Swansea City 2018–19 football season
Swansea City 2018–19 season Chairman Huw Jenkins (until February 2019) Trevor Birch [1] Manager Graham Potter Stadium Liberty Stadium Championship 10th FA Cup Quarter-finals (vs. Manchester City ) EFL Cup Second round (vs. Crystal Palace ) Top goalscorer League: Oli McBurnie (22 goals) All: Oli McBurnie (24 goals) Highest home attendance 20,860 vs. Leeds United (21 August 2018, Championship) Lowest home attendance 17,197 vs. Brentford (2 April 2019, Championship) Average home league attendance 18,444 Biggest win 3–0 vs. QPR (29 Sep 2018, Championship) Biggest defeat 0–4 vs. QPR (13 Apr 2019, Championship)
The 2018–19 season was 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.[2] Along with competing in the Championship, the club would compete in the FA Cup and EFL Cup . The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Club [ ]
First-team staff [ ]
Last updated on 29 June 2018
Position
Name
Manager
Graham Potter
Assistant manager
Billy Reid
Assistant coaches
Alan Curtis
Björn Hamberg
Goalkeeping coach
Adrian Tucker
Head of recruitment
Kyle Macaulay
First-team squad [ ]
As of 30 August 2018 [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers [ ]
Transfers in [ ]
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
From
Contract length
Fee
Ref.
23 May 2018
MF
Yan Dhanda
Liverpool
2 years
Free transfer
[5]
6 July 2018
DF
Jordi Govea
Real Madrid
3 years
Free transfer
[6]
14 July 2018
FW
Joel Asoro
Sunderland
4 years
£2,000,000
[7]
31 July 2018
MF
Barrie McKay
Nottingham Forest
3 years
£1,500,000
[8]
31 July 2018
MF
Bersant Celina
Manchester City
4 years
£3,000,000
[9]
9 August 2018
DF
Declan John
Rangers
3 years
Undisclosed
[10]
13 August 2018
MF
Simon Paulet
Club Brugge
2 years
Undisclosed
[11]
20 August 2018
GK
Josh Gould
Taff's Well
1 year
Free transfer
[12]
Transfers out [ ]
Date
Position
Nationality
Name
To
Fee
Ref.
10 May 2018
DF
Àngel Rangel
Queens Park Rangers
End of contract
[13] [14]
11 May 2018
MF
Leon Britton
Retired
N/A
[15]
22 May 2018
DF
Matic Paljk
Olimpija Ljubljana
End of contract
[16]
22 May 2018
DF
Mael Davies
Free agent
End of contract
[16]
22 May 2018
FW
Causso Darame
Free agent
End of contract
[16]
22 May 2018
MF
Jack Fox
Free agent
End of contract
[17]
22 May 2018
MF
Finley Hazell
Free agent
End of contract
[17]
22 May 2018
FW
Matthew Roberts
Free agent
End of contract
[17]
22 May 2018
DF
Rhydian Williams
Free agent
End of contract
[17]
18 June 2018
GK
Lewis Thomas
Forest Green Rovers
Free transfer
[16]
20 June 2018
GK
Łukasz Fabiański
West Ham United
£7,000,000
[18]
26 June 2018
FW
Kenji Gorré
Nacional
Free transfer
[19]
27 June 2018
MF
Roque Mesa
Sevilla
£8,000,000
[20]
29 June 2018
MF
Ki Sung-yueng
Newcastle United
Free transfer
[21] [22]
9 July 2018
GK
Alex Lang
Cardiff Metropolitan
Free transfer
[23]
16 July 2018
DF
Kyle Bartley
West Bromwich Albion
£4,000,000
[24]
2 August 2018
DF
Alfie Mawson
Fulham
£15,000,000
[25]
9 August 2018
DF
Jordi Amat
Rayo Vallecano
£1,000,000
[26]
9 August 2018
MF
Sam Clucas
Stoke City
£6,000,000
[27]
9 August 2018
DF
Federico Fernández
Newcastle United
£6,000,000
[28]
Loans in [ ]
Date from
Position
Nationality
Name
From
Expiry date
Ref.
25 August 2018
DF
Cameron Carter-Vickers
Tottenham Hotspur
31 May 2019
[29]
Loans out [ ]
New contracts [ ]
Date signed
Position
Nationality
Name
Contract length
Expiry date
Ref.
