# 2013–14 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Swansea City's 94th season in the English football league system, and their third consecutive season in the Premier League.
During pre-season Swansea recruited heavily, breaking the clubs' transfer record fee with the purchase of Ivorian striker Wilfried Bony from Vitesse Arnhem for £12 million. They also acquired Jonjo Shelvey from Liverpool for £5 million. Other significant signings included Alejandro Pozuelo and José Cañas, who both signed from Real Betis, and Spanish defender Jordi Amat from Espanyol for £2.5 million, Only two players left the club during the summer—Kemy Agustien moved to Brighton & Hove Albion on a free transfer on 1 August 2013, and Luke Moore was released by the club on 23 August 2013.
In the Premier League, Swansea lost to defending champions Manchester United 1–4 at the Liberty Stadium in their first game of the season. They picked up their first win of the league campaign on 2 September in a 0–2 away win against West Bromwich Albion. On 4 February 2014, manager Michael Laudrup was sacked by chairman Huw Jenkins following a 2–0 defeat to West Ham United. It was Swansea's sixth defeat in eight league games and left Swansea two points above the relegation zone. Garry Monk was appointed as the interim player-manager. Monk was appointed as the permanent manager of Swansea City on 7 May, signing a three-year contract. In the final game of the season Swansea beat Sunderland 1–3 at the Stadium of Light, ensuring they finished with 42 points in 12th place in the league table.
Swansea City competed in two domestic cups, the FA Cup, and the Football League Cup. Swansea entered the League Cup in the third round as the defending champions, but were knocked out of the competition in their opening match to Birmingham City, 3–1. In the FA Cup, Swansea advanced to the fifth round, but lost 3–1 to Everton at Goodison Park.
Swansea competed in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, their first European competition since the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup. They were eliminated in the Round of 32 by Napoli, having drawn the home game 0–0 and losing the away game 3–1.

## Squad and coaching staff information
### First team squad

Last updated on 11 May 2014. The following players were included in at least one matchday squad in the 2013–14 season.
| Squad No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 1 | Michel Vorm | GK | (1983-10-20) 20 October 1983 (age 41) | Utrecht | 2011 | 2016 | 95 | 0 | |
| 13 | David Cornell | GK | (1991-03-28) 28 March 1991 (age 33) | Swansea City Academy | 2008 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | Gerhard Tremmel | GK | (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978 (age 46) | Unattached | 2011 | 2015 | 46 | 0 | |
| 42 | Oliver Davies | GK | (1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 30) | Swansea City Academy | 2013 | 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Gregor Zabret | GK | (1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 29) | Domžale | 2013 | 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | Jordi Amat | DF | (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33) | Espanyol | 2013 | 2017 | 30 | 0 | |
| 3 | Neil Taylor | DF | (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 35) | Wrexham | 2010 | 2016 | 96 | 0 | |
| 4 | Chico Flores | DF | (1987-03-06) 6 March 1987 (age 37) | Genoa | 2012 | 2016 | 75 | 3 | |
| 6 | Ashley Williams | DF | (1984-08-23) 23 August 1984 (age 40) | Stockport County | 2008 | 2015 | 277 | 12 | |
| 16 | Garry Monk | DF | (1979-03-06) 6 March 1979 (age 45) | Barnsley | 2004 | 2015 | 270 | 7 | Excluding FAW Premier Cup |
| 19 | Dwight Tiendalli | DF | (1985-10-21) 21 October 1985 (age 39) | Unattached | 2013 | 2016 | 40 | 1 | |
| 22 | Àngel Rangel | DF | (1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 (age 42) | Terrassa | 2007 | 2016 | 286 | 9 | |
| 27 | Kyle Bartley | DF | (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 33) | Arsenal | 2012 | 2015 | 8 | 0 | |
| 29 | Jazz Richards | DF | (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33) | Swansea City Academy | 2009 | 2016 | 38 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ben Davies | DF | (1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31) | Swansea City Academy | 2011 | 2017 | 85 | 3 | |
| 35 | Daniel Alfei | DF | (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 (age 32) | Swansea City Academy | 2010 | 2016 | 4 | 0 | |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 7 | Leon Britton | MF | (1982-09-16) 16 September 1982 (age 42) | Sheffield United | 2011 | 2016 | 467 | 17 | Excluding FAW Premier Cup |
| 8 | Jonjo Shelvey | MF | (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32) | Liverpool | 2013 | 2017 | 42 | 6 | |
| 11 | Pablo Hernández | MF | (1985-04-11) 11 April 1985 (age 39) | Valencia | 2012 | 2015 | 71 | 5 | |
| 12 | Nathan Dyer | MF | (1987-11-29) 29 November 1987 (age 37) | Southampton | 2009 | 2017 | 232 | 24 | |
| 14 | Roland Lamah | MF | (1987-12-31) 31 December 1987 (age 37) | Osasuna | 2013 | 2014 | 24 | 3 | |
| 15 | Wayne Routledge | MF | (1985-01-07) 7 January 1985 (age 40) | Newcastle United | 2011 | 2016 | 121 | 12 | |
| 17 | Ki Sung-yueng | MF | (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 36) | Celtic | 2012 | 2015 | 41 | 0 | |
| 20 | Jonathan de Guzmán | MF | (1987-09-13) 13 September 1987 (age 37) | Villarreal | 2012 | 2014 | 93 | 15 | |
| 21 | José Cañas | MF | (1987-05-27) 27 May 1987 (age 37) | Real Betis | 2013 | 2016 | 35 | 0 | |
| 24 | Alejandro Pozuelo | MF | (1991-09-20) 20 September 1991 (age 33) | Real Betis | 2013 | 2016 | 36 | 2 | |
| 31 | Lee Lucas | MF | (1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 32) | Swansea City Academy | 2010 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| 53 | Adam King | MF | (1995-10-11) 11 October 1995 (age 29) | Heart of Midlothian | 2014 | 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | Jay Fulton | MF | (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30) | Falkirk | 2014 | 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | Michu | FW | (1986-03-21) 21 March 1986 (age 38) | Rayo Vallecano | 2012 | 2016 | 67 | 28 | |
| 10 | Wilfried Bony | FW | (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 36) | Vitesse Arnhem | 2013 | 2017 | 48 | 25 | |
| 18 | Leroy Lita | FW | (1984-12-28) 28 December 1984 (age 40) | Middlesbrough | 2011 | 2014 | 21 | 2 | |
| 26 | Álvaro Vázquez | FW | (1991-04-27) 27 April 1991 (age 33) | Getafe | 2013 | 2014 | 20 | 0 | |
| 41 | Rory Donnelly | FW | (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 32) | Cliftonville | 2012 | 2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| 54 | David Ngog | FW | (1989-04-01) 1 April 1989 (age 35) | Bolton Wanderers | 2014 | 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| 57 | Marvin Emnes | FW | (1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 36) | Middlesbrough | 2014 | 2014 | 14 | 3 | |

