2014–15 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City

2014–15 season
Chairman	Huw Jenkins
Manager	Garry Monk
Stadium	Liberty Stadium
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Wilfried Bony (9) All: Bafétimbi Gomis (10)
Highest home attendance	20,828 vs. Liverpool (16 March 2015, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	12,987 vs. Rotherham United (26 August 2014, Football League Cup)
Average home league attendance	20,555
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014–15 season was Swansea City's 95th season in the English football league system, and their fourth consecutive season in the Premier League. They also competed in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.

Squad and coaching staff information

First team squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Fabiański, ŁukaszŁukasz Fabiański	31	EU	2014.0 !2014[1]	38	0	2018[1]	5000000000000000000♠Free
2	DF		Amat, JordiJordi Amat	25	EU	2013.0 !2013[2]	42	0	2017[2]	7000250000000000000♠£2,500,000
3	DF		Taylor, NeilNeil Taylor	27	EU	2010.0 !2010[3]	131	0	2019[4]	6999150000000000000♠£150,000
4	MF		Sung-yueng, KiKi Sung-yueng	27	Non-EU	2012.0 !2012[5]	76	8	2018[6]	7000550000000000000♠£5,500,000
6	DF		Williams, AshleyAshley Williams	32	EU	2008.0 !2008[7]	316	12	2018[8]	6999400000000000000♠£400,000	Captain
7	MF		Britton, LeonLeon Britton	34	EU	2011.0 !2011[9]	476	17	2017[10]	Undisclosed	Appearances excluding FAW Premier Cup
8	MF		Shelvey, JonjoJonjo Shelvey	24	EU	2013.0 !2013[11]	77	9	2017[11]	7000500000000000000♠£5,000,000
11	FW		Emnes, MarvinMarvin Emnes	28	EU	2014.0 !2014[12]	34	5	2017[12]	Undisclosed
12	MF		Dyer, NathanNathan Dyer	29	EU	2009.0 !2009[13]	269	30	2017[14]	6999400000000000000♠£400,000
13	GK		Cornell, DavidDavid Cornell	25	EU	2009.0 !2009[15]	1	0	2015[16]	Youth system
14	MF		Carroll, TomTom Carroll	24	EU	2014.0 !2014[17]	18	1	2015[17]	Loan
15	MF		Routledge, WayneWayne Routledge	31	EU	2011.0 !2011[18]	153	16	2018[19]	Undisclosed
17	FW		Oliveira, NélsonNélson Oliveira	25	EU	2015.0 !2015[20]	11	1	2015[20]	Loan
18	FW		Gomis, BafétimbiBafétimbi Gomis	31	EU	2014.0 !2014[21]	36	10	2018[21]	5000000000000000000♠Free
19	DF		Tiendalli, DwightDwight Tiendalli	31	EU	2013.0 !2013[22]	46	1	2016[22]	5000000000000000000♠Free
20	MF		Montero, JeffersonJefferson Montero	27	Non-EU	2014.0 !2014[23]	33	1	2018[23]	Undisclosed
21	MF		Grimes, MattMatt Grimes	21	EU	2015.0 !2015[24]	3	0	2019[24]	Undisclosed
22	DF		Rangel, ÀngelÀngel Rangel	34	EU	2007.0 !2007[25]	320	9	2017[26]	Undisclosed
23	MF		Sigurðsson, GylfiGylfi Sigurðsson	27	EU	2014.0 !2014[27]	53	16	2018[27]	Undisclosed
24	MF		Cork, JackJack Cork	27	EU	2015.0 !2015[28]	15	1	2018[28]	Undisclosed
25	GK		Tremmel, GerhardGerhard Tremmel	38	EU	2011.0 !2011[29]	52	0	2015[30]	5000000000000000000♠Free
26	DF		Naughton, KyleKyle Naughton	28	EU	2015.0 !2015[31]	10	0	2018[31]	Undisclosed
27	DF		Bartley, KyleKyle Bartley	25	EU	2012.0 !2012[32]	18	0	2017[33]	7000100000000000000♠£1,000,000
29	DF		Richards, JazzJazz Richards	25	EU	2009.0 !2009[34]	51	0	2016[34]	Youth system
33	DF		Fernández, FedericoFederico Fernández	27	Non-EU	2014.0 !2014[35]	32	0	2018[35]	Undisclosed
46	MF		Gorré, KenjiKenji Gorré	22	EU	2013.0 !2013[36]	1	0	2016[37]	5000000000000000000♠Free
53	MF		King, AdamAdam King	21	EU	2014.0 !2014[38] (Winter)	1	0	2017[38]	Undisclosed
56	MF		Fulton, JayJay Fulton	22	EU	2014.0 !2014[39] (Winter)	7	0	2018[40]	Undisclosed
58	FW		Barrow, ModouModou Barrow	24	EU	2014.0 !2014[41]	13	1	2018[42]	Undisclosed

