# 2014–15 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Queens Park Rangers's 126th professional season.

## Kit

Nike became new manufacturers of QPR's kit. Airline Air Asia continued as kit sponsors.
| Home | Home alt. | Away | Away alt. | Away 2nd alt. | Third |

## Players

    As of 4 March 2015

### First team squad

| No. | Name | Position (s) | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Robert Green | GK | 2012 | (1980-01-18) 18 January 1980 (age 45) | West Ham United | 95 | 0 |
| 12 | Alex McCarthy | GK | 2014 | (1989-12-03) 3 December 1989 (age 35) | Reading | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Brian Murphy | GK | 2011 | (1983-05-07) 7 May 1983 (age 41) | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Armand Traoré | LB | 2011 | (1989-10-08) 8 October 1989 (age 35) | Arsenal | 83 | 2 |
| 4 | Steven Caulker | CB | 2014 | (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 (age 33) | Cardiff City | 30 | 1 |
| 5 | Rio Ferdinand | CB | 2014 | (1978-11-07) 7 November 1978 (age 46) | Manchester United | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Clint Hill (C) | CB | 2010 | (1978-10-19) 19 October 1978 (age 46) | Crystal Palace | 153 | 5 |
| 13 | Yun Suk-young | LB | 2013 | (1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 35) | Chunnam Dragons | 27 | 1 |
| 14 | Mauricio Isla | RB | 2014 | (1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 36) | on loan from Juventus | 25 | 0 |
| 15 | Nedum Onuoha | CB | 2012 | (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986 (age 38) | Manchester City | 86 | 2 |
| 22 | Richard Dunne | CB | 2013 | (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979 (age 45) | Aston Villa | 60 | 1 |
| 38 | Darnell Furlong | RB | 2015 | (1995-10-31) 31 October 1995 (age 29) | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 7 | Matt Phillips | RM | 2013 | (1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 33) | Blackpool | 39 | 5 |
| 8 | Joey Barton (VC) | CM | 2011 | (1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 42) | Newcastle United | 90 | 7 |
| 10 | Leroy Fer | CM | 2014 | (1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 35) | Norwich City | 24 | 4 |
| 11 | Shaun Wright-Phillips | RM | 2011 | (1981-10-25) 25 October 1981 (age 43) | Manchester City | 65 | 1 |
| 18 | Alejandro Faurlín | CM | 2009 | (1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 (age 38) | Instituto Atlético | 121 | 5 |
| 19 | Niko Kranjčar | AM | 2013 | (1984-08-13) 13 August 1984 (age 40) | on loan from Dynamo Kyiv | 52 | 3 |
| 20 | Karl Henry | DM | 2013 | (1982-11-26) 26 November 1982 (age 42) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 55 | 1 |
| 23 | Junior Hoilett | LM | 2012 | (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 34) | Blackburn Rovers | 84 | 6 |
| 30 | Sandro | DM | 2014 | (1989-04-15) 15 April 1989 (age 35) | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 1 |
| 36 | Michael Doughty | LM | 2010 | (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 32) | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Charlie Austin | CF | 2013 | (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35) | Burnley | 63 | 36 |
| 24 | Eduardo Vargas | RW | 2014 | (1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 (age 35) | on loan from Napoli | 21 | 3 |
| 25 | Bobby Zamora | CF | 2012 | (1981-01-16) 16 January 1981 (age 44) | Fulham | 82 | 13 |
| 27 | Adel Taarabt | LW / AM | 2009 | (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 35) | Tottenham Hotspur | 157 | 34 |
| 29 | Mauro Zárate | CF | 2015 | (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37) | on loan from West Ham United | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Reece Grego-Cox | ST | 2015 | (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 28) | Queens Park Rangers Academy | 2 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 17 July 2014 | 5 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | Manchester United | Free |
| 22 July 2014 | 4 | DF | Steven Caulker | Cardiff City | £8M |
| 5 August 2014 | 17 | MF | Jordon Mutch | Cardiff City | £6M |
| 20 August 2014 | 10 | MF | Leroy Fer | Norwich City | £8M |
| 28 August 2014 | – | DF | Jack Robinson | Liverpool | £1M |
| 29 August 2014 | 12 | GK | Alex McCarthy | Reading | £3M |
| 1 September 2014 | 30 | MF | Sandro | Tottenham Hotspur | £6M |
| 8 January 2015 | – | MF | Ryan Manning | Galway United | Free |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 7 June 2014 | 35 | MF | Yossi Benayoun | Maccabi Haifa | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | – | MF | Ángelo Balanta | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | 22 | MF | Hogan Ephraim | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | 29 | FW | Tom Hitchcock | Milton Keynes Dons | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | 18 | DF | Aaron Hughes | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | 8 | FW | Andrew Johnson | Crystal Palace | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | – | MF | Stéphane Mbia | Sevilla | Free |
| 1 July 2014 | 21 | DF | Luke Young | Retirement | N/A |
| 1 July 2014 | – | AM | Park Ji-sung | Retirement | N/A |
| 28 July 2014 | 14 | MF | Esteban Granero | Real Sociedad | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2014 | 36 | MF | Gary O'Neil | Norwich City | Free |
| 5 August 2014 | 34 | FW | Mo Shariff | Bradford City | Free |
| 19 August 2014 | 33 | GK | Júlio César | Benfica | Free |
| 26 August 2014 | – | MF | Dylan Carreiro | Dundee | Free |
| 30 August 2014 | 2 | DF | Danny Simpson | Leicester City | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2014 | 19 | FW | Loïc Rémy | Chelsea | £10.5M |
| 14 January 2015 | – | FW | Josh Laurent | Brentford | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2015 | 17 | MF | Jordon Mutch | Crystal Palace | £4.75M |

