2013–14 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2013–14 season
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Stuart McCall
Stadium	Fir Park
Scottish Premiership	2nd
Europa League	Third Qualifying Round ; v FC Kuban Krasnodar
League Cup	Quarter-Final ; v Aberdeen
Scottish Cup	Fourth Round ; v Albion Rovers
Top goalscorer	League: John Sutton (22); All: John Sutton (22)
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season was Motherwell's twenty ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,^[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. They finished the season in second place, behind Celtic, earning entry to the Europa League again, having been knocked out of the 2013–14 seasons at the Third Qualifying Round stage by FC Kuban Krasnodar. They also competed in the League Cup, reaching the Quarter-Final, and the Scottish Cup where they reached the Fourth Round.

Results and fixtures[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season friendlies[]

13 July 2013	Doncaster Rovers	0 - 0	Motherwell	showDoncaster
15:00 BST UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,983

16 July 2013	Motherwell	2 - 4	Newcastle United	showMotherwell
19:00 BST UTC+1	Vigurs 26' McFadden 52' (pen.)	Report	Vučkić 8' Gouffran 15' Sissoko 39' Marveaux 64'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,475 Referee: Willie Collum

20 July 2013	Morecambe	1 - 2	Motherwell XI	showMorecambe
14:00 BST UTC+1	23'	Report	Anier 16' Smith 90'	Stadium: Globe Arena

20 July 2013	Cowdenbeath	0 - 5	Motherwell XI	showCowdenbeath
15:00 BST UTC+1		Report	Thomas 30' McHugh 42', pen.', 76' Lasley 80' Moore 84'	Stadium: Central Park

26 July 2013	Motherwell	1 - 1	Nottingham Forest	showMotherwell
19:00 BST UTC+1	McHugh 83'	Report	Derbyshire 11'	Stadium: Fir Park

Scottish Premiership[]

Results[]

4 August 2013 1	Hibernian	0 - 1	Motherwell	showEaster Road
13:15 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Anier 83'	Attendance: 9,237 Referee: Bobby Madden

11 August 2013 2	Motherwell	1 - 3	Aberdeen	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Anier 1'	Motherwell BBC	McGinn 62', pen.', 84', pen.' Reynolds 76'	Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Kevin Clancy

17 August 2013 3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 - 0	Motherwell	showCaledonian Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1	Foran 4' McKay 36'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 3,031 Referee: Iain Brines

24 August 2013 4	Motherwell	1 - 0	Partick Thistle	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Sutton 21'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 5,527 Referee: Euan Norris

31 August 2013 5	Motherwell	2 - 1	Kilmarnock	showFir Park
17:30 BST UTC+1	Anier 20' Sutton 45' Ramsden 87'	Motherwell BBC	McManus 17' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,353 Referee: Craig Charleston

14 September 2013 6	St Mirren	0 - 1	Motherwell	showSt Mirren Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Sutton 38'	Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Craig Thomson

21 September 2013 7	Dundee United	2 - 2	Motherwell	showTannadice Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1	Çiftçi 54' Robertson 57'	Motherwell BBC	Anier 30' Ainsworth 76'	Attendance: 5,808 Referee: Kevin Clancy

28 September 2013 8	Motherwell	3 – 1	Ross County	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Sutton 54', 68' McHugh 77'	Motherwell BBC	30'	Attendance: 4,263 Referee: Bobby Madden

5 October 2013 9	Celtic	2 – 0	Motherwell	showCeltic Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Stokes 21' Commons 49'	Motherwell BBC		Referee: Iain Brines

19 October 2013 10	Motherwell	2 – 1	Hearts	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Moore 69' Hutchinson 83'	Motherwell BBC	Stevenson 62'	Attendance: 5,350 Referee: Brian Colvin

26 October 2013 11	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Motherwell	showMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	May 49' Hasselbaink 64'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 2,449 Referee: Calum Murray

3 November 2013 12	Motherwell	1 – 0	Hibernian	showFir Park
12:30 BST UTC+1	McManus 23' Hutchinson 87'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Crawford Allan

9 November 2013 13	Motherwell	0 – 4	Dundee United	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Gauld 16', 64' Paton 19' Robertson 90'	Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Steven McLean

23 November 2013 14	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Motherwell	showRugby Park
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Sutton 55' Anier 88'	Attendance: 3,704 Referee: Stephen Finnie

6 December 2013 15	Motherwell	0 – 5	Celtic	showFir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Commons 44', 76' Ambrose 54' Stokes 78' Atajic 90'	Attendance: 9,117 Referee: Steven McLean

14 December 2013 16	Ross County	1 – 2	Motherwell	showVictoria Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	62'	Motherwell BBC	Sutton 15', 27'	Attendance: 2,792 Referee: Crawford Allan

