2014–15 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Players

Transfers

Statistics

Match details

References

Current reserve players with first-team appearances

Out on loan

In

Out

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Pre-season and friendlies

Premier League

FA Cup

Football League Cup

First team squad

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

Sunderland

2014–15 season

Owner

Ellis Short

Manager

Gus Poyet
(until 16 March 2015)
Dick Advocaat
(from 17 March 2015)

Stadium

18th

Top goalscorer

League:
Connor Wickham (5)
All:
Connor Wickham (6)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2014–15 season is Sunderland's 8th consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

As of 18 February 2015.^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon
2	DF	Billy Jones
3	DF	Patrick van Aanholt
4	MF	Liam Bridcutt
5	DF	Wes Brown
6	MF	Lee Cattermole
7	MF	Sebastian Larsson
8	MF	Jack Rodwell
9	FW	Steven Fletcher
10	FW	Connor Wickham
11	MF	Adam Johnson

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Jordi Gómez
15	DF	Anthony Réveillère
16	DF	John O'Shea
19	FW	Danny Graham
20	MF	Ricardo Álvarez (on loan from Internazionale)
22	DF	Sebastián Coates (on loan from Liverpool)
23	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini
25	GK	Vito Mannone
27	DF	Santiago Vergini (on loan from Estudiantes)
28	FW	Jermain Defoe
30	MF	Will Buckley

Main article: Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy

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

No.	Position	Player
38	FW	Mikael Mandron (at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2015)
39	MF	George Honeyman
42	MF	Liam Agnew

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

No.	Position	Player
13	GK	Jordan Pickford (at Bradford City until 30 June 2015)
18	MF	Charalampos Mavrias (at Panathinaikos until 30 June 2015)
22	MF	El-Hadji Ba (at Bastia until 30 June 2015)
29	DF	Valentin Roberge (at Reims until 30 June 2015)

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
28 May 2014	DF	Billy Jones	West Bromwich Albion	Free
29 May 2014	MF	Jordi Gómez	Wigan Athletic	Free
16 June 2014	GK	Costel Pantilimon	Manchester City	Free
25 July 2014	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	Chelsea	Undisclosed
5 August 2014	MF	Jack Rodwell	Manchester City	Undisclosed
13 August 2014	MF	Will Buckley	Brighton & Hove Albion	£2.5 million
23 October 2014	DF	Anthony Réveillère	Napoli	Free
16 January 2015	FW	Jermain Defoe	Toronto	Undisclosed

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
20 May 2014	MF	Craig Gardner	West Bromwich Albion	Free
22 May 2014	DF	Phil Bardsley	Stoke City	Free
23 May 2014	DF	Carlos Cuéllar	Norwich City	Free
23 May 2013	DF	Andrea Dossena	Leyton Orient	Free
23 May 2014	DF	Louis Laing	Nottingham Forest	Free
23 May 2014	GK	Óscar Ustari	Newell's Old Boys	Free
23 May 2014	MF	David Vaughan	Nottingham Forest	Free
23 May 2014	DF	Jordan Watson	Blyth Spartans	Free
23 May 2014	GK	Kieran Westwood	Sheffield Wednesday	Free
30 May 2014	MF	Billy Knott	Bradford City	Free
9 June 2014	MF	Jack Colback	Newcastle United	Free
3 July 2014	DF	John Egan	Gillingham	Free
24 July 2014	FW	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys	£2.7 million
13 August 2014	MF	David Moberg Karlsson	Nordsjælland	Undisclosed
22 August 2014	MF	Alfred N'Diaye	Real Betis	Free
9 January 2015	DF	David Ferguson	Blackpool	Undisclosed
9 January 2015	DF	Connor Oliver	Blackpool	Undisclosed
16 January 2015	FW	Jozy Altidore	Toronto	Undisclosed
2 February 2015	DF	Scott Harrison	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed
2 February 2015	MF	Cabral	Free Agent	Released

