2018–19 Everton F.C. season

Everton 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Marco Silva
League Season information
Final League position	9th
Highest position	6th
lowest position	12th
Points	33
Goals for	36
Goals against	39
Goals difference	-3
Cup placements
FA Cup	Fourth round (v. Millwall
EFL Cup	Third round (v. Southampton)
Season statistics
Matches played	27 (Premier League) 31 (all)
Top goalscorer	Richarlison (10)
Biggest home win	3–0 v Fulham
Biggest away win	5–1 v Burnley
Biggest home attendance	39,380 v Wolves
Biggest away attendance	59,964 v Arsenal
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The 2018–19 season is Everton's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 141st year in existence. This season, Everton will participate in the Premier League, FA Cup and the League Cup.

Players

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Jordan Pickford		GK	7 March 1994 (1994-03-07)
22	Maarten Stekelenburg		GK	22 September 1982 (1982-09-22)
41	Mateusz Hewelt		GK	23 November 1996 (1996-11-23)
Defenders
2	Mason Holgate		CB	22 October 1996 (1996-10-22)
3	Leighton Baines		LB	11 December 1984 (1984-12-11)
4	Michael Keane		CB	11 January 1993 (1993-01-11)
6	Phil Jagielka		CB	17 August 1982 (1982-08-17)
12	Lucas Digne		LB	20 July 1993 (1993-07-20)
15	Cuco Martina		RB / LB	25 September 1989 (1989-09-25)
23	Séamus Coleman		RB	11 October 1988 (1988-10-11)
33	Callum Connolly		RB	23 September 1997 (1997-09-23)
38	Matthew Pennington		CB	6 October 1994 (1994-10-06)
43	Jonjoe Kenny		RB	15 March 1997 (1997-03-15)
Midfielders
10	Gylfi Sigurðsson		AM	8 September 1989 (1989-09-08)
16	James McCarthy		CM	12 November 1990 (1990-11-12)
17	Idrissa Gueye		CM	26 September 1989 (1989-09-26)
18	Morgan Schneiderlin		DM	8 November 1989 (1989-11-08)
21	Muhamed Bešić		DM	10 September 1992 (1992-09-10)
26	Tom Davies		CM	30 June 1998 (1998-06-30)
27	Nikola Vlašić		AM	4 October 1997 (1997-10-04)
28	Kieran Dowell		AM	10 October 1997 (1997-10-10)
32	Joe Williams		CM	8 December 1996 (1996-12-08)
34	Beni Baningime		CM	9 September 1998 (1998-09-09)
Forwards
7	Yannick Bolasie		LW	24 May 1989 (1989-05-24)
9	Sandro Ramírez		CF	9 July 1995 (1995-07-09)
11	Theo Walcott		RW	16 March 1989 (1989-03-16)
14	Cenk Tosun		CF	7 June 1991 (1991-06-07)
19	Oumar Niasse		CF	18 April 1990 (1990-04-18)
29	Dominic Calvert-Lewin		CF	16 March 1997 (1997-03-16)
30	Richarlison		LW	10 May 1997 (1997-05-10)
31	Ademola Lookman		LW	20 October 1997 (1997-10-20)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
24 July 2018	LW		Richarlison	Watford	£35,000,000
1 August 2018	LB		Lucas Digne	Barcelona	£18,000,000
3 August 2018	GK		João Virgínia	Arsenal	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
21 June 2018	CB		Ramiro Funes Mori	Villarreal	Undisclosed
1 July 2018	MF		Charlie Ball	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	AM		Jose Baxter	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer
1 July 2018	RB		Nathan Baxter	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	FW		Sam Byrne	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	RB		Jordan Corke	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	RM		Stephen Duke-McKenna	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
1 July 2018	FW		Calum Dyson	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
1 July 2018	CM		Conor Grant	Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
1 July 2018	GK		Louis Gray	Nuneaton Town	Released
1 July 2018	LW		David Henen	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	CM		Sid Kerr	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	LB		Nathan Moore	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	GK		Tom Murphy	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	DM		Tom Scully	Norwich City	Released
5 July 2018	GK		Joel Robles	Real Betis	Free transfer
10 July 2018	SS		Wayne Rooney	DC United	Undisclosed
27 July 2018	AM		Davy Klaassen	Werder Bremen	Undisclosed

