2014–15 Everton F.C. season

Everton
2014–15 season
Chairman	Bill Kenwright
Manager	Roberto Martínez
Stadium	Goodison Park
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Romelu Lukaku (10); All: Romelu Lukaku (20)
Highest home attendance	39,505; (vs. Aston Villa, 18 October 2014)
Lowest home attendance	22,236; (vs. West Ham United, 6 January 2015)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was Everton's 23rd season in the Premier League and 61st consecutive season in the top division of English football. It is also Everton's 116th season of league football and 118th season in all competitions. The club finished fifth in the previous campaign to qualify for the Europa League, which saw Everton play in Europe for the first time since the 2009–10 season. On 30 July 2014, the club signed Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku for a club record £28 million.^[1]

Season overview

July

"This signing is not just important for this season. It is a significant day in the history of this football club. We know that Romelu is still a young man and the potential that he has is quite unique, and we are desperate to see him enjoying his football and to watch him grow as footballer in the years to come."

Roberto Martínez, Everton's manager, on signing Romelu Lukaku, 30 July 2014.^[2]

On 8 July, Everton signed Gareth Barry on a three-year contract after the midfielder had been on loan to the club in the previous campaign.^[3] Later in the month Bosnian Muhamed Bešić joined from Ferencváros for an undisclosed fee.^[4] On 30 July, Everton broke their record transfer fee by signing Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea for £28 million, smashing the £15 million the club paid for Marouane Fellaini in 2008. Lukaku had been on loan at Everton last season, scoring 16 goals in 33 games.^[2]

August

Everton played five pre-season friendlies before their first Premier League match without winning any (drew two, lost three). They opened the year with a 2–2 draw at newcomers Leicester City after twice being ahead.^[5] A week later goals from Séamus Coleman and Steven Naismith saw Everton take a 2–0 lead over Arsenal with seven minutes to go, but two late goals resulted in a second consecutive 2–2 draw.^[6] On 26 August, Everton signed Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o on a free transfer.^[7] Everton were then involved in the joint seventh highest scoring game in the history of the Premier League when they fell 2–0 down at home to Chelsea after three minutes and went on to be defeated 6–3.^[8] It meant the club had equalled a Premier League record by conceding 10 goals in the first three games.^[9]

September

Everton recorded their first win of the campaign by beating West Bromwich Albion 2–0 at the Hawthorns with Lukaku getting his first goal since joining permanently.^[9] The club then returned to European football for the first time since February 2010 with an impressive 4–1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg.^[10] Everton's congested fixture list then seemed to affect results as Crystal Palace beat them 3–2 at Goodison Park for the second successive season and the Toffees were unceremoniously knocked out of the League Cup 3–0 by Swansea City.^[11]^[12] However, the month did end on a positive note when Phil Jagielka scored a spectacular injury-time drive from 30 yards to salvage a 1–1 in the first Merseyside derby at Anfield.^[13]

October

The side battled to a 1–1 draw once more this time in Russia against Krasnodar with Samuel Eto'o getting the goal.^[14] The fixture became Everton's furthest ever competitive game, some 2,400 miles from Goodison Park.^[15] A 2–1 loss at Old Trafford followed with Leighton Baines missing his first Premier League penalty after converting all of his 15 previous ones.^[16] During the match defender John Stones picked up an ankle injury which ruled him out of the rest of 2014, but in the next game Everton welcomed back Ross Barkley for his first appearance of the season and beat Aston Villa 3–0 at home.^[17]^[18] Everton won successive games for the first time this season by defeating Burnley 3–1 with Eto'o scoring a brace and on 31 October announced club record profits of £28.2 million for the year ending 31 May 2014.^[19]^[20]

November

A 0–0 draw with Swansea City marked the first time Everton had not scored a goal in a league match this season.^[21] They remained top of Group H in the Europa League with a resounding 3–0 win over Lille.^[22] Everton recorded just their second home win of the season by beating West Ham United 2–1 and then guaranteed they would finish atop of their Europa League group with a game to spare when they won 2–0 against Wolfsburg, described as a perfect away performance by Martínez.^[23]^[24] However, the month closed with a first defeat in eight games in all competitions when they lost 2–1 to Tottenham Hotspur.^[25]

