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)[1]
Lowest home attendance	21,275 (15 September vs West Ham United)[2]
Average home league attendance	23,557[3]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 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.

Events

• The season's fixtures were announced on 18 June 2014, giving City an opening away tie against Queens Park Rangers on 16 August 2014.^[4] 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.^[5]

• On 25 June 2014, Jake Livermore was signed from Tottenham Hotspur for an undisclosed club record fee on a three-year contract.^[6] The BBC reported the fee was thought to be about £8 million.^[7]

• 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.^[8]
• On 7 July 2014 Tom Ince was signed from Blackpool on a two-year contract.^[9] 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.^[10]

• On 9 July 2014, goalkeeper Eldin Jakupović signed a new two-year contract with the club.^[11]

• On 28 July 2014, Hibernian signed Mark Oxley on a six-month loan, with a view to extending to the end of the season.^[12] This was extended to a season long loan on 8 January 2015.^[13]
• 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.^[14][15] On the same day, Conor Townsend moved to Dundee United on a season-long loan,^[16] but returned early on 3 February 2015.^[17]

• On 31 July 2014, Joe Dudgeon signed a month-long loan agreement with Barnsley,^[18] this was later extended to 5 January 2015.^[19]
• On 14 August 2014, Shane Long signed for Southampton for an undisclosed fee, reported by the BBC to be about £12 million.^[20][21]
• 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.^[22]

• On 26 August 2014, Michael Dawson joined from Tottenham Hotspur for £3.5 million on a three-year deal.^[23][24]
• On transfer deadline day, 1 September 2014, defender Brian Lenihan was signed on a three-year deal from Cork City, for an undisclosed fee.^[25][26] George Boyd moved to Burnley on a three-year contract.^[27] Abel Hernández of Palermo signed a three-year deal for a club record transfer fee, reported by the BBC to be about £10 million.^[28] Mohamed Diamé moved from West Ham United after signing a three-year deal with the club.^[29] Gastón Ramírez was brought in from Southampton and Hatem Ben Arfa from Newcastle United, both on season-long loan deals.^[29][30]
• 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".^[31] 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.^[32] 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.^[33]

• On 30 September 2014, Yannick Sagbo went on an emergency three-month loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers,^[34] but was recalled early on 13 November 2014.^[35]
• On 21 October 2014, Maynor Figueroa returned to Wigan Athletic on a month-loan;^[36] this was later extended to 30 December 2014.^[37] He was recalled early on 22 December 2014 to cover for injuries.^[38]
• On 30 October 2014, Tom Ince went on loan to Nottingham Forest until 28 December 2014,^[39] but was recalled early on 22 December 2014 to cover for injuries.^[38]
• On 7 November 2014, Brian Lenihan went out on a month-long loan spell to Blackpool,^[40] but this was cut short on 25 November 2014 with a tendon injury.^[41]
• On 20 November 2014, Will Aimson and Calaum Jahraldo-Martin went on loan to Tranmere Rovers until 1 January 2015.^[42] Though Aimson returned after the match on 28 November 2014 where he suffered a broken tibia and fibula.^[43]
• On 21 November 2014, the club announced that Burgess Hill Town striker Greg Luer would be joining on 1 January 2015.^[44]
• On 5 December 2014, UEFA announced that the club was under investigation for possible breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[45] In February 2015, the club were fined £145,000 for breaching the rules.^[46]

• On 23 December 2014, Steve Agnew left the club to become assistant head coach of Middlesbrough.^[47]

• 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.^[48][49]
• On 23 January 2015, Karim Rossi moved on a free transfer to Belgian side Zulte Waregem.^[50]
• On 27 January 2015, Calaum Jahraldo-Martin signed for Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season.^[51]
• 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.^[52]

• On transfer deadline day, 2 February 2015, Tom Ince moved on loan to Derby County for the remainder of the season^[53] and Greg Luer moved on a month-long loan to Port Vale.^[54] They also signed Senegal striker Dame N'Doye from Lokomotiv Moscow for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[55]
• On 5 February 2015 Mike Phelan was appointed as assistant manager.^[56]

• On 10 February 2015, Harry Maguire went on a month-long loan to Wigan Athletic,^[57] this was later extended until the end of the season.^[58][59]
• On 28 February 2015, Conor Townsend went on a month-long loan to Scunthorpe United,^[60] which was later extended to the end of the season.^[61]
• 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.^[62][63]