Loans out

Start Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End Date
2 July 2018	LB		Luke Garbutt	Oxford United	31 May 2019
12 July 2018	LW		Henry Onyekuru	Galatasaray	31 May 2019
19 July 2018	SS		Shani Tarashaj	Grasshopper	31 May 2019
2 August 2018	CB		Ashley Williams	Stoke City	31 May 2019
3 August 2018	LB		Antonee Robinson	Wigan Athletic	31 May 2019
4 August 2018	LW		Kevin Mirallas	Fiorentina	31 May 2019

Pre-season

On 31 May 2018, Everton announced that they would face Valencia. Two more friendlies against Bury and Blackburn Rovers were announced on 15 June 2018. On 26 June, the club confirmed its participation in the Algarve Cup, which also features Porto and Lille. Everton added an away match against Austrian side ATV Irdning to its pre-season schedule, which is also part of training camp in Austria. More pre-season match was announced on 21 July, Everton will play French side Rennes.

Friendly 14 July 2018	ATV Irdning	0–22	Everton	Irdning, Austria
17:00 CEST		Report	Baines  5' Holgate  8' Keane  13' Tosun  14', 16', 33', 45' Lookman  18', 29', 36' Mirallas  48', 50', 52', 59', 80' Niasse  70', 75', 86', 89' Vlašić  73', 85' Schmidt  81' (o.g.)	Stadium: ATV Riesneralm Arena

Friendly 18 July 2018	Bury	1–1	Everton	Bury
19:45 BST	Danns  43'	Report	Niasse  63'	Stadium: Gigg Lane

Algarve Football Cup 21 July 2018	Everton	0–0 (3–5 pen)	Lille	Algarve, Portugal
20:00 WEST		Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve
	Penalties
	Niasse Bešić Mirallas Vlašić Dowell		Pépé Bamba Benzia El Ghazi Thiago Maia (?)

Algarve Football Cup 22 July 2018	Everton	0–1	Porto	Algarve, Portugal
20:00 WEST		Report	Marega  51'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve

Friendly 26 July 2018	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Everton	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Lenihan  10' Samuel  40' Dack  68'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park

Friendly 28 July 2018	Stade Rennais	4–1	Everton	Vitré, France
18:30 CEST	Bourigeaud  28' Siebatcheu  35' Maouassa  77' Siliki  79'	Report	Richarlison  45+1'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Vitré

4 August 2018	Everton	2–3	Valencia	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Tosun  13' Keane  30'	Report	Rodrigo  6', 22' Wass  75'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 19,496 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	67	52	+15	66
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	−2	49
13	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45
14	Bournemouth	38	13	6	19	56	70	−14	45
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36
18	Cardiff City  (R)	38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham  (R)	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26
20	Huddersfield Town  (R)	38	3	7	28	22	76	−54	16

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground
Result
Position

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

1 11 August 2018 (2018-08-11)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Everton	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Molineux Stadium

2 18 August 2018 (2018-08-18)	Everton	v	Southampton	Walton
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Goodison Park

3 25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	Bournemouth	v	Everton	Bournemouth
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Dean Court

4 1 September 2018 (2018-09-01)	Everton	v	Huddersfield Town	Walton
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Goodison Park

5 8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)	Everton	v	West Ham Utd	Walton
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Goodison Park

6 23 September 2018 (2018-09-23)	Arsenal	v	Everton	Holloway, London
15:00 BST		[ Report]		Stadium: Emirates Stadium