# 2014–15 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Kilmarnock's second season in the Scottish Premiership. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Overview

Kilmarnock finished tenth in the Scottish Premiership with 41 points. They reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to St. Johnstone, and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Rangers. Allan Johnston resigned from his position as manager in February 2015 after informing the press of his intention to leave at the end of the season, with his assistant Gary Locke taking temporary charge before being installed full-time in April.

## Match results
### Pre-season and friendlies

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Att. |
| 26 July 2014 | Shrewsbury Town | A | 0–0 | | 1,683 |
| 2 August 2014 | Morecambe | A | 2–2 | Magennis 70', Obadeyi 88' | |

### Scottish Premiership

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 9 August 2014 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | Slater 24' | 7,588 | 4th |
| 13 August 2014 | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | | 5,079 | 10th |
| 16 August 2014 | Ross County | A | 2–1 | Magennis 39', Obadeyi 56' | 2,790 | 6th |
| 23 August 2014 | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | Muirhead 9', Clingan 78' | 4,146 | 4th |
| 30 August 2014 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 0–2 | | 3,830 | 5th |
| 13 September 2014 | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Muirhead 63', Connolly 82' | 4,417 | 6th |
| 20 September 2014 | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–0 | | 2,604 | 4th |
| 27 September 2014 | Partick Thistle | H | 3–0 | Obadeyi 25', 57', Pascali 51' | 3,980 | 5th |
| 3 October 2014 | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | Obadeyi 63', Connolly 65' | 3,953 | 3rd |
| 18 October 2014 | St Johnstone | A | 2–1 | Magennis 19', 22' | 3,582 | 4th |
| 26 October 2014 | Celtic | A | 0–2 | | 42,800 | 5th |
| 1 November 2014 | Dundee | H | 1–3 | Eremenko 76' | 4,481 | 5th |
| 8 November 2014 | Ross County | H | 0–3 | | 3,684 | 7th |
| 22 November 2014 | Dundee United | A | 1–3 | Pascali 38' | 6,664 | 7th |
| 6 December 2014 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | Obadeyi 11' | 3,054 | 6th |
| 13 December 2014 | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 3,220 | 7th |
| 20 December 2014 | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 11,282 | 8th |
| 27 December 2014 | Hamilton Academical | H | 1–0 | Eremenko 90+3' | 3,921 | 7th |
| 1 January 2015 | St Mirren | A | 2–1 | Eremenko 54' (pen.), Slater 85' (pen.) | 3,912 | 7th |
| 5 January 2015 | Celtic | H | 0–2 | | 5,329 | 7th |
| 10 January 2015 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | H | 1–2 | Eremenko 47' (pen.) | 2,793 | 7th |
| 17 January 2015 | Motherwell | A | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| 21 January 2015 | Dundee | A | 0–1 | | 5,141 | 8th |
| 24 January 2015 | Partick Thistle | H | 2–2 | Magennis 33', Pascali 79' | 4,130 | 8th |
| 7 February 2015 | Hamilton Academical | A | 0–0 | | 2,245 | 8th |
| 14 February 2015 | Dundee United | H | 3–2 | Magennis 10', Johnstone 52', Clingan 90+3' | 3,788 | 8th |
| 21 February 2015 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | A | 3–3 | Eccleston 20', Slater 45+4', Obadeyi 61' | 2,912 | 8th |
| 28 February 2015 | St Johnstone | A | 0–0 | | 3,170 | 8th |
| 7 March 2015 | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Obadeyi 20' | 4,192 | 8th |
| 14 March 2015 | St Mirren | H | 1–0 | Miller 87' | 4,721 | 8th |
| 21 March 2015 | Ross County | A | 1–2 | Ashcroft 88' | 3,389 | 8th |
| 4 April 2015 | Motherwell | H | 1–2 | Syme 17' | 4,532 | 8th |
| 12 April 2015 | Aberdeen | H | 1–2 | Slater 47' | 3,525 | 9th |
| 15 April 2015 | Celtic | A | 1–4 | Westlake 50' | 42,464 | 9th |
| 25 April 2015 | St Mirren | A | 1–4 | Magennis 53' | 3,205 | 9th |
| 2 May 2015 | Hamilton Academical | H | 2–3 | Ashcroft 8', Kiltie 78' | 3,450 | 9th |
| 8 May 2015 | Motherwell | A | 1–3 | Magennis 53' | 3,986 | 9th |
| 16 May 2015 | Partick Thistle | A | 4–1 | Hamill 25', Obadeyi 37', 63', Magennis 71' | 4,503 | 9th |
| 23 May 2015 | Ross County | H | 1–2 | Kiltie 36' | 4,226 | 10th |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 30 November 2014 | Fourth round | Rangers | A | 0–3 | | 14,412 |

