2018–19 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2018–19 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round; (knocked out by Gillingham)
EFL Cup	Second round; (knocked out by Norwich City)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Victor Camarasa; Bobby Reid; (5 each); All: ; Victor Camarasa; Bobby Reid; (5 each)
Highest home attendance	33,082 (vs. Liverpool, 21 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	6,953 (vs. Norwich City, 28 August 2018)
Average home league attendance	31,229
Biggest win	4–2 (vs. Fulham, 20 October 2018)
Biggest defeat	0–5 (vs. Manchester City, 22 September 2018)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Cardiff City's 120th season in their existence and their second in the Premier League. Cardiff were promoted to the top tier of English football league system for the first time since 2013 during the 2017–18 season. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

On 21 January, a Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft transporting Cardiff's recently signed player Emiliano Sala was crashed off Alderney, in the Channel Islands. The aircraft had been travelling from Nantes, France, to Cardiff. The wreckage of the aircraft was found thirteen days later. He was confirmed dead on 7 February. Two days before the tragedy, Sala was presented as a Cardiff player but had not decided on his shirt number at that time.^[1]^[2] Cardiff and Nantes are in dispute over the payment of the transfer fee for Sala.^[3]

Kit

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Sponsor(s): Visit Malaysia

Home

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Away

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Third

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Last updated: 13 April 2019.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Age	Caps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Neil Etheridge	GK	London	29	85	0	Walsall	1 July 2017	Free	2021
12	Alex Smithies	GK	Huddersfield	29	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	1 July 2018	£4,000,000	2022
28	Brian Murphy	GK	Waterford	36	10	0	Portsmouth	2 September 2016	Free	2019
Defenders
2	Lee Peltier	FB/CB	Liverpool	33	139	0	Huddersfield Town	24 January 2015	Nominal	2020
3	Joe Bennett	LB	Rochdale	29	98	4	Aston Villa	27 August 2016	Free	2021
4	Sean Morrison	CB	Plymouth	28	196	21	Reading	15 August 2014	£3,180,000	2022
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	CB/RB	Libreville	30	161	7	Lorient	1 September 2014	£5,360,000	2020
6	Jazz Richards	FB/DM	Swansea	28	44	0	Fulham	19 July 2016	Swap Deal	2020
13	Callum Paterson	RB/CM	London	24	64	14	Heart of Midlothian	1 July 2017	£400,000	2022
18	Greg Cunningham	LB	Galway	28	8	0	Preston North End	1 July 2018	£4,000,000	2021
22	Sol Bamba	CB	Ivry-sur-Seine	34	101	10	Free agent	11 October 2016	Free	2020
Midfielders
7	Harry Arter	CM	Sidcup	29	25	0	Bournemouth	9 August 2018	Loan	2019
8	Joe Ralls	CM/LM	Aldershot	26	208	18	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2022
11	Josh Murphy	LW	Wembley	24	30	3	Norwich City	12 June 2018	£11,000,000	2022
15	Leandro Bacuna	CM/RB	Groningen	27	11	0	Reading	31 January 2019	£4,000,000	2023
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM/DM	Akureyri	29	285	25	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2019
19	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	RW/LW	Birmingham	27	62	11	Rochdale	1 July 2017	Free	2021
21	Víctor Camarasa	CM	Meliana	25	33	5	Real Betis	9 August 2018	Loan	2019
23	Kadeem Harris	LW	Westminster	26	80	7	Wycombe Wanderers	30 January 2012	£150,000	2019
33	Junior Hoilett	LW/RW	Brampton	29	115	16	Free agent	10 October 2016	Free	2021
Forwards
9	Danny Ward	CF/LW	Bradford	28	36	5	Rotherham United	1 July 2017	£1,600,000	2020
10	Kenneth Zohore	CF	Copenhagen	25	101	24	KV Kortrijk	6 July 2016	£300,000	2020
14	Bobby Decordova-Reid	CF/AM	Bristol	26	29	5	Bristol City	1 July 2018	£10,000,000	2022
29	Oumar Niasse	CF	Ouakam	29	13	0	Everton	18 January 2019	Loan	2019
32	Rhys Healey	CF	Manchester	24	15	1	Connah's Quay Nomads	28 January 2013	£25,000	2020
Out on loan
24	Gary Madine	CF	Gateshead	28	19	0	Bolton Wanderers	31 January 2018	£5,000,000	2021
30	Omar Bogle	CF	Sandwell	25	12	3	Wigan Athletic	17 August 2017	£700,000	2020
31	Mark Harris	AM/CF	Swansea	20	2	0	Academy	8 January 2017	Trainee	2019
—	Lee Tomlin	AM/WG	Leicester	30	16	1	Bristol City	13 July 2017	Undisclosed	2020
Players omitted from 25 man squad
16	Matthew Connolly	CB/RB	Barnet	31	165	7	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2020
20	Loïc Damour	CM/DM	Chantilly	28	35	0	Bourg-Péronnas	6 July 2017	Free	2019
—	Stuart O'Keefe	CM	Eye	28	45	2	Crystal Palace	28 January 2015	£910,000	2019

