Sunderland

2017–18 season
Chairman	Ellis Short (until 29 April) Stewart Donald (from 29 April)
Manager	Simon Grayson (until 31 October)[1] Robbie Stockdale Billy McKinlay (from 31 October to 19 November) Chris Coleman (from 19 November to 29 April)[2] Robbie Stockdale (from 29 April)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round (knocked out byMiddlesbrough)
EFL Cup	Third round (knocked out byEverton)
Top goalscorer	League: Lewis Grabban (12) All: Lewis Grabban (12)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The2017–18 season wasSunderland's 139th season in existence, and their first season in theChampionship since 2006, after relegation from thePremier League in the previous season.^[3][4][5] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in theFA Cup andEFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Simon Grayson began the season as Sunderland manager, following the departure ofDavid Moyes in May 2017. However, he did not complete the full season, instead being sacked towards the end of October after only one win in his first fifteen league matches saw Sunderland rooted to the bottom of the table. He was replaced by formerWales managerChris Coleman.

Sunderland suffered a second successive relegation on 21 April 2018, following a 1–2 home defeat to fellow struggling sideBurton Albion, after they had led the match 1–0. Results elsewhere meant that the club competed inLeague One in the following season.^[6][7][8]

The events of the season formed the backdrop to the first series of thedocumentary programmeSunderland 'Til I Die, which was released onNetflix on 14 December 2018.^[9]

Ages are as of 4 August 2017.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Age at Season Start	Contract Ends	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Jason Steele		GK	26	2021	Blackburn Rovers
12	Lee Camp		GK	32	2018	Cardiff City (loan)
25	Robbin Ruiter		GK	30	2019	Utrecht
32	Max Stryjek		GK	21	2019	Polonia Warsaw
Defenders
2	Billy Jones		RB	30	2018	West Bromwich Albion
3	Bryan Oviedo		LB	27	2020	Everton
4	Paddy McNair		CB/DM/CM	22	2020	Manchester United
15	Brendan Galloway		LB	21	2018	Everton (loan)
16	John O'Shea		CB	36	2018	Manchester United
18	Tyias Browning		RB	23	2018	Everton (loan)
21	Adam Matthews		RB	25	2019	Celtic
22	Donald Love		RB	22	2020	Manchester United
23	Lamine Koné		CB	28	2020	Lorient
35	Jake Clarke-Salter		CB	19	2018	Chelsea (loan)
36	Marc Wilson		CB/LB	29	2018	Bournemouth
Midfielders
6	Lee Cattermole(C)		DM	29	2021	Wigan Athletic
7	Jonny Williams		CM	23	2018	Crystal Palace (loan)
8	Jack Rodwell		CM	26	2019	Manchester City
11	Kazenga LuaLua		LW	26	2018	Brighton & Hove Albion
13	Callum McManaman		RW	26	2019	West Bromwich Albion
14	Duncan Watmore		RW/LW	23	2020	Altrincham
19	Aiden McGeady		LW/RW	31	2020	Everton
24	Darron Gibson		CM/DM	29	2018	Everton
26	George Honeyman		AM	22	2019	Academy
27	Lynden Gooch		AM	21	2019	Academy
28	Ethan Robson		CM	21	2018	Academy
40	Elliot Embleton		CM	18	2019	Academy
53	Ovie Ejaria		CM	19	2018	Liverpool (loan)
Forwards
9	Ashley Fletcher		ST	21	2018	Middlesbrough (loan)
20	Josh Maja		ST	18	2019	Manchester City
29	Joel Asoro		ST	18	2019	IF Brommapojkarna

