2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
The pool stage began on the weekend of 13 November 2015 but several games were postponed following the November 2015 Paris attacks. It was completed on the weekend of 23–25 January 2016.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
Twenty teams were seeded based on their performance in the three major European domestic leagues - the Premiership, the Pro12 and the Top 14. Teams were seeded based on their performance in the regular season, and, where applicable, subsequent play-off to determine a league champion. Where teams were eliminated in the same round of a knock-out tournament, their league position at the end of the regular season determined which team received a higher seed.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
Teams were then placed into 4 Tiers, each containing 5 teams, based on their seeding. A draw determined which two second seeded teams completed Tier 1, and based on this, the fourth seeded teams were allocated to either Tier 2 and Tier 3.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Seeding
The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
The draw took place on 17 June 2015, at the Château de Neuchâtel, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
During the pool stage, the teams will play the 3 other teams in their pool twice, both at home and away, Based on the result of the match, teams receive competition points as follows:


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
Following the pool stage, the five winners from each group progress to the quarter-finals, along with the three best pool runners-up from the competition (the three of the five runners-up with the highest number of competition points). To seed the quarter-finals, the five pool winners will be ranked 1st to 5th and the three best-placed runners-up ranked 6th to 8th, based on who got the most competition points. In the event of a tie between two or more teams from the same pool, the following criteria would be used as tie-breakers:


2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage, Pool stage
If this did not separate teams, and/or the tie related to teams that did not play each other (i.e., in different pools), the following tie breakers would be used:


2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the second play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
Following the two-team play-off in 2014–15, an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:


2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
Gloucester became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the Premiership, when they beat Edinburgh 19–13 in the Challenge Cup final on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the 2014–15 Premiership will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup. Connacht qualified next, when the finished seventh in the 2014–15 Pro12 with 50 points, narrowly edging Edinburgh who had 48 points. Bordeaux Bègles qualified for the play-off on 23 May 2015.


2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs, Format
Connacht played Gloucester away at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday 24 May 2015, with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss. It was decided that, in the event of a Gloucester win, the second play-off match would be played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester, to avoid a clash of fixtures with a Madness concert.


2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by ninth year head coach Marty Simmons, played their home games at the Ford Center and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 12–6 in Missouri Valley play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Missouri State and Indiana State in the Missouri Valley Tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Northern Iowa. Despite having 25 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team, Previous season
The Purple Aces finished the 2014–15 season 24–12, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament to Illinois State. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated IPFW, Eastern Illinois, Louisiana–Lafayette, Tennessee–Martin, and Northern Arizona to become CIT champions.


2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by fifth year head coach Oties Epps, play their home games at the Ford Center and are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–28, 1–17 in MVC play to finish in last place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Women's Tournament where they lost to Drake.


2015–16 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team
On February 29, 2016, head coach Oties Epps resigned. He finished at Evansville with a five year record of 44–106 and Matt Ruffing is named the interim coach for the remainder of the season and for the 2016–17 season.


2015–16 Everton F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Everton's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 138th year in existence. Everton participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Although the club managed to reach the semi-finals in both the FA Cup and League Cup, their overall performance did not meet expectations. As a result, prior to its last Premier League match of the season, the club sacked third year manager Roberto Martínez.


2015–16 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season and Friendlies
On 22 June 2015, Everton announced they would face Leeds United during pre-season. On 29 June 2015, Everton announced their full preseason fixtures list.


2015–16 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, Premier League, Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2015–16 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Everton entered the FA Cup at the Third Round and were drawn at home to Dagenham & Redbridge. They defeated the Daggers 2–0 and were drawn away against Carlisle United in the Fourth Round. The tie at Brunton Park was the first held there since the ground had flooded in Storm Desmond and ended in a 3–0 win for Everton. In the Fifth Round, Everton were drawn away to AFC Bournemouth. They won 2–0 and followed that with another 2–0 win against Chelsea at Goodison Park. They advanced to the semi-final at Wembley Stadium where they lost to Manchester United.


2015–16 Everton F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
As a Premier League team not involved in any UEFA competitions, Everton entered the League Cup at the Second Round stage. They defeated Barnsley away, after extra time, and were drawn away to Reading in the Third Round. The Toffees hosted fellow Premier League side Norwich City in the Fourth Round and won 4–3 on penalties. They beat Middlesbrough 2–0 away in the quarter-final, which was their first appearance at this stage since 2007–08. Everton lost to Manchester City 4–3 on aggregate in the two-legged semi-final.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Exeter City's 114th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
On 18 May 2015, Exeter City announced that Brazilian side Fluminense will bring an under-19 squad to face in a pre-season friendly on 20 July 2015. A day later Exeter City announced a second friendly against Weston-super-Mare. On 20 May 2015, Torquay United was added to the schedule. A pre-season trip to Scotland was confirmed on 21 May 2015. On 8 June 2015, a visit from AFC Bournemouth was confirmed. A friendly against Sheffield United was announced a day later. On 16 June it was announced that an Exeter City XI would play Bodmin Town.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Results summary
Exeter City gained 29 points at home and picked up 35 points away, adding up to 64 in total.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Results by round
Exeter were a mid-table club for the entire season, spending two matchdays in the play-offs zone and falling to as low as 17th after a four-game losing streak in December and early January. For the first half of the season, the club's form was very inconsistent. From December onwards, Exeter suffered a four-game losing streak which was closely followed by a three-game winning streak. Then followed four matches without a win and  a ten-match unbeaten run.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Results by round
Despite this unbeaten streak, Exeter remained in fourteenth place from 20 February to 25 March. After a 2–0 win away at Crawley, Exeter rose to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs zone. On 2 April 2016 and 9 April 2016, Exeter achieved a double against local rivals Plymouth Argyle and Yeovil Town, resulting in their continued rise up the table. After the latter match, Exeter were 9th, 2 places and on equal points with AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers, although with an inferior goal difference.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Results by round
This unbeaten streak, along with Exeter's realistic play-off hopes was broken by a 3–2 home loss to Mansfield Town. Exeter were mathematically confirmed to be remaining in League Two after another loss to Bristol Rovers. Exeter finished the season back in 14th position after suffering a 4–1 routing away to Luton.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Two, Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
During the First Round Proper draw on 26 October 2015, Exeter were drawn against 8th-tier side Didcot Town. For the second round, Exeter faced League One team Port Vale, winning the fixture 2–0. During the draw for the third round, Exeter were drawn against Premier League side Liverpool. The match ended with a draw as Liverpool fielded a largely inexperienced side and was televised on BBC One. A rematch was played at Anfield on 20 January. It was reported that the two matches against Liverpool could eventually result in a £1,000,000 windfall for Exeter City. This amount was eventually revealed to be £700,000 Exeter were thoroughly overpowered in the replay, losing 3–0. Liverpool had 26 shots, compared to Exeter's 4.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Exeter City were drawn away against Swindon Town. On 11 August 2015, Exeter won against Swindon Town 2–1 with goals from David Wheeler and Alex Nicholls at the County Ground. On 13 August 2015, the second round draw was made and Exeter City were drawn away against Premier League team Sunderland. Sunderland scored two early goals before Exeter equalised through Emmanuel Oyeleke and David Wheeler.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
The score was 3–3 at half-time, which became 6–3 to Sunderland at full-time as Exeter's defence failed, including an incident where goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik was caught off his line. This is the most goals Exeter have conceded all season so far, and was the second of five games in the season in which Exeter lost by three goals.


2015–16 Exeter City F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Trophy
On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. Grecians hosted Portsmouth and won the match 2–0, advancing to the next round. The draw for the second round was held on 5 September 2015, again live on Soccer AM. Exeter were drawn against rivals Plymouth Argyle.


2015–16 F.C. Copenhagen season
This article shows statistics of individual players for the football club F.C. Copenhagen. It also lists all matches that F.C. Copenhagen played in the 2015–16 season.


2015–16 F.C. Copenhagen season, Players, Squad information
This section show the squad as currently, considering all players who are confirmedly moved in and out (see section Players in / out).


2015–16 F.C. Copenhagen season, Club, Other information
Updated to match played 17 JulySource: F.C. Copenhagen and Telia Parken


2015–16 F.C. Copenhagen season, Matches, Competitive
Last updated: 29 MaySource: 1F.C. Copenhagen goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of F.C. Copenhagen.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2015–16 FA Cup
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2015–16 FA Cup
The 2015–16 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) was the 135th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It was sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. It began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 15 August 2015, and concluded with the final on 21 May 2016. The FA Cup winner qualifies for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.


