# 2014–15 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Sunderland's 8th consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

## Players

    As of 18 February 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Costel Pantilimon |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones |
| 3 | DF | NED | Patrick van Aanholt |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Liam Bridcutt |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Wes Brown |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Lee Cattermole |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jack Rodwell |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Connor Wickham |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Adam Johnson |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gómez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère |
| 16 | DF | IRL | John O'Shea |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jozy Altidore |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Danny Graham |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 22 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Vito Mannone |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Santiago Vergini (on loan from Estudiantes) |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Will Buckley |

### Current reserve players with first-team appearances

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | FW | FRA | Mikael Mandron (at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2015) |
| 39 | MF | ENG | George Honeyman |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Liam Agnew |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford (at Bradford City until 30 June 2015) |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Charalampos Mavrias (at Panathinaikos until 30 June 2015) |
| 22 | MF | FRA | El Hadji Ba (at Bastia until 30 June 2015) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Valentin Roberge (at Reims until 30 June 2015) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 28 May 2014 | DF | Billy Jones | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 29 May 2014 | MF | Jordi Gómez | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 16 June 2014 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | Manchester City | Free |
| 25 July 2014 | DF | Patrick van Aanholt | Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2014 | MF | Jack Rodwell | Manchester City | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2014 | MF | Will Buckley | Brighton & Hove Albion | £2.5 million |
| 23 October 2014 | DF | Anthony Réveillère | Napoli | Free |
| 16 January 2015 | FW | Jermain Defoe | Toronto FC | Undisclosed |

#### Loan in

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | From |
| 7 August 2014 | 30 June 2015 | DF | Santiago Vergini | Estudiantes |
| 1 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 | DF | Sebastián Coates | Liverpool |
| 1 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 | MF | Ricky Álvarez | Inter Milan |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 20 May 2014 | MF | Craig Gardner | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 22 May 2014 | DF | Phil Bardsley | Stoke City | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | DF | Carlos Cuéllar | Norwich City | Free |
| 23 May 2013 | DF | Andrea Dossena | Leyton Orient | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | DF | Louis Laing | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | GK | Óscar Ustari | Newell's Old Boys | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | MF | David Vaughan | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | DF | Jordan Watson | Blyth Spartans | Free |
| 23 May 2014 | GK | Kieran Westwood | Sheffield Wednesday | Free |
| 30 May 2014 | MF | Billy Knott | Bradford City | Free |
| 9 June 2014 | MF | Jack Colback | Newcastle United | Free |
| 3 July 2014 | DF | John Egan | Gillingham | Free |
| 24 July 2014 | FW | Ignacio Scocco | Newell's Old Boys | £2.7 million |
| 13 August 2014 | MF | David Moberg Karlsson | Nordsjælland | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2014 | MF | Alfred N'Diaye | Real Betis | Free |
| 9 January 2015 | DF | David Ferguson | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 9 January 2015 | DF | Connor Oliver | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2015 | FW | Jozy Altidore | Toronto FC | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Scott Harrison | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Cabral | Free agent | Released |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 21 July 2014 | 9 March 2015 | GK | Jordan Pickford | Bradford City |
| 7 August 2014 | 30 June 2015 | MF | El Hadji Ba | Bastia |
| 8 August 2014 | 8 September 2014 | GK | Joel Dixon | Hartlepool United |
| 22 August 2014 | 22 September 2014 | DF | Scott Harrison | Hartlepool United |
| 1 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 | DF | Valentin Roberge | Reims |
| 31 October 2014 | 17 February 2015 | GK | Joel Dixon | Boston United |
| 14 November 2014 | 31 December 2014 | FW | Danny Graham | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 3 January 2015 | 2 February 2015 | DF | Scott Harrison | Hartlepool United |
| 17 January 2015 | 17 February 2015 | DF | Tom McNamee | Boston United |
| 28 January 2015 | 30 June 2015 | FW | Mikael Mandron | Shrewsbury Town |
| 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 | MF | Charalampos Mavrias | Panathinaikos |
| 23 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 | GK | Max Stryjek | Boston United |
| 27 February 2015 | 27 March 2015 | MF | Lynden Gooch | Gateshead |
| 24 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 | GK | Joel Dixon | Gateshead |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Costel Pantilimon | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NED | Patrick van Aanholt | 33 | 1 | 26+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Liam Bridcutt | 24 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Wes Brown | 28 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Lee Cattermole | 27 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson | 40 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jack Rodwell | 26 | 3 | 17+6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher | 33 | 5 | 20+9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Connor Wickham | 40 | 6 | 31+5 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Adam Johnson | 34 | 5 | 23+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gómez | 33 | 6 | 22+7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Anthony Réveillère | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IRL | John O'Shea | 43 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Danny Graham | 17 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Ricky Álvarez | 17 | 1 | 5+8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | URU | Sebastián Coates | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini | 11 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Vito Mannone | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Santiago Vergini | 37 | 0 | 28+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Jermain Defoe | 19 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Will Buckley | 23 | 0 | 9+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ENG | George Honeyman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Liam Agnew | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: ||||||||||||
| 13 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GRE | Charalampos Mavrias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | El Hadji Ba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Valentin Roberge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | FRA | Mikael Mandron | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players no longer with club: ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | SUI | Cabral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jozy Altidore | 13 | 1 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 24 May 2015
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | | Connor Wickham | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 14 | | Jordi Gómez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | | Steven Fletcher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | | Adam Johnson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 28 | | Jermain Defoe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | | Sebastian Larsson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | | Jack Rodwell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | | Patrick van Aanholt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | | Lee Cattermole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | | Jozy Altidore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | | Danny Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | | Ricky Álvarez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 4 | 4 | 39 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 24 May 2015
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Costel Pantilimon | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 25 | | Vito Mannone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Costel Pantilimon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Billy Jones | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Patrick van Aanholt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Liam Bridcutt | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Wes Brown | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Lee Cattermole | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sebastian Larsson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jack Rodwell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Fletcher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Connor Wickham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Adam Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jordi Gómez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | John O'Shea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Jozy Altidore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ricky Álvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Sebastián Coates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Santiago Vergini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Valentin Roberge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Will Buckley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 94 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2 | 1 |

