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Leeds United
2013–14 season
ChairmanKen Bates
(until 1 July 2013)[1]
Salah Nooruddin
ManagerBrian McDermott
StadiumElland Road
The Championship6th (In progress)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ross McCormack (16)
All: Ross McCormack (17)
Highest home attendance33,432 vs Brighton & Hove Albion
(3 Aug 2013, Championship)
Lowest home attendance17,466 vs Chesterfield
(7 Aug 2013, League Cup)
Average home league attendance25,511
← 2012-13
2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season will be Leeds United A.F.C.'s fourth season back in the second tier of English football. The season will begin on August 3, 2013 and finish on May 3, 2014.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2013–14 season, presented in chronological order, starting on 4 May 2013 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2013–14 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

October

  • 21 October: Ryan Hall is suspended from the club for two weeks pending an investigation into a disciplinary issue[2]

November

  • 30 November: English consortium granted exclusive period for significant investment in club by GFH Capital.[3]

League Table

Template:2013–14 Football League Championship table

Players

First team squad information

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Republic of IrelandEngland Paddy Kenny 46 2012 70 0 2015 £400,000
2 DF England Lee Peltier 38 2012 65 0 2015 £800,000
3 DF England Adam Drury 46 2012 18 0 2014 Free
4 DF England Tom Lees 34 2008 110 4 2016 Youth system
5 DF England Jason Pearce 37 2012 64 2 2016 £500,000
6 MF England Luke Murphy 35 2013 20 1 2016 £1,000,000
7 MF Republic of IrelandEngland Paul Green 41 2012 46 4 2014 Free
8 MF Jamaica Rodolph Austin 39 2012 59 6 2015 £300,000
9 FW WalesEngland Steve Morison 41 2013 (Winter) 16 3 2016 PX On loan to Millwall
10 FW Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt 41 2013 8 0 2015 Free
11 MF England Luke Varney 42 2012 49 8 2014 £300,000
12 GK England Jamie Ashdown 41 2012 8 0 2014 Free
14 DF Republic of IrelandEngland Aidy White 33 2008 102 2 2015 Youth system On loan to Sheffield United
15 DF England Stephen Warnock 31 2013 (Winter) 31 1 2015 Free
16 MF England Danny Pugh 42 2011
2004 		104 1 9 2014
2006 		£500,000
PX
17 MF England Michael Brown 47 2011 65 3 2014 Free
18 MF England Michael Tonge 41 2012 51 5 2015 £200,000
19 MF England David Norris 43 2012 35 4 2015 Free
20 FW England Matt Smith 35 2013 20 7 2015 Free
21 FW Senegal El Hadji Diouf 43 2012 50 7 2014 Free
22 DF England Scott Wootton 33 2013 11 1 2016 £1,000,000
23 MF England Zac Thompson 31 2011 (Winter) 12 0 2015 Free
24 DF Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas 41 2013 7 0 2014 Free
25 DF England Sam Byram 31 2012 61 4 2016 Youth system
26 FW England Dominic Poleon 31 2010 22 4 2015 Youth system
29 MF England Simon Lenighan 30 2012 0 0 2014 Youth system
31 DF England Charlie Taylor 31 2011 4 0 2014 Youth system On loan to Fleetwood Town
32 MF WalesEngland Chris Dawson 30 2012 1 0 2016 Youth system
33 GK England Alex Cairns 31 2011 1 0 2014 Youth system
34 DF England Ross Killock 30 2012 0 0 2014 Youth system On loan to Chester
36 MF England Alex Mowatt 29 2013 13 0 2017 Youth system
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 38 2010 131 46 2017 £350,000
— MF United States Gboly Ariyibi 29 2013 0 0 2014 Free
  • Last updated: 14 December 2013
  • Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.
1Player made fifty eight appearances (scoring six goals) for the club during his first spell at the club[4]

Transfers

In

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1Initially three months but loan was cut short due to injury [5]