2015–16 FA Cup
Premier League side Arsenal were the two-time defending champions after they beat Aston Villa 4–0 in the previous final on 30 May 2015, but were eliminated by Watford in the sixth round.


2015–16 FA Cup
The winners were Manchester United, who defeated Crystal Palace 2–1 in the final after extra time.


2015–16 FA Cup, Qualifying rounds
The qualifying competition began with the Extra Preliminary Round on 15 August 2015. All of the competing teams that were not members of either the Premier League or the Football League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to win a place in the first round proper. The final (fourth) qualifying round began on the weekend of 24 October.


2015–16 FA Cup, First Round Proper
The First Round draw took place on 26 October at 7pm at the club house of the FA Charter Standard Community Club Thackley Juniors F.C. based in Thackley in West Yorkshire, and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BBC Radio 5 Live. The First Round Proper were played on the weekend of 7 November. 32 teams from the qualifying competition joined the 48 teams from League One and League Two to compete in this round. The round included two teams from Level 8 still in the competition, Northwich Victoria and Didcot Town, which were the lowest-ranked teams in this round; Northwich Victoria advanced to become the lowest-ranked team in the second round.


2015–16 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The second round draw took place on 9 November at Civil Service, based in Chiswick, London,  and was broadcast live on BBC Two.


2015–16 FA Cup, Second Round Proper
The lowest-ranked side in this round was Northwich Victoria, who competed at level 8 of English football.


2015–16 FA Cup, Third Round Proper
A total of 64 teams played in this round: 44 teams from Premier League and Football League Championship which entered in this round, and the 20 winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 7 December 2015.


2015–16 FA Cup, Third Round Proper
The lowest-ranked team in this round was Eastleigh from the National League (tier 5), the only non-league side remaining in the competition.


2015–16 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The draw for the fourth round proper was held on 11 January 2016. The fourth round proper was played across the weekend of 30 January 2016.


2015–16 FA Cup, Fourth Round Proper
The three lowest ranked teams in this round were Oxford United, Portsmouth and Carlisle United, who competed in League Two (tier 4).


2015–16 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The draw for the Fifth Round Proper was held on 31 January 2016. The fifth round proper was played across the weekend of 20 February 2016.


2015–16 FA Cup, Fifth Round Proper
The lowest ranked club in this round was Shrewsbury Town, who competed in League One (tier 3).


2015–16 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The draw for the Sixth Round Proper was held on 21 February 2016. The sixth round proper was played across the weekend of 12 March 2016. This marked the final year where the sixth round would go into a replay if teams were tied.


2015–16 FA Cup, Sixth Round Proper
The lowest ranked club remaining in this round was Reading, who competed in the League Championship (tier 2).


2015–16 FA Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 March 2016. The semi-finals were played on 23 and 24 April 2016.


2015–16 FA Cup, Final
The final took place on 21 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium.


2015–16 FA Cup, Broadcasting rights
The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the BBC and subscription channel BT Sport. The BBC held the rights since 2014–15, while BT Sport since 2013–14. The FA Cup Final was required to be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events.


2015–16 FA Cup, Broadcasting rights
Welsh language channel S4C broadcast the third round match between Cardiff City and Shrewsbury Town, and also broadcast the rescheduled third round match between Newport County and Blackburn Rovers.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 135th season of competition in England for The Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 736 clubs were accepted for the competition, the same as the previous season.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 to 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from the Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Calendar and prizes
The calendar for the 2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round
Extra preliminary round fixtures were due to be played on 15 August 2015, with replays taking place no later than 20 August 2015. A total of 368 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition. The round includes 91 teams from Level 10 of English football, being the lowest ranked clubs to compete in the tournament.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Preliminary round fixtures were due to be played on 29 August 2015, with replays no later than 4 September. A total of 320 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 184 winners from the Extra preliminary round and 136 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The round included 29 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
First qualifying round fixtures were played on 12 September 2015, with replays no later than 18 September. A total of 232 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 160 winners from the Preliminary round and 72 entering at this stage from the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round included eleven teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
Second qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 26 September 2015, with replays no later than 2 October. A total of 160 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 entering at this stage from the two leagues at Level 6 of English football. The round included Bodmin Town, Hinckley and Hook Norton from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
Third qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 10 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 16 October. A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second qualifying round. The round included eight teams from Level 9 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round
Fourth qualifying round fixtures were due to be played on 24 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 30 October. A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 40 winners from the Third qualifying round and 24 entering at this stage from the Conference Premier at Level 5 of English football. The round included Sporting Khalsa from Level 9 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked team in this round.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper
Winners from the Fourth qualifying round advanced to the First Round Proper, where teams from League One (Level 3) and League Two (Level 4) of English football, operating in The Football League, first enter the competition. See 2015–16 FA Cup for a report of First Round Proper onwards.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Broadcasting rights
The qualifying rounds aren't covered by the FA Cup's broadcasting contracts held by BBC Sport and BT Sport, although one game was televised.


2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Broadcasting rights
The following qualifying rounds matches were broadcast live on UK television:


2015–16 FA Trophy
The 2015–16 FA Trophy was the 46th season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 276 clubs entered the competition, which was won by FC Halifax Town after beating Grimsby Town 1-0 in front of 46,781 spectators at Wembley in the final on 22 May 2016.


2015–16 FA Trophy, Preliminary round
A total of 128 clubs, from Level 8 of English football, entered preliminary round of the competition. Eight clubs from level 8 get a bye to the first round qualifying - AFC Hornchurch, Bedford Town, Brighouse Town, Chatham Town, Goole, Kings Langley, Peacehaven & Telscombe and Swindon Supermarine.


2015–16 FA Trophy, First round qualifying
First round qualifying fixtures were due to be played on 31 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 6 November. A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the preliminary round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and eight teams from level 8, who get a bye in the previous round.


2015–16 FA Trophy, Second round qualifying
Second round qualifying fixtures were due to be played on 14 November 2015, with replays taking place no later than 20 November. A total of 72 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the first qualifying round. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Trophy, Third round qualifying
Third round qualifying fixtures were due to be played on 28 November 2015, with replays taking place no later than 4 December. A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round qualifying and 44 clubs from Level 6 of English football. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Trophy, First round
First round fixtures were due to be played on 12 December 2015, with replays taking place no later than 18 December. A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the third round qualifying and the clubs from Level 5 of English football. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Trophy, Second round
Second round fixtures were due to be played on 16 January 2016, with replays taking place no later than 22 January. A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the first round. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Trophy, Third round
Third round fixtures were due to be played on 6 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 12 February. A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Trophy, Fourth round
Fourth round fixtures were due to be played on 27 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 4 March. A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the third round. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Trophy, Semi-finals
Semi-final fixtures were due to be played on 12 March and 19 March 2016, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required. A total of four teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:


2015–16 FA Vase
The 2015–16 FA Vase is the 42nd season of the FA Vase, an annual football competition for teams playing below Step 4 of the English National League System. The competition is to be played with two qualifying rounds preceding the six proper rounds, semi-finals (played over two legs) and final to be played at Wembley Stadium. All ties before the semi-finals are played with extra-time if drawn, with penalty kicks if still drawn after extra-time in the return fixture (or after the first match if both clubs agree). Therefore, all matches listed as draws were finished after extra time.


2015–16 FA Vase
The winners were Morpeth Town, who beat Hereford 4–1 on 22 May at Wembley Stadium.


2015–16 FA Vase, Calendar
The calendar for the 2015–16 FA Vase qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup
The 2015–16 Women's FA Cup was the 46th staging of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Chelsea were the defending champions having beaten Notts County 1–0 in the previous final. Arsenal were crowned champions beating Chelsea by 1-0.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Format
The level of league football played by each team determined the stage of the competition in which they were inserted.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Format
There were 262 entries this year and four qualifying round were played.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Fourth qualifying round
Drawn on 12 October. Ties played on 8 November. Ties 6,7,10,18 & 22 were postponed until 15 November. As Nettleham were unable to fulfil the fixture, Leicester City Women received a walkover. Tie 6 was postponed further until 22 November.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, First Round Proper
Drawn on 9 November. Ties were played on 6 December. Ties 1,2 & 11 were postponed until 13 December.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Second Round Proper
Ties played on 10 January 2016. Ties 5,15 & 18 played on 17 January 2016. Ties 1,2,6,10,11 & 14 played on 24 January. Tie 4 played on 31 January at Blackburn Rovers.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Third Round Proper
Ties to be played on 7 February 2016. The ten WSL 2 teams enter this round. Ties 10,11,12 & 14 were played on 14 February.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Fourth Round Proper
Ties were played on 28 February 2016. Brighton & Hove Albion initially won 2–1, but were forced to replay their game, as they named too many substitutes (7 instead of 5) on the match form. The tie was replayed on 13 March.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Fifth round /round of 16
Seven winners of the previous round are joined by the nine WSL 1 teams. Played on 19/20 March 2016.


