The City Ground

SEASON: 2015-16

Prev Season: 2014-15
This Season: 2015-16
Next Season: 2016-17

DIVISION:: npower Championship (Tier 2)
MANAGER(s):: Dougie Freedman, Paul Williams
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Watford (H) 0-1)
League Cup:: 1st Round (Walsall (H) 3-4)
Player Of The Year:: Dorus de Vries

Top Goalscorer:: Nelson Oliveira (9 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	24 times	4 times	5 times
Conceded	26 times	8 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	10 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	15 times	2 times	2 times

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green = win; Blue = draw; Red = loss)
1		1	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Middlesbrough (1-0)
2		2	2	-	-	2	1	3	0	Middlesbrough (1-2), Burnley (0-1)
3		3	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	Queens Park Rangers (2-1), Hull City (1-1), Brighton and Hove Albion (1-2)
4		4	2	1	1	-	1	0	4	Charlton Athletic (0-0), Birmingham City (1-0)
5		5	4	1	1	2	2	3	4	Hull City (0-1), Burnley (1-1), Derby County (1-0), Derby County (0-1)
6		6	1	-	-	1	0	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday (0-3)
7		7	2	1	-	1	4	3	3	Cardiff City (1-2), Reading (3-1)
8	1	8	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Birmingham City (1-1)
9	4	9	2	-	-	2	0	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday (0-1), Ipswich Town (0-1)
10	18	10	2	1	1	-	2	1	4	Cardiff City (1-1), Preston North End (1-0)
11	31	11	3	-	2	1	2	3	2	Ipswich Town (1-1), Brentford (1-2), Blackburn Rovers (0-0)
12	20	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	10	13	4	1	2	1	6	4	5	Huddersfield Town (1-1), Fulham (3-0), Leeds United (1-1), Reading (1-2)
14	41	14	3	-	3	-	2	2	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1), Queens Park Rangers (0-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1)
15	48	15	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Leeds United (1-0)
16	32	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	23	17	1	-	-	1	0	2	0	Huddersfield Town (0-2)
18	25	18	3	-	1	2	1	5	1	Preston North End (0-1), Brentford (0-3), Blackburn Rovers (1-1)
19	6	19	1	1	-	-	3	1	3	Fulham (3-1)
20	14	20	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Milton Keynes Dons (2-1), Bristol City (1-2)
21		21	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Rotherham United (0-0)
22		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23		23	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	Charlton Athletic (1-1), Milton Keynes Dons (2-1)
24	1	24	4	2	1	1	6	4	7	Rotherham United (2-1), Bolton Wanderers (1-1), Bristol City (0-2), Bolton Wanderers (3-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Brighton and Hove Albion (0-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 27,551
Lowest League Attendance:: 16,449
Average League Attendance:: 19,671
Highest Cup Attendance:: 24,703
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 5,237

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 12
Red cards:: 6
Yellow cards:: 90
Own goals (for):: (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Yellow cards:: 90
Penalties scored:: 4
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

END OF SEASON TABLE (2015-16)

