Premier League 2015–16 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Winners | Leicester City | |
Relegated | Aston Villa Norwich City Newcastle Utd | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
FA Cup | Manchester United | |
Capital One Cup | Manchester City (4th title) | |
Community Shield | Arsenal | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Leicester City Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City | |
Europa League | Manchester United Southampton West Ham United | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 346 | |
Goals scored | 1022 | |
Average | (2.7 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Harry Kane (25 goals) | |
Biggest home win | Man City 6–1 Newcastle (3 October 2015) | |
Biggest away win | Villa 0–6 Liverpool (14 February 2016) | |
Highest scoring | Norwich 4–5 Liverpool (23 January 2016) | |
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The 2015–16 Premier League is the 24th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2015. The season began on 8 August 2015, and was scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2016. However, the Manchester United vs Bournemouth fixture was postponed to 17 May 2016 on the final day due to a suspicious package in the stadium.
Chelsea began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. AFC Bournemouth, Watford, and Norwich City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Football League Championship.
After narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, Leicester City became the 24th club to become English football champions, winning the league for the first time in their 132-year history, and the sixth club to win the Premier League.
Teams[]
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Football League Championship. On 25 April 2015, Watford became the first Championship side to be promoted following their 2–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion. On the final day of the season, Bournemouth won the Championship title, and their first-ever promotion to the top flight, with a 3–0 victory over Charlton Athletic. Norwich City became the third and final team to be promoted after beating Middlesbrough 2–0 in the Championship play-off final, bouncing back from relegation from the Premier League following the 2013–14 season.
The three promoted clubs replaced Burnley, Queens Park Rangers and Hull City. Burnley were relegated despite a 1–0 victory at Hull City, and Queens Park Rangers suffered the same fate after a 6–0 defeat by Manchester City. Hull City became the third team to be relegated after a 0–0 draw with Manchester United on the final day of the 2014–15 season.
Stadia[]
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Location | Stadium |
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Arsenal | London (Holloway) | Emirates Stadium |
Aston Villa | Birmingham | Villa Park |
Bournemouth | Bournemouth | Dean Court |
Chelsea | London (Fulham) | Stamford Bridge |
Crystal Palace | London (South Norwood) | Selhurst Park |
Everton | Liverpool | Goodison Park |
Leicester City | Leicester | King Power Stadium |
Liverpool | Liverpool | Anfield |
Manchester City | Manchester | Etihad Stadium |
Manchester United | Manchester | Old Trafford |
Newcastle United | Newcastle upon Tyne | St James' Park |
Norwich City | Norwich | Carrow Road |
Southampton | Southampton | St Mary's Stadium |
Stoke City | Stoke-on-Trent | Britannia Stadium |
Sunderland | Sunderland | Stadium of Light |
Swansea City | Swansea | Liberty Stadium |
Tottenham Hotspur | London (Tottenham) | White Hart Lane |
Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road |
West Bromwich Albion | West Bromwich | The Hawthorns |
West Ham United | London (Upton Park) | Boleyn Ground |
Personnel and kits[]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Manager1 | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Arsenal | Arsène Wenger | Puma | Emirates |
Aston Villa | Tim Sherwood | Macron | Intuit QuickBooks |
Bournemouth | Eddie Howe | JD Sports | Mansion Group |
Chelsea | José Mourinho | Adidas | Yokohama |
Crystal Palace | Alan Pardew | Macron | Mansion Group |
Everton | Roberto Martínez | Umbro | Chang |
Leicester City | Claudio Ranieri | Puma | King Power |
Liverpool | Brendan Rodgers | New Balance | Standard Chartered |
Manchester City | Manuel Pellegrini | Nike | Etihad Airways |
Manchester United | Louis van Gaal | Adidas | Chevrolet |
Newcastle United | Steve McClaren | Puma | Wonga |
Norwich City | Alex Neil | Erreà | Aviva |
Southampton | Ronald Koeman | Adidas | Veho |
Stoke City | Mark Hughes | New Balance | Bet365 |
Sunderland | Dick Advocaat | Adidas | Dafabet |
Swansea City | Garry Monk | Adidas | GWFX |
Tottenham Hotspur | Mauricio Pochettino | Under Armour | AIA |
Watford | Quique Flores | Puma | 138.com |
West Bromwich Albion | Tony Pulis | Adidas | Tlcbet |
West Ham United | Slaven Bilić | Umbro | Betway |
- 1 According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
- Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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West Ham United | Sam Allardyce | End of contract | 24 May 2015 | Pre-season | Slaven Bilić | 9 June 2015 |
Watford | Slaviša Jokanović | 5 June 2015 | Quique Flores | 5 June 2015 | ||
Newcastle United | John Carver | Sacked | 9 June 2015 | Steve McClaren | 10 June 2015 | |
Leicester City | Nigel Pearson | 30 June 2015 | Claudio Ranieri | 13 July 2015 | ||
Sunderland | ![]() |
Resigned | 4 October 2015 | 19th | ![]() |
9 October 2015 |
Liverpool | ![]() |
Sacked | 4 October 2015 | 10th | ![]() |
8 October 2015 |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
25 October 2015 | 19th | ![]() |
2 November 2015 | |
Swansea City | ![]() |
9 December 2015 | 15th | ![]() |
7 January 2016 | |
Chelsea | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 17 December 2015 | 16th | ![]() |
19 December 2015 |
Swansea City | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 18 January 2016 | 18th | ![]() |
18 January 2016 |
Newcastle United | ![]() |
Sacked | 11 March 2016 | 19th | ![]() |
11 March 2016 |
Aston Villa | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 29 March 2016 | 20th | ![]() |
29 March 2016 |