• On 13 March 2015, Johnny Margetts went on loan to Cambridge United for the rest of the season.^[64]
• On 19 March 2015, it was reported that Nikica Jelavić would be out for six-weeks after knee surgery.^[65]

• 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.^[66]

• 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.^[67]

• On 19 June 2015, Conor Townsend signed a one-year contract extension.^[68]

Players

As of 30 March 2015.^[69]

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Allan McGregor 2 DF Liam Rosenior 3 DF Maynor Figueroa 4 DF Alex Bruce[70] 5 DF James Chester[71] 6 DF Curtis Davies (captain)[72] 7 MF David Meyler 8 MF Tom Huddlestone 9 FW Abel Hernández 10 MF Robert Snodgrass 11 MF Robbie Brady 14 MF Jake Livermore 15 DF Paul McShane 16 GK Eldin Jakupović[73]

No. Position Player 17 MF Mohamed Diamé[74] 18 FW Nikica Jelavić[75] 19 DF Joe Dudgeon[76] 20 FW Yannick Sagbo[77] 21 DF Michael Dawson 22 GK Steve Harper 24 FW Sone Aluko[78] 25 MF Gastón Ramírez (On loan from Southampton) 26 DF Andrew Robertson 27 MF Ahmed Elmohamady 28 FW Dame N'Doye 29 MF Stephen Quinn 31 DF Brian Lenihan — DF Will Aimson

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 12 DF Harry Maguire (at Wigan Athletic until the end of the 2014–15 season)[57][59] 23 MF Tom Ince (at Derby County until the end of the 2014–15 season)[53] — FW Calaum Jahraldo-Martin[79] (at Alloa Athletic until the end of the 2014–15 season)[51] — GK Mark Oxley (at Hibernian until the end of the 2014–15 season)[12][13] — DF Conor Townsend (at Scunthorpe United until the end of the 2014–15 season)[60][61]

Squad detail

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
22	GK		Steve Harper	41	EU	2013	31	0	2015	Free
16	GK		Eldin Jakupović	32	EU	2012	13	0	2016	Free
1	GK		Allan McGregor	34	EU	2013	59	0	2016	£1,500,000
—	GK		Mark Oxley	26	EU	2008	1	0	2015	£150,000
4	DF		Alex Bruce	32	EU	2012	87	0	Undisclosed	Free
5	DF		James Chester	27	EU	2011 (Winter)	171	8	2016	£300,000
6	DF		Curtis Davies	31	EU	2013	68	5	2016	£2,250,000
21	DF		Michael Dawson	33	EU	2014	28	1	2017	£3,500,000
19	DF		Joe Dudgeon	26	EU	2011	39	0	2015	£300,000
3	DF		Maynor Figueroa	33	EU	2013	45	0	2015	Free
31	DF		Brian Lenihan		EU	2014	0	0	2017	Undisclosed
12	DF		Harry Maguire	23	EU	2014	6	0	2017	£2,500,000
15	DF		Paul McShane	30	EU	2008	136	5	2015	£2,000,000	On loan from Sunderland in Aug 2008, permanently signed Aug 2009
26	DF		Andrew Robertson	22	EU	2014	24	0	2017	£2,850,000
2	DF		Liam Rosenior	32	EU	2010	161	1	2015	Free
28	DF		Conor Townsend	23	EU	2011	1	0	2016	Youth system
11	MF		Robbie Brady	24	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	29		2014	12	4	2017	Undisclosed
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	29	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	29	EU	2013	75	4	2016	£5,250,000
23	MF		Tom Ince	24	EU	2014	13	1	2016	Free
14	MF		Jake Livermore	27	EU	2013	80	4	2017	£8,000,000	On loan from Tottenham in Aug 2013, permanently signed Jun 2014
7	MF		David Meyler	27	EU	2012 (Winter)	101	10	2016	£1,500,000	On loan from Sunderland in Nov 2012, permanently signed Jan 2013
29	MF		Stephen Quinn	30	EU	2012	97	5	2015	£100,000
10	MF		Robert Snodgrass	29	EU	2014	3	0	2017	£6,000,000
24	FW		Sone Aluko	27	EU	2012	75	12	2016	Free
9	FW		Abel Hernández	26	EU	2014	26	4	2017	Undisclosed
—	FW		Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	23	EU	2013	2	0	2014[lower-alpha 1]	Free
18	FW		Nikica Jelavić	31	EU	2014 (Winter)	45	12	2017	£6,500,000
28	FW		Dame N'Doye	31	EU	2015 (Winter)	15	5	2017	Undisclosed
20	FW		Yannick Sagbo	28	EU	2013	43	4	2015	£1,500,000

