The 2017–18 season was
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in ...
's 16th season in their history and their second season in
League One.
League table
Results summary
Score overview
Matches
Pre-season friendlies
League One
August
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FA Cup
On 16 October 2017, the draw for the first round took place with AFC Wimbledon hosting
Lincoln City.
First round
At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the
qualifying rounds
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Processes
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and the 48 clubs from
League One and
League Two).
Second round
At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (10 non-league teams, 14 clubs from
League One and 16 clubs
League Two).
Third round
A total of 64 clubs will play in the third round (10 League One teams, 9 League Two teams and 44 teams from the
Premier League
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and
Football League Championship
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entering in this round) plus either
Gillingham or
Carlisle United
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They have played their ...
.
EFL Cup
The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England.
Orga ...
On 16 June 2017, the draw for the EFL Cup took place. The draw was seeded based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season and regionalised on a north-south basis. AFC Wimbledon are unseeded, and drawn at home against Brentford. Meaning for the first time in 7 years entering the competition Wimbledon had been drawn at home.
First round
The first round of the competition included 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship, with Hull City and Middlesbrough receiving a bye into the second round.
EFL Trophy
On 7 July 2017, the Group round draw was made for the League One and League Two teams competing in the
EFL Trophy
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. The first round will consist of 64 clubs (24 from
League One, 24 from
League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages.
First round (Southern Group F)
If the scores are level at the end of a Group Match then each team is awarded 1 point. In addition, the match will be followed immediately by the taking of penalties and the team that wins the penalty shootout will be awarded 1 additional point. AFC Wimbledon qualified for the following round by finishing as runners-up.
Second round (Southern Section)
The draw for the second round took place on 10 November 2017, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.
Squad
Player statistics
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, colspan="14", ''Players who left or were released by AFC Wimbledon during the course of the season:''
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Top scorers
Disciplinary record
Transfers
References
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AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, London Borough of Merton, London. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in ...