2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support
The protest is aimed at revival of the native humped bull, called the zebu. The Tamil Nadu breed of zebu is unique to India and has several advantages compared to European varieties of cattle such as the Holstein cow. The native breeds are rich in the A2 variety of beta casein protein which aides easy digestion whereas milk from European Bos taurus contain the A1 variant of the beta casein protein which is related to allergies and some serious health conditions.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support
The Holstein breeds found their way into India as a result of Operation Flood of late 1960s through cross breeding to increase the low milk yield of native breeds. As the Jersey cow can yield nine times the quantity of milk as a zebu in the same period, there is concern among protesters that without jallikattu providing an economic incentive for the breeding of zebu, the breed will become endangered and eventually extinct. PETA disputes the allegation that outlawing jallikattu would lead to a loss of the Tamil Nadu zebu, stating that the bulls can still be used as studs regardless of whether jallikattu is legal or not.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support
Support from various groups, including film actors, politicians, cricketers and other sportsmen, social activists, and authors. Raghava Lawrence, actor Silambarasan, director V. Gowthaman, Seeman, Samuthirakani, Ameer, RJ Balaji, Aari, Mansoor Ali Khan and G. V. Prakash Kumar took part actively during the protests. Spiritual leaders like Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Sadhuguru Jaggi Vasudev also spoke in support of the sport. The protestors rejected any attempt for leadership by politicians and celebrities and wished to remain a leaderless mass movement.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Support
On 19 January 2017, film composer A. R. Rahman announced that he will observe a day-long fast in support of the protesters, and for 'Tamil Nadu's spirit'.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Opposition
The main opposition of jallikattu comes from the Indian branch of the international non-governmental organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA's opposition is also shared by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations and Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA). Judges of the Supreme Court of India have likewise criticized the Indian Central Government's support of jallikattu just because it is a tradition and have voiced their opposition of it.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Opposition
The Supreme has held that the sport is inherently cruel in nature and this deprives the animal of its basic right to live without subject to fear and torture. The judgement also clarifies that the sport is neither religious ritual nor an essential sport for the Tamil community as the sport is played only in few districts of central Tamil Nadu and not in all districts. The sport has claimed multiple lives including those of the tamers, onlookers and the police. The first ban on jallikattu was a result of a case filed by the father of a tamer who lost his life in the event.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Background, Opposition
PETA denies that ending the jallikattu event will lead to the loss of the native bull, and has pointed out that bulls can be used as studs regardless of whether or not they are engaged in jallikattu. Furthermore, PETA claims that veterinarians can determine which bulls are healthiest with far more scientific rigor than jallikattu can.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest
The protests were spontaneous and had no specific organizers. The protest started as Occupy Marina protest along with sit-ins at large grounds across the state. The protests were initially formed by members of Student community across the state which was further strengthened by people from various sections such as IT professionals who joined later. The lack of leader was seen as stumbling block for the state government because it could not call people for talks. The protest were largely peaceful except few Baton charge by the police.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest
The protests are not just confined to Chennai but thousand gathered across the state in prominent places such as MGR Circle in Trichy, Thamukam Grounds in Madurai, VOC Ground in Coimbatore, VOC Ground-Tirunelveli, VOC Ground in Erode, Vellore Fort in Vellore, Salem, Nagercoil, Thanjavur and Puducherry. Tamil youths from other states express solidarity with jallikattu protesters in Tamil Nadu. There was demonstration in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Delhi. Support for the protest also came from Tamils around the world such as in Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, China, Russia, Switzerland, Ireland, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, France, South Africa, and Finland.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest
The protest was primarily coordinated using social media apps. The use of memes has been another feature to spread the message that adds satire and humor to the protests. Various traditional Tamil sports such as Silambattam, stilt performances and street plays are performed to showcase Tamil pride along with speeches to inspire the crowd.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Nature of protest
Slogans were shouted against the animal rights organization PETA, alleging an international conspiracy favoring extinction of Tamil Nadu's rare cattle breed, and replacing them with Jersey cows from Denmark and Switzerland.


2017 pro-jallikattu protests, Impact
The Marina Protest had varied impacts in different walks of life:


2017 raid on Barii
The raid on Barii was a military operation conducted by SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU) in support of an operation being carried out by the Somali National Army. The raid resulted in the death of DEVGRU Senior Chief Petty Officer Kyle Milliken, marking the first US serviceman combat death in Somalia since the First Battle of Mogadishu in 1993, also known as "Black Hawk Down".


2017 raid on Barii, Events
A firefight erupted shortly after a DEVGRU team and Somali army forces were dropped by helicopter near an al-Shabab compound in an area on the Shebelle River called Barii, about 40 miles (64 km) west of the capital Mogadishu. The DEVGRU operators were conducting an operation with Somali commandos to target a local leader of al-Shabaab in Darusalam village, where Abdirahman Mohamed Warsame, known as Mahad Karate, was believed to be hiding.


2017 raid on Barii, Events
In addition to the dead DEVGRU operator, at least two other Americans were wounded, including a Somali-American interpreter. At least three Al-Shabaab militants also died plus another local Al-Shabaab commander. The mission was aborted soon after insurgents opened fire. The American/Somali group quickly returned to the aircraft that had taken it to the area and was evacuated.


2017 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada
The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2017. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.


2017 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada, Reasons
On December 15, 2017, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin retired. Richard Wagner was sworn in as Chief Justice on December 18, 2017.


2017 shelling of Alxanlı
The shelling of Alxanlı or the Alxanlı tragedy (Azerbaijani: Alxanlı faciəsi) was shelling of a house in Alxanlı village and municipality in Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan by the Armenian Armed Forces with 82 mm and 120 mm artilleries on 4 July 2017. As a result of the shelling, 51-year-old Azerbaijani woman Sahiba Guliyeva and her 18-month-old granddaughter Zahra Guliyeva were killed, while 52-year-old Sarvinaz Guliyeva was seriously injured, but survived.


2017 shelling of Alxanlı, Reactions
Both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan claimed that Azerbaijan was responsible for all casualties due to "continuing military provocations against Nagorno-Karabakh". Local authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh claimed that Azerbaijan fired from positions near the residential buildings of Alxanlı. Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesperson Vagif Dargahly denied these claims, stating that there had been no military headquarters or firing positions in Alxanlı at the time of the shelling.


