2015–16 Leeds United F.C. season

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Leeds United
2015–16 season
Chairman Massimo Cellino
Head Coach Uwe Rösler
(until 19 October 2015)[1]
Steve Evans
Stadium Elland Road
Championship 13th
FA Cup Fifth round
(knocked out by Watford)
League Cup First round
(knocked out by Doncaster Rovers)
Top goalscorer League: Chris Wood (13)
All: Chris Wood (13)
Highest home attendance 29,311 vs Huddersfield Town
(19 March 2016, Championship)
Lowest home attendance 16,039 vs Rotherham United
(9 January 2016, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance 21,667
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Leeds United's 6th consecutive season in the Championship.[2] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2014–15 season, presented in chronological order, starting on 2 May 2015 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2015–16 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

May

  • 7 May: Massimo Cellino has been granted Football League permission to return to the club’s board, taking up the role as Leeds United chairman with immediate effect after passing the League’s Owners and Directors Test.[3]
  • 11 May: Adam Pearson returns to the club as executive director, to assist Massimo Cellino.[4]
  • 12 May: The Financial Fair Play transfer embargo imposed upon the club in December is lifted for the 2015 summer transfer window, with no club now under no restrictions in relation to buying or selling players.[5]
  • 20 May: Uwe Rösler is named as the club's new head coach on a two-year deal.[6]

June

  • 3 June: Rob Kelly is named assistant head coach, penning a two-year deal.[7]
  • 9 June: Richard Hartis becomes the club's new goalkeeping coach. As a result of this move, Neil Sullivan returned to his previous role the Academy, coaching the Under-21s and U18s.[8]
  • 15 June: Martyn Glover joins the club from West Ham United as the new head of recruitment. The club also confirmed that Stuart Hayton had joined the previous week from Liverpool as the new club secretary.[9]
  • 16 June: The club announce a five-year deal with Italian sportswear giants Kappa to become the club’s new kit provider from the 2015/16 season onwards.[10]
  • 24 June: The club reach a mutual agreement with Nicola Salerno for him to depart from his role as Sporting Director.[11]

July

  • 2 July: Julian Darby joins the backroom staff as a first-team coach.[12]
  • 13 July: Leeds re-purchase the catering and beverage rights for Elland Road and the Centenary Pavilion, ending a period where it had been outsourced after being sold in June 2012.[13]
  • 13 July: Global Autocare are announced as the club’s official South Stand Sponsor and Vehicle Partner for the next three years in a record-breaking partnership.[14]
  • 16 July: Neil Redfearn resigns from academy position, claiming the club made his position "untenable".[15]

August

  • 4 August: Sol Bamba is named as the club's captain for the 2015/16 season.[16]
  • 21 August: The club announce a partnership with bookmakers CORAL, who will become the club’s official betting and gaming partner, as well as sponsoring the North East Corner Stand of Elland Road.[17]

September

October

  • 19 October: Uwe Rösler and the club part ways, with Rösler departing from his position as head coach.[1] Assistant manager Rob Kelly and first-team coach Julian Darby have been placed on gardening leave.[20]
    Steve Evans is appointed as head coach, on a rolling contract until 30 June 2016, with Paul Raynor joining as assistant coach.[21]

