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The 2014–15 season is Stoke City's seventh season in the Premier League and the 59th in the top tier of English football. In preparation for the 2014–15 season Mark Hughes signed Phil Bardsley, Mame Biram Diouf, Bojan Krkić, Steve Sidwell, Dionatan Teixeira whilst Victor Moses and Oussama Assaidi joined on season-long loans. Departing the Britannia Stadium were Matthew Etherington, Cameron Jerome, Michael Kightly and Ryan Shotton. Stoke had a mixed start to the season as they lost 1–0 at home to Aston Villa, drew 1–1 with Hull City and then beat the reigning league champions Manchester City 1–0. This set the tone for an inconsistent Autumn as Stoke managed just three wins in September, October and November and lost at home to newly promoted sides Burnley and Leicester City. Results improved in December as the Potters beat Arsenal 3–2, Everton and West Bromwich Albion both 1–0. Stoke suffered a number of injuries in January most notably to Bojan but the side were still able to secure victories against Leicester City and Queens Park Rangers. Stoke's only arrival in the January transfer window was German centre-back Philipp Wollscheid on loan from Bayer Leverkusen. After drawing 1–1 at Newcastle United, Stoke suffered back-to-back 4–1 defeats to Manchester City and then in the FA Cup to Blackburn Rovers. Stoke recovered well from this set-back winning their next three matches against Aston Villa, Hull City and Everton. This was the followed by three defeats against West Brom, Crystal Palace and Chelsea. Stoke ended the season strongly with victories over Southampton (2–1), Tottenham Hotspur (3–0) and Liverpool (6–1) ensuring a second consecutive 9th-place finish. ==Pre-season== In March 2014 Stoke announced that from the 2014–15 season their kit will be supplied by American sportswear manufacturer Warrior Sports.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-announce-kit-deal-Warrior/story-20828273-detail/story.html )〕 In May 2014 long serving winger Matthew Etherington was released from the club following the end of his contract as well as under-21 players, Lucas Dawson, Kevin Gomez-Nieto, Ben Heneghan, Jordan Keane, Jordan Richardson and Karim Rossi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27554089 )〕 On 22 May 2014 Sunderland full-back Phil Bardsley agreed to join Stoke on a three-year contract.〔 Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell joined Stoke on a free transfer on 9 June 2014 on a two-year deal having previously worked under Mark Hughes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27769534 )〕 On 11 June 2014 Stoke made two signings, Senegalese striker Mame Biram Diouf arrived on a free transfer from Hannover 96 whilst 21-year-old Slovakian defender Dionatan Teixeira joined from Dukla Banská Bystrica for an undisclosed fee.〔 Stoke returned to training on 9 July where they went to nearby St George's Park for fitness tests.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Pictures-Mame-Diouf-joins-Stoke-City-squad-day/story-21348616-detail/story.html )〕 On 18 July 2014 the squad flew out to Germany for a pre-season training camp and friendlies against Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSV 1860 München and Schalke 04.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-tour-pictures/story-21657579-detail/story.html )〕 Stoke's first match of pre-season was against Borussia Mönchengladbach in Rottach-Egern.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Match-report-Borussia-Monchengladbach-1-Stoke/story-21663974-detail/story.html? )〕 Heavy rain delayed kick-off by 20 minutes as manager Mark Hughes decided to give all of his players 45 minutes.〔 In an eventful first half new signing Mame Biram Diouf almost saw his early shot parried by Christofer Heimeroth into the path of Andy Wilkinson but Heimeroth denied Wilkinson what would have been a rare goal with a fine save.〔 Just after half time a loose pass by Charlie Adam was picked up by Thorgan Hazard who slid the ball past Thomas Sørensen. Stoke earned a 1–1 draw after Jonathan Walters battled his way through the Borussia defence and set-up Peter Crouch for a simple tap-in.〔 On 22 July 2014 Stoke completed the signing of Barcelona forward Bojan Krkić for an undisclosed fee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28430289 )〕 Stoke's second pre-season encounter was a 2–0 defeat against TSV 1860 München with goals from Daniel Adlung and Bobby Wood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Match-report-Stoke-City-0-1860-TSV-Munich-2/story-21944898-detail/story.html )〕 Stoke's final game of their training camp was against Schalke 04 in Kufstein just over the border in Austria. In an even first half Marko Arnautović had a penalty well saved by Ralf Fährmann. Bojan scored his first Stoke goal just after half time after being put through one on one by Stephen Ireland. However Schalke responded quickly with a header from Joël Matip. Dionatan Teixeira then had a goal disallowed for offside before a late strike from Tranquillo Barnetta earned Schalke the win.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Match-report-Schalke-2-Stoke-City-1/story-22013429-detail/story.html )〕 Upon their return to England Hughes split his squad for games against Burton Albion and Blackburn Rovers. Both matches were drawn firstly 0–0 with Burton and 1–1 with Blackburn with Bojan scoring his second pre-season goal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/time-report-Burton-0-Stoke-City-0/story-22055999-detail/story.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Match-Report-Blackburn-Rovers-1-Stoke-City-1/story-22061282-detail/story.html )〕 On 6 August 2014 Stoke played their only home friendly of pre-season against Spanish outfit Real Betis. A period of good one-touch build up play led to Phil Bardsley crossing across the face of goal for Erik Pieters to tap in. Stoke made it 2–0 after Bojan won the ball on the half way line and ran through and fired past Antonio Adán for his third pre-season goal and earned Stoke their first win.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City/story-22123958-detail/story.html )〕 Stoke's final match of pre-season was back in Germany where they played out a 1–1 draw with SC Freiburg at the Dreisamstadion. Mame Biram Diouf scored his first goal for Stoke cancelling out an early goal from Pavel Krmaš.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Match-report-Freiburg-1-Stoke-City-1/story-22284808-detail/story.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014–15 Stoke City F.C. season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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