# 2013–14 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Wigan Athletic's first season back in the Championship (and third overall) after the club's relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2012–13 season, after eight consecutive seasons in the top flight. For winning the last year's FA Cup they competed in the FA Community Shield and the Europa League for the first time in their history.
Owen Coyle became the manager of Wigan Athletic replacing outgoing manager Roberto Martínez who left for Everton. Coyle left the club on 2 December 2013, and was replaced by Uwe Rösler on 7 December 2013.
Wigan finished fifth in the league, qualifying for the play-offs, where Queens Park Rangers eliminated them in the semi-finals. They also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, losing to eventual champions Arsenal. Although Wigan finished bottom of their Europa League group, they had a chance to advance as late as the last matchday away to Maribor.

## First team squad

As of 18 March 2014
| No. | Name | Position (s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Scott Carson | GK | (1985-09-03) 3 September 1985 (age 39) | Bursaspor |
| 13 | Lee Nicholls | GK | (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32) | Youth system |
| 26 | Ali Al-Habsi | GK | (1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 42) | Bolton Wanderers |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Markus Holgersson | CB | (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39) | New York Red Bulls |
| 3 | Stephen Crainey | LB | (1981-06-22) 22 June 1981 (age 43) | Blackpool |
| 5 | Gary Caldwell | CB | (1982-04-12) 12 April 1982 (age 42) | Celtic |
| 6 | Thomas Rogne | CB | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Celtic |
| 17 | Emmerson Boyce | RB | (1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 45) | Crystal Palace |
| 21 | Iván Ramis | CB | (1984-10-25) 25 October 1984 (age 40) | Mallorca |
| 23 | Juan Carlos García | LB | (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36) | Olimpia |
| 24 | James Perch | RB | (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 39) | Newcastle United |
| 25 | Leon Barnett | CB | (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 39) | Norwich City |
| 27 | Jordan Mustoe | LB | (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 30 | Rob Kiernan | CB | (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33) | Watford |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Josh McEachran | CM | (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) | Chelsea |
| 7 | Chris McCann | CM | (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 37) | Burnley |
| 8 | Ben Watson | CM | (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985 (age 39) | Crystal Palace |
| 10 | Shaun Maloney | AM | (1983-01-24) 24 January 1983 (age 41) | Celtic |
| 11 | James McClean | LM | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | Sunderland |
| 14 | Jordi Gómez | AM | (1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 (age 39) | Espanyol |
| 16 | James McArthur | CM | (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) | Hamilton Academical |
| 18 | Roger Espinoza | CM | (1986-10-25) 25 October 1986 (age 38) | Sporting Kansas City |
| 19 | Nick Powell | CM | (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 31) | Manchester United |
| 20 | Fraser Fyvie | CM | (1993-03-27) 27 March 1993 (age 31) | Aberdeen |
| 22 | Jean Beausejour | LM | (1984-06-01) 1 June 1984 (age 40) | Birmingham City |
| 28 | Daniel Redmond | CM | (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 31 | Ryan Tunnicliffe | CM | (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31) | Fulham |
| 34 | Jack Collison | CM | (1988-10-02) 2 October 1988 (age 36) | West Ham United |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Grant Holt | CF | (1981-04-12) 12 April 1981 (age 43) | Norwich City |
| 15 | Callum McManaman | W / ST | (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 (age 33) | Youth system |
| 29 | Nicky Maynard | ST | (1986-12-11) 11 December 1986 (age 38) | Cardiff City |
| 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | CF | (1981-07-02) 2 July 1981 (age 43) | West Bromwich Albion |
| 33 | Martyn Waghorn | ST | (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34) | Leicester City |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 1 | MF | Chris McCann | Burnley | Free | 27 June 2013 |
| 2 | DF | Stephen Crainey | Blackpool | Free | 28 June 2013 |
| 3 | DF | Thomas Rogne | Celtic | Free | 1 July 2013 |
| 4 | DF | James Perch | Newcastle United | £500,000 | 2 July 2013 |
| 5 | GK | Scott Carson | Bursaspor | £750,000 | 4 July 2013 |
| 6 | FW | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | West Bromwich Albion | Free | 5 July 2013 |
| 7 | FW | Grant Holt | Norwich City | £1,500,000 | 8 July 2013 |
| 8 | DF | Juan Carlos García | Olimpia | Free | 26 July 2013 |
| 9 | DF | Leon Barnett | Norwich | £500,000 | 1 August 2013 |
| 10 | MF | James McClean | Sunderland | £1,500,000 | 8 August 2013 |
| 11 | MF | Nick Powell | Manchester United | Loan | 2 September 2013 |
| 12 | DF | Ryan Shotton | Stoke City | Loan | 2 September 2013 |
| 13 | MF | Marc Albrighton | Aston Villa | Loan | 30 October 2013 |
| 14 | FW | Will Keane | Manchester United | Loan | 28 November 2013 |

#### Winter

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 1 | DF | Tyias Browning | Everton | Loan | 10 January 2014 |
| 2 | ST | Nicky Maynard | Cardiff City | Loan | 16 January 2014 |
| 3 | MF | Josh McEachran | Chelsea | Loan | 23 January 2014 |
| 4 | ST | Martyn Waghorn | Leicester City | Loan | 31 January 2014 |
| 5 | DF | Markus Holgersson | New York Red Bulls | Free Transfer | 5 February 2014 |
| 6 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | Fulham | Loan | 25 February 2014 |
| 7 | MF | Jack Collison | West Ham United | Loan | 18 March 2014 |
| 8 | ST | Martyn Waghorn | Leicester City | Free | 4 April 2014 |

