2013–14 Cardiff City F.C. season explained

The 2013–14 season was Cardiff City Football Club's first season in the Premier League, and their first in the top division of English football since the 1961–62 season. This ended ten consecutive years in the Football League second division. Overall, it was their 16th season competing in England's top division.

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Premier League

Results by matchday

First Team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	David Marshall	GK		Glasgow		196	0	Norwich City	12 May 2009	£500,000	2018
32	Joe Lewis	GK		Bury St. Edmunds		5	0	Peterborough United	1 July 2012	Free	2016
Defenders
2	Matthew Connolly	CB		Barnet		40	5	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2015
3	Andrew Taylor	LB		Hartlepool		115	2	Middlesbrough	4 July 2011	Free	2016
4	Steven Caulker	CB		London		39	5	Tottenham Hotspur	31 July 2013	£8,000,000	2017
5	Mark Hudson	CB		Guildford		162	11	Charlton Athletic	2 July 2009	£1,075,000	2015
6	Ben Turner	CB		Birmingham		107	4	Coventry City	31 August 2011	£750,000	2016
25	Kevin McNaughton	RB		Dundee		292	2	Aberdeen	26 May 2006	Free	2015
27	Juan Cala	CB		Lebrija		8	2	Sevilla	7 February 2014	Free	2016
28	Kévin Théophile-Catherine	RB		Saint-Brieuc		29	0	Rennes	31 August 2013	£2,100,000	2017
35	Fábio	LB		Rio de Janeiro		13	0	Manchester United	29 January 2014	Free	2017
42	Declan John	LB		Merthyr Tydfil		22	0	Academy	1 July 2013	Trainee	2018
Midfielders
7	Peter Whittingham	CM/LM		Nuneaton		340	79	Aston Villa	11 January 2007	£350,000	2015
8	Gary Medel	DM/CB		Santiago		35	0	Sevilla	10 August 2013	£9,500,000	2017
13	Kim Bo-Kyung	AM		Gurye		59	3	Cerezo Osaka	27 July 2012	£2,000,000	2015
15	Magnus Wolff Eikrem	CM		Molde		8	0	Heerenveen	8 January 2014	£2,000,000	2016
16	Craig Noone	RW		Kirkby		54	10	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 August 2012	£1,000,000	2016
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM		Akureyri		118	14	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2016
18	Jordon Mutch	AM		Alvaston		60	7	Birmingham City	22 June 2012	£2,000,000	2015
19	Don Cowie	RM		Inverness		97	9	Watford	1 July 2011	Free	2014
24	Simon Lappin	LM/LB		Glasgow		2	0	Norwich City	29 January 2013	Free	2014
29	Mats Møller Dæhli	AM/WG		Oslo		15	1	Molde	11 January 2014	Undisclosed	2016
36	Wilfried Zaha	RW		Abidjan		13	0	Manchester United	31 January 2014	Loan	2014
Forwards
9	Kenwyne Jones	CF		Point Fortin		11	1	Stoke City	28 January 2014	Player swap	2016
10	Fraizer Campbell	CF		Huddersfield		52	16	Sunderland	21 January 2013	£650,000	2016
14	Tommy Smith	RW		Hemel Hempstead		26	1	Queens Park Rangers	24 August 2012	£300,000	2014
20	Joe Mason	CF		Plymouth		78	18	Plymouth Argyle	10 July 2011	£250,000	2016
34	Jo Inge Berget	SS		Oslo		2	0	Molde	24 January 2014	Undisclosed	2016
39	Craig Bellamy	LW		Cardiff		91	18	Liverpool	10 August 2012	Free	2014
Out on Loan
12	John Brayford	RB		Stoke-on-Trent		2	0	Derby County	26 July 2013	£1,500,000	2017
21	Joe Ralls	CM		Aldershot	20	20	1	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2016
23	Nicky Maynard	CF		Winsford		14	2	West Ham United	31 August 2012	£2,500,000	2015
26	Filip Kiss	DM		Dunajská Streda		36	1	Slovan Bratislava	1 July 2012	Undisclosed	2016
33	Simon Moore	GK		Sandown		0	0	Brentford	29 July 2013	£150,000	2017

