2015–16 Premier League
{{Short description|24th season of the Premier League}}
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{{EngvarB|date=May 2019}}
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{{Infobox football league season
| image = LCFC lift the Premier League Trophy (26943755296).jpg
| competition = Premier League
| season = 2015–16
| dates = 8 August 2015 – 17 May 2016
| winners = Leicester City
1st Premier League title
1st English title
| relegated = Newcastle United
Norwich City
Aston Villa
| continentalcup1 = Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Leicester City
Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City
| continentalcup2 = Europa League
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Manchester United
Southampton
West Ham United
| matches = 380
| total goals = 1026
| league topscorer section = Top scorers
| league topscorer = Harry Kane
(25 goals)
| best goalkeeper = Petr Čech (16 clean sheets)
| biggest home win = {{nobreak|Manchester City 6–1 Newcastle United}}
(3 October 2015){{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/matchday/results.html?paramClubId=ALL¶mSeasonId=2015&view=.dateSeason |title=Barclays Premier League football scores & results |publisher=premierleague.com |access-date=24 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926003819/http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/matchday/results.html?paramClubId=ALL¶mSeasonId=2015&view=.dateSeason |archive-date=26 September 2015}}
| biggest away win = Aston Villa 0–6 Liverpool
(14 February 2016)
| highest scoring = Norwich City 4–5 Liverpool
(23 January 2016)
| longest wins = 6 matches{{cite web |url=http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/England-Premier-League#streaks-12496 |title= Premier League Summary |publisher=whoscored.com |access-date=8 August 2015}}
Tottenham Hotspur
| longest unbeaten = 15 matches
Chelsea
| longest winless = 19 matches
Aston Villa
| longest losses = 11 matches
Aston Villa
| highest attendance = 75,415{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/23/statistics/performance |title=Barclays Premier League Statistics – 2015–16 |publisher=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) |work=ESPN FC |access-date=8 August 2015}}
Manchester United 2–1 Swansea City
(2 January 2016)
| lowest attendance = 10,863
Bournemouth 1–3 Stoke City
(13 February 2016)
| prevseason = 2014–15
| nextseason = 2016–17
}}
The 2015–16 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 117th season of top-flight English football overall. The season began on 8 August 2015, and was scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2015/may/fa-fixture-list-2015-16-120515 |title=The 2015–16 fixture list has been released by The FA |publisher=The FA |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=23 May 2015}} However, the match between Manchester United and Bournemouth on the final day was postponed to 17 May 2016 due to a suspicious package found at Old Trafford.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36297390 |title=Old Trafford: Controlled explosion carried out as Man Utd game called off |website=BBC Sport |date =15 May 2016 |access-date=15 May 2016}}
Chelsea began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Football League Championship.
Leicester City, managed by Italian Claudio Ranieri, were crowned champions for the first time in their 132-year history, with 2 games to spare, becoming the 24th club to become English football champions, and the sixth club to win the Premier League. Many commentators consider this to be one of the greatest sporting shocks in history, especially given that Leicester spent a great deal of the previous season at the bottom of the table before rallying towards the season's end to finish 14th. At the beginning of the season, bookmakers had given Leicester City odds of 5000/1 against them winning the league. On 28 November 2015, Leicester striker Jamie Vardy set a new record by scoring in 11 consecutive matches with his goal against Manchester United, surpassing Ruud van Nistelrooy's Premier League record of 10 straight games with a goal, which he set in 2003.{{cite news |title=Jamie Vardy breaks record for goals in consecutive games |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34953098 |website=BBC Sport |date=28 November 2015 |accessdate=2 June 2022 }} Leicester celebrated their title win with renditions of "Nessun dorma" and "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli, who sang for the Leicester fans on the pitch of the King Power Stadium in May.
Aston Villa, one of seven teams who had played in the Premier League since its inaugural season, were relegated from the top flight in England for the first time since 1987.
This was the last season in which the league was sponsored by Barclays; effective next season onwards, it would simply be known as the Premier League, with no sponsors attached.{{cite web|url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/feb/090216-new-look-for-premier-league-for-2016-2017.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160406050117/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/feb/090216-new-look-for-premier-league-for-2016-2017.html |archive-date=6 April 2016 |title=New Look For Premier League For 2016–17 |publisher=Premier League |date=9 February 2016 |access-date=17 March 2024 |url-status=dead }}
Summary
Leicester City were the surprise of the season. Following their late escape from relegation in the previous season many pundits had predicted that they would be relegated{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/aug/05/premier-league-2015-16-season-predictions|title=Premier League 2015–16: Guardian football writers' season predictions|work=The Guardian|date=5 August 2015|access-date=3 May 2016}} and bookmakers gave 5,000–1 odds on them winning the title.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/may/02/leicester-city-champions-premier-league|title=The Leicester Supremacy – A Triumph That Was Never Supposed to Happen|work=The Guardian|date=2 May 2016|access-date=3 May 2016}} After the dismissal of manager Nigel Pearson, they began the new season with Italian Claudio Ranieri in charge. Pearson had been known for his short temper with the press, while Ranieri has a reputation for good humour. The appointment was met with scepticism by pundits, including Leicester fan and former player Gary Lineker, as Ranieri had recently been sacked from his previous post as manager of the Greece national team after suffering a humiliating defeat to the Faroe Islands in his last game in charge.{{cite news|last1=Christenson|first1=Marcus|title=Claudio Ranieri: the anti-Pearson ... and the wrong man for Leicester City?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jul/14/claudio-ranieri-leicester-city-nigel-pearson|access-date=3 May 2016|work=The Guardian|date=14 July 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Bartlett|first1=Evan|title=Here's what Gary Lineker said about Claudio Ranieri when he was appointed as Leicester City's manager|url=https://www.indy100.com/article/remembering-what-gary-lineker-actually-said-about-claudio-ranieri-when-he-was-appointed-leicester-city-manager--Zk3LK7HiKe|access-date=3 May 2016|work=indy100.com}}
Despite winning their opening game against Sunderland and topping the table, they dropped back following a 5–2 home defeat to Arsenal in September.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/02/how-leicester-citys-triumph-compares-with-other-title-winners|title=How Leicester City's triumph Compares With Other Winners|work=The Guardian|date=2 May 2016|access-date=3 May 2016}} However, aided by Jamie Vardy's record feat of scoring in eleven consecutive Premier League games,{{ref|notalltimevardy}} they then remained unbeaten – and returned to the top of the table – until 26 December, when a 1–0 defeat to Liverpool dropped them to second place. They returned to the top after a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa on 16 January, and remained there for the rest of the season. Following a 2–2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on 2 May 2016, and having two more games to play, Leicester City were confirmed champions, their first title in the top flight of English football, eclipsing the runners-up spot they reached in 1929.