## Match details
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Leicester City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 41 | |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 39 | |
| 16 | Sunderland | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 38 | |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 38 | |
| 18 | Hull City (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 35 | Relegation to Football League Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 |

#### Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

### First team squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Costel Pantilimon | GK | (1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37) | Manchester City |
| 25 | Vito Mannone | GK | (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36) | Arsenal |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Billy Jones | RB | (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37) | West Bromwich Albion |
| 3 | Patrick van Aanholt | LB | (1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34) | Chelsea |
| 5 | Wes Brown | CB | (1979-10-13) 13 October 1979 (age 45) | Manchester United |
| 15 | Anthony Réveillère | RB | (1979-11-10) 10 November 1979 (age 44) | Napoli |
| 16 | John O'Shea | CB | (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43) | Manchester United |
| 22 | Sebastián Coates | CB | (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34) | Liverpool (On loan) |
| 27 | Santiago Vergini | CB | (1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 36) | Estudiantes (On loan) |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Liam Bridcutt | DM | (1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 35) | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 6 | Lee Cattermole | DM | (1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36) | Wigan Athletic |
| 7 | Sebastian Larsson | CM | (1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 39) | Birmingham City |
| 8 | Jack Rodwell | CM | (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33) | Manchester City |
| 11 | Adam Johnson | RW | (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 37) | Manchester City |
| 14 | Jordi Gómez | CM | (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 (age 39) | Wigan Athletic |
| 20 | Ricky Álvarez | AM | (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36) | Inter Milan (On loan) |
| 23 | Emanuele Giaccherini | AM | (1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39) | Juventus |
| 30 | Will Buckley | LW | (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 34) | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Steven Fletcher | CF | (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 10 | Connor Wickham | CF | (1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31) | Ipswich Town |
| 19 | Danny Graham | CF | (1985-08-12) 12 August 1985 (age 39) | Swansea City |
| 28 | Jermain Defoe | CF | (1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 42) | Toronto FC |