2018–19 Hull City A.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Hull City's second consecutive season in the Championship and their 115th year in existence.^[4] Along with the Championship, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Hull City

2018–19 season
Owner	Assem Allam
Manager	Nigel Adkins
Stadium	KCOM Stadium
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third round (v Millwall)
EFL Cup	Second round (v Derby County)
Top goalscorer	League: Jarrod Bowen (22) All: Jarrod Bowen (22)
Highest home attendance	14,116 (22 April v Sheffield United)[1]
Lowest home attendance	10,191 (26 February v Millwall)[2]
Average home league attendance	12,165[3]
Biggest win	6–0 v Bolton Wanderers (1 January 2019)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Derby County (28 August 2018, EFL Cup, R2)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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

Events

• On 18 May 2018, Josh Clackstone, Greg Luer, David Meyler and Greg Olley were released by the club, while Max Clark, Abel Hernández, Sebastian Larsson and Moses Odubajo were offered new deals.^[5]
• On 18 May 2018, Adam Curry signed a new one-year deal with the club.^[6]
• On 4 June 2018, Abel Hernández left the club by mutual consent after failing to agree a new contract with the club.^[7]
• On 11 June 2018 Sebastian Larsson rejected a new contract offer deciding to return to Sweden to play for AIK.^[8]
• On 14 June 2018, Moses Odubajo rejected a contract extension with the club and will leave on 1 July 2018.^[9]
• On 22 June 2018, defender Eric Lichaj signed a two-year deal with Hull City for an undisclosed fee.^[10]
• On 22 June 2018, Max Clark was reported as joining Vitesse Arnhem at the end of his contract.^[11]
• On 1 July 2018, Callum Smith joined in a free transfer from Newcastle United.^[12]
• On 5 July 2018, Craig Fagan and Luke Templeman were appointed to the coaching staff of the academy.^[13]
• On 9 July 2018, David Milinković of Genoa signed a three-year deal with the club for an undisclosed fee.^[14]
• On 10 July 2018, Reece Burke of West Ham United signed a three-year deal with the club for an undisclosed fee.^[15]
• On 11 July 2018, Jordy de Wijs of PSV Eindhoven signed a three-year deal with the club for an undisclosed fee.^[16]
• On 17 July 2018, Todd Kane signed on a season-long loan from Chelsea.^[17]
• On 18 July 2018, goalkeeper George Long of Sheffield United signed a three-year deal with the club for an undisclosed fee.^[18]
• On 27 July 2018, Charlie Andrew returned on a season-long loan to Pickering Town.^[19]
• On 1 August 2018, Markus Henriksen was named captain for the season.^[20]
• On 3 August 2018, Jonathan Edwards moved on a free transfer to FC Halifax Town.^[21]
• On 9 August 2018, goalkeeper Will Mannion went on loan at Aldershot Town until 20 January 2019,^[22] but this was later extended until the end of the season.^[23]
• On 24 August 2018, goalkeeper Callum Burton went on loan at Chesterfield until 16 January 2019.^[24]
• On 31 August 2018, Tommy Elphick joined on a season-long loan from Aston Villa^[25] and Chris Martin joined on a season-long loan from Derby County.^[26]
• On 30 November 2018, Adam Curry moved on loan to Alfreton Town until 1 January 2019.^[27]
• On 5 December 2018, Max Sheaf signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with the club.^[28]
• On 29 December 2018, Aston Villa recalled Tommy Elphick from his loan spell.^[29]
• On 4 January 2019, Will Keane moved to Ipswich Town on loan until the end of the season.^[30]
• In January 2019, Jarrod Bowen won the EFL Championship Player of the Month award for December 2018 and manager Nigel Adkins won the EFL Championship Manager of the Month award for December 2018.^[31]
• On 22 January 2019, Marc Pugh joined on loan from Bournemouth for the rest of the season.^[32]
• On 30 January 2019, Charlie Andrew's season-long loan to Pickering Town was cut short when he moved on loan to Bradford Park Avenue for the remainder of the season.^[33]
• On 31 January 2019, Liam Ridgewell signed a deal for the remainder of the season on a free transfer from Portland Timbers.^[34]
• On 2 February 2019, goalkeeper Harrison Foulkes joined Pickering Town on loan until the end of the season.^[35]
• On 5 February 2019, the new club crest was revealed that would be used from the start of the 2019–20 season.^[36]
• On 20 February 2019, Matty Jacob joined Pickering Town on loan until the end of the season.^[37]
• On 28 February 2019, former City goalkeeper, Johnny Saltmer signed for Barrow until the end off the season.^[38]
• On 1 March 2019, Markus Henriksen and Will Mannion had their contracts with the club extended by 1 year.^[39]
• On 8 March 2019, goalkeeper David Robson moved to Stocksbridge Park Steels until 30 April 2019 to gain some work experience.^[40]
• On 28 March 2019, Adam Curry moved on loan to Alfreton Town for the remainder of the season.^[41]
• On 29 March 2019, Keane Lewis-Potter went out on loan to Bradford Park Avenue for the remainder of the season.^[42]
• On 25 April 2019, Marc Pugh's loan spell ended as he returned to Bournemouth with a broken toe sustained in the match against Sheffield United on 22 April.^[43]
• On 17 May 2019, the club announced that Callum Burton, Adam Curry, Evandro, Will Keane, Ondřej Mazuch, Liam Ridgewell and James Weir were released at the end of the season.^[44] At the same time they indicated that new contracts would be offered to Fraizer Campbell and David Marshall.
• On 8 June 2019, manager Nigel Atkins indicated that he would not take-up the offer of a new contract with the club and would leave the club at the end of the season. Assistant manager Andy Crosby would also leave the club at the same time.^[45]