Defending champions Chelsea sacked manager José Mourinho in December while in 16th place and eventually failed to qualify for European football for the first time in two decades. Eden Hazard, the previous season's PFA Players' Player of the Year, did not score a league goal until late April.{{cite news|last1=Brewin|first1=John|title=Antonio Conte's huge task to revive Chelsea after wretched season|url=http://www.espnfc.com/club/chelsea/363/blog/post/2862572/antonio-conte-has-huge-task-in-reviving-chelsea-after-a-wretched-season|access-date=3 May 2016|publisher=ESPN|date=2 May 2016}} They eventually finished 10th, breaking the record for lowest finish for a Premier League title holder – 7th, held jointly by Blackburn Rovers in 1995–96 and Manchester United in 2013–14.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-are-the-worstever-premier-league-champions-after-blues-finish-in-10th-place-a3249371.html |title=Chelsea are the worst-ever Premier League champions after Blues finish in 10th place |date=16 May 2016 |work=London Evening Standard |access-date=28 August 2017 }} This record only stood for one year, as Leicester City finished 12th the following season.
Arsenal, looking for their first title since 2004 and following a poor start, improved and in early January took the top spot from Leicester. However, a poor run of results, including draws with Liverpool,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35239781|title=Liverpool 3–3 Arsenal|date=13 January 2016|work=BBC}} Stoke City{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35274740|title=Stoke City 0–0 Arsenal|date=17 January 2016|work=BBC}} and Southampton,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35406894|title=Arsenal 0–0 Southampton|date=2 February 2016|work=BBC}} and a loss to Chelsea{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35336663|title=Arsenal 0–1 Chelsea|date=24 January 2016|work=BBC}} saw them drop to fourth by mid-February. They remained in contention, but draws with West Ham United, Sunderland and Crystal Palace in April saw their title hopes vanish.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35949243|title=West Ham United 3–3 Arsenal|date=9 April 2016|work=BBC}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36065531|title=Sunderland 0–0 Arsenal|date=24 April 2016|work=BBC}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36008542|title=Arsenal 1–1 Crystal Palace|date=17 April 2016|work=BBC}}
Meanwhile, Arsenal's London rivals Tottenham Hotspur won six matches in a row, and when Arsenal lost to Manchester United at the end of February, Tottenham leapfrogged them into second place,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35624283|title=Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Swansea City|work=BBC Sport|access-date=3 May 2016}} where they remained until the final weekend of the season. Draws with West Bromwich Albion{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36069306| title=Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 West Browich Albion|date=25 April 2016|work=BBC}} and Chelsea prevented them from winning their first league title since 1961. This infamous game, now known as the ‘Battle of the Bridge’ where a 2-2 draw saw Tottenham fail to secure the title. Tottenham's title challenge came to an end after their 2–2 draw at Chelsea on 2 May, with many altercations between players and benches on and off the field, especially after Eden Hazard scored the equalising and final goal.{{cite web|title=Danny Rose: Tottenham defender apologises for ugly scenes at Chelsea|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36190716|access-date=3 May 2016|website=BBC Sport|date=3 May 2016}} Mark Clattenburg, who refereed the game, subsequently stated that he could have "sent three players off from Tottenham" but chose instead to allow them to play on, giving the team a total of nine yellow cards (a league record), so as to allow them to "self destruct" and have no one else to blame but themselves."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42219327 Mark Clattenburg: I allowed Tottenham to self-destruct against Chelsea in 2016]", BBC Sport, 4 December 2017"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42234221 Mark Clattenburg took a 'gamble too far' - Dermot Gallagher]", BBC Sport, 5 December 2017 After a 2–1 home loss to Southampton and a 5–1 defeat away to Newcastle United in their final two matches, Tottenham ended the season in third place, one point behind Arsenal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/table|title=Barclays Premier League Table|website=BBC Sport}}
West Ham United, in their final season at the Boleyn Ground after 112 years, achieved 62 points, a club record for a Premier League campaign. It was also the first Premier League season where they had finished with a positive goal difference (+14) and West Ham's eight defeats was also a club record for the fewest losses suffered in a Premier League season.
Aston Villa, a presence in the Premier League since the league's foundation in 1992 and present in the top division since the 1988–89 season, were the first team to be mathematically relegated, after a 1–0 loss at Manchester United on 16 April.{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Paul|title=Aston Villa relegated from Premier League after defeat by Manchester United|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/16/aston-villa-relegated-defeat-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report|access-date=3 May 2016|work=The Observer|date=16 April 2016}} On 11 May, Sunderland won 3–0 against Everton, a result which relegated both Newcastle United and Norwich City with one game remaining.{{cite news|title=Newcastle And Norwich Relegated From Top Flight|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1694526/newcastle-and-norwich-relegated-from-top-flight|access-date=12 May 2016|publisher=Sky News|date=11 May 2016}}
All of the final fixtures of the season were scheduled for 15 May and were to kick off at the same time. However, Manchester United's home game against Bournemouth was called off after Old Trafford was evacuated because of the discovery of a suspicious device, which was destroyed in a controlled explosion. It was confirmed to be an accidental leftover from a training exercise.{{cite news|title=Suspect device in Old Trafford controlled explosion was dummy left behind after training exercise|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/old-trafford-evacuation-manchester-united-stands-emptied-following-security-alert-a7030411.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/old-trafford-evacuation-manchester-united-stands-emptied-following-security-alert-a7030411.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=15 May 2016|work=The Independent|date=15 May 2016}}{{cbignore}} The match was played two days later on 17 May, with United winning 3–1.
