Watford

2017–18 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Scott Duxbury
Manager	Marco Silva (until 21 January) Javi Gracia (from 21 January)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fourth round (knocked out bySouthampton)
EFL Cup	Second round (knocked out byBristol City)
Top goalscorer	League: Abdoulaye Doucouré (7) All: Abdoulaye Doucouré (7)
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The2017–18 season was the 120th season in the history ofWatford and their third consecutive season in thePremier League.^[1] They also participated in theFA Cup andEFL Cup.

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

Marco Silva replacedWalter Mazzarri despite resigning as the manager atHull City who were relegated last season, but after just 26 games in charge, he was sacked and was immediately replaced byJavi Gracia.^[2]

As of 12 July 2018^[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Heurelho Gomes 2 DF  NED Daryl Janmaat 3 DF  URU Miguel Britos 4 DF  FRA Younès Kaboul 5 DF  AUT Sebastian Prödl 6 DF  JAM Adrian Mariappa 7 FW  ESP Gerard Deulofeu 8 MF  ENG Tom Cleverley 9 FW  ENG Troy Deeney(captain) 11 FW  BRA Richarlison 12 MF  GAB Didier Ndong(on loan fromSunderland) 13 DF  MLI Molla Wagué(on loan fromUdinese) 14 MF  ENG Nathaniel Chalobah 15 DF  NIR Craig Cathcart 16 MF  FRA Abdoulaye Doucouré 17 FW  ENG Jerome Sinclair

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ENG Andre Gray 19 MF  ENG Will Hughes 20 MF  BEL Dodi Lukebakio 21 DF  ESP Kiko Femenía 22 DF  NED Marvin Zeegelaar 25 DF  GRE José Holebas 27 DF  BEL Christian Kabasele 28 MF  PER André Carrillo(on loan fromBenfica) 29 MF  FRA Étienne Capoue 30 GK  GRE Orestis Karnezis(on loan fromUdinese) 31 DF  IRL Tommie Hoban 33 FW  ITA Stefano Okaka 35 GK  AUT Daniel Bachmann 37 MF  ARG Roberto Pereyra

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	GK		Daniel Bachmann	Stoke City	Free	[5]
1 July 2017	CM		Tom Cleverley	Everton	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2017	RB		Kiko Femenía	Alavés	Free	[7]
1 July 2017	CM		Will Hughes	Derby County	£8,000,000	[8]
8 July 2017	ST		Harvey Bradbury	Portsmouth	Free	[9]
8 July 2017	GK		Sam Howes	West Ham United	Free	[9]
14 July 2017	CM		Nathaniel Chalobah	Chelsea	£5,000,000	[10]
8 August 2017	FW		Richarlison	Fluminense	£11,160,000	[11]
9 August 2017	ST		Andre Gray	Burnley	Undisclosed	[12]
31 August 2017	LB		Marvin Zeegelaar	Sporting CP	Undisclosed	[13]

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	From	End date	Ref.
24 August 2017	RW		André Carrillo	Benfica	30 June 2018	[14]
31 August 2017	GK		Orestis Karnezis	Udinese	30 June 2018	[15]
31 August 2017	CB		Molla Wagué	Udinese	30 June 2018	[16]
29 January 2018	FW		Gerard Deulofeu	Barcelona	30 June 2018	[17]

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF		Ola Adeyemo	Valdres	Released	[18][a]
1 July 2017	GK		Charlie Bannister	Free agent	Released	[18]
1 July 2017	GK		Rene Gilmartin	Colchester United	Released	[18][b]
1 July 2017	CF		Ogo Obi	Hemel Hempstead Town	Released	[18]
1 July 2017	CM		Rhyle Ovenden	Free agent	Released	[18]
1 July 2017	CF		Mathias Ranégie	BK Häcken	Released	[18][c]
11 July 2017	DM		Mario Suárez	Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng	Undisclosed	[22]
31 July 2017	RW		Steven Berghuis	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	[23]
4 August 2017	RB		Juan Carlos Paredes	Emelec	Free	[24]
15 August 2017	GK		Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Mutual consent	[25][d]
16 August 2017	DM		Valon Behrami	Udinese	Undisclosed	[27]

