2008–09 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Swansea City A.F.C.'s first time in the second tier of English football for 24 years. Swansea gained promotion as champions of League One by 10 points.

Playing stats

 * Last updated on 10 March 2009


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No longer at the club

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Disciplinary record

 * For games in the 2008–09 Championship.


 * For games in the 2008–09 League Cup.


 * For games in the 2008–09 FA Cup.

Manager of the Month

 * January: 🇪🇸 Roberto Martínez

Player of the Month

 * February: Jason Scotland

Championship Team of the Week
The following Swansea players have been selected in the official Championship team of the week.


 * 26 August 2008: 🇪🇸 Àngel Rangel
 * 6 October 2008: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ashley Williams, Jason Scotland
 * 27 October 2008: 🇵🇱 Artur Krysiak, 🇪🇸 Jordi Gómez
 * 3 November 2008: Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, 🇪🇸 Jordi Gómez
 * 1 December 2008: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leon Britton
 * 30 December 2008: 🇯🇲 Darren Pratley
 * 12 January 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Monk, Jason Scotland
 * 19 January 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Joe Allen
 * 2 February 2009: 🇪🇸 Jordi Gómez
 * 9 February 2009: 🇪🇸 Jordi Gómez, Jason Scotland
 * 23 February 2009: 🇪🇸 Jordi Gómez
 * 6 April 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nathan Dyer
 * 15 April 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leon Britton, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Ashley Williams, Jason Scotland
 * 20 April 2009: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Monk

Pre-season friendlies

 * Swansea City scores given first

The Championship
The season finished on 3 May when Swansea City played Blackpool at the Liberty Stadium.

League Cup
Swansea reached the fourth round of the League Cup before losing to Championship strugglers Watford.