### Loaned in

| Start | No. | Pos. | Name | From | Expiry |
| 6 August 2014 | 14 | RM | Mauricio Isla | Juventus | 30 June 2015 |
| 21 August 2014 | 24 | ST | Eduardo Vargas | Napoli | 30 June 2015 |
| 1 September 2014 | 19 | MF | Niko Kranjčar | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 June 2015 |
| 6 January 2015 | 29 | ST | Mauro Zárate | West Ham United | 30 June 2015 |

### Loaned out

| Start | No. | Pos. | Name | To | Expiry |
| 18 July 2014 | 24 | MF | Samba Diakité | Al-Ittihad FC | 30 June 2015 |
| 23 August 2014 | – | GK | Joe Lumley | Accrington Stanley | 20 September 2014 |
| 28 August 2014 | – | DF | Jack Robinson | Huddersfield Town | 30 June 2015 |
| 4 September 2014 | – | DF | James Haran | Arlesey Town | 2 October 2014 |
| 11 September 2014 | 42 | MF | Michael Petrasso | Leyton Orient | 12 October 2014 |
| 9 October 2014 | 37 | DF | Michael Harriman | Luton Town | 30 June 2015 |
| 10 October 2014 | – | DF | Jamie Sendles-White | Mansfield Town | 3 January 2015 |
| 14 October 2014 | 42 | MF | Michael Petrasso | Notts County | 10 January 2015 |
| 24 October 2014 | – | MF | Michael Doughty | Gillingham | 24 January 2015 |
| 30 October 2014 | – | MF | Frankie Sutherland | Wimbledon | 6 January 2015 |
| 7 November 2014 | – | GK | Joe Lumley | Morecambe | 8 December 2014 |
| 20 November 2014 | – | DF | Cole Kpekawa | Colchester United | 20 December 2014 |
| 26 November 2014 | 28 | DF | Max Ehmer | Gillingham | 30 June 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | – | MF | Bruno Andrade | Stevenage | 31 March 2015 |
| 19 March 2015 | – | DF | Cole Kpekawa | Portsmouth | 30 June 2015 |

## Season statistics
### August

QPR Started their season with a 0–1 loss to Hull City at home, after James Chester headed in a corner early in the second half. On 21 August 2014 QPR announced the season long loan signing of Chilean international Eduardo Vargas. On 24 August 2014 QPR lost 4-0 to Tottenham leaving them bottom of the table. Just three days after Rangers lost surprisingly to League 2 side Burton Albion in the League Cup 2nd round. On 30 August 2014 QPR won their first game of the season against Sunderland thanks to a late first half goal from Charlie Austin.

### September

QPR lost 4–0 away to Manchester United on 14 September. On 20 September loan signing Niko Kranjčar scored a late equalizer in a 2–2 draw against Stoke City. Rangers lost away at Southampton on 27 September.

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Sunderland | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 53 | −22 | 38 | |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 38 | |
| 18 | Hull City (R) | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 35 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Burnley (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers (R) | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 30 | Relegation to Football League Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 25 May 2015. Source: QPR.CO.UK

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 18 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 30 |

#### Matches
### League Cup
## Squad statistics
### Statistics

    As of 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Robert Green | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Danny Simpson † | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SEN | Armand Traoré | 17 | 0 | 7+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Steven Caulker | 36 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rio Ferdinand | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Clint Hill | 20 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Matt Phillips | 27 | 3 | 20+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Joey Barton | 28 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Charlie Austin | 36 | 18 | 35 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Leroy Fer | 31 | 6 | 27+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Shaun Wright-Phillips | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Alex McCarthy | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KOR | Yun Suk-young | 23 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Mauricio Isla | 27 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Nedum Onuoha | 25 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Jordon Mutch † | 11 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Frankie Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Alejandro Faurlín | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Loïc Rémy † | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CRO | Niko Kranjčar | 22 | 2 | 11+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Karl Henry | 35 | 0 | 27+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | IRL | Brian Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IRL | Richard Dunne | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CAN | Junior Hoilett | 24 | 0 | 9+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CHI | Eduardo Vargas | 22 | 3 | 16+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Bobby Zamora | 33 | 3 | 19+12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Adel Taarabt | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ARG | Mauro Zárate | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Sandro | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Aaron Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Michael Doughty | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | IRL | Michael Harriman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Darnell Furlong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | IRL | Reece Grego-Cox | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | MSR | Brandon Comley | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Cole Kpekawa | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | CAN | Michael Petrasso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
† denotes players that left the club during the season.

### Goals

    As of 13 May 2015
| Rank | Player | Position | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Charlie Austin | ST | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Leroy Fer | CM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Bobby Zamora | ST | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Eduardo Vargas | ST | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Matt Phillips | RM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Niko Kranjčar | AM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Steven Caulker | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sandro | DM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Joey Barton | DM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Clint Hill | LB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |

### Own goals

    As of 4 April 2015
| Rank | Player | Position | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Nedum Onuoha | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Richard Dunne | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Steven Caulker | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 4 March 2015
| Rank | Player | Position | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Robert Green | GK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Alex McCarthy | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Discipline

| N | P | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 8 | MF | Joey Barton | 10 | | 1 | | | 10 | | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Karl Henry | 8 | | | | | 8 | | |
| 22 | DF | Richard Dunne | 6 | | | 1 | | 7 | | |
| 6 | DF | Clint Hill | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 10 | MF | Leroy Fer | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 14 | MF | Mauricio Isla | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 30 | MF | Sandro | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 9 | ST | Charlie Austin | 3 | 1 | | | | 3 | 1 | |
| 15 | DF | Nedum Onuoha | 2 | | | | 1 | 3 | | |
| 17 | MF | Jordon Mutch † | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 25 | ST | Bobby Zamora | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 3 | DF | Armand Traoré | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 5 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 13 | DF | Yun Suk-young | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 19 | MF | Niko Kranjčar | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 1 | GK | Robert Green | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | Steven Caulker | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 7 | MF | Matt Phillips | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 23 | MF | Junior Hoilett | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 24 | ST | Eduardo Vargas | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 29 | ST | Mauro Zárate | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 38 | DF | Darnell Furlong | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 2 | DF | Danny Simpson † | | | | 1 | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 7 April 2015 Source: Matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.