=Reactions=
The unlikely nature of Leicester's title led to a flood of coverage from across the globe. Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted his congratulations, saying it was "An extraordinary, thoroughly deserved, Premier League title." Congratulations were also sent by the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who praised his compatriot Ranieri.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-36190043|title=Leicester City win the Premier League: How the world viewed the victory|work=BBC News|date=3 May 2016|access-date=3 May 2016}}
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore described it as "biggest story we've ever had" in English football.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/35942789|title=Leicester win Premier League title – reaction| work=BBC Sport | date=2 May 2016 |access-date=3 May 2016}} Former Leicester manager Martin O'Neill described it as the "greatest achievement of this century". Gary Lineker, the former Leicester striker who led a consortium that saved the club from administration in 2002, had said he would host the BBC football show Match of the Day in his underwear if Leicester won the title. After they won the title, he did indeed present the show clad only in boxer shorts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/13/gary-lineker-presents-match-of-the-day-in-his-underpants|title=Gary Lineker presents Match of the Day in his underpants|website=TheGuardian.com|date=13 August 2016}} He said: "There were no odds that I would have taken at the start of the season. No odds. You could have given me 10 million to one and I'd have said 'Nah, it's a waste of a quid'".{{cite web|url=http://www.teamtalk.com/news/emotional-gary-lineker-struggles-to-comprehend-leicester-heroics|title=Emotional Gary Lineker struggles to comprehend Leicester heroics|date=3 May 2016|publisher=Teamtalk.com|access-date=3 May 2016}} José Mourinho, manager of 2015 champions Chelsea and Ranieri's replacement at the same team eleven years earlier, sent his congratulations, saying, "I lost my title to Claudio Ranieri and it is with incredible emotion that I live this magic moment in his career."
Ranieri said after winning his first title at the age of 64 that he would not have appreciated it as a young man: "Now I am an old man I can feel it much better."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/03/claudio-ranieri-emotions-leicester-city-title|title=Claudio Ranieri's emotions were at 'maximum level' as Leicester won title|date=3 May 2016|publisher=Guaridan.com|access-date=3 May 2016}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/03/leicester-city-premier-league-glory-season-game-by-game|title=Leicester City's march to glory: how a stellar season unfolded, game by game|date=3 May 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=3 May 2016}}
The long odds bookmakers had given Leicester at the start of the season led to them incurring losses of up to £25 million, with one punter winning over £100,000, having wagered £20 at the original 5,000–1 odds;{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leicester-win-the-premier-league-odds-bookmakers-to-lose-over-25m-lucky-punters-bag-100000-pay-out-a7010726.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leicester-win-the-premier-league-odds-bookmakers-to-lose-over-25m-lucky-punters-bag-100000-pay-out-a7010726.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Leicester win the Premier League: Bookmakers' set to lose over £25m as lucky punters bag £100,000 winnings|date=3 May 2016|publisher=Independent.co.uk|access-date=3 May 2016}}{{cbignore}} the largest payout was £200,000 to an anonymous bettor who wagered £100 on the team in October when the odds had gone down to 2,000–1.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/03/punter-wins-200000-on-leicester-city-winning-the-premier-league/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/05/03/punter-wins-200000-on-leicester-city-winning-the-premier-league/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Punter wins £200,000 on Leicester City winning the Premier League|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=3 May 2016|access-date=11 July 2016|last1=Davis|first1=Callum}}{{cbignore}}
Superstitious claims of phenomena helping Leicester win the league include the club's Thai owners engaging Buddhist monks to bless the players, and the reburial of King Richard III in the city's cathedral in March 2015.{{cite news|title=Experts claim discovery of Richard III under car-park helped Leicester to Premiership title|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14466249.Richard_III_and_Raneiri_inspire_Leicester_City_to_English_Premiership_title/|access-date=3 May 2016|work=The Herald|date=3 May 2016}}
= Notes =
:1.{{note|notalltimevardy}} This is a Premier League record. The all-time, first-tier of English football record stands at 12, by Jimmy Dunne in 1932.{{cite news|title=Jamie Vardy breaks record for goals in consecutive games|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34953098|access-date=4 Jul 2019|work=BBC News|date=28 Nov 2015}}
:2.{{note|linekermotd}} A promise which he later kept.{{cite news|title=Gary Lineker pants: Match of the Day presenter keeps Twitter promise|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37074641|access-date=4 Jul 2019|work=BBC News|date=13 Aug 2016}} The reference includes a brief clip from the beginning of the programme.
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Bournemouth (playing in the top flight for the first time ever), Watford (returning to the top flight after eight years) and Norwich City (returning after a season's absence). They replaced Hull City (relegated to the Championship after a two-year spell in the top flight), Burnley and Queens Park Rangers (both teams relegated after a season's presence).