No.	Pos	Player	Until	Source
26	Midfielder	George Honeyman	June 2019	[10]
16	Defender	John O'Shea	June 2018	[11]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2017	LW		Aiden McGeady	Everton	£250,000	[12]
13 July 2017	ST		James Vaughan	Bury	£500,000	[12]
26 July 2017	GK		Jason Steele	Blackburn Rovers	£500,000	[13]
2 August 2017	GK		Robbin Ruiter	Utrecht	Free	[14]
31 August 2017	CB		Marc Wilson	Bournemouth	Free	[15]
31 August 2017	LW		Callum McManaman	West Bromwich Albion	Free	[16]
25 January 2018	LW		Kazenga LuaLua	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	[17]

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
5 July 2017	LB		Brendan Galloway	Everton	30 June 2018	[18]
8 July 2017	RB		Tyias Browning	Everton	30 June 2018	[19]
26 July 2017	ST		Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth	5 January 2018	[20]
31 August 2017	AM		Jonny Williams	Crystal Palace	30 June 2018	[21]
8 January 2018	CB		Jake Clarke-Salter	Chelsea	30 June 2018	[22]
31 January 2018	CM		Ovie Ejaria	Liverpool	30 June 2018	[23]
31 January 2018	ST		Ashley Fletcher	Middlesbrough	30 June 2018	[24]
31 January 2018	GK		Lee Camp	Cardiff City	30 June 2018

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB		Joleon Lescott	Free agent	Released	[25]
1 July 2017	DM		Jan Kirchhoff	Free agent	Released	[25]
1 July 2017	CM		Sebastian Larsson	Hull City	Free	[25]
1 July 2017	RW		Will Buckley	Bolton Wanderers	Free	[26]
1 July 2017	LW		Steven Pienaar	Bidvest Wits	Free	[25]
1 July 2017	ST		Victor Anichebe	Beijing Enterprises	Free	[27]
1 July 2017	GK		Jordan Pickford	Everton	£30,000,000	[28]
1 July 2017	ST		Jermain Defoe	Bournemouth	Free	[29]
19 July 2017	GK		Vito Mannone	Reading	£2,000,000	[30]
12 January 2018	GK		Mika	Free agent	Released	[31]
12 January 2018	FW		James Vaughan	Wigan Athletic	£300,000	[32]

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
1 July 2017	LW		Fabio Borini	Milan	30 June 2018	[33]
7 August 2017	RW		Jeremain Lens	Beşiktaş	30 June 2018	[34]
30 August 2017	CB		Michael Ledger	Hartlepool United	30 June 2018	[35]
31 August 2017	GK		Max Stryjek	Accrington Stanley	18 January 2018	[36]
31 August 2017	CB		Papy Djilobodji	Dijon	30 June 2018	[37]
31 August 2017	AM		Wahbi Khazri	Rennes	30 June 2018	[38]
20 October 2017	ST		Andrew Nelson	Harrogate Town	17 November 2017	[39]
2 January 2018				Falkirk	End of season	[40]
7 December 2017	GK		James Talbot	Darlington	30 June 2018	[41]
20 January 2018	DF		Tom Beadling	Dunfermline Athletic	30 June 2018	[42]
31 January 2018	MF		Didier Ndong	Watford	30 June 2018	[43]

Sunderland announced eight pre-season friendlies againstBury,^[44]Hibernian,^[45]Livingston,Bradford City,Scunthorpe United,^[46]St Johnstone,^[47]Celtic^[48] andHartlepool United.^[49]

Bury vSunderland

7 July 2017	Bury	2–3	Sunderland	Bury
19:30BST	Tutte 19' Reilly 27'	Report	Rodwell 37' Maja 77',86'	Stadium:Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,110 Referee:Darren Handley

Hibernian vSunderland

9 July 2017	Hibernian	2–2	Sunderland	Leith,Scotland
14:00BST	Boyle 68' S. Murray 72'	Report	Khazri 42' Lens 54'	Stadium:Easter Road Attendance: 9,309 Referee:Gavin Duncan

Livingston vSunderland

12 July 2017	Livingston	0–3	Sunderland	Livingston,Scotland
19:45BST		Report	Khazri 25' Asoro 76' Lens 90'	Stadium:Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,119 Referee:Steven Kirkland