Out

N
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving to
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Apps
 Goals
 Source
— DF Leigh Bromby England 33 Out of contract Retired Summer n/a 62 1 Leeds United
24 DF Paul Connolly England 29 Out of contract Millwall Summer n/a 63 0 Leeds United
28 FW Davide Somma South Africa 28 Out of contract Summer n/a 40 13 Leeds United
6 DF Patrick Kisnorbo Australia 32 Out of contract Melbourne Heart Summer n/a 58 1 Leeds United
31 GK Paul Rachubka England
United States		 32 Out of contract Oldham Athletic Summer n/a 7 0 Leeds United
27 MF Sanchez Payne England 20 Out of contract Summer n/a 0 0 Leeds United
9 FW Steve Morison Wales
England		 29 Season long loan Millwall Summer n/a 16 3 Leeds United
— DF Lewis Turner England 19 Season long loan Chester Summer n/a 0 0 Chester FC
— MF Nathan Turner England 19 Season long loan Chester Summer n/a 0 0 Chester FC
30 MF Ryan Hall England 25 One month loan Sheffield United n/a 9 0 Leeds United
31 DF Charlie Taylor England 20 Season long loan Fleetwood Town n/a 4 0 Leeds United
34 DF Ross Killock England 19 One month loan Chester n/a 0 0 Leeds United
29 MF Simon Lenighan England 19 One month loan Bradford Park Avenue n/a 0 0 Leeds United
14 DF Aidy White Republic of Ireland
England		 22 Two month loan Sheffield United n/a 102 2 Leeds United
30 MF Ryan Hall England 25 Released Bromley n/a 9 0 Leeds United
— FW Luke Parkin England 18 One month loan Guiseley n/a 0 0 Guiseley

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

New Contracts

N
Pos.
 Nat.
Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
— DF England Afolabi Coker 29 Signed 1 year1 June 2015 Leeds United
— DF England Smith Tiesse 28 Signed 1 year1 June 2015 Leeds United
— FW Republic of Ireland Eoghan Stokes 28 Signed 1 year1 June 2015 Leeds United
44 FW Scotland Ross McCormack 38 Signed 4 years June 2017 Leeds United
36 MF England Alex Mowatt 29 Signed 3½ years June 2017 Leeds United


1Contracts come into effect Summer 2014

Club

Kit

Supplier: Macron
Sponsor(s): Enterprise Insurance

Home
Away
Third

Source: Home, Away

Club officials

Position Staff
Owners Bahrain GFH Capital
Patron Australia The Countess of Harewood
Chairman Bahrain Salah Nooruddin
Managing Director England David Haigh
CEO England Paul Hunt
Director Bahrain Salem Patel
Football Ambassadors Scotland Peter Lorimer
Scotland Dominic Matteo
Scotland Eddie Gray

Last updated: 1 July 2013
Source: leedsunited.com, July 1, 2013 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching and medical staff

Position Staff
Manager England Brian McDermott
Assistant Manager England Nigel Gibbs
First Team Coach England Neil Redfearn 1
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Leaning
Fitness Coach Republic of Ireland Jon Goodman
Head Physio England Harvey Sharman
Assistant Physio England Paul Perkins
Performance Analyst England Alex Davies
Head of Academy Sport Science and Medicine England Matt Pears

Last updated: 27 April 2013
Source: leedsunited.com

Includes staff currently registered with club only.
1Also Manager of Developement Squad

Other staff

Position Staff
Head of Football Administration England Alison Royston
Chief Scout England Luke Dowling
Kit Man England Chris Beasley
Groundsman England Norman Southernwood

Last updated: 16 April 2013
Source: leedsunited.com

Includes staff currently registered with club only.

Other information

Mascot Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Updated to match played 28 April 2012
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Football League Championship — 6th 3 August 2013 3 May 2014
FL Cup R1 — R3 7 August 2013 25 September 2013
FA Cup 3R — January 2014

Updated to match played 14 December 2013
Source: Competitions

Championship

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
20 10 3 7 32 23  +9 33 6 2 2 19 10  +9 4 1 5 13 13  0

Last updated: 14 December 2013.
Source: The Football League

Results by round

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Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Pre-Season

6 July 2013 Farsley 0–5 Leeds United Farsley
15:00 BST Report Poleon 4'
Smith 22', 27'
Hunt 50'
White 62'		 Stadium: Throstle Nest
10 July 2013 Slovenian XI 1–3 Leeds United Murska Sobota, Slovenia
17:00 BST Grah 69' Report Smith 10'
Hunt 40'
Poleon 66'		 Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium
13 July 2013 Domžale 2 - 1 Leeds United Domžale, Slovenia
18:45 BST Vuk 79', 89' Report Poleon 27' Stadium: Domžale Sports Park
16 July 2013 Ferencváros 1–0 Leeds United Murska Sobota, Slovenia
17:00 BST Böde 52' Report Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium
20 July 2013 Walsall 1 - 0 Leeds United Walsall
15:00 BST Westcarr 11' Report Stadium: Bank's Stadium
Attendance: 3,900
Referee: Oliver Langford
23 July 2013 Stevenage 0 - 3 Leeds United Stevenage
19:45 BST Report Varney 70', 76', 80' (pen.) Stadium: The Lamex Stadium
Attendance: 2,751
Referee: Michael Russell
27 July 2013 Leeds United 0 – 2 FC Nurnberg Leeds
15:00 BST Report Ginczek 3', 70' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 9,455
Referee: Andy Haines
29 July 2013 Shelbourne 0 - 4 Leeds United XI Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:45 BST Report Hunt 15'
Hall 28', 79'
Killock 59'		 Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: 2,177

