2013–14 Watford F.C. season

Watford
2013–14 season
Chairman	Raffaele Riva
Head coach	Gianfranco Zola; (until 16 December 2013); Giuseppe Sannino; (from 18 December 2013)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Football League Championship	13th (60 points)
FA Cup	Fourth Round; (eliminated by Manchester City)
League Cup	Third Round; (eliminated by Norwich City)
Top goalscorer	League: Troy Deeney (24); All: Troy Deeney (25)
Highest home attendance	16,625 v Queens Park Rangers, 29 December 2013
Lowest home attendance	9,824 v Bournemouth, League Cup 2nd Round, 28 August 2013
Average home league attendance	15,512
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, for the seventh consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07.^[3] The manager was Giuseppe Sannino.

Background

Gianfranco Zola replaced Sean Dyche as Watford manager at the end of the 2011–12 season following Sean Dyche's dismissal.^[4] Following the takeover of Watford by the Pozzo family, Watford loaned a significant number of players on season-long deals from fellow Pozzo-owned clubs Udinese and Granada.^[5] The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from fellow managers,^[6] who argued that a large number of loan players from a few clubs should not be allowed. However, despite the number of loanees at the club, Watford used the second-most academy players after Middlesbrough, using eight different academy players throughout the season.^[7]

Pre-season

Watford attended a pre-season training camp in northern Italy and played friendly fixtures before playing more fixtures in the UK^[8]^[9]

7 July 2013	Val Venosta XI	0–5	Watford	Malser Sportzone
16:00		Report	Forestieri Pudil Deeney Stewart Assombalonga

10 July 2013	South Tyrol XI	0–8	Watford	Malser Sportzone
17:00			Faraoni Murray Assombalonga Mensah Anya

20 July 2013	Stevenage	0–2	Watford	Broadhall Way
15:00		Report	Acuña 52' Troy Deeney 58'

24 July 2013	Peterborough United	1–1	Watford	London Road
19.30	Swanson 58'		Deeney 60'

27 July 2013	Watford	2–0	Granada	Vicarage Road
15.00	Fabbrini 38' Anya 77'	Report		Attendance: 4,963

30 July 2013	Boreham Wood	1–6	Watford	Meadow Park
19.30	Simmonds 4'	Report	Mensah 9' Ikpeazu 24', 34' Battocchio 55' Geijo 58', 88'	Attendance: 718

Football League Championship

3 August 2013 1	Birmingham City	0–1	Watford	St Andrew's, Birmingham
15:00		Report	Deeney 11'	Attendance: 18,830

10 August 2013 2	Watford	6–1	Bournemouth	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Angella 13', 53' Deeney 56', 88', 90' (pen.) McGugan 66'	Report	Grabban 30'	Attendance: 16,295

17 August 2013 3	Reading	3–3	Watford	Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00	Le Fondre 8' Karacan 42', 70'	Report	Faraoni 66' Deeney 76' (pen.) Fabbrini 90'	Attendance: 20,875

25 August 2013 4	Watford	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Vicarage Road, Watford
13:15	McGugan 54'	Report	Reid 6'	Attendance: 16,242

31 August 2013 5	Blackpool	1–0	Watford	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00	Ince 83'	Report		Attendance: 13,345

14 September 2013 6	Watford	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Pudil 71'	Report	Kermorgant 47' (pen.)	Attendance: 16,431

17 September 2013 7	Watford	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	McGugan 13', 87' (pen.)	Report	Brown 16'	Attendance: 13,998

21 September 2013 8	Barnsley	1–5	Watford	Oakwell, Barnsley
15:00	Scotland 14'	Report	Deeney 7' Faraoni 18' Forestieri 43' Murray 69' Anya 79'	Attendance: 9,850

28 September 2013 9	Watford	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Battocchio 82'	Report		Attendance: 14,999

1 October 2013 10	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Watford	Ewood Park, Blackburn
19:45	Rhodes 65'	Report		Attendance: 12,981

