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.

9 August 2008 FLCCharlton Athletic2 – 0Swansea CityThe Valley, London
Hudson  9'
Gray  85'		 Attendance: 21,675
Referee: Richard Beeby
16 August 2008 FLCSwansea City3 – 1Nottingham ForestLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Smith  9' (o.g.)
Bodde  71'
Pintado  86'		 Perch  35' Attendance: 16,611
Referee: Paul Taylor
23 August 2008 FLCPlymouth Argyle0 – 1Swansea CityHome Park, Plymouth
Scotland  44' Attendance: 9,203
Referee: Andy D'Urso
30 August 2008 FLCSwansea City1 – 1Sheffield WednesdayLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde  36' Watson  70' Attendance: 16,702
Referee: Kevin Friend
13 September 2008 FLCCrystal Palace2 – 0Swansea CitySelhurst Park, London
Watson  28'
Carle  66'		 Attendance: 14,621
Referee: Lee Mason
16 September 2008 FLCSwansea City1 – 1Derby CountyLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Williams  76' Pearson  63' Attendance: 14,003
Referee: Andy Penn
20 September 2008 FLCSwansea City1 – 1BurnleyLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde  90' Guðjónsson  59' Attendance: 13,299
Referee: Andy Hall
27 September 2008 FLCReading4 – 0Swansea CityMadejski Stadium, Reading
N. Hunt  19'
Doyle  26', 90'
S. Hunt  40'		 Attendance: 20,093
Referee: Scott Mathieson
30 September 2008 FLCPreston North End0 – 2Swansea CityDeepdale, Preston
Bodde  19'
Gómez  80' (pen.)		 Attendance: 10,558
Referee: Carl Boyeson
4 October 2008 FLCSwansea City3 – 1Wolverhampton WanderersLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  1'
Scotland  41', 57'		 Keogh  16' Attendance: 17,556
Referee: Trevor Kettle
18 October 2008 FLCIpswich Town2 – 2Swansea CityPortman Road, Ipswich
Counago  43', 82' Bodde  49'
Gómez  69'		 Attendance: 20,026
Referee: Jon Moss
21 October 2008 FLCSwansea City0 – 0Queens Park RangersLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 13,475
Referee: Tony Bates
25 October 2008 FLCSwansea City3 – 0SouthamptonLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Pratley  12'
Gómez  58'
Butler  72'		 Attendance: 15,564
Referee: Peter Walton
28 October 2008 FLCWolverhampton Wanderers2 – 1Swansea CityMolineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
Ebanks-Blake  45', 57' Pratley  49' Attendance: 21,988
Referee: Richard Beeby
1 November 2008 FLCDoncaster Rovers0 – 0Swansea CityKeepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
Attendance: 9,534
Referee: Keith Stroud
9 November 2008 FLCSwansea City3 – 1WatfordLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Bodde  34'
Scotland  59'
Bauzà  90'		 Williamson  33' Attendance: 13,891
Referee: Rob Shoebridge
15 November 2008 FLCNorwich City2 – 3Swansea CityCarrow Road, Norwich
Lupoli  28'
Rangel  61' (o.g.)		 Scotland  43'
Pratley  47'
Bodde  49'		 Attendance: 24,262
Referee: Grant Hegley
21 November 2008 FLCSwansea City2 – 3Birmingham CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  2'
Ridgewell  45' (o.g.)		 Bent  42'
Phillips  74', 79'		 Attendance: 16,956
Referee: Anthony Taylor
25 November 2008 FLCCoventry City1 – 1Swansea CityRicoh Arena, Coventry
Fox  87' Gómez  67' Attendance: 15,149
Referee: Mark Haywood
30 November 2008 FLCSwansea City2 – 2Cardiff CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Pratley  19'
Pintado  61'		 Ledley  45'
McCormack  48' (pen.)		 Attendance: 18,056
Referee: Martin Atkinson
6 December 2008 FLCBristol City0 – 0Swansea CityAshton Gate, Bristol
Attendance: 16,405
Referee: Lee Mason
9 December 2008 FLCSwansea City2 – 2BarnsleyOakwell, Barnsley
Scotland  66', 90' Macken  49'
Campbell-Ryce  56' (pen.)		 Attendance: 11,442
Referee: Graham Horwood
13 December 2008 FLCSwansea City1 – 1Sheffield UnitedLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  56' (pen.) Morgan  87' Attendance: 14,744
Referee: Andre Marriner
20 December 2008 FLCBlackpool1 – 1Swansea CityBloomfield Road, Blackpool
Gow  74' Scotland  67' Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Darren Deadman
26 December 2008 FLCSwansea City0 – 0Coventry CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 17,603
Referee: Steve Tanner
28 December 2008 FLCBirmingham City0 – 0Swansea CitySt Andrew's Stadium, Birmingham
Attendance: 21,836
Referee: Mike Riley
10 January 2009 FLCBurnley0 – 2Swansea CityTurf Moor, Burnley
Scotland  35' (pen.), 86' Attendance: 13,740
Referee: Michael Oliver
17 January 2009 FLCSwansea City2 – 0ReadingLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  45'
Orlandi  89'		 Attendance: 15,197
Referee: Fred Graham
27 January 2009 FLCSwansea City4 – 1Preston North EndLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  2'
Scotland  29'
Bauzà  69'
Tate  87'		 Brown  90' Attendance: 14,774
Referee: P. Gibbs
31 January 2009 FLCSouthampton2 – 2Swansea CitySt Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Saganowski  17'  76' Gómez  33'
Pintado  65'		 Attendance: 17,623
Referee: Steve Tanner
7 February 2009 FLCSwansea City3 – 0Ipswich TownLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  3', 73'
Gómez  86'		 Attendance: 14,020
Referee: Kevin Wright
17 February 2009 FLCWatford2 – 0Swansea CityVicarage Road, Watford
Priskin  23'