2015–16 FA Women's Cup, Quarter-finals
Sporting Club Albion are the only team from outside the FA WSL to reach the round. Played on 3 April 2016.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League
The 2015–16 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 24th season of the competition, which began in 1992. Formerly the top flight of women's football in England, this season it sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League
The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 72 teams were members of the league at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions will both qualify for a playoff match against each other which will decide the overall league champion, who subject to meeting league requirements will be promoted to FA WSL 2.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League, Premier Division, Championship play-off
The overall FA WPL champion was decided by a play-off match held at Wycombe Wanderers' Adams Park stadium on 29 May 2016, which resulted in a 4–2 victory for Southern Division Brighton & Hove Albion over Northern Division Sporting Club Albion. Brighton won promotion to FA WSL 2 a few days after the match, having met The Football Association's licensing requirements for entry to the Women's Super League.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League, Division One, South West Division One
Gloucester City and Swindon Spitfires both withdrew from the league during the season. All results involving them were expunged.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup
The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 25th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League, and for the second season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the Premier League Plate.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup
All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Going into the tournament, Charlton Athletic were the reigning champions, having defeated Sheffield on penalties the previous season. They failed to defend their title this year however, thanks to a defeat to Cardiff City in the first round.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results
All results listed are published by The Football Association. Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results
The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Qualifying rounds, Determining round
The competition began with a Determining Round, which consisted of all 72 teams in the FA Women's Premier League being drawn in pairs. The winners of these 36 games progressed to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualified for the 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needed to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup, Results, Qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the first round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in preliminary round ties.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate
The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate is the second running of the competition, which began in 2014. It is the secondary League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League (FA WPL), and is run in parallel with the league's primary League Cup competition, the Premier League Cup.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate
The teams that take part in the WPL plate are decided after the first qualifying round of the WPL Cup, known as the Determining Round. The winners of Determining Round matches continue in the WPL Cup, while the losers move into the WPL Plate.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate
All 72 Premier League clubs were included in the Determining round draw, three of whom (Gloucester City, Swindon Spitfires and Wolverhampton Wanderers) withdrew from the competition before playing a match, meaning 36 teams progressed in the Cup and 33 were entered in the Plate.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate
Reigning champions Preston North End, who beat Huddersfield Town 3–0 in the 2014–15 final, won their Determining Round match this season, meaning that they did not defend their title.


2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Results, Preliminary round
Due to there being 33 teams in the competition, a single preliminary round match was required to eliminate one team and allow a full single-elimination knockout tournament to take place.


2015–16 FA Youth Cup
The 2015–16 FA Youth Cup was the 64th edition of the FA Youth Cup. Chelsea won the competition for the third year in a row.


2015–16 FC Admira Wacker Mödling season
Admira Wacker is an Austrian football club which is based in Maria Enzersdorf. During the 2015–16 campaign they will be competing in the following competitions: Austrian Bundesliga, Austrian Cup.


2015–16 FC Alashkert season
The 2015–16 season was Alashkert's fourth season in the Armenian Premier League and 9th overall. It was their second season under the management of Abraham Khashmanyan, and they ended the season as champions of the Armenian Premier League for the first time, reached the Semifinals of the Armenian Cup and the Second Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 FC Alashkert season, Season events
On 2 July, Alashkert played in their first ever UEFA competition, taking on Scottish side St Johnstone in the First Qualifying Round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. A goal on the hour from Mihran Manasyan was enough to ensure Alashkert's first win in the competition. The following week, Alashkert traveled to McDiarmid Park for the second leg, where a 73rd minute goal from Norayr Gyozalyan gave Alashkert a vital away goal, as they lost the game 2–1, but progressed to the Second Qualifying Round on the Away goals rule. In the Second Qualifying Round, Alashkert faced FC Kairat from Kazakhstan, losing the first leg of the tie 3–0 in Almaty. In the second leg, goals from Ararat Arakelyan and Héber saw Alashkert win the game 2–1, but eliminated from the competition with an 2–4 aggregate defeat.


2015–16 FC Alashkert season, Season events
On 18 August, Artak Yedigaryan signed a one-year contract with Alashkert.


2015–16 FC Alashkert season, Season events
In January 2016, Alashkert announced the signing of Richard Cardozo from Maltese club Naxxar Lions.


2015–16 FC Alashkert season, Season events
In February 2016, Alashkert signed Artur Yedigaryan to a two-year contract after he'd left Dinamo Minsk.


2015–16 FC Alashkert season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season
The 2015–16 Amkar Perm season was their 12th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, following promotion during the 2003 season. They participated in the Russian Premier League, finishing 11th, whilst also reaching the Semifinals of the Russian Cup.


2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Squad, Youth squad
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Amkar Perm season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season
The 2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season is the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia, since their relegation at the end of the  2013–14 season. Anzhi will also take part in the Russian Cup, entering at the Round of 32 stage.


2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Season events
On 18 June 2015, Yuri Semin was announced as the club's new manager, signing a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. On 29 September, Semin left Anzhi Makhachkala by Mutual consent, and Ruslan Agalarov was appointed as caretaker manager.


2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad, On loan
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2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Squad, Youth squad
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2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Anzhi Makhachkala season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season
The 2015–16 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 25th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.


2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
In June 2015, former players Zaven Bulut and Stepan Ghazaryan both joined Ararat on trial, as did with Roberto Casabella, Benik Hovhannisyan and Sargis Karapetyan, whilst Juliano Gimenez returned to Ararat after playing for them in 2008. After a successful trial period, Casabella signed with Ararat.


2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 14 July 2015, Ararat travelled to Krymsk in Russia to conduct a training camp until 27 July. During the camp, Ararat faced Krasnodar on 15 July, Kuban Krasnodar II on 18 July and Anapa team on 23 July. During this training camp, Brazilian forward Felipe Rafael and Hayk Chilingaryan joined Ararat on trial, whilst Sargis Karapetyan signed permanently after previously being on trial.


2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 4 September 2015, Ararat announced that they would be taking in a training camp in California in February 2016, during the seasons winter break.


2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 17 September 2015, it was announced that all Ararat's home games would now be played at the Republican Stadium, after their previous home ground, the Hrazdan Stadium, was declared bankrupt.


2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season, Season events
On 20 February 2016, Ararat where defeated 2-0 by New York Cosmos at the Citrus Stadium in Glendora, California.


2015–16 FC Augsburg season
The 2015–16 FC Augsburg season was the club's fifth consecutive season in the Bundesliga and their 47th season overall. They also played in the DFB-Pokal and Europa League.


2015–16 FC Banants season
The 2015–16 season was Banants's 15th season in the Armenian Premier League. They finished the season sixth in the league, whilst they also won the Armenian Cup, earning entry in to the UEFA Europa League at the first qualifying stage.


2015–16 FC Banants season, Season events
At the end of the season, Albert Ohanyan, Soslan Kalmanov, Andrey Shahgeldyan, Miguel López and Denis Mahmudov were all released by the club.


2015–16 FC Barcelona Bàsquet season
The 2015–16 season was FC Barcelona Lassa's 90th in existence and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball. Barcelona was involved in four competitions.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season
The 2015–16 season was Fútbol Club Barcelona's 116th in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. Barcelona was involved in six competitions after completing the Treble during the last season. Barcelona won the league and the Spanish cup.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season
The season was the first since 1997–98 without former captain Xavi, who departed to Al Sadd SC.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, June
On 7 June, Barcelona announced the transfer of right-wing Aleix Vidal from fellow La Liga outfit and 2015 UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla. The player will join on a five-year deal with a transfer fee of €18 million plus variables. On 9 June, the club announced that right back Dani Alves is set to stay at the club after signing a contract renewal for two years with an option for another year. On 10 June, Barcelona announced that the presidential elections will take place on 18 July, after Josep Bartomeu resigned as president to qualify for re-election. On 25 June, Barcelona announced La Masia graduate Gerard Deulofeu was transferred to English side Everton for a reported fee of €6 million. The player returned to Merseyside after spending the 2013–14 season on loan there under fellow Spaniard manager Roberto Martínez.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
On 3 July, Barcelona announced that La Masia graduate Martín Montoya would join Italian side Internazionale on a season-long loan with an option for a second. On 6 July, Barcelona announced the signing of Turkey national team captain Arda Turan from Atlético Madrid for €34 million. The player will join on 1 January 2016 after the FIFA transfer ban is lifted. On 18 July, Josep Bartomeu was elected president of Barcelona for the next six years with the third most votes in the club's history.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
On 21 July, Barcelona kicked off the preseason with a 1–2 victory over Major League Soccer champions LA Galaxy in the 2015 International Champions Cup. Goals from Luis Suárez and Sergi Roberto secured the win in front of a crowd of 93,226 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. On 23 July, Barcelona were fined €30,000 by UEFA for fans waving pro-Catalan independence banners at the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, July
The club maintains its respect for the sanction, yet does not agree with it and its legal services will consider the possibility of questioning the fine at a later time. On 25 July, Barcelona were defeated by English side Manchester United with a scoreline of 1–3 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The lone goal came from Rafinha in the 89th minute of play. On 28 July, Barcelona were defeated in penalties by Chelsea at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Goals from Luis Suárez and Sandro were enough to earn the regular time draw, however the team lost in penalties 4–2 to end their United States Summer Tour.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 2 August, Barcelona finished their pre-season tour with a visit to Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence. The match ended with a 2–1 loss to the Catalans, the lone Barça goal coming from Luis Suárez. Three days later, on 5 August, Barcelona took on Italian club Roma in the 50th edition of the annual Joan Gamper Trophy. The game ended 3–0 to the Catalan club with goals coming from Neymar, Lionel Messi and Ivan Rakitić.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
As a result of winning the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League the previous season, the team was eligible to compete in the 2015 UEFA Super Cup versus 2014–15 UEFA Europa League winner Sevilla. The game took place on 11 August at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia, and ended 5–4 in favour of Barcelona, with a brace from Messi and Pedro scoring the winner in extra time. With the win, Barcelona becomes the club with the most international trophies in Europe with 19 international titles.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 12 August, UEFA announced Messi, Suárez and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo as the finalists for the 2014–15 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. On 14 August, Barcelona were soundly defeated by Athletic Bilbao 4–0 in the first leg of the 2015 Supercopa de España at the San Mamés Stadium. On 17 August, Barcelona failed to win their second trophy of the season after a 1–1 draw in the second leg of 2015 Supercopa de España. The lone goal from Messi was not enough to overturn a four-goal deficit from the first leg.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
On 20 August, Pedro joined Premier League champions Chelsea for €27 million, rising to €30 million on variables, ending his 11-year association with Barcelona. On 23 August, Barcelona kicked off the 2015–16 La Liga season with a 0–1 victory over Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao. This was the third meeting between the two teams in the last nine days that included the two legs of the 2015 Supercopa de España. On 27 August, Barcelona were drawn into Group E of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, Roma and Belarusian champions BATE Borisov.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, August
At the same event, Messi was crowned the 2014–15 UEFA Best Player in Europe for the second time in his career. On 29 August, Barcelona played their first match at home against Málaga which ended in a 1–0 victory. Thomas Vermaelen scored the only and his first goal for the club.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 1 September, Barcelona and English side West Ham United agreed on the loan of Alex Song for a second successive season. On 13 September, Barcelona traveled to the Vicente Calderón Stadium to face Atlético Madrid after the FIFA international break. The host took the lead with a goal from Fernando Torres, but goals from Neymar and substitute Messi completed the comeback and notched a 1–2 victory. Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen made his La Liga debut after only appearing in the Champions League and Copa del Rey last season.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 16 September, Barcelona open their European campaign with a 1–1 draw against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, with the goal coming from Luis Suárez in the first half. The match ended on a sour note for the squad after Rafinha left the pitch on a stretcher with a leg injury after a tackle from Roma midfielder Radja Nainggolan. The next day, the team released a statement that the player had tear the right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and is likely to miss the rest of the season.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 20 September, Barcelona defeated Levante at home by a 4–1 scoreline with a brace from Messi to stay undefeated in league. Three days later in Balaídos in Vigo, Barça were soundly defeated 4–1 by Celta de Vigo to suffer their first league defeat and drop out of first place in the table. On 26 September, Barcelona were able to bounce back at home with a 2–1 victory over newly promoted Las Palmas. The match was marred with the costly injury to Messi, who suffered a tear in the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of his left knee. The injury will keep the star player out for approximately 6–8 weeks.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, September
On 29 September, Barcelona defeated Bayer Leverkusen in come from behind fashion with a 2–1 victory. The visitors took the lead in the 22nd minute with a corner kick goal from defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos. In the 80th minute, Sergi Roberto leveled the score and two minutes later, Suárez completed the comeback to keep Barça at the top of Group E. For the second straight Champions League match, Barça lose a key player to injury. This time, captain Andrés Iniesta went down with a hamstring injury in his right leg that will keep him out 3–4 weeks.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, October
On 3 October, Barcelona was defeated by Sevilla 2–1 away at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium for the club's second loss in last three league games. Neymar scored from a second-half penalty kick as Unai Emery beat Barcelona for first ever time as a manager.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, November
On 21 November, Barcelona thrashed Real Madrid 0–4 in the season's first Clásico, played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Luis Suárez scored a brace while Neymar and Andrés Iniesta also got in the scoresheet; later, Lionel Messi played his first match as a substitute after recovering from his two-month injury. On 24 November, Barcelona beat Roma 6–1 in the Champions League with Barcelona wins Group E.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 14 December, in the draw for the round of 16 of Champions League, Barcelona will face Arsenal as the Group E winner. On 20 December, the club won a record third FIFA Club World Cup title after defeating Argentine side River Plate 3–0 in the final. Luis Suárez scored a record five goals in the tournament including two goals in the final and a hat trick in the semi-final. He was awarded the Adidas Golden ball, given to the best player of the tournament.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, December
On 30 December, Barcelona beat Real Betis 4–0, with Suárez netting a second-half double after Lionel Messi, in his 500th game, scored; Betis also scored an own goal. By scoring 180 goals in 2015 in all competitions, Barcelona set the record for most goals scored in a calendar year, breaking Real Madrid's record of 178 goals scored in 2014.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, January
On 11 January 2016, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time in his career. Luis Enrique's Barcelona has finished an incredibly demanding January with nearly perfect statistics. Just the draw against Espanyol at the Cornellà-El Prat in the first game of the year has held them back in 2016.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
On 10 February, Barcelona's Copa del Rey draw with Valencia saw Luis Enrique's side set a new club record for unbeaten games, beating Pep Guardiola's 2011 vintage with their 29th game without a loss. On 17 February, Messi made more history after scoring his 300th and 301st goal in La Liga, becoming the first player ever to do so. In the same match, Luis Suárez made up for a penalty miss with his 24th league goal of the season as Barça beat Sporting de Gijón 3–1.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, February
On 23 February, Barcelona defeated Arsenal 0–2 away in London, with Messi scoring twice in a feverishly paced encounter, including the 10,000th goal scored in club history. On 25 February, Barcelona extend their alliance with UNICEF through to 2020; the club will increase its annual donation to the charity from €1.5 million to €2 million.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 3 March, Barcelona defeated Rayo Vallecano away 1–5, with Ivan Rakitić and Arda Turan netting one each and Messi scoring a hat-trick. Barça set an all-time record run for 35 games unbeaten in Spanish football, previously held by Real Madrid's 1988–89 side managed by Dutchman Leo Beenhakker. On 8 March, the club announced that the Espai Barça jury unanimously selected the bid by Nikken Sekkei + Pascual i Ausió Arquitectes as the winner of the tender for the design of the new Camp Nou.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, March
On 16 March, Barça defeated Arsenal 3–1 at home (5–1 aggregate) in the round of 16 of the Champions League to gain access to the competition's quarter-finals for the ninth-straight season, and set a new club record for ten consecutive Champions League wins at Camp Nou. On 18 March, in the draw for the quarter-finals of Champions League, Barcelona will face Atlético Madrid. On 24 March, legendary Barcelona player and coach Johan Cruyff died of illness at 68, surrounded by his family in Barcelona; the club mourned him with flags at Camp Nou placed at half-mast.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 2 April, Real Madrid won the second El Clásico match of the league season with a 1–2 victory away, breaking Barcelona's unbeaten record at 39 matches. Players, directors and supporters remembered Johan Cruyff in the form of a video, a mosaic, a minute's silence and applause before the game. On 5 April, Barcelona defeated Atlético Madrid at home (2–1) in the first leg of their Champions League draw, after Luis Suárez's two goals in the second half reversed Barça's early one-goal deficit.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
Barcelona lost 1–0 away at the Anoeta Stadium to Real Sociedad on 9 April in La Liga after a goal from the latter club early on. On 13 April, Atlético defeated Barcelona 2–0 (3–2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, eliminating the title holders. On 17 April, Barcelona suffered their third consecutive loss of the competition as they were out-played by Valencia in a 1–2 home defeat, despite Messi's second-half goal, his 450th for the club.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, April
On 20 April, Barcelona shook off their recent poor form to absolutely thump Deportivo de La Coruña in a 0–8 away victory, with Luis Suárez scoring four and creating three assists to keep his side in the title race. They continued this form three days later by beating Sporting de Gijón 6–0, with Suárez again scoring four goals (two from penalties), with Messi and Neymar scoring the other two. On 30 April, Barcelona defeated Real Betis 0–2 through Ivan Rakitić and Suárez goals, keeping Barça top of La Liga.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 8 May, Barcelona thrashed Espanyol 5–0 in the season's last home match. Everyone inside Camp Nou played their part in the spectacular pre-game mosaic which bore the message "Som-hi tots" ("Let's go everyone") and also in the minute's silence in memory of the recently passed Manel Vich, the voice of Camp Nou for almost 60 years. On 14 May 2016, Barcelona sealed their sixth La Liga title in eight years with an emphatic 0–3 win over Granada. Two strikes from Luis Suárez in the first half and another late in the second helped the Catalans achieve the club's 24th league success, and confirms the Uruguayan's status as the division's top marksman with 40 goals.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Season overview, May
On 21 May, Barcelona and Nike extended their current sponsorship deal. On 22 May, Barcelona recorded a 2–0 extra time victory over Sevilla for their second domestic title of the season and 28th Copa del Rey of all-time. On 27 May, Barcelona and Sergio Busquets are set to renew his contract for five seasons, through to 30 June 2021.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Players, Squad information, From youth squad
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2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Barcelona first squad during the season.


