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 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   NED Dorus de Vries 46 0 40 0 3 0 3 0
2 DF   WAL Ashley Williams 51 1 46 1 4 0 1 0
3 DF   EIR Marcos Painter 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   WAL Kristian O'Leary 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF   ENG Alan Tate 31 1 21+4 1 4 0 2 0
6 MF   NED Ferrie Bodde 19 7 17 7 0 0 2 0
7 MF   ENG Leon Britton 49 0 43+1 0 4 0 1 0
8 MF   JAM Darren Pratley 38 4 32+4 4 1 0 1 0
9 FW   TRI Jason Scotland 50 23 38+6 20 3 3 3 0
10 MF   ESP Andrea Orlandi 15 1 6+5 1 2 0 2 0
11 MF   ENG Mark Gower 39 0 30+4 0 3 0 2 0
14 MF   ESP Jordi Gómez 51 13 38+6 11 3 0 4 2
16 DF   ENG Garry Monk 46 0 40 0 3 0 3 0
17 MF   WAL Owain Tudur Jones 14 0 4+5 0 2 0 3 0
18 FW   ESP Gorka Pintado 46 7 10+31 5 2 1 3 1
19 MF   WAL Chris Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF   WAL Shaun MacDonald 9 2 2+3 0 1 0 3 2
21 DF   ARG Federico Bessone 16 0 13+2 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF   ESP Àngel Rangel 47 1 39+1 1 4 0 3 0
23 FW   ESP Guillem Bauzà 21 3 4+11 2 3 1 3 0
24 MF   WAL Joe Allen 26 1 17+6 1 2 0 1 0
25 MF   WAL Matthew Collins 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF   ESP Albert Serrán 18 0 10+3 0 2 0 3 0
28 MF   EIR Thomas Butler 30 1 19+9 1 1 0 1 0
30 FW   WAL Chad Bond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 MF   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   GRE Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
GK   POL Artur Krysiak 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF   EIR Stephen O'Halloran 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
FW   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   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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 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
16 August 2008 FLC Swansea City 3 – 1 Nottingham Forest Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Smith   9' (o.g.)
Bodde   71'
Pintado   86'
Perch   35' Attendance: 16,611
Referee: Paul Taylor
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
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
30 November 2008 FLC Swansea City 2 – 2 Cardiff City Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Pratley   19'
Pintado   61'
Ledley   45'
McCormack   48' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,056
Referee: Martin Atkinson
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
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
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

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

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 edit

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

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 edit

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  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.
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  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.
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