First team squad

As of 25 April 2019^{[46][18][20][47][6][25][26][48][30][32][34][43]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO David Marshall 2 DF  USA Eric Lichaj 3 DF  CZE Ondřej Mazuch 4 DF  NED Jordy de Wijs 5 DF  ENG Reece Burke 6 MF  ENG Kevin Stewart 7 MF  BRA Evandro 9 FW  MLI Nouha Dicko 10 MF  ESP Jon Toral 11 MF  SRB David Milinković 12 GK  ENG George Long 13 GK  ENG Callum Burton 14 MF  POL Kamil Grosicki 15 DF  ENG Angus MacDonald 16 MF  AUS Jackson Irvine 17 DF  ENG Todd Kane (on loan from Chelsea)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  ENG Daniel Batty 20 FW  ENG Jarrod Bowen 21 DF  ENG Brandon Fleming 22 MF  NOR Markus Henriksen (captain) 23 DF  SCO Stephen Kingsley 24 MF  ENG James Weir 25 FW  ENG Fraizer Campbell 26 DF  ENG Adam Curry 27 DF  ENG Robbie McKenzie 28 MF  ENG Max Sheaf 29 FW  SCO Chris Martin (on loan from Derby County) 33 DF  ENG Lewis Ritson 34 FW  ENG Keane Lewis-Potter 36 DF  ENG Liam Ridgewell

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ENG Will Keane (On loan to Ipswich Town[30]) – GK  ENG Charlie Andrew (On loan to Bradford Park Avenue[33]) – GK  ENG Will Mannion (On loan to Aldershot Town[22][23])

