| Club: | Jacksonville Armada |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Mark Frisch |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | José Luis Villarreal (Until 22 May 2015) Guillermo Ángel Hoyos (14 June – 21 September 2015) Eric Dade (interim) (from 21 September 2015) |
| Stadium: | Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville |
| League: | NASL |
| League Result: | Spring: 6th Fall: 11th Combined: 11th |
| Cup1: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third Round vs Richmond Kickers |
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| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 Jacksonville Armada FC season was the club's first season of existence, they played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.
José Luis Villarreal was appointed as the club's first manager on June 11, 2014.[1]
Villarreal announced he would be leaving Armada at the end of the Spring season on May 22,[2] with Guillermo Ángel Hoyos replacing him as head coach. On June 30, Armada extended Head Coach Guillermo Ángel Hoyos' contract until the end of the 2019 season,[3] before dismissing Hoyos on September 21 and placing Eric Dade as Interim Manager.[4]
All Armada NASL matches would be broadcast locally on television on WCWJ CW17[5] and on the radio on WFXJ "Sports Radio 930". The play-by-play announcer would be Cole Pepper, who is experienced doing sports announcing in the Jacksonville area, including 15 years with the Jacksonville Jaguars.[6]
Armada matches can be streamed online via NASL's TV package with ESPN3, or iHeart Radio.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Miguel Gallardo | GK | 2015 11, df=yes | Orlando City | 2015 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 12 | David Sierra | GK | 2015 11, df=yes |  Puerta Bonita | 2015 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Sebastian Evers | GK | 2015 11, df=yes | UCF Knights | 2015 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Jordan Gafa | DF | 2015 11, df=yes | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2015 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Lucas Trejo | DF | 2015 11, df=yes |  Instituto ACC | 2015 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Mechack Jérôme | DF | 2015 11, df=yes | Charlotte Independence | 2015 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Nurdin Hrustic | DF | 2015 11, df=yes | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Fabricio Ortiz | DF | 2015 11, df=yes | Alumni de Villa María | 2015 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Matt Bahner | DF | 2015 11, df=yes | Harrisburg City Islanders | 2015 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Shawn Nicklaw | DF | 2015 11, df=yes |  Þór Akureyri | 2015 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Joseph Toby | DF | 2015 11, df=yes | Arizona United | 2015 | 16 | 1 | |||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | Lucas Rodríguez | MF | 2015 11, df=yes | 2015 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Bochy Hoyos | MF | 2015 11, df=yes |  Carabobo | 2015 | 19 | 2 | |||
| 9 | Marcos Flores | MF | 2015 11, df=yes |  Newcastle Jets | 2015 | 22 | 2 | |||
| 14 | Pascal Millien | MF | 2015 11, df=yes |  Fidelis Andria | 2015 | 25 | 6 | |||
| 16 | Lucas Scaglia | MF | 2015 11, df=yes | Rijeka | 2015 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 17 | Nicolás Perea | MF | 2015 11, df=yes | Syracuse Orange | 2015 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Nico Zaldana | MF | 2015 11, df=yes | Málaga | 2015 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Ramak Safi | MF | 2015 11, df=yes | Jacksonville Armada Development Squad | 2015 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Jaime Castrillón | MF | 2015 11, df=yes | 2015 | 28 | 3 | ||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Alhassane Keita | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | St. Gallen | 2015 | 20 | 7 | |||
| 11 | Jemal Johnson | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | New York Cosmos | 2015 | 29 | 5 | |||
| 18 | Tommy Križanović | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 24 | Chaim Roserie | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | Tyler Williams | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Akeil Barrett | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | Orlando City | 2015 | 24 | 3 | |||
| 27 | Derek Gebhard | FW | 2015 11, df=yes | Jacksonville United | 2015 | 5 | 0 | |||
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.In:[7] [8] [9] [10] [10] [9] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [14] [9] [16] [17] [16] [16] [18] [16] [19] Out:
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.In:[20] [21] [22] [23] Out:
See main article: 2015 North American Soccer League season.
See main article: 2015 North American Soccer League season.
See main article: 2015 U.S. Open Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Jacksonville Armada 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 | Alhassane Keita | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | MF | 14 | Pascal Millien | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | FW |  | 11 | Jemal Johnson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF |  | 23 | Jaime Castrillón | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| FW |  | 26 | Akeil Barrett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | 9 | Marcos Flores | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Bochy Hoyos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | DF |  | 20 | Joseph Toby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | 18 | Tommy Križanović | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| MF | | 16 | Lucas Scaglia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | 4 | Mechack Jérôme | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 15 | 18 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
| 1 |  | GK | Miguel Gallardo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | | DF | Lucas Trejo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| 4 | DF | Mechack Jérôme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 |  | DF | Nurdin Hrustic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | | DF | Fabricio Ortiz | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 7 | | MF | Lucas Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | | MF | Marcos Flores | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Alhassane Keita | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 11 | | FW | Jemal Johnson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 13 | | DF | Matt Bahner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Pascal Millien | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | DF | Shawn Nicklaw | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 16 | | MF | Lucas Scaglia | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 17 | | MF | Nicolás Perea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | | MF | Nico Zaldana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | | DF | Joseph Toby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | | MF | Jaime Castrillón | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 26 | | FW | Akeil Barrett | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 26 | 1 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 9 | ||||