Chairman Raffaele Riva Football League Championship 13th (60 points) | Stadium Vicarage Road | |
Head coach Gianfranco Zola
(until 16 December 2013)
Giuseppe Sannino
(from 18 December 2013) FA Cup Fourth Round
(eliminated by Manchester City) League Cup Third Round
(eliminated by Norwich City) | ||
Watford Football Club is an English football club from Watford, Hertfordshire. They will play in the 2013–14 Football League Championship, for the seventh consecutive season since relegation from the Premier League in 2006–07. The team manager is Giuseppe Sannino.
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Background
Gianfranco Zola replaced Sean Dyche as Watford manager at the end of the 2011–12 season following Sean Dyche's dismissal. Following the successful takeover of Watford by the Pozzo family, Watford loaned a significant number of players on season-long deals from fellow Pozzo-owned clubs Udinese and Granada. The use of a large number of loan players drew criticism from both the media and fellow managers, taking a stance that using a large number of loan players from a few clubs should not be allowed. However, despite the number of loanees at the club, Watford maintained their traditional use of academy players; Watford used the second-most academy players after Middlesbrough, utilising eight different academy players throughout the season.
Pre Season
Watford will spend the early part of their pre-season in the village of Mals in Northern Italy, attending a pre-season training camp and playing friendly fixtures before playing more fixtures in the UK
Summary
Last updated: 3 May 2014.
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Statistics
Statistics correct as of game played 3 May 2014.
Numbers in brackets indicate substitute appearances
Transfers
updates as 20 September 2013
Out
At the end of the 2012–13 season, the club announced that seven players would be released at the end of their contracts, alongside Chris Iwelumo, who had already agreed to join Scunthorpe United. After being released by the club, Jack Bonham signed for Brentford, Stephen McGinn signed for Sheffield United and Mark Yeates signed for Bradford City.
Loans
updates as 20 September 2013
International
On 14 August 2013, Cristian Battocchio made his Italian Under-21 debut in a 4–1 friendly win over Slovakia.