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RB		Eric Lichaj	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[10]
1 July 2018	LW		Callum Smith	Newcastle United	Free transfer	[12]
9 July 2018	LM		David Milinković	Genoa	Undisclosed	[14]
10 July 2018	CB		Reece Burke	West Ham United	£1,500,000	[49]
11 July 2018	CB		Jordy de Wijs	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed	[16]
18 July 2018	GK		George Long	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	[18]
31 January 2019	CB		Liam Ridgewell	Portland Timbers	Free transfer	[34]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	LB		Max Clark	Vitesse Arnhem	Compensation	[11]
1 July 2018	RB		Josh Clackstone	Alfreton Town	Released	[50]
1 July 2018	CB		Michael Dawson	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer	[51]
1 July 2018	CF		Abel Hernández	CSKA Moscow	Mutual consent	[7]
1 July 2018	MF		Sebastian Larsson	AIK	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2018	CF		Greg Luer	Woking	Released	[50][52]
1 July 2018	GK		Allan McGregor	Rangers	Free transfer	[53]
1 July 2018	CM		David Meyler	Reading	Released	[50][54]
1 July 2018	RB		Moses Odubajo	Brentford	Rejected contract	[9][55]
1 July 2018	RM		Greg Olley	Gateshead	Released	[5][56]
3 August 2018	CF		Jonathan Edwards	FC Halifax Town	Free transfer	[21]
28 February 2019	GK		Johnny Saltmer	Barrow	Free transfer	[38]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
17 July 2018	RB		Todd Kane	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[17]
31 August 2018	CB		Tommy Elphick	Aston Villa	29 December 2018	[25][29]
31 August 2018	CF		Chris Martin	Derby County	31 May 2019	[26]
22 January 2019	LW		Marc Pugh	Bournemouth	25 April 2019	[32][43]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
27 July 2018	GK		Charlie Andrew	Pickering Town	30 January 2019	[19][33]
9 August 2018	GK		Will Mannion	Aldershot Town	31 May 2019	[22][23]
24 August 2018	GK		Callum Burton	Chesterfield	16 January 2019	[24]
30 November 2018	CB		Adam Curry	Alfreton Town	1 January 2019	[27]
4 January 2019	CF		Will Keane	Ipswich Town	31 May 2019	[30]
30 January 2019	GK		Charlie Andrew	Bradford Park Avenue	31 May 2019	[33]
2 February 2019	GK		Harrison Foulkes	Pickering Town	31 May 2019	[35]
20 February 2019	LM		Matty Jacob	Pickering Town	31 May 2019	[37]
8 March 2019	GK		David Robson	Stocksbridge Park Steels	30 April 2019	[40]
28 March 2019	CB		Adam Curry	Alfreton Town	31 May 2019	[41]
29 March 2019	CF		Keane Lewis-Potter	Bradford Park Avenue	31 May 2019	[42]

Pre-season

The players returned to pre-season training on 25 June 2018.^[57] On 8 July 2018 the team travelled to Portugal for a 12-day training camp.^[57] On 25 May 2018 two fixtures were confirmed as part of the Portugal trip, Maritimo on 10 July 2018 and Braga on 13 July 2018.^[58] On 31 May 2018 an away fixture against Rochdale on 21 July 2018 was announced^[59] and a home fixture against Newcastle United was announced to take place on 24 July 2018.^[60] A further away fixture against Barnsley was scheduled for 28 July 2018.^[61] The final work-out for the team was the Billy Bly Memorial Trophy against North Ferriby United that was contested at the Chadwick Stadium, North Ferriby on 30 July 2018.^[62]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Maritimo v Hull City

10 July 2018 Friendly	Maritimo	1–2	Hull City	Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 BST	Ibson 76'	Report[63]	Campbell 84' Toral 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio da Nora

Braga v Hull City

13 July 2018 Friendly	Braga	4–1	Hull City	Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 BST	Wilson Eduardo 24' Raul Silva 58' Murilo 61' Horta 81'	Report[64]	Ritson 67'	Stadium: Estadio da Nora

Rochdale v Hull City

21 July 2018 Friendly	Rochdale	1–0	Hull City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Rafferty 90'	Report[65]		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,098

Hull City v Newcastle United

24 July 2018 Friendly	Hull City	2–2	Newcastle United	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Kane Evandro	Report[66]	Joselu Pérez	Stadium: KCOM Stadium

Barnsley v Hull City

28 July 2018 Friendly	Barnsley	1–1	Hull City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Dougall 3'	Report[67]	Bowen 33'	Stadium: Oakwell

North Ferriby United v Hull City

30 July 2018 Friendly	North Ferriby United	0–2	Hull City	North Ferriby
19:30 BST		[68]	Campbell 74' Holmes 81'	Stadium: Chadwick Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Championship	—	—	13th	21 August 2018	5 May 2019
League Cup	First round	—	Second round	14 August 2018	28 August 2018
FA Cup	Third round	—	Third round	6 January 2019	6 January 2019

