2014–15 Fulham F.C. season

Fulham

2014–15 season
Chairman	Shahid Khan
Manager	Felix Magath (until 18 September 2014) Kit Symons (initially caretaker, permanent from 29 October 2014)
Stadium	Craven Cottage
Football League Championship	17th
FA Cup	Fourth round (eliminated by Sunderland)
League Cup	Fourth round (eliminated by Derby County)
Top goalscorer	League: Ross McCormack (17) All: Ross McCormack (19)
Highest home attendance	23,271 (vs Brenford, Championship, 3 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance	8,070 (vs Doncaster Rovers, League Cup, 23 September 2014)
Average home league attendance	18,268
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014–15 season was Fulham's 117th professional season and first in the Championship under its current name and the first in the division since 2001. Fulham took one point from their first eight games, effectively writing off any chance of promotion. Fulham temporarily rescued their season by means of sacking Felix Magath and appointing Kit Symons. The resulting run of form led to play-off aspirations, before a poor run of form at the beginning of 2015 led to worries about a second consecutive relegation. However, Fulham only lost one of their last six games, which kept them safe at the expense of Millwall, Wigan Athletic, and Blackpool.

Much hype occurred surrounding the £11,000,000 signing of 2013–14 Championship top scorer Ross McCormack, but McCormack could only muster 17 Championship goals, one of the many underachievers of a side expected to compete for promotion. Fulham also competed in the League Cup, reaching the fourth round, and the FA Cup, also reaching the fourth round.

Season review

August

For Fulham's first game, against Ipswich Town, Felix Magath fielded eight debutants, including five in the back line, in the starting eleven. Only Scott Parker, Moussa Dembélé, and Chris David, the lack of experience showed Fulham conceded a corner after just 17 seconds as Ipswich created the early chances. Fulham almost capitalised on an error by Dean Gerken when the Ipswich goalkeeper fumbled David's 20-yard shot but he made amends to deny Dembélé with his legs. Although Fulham were enjoying the majority of possession, Ipswich continued to create chances, and it was the hosts who broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute when Luke Hyam's incisive through ball released Daryl Murphy, who outpaced Shaun Hutchinson before making no mistake with a powerful finish. Ipswich doubled their advantage on 62 minutes: Murphy was again too strong for Hutchinson on the left wing and, while his low cross was half cleared, it fell perfectly for David McGoldrick. It was now comfortable for the hosts with Fulham looking a beaten outfit well before the final whistle. Anthony Wordsworth should have added a third 11 minutes from time when he headed over from ten yards following excellent work from McGoldrick and Luke Chambers. McGoldrick called Jesse Joronen into action from the corner of the penalty area after yet more tenacious play by Jay Tabb, before Fulham pulled a goal back out of nothing: Tim Hoogland cut inside Tyrone Mings and his weak shot took a wicked deflection off the body of Tommy Smith to take it past Gerken's near post. The lifeline galvanised Fulham and another deflection almost gave substitute Patrick Roberts an equaliser, but Ipswich held on to claim all three points.

Felix Magath dropped £11,000,000 signing Ross McCormack to the bench after claiming that the former Leeds striker was not fully fit, causing Soccer Saturday presenter Jeff Stelling to query why Magath was not selecting McCormack, Kostas Mitroglou, or Bryan Ruiz, whose total transfer fees were £32,000,000. Hugo Rodallega returned, one of four changes following the 2–1 opening-day defeat away to Ipswich. In the 12th minute, there seemed little danger as Ricardo Fuller crossed from the left, but Fulham captain Scott Parker's attempt to head clear only flicked the ball away from his stranded goalkeeper, Jesse Joronen, and into the path of Martyn Woolford, who scored with ease, causing a furious argument between Parker and Joronen. Fulham looked for a reply. The energetic young home side often had Millwall at full stretch as they played short passes at speed but defenders produced a series of blocks to deny the hosts. Scott Malone almost scored a second goal for Millwall with a dipping volley after 36 minutes, but Joronen did well to palm it over the crossbar. Magath sent on McCormack after the interval and he almost created the equaliser in the 47th minute, his pass giving Rodallega the chance to send Forde sprawling to save a low shot. But Joronen had to rescue his team again in the 57th minute, blocking Malone's shot with his right foot after Scott McDonald had created the opening. Just before the hour, Parker slipped a pass to McCormack that seemed to have provided his first goal for Fulham. But Forde was equal to the shot although Fulham, galvanised by McCormack, were getting closer. Rodallega's shot on the turn beat Forde but Dunne cleared the ball from the goalline. And then Forde blocked again from McCormack after he had bustled past Mark Beevers, and Millwall held on to keep Fulham on no points.

