2014–15 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2014–15 season
Chairman Steve Gibson
Manager Aitor Karanka
Stadium Riverside
FA Cup Fifth Round
League Cup Third Round
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2014–15 Season is Middlesbrough's 6th consecutive season in the Championship. They will also compete in the League Cup and in the FA Cup.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 5 March 2015[1]
"+" constitutes substitute appearances
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Spain Damià Abella Pérez 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF England George Friend 36 1 32 1 3 0 1 0
4 DF Spain Daniel Ayala 30 3 24+1 2 2 1 3 0
5 DF England Ryan Fredericks (on loan from Tottenham) 18 0 14+1 0 2 0 1 0
6 DF England Ben Gibson 30 0 23+3 0 3 0 1 0
7 MF England Grant Leadbitter 40 12 31+3 11 3+1 0 2 1
8 MF England Adam Clayton 36 0 26+4 0 4 0 2 0
9 FW Spain Kike 41 10 22+12 8 3+1 1 1+2 1
10 MF England Lee Tomlin 38 8 23+9 6 4 0 2 2
11 MF Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma 2 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
13 GK Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 31 0 29 0 0 0 2 0
17 DF England James Husband 6 0 2+1 0 1 0 2 0
18 MF England Dean Whitehead 18 2 11+5 2 0 0 2 0
19 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF England Adam Reach 39 2 23+9 1 0+4 0 2+1 1
21 FW Belgium Jelle Vossen (on loan from K.R.C. Genk) 30 7 14+11 6 2+2 1 0+1 0
22 DF Nigeria Kenneth Omeruo (on loan from Chelsea) 22 0 17+1 0 3 0 1 0
23 FW England Patrick Bamford (on loan from Chelsea) 33 13 22+6 11 4 1 0+1 1
24 MF Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue 21 0 11+8 0 0 0 2 0
25 DF Australia Rhys Williams 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
26 DF Czech Republic Tomas Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Ghana Albert Adomah 38 4 29+3 4 3 0 2+1 0
33 MF Netherlands Yanic Wildschut 13 2 3+8 2 0+1 0 0+1 0
34 MF England Adam Forshaw 10 1 3+5 0 0 0 2 1
39 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
40 GK Spain Tomás Mejías 11 0 6+1 0 4 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
14 FW England Luke Williams 5 1 0+4 0 0 0 1 1
15 DF England Seb Hines 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
30 FW England Bradley Fewster 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season:
16 DF Scotland Andy Halliday 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Serbia Milos Veljkovic (on loan from Tottenham) 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 MF England Richard Smallwood 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
46 GK England Jamal Blackman (on loan from Chelsea) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Top scorers

Last updated 17 April 2015
Rank Pos. No. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW 23 England Patrick Bamford 151117
2 MF 7 England Grant Leadbitter 110112
3 FW 9 Spain Kike 81110
4 FW 10 England Lee Tomlin 6028
5 FW 21 Belgium Jelle Vossen 5106
6T MF 27 Ghana Albert Adomah 4004
6T DF 4 Spain Daniel Ayala 2103
7T MF 20 England Adam Reach 1012
7T MF 33 Netherlands Yanic Wildschut 2002
8T DF 3 England George Friend 1001
8T MF 11 Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma 1001
8T FW 14 England Luke Williams 0011

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Red card Red card Red card Red card
4 DF Spain Daniel Ayala 10 0 8 0 1 0 1 0
7 MF England Grant Leadbitter 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF England Adam Clayton 7 1 6 0 0 1 1 0
3 DF England George Friend 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Ryan Fredericks 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF England Lee Tomlin 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Ghana Albert Adomah 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
6 DF England Ben Gibson 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England Dean Whitehead 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
3 DF Nigeria Kenneth Omeruo 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
23 FW England Patrick Bamford 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW Belgium Jelle Vossen 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Spain Damià 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Spain Kike 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 MF Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF England Adam Forshaw 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF England Adam Reach 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Watford (P) 45 27 7 11 90 49 +41 88 Promotion to Premier League
2 Bournemouth (X) 45 25 12 8 95 45 +50 87
3 Middlesbrough (X) 45 25 9 11 68 37 +31 84 Qualification to Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Norwich City (Q) 45 24 11 10 84 46 +38 83
5 Ipswich Town 45 22 12 11 70 51 +19 78
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Team is assured of at least a play-off place, but can still qualify for automatic promotion.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Premier League.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

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Result W L W L L W W W D D W W L D W W D D D W W L W D D W W W W W D L W L W L W W L W
Position 3 11 8 12 16 10 8 5 7 8 5 3 3 5 3 2 3 3 5 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 1

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[2]

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Middlesbrough were drawn away to Oldham Athletic.[3]