=Stadiums and locations=
{{location map+ |England |width=440 |float=right |caption=Locations of the 2015–16 Premier League teams |places=
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{{location map~ |England |lat=50.735232 |long=-1.838287 |label_size=80|label=AFC Bournemouth|position=left}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=53.438846 |long=-2.966285 |label_size=80|label=Everton|position=left}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=52.620392 |long=-1.142267 |label_size=80|label=Leicester City F.C.|position=right}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=53.430845 |long=-2.960823 |label_size=80|label=Liverpool|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=53.483056 |long=-2.200278 |label_size=80|label=Manchester City F.C.|position=top}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=53.463056 |long=-2.291389 |label_size=80|label=Manchester United F.C.|position=right}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=54.974 |long=-1.614 |label_size=80|label=Newcastle United F.C.|position=left}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=52.622128 |long= 1.308653 |label_size=80|label=Norwich City|position=bottom}}
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{{location map~ |England |lat=52.988358 |long=-2.175556 |label_size=80|label=Stoke City|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=54.914400 |long=-1.388200 |label_size=80|label=Sunderland|position=bottom}}
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{{location map~ |England |lat=51.649906 |long=-0.401531 |label_size=80|label=Watford|position=left}}
{{location map~ |England |lat=52.530005 |long=-2.007372 |label_size=80|label=West Bromwich Albion F.C.|position=left}}
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|position=right}}
}}
{{Location map+|Greater London
|width=300
|float=right
|caption=Greater London Premier League football clubs
|alt=Greater London Premier League football clubs
|places =
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{{Location map~ |Greater London |lat=51.481667 |long=-0.191111 |mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg|label=Chelsea|label_size=75|marksize=|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Greater London |lat=51.398333 |long=-0.085556|mark=Blue 000080 pog.svg |label=Crystal Palace F.C.|label_size=75|marksize=|position=bottom}}
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:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Team
! Location ! Stadium |
|---|
| Arsenal
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|60,260}} |
| Aston Villa
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|42,660}} |
| Bournemouth
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|11,464}} |
| Chelsea
| London {{small|(Fulham)}} |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|41,798}} |
| Crystal Palace
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|25,073}} |
| Everton
| Liverpool {{small|(Walton)}} |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|39,571}} |
| Leicester City
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|32,312}} |
| Liverpool
| Liverpool {{small|(Anfield)}} | Anfield |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|44,742}} |
| Manchester City
| Manchester {{small|(Bradford)}} |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|55,097}} |
| Manchester United
| Manchester {{Small|(Old Trafford)}} |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|75,653}} |
| Newcastle United
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|52,338}} |
| Norwich City
| Norwich |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|27,010}} |
| Southampton
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|32,505}} |
| Stoke City
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|27,740}} |
| Sunderland
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|48,707}} |
| Swansea City
| Swansea |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|20,909}} |
| Tottenham Hotspur
| London {{small|(Tottenham)}} |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|36,284}} |
| Watford
| Watford |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|21,500}} |
| West Bromwich Albion
|style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|26,850}} |
| West Ham United
| London {{small|(Upton Park)}} | Boleyn Ground{{efn|This was West Ham United's last season at Boleyn Ground as they were set to relocate to the London Stadium at the start of the following season.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26119697 | title=West Ham agree Upton Park sale deal with Galliard Group | website=BBC News | date=10 February 2014 | access-date=10 February 2014 | last=Lucas |first=Damien}}}} |style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|35,345}} |
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=Personnel and kits=
{{Commons|2015–16 Premier League kits}}
- Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.
=Managerial changes=
League table
|source=[https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=42&ha=-1 Premier League]
|team1=LEI |team2=ARS |team3=TOT |team4=MCI |team5=MUN |team6=SOU |team7=WHU |team8=LIV |team9=STK |team10=CHE
|team11=EVE |team12=SWA |team13=WAT |team14=WBA |team15=CRY |team16=BOU |team17=SUN |team18=NEW |team19=NOR |team20=AST
|result1=CLGS |result2=CLGS |result3=CLGS |result4=CLPO
|result5=ELGS |result6=ELGS |result7=EL3Q
|result18=REL |result19=REL |result20=REL
|update=complete
|win_ARS=20|draw_ARS=11|loss_ARS=7 |gf_ARS=65|ga_ARS=36
|win_AST=3 |draw_AST=8 |loss_AST=27|gf_AST=27|ga_AST=76
|win_BOU=11|draw_BOU=9 |loss_BOU=18|gf_BOU=45|ga_BOU=67
|win_CHE=12|draw_CHE=14|loss_CHE=12|gf_CHE=59|ga_CHE=53
|win_CRY=11|draw_CRY=9 |loss_CRY=18|gf_CRY=39|ga_CRY=51
|win_EVE=11|draw_EVE=14|loss_EVE=13|gf_EVE=59|ga_EVE=55
|win_LEI=23|draw_LEI=12|loss_LEI=3 |gf_LEI=68|ga_LEI=36
|win_LIV=16|draw_LIV=12|loss_LIV=10|gf_LIV=63|ga_LIV=50
|win_MCI=19|draw_MCI=9 |loss_MCI=10|gf_MCI=71|ga_MCI=41
|win_MUN=19|draw_MUN=9 |loss_MUN=10|gf_MUN=49|ga_MUN=35
|win_NEW=9 |draw_NEW=10|loss_NEW=19|gf_NEW=44|ga_NEW=65
|win_NOR=9 |draw_NOR=7 |loss_NOR=22|gf_NOR=39|ga_NOR=67
|win_SOU=18|draw_SOU=9 |loss_SOU=11|gf_SOU=59|ga_SOU=41
|win_STK=14|draw_STK=9 |loss_STK=15|gf_STK=41|ga_STK=55
|win_SUN=9 |draw_SUN=12|loss_SUN=17|gf_SUN=48|ga_SUN=62
|win_SWA=12|draw_SWA=11|loss_SWA=15|gf_SWA=42|ga_SWA=52
|win_TOT=19|draw_TOT=13|loss_TOT=6 |gf_TOT=69|ga_TOT=35
|win_WAT=12|draw_WAT=9 |loss_WAT=17|gf_WAT=40|ga_WAT=50
|win_WBA=10|draw_WBA=13|loss_WBA=15|gf_WBA=34|ga_WBA=48
|win_WHU=16|draw_WHU=14|loss_WHU=8 |gf_WHU=65|ga_WHU=51
|status_LEI=C
|status_AST=R
|status_NOR=R
|status_NEW=R
|name_ARS=Arsenal
|name_AST=Aston Villa
|name_BOU=Bournemouth
|name_CHE=Chelsea
|name_CRY=Crystal Palace
|name_EVE=Everton
|name_LEI=Leicester City
|name_LIV=Liverpool
|name_MCI=Manchester City
|name_MUN=Manchester United
|name_NEW=Newcastle United
|name_NOR=Norwich City
|name_SOU=Southampton
|name_STK=Stoke City
|name_SUN=Sunderland
|name_SWA=Swansea City
|name_TOT=Tottenham Hotspur
|name_WAT=Watford
|name_WBA=West Bromwich Albion
|name_WHU=West Ham United
|show_limit=5
|class_rules = 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).{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/handbooks/premier-league-handbook-2015-16.pdf |title=Premier League – Handbook Season 2015/16 |publisher=Premier League |access-date=8 August 2015 |pages=96–97 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906045556/http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/handbooks/premier-league-handbook-2015-16.pdf |archive-date=6 September 2015}}
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CLGS=green1 |text_CLGS=Qualification for the Champions League group stage
|col_CLPO=green2 |text_CLPO=Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
|col_ELGS=blue1 |text_ELGS=Qualification for the Europa League group stage
|col_EL3Q=blue2 |text_EL3Q=Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to EFL Championship
|note_res_EL3Q=Manchester City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Football League Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the League Cup winners was passed to the next best-placed team (seventh-placed West Ham United).
