2014–15 Watford F.C. season

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.

Watford F.C.

2014–15 season
Chairman	Raffaele Riva
Head coach	Beppe Sannino (until 31 August) Óscar García (from 2–29 September) Billy McKinlay (from 29 September-7 October) Slaviša Jokanović (from 7 October)
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Championship	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Troy Deeney (21) All: Troy Deeney (21)
Home colours Away colours
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Competitions

Pre-season matches

SV Feldkirchen v Watford

8 July 2014	SV Feldkirchen	0–7	Watford	Bad Bleiberg, Austria
17:00 BST		Report	Abdi 16' 20' (o.g.) Vydra 25' Murray 42' McGugan 58' Forestieri 59' Ranégie 85'	Stadium: TBA

Watford v Rubin Kazan

12 July 2014	Watford	0–0	Rubin Kazan	Bad Bleiberg, Austria
18:00 BST		Report		Stadium: TBA

Watford v Chemnitzer FC

13 July 2014	Watford	0–0	Chemnitzer FC	Bad Bleiberg, Austria
17:00 BST		Report		Stadium: TBA

Shrewsbury Town v Watford

19 July 2014	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Watford	New Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Vernon 83', 90+1'	Report	Battocchio 18' Hoban 48'

Coventry City v Watford

30 July 2014	Coventry City	1–0	Watford	Borehamwood, England
19:30 BST	Tudgay 8'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

Watford v Udinese

2 August 2014	Watford	2–2	Udinese	Watford, England
15:00 BST	McGugan 59' Ranégie 81'	Report	Widmer 23' Théréau 76'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 11,085

Championship

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bournemouth (C, P)	46	26	12	8	98	45	+53	90	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Watford (P)	46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89
3	Norwich City (O, P)	46	25	11	10	88	48	+40	86	Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Middlesbrough	46	25	10	11	68	37	+31	85
5	Brentford	46	23	9	14	78	59	+19	78

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

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
46	27	8	11	91	50	+41	89	14	4	5	48	22	+26	13	4	6	43	28	+15

Last updated: 6 April 2015.
Source: Football League

Round	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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	2	12	7	2	2	4	2	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	1	3	5	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	4	3	3	2	1	2	4	3	3	3	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2015. Source: bbc.co.uk
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[1]

Watford v Bolton Wanderers

9 August 2014 1	Watford	3–0	Bolton Wanderers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 17' Vydra 23' Forestieri 80'	Report		Attendance: 15,546 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Norwich City v Watford

16 August 2014 2	Norwich City	3–0	Watford	Carrow Road, Norwich
15:00	Johnson 32' Grabban 59' Tettey 61'	Report	Ekstrand  3'	Attendance: 26,375 (1,470 Hornets) Referee: Paul Tierney

Rotherham United v Watford

19 August 2014 3	Rotherham United	0–2	Watford	New York Stadium, Rotherham
19:45	Morgan  58' Smallwood  83'	Report	Andrews  60' Tamaș  71' Dyer 74' Munari 87'	Attendance: 9,361 Referee: David Webb

Watford v Leeds United

23 August 2014 4	Watford	4–1	Leeds United	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Forestieri 20', 67' Deeney 58' (pen.) Tőzsér 90+1'	Report	Tamaș 32' (o.g.) Bellusci  57' Byram  90+3'	Attendance: 15,674 (1,975 away fans) Referee: James Linington

Watford v Huddersfield Town

30 August 2014 5	Watford	4–2	Huddersfield Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 12' Abdi 54', 90+4' Tamaș  60'  65' Andrews 68'	Report	Bunn 48' Wallace 63'	Attendance: 14,409 (897 away fans) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Charlton Athletic v Watford

13 September 2014 6	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Watford	The Valley, London
15:00	Buyens 3' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 17,628 (3,199 Hornets) Referee: Andrew Madley

Blackpool v Watford

16 September 2014 7	Blackpool	0–1	Watford	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
19:45		Report	Vydra 68' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,695 Referee: Scott Duncan

Watford v AFC Bournemouth

20 September 2014 8	Watford	1–1	AFC Bournemouth	Vicarage Road
12:15	Tőzsér  68' Cathcart 83' Forestieri  85'	Report	Arter 63',  70' Cook  67' Surman  68' Elphick  90+1'	Attendance: 14,320 Referee: Oliver Langford

Blackburn Rovers v Watford

27 September 2014 9	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Watford	Ewood Park, Blackburn
15:00	Gestede 46' Cairney  73' Tunnicliffe 77'	Report	Vydra 30',  61' Tőzsér 41' Gomes  57' Angella  90+6'	Attendance: 14,084 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Watford v Brentford

30 September 2014 10	Watford	2–1	Brentford	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Pudil  26'  90+3' Ighalo 42',  43' Fabbrini  51' Vydra 70' Paredes  90+2'	Report	Tarkowski  43' Douglas 57' McCormack  90+5'	Attendance: 15,502 (1,931 Brentford fans) Referee: Graham Salisbury

Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion

4 October 2014 11	Watford	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Doyley  30' Tőzsér 53' Vydra  58' Paredes  65' Munari  71'	Report	Gardner  51' Bruno  52' Dunk 77'	Attendance: 16,531 (1,886 Brighton fans) Referee: Simon Hooper

Sheffield Wednesday v Watford

18 October 2014 12	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	Watford	Hillsborough, Sheffield
15:00	Drenthe  88'	Report	Ighalo 21' Abdi 38' Ekstrand  44' Pudil  55' Vydra 69'	Attendance: 20,909 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Watford v Nottingham Forest

21 October 2014 13	Watford	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Ighalo 29' Vydra 52' (pen.)	Report	Antonio 31', 67' Mancienne  42'	Attendance: 16,095 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Middlesbrough v Watford

25 October 2014 14	Middlesbrough	1–1	Watford	Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
15:00	Ayala  34' Bamford  46' Kike 49' Whitehead  51' Fredericks  90+2'	Report	Forestieri  39' Deeney 61'	Attendance: 17,491 Referee: James Adcock

Watford v Millwall

1 November 2014 15	Watford	3–1	Millwall	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Vydra 36' Tőzsér 45+4' Hoban  62' Munari 64'	Report	Woolford 12' Forde  22' Briggs  35' Fuller  41' Dunne  45+3' Williams  90+4'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Robert Madley

Birmingham City v Watford

4 November 2014 16	Birmingham City	2–1	Watford	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45	Donaldson 2', 85' Davis  51'	Report	Forestieri 7' Andrews  81' Deeney  89'	Attendance: 18,309 Referee: Mark Heywood

Ipswich Town v Watford

8 November 2014 17	Ipswich Town	1–0	Watford	Portman Road, Ipswich
15:00	McGoldrick  43' Smith 83'	Report	Paredes  33' Ekstrand  58' Munari  75'	Attendance: 22,490 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Watford v Derby County

22 November 2014 18	Watford	1–2	Derby County	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Munari 67',  90+3' Doyley  84' Deeney  90+3' Tőzsér  90+4'	Report	Keogh  13' Ibe 39' Bryson 81'	Attendance: 17,421 Referee: Keith Stroud

Watford v Cardiff City

29 November 2014 19	Watford	0–1	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00		Report	Le Fondre 12',  71' Noone  88'	Attendance: 15,668 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Fulham v Watford

5 December 2014 20	Fulham	0–5	Watford	Craven Cottage, London
19:45	Bettinelli  18'	Report	Abdi 15', 51' Deeney 20' (pen.), 37', 90+3' Bassong  77'	Attendance: 16,772 Referee: Paul Tierney

Watford v Wigan Athletic

13 December 2014 21	Watford	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney 20', 82' Abdi  54' Tőzsér  78'	Report	McMananman  20' McCann 45'	Attendance: 15,297 Referee: Mark Haywood

Reading v Watford

20 December 2014 22	Reading	0–1	Watford	Madejski Stadium, Reading
15:00	Williams  72' Murray  90+2'	Report	Abdi  29', 70' Angella  38'  45+1'	Attendance: 18,522 Referee: Gavin Ward

Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 December 2014 23	Watford	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Deeney  43' Tőzsér  71'	Report	Dicko 57' Stearman  64' Price  90+3'	Attendance: 17,443 Referee: Graham Scott

Cardiff City v Watford

28 December 2014 24	Cardiff City	2–4	Watford	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
15:00	Le Fondre 20' Jones 90+1'	Report	Guedioura 42', 63' Ighalo 45+1' Angella 83'	Attendance: 22,208 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Huddersfield Town v Watford

10 January 2015 25	Huddersfield Town	3–1	Watford	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield
15:00	Hudson  46' Wells 52' Robinson  65' Vaughan 77' Lynch 83'	Report	Hoban  16' Ighalo 65' Layún  90+5'	Attendance: 13,843 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Watford v Charlton Athletic