5 October 2013 11	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Watford	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00	Ward 17'	Report	Forestieri 18' Pudil 43'	Attendance: 14,311

19 October 2013 12	Watford	2-3	Derby County	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Forestieri 12' McGugan 68'	Report	Ward 8' Ward 45' Sammon 8'	Attendance: 16,180

28 October 2013 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-1	Watford	Falmer Stadium, Brighton
20:00	Crofts 54'	Report	4' Murray	Attendance: 27,657

2 November 2013 14	Watford	0–3	Leicester City	Vicarage Road, Watford
12:15	Forestieri 36' Ekstrand 77'	Report	Wood 10' Knockaert 53', 53' Dyer 86'	Attendance: 16,011 (1,561 away)

9 November 2013 15	Middlesbrough	2–2	Watford	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Adomah 23' Ayala 90+2'	Report	Deeney 32' Forestieri 73'	Attendance: 14,344

23 November 2013 16	Watford	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00		Report	Beckford 27'	Attendance: 15,247

30 November 2013 17	Watford	0–3	Yeovil Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00		Report	Webster 45' Miller 53' Edwards 90'	Attendance: 15,263

3 December 2013 18	Burnley	0–0	Watford	Turf Moor, Burnley
19:45		Report

7 December 2013 19	Leeds United	3–3	Watford	Elland Road, Leeds
15:00	Pugh 50' Smith 56' McCormack 78'	Report	Deeney 14', 86' Battocchio 45+1'	Attendance: 23,445

14 December 2013 20	Watford	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00		Report	Wickham 24', 70' Roger Johnson 32' Lee 67' Hélan 83'	Attendance: 15,476

21 December 2013 21	Ipswich Town	1–1	Watford	Portman Road, Ipswich
15:00	Smith 12' McGoldrick 73' (pen)	Report	Pudil 60' Ekstrand 72' Thorne 77' Deeney 81'	Attendance: 16,385

26 December 2013 22	Watford	4–0	Millwall	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 10' (pen.) Forestieri 26' Anya 48' McGugan 60' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 15,471

29 December 2013 23	Watford	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Angella 39' Acuña 81'	Report	Phillips 62' Barton 66'	Attendance: 16,625 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

1 January 2014	Yeovil Town	P–P	Watford	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00		Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

11 January 2014 24	Watford	0–1	Reading	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00		Report	Gorkšs 5'

18 January 2014 25	Bournemouth	1–1	Watford	Dean Court, Bournemouth
15:00	Ritchie 12' Grabban 62' (pen.) Pitman 81'	Report	Angella 45+2', 61' Almunia 72'	Attendance: 10,353

25 January 2014 Game postponed (FA Cup)	Watford	P–P	Birmingham City	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00

30 January 2014 26	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Watford	City Ground, Nottingham
19:45	Cox 58', 90', 90+1' Henderson 73' Mackie 82'	Report	33', 47', 42', Angella 36' Ekstrand 80' Cassetti	Attendance: 18,510

1 February 2014 27	Watford	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Anya 13' Forestieri 60' Tőzsér 70' Ekstrand 90+5'	Report	Greer 79'	Attendance: 16,096

8 February 2014 28	Leicester City	2–2	Watford	King Power Stadium, Leicester
15:00	Konchesky 24' James 43' Drinkwater 90+4'	Report	Forestieri 9', 84' Tőzsér 22' Murray 41' Cassetti 74'	Attendance: 23,635

11 February 2014 29	Watford	1–0	Birmingham City	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 33' Bellerín 84' Forestieri 90+4'	Report		Attendance: 13,904

15 February 2014 30	Watford	1–0	Middlesbrough	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Cassetti 37' Deeney 50' (pen.) Diakité 52' Forestieri 58'	Report	Gibson 35' 57' Chalobah 58'	Attendance: 15,391

18 February 2014 31	Yeovil Town	0–0	Watford	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00	Webster 71' Miller 90'	Report	Cassetti 83'	Attendance: 6,042

22 February 2014 32	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Watford	Reebok Stadium, Bolton
15:00	Medo 26' Jutkiewicz 35' Mason 45'	Report	Ekstrand 56' Angella 90+2' Faraoni 90+6'	Attendance: 15,179

1 March 2014 33	Watford	4–0	Blackpool	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Ranégie 15', 39' Deeney 35', 74' Belkalem 79'	Report	Basham 45'	Attendance: 14,586

8 March 2014 Game postponed (FA Cup)	Charlton Athletic	P–P	Watford	The Valley, Charlton, London
15:00

11 March 2014 34	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Watford	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45	Brown 24' Keegan 71' Coppinger 90' Sharp 90+3' Wellens 90+4'	Report	Ranégie 19' Angella 30' Cassetti 49' Tőzsér 62' Anya 68' Faraoni 90+5'	Attendance: 6,581

15 March 2014 35	Watford	3–0	Barnsley	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Battocchio 5' Deeney 16' Pudil 36' Merkel 74'	Report	Dawson 28' Mellis 55'	Attendance: 14,531

22 March 2014 36	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Watford	DW Stadium, Wigan
15:00	Beausejour 40' Waghorn 57', 60'	Report	McGugan 36' Tőzsér 58' Diakité 83' Ekstrand 89'	Attendance: 14,556

25 March 2014 37	Watford	3–3	Blackburn Rovers	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Cassetti 4' Deeney 71' (pen.) Battocchio 88' Angella 76'	Report	Dunn 27' Conway 64' Gestede 90+3' Evans 78' Kane 85' Kilgallon 90'	Attendance: 13,921

29 March 2014 38	Sheffield Wednesday	1–4	Watford	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00	Afobe 54' Lee 71'	Report	Angella 5', 38' McGugan 23' Pudil 42' Deeney 49', 51' Tőzsér 56'	Attendance: 22,057

5 April 2014 39	Watford	1–1	Burnley	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 8' Faraoni 88'	Report	Arfield 86'	Attendance: 16,182

8 April 2014 40	Watford	3–0	Leeds United	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Abdi 9' Cassetti 28' Anya 32' Deeney 66'	Report	Wootton 49' Hunt 61'	Attendance: 16,212

12 April 2014 41	Millwall	2–2	Watford	The Den, South Bermondsey, London
15:07	Martin 26' Morison 64' Woolford 90', 90'	Report	Riera 4' McGugan 17', 37' Abdi 86' Murray 84'	Attendance: 10,851

19 April 2014 42	Watford	3–1	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Riera 21' Angella 60', 63' McGugan 65', 70' Tőzsér 83'	Report	Wordsworth 50'	Attendance: 16,615

21 April 2014 43	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Watford	Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00	Barton 76' Austin 86', 90'	Report	Ranégie 51', 58' Riera 55' Abdi 60'	Attendance: 16,951

26 April 2014 44	Derby County	4–2	Watford	Pride Park, Derby
15:00	Hendrick 28', 81' Forsyth 60' Martin 86'	Report	Cassetti 4' 68' Deeney 5', 90' Riera 22' Tőzsér 51' Ranégie 70'	Attendance: 25,922

29 April 2014 45	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Watford	The Valley, Charlton, London
19:45	Harriott 22', 77' Jackson 69' Hughes 90'	Report	Belkalem 45' Deeney 60' Riera 65' 79' Ranégie 84'	Attendance: 15,815

3 May 2014 46	Watford	1–4	Huddersfield Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Hoban 42' Tőzsér 64' Angella 83' Deeney 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Deeney 5' Ranégie 70'	Attendance: 15,370

Football League Cup

6 August 2013 Round 1	Bristol Rovers	1–3	Watford	Memorial Ground
19:45	Richards 41'	Report	Murray 19', 35' Angella 30'	Attendance: 4,875

28 August 2013 Round 2	Watford	2-0	Bournemouth	Vicarage Road
19:45	Ward 15' (o.g.) Battocchio 66'	Report		Attendance: 9,824

Round 3	Watford	2-3 after extra time	Norwich	Vicarage Road
19:45	Acuna 23' Faraoni 55'	Report	Murphy 77' Hooper 90', 115'	Attendance: 11,178

FA Cup

4 January 2013 Round 3	Bristol City	1-1	Watford	Ashton Gate, Bristol
15:00	Emmanuel-Thomas 84'	Report	Murray 83'	Attendance: 10,165

14 January 2013 Round 3 Replay	Watford	2-0	Bristol City	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Faraoni 29' McGugan 64'	Report		Attendance: 7,302

25 January 2013 Round 4	Manchester City	4-2	Watford	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester
15:00	Džeko 10' Agüero 60', 79', 90+2' Kolarov 87'	Report	Forestieri 21' Deeney 30' Pudil 48' Cassetti 82'	Attendance: 46,514

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Nottingham Forest	46	16	17	13	67	64	+3	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	16	16	14	62	50	+12	64
13	Watford	46	15	15	16	74	64	+10	60
14	Bolton Wanderers	46	14	17	15	59	60	−1	59
15	Leeds United	46	16	9	21	59	67	−8	57

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Summary

Round	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L
Position	9	1	2	5	7	8	6	5	4	7	5	7	7	7	7	10	10	12	12	13	14	12	13	15	15	16	13	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

Statistics

No. = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

= Yellow cards

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Red cards

Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system

Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player^[a]

Age = Current age

Left club during 2013–14

† Loan player

Statistics correct as of game played 3 May 2014.^[10]
Numbers in brackets indicate substitute appearances

2013–14 Watford player details^[b]
No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Age	Joined club	Yth	Notes
No.	Pos	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline		Age	Joined club	Yth	Notes
1	GK	Manuel Almunia	37	0	1	0	0	0	38	0	1	0	36	2012	No	—
2	DF	Reece Brown	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	22	2013	No	—
3	DF	Héctor Bellerín	6 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	0	1	0	19	2013	No	†
4	DF	Gabriele Angella	39 (1)	7	3	0	1 (1)	1	43 (2)	8	11	1	25	2013	No	—
5	DF	Essaïd Belkalem	5 (3)	0	0	0	2	0	7 (3)	0	4	0	25	2013	No	†
6	DF	Joel Ekstrand	31 (2)	0	3	0	3	0	37 (2)	0	11	0	25	2012	No	—
7	MF	Cristian Battocchio	21 (14)	4	3	0	3	1	27 (14)	5	2	0	22	2012	No	—
8	MF	Josh McEachran	5 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	6 (2)	0	0	0	21	2013	No	†
8	MF	Alexander Merkel	7 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	1	1	1	21	2014	No	†
9	FW	Troy Deeney	44	24	3	1	0 (1)	0	47 (1)	25	4	0	25	2010	No	—
10	MF	Lewis McGugan	31 (3)	10	2	0	0 (1)	0	33 (4)	11	7	0	25	2013	No	—
11	FW	Fernando Forestieri	19 (9)	7	2	1	1 (1)	0	22 (10)	8	8	0	24	2012	No	—
12	DF	Lloyd Doyley	23 (1)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	24 (2)	0	1	0	31	2001	Yes	—
13	FW	Mathias Ranégie	8 (2)	4	0	0	0	0	8 (2)	4	2	1	29	2014	No	—
15	FW	Javier Acuña	3 (6)	0	0	0	3	1	6 (6)	1	2	0	25	2013	No	—
15	MF	Albert Riera	6 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	1	3	1	32	2014	No	—
16	MF	Sean Murray	22 (12)	3	2	1	3	2	27 (12)	6	2	0	19	2010	Yes	—
17	DF	Fitz Hall	3 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (2)	0	0	0	33	2013	No	—
18	DF	Daniel Pudil	29 (8)	2	1 (1)	0	3	0	33 (9)	2	7	0	28	2012	No	—
19	DF	Marco Faraoni	26 (12)	2	1	0	3	1	31 (12)	4	9	0	22	2013	No	—
20	FW	Diego Fabbrini	8 (13)	1	1 (1)	0	2	0	11 (14)	1	2	0	23	2013	No	—
20	FW	Park Chu-young	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	26	2014	No	†
21	MF	Ikechi Anya	29 (6)	5	2	0	0 (1)	0	31 (7)	5	0	0	26	2012	No	—
22	MF	Almen Abdi	9 (4)	2	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	9 (7)	2	2	0	27	2012	No	—
23	MF	Iriney	12 (3)	0	2	0	0	0	14 (3)	0	4	0	33	2013	No	—
23	MF	Samba Diakité	1 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	1	1	25	2014	No	†
25	FW	Uche Ikpeazu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	2013	No	—
26	FW	Bernard Mensah	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	2011	Yes	—
27	DF	Marco Cassetti	32 (3)	1	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	34 (5)	1	10	1	36	2012	No	—
28	MF	Connor Smith	1	0	0 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	3 (2)	0	1	0	21	2011	Yes	—
28	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	8	0	28	2014	Yes	†
29	MF	George Thorne	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	21	2013	No	†
29	DF	Lucas Neill	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	36	2014	No	-
30	GK	Jonathan Bond	9 (1)	0	2	0	3	0	14 (1)	0	0	0	20	2010	Yes	—
31	DF	Tommie Hoban	5 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	5 (2)	0	1	0	20	2011	Yes	—
32	MF	Luke O'Nien	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	19	2013	Yes	—
33	DF	Nyron Nosworthy	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	33	2011	No	—
36	FW	Alex Jakubiak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	2010	Yes	—
37	DF	Josh Doherty	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	18	2012	Yes	—
—	MF	Ross Jenkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	2008	Yes	—
—	DF	Adam Thompson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2010	Yes	—