Magath pleaded before the match against Wolverhampton Wanderers for the fans to be patient with his young team – he made five changes to the side beaten by Millwall and started with six players aged 21 or younger. Wolves tore into Fulham from the off, with Dave Edwards flashing an early shot across goal and wide and Jesse Joronen having to charge out of his goal to save at the feet of Rajiv van la Parra. But on 15 minutes, Scott Golbourne's low corner was dummied by Edwards and allowed to run all the way to Bakary Sako, who drilled it into the bottom corner, with Mark Fotheringham wandering off the post which he was marking. Fulham tried to respond and Kostas Stafylidis fired narrowly over and then put in a dangerous cross which Tim Hoogland could not get a clean header on. But they almost found themselves two down before the interval when Wolves skipper Danny Batth got his head to Sako's free-kick only to nod the ball inches wide. Magath's response was to throw on another youngster, Dembélé, and the 18-year-old almost made an instant impact with a low shot which Carl Ikeme tipped around his post. But with Ross McCormack again isolated up front - the £11,000,000 striker resorted to coming back and collecting the ball from his centre-halves during the second half - Fulham rarely threatened an equaliser. The Scot's one sight of goal arrived just before the hour mark and his drive from the edge of the area was always rising as it cleared Ikeme's crossbar. Instead it was Wolves who always looked like adding to their tally, with Matt Doherty and Batth both missing the target with close-range headers before Sako blew their best chance in stoppage time, hitting the post with a penalty after Cameron Burgess tripped Nouha Dicko. Throughout the second half and after the full-time whistle, "Felix out" could be heard amongst the Fulham fans, and Magath did not acknowledge the fans when walking off, as Fulham slipped into the bottom three.

Crucially, Fulham made only one change from the much-maligned team that had lost against Wolverhampton: Derby had a chance in the third minute when Cyrus Christie found Johnny Russell just inside the area, but the Scot volleyed over. Parker's measured passing got the Londoners moving but Derby had another opening in the 13th minute when the ball dropped invitingly to Christie, but he shot straight at Jesse Joronen from 15 yards. Fulham were being stretched by Derby's movement, and in the 23rd minute they were behind when Russell crossed from the right and Jamie Ward steered a volley from eight yards into the roof of the net. Fulham needed a spark of inspiration, and Ross McCormack nearly supplied it in the 37th minute with a shot from just inside his own half which Lee Grant had to back-pedal to take under his crossbar. Fulham had created little but they were level in the 54th minute when McCormack chipped the ball in and Ryan Williams laid it to Parker who placed a low shot from 15 yards inside Grant's right post. It stung Derby into a rousing response that brought them two goals in three minutes to leave Fulham sliding to another defeat. First, Jeff Hendrick played in Russell on the left in the 59th minute and his ball back across was swept past Joronen by Craig Bryson. Fulham's defence was exposed again in the 61st minute when Chris Martin was allowed to turn just inside the right side of the area and the striker arrowed a low shot across the keeper for his first Championship goal of the season. The closing minutes were a nightmare for Fulham as Martin tapped in after Simon Dawkins hit a post in the 87th minute, before Fulham conceded straight from the kick-off to leave the travelling supporters chanting "Felix out" once again.