17 January 2015 26	Watford	5–0	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Cathcart 15' Deeney 25' Ighalo 44', 58' Tőzsér 90+3'	Report	Solly  5' Bikey  90+2'	Attendance: 17,703 Referee: Darren Bond

Watford v Blackpool

24 January 2015 27	Watford	7–2	Blackpool	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Ighalo 47', 54', 73', 81' Deeney 53' Vydra 59' Angella 66'	Report	Orlandi 8' Davies  39', 42'	Attendance: 17,015 Referee: Fred Graham

AFC Bournemouth v Watford

30 January 2015 28	AFC Bournemouth	2–0	Watford	Dean Court, Bournemouth
19:45 GMT	Cook  28' Kermorgant 35' (pen.) Arter  39' Ritchie 57' Elphick  87'	Report	Angella  1'	Attendance: 10,904 Referee: Lee Probert

Watford v Blackburn Rovers

7 February 2015 29	Watford	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Paredes  20' Cathcart  28' Munari  45+1' Ighalo 83'	Report	Spearing  19' Kilgallon  55'	Attendance: 15,011 Referee: Andy Madley

Brentford v Watford

10 February 2015 30	Brentford	1–2	Watford	Griffin Park, Brentford, London
19:45	Bidwell  38' Gray 53' Dean  56' Smith  82'	Report	Ighalo 68', 90+1' Paredes  90+2'	Attendance: 10.524 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bolton Wanderers v Watford

14 February 2015 31	Bolton Wanderers	3–4	Watford	Macron Stadium, Bolton
15:00	Bannan  32' Clough 37', 85' Le Fondre 41'	Report	Cathcart  7' Ighalo 25',  90+1' Abdi 69' Ekstrand 74' Deeney 90'	Attendance: 14,230 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Watford v Norwich City

21 February 2015 (2015-02-21) 32	Watford	0–3	Norwich City	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Cathcart  53' Watson  67'	Report	Tettey  38' Johnson  38' Grabban 65' (pen.), 85' Jerome 70'	Attendance: 18,602 Referee: Carl Berry

Watford v Rotherham United

24 February 2015 (2015-02-24) 33	Watford	3–0	Rotherham United	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Ighalo 18', 56' Deeney 54'	Report	Árnason  53' Smallwood  76'	Attendance: 13,468 Referee: Andy Davies

Leeds United v Watford

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 34	Leeds United	2–3	Watford	Elland Road, Leeds
15:00	Sharp 6' Austin 19' Cook  21'	Report	Deeney 39' Vydra 56', 80' Watson  48' Abdi  87'	Attendance: 24,705 Referee: Andy Haines

Watford v Fulham

3 March 2015 35	Watford	1–0	Fulham	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Deeney 9' Guedioura  83'	Report	Fofana  53' Richards  59'	Attendance: 15,809 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford

7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Watford	Molineux, Wolverhampton
15:00	Afobe 14' Price 51'  90'	Report	Vydra 30' Deeney 65' Hoban  82'  90' Forestieri  90'	Attendance: 23,146 Referee: Brendan Malone

Watford v Reading

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 37	Watford	4–1	Reading	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Abdi 1' Vydra 39' Deeney 48' Forestieri 85'	Report	Karacan 70'	Attendance: 16,660 Referee: Darren Bond

Wigan Athletic v Watford

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 38	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Watford	DW Stadium, Wigan
19:45	Perch  74'	Report	Guedioura  18' Forestieri  53' Deeney 54', 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,684 Referee: David Coote

Watford v Ipswich Town

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 39	Watford	0–1	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Angella  37'	Report	Murphy  28' Mings  52' Tabb  90' Chaplow 90'	Attendance: 19,038 Referee: Andy D'Urso

Derby County v Watford

3 April 2015 (2015-04-03) 40	Derby County	2–2	Watford	Pride Park, Derby
19:45	Bent 45' (pen.) Bryson  56' Ince 57' Keogh  90'	Report	Watson  7' Vydra 23' Motta  45' Deeney  65' Ighalo 75' Connolly  90' Catchart  90'	Attendance: 31,748 Referee: Kevin Friend

