2015–16 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland
2015–16 season
Chairman Ellis Short
Manager Dick Advocaat
(until 4 October 2015)
Sam Allardyce
(from 9 October 2015)
Stadium Stadium of Light
Premier League 19th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Jermain Defoe (10)
All:
Jermain Defoe (13)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Sunderland's 137th season in existence, and their ninth consecutive season in the Premier League.[1] Along with competing in the Premier League, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Squad

Squad No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
13 Jordan Pickford England GK 7 March 1994 Academy
25 Vito Mannone Italy GK 2 March 1988 England Arsenal
33 Steve Harper England GK 14 March 1975 Free Agent
Defenders
2 Billy Jones England RB 24 March 1987 England West Bromwich Albion
3 Patrick van Aanholt Netherlands LB 29 August 1990 England Chelsea
5 Wes Brown England CB 13 October 1979 England Manchester United
12 Adam Matthews Wales RB 13 January 1992 Scotland Celtic
15 Younès Kaboul France CB 4 January 1986 England Tottenham Hotspur
16 John O'Shea Republic of Ireland CB 30 April 1981 England Manchester United
23 Lamine Koné Ivory Coast CB 1 February 1988 France Lorient
24 DeAndre Yedlin United States RB 9 July 1993 England Tottenham Hotspur (on loan)
27 Jan Kirchhoff Germany CB 1 October 1990 Germany Bayern Munich
29 Valentin Roberge France CB 9 June 1987 Portugal Marítimo
Midfielders
6 Lee Cattermole England DM 21 March 1988 England Wigan Athletic
7 Sebastian Larsson Sweden CM 6 June 1985 England Birmingham City
8 Jack Rodwell England CM 11 March 1991 England Manchester City
17 Jeremain Lens Netherlands LW 24 November 1987 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
20 Ola Toivonen Sweden AM 3 July 1986 France Rennes (on loan)
21 Yann M'Vila France DM 29 June 1990 Russia Rubin Kazan (on loan)
22 Wahbi Khazri Tunisia AM 8 February 1991 France Bordeaux
41 Duncan Watmore England RW 8 March 1994 Academy
Forwards
9 Fabio Borini Italy ST 29 March 1991 England Liverpool
10 Dame N'Doye Senegal ST 21 February 1985 (age 30) Turkey Trabzonspor (on loan)
18 Jermain Defoe England ST 7 October 1982 Canada Toronto

New contracts

No. Pos Player Until Source
5 Defender England Wes Brown June 2016 [2]
6 Midfielder England Lee Cattermole June 2021 [3]
41 Midfielder England Duncan Watmore June 2020 [4]
13 Goalkeeper England Jordan Pickford June 2020 [5]

Transfers and Loans

Transfers In

First Team
Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 Jul 2015 CB Uruguay Sebastián Coates England Liverpool £2,000,000 [6]
3 Jul 2015 RB Wales Adam Matthews Scotland Celtic £2,000,000 [7]
15 Jul 2015 LW Netherlands Jeremain Lens Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv £8,000,000 [8]
16 Jul 2015 CB France Younès Kaboul England Tottenham Hotspur £3,000,000 [9]
31 Aug 2015 ST Italy Fabio Borini England Liverpool £10,000,000 [10]
7 Jan 2016 CB Germany Jan Kirchhoff Germany Bayern Munich £750,000 [11]
22 Jan 2016 GK England Steve Harper Free Agent Free [12]
27 Jan 2016 CB Ivory Coast Lamine Koné France Lorient £5,000,000 [13]
30 Jan 2016 AM Tunisia Wahbi Khazri France Bordeaux £9,000,000 [14]

Total Spending: Decrease £39,750,000

Loans In

First Team
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
6 Aug 2015 DM France Yann M'Vila Russia Rubin Kazan End of season [15]
28 Aug 2015 AM Sweden Ola Toivonen France Rennes End of season [16]
1 Sep 2015 RB United States DeAndre Yedlin England Tottenham Hotspur End of season [17]
14 Jan 2016 ST Senegal Dame N'Doye Turkey Trabzonspor End of season [18]

Transfers Out

First Team
Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
29 Jun 2015 DM France El-Hadji Ba England Charlton Athletic £500,000 [19]
30 Jun 2015 RB France Anthony Réveillère Free agent Released [20]
3 Aug 2015 ST England Connor Wickham England Crystal Palace £9,000,000 [21]
19 Jan 2016 GK Romania Costel Pantilimon England Watford £6,000,000 [22]
11 Feb 2016 RW England Adam Johnson Free agent Sacked [23]