St Johnstone vSunderland

15 July 2017	St Johnstone	3–0	Sunderland	Perth, Scotland
15:00BST	MacLean 19' Wotherspoon 21',24'	Report		Stadium:McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,032 Referee:Nick Walsh

Hartlepool United vSunderland

18 July 2017	Hartlepool United	1–2	Sunderland	Hartlepool
19:30BST	Donaldson 62'	Report	Maja 37' Lens 90'	Stadium:Victoria Park Attendance: 4,728 Referee:Geoff Eltringham

Bradford City vSunderland

22 July 2017	Bradford City	2–3	Sunderland	Bradford
15:00BST	McMahon 65' (pen.) Gibson 90'	Report	Maja 5' Lens 8' Jones 42'	Stadium:Valley Parade Attendance: 3,902 Referee:Geoff Eltringham

Sunderland vCeltic

29 July 2017	Sunderland	0–5	Celtic	Sunderland
15:00BST	Vaughan35'	Report	McGregor 5',15',57' (pen.) Hayes 39' Armstrong 70'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: Not announced Referee: Tony Harrington

The fixtures for the2017–18 season were released on 21 June 2017.^[50]

Sunderland vDerby County

4 August 20171	Sunderland	1–1	Derby County	Sunderland
19:45BST	Grabban 42' (pen.) Vaughan 89'	Report	Johnson 11'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,578 Referee:Oliver Langford

Norwich City vSunderland

13 August 20172	Norwich City	1–3	Sunderland	Norwich
13:30BST	Grabban 79' (o.g.)	Report	Grabban 27',72' Vaughan 53' McGeady 60'	Stadium:Carrow Road Attendance: 26,343 Referee:Andrew Madley

Sheffield Wednesday vSunderland

16 August 20173	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Sunderland	Owlerton
19:45BST	Jones 70'	Report	Honeyman 4' Galloway 77'	Stadium:Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 27,631 Referee:Steve Martin

Sunderland vLeeds United

19 August 20174	Sunderland	0–2	Leeds United	Sunderland
17:30BST	Galloway 36' Koné 69' Ndong 82'	Report	Sáiz 21' Dallas 76' Wiedewald 68'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,237 Referee:Andy Davies

Barnsley vSunderland

26 August 20175	Barnsley	3–0	Sunderland	Barnsley
15:00BST	Ugbo 31' Barnes 35' Lindsay 40' Moncur 67'	Report	Oviedo 77' McGeady 87' Khazri 90+4'	Stadium:Oakwell Attendance: 15,697 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

Sunderland vSheffield United

9 September 20176	Sunderland	1–2	Sheffield United	Sunderland
16:00BST	Wilson 48' Rodwell 90+4'	Report	Donaldson 21',77' Coutts 48' Lundstram 90+4'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,579 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Sunderland vNottingham Forest

12 September 20177	Sunderland	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Sunderland
19:45BST	Cattermole 48'	Report	Murphy 86' Cummings 90'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,021 Referee:Simon Hooper

Hull City vSunderland

15 September 20178	Hull City	1–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
15:00BST	Grosicki 43' Meyler 82' Tomori 90'	Report	Vaughan 17' Williams 74' Oviedo 75' Rodwell 77' Gooch 90'	Stadium:KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,597 Referee:Darren England

Sunderland vCardiff City

23 September 20179	Sunderland	1–2	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00BST	Cattermole 11' Gooch 53' (pen.) Browning 70' Koné 73'	Report	Richards 19' Bryson 7' Gunnarsson 60' Ralls 73' (pen.), 81'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 25,733 Referee:Peter Bankes

Ipswich Town vSunderland

26 September 201710	Ipswich Town	5–2	Sunderland	Ipswich
19:45BST	Waghorn 6' Spence 27' Celina 55' McGoldrick 60' Nydam 85' Ward 89'	Report	Jones 10' Vaughan 44' McGeady 65', 67'	Stadium:Portman Road Attendance: 14,907 Referee:Tim Robinson

