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2015–16 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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Leeds United
2015–16
Club information
Manager Flag of Germany Uwe Rösler
(until 19 October 2015)
Flag of Scotland Steve Evans
League Season information
Final League position 13th
Cup placements
FA Cup Fifth round
(knocked out by Watford)
League Cup First Round
(knocked out by Doncaster)
Season statistics
Top goalscorer Chris Wood (13)
Biggest home attendance 29,311 vs Huddersfield Town
(19 March 2016, Championship)
Biggest away attendance 16,039 vs Rotherham United
(9 January 2016, FA Cup)
 ← 2014–15
2016–17 → 

The 2015–16 season is Leeds United's 6th consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

First team squad[]

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK ITAFlag of Italy Silvestri, MarcoMarco Silvestri 25 2014 92 0 2018 £450,000
3 DF CIVFlag of Ivory Coast Bamba, SolSol Bamba 31 2015 (Winter) 52 5 2017 £1,000,000 Club Captain
4 DF ENGFlag of England Wootton, ScottScott Wootton 24 2013 73 1 2017 £1,000,000
5 DF ITAFlag of Italy Bellusci, GiuseppeGiuseppe Bellusci 26 2014 60 2 2018 £1,600,000
6 DF SCOFlag of Scotland Cooper, LiamLiam Cooper 24 2014 72 2 2017 £600,000
7 FW ITAFlag of Italy Antenucci, MircoMirco Antenucci 31 2014 80 19 2016 £440,000
8 MF ENGFlag of England Murphy, LukeLuke Murphy 26 2013 110 7 2019 £1,000,000
9 FW NZFlag of New Zealand Wood, ChrisChris Wood 24 2015 37 13 2019 £3,000,000
10 MF ENGFlag of England Mowatt, AlexAlex Mowatt 21 2013 105 12 2017 Youth system
11 FW SENFlag of Senegal Doukara, SouleymaneSouleymane Doukara 24 2014 54 12 2017 £1,500,000
14 MF ITAFlag of Italy Bianchi, TommasoTommaso Bianchi 27 2014 26 0 2018 £500,000 On loan to Ascoli
15 MF NIRFlag of Northern Ireland Dallas, StuartStuart Dallas 25 2015 49 5 2018 £1,300,000
16 MF FRAFlag of France Diagouraga, ToumaniToumani Diagouraga 28 2016 (Winter) 19 3 2018 £600,000
18 MF GAMFlag of Gambia Carayol, MustaphaMustapha Carayol 27 2016 (Winter) 14 2 2016 Loan On loan from Middlesbrough
19 FW SCOFlag of Scotland Erwin, LeeLee Erwin 22 2015 12 0 2018 Free
20 FW NEDFlag of NetherlandsDRCFlag of DR Congo Botaka, JordanJordan Botaka 22 2015 14 0 2017 £1,000,000
21 DF ENGFlag of England Taylor, CharlieCharlie Taylor 22 2011 72 3 2017 Youth system
22 GK ENGFlag of England Turnbull, RossRoss Turnbull 31 2015 1 0 2017 Free
23 MF ENGFlag of England Cook, LewisLewis Cook 19 2014 85 2 2017 Youth system
24 MF ENGFlag of England Adeyemi, TomTom Adeyemi 24 2015 24 2 2016 Loan On loan from Cardiff City
26 MF SCOFlag of ScotlandENGFlag of England Bridcutt , LiamLiam Bridcutt 26 2015 27 0 2016 Loan On loan from Sunderland
27 MF ENGFlag of England Phillips, KalvinKalvin Phillips 20 2014 12 1 2017 Youth system
28 DF SWIFlag of Switzerland Berardi, GaetanoGaetano Berardi 27 2014 53 0 2018 £250,000
29 MF DENFlag of Denmark Sloth, CasperCasper Sloth 24 2014 14 0 2017 £600,000
31 DF ENGFlag of England Coyle, LewieLewie Coyle 20 2014 13 0 2017 Youth system
37 MF GNBFlag of Guinea-Bissau Vieira, RonaldoRonaldo Vieira 17 2016 1 0 2018 Youth system
41 GK IREFlag of Republic Ireland Grimes, EricEric Grimes 21 2013 0 0 2016 Youth system
45 GK ENGFlag of England Peacock-Farrell, BaileyBailey Peacock-Farrell 19 2015 1 0 2016 Youth system

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Transfers[]

In[]

N
 P
 Name
 EU
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving from
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
30 GK Charlie Horton EU USAFlag of United States
ENGFlag of England		 20 Transfer Cardiff City Summer 2017 Free
19 FW Lee Erwin EU SCOFlag of Scotland 21 Transfer Motherwell Summer 2018 Free
3 DF Sol Bamba EU CIVFlag of Ivory Coast
FRAFlag of France		 30 Transfer Palermo Summer 2017 £1,000,000
9 FW Chris Wood Non-EU NZLFlag of New Zealand 23 Transfer Leicester City Summer 2019 £3,000,000
22 GK Ross Turnbull EU ENGFlag of England 30 Transfer Barnsley Summer 2017 Free
15 MF Stuart Dallas EU NIRFlag of Northern Ireland 24 Transfer Brentford Summer 2018 £1,300,000
20 FW Jordan Botaka EU NEDFlag of Netherlands
DRCFlag of DR Congo		 22 Transfer Excelsior Summer 2017 £1,000,000
FW Jack McKay EU SCOFlag of Scotland 19 Transfer Doncaster Rovers Winter 2018 Undisclosed
DF Paul McKay EU SCOFlag of Scotland 19 Transfer Doncaster Rovers Winter 2018 Undisclosed
16 MF Toumani Diagouraga EU FRAFlag of France 28 Transfer Brentford Winter 2018 £600,000

Loans in[]

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
24 MF Tom Adeyemi ENGFlag of England 24 Cardiff City 14 July 31 May
25 MF Will Buckley ENGFlag of England 26 Sunderland 2 Oct 26 Nov
26 MF Liam Bridcutt SCOFlag of Scotland
ENGFlag of England		 27 Sunderland 26 Nov 31 May
18 MF Mustapha Carayol GAMFlag of Gambia 27 Middlesbrough 8 Jan 31 May

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out[]

No.
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Loan club
 Started
 Ended
 Start source
 End source
19 FW Lee Erwin SCOFlag of Scotland 21 Bury 9 Oct 5 Nov
DF Ross Killock ENGFlag of England 21 Stockport County 6 Nov 6 Jan
FW Robbie McDaid NIRFlag of Northern Ireland 19 Lincoln City 6 Jan 31 May
14 MF Tommaso Bianchi ITAFlag of Italy 27 Ascoli 28 Jan 31 May

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Transfers out[]

N
 P
 Name
 Country
 Age
 Type
 Moving to
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Apps
 Goals
 Source
GK Daniel Atkinson ENGFlag of England 19 Released Guiseley Summer Free 0 0
DF Isaac Assenso ENGFlag of England 18 Released Scunthorpe United Summer Free 0 0
4 MF Rodolph Austin JAMFlag of Jamaica 30 Released Brøndby Summer Free 112 10
DF Luke Booker ENGFlag of England 19 Released Reading Summer Free 0 0
DF Afolabi Coker ENGFlag of England 19 Released Norwich City Summer Free 0 0
30 GK Alex Cairns ENGFlag of England 22 Released Chesterfield Summer Free 1 0
13 GK Stuart Taylor ENGFlag of England 34 Released Summer Free 5 0
22 MF Zac Thompson ENGFlag of England 22 Released Guiseley Summer Free 12 0
18 MF Michael Tonge ENGFlag of England 32 Released Stevenage Summer Free 76 5
11 MF Aidy White IREFlag of Republic Ireland
ENGFlag of England		 23 Released Rotherham United Summer Free 111 2
8 FW Billy Sharp ENGFlag of England 29 Transfer Sheffield Utd Summer £500,000 35 5
20 FW Steve Morison WALFlag of Wales
ENGFlag of England		 31 Transfer Millwall Summer Free 42 5
FW Nicky Ajose NGAFlag of Nigeria
ENGFlag of England		 23 Contract termination Swindon Town Summer Free 4 0
30 GK Charlie Horton USAFlag of United States
ENGFlag of England		 21 Contract termination D.C. United Free 0 0
2 DF Sam Byram ENGFlag of England 22 Transfer West Ham Utd Winter £3,700,000 143 10
MF Chris Dawson WALFlag of Wales
ENGFlag of England		 21 Contract termination Rotherham United Winter Free 4 0
FW Luke Parkin ENGFlag of England 20 Contract termination Free 0 0

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

New contracts[]

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Status
Contract length
 Expiry date
 Source
23 MF ENGFlag of England Cook, LewisLewis Cook 28 Signed 2 years June 2017
DF ENGFlag of England Coyle, LewieLewie Coyle 29 Signed 1 year June 2016
DF ENGFlag of England Denton, TylerTyler Denton 29 Signed 1 year June 2016
GK IREFlag of Republic Ireland Grimes, EricEric Grimes 30 Signed 1 year June 2016
39 FW ENGFlag of England Parkin, LukeLuke Parkin 29 Signed 1 year June 2016
40 MF ENGFlag of England Phillips, KalvinKalvin Phillips 29 Signed 2 years June 2017
36 MF ENGFlag of England Purver, AlexAlex Purver 29 Signed 1 year June 2016
DF ENGFlag of England Skelton, JakeJake Skelton 28 Signed 1 year June 2016
28 FW ENGFlag of England Walters, LewisLewis Walters 30 Signed 1 year June 2016
MF ENGFlag of England Lyman, TomTom Lyman 28 Signed 1 year June 2016
FW IREFlag of Republic Ireland Mulhern, FrankFrank Mulhern 28 Signed 1 year June 2016
GK ENGFlag of England Peacock-Farrell, BaileyBailey Peacock-Farrell 28 Signed 1 year June 2016
8 MF ENGFlag of England Murphy, LukeLuke Murphy 35 Signed 4 years June 2019
28 DF SWIFlag of Switzerland Berardi, GaetanoGaetano Berardi 36 Signed 3 years June 2018
31 DF ENGFlag of England Coyle, LewieLewie Coyle 29 Signed 2 years June 2017
2 DF ENGFlag of England Byram, SamSam Byram 31 Rejected 2 years June 2017
37 MF GNBFlag of Guinea-Bissau Vieira, RonaldoRonaldo Vieira 26 Signed 2 years June 2018

Last updated:

Club[]

Kit[]

Supplier: Kappa

Home
Away

Source: Home, Away

Competitions[]

Overall summary[]

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
2015–16 Championship — 13th 13th 8 August 2015
League Cup First round — First round 13 August 2015
FA Cup Third Round — Fifth round 9 January 2016

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Competitions' Wikipedia articles.

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Leeds confirmed pre-season fixtures against Athletic Bilbao and Hoffenheim on 28 May 2015. The game originally scheduled against Athletic Bilbao was changed to Eintracht Frankfurt, due to the Spanish side’s commitments in the Europa League qualifiers. The club confirmed games against local sides Harrogate Town and York City on 12 June 2015. On 22 June, the final game of Leeds' pre season was added, with Everton visiting Elland Road.

10 July 2015 Harrogate Town 1–1 Leeds United Harrogate  
19:30 BST Nyoni Goal 32' Report Morison Goal 49' Stadium: CNG Stadium
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Jason Whiteley
15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Tadcaster Albion 0–3 Leeds United XI Tadcaster  
19:00 BST Report Antenucci Goal 5'
Sharp Goal 47'
Doukara Goal ?' 		Stadium: i2i Stadium
Attendance: 1,011
15 July 2015 York City 1–1 Leeds United York  
19:10 BST McCoy Goal 81' Report Byram Goal 35' Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 4,348
21 July 2015 Leeds United 1–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Eugendorf, Austria  
17:15 BST Morison Goal 27' Report Flum Goal 59'
Reinartz Goal 74' 		Stadium: Sportzentrum Eugendorf
Referee: Wolfram Aufschnaiter
25 July 2015 Leeds United 1–2 Hoffenheim Lillestrøm, Norway  
15:00 BST Adeyemi Goal 25'
Phillips Booked in the 45th minute 45'
Bamba Booked in the 62nd minute 62'
Cooper Booked in the 71st minute 71' 		Report Uth Goal 2'
Zuber Goal 67'
Schär Booked in the 38th minute 38'
Rudy Booked in the 90th minute 90' 		Stadium: Åråsen Stadion
Attendance: 2,824
Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle
1 August 2015 Leeds United 2–0 Everton Leeds  
15:00 BST Mowatt Goal 57'
Wood Goal 80'
Byram Booked in the 44th minute 44' 		Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,057
Referee: Martin Atkinson
13 November 2015 Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Leeds United High Wycombe  
19:45 GMT Report Erwin Goal 30'
Byram Goal 51' 		Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 2,216
Referee: Andy Woolmer

Championship[]

League table[]