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

1. Signed 18 month contract in March 2013

Pre-season

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.^[80]

Players reported back for pre-season training on 8 July 2014^[81] and departed for a training camp in Portugal later in the week.^[82]

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.^[83]

North Ferriby United v Hull City

21 July 2014	North Ferriby United	1–1	Hull City	North Ferriby
19:30 BST	Gray  79'	Report[84]	Long  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Eon Visual Media Stadium Attendance: 2,203

Harrogate Town v Hull City

21 July 2014	Harrogate Town	0–5	Hull City	Harrogate
19:30 BST		Report 1[85] Report 2[86]	Boyd  23', 68' Brady  42', 50' Jahraldo-Martin  56'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 540

York City v Hull City

23 July 2014	York City	0–2	Hull City	York
19:30 BST		Report 1[87] Report 2[88]	Aluko  50' Sagbo  76'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Scott Duncan

Barnsley v Hull City

26 July 2014	Barnsley	1–1	Hull City	Barnsley
15:00 BST	Hourihane  60'	Report 1[89] Report 2[90]	Long  47'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,929 Referee: Andy Madley

VfB Stuttgart v Hull City

10 August 2014	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hull City	Stuttgart, Germany
16:00	Ibišević  38'	Report[91]	Meyler  5' Robertson  12'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 23,500

Competition

Overall

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

Last updated: 28 May 2015
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	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 the 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) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.

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
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

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

Last updated: 25 May 2015.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9 am.^[92]

Queens Park Rangers v Hull City

16 August 2014 1	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Hull City	Shepherd's Bush, London
15:00 BST	Dunne  69'	Report[93]	Davies  27' Chester  52' Jelavić  79'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,603 Referee: Craig Pawson

Hull City v Stoke City

24 August 2014 2	Hull City	1–1	Stoke City	Kingston upon Hull
13:30 BST	Chester  14' Jelavić  42' Robertson  51'	Report[94]	Diouf  38' Bardsley  44' Krkić  61' Shawcross  83'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,348 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Aston Villa v Hull City

31 August 2014 3	Aston Villa	2–1	Hull City	Birmingham
13:30 BST	Agbonlahor  14' Weimann  36' Guzan  90'	Report[95]	Davies  42' Jelavić  74',  82' Elmohamady  84' Quinn  87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,336 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Hull City v West Ham United

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

Newcastle United v Hull City

20 September 2014 5	Newcastle United	2–2	Hull City	Newcastle
15:00 BST	Coloccini  52' Sissoko  59' Cabella  73' Cissé  73', 87'	Report[96]	Jelavić  48' Robertson  59' Diamé  68' Aluko  90+3'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 49,119 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Hull City v Manchester City

27 September 2014 6	Hull City	2–4	Manchester City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Mangala  21' (o.g.) Hernández  32' (pen.)	Report[97]	Agüero  7' Džeko  11', 68' Mangala  31' Clichy  84' Lampard  87'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 22,859 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Hull City v Crystal Palace

4 October 2014 7	Hull City	2–0	Crystal Palace	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Livermore  35' Diamé  60' Jelavić  89'	Report[98]	Campbell  44' Mariappa  55'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,281 Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Hull City

18 October 2014 8	Arsenal	2–2	Hull City	Holloway, London
15:00 BST	Sánchez  13' Wilshere  69' Cazorla  80' Welbeck  90+1'	Report[99]	Diamé  17' Chester  44' Hernández  46' Huddlestone  66'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,004 Referee: Roger East

Liverpool v Hull City

25 October 2014 9	Liverpool	0–0	Hull City	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Sterling  55' Balotelli  57' Henderson  81'	Report[100]	Huddlestone  40' Ben Arfa  50'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,591 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Hull City v Southampton

1 November 2014 10	Hull City	0–1	Southampton	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Diamé  90'	Report[101]	Wanyama  3'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 22,828 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Burnley v Hull City

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[102]	Chester  7' Hernández  72' Brady  90+2' Livermore  90+2'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,998 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur

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[103]	Dier  33' Kane  61' Eriksen  90'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,561 Referee: Craig Pawson

