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2015–16 Arsenal F.C. season

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Arsenal
2015–16
Club information
Manager Flag of France Arsène Wenger
League Season information
Final League position 2nd
Highest position 3rd
lowest position 20th
Points 71
Goals for 65
Goals against 36
Goals difference +29
Cup placements
FA Cup Sixth round
League Cup Fourth round
FA Community Shield Winners (v Chelsea 1-0)
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Season statistics
Top goalscorer Olivier Giroud (16 goals)
Biggest home win Arsenal 2–0 Stoke City
Biggest away win 2-1 vs Crystal Palace (16 Aug 2015)
Biggest home attendance 60,080
vs Liverpool (24 Aug 2015)
Biggest away attendance 50,388
vs Newcastle United (29 Aug 2015)
 ← 2014–15
2016–17 → 

The 2015–16 season is Arsenal's 24th season in the Premier League and 96th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club enters the season as the FA Cup holders, and will participate in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad information[]

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK POLFlag of Poland Szczęsny, WojciechWojciech Szczęsny 35 EU 2007 181 0 undisclosed Youth system On loan to AS Roma
2 DF FRAFlag of France Debuchy, MathieuMathieu Debuchy 39 EU 2014 16 1 undisclosed £12.0M
3 DF ENGFlag of England Gibbs, KieranKieran Gibbs 35 EU 2007 182 5 undisclosed Youth system
4 DF GERFlag of Germany Mertesacker, PerPer Mertesacker 40 EU 2011 174 8 undisclosed £8.0M
5 DF BRAFlag of Brazil Paulista, GabrielGabriel Paulista 34 Non-EU 2015 (Winter) 11 0 undisclosed £11.3M
6 DF FRAFlag of France Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny 39 EU 2010 209 16 undisclosed £8.5M
7 MF CZEFlag of Czech Republic Rosický, TomášTomáš Rosický 44 EU 2006 245 28 undisclosed £6.8M
8 MF ESPFlag of Spain Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta 43 EU 2011 140 16 2016 £10.0M
10 MF ENGFlag of England Wilshere, JackJack Wilshere 33 EU 2008 154 12 2018 Youth system
11 MF GERFlag of Germany Özil, MesutMesut Özil 36 EU 2013 77 12 undisclosed £42.5M
12 FW FRAFlag of France Giroud, OlivierOlivier Giroud 38 EU 2012 140 60 undisclosed £12.8M
13 GK COLFlag of Colombia Ospina, DavidDavid Ospina 36 Non-EU 2014 23 0 undisclosed £3.2M
14 FW ENGFlag of England Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott 36 EU 2006 (Winter) 307 77 2019 £9.0M
15 MF ENGFlag of England Oxlade-Chamberlain, AlexAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain 31 EU 2011 122 13 undisclosed £12.0M
16 MF WALFlag of Wales Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey 34 EU 2008 231 37 undisclosed £4.8M
17 FW CHIFlag of Chile Sánchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez 36 Non-EU 2014 57 25 undisclosed £30.0M
18 DF ESPFlag of Spain Monreal, NachoNacho Monreal 39 EU 2013 (Winter) 92 2 undisclosed £8.5M
19 MF ESPFlag of Spain Cazorla, SantiSanti Cazorla 40 EU 2012 154 27 undisclosed £12.0M
20 MF FRAFlag of France Flamini, MathieuMathieu Flamini 41 EU 2013 222 11 undisclosed Free
21 DF ENGFlag of England Chambers, CalumCalum Chambers 30 EU 2014 37 1 undisclosed £16.0m
22 FW FRAFlag of France Sanogo, YayaYaya Sanogo 32 EU 2013 20 1 undisclosed Free On loan to Ajax
23 FW ENGFlag of England Welbeck, DannyDanny Welbeck 34 EU 2014 34 8 2019 £16.0M
24 DF ESPFlag of Spain Bellerín, HéctorHéctor Bellerín 30 EU 2013 34 2 undisclosed Youth system
25 DF ENGFlag of England Jenkinson, CarlCarl Jenkinson 33 EU 2011 57 1 undisclosed £1.0M On loan to West Ham United
26 GK ARGFlag of Argentina Martínez, DamiánDamián Martínez 32 Non-EU 2010 8 0 undisclosed Youth system On loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers
27 FW GERFlag of Germany Gnabry, SergeSerge Gnabry 29 EU 2012 19 1 undisclosed Youth system On loan to West Bromwich Albion
28 FW CRIFlag of Costa Rica Campbell, JoelJoel Campbell 32 Non-EU 2011 10 0 undisclosed £0.9M
32 FW ENGFlag of England Akpom, ChubaChuba Akpom 29 EU 2013 9 0 undisclosed Youth system On loan to Hull City
33 GK CZEFlag of Czech Republic Čech, PetrPetr Čech 42 EU 2015 6 0 2019 £10M
34 MF FRAFlag of France Coquelin, FrancisFrancis Coquelin 33 EU 2008 79 0 undisclosed Youth system
35 MF USAFlag of United States Zelalem, GedionGedion Zelalem 28 EU 2013 2 0 undisclosed Youth system On loan to Rangers
37 MF POLFlag of Poland Bielik, KrystianKrystian Bielik 27 EU 2015 (Winter) 0 0 undisclosed £2.5M
41 DF ENGFlag of England Hayden, IsaacIsaac Hayden 30 EU 2013 2 0 undisclosed Youth system On loan to Hull City

Last updated: 12 September 2015
Source: Arsenal F.C. and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport, country as international player, contract ending and transfer fee)
Ordered by squad number.

Kit[]

Supplier: Puma / Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home
Away
Third

Pre-season[]

Arsenal started the 2015–16 season retaining Puma as their kit supplier and Emirates as their shirt sponsor. In July, they went on a preseason tour to Asia. During this, they participated in the Premier League Asia Trophy in Singapore along with fellow Premier League sides Everton and Stoke City as well as a Singapore Selection XI. Following this tournament, Arsenal will then play in their traditional yearly Emirates Cup tournament at the Emirates Stadium with Olympique Lyonnais, Villarreal and VfL Wolfsburg also participating. The match against Wolfsburg marks the return of former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner, who made his first return to the Emirates Stadium with Wolfsburg.

Pre-season matches[]

      Win       Draw       Loss

Asia Trophy Semifinal 15 July 2015 Singapore XI 0–4 Arsenal Kallang, Singapore  
13:30 BST Report Akpom Goal 30', 76' (pen.), 79'
Wilshere Goal 60' (pen.) 		Stadium: National Stadium, Singapore
Asia Trophy Final 18 July 2015 Everton 1–3 Arsenal Kallang, Singapore  
13:30 BST Barkley Goal 75' Report Walcott Goal 22'
Cazorla Goal 58'
Özil Goal 62' 		Stadium: National Stadium, Singapore
Emirates Cup 25 July 2015 Arsenal 6–0 Lyon London  
16:20 BST Giroud Goal 29'
Oxlade-Chamberlain Goal 34'
Iwobi Goal 35'
Ramsey Goal 38'
Özil Goal 62'
Cazorla Goal 84' 		Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Emirates Cup 26 July 2015 Arsenal 1–0 Wolfsburg London  
16:20 BST Walcott Goal 50' Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Competitions[]

Overall[]

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Premier League — 2nd 9 August 2015
FA Community Shield Final Winners 2 August 2015
FA Cup Third round Template:Fb round2 2015–16 FA Cup 6R 9 January 2016
League Cup Third round Template:Fb round2 2015–16 FL Cup R4 23 September 2015
UEFA Champions League Group stage Template:Fb round2 2015–16 UCL Rof16 16 September 2015

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Overview[]

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League &0000000000000038.00000038 &0000000000000020.00000020 &0000000000000011.00000011 &0000000000000007.0000007 &0000000000000065.00000065 &0000000000000036.00000036 +29 &0000000000000052.63000052.63
FA Community Shield &0000000000000001.0000001 &0000000000000001.0000001 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 &0000000000000001.0000001 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 +1 &0000000000000100.000000100.000
FA Cup &0000000000000005.0000005 &0000000000000003.0000003 &0000000000000001.0000001 &0000000000000001.0000001 &0000000000000010.00000010 &0000000000000004.0000004 +6 &0000000000000060.00000060.00
League Cup &0000000000000002.0000002 &0000000000000001.0000001 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 &0000000000000001.0000001 &0000000000000002.0000002 &0000000000000004.0000004 −2 &0000000000000050.00000050.00
Champions League &0000000000000008.0000008 &0000000000000003.0000003 &-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.0000000 &0000000000000005.0000005 &0000000000000013.00000013 &0000000000000015.00000015 −2 &0000000000000037.50000037.50
Total &0000000000000054.00000054 &0000000000000028.00000028 &0000000000000012.00000012 &0000000000000014.00000014 &0000000000000091.00000091 &0000000000000059.00000059 +32 &0000000000000051.85000051.85

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

FA Community Shield[]

Main article: 2015 FA Community Shield

      Win       Draw       Loss

Community Shield 2 August 2015 Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea London  
15:00 BST Oxlade-Chamberlain Goal 24'
Coquelin Booked in the 65th minute 65' 		Arsenal Report
BBC Report 		Azpilicueta Booked in the 63rd minute 63' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 85,437
Referee: Anthony Taylor

Premier League[]

Main article: 2015-16 Premier League

League table[]

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Notes
1 Leicester City  (C) 38 23 12 3 68 36 +32 81
2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage
2 Arsenal  (Q) 38 20 11 7 65 36 +29 71
3 Tottenham  (Q) 38 19 13 6 69 35 +34 70
4 Manchester City 38 19 9 10 71 41 +30 66
2016–17 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5 Manchester Utd 38 19 9 10 49 35 +14 66
2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage
6 Southampton 38 18 9 11 59 41 +18 63
7 West Ham Utd 38 16 14 8 65 51 +14 62
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8 Liverpool 38 16 12 10 63 50 +13 60
9 Stoke City 38 14 9 15 41 55 −14 51
10 Chelsea 38 12 14 12 59 53 +6 50
11 Swansea City 38 12 11 15 42 52 −10 47
12 Everton 38 11 14 13 59 55 +4 47
13 Watford 38 12 9 17 40 50 −10 45
14 West Brom 38 10 13 15 34 48 −14 43
15 Crystal Palace 38 11 9 18 39 51 −12 42
16 Bournemouth 38 11 9 18 45 67 −22 42
17 Sunderland 38 9 12 17 48 62 −14 39
18 Newcastle Utd  (R) 38 9 10 19 44 65 −21 37 Relegation to 2016–17 Football League Championship
19 Norwich City  (R) 38 9 7 22 39 67 −28 34
20 Aston Villa  (R) 38 3 8 27 27 76 −49 17
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
5 3 1 1 5 3 +2 10 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 +2

Last updated: 12 September 2015
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday[]

Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground H A H A H A A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H
Result L W D W W L W W W W W D L D W W W L W W D D L D W W L L D W W D D W D W D W
Position 20 11 9 5 3 5 4 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 2

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches[]

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

      Win       Draw       Loss

1 9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) Arsenal 0–2 West Ham United Holloway, London  
13:30 BST Monreal Booked in the 69th minute 69' Arsenal report
BBC report 		Noble Booked in the 5th minute 5'
Ogbonna Booked in the 7th minute 7'
Tomkins Booked in the 37th minute 37'
Kouyaté Goal 43'
Zárate Goal 57' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,996
Referee: Martin Atkinson
2 16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) Crystal Palace 1–2 Arsenal South Norwood, London  
13:30 BST Ward Goal 28'
McArthur Booked in the 45+1th minute 45+1' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Giroud Goal 16'
Coquelin Booked in the 41st minute 41'
Delaney Goal 55' (og) 		Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 24,732
Referee: Lee Mason
3 24 August 2015 (2015-08-24) Arsenal 0–0 Liverpool Holloway, London  
20:00 BST Gabriel Booked in the 65th minute 65' Arsenal report
BBC report 		Škrtel Booked in the 61st minute 61'
Can Booked in the 66th minute 66'
Gomez Booked in the 79th minute 79'
Mignolet Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,080
Referee: Michael Oliver
4 29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) Newcastle United 0–1 Arsenal Newcastle upon Tyne  
12:45 BST Sissoko Booked in the 3rd minute 3'
Mitrović Red card 16'
Mbemba Booked in the 19th minute 19'
Thauvin Booked in the 26th minute 26'
Anita Booked in the 48th minute 48'
Wijnaldum Booked in the 49th minute 49'
Coloccini Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Cazorla Booked in the 49th minute 49'
Coloccini Goal 52' (o.g.) 		Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 50,388
Referee: Andre Marriner
5 12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) Arsenal 2–0 Stoke City Holloway, London  
15:00 BST Walcott Goal 31'
Özil Booked in the 38th minute 38'
Giroud Goal 85' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Bardsley Booked in the 81st minute 81' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,963
Referee: Jonathan Moss
6 19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) Chelsea 2–0 Arsenal Fulham,  
12:45 BST Costa Booked in the 45th minute 45'
Ivanović Booked in the 49th minute 49'
Zouma Goal 53'
Oscar Booked in the 64th minute 64'
Chambers Goal 90+1' (o.g.) 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Cazorla Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 31', 79'
Gabriel Yellow cardRed card 45', 45+1'
Chambers Booked in the 72nd minute 72' 		Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,584
Referee: Mike Dean
7 26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Leicester City 2–5 Arsenal Leicester  
15:00 BST Vardy Goal 13', 89'
Drinkwater Booked in the 72nd minute 72' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Walcott Goal 18'
Sánchez Goal 33', 57', 81'
Arteta Booked in the 69th minute 69'
Giroud Goal 90+3' 		Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,047
Referee: Craig Pawson
8 4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) Arsenal 3–0 Manchester United Holloway,  
16:00 BST Sánchez Goal 6', 19'
Özil Goal 7'
Coquelin Booked in the 51st minute 51' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Young Booked in the 22nd minute 22'
Darmian Booked in the 30th minute 30'
Rooney Booked in the 55th minute 55' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,084
Referee: Anthony Taylor
9 17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) Watford 0–3 Arsenal Watford  
17:30 BST Nyom Booked in the 47th minute 47'
Gomes Booked in the 63rd minute 63' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Mertesacker Booked in the 58th minute 58'
Sánchez Goal 62'
Giroud Goal 68'
Ramsey Goal 74' 		Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,721
Referee: Mike Jones
10 24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) Arsenal 2–1 Everton Holloway, London  
17:30 BST Coquelin Booked in the 25th minute 25'
Giroud Goal 36', Booked in the 69th minute 69'
Koscielny Goal 38' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Barkley Goal 44'
Barry Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 67', 90+4' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,985
Referee: Lee Mason
11 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) Swansea City 0–3 Arsenal Swansea  
15:00 GMT Ki Booked in the 57th minute 57'
Williams Booked in the 89th minute 89' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Giroud Goal 49'
Koscielny Goal 68'
Campbell Goal 73' 		Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 20,937
Referee: Kevin Friend
12 8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) Arsenal 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Holloway, London  
16:00 GMT Gibbs Goal 77' Arsenal report
BBC report 		Kane Goal 32'
Lamela Booked in the 55th minute 55' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,060
Referee: Martin Atkinson
13 21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Arsenal West Bromwich  
15:00 GMT Morrison Goal 35', Booked in the 43rd minute 43'
Arteta Goal 40' (o.g.)
Brunt Booked in the 83rd minute 83'
Myhill Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Giroud Goal 28', Booked in the 42nd minute 42'
Bellerín Booked in the 32nd minute 32' 		Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,343
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
14 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) Norwich City 1–1 Arsenal Norwich  
16:15 GMT Grabban Goal 43'
O'Neil Booked in the 57th minute 57' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Özil Goal 30'
Cazorla Booked in the 54th minute 54' 		Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 27,091
Referee: Jonathan Moss
15 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) Arsenal 3–1 Sunderland Holloway,  
15:00 GMT Campbell Goal 33'
Koscielny Booked in the 44th minute 44'
Giroud Goal 63'
Ramsey Goal 90+3' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Giroud Goal 45' (o.g.)
Yedlin Booked in the 80th minute 80' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,937
Referee: Robert Madley
16 13 December 2015 (2015-12-13) Aston Villa 0–2 Arsenal Birmingham  
13:30 GMT Arsenal report
BBC report 		Giroud Goal 8' (pen.)
Ramsey Goal 38' 		Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 33,285
Referee: Kevin Friend
17 21 December 2015 (2015-12-21) Arsenal 2–1 Manchester City Holloway,  
20:00 GMT Walcott Goal 33'
Giroud Goal 45+1' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Silva Booked in the 31st minute 31'
Otamendi Booked in the 48th minute 48'
Touré Goal 82' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,053
Referee: Andre Marriner
18 26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) Southampton 4–0 Arsenal Southampton  
19:45 GMT Martina Goal 19'
Long Booked in the 34th minute 34', Goal 55', 90+2'
Fonte Goal 69' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,669
Referee: Jonathan Moss
19 28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) Arsenal 2–0 AFC Bournemouth Holloway,  
17:30 GMT Gabriel Goal 27'
Ramsey Booked in the 30th minute 30'
Chambers Booked in the 61st minute 61'
Özil Goal 63' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,983
Referee: Roger East
20 2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) Arsenal 1–0 Newcastle United Holloway,  
15:00 GMT Koscielny Goal 72'
Flamini Booked in the 82nd minute 82'
Özil Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Colback Booked in the 35th minute 35'
Janmaat Booked in the 68th minute 68' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,257
Referee: Anthony Taylor
21 13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) Liverpool 3–3 Arsenal Liverpool  
20:00 GMT Firmino Goal 10', 19', Booked in the 10th minute 10'
Clyne Booked in the 53rd minute 53'
Allen Goal 90' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Ramsey Goal 14'
Giroud Goal 25', 55' 		Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 44,109
Referee: Mike Jones
22 17 January 2016 (2016-01-17) Stoke City 0–0 Arsenal Stoke-on-Trent  
16:15 GMT Arsenal report
BBC report 		Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 27,683
Referee: Craig Pawson
23 24 January 2016 (2016-01-24) Arsenal 0–1 Chelsea Holloway, London  
16:00 GMT Mertesacker Red card 18'
Flamini Booked in the 45th minute 45' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Oscar Booked in the 11th minute 11'
Costa Goal 23'
Matić Booked in the 60th minute 60'
Mikel Booked in the 72nd minute 72' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,072
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
24 2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) Arsenal 0–0 Southampton Holloway,  
19:45 GMT Coquelin Booked in the 87th minute 87'
Gabriel Booked in the 89th minute 89' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Soares Booked in the 61st minute 61' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,044
Referee: Lee Mason
25 7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) AFC Bournemouth 0–2 Arsenal Bournemouth  
13:30 GMT Arsenal report
BBC report 		Flamini Booked in the 9th minute 9'
Özil Goal 23'
Oxlade-Chamberlain Goal 24' 		Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 11,357
Referee: Kevin Friend
26 14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) Arsenal 2–1 Leicester City Holloway,  
12:00 GMT Coquelin Booked in the 36th minute 36'
Koscielny Booked in the 44th minute 44'
Ramsey Booked in the 45+2th minute 45+2'
Walcott Goal 70'
Welbeck Goal 90+5', Booked in the 90+6th minute 90+6' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Vardy Goal 45' (pen.)
Simpson Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 49', 54'
Fuchs Booked in the 52nd minute 52'
Kanté Booked in the 57th minute 57'
Wasilewski Booked in the 90+4th minute 90+4' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,009
Referee: Martin Atkinson
27 28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) Manchester United 3–2 Arsenal Manchester  
14:05 GMT Varela Booked in the 9th minute 9'
Carrick Booked in the 22nd minute 22'
Rashford Goal 29', 32'
Herrera Goal 65', Booked in the 72nd minute 72'
Januzaj Booked in the 90th minute 90' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Welbeck Goal 40'
Özil Goal 69', Booked in the 90th minute 90'
Ramsey Booked in the 72nd minute 72'
Elneny Booked in the 74th minute 74' 		Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 75,329
Referee: Craig Pawson
28 2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) Arsenal 1–2 Swansea City Holloway, London  
19:45 GMT Campbell Goal 15' Arsenal report
BBC report 		Routledge Goal 32', Booked in the 77th minute 77'
Ayew Booked in the 40th minute 40'
Williams Goal 74' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,905
Referee: Robert Madley
29 5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Arsenal White Hart Lane  
12:45 GMT Lamela Booked in the 28th minute 28'
Alderweireld Goal 60'
Kane Goal 62'
Dier Booked in the 73rd minute 73' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Bellerín Booked in the 26th minute 26'
Coquelin Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 29', 55'
Ramsey Goal 39'
Sánchez Booked in the 66th minute 66', Goal 76' 		Attendance: 35,762
Referee: Michael Oliver
30 19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) Everton 0–2 Arsenal Liverpool  
12:45 GMT Arsenal report
BBC report 		Welbeck Goal 7'
Iwobi Goal 42' 		Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 39,270
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
31 2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) Arsenal 4–0 Watford Holloway,  
15:00 BST Sánchez Goal 4'
Iwobi Goal 38'
Bellerín Goal 48'
Elneny Booked in the 84th minute 84'
Walcott Goal 90' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Nyom Booked in the 61st minute 61' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,981
Referee: Anthony Taylor
32 9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) West Ham United 3–3 Arsenal Boleyn Ground  
12:45 BST Carroll Booked in the 4th minute 4', Goal 44', 45+2', 52'
Antonio Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Özil Goal 18'
Sánchez Goal 35'
Koscielny Goal 70' 		Attendance: 34,977
Referee: Craig Pawson
33 17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) Arsenal 1–1 Crystal Palace Holloway,  
16:00 BST Sánchez Goal 45+1' Arsenal report
BBC Report 		Ledley Booked in the 57th minute 57'
Dann Booked in the 63rd minute 63'
Bolasie Goal 81' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,961
Referee: Roger East
34 21 April 2016 (2016-04-21) Arsenal 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Holloway,  
19:45 BST Sánchez Goal 6', 38' Arsenal report
BBC Report 		McAuley Booked in the 41st minute 41' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,568
Referee: Jonathan Moss
35 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) Sunderland 0–0 Arsenal Sunderland  
14:05 BST Borini Booked in the 58th minute 58'
Khazri Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Ramsey Booked in the 40th minute 40'
Bellerín Booked in the 49th minute 49'
Elneny Booked in the 76th minute 76'
Koscielny Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 45,420
Referee: Mike Dean
36 30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) Arsenal 1–0 Norwich City Holloway,  
17:30 BST Welbeck Goal 59'
Özil Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,989
Referee: Mike Jones
37 8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) Manchester City 2–2 Arsenal Manchester  
16:00 BST Agüero Goal 8'
De Bruyne Goal 51'
Otamendi Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1'
Fernandinho Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Arsenal report
BBC Report 		Giroud Goal 10'
Sánchez Goal 68'
Gabriel Booked in the 71st minute 71' 		Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 54,425
Referee: Anthony Taylor
38 15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) Arsenal 4–0 Aston Villa Holloway, London  
15:00 BST Giroud Goal 5', 78', 80'
Bunn Goal 90+2' (o.g.) 		BBC report Sánchez Booked in the 39th minute 39' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 60,007
Referee: Mark Clattenburg

FA Cup[]

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Third round 9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Arsenal 3–1 Sunderland Holloway, London  
15:00 GMT Campbell Goal 25'
Ramsey Goal 72'
Giroud Goal 75'
Gabriel Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Lens Goal 17' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 53,349
Referee: Martin Atkinson
Fourth round 30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Arsenal 2–1 Burnley Holloway, London  
15:00 GMT Chambers Goal 19'
Sánchez Goal 53'
Koscielny Booked in the 73rd minute 73' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Vokes Goal 30'
Arfield Booked in the 65th minute 65' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,932
Referee: Roger East
Fifth round 20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) Arsenal 0–0 Hull City Holloway, London  
12:45 GMT Koscielny Booked in the 41st minute 41'
Chambers Booked in the 56th minute 56' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Maguire Booked in the 31st minute 31'
Maloney Booked in the 33rd minute 33'
Bruce Booked in the 90th minute 90' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,830
Referee: Mike Dean
Replay 8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) Hull City 0–4 Arsenal Kingston upon Hull  
19:00 GMT Diamé Booked in the 47th minute 47'
Maguire Booked in the 51st minute 51' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Elneny Booked in the 32nd minute 32'
Giroud Booked in the 34th minute 34', Goal 41', 71'
Walcott Goal 77', 88' 		Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 20,993
Referee: Mike Jones
Sixth round 13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) Arsenal 1–2 Watford Holloway,  
13:30 GMT Özil Booked in the 74th minute 74'
Welbeck Goal 88' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Pantilimon Booked in the 43rd minute 43'
Ighalo Goal 50'
Guedioura Goal 63' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Andre Marriner

League Cup[]

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss

Third round 23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Arsenal Tottenham, London  
19:45 BST Chambers Goal 56' (o.g.)
Alli Booked in the 76th minute 76' 		Arsenal report
BBC report 		Flamini Goal 26', 78', Booked in the 37th minute 37'
Arteta Booked in the 33rd minute 33'
Debuchy Booked in the 40th minute 40' 		Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,687
Referee: Andre Marriner
Fourth round 27 October 2015 (2015-10-27) Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Arsenal Sheffield  
19:45 GMT Wallace Goal 27', Booked in the 45+4th minute 45+4'
Lucas João Goal 40'
Hutchinson Booked in the 30th minute 30', Goal 51'
Loovens Booked in the 59th minute 59' 		Arsenal Report
BBC report 		Debuchy Booked in the 59th minute 59'
Campbell Booked in the 86th minute 86' 		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 35,065
Referee: Graham Scott

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2015-16 UEFA Champions League

Arsenal have qualified for the Group Stage of the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League due to finishing third in the 2014-15 Premier League. This means that Arsenal have qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the 18th consecutive year. Following changes to UEFA qualification rules, pot 1 for group stage draws would now consist of the Champions League holders and the champions of the seven highest ranked associations. Arsenal having previously been seeded in pot 1 for the Champions League draw as one of the top 8 ranked teams in UEFA, dropped into pot 2 for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage draw with the remainder of the highest seeded non-champions according to UEFA coefficient. The group stage draw was made on 27 August 2015 in Monaco, France. Arsenal are to face Bayern Munich, Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb.

