2014–15 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2014–15 season
Chairman Daniel Levy
Manager Mauricio Pochettino
Stadium White Hart Lane
Premier League 6th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Runners-up
UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Top goalscorer League:
Harry Kane (20)
All:
Harry Kane (30)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2014–15 season is Tottenham Hotspur's 23rd season in the Premier League and 37th successive season in the top division of the English football league system.

The campaign represents Tottenham's 13th appearance in the UEFA Europa League, entering the Play-off round due to the result of the 2014 FA Cup Final, as a result of finishing sixth in the 2013–14 Premier League season.

Squad

First team squad

As of 2 February 2015.
Squad NO. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Hugo Lloris (2nd VC) France GK 26 December 1986
13 Michel Vorm Netherlands GK 20 October 1983
24 Brad Friedel United States GK 18 May 1971
Centre-Backs
4 Younès Kaboul (Captain) France CB 4 January 1986
5 Jan Vertonghen Belgium CB / LB 24 April 1987
6 Vlad Chiricheș Romania CB 14 November 1989
15 Eric Dier [i] England CB / RB / DM 15 January 1994
21 Federico Fazio Argentina CB 17 March 1987
Full-Backs
2 Kyle Walker [iii] England RB 28 May 1990
3 Danny Rose [iii] England LB 2 July 1990
33 Ben Davies [i] Wales LB 24 April 1993
12 DeAndre Yedlin United States RB 9 July 1993
Defensive-Midfielders
25 Benjamin Stambouli France DM 13 August 1990
29 Étienne Capoue France DM 11 July 1988
Central-Midfielders
8 Paulinho Brazil CM / AM 25 July 1988
19 Mousa Dembélé Belgium CM / DM 16 July 1987
38 Ryan Mason [iii] England CM 13 June 1991
42 Nabil Bentaleb [i] Algeria CM / DM 24 November 1994
Attacking-Midfielders
23 Christian Eriksen Denmark AM / LW 14 February 1992
44 Cristian Ceballos Spain AM 3 December 1992
Wingers
11 Érik Lamela Argentina RW / LW 4 March 1992
17 Andros Townsend [iii] England RW / LW 16 July 1991
22 Nacer Chadli Belgium LW / AM 2 August 1989
Forwards
9 Roberto Soldado Spain CF 27 May 1985
10 Emmanuel Adebayor (1st VC) [iii] Togo CF 26 February 1984
18 Harry Kane [i] England CF / SS 28 July 1993

[i] U21s and Scholars list, so not required to be named in Premiership 25 man squad list for 2014/2015 season]

[ii] Not included in submitted Premiership 25 man squad list for 2014/2015 season so not eligible to play]

[iii] Home grown designation for Premiership 25 man squad list for 2014/2015 season]

Transfers

In

Position Player Transferred from Fee Transfer window Date Source
DF Wales Ben Davies Wales Swansea City P/Ex Summer 23 July 2014 [1]
GK Netherlands Michel Vorm Wales Swansea City £3,500,000 Summer 23 July 2014 [1]
DF England Eric Dier Portugal Sporting CP £4,000,000 Summer 2 August 2014 [2]
DF United States DeAndre Yedlin United States Seattle Sounders £2,500,000 Summer 13 August 2014 [3]
DF Argentina Federico Fazio Spain Sevilla £8,000,000 Summer 27 August 2014 [4]
MF France Benjamin Stambouli France Montpellier £4,700,000 Summer 1 September 2014 [5]
MF England Dele Alli England Milton Keynes Dons £5,000,000 Winter 2 February 2015 [6]

Total spending: Decrease £27,700,000

Out

Position Player Transfer Transferred to Fee Transfer window Date Source
GK Brazil Heurelho Gomes Released England Watford N/A Summer 30 June 2014 [7]
GK Chile Lawrence Vigouroux Released England Liverpool N/A Summer 30 June 2014 [8]
FW England Cameron Lancaster Released England Stevenage N/A Summer 30 June 2014 [8][9]
DF England Kevin Stewart Released England Liverpool N/A Summer 30 June 2014 [8]
DF Republic of Ireland Roman Michael-Percil Released England Concord Rangers N/A Summer 30 June 2014 [8][10]
MF Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco Released Wales Swansea City N/A Summer 30 June 2014 [8][11]
MF England Jake Livermore Sold England Hull City £8,000,000 Summer 21 June 2014 [12][13]
MF Angola Laste Dombaxe Released England Hadley N/A Summer 3 July 2014 [8]
DF England Darren McQueen Released England Ipswich Town N/A Summer 3 July 2014 [14]
GK England Liam Priestley Released United States Missouri State Bears N/A Summer 3 July 2014 [8][15]
FW England Kane Vincent-Young Released England Colchester United N/A Summer 3 July 2014 [8][16]
MF Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson Sold Wales Swansea City P/Ex Summer 23 July 2014 [1]
MF Spain Iago Falque Sold Italy Genoa £4,000,000 Summer 1 August 2014 [17]
DF England Michael Dawson Sold England Hull City £6,000,000 Summer 26 August 2014 [18]
FW Ivory Coast Souleymane Coulibaly Sold Italy Bari £1,500,000 Summer 1 September 2014 [19]
FW England Jonathan Obika Sold England Swindon Town £200,000 Summer 1 September 2014 [20]
DF England Zeki Fryers Sold England Crystal Palace £3,000,000 Summer 1 September 2014 [21]
MF Brazil Sandro Sold England Queens Park Rangers £10,000,000 Summer 1 September 2014 [22]
DF England Kyle Naughton Sold Wales Swansea City £5,000,000 Winter 22 January 2015 [23]
DF Cameroon Benoît Assou-Ekotto Released Free agent N/A Winter 2 February 2015 [24]
MF Portugal Rúben Lameiras Sold Sweden Åtvidaberg Undisclosed Winter 26 March 2015 [25][26]

