2015–16 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

West Bromwich Albion
2015–16 season
Owner Jeremy Peace
Chairman Jeremy Peace
Head coach Tony Pulis
Stadium The Hawthorns
Premier League 14th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Salomón Rondón
All: Salomón Rondón
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2015–16 season is West Bromwich Albion's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League and their 138th year in existence.[1] This season West Bromwich Albion participate in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2016[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 England GK Ben Foster
3 Sweden DF Jonas Olsson
4 Wales DF James Chester[3]
5 Argentina MF Claudio Yacob
6 Northern Ireland DF Jonny Evans
7 Scotland MF James Morrison
8 England MF Craig Gardner
10 Nigeria FW Victor Anichebe
11 Northern Ireland MF Chris Brunt
13 Wales GK Boaz Myhill
14 Republic of Ireland MF James McClean
15 Belgium DF Sébastien Pocognoli
No. Position Player
16 Costa Rica DF Cristian Gamboa
17 England FW Rickie Lambert
18 England FW Saido Berahino
19 England FW Callum McManaman
20 England MF Alex Pritchard (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
23 Northern Ireland DF Gareth McAuley
24 Scotland MF Darren Fletcher (Captain)
25 England DF Craig Dawson
29 Benin MF Stéphane Sessègnon
30 Brazil MF Sandro (on loan from Queens Park Rangers)
33 Venezuela FW Salomón Rondón

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK England Ben Foster 19 0 15 0 4 0 0 0
13 GK Wales Boaz Myhill 25 0 23 0 1 0 1 0
Defenders
3 DF Sweden Jonas Olsson 32 1 25+3 1 2 0 2 0
4 DF Wales James Chester 19 0 9+4 0 3+1 0 2 0
6 DF Northern Ireland Jonny Evans 34 1 30 1 4 0 0 0
15 DF Belgium Sébastien Pocognoli 5 0 0+1 0 1+2 0 1 0
16 DF Costa Rica Cristian Gamboa 3 0 0+1 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF Northern Ireland Gareth McAuley 39 1 34 1 4 0 1 0
25 DF England Craig Dawson 43 4 38 4 2+1 0 1+1 0
Midfielders
5 MF Argentina Claudio Yacob 37 1 33 1 3 0 1 0
7 MF Scotland James Morrison 19 4 17+1 3 1 1 0 0
8 MF England Craig Gardner 38 3 20+14 3 3 0 1 0
11 MF Northern Ireland Chris Brunt 26 0 20+2 0 3 0 1 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland James McClean 42 2 28+7 2 5 0 1+1 0
19 MF England Callum McManaman 15 0 2+10 0 0+1 0 0+2 0
20 MF England Alex Pritchard 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
24 MF Scotland Darren Fletcher 42 3 38 1 3 2 1 0
29 MF Benin Stephane Sessegnon 31 2 21+4 2 4+1 0 1 0
30 MF Brazil Sandro 13 0 5+7 0 1 0 0 0
47 MF England Sam Field 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW Nigeria Victor Anichebe 14 0 3+7 0 1+2 0 1 0
17 FW England Rickie Lambert 24 1 5+14 1 2+1 0 2 0
18 FW England Saido Berahino 35 7 17+14 4 3+1 3 0 0
33 FW Venezuela Salomón Rondón 40 10 30+4 9 4+1 1 0+1 0
44 FW Wales Tyler Roberts 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW England Jonathan Leko 6 0 3+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
6 DF England Joleon Lescott 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Nigeria Brown Ideye 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 GK Denmark Anders Lindegaard 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 MF Germany Serge Gnabry 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions


Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 LW Republic of Ireland James McClean Wigan Athletic £1,500,000 [4][5]
29 July 2015 CB Wales James Chester Hull City £8,000,000 [6]
31 July 2015 ST England Rickie Lambert Liverpool £3,000,000 [7][8]
10 August 2015 CF Venezuela Salomón Rondón Zenit Saint Petersburg £12,000,000 [9]
29 August 2015 CB Northern Ireland Jonny Evans Manchester United £6,000,000 [10][11]
31 August 2015 GK Denmark Anders Lindegaard Manchester United Free [12]

Total outgoing: Decrease £30,500,000

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 RB England Wes Atkinson Notts County [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 DM Northern Ireland Chris Baird Derby County [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 CB Montserrat Donervon Daniels Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [16]
1 July 2015 LB Australia Jason Davidson Huddersfield Town [lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 RM Scotland Graham Dorrans Norwich City £3,000,000 [18][19]
1 July 2015 LB Republic of Ireland Bradley Garmston Gillingham [lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [14]
1 July 2015 MF England Alex Jones Birmingham City Free transfer [21]
1 July 2015 DM Democratic Republic of the Congo Youssuf Mulumbu Norwich City Free transfer [22]
1 July 2015 CM England Mani O'Sullivan Free Agent Released [14]
1 July 2015 AM England Kemar Roofe Oxford United Undisclosed [23]
17 July 2015 LW Greece Georgios Samaras Free Agent Released [24]
24 August 2015 DM England Liam O'Neil Chesterfield Undisclosed [25]
31 August 2015 CF Nigeria Brown Ideye Olympiacos Undisclosed [26]
1 September 2015 CB England Joleon Lescott Aston Villa Undisclosed [27]
  1. ↑ Following Atkinson's release he joined Notts County.[13]
  2. ↑ Following Baird's release he joined Derby County.[15]
  3. ↑ Following Davidson's release he joined Huddersfield Town.[17]
  4. ↑ Following Garmston's release ohe joined Gillingham.[20]

