# 2014–15 Middlesbrough F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Middlesbrough's 6th consecutive season in the Championship. They also competed in the League Cup and in the FA Cup.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 2 May 2015
    "+" constitutes substitute appearances
| 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 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Damià | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | George Friend | 46 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Daniel Ayala | 35 | 5 | 29+1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | 20 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson | 40 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Grant Leadbitter | 49 | 13 | 40+3 | 12 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Adam Clayton | 47 | 0 | 37+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Kike | 49 | 11 | 25+17 | 9 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 48 | 9 | 32+10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Ledesma | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 42 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | James Husband | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Dean Whitehead | 20 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GAM | Mustapha Carayol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Adam Reach | 46 | 3 | 27+12 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen (on loan from Racing Genk) | 38 | 8 | 20+13 | 7 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NGA | Kenneth Omeruo (on loan from Chelsea) | 23 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Patrick Bamford (on loan from Chelsea) | 43 | 19 | 32+6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | EQG | Emilio Nsue | 28 | 0 | 12+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Rhys Williams | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) | 17 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Albert Adomah | 49 | 5 | 40+3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | NED | Yanic Wildschut | 13 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Adam Forshaw | 20 | 1 | 6+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Woodgate | 8 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | ESP | Tomás Mejías | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 14 | FW | ENG | Luke Williams | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Seb Hines | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Bradley Fewster | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | SRB | Miloš Veljković (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Richard Smallwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 46 | GK | ENG | Jamal Blackman (on loan from Chelsea) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    Last updated 17 April 2015
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Patrick Bamford | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Grant Leadbitter | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Kike | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Lee Tomlin | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Jelle Vossen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6= | MF | 27 | Albert Adomah | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6= | DF | 4 | Daniel Ayala | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Adam Reach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 33 | Yanic Wildschut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9= | DF | 3 | George Friend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | FW | 14 | Luke Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9= | FW | 30 | Bradley Fewster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9= | DF | 39 | Jonathan Woodgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9= | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Daniel Ayala | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Grant Leadbitter | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Adam Clayton | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | George Friend | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ryan Fredericks | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Lee Tomlin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GHA | Albert Adomah | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Ben Gibson | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Dean Whitehead | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | NGA | Kenneth Omeruo | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Patrick Bamford | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BEL | Jelle Vossen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Damià | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Kike | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GRE | Dimitrios Konstantopoulos | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | EQG | Emilio Nsue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ENG | Adam Forshaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Adam Reach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Watford (P) | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 91 | 50 | +41 | 89 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Norwich City (O, P) | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 88 | 48 | +40 | 86 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 85 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 5 | Brentford | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 78 | 59 | +19 | 78 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 78 | Qualification for Championship play-offs |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

