2014–15 Cardiff City F.C. season
2014-15 season | |||
Chairman | Mehmet Dalman | ||
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Manager |
Ole Gunnar Solskjær (until 18 September) Danny Gabbidon & Scott Young (from 18 September - 6 October) Russell Slade (from 6 October) | ||
Stadium | Cardiff City Stadium | ||
Championship | 11th | ||
FA Cup | 4th Round | ||
League Cup | 3rd Round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Kenwyne Jones (11) All: Kenwyne Jones (13) | ||
Highest home attendance | 26,357 vs Blackpool (FLC, 25 Apr 15) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 4,194 vs Colchester (FA Cup, 2 Jan 15) | ||
Average home league attendance | 20,945 | ||
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The 2014–15 season was Cardiff City Football Club's 98th season playing professional football and the 87th in the Football League. Cardiff were relegated from the Premier League during the last season, meaning an instant return to the Championship, the second tier in English football.
Championship Data
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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9 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 67 |
10 | Birmingham City | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 54 | 64 | −10 | 63 |
11 | Cardiff City | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 62 |
12 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 54 | 60 | −6 | 60 |
13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 60 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Results
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 |
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Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
Result | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W |
Position | 14 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
Last updated: 18 April 2015.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Kit
Supplier: Cosway Sports
Sponsor(s): Visit Malaysia
Home
(Away until 9 January) |
Away
(Home until 9 January) |
Third
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Last updated: 9 January 2015.
Source:
Squad
No. | Name | Pos. | Nat. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | Ends | ||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | David Marshall | GK | Glasgow | 30 | 234 | 0 | Norwich City | 12 May 2009 | £500,000 | 2018 | |||
32 | Joe Lewis | GK | Bury St Edmunds | 27 | 4 | 0 | Peterborough United | 25 May 2012 | Free | Undisclosed | |||
33 | Simon Moore | GK | Sandown | 25 | 15 | 0 | Brentford | 29 July 2013 | £150,000 | 2017 | |||
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | Lee Peltier | RB | Liverpool | 29 | 15 | 0 | Huddersfield Town | 24 January 2015 | Nominal | 2018 | |||
3 | Fábio | LB | Rio de Janeiro | 24 | 43 | 0 | Manchester United | 29 January 2014 | Free | 2016 | |||
4 | Scott Malone | LB | Rowley Regis | 24 | 14 | 0 | Millwall | 7 January 2015 | £90,000 | 2017 | |||
5 | Bruno Ecuele Manga | CB | Libreville | 26 | 29 | 3 | Lorient | 1 September 2014 | £4,400,000 | 2017 | |||
6 | Ben Turner | CB | Birmingham | 26 | 120 | 4 | Coventry City | 31 August 2011 | £750,000 | 2016 | |||
12 | Declan John | LB | Merthyr Tydfil | 19 | 30 | 0 | Academy | 1 June 2013 | Trainee | 2018 | |||
16 | Matthew Connolly | CB | Barnet | 27 | 65 | 5 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 August 2012 | £500,000 | 2017 | |||
25 | Kevin McNaughton | RB | Dundee | 32 | 292 | 2 | Abderdeen | 26 May 2006 | Free | 2015 | |||
27 | Semi Ajayi | CB | London | 21 | 0 | 0 | Arsenal | 25 March 2015 | Loan | 2015 | |||
28 | Kévin Théophile-Catherine | RB | Saint-Brieuc | 25 | 29 | 0 | Rennes | 31 August 2013 | £2,100,000 | 2017 | |||
31 | Ben Nugent | CB | Welwyn Garden City | 22 | 14 | 1 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | Trainee | 2016 | |||
36 | Sean Morrison | CB | Plymouth | 24 | 43 | 7 | Reading | 15 August 2014 | £2,620,000 | 2018 | |||
39 | Danny Gabbidon | CB | Cwmbran | 35 | 221 | 10 | Crystal Palace | 1 September 2014 | Free | 2015 | |||
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
7 | Peter Whittingham | CM | Nuneaton | 30 | 386 | 87 | Aston Villa | 11 January 2007 | £350,000 | 2017 | |||
8 | Kagisho Dikgacoi | DM | Brandfort | 30 | 3 | 0 | Crystal Palace | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2017 | |||
11 | Craig Noone | LW | Kirkby | 27 | 93 | 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 August 2012 | £1,000,000 | 2016 | |||
17 | Aron Gunnarsson | CM | Akureyri | 27 | 168 | 18 | Coventry City | 8 July 2011 | £350,000 | 2017 | |||
18 | Tom Adeyemi | CM | Norwich | 23 | 23 | 1 | Birmingham City | 7 August 2014 | £882,000 | 2017 | |||
19 | Anthony Pilkington | LW | Blackburn | 27 | 21 | 1 | Norwich City | 15 August 2014 | £875,000 | 2017 | |||
21 | Joe Ralls | CM | Aldershot | 22 | 51 | 5 | Academy | 30 September 2011 | Trainee | 2019 | |||
22 | Stuart O'Keefe | CM | Eye | 24 | 6 | 0 | Crystal Palace | 28 January 2015 | £750,000 | 2017 | |||
26 | Filip Kiss | DM | Dunajská Streda | 24 | 36 | 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 July 2012 | £500,000 | 2016 | |||
30 | Matthew kennedy | RW | Irvine | 20 | 14 | 0 | Everton | 2 February 2015 | Undisclosed | 2018 | |||
40 | Kadeem Harris | LW | Westminster | 22 | 19 | 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 30 January 2012 | £150,000 | 2017 | |||
Forwards | |||||||||||||
9 | Kenwyne Jones | CF | Point Fortin | 30 | 47 | 14 | Stoke City | 28 January 2014 | Player Swap | 2016 | |||
