| Pixels: | 250 |
| Competition: | Scottish League One |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Winners: | Dunfermline Athletic |
| Promoted: | Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United |
| Relegated: | Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic |
| Matches: | 180 |
| Total Goals: | 538 |
| League Topscorer: | Faissal El Bakhtaoui Rory McAllister (22 goals)[1] |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Sean Murdoch (15 clean sheets) |
| Biggest Home Win: | [2] (21 November 2015) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (8 August 2015) |
| Highest Scoring: | (15 August 2015) |
| Longest Wins: | 5 matches: Dunfermline Athletic Peterhead |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 19 matches: Peterhead |
| Longest Winless: | 17 matches: Forfar Athletic |
| Longest Losses: | 6 matches: Brechin City |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,236 (30 April 2016) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 210 (23 February 2016) |
| Attendance: | 175,562 |
| Average Attendance: | 975 |
| Tv: | BBC Alba |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
| Updated: | 7 May 2016 |
The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.
Promoted from Scottish League Two
Relegated from Scottish Championship
| Airdrieonians | Albion Rovers | Ayr United | Brechin City | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excelsior Stadium | Cliftonhill | Somerset Park | Glebe Park | |
| Capacity: 10,170[3] | Capacity: 1,238[4] | Capacity: 10,185[5] | Capacity: 3,960[6] | |
| Cowdenbeath | Dunfermline Athletic | |||
| Central Park | East End Park | |||
| Capacity: 4,309[7] | Capacity: 11,480[8] | |||
| Forfar Athletic | Peterhead | Stenhousemuir | Stranraer | |
| Station Park | Balmoor | Ochilview Park | Stair Park | |
| Capacity: 6,777[9] | Capacity: 3,150[10] | Capacity: 3,746[11] | Capacity: 6,250[12] | |
| Team | Manager | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrieonians | Danny Lennon (acting head coach) | Marc Fitzpatrick | Macron | M&H Logistics | |
| Albion Rovers | Darren Young | Michael Dunlop | Adidas | Reigart Demolition | |
| Ayr United | Ian McCall | Nicky Devlin | Adidas | Bodog | |
| Brechin City | Darren Dods | Craig Molloy | Pendle | Delson | |
| Cowdenbeath | Colin Nish | Pat Scullion | Uhlsport | Subsea Pressure Controls | |
| Dunfermline Athletic | Allan Johnston | Callum Fordyce | Joma | SRJ Windows | |
| Forfar Athletic | Gary Bollan | Gavin Swankie | Pendle | Orchard Timber Products | |
| Peterhead | Jim McInally | Steven Noble | Adidas | LFH Engineering Ltd | |
| Stenhousemuir | Brown Ferguson | Stuart Malcolm | Prostar | Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant | |
| Stranraer | Brian Reid | Steven Bell | Stanno | Stena Line |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunfermline Athletic | Stepped down | 30 April 2015[13] | Pre-season | 8 May 2015[14] | ||
| Cowdenbeath | Resigned | 5 May 2015[15] | 2 June 2015[16] | |||
| Brechin City | Signed by Raith Rovers | 23 May 2015[17] | 10 June 2015[18] | |||
| Stranraer | Signed by Dumbarton | 27 May 2015[19] | 1 June 2015[20] | |||
| Forfar Athletic | Sacked | 12 December 2015[21] | 8th | Stewart Petrie (interim) | 15 December 2015[22] | |
| Airdrieonians | Signed by Forfar Athletic | 20 December 2015[23] | 5th | 22 December 2015[24] | ||
| Forfar Athletic | (interim) | End of interim | 21 December 2015[25] | 8th | 21 December 2015 | |
| Airdrieonians | Illness | 5 March 2016 | 4th | (acting head coach) | 10 March 2016 | |
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunfermline Athletic | Forfar Athletic | 4–0 | [26] | ||
| Peterhead | Stenhousemuir | 3–4 | [27] | ||
| Peterhead | Cowdenbeath | 7–0 | [28] | ||
| Dunfermline Athletic | Stranraer | 6–1 | [29] | ||
| Peterhead | Brechin City | 4–1 | [30] | ||
 | Dunfermline Athletic | Brechin City | 3–1 | [31] | |
| Brechin City | Peterhead | 5–1 | [32] | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Turnbull | Albion Rovers | 11 | |
| 2 | Dean Brett | Cowdenbeath | 10 | |
| Andy Geggan | Dunfermline Athletic | |||
| Steven Bell | Stranraer | |||
| 5 | Darren Dods | Brechin City | 9 | |
| Euan Murray | Stenhousemuir | |||
| 7 | 10 players | 8 | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas O'Brien | Forfar Athletic | 2 | |
| Scott Ross | Peterhead | |||
| Steven Noble | Peterhead | |||
| 4 | 38 players | 1 | ||
| Rank | Club | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brechin City | 83 | |
| 2 | Stenhousemuir | 80 | |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 76 |
| Rank | Club | Cards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stenhousemuir | 7 |
| 2 | Cowdenbeath | 6 |
| Peterhead |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
| August | Dick Campbell | Forfar Athletic | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | Dunfermline Athletic | [35] |
| September | Ian McCall | Ayr United | Nicky Devlin | Ayr United | |
| October | Darren Young | Albion Rovers | Sean Murdoch | Dunfermline Athletic | |
| November | Brown Ferguson | Stenhousemuir | Leighton McIntosh | Peterhead | |
| December | Allan Johnston | Dunfermline Athletic | Greig Spence | Cowdenbeath | |
| January | Jim McInally | Peterhead | Shane Sutherland | Peterhead | |
| February | Jim McInally | Peterhead | Rory McAllister | Peterhead | |
| March | Allan Johnston | Dunfermline Athletic | Faissal El Bakhtaoui | Dunfermline Athletic | |
| April | Darren Dods | Brechin City | Robert Thomson | Brechin City | |
Cowdenbeath, the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2015–16 Scottish League Two; Elgin City, Clyde, and Queen's Park.
The winners of the semi-finals, Clyde and Queen's Park, then competed against one another over two legs, with the winner replacing Cowdenbeath and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League One.