Template:Tommy Smith (footballer)  33'		 Attendance: 13,727
Referee: Anthony Taylor
21 February 2009 FLCSwansea City3 – 1Doncaster RoversLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  28' (pen.)
Gómez  71', 90'		 Coppinger  11' Attendance: 16,161
Referee: Scott Mathieson
28 February 2009 FLCSwansea City1 – 1Charlton AthleticLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Dyer  42' Bailey  55' Attendance: 15,053
Referee: Keith Stroud
3 March 2009 FLCDerby County2 – 2Swansea CityPride Park Stadium, Derby
Porter  14', 48' Rangel  55'
Pintado  87'		 Attendance: 26,691
Referee: Phil Crossley
7 March 2009 FLCNottingham Forest1 – 1Swansea CityCity Ground, Nottingham
McGugan  76' Scotland  61' Attendance: 20,475
Referee: Jon Moss
10 March 2009 FLCSwansea City1 – 0Plymouth ArgyleLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  78' (pen.) Attendance: 13,103
Referee: Iain Williamson
14 March 2009 FLCSwansea City1 – 3Crystal PalaceLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Pintado  66' Moses  49'
Fonte  61'
Kuqi  90'		 Attendance: 13,663
Referee: Roger East
17 March 2009 FLCQueens Park Rangers1 – 0Swansea CityLoftus Road, London
Leigertwood  30' Attendance: 12,288
Referee: Graham Horwood
21 March 2009 FLCSheffield Wednesday0 – 0Swansea CityHillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Attendance: 22,564
Referee: Mike Jones
5 April 2009 FLCCardiff City2 – 2Swansea CityNinian Park, Cardiff
Chopra  54'
McCormack  90' (pen.)		 Dyer  11'
Allen  88'		 Attendance: 20,156
Referee: Mike Dean
11 April 2009 FLCSwansea City2 – 1Norwich CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  29', 50' (pen.) Lee  33' Attendance: 15,783
Referee: Graham Salisbury
13 April 2009 FLCBarnsley1 – 3Swansea CityOakwell, Barnsley
Bogdanović  84' (pen.) Williams  2'
Gómez  36'
Scotland  67'		 Attendance: 11,788
Referee: David Foster
18 April 2009 FLCSwansea City1 – 0Bristol CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Monk  25' Attendance: 15,327
Referee: Lee Mason
25 April 2009 FLCSheffield United1 – 0Swansea CityBramall Lane, Sheffield
Cotterill  37' (pen.) Attendance: 28,010
Referee: Rob Styles
3 May 2009 FLCSwansea City0 – 1BlackpoolLiberty 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 3Histon1 – 2Swansea CityBridge Road, Impington
Simpson  84' Pintado  22'
Bauzà  38'		 Attendance: 2,821
Referee: Phil Crossley
24 January 2009 Round 4Portsmouth0 – 2Swansea CityFratton Park, Portsmouth
Dyer  26'
Scotland  45' (pen.)		 Attendance: 17,357
Referee: Andre Marriner
14 February 2009 Round 5Swansea City1 – 1FulhamLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Scotland  52' Monk  44' (o.g.) Attendance: 16,573
Referee: Howard Webb
24 February 2009 replayFulham2 – 1Swansea CityCraven 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 1Swansea City2 – 0BrentfordLiberty Stadium, Swansea
MacDonald  31', 69' Attendance: 5,366
Referee: Steve Bratt
26 August 2008 Round 2Swansea City2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Hull CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Pintado  63'
Gómez  105' (pen.)		 Windass  11' Attendance: 8,622
Referee: Mike Russell
23 September 2008 Round 3Swansea City1 – 0Cardiff CityLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Gómez  57' Attendance: 17,411
Referee: Alan Wiley
11 November 2008 Round 4Swansea City0 – 1WatfordLiberty Stadium, Swansea
Williamson  21' Attendance: 9,549
Referee: Andy D'Urso
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