2015–16 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
2015–16 season
Owner Steve Parish
David Blitzer
Joshua Harris[1]
Chairman Steve Parish
Manager Alan Pardew
Stadium Selhurst Park
Premier League 15th
FA Cup Runners-up
League Cup Fourth Round
Cape Town Cup Final against
Sporting CP
Top goalscorer League: Cabaye, Dann, Wickham, Bolasie (5 goals)
All: Dwight Gayle (7 goals)
Highest home attendance 25,295 vs Aston Villa
Lowest home attendance 23,714 vs Swansea
Average home league attendance 24,672
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2015–16 season was Crystal Palace's third consecutive season in the Premier League and their 110th year in existence.[2] Crystal Palace participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. They finished 15th in the Premier League and were runners-up in the FA Cup for the second time in their history. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
10 July 2015 CM France Yohan Cabaye Paris Saint-Germain £10,000,000 [3][4]
23 July 2015 GK England Alex McCarthy Queens Park Rangers £3,500,000 [5]
3 August 2015 ST England Connor Wickham Sunderland £9,000,000 [6]
5 August 2015 LW Mali Bakary Sako Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer [7]
3 January 2016 LW England Randell Williams Tower Hamlets Free transfer [8]
26 January 2016 ST Togo Emmanuel Adebayor Free agent Free transfer [9]
30 March 2016 ST England Freddie Ladapo Margate Undisclosed [10]

Total spending: Decrease £22,500,000

    Loan in

    Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
    21 July 2015 CF England Patrick Bamford Chelsea 4 January 2016 [11][12]

    Transfers out

    Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
    1 July 2015 CF Nigeria Shola Ameobi Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 1]
    1 July 2015 CM England Sonny Black Free agent Released [13]
    1 July 2015 CB England Michael Chambers Welling United Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 2]
    1 July 2015 CM England Shawniki Clement-Peter Free agent Released [13]
    1 July 2015 GK England Bradley Comins Free agent Released [13]
    1 July 2015 AM England Kyle De Silva Notts County Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 3]
    1 July 2015 SS Scotland Stephen Dobbie Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 4]
    1 July 2015 RB England Mandela Egbo Borussia Mönchengladbach Undisclosed [18]
    1 July 2015 CF England Morgan Ferrier Free agent Released [13]
    1 July 2015 AM Republic of Ireland Owen Garvan Colchester United Released [13][lower-alpha 5]
    1 July 2015 CB England Jahmal Howlett-Mundle Heart of Midlothian Free transfer [13]
    1 July 2015 RW England Elliott List Gillingham Released [13]
    1 July 2015 CM England Kiye Martin Free agent Released [13]
    1 July 2015 GK Wales Lewis Price Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [13][lower-alpha 6]
    1 July 2015 CB England Peter Ramage Kerala Blasters Released [13][lower-alpha 7]
    1 July 2015 CM England Ghassimu Sow Free agent Released [13]
    1 July 2015 LW England Jerome Thomas Free agent Released [13]
    31 August 2015 CM Scotland Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [22]
    1 September 2015 CM Algeria Adlène Guedioura Watford Undisclosed [23]
    1 September 2015 CF England Glenn Murray Bournemouth £4,000,000 [24]
    25 September 2015 CF England Fisayo Adarabioyo Macclesfield Town Free transfer [25]
    13 January 2016 RB England Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed [26]
    1. ↑ Following Ameobi's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.[14]
    2. ↑ Following Chambers' release he joined Welling United.[15]
    3. ↑ Following De Silva's release he joined Notts County.[16]
    4. ↑ Following Dobbie's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.[17]
    5. ↑ Following Garvan's release he joined Colchester United.[19]
    6. ↑ Following Price's release he joined Sheffield Wednesday.[20]
    7. ↑ Following Ramage's release he joined Kerala Blasters.[21]

    Loans out

    Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
    3 July 2015 RB England Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday 13 January 2016 [27]
    23 July 2015 CM England Hiram Boateng Plymouth Argyle 2 January 2016 [28]
    27 July 2015 CB England Ryan Inniss Port Vale End of season [29]
    30 July 2015 LB England Jerome Binnom-Williams Burton Albion End of season [30]
    14 August 2015 GK Scotland Chris Kettings Stevenage 12 September 2015 [31]
    20 August 2015 LB England Christian Scales Crawley Town 2 January 2016 [32]
    10 September 2015 AM Wales Jonny Williams Nottingham Forest 2 January 2016 [33]
    17 September 2015 CF England Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town 23 December 2015 [34][35]
    18 September 2015 GK Scotland Chris Kettings Bromley 16 October 2015 [36]
    22 January 2016 AM Wales Jonny Williams MK Dons End of season [37]
    01 March 2016 CF England Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town 3 May 2016 [38][39]
    23 March 2016 CM England Hiram Boateng Plymouth Argyle End of season [40]

