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
Ordered by 2014–15 squad numbers.
Transfers & loans
Transfer in PlayerPos.Moving fromDateContractTransfer feeRef. Łukasz FabiańskiGK Arsenal 29 May 2014† 4 years Free Bafétimbi GomisFW Olympique Lyonnais 27 June 2014 4 years Free Stephen KingsleyDF Falkirk 30 June 2014 3 years Undisclosed Marvin EmnesFW Middlesbrough 2 July 2014 3 years Undisclosed Gylfi SigurðssonMF Tottenham Hotspur 23 July 2014 4 years Undisclosed Jefferson MonteroMF Monarcas Morelia 24 July 2014 4 years Undisclosed Adnan MarićMF GAIS 8 August 2014 2 years Undisclosed Daniel JamesMF Hull City 8 August 2014 Scholarship Undisclosed Federico FernándezDF Napoli 20 August 2014 4 years Undisclosed James Demetriou FW Nottingham Forest 29 August 2014 2 years Free Giancarlo Gallifuoco MF Tottenham Hotspur 29 August 2014 1 year Free Modou Barrow FW Östersunds FK 1 September 2014 Performance-related Undisclosed Matt Grimes MF Exeter City 2 January 2015 4.5 years Undisclosed Kyle Naughton DF Tottenham Hotspur 22 January 2015 3.5 years £5,000,000 Jack Cork MF Southampton 30 January 2015 3.5 years Undisclosed † effective 1 July 2014
Transfer out PlayerPos.Moving toDateTransfer feeRef. Leroy Lita FW Barnsley 12 May 2014 End of contract David Ngog FW Stade de Reims 12 May 2014 End of contract Óscar Sielva MF Olot 12 May 2014 End of contract Darnel Situ DF AGF 12 May 2014 End of contract Pau Morer Vicente MF Girona 12 May 2014 End of contract Jernade Meade DF Hadley 23 May 2014 End of contract Gwion Edwards MF Crawley Town 11 July 2014 Undisclosed Ben Davies DF Tottenham Hotspur 23 July 2014 Undisclosed Michel Vorm GK Tottenham Hotspur 23 July 2014 Undisclosed Alejandro Pozuelo MF Rayo Vallecano 24 July 2014 Undisclosed Chico Flores DF Lekhwiya 14 August 2014 Undisclosed Pablo Hernández MF Al-Arabi 14 August 2014 Undisclosed José Cañas MF Espanyol 1 September 2014 Free Kris Scott MF Leicester City 1 September 2014 Free Wilfried Bony FW Manchester City 14 January 2015 £28,000,000
Loan in PlayerPos.Loaned fromDateExpiresRef. Tom Carroll MF Tottenham Hotspur 22 August 2014 30 June 2015 Nélson Oliveira FW Benfica 23 December 2014‡ 30 June 2015 ‡ Officially signed on 1 January 2015.
Loan out PlayerPos.Loaned toDateExpiresRef. Thomas Atyeo DF Aberystwyth Town 23 June 2014 5 September 2014 Daniel Alfei DF Northampton Town 2 July 2014 2 January 2015 Michu FW Napoli 17 July 2014 30 June 2015 Alex Bray MF Plymouth Argyle 1 September 2014 9 September 2014 Alan Tate DF Crewe Alexandra 24 September 2014 24 December 2014 Scott Tancock DF Newport County 26 September 2014 20 November 2014 James Loveridge FW Newport County 2 October 2014 20 November 2014 Curtis Obeng DF Newport County 23 October 2014 17 December 2014 Scott Tancock DF Wrexham 21 November 2014 18 December 2014 Alan Tate DF Crewe Alexandra 5 January 2015 30 June 2015 Rory Donnelly FW Tranmere Rovers 8 January 2015 30 June 2015 Ryan Hedges FW Leyton Orient 16 January 2015 30 June 2015 Liam Shephard DF Yeovil Town 17 January 2015 30 June 2015 Jazz Richards DF Fulham 24 January 2015 7 May 2015 Josh Sheehan MF Yeovil Town 17 February 2015 30 June 2015 Stephen Kingsley DF Yeovil Town 18 February 2015 30 June 2015 Modou Barrow MF Nottingham Forest 12 March 2015 26 April 2015 David Cornell GK Portsmouth 17 March 2015 15 April 2015 Dwight Tiendalli DF Middlesbrough 26 March 2015 7 May 2015
New contracts No.Pos.PlayerDateContract lengthExpiresRef.7MF Leon Britton4 June 20143 yearsJune 201856MF Jay Fulton30 June 20144 yearsJune 201746MF Kenji Gorré2 July 20142 yearsJune 20166DF Ashley Williams4 July 20144 yearsJune 201827DF Kyle Bartley5 July 20143 yearsJune 20174MF Ki Sung-yueng28 August 20144 yearsJune 201815MF Wayne Routledge25 September 2014ExtensionJune 201810FW Wilfried Bony19 November 2014ExtensionJune 201832DF Liam Shephard5 January 20152.5 yearsJune 201758FW Modou Barrow7 January 20154 yearsJune 201822DF Àngel Rangel10 March 2015ExtensionJune 201755DF Raheem Hanley15 April 20151 yearJune 2016FW Owain Jones27 May 20152 yearsJune 2017MF Kyle Copp27 May 20151 yearJune 2016MF Stephen Fallon27 May 20151 yearJune 201652DF Connor Roberts29 May 20152 yearsJune 20173DF Neil Taylor1 June 20154 yearsJune 201944MF Sam Evans1 June 20151 yearJune 201650FW Ryan Hedges9 June 2015ExtensionJune 2018
Pre-season & friendlies Swansea's pre-season preparations began by travelling to Chicago for a two-week training camp. 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. Three days later Swansea faced NASL side Minnesota United in Blaine, losing the game 2–0.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
Competition
Overall
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
FA Cup
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
League Cup
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. Gomis scored his first competitive goal for the Swans in the 22nd minute, in a 1–0 win. In the third round, Swansea were drawn to face fellow Premier League side Everton. Swansea recorded their first ever win over Everton to reach the fourth round of the Capital One Cup.
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Statistics
Appearances, goals and cards Last updated on 24 May 2015
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:
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