| Club: | Scunthorpe United F.C. |
| Season: | 2013–14 |
| Manager: | (until 8 October) (C) (between 8–13 October) (from 13 October) |
| Chairman: | Peter Swann |
| League Result: | 16th |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round (eliminated by Reading) |
| Cup3 Result: | Second round (eliminated by Notts County) |
| League Topscorer: | Paddy Madden (2) |
| Season Topscorer: | Paddy Madden (2) |
| Average Attendance: | 2,909 |
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| Nextseason: | 2015–16 |
The 2015–16 season was Scunthorpe United's 116th season in their existence and their first season back in League One, following promotion the previous season. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.
See main article: 2014–15 Football League One.
See main article: 2014–15 FA Cup.
See main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup.
See main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy.
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| No. | Name | Pos. | Nat. | Place of Birth | Age | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date Signed | Free | Contract | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Sam Slocombe | GK | Scunthorpe | 133 | 0 | Bottesford Town | 15 August 2008 | £35,000 | 2015 | ||||
| 13 | James Severn | GK | Nottingham | 3 | 0 | Derby County | 17 May 2012 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| 26 | Luke Daniels | GK | Bolton | 23 | 0 | West Bromwich Albion | 22 January 2015 | Undisclosed | 2017 | ||||
| 39 | Joe Anyon | GK | Lytham St Annes | 0 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | 26 January 2015 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Eddie Nolan | RB |  | Waterford | 308 | 1 | Free agent | 8 February 2013 | Free | 2015 | |||
| 5 | David Mirfin | CB | Sheffield | 213 | 8 | Watford | 31 July 2012 | Free | 2016 | ||||
| 6 | Niall Canavan | CB | | Leeds | 152 | 6 | Academy | 1 July 2009 | Trainee | 2016 | |||
| 17 | Conor Townsend | LB | Hessle | 6 | 0 | Hull City | 28 February 2015 | Loan | 2015# | ||||
| 20 | Callum Howe | CB | Doncaster | 0 | 0 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | Trainee | 2015 | ||||
| 25 | Andrew Boyce | CB | Doncaster | 36 | 1 | Lincoln City | 6 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2016 | ||||
| 30 | Marcus Williams | LB | Doncaster | 314 | 0 | Sheffield United | 10 January 2014 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| 32 | Miguel Llera | CB |  | Castilleja de la Cuesta | 23 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 31 July 2014 | Free | 2015 | |||
| 33 | Jordan Clarke | RB | Coventry | 23 | 0 | Coventry City | 10 January 2015 | Undisclosed | 2017 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Sean McAllister | CM | Bolton | 74 | 1 | Cowdenbeath | 19 July 2013 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| 7 | Matt Sparrow | AM | London | 437 | 45 | Crawley Town | 4 July 2013 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| 8 | Dave Syers | CM | Leeds | 43 | 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 January 2014 | Undisclosed | 2016 | ||||
| 11 | Jennison Myrie-Williams | LW | Lambeth | 20 | 0 | Port Vale | 11 June 2014 | Free | 2016 | ||||
| 12 | Neal Bishop | CM | Stockton-on-Tees | 44 | 5 | Blackpool | 19 June 2014 | Free | 2016 | ||||
| 14 | Terry Hawkridge | RW | Nottingham | 66 | 2 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4 June 2013 | Undisclosed | 2016 | ||||
| 15 | George Evans | DM | Cheadle | 16 | 1 | Manchester City | 30 April 2015 | Loan | 2015 | ||||
| 16 | Hakeeb Adelakun | LW | Hackney | 71 | 8 | Academy | 1 July 2012 | Trainee | 2016 | ||||
| 18 | John Lundstram | AM | Liverpool | 7 | 0 | Everton | 19 March 2015 | Loan | 2015 | ||||
| 28 | Gary McSheffrey | LW | Coventry | 63 | 11 | Chesterfield | 14 January 2014 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| 35 | Isaiah Osbourne | CM | Birmingham | 31 | 0 | Free agent | 17 October 2014 | Free | 2015 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Paddy Madden | CF | | Dublin | 75 | 22 | Yeovil Town | 10 January 2014 | £300,000 | 2016 | |||
| 10 | Kevin van Veen | CF | Eindhoven | 20 | 2 | FC Oss | 30 January 2015 | Undisclosed | 2018 | ||||
| 19 | Lyle Taylor | CF |  | Greenwich | 25 | 4 | Sheffield United | 30 June 2014 | Undisclosed | 2016 | |||
| 24 | Theo Robinson | CF/WG |  | Birmingham | 9 | 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 26 March 2015 | Loan | 2015 | |||
| 29 | Kyle Wootton | CF | Epworth | 12 | 1 | Academy | 1 July 2014 | Trainee | 2015 | ||||
|-|Colspan=14|Players who left during the course of the season:|}
| Rank | No. | Po. | Name | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW | Paddy Madden | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| 2 | 28 | MF | Gary McSheffrey | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | 16 | MF | Hakeeb Adelakun | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 12 | MF | Neal Bishop | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 19 | FW | Lyle Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| FW | Tom Hopper | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 6 | DF | Niall Canavan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 24 | FW | Theo Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| FW |  Rory Fallon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 10 | FW | Kevin van Veen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| DF | Liam O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 4 | MF | Sean McAllister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Matt Sparrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 25 | DF | Andrew Boyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 29 | FW | Kyle Wootton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 32 | DF | Miguel Llera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| DF | Alex Davey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 74 | ||||
| No. | Po. | Name | League One | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | Eddie Nolan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Andy Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | MF | Sean McAllister | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Niall Canavan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Matt Sparrow | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Paddy Madden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Kevin van Veen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Jennison Myrie-Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 12 | MF | Neal Bishop | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Terry Hawkridge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Hakeeb Adelakun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 19 | FW | Lyle Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| DF | Liam O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| DF | Luke O'Neill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 24 | FW | Theo Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | DF | Andrew Boyce | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| GK |  Bobby Olejnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| FW | Billy Kee | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 28 | MF | Gary McSheffrey | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 30 | DF | Marcus Williams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 32 | DF | Miguel Llera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| DF | Shaun Brisley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 33 | DF | Jordan Clarke | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 35 | MF | Isaiah Osbourne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 97 | 1 | |||