2015–16 Premier League

Premier League 2015–16
Season information
Winners	Leicester City
Relegated	Aston Villa Norwich City Newcastle Utd
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Manchester United
Capital One Cup	Manchester City (4th title)
Community Shield	Arsenal
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Leicester City Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City
Europa League	Manchester United Southampton West Ham United
Season statistics
Matches played	346
Goals scored	1022
Average	(2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Kane (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Man City 6–1 Newcastle (3 October 2015)
Biggest away win	Villa 0–6 Liverpool (14 February 2016)
Highest scoring	Norwich 4–5 Liverpool (23 January 2016)
← 2014–15	2016-17 →

The 2015–16 Premier League is the 24th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2015. The season began on 8 August 2015, and was scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2016. However, the Manchester United vs Bournemouth fixture was postponed to 17 May 2016 on the final day due to a suspicious package in the stadium.

Chelsea began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. AFC Bournemouth, Watford, and Norwich City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Football League Championship.

After narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, Leicester City became the 24th club to become English football champions, winning the league for the first time in their 132-year history, and the sixth club to win the Premier League.

Teams

A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Football League Championship. On 25 April 2015, Watford became the first Championship side to be promoted following their 2–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion. On the final day of the season, Bournemouth won the Championship title, and their first-ever promotion to the top flight, with a 3–0 victory over Charlton Athletic. Norwich City became the third and final team to be promoted after beating Middlesbrough 2–0 in the Championship play-off final, bouncing back from relegation from the Premier League following the 2013–14 season.

The three promoted clubs replaced Burnley, Queens Park Rangers and Hull City. Burnley were relegated despite a 1–0 victory at Hull City, and Queens Park Rangers suffered the same fate after a 6–0 defeat by Manchester City. Hull City became the third team to be relegated after a 0–0 draw with Manchester United on the final day of the 2014–15 season.

Stadia

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Dean Court
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge
Crystal Palace	London (South Norwood)	Selhurst Park
Everton	Liverpool	Goodison Park
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium
Liverpool	Liverpool	Anfield
Manchester City	Manchester	Etihad Stadium
Manchester United	Manchester	Old Trafford
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Britannia Stadium
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light
Swansea City	Swansea	Liberty Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	White Hart Lane
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns
West Ham United	London (Upton Park)	Boleyn Ground

Personnel and kits

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

Team	Manager1	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Wenger, Arsene !Arsène Wenger	Puma	Emirates
Aston Villa	Sherwood, Tim !Tim Sherwood	Macron	Intuit QuickBooks
Bournemouth	Howe, Eddie !Eddie Howe	JD Sports	Mansion Group
Chelsea	Mourinho, Jose !José Mourinho	Adidas	Yokohama
Crystal Palace	Pardew, Alan !Alan Pardew	Macron	Mansion Group
Everton	Martinez, Roberto !Roberto Martínez	Umbro	Chang
Leicester City	Ranieri, Claudio !Claudio Ranieri	Puma	King Power
Liverpool	Rodgers, Brendan !Brendan Rodgers	New Balance	Standard Chartered
Manchester City	Pellegrini, Manuel !Manuel Pellegrini	Nike	Etihad Airways
Manchester United	van Gaal, Louis !Louis van Gaal	Adidas	Chevrolet
Newcastle United	McClaren, Steve !Steve McClaren	Puma	Wonga
Norwich City	Neil, Alex !Alex Neil	Erreà	Aviva
Southampton	Koeman, Ronald !Ronald Koeman	Adidas	Veho
Stoke City	Hughes, Mark !Mark Hughes	New Balance	Bet365
Sunderland	Advocaat, Dick !Dick Advocaat	Adidas	Dafabet
Swansea City	Monk, Garry !Garry Monk	Adidas	GWFX
Tottenham Hotspur	Pochettino, Mauricio !Mauricio Pochettino	Under Armour	AIA
Watford	Flores, Quique !Quique Flores	Puma	138.com
West Bromwich Albion	Pulis, Tony !Tony Pulis	Adidas	Tlcbet
West Ham United	Bilic, Slaven !Slaven Bilić	Umbro	Betway

