The 2017–18 season was

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

's 132nd year in existence and their third consecutive season in

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after finishing in 18th place the previous season. Shrewsbury finished third in the League and qualified for the

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. They reached the play-off final after beating

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in the semi-final, but they were beaten by

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left his role as manager at the end of the season. The club also participated in the

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, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

New contracts & contract extensions

Pre-season

Friendlies

In addition to a behind closed doors fixture against

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played in Portugal, Shrewsbury Town announced six pre-season friendlies, against Aston Villa,

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, Cardiff City and Brackley Town. In lieu of a reserve team, Salop also announced their intention to organise friendly fixtures throughout the regular season, the first such fixture being against

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Competitions

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

League One play-offs

FA Cup

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Shrewsbury Town were drawn away to

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in the first round.

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was complete with Shrewsbury facing

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and West Bromwich Albion U23s. After finishing as runners-up, Shrewsbury were drawn away in the second round against

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. A home tie against Blackpool was confirmed for the third round.

Player statistics

Squad statistics

''As of match played 27 May 2018.'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who left the club before the season ended:'' , -

Top scorers

''As of match played 27 May 2018.''

Clean sheets

''As of match played 27 May 2018.''

Disciplinary record

''As of match played 27 May 2018.'' ''Note: Two yellow cards in one match is counted as one red card.''

References

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