Statistics

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Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	10	FW	Fraizer Campbell	6	3	0	9
2	18	MF	Jordon Mutch	7	0	0	7
3	4	DF	Steven Caulker	5	0	0	5
4	7	MF	Peter Whittingham	3	0	0	3
	16	MF	Craig Noone	1	1	1	3
6	11	FW	Peter Odemwingie	1	0	1	2
	27	DF	Cala	2	0	0	2
	39	FW	Craig Bellamy	1	0	0	1
9	9	FW	Kenwyne Jones	1	0	0	1
	13	MF	Kim Bo-kyung	1	0	0	1
	15	FW	Rudy Gestede	0	0	1	1
	17	MF	Aron Gunnarsson	1	0	0	1
	23	FW	Nicky Maynard	0	0	1	1
	29	MF	Mats Møller Dæhli	1	0	0	1
Total				30	4	4	37

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1	GK	David Marshall	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	DF	Matthew Connolly	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	Steven Caulker	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	Mark Hudson	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Ben Turner	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7	MF	Peter Whittingham	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	Gary Medel	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10	FW	Fraizer Campbell	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
11	FW	Peter Odemwingie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF	Kim Bo-kyung	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
16	MF	Craig Noone	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	Aron Gunnarsson	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF	Jordon Mutch	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
19	MF	Don Cowie	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	Craig Conway	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF	Juan Cala	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
28	DF	Kévin Théophile-Catherine	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
35	DF	Fábio	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	MF	Wilfried Zaha	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	FW	Craig Bellamy	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total			50	1	4	0	1	0	55	1

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
4 May 2013	1	Andrew Taylor	vs Hull City	West Ham (A)
11 February 2014	3	Craig Bellamy	FA suspension	Aston Villa (H), Wigan (FA), Hull (H)
27 April 2014	4	Cala	vs Sunderland	Newcastle (A), Chelsea (H), TBC, TBC

Contracts

Transfers

In

• Total spending: ~ £36,000,000+

Notes:¹ Although officially undisclosed, Wales Online believed the deal to be worth around £2 million.^[1]

Out

• Total income: ~ £Undisclosed

Notes:

Loans out

Fixtures and results

League Cup

Overall summary

Summary

Games played	43 (38 Premier League, 3 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won	10 (7 Premier League, 2 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn	9 (9 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	24 (22 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	40 (32 Premier League, 4 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Goals conceded	80 (74 Premier League, 3 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goal difference	−40
Clean sheets	9 (7 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Yellow cards	55 (50 Premier League, 4 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Red cards	1 (1 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline	Ben Turner (6, 0)
Best result	3–1 vs Fulham
Worst result	0–4 vs Hull City, Sunderland
Most appearances	Campbell, Marshall (40)
Top scorer	Fraizer Campbell (9 goals)
Points	30

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Arsenal	0–3	0–2
Aston Villa	0–0	0–2
Chelsea	1–2	1–4
Crystal Palace	0–3	0–2
Everton	0–0	1–2
Fulham	3–1	2–1
Hull City	0–4	1–1
Liverpool	3–6	1–3
Manchester City	3–2	2–4
Manchester United	2–2	0–2
Newcastle United	1–2	0–3
Norwich City	2–1	0–0
Southampton	0–3	1–0
Stoke City	1–1	0–0
Sunderland	2–2	0–4
Swansea City	1–0	0–3
Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	0–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	3–3
West Ham United	0–2	0–2

Development squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Date signed	Ends
Goalkeepers
42	Ben Wilson	GK		Stanley		0	0	November 2013	2015
	Dave Richards	GK		Abergavenny		0	0	1 July 2013	2014
Defenders
30	Maximiliano Amondarain	CB		Montevideo		0	0	30 August 2013	2017
31	Ben Nugent	CB		Welwyn Garden City		14	1	1 July 2012	2016
37	Tom James	CB		Cardiff		1	0	April 2014	2016
41	Deji Oshilaja	CB		London		2	0	3 April 2012	Undisclosed
52	Luke Coulson	LB		St Helens		1	0	2 November 2012	2014
	Kane Owen	LB				0	0	1 July 2013	2015
	Josh Yorwerth	CB		Bridgend		0	0	1 July 2013	2015
Midfielders
40	Kadeem Harris	RW		Westminster		1	0	30 January 2012	2015
	Jaye Bowen	CM				0	0	1 July 2013	2015
	Ronnie Hawkins	CM			19	0	0	2 November 2012	2014
	Tommy O'Sullivan	CM		Mountain Ash		2	0	23 April 2012	2016
	Theo Wharton	CM		Cwmbran		2	0	29 March 2012	2014
Forwards
46	Rhys Healey	CF		Manchester		1	0	28 January 2013	2017
	Dane Griffiths	CF				0	0	1 July 2013	2014
	Gethyn Hill	CF		Pontypool		0	0	1 July 2013	2015