First team squad

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Italy Marco Silvestri 25 2014 92 0 2018 £450,000
3 DF Ivory Coast Sol Bamba 31 2015 (Winter) 52 5 2017 £1,000,000 Club Captain
4 DF England Scott Wootton 24 2013 73 1 2017 £1,000,000
5 DF Italy Giuseppe Bellusci 26 2014 60 2 2018 £1,600,000
6 DF Scotland Liam Cooper 24 2014 72 2 2017 £600,000
7 FW Italy Mirco Antenucci 31 2014 80 19 2016 £440,000
8 MF England Luke Murphy 26 2013 110 7 2019 £1,000,000
9 FW New Zealand Chris Wood 24 2015 37 13 2019 £3,000,000
10 MF England Alex Mowatt 21 2013 105 12 2017 Youth system
11 FW Senegal Souleymane Doukara 24 2014 54 12 2017 £1,500,000
14 MF Italy Tommaso Bianchi 27 2014 26 0 2018 £500,000 On loan to Ascoli
15 MF Northern Ireland Stuart Dallas 25 2015 49 5 2018 £1,300,000
16 MF France Toumani Diagouraga 28 2016 (Winter) 19 3 2018 £600,000
18 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol 27 2016 (Winter) 14 2 2016 Loan On loan from Middlesbrough
19 FW Scotland Lee Erwin 22 2015 12 0 2018 Free
20 FW NetherlandsDemocratic Republic of the Congo Jordan Botaka 22 2015 14 0 2017 £1,000,000
21 DF England Charlie Taylor 22 2011 72 3 2017 Youth system
22 GK England Ross Turnbull 31 2015 1 0 2017 Free
23 MF England Lewis Cook 19 2014 85 2 2017 Youth system
24 MF England Tom Adeyemi 24 2015 24 2 2016 Loan On loan from Cardiff City
26 MF ScotlandEngland Liam Bridcutt 26 2015 27 0 2016 Loan On loan from Sunderland
27 MF England Kalvin Phillips 20 2014 12 1 2017 Youth system
28 DF Switzerland Gaetano Berardi 27 2014 53 0 2018 £250,000
29 MF Denmark Casper Sloth 24 2014 14 0 2017 £600,000
31 DF England Lewie Coyle 20 2014 13 0 2017 Youth system
37 MF Portugal Ronaldo Vieira 17 2016 1 0 2018 Youth system
41 GK Republic of Ireland Eric Grimes 21 2013 0 0 2016 Youth system
45 GK England Bailey Peacock-Farrell 19 2015 1 0 2016 Youth system
  • Last updated: 7 May 2016
  • Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
  • Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Transfers

In

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving from
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
30 GK Charlie Horton EU United States
England		 20 Transfer Cardiff City Summer 2017 Free [22]
19 FW Lee Erwin EU Scotland 21 Transfer Motherwell Summer 2018 Free [23]
3 DF Sol Bamba EU Ivory Coast
France		 30 Transfer Palermo Summer 2017 £1,000,000 [24]
9 FW Chris Wood Non-EU New Zealand 23 Transfer Leicester City Summer 2019 £3,000,000 [25][26]
22 GK Ross Turnbull EU England 30 Transfer Barnsley Summer 2017 Free [27]
15 MF Stuart Dallas EU Northern Ireland 24 Transfer Brentford Summer 2018 £1,300,000 [28]
20 FW Jordan Botaka EU Netherlands
Democratic Republic of the Congo		 22 Transfer Excelsior Summer 2017 £1,000,000 [29]
FW Jack McKay EU Scotland 19 Transfer Doncaster Rovers Winter 2018 Undisclosed [30]
DF Paul McKay EU Scotland 19 Transfer Doncaster Rovers Winter 2018 Undisclosed [30]
16 MF Toumani Diagouraga EU France 28 Transfer Brentford Winter 2018 £600,000 [31]

Loans in

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
24 MF Tom Adeyemi England 24 Cardiff City 14 July 31 May [32]
25 MF Will Buckley England 26 Sunderland 2 Oct 26 Nov [33][34] [35]
26 MF Liam Bridcutt Scotland
England		 27 Sunderland 26 Nov 31 May [36][37]
18 MF Mustapha Carayol The Gambia 27 Middlesbrough 8 Jan 31 May [38]

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
19 FW Lee Erwin Scotland 21 Bury 9 Oct 5 Nov [39] [40]
DF Ross Killock England 21 Stockport County 6 Nov 6 Jan [41]
FW Robbie McDaid Northern Ireland 19 Lincoln City 6 Jan 31 May [42]
14 MF Tommaso Bianchi Italy 27 Ascoli 28 Jan 31 May [43]