December

Martínez then blamed Everton's busy schedule of matches for their 1–1 home draw against relegation candidates Hull City and a contentious penalty for Manchester City proved the difference in a 1–0 loss at the City of Manchester Stadium.^[26]^[27] Ross Barkley scored a superb individual goal to put Everton 1–0 ahead of Queens Park Rangers, with further goals from Kevin Mirallas and Steven Naismith helping the Toffees to their fifth league win of the campaign.^[28] Everton's up and down season continued when they were beaten 3–0 by Southampton to maintain their mid-table position in the league.^[29] However, their form was to get worse over the Christmas period with a 1–0 home defeat to Stoke City and a 3–2 loss against Newcastle United. Everton ended the calendar year with the second worse defensive record in the league and had made the most individual errors resulting in goals in Europe's top five leagues. Despite this, Martínez stated that he would not change his team's style of play which had proven so successful last season.^[30]

January

Everton lost their fourth game in a row on New Year's Day when Hull City saw them off 2–0.^[31] Lukaku scored a stoppage time goal to rescue a 1–1 draw against West Ham United in the third round of the FA Cup.^[32] Their run without picking up any points ended when Steven Naismith equalised to draw 1–1 at home to reigning champions Manchester City. Leighton Baines delivered the ball for the goal which was his 45th assist in the Premier League to overtake Graeme Le Saux as the defender with the most in the history of the division.^[33] Aiden McGeady was sent off in the 56th minute of Everton's FA Cup replay with West Ham, but Kevin Mirallas scored a free kick to send the match into extra time during which Everton took the lead through Lukaku. However, West Ham levelled meaning penalties were required to settle the tie which they won 9–8 after goalkeeper Joel Robles missed for Everton and his opposite number Adrián converted the game-winning penalty.^[34] The barren spell continued with a 0–0 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion after Kevin Mirallas refused to hand over the ball to regular penalty taker Leighton Baines and subsequently missed.^[35] Samuel Eto'o's brief stay at the club ended when he joined Sampdoria.^[36]

February

Everton won for the first time in nine matches as Lukaku scored the only goal of the game after two minutes in beating Crystal Palace.^[37] The club signed Aaron Lennon from Tottenham Hotspur on loan for the rest of the season on transfer deadline day.^[38] A 0–0 draw with Liverpool followed before an 89th minute Chelsea goal proved the difference between the teams. However, Everton's good form in Europe continued as Lukaku scored a hat-trick during a 4–1 away win over Swiss side Young Boys, despite playing for over half an hour with 10 men after John Stones had been dismissed.^[39] Bottom of the table club Leicester City twice came from behind to draw 2–2 in the next league fixture, but Everton closed out the month by comfortably progressing to the last 16 of the Europa League by seeing off Young Boys 7–2 on aggregate.^[40]

March

Everton's struggles in the league continued as they lost back-to-back matches 2–0 against Arsenal and Stoke City which led Martínez to admit for the first time that his side were in a relegation battle. With 28 points from 28 games, it was Everton's lowest tally at this stage of a season in the history of the Premier League.^[41] They responded by coming from a goal down to take a 2–1 first leg lead over Dynamo Kyiv. Lukaku became the club's record European goal scorer as he netted for the seventh time in the competition this season.^[42] Everton then won their first league game at home in over three months as James McCarthy opened the scoring with his first goal of the year against Newcastle United and further strikes from Lukaku and Ross Barkley completed a 3–0 victory.^[43] The Toffees' run in Europe ended on a 6–4 aggregate loss to Dynamo when they lost the second leg 5–2.^[44] For the first time since October, Everton won two consecutive league games with a 2–1 success against Queens Park Rangers which put them nine points clear of relegation.^[45]

April

A 1–0 win over Southampton made for Everton's first three-game league win streak of the season.^[46] Everton then tied 1–1 with Swansea City after a goal from Aaron Lennon opened the scoring, and a Jonjo Shelvey penalty equalised for Swansea.^[47] Everton defeated relegation candidates Burnley 1–0, before producing undoubtedly their best performance of the season in beating Manchester United 3–0. It marked the third season in a row that Everton had won the home fixture versus the Red Devils and extended their unbeaten run to six matches.^[48]