^ Appearances and goals for the club and contracts are up to date as of 13 May 2019.

Statistics

As of 13 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	PHI	Neil Etheridge	38	0	38+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Peltier	22	0	17+3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	31	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	34	1	33+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	GAB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	40	1	37+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
6	DF	WAL	Jazz Richards	5	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	IRL	Harry Arter	25	0	24+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	29	0	22+6	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Danny Ward	16	1	4+10	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
10	FW	DEN	Kenneth Zohore	20	1	7+12	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
11	MF	ENG	Josh Murphy	30	3	22+7	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
12	GK	ENG	Alex Smithies	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
13	DF	SCO	Callum Paterson	29	4	21+6	4	1+0	0	0+1	0
14	FW	ENG	Bobby Decordova-Reid	29	5	16+11	5	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	11	0	4+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	ENG	Matthew Connolly	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF	ISL	Aron Gunnarsson	27	1	26+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	IRL	Greg Cunningham	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	21	4	11+9	4	1+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	FRA	Loïc Damour	4	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	ESP	Víctor Camarasa	33	5	31+1	5	0+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba	28	4	28+0	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Kadeem Harris	16	1	3+11	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
29	FW	SEN	Oumar Niasse	13	0	12+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	FW	ENG	Rhys Healey	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF	CAN	Junior Hoilett	33	3	24+8	3	0+1	0	0+0	0
Player(s) out on loan:
24	FW	ENG	Gary Madine	6	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 13 May 2019

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Premier League	League Cup	Total
1	14	CF	Bobby Decordova-Reid	5	0	5
1	21	CM	Víctor Camarasa	5	0	5
3	13	RB	Callum Paterson	4	0	4
	19	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	4	0	4
	22	CB	Sol Bamba	4	0	4
6	11	RW	Josh Murphy	3	0	3
6	33	LW	Junior Hoilett	3	0	3
8	4	CB	Sean Morrison	1	0	1
	5	CB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	0	1	1
	9	CF	Danny Ward	1	0	1
	10	CF	Kenneth Zohore	1	0	1
	17	CM	Aron Gunnarsson	1	0	1
	23	LW	Kadeem Harris	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Total				34	1	35

Disciplinary record

As of 13 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Premier League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	7		CM	Harry Arter	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
2	22		CB	Sol Bamba	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	4		CB	Sean Morrison	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	21		CM	Víctor Camarasa	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
5	3		LB	Joe Bennett	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	8		CM	Joe Ralls	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
7	2		RB	Lee Peltier	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	13		RB	Callum Paterson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	17		CM	Aron Gunnarsson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	33		LW	Junior Hoilett	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	18		LB	Greg Cunningham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	1		GK	Neil Etheridge	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	11		LW	Josh Murphy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	15		CM	Leandro Bacuna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	6		RB	Jazz Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	10		CF	Kenneth Zohore	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		CM	Loïc Damour	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	23		LM	Kadeem Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					65	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	67	0	1

