The 2014–15 season was Everton's 23rd season in the

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

and 61st consecutive season in the top division of

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. 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 The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

, 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 Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli (; born 13 May 1993) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for club SSC Napoli, Napoli and the Belgium national football team, Belgium national team. Lukaku began h ...

for a club record £28 million.

Season overview

July

On 8 July, Everton signed

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on a three-year contract after the midfielder had been on loan to the club in the previous campaign. Later in the month Bosnian

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joined from

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for an undisclosed fee. On 30 July, Everton broke their record transfer fee by signing

from Chelsea for £28 million, smashing the £15 million the club paid for

Marouane Fellaini Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (born 22 November 1987) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Etterbeek to Moroccan parents, Fellaini played youth football for Anderlecht, R.A.E.C. Mons, Royal Francs Borai ...

in 2008. Lukaku had been on loan at Everton last season, scoring 16 goals in 33 games.

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

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after twice being ahead. A week later goals from

Séamus Coleman Séamus Coleman ( ; born 11 October 1988) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains both club Everton and the Republic of Ireland national team. Originally a Gaelic footballer, Coleman started his associa ...

and

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saw Everton take a 2–0 lead over

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with seven minutes to go, but two late goals resulted in a second consecutive 2–2 draw. On 26 August, Everton signed Cameroon striker

Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Fils (; born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian Association football, football administrator and former Football player, player who is the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation. He is often regarded as one of the ...

on a free transfer. 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. It meant the club had equalled a Premier League record by conceding 10 goals in the first three games.

September

Everton recorded their first win of the campaign by beating

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2–0 at the Hawthorns with Lukaku getting his first goal since joining permanently. The club then returned to European football for the first time since February 2010 with an impressive 4–1 victory over

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. Everton's congested fixture list then seemed to affect results as

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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 Swansea City Association Football Club ( ; ) is a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. It competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Swansea have played their home matches at ...

. However, the month did end on a positive note when

Phil Jagielka Philip Nikodem Jagielka ( or ;, ; born 17 August 1982) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. He is primarily known for his lengthy tenures at Sheffield United and Everton. Jagielka cam ...

scored a spectacular injury-time drive from 30 yards to salvage a 1–1 in the first

Merseyside derby The Merseyside derby is an association football match between Everton F.C., Everton and Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, two clubs based in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is the longest running top-flight local derby, derby in England, with its fi ...

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October

The side battled to a 1–1 draw once more this time in Russia against

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with

getting the goal. The fixture became Everton's furthest ever competitive game, some 2,400 miles from Goodison Park. A 2–1 loss at

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followed with

Leighton Baines Leighton John Baines (born 11 December 1984) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He is currently the assistant manager of Premier League club Everton. Baines started his career with Wigan ...

missing his first Premier League penalty after converting all of his 15 previous ones. During the match defender

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picked up an ankle injury which ruled him out of the rest of 2014, but in the next game Everton welcomed back

Ross Barkley Ross Barkley (born 5 December 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Aston Villa. Barkley began his professional career at Everton in 2010. After loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United he b ...

for his first appearance of the season and beat

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Villa) is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club, founded in 1874, compete in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The team have p ...

3–0 at home. Everton won successive games for the first time this season by defeating

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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.

November

A 0–0 draw with

marked the first time Everton had not scored a goal in a league match this season. They remained top of Group H in the Europa League with a resounding 3–0 win over

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. Everton recorded just their second home win of the season by beating

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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

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, described as a perfect away performance by Martínez. However, the month closed with a first defeat in eight games in all competitions when they lost 2–1 to

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December

Martínez then blamed Everton's busy schedule of matches for their 1–1 home draw against relegation candidates

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and a contentious penalty for

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proved the difference in a 1–0 loss at the

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scored a superb individual goal to put Everton 1–0 ahead of

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

, with further goals from Kevin Mirallas and

helping the Toffees to their fifth league win of the campaign. Everton's up and down season continued when they were beaten 3–0 by

Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...

to maintain their mid-table position in the league. However, their form was to get worse over the Christmas period with a 1–0 home defeat to

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and a 3–2 loss against

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. 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.