Total income: Increase £37,700,000+

Loan out

Position Player Loaned to Start End Source
DF England Grant Hall England Birmingham City 6 June 2014 5 January 2015 [27][28]
MF England Alex Pritchard England Brentford 17 July 2014 30 June 2015 [29]
MF Republic of Ireland Kenneth McEvoy England Peterborough United 24 July 2014 12 November 2014 [30][31]
FW England Shaquile Coulthirst England Southend United 4 August 2014 4 March 2015 [32][33]
GK Scotland Jordan Archer England Northampton Town 5 August 2014 1 January 2015 [34]
DF United States DeAndre Yedlin United States Seattle Sounders 13 August 2014 1 January 2015 [3][35]
MF England Tom Carroll Wales Swansea City 22 August 2014 30 June 2015 [36]
DF England Ryan Fredericks England Middlesbrough 28 August 2014 30 June 2015 [37]
MF Croatia Tomislav Gomelt Italy Bari 1 September 2014 30 June 2015 [19]
MF Germany Lewis Holtby Germany Hamburg 1 September 2014 30 June 2015 [38]
DF Serbia Miloš Veljković England Middlesbrough 16 October 2014 17 January 2015 [39]
DF England Grant Hall England Blackpool 8 January 2015 30 June 2015 [40]
DF Serbia Miloš Veljković England Charlton Athletic 20 January 2015 30 June 2015 [41]
DF England Dominic Ball England Cambridge United 22 January 2015 30 June 2015 [42]
MF Republic of Ireland Kenneth McEvoy England Colchester United 30 January 2015 16 March 2015 [43][44]
FW England Nathan Oduwa England Luton Town 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 [45]
GK Scotland Jordan Archer England Millwall 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 [46]
FW England Emmanuel Sonupe Scotland St Mirren 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 [47]
MF England Aaron Lennon England Everton 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 [48]
MF England Dele Alli England Milton Keynes Dons 2 February 2015 30 June 2015 [6]
FW England Shaquile Coulthirst England York City 13 March 2015 30 June 2015 [49]
MF England Grant Ward England Coventry City 13 March 2015 30 June 2015 [50]
DF South Africa Bongani Khumalo England Colchester United 14 March 2015 30 June 2015 [51]

Spending

Summer: Decrease £22,700,000

Winter: Decrease £5,000,000

Total: Decrease £27,700,000

Income

Summer: Increase £32,700,000

Winter: Increase £5,000,000+

Total: Increase £37,700,000+

Expenditure

Summer: Increase £10,000,000

Winter: Steady £0+

Total: Increase £10,000,000+

Friendlies

First Team

Pre-season

Spurs XI

National Under-21 Tournament

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
France Lorient 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
France Guingamp 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
France Olympique Marseille 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 3
England Spurs XI 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 3

Other Friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 7th 16 August 2014
FA Cup Third round Fourth round 5 January 201524 January 2015
League Cup Third round Runners-up 24 September 20141 March 2015
UEFA Europa League Play-off round Round of 32 21 August 201426 February 2015

Last updated: 1 March 2015
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Manchester United 34 19 8 7 59 34 +25 65 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Liverpool 34 17 7 10 47 37 +10 58 Qualification to Europa League group stage
6 Tottenham Hotspur 34 17 7 10 55 49 +6 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Southampton 34 17 6 11 47 26 +21 57
8 Swansea City 34 14 8 12 41 44 3 50
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
Notes:
  1. Since winners of the 2014–15 Football League Cup, Chelsea, qualified for the Champions League, the spot awarded to the League Cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for any European competition (in this case, the sixth-placed team).

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 17 7 10 55 49 +6 58 9 3 5 29 23 +6 8 4 5 26 26 0

Last updated: 25 April 2015.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHAHAA
Result W W L D L D W L L W L W W L D W W W D W L W W W L D W W L W D L W D
Position 3 1 6 6 9 8 6 8 11 8 12 10 7 10 10 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 6 6

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

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

League Cup

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEŞ TOT ATR PAR
1 Turkey Beşiktaş 6 3 3 0 11 5 +6 12 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–1 2–1
2 England Tottenham Hotspur 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 1–1 5–1 1–0
3 Greece Asteras Tripoli 6 1 3 2 7 10 3 6 2–2 1–2 2–0
4 Serbia Partizan 6 0 2 4 1 9 8 2 0–4 0–0 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Round of 32

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 19 April 2015

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rank Pos No. Nat Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total
1 FW 18 England Harry Kane 20 0 3 7 30
2 MF 23 Denmark Christian Eriksen 10 0 2 0 12
3 MF 22 Belgium Nacer Chadli 10 1 1 0 12
4 MF 17 England Andros Townsend 2 1 1 2 6
5 FW 9 Spain Roberto Soldado 1 0 2 2 5
MF 11 Argentina Érik Lamela 2 0 1 2 5
7 DF 3 England Danny Rose 2 1 0 0 3
8 MF 8 Brazil Paulinho 0 1 0 1 2
FW 10 Togo Emmanuel Adebayor 2 0 0 0 2
DF 15 England Eric Dier 2 0 0 0 2
MF 38 England Ryan Mason 1 0 1 0 2
12 DF 6 Romania Vlad Chiricheș 0 1 0 0 1
MF 19 Belgium Mousa Dembélé 1 0 0 0 1
MF 25 France Benjamin Stambouli 0 0 0 1 1
MF 29 France Étienne Capoue 0 1 0 0 1
MF 42 Algeria Nabil Bentaleb 0 0 1 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 55 6 12 15 88

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