Updated to match played 12 May 2019.
Source: Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Swansea City	46	18	11	17	65	62	+3	65
11	Brentford	46	17	13	16	73	59	+14	64[a]
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	−2	64
13	Hull City	46	17	11	18	66	68	−2	62
14	Preston North End	46	16	13	17	67	67	0	61
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	16	12	18	64	69	−5	60
16	Stoke City	46	11	22	13	45	52	−7	55

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[70]
Notes:

1. Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.^[69]

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D
Position	22	21	22	16	19	21	17	18	21	21	21	24	23	23	23	23	22	23	22	19	19	17	16	15	14	13	10	8	12	10	12	12	13	11	10	11	13	12	12	11	9	11	10	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
46	17	11	18	66	68	−2	62	11	6	5	37	23	+14	6	5	13	29	45	−16

Last updated: 12 May 2019.
Source: BBC Sport

Matches

The fixtures for the season were announced on 21 June 2018.^[57] Hull start the season with a home match against Aston Villa, run by former manager Steve Bruce, on 6 August 2018. This being the reverse of the opening match of the previous season. The season will close on 5 May 2019 with a home match against Bristol City.^[71]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Hull City v Aston Villa

6 August 2018 1	Hull City	1–3	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Evandro 7'	Report[72]	Elphick 14' Elmohamady 70' Hutton 75',  76' Bjarnason  90'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,071 Referee: Andrew Madley

Sheffield Wednesday v Hull City

11 August 2018 2	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Hull City	Owlerton, Sheffield
15:00 BST	Fox  44' Forestieri 51' (pen.) Baker  58' Bannan  74'	Report[73]	de Wijs  21' Campbell 36'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,416 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Hull City v Blackburn Rovers

18 August 2018 3	Hull City	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Evandro  68'	Report[74]	Dack 43' Evans  47' Lenihan  52' Nyambe  60'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,233 Referee: David Coote

Rotherham United v Hull City

21 August 2018 4	Rotherham United	2-3	Hull City	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Wood 16' Proctor 75' Wood  86'	Report[75]	Irvine 28', 47' Campbell 45+1' Henriksen  46'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,962 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Stoke City v Hull City

25 August 2018 5	Stoke City	2–0	Hull City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	McClean 9',  45+1' de Wijs 59' (o.g.)	Report[76]	Evandro  43',  60'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 23,311 Referee: Darren Bond

Hull City v Derby County

1 September 2018 6	Hull City	1–2	Derby County	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	de Wijs  14' Kane 53' Burke  67'	Report[77]	Waghorn 23' (pen.) Tomori  78' Jozefzoon 88'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,285 Referee: John Brooks

Hull City v Ipswich Town

15 September 2018 7	Hull City	2–0	Ipswich Town	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Bowen 3' Campbell  65' Stewart  74' Irvine 89'	Report[78]		Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,650 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wigan Athletic v Hull City

18 September 2018 8	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Hull City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Morsy 21' Windass  35', 38'	Report[79]	Lichaj  30' Bowen 43' de Wijs  45+2' Campbell  72'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,848 Referee: David Webb

Reading v Hull City

22 September 2018 9	Reading	3–0	Hull City	Reading, Berkshire
15:00 BST	Baldock 4' O'Shea  58',  83' Böðvarsson 70' Yiadom 81'	Report[80]	Campbell  33' Elphick  90'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Hull City v Middlesbrough

29 September 2018 10	Hull City	1–1	Middlesbrough	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Irvine  37' Henriksen  41' Martin  64' Bowen 69' (pen.)	Report[81]	Assombalonga 51' Clayton  63' Flint  81'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,185 Referee: Darren England

Hull City v Leeds United

2 October 2018 11	Hull City	0–1	Leeds United	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Henriksen  79'	Report[82]	Roberts 51' Sáiz  57' Douglas  70' Jansson  80'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,798 Referee: Darren Bond