As of 25 April 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Costel Pantilimon	27	0	24	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF		Billy Jones	13	0	9	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF		Patrick van Aanholt	28	1	21+2	0	4	1	0+1	0
4	MF		Liam Bridcutt	22	0	9+7	0	4	0	2	0
5	DF		Wes Brown	20	0	15+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
6	MF		Lee Cattermole	23	1	22+1	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Sebastian Larsson	35	3	31	3	2+1	0	1	0
8	MF		Jack Rodwell	23	3	16+4	3	2	0	1	0
9	FW		Steven Fletcher	29	4	19+6	4	4	0	0	0
10	FW		Connor Wickham	35	6	26+5	5	0+3	0	1	1
11	MF		Adam Johnson	29	5	21+4	4	1+1	0	2	1
14	MF		Jordi Gómez	31	4	20+7	2	2	1	2	1
15	DF		Anthony Réveillère	16	0	15	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		John O'Shea	39	0	33	0	4	0	2	0
19	FW		Danny Graham	13	0	3+7	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Ricardo Álvarez	16	1	5+7	0	3	1	0+1	0
22	DF		Sebastián Coates	8	0	4+1	0	2	0	1	0
23	MF		Emanuele Giaccherini	10	0	2+5	0	2	0	0+1	0
25	GK		Vito Mannone	12	0	9	0	3	0	0	0
27	DF		Santiago Vergini	36	0	28+2	0	3+1	0	2	0
28	FW		Jermain Defoe	14	3	12	3	2	0	0	0
30	MF		Will Buckley	22	0	9+11	0	0+1	0	1	0
39	MF		George Honeyman	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	MF		Liam Agnew	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players out on loan:
13	GK		Jordan Pickford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Charalampos Mavrias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		El-Hadji Ba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Valentin Roberge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW		Mikael Mandron	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer with club:
12	MF		Cabral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Jozy Altidore	13	1	2+9	0	0	0	2	1

As of 25 April 2015

Rank	No.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	10	Connor Wickham	5	0	1	6
2	11	Adam Johnson	4	0	1	5
3	9	Steven Fletcher	4	0	0	4
3	14	Jordi Gómez	2	1	1	4
5	7	Sebastian Larsson	3	0	0	3
	8	Jack Rodwell	3	0	0	3
	28	Jermain Defoe	3	0	0	3
8	Own Goals		1	1	0	2
9	3	Patrick van Aanholt	0	1	0	1
	6	Lee Cattermole	1	0	0	1
	17	Jozy Altidore	0	0	1	1
	20	Ricardo Álvarez	0	1	0	1
Total			26	1	4	31

As of 25 April 2015

Rank	No.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	1	Costel Pantilimon	8	1	1	10
2	25	Vito Mannone	2	1	0	3
Total			10	2	1	13

As of 25 April 2015

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF	Billy Jones	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
3	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	MF	Liam Bridcutt	5	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0
5	DF	Wes Brown	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
6	MF	Lee Cattermole	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
7	MF	Sebastian Larsson	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
8	MF	Jack Rodwell	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
9	FW	Steven Fletcher	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	FW	Connor Wickham	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
11	MF	Adam Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	MF	Jordi Gómez	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
16	DF	John O'Shea	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
17	FW	Jozy Altidore	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Ricardo Álvarez	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
22	DF	Sebastián Coates	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27	DF	Santiago Vergini	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
29	DF	Valentin Roberge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	MF	Will Buckley	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Total			84	1	1	9	1	0	4	0	0	97	2	1

19 July 2014	Darlington 1883	1–5	Sunderland	Bishop Auckland, England
15:00 BST	Brown 78'	Report	Fletcher 10', 20' Giaccherini 55' Wickham 77' Gómez 87'	Stadium: Heritage Park Attendance: 2,000 (1,000 Sunderland Fans)

22 July 2014	Carlisle United	0–1	Sunderland	Carlisle, England
19:30 BST		Report	Mandron 72'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,586 (1,212 Sunderland Fans)

23 July 2014	Hartlepool United	0–3	Sunderland	Hartlepool, England
19:30 BST		Report	Lawson 70' Cartwright 72', 78'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,617 (3,252 Sunderland Fans)

29 July 2014	Recreativo Huelva	0–1	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 BST		Report	Mandron 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

30 July 2014	Nacional	1–0	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 BST	Lucas 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

7 August 2014	Sunderland	2–0	Real Betis	Bishop Auckland, England
19:30 BST	Fletcher 79' Wickham 81'	Report		Stadium: Heritage Park

