2015–16 Hull City A.F.C. season

Hull City

2015–16 season
Chairman	Assem Allam
Owner	Assem Allam
Manager	Steve Bruce
Stadium	KC Stadium
2015–16 Football League Championship	1st
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Abel Hernández (16) All: Abel Hernández (17)
Highest home attendance	21,842 (26 December v Burnley)[1]
Lowest home attendance	15,139 (16 December v Reading)[2]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 season will be Hull City's first season back in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season in their 112th year in existence.^[3] Along with the Championship, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Events

• On 3 July 2015 Tom Ince was sold to Derby County for £4.75 million.^[4]
• On 11 July 2015, the Football Supporters Federation confirmed that a 70/30 decision was made in favour of Hull City A.F.C. not changing their name after The Football Association vote.^[5]

• On 27 July 2015 Sam Clucas was signed on a 3-year contract from Chesterfield for an undisclosed fee, reported by the Hull Daily Mail as about £1.3 million.^[6][7]
• On 27 July 2015 Ryan Taylor was signed on a 1-year deal after being released by Newcastle United.^[6][7]
• On 29 July 2015 James Chester was sold to West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee, reported by the BBC as £8 million.^[8][9]
• On 29 July 2015 Robbie Brady moved to Norwich City for a fee of £7 million.^[10]
• On 31 July 2015 Isaac Hayden was brought in on a season-long loan from Arsenal,^[11] though this was terminated, by mutual consent, following the Queens Park Rangers match on 1 January 2016.^[12] Though he remained available for selection until another opportunity became available.^[13]
• On 4 August 2015 Chuba Akpom was brought in on a season-long loan from Arsenal.^[14]
• On 7 August 2015, Moses Odubajo joined on a 3-year deal from Brentford for a fee of £3.5 million.^[15]
• On 10 August 2015 Dame N'Doye was sold to Trabzonspor for £2.2 million.^[16]
• On 10 August 2015 goalkeeper Rory Watson moved to Scunthorpe United on a month-long loan spell.^[17]
• On 27 August 2015 Shaun Maloney as signed from Chicago Fire on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.^[18][19]
• On transfer deadline day, 1 September 2015, Nikica Jelavić moved to West Ham United for £3 million,^[20][21] and was replaced by Adama Diomandé on a 3-year deal from Stabæk for an undisclosed fee.^[22]
• On 10 September 2015 the club revoked the suspension of Jake Livermore after a disciplinary hearing decided that the Football Association provisional ban, for testing positive for cocaine, would not be extended,^[23][24]

• On 12 October 2015 Conor Townsend signed a month-long loan deal with Grimsby Town,^[25] which was extended until 1 January 2016 on 5 November 2015.^[26]

• On 9 November 2015, Will Aimson joined League One side Blackpool on a one-month loan deal,^[27] this was later extended to 9 January 2016.^[28]

• On 2 January 2016, Calaum Jahraldo-Martin joined Leyton Orient on a one-month loan deal,^[29] this was later extended to the end of the 2015–16 season.^[30]

• On 6 January 2016 Conor Townsend moved to Scunthorpe United on a free transfer.^[31]

• On 7 January 2016 goalkeeper Allan McGregor signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club.^[32]

• On 14 January 2016, following a loan spell, Will Aimson signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Blackpool for an undisclosed fee.^[33]

• On 15 January 2016 Matty Dixon signed an 18-month deal with York City.^[34]

• On 22 January 2016 midfielder David Meyler signed a two-year extension to his contract with the club.^[35]

• On transfer dead-line day, 1 February 2016, goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak was signed on an 18-month contract from Legia Warsaw for an undisclosed fee.^[36] Also Nick Powell was brought in on-loan, from Manchester United, until the end of the season.^[36]

• On 5 February 2016 Steve Bruce was named Championship Manager of the Month for January and Abel Hernández was named Championship Player of the month.^[37]

• On 9 February 2016 Greg Luer moved to Scunthorpe United on a month-long loan.^[38]

Players

As of 9 February 2016.^[39]

First team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Allan McGregor 2 MF Moses Odubajo 4 DF Alex Bruce 5 DF Ryan Taylor 6 DF Curtis Davies 7 MF David Meyler 8 MF Tom Huddlestone 9 FW Abel Hernández 10 MF Robert Snodgrass 11 MF Sam Clucas 12 DF Harry Maguire 14 MF Jake Livermore 15 MF Shaun Maloney 16 GK Eldin Jakupović

No. Position Player 17 MF Mohamed Diamé 19 FW Chuba Akpom (on loan from Arsenal) 20 DF Isaac Hayden (on loan from Arsenal) 21 DF Michael Dawson (captain) 22 FW Nick Powell (on loan from Manchester United) 24 FW Sone Aluko 25 FW Adama Diomandé 26 DF Andrew Robertson 27 MF Ahmed Elmohamady 30 GK Dušan Kuciak 31 DF Brian Lenihan 33 DF Josh Tymon 35 GK Rory Watson

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 32 FW Greg Luer (on loan at Scunthorpe United until 8 March 2016) 34 FW Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (on loan at Leyton Orient until 30 June 2016)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 July 2015	LM		Sam Clucas	Chesterfield	£1,300,000	[6][7]
27 July 2015	RB		Ryan Taylor	Newcastle United	Free transfer	[6]
7 August 2015	RB		Moses Odubajo	Brentford	£3,500,000	[15]
27 August 2015	MF		Shaun Maloney	Chicago Fire	Undisclosed	[18]
1 September 2015	CF		Adama Diomandé	Stabæk	Undisclosed	[22]
1 February 2016	GK		Dušan Kuciak	Legia Warsaw	Undisclosed	[36]

Total spending: £4,800,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	GK		Joe Cracknell	Bradford City [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	LB		Leon Dawson	Free Agent	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	LB		Joe Dudgeon	Free Agent	Released	[42]
1 July 2015	LB		Maynor Figueroa	Colorado Rapids [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[42]
1 July 2015	GK		Steve Harper	Free Agent	Released	[42]
1 July 2015	CM		John Mahon	Free Agent	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	ST		Jonathon Margetts	Tranmere Rovers [lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[41]
1 July 2015	CM		Eoghan McCawl	Free Agent	Released	[41]
1 July 2015	CB		Paul McShane	Reading [lower-alpha 4]	Free transfer	[42]
1 July 2015	GK		Mark Oxley	Hibernian [lower-alpha 5]	Free transfer	[41]
1 July 2015	CM		Stephen Quinn	Reading	Free transfer	[47]
1 July 2015	RB		Liam Rosenior	Brighton & Hove Albion [lower-alpha 6]	Free transfer	[42]
1 July 2015	CF		Yannick Sagbo	Umm Salal [lower-alpha 7]	Released	[42]
1 July 2015	RB		Sam Topliss	Free Agent	Released	[41]
3 July 2015	LW		Tom Ince	Derby County	£4,750,000	[4]
29 July 2015	LW		Robbie Brady	Norwich City	£7,000,000	[10]
29 July 2015	CB		James Chester	West Bromwich Albion	£8,000,000	[8][9]
10 August 2015	CF		Dame N'Doye	Trabzonspor	£2,200,000	[16]
1 September 2015	CF		Nikica Jelavić	West Ham United	£3,000,000	[20][21]
6 January 2016	DF		Conor Townsend	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[31]
14 January 2016	DF		Will Aimson	Blackpool	Undisclosed fee	[33]
15 January 2016	MF		Matty Dixon	York City	Undisclosed fee	[34]

Total income: £24,950,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 July 2015	DM		Isaac Hayden	Arsenal	End of season	[11][12][13]
4 August 2015	CF		Chuba Akpom	Arsenal	End of season	[14]
1 February 2016	FW		Nick Powell	Manchester United	End of season	[36]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
10 August 2015	GK		Rory Watson	Scunthorpe United	7 September 2015	[17]
12 October 2015	DF		Conor Townsend	Grimsby Town	1 January 2016	[25][26]
9 November 2015	DF		Will Aimson	Blackpool	9 January 2016	[27][28]
2 January 2016	FW		Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	Leyton Orient	30 June 2016	[29][30]
9 February 2016	FW		Greg Luer	Scunthorpe United	8 March 2016	[38]

Pre-season

On 9 June 2015, Hull City announced three pre-season friendlies against North Ferriby United, Chesterfield and Sheffield United.^[50] On 18 June 2015, the club announced their confirmed fixtures for the pre-season trip to Austria.^[51]

The Tigers had a pre-season training camp in Portugal from 6 July 2015.^[52]

Competition

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2015–16 Championship	—	1st		8 August 2015
League Cup	First round	—	Fifth round	11 August 2015	1 December 2015
FA Cup	Third round	Fifth round		9 January 2016

Last updated: 13 February 2016
Source: Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hull City	30	18	5	7	47	19	+28	59	Promotion to Premier League
2	Middlesbrough	29	17	6	6	39	16	+23	57
3	Burnley	31	15	11	5	48	26	+22	56	Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	15	11	4	40	30	+10	56
5	Sheffield Wednesday	31	14	11	6	49	33	+16	53

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	18	5	7	47	19	+28	59	11	2	1	30	6	+24	7	3	6	17	13	+4

Last updated: 13 February 2016.
Source: Football League Championship

Result by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	3	5	2	5	2	6	4	3	4	5	6	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1

Last updated: 13 February 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the season were announced.^[58]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Hull City were drawn away against Accrington Stanley.^[87] The match took place on 11 August 2015 at the Crown Ground with neither team managing to score during normal time. In extra time both teams scored twice leaving the game to be determined by penalties which Hull won 4–3.^[88] In the second round, Hull City were handed a home tie against Rochdale.^[89] The match was played on 25 August 2015 and Greg Luer put Hull in front after 9 minutes with the only goal of the game.^[90] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Hull City were drawn at home to Swansea City.^[91] The match took place on 22 September 2015 with the first-half seeing several attempts by both teams it was not until the 41st-minute that David Meyler broke the deadlock by scoring what turned out to be the only goal of the match.^[92] The draw for the fourth round took place on 23 September 2015 and Hull were again drawn at home this time to Leicester City.^[93] The match took place on 27 October 2015 at the KC Stadium and the game remained goalless at full-time. Ten-minutes into extra-time Riyad Mahrez put Leicester in front, but they were pegged back five-minutes later through substitute Abel Hernández, to take the match into a penalty-shootout. City scored all of their shots while Leicester only scored four as Riyad Mahrez attempt was saved by Eldin Jakupovic.^[94] This took Hull through to their first ever quarter-final appearance in the League Cup.^[95] The quarter-final draw took place the following day and Hull were drawn away to Manchester City.^[96] The match took place on 1 December 2015 at the City of Manchester Stadium. Manchester opened the scoring 12-minutes into the game when Wilfried Bony scored from a rebound off the post. That remained the only goal until 10-minutes from the end when Kelechi Iheanacho put Manchester two up. Minutes later Kevin De Bruyne capitalised on a poor back header from Andrew Robertson to put the home team 3–0 up. De Bruyne scored again, minutes later, from an edge of the area free-kick leaving Hull to get a consolation goal through Robertson in extra-time. The result was a 4–1 defeat or City in their first ever quarter-final appearance. On a bright note for Hull, the match saw the return from injury of Robert Snodgrass when he came on as a replacement for Sone Aluko in the 73rd-minute.^[97]

FA Cup

Hull entered the FA Cup competition in the Third round the draw for which the took place on 7 December 2015 and Hull were drawn at home to follow Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion. ^[98] The match took place on 9 January 2016.^[99] In the 40th-minute of the match Lewis Dunk fouled Harry Maguire in the box to give Hull a penalty. Robert Snodgrass took the penalty to score his first goal for the club. Brighton's Andrew Crofts shot in extra-time rebounded off the cross-bar to give Hull the victory 1–0.^[100] The draw for the fourth round took place on 11 January 2015 and Hull were drawn away to the winner of the Bury and Bradford City third round match.^[101] The replay took place on 19 January 2016 and the match remained goalless after extra-time, but Bury took the match 4–2 on penalties.^[102] Thus Hull played Bury on 30 January 2016 at Gigg Lane, Bury.^[103] The match was played in difficult weather conditions, with Steve Bruce making 11 changes to the squad that played at Fulham in the league, including a first senior start for youngster Josh Tymon. Bury started the best, but after 14-minutes David Meyler broke through only to see his shot blocked by Ian Lawlor, Chuba Akpom was on-hand to net the rebound. After the break, there was chances for both sides before Sone Aluko was brought down in the box, and Akpom was given the opportunity to take the spot-kick to score his second of the match. Ten-minutes later Akpom netted his hat-trick leaving Craig Jones to score a late consolation goal for Bury.^[104] The draw for the fifth round took place on 31 January 2016 and Hull were drawn away to Arsenal. The match is to take place on 20 February 2016.^[105]

Statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
6	DF	Curtis Davies		14
7	DF	David Meyler		1	[106]
8	MF	Tom Huddlestone		3	[107][108]
14	MF	Jake Livermore		9	[109]
21	DF	Michael Dawson		10	[104]

Last updated: 13 February 2016
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Appearances

As of 13 February 2016^[110]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Allan McGregor	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF		Moses Odubajo	34	0	28	0	1	0	3+2	0
4	DF		Alex Bruce	11	1	6+2	1	1	0	2	0
5	DF		Ryan Taylor	8	0	1+1	0	2	0	4	0
6	DF		Curtis Davies	29	1	24+2	1	1	0	2	0
7	MF		David Meyler	27	3	16+6	2	1	0	3+1	1
8	MF		Tom Huddlestone	28	2	13+11	2	1	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Abel Hernández	28	17	23+2	16	0	0	1+2	1
10	MF		Robert Snodgrass	12	2	5+5	1	1	1	0+1	0
11	MF		Sam Clucas	34	5	27+2	5	0+2	0	2+1	0
12	DF		Harry Maguire	23	0	12+4	0	1+1	0	5	0
14	MF		Jake Livermore	24	2	21+1	2	0	0	2	0
15	MF		Shaun Maloney	14	1	5+7	1	0	0	2	0
16	GK		Eldin Jakupović	7	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
17	MF		Mohamed Diamé	27	5	19+5	5	0	0	2+1	0
18	FW		Nikica Jelavić	5	1	3+1	1	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Chuba Akpom	30	7	16+9	3	1	3	2+2	1
20	MF		Isaac Hayden	19	1	6+7	1	1+1	0	4	0
21	DF		Michael Dawson	22	1	20	1	1	0	1	0
24	FW		Sone Aluko	21	1	5+12	1	2	0	2	0
25	FW		Adama Diomandé	6	1	0+4	1	2	0	0	0
26	DF		Andrew Robertson	33	2	26+1	1	1	0	5	1
27	MF		Ahmed Elmohamady	33	3	24+4	3	1	0	3+1	0
28	FW		Dame N'Doye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Conor Townsend	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		Brian Lenihan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW		Greg Luer	6	2	0+2	0	1	0	2+1	2
33	MF		Matty Dixon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	DF		Josh Tymon	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
34	FW		Calaum Jahraldo-Martin	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Note: Appearances shown after a "+" indicate player came on during course of match.

Disciplinary record

Name	Number	Position	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Andrew Robertson	26	DF	3	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
Michael Dawson	21	DF	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Jake Livermore	14	MF	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Moses Odubajo	2	MF	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Sam Clucas	11	MF	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Curtis Davies	6	DF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Isaac Hayden	20	MF	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Harry Maguire	12	DF	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
David Meyler	7	MF	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Chuba Akpom	19	FW	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Abel Hernández	9	FW	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Tom Huddlestone	8	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Alex Bruce	4	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mohamed Diamé	17	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Allan McGregor	1	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Robert Snodgrass	10	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			44	0	1	0	8	0	53	0

Top scorers

Name	Number	Position	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
Abel Hernández	9	FW	16	0	1	17
Chuba Akpom	19	FW	3	3	1	7
Sam Clucas	11	MF	5	0	0	5
Mohamed Diamé	17	MF	5	0	0	5
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	MF	3	0	0	3
David Meyler	7	MF	2	0	1	3
Jake Livermore	14	MF	2	0	0	2
Greg Luer	32	FW	0	0	2	2
Robert Snodgrass	10	MF	1	1	0	2
Sone Aluko	24	FW	1	0	0	1
Alex Bruce	4	DF	1	0	0	1
Curtis Davies	6	DF	1	0	0	1
Michael Dawson	21	DF	1	0	0	1
Adama Diomandé	25	FW	1	0	0	1
Isaac Hayden	20	MF	1	0	0	1
Tom Huddlestone	8	MF	1	0	0	1
Nikica Jelavić	18	FW	1	0	0	1
Shaun Maloney	15	MF	1	0	0	1
Andrew Robertson	26	DF	1	0	1	2
Total			47	4	6	57

Kits

On 10 July 2015 it was announced that Flamingo Land would be the shirt sponsor for the season.^[111] The new home kit was revealed on 13 July 2015.^[112] The back of shirt sponsor was announced on 28 July 2015 as the local firm Hudgell Solicitors.^[113] The away kit was shown by boxer Luke Campbell before and after his fight in Hull against Tommy Coyle.^[114]

References

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