2014–15 Hull City A.F.C. season

Hull City
2014–15 season
Chairman	Assem Allam
Manager	Steve Bruce
Stadium	KC Stadium
Premier League	18th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Play–off round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nikica Jelavić (8); All: ; Nikica Jelavić (8)
Highest home attendance	24,877 (29 May v Burnley)
Lowest home attendance	21,275 (15 September vs West Ham United)
Average home league attendance	23,557
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season is Hull City's second season back in the Premier League after retaining their league status with their highest points total and highest finishing position of 16th in the 2013–14 season. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. As losing FA Cup finalists in the 2013–14 season they also took part in the UEFA Europa League and started in the Third qualifying round.

Kits[edit]

On 20 April 2014, 24-minutes into the home match against Arsenal, the club announced they had signed a 4-year deal with kit suppliers Umbro to commence 1 June 2014.^[4] On 17 July 2014 the club announced a record breaking two-year shirt sponsorship deal with 12BET.^[5]^[6] The new home kit design was revealed on 18 July 2014,^[7] the away kit on 11 August 2014^[8] and a third strip on 20 August 2014.^[9]

Events[edit]

The season's fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014, giving City an opening away tie against Queens Park Rangers on 16 August 2014.^[10] The season closes on 24 May 2015 with a home match against Manchester United.

On 20 June 2014, the club unveiled a new crest which did not include the name of the team.^[11]

On 25 June 2014, Jake Livermore was signed from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed club record fee on a three-year contract.^[12] The BBC reported the fee was thought to be about £8 million.^[13]

On 30 June 2014, Robert Snodgrass was signed from Norwich City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in excess of £6 million, on a three-year contract.^[14]
On 7 July 2014 Tom Ince was signed from Blackpool on a two-year contract.^[15] The free transfer was made with compensation to Blackpool still to be agreed.
On 7 July 2014 Joe Dudgeon signed a new one-year contract with the club.^[16]

On 9 July 2014, goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović signed a new two-year contract with the club.^[17]

On 28 July 2014, Hibernian signed Mark Oxley on a six-month loan, with a view to extending to the end of the season.^[18] This was extended to a season long loan on 8 January 2015.^[19]
On 29 July 2014, the club made a double signing on three-year deals of Harry Maguire, for £2.5 million from Sheffield United, and Andy Robertson, for £2.85 million from Dundee United.^[20]^[21] On the same day, Conor Townsend moved to Dundee United on a season-long loan,^[22] but returned early on 3 February 2015.^[23]

On 31 July 2014, Joe Dudgeon signed a month-long loan agreement with Barnsley,^[24] this was later extended to 5 January 2015.^[25]
On 14 August 2014, Shane Long signed for Southampton for an undisclosed fee, reported by the BBC to be about £12 million.^[26]^[27]
On 20 August 2014, manager Steve Bruce confirmed that Robert Snodgrass would be out for six months due to a knee injury sustained at Queens Park Rangers on 16 August.^[28]

On 26 August 2014, Michael Dawson joined from Tottenham Hotspur for £3.5 million on a three-year deal.^[29]^[30]
On transfer deadline day, 1 September 2014, defender Brian Lenihan was signed on a three-year deal from Cork City, for an undisclosed fee.^[31]^[32] George Boyd moved to Burnley on a three-year contract.^[33] Abel Hernández of Palermo signed a three-year deal for a club record transfer fee, reported by the BBC to be about £10 million.^[34] Mohamed Diamé moved from West Ham United after signing a three-year deal with the club.^[35] Gastón Ramírez was brought in from Southampton and Hatem Ben Arfa from Newcastle United, both on season-long loan deals.^[35]^[36]
On 9 September 2014, a press conference was called by owner Assem Allam for 2:00 p.m. on 11 September to discuss "the future of Hull City Tigers".^[37] At the press conference, Allam confirmed that following The FA's rejection of the name change on 9 April 2014, he had put the club up for sale and would be appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the name change.^[38] On 16 March 2015, an independent panel ruled that the original decision by The FA "cannot stand" and the club were free to reapply for a name change for next season.^[39]

