018	^[48]
30 January 2018	RW	Jack Harrison	Manchester City	30 June 2018	^[49]
31 January 2018	DM	Muhamed Bešić	Everton	30 June 2018	^[50]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK	Joe Fryer	Stevenage	30 June 2018	^[51]
1 July 2017	DM	Julien De Sart	Zulte Waregem	30 June 2018	^[52]
3 July 2017	DM	Robbie Tinkler	Gateshead	January 2018	^[53]
6 July 2017	RB	Antonio Barragán	Real Betis	30 June 2018	^[54]
7 July 2017	CB	Matthew Elsdon	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	30 June 2018	^[55]
18 July 2017	AM	Callum Cooke	Blackpool	30 June 2018	^[56]
4 August 2017	RW	Harry Chapman	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2018	^[57]
7 August 2017	GK	Connor Ripley	Burton Albion	4 January 2018^{[nb 1]}	^[58]
31 August 2017	RB	Callum Johnson	Accrington Stanley	January 2018	^[59]
5 December 2017	CF	George Miller	Wrexham	5 January 2018	^[60]
12 December 2017	CM	Alexander Pattison	York City	12 January 2018	^[61]
4 January 2018	GK	Connor Ripley	Bury	30 June 2018	^[62]
17 January 2018	LW	Marcus Tavernier	Milton Keynes Dons	30 June 2018	^[63]
19 January 2018	CF	George Miller	Bury	30 June 2018	^[64]
31 January 2018	CF	Martin Braithwaite	Girondins de Bordeaux	30 June 2018	^[65]
31 January 2018	CF	Ashley Fletcher	Sunderland	30 June 2018	^[66]

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
1	GK	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Fábio	18 (3)	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	19 (3)	2	1	2	0
3	DF	George Friend	27 (4)	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	31 (4)	2	1	9	0
4	DF	Daniel Ayala	31	7	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	36	7	1	2	1
5	DF	Ryan Shotton	21 (1)	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	23 (1)	1	2	2	0
6	DF	Ben Gibson	43	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	46	1	2	5	0
7	MF	Grant Leadbitter	29 (3)	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	27 (3)	3	2	11	1
8	MF	Adam Clayton	20 (10)	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	1	0	0	22 (11)	0	0	11	0
9	FW	Britt Assombalonga	30 (12)	14	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	30 (13)	14	0	3	0
11	FW	Patrick Bamford	23 (14)	10	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	26 (14)	12	0	1	0
13	GK	Tomás Mejías	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Martin Cranie	1 (8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (8)	0	0	1	0
16	MF	Jonny Howson	35 (6)	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	38 (6)	2	2	7	0
19	MF	Stewart Downing	36 (2)	2	7	1 (1)	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	37 (6)	2	7	1	0
20	DF	Dael Fry	11 (2)	0	1	0 (1)	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	13 (4)	0	1	2	0
21	MF	Marvin Johnson	6 (11)	1	2	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	6 (12)	1	2	0	0
23	DF	Jack Harrison	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Darren Randolph	44	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	46	0	0	3	0
27	MF	Muhamed Bešić	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	3	0
30	MF	Lewis Baker	6 (6)	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	8 (6)	2	0	1	0
37	FW	Adama Traoré	24 (8)	5	10	2	0	1	2	0	2	28 (8)	5	12	3	2
39	FW	Rudy Gestede	10 (9)	3	2	1	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	11 (10)	2	1	3	1
45	FW	George Miller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
10	FW	Martin Braithwaite	17 (2)	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	19 (2)	6	2	3	0
12	GK	Connor Ripley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Marten de Roon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Alex Baptiste	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Antonio Barragán	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Adlène Guedioura	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Ashley Fletcher	3 (13)	1	1	1	0	0	2 (1)	1	0	6 (14)	2	1	0	0
22	DF	Cyrus Christie	24 (1)	1	4	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	24 (2)	1	4	7	0
23	MF	Julien De Sart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Connor Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Adam Forshaw	5 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8 (6)	0	0	1	0
51	MF	Lewis Wing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	0
62	MF	Marcus Tavernier	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	7 (1)	2	2	0	0

