2008–09_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season

Swansea City
2008–09 season
Chairman	Huw Jenkins
Manager	Roberto Martínez
Football League Championship	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jason Scotland (21); All: ; Jason Scotland (24)
Highest home attendance	18,053 vs Cardiff City (30 November 2008)
Lowest home attendance	11,442 vs Barnsley (9 December 2008)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City 2008–09 football 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.

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

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]

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]

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]

2008–09_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season

2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Squad statistics

Playing stats

No longer at the club

Disciplinary record

Awards

Manager of the Month

Player of the Month

Championship Team of the Week

Player transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Fixtures and results

Pre-season friendlies

The Championship

Results by round

The FA Cup

League Cup

References

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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]

Friendlies
Game	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Scorers	Attendance	Report
1	9 July 2008	Away	Östersunds FK	6–0	Pintado 3', 22', 34', Bauzà 52', 70', Gower 64'	507	SCFC.co.uk
2	16 July 2008	Away	Neath Athletic	5–0	Bauzà (2), Bodde (pen), Van der Heijden, Morrison	7,500	BBC Sport
3	17 July 2008	Neutral	Port Talbot Town	4–0 (Dur:45 mins)	Pintado (3), Gower	1,000	SCFC.co.uk
4	17 July 2008	Neutral	Carmarthen Town	3–0 (Dur:45 mins)	Bauzà (3)	1,000	SCFC.co.uk
5	25 July 2008	Neutral	Espanyol	0–4		3,500	SCFC.co.uk
6	26 July 2008	Away	Peralada	2–0	Butler 15', Bauzà 82'	500	SCFC.co.uk
7	27 July 2008	Away	Palamós	1–0	Orlandi 47'	800	SCFC.co.uk
8	28 July 2008	Away	Barcelona B	3–3	Bauzà 50', 58', Brandy 88'	1,500	SCFC.co.uk
9	31 July 2008	Away	Chester City	3–2	Pratley, Morrison, Painter	889	BBC Sport
10	2 August 2008	Home	West Bromwich Albion	0–0		5,996	SCFC.co.uk
11	5 August 2008	Home	ADO Den Haag	1–0	Orlandi 67'	4,525	SCFC.co.uk

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

23 August 2008 FLC	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 1	Swansea City	Home Park, Plymouth
			Scotland 44'	Attendance: 9,203 Referee: Andy D'Urso

30 August 2008 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Bodde 36'		Watson 70'	Attendance: 16,702 Referee: Kevin Friend

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

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

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

21 October 2008 FLC	Swansea City	0 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
				Attendance: 13,475 Referee: Tony Bates

25 October 2008 FLC	Swansea City	3 – 0	Southampton	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Pratley 12' Gómez 58' Butler 72'			Attendance: 15,564 Referee: Peter Walton

28 October 2008 FLC	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 1	Swansea City	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
	Ebanks-Blake 45', 57'		Pratley 49'	Attendance: 21,988 Referee: Richard Beeby

1 November 2008 FLC	Doncaster Rovers	0 – 0	Swansea City	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
				Attendance: 9,534 Referee: Keith Stroud

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

6 December 2008 FLC	Bristol City	0 – 0	Swansea City	Ashton Gate, Bristol
				Attendance: 16,405 Referee: Lee Mason

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

13 December 2008 FLC	Swansea City	1 – 1	Sheffield United	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
	Scotland 56' (pen.)		Morgan 87'	Attendance: 14,744 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 December 2008 FLC	Blackpool	1 – 1	Swansea City	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
	Gow 74'		Scotland 67'	Attendance: 7,007 Referee: Darren Deadman

26 December 2008 FLC	Swansea City	0 – 0	Coventry City	Liberty Stadium, Swansea
				Attendance: 17,603 Referee: Steve Tanner

28 December 2008 FLC	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Swansea City	St Andrew's, Birmingham
				Attendance: 21,836 Referee: Mike Riley

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