On 30 September 2014, Yannick Sagbo went on an emergency three-month loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers,^[40] but was recalled early on 13 November 2014.^[41]
On 21 October 2014, Maynor Figueroa returned to Wigan Athletic on a month-loan;^[42] this was later extended to 30 December 2014.^[43] He was recalled early on 22 December 2014 to cover for injuries.^[44]
On 30 October 2014, Tom Ince went on loan to Nottingham Forest until 28 December 2014,^[45] but was recalled early on 22 December 2014 to cover for injuries.^[44]
On 7 November 2014, Brian Lenihan went out on a month-long loan spell to Blackpool,^[46] but this was cut short on 25 November 2014 with a tendon injury.^[47]
On 20 November 2014, Will Aimson and Calaum Jahraldo-Martin went on loan to Tranmere Rovers until 1 January 2015.^[48] Though Aimson returned after the match on 28 November 2014 where he suffered a broken tibia and fibula.^[49]
On 21 November 2014, the club announced that Burgess Hill Town striker Greg Luer would be joining on 1 January 2015.^[50]
On 5 December 2014, UEFA announced that the club was under investigation for possible breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[51] In February 2015, the club were fined £145,000 for breaching the rules.^[52]

On 23 December 2014, Steve Agnew left the club to become assistant head coach of Middlesbrough.^[53]

On 5 January 2015, Hatem Ben Arfa signed for French side Nice after being out of favour and leaving without telling the club his whereabouts.^[54]^[55]
On 23 January 2015, Karim Rossi moved on a free transfer to Belgian side Zulte Waregem.^[56]
On 27 January 2015, Calaum Jahraldo-Martin signed for Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season.^[57]
On 30 January 2015, it was announced that Dean Windass would become the club ambassador on 2 February, the first official appointment to this role.^[58]

On transfer deadline day, 2 February 2015, Tom Ince moved on loan to Derby County for the remainder of the season^[59] and Greg Luer moved on a month-long loan to Port Vale.^[60] They also signed Senegal striker Dame N'Doye from Lokomotiv Moscow for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[61]
On 5 February 2015 Mike Phelan was appointed as assistant manager.^[62]

On 10 February 2015, Harry Maguire went on a month-long loan to Wigan Athletic,^[63] this was later extended until the end of the season.^[64]^[65]
On 28 February 2015, Conor Townsend went on a month-long loan to Scunthorpe United,^[66] which was later extended to the end of the season.^[67]
On 11 March 2015, the club confirmed that a new contract had been agreed with manager Steve Bruce, a three-year deal that was signed later.^[68]^[69]

On 13 March 2015, Johnny Margetts went on loan to Cambridge United for the rest of the season.^[70]
On 19 March 2015, it was reported that Nikica Jelavić would be out for six-weeks after knee surgery.^[71]

On 15 May 2015, Jake Livermore was suspended by the club following a positive test for cocaine, and would not play again in the 2014–15 season.^[72]

On 28 May 2015, the club released six players, Joe Dudgeon, Maynor Figueroa, Steve Harper, Paul McShane, Liam Rosenior and Yannick Sagbo, who were all out of contract at the end of the season.^[73]

On 19 June 2015, Conor Townsend signed a one-year contract extension.^[74]

Awards[edit]

The awards ceremony for the season was originally planned for 24 May 2015, but this was postponed to a date in July 2015.^[75]

Players[edit]

As of 30 March 2015.^[76]

First team squad[edit]

