2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Swansea City
2008–09 season
ChairmanHuw Jenkins
ManagerRoberto Martínez
Football League Championship8th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jason Scotland (21)
All:
Jason Scotland (24)
Highest home attendance18,053 vs Cardiff City (30 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance11,442 vs Barnsley (9 December 2008)

The

League One
by 10 points.

Squad statistics

Playing stats

Last updated on 10 March 2009
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Dorus de Vries 46 0 40 0 3 0 3 0
2 DF Wales WAL Ashley Williams 51 1 46 1 4 0 1 0
3 DF Ireland EIR Marcos Painter 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Kristian O'Leary 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG
Alan Tate
 31 1 21+4 1 4 0 2 0
6 MF Netherlands NED Ferrie Bodde 19 7 17 7 0 0 2 0
7 MF England ENG Leon Britton 49 0 43+1 0 4 0 1 0
8 MF Jamaica JAM Darren Pratley 38 4 32+4 4 1 0 1 0
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jason Scotland 50 23 38+6 20 3 3 3 0
10 MF Spain ESP Andrea Orlandi 15 1 6+5 1 2 0 2 0
11 MF England ENG Mark Gower 39 0 30+4 0 3 0 2 0
14 MF Spain ESP Jordi Gómez 51 13 38+6 11 3 0 4 2
16 DF England ENG Garry Monk 46 0 40 0 3 0 3 0
17 MF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 14 0 4+5 0 2 0 3 0
18 FW Spain ESP Gorka Pintado 46 7 10+31 5 2 1 3 1
19 MF Wales WAL Chris Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Wales WAL Shaun MacDonald 9 2 2+3 0 1 0 3 2
21 DF Argentina ARG Federico Bessone 16 0 13+2 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Spain ESP Àngel Rangel 47 1 39+1 1 4 0 3 0
23 FW Spain ESP Guillem Bauzà 21 3 4+11 2 3 1 3 0
24 MF Wales WAL
Joe Allen
 26 1 17+6 1 2 0 1 0
25 MF Wales WAL Matthew Collins 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF Spain ESP Albert Serrán 18 0 10+3 0 2 0 3 0
28 MF Ireland EIR
Thomas Butler
 30 1 19+9 1 1 0 1 0
30 FW Wales WAL Chad Bond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF England ENG Nathan Dyer 20 3 12+4 2 4 1 0 0

No longer at the club

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
– GK Greece GRE Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
– GK Poland POL Artur Krysiak 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
– DF Ireland EIR Stephen O'Halloran 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
– FW England ENG Febian Brandy 18 0 14 0 0 0 4 0

Disciplinary record

Awards

Manager of the Month

Player of the Month

Championship Team of the Week

The following Swansea players have been selected in the official

Championship
team of the week.

Player transfers

In

Date Pos. No. Name From Fee Source
22 May 2008 DF 2 Wales Ashley Williams England Stockport County £400,000 [3]
27 June 2008 MF 11 England Mark Gower England Southend United Free [4]
6 June 2008 FW 18 Spain Gorka Pintado Spain Granada £100,000 [5]
28 June 2008 DF 21 Argentina Federico Bessone Spain Espanyol Free [6]
1 July 2008 DF 25 Spain Albert Serrán Spain Espanyol £80,000 [7]
10 July 2008 FW – England Stefan Morrison England West Bromwich Albion Free [8]

Out

Date Pos. No. Name To Fee Source
21 May 2008 MF – England Andy Robinson England Leeds United Free [9]
5 June 2008 DF – Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Austin England Chesterfield Free [10]
9 June 2008 DF – England Kevin Amankwaah England Swindon Town Free [11]
3 July 2008 FW – Scotland Darryl Duffy England Bristol Rovers £100,000 [12]

Loans in

Date In Date Left Pos. No. Name From Source
6 June 2008 Season MF 14 Spain Jordi Gómez Spain Espanyol [5]
22 July 2008 12 January 2009 FW 12 England Febian Brandy England Manchester United [13]
23 September 2008 22 December 2008 GK – Poland Artur Krysiak England Birmingham City [14]
27 October 2008 28 December 2008 GK 36 Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos England Coventry City [15]
5 November 2008 15 December 2008 (Injured – Loan ended) DF – Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran England Aston Villa [16]
2 January 2009 Season MF 31 England Nathan Dyer England Southampton [17]
8 January 2009 31 January 2009 GK 36 Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos England Coventry City [18]

Loans out

Date Left Date Back Pos. No. Name Loaned to Source
31 December 2008 Season DF 15 Trinidad and Tobago Dennis Lawrence England Crewe Alexandra [19]
August 2008 Season MF 32 Wales Scott Evans Wales Port Talbot Town [20]
New Year Season FW 33 Wales Kerry Morgan
Neath Athletic
 [21]
August 2008 Season DF 34 Wales Kyle Graves
Neath Athletic
 [22]
7 October 2008 23 October 2008 (Injured – Loan Ended) MF 24
Joe Allen
Wrexham
 [23]
27 January 2009 26 February 2009 MF 20 Wales Shaun MacDonald England Yeovil Town [24]

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

  • Swansea City scores given first

The Championship

The season finished on 3 May when Swansea City played

Liberty Stadium
.