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Transfers out

N
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving to
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Apps
 Goals
 Source
GK Daniel Atkinson England 19 Released Guiseley Summer Free 0 0 [44][45]
DF Isaac Assenso England 18 Released Scunthorpe United Summer Free 0 0 [44][46]
4 MF Rodolph Austin Jamaica 30 Released Brøndby IF Summer Free 112 10 [44][47]
DF Luke Booker England 19 Released Sheffield Wednesday Summer Free 0 0 [44]
DF Afolabi Coker England 19 Released Norwich City Summer Free 0 0 [44][48]
30 GK Alex Cairns England 22 Released Chesterfield Summer Free 1 0 [44][49]
13 GK Stuart Taylor England 34 Released Summer Free 5 0 [44]
22 MF Zac Thompson England 22 Released Guiseley Summer Free 12 0 [44][45]
18 MF Michael Tonge England 32 Released Stevenage Summer Free 76 5 [44][50]
11 MF Aidy White Republic of Ireland
England		 23 Released Rotherham United Summer Free 111 2 [44][51]
8 FW Billy Sharp England 29 Transfer Sheffield United Summer £500,000 35 5 [52]
20 FW Steve Morison Wales
England		 31 Transfer Millwall Summer Free 42 5 [53]
FW Nicky Ajose Nigeria
England		 23 Contract termination Swindon Town Summer Free 4 0 [54][55]
30 GK Charlie Horton United States
England		 21 Contract termination D.C. United Free 0 0 [56][57]
2 DF Sam Byram England 22 Transfer West Ham United Winter £3,700,000 143 10 [58]
MF Chris Dawson Wales
England		 21 Contract termination Rotherham United Winter Free 4 0 [59][60]
FW Luke Parkin England 20 Contract termination Free 0 0 [61]

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

New contracts

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Status
 Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
23 MF England Lewis Cook 28 Signed 2 years June 2017 [62]
DF England Lewie Coyle 29 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][63]
DF England Tyler Denton 29 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][64]
GK Republic of Ireland Eric Grimes 30 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][65]
39 FW England Luke Parkin 29 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][66]
40 MF England Kalvin Phillips 29 Signed 2 years June 2017 [44][67]
36 MF England Alex Purver 29 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][68]
DF England Jake Skelton 28 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][69]
28 FW England Lewis Walters 29 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][70]
MF England Tom Lyman 28 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][71]
FW Republic of Ireland Frank Mulhern 27 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][71]
GK England Bailey Peacock-Farrell 28 Signed 1 year June 2016 [44][71]
8 MF England Luke Murphy 35 Signed 4 years June 2019 [72]
28 DF Switzerland Gaetano Berardi 36 Signed 3 years June 2018 [73]
31 DF England Lewie Coyle 29 Signed 2 years June 2017 [74]
2 DF England Sam Byram 31 Rejected 2 years June 2017 [75][76]
37 MF Portugal Ronaldo Vieira 26 Signed 2 years June 2018 [77]

Last updated:

Club

Kit

Supplier: Kappa

Home
Away

Source: Home, Away

Club officials

Owners Italy Eleonora Sport Limited (75% shares)
Bahrain UK Investments Company Limited (25%)
Patron Australia Patricia Lascelles, The Countess of Harewood
Chairman Italy Massimo Cellino
Vice Chairman Italy Edoardo Cellino
Chief Executive Officer s=England Paul Bell {{{s}}}
Director Bahrain Jinesh Patel
Director United States Daniel Arty
Director Italy Edoardo Cellino
Director Italy Giampaolo Caboni
Director Bahrain Salem Patel

Last updated: 2 May 2013
Source: Leeds United Season Official Handbook 2012/13
 Includes staff currently registered with club only.

First team coaching staff

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See also: List of Leeds United F.C. managers
Position Staff
Head Coach Scotland Steve Evans
Assistant Head Coach England Paul Raynor
Head of Recruitment England Martyn Glover
First Team Goalkeeper Coach England Richard Hartis
Strength & Conditioning Coach England Matt Pears
Head Physio England Harvey Sharman
Assistant Physio England Marc Czuczman
Performance Analyst England Alex Davies
Club Masseur England Campbell Watt
Kit Man England Chris Beasley
Assistant Kit Man England Richard Murray

Last updated: 24 June 2015
Source: Leeds United A.F.C. 2013/14 Season Official Handbook

Other information

Mascot Lucas the Kop Cat
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Elland Road (39,460 / 105x68m)

Last updated: 28 April 2012
Source: Leeds United

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
2015–16 Championship — 13th 13th 8 August 2015 7 May 2016
League Cup First round — First round 13 August 2015 13 August 2015
FA Cup Third Round — Fifth round 9 January 2016 20 February 2016

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

Leeds confirmed pre-season fixtures against Athletic Bilbao and Hoffenheim on 28 May 2015.[78] The game originally scheduled against Athletic Bilbao was changed to Eintracht Frankfurt, due to the Spanish side’s commitments in the Europa League qualifiers.[79] The club confirmed games against local sides Harrogate Town and York City on 12 June 2015.[80] On 22 June, the final game of Leeds' pre season was added, with Everton visiting Elland Road.[81]

Championship

League table

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Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 17 15 50 57  −7 59 7 8 8 23 28  −5 7 9 7 27 29  −2

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: The Football League

Results by matchday

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H H H A H A A H A H A A H H A H A
Result D D D D W D L W L L L D D L W W L L W D W W D D D L L W D L D D L W W W L L D L W W W D L D
Position 13 16 15 15 10 11 14 10 14 16 18 18 17 18 17 14 16 17 17 18 14 13 12 12 13 15 17 16 14 16 16 17 17 16 15 12 13 14 15 15 15 12 11 12 12 13

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[82]

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Championship

FA Cup

Leeds drew Rotherham United at home in the third round of the FA Cup.[83] Leeds drew the winners of Eastleigh vs. Bolton Wanderers in the fourth round.[84] Leeds drew an away game against Watford in the fifth round.[85]

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Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

League Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

Leeds were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the first round, on 16 June 2015.[86]

Matchday squads

Championship line-ups

Date Opposition V Score Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
08/08/15 Burnley H 1–1 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bellusci Bamba Byram Cook3 Wood Mowatt2 Dallas1 Antenucci1 Doukara2 Wootton3 Turnbull Cooper Erwin Phillips
16/08/15 Reading A 0–0 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Byram Phillips1 Wood Mowatt2 Dallas Murphy1 Antenucci2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Erwin
19/08/15 Bristol City A 2–2 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Adeyemi Bellusci Bamba Byram2 Phillips Wood Antenucci1 Dallas Mowatt1 Berardi2 Turnbull Cooper Murphy Doukara Erwin
22/08/15 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Byram1 Phillips2 Wood Antenucci Dallas3 Mowatt1 Murphy2 Doukara3 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Erwin
29/08/15 Derby County A 1–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Byram1 Cook Wood Mowatt2 Dallas Murphy1 Antenucci2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Phillips
12/09/15 Brentford H 1–1 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi2 Bamba Cooper Byram Cook Wood Mowatt1 Dallas Antenucci1 Murphy2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Phillips
15/09/15 Ipswich Town H 0–1 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi2 Bamba Cooper Dallas1 Murphy Wood Antenucci Cook Byram1 Mowatt2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Phillips
19/09/15 Milton Keynes Dons A 1–2 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Murphy Bamba Cooper Byram2 Cook Wood Mowatt1 Dallas3 Adeyemi1 Antenucci2 Bellusci3 Turnbull Botaka Phillips Berardi
27/09/15 Middlesbrough A 3–0 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bellusci Bamba Botaka1 Cook Antenucci Mowatt Dallas2 Doukara1 Murphy2 Turnbull Byram Wootton Cooper Phillips
03/10/15 Birmingham City H 0–2 L Silvestri Berardi3 Taylor Murphy Bamba Cooper Buckley1 Cook Wood Mowatt2 Dallas Botaka1 Antenucci2 Byram3 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Adeyemi
17/10/15 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 L Silvestri Wootton Berardi Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Botaka3 Cook Wood Mowatt2 Dallas1 Buckley1 Antenucci2 Byram3 Horton Bellusci Murphy Phillips
21/10/15 Fulham A 1–1 D Silvestri Byram Berardi Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Dallas3 Murphy1 Wood2 Antenucci Cook Botaka1 Buckley2 Phillips3 Horton Wootton Bellusci Mowatt
24/10/15 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 D Silvestri Byram Berardi Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Dallas2 Murphy1 Wood Antenucci Cook3 Mowatt1 Buckley2 Phillips3 Horton Wootton Bellusci Doukara
29/10/15 Blackburn Rovers H 0–2 L Silvestri Byram Berardi Adeyemi1 Bamba Cooper Dallas Murphy Wood2 Antenucci Cook3 Botaka1 Doukara2 Mowatt3 Horton Wootton Bellusci Buckley
03/11/15 Cardiff City H 1–0 W Silvestri Wootton Berardi Cook Bellusci Cooper Dallas1 Murphy Wood Antenucci3 Mowatt2 Byram1 Phillips2 Doukara3 Horton Botaka Buckley Sloth
07/11/15 Huddersfield Town A 0–3 W Silvestri Wootton2 Berardi Cook Bellusci Cooper1 Dallas3 Murphy Wood Antenucci Mowatt Bamba1 Adeyemi2 Botaka3 Horton Erwin Buckley Phillips
21/11/15 Rotherham United H 0–1 L Silvestri Wootton Berardi Cook3 Bellusci Cooper Dallas2 Murphy1 Wood Antenucci Mowatt Adeyemi1 Botaka2 Erwin3 Horton Byram Doukara Buckley
28/11/15 Queens Park Rangers A 1–0 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Mowatt1 Cook Wood Antenucci2 Dallas Botaka1 Erwin2 Peacock-Farrell Byram Murphy Doukara Adeyemi
05/12/15 Hull City H 2–1 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas2 Adeyemi Wood3 Cook Mowatt1 Byram1 Murphy2 Doukara3 Peacock-Farrell Antenucci Erwin Botaka
12/12/15 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 D Silvestri Wootton1 Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas Adeyemi Wood Cook Mowatt2 Berardi1 Botaka23 Byram3 Peacock-Farrell Antenucci Murphy Doukara