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	SCO	Allan McGregor
2	DF	ENG	Liam Rosenior
3	DF	HON	Maynor Figueroa
4	DF	NIR	Alex Bruce^[77]
5	DF	WAL	James Chester^[78]
6	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies (captain)^[79]
7	MF	IRL	David Meyler
8	MF	ENG	Tom Huddlestone
9	FW	URU	Abel Hernández
10	MF	SCO	Robert Snodgrass
11	MF	IRL	Robbie Brady
14	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore
15	DF	IRL	Paul McShane
16	GK	SUI	Eldin Jakupović^[80]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	SEN	Mohamed Diamé^[81]
18	FW	CRO	Nikica Jelavić^[82]
19	DF	NIR	Joe Dudgeon^[83]
20	FW	CIV	Yannick Sagbo^[84]
21	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson
22	GK	ENG	Steve Harper
24	FW	NGA	Sone Aluko^[85]
25	MF	URU	Gastón Ramírez (On loan from Southampton)
26	DF	SCO	Andrew Robertson
27	MF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady
28	FW	SEN	Dame N'Doye
29	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn
31	DF	IRL	Brian Lenihan
—	DF	ENG	Will Aimson

Out on loan[edit]

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	ENG	Harry Maguire (at Wigan Athletic until the end of the 2014–15 season)^[63]^[65]
23	MF	ENG	Tom Ince (at Derby County until the end of the 2014–15 season)^[59]
—	FW	ATG	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin^[86] (at Alloa Athletic until the end of the 2014–15 season)^[57]
—	GK	ENG	Mark Oxley (at Hibernian until the end of the 2014–15 season)^[18]^[19]
—	DF	ENG	Conor Townsend (at Scunthorpe United until the end of the 2014–15 season)^[66]^[67]

Squad detail[edit]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
22	GK	Steve Harper	40	EU	2013	31	0	2015	Free
16	GK	Eldin Jakupović	30	EU	2012	13	0	2016	Free
1	GK	Allan McGregor	33	EU	2013	59	0	2016	£1,500,000
—	GK	Mark Oxley	24	EU	2008	1	0	2015	£150,000
4	DF	Alex Bruce	30	EU	2012	87	0	Undisclosed	Free
5	DF	James Chester	26	EU	2011 (Winter)	171	8	2016	£300,000
6	DF	Curtis Davies	30	EU	2013	68	5	2016	£2,250,000
21	DF	Michael Dawson	31	EU	2014	28	1	2017	£3,500,000
19	DF	Joe Dudgeon	24	EU	2011	39	0	2015	£300,000
3	DF	Maynor Figueroa	32	EU	2013	45	0	2015	Free
31	DF	Brian Lenihan	20	EU	2014	0	0	2017	Undisclosed
12	DF	Harry Maguire	22	EU	2014	6	0	2017	£2,500,000
15	DF	Paul McShane	29	EU	2008	136	5	2015	£2,000,000	On loan from Sunderland in Aug 2008, permanently signed Aug 2009
26	DF	Andrew Robertson	21	EU	2014	24	0	2017	£2,850,000
2	DF	Liam Rosenior	30	EU	2010	161	1	2015	Free
28	DF	Conor Townsend	22	EU	2011	1	0	2016	Youth system
11	MF	Robbie Brady	23	EU	2011	123	14	2016	£2,000,000	On loan from Man Utd in Jul 2011 & Nov 2012, permanently signed Jan 2013
17	MF	Mohamed Diamé	27		2014	12	4	2017	Undisclosed
27	MF	Ahmed Elmohamady	27	EU	2012	129	8	2016	£2,000,000	On loan from Sunderland in Aug 2012 & Jan 2013, permanently signed Jun 2013
8	MF	Tom Huddlestone	28	EU	2013	75	4	2016	£5,250,000
23	MF	Tom Ince	23	EU	2014	13	1	2016	Free
14	MF	Jake Livermore	25	EU	2013	80	4	2017	£8,000,000	On loan from Tottenham in Aug 2013, permanently signed Jun 2014
7	MF	David Meyler	26	EU	2012 (Winter)	101	10	2016	£1,500,000	On loan from Sunderland in Nov 2012, permanently signed Jan 2013
29	MF	Stephen Quinn	29	EU	2012	97	5	2015	£100,000
10	MF	Robert Snodgrass	27	EU	2014	3	0	2017	£6,000,000
24	FW	Sone Aluko	26	EU	2012	75	12	2016	Free
9	FW	Abel Hernández	24	EU	2014	26	4	2017	Undisclosed
—	FW	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	22	EU	2013	2	0	2014^[a]	Free
18	FW	Nikica Jelavić	29	EU	2014 (Winter)	45	12	2017	£6,500,000
28	FW	Dame N'Doye	30	EU	2015 (Winter)	15	5	2017	Undisclosed
20	FW	Yannick Sagbo	27	EU	2013	43	4	2015	£1,500,000