Group stage[]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage
Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Notes
Flag of Germany Bayern Munich 6 5 0 1 19 3 +16 15
Flag of England Arsenal 6 3 0 3 12 10 +2 9
Flag of Greece Olympiacos 6 3 0 3 6 13 −7 9
Flag of Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 0 5 3 14 −11 3


      Win       Draw       Loss

1 16 September 2015 Dinamo Zagreb Flag of Croatia 2–1 Flag of England Arsenal Zagreb, Croatia  
19:45 BST Oxlade-Chamberlain Goal 24' (o.g.)
Antolić Booked in the 47th minute 47'
Fernandes Goal 58'
Ivo Pinto Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Rog Booked in the 90th minute 90' 		Arsenal report
UEFA report 		Giroud Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 23', 40'
Walcott Goal 79'
Campbell Booked in the 87th minute 87' 		Stadium: Maksimir Stadium
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
2 29 September 2015 Arsenal Flag of England 2–3 Flag of Greece Olympiacos London, England  
19:45 BST Walcott Goal 35'
Sánchez Booked in the 44th minute 44', Goal 65'
Gabriel Booked in the 45th minute 45'
Özil Booked in the 78th minute 78' 		Report Pardo Goal 33'
Ospina Goal 40' (o.g.)
Roberto Booked in the 64th minute 64'
Finnbogason Goal 66', Booked in the 75th minute 75'
Cambiasso Booked in the 76th minute 76'
Fortounis Booked in the 77th minute 77' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)
3 20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) Arsenal Flag of England 2–0 Flag of Germany Bayern Munich London, England  
19:45 BST Giroud Goal 77', Booked in the 84th minute 84'
Özil Goal 90+4' 		Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
4 4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) Bayern Munich Flag of Germany 5–1 Flag of England Arsenal Munich, Germany  
19:45 GMT Lewandowski Goal 10'
Müller Goal 29', 89'
Alaba Goal 44'
Robben Goal 55' 		UEFA report
BBC report 		Özil Booked in the 12th minute 12'
Campbell Booked in the 24th minute 24'
Giroud Goal 69' 		Stadium: Allianz Arena
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
5 24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) Arsenal Flag of England 3–0 Flag of Croatia Dinamo Zagreb London, England  
19:45 GMT Özil Goal 29'
Sánchez Goal 33', 69'
Monreal Booked in the 65th minute 65' 		UEFA report
BBC report 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
6 9 December 2015 (2015-12-09) Olympiacos Flag of Greece 0–3 Flag of England Arsenal Piraeus, Greece  
19:45 GMT Fortounis Booked in the 9th minute 9' Report Ramsey Booked in the 18th minute 18'
Giroud Goal 29', 49', 66' (pen.), Booked in the 63rd minute 63' 		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Knockout phase[]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2015. The first leg was played on 23 February, and the second leg was played on 16 March 2016.

Round of 16[]
First leg 23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) Arsenal Flag of England 0–2 Flag of Spain Barcelona London, England  
19:45 GMT Monreal Booked in the 6th minute 6' Report Messi Goal 71', 83' (pen.)
Piqué Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,889
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Second leg 16 March 2016 (2016-03-16) Barcelona Flag of Spain 3–1
(5–1 agg.)
 Flag of England Arsenal Barcelona, Spain  
19:45 GMT Neymar Goal 18'
Suárez Goal 65'
Turan Booked in the 79th minute 79'
Messi Goal 88' 		UEFA report
BBC report 		Flamini Booked in the 32nd minute 32'
Gabriel Booked in the 35th minute 35'
Sánchez Booked in the 50th minute 50'
Elneny Goal 51'
Giroud Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 76,092
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Awards[]

Arsenal Player of the Month award[]

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Arsenal.com

Month Player Votes
August Flag of France Francis Coquelin 23%
September Flag of England Theo Walcott 22%
October Flag of Germany Mesut Özil 60.1%
November Flag of Germany Mesut Özil 87.2%
December Flag of Germany Mesut Özil 81.2%
January Flag of Czech Republic Petr Čech 47.4%
February Flag of Germany Mesut Özil 36%
March Flag of Egypt Mohamed Elneny 31.6%
April Flag of Egypt Mohamed Elneny 40.2%
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