### Scottish League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 26 August 2014 | Second round | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | McKenzie 69' | 8,877 |
| 23 September 2014 | Third round | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 2,550 |

## Club statistics
### Competition Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premiership | 9 August 2014 | 23 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 38 | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 028.95 |
| Scottish Cup | 30 November 2014 | 30 November 2014 | Fourth round | Fourth round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 26 August 2014 | 23 September 2014 | Second round | Third round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 029.27 |
Source: Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | Ross County | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 44 | |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 41 | |
| 11 | Motherwell (O) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | St Mirren (R) | 38 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 30 | Relegation to the Championship |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Craig Samson | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ross Barbour | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jamie Hamill | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Mark Connolly | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Rory McKenzie | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Sammy Clingan | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Lee Miller | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Chris Johnston | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Paul Cairney | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Conor Brennan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Nathan Eccleston | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Tope Obadeyi | 29 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Lee Ashcroft | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Craig Slater | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Alexei Eremenko | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Michael Ngoo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Daryl Westlake | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | Chris Chantler | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Mark O'Hara | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Josh Magennis | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Manuel Pascali | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Greg Kiltie | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Robbie Muirhead | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | David Syme | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Aaron Splaine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source:

## Player transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | Previous Club | Fee |
| 2 June 2014 | MF | Jamie Hamill | Heart of Midlothian | Free |
| 30 June 2014 | MF | Paul Cairney | Hibernian | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | FW | Lee Miller | Carlisle United | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | DF | Mark Connolly | Crawley Town | Free |
| 16 July 2014 | FW | Josh Magennis | Aberdeen | Free |
| 16 July 2014 | FW | Tope Obadeyi | Bury | Free |
| 7 August 2014 | MF | Euan Smith | Hibernian | Free |
| 9 August 2014 | DF | Chris Chantler | Carlisle United | Free |
| 15 August 2014 | FW | Michael Ngoo | Liverpool | Free |
| 9 September 2014 | DF | Darryl Westlake | Sheffield United | Free |
| 14 February 2015 | FW | Nathan Eccleston | Partick Thistle | Free |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | Previous Club | Fee |
| 4 June 2014 | MF | Jude Winchester | Cliftonville | Free |
| 17 June 2014 | GK | Antonio Reguero | Ross County | Free |
| 24 June 2014 | DF | Rory McKeown | Raith Rovers | Free |
| 25 June 2014 | DF | Ismaël Bouzid | | Free |
| 26 June 2014 | DF | James Fowler | Queen of the South | Free |
| 27 June 2014 | FW | Kris Boyd | Rangers | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | DF | Sean Clohessy | Colchester United | Free |
| 15 July 2014 | MF | Barry Nicholson | Retired | Retired |
| 21 July 2014 | FW | William Gros | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 25 July 2014 | DF | Jeroen Tesselaar | St Mirren | Free |
| 1 September 2014 | DF | Darren Barr | Ross County | Free |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | Robbie Muirhead | Dundee United | £150,000 |
| 12 February 2015 | MF | Ross Davidson | Albion Rovers | Free |