2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Swansea City
2008–09 season
ChairmanHuw Jenkins
ManagerRoberto Martínez
Football League Championship8th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jason Scotland (21)

All:
Jason Scotland (24)
Highest home attendance18,053 vs Cardiff City (30 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance11,442 vs Barnsley (9 December 2008)

The 2008–09 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s first time in the second tier of English football for 24 years. Swansea gained promotion as champions of League One by 10 points.

Squad statistics[edit]

Playing stats[edit]

Last updated on 10 March 2009
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Netherlands NED Dorus de Vries 46 0 40 0 3 0 3 0
2 DF Wales WAL Ashley Williams 51 1 46 1 4 0 1 0
3 DF Ireland EIR Marcos Painter 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Wales WAL Kristian O'Leary 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF England ENG Alan Tate 31 1 21+4 1 4 0 2 0
6 MF Netherlands NED Ferrie Bodde 19 7 17 7 0 0 2 0
7 MF England ENG Leon Britton 49 0 43+1 0 4 0 1 0
8 MF Jamaica JAM Darren Pratley 38 4 32+4 4 1 0 1 0
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jason Scotland 50 23 38+6 20 3 3 3 0
10 MF Spain ESP Andrea Orlandi 15 1 6+5 1 2 0 2 0
11 MF England ENG Mark Gower 39 0 30+4 0 3 0 2 0
14 MF Spain ESP Jordi Gómez 51 13 38+6 11 3 0 4 2
16 DF England ENG Garry Monk 46 0 40 0 3 0 3 0
17 MF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones 14 0 4+5 0 2 0 3 0
18 FW Spain ESP Gorka Pintado 46 7 10+31 5 2 1 3 1
19 MF Wales WAL Chris Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Wales WAL Shaun MacDonald 9 2 2+3 0 1 0 3 2
21 DF Argentina ARG Federico Bessone 16 0 13+2 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Spain ESP Àngel Rangel 47 1 39+1 1 4 0 3 0
23 FW Spain ESP Guillem Bauzà 21 3 4+11 2 3 1 3 0
24 MF Wales WAL Joe Allen 26 1 17+6 1 2 0 1 0
25 MF Wales WAL Matthew Collins 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF Spain ESP Albert Serrán 18 0 10+3 0 2 0 3 0
28 MF Ireland EIR Thomas Butler 30 1 19+9 1 1 0 1 0
30 FW Wales WAL Chad Bond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF England ENG Nathan Dyer 20 3 12+4 2 4 1 0 0

No longer at the club[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Greece GRE Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
GK Poland POL Artur Krysiak 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Ireland EIR Stephen O'Halloran 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW England ENG Febian Brandy 18 0 14 0 0 0 4 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Awards[edit]

Manager of the Month[edit]

Player of the Month[edit]

Championship Team of the Week[edit]

The following Swansea players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.

Player transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. No. Name From Fee Source
22 May 2008 DF 2 Wales Ashley Williams England Stockport County £400,000 [3]
27 June 2008 MF 11 England Mark Gower England Southend United Free [4]
6 June 2008 FW 18 Spain Gorka Pintado Spain Granada £100,000 [5]
28 June 2008 DF 21 Argentina Federico Bessone Spain Espanyol Free [6]
1 July 2008 DF 25 Spain Albert Serrán Spain Espanyol £80,000 [7]
10 July 2008 FW England Stefan Morrison England West Bromwich Albion Free [8]

Out[edit]

Date Pos. No. Name To Fee Source
21 May 2008 MF England Andy Robinson England Leeds United Free [9]
5 June 2008 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Austin England Chesterfield Free [10]
9 June 2008 DF England Kevin Amankwaah England Swindon Town Free [11]
3 July 2008 FW Scotland Darryl Duffy England Bristol Rovers £100,000 [12]

Loans in[edit]

Date In Date Left Pos. No. Name From Source
6 June 2008 Season MF 14 Spain Jordi Gómez Spain Espanyol [5]
22 July 2008 12 January 2009 FW 12 England Febian Brandy England Manchester United [13]
23 September 2008 22 December 2008 GK Poland Artur Krysiak England Birmingham City [14]
27 October 2008 28 December 2008 GK 36 Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos England Coventry City [15]
5 November 2008 15 December 2008 (Injured – Loan ended) DF Republic of Ireland Stephen O'Halloran England Aston Villa [16]
2 January 2009 Season MF 31 England Nathan Dyer England Southampton [17]
8 January 2009 31 January 2009 GK 36 Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos England Coventry City [18]

Loans out[edit]

