2018–19 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City

2018–19 season
Chairman	Huw Jenkins (until February 2019) Trevor Birch
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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK SWE Kristoffer Nordfeldt 3 DF SWE Martin Olsson 5 DF NED Mike van der Hoorn (vice-captain) 8 MF NED Leroy Fer (captain) 9 FW SCO Oli McBurnie 10 MF KOS Bersant Celina 11 MF NED Luciano Narsingh 12 MF ENG Nathan Dyer 13 GK GER Steven Benda 15 MF ENG Wayne Routledge 16 FW SWE Joel Asoro 17 DF USA Cameron Carter-Vickers (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF SCO Barrie McKay 20 MF WAL Daniel James 21 MF ENG Matt Grimes 22 DF WAL Joe Rodon 23 DF WAL Connor Roberts 24 DF WAL Declan John 25 GK NED Erwin Mulder 26 DF ENG Kyle Naughton 27 MF SCO Jay Fulton 28 MF SCO George Byers 30 MF ENG Yan Dhanda 46 FW ENG Courtney Baker-Richardson

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Contract length	Fee	Ref.
23 May 2018	MF		Yan Dhanda	Liverpool	2 years	Free transfer
6 July 2018	DF		Jordi Govea	Real Madrid	3 years	Free transfer
14 July 2018	FW		Joel Asoro	Sunderland	4 years	£2,000,000
31 July 2018	MF		Barrie McKay	Nottingham Forest	3 years	£1,500,000
31 July 2018	MF		Bersant Celina	Manchester City	4 years	£3,000,000
9 August 2018	DF		Declan John	Rangers	3 years	Undisclosed
13 August 2018	MF		Simon Paulet	Club Brugge	2 years	Undisclosed
20 August 2018	GK		Josh Gould	Taff's Well	1 year	Free transfer

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 May 2018	DF		Àngel Rangel	Queens Park Rangers	End of contract
11 May 2018	MF		Leon Britton	Retired	—
22 May 2018	DF		Matic Paljk	Olimpija Ljubljana	End of contract
22 May 2018	DF		Mael Davies	Free agent	End of contract
22 May 2018	FW		Causso Darame	Free agent	End of contract
22 May 2018	MF		Jack Fox	Free agent	End of contract
22 May 2018	MF		Finley Hazell	Free agent	End of contract
22 May 2018	FW		Matthew Roberts	Free agent	End of contract
22 May 2018	DF		Rhydian Williams	Free agent	End of contract
18 June 2018	GK		Lewis Thomas	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer
20 June 2018	GK		Łukasz Fabiański	West Ham United	£7,000,000
26 June 2018	FW		Kenji Gorré	Nacional	Free transfer
27 June 2018	MF		Roque Mesa	Sevilla	£8,000,000
29 June 2018	MF		Ki Sung-yueng	Newcastle United	Free transfer
9 July 2018	GK		Alex Lang	Cardiff Metropolitan	Free transfer
16 July 2018	DF		Kyle Bartley	West Bromwich Albion	£4,000,000
2 August 2018	DF		Alfie Mawson	Fulham	£15,000,000
9 August 2018	DF		Jordi Amat	Rayo Vallecano	£1,000,000
9 August 2018	MF		Sam Clucas	Stoke City	£6,000,000
9 August 2018	DF		Federico Fernández	Newcastle United	£6,000,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Expiry date	Ref.
25 August 2018	DF		Cameron Carter-Vickers	Tottenham Hotspur	31 May 2019

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Expiry date	Ref.
12 June 2018	DF		Ben Cabango	The New Saints	3 January 2019
2 July 2018	MF		Adam King	Peterborough United	19 January 2019
16 July 2018	FW		Borja Bastón	Deportivo Alavés	31 May 2019
25 July 2018	FW		André Ayew	Fenerbahçe	31 May 2019
9 August 2018	FW		Jordan Ayew	Crystal Palace	31 May 2019
31 August 2018	DF		Keston Davies	Notts County	3 January 2019
30 November 2018	GK		Joshua Gould	Merthyr Town	28 December 2018
3 January 2019	DF		Aaron Lewis	Doncaster Rovers	31 May 2019
31 January 2019	FW		Botti Biabi	Macclesfield Town	31 May 2019
31 January 2019	FW		Wilfried Bony	Al-Arabi	31 May 2019
31 January 2019	MF		Tom Carroll	Aston Villa	31 May 2019
31 January 2019	MF		Jefferson Montero	West Bromwich Albion	31 May 2019
1 February 2019	MF		Ryan Blair	Dunfermline Athletic	31 May 2019

New contracts

Date signed	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
3 July 2018	MF		George Byers	2 years	30 June 2020
4 July 2018	MF		Keiran Evans	1 year	30 June 2019
7 July 2018	MF		Jack Evans	1 year	30 June 2019
12 July 2018	FW		Oli McBurnie	3 years	30 June 2021
15 July 2018	DF		Aaron Lewis	1 year	30 June 2019
1 November 2018	DF		Joe Rodon	3.5 years	30 June 2022
6 November 2018	MF		Jay Fulton	2.5 years	30 June 2021
7 November 2018	MF		Matt Grimes	3.5 years	30 June 2022
22 November 2018	DF		Connor Roberts	3.5 years	30 June 2022
31 January 2019	FW		Botti Biabi	1 year	30 June 2020

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.

Friendlies

Interwetten Cup

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	46	18	11	17	65	62	+3	039.13
FA Cup	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	075.00
EFL Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	51	21	11	19	78	68	+10	041.18

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
12	Sheffield Wednesday	46	16	16	14	60	62	−2	64
13	Hull City	46	17	11	18	66	68	−2	62

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

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 21 June 2018, Swansea City's 2018-2019 Championship fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018. The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton. The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw. Draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge.

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Statistics

Appearances, goals, and cards

Last updated on 5 May 2019

No.	Pos	Player	Championship			FA Cup			EFL Cup			Total			Discipline
			Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
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	–	–