2018–19 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers
2018–19 season
Owner Tune Group
Chairman Amit Bhatia
Manager Steve McClaren
Stadium Loftus Road
Championship 18th
FA Cup TBD
EFL Cup Third Round
(vs. Blackpool)
Top goalscorer League: Ebere Eze (3)
All: Ebere Eze (3)
Highest home attendance 14,727
vs. Derby County (6 Oct. Championship)
Lowest home attendance 4,021
vs. Peterborough United (14 Aug. EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance 12,900 [1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2018–19 season is Queens Park Rangers' fourth consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League in the 2014–15 season. Along with the Championship, the club will participate in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

First team squad

As of 7 October 2018[2]
No. Name Nat Position Since Date of birth (Age) Signed from Games Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Matt Ingram England GK 2016 18 December 1993 England Wycombe Wanderers 18 0
13 Joe Lumley England GK 2013 15 February 1995 England Queens Park Rangers Academy 13 0
26 Seny Dieng Senegal GK 2016 23 November 1994 Germany MSV Duisburg 0 0
Defenders
2 Darnell Furlong England RB 2014 31 October 1995 England Queens Park Rangers Academy 43 1
3 Jake Bidwell England LB 2016 21 March 1993 England Brentford 98 3
4 Grant Hall England CB/CM 2015 29 October 1991 England Tottenham Hotspur 86 1
5 Geoff Cameron United States CB/CM 2018 11 July 1985 On loan from England Stoke City 6 1
15 Alex Baptiste England CB 2017 31 January 1986 England Middlesbrough 35 0
22 Àngel Rangel Spain RB 2018 28 November 1982 Wales Swansea City 8 0
24 Osman Kakay Sierra Leone RB 2015 25 August 1997 England Queens Park Rangers Academy 11 0
28 Niko Hämäläinen Finland LB/CB 2014 5 March 1997 United States FC Dallas 6 0
29 Giles Phillips United States CB 2017 22 June 1997 United States FC Barrington 0 0
33 Joel Lynch Wales CB/LB 2016 3 October 1987 England Huddersfield Town 69 5
37 Toni Leistner (C) Germany CB 2018 19 August 1990 Germany FC Union Berlin 12 1
Midfielders
6 Sean Goss England CM 2017 1 October 1995 England Manchester United 7 0
7 Luke Freeman England AM/RM/LM 2017 22 March 1992 England Bristol City 77 9
8 Jordan Cousins England CM/RM/LM 2016 6 March 1994 England Charlton Athletic 48 0
11 Josh Scowen England CM 2017 29 April 1993 England Barnsley 54 1
14 Ryan Manning Republic of Ireland CM/LM 2015 14 June 1996 Republic of Ireland Galway United 41 3
19 Ilias Chair Morocco AM/RM/LM 2017 30 October 1997 Belgium Lierse 9 1
20 Bright Osayi-Samuel Nigeria RW/LW 2017 31 December 1997 England Blackpool 24 2
21 Massimo Luongo Australia CM/AM/DM 2015 25 September 1992 England Swindon Town 121 8
23 Paweł Wszołek Poland RW/LW/RB 2016 30 April 1992 Italy Hellas Verona 78 7
25 David Wheeler England RW/LW 2017 4 October 1990 England Exeter City 9 1
27 Olamide Shodipo Republic of Ireland RW/LW 2015 5 July 1997 England Queens Park Rangers Academy 12 0
30 Charlie Owens Northern Ireland CM/DM 2017 7 December 1997 England Tottenham Hotspur 1 0
44 Faysal Bettache England RW 2018 7 July 2000 England Queens Park Rangers Academy 1 0
Forwards
9 Conor Washington Northern Ireland CF 2016 18 May 1992 England Peterborough United 98 14
10 Eberechi Eze England CF/AM 2016 29 June 1998 England Millwall 31 5
16 Tomer Hemed Israel CF 2018 2 May 1987 On loan from England Brighton & Hove Albion 8 1
17 Matt Smith England CF 2017 7 June 1989 England Fulham 74 16
18 Aramide Oteh England CF 2017 10 September 1998 England Tottenham Hotspur 7 1
32 Nahki Wells Bermuda CF 2018 1 June 1990 On loan from England Burnley 8 0
38 Paul Smyth Northern Ireland CF 2017 10 September 1997 Northern Ireland Linfield 18 2
40 Idrissa Sylla Guinea CF 2016 3 December 1990 Belgium Anderlecht 64 17

Kit

Supplier: Erreà / Sponsor: Royal Panda

Home
Away

Kit information

QPR agreed a multi-year partnership with Erreà as the official technical kit suppliers, the 2018/19 season will be the second year of the deal. The kits will be 100 per-cent bespoke designs for the duration of the deal.[3]