Under 21 Premier League Group 2

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cardiff City Scorers	Opposition Scorers	Report
1	19 Aug 13	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	Velikonja (19), Healey (45)		http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-ipswich-dvp-0-2-city-dvp-1003369.aspx
2	3 Sep 13	Crystal Palace	A	2–1	Kiss (51 pen), Healey (76)	Dymond (44 pen)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-palace-1-2-city-dvp-1034316.aspx
3	16 Sep 13	Swansea City	H	1–0	Harris (64)		http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-city-dvp-1-0-swansea-1058241.aspx?
4	7 Oct 13	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3	Healey (17, 30)	Hitchcock (1, 20), Petrasso (75)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/dvp-report-qpr-3-2-city-dvp-1102145.aspx
5	4 Oct 13	Brentford	H	3–1	Gestede (41, 87), Healey (73)	Norris (70)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/DevSideFixtures/
6	21 Oct 13	Millwall	H	1–0	Healey (58)		Report
7	4 Nov 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–0	O'Sullivan		http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-brighton-0-1-city-dvp-1155735.aspx
8	16 Dec 13	Charlton Athletic	A	2–5
9	13 Jan 14	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Healey (46), Cornelius (90))	Kaikai (6)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-city-dvp-1-1-palace-1293010.aspx
10	20 Jan 14	Swansea City	A	3–1	Healey (6, 26), Tancock (22 og)	Donnelly (80)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/dvp-report-swans-1-3-city-dvp-1307179.aspx
11	3 Feb 14	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	Healey (19), Dæhli (45)	Petrasso (22, 33)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/dvp-report-qpr-h-1338439.aspx
12	17 Feb 14	Bristol City	A	2–2	Healey (49), Griffiths (63)	Burns (5, 71 pen)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/dvp-report-bristol-2-2-cardiff-1365306.aspx

Under 21 FA Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Cardiff City Scorers	Opposition Scorers	Report
1	29 Oct 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	4–3 (AET)	Healey (28, 120), Kiss (89), O'Sullivan (120)	March (22), Barker (59), Harris (92)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-brighton-u-21-3-4-city-dvp-1144283.aspx
2	6 Dec 13	Chelsea	H	0–4		Baker (13), Wilson (48 og), Kiwomya (55), Boga (67)	http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/report-city-dvp-0-4-chelsea-1220541.aspx

Club staff

Backroom staff

Position	Name
First-team manager	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Assistant manager	Mark Dempsey
Goalkeeping coach	Richard Hartis
First-team coach	Danny Keough
Head of Conditioning	René Skovdahl
Senior Physiotherapist	Sean Connelly MSCP SRP
Assistant First Team Physiotherapist	Adam Rattenberry MCSP SRP
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Callum Walsh
Club doctor	Dr. Len Nokes
Chief Scout	John Vik
Club Scout	Mark Stow
Opposition Analyst	Martin Hodge
Performance analyst	Enda Barron
Recruitment analyst	Graham Younger
Kit & equipment manager	Ian Lenning

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Chief Executive	Simon Lim
Finance Director	Richard Thompson
Non-Executive Board Members Football Club	Steve Borley Derek Chee Seng Chin Paul Guy Len Wing Kong Meng Kwong Lim Michael Isaac Vincent Lye Ek Seang
Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings)	Mehmet Dalman Danni Rais

References

• News: 25 Man BPL squad confirmed . Cardiff City Football Club . Official Site . 4 September 2013 . 4 September 2013.

External links

• News: Cardiff City – Official Site . 1 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420070123/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10335,00.html . 20 April 2013 . dead .
• News: Cardiff City Results . BBC Sport . 6 August 2011 . 1 April 2013 . 27 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081227145007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/results/default.stm . dead .
• News: Key dates . . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614035603/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/KeyDates/0%2C%2C10794%2C00.html . 14 June 2012 .

Notes and References

1. News: Cardiff City to unveil Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Mats Moller Daehli as first new signings of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era today . BBC Sport . 7 January 2014 . 7 January 2014.