9 August 2014	Sunderland	2–0	Udinese	Bishop Auckland, England
15:00 BST	Vergini 57' Wickham 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Heritage Park

Main article: 2014–15 Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Aston Villa	34	8	8	18	26	48	−22	32
17	Leicester City	34	8	7	19	36	54	−18	31
18	Sunderland	33	5	15	13	26	49	−23	30	Relegation to Football League Championship
19	Queens Park Rangers	34	7	6	21	38	59	−21	27
20	Burnley	34	5	11	18	26	52	−26	26

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2015. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
33	5	15	13	26	49	−23	30	3	8	7	15	27	−12	2	7	6	11	22	−11

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: Premier League

Matchday	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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D
Position	6	11	13	13	15	15	11	17	17	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	18

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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

1 16 August 2014	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Sunderland	West Bromwich
15:00	Dawson 10' Dorrans 30' Olsson 32' Berahino 42' (pen.), 74'	Report	Cattermole 5' Roberge 42' Larsson 85'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,468 (2,700 away fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

2 24 August 2014	Sunderland	1–1	Manchester United	Sunderland
16:00	Rodwell 30'	Report	Mata 17' Young 62' Cleverley 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Martin Atkinson

3 30 August 2014	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Sunderland	London
15:00	Austin 45+2' Mutch 57'	Report	Cattermole 37' Giaccherini 90+2'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,930 (1,772 away fans) Referee: Robert Madley

4 13 September 2014	Sunderland	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Sunderland
15:00	Johnson 4' Kane 82' (o.g.) van Aanholt 85' Vergini 88' Wickham 90' Gómez 90+3' Brown 90+5'	Report	Chadli 2' Eriksen 48' Dier 61'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,799 Referee: Craig Pawson

5 20 September 2014	Burnley	0–0	Sunderland	Burnley
15:00	Marney 90'	Report	Rodwell 62' O'Shea 78'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,026 (4,108 away fans ) Referee: Anthony Taylor

6 27 September 2014	Sunderland	0–0	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00	Cattermole 44' Jones 75'	Report	Williams 50' Rangel 60', 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,325 Referee: Chris Foy

7 4 October 2014	Sunderland	3–1	Stoke City	Sunderland
15:00	Wickham 4' Fletcher 27', 79' 70' Jones 64' van Aanholt 67'	Report	Adam 15' Muniesa 27' Assaidi 62' Bardsley 66' Krkić 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,713 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

8 18 October 2014	Southampton	8–0	Sunderland	Southampton
15:00	Vergini 12' (o.g.) Pellè 18', 69' Cork 37' Schneiderlin 50' Bridcutt 63' (o.g.) Tadić 78' Wanyama 79' Mané 86'	Report	Wickham 9' Cattermole 25' Bridcutt 82'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,615 (2,559 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

9 25 October 2014	Sunderland	0–2	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00	Larsson 38' Cattermole 63' Wickham 68'	Report	Gibbs 24' Sánchez 30' 90+2' Welbeck 50' Arteta 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,449 Referee: Kevin Friend

10 3 November 2014	Crystal Palace	1–3	Sunderland	London
20:00	Brown 55' (o.g.) Jedinak 65', 87'	Report	Fletcher 31', 90+5' Buckley 63' Pantilimon 71' Cattermole 74' Gómez 79'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,212 (2,213 away fans) Referee: Phil Dowd

11 9 November 2014	Sunderland	1–1	Everton	Sunderland
13:30	Gómez 11' Larsson 67'	Report	McCarthy 30' McGeady 57' Baines 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,476 Referee: Lee Mason

12 22 November 2014	Leicester City	0–0	Sunderland	Leicester
15:00	Vardy 53' De Laet 85'	Report	Larsson 42' Cattermole 61' Fletcher 68'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,825 (3,284 away fans) Referee: Robert Madley

13 29 November 2014	Sunderland	0–0	Chelsea	Sunderland
17:30	O'Shea 76' Vergini 89' Gómez 90+2'	Report	Costa 55' Matić 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,232 Referee: Kevin Friend

