# 2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s first time in the second tier of English football for 24 years. Swansea gained promotion as champions of League One by 10 points.

## Squad statistics
### Playing stats

    Last updated on 10 March 2009
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NED | Dorus de Vries | 46 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Ashley Williams | 51 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Marcos Painter | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Kristian O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Alan Tate | 31 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | NED | Ferrie Bodde | 19 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Leon Britton | 49 | 0 | 43+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JAM | Darren Pratley | 38 | 4 | 32+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TRI | Jason Scotland | 50 | 23 | 38+6 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Andrea Orlandi | 15 | 1 | 6+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Mark Gower | 39 | 0 | 30+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Jordi Gómez | 51 | 13 | 38+6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Garry Monk | 46 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | WAL | Owain Tudur Jones | 14 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ESP | Gorka Pintado | 46 | 7 | 10+31 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | WAL | Chris Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Shaun MacDonald | 9 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | ARG | Federico Bessone | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Àngel Rangel | 47 | 1 | 39+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Guillem Bauzà | 21 | 3 | 4+11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | WAL | Joe Allen | 26 | 1 | 17+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | WAL | Matthew Collins | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Albert Serrán | 18 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Thomas Butler | 30 | 1 | 19+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | WAL | Chad Bond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Nathan Dyer | 20 | 3 | 12+4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### No longer at the club

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| – | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| – | GK | POL | Artur Krysiak | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | DF | IRL | Stephen O'Halloran | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| – | FW | ENG | Febian Brandy | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record
## Awards
### Manager of the Month

* January: Roberto Martínez

### Player of the Month

* February: Jason Scotland

### Championship Team of the Week

The following Swansea players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.
* 26 August 2008: Àngel Rangel
* 6 October 2008: Ashley Williams, Jason Scotland
* 27 October 2008: Artur Krysiak, Jordi Gómez
* 3 November 2008: Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Jordi Gómez
* 1 December 2008: Leon Britton
* 30 December 2008: Darren Pratley
* 12 January 2009: Garry Monk, Jason Scotland
* 19 January 2009: Joe Allen
* 2 February 2009: Jordi Gómez
* 9 February 2009: Jordi Gómez, Jason Scotland
* 23 February 2009: Jordi Gómez
* 6 April 2009: Nathan Dyer
* 15 April 2009: Leon Britton, Ashley Williams, Jason Scotland
* 20 April 2009: Garry Monk

## Fixtures and results
### Pre-season friendlies

* Swansea City scores given first
| Game | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Scorers | Attendance | Report |
| 1 | 9 July 2008 | Away | Östersunds FK | 6–0 | Pintado 3', 22', 34', Bauzà 52', 70', Gower 64' | 507 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 2 | 16 July 2008 | Away | Neath Athletic | 5–0 | Bauzà (2), Bodde (pen), Van der Heijden, Morrison | 7,500 | BBC Sport |
| 3 | 17 July 2008 | Neutral | Port Talbot Town | 4–0 (Dur:45 mins) | Pintado (3), Gower | 1,000 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 4 | 17 July 2008 | Neutral | Carmarthen Town | 3–0 (Dur:45 mins) | Bauzà (3) | 1,000 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 5 | 25 July 2008 | Neutral | Espanyol | 0–4 | | 3,500 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 6 | 26 July 2008 | Away | Peralada | 2–0 | Butler 15', Bauzà 82' | 500 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 7 | 27 July 2008 | Away | Palamós | 1–0 | Orlandi 47' | 800 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 8 | 28 July 2008 | Away | Barcelona B | 3–3 | Bauzà 50', 58', Brandy 88' | 1,500 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 9 | 31 July 2008 | Away | Chester City | 3–2 | Pratley, Morrison, Painter | 889 | BBC Sport |
| 10 | 2 August 2008 | Home | West Bromwich Albion | 0–0 | | 5,996 | SCFC.co.uk |
| 11 | 5 August 2008 | Home | ADO Den Haag | 1–0 | Orlandi 67' | 4,525 | SCFC.co.uk |

### The Championship

The season finished on 3 May when Swansea City played Blackpool at the Liberty Stadium.

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | L |

### League Cup

Swansea reached the fourth round of the League Cup before losing to Championship strugglers Watford.