2014–15 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2014–15 season
Owner	Ellis Short
Manager	Gus Poyet; (until 16 March 2015); Dick Advocaat; (from 17 March 2015)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Steven Fletcher; Connor Wickham ; (5 each); All: ; Jordi Gómez; Connor Wickham ; (6 each)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season is Sunderland's 8th consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

Players[edit]

As of 18 February 2015^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon
2	DF	ENG	Billy Jones
3	DF	NED	Patrick van Aanholt
4	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt
5	DF	ENG	Wes Brown
6	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson
8	MF	ENG	Jack Rodwell
9	FW	SCO	Steven Fletcher
10	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham
11	MF	ENG	Adam Johnson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	ESP	Jordi Gómez
15	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère
16	DF	IRL	John O'Shea
17	FW	USA	Jozy Altidore
19	FW	ENG	Danny Graham
20	MF	ARG	Ricky Álvarez (on loan from Inter Milan)
22	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates (on loan from Liverpool)
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Giaccherini
25	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini (on loan from Estudiantes)
28	FW	ENG	Jermain Defoe
30	MF	ENG	Will Buckley

Current reserve players with first-team appearances[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
38	FW	FRA	Mikael Mandron (at Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2015)
39	MF	ENG	George Honeyman
42	MF	ENG	Liam Agnew

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ENG	Jordan Pickford (at Bradford City until 30 June 2015)
18	MF	GRE	Charalampos Mavrias (at Panathinaikos until 30 June 2015)
22	MF	FRA	El Hadji Ba (at Bastia until 30 June 2015)
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Roberge (at Reims until 30 June 2015)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
28 May 2014	DF	Billy Jones	West Bromwich Albion	Free
29 May 2014	MF	Jordi Gómez	Wigan Athletic	Free
16 June 2014	GK	Costel Pantilimon	Manchester City	Free
25 July 2014	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	Chelsea	Undisclosed
5 August 2014	MF	Jack Rodwell	Manchester City	Undisclosed
13 August 2014	MF	Will Buckley	Brighton & Hove Albion	£2.5 million
23 October 2014	DF	Anthony Réveillère	Napoli	Free
16 January 2015	FW	Jermain Defoe	Toronto FC	Undisclosed

Loan in[edit]

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
7 August 2014	30 June 2015	DF	Santiago Vergini	Estudiantes^[2]
1 September 2014	30 June 2015	DF	Sebastián Coates	Liverpool^[3]
1 September 2014	30 June 2015	MF	Ricky Álvarez	Inter Milan^[4]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
20 May 2014	MF	Craig Gardner	West Bromwich Albion	Free
22 May 2014	DF	Phil Bardsley	Stoke City	Free
23 May 2014	DF	Carlos Cuéllar	Norwich City	Free
23 May 2013	DF	Andrea Dossena	Leyton Orient	Free
23 May 2014	DF	Louis Laing	Nottingham Forest	Free
23 May 2014	GK	Óscar Ustari	Newell's Old Boys	Free
23 May 2014	MF	David Vaughan	Nottingham Forest	Free
23 May 2014	DF	Jordan Watson	Blyth Spartans	Free
23 May 2014	GK	Kieran Westwood	Sheffield Wednesday	Free
30 May 2014	MF	Billy Knott	Bradford City	Free
9 June 2014	MF	Jack Colback	Newcastle United	Free
3 July 2014	DF	John Egan	Gillingham	Free
24 July 2014	FW	Ignacio Scocco	Newell's Old Boys	£2.7 million
13 August 2014	MF	David Moberg Karlsson	Nordsjælland	Undisclosed
22 August 2014	MF	Alfred N'Diaye	Real Betis	Free
9 January 2015	DF	David Ferguson	Blackpool	Undisclosed
9 January 2015	DF	Connor Oliver	Blackpool	Undisclosed
16 January 2015	FW	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	Undisclosed
2 February 2015	DF	Scott Harrison	Hartlepool United	Undisclosed
2 February 2015	MF	Cabral	Free agent	Released

Loans out[edit]

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
21 July 2014	9 March 2015	GK	Jordan Pickford	Bradford City^[5]
7 August 2014	30 June 2015	MF	El Hadji Ba	Bastia^[6]
8 August 2014	8 September 2014	GK	Joel Dixon	Hartlepool United^[7]
22 August 2014	22 September 2014	DF	Scott Harrison	Hartlepool United^[8]
1 September 2014	30 June 2015	DF	Valentin Roberge	Reims^[9]
31 October 2014	17 February 2015	GK	Joel Dixon	Boston United
14 November 2014	31 December 2014	FW	Danny Graham	Wolverhampton Wanderers^[10]
3 January 2015	2 February 2015	DF	Scott Harrison	Hartlepool United^[11]
17 January 2015	17 February 2015	DF	Tom McNamee	Boston United
28 January 2015	30 June 2015	FW	Mikael Mandron	Shrewsbury Town^[12]
2 February 2015	30 June 2015	MF	Charalampos Mavrias	Panathinaikos^[13]
23 February 2015	30 June 2015	GK	Max Stryjek	Boston United
27 February 2015	27 March 2015	MF	Lynden Gooch	Gateshead^[14]
24 March 2015	30 June 2015	GK	Joel Dixon	Gateshead^[15]

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of 24 May 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	31	0	28	0	1	0	2	0
2	DF	ENG	Billy Jones	18	0	14	0	2	0	2	0
3	DF	NED	Patrick van Aanholt	33	1	26+2	0	4	1	0+1	0
4	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	24	0	10+8	0	4	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Wes Brown	28	0	23+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
6	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	27	1	26+1	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson	40	3	36	3	2+1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jack Rodwell	26	3	17+6	3	2	0	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Steven Fletcher	33	5	20+9	5	4	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham	40	6	31+5	5	0+3	0	1	1
11	MF	ENG	Adam Johnson	34	5	23+7	4	1+1	0	2	1
14	MF	ESP	Jordi Gómez	33	6	22+7	4	2	1	2	1
15	DF	FRA	Anthony Réveillère	17	0	15+1	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	IRL	John O'Shea	43	0	37	0	4	0	2	0
19	FW	ENG	Danny Graham	17	1	7+7	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
20	MF	ARG	Ricky Álvarez	17	1	5+8	0	3	1	0+1	0
22	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	13	0	9+1	0	2	0	1	0
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Giaccherini	11	0	2+6	0	2	0	0+1	0
25	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone	13	0	10	0	3	0	0	0
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini	37	0	28+3	0	3+1	0	2	0
28	FW	ENG	Jermain Defoe	19	4	17	4	2	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Will Buckley	23	0	9+12	0	0+1	0	1	0
39	MF	ENG	George Honeyman	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	MF	ENG	Liam Agnew	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players out on loan:
13	GK	ENG	Jordan Pickford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	GRE	Charalampos Mavrias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	FRA	El Hadji Ba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Roberge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	FRA	Mikael Mandron	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer with club:
12	MF	SUI	Cabral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	USA	Jozy Altidore	13	1	2+9	0	0	0	2	1

Goalscorers[edit]

As of 24 May 2015

Rank	No.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	10	Connor Wickham	5	0	1	6
1	14	Jordi Gómez	4	1	1	6
3	9	Steven Fletcher	5	0	0	5
3	11	Adam Johnson	4	0	1	5
5	28	Jermain Defoe	4	0	0	4
6	7	Sebastian Larsson	3	0	0	3
6	8	Jack Rodwell	3	0	0	3
8	Own Goals		1	1	0	2
9	3	Patrick van Aanholt	0	1	0	1
	6	Lee Cattermole	1	0	0	1
	17	Jozy Altidore	0	0	1	1
	19	Danny Graham	1	0	0	1
	20	Ricky Álvarez	0	1	0	1
Total			31	4	4	39

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 24 May 2015

Rank	No.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	1	Costel Pantilimon	11	1	1	13
2	25	Vito Mannone	2	1	0	3
Total			13	2	1	16

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 24 May 2015

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Costel Pantilimon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF	Billy Jones	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	DF	Patrick van Aanholt	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	MF	Liam Bridcutt	6	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0
5	DF	Wes Brown	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
6	MF	Lee Cattermole	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
7	MF	Sebastian Larsson	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
8	MF	Jack Rodwell	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0
9	FW	Steven Fletcher	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	FW	Connor Wickham	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
11	MF	Adam Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	MF	Jordi Gómez	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
16	DF	John O'Shea	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
17	FW	Jozy Altidore	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	MF	Ricky Álvarez	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
22	DF	Sebastián Coates	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27	DF	Santiago Vergini	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
28	FW	Jermain Defoe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	DF	Valentin Roberge	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
30	MF	Will Buckley	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Total			94	1	1	9	1	0	4	0	0	107	2	1

Match details[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

19 July 2014	Darlington 1883	1–5	Sunderland	Bishop Auckland, England
15:00 BST	Brown 78'	Report	Fletcher 10', 20' Giaccherini 55' Wickham 77' Gómez 87'	Stadium: Heritage Park Attendance: 2,000 (1,000 Sunderland Fans)

22 July 2014	Carlisle United	0–1	Sunderland	Carlisle, England
19:30 BST		Report	Mandron 72'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,586 (1,212 Sunderland Fans)

23 July 2014	Hartlepool United	0–3	Sunderland	Hartlepool, England
19:30 BST		Report	Lawson 70' Cartwright 72', 78'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,617 (3,252 Sunderland Fans)

29 July 2014	Recreativo Huelva	0–1	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 BST		Report	Mandron 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

30 July 2014	Nacional	1–0	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 BST	Lucas 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

2 August 2014	Vitória de Setúbal	0–0	Sunderland	Albufeira, Portugal
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira

7 August 2014	Sunderland	2–0	Real Betis	Bishop Auckland, England
19:30 BST	Fletcher 79' Wickham 81'	Report		Stadium: Heritage Park

9 August 2014	Sunderland	2–0	Udinese	Bishop Auckland, England
15:00 BST	Vergini 57' Wickham 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Heritage Park

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Leicester City	38	11	8	19	46	55	−9	41
15	Newcastle United	38	10	9	19	40	63	−23	39
16	Sunderland	38	7	17	14	31	53	−22	38
17	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	31	57	−26	38
18	Hull City (R)	38	8	11	19	33	51	−18	35	Relegation to Football League Championship

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[16]
(R) Relegated

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	7	17	14	31	53	−22	38	4	8	7	16	27	−11	3	9	7	15	26	−11

Last updated: 24 May 2015.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L
Position	6	11	13	13	15	15	11	17	17	15	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	17	17	15	16	18	18	16	16	15	16

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[17]

16 August 2014 1	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Sunderland	West Bromwich
15:00	Dawson 10' Dorrans 30' Olsson 32' Berahino 42' (pen.), 74'	Report	Cattermole 5' Roberge 42' Larsson 85'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,468 (2,700 away fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

24 August 2014 2	Sunderland	1–1	Manchester United	Sunderland
16:00	Rodwell 30'	Report	Mata 17' Young 62' Cleverley 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,217 Referee: Martin Atkinson

30 August 2014 3	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Sunderland	London
15:00	Austin 45+2' Mutch 57'	Report	Cattermole 37' Giaccherini 90+2'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,930 (1,772 away fans) Referee: Robert Madley

13 September 2014 4	Sunderland	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Sunderland
15:00	Johnson 4' Kane 82' (o.g.) Van Aanholt 85' Vergini 88' Wickham 90' Gómez 90+3' Brown 90+5'	Report	Chadli 2' Eriksen 48' Dier 61'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,799 Referee: Craig Pawson

20 September 2014 5	Burnley	0–0	Sunderland	Burnley
15:00	Marney 90'	Report	Rodwell 62' O'Shea 78'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,026 (4,108 away fans ) Referee: Anthony Taylor

27 September 2014 6	Sunderland	0–0	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00	Cattermole 44' Jones 75'	Report	Williams 50' Rangel 60' 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,325 Referee: Chris Foy

4 October 2014 7	Sunderland	3–1	Stoke City	Sunderland
15:00	Wickham 4' Fletcher 27', 79' 70' Jones 64' Van Aanholt 67'	Report	Adam 15' Muniesa 27' Assaidi 62' Bardsley 66' Bojan 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,713 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

18 October 2014 8	Southampton	8–0	Sunderland	Southampton
15:00	Vergini 12' (o.g.) Pellè 18', 69' Cork 37' Schneiderlin 50' Bridcutt 63' (o.g.) Tadić 78' Wanyama 79' Van Aanholt 86' (o.g.)	Report	Wickham 9' Cattermole 25' Bridcutt 82'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,615 (2,559 away fans) Referee: Andre Marriner