    Player statistics

    Appearances and goals

    As of 21 May 2016[41]
    No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK Argentina Julián Speroni 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
    2 DF England Joel Ward 38 3 30 2 6 1 1+1 0
    3 DF Jamaica Adrian Mariappa 7 0 3 0 0+1 0 3 0
    4 DF Norway Brede Hangeland 9 0 7 0 0 0 1+1 0
    6 DF England Scott Dann 42 5 35 5 6 0 1 0
    7 MF France Yohan Cabaye 40 6 32+1 5 6 1 0+1 0
    8 FW England Patrick Bamford (on loan from Chelsea) 9 0 0+6 0 0 0 2+1 0
    9 FW England Fraizer Campbell 15 2 4+7 0 2+1 1 1 1
    10 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo Yannick Bolasie 31 6 23+3 5 3+1 1 1 0
    11 MF England Wilfried Zaha 43 5 30+4 2 6 2 3 1
    12 GK England Alex McCarthy 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
    13 GK Wales Wayne Hennessey 38 0 29 0 6 0 3 0
    14 MF South Korea Lee Chung-yong 17 2 4+9 1 1 0 2+1 1
    15 MF Australia Mile Jedinak 35 0 16+11 0 3+3 0 2 0
    16 FW England Dwight Gayle 20 7 8+8 3 0+1 0 2+1 4
    17 FW England Glenn Murray 3 1 2 0 0 0 0+1 1
    18 MF Scotland James McArthur 31 2 26+2 2 1+1 0 1 0
    20 MF Wales Jonny Williams 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
    21 FW England Connor Wickham 24 6 15+6 5 3 1 0 0
    22 MF England Jordon Mutch 25 0 7+13 0 2+1 0 1+1 0
    23 DF Senegal Pape Souaré 41 0 34 0 5 0 1+1 0
    25 FW Togo Emmanuel Adebayor 15 1 7+5 1 2+1 0 0 0
    26 MF Mali Bakary Sako 23 2 11+9 2 0+3 0 0 0
    27 DF Republic of Ireland Damien Delaney 40 3 32 2 6 0 2 1
    28 MF Wales Joe Ledley 26 1 11+8 1 4 0 3 0
    29 FW Morocco Marouane Chamakh 12 0 1+9 0 0+2 0 0 0
    34 DF England Martin Kelly 17 1 11+2 0 1 1 3 0
    38 MF England Hiram Boateng 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
    42 MF England Jason Puncheon 35 3 31 2 3+1 1 0 0
    43 MF England Sullay Kaikai 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

    Goalscorers

    As of 21 May 2016[41]
    No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
    16 FW Gayle, DwightDwight Gayle 3 0 4 7
    7 MF Cabaye, YohanYohan Cabaye 5 1 0 6
    21 FW Wickham, ConnorConnor Wickham 5 1 0 6
    10 MF Bolasie, YannickYannick Bolasie 5 1 0 6
    6 DF Dann, ScottScott Dann 5 0 0 5
    11 MF Zaha, WilfriedWilfried Zaha 2 2 1 5
    2 DF Ward, JoelJoel Ward 2 1 0 3
    42 MF Puncheon, JasonJason Puncheon 2 1 0 3
    27 DF Delaney, DamienDamien Delaney 2 0 1 3
    26 MF Sako, BakaryBakary Sako 2 0 0 2
    18 MF McArthur, JamesJames McArthur 2 0 0 2
    14 MF Chung-yong, LeeLee Chung-yong 1 0 1 2
    9 FW Campbell, FraizerFraizer Campbell 0 1 1 2
    25 FW Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor 1 0 0 1
    28 MF Ledley, JoeJoe Ledley 1 0 0 1
    34 DF Kelly, MartinMartin Kelly 0 1 0 1
    17 FW Murray, GlennGlenn Murray 0 0 1 1
    - - Goal, OwnOwn Goal 1 0 0 1
    Total368953

    Disciplinary record

    As of 21 May 2016[41]
    No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
    Red card Red card Red card Red card
    7 MF Cabaye, YohanYohan Cabaye 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
    6 DF Dann, ScottScott Dann 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
    23 DF Souaré, PapePape Souaré 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 1
    15 MF Jedinak, MileMile Jedinak 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
    11 MF Zaha, WilfriedWilfried Zaha 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
    18 MF McArthur, JamesJames McArthur 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
    2 DF Ward, JoelJoel Ward 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
    42 MF Puncheon, JasonJason Puncheon 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
    34 DF Kelly, MartinMartin Kelly 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
    10 MF Bolasie, YannickYannick Bolasie 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
    9 FW Campbell, FraizerFraizer Campbell 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
    16 FW Gayle, DwightDwight Gayle 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
    4 DF Hangeland, BredeBrede Hangeland 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
    13 GK Hennessey, WayneWayne Hennessey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    21 FW Wickham, ConnorConnor Wickham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    27 DF Delaney, DamienDamien Delaney 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
    28 MF Ledley, JoeJoe Ledley 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
    29 FW Chamakh, MarouaneMarouane Chamakh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    25 FW Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    26 MF Sako, BakaryBakary Sako 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Total 58 2 8 0 3 0 69 2

    Competitions

    Overview

    Competition Record
    G W D L GF GA GD Win %
    Premier League 38 11 9 18 39 51 −12 28.95
    FA Cup 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 83.33
    League Cup 3 2 0 1 9 7 +2 66.67
    Total 47 18 9 20 57 62 −5 38.30

    Last updated: 21 May 2016
    Source: Competitions

    Pre-season friendlies

    On 28 May 2015, Crystal Palace announced their first pre-season friendly ahead of the 2015–16 season against Fulham.[42] On 8 June 2015, a second fixture against Dagenham & Redbridge was added to the schedule.[43] On 12 June 2015, Palace announced they will travel to Germany to play Union Berlin on 18 July 2015.[44] A fourth friendly against Barnet was announced on 19 June 2015.[45]

    Premier League

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    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 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 9 18 45 67 −22 42
    17 Sunderland 38 9 12 17 48 62 −14 39
    Source: Premier League
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[46]

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    38 11 9 18 39 51  −12 42 6 3 10 19 23  −4 5 6 8 20 28  −8

    Last updated: 15 May 2016.
    Source: Premier League

    Results by matchday

    Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
    GroundAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHHAAAHA
    Result W L W W L L W W L L D W L W D W W D D L L L L L D L L D L L D W D D L L W L
    Position 3 6 4 2 4 8 6 4 5 7 10 8 10 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 8 11 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 15

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

    Matches

      Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

    The fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced on 18 June 2015 at 9am.[47][48]

    FA Cup

    In the third round of the 2015–16 FA Cup, Crystal Palace were drawn to play away against fellow Premier League side Southampton on 9 January 2016.[49] At St Mary's Stadium, Crystal Palace won 2-1 with goals from Joel Ward and Wilfred Zaha.[50] In the fourth round, they were drawn at home against Premier League Stoke City. At Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park, they won 1-0 with a goal from Zaha.[51] in the fifth round they were drawn away at Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. At White Hart Lane, Crystal Palace won 1-0 with a goal from Martin Kelly.[52] In the quarter final, Crystal Palace were drawn away at Football League Championship team Reading. At the Madjeski Stadium, Crystal Palace won 2-0 with goals from Yohan Cabaye and Fraizer Campbell to reach the semi-final for the first time in 21 years.[53] Crystal Palace drew Premier League Watford in the Wembley semi-final, in a repeat of the 2013 Football League Championship play-off Final. Crystal Palace won 2-1 due to goals from Yannick Bolasie and Connor Wickham.[54] In the final, Crystal Palace opened the scoring through Jason Puncheon after 78 minutes, though Juan Mata equalised for Manchester United within 3 minutes to send the game to extra-time. Although United had Chris Smalling sent off, Palace could not force a winner, instead conceding the winning goal to Jesse Lingard with 10 minutes left.[55]

    League Cup

    Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home against Shrewsbury Town.[56] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Palace were drawn at home to Charlton Athletic.[57]

    Cape Town Cup

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