Last updated: 21 June 2015
Source: Hull City AFC Official Site

^ Signed 18 month contract in March 2013

Transfers[edit]

This section only lists transfers and loans for the 2014–15 season, which began 1 July 2014. For transactions in May and June 2014, see transfers and loans for the 2013–14 season.

Players in[edit]

Date	Player	From	Fee	Ref
25 June 2014	Jake Livermore	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed^{[NB 1]}	^[12]
30 June 2014	Robert Snodgrass	Norwich City	Undisclosed^{[NB 2]}	^[14]
7 July 2014	Tom Ince	Blackpool	Free^{[NB 3]}	^[15]
29 July 2014	Harry Maguire	Sheffield United	£2,500,000	^[20]
29 July 2014	Andrew Robertson	Dundee United	£2.85 million	^[20]
26 August 2014	Michael Dawson	Tottenham Hotspur	£3,500,000	^[29]^[30]
1 September 2014	Brian Lenihan	Cork City	Undisclosed	^[31]^[32]
1 September 2014	Abel Hernández	Palermo	Undisclosed^{[NB 4]}	^[34]
1 September 2014	Mohamed Diamé	West Ham United	Undisclosed	^[35]
1 January 2015	Greg Luer	Burgess Hill Town	Undisclosed	^[50]
2 February 2015	Dame N'Doye	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	^[61]

Notes

^ A club record fee,^[12] reported by the BBC to be about £8 million.^[13]
^ Believed to be in excess of £6 million.^[14]
^ Compensation to Blackpool to be agreed.^[87]
^ A club record fee, reported by the BBC to be about £10 million.^[34]

Players out[edit]

Date	Player	To	Fee	Ref
23 May 2014	James Armstrong	Sunderland Ryhope Community Association	Free	^[88]
23 May 2014	Matty Fryatt	Nottingham Forest	Free	^[88]^[89]
23 May 2014	Conor Henderson	Crawley Town	Free	^[88]^[90]
23 May 2014	Robert Koren	Melbourne City	Free	^[88]^[91]
23 May 2014	Abdoulaye Faye	Sabah FA	Free	^[88]^[92]
24 June 2014	Paul McElroy	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	^[93]
1 July 2014	Cameron Stewart	Ipswich Town	Free	^[94]
7 August 2014	Nick Proschwitz	Brentford	Free	^[95]
14 August 2014	Shane Long	Southampton	Undisclosed^{[NB 1]}	^[26]
1 September 2014	George Boyd	Burnley	Undisclosed^{[NB 2]}	^[33]
23 January 2015	Karim Rossi	Zulte Waregem	Free	^[56]

Notes

^ Reported by the BBC to be about £12 million^[27] or £12.5 million according to the Hull Daily Mail.^[96]
^ Reported by the BBC to be about £3 million^[33]

Loans in[edit]

Date From	Player	From	Date To	Ref
1 September 2014	Gastón Ramírez	Southampton	30 June 2015	^[35]
1 September 2014	Hatem Ben Arfa	Newcastle United	5 January 2015	^[36]^[54]^[55]

Loans out[edit]