25 October 2014 9	Sunderland	0–2	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00	Larsson 38' Cattermole 63' Wickham 68'	Report	Gibbs 24' Sánchez 30' 90+2' Welbeck 50' Arteta 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,449 Referee: Kevin Friend

3 November 2014 10	Crystal Palace	1–3	Sunderland	London
20:00	Brown 55' (o.g.) Jedinak 65' 87'	Report	Fletcher 31', 90+5' Buckley 63' Pantilimon 71' Cattermole 74' Gómez 79'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,212 (2,213 away fans) Referee: Phil Dowd

9 November 2014 11	Sunderland	1–1	Everton	Sunderland
13:30	Gómez 11' Larsson 67'	Report	McCarthy 30' McGeady 57' Baines 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,476 Referee: Lee Mason

22 November 2014 12	Leicester City	0–0	Sunderland	Leicester
15:00	Vardy 53' De Laet 85'	Report	Larsson 42' Cattermole 61' Fletcher 68'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,825 (3,284 away fans) Referee: Robert Madley

29 November 2014 13	Sunderland	0–0	Chelsea	Sunderland
17:30	O'Shea 76' Vergini 89' Gómez 90+2'	Report	Costa 55' Matić 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,232 Referee: Kevin Friend

3 December 2014 14	Sunderland	1–4	Manchester City	Sunderland
19:45	Wickham 19' Cattermole 71'	Report	Agüero 21', 71' Jovetić 39' Zabaleta 55' Boyata 65'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,152 Referee: Craig Pawson

6 December 2014 15	Liverpool	0–0	Sunderland	Liverpool
15:00	Lucas 51'	Report	Vergini 41' Bridcutt 60' Buckley 80'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,716 (1,829 away fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

13 December 2014 16	Sunderland	1–1	West Ham United	Sunderland
15:00	Gómez 22' (pen.), 57' Wickham 82'	Report	Downing 29', 80' Reid 40'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,694 Referee: Phil Dowd

21 December 2014 17	Newcastle United	0–1	Sunderland	Newcastle
13:30	Coloccini 9' Tioté 24' Colback 25' Dummett 90+2'	Report	Coates 2' Wickham 39' Cattermole 56' O'Shea 69' Johnson 90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,315 (2,738 away fans) Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 December 2014 18	Sunderland	1–3	Hull City	Sunderland
15:00	Johnson 1' Larsson 16' Vergini 19' Gómez 49' Fletcher 53' Jones 74'	Report	Ramírez 33' Chester 45+1' 51' Brady 73' Jelavić 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,817 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 December 2014 19	Aston Villa	0–0	Sunderland	Birmingham
15:00	Vlaar 44' Delph 49'	Report	Cattermole 56' Johnson 74' Brown 89' Giaccherini 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,436 (2,955 away fans) Referee: Martin Atkinson

1 January 2015 20	Manchester City	3–2	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00	Nasri 51' Touré 57' Jovetić 66' Zabaleta 71' Lampard 73'	Report	Jones 17' Larsson 34' Rodwell 68' Johnson 71' (pen.) Brown 88'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,367 (1,403 away fans) Referee: Roger East

10 January 2015 21	Sunderland	0–1	Liverpool	Sunderland
12:45	Vergini 28' Bridcutt 35' 49'	Report	Marković 9' Borini 17' Coutinho 36' Henderson 54' Lovren 55'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,369 Referee: Craig Pawson

17 January 2015 22	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Sunderland	Tottenham
15:00	Vertonghen 3', 30' Eriksen 88'	Report	Larsson 31' Rodwell 58' Jones 87'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,973 (2,940 away fans) Referee: Chris Foy

31 January 2015 23	Sunderland	2–0	Burnley	Sunderland
15:00	Wickham 20' Defoe 34' Johnson 69' Larsson 89' Pantilimon 90+3'	Report	Marney 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,022 Referee: Lee Mason

7 February 2015 24	Swansea City	1–1	Sunderland	Swansea
15:00	Cork 16' Dyer 31' Ki 66' Naughton 75'	Report	Defoe 42' Bridcutt 49' Larsson 71' Gómez 77' Fletcher 88'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,355 (1,630 away fans) Referee: Phil Dowd