CHAMPIONSHIP (Tier 2)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Burnley	46	26	15	5	72	35	15	6	2	38	14	11	9	3	34	21	37	93		1-1	0-1
2	Middlesbrough	46	26	11	9	63	31	16	5	2	34	8	10	6	7	29	23	32	89		1-2	1-0
3	Brighton and Hove Albion	46	24	17	5	72	42	15	5	3	40	18	9	12	2	32	24	30	89		1-2	0-1
4	Hull City	46	24	11	11	69	35	15	7	1	47	12	9	4	10	22	23	34	83	Promoted via playoffs	0-1	1-1
5	Derby County	46	21	15	10	66	43	12	7	4	37	16	9	8	6	29	27	23	78		1-0	0-1
6	Sheffield Wednesday	46	19	17	10	66	45	13	8	2	42	17	6	9	8	24	28	21	74		0-3	0-1
7	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	53	51	9	8	6	28	24	9	7	7	25	27	2	69		1-1	0-1
8	Cardiff City	46	17	17	12	56	51	12	9	2	33	20	5	8	10	23	31	5	68		1-2	1-1
9	Brentford	46	19	8	19	72	67	10	4	9	33	30	9	4	10	39	37	5	65		0-3	1-2
10	Birmingham City	46	16	15	15	53	49	9	5	9	27	27	7	10	6	26	22	4	63		1-1	1-0
11	Preston North End	46	15	17	14	45	45	7	10	6	21	21	8	7	8	24	24	0	62		1-0	0-1
12	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	18	14	54	54	10	9	4	37	25	4	9	10	17	29	0	60		0-0	2-1
13	Leeds United	46	14	17	15	50	58	7	8	8	23	28	7	9	7	27	30	-8	59		1-1	1-0
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	16	16	53	58	7	10	6	26	26	7	6	10	27	32	-5	58		1-1	1-1
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	16	17	46	46	8	8	7	29	23	5	8	10	17	23	0	55		1-1	0-0
16	Nottingham Forest	46	13	16	17	43	47	7	8	8	25	26	6	8	9	18	21	-4	55
17	Reading	46	13	13	20	52	59	8	9	6	25	20	5	4	14	27	39	-7	52		3-1	1-2
18	Bristol City	46	13	13	20	54	71	7	7	9	34	34	6	6	11	20	37	-17	52		1-2	0-2
19	Huddersfield Town	46	13	12	21	59	70	7	6	10	33	33	6	6	11	26	37	-11	51		0-2	1-1
20	Fulham	46	12	15	19	66	79	8	5	10	36	36	4	10	9	30	43	-13	51		3-0	3-1
21	Rotherham United	46	13	10	23	53	71	8	6	9	31	34	5	4	14	22	37	-18	49		2-1	0-0
22	Charlton Athletic	46	9	13	24	40	80	5	8	10	23	35	4	5	14	17	45	-40	40	Relegated	0-0	1-1
23	Milton Keynes Dons	46	9	12	25	39	69	7	3	13	21	37	2	9	12	18	32	-30	39	Relegated	2-1	2-1
24	Bolton Wanderers	46	5	15	26	41	81	5	11	7	24	26	0	4	19	17	55	-40	30	Relegated	3-0	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
Manager: Dougie Freedman
1	Fri Aug 07, 2015	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-1	Loss	24,623	24
2	Sat Aug 15, 2015	Rotherham United	H	2-1	Win	19,885	12	Mills (45), Antonio (61)
3	Tue Aug 18, 2015	Charlton Athletic	H	0-0	Draw	17,801	11
4	Sat Aug 22, 2015	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-1	Draw	16,410	11	Vaughan (81)
5	Sat Aug 29, 2015	Cardiff City	H	1-2	Loss	18,762	16	Antonio (86)
6	Sat Sep 12, 2015	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-1	Win	15,424	12	Lansbury (75 pen), Oliveira (82 pen)
7	Tue Sep 15, 2015	Birmingham City	A	1-0	Win	16,604	8	Blackstock (54)
8	Sat Sep 19, 2015	Middlesbrough	H	1-2	Loss	20,993	11	Mills (7)
9	Thu Sep 24, 2015	Huddersfield Town	A	1-1	Draw	11,299	10	Mendes (23)
10	Sat Oct 03, 2015	Hull City	H	0-1	Loss	20,985	13
11	Fri Oct 16, 2015	Bristol City	A	0-2	Loss	15,285	14
12	Tue Oct 20, 2015	Burnley	H	1-1	Draw	17,721	15	Lichaj (73)
13	Sat Oct 24, 2015	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	19,616	16	Trotter (90)
14	Sat Oct 31, 2015	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	Loss	22,465	17
15	Tue Nov 03, 2015	Preston North End	A	0-1	Loss	10,216	19
16	Fri Nov 06, 2015	Derby County	H	1-0	Win	25,114	15	Oliveira (5)
17	Sat Nov 21, 2015	Brentford	A	1-2	Loss	11,403	18	Lansbury (74)
18	Sat Nov 28, 2015	Reading	H	3-1	Win	18,128	16	O'Grady (20), Oliveira (31, 49)
19	Sat Dec 05, 2015	Fulham	H	3-0	Win	18,377	15	Mills (45, 78), O'Grady (52)
20	Fri Dec 11, 2015	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-1	Draw	20,000	15	Blackstock (80)
21	Mon Dec 14, 2015	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-0	Draw	12,002	15
22	Sat Dec 19, 2015	Milton Keynes Dons	H	2-1	Win	19,975	13	Oliveira (2), Mendes (16)
23	Sun Dec 27, 2015	Leeds United	H	1-1	Draw	27,551	13	Oliveira (18)
24	Tue Dec 29, 2015	Cardiff City	A	1-1	Draw	15,461	14	Burke (9)
25	Sat Jan 02, 2016	Charlton Athletic	A	1-1	Draw	-	14	Osborn (44)
26	Tue Jan 12, 2016	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	18,342	14	Mills (30)
27	Sat Jan 16, 2016	Bolton Wanderers	H	3-0	Win	18,465	12	Oliveira (12 pen), Burke (16), Ward (83)
28	Sat Jan 23, 2016	Middlesbrough	A	1-0	Win	24,975	11	Ward (70)
29	Tue Jan 26, 2016	Queens Park Rangers	H	0-0	Draw	17,030	11
30	Sat Feb 06, 2016	Leeds United	A	1-0	Win	24,079	10	Oliveira (60)
31	Sat Feb 13, 2016	Huddersfield Town	H	0-2	Loss	19,894	10
32	Tue Feb 23, 2016	Burnley	A	0-1	Loss	15,517	12
33	Sat Feb 27, 2016	Bristol City	H	1-2	Loss	20,551	15	Osborn (30)
34	Sat Mar 05, 2016	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	20,568	15
35	Tue Mar 08, 2016	Preston North End	H	1-0	Win	16,747	13	Oliveira (37)
36	Sat Mar 12, 2016	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-3	Loss	20,690	14
Manager: Paul Williams
37	Tue Mar 15, 2016	Hull City	A	1-1	Draw	15,663	14	Gardner (28)
38	Sat Mar 19, 2016	Derby County	A	0-1	Loss	33,010	15
39	Sat Apr 02, 2016	Brentford	H	0-3	Loss	19,444	16
40	Tue Apr 05, 2016	Reading	A	1-2	Loss	15,678	17	Osborn (41)
41	Mon Apr 11, 2016	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1-2	Loss	17,642	20	Blackstock (50)
42	Sat Apr 16, 2016	Rotherham United	A	0-0	Draw	11,503	19
43	Tue Apr 19, 2016	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	16,449	18	Blackstock (15)
44	Sat Apr 23, 2016	Fulham	A	3-1	Win	18,253	17	Tesche (23), Lansbury (43, 70 pen)
45	Sat Apr 30, 2016	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	22,291	17	Gardner (68)
46	Sat May 07, 2016	Milton Keynes Dons	A	2-1	Win	15,486	16	Cohen (8), Assombalonga (74)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dougie Freedman
Sat Jan 09, 2016	Queens Park Rangers	3	H	1-0	Win	14,197	Ward (24)
Sat Jan 30, 2016	Watford	4	H	0-1	Loss	24,703

