| Club: | Carolina RailHawks |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Traffic Sports USA |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Colin Clarke |
| Stadium: | WakeMed Soccer Park |
| League: | NASL |
| League Result: | Spring: 3rd Fall: TBD Combined: TBD |
| Cup1: | Soccer Bowl |
| Cup1 Result: | TBD |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third Round vs Charlotte Independence |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,217 (May 16 vs. New York) |
| Lowest Attendance: | League: 3,055 (July 8 vs. Fort Lauderdale) All: 832 (May 27 vs. Charlotte) |
| Average Attendance: | League: All: |
| League Topscorer: | Nacho Novo (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | Nacho Novo (5) |
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| Rightarm1: | D15B05 |
| Shorts1: | D15B05 |
| Socks1: | D15B05 |
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| American: | true |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 Carolina RailHawks season was the club's ninth season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.
The season followed the Spring / Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 4 and lasting for 10 games until June 13, while the Fall season began on July 4 and ended on October 30. There was a four-team postseason format, including the champions of the Spring and Fall seasons, with the 2 other teams with the best records joining them.[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.In:[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Out:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.In:[8] [9] [10] Out:[11] [12]
The Spring season will last for 10 games beginning on April 4 and ending on June 6. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.
The Fall season will last for 10 games beginning on July 4 and ending on October 30. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road. The winner of the Fall season will qualify for the Soccer Bowl playoffs.
See main article: 2015 U.S. Open Cup. The RailHawks will compete in the 2015 edition of the Open Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Carolina RailHawks who left the club during the season:|-|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | NASL Spring Season | width=150 | NASL Fall Season | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW |  | 10 | Nacho Novo | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2 | MF | 11 | Ty Shipalane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| MF |  | 5 | Nazmi Albadawi | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 4 | Neil Hlavaty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | DF | | 19 | Blake Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 6 | Austin da Luz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW |  | 7 | Simone Bracalello | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 13 | Connor Tobin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | 20 | Mark Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 | MF |  | 14 | Leo Osaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Daniel Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | 98 | Futty Danso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| FW | | 21 | Tyler Engel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 15 | 26 | 0 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | GK | Hunter Gilstrap | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | DF | Daniel Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | DF | Kupono Low | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 4 | | MF | Neil Hlavaty | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | MF | Austin da Luz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | DF | Álex Pérez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | FW | Wells Thompson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Nacho Novo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | | GK | Akira Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | | DF | Connor Tobin | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | | MF | Leo Osaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 |  | MF | Chris Nurse | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | DF | Blake Wagner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | MF | Mark Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | | FW | Tyler Engel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | MF | Jamie Dell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | | DF | Steven Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 36 |  | MF | Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 98 | DF | Futty Danso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| TOTALS | 17 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 7 | |||||||