Club: | Burnley |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Stadium: | Turf Moor |
League: | Championship |
League Result: | 1st (promoted) |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Andre Gray (23) |
Season Topscorer: | Andre Gray (23) |
Highest Attendance: | 20,478 (v Blackburn Rovers, Championship, 5 March 2016) |
Lowest Attendance: | 14,928 (v Brentford, Championship, 22 August 2015) |
Average Attendance: | 16,823 |
Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
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The 2015–16 season was Burnley's first season back in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League the previous season. This season marked their 134th year in existence.[1] Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. On 2 May 2016, Burnley won promotion back to the Premier League, following a victory over Queens Park Rangers.
See main article: 2015–16 Football League Championship.
Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref | |
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10th | Leeds United | A | D | 1–1 | Vokes 86' | 27,672 | [2] | ||
13th | Birmingham City | H | D | 2–2 | Keane 51', Taylor 81' | 15,061 | [3] | ||
17th | Ipswich Town | A | L | 0–2 | 18,353 | [4] | |||
13th | Brentford | H | W | 1–0 | Keane 26' | 14,928 | [5] | ||
9th | Bristol City | A | W | 2–1 | Mee 34', Keane 40' | 15,002 | [6] | ||
5th | Sheffield Wednesday | H | W | 3–1 | Jones 7', Taylor 78', Gray 90' | 17,277 | [7] | ||
3rd | Milton Keynes Dons | H | W | 2–1 | Vokes 32', Boyd 49' | 15,845 | [8] | ||
3rd | Derby County | A | D | 0–0 | 26,834 | [9] | |||
6th | Reading | H | L | 1–2 | Darikwa 67' | 15,226 | [10] | ||
3rd | Rotherham United | A | W | 2–1 | Gray 9, Vokes 81' | 9,752 | [11] | ||
5th | Bolton Wanderers | H | W | 2–0 | Gray (2) 56', 68' | 17,632 | [12] | ||
5th | Nottingham Forest | A | D | 1–1 | Taylor 90' | 17,721 | [13] | ||
3rd | Blackburn Rovers | A | W | 1–0 | Arfield 63' | 19,897 | [14] | ||
3rd | Huddersfield Town | H | W | 2–1 | Gray (2) 12' pen., 43' | 16,749 | [15] | ||
2nd | Fulham | H | W | 3–1 | Gray (2) 18', 37', Taylor 90+1' | 15,080 | [16] | ||
3rd | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | D | 0–0 | 20,684 | [17] | |||
5th | Brighton & Hove Albion | H | D | 1–1 | Gray 4' pen. | 15,622 | [18] | ||
5th | Cardiff City | A | D | 2–2 | Hennings 85', Connolly 90+3' o.g. | 15,133 | [19] | ||
5th | Preston North End | H | L | 0–2 | 18,614 | [20] | |||
5th | Queens Park Rangers | A | D | 0–0 | 16,576 | [21] | |||
5th | Middlesbrough | A | L | 0–1 | 19,966 | [22] | |||
5th | Charlton Athletic | H | W | 4–0 | Arfield (2) 44', 53', Gray 55', Vokes 78' | 15,697 | [23] | ||
5th | Hull City | A | L | 0–3 | 21,842 | [24] | |||
5th | Bristol City | H | W | 4–0 | Gray (3) 37', 45+2', 78', Arfield 71' | 17,234 | [25] | ||
5th | Ipswich Town | H | D | 0–0 | 16,307 | [26] | |||
4th | Milton Keynes Dons | A | W | 5–0 | Barton 14', Vokes 46', Gray 64', Lowton 71', Boyd 82' | 10,011 | [27] | ||
4th | Brentford | A | W | 3–1 | Arfield 12', Barton 30', Boyd 39' | 10,039 | [28] | ||
3rd | Derby County | H | W | 4–1 | Keogh 29' o.g., Gray 54' pen., Vokes 58' pen., Arfield 66' | 15,214 | [29] | ||
3rd | Sheffield Wednesday | A | D | 1–1 | Gray 3' | 19,762 | [30] | ||
3rd | Hull City | H | W | 1–0 | Vokes 77' | 17,667 | [31] | ||
3rd | Reading | A | D | 0–0 | 16,773 | [32] | |||
2nd | Rotherham United | H | W | 2–0 | Vokes 27' pen., Arfield 86' | 15,849 | [33] | ||
2nd | Nottingham Forest | H | W | 1–0 | Vokes 68' | 15,517 | [34] | ||
1st | Bolton Wanderers | A | W | 2–1 | Gray (2) 74', 85' | 17,484 | [35] | ||
1st | Blackburn Rovers | H | W | 1–0 | Gray 16' pen. | 20,478 | [36] | ||
1st | Fulham | A | W | 3–2 | Vokes (2) 9', 49' pen., Gray 61' | 15,281 | [37] | ||
1st | Huddersfield Town | A | W | 3–1 | Ward 14', Vokes 30', Mee 45+2' | 13,917 | [38] | ||
1st | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | D | 1–1 | Vokes 68' | 17,411 | [39] | ||
1st | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | D | 2–2 | Gray 33', Keane 90+3' | 29,683 | [40] | ||
1st | Cardiff City | H | D | 0–0 | 15,740 | [41] | |||
1st | Leeds United | H | W | 1–0 | Arfield 1' | 18,229 | [42] | ||
2nd | Birmingham City | A | W | 2–1 | Boyd 31', Gray 77' | 19,151 | [43] | ||
2nd | Middlesbrough | H | D | 1–1 | Keane 90+2' | 20,197 | [44] | ||
1st | Preston North End | A | W | 1–0 | Barton 6' | 17,789 | [45] | ||
1st | Queens Park Rangers | H | W | 1–0 | Vokes 61' | 19,362 | [46] | ||
1st | Charlton Athletic | A | W | 3–0 | Vokes 20', Boyd 49', Gray 51' | 16,199 | [47] |
See main article: 2015–16 FA Cup.
Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref | |
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Third round | Middlesbrough | A | W | 2–1 | Hennings 45+1', Ward 71' | 18,286 | [48] | ||
Fourth round | Arsenal | A | L | 1–2 | Vokes 30' | 59,932 | [49] |
See main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup.
scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | scope=col | Club | scope=col | Fee | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref |
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scope=row | 22 June 2015 | Matthew Lowton | Aston Villa | Undisclosed | [51] | ||||
scope=row | 7 July 2015 | Jelle Vossen | Genk | Undisclosed | [52] | ||||
scope=row | 28 July 2015 | Chris Long | Everton | Undisclosed | [53] | ||||
scope=row | 29 July 2015 | Dan Agyei | AFC Wimbledon | Undisclosed | [54] | ||||
scope=row | 30 July 2015 | Tendayi Darikwa | Chesterfield | Undisclosed | [55] | ||||
scope=row | 6 August 2015 | Luke Hendrie | (Derby County) | Free | [56] | ||||
scope=row | 7 August 2015 | Renny Smith | (Arsenal) | Free | [57] | ||||
scope=row | 10 August 2015 | Josh Ginnelly | Shrewsbury Town | Undisclosed | [58] | ||||
scope=row | 14 August 2015 | Rouwen Hennings | Karlsruhe | Undisclosed | [59] | ||||
scope=row | 21 August 2015 | Andre Gray | Brentford | Undisclosed | [60] [61] | ||||
scope=row | 27 August 2015 | Joey Barton | (Queens Park Rangers) | Free | [62] | ||||
scope=row | 24 September 2015 | Arlen Birch | (Everton) | Free | [63] | ||||
scope=row | 22 January 2016 | George Green | (Ossett Albion) | Free | [64] | ||||
scope=row | 26 January 2016 | Paul Robinson | (Blackburn Rovers) | Free | [65] | ||||
scope=row | 1 February 2016 | James Tarkowski | Brentford | Undisclosed | [66] | ||||
scope=row | 15 February 2016 | Lloyd Dyer | (Watford) | Free | [67] | ||||
scope=row | 11 March 2016 | Freddy Yao | (Stoke City) | Free | [68] | ||||
scope=row | 15 March 2016 | Taofiq Olomowewe | Free | [69] |
Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Burnley.
scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | scope=col | Club | scope=col | Fee | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scope=row | 18 May 2015 | Steven Reid | Retired | [70] | |||||
scope=row | 8 June 2015 | Danny Ings | Liverpool | Tribunal | [71] | ||||
scope=row | 19 June 2015 | Kieran Trippier | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed | [72] | ||||
scope=row | 1 July 2015 | Ross Wallace | (Sheffield Wednesday) | Released | [73] | ||||
scope=row | 1 July 2015 | Cameron Howieson | (St Mirren) | Released | [74] | ||||
scope=row | 1 July 2015 | Luke Daly | Released | [75] | |||||
scope=row | 1 July 2015 | Kevin Ly | Released | [76] | |||||
scope=row | 1 July 2015 | Evan Galvin | (Waterford United) | Released | [77] | ||||
scope=row | 23 July 2015 | Jason Shackell | Derby County | Undisclosed | [78] | ||||
scope=row | 27 July 2015 | Alex Cisak | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed | [79] | ||||
scope=row | 31 August 2015 | Jelle Vossen | Club Brugge | Undisclosed | [80] | ||||
scope=row | 1 September 2015 | Luke O'Neill | (Southend United) | Released | [81] | ||||
scope=row | 1 September 2015 | Marvin Sordell | (Colchester United) | Released | [82] | ||||
scope=row | 16 December 2015 | Steven Hewitt | (Chester) | Released | [83] | ||||
scope=row | 24 March 2016 | Jamie Frost | Released | [84] | |||||
scope=row | 24 March 2016 | Nathan Lowe | (FC United of Manchester) | Released |
Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his Burnley contract expired.
