2015–16 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
2015–16 season
Chairman Steve Parish
Owner Steve Parish
David Blitzer
Joshua Harris[1]
Manager Alan Pardew
Stadium Selhurst Park
Premier League 15th
FA Cup Runners-up
League Cup Fourth Round
Cape Town Cup Final against
Sporting CP
Top goalscorer League: Cabaye, Dann, Wickham, Bolasie (5 goals)
All: Dwight Gayle (7 goals)
Highest home attendance 25,295 vs Aston Villa
Lowest home attendance 23,714 vs Swansea
Average home league attendance 24,672
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 season was Crystal Palace's third consecutive season in the Premier League and their 110th year in existence.[2] Crystal Palace participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. They finished 15th in the Premier League and were runners-up in the FA Cup for the second time in their history. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
10 July 2015 CM France Yohan Cabaye Paris Saint-Germain £10,000,000 [3][4]
23 July 2015 GK England Alex McCarthy Queens Park Rangers £3,500,000 [5]
3 August 2015 ST England Connor Wickham Sunderland £9,000,000 [6]
5 August 2015 LW Mali Bakary Sako Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer [7]
3 January 2016 LW England Randell Williams Tower Hamlets Free transfer [8]
26 January 2016 ST Togo Emmanuel Adebayor Free Agent Free transfer [9]
30 March 2016 ST England Freddie Ladapo Margate Undisclosed [10]

Total spending: Decrease £22,500,000

Loan in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
21 July 2015 CF England Patrick Bamford Chelsea 04 Jan 2016 [11][12]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF Nigeria Shola Ameobi Bolton Wanderers Free Transfer [13][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2015 CM England Sonny Black Free Agent Released [13]
1 July 2015 CB England Michael Chambers Welling United Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2015 CM England Shawniki Clement-Peter Free Agent Released [13]
1 July 2015 GK England Bradley Comins Free Agent Released [13]
1 July 2015 AM England Kyle De Silva Notts County Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 3]
1 July 2015 SS Scotland Stephen Dobbie Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 4]
1 July 2015 RB England Mandela Egbo Borussia Mönchengladbach Undisclosed [18]
1 July 2015 CF England Morgan Ferrier Free Agent Released [13]
1 July 2015 AM Republic of Ireland Owen Garvan Colchester United Released [13][lower-alpha 5]
1 July 2015 CB England Jahmal Howlett-Mundle Heart of Midlothian Free Transfer [13]
1 July 2015 RW England Elliott List Gillingham Released [13]
1 July 2015 CM England Kiye Martin Free Agent Released [13]
1 July 2015 GK Wales Lewis Price Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 6]
1 July 2015 CB England Peter Ramage Kerala Blasters Released [13][lower-alpha 7]
1 July 2015 CM England Ghassimu Sow Free Agent Released [13]
1 July 2015 LW England Jerome Thomas Free Agent Released [13]
31 August 2015 CM Scotland Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [22]
1 September 2015 CM Algeria Adlène Guedioura Watford Undisclosed [23]
1 September 2015 CF England Glenn Murray Bournemouth £4,000,000 [24]
25 September 2015 CF England Fisayo Adarabioyo Macclesfield Town Free transfer [25]
13 January 2016 RB England Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [26]
  1. Following Ameobi's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.[14]
  2. Following Chambers' release he joined Welling United.[15]
  3. Following De Silva's release he joined Notts County.[16]
  4. Following Dobbie's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.[17]
  5. Following Garvan's release he joined Colchester United.[19]
  6. Following Price's release he joined Sheffield Wednesday.[20]
  7. Following Ramage's release he joined Kerala Blasters.[21]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
3 July 2015 RB England Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday 13 January 2016 [27]
23 July 2015 CM England Hiram Boateng Plymouth Argyle 2 January 2016 [28]
27 July 2015 CB England Ryan Inniss Port Vale End of season [29]
30 July 2015 LB England Jerome Binnom-Williams Burton Albion End of season [30]
14 August 2015 GK Scotland Chris Kettings Stevenage 12 September 2015 [31]
20 August 2015 LB England Christian Scales Crawley Town 2 January 2016 [32]
10 September 2015 AM Wales Jonny Williams Nottingham Forest 02 January 2016 [33]
17 September 2015 CF England Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town 23 December 2015 [34][35]
18 September 2015 GK Scotland Chris Kettings Bromley 16 October 2015 [36]
22 January 2016 AM Wales Jonny Williams MK Dons End of season [37]
01 March 2016 CF England Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town 3 May 2016 [38][39]
23 March 2016 CM England Hiram Boateng Plymouth Argyle End of season [40]