Everton | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 May 2016 | 12th |
Results[]
League table[]
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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1 | Leicester City (C) | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 81 | |
2 | Arsenal (Q) | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 71 | |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur (Q) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 70 | |
4 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 66 | |
5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 66 | |
6 | Southampton | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 63 | |
7 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 62 | |
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 Bromwich Albion | 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 United (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 |
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
Result table[]
Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BOU | CHE | CRY | EVE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | NWC | SOT | STK | SUN | SWA | TOT | WAT | WBA | WHU |
Arsenal | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
Aston Villa | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
Bournemouth | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
Chelsea | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
Crystal Palace | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
Everton | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | |
Leicester City | 2–5 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
Liverpool | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | |
Manchester City | 2–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
Manchester United | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | ||
Newcastle United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
Norwich City | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
Southampton | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
Stoke City | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
Sunderland | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
Swansea City | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
Watford | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | |
West Ham United | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
Source: Barclays Premier League football scores & results
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics[]
Scoring[]
Top scorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 25 |
2 | ![]() |
Manchester City | 24 |
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Leicester City | ||
4 | ![]() |
Everton | 18 |
5 | ![]() |
Leicester City | 17 |
6 | ![]() |
Arsenal | 16 |
7 | ![]() |
Sunderland | 15 |
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Watford | ||
9 | ![]() |
Watford | 13 |
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Arsenal |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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AFC Bournemouth | West Ham United | 4–3 | 22 August 2015 | |
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Everton | Chelsea | 3–1 | 12 September 2015 | |
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Arsenal | Leicester City | 5–2 | 26 September 2015 | |
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Manchester City | Newcastle United | 6–1 | 3 October 2015 | |
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Manchester City | AFC Bournemouth | 5–1 | 17 October 2015 | |
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Newcastle United | Norwich City | 6–2 | 18 October 2015 | |
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Tottenham Hotspur | AFC Bournemouth | 5–1 | 25 October 2015 | |
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Everton | Sunderland | 6–2 | 1 November 2015 | |
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Leicester City | Swansea City | 3–0 | 5 December 2015 | |
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Sunderland | Swansea City | 4–2 | 13 January 2016 | |
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West Ham United | Arsenal | 3–3 | 9 April 2016 | |
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Manchester City | Chelsea | 3–0 | 16 April 2016 | |
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Southampton | Manchester City | 4–2 | 1 May 2016 | |
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Arsenal | Aston Villa | 4–0 | 15 May 2016 |
- Note
4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
Clean sheets[]
- As of matches played on 15 May 2016.
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Arsenal | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
Manchester United | 15 |
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Manchester City | ||
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Leicester City | ||
5 | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | 13 |
6 | ![]() |
Watford | 11 |
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Liverpool | ||
8 | ![]() |
Stoke City | 10 |
9 | ![]() |
West Ham United | 9 |
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Swansea City |
Discipline[]
- As of matches played on 11 May 2016
Player[]
- Most yellow cards: 11
- Jack Colback (Newcastle)
- Most red cards: 3
- Victor Wanyama (Southampton)
Club[]
- Most yellow cards: 74
- Aston Villa
- Most red cards: 6
- Southampton
Awards[]
Monthly awards[]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | |
August | ![]() |
Manchester City | ![]() |
Swansea City |
September | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Manchester United |
October | ![]() |
Arsenal | ![]() |
Leicester City |
November | ![]() |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Leicester City |
December | ![]() |
Watford | ![]() |
Watford |
January | ![]() |
Southampton | ![]() |
Manchester City |
February | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur | ![]() |
Southampton |
March | ![]() |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Tottenham Hotspur |
April | ![]() |
Leicester City | ![]() |
Manchester City |
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