Manchester United v Hull City

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[104]	Chester  54' Dawson  65'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,345 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Everton v Hull City

3 December 2014 14	Everton	1–1	Hull City	Walton, Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Lukaku  34' Baines  78'	Report[105]	Dawson  24' Aluko  59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,645 Referee: Robert Madley

Hull City v West Bromwich Albion

6 December 2014 15	Hull City	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Meyler  60'	Report[106]	Mulumbu  90'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,279 Referee: Michael Oliver

Chelsea v Hull City

13 December 2014 16	Chelsea	2–0	Hull City	Fulham, London
15:00 GMT	Hazard  7' Willian  31' Cahill  38' Costa  58',  68'	Report[107]	Huddlestone  15', 60' Meyler  26' Alex Bruce  57' Chester  66'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,626 Referee: Chris Foy

Hull City v Swansea City

20 December 2014 17	Hull City	0–1	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Livermore  27' Aluko  67'	Report[108]	Ki  15' Richards  40' Taylor  75'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,913 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Sunderland v Hull City

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[109]	Ramírez  32' Chester  45+1',  51' Brady  73' Jelavić  90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 44,817 Referee: Andre Marriner

Hull City v Leicester City

28 December 2014 19	Hull City	0–1	Leicester City	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Quinn  90+4'	Report[110]	Simpson  31' Mahrez  32' Konchesky  58',  88'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,809 Referee: Phil Dowd

Hull City v Everton

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[111]	Bešić  11' Koné  45+2' Barry  65' Alcaraz  67', 86'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,865 Referee: Kevin Friend

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

10 January 2015 21	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Hull City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Yacob  35' Berahino  78'	Report[112]		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,818 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Ham United v Hull City

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[113]	Elmohamady  34' Quinn  75' Meyler  87'	Stadium: The Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,914 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Hull City v Newcastle United

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[114]	Anita  29' Cabella  40' Ameobi  50' Gouffran  78'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,925 Referee: Phil Dowd

Manchester City v Hull City

7 February 2015 24	Manchester City	1–1	Hull City	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Nasri  78' Fernandinho  85' Milner  90+2'	Report[115]	Meyler  35' Elmohamady  60' Dawson  68' Livermore  68' Huddlestone  90+1'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,233 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Hull City v Aston Villa

10 February 2015 25	Hull City	2–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	Jelavić  22' N'Doye  74' Dawson  85'	Report[116]	Hutton  41' Agbonlahor  56'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,467 Referee: Michael Oliver

Hull City v Queens Park Rangers

21 February 2015 26	Hull City	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Jelavić  16' N'Doye  89'	Report[117]	Barton  32' Furlong  32' Austin  39' Zamora  58' Zárate  75' Phillips  80'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,466 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Stoke City v Hull City

28 February 2015 27	Stoke City	1–0	Hull City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Pieters  28' Moses  43' Crouch  71'	Report[118]	Meyler  52' Dawson  77'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,473 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Hull City v Sunderland

3 March 2015 28	Hull City	1–1	Sunderland	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 GMT	N'Doye  15' McShane  41' Robertson  79'	Report[119]	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

Leicester City v Hull City

14 March 2015 29	Leicester City	0–0	Hull City	Leicester
15:00		Report[122]	Huddlestone  14', 72' Robertson  45' Dawson  66' Bruce  68'[Note 2] N'Doye  75'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,456 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Hull City v Chelsea

22 March 2015 30	Hull City	2–3	Chelsea	Kingston upon Hull
16:00 GMT	Elmohamady  26' Hernández  28'	Report[126]	Hazard  2' Costa  9' Cahill  13' Rémy  77' Matić  89'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,598 Referee: Michael Oliver

Swansea City v Hull City

4 April 2015 31	Swansea City	3–1	Hull City	Swansea
15:00 BST	Ki  18' Gomis  37', 90+1' Williams  48'	Report[127]	Hernández  47' N'Doye  49' McShane  50',  54' Meyler  53' Bruce  69' Diamé  89'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,333 Referee: Andre Marriner

Southampton v Hull City

11 April 2015 32	Southampton	2–0	Hull City	Southampton
15:00 BST	Pellè  33',  81' Wanyama  42' Ward-Prowse  56' (pen.)	Report[128]		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,359 Referee: Kevin Friend

Crystal Palace v Hull City

25 April 2015 33	Crystal Palace	0–2	Hull City	South Norwood, London
15:00 BST		Report[129]	N'Doye  51', 90+2'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,876 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Hull City v Liverpool