January

Everton lost their fourth game in a row on New Year's Day when

saw them off 2–0. Lukaku scored a stoppage time goal to rescue a 1–1 draw against

in the third round of the

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. Their run without picking up any points ended when

equalised to draw 1–1 at home to reigning champions

delivered the ball for the goal which was his 45th assist in the Premier League to overtake

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as the defender with the most in the history of the division.

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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

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missed for Everton and his opposite number Adrián converted the game-winning penalty. The barren spell continued with a 0–0 draw at home to

after Kevin Mirallas refused to hand over the ball to regular penalty taker

and subsequently missed. Samuel Eto'o's brief stay at the club ended when he joined

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February

Everton won for the first time in nine matches as Lukaku scored the only goal of the game after two minutes in beating

. The club signed

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from

on loan for the rest of the season on transfer deadline day. A 0–0 draw with

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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

had been dismissed. Bottom of the table club

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.

March

Everton's struggles in the league continued as they lost back-to-back matches 2–0 against

and

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. They responded by coming from a goal down to take a 2–1 first leg lead over

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. Lukaku became the club's record European goal scorer as he netted for the seventh time in the competition this season. 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

and further strikes from Lukaku and

completed a 3–0 victory. The Toffees' run in Europe ended on a 6–4 aggregate loss to Dynamo when they lost the second leg 5–2. For the first time since October, Everton won two consecutive league games with a 2–1 success against

which put them nine points clear of relegation.

April

A 1–0 win over Southampton made for Everton's first three-game league win streak of the season. Everton then tied 1–1 with

after a goal from

opened the scoring, and a

Jonjo Shelvey Jonjo Shelvey (born 27 February 1992) is an English professional footballer who most recently played as a central midfielder for EFL Championship club Burnley. Shelvey began his career at Charlton Athletic, becoming their youngest-ever player ...

penalty equalised for Swansea. Everton defeated relegation candidates

1–0, before producing undoubtedly their best performance of the season in beating

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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.

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

and suffered their first home defeat since December, 2–0 against

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. 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.

Players

Squad information

Player awards

* Player of the Season –

* Players' Player of the Season –

* Young Player of the Season –

* Reserve / U21 Player of the Season –

Brendan Galloway Brendan Joel Zibusiso Galloway (born 17 March 1996) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Plymouth Argyle. A former youth international for England, Galloway represents the Zimbabwe national team. Club care ...

* Academy Player of the Season –

Harry Charsley Henry William James Charsley (born 1 November 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Oldham Athletic. Born in Wirral, England, Charsley represented the Republic of Ireland up to under-21 level. Charsley came t ...

* Goal of the Season –

vs. Liverpool

Pre-season and Friendlies

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

Overall

Overview

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am. Last updated: match played 24 May 2015.
Source
Everton F.C.
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FA Cup

Last updated: 13 January 2015
Source

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League Cup

Last updated: 23 September 2014
Source

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UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Round of 32

Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

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Home attendances

Correct as of match played 24 May 2015.

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, , 39,497 , - ,

, , 9 May 2015 , , bgcolor="#FFCCCC", 0–2 , ,

, , 38,246 , - ,

, , 24 May 2015 , , bgcolor="#FFCCCC", 0–1 , ,

, , 39,365 , - , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , Total attendance , 751,947 , - , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , Total league attendance , 729,711 , - , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , Average attendance , 37,597 , - , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , bgcolor="#C0C0C0", , Average league attendance , 38,406

Transfers

In

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Player ! From ! Date ! Fee ! class=unsortable , Ref. , - ,

, ,

, , 8 July 2014, , £2m, , align="center", , - ,

, ,

, , 28 July 2014, , Undisclosed (~ £4m), , align="center", , - ,

, , Chelsea, , 30 July 2014, , £28m, , align="center", , - ,

, ,

Milton Keynes Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football leag ...