21 December 2013 17	Motherwell	3 – 0	St Mirren	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Anier 31', 64' Ainsworth 42'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 3,867 Referee: Willie Collum

26 December 2013 18	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Motherwell	showPittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Ainsworth 49'	Attendance: 12,494 Referee: Kevin Clancy

29 December 2013 19	Partick Thistle	1 – 5	Motherwell	showFirhill Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1	Lawless 8'	Motherwell BBC	Lasley 15' Francis-Angol 21' McFadden 36' Ainsworth 57' Sutton 65'	Attendance: 4,588 Referee: Steven McLean

1 January 2014 20	Motherwell	4 – 0	St Johnstone	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Sutton 22' Vigurs 49' Ainsworth 73' McFadden 87'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 3,763 Referee: John Beaton

4 January 2014 21	Motherwell	Postponed	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	showFir Park
12:45 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC

11 January 2014 22	Hearts	0 – 1	Motherwell	showTynecastle Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Sutton 40'	Attendance: 12,888 Referee: Willie Collum

18 January 2014 23	Celtic	3 – 0	Motherwell	showCeltic Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Commons 5', 39', pen.' McManus 68' (o.g.)	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 47,489 Referee: Bobby Madden

25 January 2014 24	Motherwell	2 – 2	Aberdeen	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	McManus 47' Francis-Angol 69'	Motherwell BBC	Rooney 67' Anderson 90'	Attendance: 5,756 Referee: Steven McLean

15 February 2014 25	Motherwell	4 – 3	Partick Thistle	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Lasley 43' Ainsworth 52' Sutton 85' McManus 88'	Motherwell BBC	Erskine 37' Higginbotham 66', pen.', 72'	Attendance: 5,048 Referee: Stephen Finnie

22 February 2014 26	Dundee United	3 – 1	Motherwell	showTannadice Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1	Dow 22' Gunning 42', 47'	Motherwell BBC	Sutton 57', pen.'	Attendance: 7,029 Referee: Bobby Madden

25 February 2014 27	St Johnstone	3 – 0	Motherwell	showMcDiarmid Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	MacLean 6', 35' Miller 87'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 1,892 Referee: Kevin Clancy

1 March 2014 28	Motherwell	4 – 1	Hearts	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Vigurs 18' Ainsworth 37' Sutton 65' McFadden 74'	Motherwell BBC	Paterson 69'	Attendance: 4,914 Referee: John Beaton

8 March 2014 31	Hibernian	3 – 3	Motherwell	showEaster Road
15:00 BST UTC+1	Forster 43' Nelson 76' Heffernan 79'	Motherwell BBC	Sutton 12', 90' Ainsworth 29'	Attendance: 8,277 Referee: Steven McLean

19 March 2014 21	Motherwell	2 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	showFir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	Ainsworth 26' Sutton 34'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 3,432 Referee: Alan Muir

22 March 2014 30	Motherwell	2 – 1	Ross County	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	McFadden 48' Sutton 60'	Motherwell BBC	Songo'o 82'	Attendance: 4,080 Referee: Iain Brines

29 March 2014 32	Motherwell	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Vigurs 41'	Motherwell BBC	McKenzie 66' Slater 90'	Attendance: 4,467 Referee: Bobby Madden

1 April 2014 32	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 2	Motherwell	showCaledonian Stadium
19:45 BST UTC+1	Christie 74'	Motherwell BBC	Anier 40' Vigurs 83'	Attendance: 2,366 Referee: Craig Thomson

5 April 2014 33	St Mirren	3 – 2	Motherwell	showSt Mirren Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Thompson 42', 87' McLean 86', pen.'	Motherwell BBC	Anier 17' Sutton 27'	Attendance: 4,377 Referee: Euan Norris

19 April 2014 34	Motherwell	3 – 3	Celtic	showFir Park
12:45 BST UTC+1	Sutton 5', 90' Francis-Angol 44'	Motherwell BBC	Stokes 45' Samaras 56' Griffiths 86'	Attendance: 7,493 Referee: Craig Thomson

26 April 2014 35	Dundee United	5 – 1	Motherwell	showTannadice Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1	Çiftçi 8', 41' Armstrong 61' Dow 72' Graham 81'	Motherwell BBC	Ainsworth 88'	Attendance: 6,383 Referee: Steven McLean

3 May 2014 36	Motherwell	2 – 1	St Johnstone	showFir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	Ainsworth 21' McManus 36'	Motherwell BBC	Mackay 27'	Attendance: 7,201 Referee: Kevin Clancy

7 May 2014 37	Motherwell	2 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	showFir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1	Sutton 4', pen.' Warren 32' (o.g.)	Motherwell BBC	Shinnie 55'	Attendance: 4,482 Referee: Willie Collum

