2018–19 Swansea City A.F.C. season

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Swansea City
2018–19 season
ChairmanHuw Jenkins
ManagerGraham Potter
StadiumLiberty Stadium
Championship7th
EFL CupSecond round
(Vs. Crystal Palace)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Oliver McBurnie (4 goals)
All:
Oliver McBurnie (4 goals)
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The 2018–19 season is Swansea City's 99th season in the English football league system, and their first season back in the Championship since 2010–11 following relegation from the Premier League in the previous season.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Club

First-team staff

Last updated on 29 June 2018
Position Name
Manager England Graham Potter
Assistant manager Scotland Billy Reid
Assistant coaches Wales Alan Curtis
Sweden Björn Hamberg
Goalkeeping coach Wales Adrian Tucker
Head of recruitment Scotland Kyle Macaulay

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2018[2]

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 Sweden SWE Kristoffer Nordfeldt
2 FW Ivory Coast CIV Wilfried Bony
3 DF Sweden SWE Martin Olsson
5 DF Netherlands NED Mike van der Hoorn (vice-captain)[3]
7 MF Ecuador ECU Jefferson Montero
8 MF Netherlands NED Leroy Fer (captain)[3]
9 FW Scotland SCO Oliver McBurnie
10 MF Kosovo KOS Bersant Celina
11 MF Netherlands NED Luciano Narsingh
12 MF England ENG Nathan Dyer
13 GK Germany GER Steven Benda
14 MF England ENG Tom Carroll
15 MF England ENG Wayne Routledge
16 FW Sweden SWE Joel Asoro
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF United States USA Cameron Carter-Vickers (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
19 MF Scotland SCO Barrie McKay
20 MF Wales WAL Daniel James
21 MF England ENG Matt Grimes
22 DF Wales WAL Joe Rodon
23 DF Wales WAL Connor Roberts
24 DF Wales WAL Declan John
25 GK Netherlands NED Erwin Mulder
26 DF England ENG Kyle Naughton
27 MF Scotland SCO Jay Fulton
28 MF Scotland SCO George Byers
30 MF England ENG Yan Dhanda
46 FW England ENG Courtney Baker-Richardson

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Contract length Fee Ref.
23 May 2018 MF England Yan Dhanda Liverpool 2 years Free transfer [4]
6 July 2018 DF Ecuador Jordi Govea Real Madrid 3 years Free transfer [5]
14 July 2018 FW Sweden Joel Asoro Sunderland 4 years £2,000,000 [6]
31 July 2018 MF Scotland Barrie McKay Nottingham Forest 3 years £1,500,000 [7]
31 July 2018 MF Kosovo Bersant Celina Manchester City 4 years £3,000,000 [8]
9 August 2018 DF Wales Declan John Rangers 3 years Undisclosed [9]
13 August 2018 MF Belgium Simon Paulet Club Brugge 2 years Undisclosed [10]
20 August 2018 GK England Josh Gould Taff's Well 1 year Free transfer [11]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
10 May 2018 DF Spain Àngel Rangel Queens Park Rangers End of contract [12][13]
11 May 2018 MF England Leon Britton Retired — [14]
22 May 2018 DF Slovenia Matic Paljk Free agent End of contract [15]
22 May 2018 DF Wales Mael Davies Free agent End of contract [15]
22 May 2018 FW Portugal Causso Darame Free agent End of contract [15]
22 May 2018 MF Wales Jack Fox Free agent End of contract [16]
22 May 2018 MF Wales Finley Hazell Free agent End of contract [16]
22 May 2018 FW Canada Matthew Roberts Free agent End of contract [16]
22 May 2018 DF Wales Rhydian Williams Free agent End of contract [16]
18 June 2018 GK Wales Lewis Thomas Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [15]
20 June 2018 GK Poland Łukasz Fabiański West Ham United £7,000,000 [17]
26 June 2018 FW Netherlands Kenji Gorré Nacional Free transfer [18]
27 June 2018 MF Spain Roque Mesa Sevilla £8,000,000 [19]
29 June 2018 MF South Korea Ki Sung-yueng Newcastle United Free transfer [20][21]
9 July 2018 GK Wales Alex Lang Cardiff Metropolitan Free transfer [22]
16 July 2018 DF England Kyle Bartley West Bromwich Albion £4,000,000 [23]
2 August 2018 DF England Alfie Mawson Fulham £15,000,000 [24]
9 August 2018 DF Spain Jordi Amat Rayo Vallecano £1,000,000 [25]
9 August 2018 MF England Sam Clucas Stoke City £6,000,000 [26]
9 August 2018 DF Argentina Federico Fernández Newcastle United £6,000,000 [27]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Expiry date Ref.
25 August 2018 DF United States Cameron Carter-Vickers Tottenham Hotspur 31 May 2019 [28]

Loans out

Start date Position Nationality Name To Expiry date Ref.
12 June 2018 DF Wales Ben Cabango The New Saints 19 January 2019 [29]
2 July 2018 MF Scotland Adam King Peterborough United 19 January 2019 [30]
16 July 2018 FW Spain Borja Bastón Deportivo Alavés 31 May 2019 [31]
25 July 2018 FW Ghana André Ayew Fenerbahçe 31 May 2019 [32]
9 August 2018 FW Ghana Jordan Ayew Crystal Palace 31 May 2019 [33]
31 August 2018 DF Wales Keston Davies Notts County 31 May 2019 [34]

New contracts

Date signed Position Nationality Name Contract length Expiry date Ref.
3 July 2018 MF Scotland George Byers 2 years 30 June 2020 [35]
4 July 2018 MF Wales Keiran Evans 1 year 30 June 2019 [36]
7 July 2018 MF Wales Jack Evans 1 year 30 June 2019 [37]
12 July 2018 FW Scotland Oliver McBurnie 3 years 30 June 2021 [38]
15 July 2018 DF Wales Aaron Lewis 1 year 30 June 2019 [39]

Pre-season

As of 18 June 2018, Swansea City have confirmed to take part in the Interwetten Cup in Germany against Magdeburg and Genoa before travelling to Austria for a six-day training camp to face Eibar and Freiburg. Prior to the tour Swansea City will face Yeovil Town. [40]

Friendlies

10 July 2018 Yeovil Town 1–2 Swansea City Yeovil
19:45 BST Green 24' Report Dhanda 77'
Grimes 90+1'		 Stadium: Huish Park
18 July 2018 Swansea City 1–0 Newport County Swansea
Narsingh 12' Report Stadium: Fairwood Training Ground
24 July 2018 Eibar 2–1 Swansea City Kufstein, Austria
17:30 BST Milla 42'
Enrich 51'		 Report Amat 85' Stadium: Kufstein Arena
27 July 2018 Freiburg 3–0 Swansea City Imst, Austria
16:00 BST Kleindienst 6'
Waldschmidt 73'
Petersen 80'		 Report Stadium: Stadium Imst

Interwetten Cup

21 July 2018 Swansea City 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Genoa Magdeburg, Germany
13:00 BST McBurnie 60' Report Piątek 37' Stadium: MDCC Arena
21 July 2018 Magdeburg 0–0
(4–2 p)		 Swansea City Magdeburg, Germany
14:15 BST Report Stadium: MDCC Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Championship 12 4 5 3 12 9 +3 033.33
FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 13 4 5 4 12 10 +2 030.77

Updated to match played 6 October 2018
Source: Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Template:2018–19 EFL Championship table

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
12 4 5 3 12 9  +3 17 2 2 2 8 6  +2 2 3 1 4 3  +1

Last updated: 2 October 2018.
Source: 11v11 for league tables

Results by matchday

Matchday123456789101112
GroundAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultWWDDLWDLDWDL
Position7476107610147611
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2018. Source: BBC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 21 June 2018, Swansea City's 2018-2019 Championship fixtures were announced.[41]