Total Received: Increase £15,500,000

Loans Out

First Team
Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
16 Jul 2015 CB Argentina Santiago Vergini Spain Getafe End of season [24]
31 Jul 2015 GK England Jordan Pickford England Preston North End 31 Dec 2015 [25]
31 Aug 2015 AM Italy Emanuele Giaccherini Italy Bologna End of season [26]
2 Oct 2015 LW England Will Buckley England Leeds United 26 Nov 2015 [27]
15 Jan 2016 England Birmingham City End of season [28]
26 Nov 2015 DM Scotland Liam Bridcutt England Leeds United End of season [29][30]
20 Jan 2016 ST England Danny Graham England Blackburn Rovers End of season [31]
21 Jan 2016 AM United States Lynden Gooch U21 England Doncaster Rovers 21 Feb 2016 [32]
27 Jan 2016 RW Greece Charalampos Mavrias Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf End of season [33]
28 Jan 2016 CB Uruguay Sebastián Coates Portugal Sporting CP End of season [34]
31 Jan 2016 CM Spain Jordi Gomez England Blackburn Rovers End of season [35]
31 Jan 2016 ST Scotland Steven Fletcher France Marseille End of season [36]

Pre-season friendlies

On 26 May 2015, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendly against Darlington 1883[37] and Doncaster Rovers.[38] On 5 June 2015, a tour of the United States and Canada was announced.[39] On 23 June 2015, an exhibition match against Hannover 96 was announced to be played in Germany.[40]

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Premier League —19th 9 August 201515 May 2016
FA Cup Third round— Third round January 2016
League Cup Second round— Third round 25 August 201522 September 2015

Last updated: 11 February 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 26 6 5 15 32 50 −18 23.08
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 00.00
League Cup 2 1 0 1 7 7 +0 50.00
Total 29 7 5 17 40 60 −20 24.14

Last updated: 13 February 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Swansea City 26 6 9 11 24 34 −10 27
17 Norwich City 26 6 6 14 30 50 −20 24
18 Newcastle United 26 6 6 14 27 49 −22 24 Relegation to Football League Championship
19 Sunderland 26 6 5 15 32 50 −18 23
20 Aston Villa 26 3 7 16 20 46 −26 16
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. 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).[41]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 6 5 15 32 50 −18 23 4 3 6 15 14 +1 2 2 9 17 36 −19

Last updated: 13 February 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAH            
Result L L D D L L L D L W L L W W L L L L L W W L D L D W                        
Position 19 20 20 20 19 20 20 19 20 18 19 19 18 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 19                          

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 forthcoming season were announced.[42]

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 13 February 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England Billy Jones 24 1 23 1 0+1 0 0 0
3 DF Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt 25 3 22 3 1 0 2 0
5 DF England Wes Brown 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England Lee Cattermole 24 0 19+2 0 1 0 1+1 0
7 MF Sweden Sebastian Larsson 12 0 5+6 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF England Jack Rodwell 18 2 5+11 0 0 0 2 2
9 FW Italy Fabio Borini 17 2 13+3 2 0 0 1 0
10 FW Senegal Dame N'Doye 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Wales Adam Matthews 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
13 GK England Jordan Pickford 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF France Younès Kaboul 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Republic of Ireland John O'Shea 23 0 20 0 1 0 2 0
17 MF Netherlands Jeremain Lens 20 3 13+5 2 1 1 1 0
18 FW England Jermain Defoe 23 13 18+4 10 0 0 1 3
20 MF Sweden Ola Toivonen 14 1 9+3 0 1 0 1 1
21 MF France Yann M'Vila 28 1 25 1 0+1 0 2 0
22 MF Tunisia Wahbi Khazri 3 1 2+1 1 0 0 0 0
23 DF Ivory Coast Lamine Koné 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF United States DeAndre Yedlin 13 0 9+2 0 1 0 1 0
25 GK Italy Vito Mannone 9 0 8 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Germany Jan Kirchhoff 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF France Valentin Roberge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW England Duncan Watmore 19 3 6+11 2 1 0 0+1 1
Players out on loan:
4 MF Scotland Liam Bridcutt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Spain Jordi Gómez 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW England Danny Graham 12 0 4+6 0 1 0 1 0
22 DF Uruguay Sebastián Coates 19 0 14+2 0 1 0 2 0
23 MF Italy Emanuele Giaccherini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Scotland Steven Fletcher 18 4 11+5 4 1 0 0+1 0
27 DF Argentina Santiago Vergini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Greece Charalampos Mavrias 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 MF England Will Buckley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW United States Lynden Gooch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Players no longer with club:
1 GK Romania Costel Pantilimon 18 0 17 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF England Adam Johnson 20 2 11+8 2 0 0 1 0

Goalscorers

As of 13 February 2016
Rank No. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 18 England Jermain Defoe 10 0 3 13
2 26 Scotland Steven Fletcher 4 0 0 4
Own Goals4004
4 3 Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt 3 0 0 3
17 Netherlands Jeremain Lens 2 1 0 3
41 England Duncan Watmore 2 0 1 3
7 8 England Jack Rodwell 0 0 2 2
9 Italy Fabio Borini 2 0 0 2
11 England Adam Johnson 2 0 0 2
9 2 England Billy Jones 1 0 0 1
20 Sweden Ola Toivonen 0 0 1 1
21 France Yann M'Vila 1 0 0 1
22 Tunisia Wahbi Khazri 1 0 0 1
Total 311739

Clean Sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.