### Out
#### Summer

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| N/A | MF | Peter Aylmer | N/A | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| N/A | MF | Jonathan Lynch | N/A | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| N/A | MF | Callum Morris | N/A | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| N/A | MF | Joshua Sumner | N/A | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| N/A | MF | Ryan Watson | N/A | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| 7 | MF | Albert Crusat | Bnei Sakhnin | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| 6 | MF | David Jones | Burnley | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| 24 | DF | Adrián López | Montreal Impact | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| 35 | ST | Filip Oršula | MSV Duisburg | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| 23 | DF | Ronnie Stam | Standard Liège | Free transfer | 7 June 2013 |
| 25 | DF | Román Golobart | 1. FC Köln | Free transfer | 14 June 2013 |
| 31 | DF | Maynor Figueroa | Hull City | Free transfer | 17 June 2013 |
| 19 | ST | Mauro Boselli | León | £1,000,000 | 28 June 2013 |
| 2 | ST | Arouna Koné | Everton | £5,000,000 | 8 July 2013 |
| 3 | DF | Antolín Alcaraz | Everton | Free transfer | 9 July 2013 |
| 9 | ST | Franco Di Santo | Werder Bremen | Free transfer | 14 August 2013 |
| 12 | GK | Mike Pollitt | Barnsley | Loan | 27 August 2013 |
| 4 | MF | James McCarthy | Everton | £13,000,000 | 2 September 2013 |
| 27 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | Bury | Loan | 1 October 2013 |
| 30 | DF | Rob Kiernan | Southend | Loan | 12 October 2013 |
| 20 | CMF | Fraser Fyvie | Yeovil Town | Loan | 17 October 2013 |
| 29 | ST | Nouha Dicko | Rotherham United | Loan | 20 November 2013 |

#### Winter

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| N/A | DF | Adam Buxton | Burton Albion | Loan | 3 January 2014 |
| 29 | ST | Nouha Dicko | Wolverhampton Wanderers | undisclosed | 13 January 2014 |
| 9 | ST | Grant Holt | Aston Villa | Loan | 14 January 2014 |
| 27 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | Wycombe Wanderers | Loan | 17 January 2014 |

## Squad statistics

Statistics accurate as of 12 May 2014 Source:
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Community Shield | Community Shield | League play-off | League play-off | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Scott Carson | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Mike Pollitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Lee Nicholls | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Ali Al-Habsi | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Markus Holgersson | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Stephen Crainey | 14 (6) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (7) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Gary Caldwell | 2 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Thomas Rogne | 10 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Emmerson Boyce | 39 (3) | 2 | 5 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 (5) | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Iván Ramis | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Juan Carlos García | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | James Perch | 38 (2) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 51 (2) | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Leon Barnett | 39 (2) | 4 | 3 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 48 (4) | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jordan Mustoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Rob Kiernan | 7 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | CM | Josh McEachran | 5 (3) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | CM | Chris McCann | 22 (5) | 2 | 3 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 (9) | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | CM | Ben Watson | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 (2) | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | CM | Shaun Maloney | 9 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | LM | James McClean | 23 (14) | 3 | 3 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 (18) | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | CM | Jordi Gómez | 22 (9) | 7 | 4 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 (12) | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | CM | James McArthur | 37 (4) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50 (4) | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | CM | Roger Espinoza | 7 (11) | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (15) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | CM | Nick Powell | 23 (7) | 7 | 0 (3) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 (12) | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | CM | Fraser Fyvie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | CM | Jean Beausejour | 30 (3) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 (3) | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | CM | Daniel Redmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ryan Tunnicliffe | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Jack Collison | 5 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Attackers |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | ST | Callum McManaman | 17 (14) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 (16) | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | ST | Nicky Maynard | 11 (5) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 12 (6) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | ST | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 16 (20) | 4 | 4 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 (27) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | ST | Martyn Waghorn | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 15 (2) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Players that played for Wigan this season that have left the club: |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | CM | James McCarthy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | RM | Marc Albrighton | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ryan Shotton | 7 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | ST | Will Keane | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | ST | Grant Holt | 9 (7) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 (8) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | ST | Nouha Dicko | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | - | - | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Tyias Browning | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

Statistics accurate as of 12 May 2014
| Position | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | League play-off | Total |
| MF | 19 | Nick Powell | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| MF | 14 | Jordi Gómez | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| ST | 32 | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | 8 | Ben Watson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| DF | 25 | Leon Barnett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| FW | 33 | Martyn Waghorn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | 16 | James McArthur | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ST | 15 | Callum McManaman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | 11 | James McClean | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| ST | 29 | Nicky Maynard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | 10 | Shaun Maloney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | 7 | Chris McCann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DF | 17 | Emerson Boyce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ST | 9 | Grant Holt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | 22 | Jean Beausejour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | 21 | Iván Ramis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | 24 | James Perch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MF | 4 | Ryan Shotton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | 18 | Roger Espinoza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | 30 | Rob Kiernan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 61 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 78 |

## Results
### Football League Championship
#### Result and position by match

| 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 | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rubin Kazan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Maribor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 7 | |
| 4 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Maribor +1, Zulte Waregem −1.

### FA Community Shield
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Derby County | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 85 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers (O, P) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 80 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 73 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 72 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 71 | |