2017 shelling of Alxanlı, Reactions
On 6 July 2017, Azerbaijani state and local authorities organized a visit of foreign military attachés accredited to Azerbaijan and representatives of foreign media to Alxanlı. Turkish Foreign Ministry, ambassador of Iran to Azerbaijan, senators and parliament members from the United Kingdom, and Russia condemned the Armenian side for launching attacks on civilian population.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana
The 2017 social unrest in French Guiana was a series of protests and strikes led by the "Collective of 500 Brothers" to highlight the issues of insecurity and infrastructure in French Guiana, France. It began on March 20, 2017 in Kourou, and spread all over French Guiana within a few days. Several international rocket and satellite launches were postponed, and March 28 saw the largest demonstration ever held in French Guiana.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana
The protesters asked for more resources, and demanded an investment in infrastructure from the mainland government of €1 billion. The mainland government turned down and offered a government pledge of €1 million in infrastructure. Labor union leaders and three local politicians occupied the Guiana Space Centre on April 4–5, 2017. Supermarkets no longer sold fresh products due to road blocks in April 2017. The strikes became an issue in the 2017 French presidential election.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Context
French Guiana is fraught with tensions between different communities (indigenous peoples, descendants of African slaves, immigrants from Brazil, Suriname and Haiti, and Europeans) as well as an economic crisis and a rise in insecurity.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Context
Per capita income at €15,000 is lower than mainland France; the unemployment rate is 23 percent and more than 40 percent for 18-to-25-year-olds; the cost of living is higher than in mainland France due to the need to import most goods and EU-sanctioned tariffs with neighboring Brazil and Suriname; foreign nationals are 35 percent as opposed to 6.5 percent in mainland France; and the murder rate is the highest anywhere in France with 42 homicides in 2016. Moreover, the consumption of illicit drugs like cannabis, cocaine and crack, is very high. Cayenne is also a hub of drug-trafficking; in 2016, 371 drug-traffickers were arrested on flights to Europe.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
The strikes are led by the "Collective of 500 Brothers", a group of men who wear balaclavas. They are meant to expose the rise in insecurity, the deterioration of access to health care, the rise in illicit gold placer mining, and illegal immigration.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
The strikes began in Kourou on March 20, 2017, to oppose the privatization of a hospital run by the Red Cross and the rise in insecurity. Within a few days, they spread to Cayenne and Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, followed by Maripasoula and Papaichton.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
Protesters blocked roads, which led to the cancellation of flights from the Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport to Paris. It also led to the postponement of the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with SGDC's Brazilian satellite and the KT Corporation's Koreasat-7 South Korean satellite.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
By March 23, 2017, the campus of the University of French Guiana as well as schools, administrative buildings and the harbour were closed. Meanwhile, French Guianans bought food in bulk, and muggings were reported.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
March 28 was dubbed a "dead day" by local media, with everything closed. There were between 8,000 and 10,000 demonstrators in Cayenne and between 3,500 and 4,000 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, leading the prefecture of French Guiana to call it "the largest demonstration ever held in French Guiana." The demonstrators carried the flag of French Guiana and placards reading "Nou bon ké sa", which means "enough is enough" in Guianan Créole. They were asking the French government for more resources.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
On April 3, 2017, as rocket launches from the Guiana Space Centre was suspended, "Europe's first high-power, all-electric satellite", Eutelsat's Eutelsat-172b, was returned to the Airbus factory near Toulouse until further notice. Additionally, the launch of the $625 million ViaSat-2 internet satellite, scheduled for April 25, was postponed.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
On April 4, 2017, another demonstration was held in Kourou. In the evening, 30 labour union leaders visited the Guiana Space Centre to meet its director, Didier Faivre, and began to occupy the premises until their demands are met. Alongside the 30 union leaders are three politicians: Gabriel Serville, a member of the National Assembly for the Guianese Socialist Party; Antoine Karam, a member of the French Senate for the Socialist Party; and Léon Bertrand, the mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. As of April 5, 2017, the protesters decided to wait inside until the arrival of the president of the National Centre for Space Studies, Jean-Yves Le Gall, scheduled for April 6, 2017. However, they left the premises on April 5, 2017.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
On April 7, 2017, protesters were waiting to meet the prefect of French Guiana, Martin Jaeger, but their appointment was cancelled. As a result, a violent protest took place outside the building of the prefecture in Cayenne. Tear gas was used by the police. Meanwhile, one policeman was seriously injured during the protest. The following day, on April 8, 2017, members of the Collective of 500 Brothers visited him in hospital to find common ground. As of April 7, supermarkets had run out of fresh products due to the road blocks. In particular, bottled water, milk, flour and meat were no longer available.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Strikes
On April 21, the French government signed an agreement with protesters authorizing an emergency relief of up to 2.1 billion euros, which includes funds for security, education, healthcare, and business aid. Roadblocks were removed the following day, and operations at the Kourou space center resumed on April 24.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions
On March 24, 2017, the United States Department of State advised their citizens against visiting French Guiana due to the unrest.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions
On March 25, 2017, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve called for a return to peace and dialogue. Three days later, on March 28, 2017, ministers Matthias Fekl and Ericka Bareigts visited French Guiana. They pledged a €1 billion investment in infrastructure. The offer was turned down by the protesters, who asked for a "special status" on April 2, 2017 and a €2.5 billion "aid package" on April 3, 2017.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions
On April 3, 2017, Prime Minister Cazeneuve said that €2.5 billion was "unrealistic". On April 5, 2017, Socialist Senator Georges Patient demanded €3.2 billion to build schools and hospitals. The same day, the French government agreed to build more schools and a new police station in Cayenne. Meanwhile, the local chapter of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France called for an end to the road blocks.


2017 social unrest in French Guiana, Reactions
As the strikes were happening in the midst of the campaign for the 2017 French presidential election, several candidates commented on it. For example, François Fillon blamed the situation on President François Hollande's failed policies, while Marine Le Pen blamed it on illegal immigration.


2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament
Storming of the Macedonian Parliament, also known as Bloody Thursday (Macedonian: Крвав четврток, romanized: Krvav četvrtok) occurred on 27 April 2017, when about 200 Macedonian nationalists stormed the Macedonian Parliament in reaction to the election of Talat Xhaferi, an ethnic Albanian, as speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The violence was condemned by the European Union and NATO, who also greeted the election of Xhaferi as new parliament speaker.


2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament, Background
In the years prior to the event, the Republic of Macedonia had been involved in political turmoil, culminating in mass anti-government protests in 2015 and 2016. These protests were the result of corruption allegations, which are the main cause of the Republic of Macedonia's political crisis, against VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski and his coalition partners. They were further accused of preventing a new government forming, following the parliamentary election in 2016, in order to prevent losing power and facing prosecution for corruption. There had been daily protests across the country by supporters of the VMRO-DPMNE party.


2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament, Background
The conflict also had ethnic undertones, as the reason no coalition government had been formed was due to the demand for the Albanian language to be the second official language in Government of the Republic of Macedonia, and due to attempts by opposition leader Zoran Zaev to form a coalition government with Albanian ethnic parties. The Republic of Macedonia had seen mass ethnic violence in the years prior, particularly in 2001 and 2012.


2017 storming of Macedonian Parliament, Incident
Around 200 protestors stormed the parliament building after Xhaferi was elected speaker. Many were masked and they threw chairs and punches at journalists and MPs, injuring SDSM leader Zoran Zaev. Radmila Šekerinska, deputy head of the SDSM, required stitches after being dragged by her hair. Police had to deploy stun grenades to break up the mob.


2017 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
The 2017 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018. The table below illustrates which opinion was filed by each justice in each case and which justices joined each opinion.


2017 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, 2017 term membership and statistics
This was the thirteenth term of Chief Justice Roberts's tenure. Justice Kennedy retired on July 31, 2018, making it the second and final (and also the only full) term with the same membership.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States handed down sixteen per curiam opinions during its 2017 term, which began October 2, 2017, and concluded September 30, 2018.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices. All justices on the Court at the time the decision was handed down are assumed to have participated and concurred unless otherwise noted.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Court membership
Associate Justices: Anthony Kennedy (retired July 31, 2018), Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Kernan v. Cuero
583 U.S. ___ Decided November 6, 2017. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Dunn v. Madison
583 U.S. ___ Decided November 6, 2017. Eleventh Circuit reversed.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Dunn v. Madison
Ginsburg filed a concurrence, joined by Breyer and Sotomayor. Breyer filed a concurrence.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, In re United States
583 U.S. ___ Decided December 20, 2017. Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Tharpe v. Sellers
583 U.S. ___ Decided January 8, 2018. Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, CNH Industrial N. V. v. Reese
583 U.S. ___ Decided February 20, 2018. Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Kisela v. Hughes
584 U.S. ___ Decided April 2, 2018. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
584 U.S. ___ Decided April 17, 2018. Second Circuit vacated and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Azar v. Garza
584 U.S. ___ Decided June 4, 2018. District of Columbia Circuit vacated and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Benisek v. Lamone
585 U.S. ___ Decided June 18, 2018. District Court for the District of Maryland affirmed.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Sause v. Bauer
585 U.S. ___ Decided June 28, 2018. Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, Sexton v. Beaudreaux
585 U.S. ___ Decided June 28, 2018. Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded.


2017 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States, North Carolina v. Covington
585 U.S. ___ Decided June 28, 2018. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina affirmed in part and reversed in part.


2017 timeline of the Somali Civil War
This is a 2017 timeline of events in the Somali Civil War (2009–present).


