# 2013–14 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 2013–14 season is Sunderland's seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

## Squad & coaching staff
### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Phil Bardsley |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Andrea Dossena |
| 4 | MF | KOR | Ki Sung-yueng (on loan from Swansea City) |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Wes Brown |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Craig Gardner |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Connor Wickham |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Adam Johnson |
| 12 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Čelůstka (on loan from Trabzonspor) |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Jordan Pickford |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jack Colback |
| 16 | DF | IRL | John O'Shea (captain) |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jozy Altidore |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | IRL | Keiren Westwood |
| 22 | MF | MTN | El Hadji Ba |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Carlos Cuéllar |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Vito Mannone |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Liam Bridcutt |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Santiago Vergini (on loan from Estudiantes La Plata) |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Marcos Alonso (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Valentin Roberge |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Scocco |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Fabio Borini (on loan from Liverpool) |
| 32 | GK | ARG | Oscar Ustari |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Lee Cattermole |
| 35 | MF | GRE | Charis Mavrias |

#### 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 |
| 6 | MF | CPV | Cabral (at Genoa until 30 June 2014) |
| 15 | MF | WAL | David Vaughan (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2014) |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2014) |
| 19 | MF | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson (at Kilmarnock until 30 June 2014) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Duncan Watmore (at Hibernian until 30 June 2014) |
| — | FW | ENG | Danny Graham (at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2014) |
| — | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye (at Real Betis until 30 June 2014) |

## Backroom staff

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Gus Poyet |
| Assistant Head Coach | Mauricio Taricco |
| First Team Coach | Charlie Oatway |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Andy Beasley |
| Fitness Coach | Antonio Pintus |
| Chief Scout | Valentino Angeloni |
| Academy Manager | Ged McNamee |
| Youth Team Coach | Robbie Stockdale |
| Senior Professional Development Coach | Kevin Ball |
| Head of Coaching | Elliott Dickman |
| Senior Physiotherapist | Peter Brand |
| Kit Manager | John Cooke |
Source: Sunderland A.F.C.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 May 2013 | FW | Duncan Watmore | Altrincham | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2013 | FW | David Moberg Karlsson | IFK Göteborg | £1.5 million |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | Modibo Diakité | Lazio | Free |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | Valentin Roberge | Marítimo | Free |
| 1 July 2013 | MF | Cabral | Basel | Free |
| 2 July 2013 | GK | Vito Mannone | Arsenal | £2,000,000 |
| 8 July 2013 | ST | Jozy Altidore | AZ | £6,000,000 |
| 10 July 2013 | MF | El Hadji Ba | Le Havre | £300,000 |
| 16 July 2013 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | Juventus | £6,500,000 |
| 12 August 2013 | DF | Ondřej Čelůstka | Trabzonspor | Loan |
| 22 August 2013 | MF | Charis Mavrias | Panathinaikos | £3,000,000 |
| 31 August 2013 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | Swansea City | Loan |
| 2 September 2013 | FW | Fabio Borini | Liverpool | Loan |
| 2 September 2013 | DF | Andrea Dossena | Napoli | Free |
| 1 January 2014 | DF | Marcos Alonso | Fiorentina | Loan |
| 20 January 2014 | DF | Santiago Vergini | Estudiantes La Plata | Loan |
| 21 January 2014 | GK | Oscar Ustari | Almería | Free |
| 30 January 2014 | FW | Ignacio Scocco | Internacional | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | Liam Bridcutt | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | No. | Name | To | Fee |
| 28 May 2013 | GK | | Ben Wilson | Cambridge United | Free |
| 28 May 2013 | DF | 19 | Titus Bramble | Released |
| 28 May 2013 | DF | 12 | Matthew Kilgallon | Blackburn Rovers | Free |
| 28 May 2013 | MF | | Adam Reed | Burton Albion | Free |
| 28 May 2013 | FW | 33 | Ryan Noble | Burnley | Free |
| 25 June 2013 | GK | 22 | Simon Mignolet | Liverpool | £9,000,000 |
| 28 June 2013 | MF | 27 | Ahmed Elmohamady | Hull City | £2,000,000 |
| 19 July 2013 | FW | 9 | Danny Graham | Hull City | Loan |
| 28 July 2013 | MF | 4 | Alfred N'Diaye | Eskişehirspor | Loan |
| 2 August 2013 | GK | 13 | Jordan Pickford | Burton Albion | Loan |
| 8 August 2013 | MF | 23 | James McClean | Wigan Athletic | £1,500,000 |
| 20 August 2013 | MF | 34 | Billy Knott | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan |
| 2 September 2013 | FW | 28 | Stéphane Sessègnon | West Bromwich Albion | £5,500,000 |
| 6 January 2014 | FW | 18 | Mikael Mandron | Fleetwood Town | Loan |
| 9 January 2014 | MF | 6 | Cabral | Genoa | Loan |
| 16 January 2014 | FW | 17 | Ji Dong-won | FC Augsburg | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2014 | MF | | Alfred N'Diaye | Real Betis | Loan |
| 31 January 2014 | DF | 21 | Modibo Diakité | Fiorentina | Loan |
| 31 January 2014 | FW | 41 | Duncan Watmore | Hibernian | Loan |
| 31 January 2014 | MF | 19 | David Moberg Karlsson | Kilmarnock | Loan |
| 31 January 2014 | FW | | Danny Graham | Middlesbrough | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Friendlies

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result H – A | Scorers |
| 10 July 2013 | Local Select XI | A | 1–13 | Sessègnon x5, Karlsson x2, Ji, Larsson, Roberge, Altidore, Graham, Mandron |
| 17 July 2013 | FC Chiasso | N | 1–0 | Wickham |
| 7 August 2013 | Midtjylland | A | 0–1 | Johnson |

## Barclays Asia Trophy

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July – Hong Kong | 24 July – Hong Kong |
| South China | 0 |
| South China | 0 | 27 July – Hong Kong | 27 July – Hong Kong |
| Manchester City | 1 | 27 July – Hong Kong | 27 July – Hong Kong |
| Manchester City | 1 | Manchester City | 1 |
| 24 July – Hong Kong | 24 July – Hong Kong | | Manchester City | 1 |
| 24 July – Hong Kong | 24 July – Hong Kong | Sunderland | 0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | Sunderland | 0 |
| Sunderland | 3 | | |
| Sunderland | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 July – Hong Kong | 27 July – Hong Kong |
| | | South China | 0 |
| | | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |

### Semifinals

All kick-off times are local (UTC+08:00).
Delayed by 30 minutes due to rain. Game reduced to 80 minutes (40-minute halves).
Delayed by 10 minutes due to rain. Game reduced to 80 minutes (40-minute halves).

### Final
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | — | 14th | 17 August 2013 | 11 May 2014 |
| League Cup | 2nd round | — | Runners-up | 28 August 2013 | 2 March 2014 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | — | 6th round | 4 January 2014 | 9 March 2014 |
Updated to match played 11 May 2014 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Swansea City | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 42 | |
| 13 | West Ham United | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 40 | |
| 14 | Sunderland | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 38 | |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 38 | |
| 16 | Hull City | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 37 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
* ↑ Hull City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup since winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 May 2014. Source: Premier League

#### Results per 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

Last updated: 11 May 2014 Source: Sunderland AFC

### FA Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    Last updated on 11 May 2014
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Apps | Apps | Apps |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Phil Bardsley | 26 | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | 31 (2) |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Andrea Dossena | 6 (1) | 3 | 1 | 10 (1) |
| 4 | MF | KOR | Ki Sung-yueng | 25 (2) | 1 | 6 | 32 (2) |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Wes Brown | 24 (1) | 1 | 5 | 30 (1) |
| 6 | MF | CPV | Cabral | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Sebastian Larsson | 24 (7) | 4 | 4 (2) | 32 (9) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Craig Gardner | 8 (10) | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 13 (13) |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Fletcher | 13 (7) | 1 | 2 (2) | 16 (9) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Connor Wickham | 10 (5) | 0 (1) | 0 (2) | 10 (8) |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Adam Johnson | 28 (8) | 1 (1) | 6 (1) | 35 (10) |
| 12 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Čelůstka | 14 (7) | 3 | 3 | 20 (7) |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jack Colback | 28 (5) | 2 (2) | 5 | 35 (7) |
| 15 | MF | WAL | David Vaughan | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 3 (1) |
| 16 | MF | IRL | John O'Shea | 33 | 2 | 7 | 42 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Jozy Altidore | 19 (12) | 2 | 4 (2) | 25 (14) |
| 19 | FW | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | IRL | Keiren Westwood | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Modibo Diakité | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | El Hadji Ba | 0 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Emanuele Giaccherini | 16 (8) | 3 | 4 (1) | 23 (9) |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Carlos Cuéllar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 | GK | ITA | Vito Mannone | 28 (1) | 1 | 6 | 35 (1) |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Liam Bridcutt | 9 (3) | 0 | 0 | 9 (3) |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Santiago Vergini | 10 (1) | 3 | 0 | 13 (1) |
| 27 | FW | KOR | Ji Dong-won | 2 (3) | 1 | 1 | 4 (3) |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Marcos Alonso | 16 | 0 (1) | 3 | 19 (1) |
| 29 | DF | FRA | Valentin Roberge | 7 (2) | 1 | 1 (1) | 9 (3) |
| 30 | FW | ARG | Ignacio Scocco | 0 (6) | 2 | 0 | 2 (6) |
| 31 | FW | ITA | Fabio Borini | 25 (7) | 1 (2) | 3 (2) | 29 (11) |
| 32 | GK | ARG | Oscar Ustari | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Lee Cattermole | 20 (2) | 3 | 5 | 28 (2) |
| 35 | MF | GRE | Charis Mavrias | 1 (3) | 1 | 0 (1) | 2 (4) |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Duncan Watmore | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) |

### Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated on 11 May 2014
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | Adam Johnson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1 | 31 | FW | Fabio Borini | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | Connor Wickham | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | Phil Bardsley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Steven Fletcher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | Jack Colback | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | Craig Gardner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | Jozy Altidore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | Sebastian Larsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 16 | DF | John O'Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 33 | MF | Lee Cattermole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 29 | DF | Valentin Roberge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 22 | MF | El Hadji Ba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 35 | MF | Charis Mavrias | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 41 | 5 | 14 | 60 |

### Clean sheets

This includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated on 7 May 2014
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | GK | Vito Mannone | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 32 | GK | Oscar Ustari | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 20 | GK | Keiren Westwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |

### Disciplinary record

This includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated on 11 May 2014
| Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Phil Bardsley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andrea Dossena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Wes Brown | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | Sebastian Larsson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Craig Gardner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Connor Wickham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Adam Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ondřej Čelůstka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Jack Colback | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | John O'Shea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Jozy Altidore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | El Hadji Ba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Emanuele Giaccherini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Carlos Cuéllar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Vito Mannone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Bridcutt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Santiago Vergini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Marcos Alonso | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Valentin Roberge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Ignacio Scocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Fabio Borini | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Lee Cattermole | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | Charis Mavrias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 69 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 93 | 7 |