2015–16 FC Barcelona season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 23 May 2016Source: , Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2015–16 FC Basel season
The 2015–16 FC Basel season was the 123rd season in club history and the club's 21st consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. Basel were the reigning Swiss Super League champions. They prepared their season with various warm-up matches against teams from Ukraine, Germany and Netherlands. Their 2015–16 Swiss Super League season began on 19 July with a home game against Vaduz. By the winter break, having won fourteen and drawing one of the first 18 games, Basel led the league table by 10 points ahead of the Grasshoppers and 15 ahead of the Young Boys.


2015–16 FC Basel season
Basel were qualified for the 2015–16 Champions League in the Third qualifying round. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015 and they were drawn against Lech Poznań. The first leg was played on 28 July in INEA Stadion, the return leg on 5 August 2015 in St. Jakob-Park. In the Play-off round, their opponents were Maccabi Tel Aviv, but Basel failed to qualify for the Champions League groups stage.


2015–16 FC Basel season
Because Basel failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, they dropped into the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage, where were drawn into Group I alongside Fiorentina, Lech Poznań and Belenenses. Basel's first match was played away in Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on 17 September 2015. Because they finished as group winners, Basel continued in the knockout phase (which started in February 2016), playing an away game against Saint-Étienne. In the round of 16, Basel played Sevilla, losing 0–3 on aggregate.


2015–16 FC Basel season
In the first round of the 2015–16 Swiss Cup, which was played on 15 August 2015, Basel were drawn away against Meyrin FC, winning 4–0. In the second round, played on 20 September 2015, Basel were drawn away against YF Juventus, winning 4–1. Then in the third round, played on 28 October, Basel were drawn away against SV Muttenz, winning 5–1. The fourth round was played on 13 December 2015, where Basel lost away at the Stade Tourbillon against Sion after a penalty shootout.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Club, Management
Paulo Sousa quit his Trainer position in Basel at the end of the 2014–15 season. On 18 June 2015, Basel announced that Urs Fischer had signed a three-year contract as first team manager. His assistants are Marco Walker and Markus Hoffmann. Massimo Colomba remained the Goalkeeper coach. Massimo Ceccaroni is head of the FCB Youth System. Coach of the Youth Team (U–21) was Thomas Häberli until October, at which time, due to the bad results, he had to step back and then Ceccaronii coached the team.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Club, Further information
The FC Basel AGM took place on 27 April 2015 in Basel's congress center. The board of directors under president Bernhard Heusler with vice-president Adrian Knup, sport director Georg Heitz, financial manager Stephan Werthmüller and marketing manager René Kamm, and the three directors Reto Baumgartner, Dominik Donzé and Benno Kaiser were all willing to continue and they were all re-elected unanimously.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, Off-season and pre-season
At the end of the 2014–15 FC Basel season four first team players left the club to continue their careers elsewhere. These were Fabian Schär to 1899 Hoffenheim, Fabian Frei to Mainz 05, Giovanni Sio to Rennes and Arlind Ajeti. Also no longer in the team for this season was Marco Streller, who retired from professional football. As mentioned above Urs Fischer was the new first team manager.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, Off-season and pre-season
Basel's biggest signings for the beginning of the new season were Daniel Høegh from Odense, Zdravko Kuzmanović from Internazionale, Michael Lang from Grasshopper and Marc Janko, who came in on a free transfer from Sydney FC. Also new to the team are Manuel Akanji, who transferred in from FC Winterthur, and Mirko Salvi, who returned from his one-year loan to FC Biel-Bienne. Because Streller retired, Matías Delgado was named as captain; Marek Suchý and Kuzmanović were named as his vice-captains.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, Mid-season break
During the winter break, there were a number of changes to the Basel squad. Ivan Ivanov, who spent the last two years recovering from an injury, left the club by mutual consent. Also outwards were Zdravko Kuzmanović, on loan to Udinese and Albian Ajeti, who never quite managed to enter into the first team; he transferred to FC Augsburg. Also Yoichiro Kakitani, who only played a minor role in manager Fischer's team, transferred back to Japan to rejoin Cerezo Osaka. However, the one transfer deal that made the most news was midfielder Mohamed Elneny's departure to English Premier League side Arsenal.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, Mid-season break
There were also a few players on the inwards direction. As early as 8 December 2015, the club announced that Andraž Šporar had signed a four-and-a-half-year contract up until the end of June 2020. Then, on 2 January 2016, the club announced it had signed Alexander Fransson, also on a four-and-a-half-year contract. Again, on 12 January, they announced that Renato Steffen had also joined them on yet another four-and-a-half-year deal.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, 2016–17 off-season
On 4 May, Basel announced that they had signed 18-year-old Paraguayan defender Blás Riveros on a five-year deal. Due to Riveros' commitments with the Paraguay national team at the upcoming Copa América Centenario, he will not be expected to join the Basel first team until the beginning of July. On 10 May, Basel also announced that they had signed Egyptian defender Omar Gaber from Zamalek on a four-year deal.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Super League
Basel's priority aim for the season is to win the league championship for the seventh time in a row. Basel's 2015–16 Swiss Super League season began well with a home victory on 18 July against Vaduz. In fact, they started the season very well, winning each of their first eight games, scoring 22 goals conceding 7. They suffered their first defeat in the Stade de Suisse 3–4 against Young Boys. Four of the next five games were won; the away game against Zürich in Letzigrund ended in a 2–2 draw. Two defeats were followed by two victories.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Super League
By the winter break, Basel led the league table with 43 points, 10 points ahead of the Grasshoppers and 15 ahead of the Young Boys. They had won 14 and drawing 1 of the first 18 games, scoring 43 goals and conceding just 20. Basel started the second half of the season with three straight wins, a further 2–2 draw against Zürich and another three straight wins. In round 31, on 30 April, the home win against Sion gave Basel a 16-point lead in the league table with just five games left to play and thus the championship title.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Super League
Basel ended the season with two defeats in the last three games, but won the championship with 83 points and were 14 points ahead of Young Boys and 29 points ahead of Luzern. Basel had won 26 games drawing five and had suffered five defeats; they had scored 88 goals, conceding 38.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Swiss Cup
Basel's clear aim for the 2015–16 Swiss Cup is to regain the title that they last won four seasons ago. In the previous three seasons they had ended the cup competitions as runners-up, in 2013 against Grasshopper Club Zürich, in 2014 against Zürich and the previous season 2015 against Sion. In the first round of this season's competition, which was played on 15 August 2015, Basel are drawn away against Meyrin FC, winning 4–0. In the second round, Basel were drawn away against YF Juventus, which was played on 20 September.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Swiss Cup
Because of safety reasons, however, the game was not played at YF Juventus' home ground, the Utogrund, but instead at St. Jakob-Park. Then in the third round, played on 28 October, Basel were drawn away against SV Muttenz, marking the first time that these two teams played against each other. The game was played at the Sportplatz Margelacker with a stadium record crowd of 5,800. The match was a 5–1 win for Basel. The fourth round was played on 13 December 2015 away in the Stade Tourbillon against Sion, where Basel lost after a penalty shootout.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
Basel entered into this season's Champions League in the Third qualifying round. Their initial aim was to remain in the competition and reach the group stage. The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015 and they were drawn against Lech Poznań and in the play-off round against Maccabi Tel Aviv.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The first leg was played in INEA Stadion. Basel took the lead as Michael Lang, in the 24th minute, scored after a corner taken by Luca Zuffi. Just two minutes later, however, Lech Poznań equalized through Denis Thomalla. Although Shkëlzen Gashi missed a penalty in the 67th minute, Marc Janko (77th minute) and Davide Callà (92nd minute) completed the 3–1 away win.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The return leg at St. Jakob-Park ended in a home victory for Basel. Birkir Bjarnason scored his first goal for his new club in injury time to give Basel a 1–0 win.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The first leg was played in Basel. Eran Zahavi put Maccabi in the lead with their first chance, in the 31st minute. Basel were awarded a penalty in the 39th minute which captain Matías Delgado netted to equalize. Breel Embolo scored in the 88th minute to give Basel a 2–1 lead, but Zahavi equalised six minutes into added time for Maccabi as the match ended 2–2.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Champions League
The return game had a sold out Bloomfield Stadium crowd of 13,350. Luca Zuffi gave the visitors an early lead with a free-kick in the 11th minute. Eran Zahavi's seventh goal of this season's competition levels the score in the 24th minute. Maccabi reached the Champions League group stage for the first time in a decade, progressed on the away goals rule.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Because Basel failed to qualify for the Champions League group stage, they dropped into the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage. The draw was held on 28 August 2015, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and Basel were drawn into Group I, together with Fiorentina, Lech Poznań and Belenenses.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Basel's first match was played away at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence. Fiorentina's new first team manager was Basel's ex-manager, Paulo Sousa. Nikola Kalinić scored a fourth-minute opener for Fiorentina and they held the lead until well into the second half of the game. Fiorentina captain Gonzalo Rodríguez was sent off after 66 minutes and following his dismissal the Swiss club took charge and managed to draw level. Birkir Bjarnason beat Luigi Sepe with a low drive from the edge of the area on 71 minutes. Eight minutes later, Mohamed Elneny capped the fightback in style. His super-rising drive from outside the box completed the comeback success. With this 2–1 win, Basel extended their unbeaten run to five matches in Europe this term.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The first home game in the Europa League group stage was against Lech Poznań, who had been opponents in the Champions League qualifying earlier in the season. Lech's Swiss midfielder Darko Jevtić was signed from Basel after a successful loan spell. The 22-year-old was born in Basel and came through the youth ranks at the Swiss club. The first half passed without much action, but the home team dominated.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Icelandic midfielder Birkir Bjarnason brought a long ball down with his chest at the edge of the penalty area, kept his balance under pressure, and then turned a finish past Maciej Gostomski to give the hosts the lead after 55 minutes. In the 90th minute, Luca Zuffi made a cross from the right, Marc Janko controlled with his chest and laid off for the waiting Breel Embolo, who finished with a powerful low volley. The final score 2–0 was a deserved result.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The third game in the group stage was the home match against Belenenses. Basel took an early lead after 15 minutes, Matías Delgado kicked an inswinging corner to the back post from the left and Michael Lang jumped highest to power his header into the goal from five metres. Belenenses leveled after 27 minutes with their first chance. A long ball forward was headed clear by Marek Suchý, but it dropped to Luís Leal, who was 25 metres from goal. He hammered a low volley into the bottom corner and the ball bounced to evade the dive of Germano Vailati.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
During the extra time of the first half, Leal ran clear on the right flank, rushed into the area, playing the ball across the face of goal to Kuca Miranda who had easyest of finishes, tapping in from just three metres. During the second half, Basel played forward non-stop but were unable to score the equalizer. Until this 1–2 defeat, Basel had been unbeaten this season, in the domestic league (nine games) and in Europe (six).


