2014–15 Hull City A.F.C. season

The 2014–15 season is Hull City's second season back in the Premier League after retaining their league status with their highest points total and highest finishing position of 16th in the 2013–14 season. They also competed in the League Cup and the FA Cup. As losing FA Cup finalists in the 2013–14 season they also took part in the UEFA Europa League and started in the Third qualifying round.
Kits.
On 20 April 2014, 24-minutes into the home match against Arsenal, the club announced they had signed a 4-year deal with kit suppliers Umbro to commence 1 June 2014. On 17 July 2014 the club announced a record breaking two-year shirt sponsorship deal with 12BET. The new home kit design was revealed on 18 July 2014, the away kit on 11 August 2014 and a third strip on 20 August 2014.
Events.
Awards.
The awards ceremony for the season was originally planned for 24 May 2015, but this was postponed to a date in July 2015.
Transfers.
This section only lists transfers and loans for the 2014–15 season, which began 1 July 2014. For transactions in May and June 2014, see transfers and loans for the 2013–14 season.
Statistics.
Appearances.
Note: Appearances shown after a "+" indicate player came on during course of match.
Competitions.
Pre-season.
Pre-season matches were announced on 19 May 2014 with two matches at the same time on 21 July 2014 against North Ferriby United and Harrogate Town. This to be followed by matches against York City on 23 July and Barnsley on 26 July.
Players reported back for pre-season training on 8 July 2014 and departed for a training camp in Portugal later in the week.
On 8 July 2014, a pre-season friendly against VfB Stuttgart was announced for 10 August 2014 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart, Germany.
Premier League.
Matches.
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9 am.
League Cup.
Hull City enter the competition at the Third Round; because of their involvement in European competition, matches were played during the week commencing 22 September 2014. The draw for the Third Round took place on 27 August 2014 and Hull were drawn away to follow Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. The match took place on 24 September 2014 at The Hawthorns, and Brown Ideye opened the scoring after 15 minutes for West Brom. Hull fought back with goals either side of the break from Tom Ince and Robbie Brady, but the home team took it with two goals in the last four minutes of the match from Gareth McAuley and Saido Berahino.
FA Cup.
Hull City enter the competition at the Third Round Proper stage with matches taking place in early January 2015. The draw for the Third Round Proper takes place at 7 pm on 8 December 2014 at The Deep in Hull and broadcast live on BBC Two. The first match drawn was Hull away to Arsenal in a repeat of the 2014 FA Cup Final. The match was shown live by the BBC. Arsenal opened the scoring through Per Mertesacker on the 20-minute mark but failed to make further progress until Alexis Sánchez double the score with ten minutes remaining. City made no reply and were knocked out, with Arsenal winning 2–0.
UEFA Europa League.
Hull City enter the competition in the Third qualifying round, the draw for which took place on 18 July 2014 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Hull City were drawn against either AS Trenčín or Vojvodina, with the away-leg being played on 31 July 2014 and the return leg on 7 August 2014. On 24 July 2014, Trenčín won the match 4–3 on aggregate and become City's opponents in the Third Qualifying round. The away match would be played at the Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia. The away-leg took place on 31 July 2014 and was Steve Bruce's 100th game in charge of the team. The match ended in a 0–0 draw, with Tom Huddlestone having a penalty saved and firing the rebound against the bar. The home leg on 7 August 2014 at the KC Stadium got off to a quick start for the visitors, with Tomáš Malec netting in two-minutes of the start. Ahmed Elmohamady equalised after 27-minutes, and on the 80th minute mark substitute Sone Aluko won the game for City. Hull were in the draw for the next round that took place on 8 August 2014. Hull were drawn against Belgian team Lokeren with the first-leg to be played 21 August at the Daknamstadion stadium in Daknam with the return leg at the KC Stadium on 28 August 2014. The first-leg was a narrow 1–0 win by Lokeren with a goal scored by Hans Vanaken that followed a goalkeeping error by Allan McGregor. The match was marred by some violence after the match in which some fans from both sides were arrested. The following week at the KC Stadium Hull made the perfect start with Robbie Brady opening the scoring after just 6 minutes. Soon after the break Jordan Remacle levelled the scores, but a penalty was awarded to Hull after 55-minutes and Brady scored his second goal of the match. After 71 minutes, Yannick Sagbo was dismissed following a challenge on Georgios Galitsios. Though Hull won 2–1 on the night, producing an aggregate score of 2–2, Lokeren progressed under the away goals rule.