17/12/15 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–3 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram Adeyemi1 Wood2 Cook Dallas3 Doukara1 Antenucci2 Mowatt3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Murphy Coyle
20/12/15 Preston North End H 1–0 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram Murphy1 Wood2 Cook Dallas3 Doukara1 Antenucci2 Phillips3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Mowatt Coyle
27/12/15 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram3 Murphy Wood Cook1 Dallas2 Doukara1 Antenucci2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Adeyemi Sloth
29/12/15 Derby County H 2–2 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram3 Murphy Wood2 Adeyemi1 Dallas Cook1 Doukara2 Phillips3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Antenucci Coyle
02/01/16 Milton Keynes Dons H 1–1 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bamba Cooper Byram Murphy1 Doukara2 Cook Dallas3 Antenucci1 Erwin2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Adeyemi Phillips
12/01/16 Ipswich Town A 2–1 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram Cook3 Doukara Mowatt1 Carayol2 Phillips1 Dallas2 Antenucci3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Murphy Coyle
16/01/16 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–0 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas Murphy2 Doukara Cook Carayol1 Mowatt1 Antenucci2 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Erwin Adeyemi Coyle
23/01/16 Bristol City H 1–0 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas Murphy3 Doukara2 Cook Carayol1 Wood1 Antenucci2 Adeyemi3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Phillips Coyle
26/01/16 Brentford A 1–1 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas3 Murphy2 Wood1 Doukara Cook Antenucci1 Diagouraga2 Carayol3 Peacock-Farrell Adeyemi Phillips Coyle
06/02/16 Nottingham Forest H 0–1 L Silvestri Wootton3 Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas1 Diagouraga2 Antenucci Cook Doukara Carayol1 Erwin2 Adeyemi3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Murphy Coyle
15/02/16 Middlesbrough H 0–0 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas1 Diagouraga3 Antenucci2 Cook Doukara Mowatt1 Erwin2 Murphy3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Adeyemi Coyle
23/02/16 Fulham H 1–1 D Silvestri Coyle Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper Adeyemi3 Mowatt2 Doukara Antenucci1 Cook Erwin1 Dallas2 Botaka3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Murphy Berardi
29/02/16 Brighton & Hove Albion A 4–0 L Silvestri Wootton1 Taylor Bridcutt Bamba Cooper Coyle Diagouraga3 Doukara2 Cook Mowatt Carayol1 Erwin2 Murphy3 Peacock-Farrell Antenucci Adeyemi Murphy
05/03/16 Bolton Wanderers H 2–1 W Silvestri Coyle1 Taylor Diagouraga Bellusci Cooper2 Cook Bridcutt Antenucci Doukara Carayol3 Berardi1 Bamba2 Dallas3 Peacock-Farrell Murphy Mowatt Adeyemi
08/03/16 Cardiff City A 0–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Murphy Bamba Bellusci Cook Bridcutt1 Antenucci Doukara3 Mowatt2 Diagouraga1 Dallas2 Erwin3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Carayol Botaka
12/03/16 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Bellusci Cook Bridcutt Antenucci Doukara2 Mowatt1 Dallas1 Wood2 Murphy3 Grimes Wootton Carayol Botaka
19/03/16 Huddersfield Town H 1–4 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Murphy1 Bamba Bellusci Dallas2 Bridcutt Antenucci Doukara3 Mowatt Cook1 Wood2 Carayol3 Peacock-Farrell Cooper Diagouraga Coyle
02/04/16 Rotherham United A 2–1 L Silvestri Berardi3 Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Bellusci Cook1 Bridcutt Wood Antenucci Mowatt1 Carayol1 Dallas2 Murphy3 Peacock-Farrell Cooper Adeyemi Coyle
05/04/16 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 D Peacock-Farrell Berardi Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas3 Murphy1 Wood Cook Carayol3 Diagouraga1 Coyle2 Mowatt3 Grimes Bamba Antenucci Adeyemi
09/04/16 Burnley A 1–0 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga2 Bamba Cooper Dallas3 Murphy Wood Cook Carayol1 Antenucci1 Adeyemi2 Mowatt3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Phillips Coyle
12/04/16 Birmingham City A 1–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper Cook Murphy3 Wood Antenucci1 Dallas2 Mowatt1 Carayol2 Bellusci3 Peacock-Farrell Adeyemi Phillips Coyle
16/04/16 Reading H 3–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga1 Bellusci Cooper Cook Murphy Wood Antenucci2 Dallas3 Phillips1 Erwin2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Botaka Sloth
19/04/16 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper Coyle1 Murphy3 Wood Cook Erwin2 Dallas1 Botaka2 Bridcutt3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Antenucci Phillips
23/04/16 Hull City A 2–2 D Silvestri Berardi3 Taylor Diagouraga2 Bamba Cooper Dallas Bridcutt Wood Cook Erwin1 Botaka1 Murphy2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Antenucci Phillips
30/04/16 Charlton Athletic H 1–2 L Silvestri Coyle Taylor Bridcutt2 Bamba Cooper Botaka Murphy3 Wood Cook Dallas1 Mowatt1 Antenucci2 Diagouraga3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Erwin Phillips
07/05/16 Preston North End A 1–1 D Silvestri Coyle Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper1 Dallas3 Murphy Wood Cook Mowatt2 Wootton1 Antenucci2 Vieira3 Peacock-Farrell Doukara Botaka Phillips

