2013–14 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock
2013–14 season
Chairman Michael Johnston
Manager Allan Johnston
Stadium Rugby Park
Premiership Ninth Place
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Kris Boyd (22)
All: Kris Boyd (22)
Highest home attendance 7,495 vs. Celtic,
Premiership,
14 March 2014
Lowest home attendance 2,033 vs. Hamilton Academical,
League Cup,
27 August 2013

The 2013–14 season was Kilmarnock's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership. Kilmarnock also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

In their first season under Allan Johnston, Kilmarnock finished ninth in the Scottish Premiership with 39 points. They reached the second round of the League Cup, losing to Hamilton, and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Dundee United.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season and friendlies

17 July 2013 Friendly East Fife 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Bayview Stadium, Methil
19:45 Report Trialist 1'
20 July 2013 Friendly Glentoran 0 – 2 Kilmarnock The Oval, Belfast
14:00 Report Heffernan pen'
26 July 2013 Friendly Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Carlisle United Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Heffernan 3', 89' Report Beck 16', 52'
27 July 2013 Friendly Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Newcastle U21s Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Slater 70'
Trialist 87' 		Report
17 September 2013 Friendly Greenock Morton 0 – 3 Kilmarnock Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
15:00 Report

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hayes 21'
Flood 53' 		Report Boyd 64' Referee: Crawford Allan
11 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 0 – 0 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,550
Referee: Willie Collum
17 August 2013 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 1 – 1 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
15:00 Harkins 65' Report Boyd 49' Attendance: 4,625
Referee: John Beaton
24 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Hibernian Rugby Park
15:00 Nicholson 23' Report Craig 47', 80' Attendance: 3,807
Referee: Kevin Clancy
31 August 2013 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Fir Park
15:00 Anier 20'
Sutton 45' 		Report McManus 17 og' Attendance: 4,353
Referee: Craig Charleston
14 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Inverness CT Rugby Park
15:00 Nicholson 51' Report Foran 6'
McKay 56' 		Attendance: 3,063
Referee: Steven McLean
21 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead 11 pen' Report Boyd 48' Attendance: 4,310
Referee: Bobby Madden
28 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 5 Celtic Rugby Park
12:30 Clingan 35'
Clohessy 42' 		Report Commons 20'
Samaras 24', 27', 88'
Baldé 90' 		Attendance: 6,149
Referee: Beaton
5 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 1 – 0 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi 56' Report Attendance: 5,850
Referee: Willie Collum
19 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 17'
Irvine 71' 		Report Attendance: 3,582
Referee: Stephen Finnie
26 October 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 16', 64' Report Attendance: 5,090
Referee: Kevin Clancy
2 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Inverness CT 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Doran 7'
Shinnie 52' 		Report Barr 76' Attendance: 2,948
Referee: Steven McLean
9 November 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3 – 1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
Hasselbaink 24'
May 31', 54' (pen.) 		BBC Report Irvine Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card
Clohessy 69'
Barr Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card 		Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Finnie
23 November 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 0 – 2 Motherwell Rugby Park
BBC Report Sutton 55'
Anier 88' 		Attendance: 3,704
Referee: Finnie
7 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Ross County 1 – 2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
Kettlewell 33' BBC Report Johnston 7'
Boyd 43' 		Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Madden
14 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 4 Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 Kris Boyd 89' BBC Report Watson 60'
Armstrong 75'
Gauld 77'
Goodwillie 90' 		Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Norris
21 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 1 Partick Thistle Rugby Park
Johnston 42'
Boyd 73' 		Report Doolan 49' Attendance: 3,865
Referee: Thomson
26 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 – 4 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Boyd 13', 48'
Johnston 40'
McKenzie 90' 		Attendance: 13,684
Referee: Beaton
29 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 3 – 0 Kilmarnock Easter Road
15:00 Hanlon 12'
Cairney 77'
Stevenson 90' 		BBC Report Attendance: 9,683
Referee: Collum
2 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 1 St Mirren Rugby Park
McKenzie 29'
Boyd 91' 		Report Campbell 18' Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Colvin
5 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Aberdeen Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Reynolds 83' Attendance: 4,073
Referee: Charleston
18 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Partick Thistle 1 – 1 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium
15:00 Higginbotham 3'
Taylor-Sinclair Red card 89' 		BBC Report Muirhead 91' Attendance: 4,092
Referee: McLean
25 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Ashcroft 16'
Boyd 74' 		BBC Report Attendance: 3,035
Referee: Collum
29 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 4 – 0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
19:45 Ledley 11'
Ashcroft 21' (o.g.)
Mulgrew 68'
Baldé 90+1' 		BBC Report Attendance: 44,271
Referee: Colvin
1 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 – 2 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 48', 90+2' BBC Report Arquin 30'
Songo'o 36' 		Attendance: 3,372
Referee: Allan
15 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United 3 – 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 Mackay-Steven 10'
Good 65'
Rankin 71' 		BBC Report Eremenko 40'
Boyd 64' 		Attendance: 6,038
Referee: Beaton
22 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 1 Hibernian Rugby Park
15:00 McKenzie 20' BBC Report Haynes 56' Attendance: 4,036
Referee: Thomson
1 March 2014 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 2 – 0 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
Newton 79'
Wylde 88' 		Report Attendance: 4,650
Referee: Allan
8 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 4 – 2 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
15:00 Wilson 27' (Own goal)
Boyd 49', 51'
Gardyne 72' 		BBC Sport Carrick 30'
Nicholson 69' 		Attendance: 3,510
Referee: Norris
14 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 0 – 3 Celtic Rugby Park
19:45 BBC Report Commons 57', 59', 86' Attendance: 7,495
Referee: Collum
22 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 17'
Jack 72' 		BBC Report Boyd 11' Attendance: 17,029
Referee: Thomson
29 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 1 – 2 Kilmarnock Fir Park
Vigurs 41' BBC Report McKenzie 66'
Slater 90+6' 		Attendance: 4,467
Referee: Madden
5 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Muirhead 5' BBC Report Wright 31'
Anderson 44' 		Attendance: 3,665
Referee: McLean
19 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 2 Partick Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Maksimenko 54' BBC Report Higginbotham 57'
Taylor-Sinclair 85' 		Attendance: 4,980
Referee: Colvin
26 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Ross County 2 – 1 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
Kiss 41'
Brittain 77' (pen.) 		BBC Report Boyd 88' Attendance: 3,401
Referee: Clancy
4 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 5 – 0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Stevenson 11', 24', 45+1'
King 56'
Paterson 60' 		BBC News Attendance: 13,656
Referee: Murray
7 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1 – 0 St Mirren Rugby Park
19:45 Boyd 21' BBC Report Attendance: 4,911
Referee: Muir
10 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Easter Road
12:15 BBC Report Boyd 44' Attendance: 15,057
Referee: Thomson

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup
27 August 2013 Scottish League Cup second round Kilmarnock 0 – 1 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park
19:45 Report Antoine-Curier 42' Attendance: 2,033
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup
29 November 2013 Scottish Cup round 4 Dundee United 5 – 2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
19:45 Robertson 27', 76'
Armstrong 64'
Graham 82' (pen.)
Mackay-Steven 84' 		BBC Report Barr 48'
Johnston 50' 		Attendance: 6,979
Referee: Calum Murray

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 10 May 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK SCO Craig Samson 40 0 38+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF NED Jeroen Tesselaar 38 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF SCO James Fowler 10 0 6+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
5 MF AUS Jackson Irvine 29 1 25+2 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF SCO Darren Barr 14 2 12+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 1
7 MF SCO Barry Nicholson 24 2 14+9 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF NIR Sammy Clingan 18 1 13+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW SCO Kris Boyd 37 22 35+1 22 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW SCO Chris Johnston 22 4 15+6 3 0+0 0 1+0 1
11 FW FRA William Gros 16 0 4+10 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
12 GK ESP Antonio Reguero 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF SWE David Moberg Karlsson 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF SCO Ross Barbour 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF ENG Sean Clohessy 26 2 24+0 2 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW SCO Rory McKenzie 34 4 28+5 4 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF FIN Alexei Eremenko 13 1 9+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF NIR Jude Winchester 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF LVA Vitālijs Maksimenko 8 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF NIR Rory McKeown 10 0 6+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW SCO Michael Gardyne 23 1 17+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF SCO Mark O'Hara 17 0 12+3 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
27 FW SCO Ross Davidson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF SCO Craig Slater 23 1 20+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 MF ITA Manuel Pascali 32 0 29+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 DF SCO Lee Ashcroft 25 1 23+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW SCO Robbie Muirhead 21 2 10+11 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF SCO Greg Kiltie 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
83 DF ALG Ismaël Bouzid 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
13 MF NGA Reuben Gabriel 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
14 FW IRL Paul Heffernan 5 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF CPV David Silva 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF NGA Rabiu Ibrahim 11 0 6+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF RSA Kyle Jacobs 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW SCO Mark Stewart 5 0 1+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF SCO Gary Fisher 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Craig Samson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 DF Jeroen Tesselaar 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 MF James Fowler 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
5 DF Jackson Irvine 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
6 MF Darren Barr 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
7 MF Barry Nicholson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Sammy Clingan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW Kris Boyd 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
10 FW Chris Johnston 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 FW William Gros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK Antonio Reguero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Reuben Gabriel 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
14 FW Paul Heffernan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF David Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF David Moberg Karlsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF Ross Barbour 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 DF Sean Clohessy 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 FW Rory McKenzie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 MF Rabiu Ibrahim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Kyle Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Alexei Eremenko 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
21 MF Jude Winchester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Mark Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF Vitālijs Maksimenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 DF Rory McKeown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Gary Fisher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Michael Gardyne 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 DF Mark O'Hara 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
27 FW Ross Davidson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Craig Slater 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
29 MF Manuel Pascali 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
30 DF Lee Ashcroft 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
33 FW Robbie Muirhead 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 MF Greg Kiltie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
83 DF Ismaël Bouzid 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics

Final League table

Pos Team 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
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
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 Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Division 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
Ground A H A H H H H H H H H A A H A H H H A H H A H A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A
Result L D D L L L D L L W W L L L W L W W L W L D W L D L D L W L L W L L L L W W
Position 8 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 11 11 10 9
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2014. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2013