2013–14 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2013–14 season
Chairman	Ellis Short
Manager	Paolo Di Canio; (until 22 September 2013); Kevin Ball ; (caretaker, until 8 October 2013); Gus Poyet; (from 8 October 2013)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Johnson (8); All: Adam Johnson (10); Fabio Borini (10)
Highest home attendance	46,313 (27 October vs Newcastle United, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	15,966 (6 November vs Southampton, League Cup)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season is Sunderland's seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football, the Premier League.

Squad & coaching staff

Current squad

As of 31 January 2014.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	SCO	Phil Bardsley
3	DF	ITA	Andrea Dossena
4	MF	KOR	Ki Sung-yueng (on loan from Swansea City)
5	DF	ENG	Wes Brown
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson
8	MF	ENG	Craig Gardner
9	FW	SCO	Steven Fletcher
10	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham
11	MF	ENG	Adam Johnson
12	DF	CZE	Ondřej Čelůstka (on loan from Trabzonspor)
13	GK	ENG	Jordan Pickford
14	MF	ENG	Jack Colback
16	DF	IRL	John O'Shea (captain)
17	FW	USA	Jozy Altidore


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	IRL	Keiren Westwood
22	MF	MTN	El Hadji Ba
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Giaccherini
24	DF	ESP	Carlos Cuéllar
25	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone
26	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini (on loan from Estudiantes La Plata)
28	DF	ESP	Marcos Alonso (on loan from Fiorentina)
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Roberge
30	FW	ARG	Ignacio Scocco
31	FW	ITA	Fabio Borini (on loan from Liverpool)
32	GK	ARG	Oscar Ustari
33	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole
35	MF	GRE	Charis Mavrias

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	CPV	Cabral (at Genoa until 30 June 2014)
15	MF	WAL	David Vaughan (at Nottingham Forest until 30 June 2014)
21	DF	FRA	Modibo Diakité (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2014)
19	MF	SWE	David Moberg Karlsson (at Kilmarnock until 30 June 2014)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	FW	ENG	Duncan Watmore (at Hibernian until 30 June 2014)
—	FW	ENG	Danny Graham (at Middlesbrough until 30 June 2014)
—	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye (at Real Betis until 30 June 2014)

Backroom staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Gus Poyet
Assistant Head Coach	Mauricio Taricco
First Team Coach	Charlie Oatway
Goalkeeping Coach	Andy Beasley
Fitness Coach	Antonio Pintus
Chief Scout	Valentino Angeloni
Academy Manager	Ged McNamee
Youth Team Coach	Robbie Stockdale
Senior Professional Development Coach	Kevin Ball
Head of Coaching	Elliott Dickman
Senior Physiotherapist	Peter Brand
Kit Manager	John Cooke