|note_res_ELGS=Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup. As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.
}}
Results
{{#invoke:sports results|main
| source = [https://www.premierleague.com/results?co=1&se=42&cl=-1 Barclays Premier League results]
| update = complete
| matches_style = FBR
| team1= ARS | team2= AVL | team3= BOU | team4= CHE | team5= CRY | team6= EVE | team7= LEI | team8= LIV | team9= MCI | team10= MUN | team11= NEW | team12= NOR | team13= SOU | team14= STK | team15= SUN | team16= SWA | team17= TOT | team18= WAT | team19= WBA | team20= WHU
| name_ARS = Arsenal
| name_AVL = Aston Villa
| name_BOU = Bournemouth
| name_CHE = Chelsea
| name_CRY = Crystal Palace
| name_EVE = Everton
| name_LEI = Leicester City
| name_LIV = Liverpool
| name_MCI = Manchester City
| name_MUN = Manchester United
| name_NEW = Newcastle United
| name_NOR = Norwich City
| name_SOU = Southampton
| name_STK = Stoke City
| name_SUN = Sunderland
| name_SWA = Swansea City
| name_TOT = Tottenham Hotspur
| name_WAT = Watford
| name_WBA = West Bromwich Albion
| name_WHU = West Ham United
| match_ARS_AVL = 4–0
| match_ARS_BOU = 2–0
| match_ARS_CHE = 0–1
| match_ARS_CRY = 1–1
| match_ARS_EVE = 2–1
| match_ARS_LEI = 2–1
| match_ARS_LIV = 0–0
| match_ARS_MCI = 2–1
| match_ARS_MUN = 3–0
| match_ARS_NEW = 1–0
| match_ARS_NOR = 1–0
| match_ARS_SOU = 0–0
| match_ARS_STK = 2–0
| match_ARS_SUN = 3–1
| match_ARS_SWA = 1–2
| match_ARS_TOT = 1–1
| match_ARS_WAT = 4–0
| match_ARS_WBA = 2–0
| match_ARS_WHU = 0–2
| match_AVL_ARS = 0–2
| match_AVL_BOU = 1–2
| match_AVL_CHE = 0–4
| match_AVL_CRY = 1–0
| match_AVL_EVE = 1–3
| match_AVL_LEI = 1–1
| match_AVL_LIV = 0–6
| match_AVL_MCI = 0–0
| match_AVL_MUN = 0–1
| match_AVL_NEW = 0–0
| match_AVL_NOR = 2–0
| match_AVL_SOU = 2–4
| match_AVL_STK = 0–1
| match_AVL_SUN = 2–2
| match_AVL_SWA = 1–2
| match_AVL_TOT = 0–2
| match_AVL_WAT = 2–3
| match_AVL_WBA = 0–1
| match_AVL_WHU = 1–1
| match_BOU_ARS = 0–2
| match_BOU_AVL = 0–1
| match_BOU_CHE = 1–4
| match_BOU_CRY = 0–0
| match_BOU_EVE = 3–3
| match_BOU_LEI = 1–1
| match_BOU_LIV = 1–2
| match_BOU_MCI = 0–4
| match_BOU_MUN = 2–1
| match_BOU_NEW = 0–1
| match_BOU_NOR = 3–0
| match_BOU_SOU = 2–0
| match_BOU_STK = 1–3
| match_BOU_SUN = 2–0
| match_BOU_SWA = 3–2
| match_BOU_TOT = 1–5
| match_BOU_WAT = 1–1
| match_BOU_WBA = 1–1
| match_BOU_WHU = 1–3
| match_CHE_ARS = 2–0
| match_CHE_AVL = 2–0
| match_CHE_BOU = 0–1
| match_CHE_CRY = 1–2
| match_CHE_EVE = 3–3
| match_CHE_LEI = 1–1
| match_CHE_LIV = 1–3
| match_CHE_MCI = 0–3
| match_CHE_MUN = 1–1
| match_CHE_NEW = 5–1
| match_CHE_NOR = 1–0
| match_CHE_SOU = 1–3
| match_CHE_STK = 1–1
| match_CHE_SUN = 3–1
| match_CHE_SWA = 2–2
| match_CHE_TOT = 2–2
| match_CHE_WAT = 2–2
| match_CHE_WBA = 2–2
| match_CHE_WHU = 2–2
| match_CRY_ARS = 1–2
| match_CRY_AVL = 2–1
| match_CRY_BOU = 1–2
| match_CRY_CHE = 0–3
| match_CRY_EVE = 0–0
| match_CRY_LEI = 0–1
| match_CRY_LIV = 1–2
| match_CRY_MCI = 0–1
| match_CRY_MUN = 0–0
| match_CRY_NEW = 5–1
| match_CRY_NOR = 1–0
| match_CRY_SOU = 1–0
| match_CRY_STK = 2–1
| match_CRY_SUN = 0–1
| match_CRY_SWA = 0–0
| match_CRY_TOT = 1–3
| match_CRY_WAT = 1–2
| match_CRY_WBA = 2–0
| match_CRY_WHU = 1–3
| match_EVE_ARS = 0–2
| match_EVE_AVL = 4–0
| match_EVE_BOU = 2–1
| match_EVE_CHE = 3–1
| match_EVE_CRY = 1–1
| match_EVE_LEI = 2–3
| match_EVE_LIV = 1–1
| match_EVE_MCI = 0–2
| match_EVE_MUN = 0–3
| match_EVE_NEW = 3–0
| match_EVE_NOR = 3–0
| match_EVE_SOU = 1–1
| match_EVE_STK = 3–4
| match_EVE_SUN = 6–2
| match_EVE_SWA = 1–2
| match_EVE_TOT = 1–1
| match_EVE_WAT = 2–2
| match_EVE_WBA = 0–1
| match_EVE_WHU = 2–3
| match_LEI_ARS = 2–5
| match_LEI_AVL = 3–2
| match_LEI_BOU = 0–0
| match_LEI_CHE = 2–1
| match_LEI_CRY = 1–0
| match_LEI_EVE = 3–1
| match_LEI_LIV = 2–0
| match_LEI_MCI = 0–0
| match_LEI_MUN = 1–1
| match_LEI_NEW = 1–0
| match_LEI_NOR = 1–0
| match_LEI_SOU = 1–0
| match_LEI_STK = 3–0
| match_LEI_SUN = 4–2
| match_LEI_SWA = 4–0
| match_LEI_TOT = 1–1
| match_LEI_WAT = 2–1
| match_LEI_WBA = 2–2
| match_LEI_WHU = 2–2
| match_LIV_ARS = 3–3
| match_LIV_AVL = 3–2
| match_LIV_BOU = 1–0
| match_LIV_CHE = 1–1
| match_LIV_CRY = 1–2
| match_LIV_EVE = 4–0
| match_LIV_LEI = 1–0
| match_LIV_MCI = 3–0
| match_LIV_MUN = 0–1
| match_LIV_NEW = 2–2
| match_LIV_NOR = 1–1
| match_LIV_SOU = 1–1
| match_LIV_STK = 4–1
| match_LIV_SUN = 2–2
| match_LIV_SWA = 1–0
| match_LIV_TOT = 1–1
| match_LIV_WAT = 2–0
| match_LIV_WBA = 2–2