3 July 2018
MF
George Byers
2 years
30 June 2020
[43]
4 July 2018
MF
Keiran Evans
1 year
30 June 2019
[44]
7 July 2018
MF
Jack Evans
1 year
30 June 2019
[45]
12 July 2018
FW
Oli McBurnie
3 years
30 June 2021
[46]
15 July 2018
DF
Aaron Lewis
1 year
30 June 2019
[47]
1 November 2018
DF
Joe Rodon
3.5 years
30 June 2022
[48]
6 November 2018
MF
Jay Fulton
2.5 years
30 June 2021
[49]
7 November 2018
MF
Matt Grimes
3.5 years
30 June 2022
[50]
22 November 2018
DF
Connor Roberts
3.5 years
30 June 2022
[51]
31 January 2019
FW
Botti Biabi
1 year
30 June 2020
[52]
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 .
[53]
Friendlies [ ]
Yeovil Town v Swansea City
10 July 2018 Yeovil Town 1–2 Swansea City show Yeovil 19:45 BST
Green 24'
Report
Dhanda 77' Grimes 90+1'
Stadium: Huish Park
Interwetten Cup [ ]
Magdeburg v Swansea City
21 July 2018 Magdeburg 0–0 (4–2 p ) Swansea City show Magdeburg , Germany 14:15 BST
Report
Stadium: MDCC Arena
Competitions [ ]
Overview [ ]
Competition
Record
Championship
46
18
11
17
65
62
+3
0 39.13
FA Cup
4
3
0
1
13
5
+8
0 75.00
EFL Cup
1
0
0
1
0
1
−1
00 0.00
Total
51
21
11
19
78
68
+10
0 41.18
Updated to match played 5 May 2019 Source: Competitions
Championship [ ]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
7
Middlesbrough
46
20
13
13
49
41
+8
73
8
Bristol City
46
19
13
14
59
53
+6
70
9
Nottingham Forest
46
17
15
14
61
54
+7
66
10
Swansea City
46
18
11
17
65
62
+3
65
11
Brentford
46
17
13
16
73
59
+14
64[a]
12
Sheffield Wednesday
46
16
16
14
60
62
−2
64
13
Hull City
46
17
11
18
66
68
−2
62
Source:
EFL Official Website Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results
[55] Notes:
^ Brentford were awarded a 1–0 win over Bolton due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.[54]
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
46
18
11
17
65
62
+3
65
12
6
5
42
28
+14
6
5
12
23
34
−11
Results by matchday [ ]
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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H H A H A A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A H H A A H H A H A A H A A A H H H A H A H H A Result W W D D L W D L D W D L L W W L W L L L W W L L D W D W D L W L L W L L L W W W L W W D D D Position 7 4 7 6 10 7 6 10 14 7 6 11 15 8 8 9 8 9 11 13 12 9 12 12 13 12 13 9 11 13 11 12 12 13 14 15 15 14 13 13 13 12 10 11 9 10
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. 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.[56]
Sheffield United v Swansea City
Swansea City v Preston North End
11 August 2018 2 Swansea City 1–0 Preston North End show Swansea 15:00 BST
Fulton 32'
Report
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 19,352 Referee: James Linington
Birmingham City v Swansea City
17 August 2018 3 Birmingham City 0–0 Swansea City show Birmingham 19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,083 Referee: Darren England
Swansea City v Leeds United
Swansea City v Bristol City
Millwall v Swansea City
1 September 2018 6 Millwall 1–2 Swansea City show Bermondsey 17:30 BST
Wallace 62'
Report
Naughton 76' McBurnie 85'
Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,440 Referee: Graham Scott
Swansea City v Nottingham Forest
Stoke City v Swansea City
Middlesbrough v Swansea City
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22 ) 9 Middlesbrough 0–0 Swansea City show Middlesbrough 15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,881 Referee: Simon Hooper
Swansea City v Queens Park Rangers
Wigan Athletic v Swansea City
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02 ) 11 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Swansea City show Wigan 19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,964 Referee: John Brooks
Swansea City v Ipswich Town
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06 ) 12 Swansea City 2–3 Ipswich Town show 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
Aston Villa v Swansea City
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20 ) 13 Aston Villa 1–0 Swansea City show Birmingham 15:00 BST
Abraham 8'
Report
Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,326 Referee: Andrew Madley
Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers
23 October 2018 (2018-10-23 ) 14 Swansea City 3–1 Blackburn Rovers show Swansea 19:45 BST
Raya 64' (o.g. ) Roberts 68' Celina 85'
Report
Mulgrew 26' (pen. )
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,035 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Swansea City v Reading
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27 ) 15 Swansea City 2–0 Reading show Swansea 15:00 BST
McBurnie 36' (pen. ) , 84'
Report
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,785 Referee: Keith Stroud
Rotherham United v Swansea City
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03 ) 16 Rotherham United 2–1 Swansea City show Rotherham 15:00 GMT
Manning 79' (pen. ) , 87' (pen. )
Report
McBurnie 25'
Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,006 Referee: Tony Harrington
Bolton Wanderers v Swansea City
Swansea City v Norwich City
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24 ) 18 Swansea City 1–4 Norwich City show Swansea 15:00 GMT
James 41'
Report
van der Hoorn 16' (o.g. ) Buendía 24' Stiepermann 37' Pukki 60'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,780 Referee: Darren Bond
Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28 ) 19 Swansea City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion show Swansea 19:45 GMT
McBurnie 10'
Report
Dawson 13' Hegazi 44'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,865 Referee: James Linington
Derby County v Swansea City
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01 ) 20 Derby County 2–1 Swansea City show Derby 15:00 GMT
Wilson 30' , 40'
Report
Tomori 87' (o.g. )
Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,167 Referee: Andy Madley
Swansea City v Sheffield Wednesday
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15 ) 22 Swansea City 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday show Swansea 15:00 GMT
Celina 71' Routledge 72'
Report
Matias 63'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,692 Referee: David Webb
Hull City v Swansea City
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22 ) 23 Hull City 3–2 Swansea City show Kingston upon Hull 17:30 GMT
Bowen 70' , 80' Elphick 76'
Report
Bony 3' Celina 88'
Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,848 Referee: Oliver Langford
Swansea City v Aston Villa
Swansea City v Wigan Athletic
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29 ) 25 Swansea City 2–2 Wigan Athletic show Swansea 15:00 GMT
Burn 59' (o.g. ) van der Hoorn 81'
Report
Garner 10' (pen. ) , 34'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,591 Referee: James Linington
Reading v Swansea City
1 January 2019 (2019-01-01 ) 26 Reading 1–4 Swansea City show Reading 15:00 GMT
Harriott 77'
Report
McBurnie 2' , 48' (pen. ) Roberts 30' van der Hoorn 45'
Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,644 Referee: Tim Robinson
Preston North End v Swansea City
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12 ) 27 Preston North End 1–1 Swansea City show Preston 15:00 GMT
Johnson 60' (pen. )
Report
Baker-Richardson 55'
Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,604 Referee: Keith Stroud
Swansea City v Sheffield United
Swansea City v Birmingham City
29 January 2019 (2019-01-29 ) 29 Swansea City 3–3 Birmingham City show Swansea 19:45 GMT
James 22' McBurnie 65' , 90+4'
Report
Maghoma 35' Mulder 67' (o.g. ) Adams 71'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,194 Referee: Stephen Martin
Bristol City v Swansea City
Swansea City v Millwall
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09 ) 31 Swansea City 1–0 Millwall show Swansea 15:00 GMT
Byers 43'
Report
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,650 Referee: Kevin Friend
Leeds United v Swansea City
13 February 2019 (2019-02-13 ) 32 Leeds United 2–1 Swansea City show Leeds 19:45 GMT
Jansson 20' Harrison 34'
Report
McBurnie 87' (pen. )
Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,044 Referee: David Webb
Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23 ) 33 Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 Swansea City show Owlerton , Sheffield 15:00 GMT
Reach 11' , 32' Fletcher 42' Matias
Report
McBurnie 69'
Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 22,935 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Swansea City v Bolton Wanderers
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02 ) 34 Swansea City 2–0 Bolton Wanderers show Swansea 15:00 GMT
McBurnie 80' Celina 90+2'
Report
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,880 Referee: Gavin Ward
Norwich City v Swansea City
8 March 2019 (2019-03-08 ) 35 Norwich City 1–0 Swansea City show Norwich 19:45 GMT
Buendía 54'
Report
Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,360 Referee: Robert Jones
West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City
Nottingham Forest v Swansea City
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30 ) 37 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Swansea City show West Bridgford 15:00 GMT
Murphy 80' Wagué 87'
Report
Roberts 76'
Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,469 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Swansea City v Middlesbrough
Swansea City v Stoke City
9 April 2019 (2019-04-09 ) 40 Swansea City 3–1 Stoke City show Swansea 19:45 BST
James 23' van der Hoorn 40' McBurnie 86'
Report
McClean 45+3'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,804 Referee: James Linington
Queens Park Rangers v Swansea City
Swansea City v Rotherham United
Ipswich Town v Swansea City
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22 ) 43 Ipswich Town 0–1 Swansea City show Ipswich 15:00 BST
Report
Routledge 57'
Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,247 Referee: Darren England
Swansea City v Derby County
Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05 ) 46 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Swansea City show Blackburn 12:30 BST
Lenihan 21' Dack 47'
Report
Baker-Richardson 25' McBurnie 35'
Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,227 Referee: Jarred Gillett
FA Cup [ ]
The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[57] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton .[58] The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC , Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw.[59] Draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge .[60]
Win
Draw
Loss
Aston Villa v Swansea City
Swansea City v Gillingham
Swansea City v Manchester City
EFL Cup [ ]
The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[61]
Win
Draw
Loss
Swansea City v Crystal Palace
Statistics [ ]
Appearances, goals, and cards [ ]
Last updated on 5 May 2019
Championship
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Total
Discipline
1
GK
Kristoffer Nordfeldt
22
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
25
0
0
1
–
3
DF
Martin Olsson
13
4
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
13
4
0
2
–
5
DF
Mike van der Hoorn
46
0
3
4
0
0
–
–
–
50
0
3
6
–
8
MF
Leroy Fer
15
10
1
2
0
0
–
–
–
17
10
1
5
–
9
FW
Oli McBurnie
37
5
22
2
0
2
–
–
–
39
5
24
5
–
10
MF
Bersant Celina
33
5
5
4
0
3
–
–
–
37
5
8
2
–
11
MF
Luciano Narsingh
0
2
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
0
2
0
–
–
12
MF
Nathan Dyer
18
4
2
2
0
1
–
–
–
20
4
3
1
–
15
MF
Wayne Routledge
22
2
5
2
0
0
–
–
–
24
2
5
–
–
16
FW
Joel Asoro
4
10
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
4
13
0
–
–
17
DF
Cameron Carter-Vickers
23
7
0
3
0
0
–
–
–
26
7
0
4
–
19
MF
Barrie McKay
16
14
2
1
0
1
–
–
–
17
14
3
–
–
20
MF
Daniel James
28
5
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
31
7
5
2
–
21
MF
Matt Grimes
40
5
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
44
5
2
3
–
22
DF
Joe Rodon
23
4
0
1
0
0
–
–
–
24
4
0
4
–
23
DF
Connor Roberts
44
1
3
4
0
0
–
–
–
48
1
3
3
–
24
DF
Declan John
7
3
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
9
4
0
–
–
25
GK
Erwin Mulder
24
1
0
2
0
0
–
–
–
26
1
0
1
–
26
DF
Kyle Naughton
31
4
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
34
4
1
2
–
27
MF
Jay Fulton
21
12
2
2
2
1
–
–
–
23
14
3
2
–
28
MF
George Byers
20
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
23
2
3
2
–
30
MF
Yan Dhanda
1
4
1
–
–
–
1
0
0
2
4
1
–
–
32
FW
Liam Cullen
–
–
–
–
–
–
0
1
0
0
1
0
–
–
46
FW
Courtney Baker-Richardson
6
11
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
9
12
4
1
1
47
DF
Tyler Reid
–
–
–
–
–
–
0
1
0
0
1
0
–
–
50
DF
Cian Harries
2
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
3
3
0
–
–
55
DF
Brandon Cooper
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
0
0
1
0
0
–
–
Player currently away on loan to another club
2
FW
Wilfried Bony
1
6
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
6
1
–
–
7
MF
Jefferson Montero
0
12
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
0
12
0
1
–
14
MF
Tom Carroll
8
4
0
–
–
–
1
0
0
9
4
0
–
–
Player transferred to another club during the season
—
DF
Federico Fernández
1
0
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
0
0
–
–
References [ ]
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League competitions
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