May

Despite Everton's late season revival, May has so far proved something of an anti-climax as the club were beaten 3–2 by Aston Villa and suffered their first home defeat since December, 2–0 against Sunderland. However, a goal from Leon Osman, coupled with Romelu Lukaku's injury time winner against West Ham ended the Toffee's two game losing streak as well as ensuring Everton would defeat the Hammers for a third consecutive season in Upton Park. Having said that, the mediocre season was capped off with a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur with Harry Kane scoring the only goal. The game similarly marked the end of Sylvain Distin's distinguished Everton career.^[49]^[50]

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
24	GK	Tim Howard	36	Non-EU	2006	346	1	2018	£3,000,000	Fourth in list of most clean sheets for Everton.
1	GK	Joel Robles	25	EU	2013	9	0	2018	£1,600,000
36	GK	Jindřich Staněk	19	EU	2014	0	0	2016	Youth system
30	DF	Antolín Alcaraz	32	Non-EU	2013	7	0	2015	Free
3	DF	Leighton Baines	30	EU	2007	281	28	2018	£5,000,000 rising to £6,000,000.
27	DF	Tyias Browning	21	EU	2012	0	0	2017	Youth system
23	DF	Séamus Coleman	26	EU	2009	143	14	2019	£60,000	Last season's Player of the Year.
15	DF	Sylvain Distin	37	EU	2009	192	5	2015	£5,000,000	First foreign outfield player to make over 400 Premier League appearances.
29	DF	Luke Garbutt	22	EU	2009	2	0	2015	Youth system
32	DF	Brendan Galloway	19	EU	2014	0	0	2019	Undisclosed
2	DF	Tony Hibbert	34	EU	2000	318	0	2016	Youth system
6	DF	Phil Jagielka	32	EU	2007	243	9	2017	£4,000,000
8	DF	Bryan Oviedo	25	Non-EU	2012	31	2	2016	£1,200,000 rising to £3,000,000
38	DF	Matthew Pennington	20	EU	2013	0	0	2015	Youth system
26	DF	John Stones	21	EU	2013 (Winter)	26	0	2019	With add-ons up to £3,000,000
20	MF	Ross Barkley	21	EU	2010	56	7	2018	Youth system
18	MF	Gareth Barry	34	EU	2014	37	3	2017	£2,000,000	Signed permanent deal after being on loan the previous year.
17	MF	Muhamed Bešić	22	Non-EU	2014	0	0	2019	£4,000,000
4	MF	Darron Gibson	27	EU	2012 (Winter)	43	2	2016	£500,000 rising to £2,000,000
39	MF	Conor Grant	20	EU	2013	0	0	2015	Youth system
31	MF	Matthew Kennedy	20	EU	2012	0	0	2015	Nominal
33	MF	John Lundstram	21	EU	2012	0	0	2015	Youth system
16	MF	James McCarthy	24	EU	2013	39	1	2017	£13,000,000
7	MF	Aiden McGeady	29	EU	2014 (Winter)	18	0	2018	Undisclosed
11	MF	Kevin Mirallas	27	EU	2012	70	17	2016	£6,000,000
21	MF	Leon Osman	34	EU	2000	387	53	2016	Youth system	16th in list of most appearances for Everton all-time.
22	MF	Steven Pienaar	33	Non-EU	2007	211	24	2016	£4,500,000
37	FW	Hallam Hope	21	EU	2013	0	0	2015	Youth system
9	FW	Arouna Koné	31	Non-EU	2013	6	0	2016	£6,000,000
41	FW	Chris Long	20	EU	2013	0	0	2015	Youth system
10	FW	Romelu Lukaku	22	EU	2014	33	16	2019	£28,000,000	Club record signing. Signed permanent deal after being on loan the previous year.
35	FW	Conor McAleny	22	EU	2009	2	0	2017	Youth system
14	FW	Steven Naismith	28	EU	2012	71	13	2019	Free
5	FW	Samuel Eto'o	34	Non-EU	2014	0	0	2016	Free

Last updated: 16 August 2014 – stats are correct as of start of season
Source: Everton FC Official Site
Ordered by position.

