2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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.

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)

Squad statistics

Playing stats

Last updated on 10 March 2009
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Dorus de Vries 4604003030
2 DF Ashley Williams 5114614010
3 DF Marcos Painter 1201100010
4 DF Kristian O'Leary 10001000
5 DF Alan Tate 31121+414020
6 MF Ferrie Bodde 1971770020
7 MF Leon Britton 49043+104010
8 MF Darren Pratley 38432+441010
9 FW Jason Scotland 502338+6203330
10 MF Andrea Orlandi 1516+512020
11 MF Mark Gower 39030+403020
14 MF Jordi Gómez 511338+6113042
16 DF Garry Monk 4604003030
17 MF Owain Tudur Jones 1404+502030
18 FW Gorka Pintado 46710+3152131
19 MF Chris Jones 00000000
20 MF Shaun MacDonald 922+301032
21 DF Federico Bessone 16013+200010
22 DF Àngel Rangel 47139+114030
23 FW Guillem Bauzà 2134+1123130
24 MF Joe Allen 26117+612010
25 MF Matthew Collins 402+100010
26 DF Albert Serrán 18010+302030
28 MF Thomas Butler 30119+911010
30 FW Chad Bond 00000000
31 MF Nathan Dyer 20312+424100

No longer at the club

No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 60401010
GK Artur Krysiak 20200000
DF Stephen O'Halloran 30200010
FW Febian Brandy 1801400040

Disciplinary record

Awards

Manager of the Month

Player of the Month

Championship Team of the Week

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

Player transfers

In

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

Out

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

Loans in

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

Loans out

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

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

  • Swansea City scores given first

The Championship

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

13 September 2008 FLC Crystal Palace 2 – 0 Swansea City Selhurst Park, London
Watson  28'
Carle  66'
Attendance: 14,621
Referee: Lee Mason
16 September 2008 FLC Swansea City 1 – 1 Derby County Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Williams  76' Pearson  63' Attendance: 14,003
Referee: Andy Penn
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
30 September 2008 FLC Preston North End 0 – 2 Swansea City Deepdale, Preston
Bodde  19'
Gómez  80' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,558
Referee: Carl Boyeson
4 October 2008 FLC Swansea City 3 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  1'
Scotland  41', 57'
Keogh  16' Attendance: 17,556
Referee: Trevor Kettle
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
25 October 2008 FLC Swansea City 3 – 0 Southampton Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pratley  12'
Gómez  58'
Butler  72'
Attendance: 15,564
Referee: Peter Walton
9 November 2008 FLC Swansea City 3 – 1 Watford Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde  34'
Scotland  59'
Bauzà  90'
Williamson  33' Attendance: 13,891
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
15 November 2008 FLC Norwich City 2 – 3 Swansea City Carrow Road, Norwich
Lupoli  28'
Rangel  61' (o.g.)
Scotland  43'
Pratley  47'
Bodde  49'
Attendance: 24,262
Referee: Grant Hegley
21 November 2008 FLC Swansea City 2 – 3 Birmingham City Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  2'
Ridgewell  45' (o.g.)
Bent  42'
Phillips  74', 79'
Attendance: 16,956
Referee: Anthony Taylor
25 November 2008 FLC Coventry City 1 – 1 Swansea City Ricoh Arena, Coventry
Fox  87' Gómez  67' Attendance: 15,149
Referee: Mark Haywood
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
27 January 2009 FLC Swansea City 4 – 1 Preston North End Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  2'
Scotland  29'
Bauzà  69'
Tate  87'
Brown  90' Attendance: 14,774
Referee: P. Gibbs
31 January 2009 FLC Southampton 2 – 2 Swansea City St Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Saganowski  17'  76' Gómez  33'
Pintado  65'
Attendance: 17,623
Referee: Steve Tanner
7 February 2009 FLC Swansea City 3 – 0 Ipswich Town Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  3', 73'
Gómez  86'
Attendance: 14,020
Referee: Kevin Wright
17 February 2009 FLC Watford 2 – 0 Swansea City Vicarage Road, Watford
Priskin  23'
Smith  33'
Attendance: 13,727
Referee: Anthony Taylor
21 February 2009 FLC Swansea City 3 – 1 Doncaster Rovers Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  28' (pen.)
Gómez  71', 90'
Coppinger  11' Attendance: 16,161
Referee: Scott Mathieson
3 March 2009 FLC Derby County 2 – 2 Swansea City Pride Park Stadium, Derby
Porter  14', 48' Rangel  55'
Pintado  87'
Attendance: 26,691
Referee: Phil Crossley
10 March 2009 FLC Swansea City 1 – 0 Plymouth Argyle Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  78' (pen.) Attendance: 13,103
Referee: Iain Williamson
14 March 2009 FLC Swansea City 1 – 3 Crystal Palace Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pintado  66' Moses  49'
Fonte  61'
Kuqi  90'
Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Roger East
17 March 2009 FLC Queens Park Rangers 1 – 0 Swansea City Loftus Road, London
Leigertwood  30' Attendance: 12,288
Referee: Graham Horwood
5 April 2009 FLC Cardiff City 2 – 2 Swansea City Ninian Park, Cardiff
Chopra  54'
McCormack  90' (pen.)
Dyer  11'
Allen  88'
Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Mike Dean
11 April 2009 FLC Swansea City 2 – 1 Norwich City Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  29', 50' (pen.) Lee  33' Attendance: 15,783
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 April 2009 FLC Barnsley 1 – 3 Swansea City Oakwell, Barnsley
Bogdanović  84' (pen.) Williams  2'
Gómez  36'
Scotland  67'
Attendance: 11,788
Referee: David Foster
3 May 2009 FLC Swansea City 0 – 1 Blackpool Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Campbell  13' Attendance: 16,316
Referee: Carl Boyeson

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAHHHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAAHHAAAHAHAH
ResultLWWDLDDLWWDDWLDWWLDDDDDDDDWWWDWLWDDDWLLDDWWWLL
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

The FA Cup

13 January 2009 Round 3 Histon 1 – 2 Swansea City Bridge Road, Impington
Simpson  84' Pintado  22'
Bauzà  38'
Attendance: 2,821
Referee: Phil Crossley
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

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

12 August 2008 Round 1 Swansea City 2 – 0 Brentford Liberty Stadium, Swansea
MacDonald  31', 69' Attendance: 5,366
Referee: Steve Bratt
26 August 2008 Round 2 Swansea City 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Hull City Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pintado  63'
Gómez  105' (pen.)
Windass  11' Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Mike Russell

References

  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. "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.
  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.
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