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
A motion of no confidence in the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 13 and 14 June 2017. It was brought by Unidos Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias as a result of a corruption case involving high-ranking People's Party (PP) officials, amid accusations of maneuvers from the Rajoy government to influence the judicial system in order to cover-up the scandal.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
This was the third vote of no confidence held in Spain since the country's transition to democracy—after the unsuccessful 1980 and 1987 ones—as well as the first not to be registered by the main opposition party at the time. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Citizens (Cs) and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) announced their rejection to any candidate proposed by Podemos, meaning that the motion was unlikely to succeed.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
The motion was defeated after it gathered the support of Unidos Podemos, Compromís, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and EH Bildu—for a total of 82 votes in support—the negative vote of PP, Cs, Navarrese People's Union (UPN), Canarian Coalition (CCa) and Asturias Forum (FAC)—totalling 170 votes against—and the abstentions of PSOE, the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT), PNV and New Canaries (NCa)—97. While the initiative was unsuccessful, it would provide the precedent for a similar motion in May 2018 seeing the downfall of Rajoy's government and the election of Pedro Sánchez as Prime Minister of Spain.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
Rajoy's second government was sworn into office on 31 October 2016, after a ten-month political deadlock, two general elections and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's (PSOE) ultimate decision not to block Mariano Rajoy's investiture bid following an internal crisis that had led to Pedro Sánchez's resignation as party leader. However, the resulting government was a minority one, and throughout the ensuing months it struggled to get its bills passed into law. Furthermore, the ruling People's Party (PP) came under increasing political pressure after a corruption scandal in Murcia had forced the resignation of regional president Pedro Antonio Sánchez.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
In April 2017, after only five months into its term, the PP was shaken by a succession of events that damaged the party's image. Just as prime minister Rajoy was called to testify as witness at the Gürtel graft trial, a new case of alleged corruption was unveiled (dubbed as "Lezo"), joining the already ongoing investigations into the Púnica and Gürtel scandals.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
Operation Lezo resulted in the arrest of former Madrilenian president Ignacio González, who was accused of diverting millions of euros from the public treasury into tax havens and to pay off the regional party's debts during his tenure as Madrid premier. The scope of the new scandal reached heights never seen in Spanish politics. Several companies—namely OHL, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Indra and Canal de Isabel II, among others—suspect of having illegally financed the PP's Madrilenian branch, had their headquarters in Spain registered by the police in search of incriminating documentation. Party veteran and former González's boss Esperanza Aguirre resigned from her remaining political offices after seeing many of her former close advisers imprisoned or indicted in a number of judicial procedures.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
The leaking of a series of recordings that involved González and various high-ranking PP and government officials—including former Valencian president Eduardo Zaplana and justice minister Rafael Catalá—unveiled a plot from the interior and justice ministries to cover-up the scandal, seriously putting judicial independence in Spain into question. In one of the leaked recordings, González pointed to a tape that would allegedly show Rajoy receiving bribes from a businessman, and that this would have been used by Intereconomía CEO Julio Ariza in the past to blackmail him.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
Concurrently, the anti-corruption chief prosecutor, Manuel Moix—revealed by police wiretaps to have been favoured for the job by Ignacio González himself—was accused of trying to stop investigations into the PP graft accusations. Secretary of State for Security José Antonio Nieto—Juan Ignacio Zoido's deputy in the interior ministry—came under pressure after being accused of revealing details of the ongoing investigations to González's brother in a private meeting held on 8 March 2017.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
By mid-May, the string of scandals had splattered Cristina Cifuentes, incumbent president of Madrid, who was accused by the Civil Guard of having been involved in the contract-awarding procedures that led to her party's illegal financing between 2007 and 2012. By this time, it was also concluded that Esperanza Aguirre had won the 2007 and 2011 regional elections unfairly, with her campaign budgets well above those legally declared, through a system that "hurted political pluralism". Allegedly, these illegal funds were also used by Mariano Rajoy's campaign in the 2008 general election.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
Suspicions of embezzlement in the Community of Madrid reached as far back as 2001, during Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón's tenure, whose cabinet at the time was put under investigation by the Civil Guard. In the meantime, a separate investigation by the National Police into the ongoing scandals involving the family of former Catalan president Jordi Pujol linked former labour minister Manuel Pimentel and Ignacio López del Hierro, husband of María Dolores de Cospedal—incumbent defence minister and PP secretary-general—to another corruption plot in Africa, with connections to the Lezo scandal.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
As a result of the scandals and Rajoy's refusal to take any action, Unidos Podemos members—comprising Podemos, United Left, En Comú Podem and En Marea—announced on 27 April that they would table a motion of no confidence and would request support for it from PSOE and other parties.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Background
The rivalries between the parties in opposition, however, meant that the initiative was unlikely to succeed: PSOE rejected the motion and accused Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias of "bad faith" and of interfering within the party's ongoing leadership primary election, whereas Citizens (Cs)—on which the Rajoy government relied for confidence and supply support—labeled the move as "a circus". The Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) also voiced its rejection to the maneuver. Nonetheless, the Socialists were put in a difficult situation, as opposing the motion would see them rallying behind Rajoy's government amid the ongoing scandals at a time when they were still without a leader.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 required for motions of no confidence to be proposed by at least one-tenth of the Congress of Deputies—35 out of 350. Following the German model, votes of no confidence in Spain were constructive, so the motion was required to include an alternative candidate for prime minister. For a motion of no confidence to be successful, it had to be passed by an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. A minimum period of five days from the motion's registration (dubbed as "cooling period") was required to pass before it could come up for a vote, but no maximum was established. Other parties were entitled to submit alternative motions within the first two days from the registration.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions
1. The Congress of Deputies may challenge Government policy by passing a motion of censure by an absolute majority of its members.2. The motion of censure must be proposed by at least one tenth of the Deputies, including a candidate for the office of President of the Government.3. The motion of censure may not be voted on until five days after it has been submitted. During the first two days of this period, alternative motions may be submitted.4. If the motion of censure is not passed by the Congress, its signatories may not submit another during the same session.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions
Concurrently, the Prime Minister was barred from dissolving the Cortes Generales and calling a general election while a motion of no confidence was pending. If the motion was successful, the incumbent prime minister and his/her government were required to submit their resignation to the Monarch, while the candidate proposed in the motion was automatically considered to have the confidence of the Congress of Deputies and immediately appointed as prime minister. If unsuccessful, the signatories of the motion were barred from submitting another during the same session.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Legal provisions
The procedure for motions of no confidence was regulated within Articles 175 to 179 of the Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies, which provided for the debate on the motion starting with its defence by one of the signatory members without any time limitations, to be followed by an also time-unlimited speech by the nominated candidate to explain his/her political programme. Subsequently, spokespeople from the different parliamentary groups in Congress were allowed to speak for thirty minutes, with an opportunity to reply or rectify themselves for ten minutes. Members of the government were allowed to take the floor and speak at any time of their request during the debate.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
On 19 May 2017, the motion was formally registered by thirty-seven Unidos Podemos deputies, with Pablo Iglesias as the proposed candidate for prime minister.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
Iglesias invited the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) into an agreement but acknowledged that the initiative was likely to be defeated, claiming to know that he would not "come out as prime minister from this vote of no confidence, but it is my responsibility", despite the move entailing "enormous risks": while previous motions of no confidence held since the Spanish transition to democracy had also been defeated, the one in 1980 was successful in promoting the figure of Felipe González—said to be one of many contributing factors to his landslide win in the 1982 election—whereas the one in 1987 signaled the twilight of Antonio Hernández Mancha's political career. The motion promoters held a demonstration in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, on 20 May, where thousands gathered in support of the initiative.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
Compromís enthusiastically welcomed the motion and announced their support to Unidos Podemos. Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) was sympathetic to the initiative, but conditioned it on Podemos supporting an independence referendum to be held in Catalonia. This same condition was demanded by the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT), which nonetheless remained more skeptical and argued that they would "evaluate the pros and cons" of supporting the motion before taking a decision. EH Bildu showed their willingness to support the initiative if Podemos reassured their commitment to the "right to decide", which they had already contemplated in their election manifesto. The motion also received the support of trade unions UGT and CCOO, which voiced their "disappointment and sadness" with opposition parties not backing it.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
The PSOE initially announced that they would vote against the motion, arguing that it was an "intrusion" within the party's ongoing primaries. All three candidates for the party's leadership—Susana Díaz, Pedro Sánchez and Patxi López—rejected Podemos's move, perceiving it as being directed to their party rather than to Rajoy's. Interim PSOE leader Javier Fernández rejected Iglesias's attempts to discuss the initiative, despite the latter's offerings to back down in favour of a PSOE candidate. Citizens (Cs) ruled out supporting the motion and dubbed it as a "circus number", whereas the PP mocked the initiative as an "absurdity".


