# 2014–15 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 23rd in the Premier League and their 37th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.
The campaign represented Tottenham's 13th appearance in the UEFA Europa League, entering the Play-off round due to the result of the 2014 FA Cup Final, as a result of finishing sixth in the 2013–14 Premier League season.

## First-team squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hugo Lloris | GK | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 28) |
| 13 | Michel Vorm | GK | (1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 31) |
| 24 | Brad Friedel | GK | (1971-05-18)18 May 1971 (aged 44) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Kyle Walker | RB | (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 24) |
| 3 | Danny Rose | LB | (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 24) |
| 4 | Younès Kaboul | CB | (1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 29) |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen | CB / LB | (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 28) |
| 6 | Vlad Chiricheș | CB | (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 25) |
| 12 | DeAndre Yedlin | RB | (1993-07-09)9 July 1993 (aged 21) |
| 15 | Eric Dier | CB / RB / DM | (1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 21) |
| 21 | Federico Fazio | CB | (1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 28) |
| 33 | Ben Davies | LB | (1993-04-24)24 April 1993 (aged 22) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Paulinho | CM / AM | (1988-07-25)25 July 1988 (aged 26) |
| 11 | Erik Lamela | RW / LW | (1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 23) |
| 17 | Andros Townsend | RW / LW | (1991-07-16)16 July 1991 (aged 23) |
| 19 | Mousa Dembélé | CM / DM | (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 27) |
| 22 | Nacer Chadli | LW / AM | (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 25) |
| 23 | Christian Eriksen | AM / LW | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 23) |
| 25 | Benjamin Stambouli | DM | (1990-08-13)13 August 1990 (aged 24) |
| 29 | Étienne Capoue | DM | (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 26) |
| 38 | Ryan Mason | CM | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 23) |
| 42 | Nabil Bentaleb | CM / DM | (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 20) |
| 44 | Cristian Ceballos | AM | (1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Roberto Soldado | CF | (1985-05-27)27 May 1985 (aged 29) |
| 10 | Emmanuel Adebayor | CF | (1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 31) |
| 18 | Harry Kane | CF / SS | (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 (aged 21) |

## Transfers
### In

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Transfer window | Date |
| DF | Ben Davies | Swansea City | P/Ex | Summer | 23 July 2014 |
| GK | Michel Vorm | Swansea City | £3,500,000 | Summer | 23 July 2014 |
| DF | Eric Dier | Sporting CP | £4,000,000 | Summer | 2 August 2014 |
| DF | DeAndre Yedlin | Seattle Sounders FC | £2,500,000 | Summer | 13 August 2014 |
| DF | Federico Fazio | Sevilla | £8,000,000 | Summer | 27 August 2014 |
| MF | Benjamin Stambouli | Montpellier | £4,700,000 | Summer | 1 September 2014 |
| MF | Dele Alli | Milton Keynes Dons | £5,000,000 | Winter | 2 February 2015 |
Total spending: £27,700,000

### Out

| Position | Player | Transfer | Transferred to | Fee | Transfer window | Date |
| GK | Heurelho Gomes | Released | Watford | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2014 |
| GK | Lawrence Vigouroux | Released | Liverpool | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2014 |
| FW | Cameron Lancaster | Released | Stevenage | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2014 |
| DF | Kevin Stewart | Released | Liverpool | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2014 |
| DF | Roman Michael-Percil | Released | Concord Rangers | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2014 |
| MF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Released | Swansea City | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2014 |
| MF | Jake Livermore | Sold | Hull City | £8,000,000 | Summer | 21 June 2014 |
| MF | Laste Dombaxe | Released | Hadley | N/A | Summer | 3 July 2014 |
| FW | Darren McQueen | Released | Ipswich Town | N/A | Summer | 3 July 2014 |
| GK | Liam Priestley | Released | Missouri State Bears | N/A | Summer | 3 July 2014 |
| FW | Kane Vincent-Young | Released | Colchester United | N/A | Summer | 3 July 2014 |
| MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | Sold | Swansea City | P/Ex | Summer | 23 July 2014 |
| MF | Iago Falque | Sold | Genoa | £4,000,000 | Summer | 1 August 2014 |
| DF | Michael Dawson | Sold | Hull City | £6,000,000 | Summer | 26 August 2014 |
| FW | Souleymane Coulibaly | Sold | Bari | £1,500,000 | Summer | 1 September 2014 |
| FW | Jonathan Obika | Sold | Swindon Town | £200,000 | Summer | 1 September 2014 |
| DF | Zeki Fryers | Sold | Crystal Palace | £3,000,000 | Summer | 1 September 2014 |
| MF | Sandro | Sold | Queens Park Rangers | £10,000,000 | Summer | 1 September 2014 |
| DF | Kyle Naughton | Sold | Swansea City | £5,000,000 | Winter | 22 January 2015 |
| DF | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | Released | Saint-Étienne | N/A | Winter | 2 February 2015 |
| MF | Rúben Lameiras | Sold | Åtvidaberg | Undisclosed | Winter | 26 March 2015 |
Total income: £37,700,000+