Preston North End vSunderland

30 September 201711	Preston North End	2–2	Sunderland	Preston
15:00BST	Fisher 23' Harrop 55' Hugill 57'	Report	Honeyman 28' McGeady 59' Steele 68'	Stadium:Deepdale Attendance: 17,621 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

Sunderland vQueens Park Rangers

14 October 201712	Sunderland	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Sunderland
15:00BST	McGeady 61'	Report	Sylla 37'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,066 Referee:Stephen Martin

Brentford vSunderland

21 October 201713	Brentford	3–3	Sunderland	Brentford, London
15:00BST	Yennaris 8' Jozefzoon 47' Dalsgaard 61' Maupay 78', 90+4'	Report	Grabban 13',45+2' (pen.) Oviedo 37' Bentley 40' (o.g.) Cattermole 52' Ndong 72' Koné 90+1'	Stadium:Griffin Park Attendance: 10,726 Referee:Darren England

Sunderland vBristol City

28 October 201714	Sunderland	1–2	Bristol City	Sunderland
15:00BST	Ndong 27' Grabban 45+2' Jones 64'	Report	Reid 28', 83' Đurić 73' Pack 86'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,317 Referee:Darren Bond

Sunderland vBolton Wanderers

31 October 201715	Sunderland	3–3	Bolton Wanderers	Sunderland
19:45GMT	Grabban 45',57', 85' McNair 79'	Report	Ameobi 32' Madine 60' Henry 67'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,395 Referee:Tony Harrington

Middlesbrough vSunderland

5 November 201716	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
12:00GMT	Tavernier 6' Christie 63'	Report	Jones 17' Cattermole 45' McGeady 60' Wilson 75'	Stadium:Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,277 Referee:Jeremy Simpson

Sunderland vMillwall

18 November 201717	Sunderland	2–2	Millwall	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Grabban 12' Matthews 46' Oviedo 62' Cattermole 65' Honeyman 69'	Report	Saville 16',20'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,399 Referee:Tim Robinson

Aston Villa vSunderland

22 November 201718	Aston Villa	2–1	Sunderland	Birmingham
19:45GMT	Adomah 10' Onomah 49'	Report	Grabban 72'	Stadium:Villa Park Attendance: 27,662 Referee:Stephen Martin

Burton Albion vSunderland

25 November 201719	Burton Albion	0–2	Sunderland	Burton
15:00GMT		Report	Honeyman 49', 88' O'Shea 66' Vaughan 84', 85'	Stadium:Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 4,808 Referee:Darren England

Sunderland vReading

2 December 201720	Sunderland	1–3	Reading	Sunderland
15:00GMT	McManaman 15'  45+3' Cattermole 35' Oviedo 43' Grabban 76' (pen.)	Report	McShane 16' Edwards 53' Barrow 68',71'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,386 Referee:Keith Stroud

Wolverhampton Wanderers vSunderland

9 December 201721	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Sunderland	Wolverhampton
15:00GMT	Douglas 65'	Report	Wilson 51' Cattermole 61'  62' Honeyman 63' Browning 80'	Stadium:Molineux Stadium Attendance: 28,488 Referee:Jeremy Simpson

Sunderland vFulham

16 December 201722	Sunderland	1–0	Fulham	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Gooch 62' Maja 77'	Report	Ojo 60' Fredericks 90'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 25,904 Referee: Steve Martin

Sunderland vBirmingham City

23 December 201723	Sunderland	1–1	Birmingham City	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Grabban 21'	Report	Gallagher 16', 56'  67' Kieftenbeld 64' Dean 80' Grounds 90+3'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,312 Referee:Oliver Langford

