# 2013–14 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 22nd season in the Premier League and 36th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.
The campaign featured Tottenham's 12th appearance in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), entering the Play-off round due to finishing fifth in the 2012–13 Premier League season.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Heurelho Gomes |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kyle Walker |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Rose |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Younès Kaboul (2nd vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | BEL | Jan Vertonghen |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Vlad Chiricheș |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Paulinho |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Roberto Soldado |
| 10 | FW | TOG | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Erik Lamela |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Étienne Capoue |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Andros Townsend |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Mousa Dembélé |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Michael Dawson (captain) |
| 21 | MF | BEL | Nacer Chadli |
| 22 | MF | ISL | Gylfi Sigurðsson |
| 23 | MF | DEN | Christian Eriksen |
| 24 | GK | USA | Brad Friedel |
| 25 | GK | FRA | Hugo Lloris |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Sandro |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Zeki Fryers |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Harry Kane |
| 42 | MF | ALG | Nabil Bentaleb |

## Transfers
### In

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Transfer window | Date |
| MF | Paulinho | Corinthians | £17,000,000 | Summer | 6 July 2013 |
| FW | Nacer Chadli | Twente | £7,000,000 | Summer | 21 July 2013 |
| FW | Roberto Soldado | Valencia | £26,000,000 | Summer | 1 August 2013 |
| MF | Étienne Capoue | Toulouse | £9,000,000 | Summer | 15 August 2013 |
| DF | Vlad Chiricheș | Steaua București | £8,500,000 | Summer | 30 August 2013 |
| MF | Christian Eriksen | Ajax | £11,500,000 | Summer | 30 August 2013 |
| MF | Erik Lamela | Roma | £30,000,000 | Summer | 30 August 2013 |
Total spending: £109,000,000

### Out

| Position | Player | Transfer | Transferred to | Fee | Transfer window | Date |
| DF | William Gallas | Released | Perth Glory | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| MF | David Bentley | Released | Free agent | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| MF | John Bostock | Released | Royal Antwerp | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| DF | Jack Barthram | Released | Swindon Town | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| MF | Jack Munns | Released | Birmingham City | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| MF | Jake Nicholson | Released | Greenock Morton | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| MF | Dean Parrett | Released | Stevenage | N/A | Summer | 30 June 2013 |
| DF | Nathan Byrne | Released | Swindon Town | N/A | Summer | 9 July 2013 |
| DF | Steven Caulker | Sold | Cardiff City | £9,000,000 | Summer | 31 July 2013 |
| MF | Clint Dempsey | Sold | Seattle Sounders FC | £6,000,000 | Summer | 2 August 2013 |
| MF | Tom Huddlestone | Sold | Hull City | £5,000,000 | Summer | 14 August 2013 |
| MF | Scott Parker | Sold | Fulham | £3,500,000 | Summer | 19 August 2013 |
| MF | Massimo Luongo | Sold | Swindon Town | £400,000 | Summer | 31 August 2013 |
| FW | Gareth Bale | Sold | Real Madrid | £85,300,000 | Summer | 1 September 2013 |
| FW | Simon Dawkins | Sold | Derby County | £500,000 | Winter | 3 January 2014 |
| FW | Jermain Defoe | Sold | Toronto FC | £6,000,000 | Winter | 28 February 2014 |
| DF | Adam Smith | Sold | Bournemouth | Undisclosed | Winter | 28 January 2014 |
| FW | Darren McQueen | Released | Ipswich Town | N/A | | 7 May 2014 |
Total income: £115,700,000+