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
PP's electoral partners, Navarrese People's Union (UPN) and Asturias Forum (FAC), were widely expected to oppose the motion, whereas Canarian Coalition (CCa) and New Canaries (NCa) hinted at their rejection as well. Members from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) dubbed the initiative as "an absolute awkwardness" and criticized Podemos for announcing the motion to the media without discussing it first with the rest of parties, while also stating that they were "not very convinced" of having Iglesias as alternative candidate to Rajoy.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
A new political scenario arose after Pedro Sánchez's sudden re-election as PSOE leader on 21 May, after he had hinted at registering a future motion of no confidence on Rajoy "if it was to win it" during his leadership election campaign. However, he made it clear that his party would not support Iglesias's one, both because the PSOE and not Unidos Podemos was the main opposition party to the PP and because the numbers were not there at the time for the motion to succeed.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
On 22 May, Pablo Iglesias offered Sánchez to withdraw Podemos's motion if he registered his own instead, but the PSOE rejected it and pointed to an abstention on the grounds that, while the party agreed with the motivations behind the motion, it did not with the way in which it had been brought forward.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
Some commented that, actually, Sánchez agreed with the motion but was privately upset that the initiative had not been his, while it was said that he had plans to table a motion of no confidence of his own by the end of 2017, awaiting in the meantime to consolidate its hold over the party.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
The parliamentary debate and the vote on the motion were scheduled for 13 and 14 June. It started with a two-hour-long speech by Unidos Podemos spokesperson, Irene Montero, and was followed by a surprise intervention from Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who had been widely expected not to participate in the debate himself. Pablo Iglesias's speech as candidate followed shortly thereafter, with both Rajoy and Iglesias staging a parliamentary duel which lasted for hours.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
Rajoy claimed that "a government of Iglesias would be a punishment for Spain", whereas Iglesias reminded the PP about their corruption scandals and offered the PSOE an alliance in the future that helped bring the PP government down. The new PSOE spokesperson, José Luis Ábalos, maintained his party's stance on the motion and remined Iglesias on his own stance during Sánchez's failed investiture in 2016, but thanked him "on his tone" and picked up his "invitation" for an understanding, without clarifying whether Sánchez would table a motion in the foreseeable future.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Events, Prelude and debate
ERC's spokesperson Joan Tardà praised Iglesias for his initiative and announced his party's support to the motion, whereas EH Bildu announced a "critical yes" on the grounds that it was "a priority to oust the most corrupt party in Europe from government" while demanding Iglesias his full support to the right of self-determination.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Aftermath
As expected, the motion was defeated on 14 June 2017, having gathered the support of Unidos Podemos, Compromís, ERC and EH Bildu for a total of 82 support votes, 170 against and 97 abstentions. However, during the debate both Unidos Podemos and PSOE hinted at the possibility of a future understanding that could see them both working in a joint motion.


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Aftermath
Such an invitation was offered by Iglesias who, during a reply to PSOE's spokesperson José Luis Ábalos, stated that Podemos would "commit [themselves] with the new PSOE in search of an alternative majority" and urged the Socialists to "work together on a motion of no confidence".


2017 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy, Aftermath
Eventually, one such motion would be tabled by Sánchez in May 2018 after the unveiling of a court ruling that found the PP to have profitted from the illegal kickbacks-for-contracts scheme of the Gürtel case and confirmed the existence of an illegal accounting and financing structure that ran in parallel with the party's official one. The motion would be successful, leading to the downfall of Rajoy's government and the election of Pedro Sánchez as new prime minister.


2017 Étoile de Bessèges
The 2017 Étoile de Bessèges (English: Star of Bessèges) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 1 and 5 February 2017. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour, and was the 47th edition of the Étoile de Bessèges cycling race. The race included five stages; the first four were road stages while the fifth and final stage was an 11.9-kilometre (7.4 mi) individual time trial. The champion of the 2016 Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel, did not defend his title as he had retired from professional cycling at the end of the 2016 season.


2017 Étoile de Bessèges
Direct Énergie rider Lilian Calmejane took the first professional stage race win of his career, after fending off a late charge from Lotto–Soudal's Tony Gallopin in the final stage time trial. Calmejane – who won the third stage of the race – held an 18-second lead over Gallopin going into the time trial, but despite Gallopin's best efforts, setting a time some 13 seconds quicker than anyone else, Calmejane was able to retain the race leader's orange jersey by 5 seconds. The podium was completed by the best young rider of the race, Mads Würtz Schmidt from Team Katusha–Alpecin, 24 seconds down on Calmejane. The race's other classifications were won by AG2R La Mondiale rider Nico Denz for the mountains classification, while Team Katusha–Alpecin's Alexander Kristoff won the points classification.


2017 Étoile de Bessèges, Teams
Nineteen teams were invited to start the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental teams and six UCI Continental teams.


2017 Étoile de Bessèges, Classification leadership table
In the 2017 Étoile de Bessèges, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an orange jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Étoile de Bessèges, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2017 Étoile de Bessèges, Classification leadership table
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a yellow jersey. In the points classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 15 in a mass-start stage. For winning a stage, a rider earned 25 points, with 20 for second, 16 for third, 13 for fourth, 11 for fifth with a point fewer per place down to a single point for 15th place. Points towards the classification could also be accrued at intermediate sprint points during each stage; these intermediate sprints also offered bonus seconds towards the general classification. There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a blue jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs.


2017 Étoile de Bessèges, Classification leadership table
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided in the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1994 were eligible to be ranked in the classification.


2017 Östersunds FK season
The 2017 Östersunds FK season was the club's 22nd season of existence, and their second season in the top-tier of Swedish football. Östersunds FK competed in the Allsvenskan, the Svenska Cupen and the UEFA Europa League.


2017 Östersunds FK season, Competitions, UEFA Europa League (2017–18), Round of 32
The round of 32 was played during the 2018 Östersunds FK season


2017 Úrvalsdeild
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild karla, also known as Pepsi-deild karla for sponsorship reasons, was the 106th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions FH, who won their eighth league title in 2016.


2017 Úrvalsdeild
The season began on 30 April 2017 and concluded on 30 September 2017.


2017 Úrvalsdeild, Teams
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild was contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Fylkir and Þróttur Reykjavík, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild karla and were replaced by KA and Grindavík, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild karla respectively.


2017 Úrvalsdeild, Results
Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games played each.


2017 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 46th season of the women's football top level league in Iceland. Stjarnan was the defending champion. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 29 September. Þór/KA were crowned champions.


2017 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football), Teams
The 2017 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was contested by ten teams, eight of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild kvenna. The bottom two teams from the previous season, Selfoss and ÍA Akranes, were relegated to the 2017 1. deild kvenna and were replaced by Grindavík and Haukar, champions and runners-up of the 2016 1. deild kvenna respectively.


2017 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football), Results
Each team will play home and away once against every other team for a total of 18 games played each.


2017 Ýokary Liga
The 2017 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season is the 25th season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It runs between March and December 2017. Three times winner Altyn Asyr are the defending champions from the 2016 campaign. They are again favorites for this campaign.


2017 Ýokary Liga, Format changes
After the 2016 season Yedigen were denied an entry for the 2017 season, and no team from the Birinji liga managed to obtain a license for the 2017 season. Meaning that only 9 teams would contest for the title. Exceptionally there will be no relegation at the end of the season.


2017 İstanbul Cup
The 2017 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 10th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 24 April through 30 April 2017.


2017 İstanbul Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2017 İstanbul Cup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2017 İstanbul Cup – Doubles
Andreea Mitu and İpek Soylu were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together. Mitu played alongside Mariana Duque Mariño, but lost in the quarterfinals to Tímea Babos and Çağla Büyükakçay. Soylu teamed up with Hsieh Su-wei, but lost in the first round to Dalila Jakupović and Nadiia Kichenok.


2017 İstanbul Cup – Doubles
Jakupović and Kichenok went on to win the title, defeating Nicole Melichar and Elise Mertens in the final,  7–6(8–6), 6–2.