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 May 2016[41]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Argentina Julián Speroni 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England Joel Ward 38 3 30 2 6 1 1+1 0
3 DF Jamaica Adrian Mariappa 7 0 3 0 0+1 0 3 0
4 DF Norway Brede Hangeland 9 0 7 0 0 0 1+1 0
6 DF England Scott Dann 42 5 35 5 6 0 1 0
7 MF France Yohan Cabaye 40 6 32+1 5 6 1 0+1 0
8 FW England Patrick Bamford (on loan from Chelsea) 9 0 0+6 0 0 0 2+1 0
9 FW England Fraizer Campbell 15 2 4+7 0 2+1 1 1 1
10 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Yannick Bolasie 31 6 23+3 5 3+1 1 1 0
11 MF England Wilfried Zaha 43 5 30+4 2 6 2 3 1
12 GK England Alex McCarthy 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Wales Wayne Hennessey 38 0 29 0 6 0 3 0
14 MF South Korea Lee Chung-yong 17 2 4+9 1 1 0 2+1 1
15 MF Australia Mile Jedinak 35 0 16+11 0 3+3 0 2 0
16 FW England Dwight Gayle 20 7 8+8 3 0+1 0 2+1 4
17 FW England Glenn Murray 3 1 2 0 0 0 0+1 1
18 MF Scotland James McArthur 31 2 26+2 2 1+1 0 1 0
20 MF Wales Jonny Williams 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 FW England Connor Wickham 24 6 15+6 5 3 1 0 0
22 MF England Jordon Mutch 25 0 7+13 0 2+1 0 1+1 0
23 DF Senegal Pape Souaré 41 0 34 0 5 0 1+1 0
25 FW Togo Emmanuel Adebayor 15 1 7+5 1 2+1 0 0 0
26 MF Mali Bakary Sako 23 2 11+9 2 0+3 0 0 0
27 DF Republic of Ireland Damien Delaney 40 3 32 2 6 0 2 1
28 MF Wales Joe Ledley 26 1 11+8 1 4 0 3 0
29 FW Morocco Marouane Chamakh 12 0 1+9 0 0+2 0 0 0
34 DF England Martin Kelly 17 1 11+2 0 1 1 3 0
38 MF England Hiram Boateng 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF England Jason Puncheon 35 3 31 2 3+1 1 0 0
43 MF England Sullay Kaikai 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2016[41]
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
16 FW Dwight Gayle 3 0 4 7
7 MF Yohan Cabaye 5 1 0 6
21 FW Connor Wickham 5 1 0 6
10 MF Yannick Bolasie 5 1 0 6
6 DF Scott Dann 5 0 0 5
11 MF Wilfried Zaha 2 2 1 5
2 DF Joel Ward 2 1 0 3
42 MF Jason Puncheon 2 1 0 3
27 DF Damien Delaney 2 0 1 3
26 MF Bakary Sako 2 0 0 2
18 MF James McArthur 2 0 0 2
14 MF Lee Chung-yong 1 0 1 2
9 FW Fraizer Campbell 0 1 1 2
25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 1 0 0 1
28 MF Joe Ledley 1 0 0 1
34 DF Martin Kelly 0 1 0 1
17 FW Glenn Murray 0 0 1 1
- - Own Goal 1 0 0 1
Total 36 8 9 53

Disciplinary record

As of 21 May 2016[41]
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
7 MF Yohan Cabaye 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
6 DF Scott Dann 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
23 DF Pape Souaré 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 1
15 MF Mile Jedinak 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
11 MF Wilfried Zaha 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
18 MF James McArthur 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2 DF Joel Ward 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
42 MF Jason Puncheon 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
34 DF Martin Kelly 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 MF Yannick Bolasie 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
9 FW Fraizer Campbell 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 FW Dwight Gayle 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 DF Brede Hangeland 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 GK Wayne Hennessey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 FW Connor Wickham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Damien Delaney 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
28 MF Joe Ledley 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
29 FW Marouane Chamakh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF Bakary Sako 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 58 2 8 0 3 0 69 2

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 38 11 9 18 39 51 −12 28.95
FA Cup 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 83.33
League Cup 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 66.67
Total 46 18 9 19 56 60 −4 39.13

Last updated: 21 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 28 May 2015, Crystal Palace announced their first pre-season friendly ahead of the 2015–16 season against Fulham.[42] On 8 June 2015, a second fixture against Dagenham & Redbridge was added to the schedule.[43] On 12 June 2015, Palace announced they will travel to Germany to play Union Berlin on 18 July 2015.[44] A fourth friendly against Barnet was annonced on 19 June 2015.[45]

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Watford 38 12 9 17 40 50 −10 45
14 West Bromwich Albion 38 10 13 15 34 48 −14 43
15 Crystal Palace 38 11 9 18 39 51 −12 42
16 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 9 18 45 67 −22 42
17 Sunderland 38 9 12 17 48 62 −14 39
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[46]

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
38 11 9 18 39 51  −12 42 6 3 10 19 23  −4 5 6 8 20 28  −8

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Premier 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
Ground A H H A H A A H H A H A H H A H A A H H A A H H A H A A H H A H H A A A H A
Result W L W W L L W W L L D W L W D W W D D L L L L L D L L D L L D W D D L L W L
Position 3 6 4 2 4 8 6 4 5 7 10 8 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 8 11 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 15

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

The fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced on 18 June 2015 at 9am.[47][48]

FA Cup

In the third round of the 2015–16 FA Cup, Crystal Palace were drawn to play away against fellow Premier League side Southampton on 9 January 2016.[49] At St Mary's Stadium, Crystal Palace won 2-1 with goals from Joel Ward and Wilfred Zaha.[50] In the fourth round, they were drawn at home against Premier League Stoke City. At Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park, they won 1-0 with a goal from Zaha.[51] in the fifth round they were drawn away at Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. At White Hart Lane, Crystal Palace won 1-0 with a goal from Martin Kelly.[52] In the quarter final, Crystal Palace were drawn away at Football League Championship team Reading. At the Madjeski Stadium, Crystal Palace won 2-0 with goals from Yohan Cabaye and Fraizer Campbell to reach the semi-final for the first time in 21 years.[53] Crystal Palace drew Premier League Watford in the Wembley semi-final, in a repeat of the 2013 Football League Championship play-off Final. Crystal Palace won 2-1 due to goals from Yannick Bolasie and Connor Wickham.[54] In the final, Crystal Palace opened the scoring through Jason Puncheon after 78 minutes, though Juan Mata equalised for Manchester United within 3 minutes to send the game to extra-time. Although United had Chris Smalling sent off, Palace could not force a winner, instead conceding the winning goal to Jesse Lingard with 10 minutes left.[55]

League Cup

Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home against Shrewsbury Town.[56] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Palace were drawn at home to Charlton Athletic.[57]

Cape Town Cup

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