Source: Sunderland A.F.C.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
24 May 2013^[2]	FW	Duncan Watmore	Altrincham	Undisclosed
19 June 2013^[3]	FW	David Moberg Karlsson	IFK Göteborg	£1.5 million
1 July 2013^[4]^[5]	DF	Modibo Diakité	Lazio	Free
1 July 2013^[5]	DF	Valentin Roberge	Marítimo	Free
1 July 2013^[6]^[5]	MF	Cabral	Basel	Free
2 July 2013^[7]	GK	Vito Mannone	Arsenal	£2,000,000
8 July 2013^[8]^[9]	ST	Jozy Altidore	AZ	£6,000,000
10 July 2013^[10]	MF	El Hadji Ba	Le Havre	£300,000
16 July 2013^[11]	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	Juventus	£6,500,000
12 August 2013^[12]	DF	Ondřej Čelůstka	Trabzonspor	Loan
22 August 2013^[13]	MF	Charis Mavrias	Panathinaikos	£3,000,000
31 August 2013^[14]	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	Swansea City	Loan
2 September 2013^[15]	FW	Fabio Borini	Liverpool	Loan
2 September 2013^[15]	DF	Andrea Dossena	Napoli	Free
1 January 2014^[16]	DF	Marcos Alonso	Fiorentina	Loan
20 January 2014^[17]	DF	Santiago Vergini	Estudiantes La Plata	Loan
21 January 2014^[18]	GK	Oscar Ustari	Almería	Free
30 January 2014^[19]	FW	Ignacio Scocco	Internacional	Undisclosed
31 January 2014^[20]	MF	Liam Bridcutt	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	No.	Name	To	Fee
28 May 2013^[21]^[22]	GK		Ben Wilson	Cambridge United	Free
28 May 2013^[21]	DF	19	Titus Bramble	Released
28 May 2013^[21]^[23]	DF	12	Matthew Kilgallon	Blackburn Rovers	Free
28 May 2013^[21]^[24]	MF		Adam Reed	Burton Albion	Free
28 May 2013^[21]^[25]	FW	33	Ryan Noble	Burnley	Free
25 June 2013^[26]	GK	22	Simon Mignolet	Liverpool	£9,000,000
28 June 2013^[27]	MF	27	Ahmed Elmohamady	Hull City	£2,000,000
19 July 2013^[28]	FW	9	Danny Graham	Hull City	Loan
28 July 2013^[29]	MF	4	Alfred N'Diaye	Eskişehirspor	Loan
2 August 2013^[30]	GK	13	Jordan Pickford	Burton Albion	Loan
8 August 2013^[31]	MF	23	James McClean	Wigan Athletic	£1,500,000
20 August 2013^[32]	MF	34	Billy Knott	Wycombe Wanderers	Loan
2 September 2013^[33]	FW	28	Stéphane Sessègnon	West Bromwich Albion	£5,500,000
6 January 2014^[34]	FW	18	Mikael Mandron	Fleetwood Town	Loan
9 January 2014^[35]	MF	6	Cabral	Genoa	Loan
16 January 2014^[36]	FW	17	Ji Dong-won	FC Augsburg	Undisclosed
30 January 2014^[37]	MF		Alfred N'Diaye	Real Betis	Loan
31 January 2014^[38]	DF	21	Modibo Diakité	Fiorentina	Loan
31 January 2014^[39]	FW	41	Duncan Watmore	Hibernian	Loan
31 January 2014^[40]	MF	19	David Moberg Karlsson	Kilmarnock	Loan
31 January 2014^[41]	FW		Danny Graham	Middlesbrough	Loan

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result H – A	Scorers
10 July 2013	Local Select XI	A	1–13	Sessègnon x5, Karlsson x2, Ji, Larsson, Roberge, Altidore, Graham, Mandron
17 July 2013	FC Chiasso	N	1–0	Wickham
7 August 2013	Midtjylland	A	0–1	Johnson

Barclays Asia Trophy

Semi-finals		Final

24 July – Hong Kong

South China	0
		27 July – Hong Kong
Manchester City	1
		Manchester City	1
24 July – Hong Kong
		Sunderland	0
Tottenham Hotspur	1

Sunderland	3
		Third place

		27 July – Hong Kong

		South China	0

		Tottenham Hotspur	6

Semifinals

All kick-off times are local (UTC+08:00).

24 July 2013

18:30

Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Sunderland
Sigurðsson 28'	Report	Cabral 33' Brown 64' Karlsson 80'

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po

Attendance: 35,950

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Delayed by 30 minutes due to rain. Game reduced to 80 minutes (40-minute halves).

24 July 2013

20:40

South China	0–1	Manchester City
	Report	Džeko 21'

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po

Attendance: 35,950

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Delayed by 10 minutes due to rain. Game reduced to 80 minutes (40-minute halves).

Third-place playoff

27 July 2013

18:00

Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	South China
Tse 12' (o.g.) Dempsey 34' Defoe 45', 54', 80' Townsend 86'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po

Attendance: 39,544

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (England)

Final

27 July 2013

20:30

Manchester City	1–0	Sunderland
Džeko 9'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po

Attendance: 39,544

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	14th	17 August 2013	11 May 2014
League Cup	2nd round	—	Runners-up	28 August 2013	2 March 2014
FA Cup	3rd round	—	6th round	4 January 2014	9 March 2014

Updated to match played 11 May 2014
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Swansea City	38	11	9	18	54	54	0	42
13	West Ham United	38	11	7	20	40	51	−11	40
14	Sunderland	38	10	8	20	41	60	−19	38
15	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	39	61	−22	38
16	Hull City	38	10	7	21	38	53	−15	37	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: Barclays 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).^[42]
Notes:

↑ Hull City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup since winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League.