Watford v Middlesbrough

6 April 2015 (2015-04-06) 41	Watford	2–0	Middlesbrough	Vicarage Road, Watford
12:30	Deeney 37' Ighalo 65' Guedioura  70' Layún  90'	Report	Reach  26' Leadbitter  90'	Attendance: 19,656 Referee: Mike Jones

Millwall v Watford

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) 42	Millwall	0–2	Watford	The Den, Bermondsey, London
15:00	Harding  54' Nelson  76' Beevers  79'	Report	Vydra 26' Guedioura 56'	Attendance: 12,075 Referee: Simon Hooper

Nottingham Forest v Watford

15 April 2015 43	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Watford	City Ground, Nottingham
19:45	Wilson  60' Gardner 72'	Report	Ighalo 4' Connolly 41' Deeney  52' Abdi  55', 87' Motta  65' Cathcart  71'	Attendance: 20,723 Referee: Paul Tierney

Watford v Birmingham City

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 44	Watford	1–0	Birmingham City	Vicarage Road, Watford
15:00	Cathcart 56',  61'	Report	Grounds  58'	Attendance: 19,156 Referee: Mark Haywood

Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 45	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Watford	Brighton
12:15	Kayal  43' Stephens  90' Greer  90'	Report	Deeney 29',  87' Cathcart  61' Angella  66' Guedioura  90' Vydra 90'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 28,841 Referee: Keith Stroud

Watford v Sheffield Wednesday

2 May 2015 46	Watford	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Vicarage Road, Watford
12:15	Vydra 25'	Report	Semedo  73' Nuhiu 90'	Attendance: 20,250 Referee: Lee Probert

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

Chelsea v Watford

4 January 2015 Third round	Chelsea	3–0	Watford	Stamford Bridge, London
14:00	Willian 58' Rémy 70' Zouma 72'	Report	Paredes  26' Tőzsér  66'	Attendance: 41,010 Referee: Kevin Friend

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Watford were drawn away to Stevenage.^[2]

Stevenage v Watford

12 August 2014 Round One	Stevenage	0–1	Watford	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
19:45		Report	Dyer 52'	Attendance: 3,969 (1,860 Hornets fans) Referee: Carl Berry

Watford v Doncaster Rovers

26 August 2014 Round Two	Watford	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Vicarage Road, Watford
19:45	Dyer 31'	Report	Tyson 12' (pen.) Wakefield 52'	Attendance: 7,318 (270 Rovers fans) Referee: Andy Woolmer

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[lower-alpha 1] Age = Current age   Left club during 2014–15 † Loan player[lower-alpha 2]

Statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.^[3]

2014–15 Watford player details^{[lower-alpha 3]}

No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Age	Joined club	Yth	Notes
			Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
1	GK	Heurelho Gomes	44	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	34	2014	No	—
2	MF	Luke O'Nien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2013	Yes	—
3	MF	Gianni Munari	21+7	3	1	0	1+1	0	31	3	2	0	31	2014	No	†
4	DF	Gabriele Angella	32+3	2	1	0	0	0	36	2	1	0	26	2013	No	—
5	MF	Keith Andrews	4+5	1	0	0	2	0	11	1	2	0	34	2014	No	†
5	MF	Adlène Guedioura	13+4	3	0	0	0	0	17	3	1	0	29	2014	No	—
6	DF	Joel Ekstrand	23+1	1	0	0	0+1	0	25	1	0	1	26	2012	No	—
7	MF	Cristian Battocchio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	2012	No	—
7	MF	Miguel Layún	14+3	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	26	2015	No	—
8	MF	Dániel Tőzsér	34+11	5	1	0	0	0	46	5	2	0	29	2014	No	†
9	FW	Troy Deeney	37+5	21	1	0	0	0	43	21	1	0	26	2010	No	—
10	MF	Lewis McGugan	5+1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	26	2013	No	—
11	FW	Fernando Forestieri	10+14	5	1	0	1	0	26	5	0	0	25	2012	No	—
12	DF	Lloyd Doyley	5+1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	32	2001	Yes	—
13	FW	Mathias Ranégie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2014	No	—
14	DF	Juan Carlos Paredes	32+7	0	1	0	0	0	40	0	2	0	27	2014	No	—
15	DF	Craig Cathcart	28+1	3	1	0	0	0	30	3	3	0	26	2014	No	—
16	MF	Sean Murray	2+4	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	9	0	0	0	21	2010	Yes	—
17	DF	Vujadin Savić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	2015	No	—
17	DF	Gabriel Tamaș	6+1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	1	1	31	2014	No	—
18	DF	Daniel Pudil	19+4	0	1	0	1+1	0	26	0	1	0	29	2012	No	—
19	FW	Diego Fabbrini	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	4	0	0	0	24	2013	No	—
20	FW	Matěj Vydra	31+11	16	0+1	0	1+1	0	45	16	0	0	23	2014	No	†
21	MF	Ikechi Anya	27+8	0	0	0	1	0	36	0	0	0	27	2012	No	—
22	MF	Almen Abdi	28+4	9	0+1	0	0	0	33	9	1	0	28	2012	No	—
23	MF	Lloyd Dyer	4+10	1	0	0	2	2	16	3	0	0	32	2014	No	—
23	MF	Ben Watson	19+1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	2	0	29	2015	No	—
24	FW	Odion Ighalo	22+13	20	1	0	2	0	38	20	1	0	25	2014	No	—
25	FW	Uche Ikpeazu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2013	No	—
26	FW	Bernard Mensah	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	2011	Yes	—
27	DF	Josh Doherty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	2014	Yes	—
28	MF	Connor Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	2011	Yes	—
29	FW	Alex Jakubiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2014	Yes	—
30	GK	Jonathan Bond	2+1	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	21	2010	Yes	—
31	DF	Tommie Hoban	20+7	0	1	0	2	0	30	0	0	0	21	2011	Yes	—
32	MF	George Byers	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	2014	Yes	—
33	DF	Jorell Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2014	Yes	—
34	GK	Rene Gilmartin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2014	No	—
39	DF	Sébastien Bassong	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	28	2014	No	†
39	DF	Matthew Connolly	4+2	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	27	2015	No	†
47	MF	Marco Motta	7+2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	28	2014	Yes	—