Player awards

Player of the Season – Phil Jagielka
Players' Player of the Season – Phil Jagielka
Young Player of the Season – John Stones
Reserve / U21 Player of the Season – Brendan Galloway
Academy Player of the Season – Harry Charsley
Goal of the Season – Phil Jagielka vs. Liverpool

^[51]

Pre-season and Friendlies

22 July 2014 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	2–2	Everton	Birkenhead, England
19:45 BST	Stockton 63' Rowe 87'	Report	Naismith 26' Osman 71'	Stadium: Prenton Park

27 July 2014 Friendly	Leicester City	1–0	Everton	Bangkok, Thailand
12:00 BST / 18:00 Local	Taylor-Fletcher 54'	Report		Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium

3 August 2014 Leon Osman Testimonial	Everton	1–1	Porto	Liverpool, England
16:00 BST	Naismith 42'	Report	Martínez 57'	Stadium: Goodison Park

6 August 2014 Friendly	Everton	1–3	Celta Vigo	Birkenhead, England
19:45 BST	McGeady 11'	Report	Nolito 19', 24', 34'	Stadium: Prenton Park

9 August 2014 Friendly	Paderborn 07	3–1	Everton	Paderborn, Germany
16:00 CET	Stoppelkamp 15' Ducksch 68' Brückner 75'	Report	Long 12'	Stadium: Benteler Arena

Last updated: 9 August 2014
Source: Everton F.C.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	11th	16 August 2014	24 May 2015
FA Cup	Third round	—	Third round	6 January 2015	13 January 2015
League Cup	Third round	—	Third round	23 September 2014	23 September 2014
UEFA Europa League	Group stage	—	Round of 16	18 September 2014	19 March 2015

Updated to match played 21 November 2017
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	12	11	15	48	50	−2	031.58
FA Cup	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
League Cup	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Europa League	10	6	2	2	21	10	+11	060.00
Total	51	18	15	18	72	66	+6	035.29

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Stoke City	38	15	9	14	48	45	+3	54
10	Crystal Palace	38	13	9	16	47	51	−4	48
11	Everton	38	12	11	15	48	50	−2	47
12	West Ham United	38	12	11	15	44	47	−3	47	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
13	West Bromwich Albion	38	11	11	16	38	51	−13	44

Source: 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).^[55]
Notes:

^ England was given an extra qualification berth for the Europa League first qualifying round as one of the top three associations in UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.^[52] The spot was given to West Ham United after finishing on top of the Premier League Fair Play table.^[53]^[54]

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	12	11	15	48	50	−2	47	7	7	5	27	21	+6	5	4	10	21	29	−8

Last updated: 24 May 2015.
Source: Premier League

Results 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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L
Position	6	10	16	9	14	13	17	12	9	9	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	10	11	11	10	11

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2015. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[56]

16 August 2014 1	Leicester City	2–2	Everton	Leicester
15:00 BST	Ulloa 22' Wood 86' Moore 71'	Report	McGeady 20' Naismith 45' Barry 68'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,603 Referee: Mike Jones

23 August 2014 2	Everton	2–2	Arsenal	Walton, Liverpool
17:30 BST	Coleman 19' Naismith 45' Baines 29'	Report	Ramsey 83' Giroud 90' Mertesacker 43' Wilshere 54' Chambers 57' Flamini 77'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,490 Referee: Kevin Friend

30 August 2014 3	Everton	3–6	Chelsea	Walton, Liverpool
17:30 BST	Mirallas 45' Howard 69' Naismith 69' Eto'o 76'	Report	Costa 1', 90' 56' Ivanović 3' Ramires 64' 77' Coleman 67' (o.g.) Matić 74' Fàbregas 81'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,402 Referee: Jonathan Moss

13 September 2014 4	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Everton	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gardner 26' Wisdom 90'	Report	Lukaku 2' McCarthy 66' Mirallas 66' Naismith 81' Bešić 90+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,567 Referee: Anthony Taylor

21 September 2014 5	Everton	2–3	Crystal Palace	Walton, Liverpool
16:00 BST	Lukaku 9' Eto'o 56' Naismith 77' Baines 83' (pen.)	Report	Jedinak 30' (pen.) Campbell 54' Bolasie 69' Puncheon 76' Speroni 89'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 37,574 Referee: Michael Oliver

27 September 2014 6	Liverpool	1–1	Everton	Anfield, Liverpool
12:45 BST	Gerrard 65' 67' Moreno 90+3'	Report	Barry 2' Jagielka 90+2'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,511 Referee: Martin Atkinson

5 October 2014 7	Manchester United	2–1	Everton	Manchester
12:00 BST	van Persie 9' Di María 27' Blind 31' Valencia 55' Falcao 62' Wilson 90+3'	Report	Bešić 17' Pienaar 26' Naismith 55' Howard 90+1'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,294 Referee: Kevin Friend

18 October 2014 8	Everton	3–0	Aston Villa	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 BST	Jagielka 18' Lukaku 48' Barry 61' Naismith 71' Coleman 76'	Report	Richardson 7' Agbonlahor 36'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,505 Referee: Anthony Taylor

26 October 2014 9	Burnley	1–3	Everton	Burnley
13:30 GMT	Ings 20' Boyd 31' Arfield 52' Ward 63' Barnes 74'	Report	Eto'o 4', 85' Lukaku 24' 29' Naismith 55'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,927 Referee: Andre Marriner

1 November 2014 10	Everton	0–0	Swansea City	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Barry 38' Bešić 90+4'	Report	Shelvey 24' 72' Bony 33' Williams 54' Sigurðsson 66'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,149 Referee: Kevin Friend

9 November 2014 11	Sunderland	1–1	Everton	Sunderland
13:30 GMT	Gómez 11' Larsson 67'	Report	McCarthy 30' McGeady 57' Baines 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,476 Referee: Lee Mason

22 November 2014 12	Everton	2–1	West Ham United	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Lukaku 26' McCarthy 41' Mirallas 60' Osman 73'	Report	Reid 41' Zárate 56' Tomkins 60' Collins 74'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,182 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

30 November 2014 13	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Everton	Tottenham
16:00 GMT	Eriksen 21' 90+2' Soldado 45+1' Chiricheș 56' Lamela 87' B. Davies 89'	Report	Mirallas 15' 43'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,901 Referee: Michael Oliver

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

6 December 2014 15	Manchester City	1–0	Everton	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Mangala 18' Touré 24' (pen.) 88' Fernando 26'	Report	Coleman 11' Barry 52' Barkley 90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 45,603 Referee: Andre Marriner

15 December 2014 16	Everton	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Walton, Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Barkley 33' Mirallas 43' Onuoha 53' (o.g.) Baines 86'	Report	Zamora 80' Mutch 89'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,035 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

20 December 2014 17	Southampton	3–0	Everton	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Lukaku 38' (o.g.) Pellè 65' Fonte 72' Maya Yoshida 82'	Report	Bešić 68'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,475 Referee: Jonathan Moss

26 December 2014 18	Everton	0–1	Stoke City	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Naismith 28' Barry 78'	Report	Walters 35' Krkić 38' (pen.) Cameron 83' Adam 90'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,166 Referee: Lee Mason

28 December 2014 19	Newcastle United	3–2	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
16:15 GMT	Gouffran 27' Cissé 34' Pérez 51' Colback 68' Dummett 90+4'	Report	Koné 5' McCarthy 28' Alcaraz 71' Mirallas 84'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,313 Referee: Craig Pawson

1 January 2015 20	Hull City	2–0	Everton	Hull
15:00 GMT	Meyler 20' Elmohamady 33' Livermore 39' Jelavić 43' Maguire 89'	Report	Bešić 11' Koné 45+2' Barry 65' Alcaraz 67' 86'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 23,865 Referee: Kevin Friend

10 January 2015 21	Everton	1–1	Manchester City	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Stones 63' Naismith 78'	Report	Mangala 50' Fernandinho 69' 74'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,499 Referee: Martin Atkinson

19 January 2015 22	Everton	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Walton, Liverpool
20:00 GMT	Barry 49' Oviedo 52' Bešić 77'	Report	Morrison 58' Dorrans 90'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,739 Referee: Michael Oliver

31 January 2015 23	Crystal Palace	0–1	Everton	Selhurst
15:00 GMT		Report	Lukaku 2' Oviedo 80' Robles 90' Baines 90'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,197 Referee: Roger East

7 February 2015 24	Everton	0–0	Liverpool	Walton, Liverpool
17:30 GMT	McCarthy 37' Oviedo 72' Naismith 79' Bešić 79'	Report	Henderson 79'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,621 Referee: Anthony Taylor

