During the 2017–18 season,

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

participated in the Dutch

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

, the

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and the

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. They won the Eredivisie by defeating Ajax 3-0 at the

Philips Stadion The Philips Stadion () is a Association football, football stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands. As the home of PSV Eindhoven (Philips Sport Vereniging), it is also known as PSV Stadion. With a capacity of 35,119, it is the third-largest football s ...

Season summary

Several starting players departed the club before the season, including

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and

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. The biggest incoming transfer was

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, coming from Mexican club

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. Despite these changes PSV won the Eredivisie title. The league was decided after a 3–0 victory over rivals

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. In the KNVB cup, PSV reached the quarter-finals before being eliminated by

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. PSV's Europa League campaign was a failure as they were knocked out by Croatian side

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in the qualifying rounds: it was the first time in 43 years that PSV failed to qualify for the main tournament of a European competition.

Season summary

Squad

Friendlies

Competitions

Eredivisie

League table

Results summary

Matches

KNVB Cup

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References