1. For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.
2. A dagger is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player during the 2014–15 season. If they signed permanently over the course of the season then it is not displayed.
3. All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2014–15 season are listed

Staff

Non-playing staff

• Head-coach: Slaviša Jokanović (from 7 October)^[4]
• Assistant coach: Dean Austin (from 15 January)^[5]
• Assistant coach: Ruben Martinez (from 11 September; joint caretaker head coach 15–29 September)^[6][7][8]
• Assistant coach: Javier Pereira (from 11 September; joint caretaker head coach 15–29 September)^[6][7][8]
• Goalkeeping coach: Alec Chamberlain
• Goalkeeping coach: Paolo De Toffol
• Technical director: Luke Dowling (from 3 September)^[9]
• Academy manager: Chris McGuane^[10]
• Lead professional development coach: David Horseman (from 1 December)^[11]
• Academy Head of Coaching: Barry Quin (acting youth-team coach between Hughes' departure and appointment of Horseman)^[10]
• Chief scout: Filippo Giraldi
• Head of medical: Richard Collinge (from 9 February)^[12]
• Head of sports science: Gianni Brignardello
• Sport Scientist: Ben Dixon
• Kit manager: Will Jones
• Assistant kit manager: Craig Charles

Information correct as of 13 May 2015.^[13]

Former non-playing staff

• Head coach: Beppe Sannino (until 31 August)^[14]
• Head coach: Óscar García (2–29 September)^[15]
• Head-coach: Billy McKinlay (29 September–7 October; assistant coach: 26–29 September)^[16][15][4]
• Assistant coach: Giovanni Cusatis (until 11 September)^[6]
• Assistant coach: Francesco Troise (until 11 September)^[6]
• Technical director: Gianluca Nani (until 2 September)^[17]
• Youth team coach: David Hughes (until 6 August)^[18]
• Head of medical: Marco Cesarini (until late December)^[12]
• First-team analyst: Adam Carter

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Ref
23 May 2014	Heurelho Gomes	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	[19]
27 May 2014	Gabriel Tamaș	Doncaster Rovers	Free	[20]
12 June 2014	Lloyd Dyer	Leicester City	Free	[21]
24 June 2014	Craig Cathcart	Blackpool	Free	[22]
16 July 2014	Juan Carlos Paredes	Granada	Undisclosed	[23]
25 August 2014	Rene Gilmartin	St Patrick's Athletic	Free	[24]
24 October 2014	Odion Ighalo	Udinese	Undisclosed	[25]
9 January 2015	Miguel Layún	Granada	Undisclosed	[26]
23 January 2015	Ben Watson	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[27]
23 January 2015	Vujadin Savić	Bordeaux	Free	[28]
26 February 2015	Marco Motta	Juventus	Free	[29]