Pos
 Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 Burnley  (C) (P) 46 26 15 5 72 35 +37 93 Promotion to the
Premier League
2 Middlesbrough  (P) 46 26 11 9 63 31 +32 89
3 Brighton  (Q) 46 24 17 5 72 42 +30 89 Qualification to the
Championship Play-offs
4 Hull City  (P) (Q) 46 24 11 11 69 35 +34 83
5 Derby County  (Q) 46 21 15 10 66 43 +23 78
6 Reading  (Q) 46 19 17 10 66 45 +21 74
7 Ipswich Town 46 18 15 13 53 51 +2 69
8 Cardiff City 46 17 17 12 56 51 +5 68
9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 53 49 +4 63
11 Preston North End 46 15 17 14 45 45 0 62
12 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 18 14 54 54 0 60
13 Leeds United 46 14 17 15 50 59 −9 59
14 Wolves 46 14 16 16 53 58 −5 58
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 13 16 17 46 46 0 55
16 Nottm Forest 46 13 16 17 43 47 −4 55
17 Reading 46 13 13 20 52 59 −7 52
18 Bristol City 46 13 13 20 54 71 −17 52
19 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 59 70 −11 51
20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 66 79 −13 51
21 Rotherham United 46 13 10 23 53 71 −18 49
22 Charlton Athletic  (R) 46 9 13 24 40 80 −40 40 Relegation to the
Football League One
23 Milton Keynes Dons  (R) 46 9 12 25 39 69 −30 39
24 Bolton Wanderers  (R) 46 5 15 26 41 81 −40 30
Updated to games played on 7 May 2016
Source: [ Statto.com]
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
46 14 17 15 50 57 −7 59 7 8 8 23 28 −5 7 9 7 27 29 −2

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: The Football 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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground H A A H A H H A A H H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H H H A H A A H A H A A H H A H A
Result D D D D W D L W L L L D D L W W L L W D W W D D D L L W D L D D L W W W L L D L W W W D L D
Position 13 16 15 15 10 11 14 10 14 16 18 18 17 18 17 14 16 17 17 18 14 13 12 12 13 15 17 16 14 16 16 17 17 16 15 12 13 14 15 15 15 12 11 12 12 13

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Matches
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.

