# 2014–15 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 30 | EU | 2014 | 38 | 0 | 2018 | Free | |
| 2 | DF | Jordi Amat | 24 | EU | 2013 | 42 | 0 | 2017 | £2,500,000 | |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 26 | EU | 2010 | 131 | 0 | 2019 | £150,000 | |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 26 | Non-EU | 2012 | 76 | 8 | 2018 | £5,500,000 | |
| 6 | DF | Ashley Williams | 30 | EU | 2008 | 316 | 12 | 2018 | £400,000 | Captain |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 32 | EU | 2011 | 476 | 17 | 2017 | Undisclosed | Appearances excluding FAW Premier Cup |
| 8 | MF | Jonjo Shelvey | 23 | EU | 2013 | 77 | 9 | 2017 | £5,000,000 | |
| 11 | FW | Marvin Emnes | 26 | EU | 2014 | 34 | 5 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 27 | EU | 2009 | 269 | 30 | 2017 | £400,000 | |
| 13 | GK | David Cornell | 24 | EU | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 2015 | Youth system | |
| 14 | MF | Tom Carroll | 22 | EU | 2014 | 18 | 1 | 2015 | Loan | |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 30 | EU | 2011 | 153 | 16 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 17 | FW | Nélson Oliveira | 23 | EU | 2015 | 11 | 1 | 2015 | Loan | |
| 18 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | 29 | EU | 2014 | 36 | 10 | 2018 | Free | |
| 19 | DF | Dwight Tiendalli | 29 | EU | 2013 | 46 | 1 | 2016 | Free | |
| 20 | MF | Jefferson Montero | 25 | Non-EU | 2014 | 33 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 21 | MF | Matt Grimes | 19 | EU | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2019 | Undisclosed | |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 32 | EU | 2007 | 320 | 9 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 23 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 25 | EU | 2014 | 53 | 16 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 24 | MF | Jack Cork | 25 | EU | 2015 | 15 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 25 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | 36 | EU | 2011 | 52 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 26 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 26 | EU | 2015 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 27 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 24 | EU | 2012 | 18 | 0 | 2017 | £1,000,000 | |
| 29 | DF | Jazz Richards | 24 | EU | 2009 | 51 | 0 | 2016 | Youth system | |
| 33 | DF | Federico Fernández | 26 | Non-EU | 2014 | 32 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 46 | MF | Kenji Gorré | 20 | EU | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 2016 | Free | |
| 53 | MF | Adam King | 19 | EU | 2014 (Winter) | 1 | 0 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 21 | EU | 2014 (Winter) | 7 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 58 | FW | Modou Barrow | 22 | EU | 2014 | 13 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
Updated to match played 17 May 2015 Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Ordered by 2014–15 squad numbers.

### Club staff
## Transfers & loans
### Transfer in

| Player | Pos. | Moving from | Date | Contract | Transfer fee |
| Łukasz Fabiański | GK | Arsenal | 29 May 2014 | 4 years | Free |
| Bafétimbi Gomis | FW | Olympique Lyonnais | 27 June 2014 | 4 years | Free |
| Stephen Kingsley | DF | Falkirk | 30 June 2014 | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| Marvin Emnes | FW | Middlesbrough | 2 July 2014 | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| Gylfi Sigurðsson | MF | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 July 2014 | 4 years | Undisclosed |
| Jefferson Montero | MF | Monarcas Morelia | 24 July 2014 | 4 years | Undisclosed |
| Adnan Marić | MF | GAIS | 8 August 2014 | 2 years | Undisclosed |
| Daniel James | MF | Hull City | 8 August 2014 | Scholarship | Undisclosed |
| Federico Fernández | DF | 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

| Player | Pos. | Moving to | Date | Transfer fee |
| 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

| Player | Pos. | Loaned from | Date | Expires | Ref. |
| 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

| Player | Pos. | Loaned to | Date | Expires |
| 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. | Player | Date | Contract length | Expires |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 4 June 2014 | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 30 June 2014 | 4 years | June 2017 |
| 46 | MF | Kenji Gorré | 2 July 2014 | 2 years | June 2016 |
| 6 | DF | Ashley Williams | 4 July 2014 | 4 years | June 2018 |
| 27 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 5 July 2014 | 3 years | June 2017 |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 28 August 2014 | 4 years | June 2018 |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 25 September 2014 | Extension | June 2018 |
| 10 | FW | Wilfried Bony | 19 November 2014 | Extension | June 2018 |
| 32 | DF | Liam Shephard | 5 January 2015 | 2.5 years | June 2017 |
| 58 | FW | Modou Barrow | 7 January 2015 | 4 years | June 2018 |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 10 March 2015 | Extension | June 2017 |
| 55 | DF | Raheem Hanley | 15 April 2015 | 1 year | June 2016 |
| | FW | Owain Jones | 27 May 2015 | 2 years | June 2017 |
| | MF | Kyle Copp | 27 May 2015 | 1 year | June 2016 |
| | MF | Stephen Fallon | 27 May 2015 | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 52 | DF | Connor Roberts | 29 May 2015 | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 1 June 2015 | 4 years | June 2019 |
| 44 | MF | Sam Evans | 1 June 2015 | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 50 | FW | Ryan Hedges | 9 June 2015 | Extension | June 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.
Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Competition
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | — | 8th | 16 August 2014 | 24 May 2015 |
| FA Cup | Third round | — | Fourth round | 3 January 2015 | 24 January 2015 |
| League Cup | Second round | — | Fourth round | 26 August 2014 | 28 October 2014 |
Updated to match played 24 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Liverpool | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Southampton | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Swansea City | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 56 | |
| 9 | Stoke City | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 54 | |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 48 | |
* 1 2 Since winners of the 2014–15 FA Cup, Arsenal, and winners of the 2014–15 Football League Cup, Chelsea, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, Liverpool, and the spot awarded to the League Cup winners (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Southampton, since those teams were the first teams in the table not already qualified for any European competition.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

### League Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture
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
| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | 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: