| Club: | Tampa Bay Rowdies |
| Season: | 2015 |
| Manager: | Stuart Campbell (after Aug 21) / Thomas Rongen (until Aug 21) |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Chrtitle: | Owners |
| Chairman: |  Bill Edwards (Majority) Andrew Nestor (Minority) David Laxer (Minority) |
| Stadium: | Al Lang Stadium |
| League: | NASL |
| League Result: | Spring: 2nd Place Fall: 8th Place Combined: 5th Place |
| Cup1: | NASL Playoffs |
| Cup1 Result: | did not qualify |
| Cup2: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Third round |
| League Topscorer: | Maicon Santos (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Maicon Santos (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,010 (sellout) (Apr. 11 vs. Minnesota) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,217 (June 13 vs. Atlanta) |
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| American: | true |
| Prevseason: | 2014 |
| Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 season was the current Tampa Bay Rowdies sixth season of existence, and fifth playing in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer pyramid. Including the original Rowdies franchise and the Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 28th season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay area.
The Tampa Bay Rowdies' new manager was Thomas Rongen, replacing Ricky Hill, who was dismissed after the 2014 season. Rongen had a prior connection to soccer in the area, as he was the first manager of the MLS Tampa Bay Mutiny during their inaugural season of 1996. The Rowdies brought back another familiar local figure when Farrukh Quraishi, who had been a player and a youth development director for the original Rowdies, was named general manager.
In March 2015, the Rowdies traveled to Portugal to play several preseason friendlies against clubs in the Portuguese second and third divisions. It was the first time that the current club had undertaken an international tour.[1]
The Rowdies lost only one match during the NASL spring season, good for second place in the table. After starting the fall season 2-1-6, however, club owner Bill Edwards dismissed both manager Thomas Rongen and general manager Farrukh Quraishi, much to the chagrin of many of the team's fans.[2] "They had a five-year plan, and I have a one-year plan," said Edwards regarding the firings.[3] Assistant Stuart Campbell was promoted to manager and led the team to a 3-4-4 record. The Rowdies finished the fall season in 8th out of 11 teams in the league table and missed the playoffs.
as of November 14, 2015[4]
#8 Forward, Marcelo Saragosa of
Brazil served as team captain Perry Van der Beck – Assistant General Manager/Vice President of Community Relations Eric Arbuzow - Assistant Coach Ryan Spurr – Director of Team Operations Jason Riley – Strength & Conditioning Coach Dr. Koco Eaton - Team Physician/Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Sanjay Menon – Team Physician/Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Christopher Salud – Team Physician Andrew Keane - Head Athletic Trainer Laura Tllinghast Hine - Yoga Instructor Dr. Samuel Meyers - Team Chiropractor Bill Edwards – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Governor Andrew Nestor – Director David Laxer – Director Lee Cohen – Vice President & Chief Operating OfficerSee 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.
| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 19, 2014 | 16 | MF | - | [6] | |||
| December 22, 2014 | 22 | DF | - | [7] | |||
| December 22, 2014 | 44 | DF | - | [8] | |||
| December 23, 2014 | 7 | MF | - | [9] | |||
| December 23, 2014 | 20 | FW | - | [10] | |||
| December 24, 2014 | 3 | DF | - | [11] | |||
| December 30, 2014 | 0 | MF | - | [12] | |||
| January 6, 2015 | 5 | DF | - | [13] | |||
| January 29, 2015 | 22 | MF | None | Signed after being released on November 7 | [14] | ||
| February 3, 2015 | 8 | MF | None | - | [15] | ||
| February 4, 2015 | 29 | FW | None | - | [16] | ||
| February 5, 2015 | 13 | MF | - | [17] | |||
| February 23, 2015 | 14 | MF | - | [18] | |||
| February 23, 2015 | 23 | MF | - | ||||
| February 23, 2015 | 24 | GK | Chris Glodack | - | |||
| February 23, 2015 | 15 | DF | - | ||||
| February 24, 2015 | 33 | FW | - | [19] | |||
| February 25, 2015 | 1 | GK | - | [20] | |||
| March 2, 2015 | 4 | DF | - | [21] | |||
| March 30, 2015 | 19 | MF | - | [22] | |||
| April 29, 2015 | 3 | MF | [23] | ||||
| July 29, 2015 | 28 | FW | - | [24] |
| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 7, 2014 | GK | - | [25] | |||
| November 7, 2014 | GK | Free Transfer | ||||
| November 7, 2014 | DF | None | Retirement. | |||
| November 7, 2014 | DF | None | - | |||
| November 7, 2014 | DF | - | ||||
| November 7, 2014 | MF | None | - | |||
| November 7, 2014 | MF | None | - | |||
| November 7, 2014 | MF | - | ||||
| November 7, 2014 | MF | - | ||||
| November 7, 2014 | FW | None | - | |||
| November 7, 2014 | FW | None | - | |||
| November 7, 2014 | FW | - | [26] | |||
| November 7, 2014 | FW | - | [27] | |||
| January 13, 2015 | DF | - | [28] [29] | |||
| January 13, 2015 | MF | None | - | |||
| April 29, 2015 | DF |
| 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 | | 29 | Maicon Santos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | MF | 7 | Martin Nuñez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | 20 | Darwin Espinal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 11 | Corey Hertzog | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | 10 | Georgi Hristov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5 | DF |  | 5 | Stefan Antonijevic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW |  | 26 | Robert Hernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 25 | Rich Balchan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 21 | Brian Shriver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Darnell King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 15 | 4 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||||
| 2 | | DF | Darnell King | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | DF | Richard Menjivar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | | DF | Ben Sweat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | | DF | Stefan Antonijevic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 7 | FW | Martin Nunez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | FW | Marcelo Saragosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Georgi Hristov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | | MF | Corey Hertzog | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | | MF | Justin Chavez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | | DF | Zac Portillos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | | MF | Juan Francisco Guerra | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 17 | DF | Tamika Mkandawire | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 20 | FW | Darwin Espinal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | MF | Keith Savage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26 | | FW | Robert Hernández | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 29 | | FW | Maicon Santos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 33 | | FW | Zak Boggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44 | | DF | Gale Agbossoumonde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 27 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | ||||