Total incoming: Increase £3,000,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2015 RW Germany Serge Gnabry Arsenal End of season [28]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 GK England Alex Palmer Kidderminster Harriers 2 January 2016 [29]
5 August 2015 CF England Andre Wright Kidderminster Harriers 2 January 2016 [30]
7 August 2015 LW England Tahvon Campbell Kidderminster Harriers 22 October 2015 [31]
28 August 2015 CF England Adil Nabi Delhi Dynamos 29 November 2015 [32]
11 September 2015 CB England Jack Fitzwater Chesterfield 9 October 2015 [33]
2 January 2016 LW England Tahvon Campbell Yeovil Town 2 February 2016 [34]
23 January 2016 GK Denmark Anders Lindegaard Preston North End End of season [35]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 1 May 2015, It was announced that West Bromwich Albion would face Walsall in a pre-season friendly on 28 July 2015.[36] Also announced was that West Bromwich Albion will go on tour to the United States and face Orlando City, Charleston Battery and Richmond Kickers.[37] On 12 May 2015, it was announced that a West Bromwich Albion XI side will travel to Forest Green Rovers on 28 July 2015.[38] On 7 July 2015, West Bromwich Albion announced a friendly fixture against Swindon Town.[39]

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
12 Swansea City 38 12 11 15 42 52 −10 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 AFC Bournemouth 38 11 9 18 45 67 −22 42
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).[40]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 10 13 15 34 48  −14 43 6 5 8 20 26  −6 4 8 7 14 22  −8

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAAHAHA 
Result W W W W W L W L L W L L L L W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W L L L L L
Position 20 17 20 14 13 12 15 17 13 10 12 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 11           15      

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[41]

FA Cup

League Cup

West Bromwich Albion enter in the second round and were drawn at home against Port Vale.[42] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. West Brom were drawn away to Norwich City.[43]

References

  1. ↑ "History". Statto.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Chester was born in Warrington, England, but also qualifies to represent Wales internationally through his mother.
  4. ↑ "Albion capture James McClean". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 22 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "James McClean: West Brom sign Wigan winger for about £1.5m". BBC Sport. 22 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Defender pens four-year deal". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 29 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Lambert completes Albion move". West Bromwich Albion F.C. 31 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Rickie Lambert joins West Brom from Liverpool for £3m". Sky Sports. 31 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Albion sign Rondon in club-record deal". West Bromwich Albion FC. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Evans completes Albion move". West Bromwich Albion FC. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Jonny Evans: West Brom seal deal for Man Utd for defender". BBC Sport. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lindegaard signs for Albion". West Bromwich Albion FC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Wesley Atkinson: Notts County sign defender". BBC Sport. 20 July 2015.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Albion begin plans for next season". West Bromwich Albion FC. 24 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Derby County sign Chris Baird". talkSPORT. 19 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Donervon Daniels signs for Wigan Athletic". West Bromwich Albion FC. 30 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Huddersfield: Huddersfield land Davidson". ClubCall. 26 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Dorrans pens permanent Norwich switch". West Bromwich Albion FC. 27 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Norwich Complete Permanent Signing of West Brom Midfielder Graham Dorrans". 90min. 27 May 2015.
  20. ↑ "Garmston Returns To Gills". Gillingham FC. 15 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Blues sign former West Brom youngster". Birmingham City FC. 19 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "Norwich to sign Youssouf Mulumbu on free transfer". Sky Sports. 22 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Roofe seals Oxford switch". West Bromwich Albion FC. 12 May 2015.
  24. ↑ "Samaras leaves Albion". West Bromwich Albion FC. 17 July 2015.
  25. ↑ "Liam O'Neil: West Bromwich Albion midfielder joins Chesterfield". West Bromwich Albion FC. 24 August 2015.
  26. ↑ "Brown Ideye sold to Greek club". West Bromwich Albion FC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Lescott leaves Albion". West Bromwich Albion FC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  28. ↑ "Gnabry becomes fourth summer signing at The Hawthorns". WBA FC. 7 August 2015.
  29. ↑ "YOUNG Albion goalkeeper Alex Palmer has signed a youth loan deal with Vanarama National League club Kidderminster Harriers". West Bromwich Albion FC. 24 June 2015.
  30. ↑ "Andre Wright joins Kidderminster on youth loan". West Bromwich Albion FC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Striking starlet signs". Kidderminster Harriers FC. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  32. ↑ "Adil off to Delhi Dynamos". West Bromwich Albion FC. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  33. ↑ "Fitzwater in Chesterfield loan switch". West Bromwich Albion FC. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  34. ↑ "Tahvon Campbell signs on loan from West Bromwich Albion on loan". Yeovil Town F.C. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  35. ↑ "Anders Lindegaard Signs For The Season From West Bromwich Albion". Preston North End F.C. 23 January 2016.
  36. ↑ "Walsall to host West Bromwich Albion in pre-season match". Express and Star. 1 May 2015.
  37. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion announce friendlies against Orlando, Charleston and Richmond". World Soccer Talk. 1 May 2015.
  38. ↑ "Premier League duo set for pre-season". Forest Green Rovers FC. 12 May 2015.
  39. ↑ "Albion will play Swindon Town as part of their preparations for the 2015/16 Barclays Premier League campaign". West Bromwich Albion FC. 7 July 2015.
  40. ↑ "Premier League Handbook 2015/16" (pdf). The Football Association. 19 June 2015. p. 96. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  41. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion football fixtures - The Baggies face Manchester City on opening day of 2015 16 Barclays Premier League season". West Bromwich Albion FC. 17 June 2015.
  42. ↑ "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  43. ↑ "Capital One Cup Round 3 draw". Capital One Cup. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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