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dougie Freedman
Tue Aug 11, 2015	Walsall	1				H	3-4	Loss	5,237	Walker (32), Antonio (81, 90)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Manager: Dougie Freedman
Wed Jul 08, 2015	Odense BK	Denmark	A	2-4	Loss	-	Blackstock (20), Paterson (74)
Sun Jul 12, 2015	Mjallby AIF	Sweden	A	1-1	Draw	1,026	Burke (81)
Tue Jul 14, 2015	FC Helsingor	Denmark	A	1-2	Loss	747	Walker (88)
Fri Jul 17, 2015	Stevenage	England	A	3-0	Win	-	Mills (13), Lansbury (20 pen), Hobbs (88)
Tue Jul 21, 2015	Doncaster Rovers	England	A	1-1	Draw	2,613	Burke (34)
Sat Jul 25, 2015	Swansea City	Wales	H	1-1	Draw	4,285	Tesche (68)
Sat Aug 01, 2015	Aston Villa	England	H	3-3	Draw	10,625	Blackstock (1), Lansbury (81), Wilson (90)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (13)				Out (15)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Tim Erlandsson	Loan In			Chris O'Grady	Sold
	Tim Erlandsson	Bought		2016	Roger Riera	Sold
Jul 01, 2015	Matt Mills	Bought		Jan 31, 2005	Andy Reid	Sold	£3,000,000
Jul 02, 2015	Jamie Ward	Bought		Aug 01, 2014	Darius Henderson	Sold
Jul 25, 2015	Ben Hamer	Loan In		Jul 30, 2015	Radoslaw Majewski	Released
Jul 30, 2015	Daniel Pinillos	Bought		Aug 27, 2015	Stephen McLaughlin	Sold
Aug 20, 2015	Kyle Ebecilio	Loan In		Sep 01, 2015	Michail Antonio	Sold	£7,000,000
Sep 01, 2015	Chris O'Grady	Loan In		Oct 16, 2015	Kelvin Wilson	Released
Sep 04, 2015	Nelson Oliveira	Loan In		Jan 08, 2016	Joe Worrall	Loan Out
Sep 04, 2015	Ryan Mendes	Loan In		Jan 22, 2016	Chris Burke	Sold
Sep 10, 2015	Jonny Williams	Loan In		Mar 04, 2016	Matty Cash	Loan out
Oct 24, 2015	Liam Trotter	Loan In		May 25, 2016	Josh Rees	Released
Jan 01, 2016	Anel Ahmedhodzic	Bought		May 31, 2016	Chris Burke	Released
				May 31, 2016	Robert Tesche	Released
				Jul 01, 2016	Andy Reid	Retired