9 August 2008
The Valley, London
Hudson 9'
Gray 85'		 Attendance: 21,675
Referee: Richard Beeby
16 August 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Smith 9' (o.g.)
Bodde 71'
Pintado 86'		 Perch 35' Attendance: 16,611
Referee: Paul Taylor
23 August 2008 FLC Plymouth Argyle 0 – 1 Swansea City Home Park, Plymouth
Scotland 44' Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Andy D'Urso
30 August 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde 36' Watson 70' Attendance: 16,702
Referee: Kevin Friend
13 September 2008 FLC Crystal Palace 2 – 0 Swansea City Selhurst Park, London
Watson 28'
Carle 66'		 Attendance: 14,621
Referee: Lee Mason
16 September 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Williams 76' Pearson 63' Attendance: 14,003
Referee: Andy Penn
20 September 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde 90'
Guðjónsson
59'		 Attendance: 13,299
Referee: Andy Hall
27 September 2008 FLC Reading 4 – 0 Swansea City Madejski Stadium, Reading
N. Hunt 19'
Doyle 26', 90'
S. Hunt 40'		 Attendance: 20,093
Referee: Scott Mathieson
30 September 2008 FLC Preston North End 0 – 2 Swansea City Deepdale, Preston
Bodde 19'
Gómez 80' (pen.)		 Attendance: 10,558
Referee: Carl Boyeson
4 October 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez 1'
Scotland 41', 57'		 Keogh 16' Attendance: 17,556
Referee: Trevor Kettle
18 October 2008 FLC Ipswich Town 2 – 2 Swansea City Portman Road, Ipswich
Counago 43', 82' Bodde 49'
Gómez 69'		 Attendance: 20,026
Referee: Jon Moss
21 October 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 13,475
Referee:
Tony Bates
25 October 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Butler
72'		 Attendance: 15,564
Referee: Peter Walton
28 October 2008 FLC Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 1 Swansea City Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Ebanks-Blake 45', 57' Pratley 49' Attendance: 21,988
Referee: Richard Beeby
1 November 2008
Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
Attendance: 9,534
Referee: Keith Stroud
9 November 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde 34'
Scotland 59'
Bauzà 90'		 Williamson 33' Attendance: 13,891
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
15 November 2008 FLC Norwich City 2 – 3 Swansea City Carrow Road, Norwich
Lupoli 28'
Rangel 61' (o.g.)		 Scotland 43'
Pratley 47'
Bodde 49'		 Attendance: 24,262
Referee: Grant Hegley
21 November 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez 2'
Ridgewell 45' (o.g.)
Phillips
74', 79'		 Attendance: 16,956
Referee: Anthony Taylor
25 November 2008
Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Fox 87' Gómez 67' Attendance: 15,149
Referee: Mark Haywood
30 November 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pratley 19'
Pintado 61'		 Ledley 45'
McCormack 48' (pen.)		 Attendance: 18,056
Referee: Martin Atkinson
6 December 2008 FLC Bristol City 0 – 0 Swansea City Ashton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 16,405
Referee: Lee Mason
9 December 2008 FLC Swansea City 2 – 2 Barnsley Oakwell, Barnsley
Scotland 66', 90' Macken 49'
Campbell-Ryce 56' (pen.)		 Attendance: 11,442
Referee: Graham Horwood
13 December 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 56' (pen.)
Morgan
87'		 Attendance: 14,744
Referee: Andre Marriner
20 December 2008 FLC Blackpool 1 – 1 Swansea City Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Gow 74' Scotland 67' Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Darren Deadman
26 December 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 17,603
Referee: Steve Tanner
28 December 2008 FLC Birmingham City 0 – 0 Swansea City St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 21,836
Referee: Mike Riley
10 January 2009 FLC Burnley 0 – 2 Swansea City Turf Moor, Burnley
Scotland 35' (pen.), 86' Attendance: 13,740
Referee: Michael Oliver
17 January 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 45'
Orlandi 89'		 Attendance: 15,197
Referee: Fred Graham
27 January 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Tate
87'		 Brown 90' Attendance: 14,774
Referee: P. Gibbs
31 January 2009 FLC Southampton 2 – 2 Swansea City St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Saganowski 17' 76' Gómez 33'
Pintado 65'		 Attendance: 17,623
Referee: Steve Tanner
7 February 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 3', 73'
Gómez 86'		 Attendance: 14,020
Referee: Kevin Wright
17 February 2009 FLC Watford 2 – 0 Swansea City Vicarage Road, Watford
Priskin 23'
Smith 33'		 Attendance: 13,727
Referee: Anthony Taylor
21 February 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 28' (pen.)
Gómez 71', 90'		 Coppinger 11' Attendance: 16,161
Referee: Scott Mathieson
28 February 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Dyer 42' Bailey 55' Attendance: 15,053
Referee: Keith Stroud
3 March 2009 FLC Derby County 2 – 2 Swansea City Pride Park Stadium, Derby
Porter 14', 48' Rangel 55'
Pintado 87'		 Attendance: 26,691
Referee: Phil Crossley
7 March 2009 FLC Nottingham Forest 1 – 1 Swansea City City Ground, Nottingham
McGugan 76' Scotland 61' Attendance: 20,475
Referee: Jon Moss
10 March 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 78' (pen.) Attendance: 13,103
Referee: Iain Williamson
14 March 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pintado 66' Moses 49'
Fonte 61'
Kuqi 90'		 Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Roger East
17 March 2009 FLC Queens Park Rangers 1 – 0 Swansea City Loftus Road, London
Leigertwood 30' Attendance: 12,288
Referee: Graham Horwood
21 March 2009 FLC Sheffield Wednesday 0 – 0 Swansea City Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 22,564
Referee: Mike Jones
5 April 2009 FLC Cardiff City 2 – 2 Swansea City Ninian Park, Cardiff
Chopra 54'
McCormack 90' (pen.)
Allen
88'		 Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Mike Dean
11 April 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 29', 50' (pen.) Lee 33' Attendance: 15,783
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 April 2009 FLC Barnsley 1 – 3 Swansea City Oakwell, Barnsley
Bogdanović 84' (pen.) Williams 2'
Gómez 36'
Scotland 67'		 Attendance: 11,788
Referee: David Foster
18 April 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Monk 25' Attendance: 15,327
Referee: Lee Mason
25 April 2009 FLC Sheffield United 1 – 0 Swansea City Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Cotterill 37' (pen.) Attendance: 28,010
Referee: Rob Styles
3 May 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Campbell 13' Attendance: 16,316
Referee: Carl Boyeson