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.

FA Cup line-ups

Date Opposition V Score Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
09/01/16 Rotherham United H 2–0 W Silvestri Coyle Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci2 Cooper Byram Murphy3 Doukara Antenucci Carayol1 Dallas1 Bamba2 Cook3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Bianchi Phillips
30/01/16 Bolton Wanderers A 1-2 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Bamba2 Dallas Diagouraga Antenucci1 Cook3 Doukara Carayol1 Coyle2 Adeyemi3 Peacock-Farrell Murphy Erwin Sloth
20/02/16 Watford A 1-0 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Bamba Dallas1 Diagouraga3 Antenucci2 Cook Doukara Mowatt1 Erwin2 Botaka3 Peacock-Farrell Murphy Adeyemi Coyle

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date Opposition V Score Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
13/08/15 Doncaster Rovers A 1–1 (4-2 p.) L Turnbull Berardi Taylor Wootton Bellusci Cooper Doukara1 Cook Antenucci Mowatt3 Dallas2 Murphy1 Wood2 Byram3 Silvestri Bamba Erwin Phillips

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Italy Marco Silvestri 48 0 45+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Ivory Coast Sol Bamba 33 4 28+2 4 2+1 0 0+0 0
4 DF England Scott Wootton 26 0 21+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Italy Giuseppe Bellusci 31 0 25+2 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland Liam Cooper 41 1 39+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Italy Mirco Antenucci 43 9 21+18 9 3+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF England Luke Murphy 38 1 25+11 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
9 FW New Zealand Chris Wood 37 13 33+3 13 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF England Alex Mowatt 36 2 22+12 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 FW Senegal Souleymane Doukara 27 5 13+10 3 3+0 2 1+0 0
15 MF Northern Ireland Stuart Dallas 49 5 38+7 5 2+1 0 1+0 0
16 MF France Toumani Diagouraga 19 3 13+4 2 2+0 1 0+0 0
18 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol (On loan from Middlesbrough) 14 2 6+6 1 1+1 1 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland Lee Erwin 12 0 2+9 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo Jordan Botaka 14 0 3+10 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF England Charlie Taylor 43 1 39+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
22 GK England Ross Turnbull 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 MF England Lewis Cook 47 2 41+2 1 2+1 0 1+0 1
24 MF England Tom Adeyemi (On loan from Cardiff City) 24 2 17+6 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland Liam Bridcutt (On loan from Sunderland) 27 0 23+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Kalvin Phillips 10 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF Switzerland Gaetano Berardi 29 0 25+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 MF Denmark Casper Sloth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF England Lewie Coyle 13 0 6+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
37 MF Portugal Ronaldo Vieira 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 GK Republic of Ireland Eric Grimes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 GK England Bailey Peacock-Farrell 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
14 MF Italy Tommaso Bianchi (On loan to Ascoli) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who have been available for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
2 DF England Sam Byram (joined West Ham United) 24 3 16+6 3 1+0 0 0+1 0
25 MF England Will Buckley (On loan from Sunderland) 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK United States Charlie Horton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Source: Sky Sports

Top scorers

Place Position Nationality Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW New Zealand 9 Chris Wood 13 0 0 13
2 FW Italy 7 Mirco Antenucci 9 0 0 9
3 FW Senegal 11 Souleymane Doukara 3 2 0 5
MF Northern Ireland 15 Stuart Dallas 5 0 0 5
4 DF Ivory Coast 3 Sol Bamba 4 0 0 4
5 DF England 2 Sam Byram1 3 0 0 3
MF France 16 Toumani Diagouraga 2 1 0 3
6 MF England 24 Tom Adeyemi 2 0 0 2
MF The Gambia 18 Mustapha Carayol 1 1 0 2
MF England 23 Lewis Cook 1 0 1 2
Own Goal 2 0 0 2
MF England 10 Alex Mowatt 2 0 0 2
7 DF Scotland 6 Liam Cooper 1 0 0 1
MF England 8 Luke Murphy 1 0 0 1
DF England 21 Charlie Taylor 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 50 4 1 55

Byram joined West Ham United on 20 January 2016.[58]

Disciplinary record

Last Updated: 23 April 2016

Nation Name Booked Red card
England Lewis Cook 10 1
Switzerland Gaetano Berardi 5 1
England Alex Mowatt 4 1
Italy Marco Silvestri 1 1
Italy Giuseppe Bellusci 13 0
Ivory Coast Sol Bamba 9 0
Scotland Liam Bridcutt 8 0
France Toumani Diagouraga 83 0
Italy Mirco Antenucci 7 0
England Sam Byram1 7 0
Scotland Liam Cooper 6 0
England Luke Murphy 5 0
England Scott Wootton 5 0
England Tom Adeyemi 4 0
The Gambia Mustapha Carayol 32 0
Northern Ireland Stuart Dallas 3 0
England Charlie Taylor 3 0
England Kalvin Phillips 2 0
England Lewie Coyle 1 0
New Zealand Chris Wood 1 0

1Byram joined West Ham United on 20 January 2016.[58]
2Carayol picked up two yellows during his previous loan spell at Huddersfield Town, before joining Leeds.
3Diagouraga picked up six yellows at Brentford, before joining Leeds.

Suspensions served

As of 12 April 2016

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
13 August 2015 3 Lewis Cook Red card vs Doncaster (LC) Reading (A), Bristol City (A), Sheffield Wednesday (H)[87]
29 October 2015 1 Sol Bamba BookedBookedBookedBookedBooked vs Blackburn (H) Cardiff (H)
21 November 2015 2 Gaetano Berardi Red card vs Rotherham (H) QPR (A), Hull (H)[88]
20 February 2016 2 Giuseppe Bellusci BookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBooked vs Watford (FA) Fulham (H), Brighton (A)[89]
31 March 2016 8 Souleymane Doukara Violent conduct vs Fulham (H) Rotherham (A), QPR (H), Burnley (A), Birmingham (A), Reading (H), Wolves (H), Hull (A), Charlton (H)[90]
2 April 2016 1 Marco Silvestri Red card vs Rotherham (A) QPR (H)
12 April 2016 3 Alex Mowatt Red card vs Birmingham (A) Reading (H), Wolves (H), Hull (A)[91]

Formations

Last Updated: 7 May 2016

Pos. Formation Used
1 4-4-2 12
2 4-3-3 11
3 4-1-4-1 10
4 4-2-3-1 8
5 4-2-2-2 4
6 4-1-3-2 3
7 4-3-1-2 1
4-4-1-1 1

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
3 DF Sol Bamba Ivory Coast
France		 30 Club Captain
6 DF Liam Cooper Scotland
England		 20

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

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