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	10	8	20	41	60	−19	38	5	3	11	21	27	−6	5	5	9	20	33	−13

Last updated: 11 May 2014.
Source: Premier League

Results per 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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	15	15	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	17	14	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	17	17	14	14

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 2013 1	Sunderland	0–1	Fulham	Sunderland
15:00 BST		Report	Boateng 23' Kasami 52' Berbatov 85' Duff 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,905 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

24 August 2013 2	Southampton	1–1	Sunderland	Southampton
15:00 BST	Ward-Prowse 27' Osvaldo 83' Fonte 88'	Report	Giaccherini 3' Gardner 33' Larsson 61'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 29,596 Referee: Lee Mason

31 August 2013 3	Crystal Palace	3–1	Sunderland	Selhurst
17:30 BST	Gabbidon 9' Gayle 79' (pen.) O'Keefe 90+1'	BBC Report	Fletcher 65'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 22,671 Referee: Lee Probert

14 September 2013 4	Sunderland	1–3	Arsenal	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Gardner 48' (pen.)	BBC Report	Giroud 11' Ramsey 67', 76'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,055 Referee: Martin Atkinson

21 September 2013 5	West Brom	3–0	Sunderland	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Sessègnon 20' Ridgewell 76' Amalfitano 90+3'	BBC Report	Colback 28'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,595 Referee: Phil Dowd

29 September 2013 6	Sunderland	1–3	Liverpool	Sunderland
16:00 BST	Giaccherini 52'	BBC Report	Sturridge 28' Suárez 36', 89'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,415 Referee: Howard Webb

5 October 2013 7	Sunderland	1–2	Man Utd	Sunderland
17:30 BST	Gardner 5'	BBC Report	Januzaj 55', 61'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,426 Referee: Chris Foy

19 October 2013 8	Swansea City	4–0	Sunderland	Swansea, Wales
15:00 BST	Bardsley 57' (o.g.) De Guzmán 58' Bony 64' (pen.) Fletcher 80' (o.g.)	BBC Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,245 Referee: Craig Pawson

27 October 2013 9	Sunderland	2–1	Newcastle Utd	Sunderland
13:30 BST	Fletcher 5', 5' Borini 85'	Report	Cabaye 28' Debuchy 57'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,313 Referee: Lee Probert

2 November 2013 10	Hull City	1–0	Sunderland	Hull
15:00 GMT	Cuéllar 25' (o.g.) Brady 88' Figueroa 90'	Report	Cattermole 45+2' Dossena 45+6'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 24,677 Referee: Andre Marriner

10 November 2013 11	Sunderland	1–0	Man City	Sunderland
14:05 GMT	Bardsley 21'	Report	García 26'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,137 Referee: Mike Dean

23 November 2013 12	Stoke City	2–0	Sunderland	Stoke
15:00 GMT	Adam 30' Pieters 69' Arnautović 77' Nzonzi 81'	Report	Brown 36' Larsson 73'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,007 Referee: Kevin Friend

30 November 2013 13	Aston Villa	0–0	Sunderland	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Vlaar 32' Agbonlahor 90'	Report	Bardsley 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,036 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

4 December 2013 14	Sunderland	3–4	Chelsea	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Altidore 14', 90+5' Dossena 39' O'Shea 50' Colback 50' Bardsley 45+1', 86'	Report	Lampard 17' Hazard 36', 62', 62' Ramires 47' Bardsley 84' (o.g.) Willian 89'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,652 Referee: Phil Dowd

7 December 2013 15	Sunderland	1–2	Tottenham	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Johnson 37' Čelůstka 39' Altidore 87'	report	Paulinho 43' O'Shea 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,963 Referee: Lee Mason

14 December 2013 16	West Ham	0–0	Sunderland	Upton Park
15:00 GMT	Noble 25'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,843 Referee: Andre Marriner

21 December 2013 17	Sunderland	0–0	Norwich City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Larsson 76' Borini 90+3' Brown 90+3'	Report	Whittaker 49'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,778 Referee: Martin Atkinson

26 December 2013 18	Everton	0–1	Sunderland	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Howard 23' Barry 42'	Report	Ki 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,193 Referee: Lee Probert

28 December 2013 19	Cardiff City	2–2	Sunderland	Cardiff, Wales
17:30 GMT	Mutch 1', 6' Campbell 58', 68' Kim 58' Cowie 90'	Report	19' Cattermole 60' Bardsley 83' Fletcher 90+5' Colback	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,247 Referee: Chris Foy

1 January 2014 20	Sunderland	0–1	Aston Villa	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Giaccherini 23' Ki 64' Colback 90+1' Altidore 90+1'	Report	Agbonlahor 15', 90+1' Bacuna 41' Delph 57'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,757 Referee: Mike Jones