• ¹ According to current revision of List of English Football League managers
• Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
West Ham United	name !Sam Allardyce	End of contract	24 May 2015	Pre-season	Slaven Bilić	9 June 2015
Watford	name !Slaviša Jokanović		5 June 2015		name !Quique Flores	5 June 2015
Newcastle United	name !John Carver	Sacked	9 June 2015		name !Steve McClaren	10 June 2015
Leicester City	name !Nigel Pearson		30 June 2015		name !Claudio Ranieri	13 July 2015
Sunderland	name !Dick Advocaat	Resigned	4 October 2015	19th	name !Sam Allardyce	9 October 2015
Liverpool	name !Brendan Rodgers	Sacked	4 October 2015	10th	name !Jürgen Klopp	8 October 2015
Aston Villa	name !Tim Sherwood		25 October 2015	19th	name !Rémi Garde	2 November 2015
Swansea City	name !Garry Monk		9 December 2015	15th	name !Alan Curtis	7 January 2016
Chelsea	name !José Mourinho	Mutual consent	17 December 2015	16th	name !Guus Hiddink	19 December 2015
Swansea City	name !Alan Curtis	End of caretaker spell	18 January 2016	18th	name !Francesco Guidolin	18 January 2016
Newcastle United	name !Steve McClaren	Sacked	11 March 2016	19th	name !Rafael Benítez	11 March 2016
Aston Villa	name !Rémi Garde	Mutual consent	29 March 2016	20th	name !Eric Black	29 March 2016
Everton	name !Roberto Martínez	Sacked	12 May 2016	12th

Results

League table

2015–16 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leicester City  (C)	38	23	12	3	68	36	+32	81	2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal  (Q)	38	20	11	7	65	36	+29	71
3	Tottenham Hotspur  (Q)	38	19	13	6	69	35	+34	70
4	Manchester City	38	19	9	10	71	41	+30	66	2016–17 UEFA Champions League play-off round
5	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	49	35	+14	66	2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Southampton	38	18	9	11	59	41	+18	63
7	West Ham United	38	16	14	8	65	51	+14	62	2016–17 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	63	50	+13	60
9	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	41	55	−14	51
10	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	59	53	+6	50
11	Swansea City	38	12	11	15	42	52	−10	47
12	Everton	38	11	14	13	59	55	+4	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	Bournemouth	38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	42
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	48	62	−14	39
18	Newcastle United  (R)	38	9	10	19	44	65	−21	37	Relegation to 2016–17 Football League Championship
19	Norwich City  (R)	38	9	7	22	39	67	−28	34
20	Aston Villa  (R)	38	3	8	27	27	76	−49	17