| match_LIV_WHU = 0–3
| match_MCI_ARS = 2–2
| match_MCI_AVL = 4–0
| match_MCI_BOU = 5–1
| match_MCI_CHE = 3–0
| match_MCI_CRY = 4–0
| match_MCI_EVE = 0–0
| match_MCI_LEI = 1–3
| match_MCI_LIV = 1–4
| match_MCI_MUN = 0–1
| match_MCI_NEW = 6–1
| match_MCI_NOR = 2–1
| match_MCI_SOU = 3–1
| match_MCI_STK = 4–0
| match_MCI_SUN = 4–1
| match_MCI_SWA = 2–1
| match_MCI_TOT = 1–2
| match_MCI_WAT = 2–0
| match_MCI_WBA = 2–1
| match_MCI_WHU = 1–2
| match_MUN_ARS = 3–2
| match_MUN_AVL = 1–0
| match_MUN_BOU = 3–1
| match_MUN_CHE = 0–0
| match_MUN_CRY = 2–0
| match_MUN_EVE = 1–0
| match_MUN_LEI = 1–1
| match_MUN_LIV = 3–1
| match_MUN_MCI = 0–0
| match_MUN_NEW = 0–0
| match_MUN_NOR = 1–2
| match_MUN_SOU = 0–1
| match_MUN_STK = 3–0
| match_MUN_SUN = 3–0
| match_MUN_SWA = 2–1
| match_MUN_TOT = 1–0
| match_MUN_WAT = 1–0
| match_MUN_WBA = 2–0
| match_MUN_WHU = 0–0
| match_NEW_ARS = 0–1
| match_NEW_AVL = 1–1
| match_NEW_BOU = 1–3
| match_NEW_CHE = 2–2
| match_NEW_CRY = 1–0
| match_NEW_EVE = 0–1
| match_NEW_LEI = 0–3
| match_NEW_LIV = 2–0
| match_NEW_MCI = 1–1
| match_NEW_MUN = 3–3
| match_NEW_NOR = 6–2
| match_NEW_SOU = 2–2
| match_NEW_STK = 0–0
| match_NEW_SUN = 1–1
| match_NEW_SWA = 3–0
| match_NEW_TOT = 5–1
| match_NEW_WAT = 1–2
| match_NEW_WBA = 1–0
| match_NEW_WHU = 2–1
| match_NOR_ARS = 1–1
| match_NOR_AVL = 2–0
| match_NOR_BOU = 3–1
| match_NOR_CHE = 1–2
| match_NOR_CRY = 1–3
| match_NOR_EVE = 1–1
| match_NOR_LEI = 1–2
| match_NOR_LIV = 4–5
| match_NOR_MCI = 0–0
| match_NOR_MUN = 0–1
| match_NOR_NEW = 3–2
| match_NOR_SOU = 1–0
| match_NOR_STK = 1–1
| match_NOR_SUN = 0–3
| match_NOR_SWA = 1–0
| match_NOR_TOT = 0–3
| match_NOR_WAT = 4–2
| match_NOR_WBA = 0–1
| match_NOR_WHU = 2–2
| match_SOU_ARS = 4–0
| match_SOU_AVL = 1–1
| match_SOU_BOU = 2–0
| match_SOU_CHE = 1–2
| match_SOU_CRY = 4–1
| match_SOU_EVE = 0–3
| match_SOU_LEI = 2–2
| match_SOU_LIV = 3–2
| match_SOU_MCI = 4–2
| match_SOU_MUN = 2–3
| match_SOU_NEW = 3–1
| match_SOU_NOR = 3–0
| match_SOU_STK = 0–1
| match_SOU_SUN = 1–1
| match_SOU_SWA = 3–1
| match_SOU_TOT = 0–2
| match_SOU_WAT = 2–0
| match_SOU_WBA = 3–0
| match_SOU_WHU = 1–0
| match_STK_ARS = 0–0
| match_STK_AVL = 2–1
| match_STK_BOU = 2–1
| match_STK_CHE = 1–0
| match_STK_CRY = 1–2
| match_STK_EVE = 0–3
| match_STK_LEI = 2–2
| match_STK_LIV = 0–1
| match_STK_MCI = 2–0
| match_STK_MUN = 2–0
| match_STK_NEW = 1–0
| match_STK_NOR = 3–1
| match_STK_SOU = 1–2
| match_STK_SUN = 1–1
| match_STK_SWA = 2–2
| match_STK_TOT = 0–4
| match_STK_WAT = 0–2
| match_STK_WBA = 0–1
| match_STK_WHU = 2–1
| match_SUN_ARS = 0–0
| match_SUN_AVL = 3–1
| match_SUN_BOU = 1–1
| match_SUN_CHE = 3–2
| match_SUN_CRY = 2–2
| match_SUN_EVE = 3–0
| match_SUN_LEI = 0–2
| match_SUN_LIV = 0–1
| match_SUN_MCI = 0–1
| match_SUN_MUN = 2–1
| match_SUN_NEW = 3–0
| match_SUN_NOR = 1–3
| match_SUN_SOU = 0–1
| match_SUN_STK = 2–0
| match_SUN_SWA = 1–1
| match_SUN_TOT = 0–1
| match_SUN_WAT = 0–1
| match_SUN_WBA = 0–0
| match_SUN_WHU = 2–2
| match_SWA_ARS = 0–3
| match_SWA_AVL = 1–0
| match_SWA_BOU = 2–2
| match_SWA_CHE = 1–0
| match_SWA_CRY = 1–1
| match_SWA_EVE = 0–0
| match_SWA_LEI = 0–3
| match_SWA_LIV = 3–1
| match_SWA_MCI = 1–1
| match_SWA_MUN = 2–1
| match_SWA_NEW = 2–0
| match_SWA_NOR = 1–0
| match_SWA_SOU = 0–1
| match_SWA_STK = 0–1
| match_SWA_SUN = 2–4
| match_SWA_TOT = 2–2
| match_SWA_WAT = 1–0
| match_SWA_WBA = 1–0
| match_SWA_WHU = 0–0
| match_TOT_ARS = 2–2
| match_TOT_AVL = 3–1
| match_TOT_BOU = 3–0
| match_TOT_CHE = 0–0
| match_TOT_CRY = 1–0
| match_TOT_EVE = 0–0
| match_TOT_LEI = 0–1
| match_TOT_LIV = 0–0
| match_TOT_MCI = 4–1
| match_TOT_MUN = 3–0
| match_TOT_NEW = 1–2
| match_TOT_NOR = 3–0
| match_TOT_SOU = 1–2
| match_TOT_STK = 2–2
| match_TOT_SUN = 4–1
| match_TOT_SWA = 2–1
| match_TOT_WAT = 1–0
| match_TOT_WBA = 1–1
| match_TOT_WHU = 4–1
| match_WAT_ARS = 0–3
| match_WAT_AVL = 3–2
| match_WAT_BOU = 0–0
| match_WAT_CHE = 0–0
| match_WAT_CRY = 0–1
| match_WAT_EVE = 1–1
| match_WAT_LEI = 0–1
| match_WAT_LIV = 3–0
| match_WAT_MCI = 1–2
| match_WAT_MUN = 1–2
| match_WAT_NEW = 2–1
| match_WAT_NOR = 2–0
| match_WAT_SOU = 0–0
| match_WAT_STK = 1–2
| match_WAT_SUN = 2–2
| match_WAT_SWA = 1–0
| match_WAT_TOT = 1–2
| match_WAT_WBA = 0–0
| match_WAT_WHU = 2–0
| match_WBA_ARS = 2–1
| match_WBA_AVL = 0–0
| match_WBA_BOU = 1–2
| match_WBA_CHE = 2–3
| match_WBA_CRY = 3–2
| match_WBA_EVE = 2–3
| match_WBA_LEI = 2–3
| match_WBA_LIV = 1–1
| match_WBA_MCI = 0–3
| match_WBA_MUN = 1–0
| match_WBA_NEW = 1–0
| match_WBA_NOR = 0–1
| match_WBA_SOU = 0–0
| match_WBA_STK = 2–1
| match_WBA_SUN = 1–0
| match_WBA_SWA = 1–1
| match_WBA_TOT = 1–1
| match_WBA_WAT = 0–1
| match_WBA_WHU = 0–3
| match_WHU_ARS = 3–3
| match_WHU_AVL = 2–0
| match_WHU_BOU = 3–4
| match_WHU_CHE = 2–1
| match_WHU_CRY = 2–2
| match_WHU_EVE = 1–1
| match_WHU_LEI = 1–2
| match_WHU_LIV = 2–0
| match_WHU_MCI = 2–2
| match_WHU_MUN = 3–2
| match_WHU_NEW = 2–0
| match_WHU_NOR = 2–2
| match_WHU_SOU = 2–1
| match_WHU_STK = 0–0
| match_WHU_SUN = 1–0
| match_WHU_SWA = 1–4
| match_WHU_TOT = 1–0
| match_WHU_WAT = 3–1
| match_WHU_WBA = 1–1
}}
Season statistics
=Scoring=
==Top scorers==
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Player !Club |
|---|
| 1
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Kane |align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur |25 |
| rowspan="2"|2
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Agüero |align="left"|Manchester City |rowspan="2"|24 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Vardy
|align="left"|Leicester City |
| 4
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Romelu Lukaku |align="left"|Everton |18 |
| 5
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ALG}} Riyad Mahrez |align="left"|Leicester City |17 |
| 6
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Olivier Giroud |align="left"|Arsenal |16 |
| rowspan="2"|7
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jermain Defoe |align="left"|Sunderland |rowspan="2"|15 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|NGA}} Odion Ighalo
|align="left"|Watford |
| rowspan="2"|9
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Troy Deeney |align="left"|Watford |rowspan="2"|13 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|CHI}} Alexis Sánchez
|align="left"|Arsenal |
==Hat-tricks==
{{main|List of Premier League hat-tricks}}
;Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
=Clean sheets=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| Rank
!Player !Club |
|---|
| 1
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Čech |align="left"|Arsenal |16 |
| rowspan="3"|2
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} David de Gea |align="left"|Manchester United |rowspan="3"|15 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Hart
|align="left"|Manchester City |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Schmeichel
|align="left"|Leicester City |
| 5
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Hugo Lloris |align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur |13 |
| rowspan="2"|6
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Heurelho Gomes |align="left"|Watford |rowspan="2"|11 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Simon Mignolet
|align="left"|Liverpool |
| 8
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Butland |align="left"|Stoke City |10 |
| rowspan="2"|9
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián |align="left"|West Ham United |rowspan="2"|9 |
| align="left"| {{flagicon|POL}} Łukasz Fabiański
|align="left"|Swansea City |
=Discipline=
==Player==
- Most yellow cards: 11{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/index.html?paramSearchType=BY_STAT¶mSeason=2015-2016 |title=Players Index |work=Premier League |access-date=11 May 2016 |archive-date=29 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529220502/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players/index.html?paramSearchType=BY_STAT¶mSeason=2015-2016 |url-status=dead }}
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Colback (Newcastle United)
- Most red cards: 3
- {{flagicon|KEN}} Victor Wanyama (Southampton)
==Club==
- Most yellow cards: 74{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/index.by-season.html?season=2015-2016&indexType=DISCIPLINARY_TABLE |title=Club Index |work=Premier League |access-date=11 May 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923014635/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/clubs/index.by-season.html?season=2015-2016&indexType=DISCIPLINARY_TABLE |url-status=dead }}
- Aston Villa
- Most red cards: 6
- Southampton
Awards
=Monthly awards=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"|Month
!colspan="2"|Manager of the Month !colspan="2"|Player of the Month !rowspan="2"|Reference |
|---|
| Manager
!Club !Player !Club |
| August
| {{flagicon|CHI}} Manuel Pellegrini |Manchester City | {{flagicon|GHA}} André Ayew |Swansea City |