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The return game against Belenenses was played in Estádio do Restelo two weeks after the home game. Basel took early command, a first chance from Breel Embolo hit the post after nine minutes, and Basel continued to dominate their opponents entirely. But it was not until very nearly half time that their efforts were rewarded. In the 44 minute, Embolo was fouled in the penalty area by Filipe Ferreira, and Marc Janko scored from the spot. Embolo himself scored the second goal after being played free by Luca Zuffi's long deep pass into the penalty box which was flicked on by Janko. With this 2–0 victory, Basel avenged their matchday three loss.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Basel's third and last home match in the Europa League group stage was the return game against Fiorentina. Paulo Sousa returned to St. Jakob-Park, but this time to the visitors' bench. Basel's first choice goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík injured himself shortly before kick-off and was replaced by Germano Vailati. Federico Bernardeschi ended his personal run of 11 games without a goal with a first-half double (23 and 36 minutes) to give Fiorentina a two-goal lead. After 26 minutes, Facundo Roncaglia was punished with a red card after elbowing Breel Embolo in the face. Basel fought back into the game, with Marek Suchý cutting the gap before half-time (40th minute) and Mohamed Elneny equalizing on 74 minutes. The game ended in a 2–2 and Basel advance as Group I winners after recovering from being two down.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
As written above, Basel were certain to finish top of the section before matchday six. For the last match in the group stage Basel had to travel to the INEA Stadion in Poznań. Lech Poznań had already lost to Basel three times this season and only a win would have given them any chance of making it through Group I. Unable to play were defenders Manuel Akanji, Philipp Degen and Daniel Høegh (all due to injury), as well as Marek Suchý, who was out suspended. Walter Samuel made his 100th UEFA club competition appearance playing this match.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Reserve goalkeeper Germano Vailati was again Basel's starter because of first choice goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík's injury. In the 44th minute, Vailati himself also suffered an injury as he played a long pass forward. Just before half-time, third-choice goalkeeper Mirko Salvi was introduced and made his professional debut for the club. Adonis Ajeti also made his debut for the club after coming on as a substitute at half-time in place of Michael Lang. Jean-Paul Boëtius scored the only goal five minutes after half-time, it was his first goal for the Swiss champions.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Because Basel ended this stage as group winners, they continued (seeded in the draw) in the knockout phase, which started in February 2016. The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2015, where Basel were drawn against French side Saint-Étienne. The first leg was played on 18 February at 19:00 and the return leg in the St. Jakob-Park played on 25 February 2016 at 21:05.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The first leg of the round of 32 was played in the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, but without Basel supporters due to the high security alert following the terror attacks in Paris two months earlier. Basel came back from 2–0 down but ended up losing. Moustapha Sall in the fifth minute and Kévin Monnet-Paquet in the 39th minute put the hosts 2–0 in the lead.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Then Walter Samuel started Basel's fight-back just before half-time in the 44th minute, becoming the second-oldest scorer in the UEFA Europa League at age 37 years and 332 days; he is surpassed only by Molde FK's Daniel Hestad, who scored at age 40 years and 98 days in this season's group stage. Marc Janko, via a penalty in the 56th minute, put Basel level and the guests pressed for their third goal. After a long clearance, however, defender Jean-Christophe Bahebeck scored for the hosts in the 79th against the run of play, and the final score ended 3–2 in favour of Saint-Étienne.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The return game against was played a week later and Basel had to win to qualify for the next round. This was very apparent as Basel played forwards immediately and levelled the aggregate as midfielder Luca Zuffi curled in a 25-yard free-kick on 15 minutes. Saint-Étienne went close, but goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík saved the shot from substitute Romain Hamouma.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Both teams were later reduced to ten men: In the 82nd minute, Saint-Étienne midfielder Valentin Eysseric collected two quick yellow cards for a foul and then a clash with Renato Steffen, while Basel's 19-year-old attacker Breel Embolo followed him off the pitch for a second caution. Saint-Étienne thought they had won it when captain Moustapha Sall netted from close range with just one minute of regular time left, only for Zuffi to crash the ball home in added time to level the tie at 4–4 and send Basel through on away goals.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The first leg of the round of 16 was played in the Basel and Sevilla had not won a European away game all season, so the goalless draw in Switzerland represented an improvement. Three second-half saves from Basel goalkeeper Tomáš Vaclík kept the home team in contention, but reigning Europa League title holders Sevilla cannot be unhappy with a goalless draw in this first leg. Marc Janko jumped high to head Basel's first chance just a little bit wide as early as the seventh minute – easily Basel's best chance of the first half – with Sevilla dominating possession thereafter.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
Steven Nzonzi went quite close with headers at either end of the period, while Éver Banega twice found Coke with free-kicks but the Sevilla captain was unable to find the target from either position. Basel's resolve returned after the half time break, if not their composure, Birkir Bjarnason blazing off target from a loose ball after a Renato Steffen shot was blocked. The Icelandic midfielder then pulled a decent ball across from the right, only for substitute Adama Traoré to scuff his attempted conversion.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
However, it could have been worse for the Swiss team but for Vaclík, who was very awake and saved with his feet after Nzonzi was played in and then kept out Kevin Gameiro's low drive, going to ground once more to repel Yevhen Konoplyanka as time ticked down. Midfielder Nzonzi's dismissal near the end of the game offered Basel hope, but Sevilla held firm.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The return game against was played a week later on 17 March 2016 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. Defender Adil Rami opened the scoring as he stooped to head a José Antonio Reyes corner in off the post. The match then slipped out of Basel's reach inside two minutes at the end of the first half. Reyes danced through the Basel defence and his low cross gave Kevin Gameiro an easy finish from close range. A minute later, Michael Krohn-Dehli advanced with a quick run and was the provider of the cross that found Gameiro.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Overview, The campaign, Europa League
The striker's header came back off the underside of the crossbar and bounced in off his leg to make it 3–0 at half-time. Basel showed only small signs of a fightback. Luca Zuffi's effort from 25 yards out was still rising as it flew over the crossbar. Breel Embolo missed two chances late in the game as the Swiss side were dumped out of the competition. The result extended Sevilla's run of Europa League home wins to 11 – the longest in the competition's history and put a dent in Basel's impressive away record in Europe this season.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
The following is the list of the Basel first team squad. It also includes players that were in the squad the day the season started on 18 July but subsequently left the club after that date.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Champions League, Third qualifying round
The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 17 July 2015. The first leg is to be played on 29 July, and the second leg will be played on 5 August 2015.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Europa League, Group stage
The draw was held on 28 August 2015, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and Basel were drawn into Group I.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Europa League, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2015. The first leg was played on 18 February, and the second leg played on 25 February 2016.