Sheffield United vSunderland

26 December 201724	Sheffield United	3–0	Sunderland	Sheffield
15:00GMT	Lundstram 36' Stearman 58' Baldock 62' Basham 77'	Report	Wilson 50' Oviedo 58'	Stadium:Bramall Lane Attendance: 30,668 Referee:Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest vSunderland

30 December 201725	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Sunderland	West Bridgford
15:00GMT	Traoré 82'	Report	McGeady 40'	Stadium:The City Ground Attendance: 26,830 Referee:Darren Bond

Sunderland vBarnsley

1 January 201826	Sunderland	0–1	Barnsley	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Love 61'	Report	Potts 11' Pinnock 47' Lindsay 50' Davies 67' Bradshaw 80' Fryers 90+1'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,311 Referee: Robert Jones

Cardiff City vSunderland

13 January 201827	Cardiff City	4–0	Sunderland	Cardiff
12:30GMT	Paterson 46',80' Ralls 55' Morrison 85' Pilkington 90+4'	Report	Oviedo 41' Gooch 45+1' Ndong 49'	Stadium:Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 17,703 Referee:Andrew Madley
Note: Live on Sky

Sunderland vHull City

20 January 201828	Sunderland	1–0	Hull City	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Asoro 20', 78' Browning 58' Gooch 90' Cattermole 90+2'	Report	Dawson 74' Larsson 81'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,437 Referee:Keith Stroud

Birmingham City vSunderland

30 January 201829	Birmingham City	3–1	Sunderland	Birmingham
19:45GMT	Davis 28' Boga 44' Gallagher 54'	Report	Oviedo 83'	Stadium:St Andrew's Attendance: 19,601 Referee: Darren Bond

Sunderland vIpswich Town

3 February 201830	Sunderland	0–2	Ipswich Town	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Asoro 19'	Report	Garner 35', 54' Matthews 45+1' (o.g.)	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,909 Referee:Darren England

Bristol City vSunderland

10 February 201831	Bristol City	3–3	Sunderland	Bristol
15:00GMT	Flint 5' Diedhiou 31',37', 57' Smith 45' Bryan 80'	Report	Brownhill 70' (o.g.) Jones 72' McGeady 81' Pack 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium:Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 22,580 Referee: James Linington

Sunderland vBrentford

17 February 201832	Sunderland	0–2	Brentford	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Jones 36' Fletcher 65' McGeady 74'	Report	Mokotjo 13' Maupay 28'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 27,702 Referee: John Brooks

Bolton Wanderers vSunderland

20 February 201833	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Sunderland	Bolton
20:00GMT	Clough 17' Wheater 65' Henry 67' Morais 90+2' Ameobi 90+5'	Report		Stadium:Macron Stadium Attendance: 14,915 Referee:David Coote

Sunderland vMiddlesbrough

24 February 201834	Sunderland	3–3	Middlesbrough	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Asoro 11' Clarke-Salter 24' Williams 58' McManaman 90+6'	Report	Traoré 37' Bamford 49',68' Leadbitter 53' (pen.)	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,048 Referee:Tim Robinson

Millwall vSunderland

3 March 201835	Millwall	1–1	Sunderland	Bermondsey, London
15:00GMT	Hutchinson 69' Saville 80' Morison 90+6'	Report	Oviedo 29' Steele 90+2'	Stadium:The Den Attendance: 14,358 Referee: Andy Davies

Sunderland vAston Villa

6 March 201836	Sunderland	0–3	Aston Villa	Sunderland
19:45GMT	Love 23' Oviedo 55'	Report	Grabban 34' Chester 35' Chester 45+3' Oviedo 66' (o.g.)	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,081 Referee:Andy Madley

Queens Park Rangers vSunderland

10 March 201837	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Sunderland	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00GMT	Freeman 61' Eze 62' Onuoha 74'	Report	Steele 49' O'Shea 70'	Stadium:Loftus Road Attendance: 14,216 Referee: Robert Jones