Date From	Player	To	Date To	Ref
28 July 2014	Mark Oxley	Hibernian	30 June 2015	^[18]^[19]
29 July 2014	Conor Townsend	Dundee United	3 February 2015	^[22]^[23]
31 July 2014	Joe Dudgeon	Barnsley	5 January 2015	^[24]^[25]
30 September 2014	Yannick Sagbo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13 November 2014	^[97]^[40]^[41]
21 October 2014	Maynor Figueroa	Wigan Athletic	22 December 2014	^[42]^[43]^[44]
30 October 2014	Tom Ince	Nottingham Forest	22 December 2014	^[45]^[44]
7 November 2014	Brian Lenihan	Blackpool	25 November 2014	^[46]^[47]
20 November 2014	Will Aimson	Tranmere Rovers	28 November 2014	^[48]^[49]
20 November 2014	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Tranmere Rovers	1 January 2015	^[48]
27 January 2015	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Alloa Athletic	30 June 2015	^[57]
2 February 2015	Tom Ince	Derby County	30 June 2015	^[59]
2 February 2015	Greg Luer	Port Vale	2 March 2015	^[60]
6 February 2015	Rory Watson	Gainsborough Trinity	30 June 2015	^[98]^[99]
10 February 2015	Harry Maguire	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2015	^[63]^[64]^[65]
28 February 2015	Conor Townsend	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2015	^[66]^[67]
13 March 2015	Johnny Margetts	Cambridge United	30 June 2015	^[70]

Statistics[edit]

Captains[edit]

No.	P	Name	No. games	Notes
6	DF	Curtis Davies	25	Club captain
21	DF	Michael Dawson	17	^[100]
2	DF	Liam Rosenior	2

Last updated: 30 May 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Appearances[edit]

As of 30 May 2015^[101]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Allan McGregor	30	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	ENG	Liam Rosenior	18	0	5+8	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	0
3	DF	HON	Maynor Figueroa	7	0	2+1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	NIR	Alex Bruce	25	0	17+5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	WAL	James Chester	27	2	22	2	0	0	1	0	4	0
6	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies	25	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	IRL	David Meyler	32	1	19+9	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF	ENG	Tom Huddlestone	35	0	30+1	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
9	FW	URU	Abel Hernández	26	5	15+10	5	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	SCO	Robert Snodgrass	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	MF	IRL	Robbie Brady	32	3	17+10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2
12	DF	ENG	Harry Maguire	6	0	0+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	37	1	35	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
15	DF	IRL	Paul McShane	23	1	19+1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
16	GK	SUI	Eldin Jakupović	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SEN	Mohamed Diamé	12	4	10+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	CRO	Nikica Jelavić	29	8	21+5	8	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
19	DF	NIR	Joe Dudgeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	CIV	Yannick Sagbo	9	0	0+4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
21	DF	ENG	Michael Dawson	28	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	ENG	Steve Harper	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ENG	Tom Ince	13	1	3+4	0	1	0	1	1	1+3	0
24	FW	NGA	Sone Aluko	31	2	13+12	1	1	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
25	MF	URU	Gastón Ramírez	22	1	11+11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	SCO	Andrew Robertson	24	0	17+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	43	3	38	2	0+1	0	0	0	3+1	1
28	FW	SEN	Dame N'Doye	15	5	13+2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	IRL	Stephen Quinn	29	1	17+11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	FRA	Hatem Ben Arfa	9	0	5+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
—	GK	ENG	Mark Oxley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF	ENG	Conor Townsend	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW	ATG	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who played for Hull City but were subsequently sold by the club:
9	FW	IRL	Shane Long	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	SCO	George Boyd	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Source: Compiled from competitive match reports

Note: Appearances shown after a "+" indicate player came on during course of match.