2017 İstanbul Cup – Singles
Çağla Büyükakçay was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Elise Mertens.


2017 İstanbul Cup – Singles
Elina Svitolina won the title, defeating Mertens in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2017 İyi Party founding convention
The founding convention of the Turkish İyi Party was held on 25 October 2017, on the same day as the party's establishment. Meral Akşener was declared the party's first leader unopposed, having long been established as the de facto leader of the dissident nationalist movement of politicians that had split from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) throughout 2016.


2017 İyi Party founding convention, Background
Since the November 2015 general election, several politicians from the MHP openly announced leadership challenges against MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli for his poor electoral performance, which had resulted in the party losing half of its MPs in the Grand National Assembly. The most prominent leadership candidate, Akşener, joined forces with other candidates to institute changes to the MHP constitution in order to allow for leadership challenges. This led to a series of attempts to hold extraordinary congresses throughout 2016, with one eventually being held on 19 June 2016 but being later nullified by court. With the MHP executive emerging victorious after the struggle, Akşener and all the other candidates were later suspended by the party.


2017 İyi Party founding convention, Background
Following the 2017 constitutional referendum, where the former-MHP dissidents united to oppose the constitutional changes brought forward by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the MHP, the dissidents united under Akşener to form a new, centrist political party. Following months of preparation, the İyi Party was launched on 25 October 2017.


2017 İyi Party founding convention, Leadership election
Akşener officially handed over the party's foundation documents to the Ministry of the Interior on 25 October. Following the party's 100 founding members agreed upon electing a party leader. As Akşener was the only candidate and she was elected unopposed.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack
On 5 January 2017 16:10 local time, two heavily armed terrorists detonated a car bomb outside a courthouse in Bayraklı, İzmir, Aegean Province of Turkey, and triggered a deadly shootout, killing two people. Two of the terrorists were killed, while a third managed to escape.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Attack
Terrorists tried to enter the courthouse auto park with their car full of explosives. Security forces identified the vehicle as a threat as it approached a checkpoint, causing the attackers to leave their car, detonate their explosives and open fire with AK-47 rifles.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Attack
Gunfire broke out between police and the men suspected to have orchestrated the attack. Two terrorists were shot dead at the scene, while a third terrorist is thought to have escaped.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Attack
Kurdish police officer Fethi Sekin, who identified the vehicle shouting "Terrorists!" and stopped the attack by triggering the gunfight, was killed after shooting at least one of the suspects. Also, an employee of the İzmir courthouse was killed during the gunfire. 7 people were injured, including 4 police officers and 3 civilians.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
Two AK-47 rifles, a rocket launcher and eight hand grenades were seized after the incident from the scene.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
18 suspects linked to attack were arrested according to Turkish Ministry of Justice.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
Erol Ayyildiz, governor of İzmir, said that police officer Fethi Sekin prevented an even bigger attack by noticing the bomb-laden car on time, intervening and stopping the assailants from reaching the courthouse itself.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
Turkish prime minister Binali Yıldırım stated that ‘Our heroic police officer martyred in this attack, prevented a much bigger disaster happening, sacrificing his own life without a thought for it.’


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
Hundreds of people gathered for a memorial service in Izmir to hail Sekin as a national hero, with photos of his coffin draped in the Turkish flag flooding social media. People were seen waiting outside in the cold, wet weather, with umbrellas and rain jackets, to pay their respects.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack on the day of the attack.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Aftermath
On January 11, Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claimed responsibility for the attack and identified the attackers.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Perpetrators
Two suspects that were shot dead at the scene, Mustafa Çoban and Enes Yıldırım, were identified as members of the militant organization Kurdistan Freedom Hawks.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Perpetrators
Images posted online have also emerged showing the bodies of two suspects lying on the ground after being shot, with their weapons nearby.


2017 İzmir courthouse attack, Perpetrators
The U.S. government, United Kingdom and the European Union has designated the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks as a terrorist organization, while Turkey regards the group as part of the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party, therefore doesn't list it separately.


2017 Łódź Sevens
The 2017 Lodz Sevens is the second tournament of the 2017 Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series, hosted by Stadion Miejski at Łódź. It was held over the weekend of 10–11 June 2017, and with Russia's finals victory over Spain with Ireland taking bronze, there was a three-way tie for first in the series by the tournament's end.


2017–18 1. FC Heidenheim season
The 2017–18 1. FC Heidenheim season is the 11th season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FC Heidenheim season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
The 2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season was the 118th season in the football club's history. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 1. FC Köln season
The 2017–18 1. FC Köln season is the 70th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive and 47th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2014. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Köln also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 70th season for Köln in the RheinEnergieStadion, located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FC Köln season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 1. FC Magdeburg season
The 2017–18 1. FC Magdeburg season is the 52nd season in the football club's history. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FC Magdeburg season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 1. FC Nürnberg season
The 2017–18 1. FC Nürnberg season is the 118th season in the club's football history.


2017–18 1. FC Nürnberg season, Review and events
The club also took part in the 2017–18 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.


2017–18 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 season
The 2017–18 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 season was the 113th season in the history of the association football club based in Schweinfurt, Germany. In addition to the domestic league, Schweinfurt also participated in the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal, and in the season's edition of the Bavarian Cup. This was the 82nd season for Schweinfurt in the Willy-Sachs-Stadion. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 1. FC Union Berlin season
The 2017–18 1. FC Union Berlin season is the 52nd season in the football club's history and 8th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 12th overall. In addition to the domestic league, 1. FC Union Berlin also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 52nd season for 1. FC Union Berlin in the Stadion An der Alten Försterei, located in Köpenick, Berlin, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FC Union Berlin season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season
The 2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season is the 113th season in the football club's history and 9th consecutive and 12th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2009. In addition to the domestic league, Mainz 05 also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 7th season for Mainz in the Opel Arena, located in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 1. FSV Mainz 05 season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 2. Bundesliga
The 2017–18 2. Bundesliga was the 44th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second highest German football league. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018 with the match between VfL Bochum and FC St. Pauli (0:1) and ended with the 34th match day on 13 May 2018. From 19 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, the season was interrupted by a winter break.


2017–18 2. Bundesliga
Fortuna Düsseldorf secured the direct promotion to the Bundesliga after 32 days of play, the 1. FC Nürnberg one match day later; 1. FC Nürnberg set a new record with its eighth Bundesliga promotion. The championship was decided on the last match day in a direct duel between the two upstarts, which Fortuna Düsseldorf won. Holstein Kiel was able to reach the autumn championship as a starter and placed third one match day before the end, but lost in the relegation games to VfL Wolfsburg.


2017–18 2. Bundesliga
In the relegation battle, after 32 days of play, the first decision was made relatively late with the relegation of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Until the end, six clubs were at risk of relegation, in the end Eintracht Braunschweig, who was still a participant in the promotion delegation last year, had to be relegated to the 3rd division. The FC Erzgebirge Aue had to go into the relegation against Karlsruher SC and was able to secure the class stay there.


2017–18 2. Bundesliga, Promotion play-offs, Second leg
VfL Wolfsburg won 4–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.


2017–18 2. Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
Erzgebirge Aue won 3–1 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.


2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga
The 2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga was the fourteenth season of Germany's second-tier women's football league. This was also the last before the league reform; the next season will be played in one division instead of two.


2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Nord
The season started on 3 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018. Jahn Delmenhorst was promoted from the 2016–17 Regionalliga Nord and FF USV Jena II was promoted from the 2016–17 Regionalliga Nordost.


2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Süd
The season started on 2 September 2017 and ended on 13 May 2018. 1. FC Köln II was promoted from the 2016–17 Regionalliga West, SG Andernach was promoted from the 2016–17 Regionalliga Südwest and SC Freiburg II was promoted from the 2016–17 Regionalliga Süd.


2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs
The two seventh-placed teams from the two 2. Bundesliga divisions, the five division champions from the 2017–18 Regionalliga and one second-placed team from the Regionalliga were divided into two groups of four to compete for two more spots in the 2018–19 2. Bundesliga.


2017–18 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, Relegation play-offs
The matches were played on 21 May, 27 May and 3 June.


