2015–16 Football League
Season | 2015–16 |
---|---|
Champions | Burnley |
Promoted | Burnley Middlesbrough Hull City |
Relegated | Dagenham & Redbridge York City |
New Clubs in League | Barnet Bristol Rovers |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
The 2015–16 Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of The Football League. It began on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 30 May 2016, with the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium.[1] The Football League was contested through three Divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winners of the Championship, Burnley, and runners-up, Middlesbrough, were automatically promoted to the Premier League and on 28 May 2016 were joined by the winners of the Championship play-off, Hull City. The bottom two teams in League Two, Dagenham & Redbridge and York City, were relegated to the National League.
It was the last season that the league would be known simply as The Football League; from the 2016–17 season onwards, it would be known as the English Football League.[2]
Promotion and relegation
[edit]From the Premier League
[edit]- Relegated to the Championship
From the Championship
[edit]- Promoted to the Premier League
- Relegated to League One
From League One
[edit]- Promoted to the Championship
- Relegated to League Two
From League Two
[edit]- Promoted to League One
- Relegated to the National League
From the Conference National
[edit]Championship
[edit]Table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Burnley (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 72 | 35 | +37 | 93 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Middlesbrough (P) | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 89 | |
3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 72 | 42 | +30 | 89 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a] |
4 | Hull City (O, P) | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 83 | |
5 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 78 | |
6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 74 | |
7 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 69 | |
8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 68 | |
9 | Brentford | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 65 | |
10 | Birmingham City | 46 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 63 | |
11 | Preston North End | 46 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 62 | |
12 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 60 | |
13 | Leeds United | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 59 | |
14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 58 | |
15 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 55 | |
16 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 55 | |
17 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 52 | |
18 | Bristol City | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 52 | |
19 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 51 | |
20 | Fulham | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 51 | |
21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 49 | |
22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 40 | Relegation to EFL League One |
23 | Milton Keynes Dons (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 39 | |
24 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 46 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 81 | −40 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | |||||||||
4 | Hull City | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Hull City | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
5 | Derby County | 0 | 2 | 2 |
The four teams that finished from third to sixth played off, with the winning team, Hull City, gaining the final promotion spot to the Premier League.
In the play-off semi-finals the third placed team played the sixth placed team and the fourth placed team played the fifth placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position played away in the first leg and played at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score was level after both legs, then extra time would be played. If the scores were still level, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. The away goals rule did apply in the semi-finals. The semi-finals were held on 13–14 and 16–17 May.[3]
The winners from the two semi-finals, Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday, played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 in the play-off final, where Hull City won 1–0.[3] The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased payments e.g. in the 2016-17 season the minimum payment for participating in the Premier League was £95 million. Due to a new TV rights deal, the average payment for a newly promoted club stood at around £100 million.
Results
[edit]League One
[edit]Table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wigan Athletic (C, P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 87 | Promotion to EFL Championship |
2 | Burton Albion (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 85 | |
3 | Walsall | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 84 | Qualification for the League One play-offs[a] |
4 | Millwall | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 81 | |
5 | Bradford City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 80 | |
6 | Barnsley (O, P) | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 74 | |
7 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 74 | |
8 | Coventry City | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 69 | |
9 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 69 | |
10 | Rochdale | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 69 | |
11 | Sheffield United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 66 | |
12 | Port Vale | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 65 | |
13 | Peterborough United | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 63 | |
14 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 59 | |
15 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 59 | |
16 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 57[b] | |
17 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 54 | |
18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 53 | |
19 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 51 | |
20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 | |
21 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 46 | Relegation to EFL League Two |
22 | Blackpool (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 46 | |
23 | Colchester United (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 57 | 99 | −42 | 40 | |
24 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 34 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
- ^ Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.[4]
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
3 | Walsall | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
6 | Barnsley | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
6 | Barnsley | 3 | |||||||||
4 | Millwall | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Millwall | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
5 | Bradford City | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Results
[edit]League Two
[edit]Table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Northampton Town (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 99 | Promotion to EFL League One |
2 | Oxford United (P) | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 84 | 41 | +43 | 86 | |
3 | Bristol Rovers (P) | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 85 | |
4 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 85 | Qualification for League Two play-offs[a] |
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 81 | |
6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 78 | |
7 | AFC Wimbledon (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 75 | |
8 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 69 | |
9 | Cambridge United | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 68 | |
10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 67 | |
11 | Luton Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 66 | |
12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 64 | |
13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 64 | |
14 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 64 | |
15 | Barnet | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 68 | −1 | 62 | |
16 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 72 | −23 | 51 | |
17 | Notts County | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 83 | −29 | 51 | |
18 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 48 | |
19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 48 | |
20 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 47 | |
21 | Morecambe | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 69 | 91 | −22 | 46 | |
22 | Newport County | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 43 | |
23 | Dagenham & Redbridge (R) | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to the National League |
24 | York City (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 34 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.
