Football League One 2015–16 | ||
Season information | ||
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Winners | Wigan Athletic (2nd divisional title) | |
Promoted | Wigan Athletic Burton Albion Barnsley | |
Relegated | Blackpool Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 522 | |
Goals scored | 1457 | |
Average | (2.64 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Will Grigg (25 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Chesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury (2 Jan) | |
Biggest away win | Crewe 0–5 Coventry (2 Jan) | |
← 2014–15
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2016-17 →
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The 2015–16 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) is the 12th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season is scheduled to start on 8 August 2015, and will conclude on 7 May 2016.
Changes from last season[]
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
To League One[]Promoted from League Two Relegated from The Championship |
From League One[]Promoted to The Championship Relegated to League Two |
Team overview[]
Stadia and locations[]
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Blackpool | Lee Clark | Resigned | 9 May 2015 | Pre-season | Neil McDonald | 2 June 2015 |
Chesterfield | Paul Cook | Signed by Portsmouth | 12 May 2015 | Dean Saunders | 13 May 2015 | |
Sheffield United | Nigel Clough | Sacked | 25 May 2015 | Nigel Adkins | 2 June 2015 | |
Peterborough United | Dave Robertson | 6 September 2015 | 20th | Graham Westley | 21 September 2015 | |
Doncaster Rovers | Paul Dickov | 8 September 2015 | 17th | Rob Jones (interim) | 8 September 2015 | |
Oldham Athletic | Darren Kelly | 12 September 2015 | 19th | David Dunn (interim) | 13 September 2015 | |
Oldham Athletic | David Dunn (interim) | Change of contract | 7 October 2015 | 18th | David Dunn | 7 October 2015 |
Doncaster Rovers | Rob Jones | End of interim | 16 October 2015 | 20th | Darren Ferguson | 16 October 2015 |
Chesterfield | Dean Saunders | Sacked | 28 November 2015 | 16th | Danny Wilson | 24 December 2015 |
Walsall | Dean Smith | Signed by Brentford | 30 November 2015 | 4th | John Ward (interim) | 30 November 2015 |
Burton Albion | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Signed by QPR | 4 December 2015 | 1st | Nigel Clough | 5 December 2015 |
Walsall | John Ward (interim) | End of interim | 18 December 2015 | 3rd | Sean O'Driscoll | 18 December 2015 |
Oldham Athletic | David Dunn | Sacked | 12 January 2016 | 22nd | John Sheridan | 13 January 2016 |
Barnsley | Lee Johnson | Signed by Bristol City | 6 February 2016 | 12th | Paul Heckingbottom (caretaker) | 12 February 2016 |
Walsall | Sean O'Driscoll | Sacked | 6 March 2016 | 4th | John Whitney (interim) | 7 March 2016 |
Peterborough United | Graham Westley | Sacked | 23 April 2016 | 14th |
League table[]
Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Wigan Athletic (C) (P) | 46 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 87 | Promotion to the Football League Championship |
2 | Burton Albion (P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 85 | |
3 | Walsall (Q) | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 84 | Qualification to the League One play-offs |
4 | Millwall (Q) | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 81 | |
5 | Bradford City (Q) | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 80 | |
6 | Barnsley (P) (Q) | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 74 | |
7 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 74 | |
8 | Coventry City | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 69 | |
9 | Gillingham | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 69 | |
10 | Rochdale | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 69 | |
11 | Sheffield United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 59 | +5 | 66 | |
12 | Port Vale | 47 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 68 | |
13 | Peterborough United | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 82 | 73 | +9 | 63 | |
14 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 60 | |
15 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 59 | |
16 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 59 | |
17 | Oldham Athletic | 56 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 54 | |
18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 53 | |
19 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 51 | |
20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 | |
21 | Doncaster Rovers (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 46 | Relegation to the Football League Two |
22 | Blackpool (R) | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 63 | −23 | 46 | |
23 | Colchester United (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 57 | 99 | −42 | 40 | |
24 | Crewe Alexandra (R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 83 | −37 | 34 |
Source: BBC Sport
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
External links[]
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