2015–16 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season explained

Club:	Tottenham Hotspur
Season:	2015–16
Stadium:	White Hart Lane
League:	Premier League
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fifth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
Cup3:	UEFA Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
Highest Attendance:	(20 March 2016)
Lowest Attendance:	26,463 (vs Qarabağ) (17 September 2015)
Average Attendance:	34,947
Prevseason:	2014–15
Nextseason:	2016–17
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The 2015–16 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 24th season in the Premier League and 38th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

First-team squad

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1	Hugo Lloris (C)		GK	2016 5, df=yes
13	Michel Vorm		GK	2016 5, df=yes
31	Luke McGee U^21		GK	2016 5, df=yes
Defenders
2	Kyle Walker HG^1		RB / RWB	2016 5, df=yes
3	Danny Rose HG^2		LB / LWB	2016 5, df=yes
4	Toby Alderweireld		CB / RB	2016 5, df=yes
5	Jan Vertonghen (1st VC)		CB / LB	2016 5, df=yes
16	Kieran Trippier HG^1		RB / RWB	2016 5, df=yes
27	Kevin Wimmer		CB / LB	2016 5, df=yes
33	Ben Davies HG^1		LB / CB	2016 5, df=yes
Midfielders
6	Nabil Bentaleb U^21		CM / DM	2016 5, df=yes
8	Ryan Mason HG^2		CM / AM	2016 5, df=yes
11	Erik Lamela		RW / SS	2016 5, df=yes
15	Eric Dier U^21		DM / CB	2016 5, df=yes
19	Mousa Dembélé		CM / AM	2016 5, df=yes
20	Dele Alli U^21		CM / AM	2016 5, df=yes
22	Nacer Chadli		LW / SS	2016 5, df=yes
23	Christian Eriksen		AM / CM	2016 5, df=yes
25	Josh Onomah U^21		AM / SS	2016 5, df=yes
28	Tom Carroll HG^2		CM / AM	2016 5, df=yes
29	Harry Winks U^21		CM / DM	2016 5, df=yes
Forwards
7	Son Heung-min		FW / LW / RW / SS	2016 5, df=yes
10	Harry Kane (2nd VC)		FW / SS	2016 5, df=yes
14	Clinton N'Jie		FW / RW	2016 5, df=yes

• HG¹ = Association-trained player
• HG² = Club-trained player
• U²¹ = Under 21 players (Contract and Scholars)

Transfers

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
13 July 2015	DM				End of season	^[1]
12 August 2015	CB				End of season	^[2] ^[3]
12 August 2015	LW				17 January 2016
14 August 2015	SS				1 November 2015	^[4]
14 August 2015	LB				End of season	^[5]
1 September 2015	RB				End of season	^[6]
26 September 2015	RW				24 October 2015	^[7]
20 November 2015	GK		Harry Voss		20 December 2015	^[8]
25 November 2015	RW				1 January 2016	^[9]
26 November 2015	CB				1 January 2016	^[10]
1 February 2016	CB				End of season	^[11]
1 February 2016	AM				End of season	^[12]
26 February 2016	LW				26 March 2016	^[13]
4 March 2016	FW				Unknown	^[14]

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 May 2015	CB				£4,300,000	^[15]
19 June 2015	RB				£3,500,000	^[16]
8 July 2015	CB				£11,400,000	^[17]
15 August 2015	FW				£8,300,000	^[18] ^[19]
28 August 2015	FW				£22,000,000	^[20] ^[21]
13 January 2016	MF				Undisclosed	^[22] ^[23]