2017–18 2. Liga (Slovakia)
The 2017–18 2. Liga is the 25th season of the 2. Liga in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. It began on 28 July 2017 and concluded on 20 May 2018.


2017–18 3. Liga
The 2017–18 3. Liga was the tenth season of the 3. Liga. It began on 21 July 2017 and concluded on 12 May 2018.


2017–18 3. Liga (Slovakia)
The 2017–18 3. Liga was the 25th season of the third-tier football league of Slovakia since its establishment in 1993. The league is composed of 66 teams divided in four groups of 16 teams each; only 3. liga Západ (West) includes 18 teams. Teams are divided into four divisions: 3. liga Bratislava, 3. liga Západ (West), 3. liga Stred (Central), 3. liga Východ (Eastern), according to geographical separation.


2017–18 A-1 League
The 2017–18 HT Premijer liga was the 27th season of the HT Premijer liga, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. It started on 6 October 2017 and finished on 3 June 2018.


2017–18 A-1 League
Cedevita retained the title and achieved their fifth league overall.


2017–18 A-1 League, Format
As in the previous season, all participants in A-1 League including teams that play ABA League joined the regular season. It was played with a double round-robin format where the eight first qualified teams joined the playoffs while the last qualified one was relegated.


2017–18 A-1 League, Current teams
After the resign of Jolly Šibenik to its berth, the league was reduced to 13 teams. Jazine and Ribola Kaštela were promoted from the previous season. They would replace Gorica and Kvarner 2010.


2017–18 A-1 League, Playoffs
Quarterfinals and semifinals were played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one (1-3-5).


2017–18 A-League
The 2017–18 A-League was the 41st season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the 13th since the establishment of the A-League in 2004. The season began on 6 October 2017 and ended with the Grand Final on 5 May 2018.


2017–18 A-League
Sydney FC won the A-League minor premiership, while Melbourne Victory won the Championship after defeating the Newcastle Jets 1-0 in the Grand Final on 5 May 2018.


2017–18 A-League, Clubs, Foreign players
The following do not fill a Visa position:1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian citizenship (and New Zealand citizenship, in the case of Wellington Phoenix);2Australian citizens (and New Zealand citizens, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team;3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players;4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of fourteen games)


2017–18 A-League, Statistics, Attendances, By club
These are the attendance records of each of the teams at the end of the home and away season. The table does not include finals series attendances.


2017–18 A-League, Statistics, Discipline
During the season each club is given fair play points based on the number of cards they received in games. A yellow card is worth 1 point, a second yellow card is worth 2 points, and a red card is worth 3 points. At the annual awards night, the club with the fewest  points wins the Fair Play Award.


2017–18 A-League, Awards, Young Footballer of the Year Award
The NAB Young Footballer of the Year Award was awarded to the finest performance of an under-23 player from Australia or New Zealand throughout the season.


2017–18 A-League, Awards, End-of-season awards
The following end of the season awards were announced at the 2017–18 Dolan Warren Awards night on 30 April 2018.


2017–18 A.C. ChievoVerona season
The 2017–18 season was Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona's tenth consecutive season in Serie A. Chievo competed in Serie A, finishing 13th, and the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the fourth round by city rivals Hellas Verona.


2017–18 A.C. ChievoVerona season
Italian striker Roberto Inglese was the club's top scorer, with 12 goals in Serie A and one in the Coppa Italia.


2017–18 A.C. ChievoVerona season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 A.C. Milan season
The 2017–18 season was the 84th season in Associazione Calcio Milan's history and their 82nd in the top-flight of Italian football. Milan competed in Serie A, UEFA Europa League and in the Coppa Italia. For the first time since the 2013–14 season, A.C. Milan competed in European competition, entering in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.


2017–18 A.C. Milan season, Transfers, Summer window
Deals officialised beforehand will be effective starting from 1 July 2017.


2017–18 A.C. Milan season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
† Players with appearances who left for the rest of the season. Last updated: 20 May 2018


2017–18 A.S. Roma season
The 2017–18 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 90th in existence and 89th season in the top flight of Italian football. The club competed in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League, qualifying directly to the group stage after finishing runners-up to Juventus.


2017–18 A.S. Roma season
The season was the first since 1991–92 that Francesco Totti was not a part of the first-team squad, having retired at the end of the 2016–17 season.


2017–18 A.S. Roma season
On 13 June 2017, former Sassuolo coach Eusebio Di Francesco was appointed as Roma manager, replacing Luciano Spalletti, who left for Inter.


2017–18 A.S. Roma season
On 5 December 2017, the Stadio della Roma project, after experiencing five years worth of delays due to conflicting interests from various parties in the Roman city government, was given the go-ahead to begin construction. It is slated to open in time for the 2020–21 season and will replace the Stadio Olimpico as Roma's ground.


2017–18 ABA League First Division
The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season as the first tier as a part of two level competition.


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Format changes
On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided that there will be 12 clubs competing in the league in the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Format changes
Having analysed the current situation in European and the regional basketball, as well as the fact that the ABA League is still not officially recognized by the national basketball federations, and with a goal to protect the interests of the ABA League founding clubs, the clubs that have competed in the 2016–17 season will have a right to participate in the forthcoming season as well and the priority of participation will be given to the founders of the ABA League (from the 2015–16 season). The formula to determine the participants which will be respected is the following:


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Format changes
Two additional spots will be allocated to the clubs from countries, whose clubs have achieved the best coefficients in the country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries are Serbia and Montenegro. The places from Serbia will be filled in accordance with the final standings of the Basketball League of Serbia, in accordance with the recognition and cooperation with the ABA League.


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Format changes
In accordance with the previously mentioned decisions, the participating clubs of the ABA League for the 2017–18 season are: Cedevita, Zadar, Cibona, Union Olimpija, Igokea, Budućnost VOLI, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Mornar, while the remaining four places (from Serbia), were determined in accordance with the standings in the Basketball League of Serbia.


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Teams, National standings
The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Teams, Team allocation
League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.


2017–18 ABA League First Division, Playoffs
The semi-finals was played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs started on 17 March 2018, while the Finals ended on 14 April 2018.


2017–18 ABA League Second Division
The 2017–18 ABA League Second Division was the inaugural season of the ABA League Second Division with 12 men's teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.


2017–18 ABA League Second Division, Teams, Team allocation
On July 24, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided to start the ABA League Second Division from the 2017–18 season, in which there will be 12 participants. Based on the results in the national championships and by taking into account which clubs have sent applications for participation in the ABA League Second Division, these teams will play in the ABA League Second Division.


2017–18 ABA League Second Division, Teams, Team allocation
League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.


2017–18 ABL season
The 2017–18 ABL season is the eighth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 28 March 2018.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams
Five teams from the 2016–2017 ABL season returned for this season. One team, the Kaohsiung Truth, disbanded prior to the season. One team, Mono Vampire, returned after skipping last season, having played in the 2015–16 ABL season. The team plans to  concurrently play in the ABL and in the Thailand Basketball League for the upcoming season. Three teams were accepted as new members: Nanhai Long-Lions, Formosa Dreamers and CLS Knights Surabaya. The Long-Lions are the developmental team of the Guangzhou Long-Lions, the Dreamers are an expansion team from Taiwan, and the Knights left the Indonesian Basketball League to play in the ABL.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams
Prior their first game, the Nanhai Long-Lions renamed themselves as the Nanhai Kung Fu. After partnering with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to Chong Son Kung Fu days before the season started.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams
Alab Pilipinas renamed their team as the Tanduay Alab Pilipinas after securing a sponsorship deal with Asia Brewery, prior the season started.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams
CLS Knights Surabaya renamed their team as "CLS Knights Indonesia" prior the season started.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams
Tanduay Alab Pilipinas was renamed as "San Miguel Alab Pilipinas" by 1 February 2018, when the primary sponsor was changed from Tanduay to San Miguel Beer Pale Pilsen.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams, Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. In the left are the World Imports, and in the right are the ASEAN/Heritage Imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.


2017–18 ABL season, Teams, Imports
Each team is allowed to sign two types of imports at most on its roster.


