Budget-£23million
| Management | ||||
| TJ Bowen | Manager | - | - | England |
| Player | Position | Played | Goals(Assists) | Nationality |
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| Scott Carson (HG) | GK | 1 | 0 | England |
| Vyacheslav Malafeev | GK | 7 | 0 | Russia |
| Carlos Kameni | GK | 23 | 0(1) | Cameroon |
| Defenders | ||||
| Salvatore Bocchetti | CB/LB | 17 | 0 | Italy |
| Erik Pieters | LB | 29 | 1(2) | Netherlands |
| Juan | CB | 26 | 0(1) | Brazil |
| Atsuto Uchida | RB | 11 | 0(2) | Japan |
| Nicolas Burdisso | CB/RB | 5 | 0 | Argentina |
| Andreas Beck | RB | 11 | 0 | Germany |
| Craig Cathcart (HG) | CB | 0 | 0 | Northern Ireland |
| Rolando | CB | 10 | 1 | Portugal |
| Michael Dawson (HG) | CB | 12 | 1 | England |
| Midfielders | ||||
| Ahmed Musa (U21) | RM | 2 | 0 | Nigeria |
| Mauro Zarate | LW/AM | 9 | 0 | Argentina |
| Rio Mavuba | DM/CM | 14 | 0 | France |
| Erik Lamela (IOL) (U21) | AM/CM/WG | 21(3) | 5(6) | Argentina |
| Michael Carrick (HG) | CM | 20(1) | 4 | England |
| Armin Bacinovic | DM/CM | 3 | 0(1) | Slovenia |
| Craig Bellamy (HG) | LW/ST | 4(1) | 2 | Wales |
| Jose Antonio Reyes | LW | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| Simone Pepe | RM | 5 | 0(1) | Italy |
| John Obi Mikel | CM/DM | 5 | 0 | Nigeria |
| Kostas Fortounis (U21) | AM/RW | 2 | 0 | Greece |
| Diego | AM | 6 | 1(3) | Brazil |
| Strikers | ||||
| Alessandro Matri | ST | 3 | 2 | Italy |
| Edin Dzeko (IOL) | ST | 6 | 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Emile Heskey (HG) | ST | 0(1) | 0(1) | England |
| Aleksander Kerzhakov | ST | 2(1) | 1(1) | Russia |
| Others Who've Left | ||||
| Nicolas Anelka | ST | 4(2) | 5(1) | France |
| Hamit Altintop | RM | 0(2) | 0 | Germany |
| Darijo Srna | RM/RB | 1(1) | 0 | Croatia |
| Carl Jenkinson | RB | 1 | 0 | England |
| Raul Garcia | CM | 0(3) | 0 | Spain |
| Gianlucca Zambrotta | LB | 2 | 0 | Italy |
| Jack Hobbs (HG) | CB | 1 | 0 | England |
| Jeremy Menez | RM | 9 | 0 | France |
| Obafemi Martins | ST | 2(2) | 1(1) | Nigeria |
| Steffan Kiessling | ST | 5 | 2(1) | Germany |
| Giovanni Dos Santos (HG) | RM/LM | 1(2) | 1 | Mexico |
| Abou Diaby | CM | 7 | 0 | France |
| Gaston Ramirez (U21) | AM/WG | 4(2) | 1(1) | Uruguay |
| Leon Britton (HG) | CM | 1 | 0(1) | England |
| Guillermo Ochoa (IOL) | GK | 2 | 0 | Mexico |
| Javier Zanetti | RB/DM | 11 | 0(1) | Argentina |
| Ezequeil Garay | CB | 1 | 0 | Argentina |
| Moussa Sissoko | DM/CM | 17 | 0 | France |
| Eljero Elia | LM | 20(2) | 2(9) | Netherlands |
| Borja Valero | CM | 0(1) | 1 | Spain |
| Diego Buonanotte | AM/LM | 2 | 0 | Argentina |
| Vagner Love | ST | 4(4) | 6(1) | Brazil |
| Moussa Sow | ST | 8(1) | 5 | Senegal |
| Mariano Andujar | GK | 1 | 0 | Argentina |
| Nicolas Lodeiro | CM/AM | 15(1) | 3(3) | Uruguay |
Daniel Carrico (loan), Jeffrey Bruma, Federico Balzaretti and Kwadwo Asamoah to come in.
Craig Bellamy, Rio Mavuba, Jeffrey Bruma (loan), Scott Carson, Erik Pieters + John Obi Mikel out.