### League results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 April 2015. Source: Football League

#### Matches

| 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

### League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Middlesbrough were drawn away to Oldham Athletic.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Team |
| 4 July 2014 | GK | Tomás Mejías | Real Madrid | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 11 July 2014 | FW | Kike | Real Murcia | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 26 July 2014 | DF | James Husband | Doncaster Rovers | £500,000 + Swap | First Team |
| 31 July 2014 | DF | Emilio Nsue | Real Mallorca | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 13 August 2014 | MF | Adam Clayton | Huddersfield Town | £1,000,000 + Swap | First Team |
| 16 August 2014 | DF | Damià Abella | Osasuna | Free | First Team |
| 1 September 2014 | MF | Yanic Wildschut | Heerenveen | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 28 January 2015 | MF | Adam Forshaw | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed | First Team |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Team |
| 16 May 2014 | MF | Matthew Dolan | Bradford City | Free transfer (Released) | First Team |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Jake Fowler | Free Agent | Free transfer (Released) | Reserves |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Jayson Leutwiler | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer (Released) | First Team |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Cameron Park | Marske United | Free transfer (Released) | First Team |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Stuart Parnaby | Hartlepool United | Free transfer (Released) | First Team |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Frazer Richardson | Rotherham United | Free transfer (Released) | First Team |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Lewis Sirrell | Östersund | Free transfer (Released) | Reserves |
| 16 May 2014 | DF | Matthew Waters | Free Agent | Free transfer (Released) | Reserves |
| 2 July 2014 | FW | Marvin Emnes | Swansea City | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 15 July 2014 | FW | Lukas Jutkiewicz | Burnley | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 30 July 2014 | FW | Curtis Main | Doncaster Rovers | Swap | First Team |
| 13 August 2014 | MF | Jacob Butterfield | Huddersfield Town | Swap | First Team |
| 21 August 2014 | DF | Christian Burgess | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 22 August 2014 | MF | Richard Smallwood | Rotherham United | Undisclosed | First Team |
| 28 August 2014 | FW | Kei Kamara | Columbus Crew | Free transfer (Released) | First Team |
| 23 January 2015 | FW | Charlie Wyke | Carlisle United | Nominal fee | Reserves |
| 26 January 2015 | MF | Andy Halliday | Bradford City | Undisclosed | First team |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Player | Loaned from | Date until | Team |
| 6 August 2014 | DF | Kenneth Omeruo | Chelsea | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 28 August 2014 | DF | Ryan Fredericks | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 29 August 2014 | FW | Patrick Bamford | Chelsea | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 1 September 2014 | FW | Jelle Vossen | Genk | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 1 September 2014 | GK | Jamal Blackman | Chelsea | 17 January 2015 | First team |
| 16 October 2014 | DF | Miloš Veljković | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 January 2015 | First team |
| 9 January 2015 | DF | Tomáš Kalas | Chelsea | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 25 March 2015 | DF | Fernando Amorebieta | Fulham | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 26 March 2015 | DF | Dwight Tiendalli | Swansea City | 30 June 2015 | First team |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Player | Loaned to | Date until | Team |
| 8 August 2014 | MF | Ryan Brobbel | Hartlepool United | 8 November 2014 | Reserves |
| 19 August 2014 | MF | Richard Smallwood | Rotherham United | 22 August 2014 | First team |
| 19 August 2014 | DF | Christian Burgess | Peterborough United | 21 August 2014 | Reserves |
| 21 August 2014 | FW | Charlie Wyke | Hartlepool United | 24 November 2014 | Reserves |
| 1 September 2014 | GK | Jason Steele | Blackburn Rovers | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 1 September 2014 | DF | Seb Hines | Coventry City | 4 January 2015 | First team |
| 26 September 2014 | DF | David Atkinson | Hartlepool United | 26 October 2014 | Reserves |
| 17 October 2014 | MF | Andy Halliday | Bradford City | 26 January 2015 | First team |
| 23 October 2014 | FW | Luke Williams | Scunthorpe United | 3 January 2015 | First team |
| 14 November 2014 | DF | Brad Halliday | York City | 13 December 2014 | Reserves |
| 20 November 2014 | MF | Bryn Morris | Burton Albion | 19 December 2014 | Reserves |
| 24 November 2014 | MF | Emmanuel Ledesma | Rotherham United | 20 December 2014 | First team |
| 27 November 2014 | FW | Bradley Fewster | Preston North End | 30 June 2015 | Reserves |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | Luke Williams | Coventry City | 12 March 2015 | First team |
| 13 February 2015 | MF | Jordan Jones | Hartlepool United | 30 June 2015 | Reserves |
| 19 February 2015 | MF | Emmanuel Ledesma | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 March 2015 | First team |
| 25 March 2015 | DF | James Husband | Fulham | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 26 March 2015 | FW | Luke Williams | Peterborough United | 30 June 2015 | First team |
| 26 March 2015 | DF | David Atkinson | Carlisle United | 30 June 2015 | Reserves |
| 26 March 2015 | MF | Mustapha Carayol | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2015 | First team |