28 April 2015 34	Hull City	1–0	Liverpool	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Dawson  37' Livermore  39' Ramírez  90+5'	Report[130]		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,843 Referee: Lee Probert

Hull City v Arsenal

4 May 2015 35	Hull City	1–3	Arsenal	Kingston upon Hull
20:00 BST	Livermore  23' N'Doye  30' Quinn  56'	Report[131]	Sánchez  28', 45+1' Ramsey  33'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,628 Referee: Lee Mason

Hull City v Burnley

9 May 2015 36	Hull City	0–1	Burnley	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Jelavić  67'	Report[1]	Ings  62',  79'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,877 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City

16 May 2015 37	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Hull City	Tottenham, London
15:00 BST	Mason  42' Chadli  54' Bentaleb  57' Rose  59',  61'	Report[132]	Meyler  90+2'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,857 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Hull City v Manchester United

24 May 2015 38	Hull City	0–0	Manchester United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Dawson  90' Quinn  90+3' Abel Hernández[Note 3]	Report[135]	Blind  57' Fellaini  77' Smalling  90+2'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,745 Referee: Lee Probert

League Cup

Hull City enter the competition at the Third Round; because of their involvement in European competition, matches were played during the week commencing 22 September 2014.^[136] The draw for the Third Round took place on 27 August 2014 and Hull were drawn away to follow Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.^[137] The match took place on 24 September 2014 at The Hawthorns, and Brown Ideye opened the scoring after 15 minutes for West Brom. Hull fought back with goals either side of the break from Tom Ince and Robbie Brady, but the home team took it with two goals in the last four minutes of the match from Gareth McAuley and Saido Berahino.^[138]

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

24 September 2014 3rd round	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Hull City	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Ideye  15' Gamboa  71' McAuley  87' Berahino  88'	Report[138]	Ince  41' Brady  50' Bruce  64'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,496 Referee: Phil Dowd

FA Cup

Hull City enter the competition at the Third Round Proper stage with matches taking place in early January 2015. The draw for the Third Round Proper takes place at 7 pm on 8 December 2014 at The Deep in Hull and broadcast live on BBC Two.^[139] The first match drawn was Hull away to Arsenal in a repeat of the 2014 FA Cup Final.^[140] The match was shown live by the BBC.^[141] Arsenal opened the scoring through Per Mertesacker on the 20-minute mark but failed to make further progress until Alexis Sánchez double the score with ten minutes remaining. City made no reply and were knocked out, with Arsenal winning 2–0.^[142]

Arsenal v Hull City

4 January 2015 3rd Round	Arsenal	2–0	Hull City	Holloway, London
17:30 GMT	Mertesacker  20' Sánchez  76',  82' Coquelin  88'	Report[142]	McShane  45+1' Davies  85'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,439 Referee: Robert Madley

UEFA Europa League

Hull City enter the competition in the Third qualifying round, the draw for which took place on 18 July 2014 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.^[143] Hull City were drawn against either AS Trenčín or Vojvodina, with the away-leg being played on 31 July 2014 and the return leg on 7 August 2014.^[144] On 24 July 2014, Trenčín won the match 4–3 on aggregate and become City's opponents in the Third Qualifying round.^[145] The away match would be played at the Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia.^[146] The away-leg took place on 31 July 2014 and was Steve Bruce's 100th game in charge of the team.^[147] The match ended in a 0–0 draw, with Tom Huddlestone having a penalty saved and firing the rebound against the bar.^[148] The home leg on 7 August 2014 at the KC Stadium got off to a quick start for the visitors, with Tomáš Malec netting in two-minutes of the start. Ahmed Elmohamady equalised after 27-minutes, and on the 80th minute mark substitute Sone Aluko won the game for City.^[149] Hull were in the draw for the next round that took place on 8 August 2014.^[149] Hull were drawn against Belgian team Lokeren with the first-leg to be played 21 August at the Daknamstadion stadium in Daknam with the return leg at the KC Stadium on 28 August 2014.^[150] The first-leg was a narrow 1–0 win by Lokeren with a goal scored by Hans Vanaken that followed a goalkeeping error by Allan McGregor.^[151] The match was marred by some violence after the match in which some fans from both sides were arrested.^[152] The following week at the KC Stadium Hull made the perfect start with Robbie Brady opening the scoring after just 6 minutes. Soon after the break Jordan Remacle levelled the scores, but a penalty was awarded to Hull after 55-minutes and Brady scored his second goal of the match. After 71 minutes, Yannick Sagbo was dismissed following a challenge on Georgios Galitsios. Though Hull won 2–1 on the night, producing an aggregate score of 2–2, Lokeren progressed under the away goals rule.^[153]

