2007–08 Swansea City A.F.C. season

2007–08 Swansea City A.F.C. season
Chairman Huw Jenkins
Manager Roberto Martínez
Stadium Liberty Stadium
League One 1st (promoted to the Football League Championship)
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Football League Trophy Area finals
Top goalscorer League:
Jason Scotland (24)
All:
Jason Scotland (29)

During the 2007–08 English football season, Swansea City competed in Football League One.

Season summary

Swansea finished the season as champions of League One, ten points ahead of runners-up Nottingham Forest. Swansea had flirted with the top six for the first third of the season, before a run of six straight wins lifted them to first place, which they did not relinquish for the rest of the season. This winning sequence was the start of eighteen straight matches without defeat.[1] The club also enjoyed good form in the Football League Trophy, reaching the Southern finals before being knocked out by Milton Keynes Dons in a penalty shootout.

Squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 England DF Kevin Amankwaah
3 Trinidad and Tobago DF Kevin Austin[3]
4 Wales DF Kristian O'Leary
5 England DF Alan Tate
6 Netherlands MF Ferrie Bodde
7 England MF Leon Britton
8 England MF Darren Pratley
9 Trinidad and Tobago FW Jason Scotland
10 Spain MF Andrea Orlandi
11 Scotland FW Darryl Duffy
14 Republic of Ireland DF Marcos Painter[4]
15 Trinidad and Tobago DF Dennis Lawrence
16 England DF Garry Monk
No. Position Player
17 Wales MF Owain Tudur Jones
18 England MF Andy Robinson
20 Wales MF Shaun MacDonald
21 Netherlands GK Dorus de Vries
22 Spain DF Àngel Rangel
23 Spain FW Guillem Bauzà
24 England MF Darren Way
26 England MF Paul Anderson (on loan from Liverpool)
28 Republic of Ireland MF Thomas Butler
29 England MF Febian Brandy (on loan from Manchester United)
30 England GK David Knight
32 Wales MF Joe Allen
36 Wales DF Ashley Williams[5] (on loan from Stockport County)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
12 Scotland DF Steven Watt (on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
29 England MF Ian Craney (to Accrington Stanley)
No. Position Player
35 Northern Ireland FW Warren Feeney (on loan to Cardiff City)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
19 Wales MF Chris Jones
25 Wales MF Matthew Collins
27 England DF Kyle Graves
31 Wales MF Scott Evans
No. Position Player
33 Wales FW Kerry Morgan
34 England GK Callum Hawthorne
35 England DF James Burgin

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[6]
No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
21 GK Netherlands Dorus de Vries 58
22 RB Spain Àngel Rangel 52
15 CB Trinidad and Tobago Dennis Lawrence 45
16 CB England Garry Monk 43
14 LB Republic of Ireland Marcos Painter 36
7 RM England Leon Britton 40
8 CM England Darren Pratley 45
6 CM Netherlands Ferrie Bodde 35
18 LM England Andy Robinson 40
9 CF Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland 47
23 CF Spain Guillem Bauzà 33 Thomas Butler has 33 stars

References

  1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/swansea-city/2007-2008
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2007-2008/flone/swansea.htm
  3. Austin was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
  4. Painter was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  5. Williams was born in Wolverhampton, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in March 2008.
  6. http://www.11v11.com/teams/swansea-city/tab/players/season/2008
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