# 2018–19 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Swansea City's 99th season in the English football league system, and their first season back in the Championship since 2010–11 following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club would compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Club
### First-team staff

    Last updated on 29 June 2018
| Position | Name |
| Manager | Graham Potter |
| Assistant manager | Billy Reid |
| Assistant coaches | Alan Curtis |
| Assistant coaches | Björn Hamberg |
| Goalkeeping coach | Adrian Tucker |
| Head of recruitment | Kyle Macaulay |

### First-team squad

    As of 30 August 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Kristoffer Nordfeldt |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Martin Olsson |
| 5 | DF | NED | Mike van der Hoorn (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Leroy Fer (captain) |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Oli McBurnie |
| 10 | MF | KOS | Bersant Celina |
| 11 | MF | NED | Luciano Narsingh |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Nathan Dyer |
| 13 | GK | GER | Steven Benda |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Wayne Routledge |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Joel Asoro |
| 17 | DF | USA | Cameron Carter-Vickers (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | SCO | Barrie McKay |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Daniel James |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Matt Grimes |
| 22 | DF | WAL | Joe Rodon |
| 23 | DF | WAL | Connor Roberts |
| 24 | DF | WAL | Declan John |
| 25 | GK | NED | Erwin Mulder |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Kyle Naughton |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Jay Fulton |
| 28 | MF | SCO | George Byers |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Yan Dhanda |
| 46 | FW | ENG | Courtney Baker-Richardson |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Contract length | Fee |
| 23 May 2018 | MF | Yan Dhanda | Liverpool | 2 years | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2018 | DF | Jordi Govea | Real Madrid | 3 years | Free transfer |
| 14 July 2018 | FW | Joel Asoro | Sunderland | 4 years | £2,000,000 |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Barrie McKay | Nottingham Forest | 3 years | £1,500,000 |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Bersant Celina | Manchester City | 4 years | £3,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Declan John | Rangers | 3 years | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2018 | MF | Simon Paulet | Club Brugge | 2 years | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2018 | GK | Josh Gould | Taff's Well | 1 year | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 May 2018 | DF | Àngel Rangel | Queens Park Rangers | End of contract |
| 11 May 2018 | MF | Leon Britton | Retired | — |
| 22 May 2018 | DF | Matic Paljk | Olimpija Ljubljana | End of contract |
| 22 May 2018 | DF | Mael Davies | Free agent | End of contract |
| 22 May 2018 | FW | Causso Darame | Free agent | End of contract |
| 22 May 2018 | MF | Jack Fox | Free agent | End of contract |
| 22 May 2018 | MF | Finley Hazell | Free agent | End of contract |
| 22 May 2018 | FW | Matthew Roberts | Free agent | End of contract |
| 22 May 2018 | DF | Rhydian Williams | Free agent | End of contract |
| 18 June 2018 | GK | Lewis Thomas | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 20 June 2018 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | West Ham United | £7,000,000 |
| 26 June 2018 | FW | Kenji Gorré | Nacional | Free transfer |
| 27 June 2018 | MF | Roque Mesa | Sevilla | £8,000,000 |
| 29 June 2018 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | Newcastle United | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2018 | GK | Alex Lang | Cardiff Metropolitan | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2018 | DF | Kyle Bartley | West Bromwich Albion | £4,000,000 |
| 2 August 2018 | DF | Alfie Mawson | Fulham | £15,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Jordi Amat | Rayo Vallecano | £1,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | MF | Sam Clucas | Stoke City | £6,000,000 |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Federico Fernández | Newcastle United | £6,000,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Expiry date | Ref. |
| 25 August 2018 | DF | | Cameron Carter-Vickers | Tottenham Hotspur | 31 May 2019 | |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | Expiry date |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Ben Cabango | The New Saints | 3 January 2019 |
| 2 July 2018 | MF | Adam King | Peterborough United | 19 January 2019 |
| 16 July 2018 | FW | Borja Bastón | Deportivo Alavés | 31 May 2019 |
| 25 July 2018 | FW | André Ayew | Fenerbahçe | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | FW | Jordan Ayew | Crystal Palace | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | DF | Keston Davies | Notts County | 3 January 2019 |
| 30 November 2018 | GK | Joshua Gould | Merthyr Town | 28 December 2018 |
| 3 January 2019 | DF | Aaron Lewis | Doncaster Rovers | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Botti Biabi | Macclesfield Town | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Wilfried Bony | Al-Arabi | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Tom Carroll | Aston Villa | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Jefferson Montero | West Bromwich Albion | 31 May 2019 |
| 1 February 2019 | MF | Ryan Blair | Dunfermline Athletic | 31 May 2019 |

