2015–16 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
2015–16 season
Co-chairmen	David Gold David Sullivan
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Stadium	Boleyn Ground Upton Park, London
Premier League	2015–16 Premier League
FA Cup	2015–16 FA Cup
League Cup	2015–16 Football League Cup
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Sam Allardyce is in his fifth season as manager

The 2015–16 season is West Ham United‍ 's fourth campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It is West Ham's twentieth Premier League campaign overall.

As well as competing in the Premier League, West Ham will take part in the FA Cup and the League Cup entering at the third and second rounds respectively.

Sam Allardyce is scheduled to start his fifth full season as West Ham manager. Kevin Nolan is the current captain. It is scheduled to be their last season playing at the Boleyn Ground before moving to the Olympic Stadium for the start of the 2016–17 season. The Boleyn Ground was sold to the Galliard group in 2014.^[1]^[2] A new commemorative, first-team kit will be introduced for the season.^[3]

Key events

30 January 2015: Stephen Hendrie of Hamilton Academical signs a pre-contract agreement to join West Ham on 1 July 2015.^[4]

Squad

First team squad

Squad No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
13	Adrián	GK	(1987-01-03) 3 January 1987	Real Betis
22	Jussi Jääskeläinen	GK	(1975-04-19) 19 April 1975	Bolton Wanderers
34	Raphael Spiegel	GK	(1992-12-19) 19 December 1992	Grasshopper
Defenders
2	Winston Reid	CB	(1988-07-03) 3 July 1988	Midtjylland
3	Aaron Cresswell	LB	(1989-12-15) 15 December 1989	Ipswich Town
5	James Tomkins	CB	(1989-03-29) 29 March 1989	Academy
17	Joey O'Brien	RB	(1986-02-17) 17 February 1986	Bolton Wanderers
18	Carl Jenkinson	RB	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992	Arsenal (On loan)
19	James Collins	CB	(1983-08-23) 23 August 1983	Aston Villa
20	Guy Demel	CB	(1981-06-13) 13 June 1981	Hamburg
25	Doneil Henry	CB	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993	Apollon Limassol
32	Reece Burke	CB	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996	Academy
33	Dan Potts	LB	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994	Academy
Midfielders
4	Kevin Nolan	CM	(1982-06-24) 24 June 1982	Newcastle United
7	Matt Jarvis	LM	(1986-05-22) 22 May 1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers
8	Cheikhou Kouyaté	DM	(1989-12-21) 21 December 1989	Anderlecht
11	Stewart Downing	AM	(1984-07-22) 22 July 1984	Liverpool
16	Mark Noble	DM	(1987-05-08) 8 May 1987	Academy
21	Morgan Amalfitano	AM	(1985-03-20) 20 March 1985	Marseille
23	Diego Poyet	DM	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995	Charlton Athletic
30	Alex Song	DM	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987	Barcelona (On loan)
Forwards
9	Andy Carroll	ST	(1989-01-06) 6 January 1989	Liverpool
12	Nenê	SS	(1981-07-19) 19 July 1981	Free Agent
15	Diafra Sakho	ST	(1989-12-24) 24 December 1989	Metz
24	Carlton Cole	ST	(1983-10-12) 12 October 1983	Free Agent
31	Enner Valencia	ST	(1989-11-04) 4 November 1989	Pachuca

Squad statistics

As of 29 April 2015^[5]

No.	Pos.	Name	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
–	–	Own goals	–	-	–	-	-	-	–	-	–	-	-	-	–	–

Players who left the club during the season:

No.	Pos.	Name	League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists

Goalscorers

As of 29 April 2015

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Own goals
TOTALS					'	'	'	'

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Assistant manager	Neil McDonald
First team attacking coach	Teddy Sherringham
First team coach	Ian Hendon
Goalkeeping coach	Bobby Mimms
Development coach	Steve Potts
Director of youth academy	Terry Westley
Head of sports medicine	Dominic Rogan
Fitness Coach	Eamon Swift

Last updated: 29 April 2015
Source: West Ham United F.C.#Current staff

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2015–16 Premier League

Matches

The fixtures for the 2015–16 season are scheduled to be announced in June 2015.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 8 August 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of English football transfers summer 2015

In

Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref.

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref.

Under-21s

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
34	GK	Raphael Spiegel
	GK	Sam Howes
	GK	Danny Boness
	GK	Tim Brown
35	DF	Reece Oxford
37	DF	Lewis Page
32	DF	Reece Burke
	DF	Sam Westley
	DF	Amos Nasha
33	DF	Dan Potts
	DF	Alex Pike
	DF	Nathan Mavila
	DF	Kyle Knoyle
	DF	Joshua Pask
	DF	Emmanuel Onariase
	DF	Vashon Neufville

No.	Position	Player
	DF	Leo Chambers
	MF	Kieran Bywater
	MF	Sebastian Lletget
	MF	Josh Cullen
	MF	Moses Makasi
	MF	Matthew Carter
	MF	Grady Diangana
36	FW	Elliot Lee
	FW	Jordan Brown
	FW	Djair Parfitt-Williams
	FW	Jaanai Gordon
	FW	Joe Powell
	FW	Adrián Wójcik
	FW	Sean Maguire
	FW	Paul McCallum
	FW	Jahmal Hector-Ingram

References

↑ Prynn, Jonathan. "EXCLUSIVE: West Ham sells off its home ground to make way for 700 apartments". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
↑ "West Ham agree Upton Park sale deal with Galliard Group". BBC News. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "The final kit for the final season". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "Hendrie to join Hammers". www.whufc.con. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
↑ "2014/15 Appearances and Goals — First Team — Team — West Ham United". Retrieved 11 September 2014.

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