Championship

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Championship
3 August 2013 1 Leeds United 2 – 1 Brighton & Hove Albion Leeds
15:00 BST McCormack 18'
Murphy 90+4'		 Report Ulloa 13' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 33,432
Referee: James Adcock
11 August 2013 2 Leicester City 0 – 0 Leeds United Leicester
16:30 BST Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 22,725
Referee: Keith Stroud
17 August 2013 3 Leeds United 1 – 1 Sheffield Wednesday Leeds
12:15 BST McCormack 58' Report Zayatte 36' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,766
Referee: Roger East
24 August 2013 4 Ipswich Town 1 – 2 Leeds United Ipswich
15:00 BST McGoldrick 12' Report Varney 28'
McCormack 49'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 18,322
Referee: Mike Dean
31 August 2013 5 Leeds United 0 – 1 Queens Park Rangers Leeds
12:15 BST Report Hill 75' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,341
Referee: Stuart Attwell
14 September 2013 6 Bolton Wanderers 0 – 1 Leeds United Horwich
15:00 BST Report Varney 6' Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 19,622
Referee: Andy D'Urso
18 September 2013 7 Reading 1 – 0 Leeds United Reading
20:00 BST le Fondre 90+6' Report Stephen Warnock Yellow card 45+2' Yellow-red card 90+5' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 21,167
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
21 September 2013 8 Leeds United 1 – 2 Burnley Leeds
15:00 BST Smith 79' Report Arfield 18'
Vokes 41'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,465
Referee: Lee Probert
28 September 2013 9 Millwall 2 – 0 Leeds United South Bermondsey
15:00 BST Woolford 65'
Malone 76'		 Report Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 13,063
Referee: Chris Foy
1 October 2013 10 Leeds United 2 – 1 AFC Bournemouth Leeds
19:45 BST McCormack soccer ball with red X 33', 52'
Poleon 80'		 Report Allsop Red card 31'
Grabban 73'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 21,749
Referee: David Coote
5 October 2013 11 Derby County 3 – 1 Leeds United Derby
15:00 BST Martin 20'
Russell 22'
Hughes 78'		 Report Pearce 45' Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 26,204
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
20 October 2013 12 Leeds United 4 – 0 Birmingham City Leeds
13:15 BST McCormack 18'
Austin 33'
Smith 45', 74'		 Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 21,301
Referee: Paul Tierney
26 October 2013 13 Huddersfield Town 3 – 2 Leeds United Huddersfield
12:30 BST Ward 9'
Lees 63' (o.g.)
Stead 77'		 Report Smith 1'
Blackstock 73'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 18,309
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
2 November 2013 14 Leeds United 2 – 0 Yeovil Town Leeds
15:00 GMT McCormack 48', 67' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,351
Referee: Richard Clark
9 November 2013 15 Charlton Athletic 2 – 4 Leeds United Charlton
15:30 GMT Stewart 45'
Jackson 70'		 Report McCormack 17', 47' (pen.), 73', 90+1' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 17,601
Referee: Keith Stroud
23 November 2013 16 Leeds United 2 – 1 Middlesbrough Leeds
15:00 GMT McCormack 35'
Pearce 57'		 Report Steele Red card 42'
Carayol 53'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 30,367
Referee: Philip Gibbs
30 November 2013 17 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Leeds United Blackburn
15:00 GMT Spurr 45+2' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,267
Referee: Craig Pawson
4 December 2013 18 Leeds United 2 – 0 Wigan Athletic Leeds
19:45 GMT McCormack 15', 77' Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,888
Referee: Graham Scott
7 December 2013 19 Leeds United 3 – 3 Watford Leeds
15:00 GMT Pugh 50'
Smith 56'
McCormack 78'		 Report Deeney 14', 86'
Battocchio 45+1'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,445
Referee: Trevor Kettle
14 December 2013 20 Doncaster Rovers 0 – 3 Leeds United Doncaster
15:00 GMT Report Smith 18'
McCormack 76'
Austin 88'		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 12,192
Referee: Phil Dowd
21 December 2013 21 Leeds United – Barnsley Leeds
15:00 GMT Stadium: Elland Road
Referee: Keith Stroud

League Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Cup
7 August 2013 First round Leeds United 2 - 1 Chesterfield Leeds
19:45 BST Brown 28'
Poleon 31'		 Report Doyle 18' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,466
Referee: Carl Boyeson
27 August 2013 Second round Doncaster Rovers 1 – 3 Leeds United Doncaster
19:45 BST Paynter 63' Report Wootton 41'
Smith 77'
McCormack 79' (pen.)		 Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 10,890
Referee: Scott Mathieson
25 September 2013 Third round Newcastle United 2 – 0 Leeds United Newcastle upon Tyne
19:45 BST Cissé 31'
Gouffran 67'		 Report Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 36,220
Referee: Mike Jones

FA Cup

Main article: 2013–14 FA Cup
4 January 2014 Third round Rochdale – Leeds United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Appearances and goals

As of 14 December 2013
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Ireland EIR Paddy Kenny 23 0 20+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
2 DF England ENG Lee Peltier 17 0 16+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Adam Drury 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF England ENG Tom Lees 17 0 15+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Jason Pearce 23 2 20+0 2 0+0 0 3+0 0
6 MF England ENG Luke Murphy 19 1 17+0 1 0+0 0 0+2 0
7 MF Ireland EIR Paul Green 10 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Jamaica JAM Rodolph Austin 21 2 19+0 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW Wales WAL Steve Morison [L] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Ireland EIR Noel Hunt 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England ENG Luke Varney 10 2 10+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK England ENG Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Ireland EIR Aidy White [L] 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
15 DF England ENG Stephen Warnock 14 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF England ENG Danny Pugh 6 1 6+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF England ENG Michael Brown 5 1 1+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
18 MF England ENG Michael Tonge 12 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
19 MF England ENG David Norris 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 FW England ENG Matt Smith 20 7 6+11 6 0+0 0 3+0 1
21 FW Senegal SEN El Hadji Diouf 5 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF England ENG Scott Wootton 11 1 9+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
23 MF England ENG Zac Thompson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF Lithuania LTU Marius Žaliūkas 7 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF England ENG Sam Byram 8 0 4+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 FW England ENG Dominic Poleon 14 2 1+10 1 0+0 0 3+0 1
29 MF England ENG Simon Lenighan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF England ENG Charlie Taylor [L] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 MF Wales WAL Chris Dawson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK England ENG Alex Cairns 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF England ENG Ross Killock [L] 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF England ENG Alex Mowatt 13 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
44 FW Scotland SCO Ross McCormack 23 17 20+0 16 0+0 0 2+1 1
MF United States USA Gboly Ariyibi 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who have been available for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
9 FW Antigua and Barbuda ATG Dexter Blackstock 4 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF England ENG Ryan Hall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

[L] - Out on Loan

Top scorers

Place Position Nationality Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Scotland 44 Ross McCormack 16 0 1 17
2 FW England 20 Matt Smith 6 0 1 7
3 MF Jamaica 8 Rodolph Austin 2 0 0 2
DF England 5 Jason Pearce 2 0 0 2
FW England 26 Dominic Poleon 1 0 1 2
FW England 11 Luke Varney 2 0 0 2
4 FW Antigua and Barbuda 9 Dexter Blackstock 1 0 0 1
MF England 17 Michael Brown 0 0 1 1
MF England 6 Luke Murphy 1 0 0 1
MF England 16 Danny Pugh 1 0 0 1
DF England 22 Scott Wootton 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 32 0 5 37

Disciplinary record

Last Updated: 14 December 2013

Nation Name Yellow card Red card
England Stephen Warnock 3 1
England Luke Murphy 4 0
England Alex Mowatt 3 0
England Jason Pearce 3 0
England Danny Pugh 3 0
Jamaica Rodolph Austin 2 0
England Dominic Poleon 2 0
England Luke Varney 2 0
Antigua and Barbuda Dexter Blackstock 1 0
Republic of Ireland Paul Green 1 0
Republic of Ireland Paddy Kenny 1 0
England Lee Peltier 1 0
England Zac Thompson 1 0
England Michael Tonge 1 0
Lithuania Marius Žaliūkas 1 0

Formations

Last Updated: 14 December 2013

Pos. Formation Used
1 4-1-2-1-2 14
2 3-4-1-2 7
3 4-2-3-1 1
5-2-1-2 1

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
8 MF Rodolph Austin Jamaica 21 Club Captain from 11 Aug
2 DF Lee Peltier England 1 Club Captain until 11 Aug
7 MF Paul Green Republic of Ireland 1

Last updated: 14 December 2013
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.

References

  1. ^ "Boardroom Changes Announced at Elland Road". Leeds United. July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "Leeds United: Ryan Hall suspended". Leeds United. October 21, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "INVESTORS GRANTED EXCLUSIVE PERIOD". Leeds United. November 30, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  4. ^ "Danny Pugh". Soccerbase. September 22, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  5. ^ "Dexter Blackstock". Leeds United. December 10, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
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