### Club staff
## Transfers and loans
### New contracts

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Status | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 25 | Signed | 4 years | June 2017 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Davies | 20 | Signed | 1 year | July 2017 |
| 42 | GK | Oliver Davies | 18 | Signed | 2.5 years | June 2016 |
| | MF | Corey Francis | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| | DF | Connor Roberts | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| | DF | Tom Atyeo | 17 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| | DF | Joseph Jones | 17 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| | FW | Alex Samuel | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 30 | MF | Josh Sheehan | 19 | Signed | 2 years | June 2016 |
| 43 | MF | Alex Bray | 18 | Signed | 1 years | June 2015 |
| 44 | MF | Sam Evans | 19 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 46 | MF | Kenji Gorré | 19 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 47 | MF | Alex Gogić | 20 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 50 | FW | Ryan Hedges | 18 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 34 | MF | Henry Jones | 20 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 36 | FW | James Loveridge | 20 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |
| 39 | MF | Kurtis March | 21 | Signed | 1 year | June 2015 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

The 2013–14 was season preceded by a ten-day tour of the Netherlands.
Last updated: 28 June 2013 Source:

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | — | 12th | 17 August 2013 | 11 May 2014 |
| League Cup | 3rd round | — | 3rd round | 25 September 2013 | 25 September 2013 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | — | 5th round | 5 January 2014 | 16 February 2014 |
| UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round | — | Round of 32 | 1 August 2013 | 27 February 2014 |
Updated to match played 11 May 2014 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Newcastle United | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 49 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 45 |
| 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 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |

#### Matches

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Swansea City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Kuban Krasnodar | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | St. Gallen | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Kuban Krasnodar +2, St. Gallen −2.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

### FA Cup

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

### League Cup

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 11 May 2014
    Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals | App. | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Michel Vorm | 26 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jordi Amat | 12+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 24+5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 6+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Chico Flores | 30+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | 42+1 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Ashley Williams | 34 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | – | – | 6+1 | 0 | 41+2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 23+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jonjo Shelvey | 29+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 36+6 | 6 |
| 9 | MF | Michu | 15+2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 22+2 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | Wilfried Bony | 28+7 | 16 | 1+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 40+8 | 25 |
| 11 | MF | Pablo Hernández | 17+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4+2 | 0 | 23+12 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 19+8 | 6 | 0+1 | – | – | – | 6+3 | 0 | 25+12 | 6 |
| 14 | MF | Roland Lamah | 4+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 10+8 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 32+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+1 | 3 | 41+6 | 6 |
| 18 | FW | Leroy Lita | 0+2 | – | 0+1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Dwight Tiendalli | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jonathan de Guzmán | 26+8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7+4 | 2 | 36+12 | 7 |
| 21 | MF | José Cañas | 19+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 26+9 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 29+1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6+3 | 0 | 35+4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Alejandro Pozuelo | 7+15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+3 | 2 | 18+18 | 2 |
| 25 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Álvaro Vázquez | 5+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Jazz Richards | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Davies | 32+2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6+1 | 0 | 38+3 | 2 |
| 54 | FW | David Ngog | 0+3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0+3 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 1+1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1+1 | 0 |
| 57 | FW | Marvin Emnes | 2+5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1+1 | 0 | 3+6 | 1 |
| Players away from the club on loan: |||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 0+1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Rory Donnelly | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who retired during the season: |||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | Garry Monk | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
    Last updated on 13 April 2014
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Michel Vorm | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | GK | 25 | Gerhard Tremmel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal. The list for the Europa League is sorted into Tournament Phase and Qualifying Phase since all yellow cards and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on completion of the Qualifying Phase play-offs.
    Last updated on 11 May 2014
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League Tournament Phase | Europa League Tournament Phase | Europa League Qualifying Phase | Europa League Qualifying Phase | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | 4 | Chico Flores | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Leon Britton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | GK | 1 | Michel Vorm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | 22 | Àngel Rangel | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | José Cañas | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Jordi Amat | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | 6 | Ashley Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Jonjo Shelvey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | 10 | Wilfried Bony | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | 33 | Ben Davies | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Neil Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | 9 | Michu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | 19 | Dwight Tiendalli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Pablo Hernández | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | 12 | Nathan Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | 15 | Wayne Routledge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | 20 | Jonathan de Guzmán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | 24 | Alejandro Pozuelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | 25 | Gerhard Tremmel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | 57 | Marvin Emnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | 14 | Roland Lamah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | 18 | Leroy Lita | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | 26 | Álvaro Vázquez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | 56 | Jay Fulton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 56 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 86 | 4 |