Date Left Date Back Pos. No. Name Loaned to Source
31 December 2008 Season DF 15 Trinidad and Tobago Dennis Lawrence England Crewe Alexandra [19]
August 2008 Season MF 32 Wales Scott Evans Wales Port Talbot Town [20]
New Year Season FW 33 Wales Kerry Morgan Wales Neath Athletic [21]
August 2008 Season DF 34 Wales Kyle Graves Wales Neath Athletic [22]
7 October 2008 23 October 2008 (Injured – Loan Ended) MF 24 Wales Joe Allen Wales Wrexham [23]
27 January 2009 26 February 2009 MF 20 Wales Shaun MacDonald England Yeovil Town [24]

Fixtures and results[edit]

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

  • Swansea City scores given first

The Championship[edit]

The season finished on 3 May when Swansea City played Blackpool at the Liberty Stadium.

9 August 2008 FLC Charlton Athletic 2 – 0 Swansea City The Valley, London
Hudson 9'
Gray 85'
Attendance: 21,675
Referee: Richard Beeby
20 September 2008 FLC Swansea City 1 – 1 Burnley Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde 90' Guðjónsson 59' Attendance: 13,299
Referee: Andy Hall
27 September 2008 FLC Reading 4 – 0 Swansea City Madejski Stadium, Reading
N. Hunt 19'
Doyle 26', 90'
S. Hunt 40'
Attendance: 20,093
Referee: Scott Mathieson
18 October 2008 FLC Ipswich Town 2 – 2 Swansea City Portman Road, Ipswich
Counago 43', 82' Bodde 49'
Gómez 69'
Attendance: 20,026
Referee: Jon Moss
9 December 2008 FLC Swansea City 2 – 2 Barnsley Oakwell, Barnsley
Scotland 66', 90' Macken 49'
Campbell-Ryce 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,442
Referee: Graham Horwood
20 December 2008 FLC Blackpool 1 – 1 Swansea City Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Gow 74' Scotland 67' Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Darren Deadman
10 January 2009 FLC Burnley 0 – 2 Swansea City Turf Moor, Burnley
Scotland 35' (pen.), 86' Attendance: 13,740
Referee: Michael Oliver
17 January 2009 FLC Swansea City 2 – 0 Reading Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 45'
Orlandi 89'
Attendance: 15,197
Referee: Fred Graham
17 February 2009 FLC Watford 2 – 0 Swansea City Vicarage Road, Watford
Priskin 23'
Smith 33'
Attendance: 13,727
Referee: Anthony Taylor

Results by round[edit]

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ResultLWWDLDDLWWDDWLDWWLDDDDDDDDWWWDWLWDDDWLLDDWWWLL
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

The FA Cup[edit]

14 February 2009 Round 5 Swansea City 1 – 1 Fulham Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland 52' Monk 44' (o.g.) Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Howard Webb
24 February 2009 replay Fulham 2 – 1 Swansea City Craven Cottage, London
Dempsey 77'
Zamora 80'
Scotland 47' Attendance: 12,316
Referee: Mark Halsey

League Cup[edit]

Swansea reached the fourth round of the League Cup before losing to Championship strugglers Watford.[25]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Martinez named Championship's best". Football League. 5 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  2. ^ "Scotland the Championship's best". Football League. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Swans complete Williams signing". BBC Sport. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Martinez confirms Gower signing". BBC Sport. 27 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Spanish duo complete Liberty move". BBC Sport. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Swansea sign Argentine defender". BBC Sport. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Swans sign Serran in £80,000 deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Swans sign young Baggies striker". BBC Sport. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  9. ^ "Robinson agrees to Leeds switch". BBC Sport. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  10. ^ "Austin makes Chesterfield switch". BBC Sport. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Swindon sign defender Amankwaah". BBC Sport. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  12. ^ "Duffy seals Bristol Rovers switch". BBC Sport. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  13. ^ "Swans snap up Brandy in loan deal". BBC Sport. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  14. ^ "Swans sign keeper from Birmingham". BBC Sport. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  15. ^ "Swans seal Konstantopoulos deal". BBC Sport. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  16. ^ "Swans sign O'Halloran from Villa". BBC Sport. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  17. ^ "Dyer completes Swansea loan move". BBC Sport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  18. ^ "Konstantopoulos returns to Swans". BBC Sport. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  19. ^ "Lawrence extends Crewe loan spell". BBC Sport. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  20. ^ "Scott Evans". Welsh Premier. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  21. ^ "Kerry Morgan". Swans World. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  22. ^ "Kyle Graves". League of Wales. Retrieved 9 January 2009. [dead link]
  23. ^ "Swan Allen joins Wrexham on loan". BBC Sport. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  24. ^ "Kyle Graves". Swans World. 27 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  25. ^ "Swansea 0-1 Watford". BBC Sport. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2009.