14 3 December 2014	Sunderland	1–4	Manchester City	Sunderland
19:45	Wickham 19' Cattermole 71'	Report	Agüero 21', 71' Jovetić 39' Zabaleta 55' Boyata 65'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,152 Referee: Craig Pawson

15 6 December 2014	Liverpool	0–0	Sunderland	Liverpool
15:00	Lucas 51'	Report	Vergini 41' Bridcutt 60' Buckley 80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,716 (1,829 away fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

16 13 December 2014	Sunderland	1–1	West Ham United	Sunderland
15:00	Gómez 22' (pen.) 57' Wickham 82'	Report	Downing 29' 80' Reid 40'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,694 Referee: Phil Dowd

17 21 December 2014	Newcastle United	0–1	Sunderland	Newcastle
13:30	Coloccini 9' Tioté 24' Colback 25' Dummett 90+2'	Report	Coates 2' Wickham 39' Cattermole 56' O'Shea 69' Johnson 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,315 (2,738 away fans) Referee: Anthony Taylor

18 26 December 2014	Sunderland	1–3	Hull City	Sunderland
15:00	Johnson 1' Larsson 16' Vergini 19' Gómez 49' Fletcher 53' Jones 74'	Report	Ramírez 33' Chester 45+1' 51' Brady 73' Jelavić 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,817 Referee: Andre Marriner

19 28 December 2014	Aston Villa	0–0	Sunderland	Birmingham
15:00	Vlaar 44' Delph 49'	Report	Cattermole 56' Johnson 74' Brown 89' Giaccherini 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,436 (2,955 away fans) Referee: Martin Atkinson

20 1 January 2015	Manchester City	3–2	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00	Nasri 51' Touré 57' Jovetić 66' Zabaleta 71' Lampard 73'	Report	Jones 17' Larsson 34' Rodwell 68' Johnson 71' (pen.) Brown 88'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,367 (1,403 away fans) Referee: Roger East

21 10 January 2015	Sunderland	0–1	Liverpool	Sunderland
12:45	Vergini 28' Bridcutt 35', 49'	Report	Marković 9' Borini 17' Coutinho 36' Henderson 54' Lovren 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,369 Referee: Craig Pawson

22 17 January 2015	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Sunderland	Tottenham
15:00	Vertonghen 3' 30' Eriksen 88'	Report	Larsson 31' Rodwell 58' Jones 87'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,973 (2,940 away fans) Referee: Chris Foy

23 31 January 2015	Sunderland	2–0	Burnley	Sunderland
15:00	Wickham 20' Defoe 34' Johnson 69' Larsson 89' Pantilimon 90+3'	Report	Marney 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,022 Referee: Lee Mason

24 7 February 2015	Swansea City	1–1	Sunderland	Swansea
15:00	Cork 16' Dyer 31' Ki 66' Naughton 75'	Report	Defoe 42' Bridcutt 49' Larsson 71' Gómez 77' Fletcher 88'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,355 (1,630 away fans) Referee: Phil Dowd

25 10 February 2015	Sunderland	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Sunderland
19:45	Larsson 41' Álvarez 83'	Report	Fer 17' Zamora 35' 45+1' Ferdinand 70' Barton 78'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,077 Referee: Martin Atkinson

26 21 February 2015	Sunderland	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Sunderland
15:00	Álvarez 11'	Report	Lescott 5' Dawson 29'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,943 Referee: Mike Jones

27 28 February 2015	Manchester United	2–0	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00	Valencia 45+1' Rooney 66' (pen.), 84'	Report	Brown 65' van Aanholt 79'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,344 (2,461 away fans) Referee: Roger East

28 3 March 2015	Hull City	1–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
19:45	N'Doye 15' McShane 42' Robertson 79'	Report	Brown 12' Rodwell 36' 77' Bridcutt 46' Cattermole 60' Larsson 79' Álvarez 87'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,017 (2,474 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

29 14 March 2015	Sunderland	0–4	Aston Villa	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Bridcutt 90+1'	Report	Bacuna 8' Benteke 16', 44' Agbonlahor 18', 37'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,746 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

30 21 March 2015	West Ham United	1–0	Sunderland	London
17:30	Sakho 88'	Report	Wickham 63'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,914 (1,800 away fans) Referee: Lee Mason