### Loan out

| Position | Player | Loaned to | Start | End |
| MF | Massimo Luongo | Swindon Town | 2 July 2013 | 31 August 2013 |
| DF | Grant Hall | Swindon Town | 2 July 2013 | 2014 |
| MF | Alex Pritchard | Swindon Town | 9 July 2013 | 29 April 2014 |
| MF | Ryan Mason | Swindon Town | 23 July 2013 | 2014 |
| MF | Tomislav Gomelt | Royal Antwerp | 24 July 2013 | 2014 |
| DF | Adam Smith | Derby County | 29 July 2013 | 2 December 2013 |
| DF | Bongani Khumalo | Doncaster Rovers | 31 July 2013 | 2014 |
| MF | Jake Livermore | Hull City | 14 August 2013 | 2014 |
| FW | Iago Falque | Rayo Vallecano | 24 August 2013 | 2014 |
| DF | Benoît Assou-Ekotto | Queens Park Rangers | 2 September 2013 | 2014 |
| MF | Tom Carroll | Queens Park Rangers | 2 September 2013 | 2014 |
| FW | Cristian Ceballos | Arouca | 5 September 2013 | 2014 |
| FW | Simon Dawkins | Derby County | 18 October 2013 | 3 January 2014 |
| GK | Lawrence Vigouroux | Hyde | 25 October 2013 | 24 January 2014 |
| FW | Shaq Coulthirst | Leyton Orient | 3 January 2014 | 3 February 2014 |
| FW | Jonathan Obika | Brighton & Hove Albion | 8 January 2014 | 17 March 2014 |
| MF | Ryan Fredericks | Millwall | 17 January 2014 | 2014 |
| MF | Laste Dombaxe | Bolton Development Squad | 21 January 2014 | February 2014 |
| MF | Lewis Holtby | Fulham | 31 January 2014 | 2014 |
| GK | Luke McGee | Harlow Town | 24 February 2014 | March 2014 |
| GK | Jonathan Miles | Whitehawk | 8 March 2014 | 8 April 2014 |
| FW | Jonathan Obika | Charlton Athletic | 17 March 2014 | 2014 |
| MF | Grant Ward | Chicago Fire | 22 March 2014 | 31 December 2014 |
| FW | Shaq Coulthirst | Torquay United | 28 March 2014 | 2014 |

#### Spending

Summer: £109,000,000
Winter: £0
Total: £109,000,000

#### Income

Summer: £109,200,000
Winter: £6,500,000+
Total: £115,700,000+

#### Expenditure

Summer: £200,000
Winter: £6,500,000+
Total: £6,700,000+

## Friendlies
### Post-season

In April, the club announced that the current Spurs XI would stage a testimonial in honour of one-club man Ledley King against a team named the 'Ledley Guest XI'. Former players who turned out for the Ledley Guest XI included Teddy Sheringham, Darren Anderton, Dimitar Berbatov, David Ginola, Peter Crouch, Edgar Davids; the team was captained by King himself, who opened the scoring with a penalty.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | 6th | 18 August 2013 | 11 May 2014 |
| FA Cup | 3rd round | 3rd round | 4 January 2014 | 4 January 2014 |
| League Cup | 3rd round | 5th round | 24 September 2013 | 18 December 2013 |
| UEFA Europa League | Play-off round | Round of 16 | 22 August 2013 | 20 March 2014 |
Updated to match played 19 May 2014 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Arsenal | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Everton | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 72 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 64 | |
| 8 | Southampton | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 56 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of 2013–14 Football League Cup (Manchester City) qualified for the Champions League, the spot awarded to them (Europa League play-off round) was passed to the 6th-placed team.

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | ANZ | SHE | TRO |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Tromsø | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 24 | GK | Brad Friedel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Hugo Lloris | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Kyle Walker | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Danny Rose | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 29+1 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Younes Kaboul | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18+2 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | 31+2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Vlad Chiricheș | 16+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22+2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 19+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 31+3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Michael Dawson | 31+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 37+4 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Zeki Fryers | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Ryan Fredericks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | Miloš Veljković | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Aaron Lennon | 26+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 31+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Paulinho | 28+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 33+4 | 8 |
| 11 | MF | Erik Lamela | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 10+7 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Lewis Holtby | 6+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 2 | 11+11 | 3 |
| 15 | MF | Etienne Capoue | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14+4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Andros Townsend | 12+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20+13 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 22+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 | 33+8 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | Nacer Chadli | 15+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 | 4+2 | 3 | 19+15 | 5 |
| 22 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 14+11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | 23+12 | 6 |
| 23 | MF | Christian Eriksen | 23+2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+5 | 3 | 29+7 | 10 |
| 28 | MF | Tom Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Sandro | 10+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18+7 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Nabil Bentaleb | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Roberto Soldado | 22+6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 5 | 29+7 | 11 |
| 10 | FW | Emmanuel Adebayor | 20+1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 24+1 | 14 |
| 37 | FW | Harry Kane | 6+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 8+11 | 4 |
| 41 | FW | Shaquile Coulthirst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season. |||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | Jermain Defoe | 3+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11+11 | 10 |

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Emmanuel Adebayor | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Roberto Soldado | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Jermain Defoe | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 23 | Christian Eriksen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Paulinho | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | MF | 21 | Nacer Chadli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 37 | Harry Kane | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Lewis Holtby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Danny Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 17 | Andros Townsend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Mousa Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | 2 | Kyle Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 4 | Younes Kaboul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 5 | Jan Vertonghen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 6 | Vlad Chiricheș | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 7 | Aaron Lennon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 11 | Erik Lamela | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 15 | Etienne Capoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 30 | Sandro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 55 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 91 |
Last updated: 13 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 | 25 | Hugo Lloris | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | 24 | Brad Friedel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.