Fulham hit their first win after beating Brentford 1–0 at Griffin Park in the League Cup in the first competitive meeting between the sides since 1998. The win gave Fulham momentum for the game against Cardiff City. However, on the eve of the game, former chairman Mohamed Al Fayed had labelled Magath an "odd man", while also taking a swipe at "absent landlord" Shahid Khan. However, Fulham started brightly: Ross McCormack curled wide a first-time effort, and in the 22nd minute, Parker played the ball wide to McCormack on the left, with the forward's cross glanced across the goalkeeper by Hoogland. McCormack hit a post direct from a corner five minutes later and Emerson Hyndman powered wide as the hosts upped the ante, with the impressive Chris David twice wasting free-kicks from decent positions. The hosts were made to rue a series of missed chances in the 55th minute when Kenwyne Jones shrugged off his man to win a header and collected the return ball from Mats Daelhi to slot home. It finished 1–1, and at the final whistle, there were boos from pockets of Fulham fans.

September

Against Reading, Fulham had begun brightly, with Ross McCormack volleying over from close range after a header from debutante Matt Smith. But they went behind in the 15th minute from Reading's first meaningful attack, led by Jordan Obita along the left flank. Obita crossed early and Glenn Murray dived forward to head in from close range for his first goal for the club. Three minutes later, it got worse for Fulham. Smith went in late and high on a Reading player and referee Mike Jones issued the red card immediately. Reading swiftly assumed control. Gábor Király, on his Fulham debut, was in action multiple times, but the pressure inevitably told, with a second goal arriving in the 54th minute when Murray nodded in a precise corner from Obita from close range. It was too much for the 2,745 Fulham fans, who voiced their displeasure at manager Magath: "You're getting sacked in the morning" was followed by further choruses of "Felix out". Then Király tipped a header from home substitute Pavel Pogrebnyak – a former Fulham player – against the crossbar and Taylor drove narrowly wide from distance. But Fulham could not hold out at 2–0 until the end. In the 85th minute, substitute Blackman ran through, went by Király and slotted the ball home. Fulham's misery was complete.

In a bid to arrest his side's slump, Magath made five changes to his Fulham starting XI, with Kostas Stafylidis, Shaun Hutchinson, Mark Fotheringham and Hugo Rodallega all returning, while Fernando Amorebieta was handed his first outing of the campaign. The resulting formation caused the commentator on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra to announce that Fulham had so many centre backs he had no idea of the formation: Fulham played six defenders in a 6–1–1–1–1 formation. Despite a bright early start, it took just nine minutes for Fulham to get that familiar sinking feeling as Forest took the lead with their first attack of the game. Antonio was upended by Nikolay Bodurov and, from Henri Lansbury's whipped-in free-kick, Britt Assombalonga rose to head powerfully past Gábor Király. Assombalonga increased Fulham's woes from the penalty spot after 20 minutes. Antonio's brilliant run into the visitors' area was crudely halted by Hutchinson, who was duly booked – as was Dan Burn, who manhandled referee Darren Deadman – and Assombalonga fired his kick into the bottom corner. The Fulham manager sat motionless by the dugout as chants of "Felix out" rang out from the small pocket of Cottagers supporters situated behind Király's goal. But just past the hour mark, Jack Hunt's foul on Stafylidis presented £11 million-man McCormack with a free shot on goal, and he hauled Fulham back into the match by delivering a stunning set-piece past the despairing dive of Darlow for his first league goal for the Cottagers. Rodallega should have levelled as he latched on to a through ball, but as he rounded Darlow and shot goalwards, a defender rushed back to clear off the line. Bodurov fired over when unmarked in the Forest box as Fulham came out with renewed vigour, and their early energy was rewarded when Amorebieta's cross was smartly diverted home by Rodallega. Amazingly, Fulham grabbed the lead after 64 minutes, with McCormack firing the Londoners ahead following a three-man move between himself, Rodallega and substitute Chris David. But Forest awoke from their slumber to restore parity after 77 minutes as Antonio latched on to a brilliant pass from skipper Michael Mancienne to crack home a shot into the corner. And after looking almost dead and buried, Forest suddenly found themselves ahead two minutes later when Assombalonga's header hit a post, but he reacted quickest to stab the ball home. Forest then sealed victory in the 89th minute when Paterson ran through on goal to calmly dispatch the ball past Kiraly from 15 yards.