Sheffield United v Hull City

6 October 2018 12	Sheffield United	1–0	Hull City	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Egan  39' McGoldrick 70' (pen.),  78'	Report[83]	Elphick  65'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 25,360 Referee: Peter Bankes

Hull City v Preston North End

20 October 2018 13	Hull City	1–1	Preston North End	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Irvine  13' Bowen 85' (pen.)	Report[84]	Fisher  66' Hughes  68' Davies  81' Storey  84' Moult 90+3'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,066 Referee: Gavin Ward

Bristol City v Hull City

24 October 2018 14	Bristol City	1–0	Hull City	Bristol
19:45 BST	Webster  49' Diédhiou 90+3'	Report[85]	Lichaj  58'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 19,149 Referee: Peter Bankes

Bolton Wanderers v Hull City

27 October 2018 15	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Hull City	Bolton
15:00 BST	Vela  57'	Report[86]	Campbell 7',  71' Henriksen  73'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 13,108 Referee: David Webb

Hull City v West Bromwich Albion

3 November 2018 16	Hull City	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Campbell 38' de Wijs  60'	Report [87]		Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,916 Referee: Keith Stroud

Birmingham City v Hull City

10 November 2018 17	Birmingham City	3–3	Hull City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adams 21', 45+4', 84' Morrison  90+2'	Report[88]	Elphick  12' Irvine  36' Campbell 50', 61' Grosicki 73' Lichaj  82'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,468 Referee: Gavin Ward

Hull City v Nottingham Forest

24 November 2018 18	Hull City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Irvine  37' Campbell  90+2'	Report[89]	Grabban 61' Lolley 64'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,364 Referee: Graham Scott

Hull City v Norwich City

27 November 2018 19	Hull City	0–0	Norwich City	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT		Report[90]		Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,420 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Queens Park Rangers v Hull City

1 December 2018 20	Queens Park Rangers	2–3	Hull City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 GMT	Wszołek 24' Bidwell  78' Lynch  87' Freeman 90+2'	Report[91]	Bowen 6', 69' Henriksen 22' Batty  63'	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 13,824 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Millwall v Hull City

8 December 2018 21	Millwall	2–2	Hull City	Bermondsey, London
15:00 GMT	Gregory 22' O'Brien 54'	Report[92]	Grosicki 6' Batty  68' Henriksen 73' Martin  76'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,004 Referee: Keith Stroud

Hull City v Brentford

15 December 2018 22	Hull City	2–0	Brentford	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Campbell 12', 21'	Report[93]	Jeanvier  56'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,530 Referee: Andy Davies

Hull City v Swansea City

22 December 2018 23	Hull City	3–2	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
17:45 GMT	Bowen 39' 70', 80' Campbell  59' Elphick 76'	Report[94]	Bony 3' Fer  6' van der Hoorn  59' Celina 88'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,848 Referee: Oliver Langford

Preston North End v Hull City

26 December 2018 24	Preston North End	1–2	Hull City	Preston
15:00 GMT	Browne 47'	Report[95]	Irvine 28', 80' Henriksen  67'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,026 Referee: Scott Duncan

Leeds United v Hull City

29 December 2018 25	Leeds United	0–2	Hull City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Forshaw  48' Phillips  61' Jansson  74'	Report[96]	Bowen 25', 58' Kane  47' Grosicki  74'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,754 Referee: John Brooks

Hull City v Bolton Wanderers

1 January 2019 26	Hull City	6–0	Bolton Wanderers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Grosicki 29', 63' Kingsley  39' Evandro 62' Martin 67' Bowen 76' Dicko 83' Henriksen  88'	Report[97]	Beevers  82' Grounds  90'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,418 Referee: Tony Harrington

Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday

12 January 2019 27	Hull City	3–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Bowen 45+1', 52' (pen.) Campbell 76'	Report[98]	Westwood  52' Hutchinson  75'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,102 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Aston Villa v Hull City

19 January 2019 28	Aston Villa	2–2	Hull City	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Chester 45' Hourihane  45+4' Bjarnason  58' Abraham 64'	Report[99]	Bowen 27',  84' Evandro 37' Stewart  40' Henriksen  45+4'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,619 Referee: Darren Bond