Suspensions

Player	Date received	Offence	Length of suspension
Joe Ralls	6 October 2018	vs Tottenham Hotspur	3 games	Fulham (H), Liverpool (A), Leicester City (H)
Harry Arter	3 November 2018	5x	1 game	Brighton & Hove Albion (H)

Last updated: 4 November 2018.
Source: Football Association

Contracts

Date	Position	Name	Status	Contract Length	Expiry Date	Ref.
3 July 2018	LB	Joe Bennett	Signed	3 years	June 2021	^[4]
6 July 2018	CB	Matthew Connolly	Signed	2 years	June 2020	^[5]
6 July 2018	RW	Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Signed	3 years	June 2021	^[5]
6 July 2018	CB	Sean Morrison	Signed	4 years	June 2022	^[5]
6 July 2018	GK	Brian Murphy	Signed	1 year	June 2019	^[5]
6 July 2018	RB	Callum Paterson	Signed	4 years	June 2022	^[5]
6 July 2018	RB	Lee Peltier	Signed	2 years	June 2020	^[5]
6 July 2018	CM	Joe Ralls	Signed	4 years	June 2022	^[5]
9 July 2018	CM	Aron Gunnarsson	Signed	1 year	June 2019	^[6]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB	Greg Cunningham	Preston North End	Undisclosed^[a]	^[8]
1 July 2018	LW	Josh Murphy	Norwich City	Undisclosed ^[b]	^[10]
1 July 2018	CF	Bobby Reid	Bristol City	Undisclosed^[c]	^[11]
1 July 2018	GK	Alex Smithies	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed^[d]	^[13]
19 January 2019	CF	Emiliano Sala	Nantes	£15,000,000	^[14]
31 January 2019	CM	Leandro Bacuna	Reading	£4,000,000	^[15]^[16]
1 February 2019	CF	Danny Wiliams	Haverfordwest County	Undisclosed	^[17]

Spent: – Undisclosed (~ £32,000,000)

^ Fee reported to be around £4,000,000^[7]
^ Fee reported to be around £11,000,000^[9]
^ Fee reported to be £10,000,000
^ Sky Sports reported that £3,000,000 will be paid upfront and a further £500,000 if Cardiff stay in the Premier League for one season.^[12]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB	Rhys Abbruzzese	Unattached	Released	^[18]
1 July 2018	CF	Frédéric Gounongbe	Unattached	Released	^[18]
1 July 2018	CB	Greg Halford	Aberdeen	Released	^[18]^[19]
1 July 2018	RW	Matthew Kennedy	St Johnstone	Released	^[18]^[20]
1 July 2018	CF	Ogo Obi	Unattached	Released	^[18]
1 July 2018	FW	Keiron Proctor	Unattached	Released	^[21]
1 July 2018	GK	Ben Wilson	Bradford City	Released	^[18]^[22]
1 July 2018	LB	Connor Young	Unattached	Released	^[18]
8 August 2018	GK	Lee Camp	Birmingham City	Free transfer	^[23]
10 January 2019	LW	Anthony Pilkington	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[24]
1 February 2019	CF	Ibrahim Meite	Crawley Town	Free transfer	^[25]

Loan in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
9 August 2018	CM	Harry Arter	Bournemouth	31 May 2019	^[26]
9 August 2018	CM	Víctor Camarasa	Real Betis	31 May 2019	^[27]
18 January 2019	CF	Oumar Niasse	Everton	31 May 2019	^[28]
4 February 2019	CM	Aaron Bolger	Shamrock Rovers	31 May 2019	^[29]

