2015–16 Sunderland A.F.C. season

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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 17th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Jermain Defoe (15)
All:
Jermain Defoe (18)
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. On May 11 2016, Sunderland confirmed a tenth consecutive Premier League season with a 3-0 victory over Everton at the Stadium of Light. Simultaneously, the result confirmed the relegation of arch-rivals Newcastle.

Squad

First Team Squad

Squad No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
13 Jordan Pickford England GK (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30) Academy
25 Vito Mannone Italy GK (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36) England Arsenal
33 Steve Harper England GK (1975-03-14) 14 March 1975 (age 49) Free Agent
Defenders
2 Billy Jones England RB (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37) England West Bromwich Albion
3 Patrick van Aanholt Netherlands LB (1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34) England Chelsea
5 Wes Brown England CB (1979-10-13) 13 October 1979 (age 45) England Manchester United
15 Younès Kaboul France CB (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 39) England Tottenham Hotspur
16 John O'Shea Captain Republic of Ireland CB (1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43) England Manchester United
23 Lamine Koné Ivory Coast CB (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 37) France Lorient
24 DeAndre Yedlin United States RB (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31) England Tottenham Hotspur (on loan)
34 Thomas Robson U21 England LB (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 29) England Darlington
Midfielders
6 Lee Cattermole Vice Captain England DM (1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36) England Wigan Athletic
7 Sebastian Larsson Sweden CM (1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 39) England Birmingham City
8 Jack Rodwell England CM (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33) England Manchester City
17 Jeremain Lens Netherlands LW (1987-11-24) 24 November 1987 (age 37) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
20 Ola Toivonen Sweden AM (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 38) France Rennes (on loan)
21 Yann M'Vila France DM (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) Russia Rubin Kazan (on loan)
22 Wahbi Khazri Tunisia AM (1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 34) France Bordeaux
27 Jan Kirchhoff Germany DM (1990-10-01) 1 October 1990 (age 34) Germany Bayern Munich
37 Rees Greenwood U21 England LW (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 29) Academy
39 George Honeyman U21 England AM (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30) Academy
41 Duncan Watmore England RW (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30) England Altrincham
46 Lynden Gooch U21 United States AM (1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 29) Academy
Forwards
9 Fabio Borini Italy ST (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33) England Liverpool
10 Dame N'Doye Senegal ST 21 February 1985 (age 30) Turkey Trabzonspor (on loan)
18 Jermain Defoe England ST (1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 42) Canada Toronto
  • U21 = Under-21 player

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]
39 Midfielder England George Honeyman June 2017 [6]
46 Midfielder United States Lynden Gooch June 2019 [7]

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 [8]
3 Jul 2015 RB Wales Adam Matthews Scotland Celtic £2,000,000 [9]
15 Jul 2015 LW Netherlands Jeremain Lens Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv £8,000,000 [10]
16 Jul 2015 CB France Younès Kaboul England Tottenham Hotspur £3,000,000 [11]
31 Aug 2015 ST Italy Fabio Borini England Liverpool £10,000,000 [12]
7 Jan 2016 CB Germany Jan Kirchhoff Germany Bayern Munich £750,000 [13]
22 Jan 2016 GK England Steve Harper Free Agent Free [14]
27 Jan 2016 CB Ivory Coast Lamine Koné France Lorient £5,000,000 [15]
30 Jan 2016 AM Tunisia Wahbi Khazri France Bordeaux £9,000,000 [16]
9 Mar 2016 RB Ivory Coast Emmanuel Eboué Free Agent Free [17]

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 [18]
28 Aug 2015 AM Sweden Ola Toivonen France Rennes End of season [19]
1 Sep 2015 RB United States DeAndre Yedlin England Tottenham Hotspur End of season [20]
14 Jan 2016 ST Senegal Dame N'Doye Turkey Trabzonspor End of season [21]

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 [22]
30 Jun 2015 RB France Anthony Réveillère Free agent Released [23]
3 Aug 2015 ST England Connor Wickham England Crystal Palace £9,000,000 [24]
19 Jan 2016 GK Romania Costel Pantilimon England Watford £6,000,000 [25]
11 Feb 2016 RW England Adam Johnson Free Agent Sacked [26]
31 March 2016 RB Ivory Coast Emmanuel Eboué Free Agent Released [27]
5 May 2016 CB France Valentin Roberge Free Agent Released [28]

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 [29]
31 Jul 2015 GK England Jordan Pickford England Preston North End 31 Dec 2015 [30]
31 Aug 2015 AM Italy Emanuele Giaccherini Italy Bologna End of season [31]
2 Oct 2015 LW England Will Buckley England Leeds United 26 Nov 2015 [32]
15 Jan 2016 England Birmingham City End of season [33]
26 Nov 2015 DM Scotland Liam Bridcutt England Leeds United End of season [34][35]
20 Jan 2016 ST England Danny Graham England Blackburn Rovers End of season [36]
21 Jan 2016 AM United States Lynden Gooch U21 England Doncaster Rovers Mar 21 2016 [37][38]
27 Jan 2016 RW Greece Charalampos Mavrias Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf End of season [39]
28 Jan 2016 CB Uruguay Sebastián Coates Portugal Sporting CP End of season [40]
31 Jan 2016 CM Spain Jordi Gomez England Blackburn Rovers End of season [41]
31 Jan 2016 ST Scotland Steven Fletcher France Marseille End of season [42]
7 Mar 2016 RB Wales Adam Matthews England Bristol City End of season [43]