### New contracts

| Date signed | Position | Name | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | George Byers | 2 years | 30 June 2020 |
| 4 July 2018 | MF | Keiran Evans | 1 year | 30 June 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | MF | Jack Evans | 1 year | 30 June 2019 |
| 12 July 2018 | FW | Oli McBurnie | 3 years | 30 June 2021 |
| 15 July 2018 | DF | Aaron Lewis | 1 year | 30 June 2019 |
| 1 November 2018 | DF | Joe Rodon | 3.5 years | 30 June 2022 |
| 6 November 2018 | MF | Jay Fulton | 2.5 years | 30 June 2021 |
| 7 November 2018 | MF | Matt Grimes | 3.5 years | 30 June 2022 |
| 22 November 2018 | DF | Connor Roberts | 3.5 years | 30 June 2022 |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | Botti Biabi | 1 year | 30 June 2020 |

## Pre-season

As of 18 June 2018, Swansea City have confirmed to take part in the Interwetten Cup in Germany against Magdeburg and Genoa before travelling to Austria for a six-day training camp to face Eibar and Freiburg. Prior to the tour Swansea City will face Yeovil Town.

### Interwetten Cup
## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 039.13 |
| FA Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 075.00 |
| EFL Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 51 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 78 | 68 | +10 | 041.18 |
Updated to match played 5 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 73 |
| 8 | Bristol City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 70 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 66 |
| 10 | Swansea City | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 65 |
| 11 | Brentford | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 73 | 59 | +14 | 64 |
| 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 64 |
| 13 | Hull City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 62 |
* ↑ Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2019. Source: 11v11 for league tables

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
On 21 June 2018, Swansea City's 2018-2019 Championship fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton. The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw. Draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge.
Win  Draw  Loss

### EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals, and cards

    Last updated on 5 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Player | Championship | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3 | DF | Martin Olsson | 13 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5 | DF | Mike van der Hoorn | 46 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 50 | 0 | 3 | 6 | – |
| 8 | MF | Leroy Fer | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | – |
| 9 | FW | Oli McBurnie | 37 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | 39 | 5 | 24 | 5 | – |
| 10 | MF | Bersant Celina | 33 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | 37 | 5 | 8 | 2 | – |
| 11 | MF | Luciano Narsingh | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – |
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 22 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 24 | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| 16 | FW | Joel Asoro | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | – | – |
| 17 | DF | Cameron Carter-Vickers | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 7 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19 | MF | Barrie McKay | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 17 | 14 | 3 | – | – |
| 20 | MF | Daniel James | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 2 | – |
| 21 | MF | Matt Grimes | 40 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 22 | DF | Joe Rodon | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23 | DF | Connor Roberts | 44 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 48 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – |
| 24 | DF | Declan John | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| 25 | GK | Erwin Mulder | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 27 | MF | Jay Fulton | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 23 | 14 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 28 | MF | George Byers | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – |
| 30 | MF | Yan Dhanda | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| 32 | FW | Liam Cullen | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 46 | FW | Courtney Baker-Richardson | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | DF | Tyler Reid | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
| 50 | DF | Cian Harries | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| 55 | DF | Brandon Cooper | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Player currently away on loan to another club |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | Wilfried Bony | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| 7 | MF | Jefferson Montero | 0 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14 | MF | Tom Carroll | 8 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Player transferred to another club during the season |||||||||||||||||
| — | DF | Federico Fernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |