2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League Explained

Competition:	Scottish Professional Football League
Season:	2015–16
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17

Statistics of the Scottish Professional Football League in season 2015–16.

Scottish Premiership

See main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership.

Scottish Championship

See main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship.

Scottish League One

See main article: 2015–16 Scottish League One.

Scottish League Two

See main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Two.

Award winners

Yearly

See main article: Scottish Professional Football League yearly awards.

Division	Manager of Season		Player of Season
	Winner	Club	Winner	Club
Premiership	Tommy Wright^[1]	St Johnstone	Leigh Griffiths^[2]	Celtic
Championship	Peter Houston^[3]	Falkirk	John McGinn^[4]	Hibernian
League One	Ian McCall^[5]	Ayr United	not awarded
League Two	Gary Naysmith^[6]	East Fife

Monthly

See main article: List of Scottish Professional Football League monthly award winners.

Month	Premiership player	Championship player	League One player	League Two player	Premiership manager	Championship manager	League One manager	League Two manager	Ref
August	Leigh Griffiths (Celtic)	James Tavernier (Rangers)	Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Dunfermline Athletic)	Smart Osadolor (Annan Athletic)	Derek McInnes (Aberdeen)	Mark Warburton (Rangers)	Dick Campbell (Forfar Athletic)	Gary Naysmith (East Fife)	^[7]
September	Niall McGinn (Aberdeen)	Martyn Waghorn (Rangers)	Nicky Devlin (Ayr United)	Bobby Linn (Arbroath)	Derek McInnes (Aberdeen)	Mark Warburton (Rangers)	Ian McCall (Ayr United)	Gus MacPherson (Queen's Park)
October	Leigh Griffiths (Celtic)	Jason Cummings (Hibernian)	Sean Murdoch (Dunfermline Athletic)	Matty Flynn (Annan Athletic)	Ronny Deila (Celtic)	Alan Stubbs (Hibernian)	Darren Young (Albion Rovers)	Paul Hegarty (Montrose)
November	Michael O'Halloran (St Johnstone)	John McGinn (Hibernian)	Leighton McIntosh (Peterhead)	David Gormley (Clyde)	Alan Archibald (Partick Thistle)	Alan Stubbs (Hibernian)	Brown Ferguson (Stenhousemuir)	Barry Ferguson (Clyde)
December	Liam Boyce (Ross County)	Danny Rogers (Falkirk)	Greig Spence (Cowdenbeath)	Darren Smith (Stirling Albion)	Mark McGhee (Motherwell)	Peter Houston (Falkirk)	Allan Johnston (Dunfermline Athletic)	Stuart McLaren (Stirling Albion)
January	Kane Hemmings (Dundee)	Kenny Miller (Rangers)	Shane Sutherland (Peterhead)	Nathan Austin (East Fife)	Ronny Deila (Celtic)	Mark Warburton (Rangers)	Jim McInally (Peterhead)	Jim Weir (Elgin City)
February	Paul Paton (Dundee United)	Declan McManus (Greenock Morton)	Rory McAllister (Peterhead)	Steven Doris (Stirling Albion)	Mixu Paatelainen (Dundee United)	Peter Houston (Falkirk)	Jim McInally (Peterhead)	Barry Ferguson (Clyde)
March	Jackson Irvine (Ross County)	Christian Nadé (Dumbarton)	Faissal El Bakhtaoui (Dunfermline Athletic)	Kyle Wilkie (East Fife)	Mark McGhee (Motherwell)	Ray McKinnon (Raith Rovers)	Allan Johnston (Dunfermline Athletic)	Gary Naysmith (East Fife)
April	Patrick Roberts (Celtic)	Will Vaulks (Falkirk)	Robert Thomson (Brechin City)	Brian Cameron (Elgin City)	John Hughes (Inverness CT)	Ray McKinnon (Raith Rovers)	Darren Dods (Brechin City)	John Coughlin (Berwick Rangers)

See also

• 2015–16 in Scottish football

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wright wins Premiership award . . 29 May 2016 . 25 April 2017.
   Web site: St Johnstone's Tommy Wright wins manager of the season award . BBC . BBC Sport . 29 May 2016 . 21 April 2017.
2. Web site: Griffiths voted Player of the Season . . 1 June 2016 . 25 April 2017.
   Web site: Celtic's Leigh Griffiths crowned Ladbrokes Player of the Season . . 1 June 2016 . 21 April 2017.
3. Web site: Houston lands Championship award . SPFL . 26 May 2016 . 25 April 2017.
   Web site: Falkirk boss Peter Houston named Ladbrokes Championship manager of the season . Sky Sports . 26 May 2016 . 21 April 2017.
4. Web site: Championship award for McGinn . SPFL . 5 June 2016 . 25 April 2017.
   Web site: John McGinn named Ladbrokes Championship Player of the Year . . 5 June 2016 . 21 April 2017.
5. Web site: McCall lands League 1 award . SPFL . 2 June 2016 . 25 April 2017.
   Web site: Ayr United boss Ian McCall is named SPFL Ladbrokes League One manager of the season . . 2 June 2016 . 21 April 2017.
6. Web site: Naysmith lands League 2 award . SPFL . 23 June 2016 . 21 April 2017.
   Web site: 2016 CLIENT REVIEW: GARY NAYSMITH . Sport Careers . 28 December 2016 . 25 April 2017.
7. Web site: SPFL monthly awards. www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. May 28, 2014. 2015-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531033109/http://spfl.co.uk/awards. 2016-05-31. dead.