Blackburn Rovers v Hull City

26 January 2019 29	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Hull City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Armstrong 10' Rodwell 17' Reed 74' Rodwell  87'	Report[100]	Grosicki  64'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,589 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Hull City v Stoke City

2 February 2019 30	Hull City	2–0	Stoke City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Bowen 44' Grosicki 64' Irvine  82' Kane  90'	Report[101]	Vokes 45+1' Etebo  79' Williams  85'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,776 Referee: Peter Bankes

Derby County v Hull City

9 February 2019 31	Derby County	2–0	Hull City	Derby
15:00 GMT	Waghorn 41', 71' Wilson  90+3'	Report[102]	Ridgewell  90'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 28,211 Referee: Gavin Ward

Hull City v Rotherham United

12 February 2019 32	Hull City	2–2	Rotherham United	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Bowen 2' Campbell 23'	Report[103]	Forde 48' McKenzie 55' (o.g.) Vyner  90+1'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,785 Referee: Scott Duncan

Brentford v Hull City

23 February 2019 33	Brentford	5–1	Hull City	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Maupay  22', 52' Mokotjo 28' Benrahma 33', 43', 81'	Report[104]	Campbell 24' Kane  58' Henriksen  78' Evandro  90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,675 Referee: Tim Robinson

Hull City v Millwall

26 February 2019 34	Hull City	2–1	Millwall	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Bowen 8'[Note 1] Pugh 42' Lichaj  90+2'	Report[2]	Marshall  30' Hutchinson 34' Cooper  66'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,191 Referee: Darren Bond

Hull City v Birmingham City

2 March 2019 35	Hull City	2–0	Birmingham City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	de Wijs  12' Bowen 23', 60' (pen.) Henriksen  59'	Report[106]	Gardner  60'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,551 Referee: Tony Harrington

Nottingham Forest v Hull City

9 March 2019 36	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Hull City	West Bridgford
15:00 GMT	Yates  45' Ansarifard  67', 76' Carvalho 72' Lolley 82' (pen.)	Report[107]	Irvine  58'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,397 Referee: James Linington

Norwich City v Hull City

13 March 2019 37	Norwich City	3–2	Hull City	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Stiepermann 11' Buendía 14', 60' Lewis  49'	Report[108]	Kane  35' Pugh 45' Burke  59' Henriksen  65' Martin 87'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,879 Referee: Andrew Madley

Hull City v Queens Park Rangers

16 March 2019 38	Hull City	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Bowen 7', 44' Ridgewell  28' Stewart  90'	Report[109]	Lynch  26' Cameron  52' Scowen 62' Wszołek  72' Hemed 84'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,227 Referee: Steve Martin

Ipswich Town v Hull City

30 March 2019 39	Ipswich Town	0–2	Hull City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Edwards  29'	Report[110]	Grosicki 14', 49' Marshall  64' de Wijs  79'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,720 Referee: John Brooks

Hull City v Reading

6 April 2019 40	Hull City	3–1	Reading	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	de Wijs  15' Grosicki 53', 77' Pugh 65' Irvine  73' Martin  90+2'	Report[111]	Baker 16' Martínez  45' Blackett  90+4'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,268 Referee: Tim Robinson

Hull City v Wigan Athletic

10 April 2019 41	Hull City	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Kane  16' Campbell 51'  90+4' de Wijs 89'	Report[112]	Powell 41' Walton  68'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,827 Referee: David Webb

Middlesbrough v Hull City

13 April 2019 42	Middlesbrough	1–0	Hull City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Assombalonga 25' Clayton  90+4'	Report[113]	Henriksen  36'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,427 Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

19 April 2019 43	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Hull City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gibbs 42' Gayle 62', 85'	Report[114]	Kane 48', 59'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,501 Referee: Peter Bankes

Hull City v Sheffield United

22 April 2019 44	Hull City	0–3	Sheffield United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST		Report[1]	McGoldrick 10', 22' Stevens 42'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,116 Referee: Graham Scott