Correct as of match played on 13 February 2016
No. Nat. Player Matches Played Clean Sheet % Premier League FA Cup League Cup TOTAL
1 Romania Costel Pantilimon 18 17% 3 0 0 3
13 England Jordan Pickford 2 0% 0 0 0 0
25 Italy Vito Mannone 9 0% 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 10% 3 0 0 3

Disciplinary record

As of 13 February 2016
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 GK Costel Pantilimon 3 3
2 DF Billy Jones 8 8
3 DF Patrick van Aanholt 2 2
5 DF Wes Brown 1 1
6 MF Lee Cattermole 5 5
8 MF Jack Rodwell 4 1 5
9 FW Fabio Borini 4 4
10 FW Dame N'Doye 1 1
11 MF Adam Johnson 3 3
15 DF Younès Kaboul 1 1 1 1
16 DF John O'Shea 2 2
17 MF Jeremain Lens 3 1 3 1
18 FW Jermain Defoe 2 2
20 MF Ola Toivonen 1 1
20 MF Yann M'Vila 1 1
22 DF Sebastián Coates 4 1 5
24 DF DeAndre Yedlin 2 2
25 GK Vito Mannone 1 1
Total 48200002005020

Overall summary

Summary

Games played 29 (26 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won 7 (6 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn 5 (5 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost 17 (15 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored 40 (32 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 7 League Cup)
Goals conceded 60 (50 Premier League, 3 FA Cup, 7 League Cup)
Goal difference -20 (-18 Premier League, -2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Clean sheets 3 (3 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Yellow cards 50 (48 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Red cards 2 (2 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline Billy Jones (8 , 0 Red card)
Best result 3–0 v. Newcastle United (H)
Worst result 2–6 v. Everton (A)
Most appearances Yann M'Vila (28)
Top scorer Jermain Defoe (13)

Score overview

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Arsenal 3–1 No
Aston Villa 3–1 2–2 No
Bournemouth 1–1 2–0 No
Chelsea 3–1 No
Crystal Palace 0–1
Everton 6–2 No
Leicester City 4–2 No
Liverpool 0–1 2–2 No
Manchester City 0–1 4–1 No
Manchester United 2–0 No
Newcastle United 3–0
Norwich City 1–3 No
Southampton 0–1 No
Stoke City 2–0
Swansea City 1–1 2–4 No
Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 4–1 No
Watford 0–1 No
West Bromwich Albion 1–0 No
West Ham United 2–2 No

References

  1. ↑ "History". Statto.
  2. ↑ "Brown pens new deal". Sunerland A.F.C. 12 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cattermole pens new deal". Sunerland A.F.C. 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Watmore signs new contract". Sunerland A.F.C. 22 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Pickford pens new deal". Sunerland A.F.C. 27 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sunderland sign Sebastian Coates from Liverpool on four-year deal". ESPN. 1 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Sunderland sign Welsh international". Sunderland A.F.C. 3 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "SAFC capture Lens".
  9. ↑ "Black Cats sign Kaboul".
  10. ↑ "Borini returns to Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Black Cats Sign Kirchhoff". Sunderland AFC. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sunderland sign Steve Harper". Sunderland AFC. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Lamine Kone signs for Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Black Cats sign Wahbi Khazri". Sunderland A.F.C. 30 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Yann M'Vila signs".
  16. ↑ "Sunderland sign Ola Toivonen".
  17. ↑ "Deadline-day move completed". Sunderland AFC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "SAFC - NDoye signs". safc.com. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  19. ↑ "El-Hadji Ba becomes Charlton's second summer signing". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs". Premier League. 10 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "Wickham joins Palace".
  22. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Keeper Pantilimon Joins Hornets". Watford F.C. 19 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Club Statement".
  24. ↑ "Vergini loaned to Spanish club". Sunderland AFC. 16 July 2015.
  25. ↑ "Pickford joins Preston". Sunderland AFC. 31 July 2015.
  26. ↑ "Giaccherini heads out on loan". Sunderland AFC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  27. ↑ "Buckley joins Leeds on loan". BBC Sport. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  28. ↑ "Buckley signs 1 month loan deal". BBC Sport. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "Bridcutt joins Leeds". Sunderland AFC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  30. ↑ "Leeds extends Bridcutt's loan deal". BBC Sport. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  31. ↑ "Danny Graham joins Blackburn on loan". BBC. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  32. ↑ "Gooch joins Doncaster on 1 month deal". BBC. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  33. ↑ "Mavrias heads to Germany". Sunderland AFC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  34. ↑ "Coates heads out on loan". Sunderland AFC. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  35. ↑ "Gomez joins Blackburn".
  36. ↑ "Fletcher join Marseille".
  37. ↑ "Black Cats to face Darlington". Sunderland AFC. 26 May 2015.
  38. ↑ "Black Cats to make Keepmoat trip". Sunderland AFC. 26 May 2015.
  39. ↑ "Black Cats head to North America". Sunderland AFC. 5 June 2015.
  40. ↑ "Black Cats travel to Germany". Sunderland AFC. 23 June 2015.
  41. ↑ "Premier League Handbook 2015/16" (pdf). The Football Association. 19 June 2015. p. 96. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  42. ↑ "Fixtures announced". Sunderland AFC. 17 June 2015.
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