Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They played the 2014–15 season in the Football League Championship, for the eighth consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07, securing promotion following a 2–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion on 25 April 2015, after spending eight consecutive seasons in the Championship. The team's manager was Slaviša Jokanović.
Competitions
Pre-season matches
Championship
League table
League results summary
Matches The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.
FA Cup
League Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Watford were drawn away to Stevenage.
Squad statistics
No. = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played
G = Number of goals scored
= Yellow cards
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Red cards
Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system
Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player
Age = Current age
Loan player
Statistics correct as of 2 May 2015."Watford FC player appearances 2014/15". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
+2014–15 Watford player detailsNo.PosNamePGPGPGPGAgeJoined clubYthNotesChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotalDiscipline1GK4400000440002014No—2MF00000000002013Yes—3MF21+73101+10313202014No4DF32+321000362102013No—5MF4+510020111202014No5MF13+430000173102014No—6DF23+11000+10251012012No—7MF00000000002012No—7MF14+300000170002015No—8MF34+1151000465202014No9FW37+52110004321102010No—10MF5+10001070002013No—11FW10+1451010265002012No—12DF5+10002080002001Yes—13FW00000000002014No—14DF32+701000400202014No—15DF28+131000303302014No—16MF2+400+101+1090002010Yes—17DF00000000002015No—17DF6+10002090112014No—18DF19+40101+10260102012No—19FW20001+1040002013No—20FW31+11160+101+104516002014No21MF27+800010360002012No—22MF28+490+1000339102012No—23MF4+1010022163002014No—23MF19+100000200202015No—24FW22+132010203820102014No—25FW00000000002013No—26FW0+10000010002011Yes—27DF00000000002014Yes—28MF00000000002011Yes—29FW00000000002014Yes—30GK2+10102060002010Yes—31DF20+701020300002011Yes—32MF0+1000001000182014Yes—33DF0000000000182014Yes—34GK00000000002014No—39DF1100000110002014No39DF4+21000061002015No47MF7+20000090002014Yes—
Staff
Non-playing staff
Information correct as of 13 May 2015.Watford FC Staff Profiles . Watfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
Former non-playing staff Head coach: Beppe Sannino (until 31 August) Head coach: Óscar García (2–29 September) Head-coach: Billy McKinlay (29 September–7 October; assistant coach: 26–29 September) Assistant coach: Giovanni Cusatis (until 11 September) Assistant coach: Francesco Troise (until 11 September) Technical director: Gianluca Nani (until 2 September) Youth team coach: David Hughes (until 6 August) Head of medical: Marco Cesarini (until late December) First-team analyst: Adam Carter
Transfers
In DatePlayerFromFeeRef23 May 2014Free27 May 2014Free12 June 2014Free24 June 2014Free16 July 2014Undisclosed25 August 2014Free24 October 2014Undisclosed9 January 2015Undisclosed23 January 2015Undisclosed23 January 2015Free26 February 2015Free
Out DatePlayerToFeeRef4 June 2014RetiredReleased4 June 2014RetiredReleased4 June 2014Free agentReleased4 June 2014Free agentReleased4 June 2014Free agentReleased4 June 2014Released4 June 2014Released2 July 2014Undisclosed17 July 2014Free31 July 2014Undisclosed1 August 2014Undisclosed14 January 2015Free
Loans in StartPlayerParent clubEndRef26 June 201430 June 20157 July 201430 June 201524 July 20142 February 201530 July 201424 October 20144 August 201430 June 20158 October 20149 January 201526 November 20141 January 201527 February 201525 April 201519 March 201530 June 2015
Loans outs StartPlayerToEndRef5 August 201430 June 201513 August 20144 November 201414 August 201430 June 201522 August 201430 June 201526 August 201430 June 201528 August 201415 January 201519 November 20141 January 201526 November 201425 January 201527 November 201430 June 201516 January 201516 March 201519 January 201530 June 201528 January 201510 March 20152 February 201530 June 20155 February 201531 December 201511 February 201530 June 201513 March 201530 June 201526 March 201530 June 2015
Reserves and academy In 2014–15, Watford's under-21 side competed in the Under-21 Premier League Cup, progressing through four rounds before losing 3–2 away at Southampton in the quarter-finals. They also played in the Herts Senior Cup, progressing through one round before losing to Hemel Hempstead in the quarter-finals. The under-18s finished 5th in the South-East Conference of the Football League Youth Alliance, subsequently qualifying for Merit League One. In the FA Youth Cup they entered in the third round, losing 3–1 away at Swansea.
Watford's academy in 2014–15 consisted of 17 scholars: In the second year: Arie Ammann, Matthew Hall, Harry Kyprianou, Dennon Lewis, Mahlondo Martin, Il Myeong Choi, Kunle Otudeko, Carl Stewart and Alfie Young. In the first year: Jacob Cook, Andrew Eleftheriou, Michael Folivi, Max Makaka, Brandon Mason, Ogo Obi, Charlie Rowan and Connor Stevens.
Panos Armenakas was announced as joining the first-year in April 2014, but in June he signed for Italian club Udinese, who are also owned by the Pozzo family. On 1 September the club announced second-year midfielder Tom Rosenthal had left to join Belgian side S.V. Zulte Waregem in order for him to be closer to an ill family member. On 15 September striker Ogo Obi signed a two-year scholarship deal with the club, with a one-year professional deal from its expiration in 2016. Obi had been with the club since the under-11 age-group, but had spent time on trial with Manchester United over the pre-season. Goalkeeper Shaun Rowley, a scholar with Shrewsbury Town, joined the academy on a youth loan for the early part of the reason, returning to his parent club in October. Stewart transferred to Udinese in January. In February Folivi signed a deal that would see him become professional at the end of his scholarship in 2016, with the club holding the option of adding a further year.
On 1 May, Watford announced that Lewis, Martin and Young would be offered professional contracts of an unspecified length, while Hall would have his scholarship extended after he suffered from an injury in 2014–15. Ammann, Choi, Otudeko and Kyprianou, who was an unused substitute for the first-team's FA Cup game away at Bristol City on 4 January 2014, were released.
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