Total outgoing: £49,600,000+

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2015	CM				£9,900,000	^[24]
1 July 2015	CF		Daniel Akindayini		Free transfer
1 July 2015	GK				Free transfer	^[25]
1 July 2015	SS				Free transfer
1 July 2015	GK					^[26]
1 July 2015	CB				Free transfer
1 July 2015	RB				Free transfer
1 July 2015	RB				Free transfer
1 July 2015	GK				Free transfer
1 July 2015	AM		Lloyd Ross		Free transfer
1 July 2015	CM				£4,600,000	^[27] ^[28]
6 July 2015	DM				£6,300,000	^[29] ^[30]
8 July 2015	LW				Free transfer	^[31]
16 July 2015	CB				£3,000,000	^[32] ^[33]
20 July 2015	DM				£6,000,000	^[34]
30 July 2015	CB				£4,500,000	^[35] ^[36]
6 August 2015	RB				£200,000	^[37]
7 August 2015	CB				£100,000	^[38]
14 August 2015	CF				£10,000,000	^[39] ^[40]
31 August 2015	RW				£500,000	^[41]
1 September 2015	RM				£4,500,000	^[42]
13 September 2015	CF				Free transfer	^[43]
5 January 2016	LW				Free transfer	^[44]
22 January 2016	CF				Undisclosed	^[45]
28 January 2016	RW				£12,000,000	^[46]
1 February 2016	CB				£500,000	^[47]

Total incoming: £62,100,000+

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: £49,600,000

Winter: £0+

Total: £49,600,000+

Income

Summer: £49,600,000

Winter: £12,500,000+

Total: £62,100,000+

Expenditure

Summer: £0

Winter: £12,500,000

Total: £12,500,000

Friendlies

Pre-season

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Premier League
FA Cup
League Cup
Europa League
Total Premier League See main article: 2015–16 Premier League. Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[48] FA Cup See main article: 2015–16 FA Cup. The third round draw was held on 7 December 2015. Spurs were drawn at home to Leicester City.^[49] The draw for the fourth round proper was held on 11 January 2016 and Tottenham were drawn away at Colchester United.^[50] League Cup See main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Spurs were drawn at home against Arsenal.^[51] UEFA Europa League Group stage See main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. On 28 August 2015, the draw for the group stage was made in Monaco. Spurs faced Anderlecht, Monaco and Qarabağ in Group J.^[52] Spurs topped the group with thirteen points, and were drawn against Serie A side Fiorentina in the Round of 32.^[53] Knockout phase See main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase. Round of 16 Statistics Appearances No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Europa League Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 GK Hugo Lloris 37 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 46 0 13 GK Michel Vorm 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 Defenders 2 DF Kyle Walker 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 1 3 DF Danny Rose 24 1 2 0 1 0 2+1 0 29+1 1 4 DF Toby Alderweireld 38 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 49 4 5 DF Jan Vertonghen 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 33 0 15 DF Eric Dier 37 3 4 1 1 0 8+1 0 50+1 4 16 DF Kieran Trippier 5+1 1 2 0 1 0 10 0 18+1 1 21 DF Federico Fazio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 DF Kevin Wimmer 9+1 0 4 0 1 0 6 0 20+1 0 33 DF Ben Davies 14+3 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 24+3 0 Midfielders 6 MF Nabil Bentaleb 2+3 0 3+1 0 0 0 0+2 0 5+6 0 8 MF Ryan Mason 8+14 1 0+1 0 0 0 6 1 14+15 2 11 MF Erik Lamela 28+6 5 2 0 0 0 7+1 6 37+7 11 19 MF Mousa Dembélé 27+2 3 1+1 0 0 0 1+3 1 29+6 4 20 MF Dele Alli 28+5 10 1+2 0 0+1 0 7+2 0 36+10 10 22 MF Nacer Chadli 10+19 3 3+1 3 1 0 5+1 1 19+21 7 23 MF Christian Eriksen 33+2 6 3+1 1 1 0 7 1 44+3 8 24 MF Alex Pritchard 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 25 MF Josh Onomah 0+8 0 2+2 0 0 0 2+5 0 4+15 0 28 MF Tom Carroll 4+15 1 3 1 1 0 4+3 1 12+18 3 29 MF Harry Winks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 Forwards 7 FW Son Heung-min 13+15 4 3+1 1 0+1 0 6+1 3 22+18 8 10 FW Harry Kane 38 25 2+2 1 1 0 3+4 2 44+6 28 14 FW Clinton N'Jie 0+8 0 0 0 0+1 0 2+3 0 2+12 0 Players transferred out during the season. 17 MF Andros Townsend 0+3 0 0 0 1 0 2+1 0 3+4 0 Goal scorers The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal. width=10 width=10 width=10 width=180 Player width=50 Premier League width=50 FA Cup width=50 League Cup width=50 Europa League width=50 Total 1 FW 10 25 1 0 2 28 2 MF 11 5 0 0 6 11 3 MF 20 10 0 0 0 10 4 FW 7 4 1 0 3 8 MF 23 6 1 0 1 8 6 MF 22 3 3 0 1 7 7 DF 4 4 0 0 0 4 DF 15 3 1 0 0 4 MF 19 3 0 0 1 4 10 MF 28 1 1 0 1 3 11 MF 8 1 0 0 1 2 12 DF 2 1 0 0 0 1 DF 3 1 0 0 0 1 DF 16 1 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 68 8 0 16 92 Hat-tricks Player Against Competition Minutes Score after goals Result Date Harry Kane Premier League 9', 56', 63' 1-1, 1-4, 1-5 1-5 (A) 25 October 2015 Erik Lamela Europa League 2', 15', 38' 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 4-1 (H) 10 December 2015 Own goals Player Against Competition Minute Score after own goal Result Date Kyle Walker Premier League 22' 1-0 1-0 (A) 8 August 2015 Harry Kane Premier League 31' 2-1 2-2 (A) 4 October 2015 Jan Vertonghen Premier League 30' 1-0 1-3 (A) 23 January 2016 Ben Davies FA Cup 80' 1-3 1-4 (A) 30 January 2016 Clean sheets The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. width=10 width=10 width=200 Player width=50 Premier League width=50 FA Cup width=50 League Cup width=50 Europa League width=50 Total 1 1 13 0 0 2 15 2 13 0 1 0 0 1 References