Swansea City v Hull City

27 April 2019 45	Swansea City	2–2	Hull City	Swansea
15:00 BST	McBurnie 37', 66' Carter-Vickers  87'	Report[115]	Henriksen  55' Stewart  61' Fleming  71' Bowen 77' Dicko 84' Lichaj  90+2'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,192 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Hull City v Bristol City

5 May 2019 46	Hull City	1–1	Bristol City	Kingston upon Hull
12:30 BST	Irvine 55' Stewart  78' Henriksen  90+1'	Report[116]	Kalas  17' Pack  29' Henriksen 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 12,165 Referee: John Brooks

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

The draw for the first-round of the cup took place on 15 June 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with the ties taking place in the week commencing 13 August 2018.^[117] Hull were in the Northern Section of the draw and were drawn away to Sheffield United.^[118] The match was played on 14 August 2018.^[119] Hull got off to a good start with Jon Toral opening the scoring on the 18-minute mark, both teams had chances to score but it was not until the 75th minute that Billy Sharp brought Sheffield level. The match finished 1–1 and a penalty shootout was required to find a winner. Sheffield got off to a bad start with Oliver Norwood missing his kick but all the other kicks were converted so Hull won 5–4 on penalties, to put them in to the second-round.^[120] The draw for the second-round took place the following day and Hull was drawn at home to Derby County, matches to take place week beginning 27 August 2018.^[121] The match took place on 28 August 2018, and Derby County got off the ground after 24-minutes when Martyn Waghorn lobbed the ball over George Long on his debut for Hull. Florian Jozefzoon scored his first goal for Derby after 38-minutes and after 73-minutes he again shot at goal which was deflected in by Brandon Fleming. Mason Mount added a fourth just before full-time, leaving Hull to exit the competition 0–4 on the night.^[122]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Sheffield United v Hull City

14 August 2018 First round	Sheffield United	1–1 (4–5 p)	Hull City	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Sharp 75' Freeman  87'	Report[120]	Toral 18'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Norwood Sharp Woodburn O'Connell Basham		Toral Keane Grosicki Fleming Stewart

Hull City v Derby County

28 August 2018 Second round	Hull City	0–4	Derby County	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	MacDonald  22' Toral  55' Stewart  76'	Report[122]	Wisdom  7' Waghorn 24' Jozefzoon 39' Fleming 73' (o.g.) Mount 89'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Oliver Langford

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The draw for the third round of the FA Cup took place at Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[123] Hull were drawn away to their next league opponents Millwall with the match taking place over the week-end of 4–7 January 2019.^[124] The match was chosen for live broadcast and scheduled for 14:00 on 6 January 2019.^[125] The first-half saw Millwall have the better of the chances but failed to capitalise. Early in the second-half Jon Toral broke the deadlock for Hull. Following a triple substitution by Millwall after 64-minutes things turned Millwall's way with substitute Shane Ferguson opening their account in the 82nd minute. Three minutes later he scored a second to give Millwall a 2–1 victory.^[126]

Millwall v Hull City

6 January 2019 3rd	Millwall	2–1	Hull City	Bermondsey, London
14:00 GMT	Ferguson 82', 85'	Report[126]	Toral 52' Mazuch  84' Batty  90+2'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,307 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Statistics