11 May 2014 38	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Motherwell	showPittodrie Stadium
12:15 BST UTC+1		Motherwell BBC	Reid 90'	Attendance: 17,016 Referee: Steven McLean

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying phase[]

1 August 2013 3rd qualifying round 1st leg	Motherwell	0–2	Kuban Krasnodar	showMotherwell, Scotland
19:45 BST UTC+1		Report	Popov 52', 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,748 Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)

8 August 2013 3rd qualifying round 2nd leg	Kuban Krasnodar	1–0	Motherwell	showKrasnodar, Russia
19:45 BST UTC+1	McManus 50' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 31,754^[2] Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Scottish Cup[]

30 November 2013 Fourth Round	Albion Rovers	1 - 0	Motherwell	showNew Douglas Park
15:00 BST UTC+1	90'	Motherwell BBC		Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish League Cup[]

25 September 2013 Third round	Livingston	1 - 2	Motherwell	showAlmondvale Stadium
19:45 BST UTC+1	Talbot 65' Denholm 90'	Motherwell BBC	McHugh 16' McFadden 73'	Attendance: 1,660

30 October 2013 Quarter-Final	Motherwell	0 - 2	Aberdeen	showFir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1		[ Motherwell] BBC	Shaughnessy 13' Considine 83' Hayes 90'	Attendance: 6,995 Referee: John Beaton

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

As of 11 May 2014^[3]^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Europa League		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Lee Hollis	15	0	14+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Craig Reid	14	1	13+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Steven Hammell	39	0	34+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Simon Ramsden	22	0	18+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Shaun Hutchinson	40	1	35+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF		Stephen McManus	42	4	37+0	4	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF		James McFadden	30	5	21+6	4	1+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0
8	MF		Paul Lawson	22	0	5+12	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		John Sutton	41	22	38+0	22	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
11	MF		Iain Vigurs	38	4	34+3	4	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	GK		Gunnar Nielsen	23	0	19+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
14	MF		Keith Lasley	41	2	37+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Adam Cummins	5	0	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
16	FW		Robert McHugh	12	2	3+5	1	0+1	0	1+1	1	1+0	0
17	DF		Zaine Francis-Angol	38	3	21+12	3	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Stuart Carswell	32	0	24+4	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
19	FW		Lee Erwin	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	DF		Fraser Kerr	22	0	10+9	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	GK		Ross M. Stewart	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW		Craig Moore	19	1	3+14	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
23	DF		Euan Murray	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Henri Anier	36	9	18+14	9	1+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	31	11	22+7	11	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
26	MF		Jack Leitch	10	0	6+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
29	FW		Dale Shirkie	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	MF		Chris Cadden	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
51	GK		Dan Twardzik	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Top scorers[]

As of 11 May 2014^[3]^[4]

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	9	John Sutton	22		22
2	25	Lionel Ainsworth	11		11
3	24	Henri Anier	9		9
4	7	James McFadden	4	1	5
5	6	Stephen McManus	4		4
6	11	Iain Vigurs	4		4
7	17	Zaine Francis-Angol	3		3
8	14	Keith Lasley	2		2
9	16	Robert McHugh	1	1	2
10	5	Shaun Hutchinson	1		1
11	22	Craig Moore	1		1
12	2	Craig Reid	1		1
		Own Goals	1
		TOTALS	64	2	66

Disciplinary record[]

As of 11 May 2014^[3]^[4]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		Europa League		Scottish League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	4	Simon Ramsden	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
	DF	5	Shaun Hutchinson	10	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	1
	DF	6	Stephen McManus	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	7	James McFadden	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	8	Paul Lawson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	9	John Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	11	Iain Vigurs	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	GK	12	Gunnar Nielsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	DF	15	Adam Cummins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	18	Stuart Carswell	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	20	Fraser Kerr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	22	Craig Moore	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	24	Henri Anier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	25	Lionel Ainsworth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	26	Jack Leitch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	59	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	67	2

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	38	31	6	1	102	25	+77	99	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Motherwell	38	22	4	12	64	60	+4	70	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Aberdeen	38	20	8	10	53	38	+15	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Dundee United	38	16	10	12	65	50	+15	58
5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	16	9	13	44	44	0	57
6	St Johnstone	38	15	8	15	48	42	+6	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

7	Ross County	38	11	7	20	44	62	−18	40
8	St Mirren	38	10	9	19	39	58	−19	39
9	Kilmarnock	38	11	6	21	45	66	−21	39
10	Partick Thistle	38	8	14	16	46	65	−19	38
11	Hibernian (R)	38	8	11	19	31	51	−20	35	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Heart of Midlothian (R)	38	10	8	20	45	65	−20	23^[b]	Relegation to the Championship