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

RK	Pos	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Britt Assombalonga	14	0	0	14
2	FW	11	Patrick Bamford	10	0	2	12
3	DF	4	Daniel Ayala	7	0	0	7
4	FW	10	Martin Braithwaite	5	1	0	6
5	FW	37	Adama Traoré	5	0	0	5
6	FW	39	Rudy Gestede	3	1	0	4
7	MF	7	Grant Leadbitter	3	0	0	3
8	DF	3	George Friend	2	0	0	2
	MF	16	Jonny Howson	2	0	0	2
	MF	19	Stewart Downing	2	0	0	2
	DF	2	Fábio	1	0	1	2
	FW	18	Ashley Fletcher	1	0	1	2
	MF	30	Lewis Baker	1	0	1	2
	MF	62	Marcus Tavernier	1	0	1	2
15	DF	5	Ryan Shotton	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Ben Gibson	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Marvin Johnson	1	0	0	1
	DF	22	Cyrus Christie	1	0	0	1
	MF	27	Muhamed Bešić	1	0	0	1
Own Goal				1	0	0	1
Total				63	2	6	71

Notes

^ Ripley's loan spell was terminated early

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[table_note_res_PLPO0.17661044382332-24] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

[42] Niall McGoldrick joined Whitby Town following his release.^[40]

[first-60] Ripley's loan spell was terminated early

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[Victor_Valdes-8] "Victor Valdes To Leave Boro". Middlesbrough Official Site. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[Brad_Guzan-9] "Brad Guzan Set For Summer Return To The USA With Atlanta United". Middlesbrough Official Site. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[Viktor_Fischer-10] "Viktor Fischer To Depart For German Side Mainz". Middlesbrough Official Site. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[Girona_CB-11] "Bernardo Moves On". Middlesbrough Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[Cristhian_Stuani-12] "Cristhian Stuani Makes Move To La Liga". Middlesbrough F.C. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[Husband,_James-13] "Defender James Husband Joins Norwich City". Middlesbrough Official Site. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.

[Carlos_De_Pena-14] "Carlos de Pena Departs Boro". Middlesbrough Official Site. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[Howson_Signs-15] "Boro Set To Swoop For Jonny Howson". Middlesbrough Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[Cyrus_Signs-16] "Cyrus Christie Set For Boro Medical". Middlesbrough Official Site. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[Britt_Assombalonga-17] "Boro Complete Club Record Signing Of Britt Assombalonga". Middlesbrough Official Site. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[Darren_Randolph-18] "Boro Complete £5m Signing Of Darren Randolph". Middlesbrough Official Site. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

[Ashley_Fletcher-19] "Ashley Fletcher Signs For Boro". Middlesbrough Official Site. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

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[29] "Bournemouth Await In Cup". Middlesbrough Official Site. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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[37] "Ryan Shotton Signs For Boro". Middlesbrough Official Site. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[38] "Boro Complete The Signing Of Marvin Johnson From Oxford United". Middlesbrough Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

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[54] "Julien De Sart Returns To Belgium On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[55] "Robbie Tinkler Heads Out On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[56] "Middlesbrough defender Antonio Barragan joins Real Betis on loan – and is unlikely to return". GazetteLive. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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[58] "Callum Cooke To Gain More League Experience On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[59] "Harry Chapman Goes Out On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

[61] "Connor Ripley Signs Contract Extension Before Heading Out On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[62] "Callum Johnson Goes On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[63] "George Miller To Join Wrexham On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[64] "Alex Pattison Joins York City On Loan". Middlesbrough Official Site. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

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[68] Officielt: Braithwaite til Bordeaux‚ bold.dk, 31 January 2018

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