31 5 April 2015	Sunderland	1–0	Newcastle United	Sunderland
16:00	Vergini 39' Defoe 45+1' Gómez 61' van Aanholt 66' Wickham 77' Larsson 81'	Report	Taylor 41' Colback 62'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 47,563 Referee: Mike Dean

32 11 April 2015	Sunderland	1–4	Crystal Palace	Sunderland
15:00	Rodwell 16' Cattermole 24' Wickham 90'	Report	Dann 18' Murray 48' Bolasie 51', 53', 62' McArthur 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,073 Referee: Anthony Taylor

33 25 April 2015	Stoke City	1–1	Sunderland	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Adam 27' Diouf 58' Wollscheid 60'	Report	Wickham 1' Cattermole 18' O'Shea 62' Jones 80'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,706 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

Third round 4 January 2015	Sunderland	1–0	Leeds United	Sunderland
13:00	van Aanholt 33' Bridcutt 71'	Report	Murphy 36'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,302 Referee: Mike Dean

Fourth round 24 January 2015	Sunderland	0–0	Fulham	Sunderland
15:00	Rodwell 30', 66' Coates 55' Buckley 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 22,961 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Replay 3 February 2015	Fulham	1–3	Sunderland	London
19:45	Rodallega 28' Woodrow 40' Bodurov 62' Fofana 82' McCormack 89' Hutchinson 90+5'	Report	Bridcutt 25' Bettinelli 61' (o.g.) Álvarez 75' 82' Giaccherini 82' Gómez 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 14,777 (4,200 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

Fifth round 15 February 2015	Bradford City	2–0	Sunderland	Bradford
14:30	O'Shea 3' (o.g.) Clarke 31' Stead 61'	Report	Fletcher 10' Larsson 36' Jones 67'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 24,021 (4,253 away fans) Referee: Kevin Friend

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

Second Round 27 August 2014	Birmingham City	0–3	Sunderland	Birmingham
19:45	Thomas 53'	Report	Gómez 77' Johnson 87' Wickham 88'	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 11,245 (1,997 away fans) Referee: Darren Bond

Third Round 23 September 2014	Sunderland	1–2	Stoke City	Sunderland
	Altidore 16' 90+1' Rodwell 36' O'Shea 90' Bridcutt 90+5'	Report	Muniesa 31', 71' N'Zonzi 36' Arnautović 63' Huth 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 17,353 Referee: Mike Dean

Squad No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Costel Pantilimon	GK	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987	Manchester City
25	Vito Mannone	GK	(1988-03-02) 2 March 1988	Arsenal
Defenders
2	Billy Jones	RB	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987	West Bromwich Albion
3	Patrick van Aanholt	LB	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990	Chelsea
5	Wes Brown	CB	(1979-10-13) 13 October 1979	Manchester United
15	Anthony Réveillère	RB	(1979-11-10) 10 November 1979	Napoli
16	John O'Shea	CB	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981	Manchester United
22	Sebastián Coates	CB	(1990-10-07) 7 October 1990	Liverpool (On loan)
27	Santiago Vergini	CB	(1988-08-03) 3 August 1988	Estudiantes (On loan)
Midfielders
4	Liam Bridcutt	DM	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989	Brighton & Hove Albion
6	Lee Cattermole	DM	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988	Wigan Athletic
7	Sebastian Larsson	CM	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985	Birmingham City
8	Jack Rodwell	CM	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991	Manchester City
11	Adam Johnson	RW	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987	Manchester City
14	Jordi Gómez	CM	(1985-05-24) 24 May 1985	Wigan Athletic
20	Ricardo Álvarez	AM	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988	Internazionale (On loan)
23	Emanuele Giaccherini	AM	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985	Juventus
30	Will Buckley	LW	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989	Brighton & Hove Albion
Forwards
9	Steven Fletcher	CF	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	Connor Wickham	CF	(1993-03-31) 31 March 1993	Ipswich Town
19	Danny Graham	CF	(1985-08-12) 12 August 1985	Swansea City
28	Jermain Defoe	CF	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982	Toronto

2 August 2014

Vitória Setúbal

Sunderland

Albufeira, Portugal

Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

↑ "First team profiles". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
↑ "2014-15 fixtures revealed". Sunderland A.F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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