Transfers

In

Position Player Transferred from Fee Date Team Source
GKSpain Tomás MejíasSpain Real MadridUndisclosed4 July 2014First Team[4]
FWSpain KikeSpain Real MurciaUndisclosed11 July 2014First Team[5]
DFEngland James HusbandEngland Doncaster Rovers£500,000 + Swap26 July 2014First Team
DFEquatorial Guinea Emilio NsueSpain Real MallorcaUndisclosed31 July 2014First Team
MFEngland Adam ClaytonEngland Huddersfield Town£1,000,000 + Swap13 August 2014First Team[6]
DFSpain Damià AbellaSpain OsasunaFree16 August 2014First Team[7]
MFNetherlands Yanic WildschutNetherlands HeerenveenUndisclosed1 September 2014First Team[8]
MFEngland Adam ForshawEngland Wigan AthleticUndisclosed28 January 2015First Team[9]

Out

Position Player Transferred to Fee Date Team Source
MFEngland Matthew DolanEngland Bradford CityFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014First Team[10]
DFEngland Jake Fowler Free AgentFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014Reserves[11]
DFSwitzerland Jayson LeutwilerEngland Shrewsbury TownFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014First Team[11][12]
DFScotland Cameron ParkEngland Marske UnitedFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014First Team[11]
DFEngland Stuart ParnabyEngland Hartlepool UnitedFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014First Team[11][13]
DFEngland Frazer RichardsonEngland Rotherham UnitedFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014First Team[11][14]
DFEngland Lewis SirrellSweden ÖstersundsFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014Reserves[11][15]
DFEngland Matthew Waters Free AgentFree transfer (Released)16 May 2014Reserves[11]
FWNetherlands Marvin EmnesWales Swansea CityUndisclosed2 July 2014First Team[16]
FWEngland Lukas JutkiewiczEngland BurnleyUndisclosed15 July 2014First Team[17]
FWEngland Curtis MainEngland Doncaster RoversSwap30 July 2014First Team[18]
MFEngland Jacob ButterfieldEngland Huddersfield TownSwap13 August 2014First Team[6]
DFEngland Christian BurgessEngland Peterborough UnitedUndisclosed21 August 2014First Team[19]
MFEngland Richard SmallwoodEngland Rotherham UnitedUndisclosed22 August 2014First Team[20]
FWSierra Leone Kei KamaraUnited States Columbus CrewFree transfer (Released)28 August 2014First Team
FWEngland Charlie WykeEngland Carlisle UnitedNominal fee23 January 2015Reserves[21]
MFScotland Andy HallidayEngland Bradford CityUndisclosed26 January 2015First team[22]

Loans in

Position Player Loaned from End date Team Source
DFNigeria Kenneth OmeruoEngland Chelsea30 June 2015First team[23]
DFEngland Ryan FredericksEngland Tottenham Hotspur30 June 2015First team[24]
FWEngland Patrick BamfordEngland Chelsea30 June 2015First team[25]
FWBelgium Jelle VossenBelgium Genk30 June 2015First team[8]
GKEngland Jamal BlackmanEngland Chelsea17 January 2015First team[8]
DFSerbia Miloš VeljkovićEngland Tottenham Hotspur17 January 2015First team[26]
DFCzech Republic Tomáš KalasEngland Chelsea30 June 2015First team[27]
DFVenezuela Fernando AmorebietaEngland Fulham30 June 2015First team[28]
DFNetherlands Dwight TiendalliWales Swansea City30 June 2015First team[29]

Loans out

Position Player Loaned to End date Team Source
MFNorthern Ireland Ryan BrobbelEngland Hartlepool United8 November 2014Reserves[30][31][32]
MFEngland Richard SmallwoodEngland Rotherham United22 August 2014First team[33]
DFEngland Christian BurgessEngland Peterborough United21 August 2014Reserves[19][34]
FWEngland Charlie WykeEngland Hartlepool United24 November 2014Reserves[19][35][36]
GKEngland Jason SteeleEngland Blackburn Rovers30 June 2015First team[37]
DFEngland Seb HinesEngland Coventry City4 January 2015First team[38]
DFEngland David AtkinsonEngland Hartlepool United26 October 2014Reserves[39]
MFScotland Andy HallidayEngland Bradford City26 January 2015First team[22][40][41]
FWEngland Luke WilliamsEngland Scunthorpe United3 January 2015First team[42][43]
DFEngland Brad HallidayEngland York City13 December 2014Reserves[44]
MFEngland Bryn MorrisEngland Burton Albion19 December 2014Reserves[45]
MFArgentina Emmanuel LedesmaEngland Rotherham United20 December 2014First team[46]
FWEngland Bradley FewsterEngland Preston North End30 June 2015Reserves[47]
FWEngland Luke WilliamsEngland Coventry City12 March 2015First team[48][49]
MFEngland Jordan JonesEngland Hartlepool United30 June 2015Reserves[50][51]
MFArgentina Emmanuel LedesmaEngland Brighton & Hove Albion21 March 2015First team[52]
DFEngland James HusbandEngland Fulham30 June 2015First team[28]
FWEngland Luke WilliamsEngland Peterborough United30 June 2015First team[53]
DFEngland David AtkinsonEngland Carlisle United30 June 2015Reserves[54]
MFThe Gambia Mustapha CarayolEngland Brighton & Hove Albion30 June 2015First team[55]

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