Pre-season friendlies

On 26 May 2015, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendly against Darlington 1883[44] and Doncaster Rovers.[45] On 5 June 2015, a tour of the United States and Canada was announced.[46] On 23 June 2015, an exhibition match against Hannover 96 was announced to be played in Germany.[47]

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Premier League — 17th 17th 8 August 2015 15 May 2016
FA Cup Third round — Third round 9 January 2016 9 January 2016
League Cup Second round — Third round 25 August 2015 22 September 2015

Last updated: 14 March 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 35 7 11 17 40 58 −18 20.00
FA Cup 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 00.00
League Cup 2 1 0 1 7 7 +0 50.00
Total 38 8 11 19 50 68 −18 21.05

Last updated: 30 April 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

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Main article: 2015-16 Premier League

League table

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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
35 8 10 17 43 60  −17 34 5 5 7 20 20  0 3 5 10 23 40  −17

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results 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
Ground A H H A H A A H A H A H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H H A
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 L D D D D L W D D W W D
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 19 19 17 17 18 18 18 18 17 18 17 17 17

Last updated: 11 May 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.[48]

Football League Cup

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FA Cup

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England Billy Jones 25 1 23+1 1 0+1 0 0 0
3 DF Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt 36 4 33 4 1 0 2 0
5 DF England Wes Brown 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF England Lee Cattermole 34 0 27+4 0 1 0 1+1 0
7 MF Sweden Sebastian Larsson 19 0 6+12 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF England Jack Rodwell 24 3 9+13 1 0 0 2 2
9 FW Italy Fabio Borini 27 5 22+4 5 0 0 1 0
10 FW Senegal Dame N'Doye 11 1 5+6 1 0 0 0 0
12 DF Wales Adam Matthews 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
13 GK England Jordan Pickford 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF France Younès Kaboul 23 0 22+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Republic of Ireland John O'Shea 31 0 23+5 0 1 0 2 0
17 MF Netherlands Jeremain Lens 22 4 14+6 3 1 1 1 0
18 FW England Jermain Defoe 34 18 28+5 15 0 0 1 3
20 MF Sweden Ola Toivonen 14 1 9+3 0 1 0 1 1
21 MF France Yann M'Vila 40 1 36+1 1 0+1 0 2 0
22 MF Tunisia Wahbi Khazri 14 2 13+1 2 0 0 0 0
23 DF Ivory Coast Lamine Koné 15 2 15 2 0 0 0 0
24 DF United States DeAndre Yedlin 25 0 21+2 0 1 0 1 0
25 GK Italy Vito Mannone 20 0 19 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Germany Jan Kirchhoff 15 0 14+1 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF France Valentin Roberge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF England Thomas Robson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF England Rees Greenwood 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF England George Honeyman 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
41 FW England Duncan Watmore 25 4 7+16 3 1 0 0+1 1
46 FW United States Lynden Gooch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
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
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 15 May 2016
Rank No. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 18 England Jermain Defoe 15 0 3 18
2 9 Italy Fabio Borini 5 0 0 5
3 3 Netherlands Patrick van Aanholt 4 0 0 4
17 Netherlands Jeremain Lens 3 1 0 4
26 Scotland Steven Fletcher 4 0 0 4
41 England Duncan Watmore 3 0 1 4
7 8 England Jack Rodwell 1 0 2 3
8 11 England Adam Johnson 2 0 0 2
22 Tunisia Wahbi Khazri 2 0 0 2
23 Ivory Coast Lamine Koné 2 0 0 2
11 2 England Billy Jones 1 0 0 1
10 Senegal Dame N'Doye 1 0 0 1
20 Sweden Ola Toivonen 0 0 1 1
21 France Yann M'Vila 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 4 0 0 4
Total 44 1 7 52

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 11 May 2016
No. Nat. Player Matches Played Clean Sheet % Premier League FA Cup League Cup TOTAL
25 Italy Vito Mannone 20 20% 4 0 0 4
1 Romania Costel Pantilimon 18 17% 3 0 0 3
13 England Jordan Pickford 2 0% 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 18% 7 0 0 7

Disciplinary record

As of 11 May 2016
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Booked 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 8 8
7 MF Sebastian Larsson 2 2
8 MF Jack Rodwell 5 1 6
9 FW Fabio Borini 6 6
10 FW Dame N'Doye 2 2
11 MF Adam Johnson 3 3
15 DF Younès Kaboul 3 1 3 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
22 MF Wahbi Khazri 3 3
24 DF DeAndre Yedlin 2 2
25 GK Vito Mannone 2 2
Total 63 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 65 2 0

Overall summary

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