2017–18 West Ham United F.C. season
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The 2017–18 season was West Ham United's sixth consecutive campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 22nd Premier League campaign overall, their 60th top flight appearance in their 123rd year in existence,[3] and their second in the London Stadium. The club were unable to play any games at the stadium until September, allowing for the time to convert it back to a football stadium following the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in August 2017.[4]
2017–18 season | ||||
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Co-chairmen | David Gold David Sullivan | |||
Manager | Slaven Bilić (until 6 November)[1] David Moyes (from 7 November)[2] | |||
Stadium | London Stadium | |||
Premier League | 13th | |||
FA Cup | Fourth round (knocked out by Wigan Athletic) | |||
EFL Cup | Quarter-finals (knocked out by Arsenal) | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Marko Arnautović (11 goals) All: Marko Arnautović (11 goals) | |||
Average home league attendance | 56,885 | |||
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Aside of the Premier League, West Ham United took part in the FA Cup and League Cup, entering at the third round in the FA Cup and the second round in the EFL Cup.
On 7 November 2017 David Moyes was appointed manager on a six-month contract. West Ham were eighteenth in the Premier Division at the time on nine points having played eleven games.