Loan out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
2 August 2018	AM	Mark Harris	Newport County	4 January 2019	^[30]
7 August 2018	CF	Omar Bogle	Birmingham City	29 January 2019	^[31]^[32]
24 August 2018	CF	Rhys Healey	Milton Keynes Dons	4 January 2019	^[33]
24 August 2018	CM	Stuart O'Keefe	Plymouth Argyle	4 January 2019	^[33]
4 January 2019	CB	Paul McKay	Morecambe	31 May 2019	^[34]
7 January 2019	CF	Gary Madine	Sheffield United	31 May 2019	^[35]
8 January 2019	SS	Lee Tomlin	Peterborough United	31 May 2019	^[36]
11 January 2019	CB	Jack Bodenham	The New Saints	30 June 2019	^[37]
23 January 2019	LW	Mark Harris	Port Vale	30 June 2019	^[38]
24 January 2019	CB	Ciaron Brown	Livingston	30 June 2019	^[39]
28 January 2019	CF	Omar Bogle	Portsmouth	30 June 2019	^[32]
31 January 2019	CF	Jack McKay	Chesterfield	30 June 2019	^[40]
31 January 2019	CF	James Waite	Hereford	30 June 2019	^[41]

Competitions

Friendlies

13 July 2018 Friendly	Taff's Well	0–3	Cardiff City	Taff's Well
19:45 BST		Report	Healey 21', 47' McLean 89'	Stadium: Rhiw Dda'r

16 July 2018 Friendly	Tavistock AFC	0–6	Cardiff City	Tavistock
19:00 BST		Report	Hoilett 1' Ralls 9' Madine 23', 29' Reid 25' Ward 70'	Stadium: Langsford Park

18 July 2018 Friendly	Bodmin Town	1–11	Cardiff City	Bodmin
19:00 BST	Gilbert 29'	report	Reid 8' Mendez-Laing 14' Harris 17', 25', 46' Murphy 24', 61' Ward 38', 43', 57' Madine 90'	Stadium: Priory Park

20 July 2018 Friendly	Torquay United	1–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
19:00 BST	Keating 57'	Report	Murphy 22'	Stadium: Plainmoor Referee: Adam Bromley

25 July 2018 Friendly	Rotherham United	2-1	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Palmer 31' Smith 78'		Murphy 13'	Stadium: New York Stadium

28 July 2018 Friendly	Burton Albion	1–5	Cardiff City	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Boyce 12'	Report	Hoilett 32' Zohore 40' Mendez-Laing 44' Reid 55' Paterson 72'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) Friendly	Cardiff City	1–2	Real Betis	Cardiff
17:15 BST	Murphy 4'	Report	Loren 23' Tello 30'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 the 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: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(R) Relegated

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	6	2	11	21	38	−17	4	2	13	13	31	−18

Last updated: 12 May 2019.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W
Position	18	15	14	16	16	19	19	20	17	17	18	18	19	16	16	14	16	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[42]^[43]

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 1	Bournemouth	2–0	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Fraser 24' Daniels 43' Wilson 90'	[1]	Peltier 3'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,353 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 2	Cardiff City	0–0	Newcastle United	Cardiff
12:30 BST	Camarasa 62' Arter 80'	Report	Ritchie 3' Manquillo 30' Hayden 66'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,720 Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Hogg 63'	Report	Arter 63'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 23,787 Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 4	Cardiff City	2–3	Arsenal	Cardiff
13:30 BST	Camarasa 45+2', 77' Ward 70' Hoilett 71' Arter 90+3'	Report	Mustafi 12' Monreal 25' Bellerín 51' Guendouzi 58' Aubameyang 62' Xhaka 66' Lacazette 81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,316 Referee: Anthony Taylor (Manchester)
Note: Live on Sky TV

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5	Chelsea	4–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00 BST	Hazard 37', 44', 80' (pen) Willian 83'	Report	Bamba 16'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,499 Referee: Jonathan Moss (West Riding, Yorkshire)

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Cardiff City	0–5	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Ralls 45+1'	Report	Agüero 32' B. Silva 35' Gündoğan 44' Fernandinho 60' Mahrez 67', 89'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,321 Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 7	Cardiff City	1–2	Burnley	Cardiff
16:00 BST	Murphy 60'	Report	Guðmundsson 51' Vokes 70'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,411 Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Riding, Yorkshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 8	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00 BST	Dier 8' D Sánchez 51' Kane 59' Alderweireld 68'	Report	Ralls 58' Arter 90+5'	Stadium: Wembley Attendance: 43,268 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 9	Cardiff City	4–2	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Murphy 15' Reid 20' Gunnarsson 33' Paterson 65' Morrison 68' Bamba 78' Harris 87'	Report	Schurrle 11' Chambers 19' Sessegnon 34' McDonald 36' Johansen 45+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 29,681 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	Liverpool	4–1	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Salah 10' Mané 66', 87' Shaqiri 84'	Report	Paterson 77'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,373 Referee: Stuart Attwell (West Midlands)

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 11	Cardiff City	0–1	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Arter 45' Hoilett 81'	Report	Ricardo Pereira 33' Gray 55', 55'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,877 Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 12	Cardiff City	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Paterson 28', 35' Cunningham 85' Bamba 90'	Report	Dunk 6' Stephens 34' Bissouma 90+5'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 29,402 Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Riding, Yorkshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 13	Everton	1–0	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 59'	Report	Etheridge 43' Camarasa 58' Harris 63'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,139 Referee: Paul Tierney (Greater Manchester)

30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 14	Cardiff City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
20:00 GMT	Gunnarsson 65' Paterson 71' Hoilett 77'	Report	Doherty 18' Neves 61' Saïss 66'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,213 Referee: Andre Marriner (Birmingham)
Note: Live on Sky TV

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) 15	West Ham United	3–1	Cardiff City	London
19:45 GMT	Arnautovic 36' Pérez 49', 54' Antonio 61'	Report	Ralls 40' Bamba 65' Murphy 90+5'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 56,811 Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 16	Cardiff City	1–0	Southampton	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Morrison 19' Bennett 66' Paterson 74'	Report	Valery 28' Romeu 74'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,067 Referee: Jonathan Moss (Yorkshire)

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 17	Watford	3–2	Cardiff City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Deulofeu 16' Holebas 52' Quina 68'	Report	Hoilett 80' Reid 82'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,032 Referee: Andrew Madley (Yorkshire)

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 18	Cardiff City	1–5	Manchester United	Cardiff
17:30 GMT	Camarasa 38' (pen.) Gunnarsson 58' Cunningham 79'	Report	Rashford 3' Herrera 29' Shaw 35' Martial 41' Lingard 57' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 33,028 Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Note: Live on BT Sport

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 19	Crystal Palace	0–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Bamba 31' Hoilett 45+1' Camarasa 77'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,206 Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 20	Leicester City	0–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
15:00 GMT		Report	Etheridge 53' Camarasa 90+2' Morrison 90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,047 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 21	Cardiff City	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Cardiff
17:30 GMT	Bamba 53'	Report	Kane 3' Eriksen 12' Son 26'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,485 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 22	Cardiff City	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Arter 33' Hoilett 71' Bennett 82'	Report	Schindler 10'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,725 Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 23	Newcastle United	3–0	Cardiff City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Schär 24', 63' Pérez 90+3'	Report	Camarasa 46'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,864 Referee: Stuart Attwell (West Midlands)

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 24	Arsenal	2–1	Cardiff City	London
19:45 GMT	Monreal 29' Guendouzi 45+2' Aubameyang 66' (pen) Lacazette 81', 83'	Report	Paterson 36' Arter 63' Ralls 90' Mendez-Laing 90+3'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,333 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 25	Cardiff City	2–0	Bournemouth	Cardiff
17:30 GMT	Reid 5' (pen.), 46' Bamba 50'	Report	Clyne 50' Smith 75'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 31,939 Referee: Jonathan Moss (Yorkshire)
Note: Live on BT Sport TV