10 February 2015 25	Sunderland	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Sunderland
19:45	Larsson 41' Álvarez 83'	Report	Fer 17' Zamora 35' 45+1' Ferdinand 70' Barton 78'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,077 Referee: Martin Atkinson

21 February 2015 26	Sunderland	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Sunderland
15:00	Álvarez 11'	Report	Lescott 5' Dawson 29'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,943 Referee: Mike Jones

28 February 2015 27	Manchester United	2–0	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00	Valencia 45+1' Rooney 66' (pen.), 84'	Report	Brown 65' Van Aanholt 79'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,344 (2,461 away fans) Referee: Roger East

3 March 2015 28	Hull City	1–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
19:45	N'Doye 15' McShane 42' Robertson 79'	Report	Brown 12' Rodwell 36', 77' Bridcutt 46' Cattermole 60' Larsson 79' Álvarez 87'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,017 (2,474 away fans) Referee: Mike Dean

14 March 2015 29	Sunderland	0–4	Aston Villa	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Bridcutt 90+1'	Report	Bacuna 8' Benteke 16', 44' Agbonlahor 18', 37'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,746 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 March 2015 30	West Ham United	1–0	Sunderland	London
17:30	Sakho 88'	Report	Wickham 63'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,914 (1,800 away fans) Referee: Lee Mason

5 April 2015 31	Sunderland	1–0	Newcastle United	Sunderland
16:00	Vergini 39' Defoe 45+1' Gómez 61' Van Aanholt 66' Wickham 77' Larsson 81'	Report	Taylor 41' Colback 62'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 47,563 Referee: Mike Dean

11 April 2015 32	Sunderland	1–4	Crystal Palace	Sunderland
15:00	Rodwell 16' Cattermole 24' Wickham 90'	Report	Dann 18' Murray 48' Bolasie 51', 53', 62' McArthur 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,073 Referee: Anthony Taylor

25 April 2015 33	Stoke City	1–1	Sunderland	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Adam 27' Diouf 58' Wollscheid 60'	Report	Wickham 1' Cattermole 18' O'Shea 62' Jones 80'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,706 Referee: Martin Atkinson

2 May 2015 34	Sunderland	2–1	Southampton	Sunderland
15:00	Gómez 21' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Jones 32' Cattermole 60'	Report	Mané 22' Ward-Prowse 54' Wanyama 63' Pellè 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,613 Referee: Mike Jones

9 May 2015 35	Everton	0–2	Sunderland	Liverpool
12:45 BST	Coleman 73' Garbutt 88'	Report	Brown 42' Graham 53' Gómez 65' Defoe 66', 85'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,246 Referee: Lee Probert

16 May 2015 36	Sunderland	0–0	Leicester City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Bridcutt 29' Cattermole 43' Wickham 66' Larsson 79'	Report	Huth 63'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,705 Referee: Martin Atkinson

20 May 2015 37	Arsenal	0–0	Sunderland	London
19:45 BST	Ramsey 18'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,987 Referee: Anthony Taylor

24 May 2015 38	Chelsea	3–1	Sunderland	London
15:00 BST	Costa 37' (pen.) Cuadrado 42' Rémy 70', 88' Matić 82'	Report	Fletcher 26' Rodwell 32'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,620 Referee: Lee Mason

FA Cup[edit]

4 January 2015 Third round	Sunderland	1–0	Leeds United	Sunderland
13:00	Van Aanholt 33' Bridcutt 71'	Report	Murphy 36'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 30,302 Referee: Mike Dean

24 January 2015 Fourth round	Sunderland	0–0	Fulham	Sunderland
15:00	Rodwell 30' 66' Coates 55' Buckley 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 22,961 Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 February 2015 Replay	Fulham	1–3	Sunderland	London
19:45	Rodallega 28' Woodrow 40' Bodurov 62' Fofana 82' McCormack 89' Hutchinson 90+5'	Report	Bridcutt 25' Bettinelli 61' (o.g.) Álvarez 75', 82' Giaccherini 82' Gómez 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 14,777 (4,200 away fans) Referee: Paul Tierney

15 February 2015 Fifth round	Bradford City	2–0	Sunderland	Bradford
14:30	O'Shea 3' (o.g.) Clarke 31' Stead 61'	Report	Fletcher 10' Larsson 36' Jones 67'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 24,021 (4,253 away fans) Referee: Kevin Friend