4 August 2018 1 Sheffield United 1–2 Swansea City Sheffield
17:30 BST Baldock 62' Report McBurnie 71'
Dhanda 85'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 24,654
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
11 August 2018 2 Swansea City 1–0 Preston North End Swansea
15:00 BST Fulton 32' Report Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 19,352
Referee: James Linington
17 August 2018 3 Birmingham City 0–0 Swansea City Birmingham
19:45 BST Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 20,083
Referee: Darren England
21 August 2018 4 Swansea City 2–2 Leeds United Swansea
19:45 BST McBurnie 24', 51' Report Roofe 40'
Hernández 79'		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,860
Referee: Andy Davies
25 August 2018 5 Swansea City 0–1 Bristol City Swansea
15:00 BST Report Weimann 1' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,522
Referee: Gavin Ward
1 September 2018 6 Millwall 1–2 Swansea City Bermondsey
17:30 BST Wallace 62' Report Naughton 76'
McBurnie 85'		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 12,440
Referee: Graham Scott
15 September 2018 7 Swansea City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Swansea
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 19,522
Referee: Scott Duncan
18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8 Stoke City 1–0 Swansea City Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST Allen 57' Report Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 22,078
Referee: Paul Tierney
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 Middlesbrough 0–0 Swansea City Middlesbrough
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 22,881
Referee: Simon Hooper
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10 Swansea City 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Swansea
15:00 BST Baker-Richardson 16'
Roberts 76'
Fulton 83'		 Report Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Referee: Kevin Friend
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Swansea City Wigan
19:45 BST Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,964
Referee: John Brooks
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12 Swansea City 2–3 Ipswich Town Swansea
15:00 BST Donacien 9' (o.g.)
Celina 79'		 Report Edwards 27'
van der Hoorn 31' (o.g.)
Chalobah 84'		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 18,810
Referee: Oliver Langford

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[42]

  Win   Draw   Loss

28 August 2018 2nd round Swansea City 0–1 Crystal Palace Swansea
19:30 BST Report Sørloth 70' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 9,122
Referee: John Brooks

Statistics

Appearances, goals, and cards

Last updated on 6 October 2018
No. Pos Player Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total Discipline
Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Starts Sub Goals Yellow card Red card
1 GK Sweden Kristoffer Nordfeldt 4 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 5 0 0 – –
2 FW Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
3 DF Sweden Martin Olsson 8 2 0 – – – – – – 8 2 0 1 –
5 DF Netherlands Mike van der Hoorn 12 0 0 – – – – – – 12 0 0 – –
7 MF Ecuador Jefferson Montero 0 4 0 – – – – – – 0 4 0 1 –
8 MF Netherlands Leroy Fer 2 6 0 – – – – – – 2 6 0 – –
9 FW Scotland Oliver McBurnie 11 1 4 – – – – – – 11 1 4 1 –
10 MF Kosovo Bersant Celina 10 0 1 – – – – – – 10 0 1 – –
11 MF Netherlands Luciano Narsingh – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
12 MF England Nathan Dyer 1 1 0 – – – – – – 1 1 0 – –
13 GK Germany Steven Benda – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
14 MF England Tom Carroll 7 3 0 – – – 1 0 0 8 3 0 – –
15 MF England Wayne Routledge 2 1 0 – – – – – – 2 1 0 – –
16 FW Sweden Joel Asoro 4 4 0 – – – 0 1 0 4 5 0 – –
17 DF United States Cameron Carter-Vickers 1 1 0 – – – – – – 1 1 0 – –
19 MF Scotland Barrie McKay 8 1 0 – – – – – – 8 1 0 – –
20 MF Wales Daniel James 3 2 0 – – – 1 0 0 4 2 0 – –
21 MF England Matt Grimes 7 4 0 – – – 1 0 0 8 4 0 – –
22 DF Wales Joe Rodon 10 0 0 – – – – – – 10 0 0 1 –
23 DF Wales Connor Roberts 12 0 1 – – – – – – 12 0 1 – –
24 DF Wales Declan John 1 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 2 0 0 – –
25 GK Netherlands Erwin Mulder 8 1 0 – – – – – – 8 1 0 – –
26 DF England Kyle Naughton 6 2 1 – – – 1 0 0 7 2 1 – –
27 MF Scotland Jay Fulton 7 1 2 – – – – – – 7 1 2 – –
28 MF Scotland George Byers 4 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 5 0 0 – –
30 MF England Yan Dhanda 1 2 1 – – – 1 0 0 2 2 1 – –
32 FW Wales Liam Cullen – – – – – – 0 1 0 0 1 0 – –
46 FW England Courtney Baker-Richardson 2 0 1 – – – 1 0 0 3 0 1 – 1
47 DF England Tyler Reid – – – – – – 0 1 0 0 1 0 – –
50 DF Wales Cian Harries – – – – – – 1 0 0 1 0 0 – –
55 DF Wales Brandon Cooper – – – – – – 1 0 0 1 0 0 – –
Player transferred to another club during the season
— DF Argentina Federico Fernández 1 0 0 – – – – – – 1 0 0 – –

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