That proved to be enough for Shahid Khan to sack Magath, and announced that Kit Symons would temporarily assume caretaker manager whilst he appointed a five-man committee to find a new manager. Symons's first game in charge was against Blackburn Rovers. Symons made three changes – including Bryan Ruiz's first Fulham appearance since December 2013 – for a match attended by former captain Brede Hangeland, as well with former fan favourite Steve Sidwell, but as half-time approached, Hutchinson launched into an ill-advised, over-zealous challenge on Lee Williamson, leaving the midfielder in a heap. Referee Andy D'Urso gave a straight red card and, after several minutes of treatment, the Rovers man left the field on a stretcher. The sending off gave Rovers the upper hand and Rudy Gestede's attempt to find an opener at the start of the second half had to be well saved by the returning Marcus Bettinelli. Fulham soon had to scramble away a Craig Conway free-kick, before eventually falling behind in the 58th minute. Fulham refused to give in, though, and an excellent counter-attack involving Parker and Tim Hoogland would have been turned in by Ross McCormack was it not for a fine Steele save. Ruiz and Rodallega saw penalty appeals waved away soon after, before Blackburn came close in quick succession as Dan Burn blocked a Rhodes effort after rounding Bettinelli before a Gestede header deflected just wide.

Fulham then progressed in the League Cup after seeing off Doncaster Rovers, courtesy of Bryan Ruiz and Dan Burn goals. This boosted morale for the trip to Saint Andrew's for the game against Birmingham City, who had only won one of their last 23 games at home. Fulham hardly began as a bottom of the table side, as demonstrated by Ross McCormack when he flashed in a free-kick which Darren Randolph had to desperately finger-tip away to safety. But it was Birmingham who then took command and David Cotterill, who had created numerous goal opportunities throughout the season, found himself in a goalscoring position when he latched onto a pass from Mark Duffy only to screw his effort wide with only goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli to beat. Fulham's problem was highlighted in the 19th minute when the industrious McCormack produced an accurate cross from the right only for Rodallega to fail to make a clean contact just yards away from the Birmingham goal. Birmingham continued to benefit from Cotterill's good delivery and another chance went begging as David Edgar headed wide from the former Burnley player's corner kick. Finally, in the 37th minute, they finally broke the stalemate with a solo goal. Callum Reilly pushed a pass into the path of Cotterill. He looked up and decided to fire in a shot from fully 25 yards which whistled into the top far corner of the net. Fulham were boosted by a 63rd-minute equaliser from Hoogland: Nikolay Bodurov's cross was deflected to Hoogland who saw his shot also deflected into the net. The winner came courtesy of a bad mistake by Jonathan Spector. He attempted to push the ball back to his goalkeeper only for the ball to cannon to Rodallega to capitalise upon the mistake and score with an angled shot after 71 minutes to give the whites their first win of the season in the League.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source
16 June 2014	DF	Shaun Hutchinson	Motherwell	Free	[1][2]
24 June 2014	FW	Adam Taggart	Newcastle Jets	Undisclosed	[2][3]
25 June 2014	DF	Tim Hoogland	Schalke 04	Free	[2][4]
2 July 2014	DF	Kay Voser	Basel	Undisclosed	[2][5]
8 July 2014	FW	Ross McCormack	Leeds United	£11,000,000	[2][6]
23 July 2014	MF	Thomas Eisfeld	Arsenal	Undisclosed	[2][7]
23 July 2014	MF	Adil Chihi	1. FC Köln	Free	[2][7]
1 August 2014	DF	Nikolay Bodurov	Litex Lovech	Undisclosed	[2][8]
8 August 2014	MF	Mark Fotheringham	Notts County	Free	[2][9]
15 August 2014	MF	Dino Fazlić	Grasshoppers	Free	[2][10]
22 August 2014	DF	Tiago Casasola	Boca Juniors	Undisclosed	[2][11]
28 August 2014	GK	Gábor Király	1860 Munich	Free	[2][12]