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Championship
1 8 August 2015 Leeds United 1–1 Burnley Leeds  
12:30 BST Antenucci Goal 83'
Sol Bamba Booked in the 10th minute 10' 		Report Vokes Goal 86'
Arfield Booked in the 56th minute 56'
Kightly Booked in the 81st minute 81' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 27,672
Referee: Kevin Friend
2 16 August 2015 Reading 0–0 Leeds United Reading  
15:00 BST Norwood Booked in the 82nd minute 82' Report Bamba Booked in the 2nd minute 2'
Murphy Booked in the 75th minute 75'
Adeyemi Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 21,581
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
3 19 August 2015 Bristol City 2–2 Leeds United Bristol  
19:45 BST Agard Goal 89'
Flint Goal 90+5'
Fredericks Booked in the 3rd minute 3'
Hamer Booked in the 38th minute 38' 		Report Antenucci Goal 39' (pen.)
Wood Goal 52' Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
Adeyemi Booked in the 36th minute 36'
Bamba Booked in the 53rd minute 53'
Byram Booked in the 70th minute 70'
Wootton Booked in the 90th minute 90' 		Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 14,712
Referee: Andy Davies
4 22 August 2015 Leeds United 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday Leeds  
12:30 BST Wood Goal 61'
Phillips Booked in the 61st minute 61'
Berardi Booked in the 22nd minute 22' 		Report Matias Goal 37'
Lees Booked in the 43rd minute 43'
Sougou Booked in the 52nd minute 52'
Hutchinson Booked in the 73rd minute 73'
Hélan Booked in the 81st minute 81' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 22,597
Referee: Mike Jones
5 29 August 2015 Derby County 1–2 Leeds United Derby  
12:05 BST Martin Goal 48'
Hendrick Booked in the 72nd minute 72' 		Report Adeyemi Goal 43'
Wood Goal 88' 		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 29,386
Referee: Darren Bond
6 12 September 2015 Leeds United 1–1 Brentford Leeds  
15:00 BST Antenucci Goal 76' Booked in the 77th minute 77'
Dallas Booked in the 45+2th minute 45+2' 		Report Djuricin Goal 29'
Colin Booked in the 5th minute 5'
Diagouraga Booked in the 82nd minute 82'
Judge Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,126
Referee: Nigel Miller
7 15 September 2015 Leeds United 0–1 Ipswich Town Leeds  
19:45 BST Bamba Booked in the 7th minute 7'
Cook Booked in the 71st minute 71'
Byram Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Report Smith Goal 32'
Parr Booked in the 77th minute 77' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 21,312
Referee: James Adcock
8 19 September 2015 Milton Keynes Dons 1–2 Leeds United Milton Keynes  
15:00 BST Church Goal 74'
Lewington Booked in the 75th minute 75'
Carruthers Red card 78' 		[1] Wood Goal 31' (pen)
Taylor Goal 43'
Cooper Booked in the 45+1th minute 45+1'
Wootton Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1' 		Stadium: Stadium mk
Attendance: 19,284
Referee: David Webb
9 27 September 2015 Middlesbrough 3–0 Leeds United Middlesbrough  
13:15 BST Nugent Goal 3'
Bellusci Goal 32' (o.g.)
Fabbrini Goal 81'
Stuani Booked in the 31st minute 31'
Fabbrini Booked in the 73rd minute 73'
Ayala Booked in the 78th minute 78' 		Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 27,694
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
10 3 October 2015 Leeds United 0–2 Birmingham City Leeds  
15:00 BST Cooper Booked in the 19th minute 19'
Cook Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Antenucci Booked in the 90+4th minute 90+4' 		Report Gray Goal 31'
Maghoma Goal 90'
Davis Booked in the 62nd minute 62' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 24,601
Referee: Paul Tierney
11 17 October 2015 Leeds United 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Leeds  
15:00 BST Cooper Goal 22' Report March Goal 14'
Zamora Goal 89'
Bruno Booked in the 80th minute 80'
Bong Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 22,736
Referee: Darren Deadman
12 21 October 2015 Fulham 1–1 Leeds United Fulham  
19:45 BST Dembélé Goal 23' Booked in the 40th minute 40'
O'Hara Booked in the 45th minute 45'
Burn Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
Garbutt Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Report Wood Goal 64' (pen.)
Cook Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 19,969
Referee: Keith Hill
13 24 October 2015 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Leeds United Horwich  
15:00 BST Ameobi Goal 32'
Gouano Red card 71' 		Report Antenucci Goal 71' (pen.)
Byram Booked in the 38th minute 38' 		Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 18,178
Referee: Simon Hooper
14 29 October 2015 Leeds United 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Leeds  
19:45 GMT Bamba Booked in the 38th minute 38' Report Conway Goal 1' Booked in the 90+4th minute 90+4'
Rhodes Goal 6'
Evans Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 19,666
Referee: Tim Robinson
15 3 November 2015 Leeds United 1–0 Cardiff City Leeds  
19:45 GMT Mowatt Goal 63'
Bellusci Booked in the 67th minute 67' 		Report Whittingham Booked in the 20th minute 20' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,914
Referee: Carl Boyeson
16 7 November 2015 Huddersfield Town 0–3 Leeds United Huddersfield  
12:30 GMT Cranie Booked in the 25th minute 25' Report Antenucci Goal 45+4' Booked in the 45+4th minute 45+4'
Wood Goal 45+5'
Mowatt Goal 54'
Wootton Booked in the 22nd minute 22' 		Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 17,118
Referee: Graham Scott
17 21 November 2015 Leeds United 0–1 Rotherham United Leeds  
15:00 GMT Antenucci Booked in the 31st minute 31'
Murphy Booked in the 63rd minute 63'
Berardi Red card 74'
Bellusci Booked in the 84th minute 84' 		Report Joe Newell Goal 54' Booked in the 79th minute 79'
Mattock Booked in the 22nd minute 22'
Kirk Broadfoot Booked in the 56th minute 56'
Best Red card 73'
D.Ward Booked in the 84th minute 84' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,802
Referee: Keith Stroud
18 28 November 2015 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Leeds United Shepherd's Bush  
15:00 GMT Austin Goal 58' Report Bridcutt Booked in the 7th minute 7'
Wootton Booked in the 36th minute 36'
Cook Booked in the 83rd minute 83' 		Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 18,031
Referee: Peter Bankes
19 5 December 2015 Leeds United 2–1 Hull City Leeds  
15:00 GMT Wood Goal 30'
Adeyemi Goal 45' Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
Cook Booked in the 54th minute 54'
Silvestri Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Report Elmohamady Goal 51' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 24,962
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
20 12 December 2015 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Leeds United Charlton  
15:00 GMT Cousins Booked in the 48th minute 48'
Ghoochannejhad Booked in the 52nd minute 52'
Ba Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1' 		Report Wootton Booked in the 2nd minute 2'
Mowatt Booked in the 56th minute 56'
Bridcutt Booked in the 62nd minute 62'
Bellusci Booked in the 72nd minute 72'
Cook Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1' 		Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,867
Referee: Andy Davies
21 17 December 2015 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Leeds United Wolverhampton  
19:45 GMT Afobe Goal 10'
Byrne Goal 81' 		Report Byram Goal 44', 60'
Dallas Goal 51'
Bellusci Booked in the 56th minute 56' 		Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 19,592
Referee: Stuart Attwell
22 20 December 2015 Leeds United 1–0 Preston North End Leeds  
15:00 GMT Browne Goal 46' (o.g.)
Byram Booked in the 77th minute 77' 		Report Pickford Red card 31'
Gallagher Booked in the 62nd minute 62'
Cunningham Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Clarke Booked in the 78th minute 78'
Reach Booked in the 80th minute 80'
Kilkenny Booked in the 88th minute 88' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 22,641
Referee: Gavin Ward
23 27 December 2015 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Leeds United Nottingham  
16:30 GMT Oliveira Goal 17'
Mendes Booked in the 57th minute 57'
Lansbury Booked in the 71st minute 71'
Osborn Booked in the 81st minute 81' 		Report Byram Booked in the 15th minute 15', Goal 80'
Bellusci Booked in the 71st minute 71' 		Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,551
Referee: James Linington
24 29 December 2015 Leeds United 2–2 Derby County Leeds  
19:45 GMT Bamba Goal 42'