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

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
38	22	4	12	64	60	+4	70	13	2	4	39	29	+10	9	2	8	25	31	−6

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round[]

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W
Position	4	6	6	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent[]

Motherwell score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	1-3	1-0	2-2	1-0	7
Celtic	0-2	0-5	0-3	3-3	1
Dundee United	2-2	0-4	3-1	5-1	1
Heart of Midlothian	2-1	1-0	4-1		9
Hibernian	1-0	1-0	3-3		7
Inverness C.T.	0-2	2-0	2-1	2-1	9
Kilmarnock	2-1	2-0	1-2		6
Partick Thistle	1-0	5-1	4-3		9
Ross County	3-1	2-1	2-1		9
St Johnstone	0-2	4-0	0-3	2-1	6
St Mirren	1-0	3-0	2-3		6

Source: 2013–14 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
20 May 2013	MF	Paul Lawson	Ross County	Free^[5]
12 June 2013	MF	Iain Vigurs	Ross County	Free^[6]
28 June 2013	FW	John Sutton	Hearts	Free^[7]
1 July 2013	DF	Fraser Kerr	Birmingham City	Free^[8]
3 July 2013	GK	Gunnar Nielsen	Silkeborg	Free^[9]
15 July 2013	DF	Stephen McManus	Middlesbrough	Free^[10]
15 July 2013	CM	Ben Hall	Dungannon Swifts	Free^[11]
10 January 2014	FW	Henri Anier	Viking	Free^[12]
21 February 2014	DF	Craig Reid	Greenock Morton	Free^[13]

Out[]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
14 May 2013	GK	Darren Randolph	Birmingham City	Free^[14]
4 June 2013	MF	Chris Humphrey	Preston North End	Free^[15]
7 June 2013	FW	Henrik Ojamaa	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed^[16]
8 July 2013	FW	Michael Higdon	N.E.C. Nijmegen	Free^[17]
21 September 2013	DF	Tom Hateley	Tranmere Rovers	Free^[18]

Loans in[]

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
29 July 2013	January 2014	FW	Henri Anier	Viking^[19]
29 August 2013	End of season	MF	Lionel Ainsworth	Rotherham United^[20]^[21]
12 December 2013	January 2014	GK	Dan Twardzik	Dundee^[22]

Loans out[]

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
31 August 2013	31 December 2013	FW	Lee Erwin	Arbroath^[23]
9 January 2014	1 June 2014	DF	Adam Cummins	Dundee^[24]
13 January 2014	1 June 2014	FW	Robert McHugh	Queen of the South^[25]

Released[]

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
19 May 2014^[26]	FW		James McFadden	St Johnstone	1 October 2014^[27]
19 May 2014	DF		Shaun Hutchinson	Fulham	16 June 2014^[28]

Notes and references[]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Motherwell F.C. Sky Sports Statistics 2 Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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^ "Ross County's Iain Vigurs signs Motherwell deal". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
^ "John Sutton makes Motherwell return after Hearts exit". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
^ "Defender Fraser Kerr signs new Motherwell contract". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ "Gunnar Nielsen: Motherwell sign Faroe Islands goalkeeper". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ "Defender Stephen McManus joins Motherwell". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ "16 year old Ben Hall signs for Motherwell FC". dungannonswiftsfc.co.uk. Dungannon Swifts F.C. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Anier completes Well switch". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ "Motherwell sign Craig Reid". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "Birmingham City sign Motherwell keeper". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^ "Preston North End to sign Motherwell winger". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
^ "Henrik Ojamaa signs for Polish side Legia Warsaw". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ "Last season's top scorer Michael Higdon heads to Holland". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Tom Hateley: Defender joins Tranmere on four-month deal". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
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^ "Motherwell sign Lionel Ainsworth on loan from Rotherham". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^ "Lionel Ainsworth: Rotherham winger extends Motherwell stay". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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[table_note_res_EL20.97526575577225-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.

[table_hth_HOM0.97526575577225-6] Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

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2013–14 Motherwell F.C. season

Contents

Results and fixtures[]

Pre-season friendlies[]

Scottish Premiership[]

Results[]

UEFA Europa League[]

Qualifying phase[]

Scottish Cup[]

Scottish League Cup[]

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

Top scorers[]

Disciplinary record[]

League table[]

Results summary[]

Results by round[]

Results by opponent[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Out[]

Loans in[]

Loans out[]

Released[]

See also[]

Notes and references[]

External links[]

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL U20 League Women's Premier League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Transfers	Summer 2013 Winter 2013–14
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers
League One	Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Rangers
League Two