1 September 2014	FW	Matt Smith	Leeds United	£500,000	[2][13]
3 February 2015	DF	Aron Davis	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[14]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	End Date	Source
9 July 2014	DF	Kostas Stafylidis	Bayer Leverkusen	30 June 2015	[2][15]
27 November 2014	MF	Seko Fofana	Manchester City	30 June 2015	[16][17]
24 January 2015	DF	Jazz Richards	Swansea City	30 June 2015	[18][19]
12 March 2015	DF	Michael Turner	Norwich City	30 June 2015	[20]
25 March 2015	DF	James Husband	Middlesbrough	30 June 2015	[21]
26 March 2015	MF	Danny Guthrie	Reading	30 June 2015	[22]
26 March 2015	GK	Richard Lee	Brentford	30 June 2015	[22]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	New club	Fee	Source
16 May 2014	FW	Dimitar Berbatov	Monaco	Free	[23]
23 May 2014	GK	Neil Etheridge	Oldham Athletic	Free	[24][25]
23 May 2014	DF	Matthew Briggs	Millwall	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	DF	John Heitinga	Hertha BSC	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	DF	John Arne Riise	APOEL	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Damien Duff	Melbourne City	Free	[24][26]
23 May 2014	MF	Steve Sidwell	Stoke City	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Giorgos Karagounis	Released		[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Mahamadou Diarra	Released		[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Derek Boateng	Rayo Vallecano	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Charles Banya	Crawley Town	Free	[24][27]
23 May 2014	MF	Dino Islamović	Groningen	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Ronny Minkwitz	Wohlen	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	GK	Max Oberschmidt	Energie Cottbus	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Josh Pritchard	Gillingham	Free	[24]
23 May 2014	MF	Alex Brister	Released		[24]
3 June 2014	DF	Brede Hangeland	Crystal Palace	Free	[28][29]
26 June 2014	DF	Sascha Riether	SC Freiburg	Undisclosed	[30]
26 June 2014	FW	Muamer Tanković	AZ	Free	-
9 July 2014	MF	Pajtim Kasami	Olympiacos	£4,400,000	[31][32]
11 July 2014	MF	Kieran Richardson	Aston Villa	£600,000	[33]
28 July 2014	GK	David Stockdale	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	[34]
29 July 2014	MF	Ashkan Dejagah	Al-Arabi	£5,000,000	[35]
9 January 2015	FW	Marcello Trotta	Avellino	Undisclosed	[36]
30 January 2015	MF	Mark Fotheringham	Released		[37]
16 February 2015	DF	Elsad Zverotić	Sion	Free	[38]
16 February 2015	MF	Dino Fazlić	Zadar	Free	[38][39]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End date	Source
9 August 2014	GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	Monaco	30 June 2015	[40]
31 August 2014	FW	Konstantinos Mitroglou	Olympiacos	30 June 2015	[41]
1 September 2014	MF	Ryan Tunnicliffe	Blackburn Rovers	1 January 2015	[42][43]
1 September 2014	MF	Alexander Kačaniklić	Copenhagen	22 December 2014	[44][45]
2 October 2014	MF	Ryan Williams	Barnsley	1 January 2015	[46]
17 October 2014	GK	Jesse Joronen	Accrington Stanley	18 November 2014	[47]
18 October 2014	DF	Jack Grimmer	Shrewsbury Town	18 November 2014	[48]
31 October 2014	DF	Stephen Arthurworrey	Yeovil Town	30 June 2015	[49][50]
1 November 2014	FW	Marcello Trotta	Barnsley	5 January 2015	[51]
6 November 2014	MF	Lyle Della Verde	Bristol Rovers	4 January 2015	[52]
27 November 2014	DF	Josh Passley	Shrewsbury Town	5 January 2015	[53]
27 November 2014	FW	Matt Smith	Bristol City	1 March 2015	[54][55]
9 January 2015	GK	Marek Rodák	Farnborough	5 March 2015	[56][57]
16 January 2015	DF	Cameron Burgess	Ross County	30 June 2015	[58]
29 January 2015	DF	Josh Passley	Portsmouth	30 June 2015	[59][60][61]
31 January 2015	MF	Chris David	Twente	30 June 2015	[62][63]
2 February 2015	MF	Thomas Eisfeld	VfL Bochum	30 June 2015	[63]
16 February 2015	FW	George Williams	Milton Keynes Dons	9 March 2015	[64][65]
20 February 2015	DF	Tom Richards	Aldershot Town	30 June 2015	[66][67]
5 March 2015	GK	Magnus Norman	Farnborough	5 May 2015	[57]
25 March 2015	DF	Fernando Amorebieta	Middlesbrough	30 June 2015	[21]