Date	Position	Nationality	Player	To	End date	Ref.
6 July 2017	DM		Dennon Lewis	Crawley Town	31 December 2017	[28]
27 July 2017	CF		Obbi Oularé	Antwerp	30 June 2018	[29]
1 September 2017	LW		Nordin Amrabat	Leganés	30 June 2018	[30]
1 September 2017	GK		Costel Pantilimon	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2018	[31]
2 October 2017	SS		Mauro Zárate	Al-Nasr	30 June 2018	[32]

Watford played the following pre-season friendlies.^[33][34][35]

AFC Wimbledon v Watford

15 July 2017	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Watford	Kingston upon Thames
15:00BST	McDonald 46',49' Egan 90'	Report	Watson 57' Berghuis 77'	Stadium:Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,101

Viktoria Plzeň v Watford

18 July 2017	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	Watford	Kufstein, Austria
CEST		Report	Okaka 80'

Eibar v Watford

22 July 2017	Eibar	0–1	Watford	Kufstein, Austria
16:00CEST		Report	Capoue 78'

Watford vRangers

26 July 2017	Watford	1–2	Rangers	London Colney
17:00BST	Okaka 59'	Report	Candeias 42' Waghorn 90'	Stadium:UCL Sports Ground Attendance: 0

On 14 June 2017, Watford's league season fixtures were announced.^[37]

Watford vLiverpool

12 August 20171	Watford	3–3	Liverpool	Watford
12:30BST	Okaka 8' Doucouré 32' Britos 90+4'	Report	Mané 29', 37' Firmino 55' (pen.) Salah 57' Alexander-Arnold 62' Mignolet 88'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,407 Referee:Anthony Taylor

Bournemouth v Watford

19 August 20172	Bournemouth	0–2	Watford	Boscombe
15:00BST	S. Cook 61'	Report	Britos 27' Gray 58' Chalobah 63' Richarlison 73' Capoue 86'	Stadium:Dean Court Attendance: 10,501 Referee:Roger East

Watford vBrighton & Hove Albion

26 August 20173	Watford	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00BST	Britos 24'	Report	Bruno 17'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Stadium Attendance: 20,181 Referee:Graham Scott

Southampton v Watford

9 September 20174	Southampton	0–2	Watford	Southampton
15:00BST		Report	Doucouré 38' Janmaat 66'	Stadium:St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,435 Referee:Lee Probert

Watford vManchester City

16 September 20175	Watford	0–6	Manchester City	Watford
15:00BST	Holebas 29' Doucouré 40'	Report	Agüero 27',31',81' Gabriel Jesus 38' Otamendi 63' Sterling 89' (pen.)	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,305 Referee:Anthony Taylor

West Bromwich Albion v Watford

30 September 20177	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Watford	West Bromwich
15:00BST	Rondón 18' Evans 21', 88' Livermore 87' McClean 90'	Report	Doucouré 37' Richarlison 90+5'	Stadium:The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,606 Referee:Michael Oliver

Watford vArsenal

14 October 20178	Watford	2–1	Arsenal	Watford
17:30BST	Kabasele 64' Deeney 71' (pen.) Cleverley 90+2'	Report	Mertesacker 39'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,384 Referee:Neil Swarbrick

Chelsea v Watford

21 October 20179	Chelsea	4–2	Watford	Fulham
12:30BST	Pedro 12' Rüdiger 23' Morata 56' Batshuayi 71',90+5' Azpilicueta 87'	Report	Holebas 12' Mariappa 19' Doucoure 45+2' Pereyra 49' Femenía 78'	Stadium:Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,467 Referee:Jon Moss

Watford vStoke City

28 October 201710	Watford	0–1	Stoke City	Watford
15:00BST	Femenía 57' Richarlison 76' Doucouré 87' Deeney 90+5'	Report	Fletcher 16' Choupo-Moting 62' Shaqiri 85' Diouf 87' Allen 90+5'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,087 Referee:Michael Oliver