Sunderland vPreston North End

17 March 201838	Sunderland	0–2	Preston North End	Sunderland
15:00GMT	Clarke-Salter 34'  60'	Report	Maguire 50' Robinson 63' Earl 81'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,543 Referee: Darren Bond

Derby County vSunderland

30 March 201839	Derby County	1–4	Sunderland	Derby
12:00BST	Vydra 42', 84' Johnson 90'	Report	Honeyman 10' Fletcher 36' McGeady 50' (pen.) Koné 59' Love 63' Cattermole 67' O'Shea 72', 76'	Stadium:Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,890 Referee: James Linington

Sunderland vSheffield Wednesday

2 April 201840	Sunderland	1–3	Sheffield Wednesday	Sunderland
15:00BST	McGeady 50' Honeyman 61'	Report	Bannan 40' Lucas João 59' Lees 68' Nuhiu 75'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 29,786 Referee:Simon Hooper

Leeds United vSunderland

7 April 201841	Leeds United	1–1	Sunderland	Leeds
15:00BST	Hernández 72' O'Connor 75' Alioski 83' Berardi Jansson 90+1'	Report	Honeyman 12' McNair 48' Koné 70' McManaman 90+1'	Stadium:Elland Road Attendance: 30,461 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Sunderland vNorwich City

10 April 201842	Sunderland	1–1	Norwich City	Sunderland
19:45BST	Honeyman 63'	Report	Pinto 89'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 24,894 Referee:David Coote

Reading vSunderland

14 April 201843	Reading	2–2	Sunderland	Reading
15:00BST	Kelly 20' (pen.) Kermorgant 79' Swift 85'	Report	McNair 47' Cattermole 66' Love 90+4'	Stadium:Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,348 Referee: Steve Martin

Sunderland vBurton Albion

21 April 201844	Sunderland	1–2	Burton Albion	Sunderland
15:00BST	McNair 34', 74' Wilson 45' McManaman 59' Honeyman 90+4' McGeady 90+7' Cattermole 90+7'	Report	Davenport 45+2' Bent 86' Boyce 90+2', 90+3'	Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 25,475 Referee:Darren England

Fulham vSunderland

27 April 201845	Fulham	2–1	Sunderland	Fulham, London
19:45BST	Piazon 45' Mitrović 76' Bettinelli 90+3' Kamara 90+6'	Report	Asoro 28' O'Shea 45' Fletcher 61' Steele 62' McManaman 90+6'	Stadium:Craven Cottage Attendance: 21,849 Referee:Peter Bankes

Sunderland vWolverhampton Wanderers

6 May 201846	Sunderland	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sunderland
12:30BST	Ejaria 19' Fletcher 45' McNair 66'	Report		Stadium:Stadium of Light Attendance: 28,452 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

In theFA Cup,Sunderland entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away toMiddlesbrough.^[51]

Middlesbrough vSunderland

6 January 2018Third round	Middlesbrough	2–0	Sunderland	Middlesbrough
15:00GMT	Gestede 10' Braithwaite 42' Traoré 55'	Report	Honeyman 25' Leadbitter 50' Love 57'	Stadium:Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,399 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

On 16 June 2017, Sunderland were drawn away toBury in the first round.^[52][53] A trip toCarlisle United was announced for the second round.^[54] A third away trip in the competition againstEverton was drawn for the third round.^[55]

Bury vSunderland

10 August 2017First round	Bury	0–1	Sunderland	Bury
19:45BST		Report	Browning 45+1' Khazri 62' Honeyman 69'	Stadium:Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Robert Jones

Carlisle United vSunderland

22 August 2017Second round	Carlisle United	1–2	Sunderland	Carlisle
19:45BST	Grainger 60'	Report	Love 25' Khazri 57' Djilobodji 59' Ndong 64' Gooch 80' Vaughan 90+6'	Stadium:Brunton Park Attendance: 8,187 Referee: Darren Bond