Last updated: 17 May 2015
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Ordered by 2014–15 squad numbers.

Club staff

Transfers & loans

Transfer in

Player	Pos.	Moving from	Date	Contract	Transfer fee	Ref.
Łukasz Fabiański	GK	Arsenal	29 May 2014†	4 years	Free	[1]
Bafétimbi Gomis	FW	Olympique Lyonnais	27 June 2014	4 years	Free	[21]
Stephen Kingsley	DF	Falkirk	30 June 2014	3 years	Undisclosed	[43]
Marvin Emnes	FW	Middlesbrough	2 July 2014	3 years	Undisclosed	[44]
Gylfi Sigurðsson	MF	Tottenham Hotspur	23 July 2014	4 years	Undisclosed	[27]
Jefferson Montero	MF	Monarcas Morelia	24 July 2014	4 years	Undisclosed	[23]
Adnan Marić	MF	GAIS	8 August 2014	2 years	Undisclosed	[45]
Daniel James	MF	Hull City	8 August 2014	Scholarship	Undisclosed	[45]
Federico Fernández	DF	Napoli	20 August 2014	4 years	Undisclosed	[35]
James Demetriou	FW	Nottingham Forest	29 August 2014	2 years	Free	[46]
Giancarlo Gallifuoco	MF	Tottenham Hotspur	29 August 2014	1 year	Free	[47]
Modou Barrow	FW	Östersunds FK	1 September 2014	Performance-related	Undisclosed	[41]
Matt Grimes	MF	Exeter City	2 January 2015	4.5 years	Undisclosed	[24]
Kyle Naughton	DF	Tottenham Hotspur	22 January 2015	3.5 years	£5,000,000	[48]
Jack Cork	MF	Southampton	30 January 2015	3.5 years	Undisclosed	[28]

^† effective 1 July 2014

Transfer out

Player	Pos.	Moving to	Date	Transfer fee	Ref.
Leroy Lita	FW	Barnsley	12 May 2014	End of contract	[49]
David N'Gog	FW	Stade de Reims	12 May 2014	End of contract	[49]
Óscar Sielva	MF	Olot	12 May 2014	End of contract	[49]
Darnel Situ	DF	AGF	12 May 2014	End of contract	[49]
Pau Morer Vicente	MF	Girona	12 May 2014	End of contract	[49]
Jernade Meade	DF	Hadley	23 May 2014	End of contract	[49]
Gwion Edwards	MF	Crawley Town	11 July 2014	Undisclosed	[50]
Ben Davies	DF	Tottenham Hotspur	23 July 2014	Undisclosed	[27]
Michel Vorm	GK	Tottenham Hotspur	23 July 2014	Undisclosed	[27]
Alejandro Pozuelo	MF	Rayo Vallecano	24 July 2014	Undisclosed	[51]
Chico Flores	DF	Lekhwiya	14 August 2014	Undisclosed	[52]
Pablo Hernández	MF	Al-Arabi	14 August 2014	Undisclosed	[52]
José Cañas	MF	Espanyol	1 September 2014	Free	[53]
Kris Scott	MF	Leicester City	1 September 2014	Free	[54]
Wilfried Bony	FW	Manchester City	14 January 2015	£28,000,000	[55]

Loan in

Player	Pos.	Loaned from	Date	Expires	Ref.
Tom Carroll	MF	Tottenham Hotspur	22 August 2014	30 June 2015	[17]
Nélson Oliveira	FW	Benfica	23 December 2014‡	30 June 2015	[20]

^‡ Officially signed on 1 January 2015.