Wood Goal 71'
Byram Booked in the 28th minute 28'
Bridcutt Booked in the 30th minute 30'
Murphy Booked in the 33rd minute 33' 		Report Hendrick Goal 13' Booked in the 42nd minute 42'
Ince Goal 78'
Christie Booked in the 57th minute 57' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 23,027
Referee: Mark Heywood
25 2 January 2016 Leeds United 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons Leeds  
15:00 GMT Antony Kay Goal 87' (o.g.)
Bamba Booked in the 28th minute 28'
Byram Booked in the 60th minute 60' 		Report Hall Goal 30' Booked in the 63rd minute 63'
Murphy Booked in the 24th minute 24'
Carruthers Booked in the 44th minute 44'
McFadzean Booked in the 55th minute 55'
Kay Booked in the 89th minute 89' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 24,356
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
26 12 January 2016 Ipswich Town 2–1 Leeds United Ipswich  
19:45 GMT Chambers Goal 50' Booked in the 81st minute 81'
Pitman Goal 90+2'
Douglas Booked in the 58th minute 58' 		Report Doukara Goal 1'
Phillips Booked in the 83rd minute 83' 		Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,146
Referee: Fred Graham
27 16 January 2016 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Leeds United Sheffield  
12:30 GMT Hooper Goal 47', 50'
Hutchinson Booked in the 34th minute 34'
Pudil Booked in the 74th minute 74' 		Report Bellusci Booked in the 37th minute 37'
Cook Booked in the 55th minute 55' 		Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,909
Referee: Anthony Taylor
28 23 January 2016 Leeds United 1–0 Bristol City Leeds  
15:00 GMT Doukara Goal 59'
Taylor Booked in the 17th minute 17'
Bellusci Booked in the 41st minute 41'
Antenucci Booked in the 90th minute 90'
Adeyemi Booked in the 90+4th minute 90+4' 		Report Baker Booked in the 23rd minute 23'
Kodjia Booked in the 26th minute 26' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,441
Referee: Charles Breakspear
29 26 January 2016 Brentford 1–1 Leeds United Brentford  
19:45 GMT Saunders Goal 27'
Djuricin Booked in the 81st minute 81' 		Report Carayol Goal 84' Booked in the 79th minute 79'
Cooper Booked in the 34th minute 34'
Bellusci Booked in the 79th minute 79'
Bridcutt Booked in the 79th minute 79' 		Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 10,051
Referee: Iain Williamson
30 6 February 2016 Leeds United 0–1 Nottingham Forest Leeds  
15:00 GMT Bridcutt Booked in the 87th minute 87' Report Oliveira Goal 60' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 24,079
Referee: Scott Duncan
31 15 February 2016 Leeds United 0–0 Middlesbrough Leeds  
19:45 GMT Diagouraga Booked in the 41st minute 41'
Bellusci Booked in the 82nd minute 82' 		Report Clayton Booked in the 25th minute 25'
Gibson Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 89' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,424
Referee: Craig Pawson
32 23 February 2016 Leeds United 1–1 Fulham Leeds  
19:45 GMT Cook Goal 38' Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
Bamba Booked in the 68th minute 68' 		Report Cairney Goal 17'
Amorebieta Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 90+4'
Fredericks Booked in the 84th minute 84' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,103
Referee: Kevin Wright
33 29 February 2016 Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Leeds United Brighton and Hove  
19:45 GMT Hemed Goal 18', 28' (pen.)
Cooper Goal 22' (o.g.)
Dunk Goal 38'
Rosenior Booked in the 7th minute 7'
Baldock Booked in the 34th minute 34'
Goldson Booked in the 60th minute 60' 		Report Mowatt Booked in the 33rd minute 33'
Coyle Booked in the 57th minute 57'
Cooper Booked in the 68th minute 68'
Taylor Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 25,150
Referee: Peter Bankes
34 5 March 2016 Leeds United 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Leeds  
15:00 GMT Antenucci Goal 39', 62'
Berardi Booked in the 30th minute 30' 		Report Woolery Goal 74' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 21,070
Referee: Tony Harrington
35 8 March 2016 Cardiff City 0–2 Leeds United Cardiff, Wales  
19:45 GMT Connolly Booked in the 10th minute 10'
Fábio Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 64' 		Report Doukara Goal 37'
Antenucci Goal 90+4'
Bridcutt Booked in the 56th minute 56'
Mowatt Booked in the 62nd minute 62'
Berardi Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Dallas Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1' 		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,273
Referee: Darren Deadman
36 12 March 2016 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Leeds United Blackburn  
12:30 GMT Jackson Goal 89'
Hanley Booked in the 80th minute 80' 		Report Bamba Goal 34'
Antenucci Goal 69' Booked in the 70th minute 70'
Berardi Booked in the 80th minute 80'
Bellusci Booked in the 81st minute 81'
Cook Booked in the 90+2th minute 90+2' 		Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 16,071
Referee: Keith Stroud
37 19 March 2016 Leeds United 1–4 Huddersfield Town Leeds  
15:00 GMT Dallas Goal 22' Booked in the 22nd minute 22'
Murphy Booked in the 20th minute 20'
Bellusci Booked in the 62nd minute 62'
Taylor Booked in the 67th minute 67'
Mowatt Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1'
Cook Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3' 		Report Hudson Goal 41'
Bunn Goal 69'
Matmour Goal 73'
Wells Missed 11' Goal 77'
Billing Booked in the 16th minute 16'
Lolley Booked in the 18th minute 18' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 29,311
Referee: Graham Scott
38 2 April 2016 Rotherham United 2–1 Leeds United Rotherham  
15:00 BST Frecklington Goal 27'
Halford Goal 90' (pen.)
Best Booked in the 44th minute 44'
Derbyshire Red card 61' 		Report Murphy Goal 79'
Bridcutt Booked in the 57th minute 57'
Bellusci Booked in the 68th minute 68'
Silvestri Red card 89' 		Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 11,418
Referee: Kevin Friend
39 5 April 2016 Leeds United 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Leeds  
19:45 BST Wood Goal 70' Report Chery Goal 87' (pen.) Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,388
Referee: James Adcock
40 9 April 2016 Burnley 1–0 Leeds United Burnley  
12:30 BST Arfield Goal 1'
Barton Booked in the 58th minute 58' 		Report Murphy Booked in the 67th minute 67' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 18,229
Referee: Lee Mason
41 12 April 2016 Birmingham City 1–2 Leeds United Birmingham  
19:45 BST Donaldson Goal 53'
Lafferty Booked in the 89th minute 89' 		Report Dallas Goal 11', 50'
Berardi Booked in the 32nd minute 32'
Bamba Booked in the 90+1th minute 90+1'
Mowatt Red card 90+4' 		Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 16,081
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
42 16 April 2016 Leeds United 3–2 Reading Leeds  
15:00 BST Diagouraga Goal 48'
Wood Goal 69', 85'
Antenucci Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Cooper Booked in the 89th minute 89' 		Report Hector Goal 39'
Rakels Goal 81'
Evans Booked in the 35th minute 35'
McCleary Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Norwood Booked in the 79th minute 79' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 20,881
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
43 19 April 2016 Leeds United 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leeds  
19:45 BST Bamba Goal 60'
Diagouraga Goal 64' 		Report Saville Goal 77'
Iorfa Booked in the 31st minute 31' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,694
Referee: David Coote
44 23 April 2016 Hull City 2–2 Leeds United Kingston upon Hull  
15:00 BST Hernández Goal 45+1'
Huddlestone Goal 45+3'
Odubajo Booked in the 65th minute 65'
Livermore Booked in the 72nd minute 72'
Maguire Booked in the 85th minute 85' 		Report Wood Goal 15' Missed 54'
Dallas Goal 88'
Bamba Booked in the 30th minute 30'
Cooper Booked in the 79th minute 79' 		Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 20,732
Referee: Iain Williamson
45 30 April 2016 Leeds United 1–2 Charlton Athletic Leeds  
15:00 BST Bamba Goal 71' Report Guðmundsson Goal 39'
Lookman Goal 49'
Diarra Booked in the 17th minute 17'
Kashi Booked in the 71st minute 71' 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,458
Referee: Keith Hill
46 7 May 2016 Preston North End 1–1 Leeds United Preston  
12:30 BST Hugill Goal 90+1' Report Wood Goal 78' (pen.) Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 18,473
Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup[]