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Ground
H
ResultLWWDLDDLWWDDWLDWWLDDDDDDDDWWWDWLWDDDWLLDDWWWLL
Source: [citation needed
]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

The FA Cup

Histon v Swansea City
13 January 2009
Bridge Road, Impington
Simpson 84' Pintado 22'
Bauzà 38'		 Attendance: 2,821
Referee: Phil Crossley
24 January 2009 Round 4 Portsmouth 0 – 2 Swansea City Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Dyer 26'
Scotland 45' (pen.)		 Attendance: 17,357
Referee: Andre Marriner
14 February 2009
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 52' Monk 44' (o.g.) Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Howard Webb
24 February 2009 replay Fulham 2 – 1 Swansea City Craven Cottage, London
Dempsey 77'
Zamora 80'		 Scotland 47' Attendance: 12,316
Referee: Mark Halsey

League Cup

Swansea reached the fourth round of the

Championship strugglers Watford.[25]

Swansea City v Brentford
12 August 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
MacDonald 31', 69' Attendance: 5,366
Referee: Steve Bratt
26 August 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pintado 63'
Gómez 105' (pen.)		 Windass 11' Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Mike Russell
23 September 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez 57' Attendance: 17,411
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 November 2008
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Williamson 21' Attendance: 9,549
Referee: Andy D'Urso

References

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  2. ^ "Scotland the Championship's best". Football League. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Swans complete Williams signing". BBC Sport. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Martinez confirms Gower signing". BBC Sport. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Spanish duo complete Liberty move". BBC Sport. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Swansea sign Argentine defender". BBC Sport. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Swans sign Serran in £80,000 deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Swans sign young Baggies striker". BBC Sport. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Robinson agrees to Leeds switch". BBC Sport. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  10. ^ "Austin makes Chesterfield switch". BBC Sport. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Swindon sign defender Amankwaah". BBC Sport. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  12. ^ "Duffy seals Bristol Rovers switch". BBC Sport. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  13. ^ "Swans snap up Brandy in loan deal". BBC Sport. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  14. ^ "Swans sign keeper from Birmingham". BBC Sport. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  15. ^ "Swans seal Konstantopoulos deal". BBC Sport. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  16. ^ "Swans sign O'Halloran from Villa". BBC Sport. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  17. ^ "Dyer completes Swansea loan move". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  18. ^ "Konstantopoulos returns to Swans". BBC Sport. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  19. ^ "Lawrence extends Crewe loan spell". BBC Sport. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
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