# 2013–14 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Middlesbrough's fifth consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the League Cup which they were knocked out by Accrington Stanley in a 2–1 defeat and will also compete in the FA Cup. Following a poor run of form, the defeat to Barnsley saw Tony Mowbray's tenure at the club end on 21 October 2013. Following this announcement, his assistant manager Mark Venus took charge as caretaker manager. On 13 November, José Mourinho's former Real Madrid assistant Aitor Karanka signed a 2+1⁄2-year deal to become manager of Middlesbrough.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Bournemouth | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 66 |
| 11 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 65 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 64 |
| 13 | Watford | 46 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 74 | 64 | +10 | 60 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 59 |

## Results and fixtures
### Championship
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Round | 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches
### FA Cup
## Players
### Appearances and goals

    As of 3 May 2014
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jason Steele | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | George Friend | 43 | 3 | 39+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Rhys Williams | 24 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jacob Butterfield | 31 | 3 | 19+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Grant Leadbitter | 41 | 6 | 37+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | József Varga (on loan from Debrecen) | 36 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Danny Graham (on loan from Sunderland) | 18 | 6 | 17+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 13 | 4 | 8+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Ledesma | 29 | 6 | 16+11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Luke Williams | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Seb Hines | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Dean Whitehead | 38 | 1 | 34+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GAM | Mustapha Carayol | 33 | 8 | 24+8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Adam Reach | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Stuart Parnaby | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson | 32 | 1 | 25+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 25 | 1 | 7+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Chalobah (on loan from Chelsea) | 19 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NGA | Kenneth Omeruo (on loan from Chelsea) | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Daniel Ayala | 18 | 3 | 16+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Albert Adomah | 43 | 12 | 38+4 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Bryn Morris | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SLE | Kei Kamara | 25 | 3 | 16+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | SUI | Jayson Leutwiler | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ESP | Tomás Mejías (on loan from Real Madrid) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Woodgate | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ENG | Frazer Richardson | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 24 | 2 | 12+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | NED | Marvin Emnes | 24 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Cameron Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Connor Ripley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Richard Smallwood | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Christian Burgess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | TRI | Justin Hoyte | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | IRL | Shay Given (on loan from Aston Villa) | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | BEL | Faris Haroun | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### First team coaches and staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Aitor Karanka |
| Assistant Manager | Craig Hignett |
| Senior Professional Development Phase Coach | Jamie Clapham |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Leo Percovich |
| Fitness Coach | Carlos Cachada |
| Fitness Coach | Adam Kerr |
| Technical Analyst | Javier Egido |
| Academy Manager | Dave Parnaby |
| Europe Scout | Gary Gill |
Last updated: 12 April 2014 Source: Middlesborugh F.C. 2013/14

### Transfers

    As of 5 November 2013

#### In

| # | Position: | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Team |
| 16 | MF | Dean Whitehead | Stoke City | Free transfer (Released) | 2 July 2013 | First team |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Richardson | Southampton | Free transfer (Released) | 2 August 2013 | First team |
| 27 | MF | Albert Adomah | Bristol City | £1 million (approximately) | 8 August 2013 | First team |
| 13 | GK | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | AEK Athens | Free transfer (Released) | 16 August 2013 | First team |
| 29 | ST | Kei Kamara | Sporting Kansas City | Undisclosed (rumoured £900,000) | 2 September 2013 | First team |
| 6 | MF | Jacob Butterfield | Norwich City | Undisclosed | 2 September 2013 | First team |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Ayala | Norwich City | Undisclosed (rumoured £350,000) | 24 January 2014 | First team |
| 10 | FW | Lee Tomlin | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | 18 February 2014 | First team |

#### Out

| # | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Team |
| 27 | FW | Scott McDonald | Millwall | Free transfer (Released) | 23 July 2013 | First Team |
| 2 | DF | Justin Hoyte | Millwall | Free transfer (Released) | 2 January 2014 | First Team |
| 38 | MF | Faris Haroun | Blackpool | Free transfer (Released) | 31 January 2014 | First Team |

#### Loan In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| 8 | MF | József Varga | Debrecen | 1 July 2013 | End of Season | First team |
| 26 | DF | Daniel Ayala | Norwich City | 23 October 2013 | End of Season | First team |
| 12 | GK | Shay Given | Aston Villa | 28 November 2013 | 22 February 2014 | First team |
| 25 | DF | Kenneth Omeruo | Chelsea | 7 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 24 | MF | Nathaniel Chalobah | Chelsea | 16 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 9 | FW | Danny Graham | Sunderland | 31 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 10 | FW | Lee Tomlin | Peterborough United | 31 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 35 | GK | Tomás Mejías | Real Madrid | 12 February 2014 | End of Season | First team |

#### Loan out

| # | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date | Loan expires | Team |
| 35 | DF | Christian Burgess | Hartlepool United | 2 August 2013 | End of Season | First team |
| 31 | GK | Connor Ripley | Bradford City | 3 August 2013 | 31 December 2013 | First team |
| 20 | MF | Adam Reach | Shrewsbury Town | 16 August 2013 | 1 January 2014 | First team |
| - | MF | Matthew Dolan | Hartlepool United | 21 August 2013 | 18 September 2013 | Reserves & Academy |
| 23 | ST | Curtis Main | Shrewsbury Town | 30 August 2013 | 28 September 2013 | First team |
| - | MF | Ryan Brobbel | York City | 30 August 2013 | End of Season | Reserves & Academy |
| 2 | DF | Justin Hoyte | Millwall Town | 5 November 2013 | 1 January 2014 | First team |
| | FW | Charlie Wyke | Wimbledon | 3 January 2014 | 4 April 2014 | First team |
| 20 | DF | Adam Reach | Bradford City | 23 January 2014 | 21 April 2014 | First team |
| 14 | FW | Luke Williams | Hartlepool United | 23 January 2014 | 23 February 2014 | First team |
| 33 | MF | Richard Smallwood | Rotherham United | 23 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 16 | MF | Andy Halliday | Blackpool | 24 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Richardson | Ipswich Town | 25 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 9 | FW | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Bolton Wanderers | 28 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 10 | FW | Marvin Emnes | Swansea City | 31 January 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| - | MF | Matthew Dolan | Hartlepool United | 8 February 2014 | End of Season | Reserves & Academy |
| 31 | GK | Connor Ripley | Ostersunds FK | 3 March 2014 | End of Season | First team |
| 17 | MF | Cameron Park | Crewe Alexandra | 27 February 2014 | 31 March 2014 | First team |