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

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:: 87
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

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		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
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	Fri Dec 04, 2015	Fulham	H	3-0	Win	18,377	16	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	Sun Dec 27, 2015	Cardiff City	A	1-1	Draw	15,461	13	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
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	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
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
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
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)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Ben Hamer
GK		Jordan Wright										1
GK		Ross Durrant										1
GK		Tim Erlandsson
GK	1	Dorus de Vries	48	14	16	18		2					Player Of The Year
GK	26	Dimitar Evtimov	1			1						47
D		Alex Iacovitti										2
D		Joe Worrall										5
D	2	Eric Lichaj	46	14	16	16	1	10	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
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
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	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	8	3	2	3	1			1	3	3	On loan from Bolton (Oct to Dec)
M	20	Jonny Williams	10	1	4	5		1		2	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		7	6	6
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
F	7	Matt Fryatt
F	8	Chris Cohen	16	4	3	9	1	1		6	3	8
F	9	Britt Assombalonga	4	2	2		1	1			4
F	11	Andy Reid
F	15	Ryan Mendes	30	8	11	11	2	6		18	4	6	On loan from Lille for the whole of the season
F	17	Nelson Oliveira	28	9	8	11	9	4		12	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	4		16	10	2
F	21	Jamie Paterson	2			2				1	1	2	Went on loan to Huddersfield (Whole of season)
F	23	Dexter Blackstock	31	5	12	14	4	3		4	17	12
F	29	Chris O'Grady	19	6	8	5	2	2		5	4	14	On loan from Brighton for the whole of the season
F	34	Tyler Walker	14	2	4	8	1			5	8	8
F	35	Oliver Burke	21	6	8	7	2			3	13	6
F	37	Jorge Grant	11	2	3	6		2		3	8	15

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
9	Nelson Oliveira	28
5	Matt Mills	42
4	Dexter Blackstock	31
4	Henri Lansbury	28
4	Michail Antonio	5
3	Ben Osborn	37
3	Jamie Ward	33
2	Chris O'Grady	19
2	Gary Gardner	22
2	Oliver Burke	21
2	Ryan Mendes	30
1	Britt Assombalonga	4
1	Chris Cohen	16
1	David Vaughan	36
1	Eric Lichaj	46
1	Liam Trotter	8
1	Robert Tesche	24
1	Tyler Walker	14

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

2015-16

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Fulham	Fri Dec 04, 2015	H	3-0	Sat Apr 23, 2016	A	3-1
Milton Keynes Dons	Sat Dec 19, 2015	H	2-1	Sat May 07, 2016	A	2-1