Transfers

updates as 20 September 2013

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
1 July 2013	Uche Ikpeazu	Reading	Free^[11]
2 July 2013	Lewis McGugan	Nottingham Forest	Free^[12]
19 July 2013	Daniel Pudil	Granada	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Marco Cassetti	Udinese	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Cristian Battocchio	Udinese	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Almen Abdi	Udinese	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Diego Fabbrini	Udinese	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Gabriele Angella	Udinese	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Javier Acuña	Udinese	Free^[13]
19 July 2013	Marco Faraoni	Udinese	Free^[13]
22 July 2013	Ikechi Anya	Granada	Free^[14]
22 July 2013	Reece Brown	Manchester United	Free^[14]
24 July 2013	Joel Ekstrand	Udinese	Free^[15]
25 July 2013	Iriney	Granada	Free^[15]
3 January 2014	Mathias Ranegie	Udinese	Free^[16]
24 February 2014	Lucas Neill	Unattached	Free^[17]

Out

At the end of the 2012–13 season, the club announced that seven players would be released at the end of their contracts, alongside Chris Iwelumo, who had already agreed to join Scunthorpe United.^[18] After being released by the club, Jack Bonham signed for Brentford,^[19] Stephen McGinn signed for Sheffield United^[20] and Mark Yeates signed for Bradford City.^[21]

Date	Player	To	Fee
3 June 2013	Chris Iwelumo	Scunthorpe United	Free^[18]
7 June 2013	Jack Bonham	Brentford	Free^[18]
7 June 2013	Mark Yeates	Bradford City	Released^[18]
7 June 2013	Prince Buaben	-	Released^[18]
7 June 2013	Stephen McGinn	Sheffield United	Free^[18]
7 June 2013	Piero Mingoia	Accrington Stanley	Released^[18]
7 June 2013	Aaron Tumwa	-	Released^[18]
7 June 2013	Stephan Hamilton-Forbes	-	Released^[18]
1 July 2013	Craig Forsyth	Derby County	Undisclosed^[22]
2 July 2013	John Eustace	Derby County	Free^[23]
20 July 2013	Lee Hodson	Milton Keynes Dons	Free^[24]
24 July 2013	Carl Dickinson	Port Vale	Mutual Termination^[25]
29 July 2013	Jonathan Hogg	Huddersfield Town	£400k^[26]
31 July 2013	Britt Assombalonga	Peterborough United	£1.3M^[27]
9 January 2014	Adam Thompson	Southend United	Undisclosed^[28]