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 26	Southampton	1–2	Cardiff City	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Ward-Prowse 45+1' Redmond 89' Stephens 90+1' Reomeu 90+6'	Report	Gunnarsson 61' Bamba 69', 70' Zohore 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Riding County)

22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 27	Cardiff City	1–5	Watford	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Bamba 82' Paterson 85'	Report	Deulofeu 18', 61', 63' Capoue 30' Pereyra 55' Deeney 73', 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 30,387 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
Note: Moved to Friday night to avoid clash with Wales v England Rugby International

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) 28	Cardiff City	0–3	Everton	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Bacuna 7' Morrison 14' Murphy 81'	Report	Sigurðsson 41', 66' Digne 50' Calvert-Lewin 90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 31,849 Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Jota 16' Jiménez 18' Bennett 34'	Report	Bamba 45' Peltier 62'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 31,309 Referee: Andre Marriner (Birmingham)

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 30	Cardiff City	2–0	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Hoilett 4' Arter 29' Camarasa 52' Morrison 86'	Report	Hernández 37'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,458 Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 31	Cardiff City	1–2	Chelsea	Cardiff
14:05 BST	Camarasa 46' Arter 54' Gunnarsson 86'	Report	Jorginho 26' Azpilicueta 61', 84' Rüdiger 87' Loftus-Cheek 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,657 Referee: Craig Pawson (Sheffield)
Note: Live on Sky TV

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 32	Manchester City	2–0	Cardiff City	Manchester
19:45 BST	De Bruyne 6' Sané 44'	Report	Bennett 8' Peltier 34' Ralls 53'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 53,559 Referee: Jonathan Moss (Yorkshire)
Note: Live on Sky TV

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 33	Burnley	2–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
15:00 BST	Wood 31', 90+2' Tarkowski 42' Barnes 45+2'	Report	Bennett 45+1' Peltier 50' Arter 50' Camarasa 82'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 21,480 Referee: Mike Dean (Cheshire)

16 April 2019 (2019-04-16) 34	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Cardiff City	Brighton
19:45 BST		Report	Mendez-Laing 22' Morrison 50' Bennett 79'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,226 Referee: Andre Marriner (Birmingham)

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 35	Cardiff City	0–2	Liverpool	Cardiff
16:00 BST	Gunnarsson 80'	Report	Wijnaldum 57' Milner 81' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 33,082 Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Riding County)
Note: Live on Sky TV

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 36	Fulham	1–0	Cardiff City	Fulham
15:00 BST	Babel 79'	Report		Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,822 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 37	Cardiff City	2–3	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
17:30 BST	Kelly 31' (o.g.) Reid 90'	Report	Zaha 28' Batshuayi 39' Townsend 70'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 32,133 Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Note: Live on BT Sport

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 38	Manchester United	0–2	Cardiff City	Manchester
15:00 BST	Pereira 44' Pogba 61' Lingard 71'	Report	Mendez-Laing 23' (pen.), 54' Bacuna 28' Murphy 61' Morrison 90+1'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,457 Referee: Jonathan Moss (Yorkshire)

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[44]

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Gillingham	1–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Zakuani 49' List 81' Parker 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,090 Referee: Tim Robinson

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.^[45]

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Cardiff City	1–3	Norwich City	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Richards 40' Damour 73' Manga 77'	Report	Srbeny 26', 64' Stiepermann 29' Aarons 69', 79'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 6,953 Referee: Andy Madley

Summary

Games played	40 (38 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games won	10 (10 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games drawn	4 (4 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	26 (24 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	35 (34 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals conceded	73 (70 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goal difference	-39
Clean sheets	10 (10 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards	67 (65 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Red cards	1 (1 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst Discipline	Harry Arter (10 , 0 , 0 )
Best result	4–2 vs Fulham (20 Oct 18) 2–0 vs Bournemouth (2 Feb 19) 2–0 vs West Ham United (9 Mar 19) 2–0 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (16 Mar 19) 2–0 vs Manchester United (12 May 19)
Worst result	0–5 vs Manchester City (22 Sep 18)
Most appearances	Bruno Ecuele Manga (40 starts, 0 subs)
Top scorer	Victor Camarasa (5) Bobby Decordova-Reid (5)
Most Cleans Sheets	Neil Etheridge (10)
Points	34