Out

Date[lower-alpha 1]	Player	To[lower-alpha 2]	Fee	Ref
4 June 2014	Manuel Almunia	Retired	Released	[30]
4 June 2014	Marco Cassetti	Retired	Released	[30]
4 June 2014	Fitz Hall	Free Agent	Released	[30]
4 June 2014	Ross Jenkins	Free agent	Released	[30]
4 June 2014	Lucas Neill	Free Agent	Released	[30]
4 June 2014	Nyron Nosworthy	Blackpool	Released	[30][31]
4 June 2014	Albert Riera	Udinese	Released	[30]
2 July 2014	Marco Faraoni	Udinese	Undisclosed	[32]
17 July 2014	Gary Woods	Leyton Orient	Free	[33]
31 July 2014	Reece Brown	Barnsley	Undisclosed	[34]
1 August 2014	Javier Acuña	Club Olimpia	Undisclosed	[35]
14 January 2015	Gabriel Tamaș	Steaua București	Free	[36]

1. Where a player has been released, the date given is when their release was announced by Watford, not when their contract expired or when the joined their next club.
2. Where a player has been released, the club they subsequently joined is listed, provided it is professional and occurred during the 2014–15 season.

Loans in

Start	Player	Parent club	End	Ref
26 June 2014	Matěj Vydra	Udinese	30 June 2015	[37]
7 July 2014	Dániel Tőzsér	Parma	30 June 2015	[38]
24 July 2014	Keith Andrews	Bolton Wanderers	2 February 2015	[39][40]
30 July 2014	Odion Ighalo	Udinese	24 October 2014	[41]
4 August 2014	Gianni Munari	Parma	30 June 2015	[42]
8 October 2014	Sébastien Bassong	Norwich City	9 January 2015	[43]
26 November 2014	Adlène Guedioura	Crystal Palace	1 January 2015	[44]
27 February 2015	Adlène Guedioura	Crystal Palace	25 April 2015	[45]
19 March 2015	Matthew Connolly	Cardiff City	30 June 2015	[46]

Loans outs

Start	Player	To	Level	End	Ref
5 August 2014	Essaïd Belkalem	Trabzonspor	Turkish Süper Lig	30 June 2015	[47]
13 August 2014	Alex Jakubiak	Oxford United	League Two	4 November 2014	[48][49]
14 August 2014	Jorell Johnson	Hemel Hempstead Town	Conference South	30 June 2015	[50][51]
22 August 2014	Luke O'Nien	Wealdstone	Conference South	30 June 2015	[52]
26 August 2014	Cristian Battocchio	Virtus Entella	Italian Serie B	30 June 2015	[53]
28 August 2014	Mathias Ranégie	Millwall	Championship	15 January 2015	[54]
19 November 2014	Lewis McGugan	Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	1 January 2015	[55]
26 November 2014	Uche Ikpeazu	Crewe Alexandra	League One	25 January 2015	[56]
27 November 2014	Alex Jakubiak	Dagenham & Redbridge	League Two	30 June 2015	[57][51][58]
16 January 2015	Diego Fabbrini	Millwall	Championship	16 March 2015	[59][60]
19 January 2015	Lloyd Dyer	Birmingham City	Championship	30 June 2015	[61]
28 January 2015	Uche Ikpeazu	Doncaster Rovers	League One	10 March 2015	[62][63]
2 February 2015	Lewis McGugan	Sheffield Wednesday	Championship	30 June 2015	[64]
5 February 2015	Mathias Ranégie	Dalian Aerbin	China League One	31 December 2015	[65]
11 February 2015	Bernard Mensah	Braintree Town	Conference	30 June 2015	[66]
13 March 2015	Uche Ikpeazu	Crewe Alexandra	League One	30 June 2015	[67]
26 March 2015	Diego Fabbrini	Birmingham City	Championship	30 June 2015	[60]

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.^[68] 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.^[10]

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.^[69][70]
• In the first year: Jacob Cook, Andrew Eleftheriou, Michael Folivi, Max Makaka, Brandon Mason, Ogo Obi, Charlie Rowan and Connor Stevens.^[71]

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.^[72] 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.^[73] 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.^[74] 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.^[75] 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.^[76] Stewart transferred to Udinese in January.^[77] 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.^[78]

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.^[70][79]

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