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	1	Dorus de Vries	48	14	16	18		2					Player Of The Year
GK	26	Dimitar Evtimov	1			1						47
GK		Ben Hamer
GK		Jordan Wright										1
GK		Ross Durrant										1
GK		Tim Erlandsson
Defenders
D	2	Eric Lichaj	46	14	16	16	1	11	1		1	1
D	5	Matt Mills	42	13	13	16	5	12	1	1		2
D	31	Daniel Pinillos	19	6	6	7				1		2
D	36	Roger Riera										1
D	38	Ben Osborn	37	12	11	14	3	3		5	4	3
D		Alex Iacovitti										2
D		Joe Worrall										5
Midfielders
M	4	Michael Mancienne	33	11	11	11		7		3	2	2
M	6	Kelvin Wilson	17	6	4	7		1		1	3	15
M	8	Chris Cohen	17	5	3	9	1	1		6	4	7
M	10	Henri Lansbury	28	9	11	8	4	4	1	2	2	2
M	13	Danny Fox	11	2	4	5		2	1	1	2	5
M	14	Kyle Ebecilio	5	2	1	2				4	2	1	On loan from Twente for whole of the season
M	18	Liam Trotter	9	4	2	3	1			1	4	2	On loan from Bolton (Oct to Dec)
M	20	Jonny Williams	10	1	4	5		1		3	6	7	On loan from Crystal Palace (Sep to Jan)
M	24	David Vaughan	36	8	10	18	1	9	1	3	3	5
M	25	Jack Hobbs	23	5	8	10		2	1	4	2	12
M	27	Chris Burke	10	2	4	4		1		5	2	11
M	30	Stephen McLaughlin
M	32	Robert Tesche	24	8	9	7	1	3		8	6	6
M		Bojan Jokic	21	7	6	8		3		1	2	2
M		Deimantas Petravicius	1			1					1	1
M		Gary Gardner	22	7	5	10	2	4		5	2	1
M		Josh Rees
Forwards
F	7	Matt Fryatt
F	9	Britt Assombalonga	4	2	2		1	1			4
F	11	Andy Reid
F	15	Ryan Mendes	32	10	11	11	2	6		18	6	4	On loan from Lille for the whole of the season
F	17	Nelson Oliveira	28	9	8	11	9	5		14	4	3	On loan from Benfica for the whole of the season
F	18	Michail Antonio	5	1	1	3	4				1
F	19	Jamie Ward	33	9	9	15	3	5		17	10	2
F	21	Jamie Paterson	2			2				1	1	2	Went on loan to Huddersfield (Whole of season)
F	23	Dexter Blackstock	32	6	12	14	4	3		5	18	11
F	29	Chris O'Grady	20	7	8	5	2	2		5	5	13	On loan from Brighton for the whole of the season
F	34	Tyler Walker	15	3	4	8	1			5	9	7
F	35	Oliver Burke	21	6	8	7	2			4	13	6
F	37	Jorge Grant	11	2	3	6		2		3	8	15
F		Darius Henderson
F		Federico Macheda	4		2	2				3	1	5
F		Gerry McDonagh	1			1					1	2
F		Lars Veldwijk											Went on loan to Zwolle for whole of season
F		Nicky Maynard
F		Paul Taylor

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
9	Nelson Oliveira	28
5	Matt Mills	42
4	Dexter Blackstock	32
4	Henri Lansbury	28
4	Michail Antonio	5
3	Ben Osborn	37
3	Jamie Ward	33
2	Chris O'Grady	20
2	Gary Gardner	22
2	Oliver Burke	21
2	Ryan Mendes	32
1	Britt Assombalonga	4
1	Chris Cohen	17
1	David Vaughan	36
1	Eric Lichaj	46
1	Liam Trotter	9
1	Robert Tesche	24
1	Tyler Walker	15

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Fulham	Sat Dec 05, 2015	Home	3-0	Sat Apr 23, 2016	Away	3-1
Milton Keynes Dons	Sat Dec 19, 2015	Home	2-1	Sat May 07, 2016	Away	2-1