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

Friendlies during season

Championship

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9:00 am.^[68][69]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	10	22	62	83	−21	52	9	5	9	36	38	−2	5	5	13	26	45	−19

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Sky Sports

Results by matchday

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	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L
Position	17	21	23	24	23	24	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	19	20	21	17	17	16	16	14	13	15	17	18	15	14	15	16	18	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	17

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Football League Cup

Fulham were granted a bye in to the second round of the League Cup.^[70]

FA Cup

Fulham were granted a bye into the third round of the FA Cup.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Championship	—	—	17th	9 August 2014	2 May 2015
League Cup	Second round	—	Fourth round	26 August 2014	28 October 2014
FA Cup	Third round	—	Fourth round	3 January 2015	3 February 2015

Last updated: 2 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Leeds United	46	15	11	20	50	61	−11	56
16	Huddersfield Town	46	13	16	17	58	75	−17	55
17	Fulham	46	14	10	22	62	83	−21	52
18	Bolton Wanderers	46	13	12	21	54	67	−13	51
19	Reading	46	13	11	22	48	69	−21	50

Squad statistics

Appearances & goals

Last updated 2 May 2015

• Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Gabor Kiraly	5	0	3+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Tim Hoogland	27	4	21+3	4	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Kostas Stafylidis (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)	44	0	34+4	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
4	DF		Shaun Hutchinson	31	2	25+0	2	2+0	0	4+0	0
6	DF		Nikolay Bodurov	44	1	36+2	1	1+1	0	4+0	0
8	MF		Scott Parker	41	3	35+2	3	1+1	0	2+0	0
9	FW		Matt Smith	15	5	8+7	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW		Bryan Ruiz	32	5	23+6	4	2+0	1	1+0	0
11	MF		Alexander Kačaniklić	16	2	8+6	2	0+0	0	1+1	0
12	MF		Seko Fofana (on loan from Manchester City)	26	1	13+9	1	0+0	0	4+0	0
13	MF		Danny Guthrie (on loan from Reading)	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Patrick Roberts	20	0	2+15	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
15	DF		Kay Voser	4	0	2+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Cauley Woodrow	33	5	10+18	3	1+0	0	4+0	2
18	DF		Michael Turner (on loan from Norwich City)	8	1	8+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF		Ryan Tunnicliffe	24	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
20	FW		Hugo Rodallega	38	11	30+3	10	1+0	0	2+2	1
21	MF		Lasse Vigen Christensen	29	5	24+1	5	1+0	0	2+1	0
24	DF		James Husband (on loan from Middlesbrough)	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Moussa Dembélé	15	2	2+9	0	1+0	2	2+1	0
27	FW		George Williams	16	0	7+7	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
29	DF		Jazz Richards (on loan from Swansea City)	14	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Emerson Hyndman	11	0	9+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF		Sean Kavanagh	22	1	13+5	1	1+1	0	1+1	0
33	DF		Dan Burn	22	2	20+0	1	2+0	1	0+0	0
34	MF		Adil Chihi	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	DF		Jack Grimmer	17	0	13+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
39	MF		Ryan Williams	3	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
40	GK		Marcus Bettinelli	45	0	39+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
41	GK		Jesse Joronen	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
42	GK		Marek Rodák	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	DF		Liam Donnelly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW		Ross McCormack	51	19	43+1	17	2+1	1	3+1	1
Players who left the club during the season
13	DF		Elsad Zverotić	12	0	5+5	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
26	MF		Mark Fotheringham	3	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
Out on loan
5	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	9	1	8+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Thomas Eisfeld	9	0	2+5	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Chris David	7	0	3+2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
31	DF		Stephen Arthurworrey	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF		Cameron Burgess	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 2 May 2015