Notes and References

1. News: Rotherham Loan For Ward . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 13 July 2015.
2. News: Tottenham 'reach agreement with Rangers over the loan signings of Nathan Oduwa and Dominic Ball'. 12 August 2015. METRO.
3. News: Rangers agree with Tottenham for year-long loans of Nathan Oduwa and Dominic Ball . SKYSPORTS. 12 August 2015.
4. News: Shaquile Coulthirst: Spurs striker joins Wigan Athletic on loan . METRO . 12 August 2015.
5. News: Connor loaned to Stevenage . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 14 August 2015.
6. News: Yedlin loaned to Sunderland . 1 September 2015.
7. News: Stevenage Loan For Kenny . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 26 September 2015 . 27 September 2015.
8. News: Goalkeeper Harry Voss has joined Stevenage on a one-month youth loan. . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 20 November 2015 . 7 February 2016.
9. News: Kenny McEvoy has joined League Two side York City on loan until January. . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 25 November 2015 . 7 February 2016.
10. News: Central defender Christian Maghoma has joined League Two side Yeovil Town on loan until January. . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 26 November 2015 . 7 February 2016.
11. News: Sevilla Loan For Fazio . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 1 February 2016 . 1 February 2016.
12. News: Pritchard completes loan move . West Brom . 1 February 2016 . 1 February 2016 . 1 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201223530/http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/wba-albion-pritchard-2931750.aspx . dead .
13. News: Colchester loan for Nathan . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 26 February 2016 . 27 February 2016.
14. News: Loft links up with Braintree . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 4 March 2016.
15. News: Tottenham sign Kevin Wimmer from FC Koln for £4.3m. 23 May 2015. The Telegraph. 31 May 2015.
16. News: Trippier Completes Spurs Switch . Burnley F.C. . 19 June 2015 . 19 June 2015 . 22 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322010230/http://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/article/trippier-completes-spurs-switch-2499748.aspx . dead .
17. Web site: Tottenham confirm signing of Toby Alderweireld from Atlético Madrid. 8 July 2015.
18. News: Clinton N'Jie: Tottenham sign Lyon striker on five-year deal. BBC Sport . 15 August 2015.
19. Web site: Palmer. Kevin. Spurs signing Clinton Njie turned down Arsenal interest. ESPN FC. 17 August 2015. 17 August 2015.
20. News: Heung-min Son: Tottenham sign forward from Leverkusen. BBC Sport . 28 August 2015.
21. Web site: Tottenham sign Heung-Min Son from Bayer Leverkusen. Sky Sports. 28 August 2015. 28 August 2015.
22. News: Tottenham Hotspur sign highly-rated midfielder Shilow Tracey from Ebbsfleet United of National League South. kentonline.co.uk . 13 January 2016.
23. Web site: Tottenham transfer news: Ebbsfleet United confirm Shilow Tracey has joined Spurs for an undisclosed fee. Sky Sports. 13 January 2016. 13 January 2016.
24. News: Paulinho leaves Tottenham for China's Guangzhou Evergrande . BBC Sport . 29 June 2015.
25. News: Player Update . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 10 June 2015.
26. News: Brad Calls Time On Illustrious Playing Career . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 14 May 2015.
27. News: Holtby move made permanent . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 1 July 2015.
28. News: Tottenham Hotspur sell Lewis Holtby to Hamburg for £4.6m. 2 July 2015. The Guardian.
29. News: Capoue to Watford . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 6 July 2015.
30. News: Watford sign Etienne Capoue from Tottenham for club record fee . The Guardian . 6 July 2015.
31. News: Gomelt departs . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 8 July 2015.
32. News: Kaboul Joins Sunderland . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 16 July 2015.
33. News: Kaboul seals £3m Sunderland transfer. 16 July 2015. TEAMtalk. 17 July 2015. 21 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721112834/http://www.teamtalk.com/tottenham-hotspur/9915458/-. dead.
34. News: Benjamin Stambouli: Tottenham midfielder joins Paris St-Germain . BBC Sport . 21 July 2015. 21 July 2015.
35. News: Vlad Deal Agreed. Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 30 July 2015. 30 July 2015.
36. Web site: Vlad Chiriches makes Napoli switch.
37. News: Bristol City Move For Ryan Agreed . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 6 August 2015 . 6 August 2015.
38. News: QPR move for Hall . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 7 August 2015 . 7 August 2015.
39. News: Villarreal move for Soldado . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 14 August 2015 . 14 August 2015.
40. Web site: Roberto Soldado joins Villarreal after fee agreed with Tottenham. ESPN FC. 14 August 2015. 14 August 2015.
41. News: Azzaoui to Wolfsburg . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 31 August 2015 . 31 August 2015.
42. News: Lennon Joins Everton . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 1 September 2015 . 1 September 2015.
43. News: Emmanuel Adebayor: Tottenham release striker by mutual consent . BBC Sport . 13 September 2015 . 13 September 2015.
44. News: McEvoy Departs . tottenhamhotspur . 5 January 2016 . 5 January 2016.
45. News: Coulthirst Departs . tottenhamhotspur . 22 January 2016 . 22 January 2016.
46. News: Townsend Departs . tottenhamhotspur . 28 January 2016 . 28 January 2016.
47. News: Milos Veljkovic signs for Werder . werderbremen . 1 February 2016 . 1 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160202034330/http://www.werder.de/en/profis/57952.php . 2016-02-02 . dead .
48. News: Fixtures 2015-16 - list in full . Tottenham Hotspur F.C. . 17 June 2015.
49. News: The Emirates FA Cup third round proper draw finalised . The FA . 7 December 2015 . 2 January 2016.
50. Web site: FA Cup fourth-round draw: Eastleigh could face Leeds . BBC Sport . 11 January 2016 . 11 January 2016.
51. News: Capital One Cup round 3 draw . Capital One Cup . 25 August 2015 . 26 August 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905185055/http://www.capitalonecup.co.uk/news/article/capital-one-cup-round-3-draw-2647014.aspx . 5 September 2015 .
52. News: Group stage draw . UEFA . 28 August 2015 . 28 August 2015.
53. News: UEFA Europa League round of 32 draw . UEFA . 14 December 2015 . 2 January 2016.