Football League Cup[edit]

27 August 2014 Second round	Birmingham City	0–3	Sunderland	Birmingham
19:45	Thomas 53'	Report	Gómez 77' Johnson 87' Wickham 88'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 11,245 (1,997 away fans) Referee: Darren Bond

23 September 2014 Third round	Sunderland	1–2	Stoke City	Sunderland
	Altidore 16', 90+1' Rodwell 36' O'Shea 90' Bridcutt 90+5'	Report	Muniesa 31', 71' Nzonzi 36' Arnautović 63' Huth 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 17,353 Referee: Mike Dean

First team squad[edit]

Squad No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Costel Pantilimon	GK	(1987-02-01) 1 February 1987 (age 37)	Manchester City
25	Vito Mannone	GK	(1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36)	Arsenal
Defenders
2	Billy Jones	RB	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)	West Bromwich Albion
3	Patrick van Aanholt	LB	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 33)	Chelsea
5	Wes Brown	CB	(1979-10-13) 13 October 1979 (age 44)	Manchester United
15	Anthony Réveillère	RB	(1979-11-10) 10 November 1979 (age 44)	Napoli
16	John O'Shea	CB	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 42)	Manchester United
22	Sebastián Coates	CB	(1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 33)	Liverpool (On loan)
27	Santiago Vergini	CB	(1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 35)	Estudiantes (On loan)
Midfielders
4	Liam Bridcutt	DM	(1989-05-08) 8 May 1989 (age 34)	Brighton & Hove Albion
6	Lee Cattermole	DM	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36)	Wigan Athletic
7	Sebastian Larsson	CM	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 38)	Birmingham City
8	Jack Rodwell	CM	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33)	Manchester City
11	Adam Johnson	RW	(1987-07-14) 14 July 1987 (age 36)	Manchester City
14	Jordi Gómez	CM	(1985-05-24) 24 May 1985 (age 38)	Wigan Athletic
20	Ricky Álvarez	AM	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 36)	Inter Milan (On loan)
23	Emanuele Giaccherini	AM	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 38)	Juventus
30	Will Buckley	LW	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 34)	Brighton & Hove Albion
Forwards
9	Steven Fletcher	CF	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	Connor Wickham	CF	(1993-03-31) 31 March 1993 (age 31)	Ipswich Town
19	Danny Graham	CF	(1985-08-12) 12 August 1985 (age 38)	Swansea City
28	Jermain Defoe	CF	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 41)	Toronto FC

References[edit]

^ "First team profiles". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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^ "Transfer deadline day: Sunderland sign Liverpool's Sebastian Coates". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "Sunderland sign Sebastian Coates & Ricardo Alvarez on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
^ "Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford joins Bradford on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^ "Transfer news: El-Hadji Ba leaves Sunderland to join SC Bastia on loan". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
^ "Hartlepool United make fourth signing of the day – Sunderland keeper Joel Dixon on emergency loan". Hartlepool United. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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[1] "First team profiles". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

[2] "Vergini returns". Sunderland's official website. 7 August 2014.

[3] "Transfer deadline day: Sunderland sign Liverpool's Sebastian Coates". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[4] "Sunderland sign Sebastian Coates & Ricardo Alvarez on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

[5] "Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford joins Bradford on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

[6] "Transfer news: El-Hadji Ba leaves Sunderland to join SC Bastia on loan". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 August 2014.

[7] "Hartlepool United make fourth signing of the day – Sunderland keeper Joel Dixon on emergency loan". Hartlepool United. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[8] "Hartlepool sign Sunderland defender Scott Harrison". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[9] "Sunderland sign Sebastian Coates & Ricardo Alvarez on deadline day". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[10] "Danny Graham: Sunderland striker joins Wolves on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 November 2014.

[11] "HScott Harrison: Hartlepool United sign Sunderland defender". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

[12] "Mikael Mandron: Shrewsbury sign Sunderland striker on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[13] "Charis Mavrias: Sunderland winger joins Panathinaikos on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[14] "Lynden Gooch: Sunderland striker joins Gateshead on loan". www.bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[15] "Gateshead sign Sunderland keeper Joel Dixon". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

[16] "Premier League – Handbook Season 2014/15" (PDF). Premier League. pp. 96–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[17] "2014-15 fixtures revealed". Sunderland A.F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

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