AS Trenčín v Hull City

31 July 2014 3Q 1st-leg	AS Trenčín	0–0	Hull City	Žilina, Slovakia
18:00 BST	Misak  62' Hajradinović  79'	Report[148]	Huddlestone  53' Livermore  76' Davies  80'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 8,254 Referee: Davide Massa

Hull City v AS Trenčín

7 August 2014 3Q 2nd-leg	Hull City	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	AS Trenčín	Kingston upon Hull, England
19:30 BST	Elmohamady  27' Long  39' Aluko  80'	Report[149]	Malec  2',  90' Holubek  63'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,156 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

Lokeren v Hull City

21 August 2014 PO 1st-leg	Lokeren	1–0	Hull City	Lokeren, Belgium
19:30 BST	Vanaken  58' Leye	Report 1[151] Report 2[154]	McShane	Stadium: Daknamstadion Attendance: 7,935 Referee: Matej Jug

Hull City v Lokeren

28 August 2014 PO 2nd-leg	Hull City	2–1 (2–2 (a) agg.)	Lokeren	Kingston upon Hull, England
19:45 BST	Brady  6', 55' (pen.) Sagbo  71' Rosenior Aluko	Report 1[155] Report 2[153]	Remacle  49' Verhulst Persoons Overmeire	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 18,149 (1,382 Visiting Supporters) Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
6	DF	Curtis Davies		25	Club captain
21	DF	Michael Dawson		17	[156]
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

As of 30 May 2015^[157]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Allan McGregor	30	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF		Liam Rosenior	18	0	5+8	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	0
3	DF		Maynor Figueroa	7	0	2+1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF		Alex Bruce	25	0	17+5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF		James Chester	27	2	22	2	0	0	1	0	4	0
6	DF		Curtis Davies	25	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF		David Meyler	32	1	19+9	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
8	MF		Tom Huddlestone	35	0	30+1	0	1	0	0	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Abel Hernández	26	5	15+10	5	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Robert Snodgrass	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
11	MF		Robbie Brady	32	3	17+10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2
12	DF		Harry Maguire	6	0	0+3	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF		Jake Livermore	37	1	35	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
15	DF		Paul McShane	23	1	19+1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
16	GK		Eldin Jakupović	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Mohamed Diamé	12	4	10+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Nikica Jelavić	29	8	21+5	8	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
19	DF		Joe Dudgeon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Yannick Sagbo	9	0	0+4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
21	DF		Michael Dawson	28	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Steve Harper	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Tom Ince	13	1	3+4	0	1	0	1	1	1+3	0
24	FW		Sone Aluko	31	2	13+12	1	1	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
25	MF		Gastón Ramírez	22	1	11+11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Andrew Robertson	24	0	17+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	43	3	38	2	0+1	0	0	0	3+1	1
28	FW		Dame N'Doye	15	5	13+2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Stephen Quinn	29	1	17+11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW		Hatem Ben Arfa	9	0	5+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
—	GK		Mark Oxley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	DF		Conor Townsend	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	FW		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		Shane Long	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		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

Name	Number	Position	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
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

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

Transfers

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

Date	Player	From	Fee	Ref
25 June 2014	Jake Livermore	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed[NB 1]	[6]
30 June 2014	Robert Snodgrass	Norwich City	Undisclosed[NB 2]	[8]
7 July 2014	Tom Ince	Blackpool	Free[NB 3]	[9]
29 July 2014	Harry Maguire	Sheffield United	£2,500,000	[14]
29 July 2014	Andrew Robertson	Dundee United	£2.85 million	[14]
26 August 2014	Michael Dawson	Tottenham Hotspur	£3,500,000	[23][24]
1 September 2014	Brian Lenihan	Cork City	Undisclosed	[25][26]
1 September 2014	Abel Hernández	Palermo	Undisclosed[NB 4]	[28]
1 September 2014	Mohamed Diamé	West Ham United	Undisclosed	[29]
1 January 2015	Greg Luer	Burgess Hill Town	Undisclosed	[44]
2 February 2015	Dame N'Doye	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	[55]

Notes

1. A club record fee,^[6] reported by the BBC to be about £8 million.^[7]
2. Believed to be in excess of £6 million.^[8]
3. Compensation to Blackpool to be agreed.^[158]
4. A club record fee, reported by the BBC to be about £10 million.^[28]

Players out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Ref
23 May 2014	James Armstrong	Sunderland Ryhope Community Association	Free	[159]
23 May 2014	Matty Fryatt	Nottingham Forest	Free	[159][160]
23 May 2014	Conor Henderson	Crawley Town	Free	[159][161]
23 May 2014	Robert Koren	Melbourne City	Free	[159][162]
23 May 2014	Abdoulaye Faye	Sabah FA	Free	[159][163]
24 June 2014	Paul McElroy	Sheffield Wednesday	Free	[164]
1 July 2014	Cameron Stewart	Ipswich Town	Free	[165]
7 August 2014	Nick Proschwitz	Brentford	Free	[166]
14 August 2014	Shane Long	Southampton	Undisclosed[NB 1]	[20]
1 September 2014	George Boyd	Burnley	Undisclosed[NB 2]	[27]
23 January 2015	Karim Rossi	Zulte Waregem	Free	[50]

Notes

1. Reported by the BBC to be about £12 million^[21] or £12.5 million according to the Hull Daily Mail.^[167]
2. Reported by the BBC to be about £3 million^[27]

Loans in

Date From	Player	From	Date To	Ref
1 September 2014	Gastón Ramírez	Southampton	30 June 2015	[29]
1 September 2014	Hatem Ben Arfa	Newcastle United	5 January 2015	[30][48][49]

Loans out

Date From	Player	To	Date To	Ref
28 July 2014	Mark Oxley	Hibernian	30 June 2015	[12][13]
29 July 2014	Conor Townsend	Dundee United	3 February 2015	[16][17]
31 July 2014	Joe Dudgeon	Barnsley	5 January 2015	[18][19]
30 September 2014	Yannick Sagbo	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13 November 2014	[168][34][35]
21 October 2014	Maynor Figueroa	Wigan Athletic	22 December 2014	[36][37][38]
30 October 2014	Tom Ince	Nottingham Forest	22 December 2014	[39][38]
7 November 2014	Brian Lenihan	Blackpool	25 November 2014	[40][41]
20 November 2014	Will Aimson	Tranmere Rovers	28 November 2014	[42][43]
20 November 2014	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Tranmere Rovers	1 January 2015	[42]
27 January 2015	Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Alloa Athletic	30 June 2015	[51]
2 February 2015	Tom Ince	Derby County	30 June 2015	[53]
2 February 2015	Greg Luer	Port Vale	2 March 2015	[54]
6 February 2015	Rory Watson	Gainsborough Trinity	30 June 2015	[169][170]
10 February 2015	Harry Maguire	Wigan Athletic	30 June 2015	[57][58][59]
28 February 2015	Conor Townsend	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2015	[60][61]
13 March 2015	Johnny Margetts	Cambridge United	30 June 2015	[64]

Kits

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.^[171] On 17 July 2014 the club announced a record breaking two-year shirt sponsorship deal with 12BET.^[172][173] The new home kit design was revealed on 18 July 2014,^[174] the away kit on 11 August 2014^[175] and a third strip on 20 August 2014.^[176]

Hull City's home kit for 2014–15

Hull City's away kit for 2014–15

Hull City's third kit for 2014–15

Awards

The awards ceremony for the season was originally planned for 24 May 2015, but this was postponed to a date in July 2015.^[177]

Notes

1. Sunderland's manager Gus Poyet was issued with a red card by referee Mike Dean for his reaction to the yellow card issued to Jack Rodwell for simulation.^[119] Before leaving, he approached Hull manager Steve Bruce who reacted to comments made and had to be restrained.^[120] Following the incident, Poyet was charged by The FA with improper conduct.^[121]
2. Players from both sides surrounded the referee following Alex Bruce's booking and as a result The FA charged Hull with "failing to control players";^[123] Hull later appealed the charge,^[124] but this was rejected and the club was fined £30,000.^[125]
3. Following the match, The FA charged Abel Hernández with violent conduct for an apparent punch to Phil Jones of Manchester United.^[133] After he admitted the charge, he was given a three-match ban, to be served at the start of the 2015–16 season.^[134]

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