Club staff

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[8] Fee reported to be around £4,000,000^[7]

[11] Fee reported to be around £11,000,000^[9]

[13] Fee reported to be £10,000,000

[16] Sky Sports reported that £3,000,000 will be paid upfront and a further £500,000 if Cardiff stay in the Premier League for one season.^[12]

[BBC-1] "Emiliano Sala: Body identified as footballer". BBC. 7 February 2019.

[2] "Record signing - Emiliano Sala is a Bluebird". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk.

[3] "Emiliano Sala: Cardiff City submit evidence to Fifa over Nantes dispute". BBC Sport. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[4] "Joe Bennett signs new City deal". Cardiff City F.C. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[ContractsJuly-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Pre-season Update: New Bluebirds contracts". Cardiff City Official Site. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

[6] "Confirmed: Aron Gunnarsson signs new City deal". Cardiff City Official Site. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[7] "Greg Cunningham: Cardiff City sign Preston North End defender". BBC Sport. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[9] "Done Deal: Greg Cunningham signs for City". Cardiff City F.C. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

[10] "Josh Murphy: Cardiff City sign Norwich City winger". BBC Sport. 12 June 2018.

[12] "Done Deal: Josh Murphy Signs for City". Cardiff City F.C. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[14] "Cardiff City sign striker Bobby Reid from Bristol City". BBC Sport. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[15] "Alex Smithies joins Cardiff from QPR". Sky Sports. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[17] "Alex Smithies: Cardiff City sign Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper". BBC Sport. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[18] "Emiliano Sala is a Bluebird". Cardiff City F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

[19] "Deadline Day: Bacuna is a Bluebird". Cardiff City F.C. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[20] "Leandro Bacuna: Cardiff City sign Reading midfielder". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[21] "The striker Cardiff City DID manage to sign on deadline day". WalesOnline. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[Retained-22] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Retain List 2017/18". Cardiff City F.C. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[23] "Greg Halford signs for Aberdeen to solve full-back crisis". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 27 February 2019.

[24] "Winger Kennedy joins on two-year-deal". St Johnstone F.C. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[25] "The players offered new contracts and those leaving". Wales Online. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[26] "Ben Wilson Joins The Bantams". Bradford City A.F.C. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[27] "Blues Sign Cardiff City Goalkeeper Lee Camp". Birmingham City F.C. 8 August 2018. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[28] "Wigan Athletic Sign Forward Anthony Pilkington". Wigan Athletic F.C. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

[29] "The transfer window has closed but Crawley Town re-sign ex-Cardiff City striker". West Sussex Today. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[30] "Harry Arter Completes Cardiff Loan Move". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[31] "Víctor Camarasa joins on loan". Cardiff City F.C. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

[32] "Loan: Oumar Niasse is a Bluebird". Cardiff City F.C. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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[34] "Newport County AFC sign Mark Harris on loan". Newport County A.F.C. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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[39] "Madine signs". Sheffield United F.C. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[40] "Lee Tomlin joins Peterborough". Cardiff City F.C. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[41] "Cardiff City Defender Signs For The Saints In Loan Deal". The New Saints F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[42] "Valiants sign Cardiff City striker Mark Harris on loan". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[43] "Brown loan deal confirmed". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

[44] "Cardiff striker signs on loan". Chesterfield F.C. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[45] "James Waite is Latest New Arrival". Hereford F.C. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[46] "Man City visit Arsenal on first weekend". BBC. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[47] "Cardiff City Scores & Fixtures". BBC. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[48] "Emirates FA Cup third round Draw Made At Stamford Bridge". The Football Association. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

[49] "Round Two Draw". English Football League. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

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