2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2015–16 season
Chairman Steve Brown
Manager Tommy Wright
Stadium McDiarmid Park
Premiership Fourth place
League Cup Semi Final
lost to Hibernian
Scottish Cup Round 4
lost to Kilmarnock
Europa League First qualifying round, lost to Alashkert
Top goalscorer League:
Steve MacLean (14)

All:
Steve MacLean (15)
Highest home attendance 6,418 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
13 December 2015
Lowest home attendance 2,157 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership
9 March 2016
Average home league attendance 3,880
Home colours

The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season friendlies

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 6 February 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Northern Ireland Alan Mannus 28 0 22+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland Dave Mackay 20 1 17+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Tam Scobbie 21 1 15+1 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF Scotland Simon Lappin 17 3 8+5 2 3+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland Frazer Wright 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland Steven Anderson 16 1 11+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland Chris Millar 16 0 13+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 25 2 20+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Scotland Steven MacLean 26 11 18+2 10 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
10 MF Scotland David Wotherspoon 25 6 17+3 6 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW England John Sutton 20 1 5+11 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
12 GK Scotland Zander Clark 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 28 2 20+2 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
15 DF Scotland Brad McKay 4 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
16 MF Scotland Liam Caddis 6 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF Scotland Danny Swanson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins 21 6 15+2 6 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
20 MF Scotland Scott Brown 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
22 DF England Darnell Fisher 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland Brian Easton 28 1 20+2 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
25 FW Scotland Chris Kane 20 3 3+13 2 0+1 1 1+0 0 1+1 0
26 MF Scotland Liam Craig 24 3 15+6 3 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland Craig Thomson 7 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
29 FW Scotland Michael O'Halloran 26 5 19+1 2 3+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 1
31 MF Scotland Greg Hurst 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1Northern IrelandGKAlan Mannus 1100000011
2ScotlandDFDave Mackay 1100000011
3Scotland DFTam Scobbie 2000001030
4Scotland MFSimon Lappin 1020000030
5Scotland DFFrazer Wright 0000001010
6Scotland DFSteven Anderson 1000001020
7ScotlandMFChris Millar 2000000020
8Scotland MFMurray Davidson 6020100080
9ScotlandMFSteve MacLean 2000000020
10ScotlandMFDavid Wotherspoon 6000000060
14Republic of Ireland DFJoe Shaughnessy 1010000020
15Scotland DFBrad McKay 0000001010
16ScotlandMFLiam Caddis 1000000010
16ScotlandMFDanny Swanson 1000000010
22England DFDarnell Fisher 3000000030
24Scotland DFBrian Easton 4000000040
26ScotlandMFLiam Craig 4100000041
29Scotland FWMichael O'Halloran 2000000020
Totals 38 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 48 3

Goal scorers

As of 6 February 2016
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
1 Scotland9Steve MacLean1010011
2 Republic of Ireland18Graham Cummins60006
Scotland10David Wotherspoon60006
3Scotland29Michael O'Halloran22015
4 Scotland4Simon Lappin21003
Scotland26Liam Craig30003
Scotland25Chris Kane21003
5Scotland8Murray Davidson11002
Scotland14Brad McKay10012
Republic of Ireland14Joe Shaughnessy11002
6 England11John Sutton10001
Scotland24Brian Easton10001
Scotland6Steven Anderson10001
Scotland3Tam Scobbie10001
Totals 3870246

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 6 48
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[2]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHHHAHAH
Result L D D L W L W L W W L W W W W D W L D L D L L
Position 9 9 8 10 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5

Last updated: 6 February 2016.
Source: [3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Wright, TommyTommy Wright[4] 2 July 2015 Present 29 12 5 12 41.38

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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