, , 2 August 2014, , Undisclosed (~ £2m), , align="center", , - ,

, , Chelsea, , 26 August 2014, , Free, , align="center",

Out

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Player ! To ! Date ! Fee ! class=unsortable , Ref. , - , , , 23 May 2014 , Free , align="center", , - , , , 23 May 2014 , Free , align="center", , - , , , 23 May 2014 , Free , align="center", , - , , , 13 June 2014 , Free , align="center", , - , , , 1 September 2014 , Undisclosed (~ £1.5m) , align="center", , - , , , 1 January 2015 , Undisclosed , align="center", , - , , , 24 January 2015 , Undisclosed (~ £1m) , align="center", , - , , , 2 February 2015 , Undisclosed , align="center",

Loans in

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Player ! From ! Date ! Fee ! class=unsortable , Ref. , - ,

Christian Atsu Christian Atsu Twasam (10 January 1992 – 6 February 2023) was a Ghanaian professional Association football, footballer who primarily played as a Midfielder#Winger, winger, although he was deployed as an midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacki ...

, , Chelsea, , 13 August 2014, , Loan, , align="center", , - ,

David Henen David Boris Philippe Henen (born 19 April 1996) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger and Forward (association football), striker for Kazakhstani club FC Tobol, Tobol. Born in Belgium, he repr ...

, ,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

, , 1 September 2014, , Loan, , align="center", , - ,

, ,

, , 2 February 2015, , Loan, , align="center",

Loans out

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Player ! To ! Start date ! End date ! class=unsortable , Ref. , - , John Lundstram, ,

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

, , 6 August 2014, , 8 January 2015, , align="center", , - , Matthew Kennedy, , Hibernian, , 8 August 2014, , 5 January 2015, , align="center", , - , Hallam Hope, ,

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an off ...

, , 29 August 2014, , 1 January 2015, , align="center", , - , Connor Hunt, , Chesterfield, , 18 October 2014, , 15 November 2014, , align="center", , - ,

Courtney Duffus Courtney Duffus (born 24 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bootle. He is a former Republic of Ireland U21 international. Club career Everton Duffus joined Everton in the summer of 2012 from Cheltenham Town ...

, , Bury, , 24 October 2014, , January 2015, , align="center", , - , Hallam Hope, , Bury, , 11 November 2014, , 3 January 2015, , align="center", , - ,

Matthew Pennington Matthew Pennington (born 6 October 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Bradford City. He has also played for Everton and Shrewsbury Town, with loan spells at Tranmere Rovers, Coventry City, Walsall, ...

, ,

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands. The club plays in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club is nicknamed The Sky Blues after the sky blue colou ...

, , 27 November 2014, , 30 June 2015, , align="center", , - , John Lundstram, ,

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

, , 9 January 2015, , 18 February 2015, , align="center", , - ,

Chris Long Christopher Howard Long (born March 28, 1985) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. The son of Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long and older brother of NFL ...

, ,

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West (London sub region), West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the River Thames, Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has dive ...

, , 20 January 2015, , 19 April 2015, , align="center", , - ,

Conor McAleny Conor Michael McAleny (born 12 August 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for club Salford City. He is a product of the Everton academy. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2025. Wh ...

, ,

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It currently competes in , the third tier of the English football league system in the 2025–26 season following relegation. Founded in 1899 a ...

, , 2 February 2015, , 30 June 2015, , align="center", , - , Conor Grant, ,

Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

, , 2 February 2015, , 30 June 2015, , align="center", , - , John Lundstram, ,

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was formed in ...

, , 19 March 2015, , 18 April 2015, , align="center", , - ,

Gethin Jones Gethin Clifford Jones (born 12 February 1978) is a Welsh television presenter. He was an active rugby union player while at Manchester Metropolitan University and, after graduation, he began his television career on Welsh language channel S4C a ...

, ,

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club has played ...

, , 25 March 2015, , 30 June 2015, , align="center", , - , George Green, ,

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

, , 26 March 2015, , 30 June 2015, , align="center", , - ,

Francisco Júnior Francisco Santos da Silva Júnior (born 18 January 1992) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He represented Portugal internationally at under-19 and under-21 level before being called up to the Guinea-Bissau ...

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Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

, , 26 March 2015, , 30 June 2015, , align="center",

References

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