2015–16 FC Basel season, Results and fixtures, UEFA Europa League, Round of 16
The draw was held on 26 February 2016. The first leg played on 10 March, and the second leg played on 17 March 2016.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season
The 2015–16 season was the 117th in the history of FC Bayern Munich.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Background information
Bayern won their third consecutive (25th overall) Bundesliga championship in the 2014–15 season. Bayern were knocked out of the DFB-Pokal in the semifinals by Borussia Dortmund and were knocked out of Champions League in the semifinals by Barcelona. Dortmund also defeated Bayern in the German Super Cup. Pep Guardiola didn't extend his contract and Carlo Ancelotti will replace him for the 2016–17 season.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Pre-season, Pre-season overview
Pre -season started on 1 July. It was confirmed that Bayern, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV and FC Augsburg will participate in the 2015 Telekom Cup on 12 July at Borussia-Park in Mönchengladbach. Bayern finished fourth in the tournament after losing to FC Augsburg in the semi-final and losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach in a shootout in the third place match. Then Bayern will have an eight-day tour in China. They will have the "Audi Summer Tour" in China. The tour will be held in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Pre-season, Pre-season overview
The first match was held on 18 July in Beijing against Valencia, which Bayern won 4–1. The second match took place on 21 July in Shanghai against Inter Milan, which Bayern won 1–0. The final match took place on 23 July in Guanghzou against Guangzhou Evergrande, which Bayern lost in a shootout. Three days after their first competitive match, Bayern played in the Audi Cup against Real Madrid, Milan, and Tottenham Hotspur. Bayern's semifinal opponent was Milan. Bayern won the match 3–0 on 4 August. Joshua Kimmich came off after 20 minutes after a foul from Nigel de Jong.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Pre-season, Pre-season overview
Guardiola was upset with the foul. Guardiola and De Jong were in a "shouting match in the tunnel." Real Madrid defeated Tottenham prior to Bayern's match to set up the final against Bayern. The following day, Bayern won the final 1–0. Bayern faced Dynamo Dresden in a friendly match on 17 August which Bayern won 3–1. Bayern will face Red Power fan club in the Dream Game in Deggendorf on 30 August.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Transfers
Joshua Kimmich, Sven Ulreich, Douglas Costa, and Arturo Vidal transferred to Bayern. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Jan Kirchhoff, and Julian Green returned to Bayern after loan spells at other clubs. Højbjerg was later loaned out to Schalke 04. Kingsley Coman was loaned in for two years from Juventus. Bayern can make the loan permanent. Mitchell Weiser and Claudio Pizarro left Bayern after their contracts expired. Pepe Reina left Bayern after he asked for his release. Rico Strieder, who made his professional debut with Bayern during the 2014–15 season, was sold to Utrecht.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Background, Transfers
Bayern announced on 11 July that they have agreed to the terms of a transfer with Manchester United over Bastian Schweinsteiger. The deal was completed on 13 July. He had been at Bayern for 17 years. Dante was sold to VfL Wolfsburg. Memphis Depay stated that he turned down Bayern to join Manchester United. During mid–winter training, Bayern sold Sinan Kurt and Jan Kirchhoff and loaned out Gianluca Gaudino. On 1 February, Bayern loaned in Serdar Tasci for the remainder of the season.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Mid-season training, Mid-season training overview
Bayern came back from the Christmas break on 4 January and will have a mid–season training camp in Qatar from 6 January to 12 January. Bayern sold Sinan Kurt and Jan Kirchhoff and loaned out Gianluca Gaudino. In their only match during the mid–season training, Bayern lost 2–1 to Karlsruher SC. Jérôme Boateng was sent–off in the match.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, August
Bayern opened their Bundesliga season with three wins in August against Hamburger SV, 1899 Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen. On 14 August, which was the opening fixture of the league season, Bayern won 5–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal each from Medhi Benatia, Robert Lewandowski and Douglas Costa. Bayern were in first place after the matchday was completed. The second match, on 22 August, was a 2–1 win against 1899 Hoffenheim. Thomas Müller and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Kevin Volland scored for Hoffenheim, which was scored in record time.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, August
The goal was scored after nine seconds which equaled Karim Bellarabi. Jérôme Boateng was sent off after receiving a second yellow card. Eugen Polanski miss the subsequent penalty shot. Bayern finished the matchday in second place. The third match, on 29 August, was a 3–0 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Thomas Müller, who played in his 200th Bundesliga match, scored two goals, one from the penalty spot, and another goal from the penalty spot by Arjen Robben. Boateng was suspended for the match. Bayern finished the matchday in second place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, September
Bayern extended their winning streak to seven wins from seven league matches when they defeated FC Augsburg, Darmstadt 98, VfL Wolfsburg and Mainz 05. The fourth win came in a 2–1 win against Augsburg on 12 September. Alexander Esswein gave Augsburg the lead in 43rd minute. Robert Lewandwski equalized in the 77th minute and Thomas Müller gave Bayern all three points when he scored from the penalty spot after Markus Feulner was called for a foul on Douglas Costa.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, September
The following day, Knut Kircher, who refereed the match, stated that he relied on his assistant referee and the decision was incorrect. Kingsley Coman made his debut for Bayern. Bayern finished the matchday in second place. In the fifth win, on 19 September, Bayern defeated Darmstadt 98 3–0 with goals from Arturo Vidal, Kingsley Coman and Sebastian Rode. Coman got his first start and first goal for Bayern. Vidal got his first league goal and second in all competitions. Bayern remained in second place. The sixth win came in a 5–1 win against Wolfsburg on 22 September.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, September
Daniel Caligiuri gave Wolfsburg the lead in the 26th minute. Lewandowski, however, scored five goals in nine minutes. Lewandowski came on in the 46th minute and scored in the 51st, 52nd, 55th, 57th, and 60th minutes. He became the fastest player to score five goals. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. The seventh win came in a 3–0 win against Mainz 05 on 25 September. Bayern got two goals from Lewandowski and a goal from Coman. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, October
Bayern extended their winning streak to ten wins when they defeated Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, and 1. FC Köln. The winning streak finished against Eintracht Frankfurt. The "European major league record" for the best start to a season was Tottenham Hotspur with 11-straight wins in 1960. In their eighth straight win on 4 October, Bayern defeated Borussia Dortmund 5–1. Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller, including one from the penalty mark, and two from Robert Lewandowski, which brought his total to 12 goals in his last four matches in all competitions, and a goal from Mario Götze.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, October
Bayern finished the matchday in first place. In their ninth victory, on 17 October, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 1–0 with a goal from Thomas Müller. Miloš Pantović made his Bundesliga debut in the match. Bayern remained in first place. Then, on 24 October, Bayern got their 10th win out of 10 league matches, and their 1,000th Bundesliga win, when they defeated Köln 4–0. Arjen Robben, Arturo Vidal, Robert Lewandowski, and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern. Bayern remained in first place. On 30 October, Bayern's ten–match winning streak finished when the match against Eintracht Frankfurt finished in a 0–0 draw. During the match, Bayern received two yellow cards and Eintracht Frankfurt received four. Bayern had won their previous six matches against Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, November
In November, Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 14 matches after defeating VfB Stuttgart Schalke 04, and Hertha BSC. On 7 November, Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 12 matches after their defeated VfB Stuttgart 4–0 with goals from Arjen Robben, Douglas Costa, Robert Lewandowski, and Thomas Müller. Holger Badstuber made his comeback after he came in for Müller in the 59th minute. He had been out for 200 days. Bayern remained in first place. Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 13 matches on 21 November after defeating Schalke 04 3–1.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, November