The 2018/19 season will be the second-year of a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with online casino Royal Panda.[4]

New contracts

No. Position Nationality Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
FW Nigeria Odysseus Alfa Unknown Unknown Unknown[lower-alpha 1] N/A
45 GK Poland Marcin Brzozowski Unknown Unknown Unknown[lower-alpha 1] N/A
26 GK Switzerland Seny Dieng Unknown Unknown Unknown[lower-alpha 2] N/A
24 DF Sierra Leone Osman Kakay Unknown Unknown Unknown[lower-alpha 2] N/A
28 DF United States Giles Phillips Unknown Unknown Unknown[lower-alpha 2] N/A
DF England Jack Williams Unknown Unknown Unknown[lower-alpha 1] N/A
18 FW England Aramide Oteh 1 year 2019 3 May 2018 [7]
43 FW England Deshane Dalling 1 year 2019 23 May 2018 [8]
FW Portugal Hugo Cardoso 1 year 2019 22 June 2018 [9]
MF England Chay Tilt 1 year 2019 5 July 2018 [10]
30 MF England Charlie Owens 1 year 2019 6 July 2018 [11]
13 GK England Joe Lumley 3 years 2021 17 July 2018 [12]
2 DF England Darnell Furlong 3 years 2021 3 August 2018 [13]
10 FW England Eberechi Eze 3 years 2021 7 August 2018 [14]
18 FW England Aramide Oteh 3 years 2021 4 September 2018 [15]
  1. 1 2 3 The date of the contract extension is unknown as it was not reported; however, it was reported that the player was offered an extension. The player then continued to play for QPR after the expiry of his previous contract.[5]
  2. 1 2 3 The date of the contract extension is unknown as it was not reported; however, it was reported that the player was offered an extension. The player then continued to play for QPR after the expiry of his previous contract.[6]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2018RBEnglandJoe FelixFulhamFree transfer[16]
1 July 2018CBEnglandCharlie FoxAcademyTrainee[17]
1 July 2018CBGermanyToni LeistnerGermany Union BerlinFree transfer[16]
4 July 2018CBEnglandBen WellsWest HamFree transfer[18]
6 August 2018CBEnglandAli OmarFree agentFree transfer[19]
15 August 2018RBSpainÀngel RangelWales Swansea CityFree transfer[20]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
23 August 2018CFIsraelTomer HemedBrighton & Hove Albion31 May 2019[21]
23 August 2018CFBermudaNahki WellsBurnley31 May 2019[22]
31 August 2018DFUnited StatesGeoff CameronStoke City31 May 2019[23]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018CFEnglandBrandon AdamsEnfield TownReleased[24][25]
1 July 2018CMNigeriaRomeo AkinolaFree agentReleased[24]
1 July 2018CFEnglandJay Emmanuel-ThomasFree agentReleased[26]
1 July 2018CBEnglandAlex FinneyMaidstone UnitedReleased[24][27]
1 July 2018GKEnglandConor HudnottFree agentReleased[24]
1 July 2018RWScotlandJamie MackieOxford UnitedReleased[26][28]
1 July 2018CBEnglandNedum OnuohaUnited States Real Salt LakeReleased[29][30]
1 July 2018CMNorthern IrelandChris PaulFree agentReleased[24]
1 July 2018RBEnglandJames PerchScunthorpe UnitedReleased[26][31]
1 July 2018LBEnglandJack RobinsonNottingham ForestReleased[32][33]
1 July 2018GKEnglandAlex SmithiesWales Cardiff City£3,500,000[34]
1 July 2018AMEnglandZenon StylianidesFree agentReleased[24]
1 July 2018CMAustraliaJoshua WallenFree agentReleased[24]
31 August 2018CFNorthern IrelandConor WashingtonSheffield UnitedReleased[35][36]

    Loans out

    Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
    3 August 2018GKSenegalSeny DiengStevenage5 January 2019[37]
    7 August 2018RMEnglandDavid WheelerPortsmouth31 May 2019[38]
    16 August 2018CMRepublic of IrelandRyan ManningRotherham United31 May 2019[39]
    30 August 2018DFEnglandCharlie FoxWycombe WanderersJanuary 2019[40]

    Friendlies

    For the 2018/19 season, QPR announced pre-season friendlies against Charlton Athletic, Barnet, Staines Town, AFC Wimbledon, 1899 Hoffenheim and FC Union Berlin.[41][42][43][44][45]

      Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming   Void   Postponed

    Competitions

    Overview

    Competition Record
    G W D L GF GA GD Win %
    Championship 12 4 2 6 9 19 −10 033.33
    FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
    League Cup 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 066.67
    Total 15 6 2 7 14 22 −8 040.00

    Source: Competitions

    Championship

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    16 Bolton Wanderers 12 4 3 5 10 15 5 15
    17 Birmingham City 12 2 8 2 13 12 +1 14
    18 Queens Park Rangers 12 4 2 6 9 19 10 14
    19 Rotherham United 12 3 2 7 9 19 10 11
    20 Millwall 12 2 4 6 13 19 6 10
    Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: BBC Sport
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results [46]

    Result summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    12 4 2 6 9 19  −10 14 2 1 3 5 7  −2 2 1 3 4 12  −8

    Last updated: 6 October 2018.
    Source:

    Results by matchday

    Matchday123456789101112
    GroundAHAHHAAHHAAH
    ResultLLLLWDWWLLWD
    Position232324242222181616191718

    Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: BBC Sport
    A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

    Matches

      Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

    The fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 21 June 2018[47]

    EFL Cup

    On 15 June 2018, QPR were drawn at home against Peterborough United in the first round.[48] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[49] The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.[50]

      Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming

    Squad statistics

    Statistics

    As of 7 October 2018
    No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipLeague CupFA Cup
    AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
    Goalkeepers
    1 GK England Matt Ingram 60402000
    13 GK England Joe Lumley 90801000
    Defenders
    2 DF England Darnell Furlong 00000000
    3 DF England Jake Bidwell 1301201000
    4 DF England Grant Hall 300+102000
    5 DF United States Geoff Cameron 614+210000
    15 DF England Alex Baptiste 703+103000
    22 DF Spain Àngel Rangel 80800000
    24 DF Sierra Leone Osman Kakay 60303000
    28 DF Finland Niko Hämäläinen 20002000
    28 DF United States Giles Phillips 00000000
    33 DF Wales Joel Lynch 1111110000
    37 DF Germany Toni Leistner 1211111000
    Midfielders
    6 MF England Sean Goss 10000+1000
    7 MF England Luke Freeman 1321211100
    8 MF England Jordan Cousins 1106+203000
    10 MF England Eberechi Eze 1331230+1000
    11 MF England Josh Scowen 1106+302000
    19 MF Morocco Ilias Chair 20002000
    20 MF Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel 611+203100
    21 MF Australia Massimo Luongo 1211210000
    23 MF Poland Paweł Wszołek 921+503200
    27 MF Republic of Ireland Olamide Shodipo 00000000
    30 MF Northern Ireland Charlie Owens 10000+1000
    44 MF England Faysal Bettache 10000+1000
    Forwards
    16 FW Israel Tomer Hemed 815+310000
    17 FW England Matt Smith 1412+902+1100
    18 FW England Aramide Oteh 10000+1000
    32 FW Bermuda Nahki Wells 80800000
    38 FW Northern Ireland Paul Smyth 401+100+2000
    40 FW Guinea Idrissa Sylla 301+200000
    Out on Loan
    14 MF Republic of Ireland Ryan Manning 200+100+1000
    25 MF England David Wheeler 00000000
    26 GK Senegal Seny Dieng 00000000
    Left During the Season
    9 FW Northern Ireland Conor Washington 601+302000

    Goals

    As of 7 October 2018
    Rank Player Position Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
    1 England Ebere Eze MF 3 0 0 3
    2 England Luke Freeman MF 1 1 0 2
    Poland Paweł Wszołek MF 0 2 0 2
    3 Israel Tomer Hemed FW 1 0 0 1
    Wales Joel Lynch DF 1 0 0 1
    Nigeria Bright Osayi-Samuel MF 0 1 0 1
    England Matt Smith FW 0 1 0 1
    Australia Massimo Luongo MF 1 0 0 1
    Germany Toni Leistner DF 1 0 0 1
    United States Geoff Cameron MF 1 0 0 1
    Total95014

    Clean sheets

    As of 6 October 2018
    Rank Player Position Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
    1 England Joe Lumley GK 4 1 0 5
    2 England Matt Ingram GK 0 0 0 0
    Total4105

    Disciplinary record

    As of 6 October 2018
    No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
    Yellow cardRed cardYellow cardRed cardYellow cardRed cardYellow cardRed card
    3DFJake Bidwell10000010
    7MFLuke Freeman10000010
    8MFJordan Cousins00002121
    10MFEberechi Eze10000010
    11MFJosh Scowen30001040
    14MFRyan Manning10000010
    16FWTomer Hemed10000010
    19MFIlias Chair00001010
    20MFBright Osayi-Samuel00001010
    21MFMassimo Luongo20000020
    22DFÀngel Rangel20000020
    24DFOsman Kakay00001010
    32FWNahki Wells10000010
    33DFJoel Lynch10000010
    37DFToni Leistner20000020
    Total1600061221

    Notes

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