Loans

updates as 20 September 2013

In

Start	Player	Parent club	End
12 August 2013	Essaïd Belkalem	Granada	30 June 2014^[29]
20 September 2013	Josh McEachran	Chelsea	2 January 2014^[30]
6 November 2013	George Thorne	West Bromwich Albion	2 January 2014^[31]
22 November 2013	Héctor Bellerín	Arsenal	18 February 2014^[32]^[33]^[34]
3 January 2014	Alexander Merkel	Udinese	30 June 2014^[16]
29 January 2014	Dániel Tőzsér	Genoa	30 June 2014^[35]
31 January 2014	Samba Diakité	QPR	30 June 2014^[36]
31 January 2014	Park Chu-young	Arsenal	30 June 2014^[37]

Out

Start	Player	To	Loan End Date
9 August 2013	Adam Thompson	Southend United	4 January 2014^[38]

International

On 14 August 2013, Cristian Battocchio made his Italian Under-21 debut in a 4–1 friendly win over Slovakia.^[39]

Country	Team	Player
Algeria	Senior	Essaïd Belkalem
Scotland	Senior	Ikechi Anya
England	Under-21	Jonathan Bond
Italy	Under-21	Christian Battocchio
Northern Ireland	Under-21	Adam Thompson
Republic of Ireland	Under-21	Sean Murray
Republic of Ireland	Under-21	Connor Smith

Coaching staff

Role	Name
Head Coach	Giuseppe Sannino
Assistant Coach	Adolfo Sormani
Assistant Coach	Bastiano Porcu
Goalkeeping Coach	Alec Chamberlain
Youth (U-18) Coach	David Hughes
Chief Scout	Filippo Giraldi
Scouting Co-Ordinator	Luke Warrington
Head of Medical	Marco Cesarini
Kit Manager	Will Jones
Head of Sports Science	Gianni Brignardello
Sports Scientist	Ben Dixon

References

^ For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.
^ All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2013–14 season are listed

^ Smith, Frank. "Riva is Watford's New Chairman". Watford Observer. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/watfordfc/watfordfcnews/11208866.Watford_s_season_in_30_numbers/?ref=var_0
^ Bevan, Chris (21 April 2007). "Watford 1–1 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^ BBC Sport. "Gianfranco Zola named as new Watford manager". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Muro, Giuseppe (11 July 2012). "Watford are not a feeder club for Italians, says Gianfranco Zola". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ BBC Sport. "Ian Holloway: Crystal Palace boss questions Watford loan "loophole"". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Nursey, James. "Watford boss Gianfranco Zola on the anti-loans campaign". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Club Website. "PRE-SEASON: NY Cosmos At The Vic" Archived 24 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ Club Website. "PRE-SEASON ITALY: Games Confirmed" Archived 6 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Watford FC player appearances 2013/14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Sign Ikpeazu" Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: McGugan Joins Watford" Archived 5 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Eight Signed & More To Come!" Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Anya & Brown Sign" Archived 25 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Iriney & Ekstrand Sign" Archived 6 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Ranegie & Merkel Sign" Archived 13 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Lucas Neill Signs" Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Released Players Confirmed" Archived 29 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^ BBC Sport. "Brentford: Watford goalkeeper Jack Bonham signs on a free". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ BBC Sport. "Sheffield United: Febian Brandy one of four new signings". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ BBC Sport. "Mark Yeates: Bradford City clinch signing of former Watford winger". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Forsyth Signs For Rams" Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ Watford Observer. "Derby County agree one-year deal with ex-Watford captain John Eustace". Watford Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hodson Departs" Archived 23 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Dickinson Departs" Archived 28 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hogg Goes To Town" Archived 1 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Britt Makes Posh Move" Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Thompson Joins Shrimpers" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Belkalem Signs" Archived 14 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Sign McEachran" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Sign Thorne" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Defender Signs" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Bellerin’s Back" Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Bellerin Recalled" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Midfielder Signs" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Samba Signs" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Park Arrives On Loan" Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Thompson To Shrimpers" Archived 14 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
^ Football Italia Staff. "U21: Italy hit four in Slovakia". Football Italia. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[10] For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.