11 February 2015 25	Chelsea	1–0	Everton	Fulham
19:45 GMT	Azpilicueta 15' Fàbregas 88' Ramires 89' Willian 89'	Report	Bešić 17' Barry 24' 88' Coleman 58' McCarthy 89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,592 Referee: Jonathan Moss

22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) 26	Everton	2–2	Leicester City	Walton, Liverpool
14:05 GMT	Naismith 57' Upson 88' (o.g.)	Report	Morgan 25' Nugent 63' Cambiasso 70'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,904 Referee: Phil Dowd

1 March 2015 (2015-03-01) 27	Arsenal	2–0	Everton	Holloway
14:05 GMT	Giroud 39', 47' Koscielny 78' Rosický 89'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,925 Referee: Andre Marriner

4 March 2015 (2015-03-04) 28	Stoke City	2–0	Everton	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Moses 32' Diouf 84' Begović 89' Walters 90+1'	Report	Barry 14' Naismith 52'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,431 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

15 March 2015 (2015-03-15) 29	Everton	3–0	Newcastle United	Walton, Liverpool
16:00 GMT	McCarthy 20' Lukaku 56' (pen.) Lennon 79' Barkley 90+3'	Report	Taylor 29' Sissoko 55' Coloccini 59'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,806 Referee: Martin Atkinson

22 March 2015 (2015-03-22) 30	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Everton	White City
16:00 GMT	Hoilett 40' Yun 54' Vargas 65'	Report	Coleman 18' Lennon 77' Naismith 90'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,706 Referee: Jonathan Moss

4 April 2015 31	Everton	1–0	Southampton	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 BST	Jagielka 16'	Report	Bertrand 21'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,390 Referee: Lee Mason

11 April 2015 32	Swansea City	1–1	Everton	Swansea
12:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Taylor 52' Emnes 56' Shelvey 69' (pen.) Williams 80'	Report	Koné 25' Lennon 41', 84' Howard 68'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,468 Referee: Michael Oliver

18 April 2015 33	Everton	1–0	Burnley	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Mirallas 29' 51'	Report	Barnes 23' 45+2' Arfield 53' Shackell 61'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,496 Referee: Mike Jones

26 April 2015 34	Everton	3–0	Manchester United	Walton, Liverpool
13:30 BST (UTC+01:00)	McCarthy 5' Stones 35' Mirallas 74'	Report	Fellaini 12' Shaw 64'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,497 Referee: Andre Marriner

2 May 2015 35	Aston Villa	3–2	Everton	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Benteke 10', 45' Cleverley 64' Vlaar 84' Given 90'	Report	Lukaku 59' (pen.) Coleman 73' Jagielka 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,859 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

9 May 2015 36	Everton	0–2	Sunderland	Walton, Liverpool
12:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Coleman 73' Garbutt 88'	Report	Brown 42' Graham 53' Gómez 65' Defoe 66', 85'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,246 Referee: Lee Probert

16 May 2015 37	West Ham United	1–2	Everton	Upton Park
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Reid 26' Downing 62'	Report	Coleman 33' Barry 45' Osman 68' McCarthy 74' Galloway 90+1' Lukaku 90+3'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,977 Referee: Kevin Friend

24 May 2015 38	Everton	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Walton, Liverpool
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Jagielka 81'	Report	Kane 24' Stambouli 81' Mason 83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,365 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Last updated: match played 24 May 2015.
Source: Everton F.C.

FA Cup

6 January 2015 Third round	Everton	1–1	West Ham United	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Eto'o 66' Lukaku 80', 90+1'	Report	Collins 56' Cole 88'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 22,236 Referee: Anthony Taylor

13 January 2015 Third round replay	West Ham United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	Everton	Upton Park
19:45 GMT	Valencia 51' Cole 113'	Report	McGeady 40' 56' Mirallas 82' Lukaku 97'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 25,301 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	Penalties
	Noble Nolan Carroll Cresswell Downing Cole Valencia Amalfitano Jenkinson Adrián		Mirallas Naismith Lukaku Baines Oviedo Barry Stones Jagielka Coleman Robles

Last updated: 13 January 2015
Source: Everton F.C.