Loan out

Player	Pos.	Loaned to	Date	Expires	Ref.
Thomas Atyeo	DF	Aberystwyth Town	23 June 2014	5 September 2014	[56][57]
Daniel Alfei	DF	Northampton Town	2 July 2014	2 January 2015	[58][59]
Michu	FW	Napoli	17 July 2014	30 June 2015	[60]
Alex Bray	MF	Plymouth Argyle	1 September 2014	9 September 2014	[61][62]
Alan Tate	DF	Crewe Alexandra	24 September 2014	24 December 2014	[63]
Scott Tancock	DF	Newport County	26 September 2014	20 November 2014	[64][65]
James Loveridge	FW	Newport County	2 October 2014	20 November 2014	[66][67]
Curtis Obeng	DF	Newport County	23 October 2014	17 December 2014	[65][68]
Scott Tancock	DF	Wrexham	21 November 2014	18 December 2014	[69]
Alan Tate	DF	Crewe Alexandra	5 January 2015	30 June 2015	[70]
Rory Donnelly	FW	Tranmere Rovers	8 January 2015	30 June 2015	[71]
Ryan Hedges	FW	Leyton Orient	16 January 2015	30 June 2015	[72][73]
Liam Shephard	DF	Yeovil Town	17 January 2015	30 June 2015	[74][75]
Jazz Richards	DF	Fulham	24 January 2015	7 May 2015	[76][77][78]
Josh Sheehan	MF	Yeovil Town	17 February 2015	30 June 2015	[79][80]
Stephen Kingsley	DF	Yeovil Town	18 February 2015	30 June 2015	[81][80]
Modou Barrow	MF	Nottingham Forest	12 March 2015	26 April 2015	[82][83]
David Cornell	GK	Portsmouth	17 March 2015	15 April 2015	[84][85]
Dwight Tiendalli	DF	Middlesbrough	26 March 2015	7 May 2015	[86][78]

New contracts

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Contract length	Expires	Ref.
7	MF	Leon Britton	4 June 2014	3 years	June 2018	[10]
56	MF	Jay Fulton	30 June 2014	4 years	June 2017	[40]
46	MF	Kenji Gorré	2 July 2014	2 years	June 2016	[37]
6	DF	Ashley Williams	4 July 2014	4 years	June 2018	[8]
27	DF	Kyle Bartley	5 July 2014	3 years	June 2017	[33]
4	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	28 August 2014	4 years	June 2018	[6]
15	MF	Wayne Routledge	25 September 2014	Extension	June 2018	[19]
10	FW	Wilfried Bony	19 November 2014	Extension	June 2018	[87]
32	DF	Liam Shephard	5 January 2015	2.5 years	June 2017	[88]
58	FW	Modou Barrow	7 January 2015	4 years	June 2018	[42]
22	DF	Àngel Rangel	10 March 2015	Extension	June 2017	[26]
55	DF	Raheem Hanley	15 April 2015	1 year	June 2016	[89]
	FW	Owain Jones	27 May 2015	2 years	June 2017	[90]
	MF	Kyle Copp	27 May 2015	1 year	June 2016	[90]
	MF	Stephen Fallon	27 May 2015	1 year	June 2016	[90]
52	DF	Connor Roberts	29 May 2015	2 years	June 2017	[90]
3	DF	Neil Taylor	1 June 2015	4 years	June 2019	[4]
44	MF	Sam Evans	1 June 2015	1 year	June 2016	[90]
50	FW	Ryan Hedges	9 June 2015	Extension	June 2018	[90]