2017–18 ABL season, Regular season
Each team will play 20 games throughout the season, 10 at home and 10 away. Each team will play 8 other teams twice, home and away, for a total of 16 games, plus 4 more games against two teams, also home and away, taking the total to 20 games. This is how the teams were grouped on which teams will play each other four times:


2017–18 ABL season, Playoffs, Quarter-finals
The quarterfinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.


2017–18 ABL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals
The semifinals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.


2017–18 ABL season, Playoffs, Finals
The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.


2017–18 ABL season, Awards, End-of-season awards
The winners were announced before Game 2 of the 2018 ABL Finals at the City of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines.


2017–18 AC Omonia season
The 2017–18 season is Omonia's 64th season in the Cypriot First Division and 69th year in existence as a football club.


2017–18 AC Omonia season
The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season
The 2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 123rd season in existence and the 25th consecutive season in the top flight of Czech football. In addition to the domestic league, AC Sparta Prague participated in this season's editions of the Czech Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ACB season
The 2017–18 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 19 June 2018 with the finals.


2017–18 ACB season
Valencia Basket was the defending champion, but was defeated in quarterfinals by Herbalife Gran Canaria, who achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever, but was defeated in semifinals by Real Madrid who won their 34th title after defeating Kirolbet Baskonia in finals.


2017–18 ACB season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro playoffs.


2017–18 ACB season, Teams, Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
As of 10 July 2017, the ACB, forced by the statement of the National Commission for Markets and Competence (CNMC), agreed with the Spanish Basketball Federation and endorsed by the CSD to reduce the requirements to fulfill by the promoted teams for playing in the league. On August 11, 2017, the ACB proceeded to the precautionary and provisional registration of the Real Betis Energía Plus, in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Andalusian club.


2017–18 ACB season, Regular season, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.


2017–18 ACF Fiorentina season
The 2017–18 season was the 91st season in ACF Fiorentina's history and their 80th in the top-flight of Italian football. Fiorentina competed in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, missing out on European football for the first time since the 2012–13 season following an eighth-place finish in the 2016–17 season. ACF Fiorentina are the first club in the history of football to wear 5 player kits.


2017–18 ACF Fiorentina season
On 6 June 2017, coach Paulo Sousa was replaced after two seasons at the helm by former Fiorentina player and Inter coach Stefano Pioli, who signed a contract tying him to the Florence club for two seasons with the option of a third.


2017–18 ACF Fiorentina season
On 4 March 2018, club captain Davide Astori died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later.


2017–18 ACF Fiorentina season
In the league Fiorentina finished just outside the European spots in 8th, while they were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia. New signing Giovanni Simeone, son of Atlético Madrid coach Diego Simeone, finished as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in total, all of them coming in Serie A.


2017–18 AD Alcorcón season
The 2017–18 season is the 46th season in AD Alcorcón ’s history.


2017–18 AD Alcorcón season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season
The 2017–18 season was AEK Athens' 57th competitive season in the top flight of Greek football, 8th season in the Super League Greece, and 94th year in existence as a football club. They also competed in the Greek Cup and in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 2007–08 season, having earned the 1st position in Play–offs for the first time last season.


2017–18 AEK Athens F.C. season, Players, Squad statistics
NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2018, 23:59 UTC +2.


2017–18 AEK B.C. season
The 2017–18 AEK B.C. season is AEK's 61st season in the top-tier level Greek Basket League. AEK won the Greek basketball cup and Basketball Champions League on that season.


2017–18 AFC Ajax season
During the 2017–18 season, Ajax participated in the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup. They also participated in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League but couldn't get past the qualification stage for either competitions. As a result, this season marked the first time that Ajax did not qualify for the group stage of a UEFA club competition since the 1990–91 season, when they were excluded from competing in European football for a year due to the staafincident. The squad's first training took place on 29 June 2017.


2017–18 AFC Ajax season, Transfers for 2017–18, Summer transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the summer window (1 July 2017 to 31 August 2017) please see List of Dutch football transfers summer 2017.


2017–18 AFC Ajax season, Transfers for 2017–18, Winter transfer window
For a list of all Dutch football transfers in the winter window (1 January 2018 to 1 February 2018) please see List of Dutch football transfers winter 2017–18.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season
The 2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season was the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 128th year in existence. This season Bournemouth participated in the Premier League as well as the FA Cup and EFL Cup.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season, Pre-season
Bournemouth announced six pre-season friendlies, against Queens Park Rangers, Yeovil Town, Portsmouth, Valencia, Estoril and Napoli.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 14 June 2017, AFC Bournemouth's 2017–18 Premier League fixtures was announced.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season, Competitions, FA Cup
In the FA Cup, Bournemouth entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to either AFC Fylde or Wigan Athletic. The latter won their replayed match 3–2 to set up the third round tie.


2017–18 AFC Bournemouth season, Competitions, EFL Cup
Bournemouth entered the competition in the second round and were drawn against Birmingham City away. A home tie versus Brighton & Hove Albion was confirmed for the third round. The Cherries were drawn at home to Middlesbrough for the fourth round. A quarter-final trip to face Chelsea was drawn out for Bournemouth.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season
The 2017–18 season was AFC Wimbledon's 16th season in their history and their second season in League One.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup
On 16 October 2017, the draw for the first round took place with AFC Wimbledon hosting Lincoln City.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup, First round
At this stage, there were 80 clubs remaining in the competition (32 non-league teams progressing from the qualifying rounds and the 48 clubs from League One and League Two).


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup, Second round
At this stage, there were 40 clubs remaining in the competition (10 non-league teams, 14 clubs from League One and 16 clubs League Two).


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, FA Cup, Third round
A total of 64 clubs will play in the third round (10 League One teams, 9 League Two teams and 44 teams from the Premier League and Football League Championship entering in this round) plus either Gillingham or Carlisle United.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Cup
On 16 June 2017, the draw for the EFL Cup took place. The draw was seeded based on the league finishing positions for clubs in the previous season and regionalised on a north-south basis. AFC Wimbledon are unseeded, and drawn at home against Brentford. Meaning for the first time in 7 years entering the competition Wimbledon had been drawn at home.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Cup, First Round
The First Round of the competition included 70 of the 72 Football League clubs: 24 from League Two, 24 from League One, and 22 from the Championship, with Hull City and Middlesbrough receiving a bye into the Second Round.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Trophy
On 7 July 2017, the Group round draw was made for the League One and League Two teams competing in the EFL Trophy. The first round will consist of 64 clubs (24 from League One, 24 from League Two and 16 Category 1 Academy Teams) split into 16 groups of 4 teams, regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group including one Academy Team. Each club will play each other once, either home or away, with the top 2 teams from each group progressing to the knock-out stages.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Trophy, First Round (Southern Group F)
If the scores are level at the end of a Group Match then each team is awarded 1 point. In addition, the match will be followed immediately by the taking of penalties and the team that wins the penalty shootout will be awarded 1 additional point. AFC Wimbledon qualified for the following round by finishing as runners-up.


2017–18 AFC Wimbledon season, Matches, EFL Trophy, Second Round (Southern Section)
The draw for the Second Round took place on 10 November 2017, with 32 clubs (13 from League One, 11 from League Two and 8 Category 1 Academy sides) progressing from the previous round, continuing to be regionalised on a north/south basis, with each group winner from the previous round being drawn at home to a second placed team from a different qualifying group.


2017–18 AHL season
The 2017–18 AHL season was the 82nd season of the American Hockey League. The regular season ran from October 6, 2017, to April 15, 2018. The 2018 Calder Cup playoffs followed the conclusion of the regular season. The Toronto Marlies won their first Calder Cup in seven games over the Texas Stars.


2017–18 AHL season, League changes
The AHL's only alignment change was moving the Charlotte Checkers from the Central Division of the Western Conference to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, significantly decreasing their interdivisional travel and balancing the two conferences' members. Similar to the season scheduling in the previous season, the six California and Arizona based teams continued to have a 68-game season while the rest of the AHL teams play a 76-game season.


2017–18 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes
The National Hockey League added the Vegas Golden Knights for the 2017–18 season. The Las Vegas management confirmed that the organization would also have an AHL affiliate in their first season, although it was not stated whether the AHL team would be an expansion or relocation. The organization looked into adding an affiliate on the West Coast with the leading candidates being Salt Lake City, Reno, or Fresno.


