Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, for the seventh consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07. The manager was Giuseppe Sannino.
Background Gianfranco Zola replaced Sean Dyche as Watford manager at the end of the 2011–12 season following Sean Dyche's dismissal. Following the takeover of Watford by the Pozzo family, Watford loaned a significant number of players on season-long deals from fellow Pozzo-owned clubs Udinese and Granada. The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from fellow managers, who argued that a large number of loan players from a few clubs should not be allowed. However, despite the number of loanees at the club, Watford used the second-most academy players after Middlesbrough, using eight different academy players throughout the season.
Pre-season Watford attended a pre-season training camp in northern Italy and played friendly fixtures before playing more fixtures in the UK
Football League Championship
Football League Cup
FA Cup
League table
Summary
Players
Statistics
No. = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played
G = Number of goals scored
= Yellow cards
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Red cards
Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system
Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player
Age = Current age
Loan player
Statistics correct as of game played 3 May 2014."Watford FC player appearances 2013/14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2013. Numbers in brackets indicate substitute appearances
+2013–14 Watford player detailsNo.PosNamePGPGPGPGAgeJoined clubYthNotesChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline1GK3701000380102012No—2DF000202 (1)0002013No—3DF6 (2)000006 (2)0102013No4DF39 (1)7301 (1)143 (2)81112013No—5DF5 (3)000207 (3)0402013No6DF31 (2)0303037 (2)01102012No—7MF21 (14)430315202012No—8MF5 (2)000106 (2)0002013No8MF7 (4)100007 (4)1112014No9FW4424310 (1)047 (1)25402010No—10MF31 (3)10200 (1)033 (4)11702013No—11FW19 (9)7211 (1)022 (10)8802012No—12DF23 (1)01000102001Yes—13FW8 (2)400008 (2)4212014No—15FW3 (6)000311202013No—15MF6 (2)100006 (2)1312014No—16MF22 (12)3213227 (12)6202010Yes—17DF3 (2)010004 (2)0002013No—18DF29 (8)21 (1)0302702012No—19DF26 (12)2103131 (12)4902013No—20FW8 (13)11 (1)0201202013No—20FW1 (1)000001 (1)0002014No21MF29 (6)5200 (1)031 (7)5002012No—22MF9 (4)20 (2)002202012No—23MF12 (3)0200014 (3)0402013No—23MF1 (5)000001 (5)0112014No25FW00000000002013No—26FW0 (1)0000000002011Yes—27DF32 (3)11 (1)0011012012No—28MF100 (1)02 (1)03 (2)0102011Yes—28MF2000000200802014Yes29MFGeorge Thorne80000080102013No29DF0 (1)000000 (1)0002014No-30GK9 (1)0203014 (1)0002010Yes—31DF5 (2)000005 (2)0102011Yes—32MF0 (1)000000 (1)0002013Yes—33DF50100060102011No—36FW10000010002010Yes—37DF0 (1)000000 (1)0002012Yes——MF00000000002008Yes——DF00000000002010Yes—
Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee1 July 2013Uche IkpeazuReadingFree2 July 2013Lewis McGuganNottingham ForestFree19 July 2013Daniel PudilGranadaFree19 July 2013Marco CassettiUdineseFree19 July 2013Cristian BattocchioUdineseFree19 July 2013Almen AbdiUdineseFree19 July 2013Diego FabbriniUdineseFree19 July 2013Gabriele AngellaUdineseFree19 July 2013Javier AcuñaUdineseFree19 July 2013Marco FaraoniUdineseFree22 July 2013Ikechi AnyaGranadaFree22 July 2013Reece BrownManchester UnitedFree24 July 2013Joel EkstrandUdineseFree25 July 2013IrineyGranadaFree3 January 2014Mathias RanegieUdineseFree24 February 2014Lucas NeillUnattachedFree
Out At the end of the 2012–13 season, the club announced that seven players would be released at the end of their contracts, alongside Chris Iwelumo, who had already agreed to join Scunthorpe United. After being released by the club, Jack Bonham signed for Brentford, Stephen McGinn signed for Sheffield United and Mark Yeates signed for Bradford City.
DatePlayerToFee3 June 2013Chris IwelumoScunthorpe UnitedFree7 June 2013Jack BonhamBrentfordFree7 June 2013Mark YeatesBradford CityReleased7 June 2013Prince Buaben-Released7 June 2013Stephen McGinnSheffield UnitedFree7 June 2013Piero MingoiaAccrington StanleyReleased7 June 2013Aaron Tumwa-Released7 June 2013Stephan Hamilton-Forbes-Released1 July 2013Craig ForsythDerby CountyUndisclosed2 July 2013John EustaceDerby CountyFree20 July 2013Lee HodsonMilton Keynes DonsFree24 July 2013Carl DickinsonPort ValeMutual Termination29 July 2013Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town£400k31 July 2013Britt AssombalongaPeterborough United£1.3M9 January 2014Adam ThompsonSouthend UnitedUndisclosed
Loans In StartPlayerParent clubEnd12 August 2013Essaïd BelkalemGranada 30 June 201420 September 2013Josh McEachranChelsea 2 January 20146 November 2013George ThorneWest Bromwich Albion 2 January 201422 November 2013Héctor BellerínArsenal 18 February 20143 January 2014Alexander MerkelUdinese 30 June 201429 January 2014Dániel TőzsérGenoa 30 June 201431 January 2014Samba DiakitéQPR 30 June 201431 January 2014Park Chu-youngArsenal 30 June 2014
Out StartPlayerToLoan End Date9 August 2013Adam ThompsonSouthend United4 January 20148 January 2014Connor SmithGillinghamEnd of season11 January 2014Javier AcuñaOsasunaEnd of season13 January 2014Uche IkpeazuCrewe AlexandraEnd of season31 January 2014Diego FabbriniSienaEnd of season31 January 2014IrineyMallorcaEnd of season14 March 2014Nyron NosworthyBristol CityEnd of season26 March 2014Lucas NeillDoncaster RoversEnd of season11 March 2014Reece BrownCarlisle UnitedEnd of season
International On 14 August 2013, Cristian Battocchio made his Italian Under-21 debut in a 4–1 friendly win over Slovakia. CountryTeamPlayerSeniorSeniorUnder-21Under-21Under-21Under-21Under-21
Coaching staff
RoleNameHead coachGiuseppe SanninoAssistant coachAdolfo SormaniAssistant coachBastiano PorcuGoalkeeping coachAlec ChamberlainYouth (U-18) CoachDavid HughesChief scoutFilippo GiraldiScouting Co-OrdinatorLuke WarringtonHead of MedicalMarco CesariniKit ManagerWill JonesHead of sports scienceGianni BrignardelloSports scientistBen Dixon
References