Everton vSunderland

20 September 2017Third round	Everton	3–0	Sunderland	Walton
19:45BST	Calvert-Lewin 39',52' Niasse 83'	Report	Gibson 51'	Stadium:Goodison Park Referee:Oliver Langford

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

• = Player left club mid-season

Last updated on 30 May 2018.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Championship	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	11	Lewis Grabban	12	0	0	12
2	MF	19	Aiden McGeady	7	0	0	7
	MF	26	George Honeyman	6	0	1	7
4	MF	4	Paddy McNair	5	0	0	5
5	FW	29	Joel Asoro	3	0	0	3
6	DF	3	Bryan Oviedo	2	0	0	2
	FW	9	James Vaughan*	2	0	0	2
	FW	9	Ashley Fletcher	2	0	0	2
	MF	27	Lynden Gooch	1	0	1	2
10	DF	2	Billy Jones	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Lee Cattermole	1	0	0	1
	MF	7	Jonny Williams	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Jack Rodwell	1	0	0	1
	MF	13	Callum McManaman	1	0	0	1
	DF	16	John O'Shea	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Josh Maja	1	0	0	1
	DF	21	Adam Matthews	1	0	0	1
	MF	53	Ovie Ejaria	1	0	0	1
	DF	22	Donald Love	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				3	0	3	1
Total				52	0	3	55

Last updated on 7 May 2018.^[56][57][58]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		EFL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jason Steele	18	0	15	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Billy Jones	24	1	19+3	1	1	0	1	0
3	DF	CRC	Bryan Oviedo	36	2	31+3	2	1	0	1	0
4	DF	NIR	Paddy McNair	16	5	12+4	5	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	35	1	34+1	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF	WAL	Jonny Williams	13	1	7+5	1	0+1	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Jack Rodwell	3	1	1+1	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Ashley Fletcher	16	2	15+1	2	0	0	0	0
11	MF	COD	Kazenga LuaLua	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	NIR	Lee Camp	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	ENG	Callum McManaman	26	1	13+11	1	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Duncan Watmore	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ENG	Brendan Galloway	8	0	5+2	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	IRL	John O'Shea	40	1	34+3	1	2	0	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Tyias Browning	29	0	26+1	0	1	0	1	0
19	MF	IRL	Aiden McGeady	37	7	28+7	7	1+1	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Josh Maja	18	1	6+11	1	0	0	1	0
21	DF	WAL	Adam Matthews	37	1	25+9	1	3	0	0	0
22	DF	SCO	Donald Love	14	1	11	0	2	1	1	0
23	DF	CIV	Lamine Koné	26	0	24	0	1+1	0	0	0
25	GK	NED	Robbin Ruiter	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	George Honeyman	45	7	37+5	6	2	1	1	0
27	MF	USA	Lynden Gooch	27	2	12+12	1	2+1	1	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Ethan Robson	11	0	6+3	0	0+1	0	1	0
29	FW	SWE	Joel Asoro	29	3	11+15	3	1+1	0	0+1	0
35	DF	ENG	Jake Clarke-Salter	11	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	IRL	Marc Wilson	22	0	20+1	0	0	0	1	0
37	MF	ENG	Bali Mumba	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ENG	Elliot Embleton	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
41	DF	ENG	Denver Hume	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	ENG	Luke Molyneux	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
53	MF	ENG	Ovie Ejaria	11	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0
Players who have played for Sunderland this season but are currently out on loan:
5	DF	SEN	Papy Djilobodji	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	TUN	Wahbi Khazri	5	0	0+3	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	GAB	Didier N'Dong	21	0	16+2	0	3	0	0	0
Players who have played for Sunderland this season but have left the club:
9	FW	ENG	James Vaughan	27	2	15+8	2	1+2	0	0+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	20	12	18+1	12	1	0	0	0
24	MF	IRL	Darron Gibson	18	0	12+3	0	3	0	0	0