scope=col | Date | scope=col | Player | scope=col | Club | scope=col | Return | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref |
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scope=row | 23 July 2015 | Luke Conlan | St Mirren | 5 January 2016 | [85] | ||||
scope=row | 11 August 2015 | Conor Mitchell | Sheffield | 8 September 2015 | [86] | ||||
scope=row | 22 August 2015 | Luke O'Neill | Southend United | 1 September 2015 | [87] | ||||
scope=row | 1 October 2015 | Danijel Nizic | Crewe Alexandra | 1 January 2016 | [88] [89] | ||||
scope=row | 2 October 2015 | Cameron Dummigan | Oldham Athletic | End of season | [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] | ||||
scope=row | 2 October 2015 | Daniel Lafferty | Oldham Athletic | 2 November 2015 | |||||
scope=row | 14 October 2015 | Luke Hendrie | Hartlepool United | 14 November 2015 | [95] | ||||
scope=row | 19 November 2015 | Kevin Long | Barnsley | 19 February 2016 | [96] [97] [98] [99] | ||||
scope=row | 24 November 2015 | Alex Whitmore | Chester | 28 December 2015 | [100] | ||||
scope=row | 2 January 2016 | Alex Whitmore | Gateshead | End of season | [101] | ||||
scope=row | 7 January 2016 | Daniel Lafferty | Oldham Athletic | 5 March 2016 | [102] | ||||
scope=row | 7 January 2016 | Luke Hendrie | York City | End of season | [103] [104] | ||||
scope=row | 7 January 2016 | Conor Mitchell | Bradford Park Avenue | 7 February 2016 | |||||
scope=row | 8 January 2016 | Josh Ginnelly | Altrincham | 30 April 2016 | [105] [106] [107] | ||||
scope=row | 8 January 2016 | Jason Gilchrist | Chester | 8 February 2016 | |||||
scope=row | 12 January 2016 | Ntumba Massanka | York City | 11 March 2016 | [108] [109] | ||||
scope=row | 15 January 2016 | Luke Conlan | Morecambe | End of season | [110] [111] | ||||
scope=row | 1 February 2016 | Tom Anderson | Chesterfield | End of season | [112] | ||||
scope=row | 16 February 2016 | Conor Mitchell | Sheffield | 16 March 2016 | [113] | ||||
scope=row | 29 February 2016 | Renny Smith | GAIS | End of season | [114] | ||||
scope=row | 24 March 2016 | Brandon Wilson | Stockport County | End of season | [115] | ||||
scope=row | 24 March 2016 | Kevin Long | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season | [116] |
Source:[117]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names marked left the club during the playing season.
Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Burnley.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | Discipline | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
1 | GK | Tom Heaton (C) | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Matthew Lowton | 25 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (2) | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Daniel Lafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | Michael Duff | 23 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Michael Keane | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
6 | DF | Ben Mee | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
7 | FW | Andre Gray | 41 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 23 | 2 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Dean Marney | 7 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | Sam Vokes | 39 (4) | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 (4) | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
11 | MF | Michael Kightly | 12 (6) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 (7) | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
13 | MF | Joey Barton | 37 (1) | 3 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 (3) | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | David Jones | 39 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 (2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
15 | MF | Matthew Taylor | 1 (26) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (26) | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
16 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | MF | Lloyd Dyer | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | FW | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
17 | GK | Paul Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | Rouwen Hennings | 3 (23) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 (24) | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | FW | Lukas Jutkiewicz | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | MF | Fredrik Ulvestad | 1 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
21 | MF | George Boyd | 42 (2) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 (2) | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
22 | GK | Matt Gilks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | Stephen Ward | 23 (1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 (1) | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
24 | FW | Chris Long | 1 (9) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
26 | DF | James Tarkowski | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | DF | Tendayi Darikwa | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
28 | DF | Kevin Long | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
29 | DF | Luke Conlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | FW | Ashley Barnes | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (7) | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
32 | FW | Dan Agyei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
33 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
34 | DF | Tom Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
35 | DF | Alex Whitmore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
36 | GK | Conor Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | MF | Scott Arfield | 46 | 8 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 (1) | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
38 | DF | Cameron Dummigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
39 | FW | Jamie Frost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | GK | Danijel Nizic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
41 | MF | Aiden O'Neill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | DF | Christian Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
43 | MF | Brad Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
44 | FW | Jason Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
45 | MF | Nathan Lowe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
46 | FW | Ntumba Massanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
47 | MF | Brandon Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |