The 2013–14 season was Swansea City's 94th season in the English football league system, and their third consecutive season in the Premier League.
During pre-season Swansea recruited heavily, breaking the clubs' transfer record fee with the purchase of Ivorian striker Wilfried Bony from Vitesse Arnhem for £12 million.[1] They also acquired Jonjo Shelvey from Liverpool for £5 million.[2] Other significant signings included Alejandro Pozuelo[3] and José Cañas, who both signed from Real Betis,[4] and Spanish defender Jordi Amat from Espanyol for £2.5 million,[5] Only two players left the club during the summer—Kemy Agustien moved to Brighton & Hove Albion on a free transfer on 1 August 2013,[6] and Luke Moore was released by the club on 23 August 2013.[7]
In the Premier League, Swansea lost to defending champions Manchester United 1–4 at the Liberty Stadium in their first game of the season.[8] They picked up their first win of the league campaign on 2 September in a 0–2 away win against West Bromwich Albion.[9] On 4 February 2014, manager Michael Laudrup was sacked by chairman Huw Jenkins following a 2–0 defeat to West Ham United. It was Swansea's sixth defeat in eight league games and left Swansea two points above the relegation zone. Garry Monk was appointed as the interim player-manager.[10] Monk was appointed as the permanent manager of Swansea City on 7 May, signing a three-year contract.[11] In the final game of the season Swansea beat Sunderland 1–3 at the Stadium of Light, ensuring they finished with 42 points in 12th place in the league table.[12]
Swansea City competed in two domestic cups, the FA Cup, and the Football League Cup. Swansea entered the League Cup in the third round as the defending champions, but were knocked out of the competition in their opening match to Birmingham City, 3–1.[13] In the FA Cup, Swansea advanced to the fifth round, but lost 3–1 to Everton at Goodison Park.[14]
Swansea competed in the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, their first European competition since the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup. They were eliminated in the Round of 32 by Napoli, having drawn the home game 0–0 and losing the away game 3–1.[15]
Squad and coaching staff information
First team squad
Last updated on 11 May 2014. The following players were included in at least one matchday squad in the 2013–14 season.
Squad No. |
Name |
Nationality |
Position |
Date of birth (age) |
Signed from |
Signed in |
Contract ends |
Apps. |
Goals |
Notes |
Goalkeepers |
1 |
Michel Vorm |
|
GK |
(1983-10-20) October 20, 1983 |
Utrecht |
2011 |
2016 |
95 |
0 |
|
13 |
David Cornell |
|
GK |
(1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 |
Swansea City Academy |
2008 |
2015 |
1 |
0 |
|
25 |
Gerhard Tremmel |
|
GK |
(1978-11-16) November 16, 1978 |
Unattached |
2011 |
2015 |
46 |
0 |
|
42 |
Oliver Davies |
|
GK |
(1994-12-31) December 31, 1994 |
Swansea City Academy |
2013 |
2016 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
Gregor Zabret |
|
GK |
(1995-08-18) August 18, 1995 |
Domžale |
2013 |
2015 |
0 |
0 |
|
Defenders |
2 |
Jordi Amat |
|
DF |
(1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 |
Espanyol |
2013 |
2017 |
30 |
0 |
|
3 |
Neil Taylor |
|
DF |
(1989-02-07) February 7, 1989 |
Wrexham |
2010 |
2016 |
96 |
0 |
|
4 |
Chico Flores |
|
DF |
(1987-03-06) March 6, 1987 |
Genoa |
2012 |
2016 |
75 |
3 |
[note 1] |
6 |
Ashley Williams |
|
DF |
(1984-08-23) August 23, 1984 |
Stockport County |
2008 |
2015 |
277 |
12 |
|
16 |
Garry Monk |
|
DF |
(1979-03-06) March 6, 1979 |
Barnsley |
2004 |
2015 |
270 |
7 |
Excluding FAW Premier Cup |
19 |
Dwight Tiendalli |
|
DF |
(1985-10-21) October 21, 1985 |
Unattached |
2013 |
2016 |
40 |
1 |
|
22 |
Àngel Rangel |
|
DF |
(1982-11-28) November 28, 1982 |
Terrassa |
2007 |
2016 |
286 |
9 |
|
27 |
Kyle Bartley |
|
DF |
(1991-05-22) May 22, 1991 |
Arsenal |
2012 |
2015 |
8 |
0 |
|
29 |
Jazz Richards |
|
DF |
(1991-04-12) April 12, 1991 |
Swansea City Academy |
2009 |
2016 |
38 |
0 |
|
33 |
Ben Davies |
|
DF |
(1993-04-24) April 24, 1993 |
Swansea City Academy |
2011 |
2017 |
85 |
3 |
|
35 |
Daniel Alfei |
|
DF |
(1992-02-23) February 23, 1992 |
Swansea City Academy |
2010 |
2016 |
4 |
0 |
|
Midfielders |
7 |
Leon Britton |
|
MF |
(1982-09-16) September 16, 1982 |
Sheffield United |
2011 |
2016 |
467 |
17 |
Excluding FAW Premier Cup |
8 |
Jonjo Shelvey |
|
MF |
(1992-02-27) February 27, 1992 |
Liverpool |
2013 |
2017 |
42 |
6 |
|
11 |
Pablo Hernández |
|
MF |
(1985-04-11) April 11, 1985 |
Valencia |
2012 |
2015 |
71 |
5 |
|
12 |
Nathan Dyer |
|
MF |
(1987-11-29) November 29, 1987 |
Southampton |
2009 |
2017 |
232 |
24 |
|
14 |
Roland Lamah |
|
MF |
(1987-12-31) December 31, 1987 |
Osasuna |
2013 |
2014 |
24 |
3 |
|
15 |
Wayne Routledge |
|
MF |
(1985-01-07) January 7, 1985 |
Newcastle United |
2011 |
2016 |
121 |
12 |
|
17 |
Ki Sung-yueng |
|
MF |
(1989-01-24) January 24, 1989 |
Celtic |
2012 |
2015 |
41 |
0 |
|
20 |
Jonathan de Guzmán |
|
MF |
(1987-09-13) September 13, 1987 |
Villarreal |
2012 |
2014 |
93 |
15 |
|
21 |
José Cañas |
|
MF |
(1987-05-27) May 27, 1987 |
Real Betis |
2013 |
2016 |
35 |
0 |
|
24 |
Alejandro Pozuelo |
|
MF |
(1991-09-20) September 20, 1991 |
Real Betis |
2013 |
2016 |
36 |
2 |
|
31 |
Lee Lucas |
|
MF |
(1992-06-10) June 10, 1992 |
Swansea City Academy |
2010 |
2015 |
1 |
0 |
|
53 |
Adam King |
|
MF |
(1995-10-11) October 11, 1995 |
Heart of Midlothian |
2014 |
2017 |
0 |
0 |
|
56 |
Jay Fulton |
|
MF |
(1994-04-04) April 4, 1994 |
Falkirk |
2014 |
2016 |
2 |
0 |
|
Forwards |
9 |
Michu |
|
FW |
(1986-03-21) March 21, 1986 |
Rayo Vallecano |
2012 |
2016 |
67 |
28 |
|
10 |
Wilfried Bony |
|
FW |
(1988-12-10) December 10, 1988 |
Vitesse Arnhem |
2013 |
2017 |
48 |
25 |
[note 2] |
18 |
Leroy Lita |
|
FW |
(1984-12-28) December 28, 1984 |
Middlesbrough |
2011 |
2014 |
21 |
2 |
|
26 |
Álvaro Vázquez |
|
FW |
(1991-04-27) April 27, 1991 |
Getafe |
2013 |
2014 |
20 |
0 |
|
41 |
Rory Donnelly |
|
FW |
(1992-02-18) February 18, 1992 |
Cliftonville |
2012 |
2015 |
2 |
0 |
|
54 |
David N'Gog |
|
FW |
(1989-04-01) April 1, 1989 |
Bolton Wanderers |
2014 |
2014 |
3 |
0 |
|
57 |
Marvin Emnes |
|
FW |
(1988-05-27) May 27, 1988 |
Middlesbrough |
2014 |
2014 |
14 |
3 |
|
Club staff
Transfers & loans
New contracts
N
|
P
|
Nat. |
Name
|
Age
|
Status
|
Contract length
|
Expiry date
|
Source
|
12 |
MF |
|
Nathan Dyer |
25 |
Signed |
4 years |
June 2017 |
[51] |
33 |
DF |
|
Ben Davies |
20 |
Signed |
1 year |
July 2017 |
[52] |
42 |
GK |
|
Oliver Davies |
18 |
Signed |
2.5 years |
June 2016 |
[53] |
|
MF |
|
Corey Francis |
18 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[54] |
|
DF |
|
Connor Roberts |
18 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[54] |
|
DF |
|
Tom Atyeo |
17 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[54] |
|
DF |
|
Joseph Jones |
17 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[54] |
|
FW |
|
Alex Samuel |
18 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[54] |
30 |
MF |
|
Josh Sheehan |
19 |
