2007–08 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City
2007–08 season
ChairmanHuw Jenkins
ManagerRoberto Martínez
StadiumLiberty Stadium
League One1st (promoted to the Football League Championship)
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Football League TrophyArea finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jason Scotland (24)
All:
Jason Scotland (29)

During the 2007–08 English football season, Swansea City competed in Football League One.

Season summary

Swansea finished the season as champions of League One, ten points ahead of runners-up Nottingham Forest. Swansea had flirted with the top six for the first third of the season, before a run of six straight wins lifted them to first place, which they did not relinquish for the rest of the season. This winning sequence was the start of eighteen straight matches without defeat.[1] The club also enjoyed good form in the Football League Trophy, reaching the Southern finals before being knocked out by Milton Keynes Dons in a penalty shootout.

Squad

Squad at end of season[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF England ENG Kevin Amankwaah
3 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kevin Austin[a]
4 DF Wales WAL Kristian O'Leary
5 DF England ENG Alan Tate
6 MF Netherlands NED Ferrie Bodde
7 MF England ENG Leon Britton
8 MF England ENG Darren Pratley
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jason Scotland
10 MF Spain ESP Andrea Orlandi
11 FW Scotland SCO Darryl Duffy
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Marcos Painter[b]
15 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Dennis Lawrence
16 DF England ENG Garry Monk
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Wales WAL Owain Tudur Jones
18 MF England ENG Andy Robinson
20 MF Wales WAL Shaun MacDonald
21 GK Netherlands NED Dorus de Vries
22 DF Spain ESP Àngel Rangel
23 FW Spain ESP Guillem Bauzà
24 MF England ENG Darren Way
26 MF England ENG Paul Anderson (on loan from Liverpool)
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Thomas Butler
29 MF England ENG Febian Brandy (on loan from Manchester United)
30 GK England ENG David Knight
32 MF Wales WAL Joe Allen
36 DF Wales WAL Ashley Williams[c] (on loan from Stockport County)

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Scotland SCO Steven Watt (on loan to Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
29 MF England ENG Ian Craney (to Accrington Stanley)
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 FW Northern Ireland NIR Warren Feeney (on loan to Cardiff City)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Wales WAL Chris Jones
25 MF Wales WAL Matthew Collins
27 DF England ENG Kyle Graves
31 MF Wales WAL Scott Evans
No. Pos. Nation Player
33 FW Wales WAL Kerry Morgan
34 GK Wales WAL Callum Hawthorne
35 DF England ENG James Burgin

Notes

  1. ^ Austin was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
  2. ^ Painter was born in Solihull, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
  3. ^ Williams was born in Wolverhampton, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in March 2008.

References

  1. ^ "Swansea City 2007-2008 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - Swansea City - 2007/08".