Everton v Watford

5 November 201711	Everton	3–2	Watford	Liverpool
16:30GMT	Niasse 67' Calvert-Lewin 74' Baines 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Richarlison 46' Kabasele 64' Britos 69' Holebas 90' Cleverley90+11'	Stadium:Goodison Park Attendance: 38,609 Referee:Graham Scott

Watford vWest Ham United

19 November 201712	Watford	2–0	West Ham United	Watford
16:00GMT	Hughes 11' Britos 29' Richarlison 64'	Report	Carroll 28' Arnautović 35' Obiang 41' Noble 83'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,018 Referee:Andre Marriner

Newcastle United v Watford

25 November 201713	Newcastle United	0–3	Watford	Newcastle Upon Tyne
15:00GMT	Shelvey 15'	Report	Hughes 19' Zeegelaar 24' Yedlin 45+1' (o.g.) Gray 62' Prödl 90+2'	Stadium:St James' Park Attendance: 52,188 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

Watford vManchester United

28 November 201714	Watford	2–4	Manchester United	Watford
20:00GMT	Doucouré 24', 84' Mariappa 41' Deeney 77' (pen.)	Report	Young 19',25' Martial 32' Rojo 38' Lingard 86'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,552 Referee:Jon Moss

Watford vTottenham Hotspur

2 December 201715	Watford	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
15:00GMT	Kabasele 13'	Report	Son 25'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,278 Referee:Martin Atkinson

Burnley v Watford

9 December 201716	Burnley	1–0	Watford	Burnley
15:00GMT	Arfield 45' Bardsley 86'	Report	Zeegelaar 39'	Stadium:Turf Moor Attendance: 19,479 Referee:Lee Probert

Crystal Palace v Watford

12 December 201717	Crystal Palace	2–1	Watford	Selhurst
20:00GMT	Milivojević 63' Van Aanholt 85' Sako 89' McArthur 90+1'	Report	Janmaat 3' Cleverley 78'  87' Prödl 80' Pereyra 90+1'	Stadium:Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,566 Referee:Lee Mason

Watford vHuddersfield Town

16 December 201718	Watford	1–4	Huddersfield Town	Watford
15:00GMT	Deeney 33' Doucouré 68'	Report	Kachunga 6' Mooy 23',89' (pen.) Depoitre 50' Hogg 37'  61'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,026 Referee:Michael Oliver

Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford

23 December 201719	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Watford	Falmer
15:00GMT	Groß 64'	Report		Stadium:Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,473 Referee:Paul Tierney

Watford vLeicester City

26 December 201720	Watford	2–1	Leicester City	Watford
15:00GMT	Watson 8' Kabasele 13' Wagué 45' Schmeichel 65' (o.g.) Zeegelaar 88'	Report	Maguire 4' Dragović 30' Mahrez 37' King 81'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,308 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

Watford vSwansea City

30 December 201721	Watford	1–2	Swansea City	Watford
15:00GMT	Carrillo 11', 30' Doucouré 80' Prödl 82' Zeegelaar 89'	Report	Fernández 3' Carroll 34' Ayew 86' Narsingh 90'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,002 Referee:Martin Atkinson

Manchester City v Watford

2 January 201822	Manchester City	3–1	Watford	Manchester
20:00GMT	Sterling 1' Kabasele 13' (o.g.) D. Silva 24' Agüero 63'	Report	Gray 82' Pereyra 83'	Stadium:City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,556 Referee:Lee Mason

Watford vSouthampton

13 January 201823	Watford	2–2	Southampton	Watford
15:00GMT	Gray 58' Doucouré 90'	Report	Ward-Prowse 20',44' Højbjerg 31' Romeu 79' McCarthy 81' Tadić 87' Cédric 90'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,018 Referee:Roger East

Leicester City v Watford

20 January 201824	Leicester City	2–0	Watford	Leicester
15:00GMT	Vardy 39' (pen.) Mahrez 90+1'	Report		Stadium:King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,891 Referee:Lee Probert

