2014–15 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2014–15 season
Chairman Michael Johnston (Until March 26th) Jim Mann
Manager Allan Johnston (Resigned 6th February 2015
Gary Locke,(Caretaker)
Stadium Rugby Park
Premiership Eighth place "(Ongoing)"
League Cup Third round, lost to St Johnstone
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Rangers
Top goalscorer League:
Tope Obadeyi (6)
All:
Tope Obadeyi (6)
Highest home attendance 8,877 vs. Ayr United
League Cup
26 August 2014
Lowest home attendance 2,550 vs. St Johnstone
League Cup
23 September 2014
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The 2014–15 season was Kilmarnock's second season in the Scottish Premiership. Kilmarnock competed in the League Cup losing to St Johnstone in the third round and lost to Rangers in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 10 May 2014[1][2]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Craig Samson 40 0 38+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar 38 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Scotland James Fowler 10 0 6+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
5 MF Australia Jackson Irvine 29 1 25+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland Darren Barr 14 2 12+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 1
7 MF Scotland Barry Nicholson 24 2 14+9 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF Northern Ireland Sammy Clingan 18 1 13+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland Kris Boyd 37 22 35+1 22 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW Scotland Chris Johnston 22 4 15+6 3 0+0 0 1+0 1
11 FW France William Gros 16 0 4+10 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
12 GK Spain Antonio Reguero 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF Nigeria Reuben Gabriel 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan 5 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
14 FW Cape Verde David Silva 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Sweden David Moberg Karlsson 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland Ross Barbour 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF England Sean Clohessy 26 2 24+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW Scotland Rory McKenzie 34 4 28+5 4 0+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF Nigeria Rabiu Ibrahim 11 0 6+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF South Africa Kyle Jacobs 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Finland Alexei Eremenko 13 1 9+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Northern Ireland Jude Winchester 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Scotland Mark Stewart 5 0 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF Latvia Vitālijs Maksimenko 8 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Northern Ireland Rory McKeown 10 0 6+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland Gary Fisher 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Scotland Michael Gardyne 23 1 17+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF Scotland Mark O'Hara 17 0 12+3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
27 FW Scotland Ross Davidson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF Scotland Craig Slater 23 1 20+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 MF Italy Manuel Pascali 32 0 29+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 DF Scotland Lee Ashcroft 25 1 23+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland Robbie Muirhead 21 2 10+11 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Scotland Greg Kiltie 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
83 DF Algeria Ismaël Bouzid 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Scotland GK Craig Samson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Netherlands DF Jeroen Tesselaar 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Scotland MF James Fowler 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
5 Australia DF Jackson Irvine 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
6 Scotland MF Darren Barr 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
7 Scotland MF Barry Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Northern Ireland MF Sammy Clingan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Scotland FW Kris Boyd 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
10 Scotland FW Chris Johnston 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 France FW William Gros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Spain GK Antonio Reguero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Nigeria MF Reuben Gabriel 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
14 Republic of Ireland FW Paul Heffernan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Cape Verde FW David Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sweden MF David Moberg Karlsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Scotland DF Ross Barbour 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Scotland DF Sean Clohessy 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 Scotland FW Rory McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Nigeria MF Rabiu Ibrahim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Finland MF Alexei Eremenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 Scotland MF Jude Winchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Scotland FW Mark Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Latvia DF Vitālijs Maksimenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Northern Ireland DF Rory McKeown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Scotland DF Gary Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Scotland FW Michael Gardyne 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 Scotland DF Mark O'Hara 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
27 Scotland FW Ross Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Scotland MF Craig Slater 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
29 Italy MF Manuel Pascali 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
30 Scotland DF Lee Ashcroft 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 Scotland FW Robbie Muirhead 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 Scotland MF Greg Kiltie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
83 Algeria DF Ismaël Bouzid 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25+77 99 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60+4 70 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38+15 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50+15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 440 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42+6 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62−18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58−19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66−21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65−19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51−20 35 Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65−20 231 Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish Championship

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration
2 St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualify to second qualifying round of Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Division summary

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Result L D D L L L D L L W W L L L W L W W L W L D W L D L D L W L L W L L L L W W
Position 8 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 11 10 9

Last updated: 10 May 2014.
Source: [3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Darren Barr Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[4]
Spain Antonio Reguero Scotland Inverness Free[5]
Northern Ireland Conor Brennan England Leicester City Free[6]
Scotland Craig Samson Scotland St Mirren Free[7]
England Sean Clohessy England Southend United Free[8]
Scotland Mark Stewart Scotland Dundee Free[9]
Scotland Barry Nicholson England Fleetwood Town Free[9]
Cape Verde David Silva Portugal Olhanense Free[10]
Australia Jackson Irvine Scotland Celtic Loan[11]
Scotland Michael Gardyne Scotland Dundee United Loan[12]
Latvia Vitālijs Maksimenko England Brighton & Hove Albion Loan[13]
Finland Alexei Eremenko Kazakhstan FC Kairat Free[14]
Sweden David Moberg Karlsson England Sunderland Loan[15]

Players out

Player To Fee
England Danny Racchi Iceland Valur Free[16]
Scotland Ryan O'Leary United States Los Angeles Blues[17] Free[18]
Scotland James Dayton England Oldham[19] Free[18]
Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan Cyprus APOEL[20] Undisclosed[18]
Scotland Cammy Bell Scotland Rangers Free[21]
Finland Anssi Jaakkola South Africa Ajax Cape Town Free[18][22]
Nigeria Papa Idris Nigeria Gombe United[23] Free[24]
Scotland Ross Fisher Scotland Queen's Park Free[25]
Scotland Garry Hay Free[18][26]
France Mahamadou Sissoko Greece Veria Free[18][27]
Spain Borja Pérez Spain Tenerife Free[28]
Republic of Ireland Paul Heffernan Scotland Hibernian Free[29]
Scotland Gary Fisher Scotland East Fife Loan[30]
Nigeria Reuben Gabriel Belgium Waasland-Beveren[31] Free[32]
Nigeria Rabiu Ibrahim Free[33]
Scotland James Fowler Scotland Cowdenbeath Loan[34]
Scotland Gary Fisher Scotland East Fife[35] Free[36]
South Africa Kyle Jacobs Scotland Livingston[37] Free[36]
Scotland Mark Stewart Republic of Ireland Derry City[38] Free[36]
Cape Verde David Silva Free[39]
Northern Ireland Jude Winchester Northern Ireland Cliftonville Loan[40]

References

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  31. ↑ "Waasland Beveren sign Nigeria midfielder Reuben Gabriel". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  32. ↑ "Nigerian Gabriel Reuben released by Kilmarnock". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  33. ↑ "Rabiu Ibrahim & Gabriel Reuben released". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
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  40. ↑ "Jude terms". cliftonvillefc.net. Cliftonville. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

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