Leeds drew Rotherham United at home in the third round of the FA Cup. Leeds drew the winners of Eastleigh vs. Bolton Wanderers in the fourth round. Leeds drew an away game against Watford in the fifth round.

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup
Third round 9 January 2016 Leeds United 2–0 Rotherham United Leeds  
15:00 GMT Carayol Goal 45'
Doukara Goal 90' 		Report Clarke-Harris Booked in the 83rd minute 83' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 16,039
Referee: Andy Woolmer
Fourth round 30 January 2016 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Leeds United Horwich  
15:00 GMT Pratley Goal 80'
Vela Booked in the 82nd minute 82' 		Report Doukara Goal 8'
Diagouraga Goal 39' Booked in the 50th minute 50' 		Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 17,336
Referee: Andre Marriner
Fifth round 20 February 2016 Watford 1–0 Leeds United Watford  
15:00 GMT Wootton Goal 53' (o.g.)
Paredes Booked in the 32nd minute 32'
Cathcart Booked in the 67th minute 67' 		Report Bellusci Booked in the 24th minute 24'
Bridcutt Booked in the 52nd minute 52' 		Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 18,336
Referee: Michael Oliver

League Cup[]

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

Leeds were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the first round, on 16 June 2015.

First round 13 August 2015 Doncaster Rovers 1–1
(4–2 pen)
 Leeds United Doncaster  
19:45 BST Williams Goal 31' (pen.) Report Cook Goal 14' Red card 37' Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 8,361
Referee: Keith Hill
  Penalties  
Tyson
Williams
Forrester
Wellens 		  Antenucci
Murphy
Missed Byram
Missed Wood

Matchday squads[]

Championship line-ups[]

Date Opposition V Score Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
08/08/15 Burnley H 1–1 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bellusci Bamba Byram Cook3 Wood Mowatt2 Dallas1 Antenucci1 Doukara2 Wootton3 Turnbull Cooper Erwin Phillips
16/08/15 Reading A 0–0 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Byram Phillips1 Wood Mowatt2 Dallas Murphy1 Antenucci2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Erwin
19/08/15 Bristol City A 2–2 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Adeyemi Bellusci Bamba Byram2 Phillips Wood Antenucci1 Dallas Mowatt1 Berardi2 Turnbull Cooper Murphy Doukara Erwin
22/08/15 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Byram1 Phillips2 Wood Antenucci Dallas3 Mowatt1 Murphy2 Doukara3 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Erwin
29/08/15 Derby County A 1–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Byram1 Cook Wood Mowatt2 Dallas Murphy1 Antenucci2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Phillips
12/09/15 Brentford H 1–1 D Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi2 Bamba Cooper Byram Cook Wood Mowatt1 Dallas Antenucci1 Murphy2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Phillips
15/09/15 Ipswich Town H 0–1 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi2 Bamba Cooper Dallas1 Murphy Wood Antenucci Cook Byram1 Mowatt2 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Doukara Phillips
19/09/15 Milton Keynes Dons A 1–2 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Murphy Bamba Cooper Byram2 Cook Wood Mowatt1 Dallas3 Adeyemi1 Antenucci2 Bellusci3 Turnbull Botaka Phillips Berardi
27/09/15 Middlesbrough A 3–0 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Adeyemi Bellusci Bamba Botaka1 Cook Antenucci Mowatt Dallas2 Doukara1 Murphy2 Turnbull Byram Wootton Cooper Phillips
03/10/15 Birmingham City H 0–2 L Silvestri Berardi3 Taylor Murphy Bamba Cooper Buckley1 Cook Wood Mowatt2 Dallas Botaka1 Antenucci2 Byram3 Turnbull Wootton Bellusci Adeyemi
17/10/15 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 L Silvestri Wootton Berardi Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Botaka3 Cook Wood Mowatt2 Dallas1 Buckley1 Antenucci2 Byram3 Horton Bellusci Murphy Phillips
21/10/15 Fulham A 1–1 D Silvestri Byram Berardi Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Dallas3 Murphy1 Wood2 Antenucci Cook Botaka1 Buckley2 Phillips3 Horton Wootton Bellusci Mowatt
24/10/15 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 D Silvestri Byram Berardi Adeyemi Bamba Cooper Dallas2 Murphy1 Wood Antenucci Cook3 Mowatt1 Buckley2 Phillips3 Horton Wootton Bellusci Doukara
29/10/15 Blackburn Rovers H 0–2 L Silvestri Byram Berardi Adeyemi1 Bamba Cooper Dallas Murphy Wood2 Antenucci Cook3 Botaka1 Doukara2 Mowatt3 Horton Wootton Bellusci Buckley
03/11/15 Cardiff City H 1–0 W Silvestri Wootton Berardi Cook Bellusci Cooper Dallas1 Murphy Wood Antenucci3 Mowatt2 Byram1 Phillips2 Doukara3 Horton Botaka Buckley Sloth
07/11/15 Huddersfield Town A 0–3 W Silvestri Wootton2 Berardi Cook Bellusci Cooper1 Dallas3 Murphy Wood Antenucci Mowatt Bamba1 Adeyemi2 Botaka3 Horton Erwin Buckley Phillips
21/11/15 Rotherham United H 0–1 L Silvestri Wootton Berardi Cook3 Bellusci Cooper Dallas2 Murphy1 Wood Antenucci Mowatt Adeyemi1 Botaka2 Erwin3 Horton Byram Doukara Buckley
28/11/15 Queens Park Rangers A 1–0 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Mowatt1 Cook Wood Antenucci2 Dallas Botaka1 Erwin2 Peacock-Farrell Byram Murphy Doukara Adeyemi
05/12/15 Hull City H 2–1 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas2 Adeyemi Wood3 Cook Mowatt1 Byram1 Murphy2 Doukara3 Peacock-Farrell Antenucci Erwin Botaka
12/12/15 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 D Silvestri Wootton1 Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas Adeyemi Wood Cook Mowatt2 Berardi1 Botaka23 Byram3 Peacock-Farrell Antenucci Murphy Doukara
17/12/15 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–3 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram Adeyemi1 Wood2 Cook Dallas3 Doukara1 Antenucci2 Mowatt3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Murphy Coyle
20/12/15 Preston North End H 1–0 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram Murphy1 Wood2 Cook Dallas3 Doukara1 Antenucci2 Phillips3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Mowatt Coyle
27/12/15 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram3 Murphy Wood Cook1 Dallas2 Doukara1 Antenucci2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Adeyemi Sloth
29/12/15 Derby County H 2–2 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram3 Murphy Wood2 Adeyemi1 Dallas Cook1 Doukara2 Phillips3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Antenucci Coyle
02/01/16 Milton Keynes Dons H 1–1 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bamba Cooper Byram Murphy1 Doukara2 Cook Dallas3 Antenucci1 Erwin2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Adeyemi Phillips
12/01/16 Ipswich Town A 2–1 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Byram Cook3 Doukara Mowatt1 Carayol2 Phillips1 Dallas2 Antenucci3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Murphy Coyle
16/01/16 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–0 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas Murphy2 Doukara Cook Carayol1 Mowatt1 Antenucci2 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Erwin Adeyemi Coyle
23/01/16 Bristol City H 1–0 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas Murphy3 Doukara2 Cook Carayol1 Wood1 Antenucci2 Adeyemi3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Phillips Coyle
26/01/16 Brentford A 1–1 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas3 Murphy2 Wood1 Doukara Cook Antenucci1 Diagouraga2 Carayol3 Peacock-Farrell Adeyemi Phillips Coyle
06/02/16 Nottingham Forest H 0–1 L Silvestri Wootton3 Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas1 Diagouraga2 Antenucci Cook Doukara Carayol1 Erwin2 Adeyemi3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Murphy Coyle
15/02/16 Middlesbrough H 0–0 D Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas1 Diagouraga3 Antenucci2 Cook Doukara Mowatt1 Erwin2 Murphy3 Peacock-Farrell Bamba Adeyemi Coyle
23/02/16 Fulham H 1–1 D Silvestri Coyle Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper Adeyemi3 Mowatt2 Doukara Antenucci1 Cook Erwin1 Dallas2 Botaka3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Murphy Berardi
29/02/16 Brighton & Hove Albion A 4–0 L Silvestri Wootton1 Taylor Bridcutt Bamba Cooper Coyle Diagouraga3 Doukara2 Cook Mowatt Carayol1 Erwin2 Murphy3 Peacock-Farrell Antenucci Adeyemi Murphy
05/03/16 Bolton Wanderers H 2–1 W Silvestri Coyle1 Taylor Diagouraga Bellusci Cooper2 Cook Bridcutt Antenucci Doukara Carayol3 Berardi1 Bamba2 Dallas3 Peacock-Farrell Murphy Mowatt Adeyemi
08/03/16 Cardiff City A 0–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Murphy Bamba Bellusci Cook Bridcutt1 Antenucci Doukara3 Mowatt2 Diagouraga1 Dallas2 Erwin3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Carayol Botaka
12/03/16 Blackburn Rovers A 1–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Bellusci Cook Bridcutt Antenucci Doukara2 Mowatt1 Dallas1 Wood2 Murphy3 Grimes Wootton Carayol Botaka
19/03/16 Huddersfield Town H 1–4 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Murphy1 Bamba Bellusci Dallas2 Bridcutt Antenucci Doukara3 Mowatt Cook1 Wood2 Carayol3 Peacock-Farrell Cooper Diagouraga Coyle
02/04/16 Rotherham United A 2–1 L Silvestri Berardi3 Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Bellusci Cook1 Bridcutt Wood Antenucci Mowatt1 Carayol1 Dallas2 Murphy3 Peacock-Farrell Cooper Adeyemi Coyle
05/04/16 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 D Peacock-Farrell Berardi Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Cooper Dallas3 Murphy1 Wood Cook Carayol3 Diagouraga1 Coyle2 Mowatt3 Grimes Bamba Antenucci Adeyemi
09/04/16 Burnley A 1–0 L Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga2 Bamba Cooper Dallas3 Murphy Wood Cook Carayol1 Antenucci1 Adeyemi2 Mowatt3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Phillips Coyle
12/04/16 Birmingham City A 1–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper Cook Murphy3 Wood Antenucci1 Dallas2 Mowatt1 Carayol2 Bellusci3 Peacock-Farrell Adeyemi Phillips Coyle
16/04/16 Reading H 3–2 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga1 Bellusci Cooper Cook Murphy Wood Antenucci2 Dallas3 Phillips1 Erwin2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Botaka Sloth
19/04/16 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–1 W Silvestri Berardi Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper Coyle1 Murphy3 Wood Cook Erwin2 Dallas1 Botaka2 Bridcutt3 Peacock-Farrell Bellusci Antenucci Phillips
23/04/16 Hull City A 2–2 D Silvestri Berardi3 Taylor Diagouraga2 Bamba Cooper Dallas Bridcutt Wood Cook Erwin1 Botaka1 Murphy2 Coyle3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Antenucci Phillips
30/04/16 Charlton Athletic H 1–2 L Silvestri Coyle Taylor Bridcutt2 Bamba Cooper Botaka Murphy3 Wood Cook Dallas1 Mowatt1 Antenucci2 Diagouraga3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Erwin Phillips
07/05/16 Preston North End A 1–1 D Silvestri Coyle Taylor Diagouraga Bamba Cooper1 Dallas3 Murphy Wood Cook Mowatt2 Wootton1 Antenucci2 Vieira3 Peacock-Farrell Doukara Botaka Phillips