Stoke City v Watford

31 January 201825	Stoke City	0–0	Watford	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00GMT	Adam 21' Bauer 35' Diouf 52' Pieters 59'	Report	Kabasele 18' Holebas 47' Doucouré 90'	Stadium:Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 27,458 Referee:Jon Moss

Watford vChelsea

5 February 201826	Watford	4–1	Chelsea	Watford
20:00GMT	Deeney 42' (pen.) Richarlison 45' Prödl 50' Janmaat 84' Deulofeu 88' Pereyra 90+1'	Report	Bakayoko 25'  30' David Luiz 58' Fàbregas 62' Hazard 82'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,157 Referee:Mike Dean

West Ham United v Watford

10 February 201827	West Ham United	2–0	Watford	Stratford, London
15:00GMT	Hernández 38' Zabaleta 44' Arnautović 78'	Report	Prödl 90'	Stadium:London Stadium Attendance: 56,197 Referee:Graham Scott

Watford vEverton

24 February 201828	Watford	1–0	Everton	Watford
17:30GMT	Capoue 53' Deeney 79' Janmaat 88' Carrillo 90+2'	Report	Gueye 64'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,430 Referee:Anthony Taylor

Watford vWest Bromwich Albion

3 March 201829	Watford	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Watford
15:00GMT	Capoue 25' Mariappa 72' Deeney 77'	Report		Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,022 Referee:Paul Tierney

Arsenal v Watford

11 March 201830	Arsenal	3–0	Watford	Holloway, London
13:30GMT	Mustafi 8', 55' Aubameyang 59' Mkhitaryan 77' Xhaka 90'	Report	Deeney62' Holebas 66'	Stadium:Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,131 Referee:Martin Atkinson

Liverpool v Watford

17 March 201831	Liverpool	5–0	Watford	Liverpool
17:30GMT	Salah 4',43',77',85' Firmino 49' Gomez 52'	Report		Stadium:Anfield Attendance: 53,287 Referee:Anthony Taylor

Watford vBournemouth

31 March 201832	Watford	2–2	Bournemouth	Watford
15:00BST	Femenía 13' Holebas 42' Pereyra 49' Prödl 56' Doucouré 78' Okaka 90'	Report	King 43' Defoe 90+2'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,393 Referee:Andrew Madley

Watford vBurnley

7 April 201833	Watford	1–2	Burnley	Watford
15:00BST	Doucouré 56' Pereyra 61' Okaka 90+3'	Report	Nkoudou 33' Vokes 70' Cork 73' Lowton 90+1'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,044 Referee:Paul Tierney

Huddersfield Town v Watford

14 April 201834	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Watford	Huddersfield
15:00GMT	Jørgensen 45' Pritchard 73' Ince 90+1'	Report	Janmaat 20' Pereyra 33'	Stadium:John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,961 Referee:Craig Pawson

Watford vCrystal Palace

21 April 201835	Watford	0–0	Crystal Palace	Watford
15:00BST	Doucouré 29' Mariappa 60' Cathcart 89'	Report	Ward 21' Van Aanholt 45' Zaha 64' Loftus-Cheek 78' Tomkins 88'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,041 Referee:Chris Kavanagh

Tottenham Hotspur v Watford

30 April 201836	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Watford	Wembley
20:00BST	Alli 16' Kane 48' Wanyama 64'	Report		Stadium:Wembley Stadium Attendance: 52,675 Referee:Michael Oliver

Watford vNewcastle United

5 May 201837	Watford	2–1	Newcastle United	Watford
15:00BST	Pereyra 2' Gray 28' Deeney39' Kabasele 58' Holebas 72'	Report	Pérez 42', 55'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,375 Referee:Roger East

Manchester United v Watford

13 May 201838	Manchester United	1–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00BST	Rojo 9' Rashford 34' Young 58' McTominay 68' Shaw 90+1'	Report		Stadium:Old Trafford Attendance: 75,049 Referee:Lee Mason

