# 2013–14 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was West Bromwich Albion's fourth consecutive season in the Premier League, their eighth in total. During the season, they also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup.

## Season summary

Steve Clarke was sacked in December following four consecutive defeats, which left Albion in 16th place. He was replaced by former Real Betis manager Pepe Mel, who guided Albion to safety despite only winning 3 of his 18 matches in charge. At the end of the season, Mel's contract was terminated by mutual consent; he was replaced by Everton's academy manager Alan Irvine.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | ENG | Ben Foster |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Goran Popov (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Claudio Yacob |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Scott Sinclair (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill |
| 14 | DF | URU | Diego Lugano |
| 16 | FW | NGA | Victor Anichebe |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Amalfitano (on loan from Marseille) |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels |
| 20 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra (on loan from Udinese) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssuf Mulumbu |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Gera |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones |
| 29 | MF | BEN | Stéphane Sessègnon |
| 33 | DF | IRL | Bradley Garmston |
| 34 | FW | ENG | Kemar Roofe |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Adil Nabi |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Mani O'Sullivan |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Saido Berahino |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Liam O'Neil |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Cameron Gayle |
| 42 | DF | MSR | Donervon Daniels |
| 44 | DF | ENG | Callam Jones |
| 50 | FW | FRA | Thievy Bifouma (on loan from Espanyol) |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | SWE | Markus Rosenberg (to Malmö FF) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long (to Hull City) |
| 12 | GK | NIR | Lee Camp (to Bournemouth) |
| 15 | MF | ENG | George Thorne (on loan to Derby County) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | NGA | Peter Odemwingie (to Cardiff City) |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș (to CFR Cluj) |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka (sacked) |

## Player statistics

    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
    Players with no appearances not included in the list.
As of 11 May 2014
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Ben Foster | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | Steven Reid | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4* | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Jonas Olsson | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Goran Popov | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1* | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Claudio Yacob | 22 (5) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 (5) | 1 | 8* | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Liam Ridgewell | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | James Morrison | 23 (9) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 24 (11) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SWE | Markus Rosenberg | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Shane Long | 11 (4) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 (4) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Scott Sinclair | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NIR | Chris Brunt | 25 (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 (3) | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | WAL | Boaz Myhill | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | URU | Diego Lugano | 7 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 (2) | 1 | 4*+ | 0 |
| 16 | FW | NGA | Victor Anichebe | 11 (13) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (13) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Graham Dorrans | 12 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 (2) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | FRA | Morgan Amalfitano | 26 (2) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 26 (4) | 4 | 4+ | 0 |
| 19 | GK | ENG | Luke Daniels | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra | 7 (16) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (16) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | COD | Youssouf Mulumbu | 33 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 (4) | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Gera | 5 (9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (9) | 0 | 2+ | 0 |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Gareth McAuley | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Craig Dawson | 10 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 (2) | 0 | 2+ | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Billy Jones | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | BEN | Stéphane Sessègnon | 23 (3) | 5 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 (4) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ENG | Saido Berahino | 11 (21) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 (21) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka | 11 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Liam O'Neil | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | ENG | Cameron Gayle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | CGO | Thievy Bifouma | 3 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
* – One booking in League Cup + – One booking in FA Cup Source:

## Results
### Pre-season

During pre-season, Albion installed the Hawk-Eye system at their home ground, The Hawthorns, in order to enable the newly introduced goal-line technology for the 2013–14 season.

### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | 17th | 17 August 2013 | 11 May 2014 |
| League Cup | 2nd round | 3rd round | 27 August 2013 | 25 September 2013 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4 January 2014 | 4 January 2014 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League

Albion participated in the 2013–14 Premier League.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 36 | |
| 18 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 33 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Fulham (R) | 38 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 85 | −45 | 32 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
* ↑ 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 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 15 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

* ^ All matches on 11–14 April kicked off 7 minutes after the originally scheduled time, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

### League Cup

Albion participated in the 2013–14 Football League Cup. At half-time in their home tie against Arsenal, the club were presented with a blue plaque as one of the 12 founder members of the Football League, which was celebrating its 125th anniversary. The plaque was later displayed on the outside of the East Stand at The Hawthorns.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | No. | Name | From | Fee |
| 4 July 2013 | FW | 39 | Nicolas Anelka | Shanghai Shenhua | Free |
| 10 July 2013 | DF | 4 | Goran Popov | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan |
| 2 August 2013 | DF | 14 | Diego Lugano | Paris Saint-Germain | Free |
| 13 August 2013 | FW | 20 | Matěj Vydra | Udinese | Loan |
| 14 August 2013 | MF | 22 | Zoltán Gera | Free agent | Free |
| 22 August 2013 | MF | 10 | Scott Sinclair | Manchester City | Loan |
| 2 September 2013 | MF | 18 | Morgan Amalfitano | Marseille | Loan |
| 2 September 2013 | GK | 12 | Lee Camp | Free agent | Free |
| 2 September 2013 | MF | 29 | Stéphane Sessègnon | Sunderland | £6,500,000+ |
| 2 September 2013 | FW | 16 | Victor Anichebe | Everton | £6,000,000 |
| 31 January 2014 | FW | 50 | Thievy Bifouma | Espanyol | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | No. | Name | To | Fee |
| 22 May 2013 | DF | 18 | Gonzalo Jara | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 22 May 2013 | MF | 14 | Jerome Thomas | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 22 May 2013 | MF | 22 | Zoltán Gera | Released | Free |
| 1 July 2013 | DF | 4 | Goran Popov | Dynamo Kyiv | Loan return |
| 5 July 2013 | FW | 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | Wigan Athletic | Free |
| 5 July 2013 | FW | 32 | Peter Odemwingie | Cardiff City | £2,250,000 |
| 17 January 2014 | FW | 9 | Shane Long | Hull City | Undisclosed |
| 14 March 2014 | FW | 39 | Nicolas Anelka | Sacked | — |

#### Notes

* ^ Zoltán Gera was re-signed by West Bromwich Albion before the start of the 2013–14 season.