2017–18 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes
However, as the season went on, they looked into co-affiliations with a pre-existing AHL team since the new NHL team would likely not have a large amount of drafted talent to fully stock an AHL roster. In February 2017, AHL commissioner David Andrews later stated that there was a "50-50 chance" of a 31st team being established for the 2017–18 season.


2017–18 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes
Other than the Golden Knights adding a team, there were also reports in November 2016 of the St. Louis Blues adding an expansion team in Kansas City. This would later be denied by the announced potential owner in Kansas City, Lamar Hunt Jr., in a press release from his ECHL team in the area, the Missouri Mavericks, and further denied by AHL commissioner, David Andrews, after the January 2017 Board of Governors meeting. In May 2017, the 30 team alignment was confirmed and there would be no expansion for 2017–18.


2017–18 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes
The Golden Knights signed a multi-year affiliation with the Chicago Wolves, replacing the Blues as their primary affiliate. The Blues also announced that they would continue to send players to the Wolves for that season, as well as to the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL team that they would affiliate with for 2018–19.


2017–18 AHL season, League changes, Team and NHL affiliation changes
The league confirmed after the 2017 Board of Governors meeting that it had made a commitment to an expansion applicant for a 31st team for the 2018–19 season later revealed to be the Colorado Eagles. The Eagles had been a member of the ECHL prior to the promotion and the affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. The Eagles join other recent ECHL markets in the AHL such as Bakersfield, Charlotte, Ontario, and Stockton.


2017–18 AHL season, Standings
y–  indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot x–  indicates team has clinched a playoff spot e–  indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention


2017–18 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading skaters
The following players are sorted by points, then goals. Updated as of April 15, 2018.


2017–18 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading skaters
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes


2017–18 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders
The following goaltenders with a minimum 1440 minutes played lead the league in goals against average. Updated as of April 15, 2018.


2017–18 AHL season, Statistical leaders, Leading goaltenders
GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (in minutes); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average; SV% = Save percentage; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout loss


2017–18 AHL season, Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff format
The 2018 Calder Cup playoffs format was retained from the divisional format of the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs. The playoff format was finalized at the Annual Board of Governors meeting that took place July 2017. During the regular season, teams receive two points for a win and one point for an overtime or shootout loss. The top four teams in each division ranked by points percentage (points earned divided by points available) qualify for the 2017 Calder Cup playoffs.


2017–18 AHL season, Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff format
The 2018 Calder Cup playoffs features a divisional playoff format, leading to conference finals and ultimately the Calder Cup finals. The division semifinals are best-of-five series; all subsequent rounds are best-of-seven.


2017–18 AS Monaco FC season
The 2017–18 season was AS Monaco FC's fifth consecutive season in Ligue 1 since promotion from Ligue 2 in 2013. They were the defending Ligue 1 champions and also took part in the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Trophée des Champions and the UEFA Champions League.


2017–18 AS Monaco FC season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Monaco FC season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Monaco FC season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Source: Match reports in Competitive matchesOnly competitive matchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season
The 2017–18 season was AS Saint-Étienne's fourteenth consecutive season in Ligue 1 since promotion from Ligue 2 in 2004.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AS Saint-Étienne season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
The 2017–18 ASUN Conference men's basketball season with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2018 and concluded in February 2018. The season marked the 40th season of ASUN Conference basketball.


2017–18 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
Florida Gulf Coast won the regular season championship by two games over Lipscomb. The ASUN Tournament was held from February 26 through March 4 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Lipscomb defeated Florida Gulf Coast in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, Lipscomb received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. FCGU earned an invite to the NIT.


2017–18 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
Lipscomb received the 15th seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament and was defeated by the second-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the first round. FGCU received the 7th seed in the USC bracket of the NIT and was defeated by the second-seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys in the first round of the tournament.


2017–18 ATK season
The 2017 ATK season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League. The club ended a three-season association with the Spanish La Liga club Atlético Madrid and was abbreviated to ATK This season the club is coached by Teddy Sheringham and former Bengaluru FC coach, Ashley Westwood is given role of technical director.


2017–18 ATK season, Transfers, Pre-season
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ATK season, Transfers, Pre-season
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ATK season, Transfers, During the season
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ATK season, Transfers, During the season
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ATK season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ATK season, Players, U18 Team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 ATK season, Indian Super League, Super Cup, Qualification round
As one of the bottom four teams in Indian Super League, ATK entered the Super Cup in the qualifier round where they faced Chennai City for a spot in the Round of 16. The match began with ATK on the front foot as expected. They sealed their berth in the pre-quarter finals by winning the match 4–1.


2017–18 ATK season, Super Cup, Qualification Round
ATK drawn with Chennai City in qualification stage. They defeated them by 4-1. And qualified for Round of 16.


2017–18 ATK season, Super Cup, Round of 16
In the round of 16, ATK was defeated by fellow Indian Super League side, FC Goa 3-1.


2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season
During the 2017–18 season AZ competed in the Eredivisie for the 20th consecutive season and the KNVB Beker.


2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season, Eredivisie, Matches
The fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced in June 2017.


2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season, (Pre-season) friendlies
The first training session for the new season began on 25 June. Friendlies were arranged with smaller teams in the Netherlands as well as a few additional friendlies against foreign teams touring the Netherlands.


2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AZ Alkmaar season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season
The 2017–18 season was AaB's 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 28th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 132nd year in existence as a football club.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Squad, First team squad
This squad list includes any first team squad player who was available for the line-up during the season.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Squad, Youth players in use
This list includes any youth player from AaB Academy who was used in the season.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Appearances
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when appearances are equal.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Goalscorers
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Clean sheets
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal.


2017–18 AaB Fodbold season, Statistics, Suspensions
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total matches suspended are equal.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season
The 2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season was Aberdeen's 104th season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the Scottish Premiership. Aberdeen also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen also competed in qualifying for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, June
In the pre-season, Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes was the subject of press speculation regarding a potential move to English Premier League team Sunderland. After weeks of speculation, McInnes rejected an eventual approach by Sunderland on 15 June and committed his future to the Dons until 2019. Subsequently, only a few days later, he and assistant Tony Docherty, signed a one-year contract extension, keeping them with the club until the summer of 2020.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, June
On 17 June, Jonny Hayes signed for Celtic for £1.3 million plus a season-long loan for Ryan Christie. Christie had been on loan at the club for the second half of last season.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, June
On 26 June, after being linked with Sunderland with manager McInnes, 'keeper Joe Lewis signed a new deal to keep him at the club until 2020.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July
On 11 July, Shay Logan signed a contract extension until 2020.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July
On 12 July, Gary Mackay-Steven signed from Celtic for £150,000 on a two-year deal.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July
On 14 July, former player and Iceland international Kári Árnason re-signed for the club from Omonia on a free, signing a one-year deal. He had originally played for the club in the 2011–12 season.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, July
On 19 July, at least 2 supporters were injured after an attack by Bosnians in the city of Mostar, the night before they were due to play Bosnia and Herzegovina side Široki Brijeg in their Europa League qualifier.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, August
On 3 August, Aberdeen were again knocked out of the Europa League at the third qualifying round stage for the 4th year in a row, this time at the hands of Apollon Limassol. There was yet more trouble for Dons fans, this time during the match and after the final whistle. The club looked into this incident, in which later both clubs were fined by UEFA.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, August
On 10 August, after spending months trying to sign him, Stevie May signed for the Dons for £400,000. Miles Storey the next day joined Partick Thistle for an undisclosed fee.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, August
On 26 August, Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle 4–3 at Firhill, meaning they were the only club in the league to win their first 4 matches of the season.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, September
On 5 September, defender Mark Reynolds signed a contract extension until 2019.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, September
On 21 September, Aberdeen were knocked out of the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, being comfortably beaten 3–0 by Motherwell.


2017–18 Aberdeen F.C. season, Summary, September
On 30 September, Adam Rooney scored his eighth hat-trick for the Dons in a 3–0 win at home against St Johnstone.