Pre-season & friendlies

Swansea's pre-season preparations began by travelling to Chicago for a two-week training camp.^[91] Their first pre-season match came against Mexican side Guadalajara at Miller Park on 16 July. The game finished 1–1, with Nathan Dyer scoring Swansea's goal in the 57th minute. Neil Taylor and Guadalajara's Jesús Sánchez García were both sent off in the 80th minute.^[92] Three days later Swansea faced NASL side Minnesota United in Blaine, losing the game 2–0.^[93]

Following the conclusion of the US tour, Swansea's next game came against League Two side Plymouth Argyle. The Swans won the match 4–0, courtesy of goals from Rory Donnelly, Jordi Amat, and two goals from new signing Gylfi Sigurðsson.^[94] A couple of days later, Swansea registered their second win of their pre-season with a 2–0 win over Exeter City. The goals were scored by Bafétimbi Gomis and Josh Sheehan.^[95]

A mixture of youth and first team players faced Bournemouth on 1 August, which saw Swansea defeated 3–1. Swansea's new Ecuadorian winger Jefferson Montero scored their only goal in the 68th minute.^[96] The following day, Swansea travelled to the Madejski Stadium to face Championship side Reading. Swansea ran out 3–1 winners. Wayne Routledge scored two goals in two minutes in the first half, and Gomis scored Swansea's third in the 65th minute.^[97]

On 9 August, Swansea's final pre-season friendly saw them face La Liga side Villarreal at the Liberty Stadium. They lost the match 3–0, with goals coming from Ikechukwu Uche, Bruno Soriano and Denis Cheryshev.^[98]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Competition

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	8th	16 August 2014	24 May 2015
FA Cup	Third round	—	Fourth round	3 January 2015	24 January 2015
League Cup	Second round	—	Fourth round	26 August 2014	28 October 2014

Last updated: 24 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Liverpool	38	18	8	12	52	48	+4	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7	Southampton	38	18	6	14	54	33	+21	60	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	Swansea City	38	16	8	14	46	49	−3	56
9	Stoke City	38	15	9	14	48	45	+3	54
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	47	51	−4	48

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	8	14	46	49	−3	56	9	5	5	27	22	+5	7	3	9	19	27	−8

Last updated: 24 May 2015.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	1	2	2	3	5	5	4	8	6	6	5	7	7	6	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Last updated: 24 May 2015.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

August

The fixture list for the 2014–15 Premier League season was announced on 18 June 2014. Swansea began their league campaign with a 2–1 away win against Manchester United on 16 August 2014. Ki Sung-yueng put Swansea into the lead in the 28th minute with a shot from the edge of the penalty box. Wayne Rooney scored an overhead kick to equalise early in the second half, but Gylfi Sigurðsson scored the winning goal for Swansea in the 72nd minute.^[99] A week after the victory at Old Trafford, Swansea continued their winning start to the season by beating newly promoted side Burnley 1–0 at the Liberty Stadium. Nathan Dyer scored the only goal of the game in the 23rd minute with a low shot.^[100] Swansea finished August with a home game against West Bromwich Albion. Two goals from Dyer and volley from Wayne Routledge saw Swansea win the game 3–0. Three successive wins at the start of the season ensured that this was Swansea's best start to a season for 91 years.^[101] Garry Monk was named Premier League Manager of the Month for August.^[102]

September

Swansea suffered their first defeat of the season when they travelled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Swansea took the lead when John Terry scored an own goal by deflecting a Neil Taylor cross into his own net. Diego Costa levelled the match at 1–1 just before half-time. Costa then followed that up with two further goals in the second half to complete his hat-trick. Loïc Rémy scored Chelsea's fourth goal, before Jonjo Shelvey scored a consolation goal for the Swans in the 86th minute to finish the match 4–2.^[103] Swansea next faced Southampton on 20 September. Wilfried Bony was sent off in the 39th minute courtesy of two yellow cards, but Swansea managed to stay in the game until the 80th minute, before Victor Wanyama scored the only goal of the game to give Southampton a 1–0 win.^[104] Swansea's run of two consecutive defeats came to an end when they travelled to the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland. Swansea managed to keep a clean sheet and earned a 0–0 draw, despite Àngel Rangel's dismissal in the 81st minute for two yellow cards. Swansea finished the month in fifth place.^[105]