Watford entered the competition in the third round and were handed a home tie againstBristol City.^[38]

Watford vBristol City

6 January 2018Third round	Watford	3–0	Bristol City	Watford
15:00GMT	Kabasele 30' Carrillo 37' Deeney 57' Capoue 85'	Report		Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,269 Referee:Craig Pawson

Southampton v Watford

27 January 2018Fourth round	Southampton	1–0	Watford	Southampton
15:00GMT	Stephens 4' Cédric 62'	Report	Watson 61'	Stadium:St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 25,195 Referee:Bobby Madley

Watford entered the EFL Cup in the second round and were drawn at home toBristol City.^[39]

Watford vBristol City

22 August 2017Second round	Watford	2–3	Bristol City	Watford
19:45BST	Capoue 35', 47' Holebas 52'  88' Mariappa 90+5'	Report	Hinds 59' Reid 67' Eliasson 90+3'	Stadium:Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,003 Referee:Tim Robinson

Last updated on 8 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		EFL Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	BRA	Heurelho Gomes	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0
30	GK	GRE	Orestis Karnezis	16	0	14+1	0	0	0	1	0
35	GK	AUT	Daniel Bachmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	NED	Daryl Janmaat	25	3	21+2	3	0	0	2	0
3	DF	URU	Miguel Britos	12	1	10+2	1	0	0	0	0
4	DF	FRA	Younès Kaboul	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	AUT	Sebastian Prödl	21	0	17+4	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	JAM	Adrian Mariappa	30	1	24+4	0	1	1	1	0
13	DF	MLI	Molla Wagué	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF	NIR	Craig Cathcart	7	0	5+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ESP	Kiko Femenía	23	1	19+4	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	NED	Marvin Zeegelaar	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	GRE	José Holebas	31	0	26+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
27	DF	BEL	Christian Kabasele	31	2	27+1	2	1	0	2	0
31	DF	IRL	Tommie Hoban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ENG	Tom Cleverley	25	1	22+1	1	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Chalobah	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	FRA	Abdoulaye Doucouré	39	7	37	7	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Will Hughes	16	2	11+4	2	1	0	0	0
20	MF	BEL	Dodi Lukebakio	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	FRA	Étienne Capoue	26	3	18+5	1	1	1	2	1
37	MF	ARG	Roberto Pereyra	34	5	18+14	5	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Gerard Deulofeu	7	1	5+2	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Troy Deeney	31	6	20+9	5	1	0	1	1
11	FW	BRA	Richarlison	41	5	32+6	5	1	0	1+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Jerome Sinclair	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	FW	ENG	Andre Gray	33	5	16+15	5	0+1	0	1	0
28	FW	PER	André Carrillo	30	2	16+12	1	0	0	2	1
33	FW	ITA	Stefano Okaka	16	1	3+12	1	0	0	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
7	MF	MAR	Nordin Amrabat	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	NGA	Isaac Success	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW	ARG	Mauro Zárate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Ben Watson	11	0	6+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
30	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 18 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Player
2	DF	Daryl Janmaat	1	0
3	DF	Miguel Britos	3	1
5	DF	Sebastian Prödl	1	0
6	DF	Adrian Mariappa	2	0
8	MF	Tom Cleverley	1	1
9	FW	Troy Deeney	1	1
11	MF	Richarlison	3	0
14	MF	Nathaniel Chalobah	1	0
16	MF	Abdoulaye Doucouré	5	0
18	FW	Andre Gray	1	0
21	DF	Kiko Femenía	2	0
22	DF	Marvin Zeegelaar	2	1
25	DF	José Holebas	3	0
27	DF	Christian Kabasele	2	0
29	MF	Étienne Capoue	1	0
37	MF	Roberto Pereyra	1	0

Last updated on 18 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Player	Matches played	Premier League	EFL Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		Heurelho Gomes	19	5	0	0	5
30		Orestis Karnezis	1	0	0	0	0
35		Daniel Bachmann	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				5	0	0	5

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