Appearances

As of 13 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	David Marshall	44	0	43	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	USA	Eric Lichaj	40	0	35+4	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	CZE	Ondřej Mazuch	7	0	3+3	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Jordy de Wijs	32	1	30+2	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Reece Burke	35	0	32+2	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	ENG	Kevin Stewart	30	0	16+11	0	1	0	2	0
7	MF	BRA	Evandro	23	3	14+9	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Marc Pugh	14	3	10+4	3	0	0	0	0
9	FW	MLI	Nouha Dicko	19	2	1+15	2	1	0	2	0
10	MF	ESP	Jon Toral	11	2	0+8	0	1	1	2	1
11	MF	SRB	David Milinković	11	0	0+8	0	1	0	0+2	0
12	GK	ENG	George Long	6	0	3+1	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK	ENG	Callum Burton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	POL	Kamil Grosicki	40	9	35+4	9	0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	ENG	Angus MacDonald	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	AUS	Jackson Irvine	39	6	36+2	6	0	0	1	0
17	DF	ENG	Todd Kane	41	3	36+3	3	1	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Daniel Batty	29	0	22+5	0	1	0	1	0
19	FW	ENG	Will Keane	10	0	1+7	0	0	0	2	0
20	FW	ENG	Jarrod Bowen	46	22	45+1	22	0	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Brandon Fleming	6	0	2+2	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	NOR	Markus Henriksen	39	2	39	2	0	0	0	0
23	DF	SCO	Stephen Kingsley	27	0	25+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	ENG	James Weir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ENG	Fraizer Campbell	39	12	31+8	12	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Adam Curry	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	DF	ENG	Robbie McKenzie	21	0	10+8	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF	ENG	Max Sheaf	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
29	FW	SCO	Chris Martin	31	2	15+15	2	1	0	0	0
34	FW	ENG	Keane Lewis-Potter	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	DF	ENG	Tommy Elphick	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
36	DF	ENG	Liam Ridgewell	7	0	4+3	0	0	0	0	0
–	GK	ENG	Will Mannion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Source: Compiled from competitive match reports

Note: Appearances shown after a "+" indicate player came on during course of match.

Disciplinary record

Name	Number	Position	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Evandro	7	MF	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Markus Henriksen	22	MF	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Fraizer Campbell	25	FW	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Jackson Irvine	16	MF	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Jordy de Wijs	4	DF	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Todd Kane	17	DF	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Eric Lichaj	2	DF	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Kevin Stewart	6	MF	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Daniel Batty	18	MF	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Tommy Elphick	35	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Chris Martin	29	FW	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Reece Burke	5	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kamil Grosicki	14	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Liam Ridgewell	36	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jarrod Bowen	20	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Fleming	21	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Stephen Kingsley	23	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Angus MacDonald	15	DF	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
David Marshall	1	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ondřej Mazuch	3	DF	0	0	1	0		0	1	0
Jon Toral	10	MF	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total			70	1	2	0	3	0	75	1

Top scorers

Name	Number	Position	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Jarrod Bowen	20	MF	22	0	0	22
Fraizer Campbell	25	FW	12	0	0	12
Kamil Grosicki	14	MF	9	0	0	9
Jackson Irvine	16	MF	6	0	0	6
Evandro	7	MF	3	0	0	3
Todd Kane	17	DF	3	0	0	3
Marc Pugh	8	MF	3	0	0	3
Nouha Dicko	9	FW	2	0	0	2
Markus Henriksen	22	MF	2	0	0	2
Chris Martin	29	FW	2	0	0	2
Jon Toral	10	MF	0	1	1	2
Tommy Elphick	35	DF	1	0	0	1
Jordy de Wijs	4	DF	1	0	0	1
Total			66	1	1	68

Kits

The home kit for the 2018–19 season was unveiled on 8 June 2018, manufactured by Umbro, the shirt is a traditional black and amber vertical striped design, complemented by black with amber trim shorts and amber socks with black bands.^[127] The away kit was unveiled on 20 July 2018 as all black with amber trim.^[128] The third kit was revealed on 13 August 2018, as all white shirts and socks with Sulphur Spring detailing. With the shorts being Sulphur Spring.^[129] SportPesa is the shirt sponsor and in March 2019 it was announced that this sponsorship would be extended to the 2019–20 season.^[130]

Awards

The annual awards for the club took place on 7 May 2019 and saw Jarrod Bowen pick-up the Player of the Year, Players' Player of the Year and Supporters' Player of the Year awards.^[131] Evandro Goebel was presented with the Goal of the Season award for his goal against Aston Villa on 19 January 2019.^[131][99] Keane Lewis-Potter took the award for Academy Player of the Year.^[131]

Notes

1. Though allocated to Bowen on the day the Dubious Goals Committee indicated this should be credited to Markus Henriksen. Following an appeal by the club the committee have credited Bowen with the goal.^[105]