October

On 4 October, Swansea took the lead twice against Newcastle United with goals from Routledge and Bony, however Papiss Cissé equalised on both occasions to finish the match 2–2.^[106] On 19 October, Swansea travelled away to take on Stoke City. Swansea were awarded a penalty kick in the 34th minute thanks to Ryan Shawcross committing a foul on Bony. Bony scored the resulting penalty to make it 1–0. Charlie Adam then scored a penalty for Stoke, as Àngel Rangel was adjudged to have fouled Victor Moses inside the penalty area. Jonathan Walters then scored the winning goal for Stoke in the 76th minute.^[107] After the game Garry Monk claimed that Victor Moses had dived for the penalty, and that he was “disgusted” with referee Michael Oliver for awarding it. Monk was subsequently warned by the FA over his conduct in media interviews, but was not charged over the statements.^[108] Swansea’s final game of October came against Leicester City at the Liberty Stadium. Bony scored two goals either side of half time to win the game 2–0.^[109]

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

League Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Swansea will enter the League Cup in the second round as one of the thirteen Premier League clubs not involved in European competition. They were drawn against Rotherham United at home.^[110] Gomis scored his first competitive goal for the Swans in the 22nd minute, in a 1–0 win.^[111] In the third round, Swansea were drawn to face fellow Premier League side Everton.^[112] Swansea recorded their first ever win over Everton to reach the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.^[113]

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last updated on 24 May 2015

No.	Pos	Player	Premier League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total			Discipline
			Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Łukasz Fabiański	37	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	38	0	0	–	1
2	DF	Jordi Amat	7	3	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	9	3	0	3	–
3	DF	Neil Taylor	34	0	0	–	–	–	2	0	0	36	0	0	10	–
4	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	30	3	8	–	–	–	0	1	0	30	4	8	4	–
6	DF	Ashley Williams	37	0	0	–	–	–	2	0	0	39	0	0	7	–
7	MF	Leon Britton	7	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	0	1	–
8	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	28	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	31	4	3	9	1
11	FW	Marvin Emnes	3	14	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	15	2	2	–
12	MF	Nathan Dyer	23	9	3	2	0	1	3	0	1	28	9	5	3	–
14	MF	Tom Carroll	8	5	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	12	6	1	2	–
15	MF	Wayne Routledge	27	2	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	27	5	4	1	1
17	FW	Nélson Oliveira	4	6	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	4	7	1	–	–
18	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	18	13	7	2	0	2	3	0	1	23	13	10	–	–
19	DF	Dwight Tiendalli	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	–
20	MF	Jefferson Montero	15	15	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	18	16	1	–	–
21	MF	Matt Grimes	0	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	–	–
22	DF	Àngel Rangel	22	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	4	0	1	1
23	MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	32	0	7	1	0	1	1	1	1	34	1	9	2	1
24	MF	Jack Cork	15	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0	1	1	–
25	GK	Gerhard Tremmel	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	1	0	–	–
26	DF	Kyle Naughton	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0	0	1	–
27	DF	Kyle Bartley	7	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	7	1
29	MF	Jazz Richards	7	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	3	0	1	–
33	DF	Federico Fernández	27	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	30	2	0	1	–
46	MF	Kenji Gorré	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	–	–
53	MF	Adam King	–	–	–	0	1	0	–	–	–	0	1	0	–	–
56	MF	Jay Fulton	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	–
58	FW	Modou Barrow	1	10	0	2	0	1	–	–	–	3	10	1	2	–
Players who have made an appearance this season, but are currently away from the club on loan:
30	MF	Josh Sheehan	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	–
Players who have made an appearance this season, but have since left the club:
10	FW	Wilfried Bony	16	4	9	–	–	–	0	2	0	16	6	9	2	1

Source: ^[114]

Overall summary

References

{{2014–15 in English football}}