10 | Adam le Fondre | CF | Stockport | 28 | 25 | 3 | Reading | 28 May 2014 | £2,170,000 | 2017 | |||
13 | Eoin Doyle | CF | Dublin | 27 | 16 | 5 | Chesterfield | 2 February 2015 | £750,000 | 2018 | |||
14 | Federico Macheda | CF | Rome | 23 | 24 | 8 | Manchester United | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2017 | |||
15 | Conor McAleny | CF/AM | Whiston | 22 | 9 | 2 | Everton | 2 February 2015 | Loan | 2015 | |||
23 | Nicky Maynard | CF | Winsford | 28 | 26 | 3 | West Ham United | 31 August 2012 | £2,500,000 | 2015 | |||
24 | Joe Mason | CF/AM | Plymouth | 24 | 86 | 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 July 2011 | £250,000 | 2018 | |||
29 | Alex Revell | CF | Cambridge | 31 | 17 | 2 | Rotherham United | 9 January 2015 | £175,000 | 2017 | |||
35 | Etien Velikonja | CF | Šempeter pri Gorici | 26 | 5 | 0 | Maribor | 25 July 2012 | £1,574,373 | 2016 | |||
— | Javi Guerra | CF | Vélez-Málaga | 32 | 5 | 0 | Real Valladolid | 1 July 2014 | Free | 2017 |
^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 3 May 2015.
Statistics
- As of 2 May 2015
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | David Marshall | 38 | 0 | 38+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
2 | DF | Lee Peltier | 15 | 0 | 15+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
3 | DF | Fábio | 30 | 0 | 22+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Scott Malone | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Bruno Ecuele Manga | 29 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
6 | DF | Ben Turner | 13 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
7 | MF | Peter Whittingham | 45 | 6 | 43+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
8 | MF | Kagisho Dikgacoi | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
11 | MF | Craig Noone | 39 | 1 | 33+4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
13 | FW | Eoin Doyle | 16 | 5 | 11+5 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
14 | FW | Federico Macheda | 25 | 8 | 13+8 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | |||
15 | FW | Conor McAleny (on loan from Everton) | 8 | 2 | 6+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
17 | MF | Aron Gunnarsson | 48 | 4 | 43+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
18 | MF | Tom Adeyemi | 23 | 1 | 11+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
19 | MF | Anthony Pilkington | 21 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
21 | MF | Joe Ralls | 31 | 4 | 15+13 | 2 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | |||
22 | MF | Stuart O'Keefe | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
23 | FW | Nicky Maynard | 12 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
24 | FW | Joe Mason | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
29 | FW | Alex Revell | 18 | 2 | 9+8 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
30 | MF | Mattew Kennedy | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
33 | GK | Simon Moore | 15 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |||
36 | DF | Sean Morrison | 42 | 7 | 41+0 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
39 | DF | Danny Gabbidon | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
40 | MF | Kadeem Harris | 19 | 2 | 3+12 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
45 | MF | Tommy O'Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
55 | DF | Jazzi Barnum-Bobb | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
Players currently out on loan: | |||||||||||||
9 | FW | Kenwyne Jones (at Bournemouth) | 36 | 13 | 25+9 | 11 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
10 | FW | Adam le Fondre (at Bolton Wanderers) | 25 | 3 | 19+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
12 | DF | Declan John (at Barnsley) | 10 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |||
16 | DF | Matthew Connolly (at Watford) | 25 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
28 | DF | Kévin Théophile-Catherine (at Saint-Étienne) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
35 | FW | Etien Velikonja (at Lierse) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |||
41 | DF | Adedeji Oshilaja (at AFC Wimbledon) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
— | FW | Javi Guerra (at Malaga) | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
Players featured for club who have left: | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | John Brayford | 28 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |||
4 | DF | Juan Cala | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
5 | DF | Mark Hudson | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |||
13 | MF | Kim Bo-Kyung | 5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |||
15 | MF | Magnus Wolff Eikrem | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |||
20 | MF | Mats Møller Dæhli | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |||
30 | MF | Guido Burgstaller | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |||
38 | MF | Ravel Morrison (on loan from West Ham United) | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Captains
- As of 2 May
No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
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1 | GK | Marshall, DavidDavid Marshall | 35 | ||
17 | MF | Gunnarsson, AronAron Gunnarsson | 7 | ||
6 | DF | Turner, BenBen Turner | 5 | ||
DF | Mark Hudson | 3 | |||
21 | MF | Ralls, JoeJoe Ralls | 1 |
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.
Goalscorers
Disciplinary record
Suspensions served
Contracts
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