Disciplinary record[edit]

Name	Number	Position	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
	Number	Position
Tom Huddlestone	8	MF	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
David Meyler	7	MF	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
James Chester	5	DF	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
Stephen Quinn	29	MF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Gastón Ramírez	25	MF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Yannick Sagbo	20	FW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jake Livermore	14	MF	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
Michael Dawson	21	DF	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Andrew Robertson	26	DF	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Alex Bruce	4	DF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Curtis Davies	6	DF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	MF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Paul McShane	15	DF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Sone Aluko	24	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Nikica Jelavić	18	FW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Dame N'Doye	28	FW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Robbie Brady	11	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mohamed Diamé	17	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Abel Hernández	9	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Hatem Ben Arfa	34	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Shane Long	9	FW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Harry Maguire	12	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gastón Ramírez	25	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Liam Rosenior	2	DF	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total			75	6	2	0	1	0	7	1	85	7

Top scorers[edit]

Name	Number	Position	Premier League	League Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
Nikica Jelavić	18	FW	8	0	0	8
Dame N'Doye	28	FW	5	0	0	5
Mohamed Diamé	17	MF	4	0	0	4
Abel Hernández	9	FW	4	0	0	4
Robbie Brady	11	MF	0	1	2	3
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	MF	2	0	1	3
Sone Aluko	24	FW	1	0	1	2
James Chester	5	DF	2	0	0	2
Michael Dawson	21	DF	1	0	0	1
Tom Ince	23	MF	0	1	0	1
Jake Livermore	14	MF	1	0	0	1
Paul McShane	15	DF	1	0	0	1
David Meyler	7	MF	1	0	0	1
Stephen Quinn	29	MF	1	0	0	1
Gastón Ramírez	25	MF	1	0	0	1
Total			32	2	4	38

Competitions[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Pre-season matches were announced on 19 May 2014 with two matches at the same time on 21 July 2014 against North Ferriby United and Harrogate Town. This to be followed by matches against York City on 23 July and Barnsley on 26 July.^[102]

Players reported back for pre-season training on 8 July 2014^[103] and departed for a training camp in Portugal later in the week.^[104]

On 8 July 2014, a pre-season friendly against VfB Stuttgart was announced for 10 August 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany.^[105]

21 July 2014	North Ferriby United	1–1	Hull City	North Ferriby
19:30 BST	Gray 79'	Report^[106]	Long 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Eon Visual Media Stadium Attendance: 2,203

21 July 2014	Harrogate Town	0–5	Hull City	Harrogate
19:30 BST		Report 1^[107] Report 2^[108]	Boyd 23', 68' Brady 42', 50' Jahraldo-Martin 56'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 540

23 July 2014	York City	0–2	Hull City	York
19:30 BST		Report 1^[109] Report 2^[110]	Aluko 50' Sagbo 76'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Scott Duncan

26 July 2014	Barnsley	1–1	Hull City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Hourihane 60'	Report 1^[111] Report 2^[112]	Long 47'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,929 Referee: Andy Madley

10 August 2014	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hull City	Stuttgart, Germany
16:00	Ibišević 38'	Report^[113]	Meyler 5' Robertson 12'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 23,500

Overall[edit]

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	18th	16 August 2014	24 May 2015
League Cup	Third round	—	Third round	24 September 2014	24 September 2014
FA Cup	Third round	—	Third round	4 January 2015	4 January 2015
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	—	Play-off round	31 July 2014	28 August 2014

Updated to match played 28 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Sunderland	38	7	17	14	31	53	−22	38
17	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	31	57	−26	38
18	Hull City (R)	38	8	11	19	33	51	−18	35	Relegation to Football League Championship
19	Burnley (R)	38	7	12	19	28	53	−25	33
20	Queens Park Rangers (R)	38	8	6	24	42	73	−31	30

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[114]
(R) Relegated

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	8	11	19	33	51	−18	35	5	5	9	19	24	−5	3	6	10	14	27	−13

Last updated: 25 May 2015.
Source: Premier League

Result by matchday[edit]

Matchday	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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D
Position	3	5	9	10	9	14	8	9	9	13	14	16	17	17	18	19	19	17	17	15	18	18	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	16	15	17	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2015. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9 am.^[115]

16 August 2014 1	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Hull City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Dunne 69'	Report^[116]	Davies 27' Chester 52' Jelavić 79'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,603 Referee: Craig Pawson

24 August 2014 2	Hull City	1–1	Stoke City	Kingston upon Hull
13:30 BST	Chester 14' Jelavić 42' Robertson 51'	Report^[117]	Diouf 38' Bardsley 44' Krkić 61' Shawcross 83'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,348 Referee: Jonathan Moss

31 August 2014 3	Aston Villa	2–1	Hull City	Birmingham
13:30 BST	Agbonlahor 14' Weimann 36' Guzan 90'	Report^[118]	Davies 42' Jelavić 74', 82' Elmohamady 84' Quinn 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,336 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

15 September 2014 4	Hull City	2–2	West Ham United	Kingston upon Hull
20:00 BST	Hernández 39' Huddlestone 54' Robertson 60' Diamé 64' Livermore 90+4'	Report^[2]	Valencia 50' Davies 67' (o.g.) Reid 90+4'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,275 Referee: Martin Atkinson

20 September 2014 5	Newcastle United	2–2	Hull City	Newcastle
15:00 BST	Coloccini 52' Sissoko 59' Cabella 73' Cissé 73', 87'	Report^[119]	Jelavić 48' Robertson 59' Diamé 68' Aluko 90+3'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,119 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

27 September 2014 6	Hull City	2–4	Manchester City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Mangala 21' (o.g.) Hernández 32' (pen.)	Report^[120]	Agüero 7' Džeko 11', 68' Mangala 31' Clichy 84' Lampard 87'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 22,859 Referee: Anthony Taylor

4 October 2014 7	Hull City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Livermore 35' Diamé 60' Jelavić 89'	Report^[121]	Campbell 44' Mariappa 55'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,281 Referee: Mike Dean

18 October 2014 8	Arsenal	2–2	Hull City	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Sánchez 13' Wilshere 69' Cazorla 80' Welbeck 90+1'	Report^[122]	Diamé 17' Chester 44' Hernández 46' Huddlestone 66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,004 Referee: Roger East

25 October 2014 9	Liverpool	0–0	Hull City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Sterling 55' Balotelli 57' Henderson 81'	Report^[123]	Huddlestone 40' Ben Arfa 50'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,591 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

1 November 2014 10	Hull City	0–1	Southampton	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Diamé 90'	Report^[124]	Wanyama 3'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 22,828 Referee: Martin Atkinson

8 November 2014 11	Burnley	1–0	Hull City	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Shackell 28' Ward 42' Barnes 50' Duff 56' Marney 86' Ings 90' Jutkiewicz 90+4'	Report^[125]	Chester 7' Hernández 72' Brady 90+2' Livermore 90+2'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,998 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

23 November 2014 12	Hull City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Hull
16:00 GMT	Livermore 8', 62' Ramírez 50' Huddlestone 63' Robertson 90+2'	Report^[126]	Dier 33' Kane 61' Eriksen 90'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,561 Referee: Craig Pawson

29 November 2014 13	Manchester United	3–0	Hull City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Smalling 16' Rooney 42' Fellaini 47' Van Persie 66' Rojo 89'	Report^[127]	Chester 54' Dawson 65'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,345 Referee: Anthony Taylor

3 December 2014 14	Everton	1–1	Hull City	Walton, Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Lukaku 34' Baines 78'	Report^[128]	Dawson 24' Aluko 59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,645 Referee: Robert Madley

6 December 2014 15	Hull City	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Meyler 60'	Report^[129]	Mulumbu 90'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,279 Referee: Michael Oliver

13 December 2014 16	Chelsea	2–0	Hull City	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Hazard 7' Willian 31' Cahill 38' Costa 58', 68'	Report^[130]	Huddlestone 15' 60' Meyler 26' Alex Bruce 57' Chester 66'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,626 Referee: Chris Foy

20 December 2014 17	Hull City	0–1	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Livermore 27' Aluko 67'	Report^[131]	Ki 15' Richards 40' Taylor 75'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,913 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

26 December 2014 18	Sunderland	1–3	Hull City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Johnson 1' Larsson 16' Vergini 19' Gómez 49' Fletcher 53' Jones 74'	Report^[132]	Ramírez 32' Chester 45+1', 51' Brady 73' Jelavić 90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,817 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 December 2014 19	Hull City	0–1	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Quinn 90+4'	Report^[133]	Simpson 31' Mahrez 32' Konchesky 58', 88'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,809 Referee: Phil Dowd

1 January 2015 20	Hull City	2–0	Everton	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Meyler 20' Elmohamady 33' Livermore 34' Jelavić 43' Maguire 89'	Report^[134]	Bešić 11' Koné 45+2' Barry 65' Alcaraz 67' 86'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,865 Referee: Kevin Friend

10 January 2015 21	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Hull City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Yacob 35' Berahino 78'	Report^[135]		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,818 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

18 January 2015 22	West Ham United	3–0	Hull City	Upton Park, East London
13:30 GMT	Noble 21' Carroll 49' Amalfitano 69' Downing 72'	Report^[136]	Elmohamady 34' Quinn 75' Meyler 87'	Stadium: The Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,914 Referee: Martin Atkinson

31 January 2015 23	Hull City	0–3	Newcastle United	Kingston upon Hull
12:45 GMT	Meyler 25' Elmohamady 45+2' Robertson 64' Livermore 89'	Report^[137]	Anita 29' Cabella 40' Ameobi 50' Gouffran 78'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,925 Referee: Phil Dowd

7 February 2015 24	Manchester City	1–1	Hull City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Nasri 78' Fernandinho 85' Milner 90+2'	Report^[138]	Meyler 35' Elmohamady 60' Dawson 68' Livermore 68' Huddlestone 90+1'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,233 Referee: Jonathan Moss

10 February 2015 25	Hull City	2–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Jelavić 22' N'Doye 74' Dawson 85'	Report^[139]	Hutton 41' Agbonlahor 56'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,467 Referee: Michael Oliver

21 February 2015 26	Hull City	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Jelavić 16' N'Doye 89'	Report^[140]	Barton 32' Furlong 32' Austin 39' Zamora 58' Zárate 75' Phillips 80'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,466 Referee: Anthony Taylor

28 February 2015 27	Stoke City	1–0	Hull City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Pieters 28' Moses 43' Crouch 71'	Report^[141]	Meyler 52' Dawson 77'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,473 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

3 March 2015 28	Hull City	1–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	N'Doye 15' McShane 41' Robertson 79'	Report^[142]	Brown 12' Rodwell 36', 77' Poyet 36'^{[Note 1]} Bridcutt 46' Cattermole 60' Larsson 79' Álvarez 87'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,017 Referee: Mike Dean

14 March 2015 29	Leicester City	0–0	Hull City	Leicester
15:00		Report^[145]	Huddlestone 14' 72' Robertson 45' Dawson 66' Bruce 68'^{[Note 2]} N'Doye 75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,456 Referee: Jonathan Moss

22 March 2015 30	Hull City	2–3	Chelsea	Kingston upon Hull
16:00 GMT	Elmohamady 26' Hernández 28'	Report^[149]	Hazard 2' Costa 9' Cahill 13' Rémy 77' Matić 89'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,598 Referee: Michael Oliver

4 April 2015 31	Swansea City	3–1	Hull City	Swansea
15:00 BST	Ki 18' Gomis 37', 90+1' Williams 48'	Report^[150]	Hernández 47' N'Doye 49' McShane 50', 54' Meyler 53' Bruce 69' Diamé 89'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,333 Referee: Andre Marriner

11 April 2015 32

[87] Signed 18 month contract in March 2013

[88] A club record fee,^[12] reported by the BBC to be about £8 million.^[13]

[89] Believed to be in excess of £6 million.^[14]

[91] Compensation to Blackpool to be agreed.^[87]

[92] A club record fee, reported by the BBC to be about £10 million.^[34]

[102] Reported by the BBC to be about £12 million^[27] or £12.5 million according to the Hull Daily Mail.^[96]

[103] Reported by the BBC to be about £3 million^[33]

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