Bayern got goals from an own goal from Leon Goretzka and goals from Javi Martínez and Thomas Müller. Max Meyer scored for Schalke. Bayern remained in first place and extended their lead to eight points after Borussia Dortmund lost the previous day. Bayern extended their undefeated streak to 14 matches after a 2–0 win against Hertha BSC. Bayern got goals from Thomas Müller and Kingsley Coman. Bayern remained in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, December
On 5 December, Bayern's undefeated streak came to an end after Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Bayern 3–1. Bayern had 13 wins and a draw coming into the match. Franck Ribéry scored for Bayern. Oscar Wendt, Lars Stindl, and Fabian Johnson scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach. All three of their goals came within a 14-minute period. This was Ribéry's first match since March 2015. Bayern remained in first place. However, Bayern's lead dropped to five points after Borussia Dortmund defeated Wolfsburg later in the day. Bayern defeated FC Ingolstadt 2–0 with goals from Robert Lewandowski and Philipp Lahm on 12 December.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, December
Lewandowski scored in the 65th minute from a tight angle and Lahm scored his first goal of the season in the 75th minute. Ingolstadt have several chances to score. Ingolstadt were offside six times and Manuel Neuer had to make several saves during the match. Bayern became "autumn champions" after finishing the matchday in first place. On 19 December, Bayern went on winter break after defeating Hannover 96 1–0 with a goal from the penalty mark from Thomas Müller. Bayern Munich finishedthe matchday in first place and the first half of the league season with 15 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Bayern increased their lead to eight points after Köln defeated Borussia Dortmund on the same day.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, January
On 22 January, Bayern kicked off the second half of the league season with a 2–1 win over Hamburg. Robert Lewandowski scored two goals and Xabi Alonso scored an own goal. Bayern remained in first place. Then on 31 January, Bayern defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 2–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski. With the win, Bayern maintained their perfect home record and their first place status. The following day, Bayern agreed to a loan deal for Serdar Tasci.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, February
Bayern started February with a 0–0 draw on 6 February. The draw ended a four match winning streak and was the third time in 20 league matches Bayern failed to win. Xabi Alonso was sent–off after receiving a second yellow card. Bayern remained in first place. Then, on 14 February, Bayern defeated FC Augsburg 3–1. Bayern got two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thomas Müller and Raúl Bobadilla scored for Augsburg. Bayern remained in first place. Bayern went on to beat Darmstadt 98 3–1 on 20 February.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, February
Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Robert Lewandowski and Sandro Wagner scored for Darmstadt. Bayern outshot Darmstadt 37 to six. Bayern remained in first place. On 27 February, Bayern finished February by defeating Wolfsburg 2–0 with goals from Kingsley Coman and Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski had scored six goals against Wolfsburg this season. In addition to scoring a goal in this match, he scored five goals on 22 September. However, Lewandowski failed to score against Wolfsburg in the German Cup. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, March
Bayern started March on 2 March by losing their first home match of the season. They had been undefeated in 17 matches in all competitions this season. The final score was 2–1. Arjen Robben scored for Bayern. Jairo and Jhon Córdoba scored for Mainz. Bayern remained in first place. However, Bayern's lead dropped down to five points after Borussia Dortmund defeated Darmstadt 2–0. On 5 March, Bayern and Borussia Dortmund finished in a 0–0 draw. Xabi Alonso and Sven Bender picked up yellow cards. Bayern remained in first place and maintain their five points lead of Borussia Dortmund.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, March
On 12 March, Bayern defeated Werder Bremen 5–0 with two goals from Thiago, two goals from Thomas Müller, and a goal from Robert Lewandowski. Bayern remained in first place. On 19 March, Bayern defeated 1. FC Köln 1–0 with a goal from Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski scored his 25th league goal. This is the most league goals he has scored in his career. Pep Guardiola made five changes to the starting lineup from the midweek encounter against Juventus. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, April
Bayern started April with a 1–0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt on 2 April. Franck Ribéry got the goal, of the month, in the 20th minute. Bayern outshot Eintracht Frankfurt 21–4. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. On 9 April, Bayern defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–1. Bayern got goals from an own goal from Georg Niedermeier and goals from David Alaba and Douglas Costa and Stuttgart got their goal from Daniel Didavi. Bayern remained in first place. Bayern took a seven-point lead after Borussia Dortmund and Schalke finished their match in a 2–2 draw.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, April
On 16 April, Bayern defeated Schalke 3–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Arturo Vidal. Bayern remained in first place. Then, on 23 April, Bayern defeat Hertha BSC 2–0 with goals from Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa. Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Bayern finished April on 30 April when the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach finished in a 1–1 draw. Thomas Müller scored for Bayern and André Hahn scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, May
Bayern won the Bundesliga on 7 May after defeating Ingolstadt 2–1. Bayern got two goals from Robert Lewandowski and Ingolstadt got a goal from the penalty spot from Moritz Hartmann. This is Bayern's fourth straight and 26th championship overall, making it a new record in the Bundesliga. Bayern finished the league season on 14 May with a 3–1 win against Hannover 96. Bayern got two goals from Mario Götze and a goal from Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski became the first player in 39 years to score at least 30 goals in a Bundesliga season. Artur Sobiech scored for Hannover. Bayern finished the season with a record 28 wins, four draws, two losses, and 88 points.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
On 10 June, Bayern were drawn against Oberliga club FC Nöttingen as their first round opponents in the DFB-Pokal. The match was played on 9 August. Bayern won the match 3–1. Arturo Vidal, Mario Götze, and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern. Vidal scored from the penalty mark. Niklas Hecht-Zirpel scored for Nöttingen. On 14 August, Bayern were drawn against Wolfsburg. The match took place on 27 October. Bayern won 3–1. Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Douglas Costa. On 1 November, Bayern were drawn against Darmstadt 98.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
The match took place on 15 December where Bayern defeated 1–0 with a goal from Xabi Alonso, who scored his first goal of the season in the 40th minute from 30 metres (33 yd) out. Then, on 16 December, Bayern were drawn against VfL Bochum. The match took place on 10 February. Bayern won 3–0, with two goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thiago. Jan Šimůnek was sent–off in the match. Thomas Müller failed to score on the subsequent penalty shot. Immediately after the match, Bayern were drawn against Werder Bremen. The match took place on 19 April.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, DFB-Pokal, DFB-Pokal review
Bayern got to the final after winning the match 2–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller. The final took place on 21 May. Bayern won the DFB-Pokal after winning the shootout 4–3. The match finished in a 0–0 draw. In the shootout, Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Bürki saved Joshua Kimmich's shot. Manuel Neuer saved Sven Bender's shot and Sokratis Papastathopoulos hit the outside of the post during the shootout. This was Pep Guardiola's final match as Bayern's head coach.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, DFL-Supercup, DFL-Supercup review
The opening match of Bayern's season was on 1 August against VfL Wolfsburg in the DFL–Supercup. Bayern and Wolfsburg finished in a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes with Wolfsburg winning the subsequent shootout. Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Nicklas Bendtner scored for Wolfsburg. Xabi Alonso was the only player that missed in the shootout. Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa made their Bayern debuts.