Play-offs
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
4 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
7 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
7 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | |||||||||
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
6 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Results
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table at time of departure |
Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Position in table at time of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Portsmouth | Andy Awford | Mutual Consent | 13 April 2015[5] | 2014–15 season | Paul Cook | 12 May 2015[6] | Pre-season |
Blackpool | Lee Clark | Resigned | 9 May 2015[7] | Pre-season | Neil McDonald | 2 June 2015[8] | |
Chesterfield | Paul Cook | Signed by Portsmouth | 12 May 2015[6] | Dean Saunders | 13 May 2015[9] | ||
Crawley Town | Dean Saunders | Signed by Chesterfield | 13 May 2015[9] | Mark Yates | 19 May 2015[10] | ||
Leyton Orient | Fabio Liverani | Mutual Consent | 13 May 2015[11] | Ian Hendon | 28 May 2015[12] | ||
Leeds United | Neil Redfearn | Sacked | 20 May 2015[13] | Uwe Rosler | 20 May 2015[13] | ||
Stevenage | Graham Westley | Out of Contract | 21 May 2015[14] | Teddy Sheringham | 21 May 2015[14] | ||
Derby County | Steve McClaren | Sacked | 25 May 2015[15] | Paul Clement | 1 June 2015[16] | ||
Sheffield United | Nigel Clough | 25 May 2015[17] | Nigel Adkins | 2 June 2015[18] | |||
Plymouth Argyle | John Sheridan | Mutual consent | 28 May 2015[19] | Derek Adams | 11 June 2015[20] | ||
Brentford | Mark Warburton | End of Contract | 1 June 2015[21] | Marinus Dijkhuizen | 1 June 2015[21] | ||
Sheffield Wednesday | Stuart Gray | Sacked | 11 June 2015[22] | Carlos Carvalhal | 30 June 2015[23] | ||
Peterborough United | Dave Robertson | 6 September 2015[24] | 20th | Graham Westley | 21 September 2015[25] | 18th | |
Doncaster Rovers | Paul Dickov | 8 September 2015[26] | 17th | Darren Ferguson | 16 October 2015[27] | 20th | |
Oldham Athletic | Darren Kelly | 12 September 2015[28] | 19th | David Dunn | 7 October 2015[29] | 18th | |
Brentford | Marinus Dijkhuizen | 28 September 2015[30] | 19th | Dean Smith | 30 November 2015[31] | 11th | |
Rotherham United | Steve Evans | 28 September 2015[32] | 20th | Neil Redfearn | 9 October 2015[33] | 21st | |
Fleetwood Town | Graham Alexander | 30 September 2015[34] | 20th | Steven Pressley | 6 October 2015[35] | 23rd | |
Newport County | Terry Butcher | 1 October 2015[36] | 24th | John Sheridan | 2 October 2015[37] | 24th | |
Swindon Town | Mark Cooper | 17 October 2015[38] | 20th | Martin Ling | 3 November 2015[39] | 23rd | |
Leeds United | Uwe Rosler | 19 October 2015[40] | 18th | Steve Evans | 19 October 2015[40] | 18th | |
Charlton Athletic | Guy Luzon | 24 October 2015[41] | 22nd | Karel Fraeye | 26 October 2015[42] | 22nd | |
York City | Russ Wilcox | 26 October 2015[43] | 21st | Jackie McNamara | 4 November 2015[44] | 22nd | |
Cambridge United | Richard Money | 2 November 2015[45] | 18th | Shaun Derry | 12 November 2015[46] | 18th | |
Huddersfield Town | Chris Powell | 4 November 2015[47] | 18th | David Wagner | 5 November 2015[48] | 18th | |
Queens Park Rangers | Chris Ramsey | 4 November 2015[49] | 13th | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 4 December 2015[50] | 12th | |
Fulham | Kit Symons | 8 November 2015[51] | 12th | Slaviša Jokanović | 27 December 2015[52] | 18th | |
Blackburn Rovers | Gary Bowyer | 10 November 2015[53] | 16th | Paul Lambert | 15 November 2015[54] | 16th | |