League Cup

23 September 2014 Third round	Swansea City	3–0	Everton	Swansea
19:45 BST	Fernández 18' Dyer 28' Shelvey 60' Sigurðsson 64' Emnes 87'	Report	Garbutt 90+3'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,397 Referee: Roger East

Last updated: 23 September 2014
Source: Everton F.C.

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EVE	WOL	KRA	LIL
1	Everton	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	4–1	0–1	3–0
2	VfL Wolfsburg	6	3	1	2	14	10	+4	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–2	—	5–1	1–1
3	Krasnodar	6	1	3	2	7	12	−5	6		1–1	2–4	—	1–1
4	Lille	6	0	4	2	3	9	−6	4		0–0	0–3	1–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

18 September 2014 1	Everton	4–1	Wolfsburg	Liverpool, England
20:05 BST	Rodríguez 15' (o.g.) Coleman 45+1' Baines 47' (pen.) Naismith 54' Mirallas 72', 89'	Report	Knoche 46' Rodríguez 90+4'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 29,593 Referee: Luca Banti

2 October 2014 2	Krasnodar	1–1	Everton	Krasnodar, Russia
17:00 BST	Ari 43'	Report	Eto'o 82' Lukaku 90+3'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 31,050 Referee: Hüseyin Göçek, (Turkey)

23 October 2014 3	Lille	0–0	Everton	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
18:00 BST	Béria 57'	Report	Bešić 15' Pienaar 57'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Manuel de Sousa (Portugal)

6 November 2014 4	Everton	3–0	Lille	Liverpool, England
20:05 GMT	Osman 27' Jagielka 42' Naismith 61' Barry 67'	Report	Mavuba 28' Balmont 86'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

27 November 2014 5	Wolfsburg	0–2	Everton	Wolfsburg, Germany
18:00 GMT	Luiz Gustavo 45+1' Perišić 57'	Report	Lukaku 43' Bešić 72' Mirallas 75'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,375 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

11 December 2014 6	Everton	0–1	Krasnodar	Liverpool, England
20:05 GMT	Koné 43' Pienaar 60'	Report	Granqvist 2' Laborde 30' Sigurðsson 81'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 20,260 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

Round of 32

19 February 2015 First leg	Young Boys	1–4	Everton	Bern, Switzerland
18:00 GMT	Hoarau 10' Sanogo 50' Hadergjonaj 90'	Report	Lukaku 24', 39', 58' 79' Coleman 28' Naismith 36' Barkley 49' Stones 62'	Stadium: Stade de Suisse Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

26 February 2015 Second leg	Everton	3–1 (7–2 agg.)	Young Boys	Liverpool, England
20:05	Lukaku 25' (pen.), 30' Mirallas 42'	Report	Sanogo 13'	Stadium: Goodison Park Referee: Stefan Johannesson

Round of 16

12 March 2015 First leg	Everton	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Liverpool, England
20:05	Mirallas 16' Naismith 39' Lukaku 82' (pen.)	Report	Gusev 14' Mbokani 90'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

19 March 2015 Second leg	Dynamo Kyiv	5–2 (6–4 agg.)	Everton	Kyiv, Ukraine
18:00	Yarmolenko 21' Teodorczyk 35' Veloso 37' Gusev 56' Antunes 76', 90+1' Rybalka 83' Dragović 85'	Report	Lukaku 29', 83' Jagielka 82' Bešić 90+4'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Statistics

Appearances

As of match played 24 May 2015.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Europa League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ESP	Joel Robles	10	0	6+1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Tony Hibbert	9	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Leighton Baines	37	3	31	2	5	1	1	0	0	0
4	MF	IRL	Darron Gibson	14	0	3+6	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0
5	FW	CMR	Samuel Eto'o	20	4	8+6	3	3+1	1	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Phil Jagielka	48	6	37	4	9	2	2	0	0	0
7	MF	IRL	Aiden McGeady	22	1	10+5	1	4	0	1+1	0	1	0
8	MF	CRC	Bryan Oviedo	11	0	2+4	0	2	0	1+1	0	1	0
9	FW	CIV	Arouna Koné	16	1	7+5	1

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.021532670139117-55] England was given an extra qualification berth for the Europa League first qualifying round as one of the top three associations in UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking.^[52] The spot was given to West Ham United after finishing on top of the Premier League Fair Play table.^[53]^[54]

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