The 2013–14 season was West Bromwich Albion's fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, their eighth in total. During the season, they also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.
Season summary Steve Clarke was sacked in December following four consecutive defeats, which left Albion in 16th place. He was replaced by former Real Betis manager Pepe Mel, who guided Albion to safety despite only winning 3 of his 18 matches in charge. At the end of the season, Mel's contract was terminated by mutual consent; he was replaced by Everton's academy manager Alan Irvine.
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Left club during season
Player statistics Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
As of 11 May 2014 No.Pos.Nat.NamePremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalDisciplineGoalsGoalsGoalsGoals1 GK Ben Foster 2401000250102 DF Steven Reid 16000101704*03 DF Jonas Olsson 32100003211004DF Goran Popov 1 (1)010204 (1)01*05MF Claudio Yacob 22 (5)1101024 (5)18*06DF Liam Ridgewell 3310000331607MF James Morrison 23 (9)1100 (2)024 (11)1108FW Markus Rosenberg 1 (3)0000 (2)01 (5)0009FW Shane Long 11 (4)3101013 (4)32010MF Scott Sinclair 4 (4)00 (1)0206 (5)00011MF Chris Brunt 25 (3)3001026 (3)37013GK Boaz Myhill 14000001400014DF Diego Lugano 7 (2)1102010 (2)14*+016FWVictor Anichebe 11 (13)3000011 (13)33017MF Graham Dorrans 12 (2)2002014 (2)24018MF Morgan Amalfitano 26 (2)40 (1)00 (1)026 (4)44+019GK Luke Daniels 0 (1)000202 (1)00020FWMatěj Vydra 7 (16)310109 (16)30021MFYoussouf Mulumbu 33 (4)2001034 (4)27022MFZoltán Gera 5 (9)010006 (9)02+023DFGareth McAuley 32210003324025DFCraig Dawson 10 (2)0102013 (2)02+028DFBilly Jones 21000102205029MFStéphane Sessègnon 23 (3)50 (1)01024 (4)50038FWSaido Berahino 11 (21)5102414 (21)90039FWNicolas Anelka 11 (1)2000011 (1)20040DFLiam O'Neil 0 (3)000000 (3)00041DFCameron Gayle 00000 (1)00 (1)00050FWThievy Bifouma 3 (3)200003 (3)200 * – One booking in League Cup + – One booking in FA Cup Source:
Results Pre-season During pre-season, Albion installed the Hawk-Eye system at their home ground, The Hawthorns, in order to enable the newly introduced goal-line technology for the 2013–14 season.
Overall
Premier League Albion participated in the 2013–14 Premier League.
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
All matches on 11–14 April kicked off 7 minutes after the originally scheduled time, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.
FA Cup
League Cup Albion participated in the 2013–14 Football League Cup. At half-time in their home tie against Arsenal, the club were presented with a blue plaque as one of the 12 founder members of the Football League, which was celebrating its 125th anniversary. The plaque was later displayed on the outside of the East Stand at The Hawthorns.
Transfers
In Date Pos. Name From Fee Ref 4 July 2013 FW (Juventus) Free 2 August 2013 DF Paris Saint-Germain Free 14 August 2013 MF Free 2 September 2013 GK Free 2 September 2013 MF Sunderland £6,500,000+ 2 September 2013 FW Everton £6,000,000 Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined West Brom.
Loans in Date from Pos. Name From Date until Ref 10 July 2013 DF Dynamo Kyiv End of season 13 August 2013 FW Udinese End of season 22 August 2013 MF Manchester City End of season 2 September 2013 MF Marseille End of season31 January 2014FWEspanyolEnd of season
Out Date Pos. Name To Fee Ref 30 June 2013 DF (Nottingham Forest) Released 30 June 2013 MF (Crystal Palace) Released 30 June 2013 MF Released 5 July 2013 FW Wigan Athletic Free 5 July 2013 FW Cardiff City £2,250,0002 September 2013DF(CFR Cluj)Contract terminated1 January 2014GK(AFC Bournemouth)Contract expired 17 January 2014 FW Hull City Undisclosed2 February 2014FW(Malmö FF)Contract terminated 14 March 2014 FW Sacked Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his West Brom contract expired.
Loans out Date from Pos. Name To Date until Ref19 July 2013MFBirmingham CityEnd of season 31 October 2013 GK AFC Bournemouth 1 January 20146 November 2013MFWatford2 January 201428 November 2013DFShrewsbury Town4 January 201430 January 2014MFDerby CountyEnd of seasonNotes Zoltán Gera was re-signed by West Bromwich Albion before the start of the 2013–14 season.
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