| September
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Pochettino |Tottenham Hotspur | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Anthony Martial |Manchester United |
| October
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Arsène Wenger |Arsenal |rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Vardy |rowspan=2|Leicester City |
| November
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Ranieri |Leicester City |
| December
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Quique Sánchez Flores |Watford | {{flagicon|NGA}} Odion Ighalo |Watford |
| January
| {{flagicon|NED}} Ronald Koeman |Southampton | {{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Agüero |Manchester City |
| February
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Pochettino |Tottenham Hotspur | {{flagicon|ENG}} Fraser Forster |Southampton |
| March
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Ranieri |rowspan=2|Leicester City | {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Kane |Tottenham Hotspur |
| April
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Agüero |Manchester City |
=Annual awards=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan="13" | PFA Team of the Year{{cite news |date=21 April 2016 |title=Leicester and Tottenham dominate PFA Premier League team of the year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/21/leicester-tottenham-pfa-team-of-year |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=21 April 2016}} |
|---|
| Goalkeeper
| colspan="12" | {{flagicon|ESP}} David de Gea (Manchester United) |
| Defence
| colspan="3" | {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) | colspan="3" | {{flagicon|BEL}} Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) | colspan="3" | {{flagicon|JAM}} Wes Morgan (Leicester City) | colspan="3" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) |
| Midfield
| colspan="3" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) | colspan="3" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) | colspan="3" | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City) | colspan="3" | {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) |
| Attack
| colspan="6" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) | colspan="6" | {{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) |
Attendances
{{row counter|
| class{{=}}"wikitable sortable"
!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance{{cite web | url=https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-2015-2016/1/ | title=Premier League 2015/2016 - Attendance }} | |||
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Manchester United | 19 | 75,286 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Arsenal FC | 19 | 59,944 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Manchester City | 19 | 54,041 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Newcastle United | 19 | 49,754 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Liverpool FC | 19 | 43,910 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Sunderland AFC | 19 | 43,071 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Chelsea FC | 19 | 41,500 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Everton FC | 19 | 38,124 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Tottenham Hotspur | 19 | 35,776 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | West Ham United | 19 | 34,910 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Aston Villa | 19 | 33,690 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Leicester City | 19 | 32,021 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Southampton FC | 19 | 30,751 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Stoke City | 19 | 27,534 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Norwich City | 19 | 26,972 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Crystal Palace | 19 | 24,636 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | West Bromwich Albion | 19 | 24,631 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Swansea City | 19 | 20,711 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Watford FC | 19 | 20,594 |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 11,189 |
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716025100/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb.html Official website]
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