11 January 2014 21	Fulham	1–4	Sunderland	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Sidwell 37', 52' Riise 40' Parker 60'	Report	Johnson 29', 69', 85' (pen.) Bardsley 30' Ki 41' Colback 58' Johnson 71'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 25,564 Referee: Mike Dean

18 January 2014 22	Sunderland	2–2	Southampton	Sunderland
12:45 GMT	Cattermole 11' Borini 32' Ki 38' Johnson 71'	Report	Rodriguez 4' Lovren 31'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,115 Referee: Chris Foy

29 January 2014 23	Sunderland	1–0	Stoke City	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Johnson 17' Bardsley 45' Borini 80'	Report	Nzonzi 34' 54' Adam 41' Wilson 51'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 34,745 Referee: Robert Madley

1 February 2014 24	Newcastle Utd	0–3	Sunderland	Newcastle
12:45 GMT	Santon 31' Dummett 87'	Report	O'Shea 12' Borini 19' (pen.), 20' Johnson 23' Colback 80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,280 Referee: Phil Dowd

8 February 2014 25	Sunderland	0–2	Hull City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Brown 4' Bridcutt 45+2'	Report	Rosenior 11' Long 16' Livermore 41' Jelavić 61', 62'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,810 Referee: Mike Jones

22 February 2014 26	Arsenal	4–1	Sunderland	Holloway
15:00 GMT	Giroud 5', 31' Rosický 42' Koscielny 57'	Report	Giaccherini 53', 81'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,012 Referee: Andre Marriner

15 March 2014 27	Sunderland	0–0	Crystal Palace	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Bridcutt 19' Larsson 57' Gardner 64' Brown 79'	Report	Mariappa 8' Ward 13' Dikgacoi 45+2' Delaney 58'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,636 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

22 March 2014 28	Norwich City	2–0	Sunderland	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Snodgrass 20' Tettey 32' Howson 47' Snodgrass 69'	Report	Colback 37' Cattermole 43' Bridcutt 66' Alonso 77' 90+2' Bardsley 81'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,654 Referee: Phil Dowd

26 March 2014 29	Liverpool	2–1	Sunderland	Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Gerrard 39' Sturridge 48'	Report	Vergini 37' Bardsley 40' Ki 76'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,524 Referee: Kevin Friend

31 March 2014 30	Sunderland	1–2	West Ham	Sunderland
20:00 BST	Johnson 65' Alonso 72' Wickham 75'	Report	Noble 3' Carroll 9' Diamé 50' Nolan 67' Adrián 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 37,396 Referee: Howard Webb

7 April 2014 31	Tottenham	5–1	Sunderland	Tottenham
20:00 BST	Adebayor 28', 86' Kane 59' Eriksen 78' Sigurðsson 90'	Report	Cattermole 17' 42' Alonso 21'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 34,410 Referee: Lee Mason

12 April 2014 32	Sunderland	0–1	Everton	Sunderland
15:07 BST	Johnson 19' Bardsley 54' Larsson 88'	Report	Coleman 53' Brown 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,445 Referee: Lee Probert

16 April 2014 33	Man City	2–2	Sunderland	Manchester
19:45 BST	Fernandinho 2' Nasri 88' Zabaleta 90+2'	Report	Borini 32' Alonso 65' Wickham 73', 83'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 47,046 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 April 2014 34	Chelsea	1–2	Sunderland	Fulham
17:30 BST	Eto'o 12' Torres 90+2'	Report	Wickham 18' Cattermole 56' Brown 73' Borini 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,210 Referee: Mike Dean

27 April 2014 35	Sunderland	4–0	Cardiff City	Sunderland
12:00 BST	Wickham 26', 86' Vergini 37' Borini 45+1' (pen.), 88' Larsson 54' Giaccherini 76', 77' Gardner 90+4'	Report	Mutch 37' Medel 39' Cala 45' Fábio 53'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,859 Referee: Phil Dowd

3 May 2014 36	Man Utd	0–1	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00 BST	Carrick 26' Vidić 90+1'	Report	Larsson 30' Alonso 31'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,347 Referee: Howard Webb

7 May 2014 37	Sunderland	2–0	West Brom	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Colback 13' Borini 31'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,181 Referee: Lee Mason

