| Competition: | Football League One |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Winners: | Wigan Athletic (2nd divisional title) |
| Promoted: | Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley |
| Relegated: | Doncaster Rovers Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1457 |
| League Topscorer: | Will Grigg (25 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Chesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury Town (2 January 2016) Coventry City 6–0 Bury (13 February 2016) Scunthorpe United 6–0 Swindon Town (28 March 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Crewe Alexandra 0–5 Coventry City (2 January 2016) |
| Longest Wins: | Barnsley (7 matches) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Wigan Athletic (20 matches) |
| Longest Winless: | Colchester United (19 matches) |
| Longest Losses: | Colchester United (9 matches) |
| Highest Attendance: | 24,777[1] (28 December 2015) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,767[2] (23 February 2016) |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015, and concluded on 8 May 2016.[3]
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
Promoted from League Two
Relegated from Championship
Relegated to League Two
Promoted to Championship
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,009 | ||||
| 16,750 | ||||
| 25,136 | ||||
| 6,912 | ||||
| 11,840 | ||||
| 10,400 | ||||
| 10,105 | ||||
| 32,500 | ||||
| 10,066 | ||||
| 15,231 | ||||
| 5,311 | ||||
| 11,582 | ||||
| London (South Bermondsey) | 20,146 | |||
| 13,512 | ||||
| 14,319 | ||||
| 18,947 | ||||
| 10,249 | ||||
| 9,183 | ||||
| 32,702 | ||||
| 9,875 | ||||
| 12,392 | ||||
| 15,728 | ||||
| 11,300 | ||||
| 25,138 |
| width-200 | Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | Lee Clark | Resigned | 9 May 2015[5] | Pre-season | Neil McDonald | 2 June 2015[6] | |
| Chesterfield | Paul Cook | Signed by Portsmouth | 12 May 2015[7] | Dean Saunders | 13 May 2015[8] | ||
| Sheffield United | Nigel Clough | Sacked | 25 May 2015[9] | Nigel Adkins | 2 June 2015[10] | ||
| Peterborough United | Dave Robertson | 6 September 2015[11] | 20th | Graham Westley | 21 September 2015[12] | ||
| Doncaster Rovers | Paul Dickov | 8 September 2015[13] | 17th | Rob Jones (interim) | 8 September 2015 | ||
| Oldham Athletic | Darren Kelly | 12 September 2015[14] | 19th | David Dunn (interim) | 13 September 2015 | ||
| Oldham Athletic | David Dunn (interim) | Change of contract | 7 October 2015[15] | 18th | David Dunn | 7 October 2015 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | Rob Jones | End of interim | 16 October 2015 | 20th | Darren Ferguson | 16 October 2015[16] | |
| Chesterfield | Dean Saunders | Sacked | 28 November 2015 | 16th | Danny Wilson | 24 December 2015[17] | |
| Walsall | Dean Smith | Signed by Brentford | 30 November 2015 | 4th | John Ward (interim) | 30 November 2015[18] | |
| Burton Albion | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Signed by QPR | 4 December 2015[19] | 1st | Nigel Clough | 5 December 2015[20] | |
| Walsall | John Ward (interim) | End of interim | 18 December 2015 | 3rd | Sean O'Driscoll | 18 December 2015[21] | |
| Oldham Athletic | David Dunn | Sacked | 12 January 2016 | 22nd | John Sheridan | 13 January 2016[22] | |
| Scunthorpe United | Mark Robins | Sacked | 16 January 2016 | 13th | Graham Alexander | 22 March 2016[23] | |
| Barnsley | Lee Johnson | Signed by Bristol City | 6 February 2016[24] | 12th | Paul Heckingbottom (caretaker) | 12 February 2016 | |
| Walsall | Sean O'Driscoll | Sacked | 6 March 2016[25] | 4th | John Whitney (interim) | 7 March 2016[26] | |
| Peterborough United | Graham Westley | 23 April 2016[27] | 14th | Grant McCann | 23 April 2016 | ||
See also: 2016 Football League play-offs.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[28] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Grigg | Wigan Athletic | 25 | |
| 2 | Nicky Ajose | Swindon Town | 24 | |
| 3 | Sam Winnall | Barnsley | 23 | |
| 4 | Billy Sharp | Sheffield United | 21 | |
| 5 | Paddy Madden | Scunthorpe United | 20 | |
| Coventry City | ||||
| Lee Gregory | Millwall | |||
| 8 | Tom Bradshaw | Walsall | 17 | |
| 9 | Steve Morison | Millwall | 16 | |
| 10 | Leon Clarke | Bury | 15 |