[12] All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2013–14 season are listed

[chairman-1] Smith, Frank. "Riva is Watford's New Chairman". Watford Observer. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[2] ttp://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/watfordfc/watfordfcnews/11208866.Watford_s_season_in_30_numbers/?ref=var_0

[relegated-3] Bevan, Chris (21 April 2007). "Watford 1–1 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

[newmanager-4] BBC Sport. "Gianfranco Zola named as new Watford manager". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[pozzolink-5] Muro, Giuseppe (11 July 2012). "Watford are not a feeder club for Italians, says Gianfranco Zola". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[controversy2-6] BBC Sport. "Ian Holloway: Crystal Palace boss questions Watford loan "loophole"". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[academy-7] Nursey, James. "Watford boss Gianfranco Zola on the anti-loans campaign". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[friendly-8] Club Website. "PRE-SEASON: NY Cosmos At The Vic" Archived 24 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[mals-9] Club Website. "PRE-SEASON ITALY: Games Confirmed" Archived 6 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[11] "Watford FC player appearances 2013/14". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

[ikpeazu-13] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Sign Ikpeazu" Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[mcgugan-14] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: McGugan Joins Watford" Archived 5 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

[eightsignings-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Eight Signed & More To Come!" Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

[anyabrown-16] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Anya & Brown Sign" Archived 25 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

[irineyekstrand-17] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Iriney & Ekstrand Sign" Archived 6 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[ranegiemerkel-18] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Ranegie & Merkel Sign" Archived 13 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[neill-19] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Lucas Neill Signs" Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[eightleave-20] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Released Players Confirmed" Archived 29 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

[bonham-21] BBC Sport. "Brentford: Watford goalkeeper Jack Bonham signs on a free". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[mcginn-22] BBC Sport. "Sheffield United: Febian Brandy one of four new signings". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[yeates-23] BBC Sport. "Mark Yeates: Bradford City clinch signing of former Watford winger". BBC.co.uk/sport. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

[forsyth-24] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Forsyth Signs For Rams" Archived 4 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[eustace-25] Watford Observer. "Derby County agree one-year deal with ex-Watford captain John Eustace". Watford Observer. Retrieved 23 July 2013.

[hodson-26] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hodson Departs" Archived 23 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[dickinson-27] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Dickinson Departs" Archived 28 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

[hogg-28] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hogg Goes To Town" Archived 1 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

[assombalonga-29] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Britt Makes Posh Move" Archived 2 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

[thompson-30] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Thompson Joins Shrimpers" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[belkalem-31] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Belkalem Signs" Archived 14 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

[mceachran-32] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Sign McEachran" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[thorne-33] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Hornets Sign Thorne" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[bellerin-34] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Defender Signs" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[bellerin2-35] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Bellerin’s Back" Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[bellerin3-36] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Bellerin Recalled" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[tozser-37] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Midfielder Signs" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[diakite-38] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Samba Signs" Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[park-39] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Park Arrives On Loan" Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[thompsonloan-40] Club Website. "OFFICIAL: Thompson To Shrimpers" Archived 14 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 9 August 2013.

[battint-41] Football Italia Staff. "U21: Italy hit four in Slovakia". Football Italia. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

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