11 May 2014 38	Sunderland	1–3	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Borini 50', 83' Bridcutt 85'	Report	Dyer 7' Emnes 14', 55' Fulton 20' Bony 54' Amat 69'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,580 Referee: Chris Foy

Last updated: 11 May 2014
Source: Sunderland AFC

League Cup

27 August 2013 Second round	Sunderland	4–2	MK Dons	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Altidore 78' Roberge 82' Wickham 87', 89' Johnson 90+6', 90+6'	Report	Bamford 7', 9' Baldock 28' McLeod 55' McLoughlin 87'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 18,992 Referee: David Coote

24 September 2013 Third round	Sunderland	2–0	Peterborough	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Ki 7' Giaccherini 32' Cuéllar 49' Colback 58' Johnson 69' Roberge 74'	Report	Swanson 88'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 18,126 Referee: Michael Naylor

6 November 2013 Fourth round	Sunderland	2–1	Southampton	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Ki 45+1' Bardsley 59' Larsson 86', 90+5' Gardner 90+2'	Report	Cork 58' Hooiveld 75' Yoshida 88'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 15,966 Referee: Lee Mason

17 December 2013 Fifth round	Sunderland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Dossena 28' Borini 88' Ki 119', 119'	Report	David Luiz 25' Cattermole 46' (o.g.) Essien 110'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 20,731 Referee: Anthony Taylor

7 January 2014 Semi-final First Leg	Sunderland	2–1	Man Utd	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Giggs 45+2' (o.g.) Giaccherini 51' Bardsley 60' Borini 64' (pen.) Altidore 77' Mannone 90+4'	Report	Evra 24' Vidić 52' Rafael 63' Smalling 83'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,547 Referee: Andre Marriner

22 January 2014 Semi-final Second Leg	Man Utd	2–1 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (1–2 p)	Sunderland	Manchester
19:45 GMT	Evans 37' Jones 113' Januzaj 116' Hernández 120+1'	Report	Borini 65' O'Shea 90+3' Gardner 110' Alonso 118' Bardsley 119'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 71,019 Referee: Lee Mason
	Penalties
	Welbeck D. Fletcher Januzaj Jones Rafael		Gardner S. Fletcher Alonso Ki Johnson

2 March 2014 Final	Sunderland	1–3	Manchester City	Wembley
14:00 GMT	Borini 10' Alonso 81'		Touré 55' Nasri 56' Navas 90' Negredo 90+3'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 84,697 Referee: Martin Atkinson

FA Cup

5 January 2014 Third round	Sunderland	3–1	Carlisle United	Sunderland
14:00 GMT	Johnson 34' O'Hanlon 34' (o.g.) Ba 90'	Report	O'Hanlon 29' Robson 43'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 21,973 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

25 January 2014 Fourth round	Sunderland	1–0	Kidderminster Harriers	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Mavrias 6', 45+1' Ba 51'	Report	Storer 65'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 25,081 Referee: Roger East

15 February 2014 Fifth round	Sunderland	1–0	Southampton	Sunderland
12:45 GMT	Gardner 49' Larsson 90+2'	Report	Yoshida 25' S. Davis 42' Rodriguez 90'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 16,777 Referee: Mike Dean

9 March 2014 Sixth round	Hull City	3–0	Sunderland	Hull
15:00 GMT	Huddlestone 15' Davies 67' Meyler 71' Fryatt 76'	Report	Cattermole 29' Scocco 65'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 20,047 Referee: Craig Pawson