Colchester United | Tony Humes | Mutual Consent | 26 November 2015[55] | 19th | Kevin Keen | 21 December 2015[56] | 24th |
Chesterfield | Dean Saunders | Sacked | 28 November 2015[57] | 16th | Danny Wilson | 24 December 2015[58] | 18th |
Walsall | Dean Smith | Signed by Brentford | 30 November 2015[31] | 4th | Sean O'Driscoll | 18 December 2015[59] | 3rd |
Yeovil Town | Paul Sturrock | Sacked | 1 December 2015[60] | 24th | Darren Way | 31 December 2015[61] | 24th |
Burton Albion | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Signed by QPR | 4 December 2015[50] | 1st | Nigel Clough | 7 December 2015[62] | 1st |
Reading | Steve Clarke | Sacked | 4 December 2015[63] | 9th | Brian McDermott | 17 December 2015[64] | 13th |
Luton Town | John Still | 17 December 2015[65] | 17th | Nathan Jones | 6 January 2016[66] | 15th | |
Dagenham & Redbridge | Wayne Burnett | 21 December 2015[67] | 24th | John Still | 31 December 2015[68] | 23rd | |
Swindon Town | Martin Ling | Resigned | 29 December 2015[69] | 16th | Luke Williams | 21 January 2016[70] | 14th |
Notts County | Ricardo Moniz | Sacked | 29 December 2015[71] | 15th | Jamie Fullarton | 10 January 2016[72] | 18th |
Oldham Athletic | David Dunn | 12 January 2016[73] | 22nd | John Sheridan | 13 January 2016[74] | 22nd | |
Newport County | John Sheridan | Signed by Oldham Athletic | 13 January 2016[74] | 20th | Warren Feeney | 15 January 2016[75] | 20th |
Charlton Athletic | Karel Fraeye | Sacked | 13 January 2016[76] | 23rd | José Riga | 14 January 2016[77] | 23rd |
Bristol City | Steve Cotterill | 14 January 2016[78] | 22nd | Lee Johnson | 6 February 2016[79] | 22nd | |
Leyton Orient | Ian Hendon | 18 January 2016[80] | 11th | Kevin Nolan | 21 January 2016[81] | 11th | |
Scunthorpe United | Mark Robins | 18 January 2016[82] | 16th | Nick Daws | 22 February 2016[83] | 13th | |
Stevenage | Teddy Sheringham | 1 February 2016[84] | 19th | Darren Sarll | 8 May 2016[85] | 2016–17 season | |
Barnsley | Lee Johnson | Signed by Bristol City | 6 February 2016[79] | 12th | Paul Heckingbottom | 15 June 2016[86] | 2016–17 season |
Derby County | Paul Clement | Sacked | 6 February 2016[87] | 5th | Darren Wassall | 6 February 2016[87] | 5th |
Rotherham United | Neil Redfearn | 8 February 2016[88] | 22nd | Neil Warnock | 11 February 2016[89] | 22nd | |
Hartlepool United | Ronnie Moore | Mutual Consent | 10 February 2016[90] | 22nd | Craig Hignett | 10 February 2016[91] | 22nd |
Walsall | Sean O'Driscoll | Sacked | 6 March 2016[92] | 4th | Jon Whitney | 1 June 2016[93] | 2016–17 season |
Nottingham Forest | Dougie Freedman | 13 March 2016[94] | 14th | Philippe Montanier | 26 June 2016[95] | 2016–17 season | |
Bolton Wanderers | Neil Lennon | Mutual Consent | 15 March 2016[96] | 24th | Phil Parkinson | 10 June 2016[97] | 2016–17 season |
Notts County | Jamie Fullarton | Sacked | 19 March 2016[98] | 19th | Mark Cooper | 20 March 2016[99] | 19th |
Scunthorpe United | Nick Daws | Appointed Assistant Manager | 22 March 2016[100] | 13th | Graham Alexander | 22 March 2016[100] | 13th |
Leyton Orient | Kevin Nolan | Removed From Managerial Role | 12 April 2016[101] | 11th | Andy Hessenthaler | 3 June 2016[102] | 2016–17 season |
Peterborough United | Graham Westley | Sacked | 23 April 2016[103] | 14th | Grant McCann | 16 May 2016[104] | 2016–17 season |
Crawley Town | Mark Yates | 25 April 2016[105] | 18th | Dermot Drummy | 27 April 2016[106] | 18th | |
Colchester United | Kevin Keen | Resigned | 26 April 2016[107] | 23rd | John McGreal | 4 May 2016[108] | 23rd |
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