Rank	No.	Nationality	Player	Championship	League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	44		Ross McCormack	17	1	1	19
2	20		Hugo Rodallega	10	0	1	11
3
	9		Matt Smith	5	0	0	5
	10		Bryan Ruiz	4	1	0	5
	16		Cauley Woodrow	3	0	2	5
	21		Lasse Vigen Christensen	5	0	0	5
7	2		Tim Hoogland	4	0	0	4
8	8		Scott Parker	3	0	0	3
9
	4		Shaun Hutchinson	2	0	0	2
	11		Alexander Kačaniklić	2	0	0	2
	25		Moussa Dembélé	0	2	0	2
	33		Dan Burn	1	1	0	2
13
	5		Fernando Amorebieta	1	0	0	1
	6		Nikolay Bodurov	1	0	0	1
	12		Seko Fofana	1	0	0	1
	18		Michael Turner	1	0	0	1
	32		Sean Kavanagh	1	0	0	1
#	Own Goals			1	0	0	1
TOTALS				62	5	4	71

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number.

N	P	Nat.	Name	Championship			League Cup			FA Cup			Total			Notes
2	DF		Tim Hoogland	5									5
3	DF		Kostas Stafylidis	5	1								5	1
4	DF		Shaun Hutchinson	2		2				1			3		2
6	DF		Nikolay Bodurov	4			1			1			6
8	MF		Scott Parker	5						1			6
9	FW		Matt Smith	1		1							1		1
11	MF		Alexander Kačaniklić	2									2
12	MF		Seko Fofana	4						1			5
13	MF		Danny Guthrie	3									3
15	DF		Kay Voser	1			1						2
16	FW		Cauley Woodrow							2			2
18	FW		Michael Turner	3									3
19	MF		Ryan Tunnicliffe	3									3
21	MF		Lasse Vigen Christensen	2									2
27	FW		George Williams	1									1
28	MF		Emerson Hyndman	1									1
29	DF		Jazz Richards	2									2
32	DF		Sean Kavanagh	4									4
33	DF		Dan Burn	7			1						8
37	DF		Jack Grimmer	2									2
40	GK		Marcus Bettinelli	2		1	1						3		1
44	FW		Ross McCormack	4	1					2			6	1
Players who left the club during the season
13	DF		Elsad Zverotić	2									2
26	MF		Mark Fotheringham	2									2
Out on loan
5	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	2		1							2		1
TOTALS				69	2	5	4	0	0	8	0	0	81	2	5

Last updated: 2 May 2015
Source: Football League
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Matt Smith	13 September 2014	vs Reading	3 Matches	Nottingham Forest (A), Blackburn Rovers (H) (Championship), Doncaster Rovers (H) (Football League Cup)
Shaun Hutchinson	20 September 2014	vs Blackburn	3 Matches	Doncaster Rovers (H) (Football League Cup), Birmingham City (A), Bolton Wanderers (H) (Championship)
Ross McCormack	1 November 2014	vs Wigan	1 Match	Blackpool (H) (Championship)
Dan Burn	21 November 2014	5 in all competitions	1 Match	Brighton & Hove Albion (A) (Championship)
Marcus Bettinelli	5 December 2014	vs Watford	1 Match	Leeds United (A) (Championship)
Fernando Amorebieta	6 March 2015	vs AFC Bournemouth	3 Matches	Sheffield Wednesday (A), Leeds United (H), Huddersfield Town (A) (Championship)
Kostas Stafylidis	18 March 2015	vs Leeds United	1 Match	Huddersfield Town (A) (Championship)
Shaun Hutchinson	21 March 2015	vs Huddersfield Town	2 Matches	Brentford (H), Charlton Athletic (A) (Championship)

Last updated: 2 May 2015.
Source: Football Association

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