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.

FA Cup line-ups[]

Date Opposition V Score Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
09/01/16 Rotherham United H 2–0 W Silvestri Coyle Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci2 Cooper Byram Murphy3 Doukara Antenucci Carayol1 Dallas1 Bamba2 Cook3 Peacock-Farrell Wootton Bianchi Phillips
30/01/16 Bolton Wanderers A 1-2 W Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Bamba2 Dallas Diagouraga Antenucci1 Cook3 Doukara Carayol1 Coyle2 Adeyemi3 Peacock-Farrell Murphy Erwin Sloth
20/02/16 Watford A 1-0 L Silvestri Wootton Taylor Bridcutt Bellusci Bamba Dallas1 Diagouraga3 Antenucci2 Cook Doukara Mowatt1 Erwin2 Botaka3 Peacock-Farrell Murphy Adeyemi Coyle

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups[]

Date Opposition V Score Result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
13/08/15 Doncaster Rovers A 1–1 (4-2 p.) L Turnbull Berardi Taylor Wootton Bellusci Cooper Doukara1 Cook Antenucci Mowatt3 Dallas2 Murphy1 Wood2 Byram3 Silvestri Bamba Erwin Phillips

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution, 3 3rd Substitution.

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

As of 7 May 2016
No. Nat Pos Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 Flag of Italy GK Marco Silvestri 48 0 45+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
3 Flag of Ivory Coast DF Sol Bamba 33 4 28+2 4 2+1 0 0+0 0
4 Flag of England DF Scott Wootton 26 0 21+2 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
5 Flag of Italy DF Giuseppe Bellusci 31 0 25+2 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
6 Flag of Scotland DF Liam Cooper 41 1 39+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 Flag of Italy FW Mirco Antenucci 43 9 21+18 9 3+0 0 1+0 0
8 Flag of England MF Luke Murphy 38 1 25+11 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
9 Flag of New Zealand FW Chris Wood 37 13 33+3 13 0+0 0 0+1 0
10 Flag of England MF Alex Mowatt 36 2 22+12 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 Flag of Senegal FW Souleymane Doukara 27 5 13+10 3 3+0 2 1+0 0
15 Flag of Northern Ireland MF Stuart Dallas 49 5 38+7 5 2+1 0 1+0 0
16 Flag of France MF Toumani Diagouraga 19 3 13+4 2 2+0 1 0+0 0
18 Flag of Gambia MF Mustapha Carayol (On loan from Middlesbrough) 14 2 6+6 1 1+1 1 0+0 0
19 Flag of Scotland FW Lee Erwin 12 0 2+9 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 Flag of DR Congo FW Jordan Botaka 14 0 3+10 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 Flag of England DF Charlie Taylor 43 1 39+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
22 Flag of England GK Ross Turnbull 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 Flag of England MF Lewis Cook 47 2 41+2 1 2+1 0 1+0 1
24 Flag of England MF Tom Adeyemi (On loan from Cardiff City) 24 2 17+6 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
26 Flag of Scotland MF Liam Bridcutt (On loan from Sunderland) 27 0 23+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
27 Flag of England MF Kalvin Phillips 10 0 3+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 Flag of Switzerland DF Gaetano Berardi 29 0 25+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
29 Flag of Denmark MF Casper Sloth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 Flag of England DF Lewie Coyle 13 0 6+5 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
37 Flag of Guinea-Bissau MF Ronaldo Vieira 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 Flag of Republic Ireland GK Eric Grimes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 Flag of England GK Bailey Peacock-Farrell 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players currently out on loan:
14 Flag of Italy MF Tommaso Bianchi (On loan to Ascoli) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who have been available for selection this season, but have now permanently left the club:
2 Flag of England DF Sam Byram (joined West Ham United) 24 3 16+6 3 1+0 0 0+1 0
25 Flag of England MF Will Buckley (On loan from Sunderland) 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 Flag of United States GK Charlie Horton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Source: Sky Sports

