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2014–15 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Kilmarnock's second season in the Scottish Premiership. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Kilmarnock
2014–15 season
ChairmanMichael Johnston
(Until 26 March)
Jim Mann
ManagerAllan Johnston
(until 6 February)
Gary Locke
StadiumRugby Park
PremiershipTenth place
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tope Obadeyi (9)
All: Tope Obadeyi (9)
Highest home attendance8,877 vs. Ayr United, League Cup, 26 August 2014
Lowest home attendance2,550 vs. St Johnstone, Premiership, 23 September 2014

Overview

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Kilmarnock finished tenth in the Scottish Premiership with 41 points. They reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to St. Johnstone,[1] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Rangers.[2] Allan Johnston resigned from his position as manager in February 2015 after informing the press of his intention to leave at the end of the season, with his assistant Gary Locke taking temporary charge before being installed full-time in April.[3][4][5]

Match results

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Att.
26 July 2014   Shrewsbury Town A 0–0[6] 1,683
2 August 2014   Morecambe A 2–2[7] Magennis 70', Obadeyi 88'

Scottish Premiership

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Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
9 August 2014 Dundee A 1–1[8] Slater 24' 7,588 4th
13 August 2014 Aberdeen H 0–2[9] 5,079 10th
16 August 2014 Ross County A 2–1[10] Magennis 39', Obadeyi 56' 2,790 6th
23 August 2014 Motherwell H 2–0[11] Muirhead 9', Clingan 78' 4,146 4th
30 August 2014 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 0–2[12] 3,830 5th
13 September 2014 St Mirren H 2–1[13] Muirhead 63', Connolly 82' 4,417 6th
20 September 2014 Hamilton Academical A 0–0[14] 2,604 4th
27 September 2014 Partick Thistle H 3–0[15] Obadeyi 25', 57', Pascali 51' 3,980 5th
3 October 2014 Dundee United H 2–0[16] Obadeyi 63', Connolly 65' 3,953 3rd
18 October 2014 St Johnstone A 2–1[17] Magennis 19', 22' 3,582 4th
26 October 2014 Celtic A 0–2[18] 42,800 5th
1 November 2014 Dundee H 1–3[19] Eremenko 76' 4,481 5th
8 November 2014 Ross County H 0–3[20] 3,684 7th
22 November 2014 Dundee United A 1–3[21] Pascali 38' 6,664 7th
6 December 2014 Partick Thistle A 1–1[22] Obadeyi 11' 3,054 6th
13 December 2014 St Johnstone H 0–1[23] 3,220 7th
20 December 2014 Aberdeen A 0–1[24] 11,282 8th
27 December 2014 Hamilton Academical H 1–0[25] Eremenko 90+3' 3,921 7th
1 January 2015 St Mirren A 2–1[26] Eremenko 54' (pen.), Slater 85' (pen.) 3,912 7th
5 January 2015 Celtic H 0–2[27] 5,329 7th
10 January 2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 1–2[28] Eremenko 47' (pen.) 2,793 7th
17 January 2015 Motherwell A Postponed[29]
21 January 2015 Dundee A 0–1[30] 5,141 8th
24 January 2015 Partick Thistle H 2–2[31] Magennis 33', Pascali 79' 4,130 8th
7 February 2015 Hamilton Academical A 0–0[32] 2,245 8th
14 February 2015 Dundee United H 3–2[33] Magennis 10', Johnstone 52', Clingan 90+3' 3,788 8th
21 February 2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 3–3[34] Eccleston 20', Slater 45+4', Obadeyi 61' 2,912 8th
28 February 2015 St Johnstone A 0–0[35] 3,170 8th
7 March 2015 Motherwell A 1–1[36] Obadeyi 20' 4,192 8th
14 March 2015 St Mirren H 1–0[37] Miller 87' 4,721 8th
21 March 2015 Ross County A 1–2[38] Ashcroft 88' 3,389 8th
4 April 2015 Motherwell H 1–2[39] Syme 17' 4,532 8th
12 April 2015 Aberdeen H 1–2[40] Slater 47' 3,525 9th
15 April 2015 Celtic A 1–4[41] Westlake 50' 42,464 9th
25 April 2015 St Mirren A 1–4[42] Magennis 53' 3,205 9th
2 May 2015 Hamilton Academical H 2–3[43] Ashcroft 8', Kiltie 78' 3,450 9th
8 May 2015 Motherwell A 1–3[44] Magennis 53' 3,986 9th
16 May 2015 Partick Thistle A 4–1[45] Hamill 25', Obadeyi 37', 63', Magennis 71' 4,503 9th
23 May 2015 Ross County H 1–2[46] Kiltie 36' 4,226 10th

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
30 November 2014 Fourth round Rangers A 0–3[47] 14,412

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
26 August 2014 Second round Ayr United H 1–0[48] McKenzie 69' 8,877
23 September 2014 Third round St Johnstone H 0–1[49] 2,550

Club statistics

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Competition Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 9 August 2014 23 May 2015 Matchday 1 Matchday 38 38 11 8 19 44 59 −15 028.95
Scottish Cup 30 November 2014 30 November 2014 Fourth round Fourth round 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 000.00
League Cup 26 August 2014 23 September 2014 Second round Third round 2 1 0 1 1 1 +0 050.00
Total 41 12 8 21 45 63 −18 029.27

Source: Competitions

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 −17 44
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 8 19 44 59 −15 41
11 Motherwell (O) 38 10 6 22 38 63 −25 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Mirren (R) 38 9 3 26 30 66 −36 30 Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Squad statistics

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No. Pos. Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Craig Samson 35 0 1 0 2 0 38 0 0 0
2 DF   Ross Barbour 30 0 1 0 2 0 33 0 9 0
4 MF   Jamie Hamill 21 1 1 0 2 0 24 1 7 0
6 DF   Mark Connolly 26 2 1 0 2 0 29 2 8 0
7 FW   Rory McKenzie 27 0 1 0 1 1 29 1 3 0
8 MF   Sammy Clingan 24 2 1 0 2 0 27 2 3 0
9 FW   Lee Miller 19 1 1 0 2 0 22 1 1 0
10 FW   Chris Johnston 30 1 0 0 2 0 32 1 3 0
11 MF   Paul Cairney 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 5 0
13 GK   Conor Brennan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0
14 FW   Nathan Eccleston 10 1 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 0
16 FW   Tope Obadeyi 29 9 1 0 2 0 32 9 2 0
18 DF   Lee Ashcroft 22 2 0 0 0 0 22 2 2 0
19 MF   Craig Slater 26 4 1 0 0 0 27 4 6 1
20 MF   Alexei Eremenko 27 4 1 0 2 0 30 4 7 1
21 FW   Michael Ngoo 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0
22 DF   Daryl Westlake 17 1 0 0 1 0 18 1 5 1
23 DF   Chris Chantler 26 0 1 0 2 0 29 0 7 0
26 DF   Mark O'Hara 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 0
28 FW   Josh Magennis 38 8 1 0 2 0 41 8 3 0
29 MF   Manuel Pascali 31 3 1 0 2 0 34 3 9 1
30 MF   Greg Kiltie 8 2 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0
33 FW   Robbie Muirhead 20 2 1 0 1 0 22 2 0 0
36 DF   David Syme 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0
37 MF   Aaron Splaine 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Source: [50]

Player transfers

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers winter 2014–15 and List of Scottish football transfers summer 2014

Transfers in

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Date Position Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
2 June 2014 MF Jamie Hamill Heart of Midlothian Free [51]
30 June 2014 MF Paul Cairney Hibernian Free [52]
1 July 2014 FW Lee Miller   Carlisle United Free [53]
1 July 2014 DF   Mark Connolly   Crawley Town Free [54]
16 July 2014 FW   Josh Magennis Aberdeen Free [55]
16 July 2014 FW   Tope Obadeyi   Bury Free [55]
7 August 2014 MF Euan Smith Hibernian Free [56]
9 August 2014 DF   Chris Chantler   Carlisle United Free [57]
15 August 2014 FW   Michael Ngoo   Liverpool Free [58]
9 September 2014 DF   Darryl Westlake   Sheffield United Free [59]
14 February 2015 FW   Nathan Eccleston Partick Thistle Free [60]

Transfers out

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Date Position Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
4 June 2014 MF   Jude Winchester   Cliftonville Free [61]
17 June 2014 GK   Antonio Reguero Ross County Free [62]
24 June 2014 DF   Rory McKeown Raith Rovers Free [63]
25 June 2014 DF   Ismaël Bouzid Free [64]
26 June 2014 DF James Fowler Queen of the South Free [65]
27 June 2014 FW Kris Boyd Rangers Free [66]
1 July 2014 DF   Sean Clohessy   Colchester United Free [67]
15 July 2014 MF Barry Nicholson Retired [68]
21 July 2014 FW   William Gros   Oldham Athletic Free [69]
25 July 2014 DF   Jeroen Tesselaar St Mirren Free [70]
1 September 2014 DF Darren Barr Ross County Free [71]
2 February 2015 FW Robbie Muirhead Dundee United £150,000 [72]
12 February 2015 MF Ross Davidson Albion Rovers Free [73]

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