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Result table

Home \ Away

ARS

AST

BOU

CHE

CRY

EVE

LEI

LIV

MNC

MNU

NEW

NWC

SOT

STK

SUN

SWA

TOT

WAT

WBA

WHU

Arsenal

4–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–0

3–1

1–2

1–1

4–0

2–0

0–2

Aston Villa

0–2

1–2

0–4

1–0

1–3

1–1

0–6

0–0

0–1

0–0

2–0

2–4

0–1

2–2

1–2

0–2

2–3

0–1

1–1

Bournemouth

0–2

0–1

1–4

0–0

3–3

1–1

1–2

0–4

2–1

0–1

3–0

2–0

1–3

2–0

3–2

1–5

1–1

1–1

1–3

Chelsea

2–0

2–0

0–1

1–2

3–3

1–1

1–3

0–3

1–1

5–1

1–0

1–3

1–1

3–1

2–2

2–2

2–2

2–2

2–2

Crystal Palace

1–2

2–1

1–2

0–3

0–0

0–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

5–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–3

1–2

2–0

1–3

Everton

0–2

4–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

2–3

1–1

0–2

0–3

3–0

3–0

1–1

3–4

6–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–1

2–3

Leicester City

2–5

3–2

0–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

4–2

4–0

1–1

2–1

2–2

2–2

Liverpool

3–3

3–2

1–0

1–1

1–2

4–0

1–0

3–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–1

4–1

2–2

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–2

0–3

Manchester City

2–2

4–0

5–1

3–0

4–0

0–0

1–3

1–4

0–1

6–1

2–1

3–1

4–0

4–1

2–1

1–2

2–0

2–1

1–2

Manchester United

3–2

1–0

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

3–1

0–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

3–0

3–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

2–0

0–0

Newcastle United

0–1

1–1

1–3

2–2

1–0

0–1

0–3

2–0

1–1

3–3

6–2

2–2

0–0

1–1

3–0

5–1

1–2

1–0

2–1

Norwich City

1–1

2–0

3–1

1–2

1–3

1–1

1–2

4–5

0–0

0–1

3–2

1–0

1–1

0–3

1–0

0–3

4–2

0–1

2–2

Southampton

4–0

1–1

2–0

1–2

4–1

0–3

2–2

3–2

4–2

2–3

3–1

3–0

0–1

1–1

3–1

0–2

2–0

3–0

1–0

Stoke City

0–0

2–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

0–3

2–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

3–1

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–4

0–2

0–1

2–1

Sunderland

0–0

3–1

1–1

3–2

2–2

3–0

0–2

0–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

1–3

0–1

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

Swansea City

0–3

1–0

2–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

0–3

3–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

0–1

0–1

2–4

2–2

1–0

1–0

0–0

Tottenham Hotspur

2–2

3–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

4–1

3–0

1–2

3–0

1–2

2–2

4–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

4–1

Watford

0–3

3–2

0–0

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

3–0

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

2–2

1–0

1–2

0–0

2–0

West Bromwich Albion

2–1

0–0

1–2

2–3

3–2

2–3

2–3

1–1

0–3

1–0

1–0

0–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–1

0–3

West Ham United

3–3

2–0

3–4

2–1

2–2

1–1

1–2

2–0

2–2

3–2

2–0

2–2

2–1

0–0

1–0

1–4

1–0

3–1

1–1

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016
Source: Barclays Premier League football scores & results
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	25
2	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	24
	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
4	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	18
5	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	17
6	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	16
7	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland	15
	Odion Ighalo	Watford
9	Troy Deeney	Watford	13
	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Wilson, CallumCallum Wilson	AFC Bournemouth	West Ham United	4–3	02015-08-22-22 August 2015
Naismith, StevenSteven Naismith	Everton	Chelsea	3–1	02015-09-12-12 September 2015
Sánchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez	Arsenal	Leicester City	5–2	02015-09-26-26 September 2015
Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero5	Manchester City	Newcastle United	6–1	02015-10-03-3 October 2015
Sterling, RaheemRaheem Sterling	Manchester City	AFC Bournemouth	5–1	02015-10-17-17 October 2015
Wijnaldum, GeorginioGeorginio Wijnaldum4	Newcastle United	Norwich City	6–2	02015-10-18-18 October 2015
Kane, HarryHarry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	AFC Bournemouth	5–1	02015-10-25-25 October 2015
Koné, ArounaArouna Koné	Everton	Sunderland	6–2	02015-11-01-1 November 2015
Mahrez, RiyadRiyad Mahrez	Leicester City	Swansea City	3–0	02015-12-05-5 December 2015
Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe	Sunderland	Swansea City	4–2	02016-01-13-13 January 2016
Carroll, AndyAndy Carroll	West Ham United	Arsenal	3–3	02016-04-09-9 April 2016
Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero	Manchester City	Chelsea	3–0	02016-04-16-16 April 2016
Mané, SadioSadio Mané	Southampton	Manchester City	4–2	02016-05-01-1 May 2016
Giroud, OlivierOlivier Giroud	Arsenal	Aston Villa	4–0	02016-05-15-15 May 2016

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 15 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Petr Čech	Arsenal	16
2	David de Gea	Manchester United	15
	Joe Hart	Manchester City
	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City
5	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	13
6	Heurelho Gomes	Watford	11
	Simon Mignolet	Liverpool
8	Jack Butland	Stoke City	10
9	Adrián	West Ham United	9
	Łukasz Fabiański	Swansea City

Discipline

As of matches played on 11 May 2016

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11
  • Jack Colback (Newcastle)

• Most red cards: 3
  • Victor Wanyama (Southampton)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 74
  • Aston Villa

• Most red cards: 6
  • Southampton

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Manuel Pellegrini	Manchester City	André Ayew	Swansea City
September	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur	Anthony Martial	Manchester United
October	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
November	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
December	Quique Flores	Watford	Odion Ighalo	Watford
January	Ronald Koeman	Southampton	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City
February	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur	Fraser Forster	Southampton
March	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur
April	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City

External links

• Official website