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title: "Sunderland premier league squad announced"
canonical: "https://readsunderland.com/2015/09/04/sunderland-premier-league-squad-announced/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chris Sparks"
section: "Articles"
published: "2015-09-04T12:36:23Z"
modified: "2015-09-04T12:36:23Z"
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# Sunderland premier league squad announced

[Sunderland have announced](https://www.safc.com/news/club-news/2015/september/squad-list-confirmed)their 25 man squad for the new premier league season after the transfer window closed on Tuesday teatime. Well, I say 25 man squad, they’ve actually only included 24 with a few notable absentees. Sunderland also boast an impressive 16 homegrown (HG) players in their squad.

**Goalkeepers**

Costel Pantilimon

Vito Mannone (HG)

**Defenders**

DeAndre Yedlin

Wes Brown (HG)

John O’Shea (HG)

Younes Kaboul

Adam Matthews (HG)

Patrick Van Aanholt (HG)

Sebastian Coates

Billy Jones (HG)

**Midfielders**

Liam Bridcutt (HG)

Lee Cattermole (HG)

Yann M’Vila

Jack Rodwell (HG)

Jordi Gomez

Adam Johnson (HG)

Will Buckley (HG)

Seb Larsson (HG)

Ola Toivonen

**Attackers**

Jermain Defoe (HG)

Danny Graham (HG)

Fabio Borini (HG)

Steven Fletcher (HG)

Jeremain Lens

*\*There was no place in the squad for Charis Mavrias, Valentin Roberge or Ricky Alvarez, with the latter’s future still within dispute at FIFA*

*\*\* Youngsters Duncan Watmore and Lynden Gooch are under-21, and therefore, do not need to be included in the squad to be eligible for selection.*