Signed |
2 years |
June 2016 |
[55] |
43 |
MF |
|
Alex Bray |
18 |
Signed |
1 years |
June 2015 |
[56] |
44 |
MF |
|
Sam Evans |
19 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
46 |
MF |
|
Kenji Gorré |
19 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
47 |
MF |
|
Alex Gogic |
20 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
50 |
FW |
|
Ryan Hedges |
18 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
34 |
MF |
|
Henry Jones |
20 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
36 |
FW |
|
James Loveridge |
20 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
39 |
MF |
|
Kurtis March |
21 |
Signed |
1 year |
June 2015 |
[56] |
Last updated:
Pre-season & friendlies
The 2013–14 was season preceded by a ten-day tour of the Netherlands.[57]
Last updated: 28 June 2013
Source:
Competitions
Overall
Last updated: 11 May 2014
Source: Competitions
Premier League
League table
2013–14 Premier League table
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 |
11 |
9 |
18 |
54 |
54 |
0 |
42 |
6 |
5 |
8 |
33 |
26 |
+7 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
21 |
28 |
−7 |
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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
Result | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W |
Position | 20 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Matches
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
FA Cup
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
League Cup
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- Last updated on 11 May 2014
- Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
Clean sheets
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
- Last updated on 13 April 2014
Rank |
Pos. |
No. |
Name |
Premier League |
FA Cup |
League Cup |
Europa League |
Total |
1 |
GK |
1 |
Michel Vorm |
7 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
2 |
GK |
25 |
Gerhard Tremmel |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
TOTALS |
8 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
Disciplinary record
This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total cards are equal. The list for the Europa League is sorted into Tournament Phase and Qualifying Phase since all yellow cards and pending yellow-card suspensions expire on completion of the Qualifying Phase play-offs.
- Last updated on 11 May 2014
Overall summary
Summary
- Last updated on 11 May 2014
Games played | 54 (38 Premier League, 3 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 12 Europa League) |
Games won | 17 (11 Premier League, 2 FA Cup, 4 Europa League) |
Games drawn | 13 (9 Premier League, 4 Europa League) |
Games lost | 24 (18 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 4 Europa League) |
Goals scored | 77 (54 Premier League, 5 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 17 Europa League) |
Goals conceded | 72 (54 Premier League, 5 FA Cup, 3 League Cup, 10 Europa League) |
Goal difference | +5 |
Clean sheets | 13 (8 Premier League, 5 Europa League) |
Yellow cards | 86 (56 Premier League, 6 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 22 Europa League) |
Red cards | 4 (3 Premier League, 1 Europa League) |
Worst discipline | Chico Flores (9 , 2 ) |
Best result | 5–1 vs Petrolul Ploiești (H), 4–0 vs Sunderland (H) |
Worst result | 1–4 vs Manchester United (H) |
Most appearances | Wilfried Bony & Jonathan de Guzmán (48 appearances) |
Top scorer | Wilfried Bony (25 goals) |
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