The 2017–18 season was Everton's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 140th year in existence. They participated in the

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, EFL Cup, and

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. Everton had a disappointing start to the campaign, leading to the dismissal of manager

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in October after a 5–2 home loss to Arsenal, Koeman sacked just 2 months into his second campaign in charge after guiding Everton into the

in an impressive first season at the club. It was over a month after his departure that

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took over from interim manager

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, as prime target,

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manager

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, was unable to be released from a contract with The Hornets to take over at Goodison Park. The fiasco led to a legal suit after Silva was controversially sacked by Watford after a downturn in results following his failure to secure the Everton job, and when Silva took over at Everton in the 2018–19 season, Everton were forced to pay £4 million in compensation to Watford for what was described as "an unwarranted approach" whilst Silva was still at Watford. Allardyce guided the club to 8th in the league, but could not prevent exits in the Europa League group stage and the FA Cup third round. Allardyce was dismissed at the conclusion of the season, with Everton's fans criticising Allardyce's style of play on a number of occasions; the club stated "The decision is part of a long-term plan". The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: £133,100,000 Winter: £27,000,000 Total: £160,100,000

Income

Summer: £95,100,000 Winter: £15,000,000 Total: £110,100,000

Expenditure

Summer: £38,000,000 Winter: £12,000,000 Total: £50,000,000

Pre-season

Friendlies

On 22 June 2017, Everton announced four pre-season friendlies against

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and

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Competitions

Premier League

League table

Result summary

Results by matchday

Matches

On 14 June 2017, Everton's Premier League fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

In the

, Everton entered the competition in the third round and were drawn away to

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EFL Cup

Everton joined the competition in third round and were drawn at home to Sunderland. An away trip to

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was announced for the fourth round.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying

Everton entered the competition in the third qualifying round, where they faced

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n side

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. After winning the tie 2–0 on aggregate they were drawn against

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n team Hajduk Split in the play-off round.

Group stage

On 25 August 2017, Everton were drawn into Group E alongside

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and Apollon Limassol.

Players

First team squad

( captain)

Out on loan

Squad statistics

Appearances

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Goalscorers

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References

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