Statistics

Appearances

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

Last updated on 11 May 2014

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Apps	Apps	Apps
2	DF	SCO	Phil Bardsley	26	1 (1)	4 (1)	31 (2)
3	DF	ITA	Andrea Dossena	6 (1)	3	1	10 (1)
4	MF	KOR	Ki Sung-yueng	25 (2)	1	6	32 (2)
5	DF	ENG	Wes Brown	24 (1)	1	5	30 (1)
6	MF	CPV	Cabral	1	0	1	2
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson	24 (7)	4	4 (2)	32 (9)
8	MF	ENG	Craig Gardner	8 (10)	2 (1)	3 (2)	13 (13)
9	FW	SCO	Steven Fletcher	13 (7)	1	2 (2)	16 (9)
10	FW	ENG	Connor Wickham	10 (5)	0 (1)	0 (2)	10 (8)
11	MF	ENG	Adam Johnson	28 (8)	1 (1)	6 (1)	35 (10)
12	DF	CZE	Ondřej Čelůstka	14 (7)	3	3	20 (7)
14	MF	ENG	Jack Colback	28 (5)	2 (2)	5	35 (7)
15	MF	WAL	David Vaughan	2 (1)	0	1	3 (1)
16	MF	IRL	John O'Shea	33	2	7	42
17	FW	USA	Jozy Altidore	19 (12)	2	4 (2)	25 (14)
19	FW	SWE	David Moberg Karlsson	0	0	1	1
20	GK	IRL	Keiren Westwood	10	0	1	11
21	DF	FRA	Modibo Diakité	7	1	0	8
22	MF	FRA	El Hadji Ba	0 (1)	1 (1)	0	1 (2)
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Giaccherini	16 (8)	3	4 (1)	23 (9)
24	DF	ESP	Carlos Cuéllar	4	0	1	5
25	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone	28 (1)	1	6	35 (1)
26	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	9 (3)	0	0	9 (3)
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini	10 (1)	3	0	13 (1)
27	FW	KOR	Ji Dong-won	2 (3)	1	1	4 (3)
28	DF	ESP	Marcos Alonso	16	0 (1)	3	19 (1)
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Roberge	7 (2)	1	1 (1)	9 (3)
30	FW	ARG	Ignacio Scocco	0 (6)	2	0	2 (6)
31	FW	ITA	Fabio Borini	25 (7)	1 (2)	3 (2)	29 (11)
32	GK	ARG	Oscar Ustari	0	3	0	3
33	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	20 (2)	3	5	28 (2)
35	MF	GRE	Charis Mavrias	1 (3)	1	0 (1)	2 (4)
41	FW	ENG	Duncan Watmore	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)

Goalscorers

This includes all competitive matches.

Last updated on 11 May 2014

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	11	MF	Adam Johnson	8	1	1	10
1	31	FW	Fabio Borini	7	0	3	10
3	10	FW	Connor Wickham	5	0	2	7
4	23	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	4	0	1	5
5	4	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	3	0	1	4
5	2	DF	Phil Bardsley	2	0	2	4
7	9	FW	Steven Fletcher	3	0	0	3
	14	MF	Jack Colback	3	0	0	3
	8	MF	Craig Gardner	2	1	0	3
10	17	FW	Jozy Altidore	1	0	1	2
	7	MF	Sebastian Larsson	1	0	1	2
	Own Goals			0	1	1	2
13	16	DF	John O'Shea	1	0	0	1
	33	MF	Lee Cattermole	1	0	0	1
	29	DF	Valentin Roberge	0	0	1	1
	22	MF	El Hadji Ba	0	1	0	1
	35	MF	Charis Mavrias	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				41	5	14	60

Clean sheets

This includes all competitive matches.

Last updated on 7 May 2014

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	25	GK	Vito Mannone	11	0	0	11
2	32	GK	Oscar Ustari	0	2	0	2
3	20	GK	Keiren Westwood	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				11	2	1	14

Disciplinary record

This includes all competitive matches.

Last updated on 11 May 2014

Pos.	No.	Player
Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2	DF	Phil Bardsley	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
3	DF	Andrea Dossena	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
4	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
5	DF	Wes Brown	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	3
7	MF	Sebastian Larsson	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
8	MF	Craig Gardner	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
9	FW	Steven Fletcher	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	Connor Wickham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	Adam Johnson	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
12	DF	Ondřej Čelůstka	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	Jack Colback	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
16	DF	John O'Shea	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
17	FW	Jozy Altidore	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
22	MF	El Hadji Ba	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
24	DF	Carlos Cuéllar	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
25	GK	Vito Mannone	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26	MF	Liam Bridcutt	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27	DF	Santiago Vergini	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	Marcos Alonso	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
29	DF	Valentin Roberge	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
30	FW	Ignacio Scocco	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
31	FW	Fabio Borini	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
33	MF	Lee Cattermole	5	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
35	MF	Charis Mavrias	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS			69	7	4	0	20	0	93	7

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[table_note_res_EL3Q0.57860689544054-42] Hull City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round as runners-up of the 2013–14 FA Cup since winners Arsenal qualified for Champions League.

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[14] Association, Press (31 August 2013). "Sunderland sign Swansea midfielder Ki Sung-yueng on season‑long loan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

[:2-15] 1 2 "Transfer deadline day: Borini & Dossena join Sunderland". BBC Sport. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

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