The 2018–19 season is Cambridge United's 107th season in their history, their 40th in the Football League, and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CB Louis John Sutton United Free transfer 1 July 2018 RM Reggie Lambe Carlisle United Free transfer 1 July 2018 CB George Taft Mansfield Town Free transfer
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2018 CM Medy Elito Barnet Released 1 July 2018 CF Uche Ikpeazu Heart of Midlothian Free transfer 1 July 2018 CB Leon Legge Port Vale Free transfer 1 July 2018 RM Piero Mingoia Accrington Stanley Released 2 January 2019 CF Barry Corr Free agent Released 31 January 2019 RW Ade Azeez Newport County Undisclosed P
Loans in Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref. 11 January 2019 CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy Aston Villa 31 May 2019 25 January 2019 CF Alex Jones Bradford City 31 May 2019 31 January 2019 LB Hayden Coulson Middlesbrough 31 May 2019 31 January 2019 CM Jake Doyle-Hayes Aston Villa 31 May 2019
Loans out Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref. 3 August 2018 CF Matthew Foy Chelmsford City 31 August 2018 7 August 2018 GK Finlay Iron St Neots Town September 2018 10 August 2018 CM Lee Watkins Mildenhall Town September 2018 31 August 2018 CF Matthew Foy Kettering Town September 2018 28 September 2018 DM Sam Squire Needham Market October 2018 13 November 2018 CF Tom Knowles Hemel Hempstead Town January 2019 16 January 2019 FW Sam Bennett Mildenhall Town February 2019 18 January 2019 RB Leon Davies Bath City February 2019 18 January 2019 CB Sam Goode Haverhill Rovers Work experience 18 January 2019 CF Tom Knowles Kettering Town February 2019 18 January 2019 FW Joe Neal Royston Town Work experience 18 January 2019 MF Ben Worman Bishop's Stortford March 2019
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies Cambridge United announced they will face ten different opponents during their pre-season schedule. A scheduled friendly match with Billericay Town on 20 July was later cancelled.
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.
EFL Trophy On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.
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