2013–14 Watford F.C. season explained

Club:Watford
Season:2013–14
Chairman:Raffaele Riva
Manager:Gianfranco Zola
(until 16 December 2013)
Giuseppe Sannino
(from 18 December 2013)
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Stadium:Vicarage Road
League:Football League Championship
League Result:13th (60 points)
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:Fourth round
(eliminated by Manchester City)
Cup2:League Cup
Cup2 Result:Third round
(eliminated by Norwich City)
Highest Attendance:16,625 v Queens Park Rangers, 29 December 2013
League Topscorer:Troy Deeney (24)
Season Topscorer:Troy Deeney (25)
Lowest Attendance:9,824 v Bournemouth, League Cup 2nd round, 28 August 2013
Average Attendance:15,512[1]
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15
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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. 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. 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. The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from fellow managers, 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.

Pre-season

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

Football League Championship

See also: 2013-14 Football League Championship.

Football League Cup

See also: 2013–14 Football League Cup.

FA Cup

See also: 2013–14 FA Cup.

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

Age = Current age

Loan player

Statistics correct as of game played 3 May 2014.[2]
Numbers in brackets indicate substitute appearances

No.!rowspan=2
PosNamePGPGPGPGAgeJoined clubYthNotes
ChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline
1GK3701000380102012No—
2DF000202 (1)0002013No—
3DF6 (2)000006 (2)0102013No
4DF39 (1)7301 (1)143 (2)81112013No—
5DF5 (3)000207 (3)0402013No
6DF31 (2)0303037 (2)01102012No—
7MF21 (14)430315202012No—
8MF5 (2)000106 (2)0002013No
8MF7 (4)100007 (4)1112014No
9FW4424310 (1)047 (1)25402010No—
10MF31 (3)10200 (1)033 (4)11702013No—
11FW19 (9)7211 (1)022 (10)8802012No—
12DF23 (1)01000102001Yes—
13FW8 (2)400008 (2)4212014No—
15FW3 (6)000311202013No—
15MF6 (2)100006 (2)1312014No—
16MF22 (12)3213227 (12)6202010Yes—
17DF3 (2)010004 (2)0002013No—
18DF29 (8)21 (1)0302702012No—
19DF26 (12)2103131 (12)4902013No—
20FW8 (13)11 (1)0201202013No—
20FW1 (1)000001 (1)0002014No
21MF29 (6)5200 (1)031 (7)5002012No—
22MF9 (4)20 (2)002202012No—
23MF12 (3)0200014 (3)0402013No—
23MF1 (5)000001 (5)0112014No
25FW00000000002013No—
26FW0 (1)0000000002011Yes—
27DF32 (3)11 (1)0011012012No—
28MF100 (1)02 (1)03 (2)0102011Yes—
28MF2000000200802014Yes
29MFGeorge Thorne80000080102013No
29DF0 (1)000000 (1)0002014No-
30GK9 (1)0203014 (1)0002010Yes—
31DF5 (2)000005 (2)0102011Yes—
32MF0 (1)000000 (1)0002013Yes—
33DF50100060102011No—
36FW10000010002010Yes—
37DF0 (1)000000 (1)0002012Yes—
—MF00000000002008Yes—
—DF00000000002010Yes—

Transfers

updates as 20 September 2013

In

DatePlayerFromFee
1 July 2013Uche IkpeazuReadingFree
2 July 2013Lewis McGuganNottingham ForestFree
19 July 2013Daniel PudilGranadaFree
19 July 2013Marco CassettiUdineseFree
19 July 2013Cristian BattocchioUdineseFree
19 July 2013Almen AbdiUdineseFree
19 July 2013Diego FabbriniUdineseFree
19 July 2013Gabriele AngellaUdineseFree
19 July 2013Javier AcuñaUdineseFree
19 July 2013Marco FaraoniUdineseFree
22 July 2013Ikechi AnyaGranadaFree
22 July 2013Reece BrownManchester UnitedFree
24 July 2013Joel EkstrandUdineseFree
25 July 2013IrineyGranadaFree
3 January 2014Mathias RanegieUdineseFree
24 February 2014Lucas NeillUnattachedFree

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. After being released by the club, Jack Bonham signed for Brentford, Stephen McGinn signed for Sheffield United and Mark Yeates signed for Bradford City.

DatePlayerToFee
3 June 2013Chris IwelumoScunthorpe UnitedFree
7 June 2013Jack BonhamBrentfordFree
7 June 2013Mark YeatesBradford CityReleased
7 June 2013Prince Buaben-Released
7 June 2013Stephen McGinnSheffield UnitedFree
7 June 2013Piero MingoiaAccrington StanleyReleased
7 June 2013Aaron Tumwa-Released
7 June 2013Stephan Hamilton-Forbes-Released
1 July 2013Craig ForsythDerby CountyUndisclosed
2 July 2013John EustaceDerby CountyFree
20 July 2013Lee HodsonMilton Keynes DonsFree
24 July 2013Carl DickinsonPort ValeMutual Termination
29 July 2013Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town£400k
31 July 2013Britt AssombalongaPeterborough United£1.3M
9 January 2014Adam ThompsonSouthend UnitedUndisclosed

Loans

updates as 20 September 2013

In

StartPlayerParent clubEnd
12 August 2013Essaïd Belkalem30 June 2014
20 September 2013Josh McEachran2 January 2014
6 November 2013George Thorne2 January 2014
22 November 2013Héctor Bellerín18 February 2014
3 January 2014Alexander Merkel30 June 2014
29 January 2014Dániel Tőzsér30 June 2014
31 January 2014Samba Diakité30 June 2014
31 January 2014Park Chu-young30 June 2014

Out

International

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

CountryTeamPlayer
AlgeriaSenior
Senior
Under-21
ItalyUnder-21
Under-21
Under-21
Under-21

Coaching staff

RoleName
Head coachGiuseppe Sannino
Assistant coachAdolfo Sormani
Assistant coachBastiano Porcu
Goalkeeping coachAlec Chamberlain
Youth (U-18) CoachDavid Hughes
Chief scoutFilippo Giraldi
Scouting Co-OrdinatorLuke Warrington
Head of MedicalMarco Cesarini
Kit ManagerWill Jones
Head of sports scienceGianni Brignardello
Sports scientistBen Dixon

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Watford's season in 30 numbers.
  2. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2741&comp_id=2&teamTabs=stats "Watford FC player appearances 2013/14"

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