Top scorers[]

Place Position Nationality Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Flag of New Zealand 9 Chris Wood 13 0 0 13
2 FW Flag of Italy 7 Mirco Antenucci 9 0 0 9
3 FW Flag of Senegal 11 Souleymane Doukara 3 2 0 5
MF Flag of Northern Ireland 15 Stuart Dallas 5 0 0 5
4 DF Flag of Ivory Coast 3 Sol Bamba 4 0 0 4
5 DF Flag of England 2 Sam Byram1 3 0 0 3
MF Flag of France 16 Toumani Diagouraga 2 1 0 3
6 MF Flag of England 24 Tom Adeyemi 2 0 0 2
MF Flag of Gambia 18 Mustapha Carayol 1 1 0 2
MF Flag of England 23 Lewis Cook 1 0 1 2
Own Goal 2 0 0 2
MF Flag of England 10 Alex Mowatt 2 0 0 2
7 DF Flag of Scotland 6 Liam Cooper 1 0 0 1
MF Flag of England 8 Luke Murphy 1 0 0 1
DF Flag of England 21 Charlie Taylor 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 50 4 1 55

Byram joined West Ham United on 20 January 2016.

Disciplinary record[]

Last Updated: 23 April 2016

Nation Name Booked Red card
Flag of England Lewis Cook 10 1
Flag of Switzerland Gaetano Berardi 5 1
Flag of England Alex Mowatt 4 1
Flag of Italy Marco Silvestri 1 1
Flag of Italy Giuseppe Bellusci 13 0
Flag of Ivory Coast Sol Bamba 9 0
Flag of Scotland Liam Bridcutt 8 0
Flag of France Toumani Diagouraga 83 0
Flag of Italy Mirco Antenucci 7 0
Flag of England Sam Byram1 7 0
Flag of Scotland Liam Cooper 6 0
Flag of England Luke Murphy 5 0
Flag of England Scott Wootton 5 0
Flag of England Tom Adeyemi 4 0
Flag of Gambia Mustapha Carayol 32 0
Flag of Northern Ireland Stuart Dallas 3 0
Flag of England Charlie Taylor 3 0
Flag of England Kalvin Phillips 2 0
Flag of England Lewie Coyle 1 0
Flag of New Zealand Chris Wood 1 0

1Byram joined West Ham United on 20 January 2016.
2Carayol picked up two yellows during his previous loan spell at Huddersfield Town, before joining Leeds.
3Diagouraga picked up six yellows at Brentford, before joining Leeds.

Suspensions served[]

As of 12 April 2016

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
13 August 2015 3 Lewis Cook Red card vs Doncaster (LC) Reading (A), Bristol City (A), Sheffield Wednesday (H)
29 October 2015 1 Sol Bamba BookedBookedBookedBookedBooked vs Blackburn (H) Cardiff (H)
21 November 2015 2 Gaetano Berardi Red card vs Rotherham (H) QPR (A), Hull (H)
20 February 2016 2 Giuseppe Bellusci BookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBookedBooked vs Watford (FA) Fulham (H), Brighton (A)
31 March 2016 8 Souleymane Doukara Violent conduct vs Fulham (H) Rotherham (A), QPR (H), Burnley (A), Birmingham (A), Reading (H), Wolves (H), Hull (A), Charlton (H)
2 April 2016 1 Marco Silvestri Red card vs Rotherham (A) QPR (H)
12 April 2016 3 Alex Mowatt Red card vs Birmingham (A) Reading (H), Wolves (H), Hull (A)

Formations[]

Last Updated: 7 May 2016

Pos. Formation Used
1 4-4-2 12
2 4-3-3 11
3 4-1-4-1 10
4 4-2-3-1 8
5 4-2-2-2 4
6 4-1-3-2 3
7 4-3-1-2 1
4-4-1-1 1

Captains[]

No. P Name Country No. Games Notes
3 DF Sol Bamba CIVFlag of Ivory Coast
FRAFlag of France 		30 Club Captain
6 DF Liam Cooper SCOFlag of Scotland
ENGFlag of England 		20

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P:Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.


Leeds United F.C.
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Leeds United F.C. seasons

2015-16 · 2016-17 · 2017-18 · 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2022-23 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 ·

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FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final (men), Final (Women) · FA Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final) · FA Vase (Final)
League cups
Football League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final) · Northern Premier League Integro League Cup · Southern Football League Cup · Northern Counties East Football League Cup
Premier and Football League
Premier League · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two)
Play-offs · (Championship final · League One final · League Two final)
Football Conference
National League (National League · North · South)
Lower leagues
Isthmian League (Isthmian League Cup) · Northern Premier League · Southern Football League
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E)
Other
Summer 2015 transfers · Winter 2015–16 transfers · Summer 2016 transfers
Club seasons
Premier League

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Championship

Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Brentford · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol City · Burnley · Cardiff City · Charlton Athletic · Derby County · Fulham · Huddersfield Town · Hull City · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Middlesbrough · Milton Keynes Dons · Nottingham Forest · Preston North End · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Rotherham United · Sheffield Wednesday · Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One

Barnsley · Blackpool · Bradford City · Burton Albion · Bury · Chesterfield · Colchester United · Coventry City · Crewe Alexandra · Doncaster Rovers · Fleetwood Town · Gillingham · Millwall · Oldham Athletic · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Sheffield United · Shrewsbury Town · Southend United · Swindon Town · Walsall · Wigan Athletic

League Two

Accrington Stanley · AFC Wimbledon · Barnet · Bristol Rovers · Cambridge United · Carlisle United · Crawley Town · Dagenham & Redbridge · Exeter City · Hartlepool United · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Mansfield Town · Morecambe · Newport County · Northampton Town · Notts County · Oxford United · Plymouth Argyle · Portsmouth · Stevenage · Wycombe Wanderers · Yeovil Town · York City

National League

Aldershot Town · Altrincham · Barrow · Boreham Wood · Braintree Town · Bromley · Cheltenham Town · Chester · Dover Athletic · Eastleigh · Forest Green Rovers · Gateshead · Grimsby Town · Guiseley · Halifax Town · Kidderminster Harriers · Lincoln City · Macclesfield Town · Southport · Torquay United · Tranmere Rovers · Welling United · Woking · Wrexham

2014-15                                                        2016-17

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