### Loan out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| DF | Grant Hall | Birmingham City | 6 June 2014 | 5 January 2015 |
| MF | Alex Pritchard | Brentford | 17 July 2014 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Kenny McEvoy | Peterborough United | 24 July 2014 | 12 November 2014 |
| FW | Shaq Coulthirst | Southend United | 4 August 2014 | 4 March 2015 |
| GK | Jordan Archer | Northampton Town | 5 August 2014 | 1 January 2015 |
| DF | DeAndre Yedlin | Seattle Sounders FC | 13 August 2014 | 1 January 2015 |
| MF | Tom Carroll | Swansea City | 22 August 2014 | 26 May 2015 |
| DF | Ryan Fredericks | Middlesbrough | 28 August 2014 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Tomislav Gomelt | Bari | 1 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Lewis Holtby | Hamburg | 1 September 2014 | 30 June 2015 |
| DF | Miloš Veljković | Middlesbrough | 16 October 2014 | 17 January 2015 |
| DF | Grant Hall | Blackpool | 8 January 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| DF | Miloš Veljković | Charlton Athletic | 20 January 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| DF | Dominic Ball | Cambridge United | 22 January 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Kenny McEvoy | Colchester United | 30 January 2015 | 16 March 2015 |
| FW | Nathan Oduwa | Luton Town | 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| GK | Jordan Archer | Millwall | 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| FW | Emmanuel Sonupe | St Mirren | 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Aaron Lennon | Everton | 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Dele Alli | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 February 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| FW | Shaq Coulthirst | York City | 13 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| MF | Grant Ward | Coventry City | 13 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 |
| DF | Bongani Khumalo | Colchester United | 14 March 2015 | 30 June 2015 |

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 050.00 |
| FA Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 033.33 |
| League Cup | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Europa League | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | 57 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 91 | 71 | +20 | 050.88 |
Updated to match played 26 November 2015 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 36 | +35 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Manchester United | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 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 |
* 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BES | TOT | AT | PAR |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Asteras Tripolis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Partizan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

#### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | FRA | Hugo Lloris | 44 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | NED | Michel Vorm | 14 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kyle Walker | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Rose | 34 | 4 | 27+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Younès Kaboul | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen | 47 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș | 19 | 1 | 8+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | USA | DeAndre Yedlin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Federico Fazio | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Ben Davies | 29 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 30 | 2 | 3+12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Eric Dier | 36 | 2 | 25+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andros Townsend | 35 | 6 | 10+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Mousa Dembélé | 40 | 1 | 10+16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BEL | Nacer Chadli | 45 | 12 | 28+7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Christian Eriksen | 48 | 12 | 37+1 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Benjamin Stambouli | 25 | 1 | 4+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Étienne Capoue | 18 | 1 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ENG | Ryan Mason | 37 | 2 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb | 35 | 1 | 25+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Harry Winks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | ENG | Josh Onomah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado | 32 | 3 | 7+17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | TOG | Emmanuel Adebayor | 15 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Erik Lamela | 38 | 3 | 25+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Harry Kane | 42 | 24 | 28+6 | 21 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon | 17 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Sandro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | SRB | Miloš Veljković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 25 May 2015
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 18 | | Harry Kane | 21 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | | Nacer Chadli | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | | Christian Eriksen | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 17 | | Andros Townsend | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | | Roberto Soldado | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | | Erik Lamela | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | | Danny Rose | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | | Paulinho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 10 | | Emmanuel Adebayor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | | Eric Dier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 38 | | Ryan Mason | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 6 | | Vlad Chiricheș | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 19 | | Mousa Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 25 | | Benjamin Stambouli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 29 | | Étienne Capoue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 42 | | Nabil Bentaleb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 56 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 89 |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Hugo Lloris | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | 13 | Michel Vorm | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.