2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Group stage review
As champions, Bayern entered Champions League in the group stage. On 27 August, in the group stage draw, Bayern were drawn against Arsenal, Olympiacos, and Dinamo Zagreb. The first match took place on 16 September against Olympiacos. This was Bayern's 200th Champions League match and their first match in Greece since 1983. Bayern defeated Olympiacos 3–0 with two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal from Mario Götze. Müller's first goal was "looped" into the net from a cross. His second goal came from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Kingsley Coman was fouled.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Group stage review
Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Before the match, the police in Athens were in an altercation with Bayern supporters where batons were used. Several Bayern supporters went to the hospital and had left the hospital by the following day. Bayern have lodged an appeal against the incident. Then Bayern faced Dinamo Zagreb on 29 September. Bayern won the match 5–0 with three goals from Robert Lewandowski and a goal each from Douglas Costa and Mario Götze. Lewandowski's three goals brought him up to 10 goals in his last three matches in all competitions.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Group stage review
Bayern finished the matchday in first place. Bayern faced Arsenal on 20 October. Arsenal won the match 2–0 with goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Özil. This was Bayern's first loss of the season in all competitions. Bayern remained in first place. On 4 November, Bayern defeated Arsenal 5–1. Bayern got two goals from Thomas Müller and a goal each from Robert Lewandowski, David Alaba, and Arjen Robben. Robben's goal came on his first touch after 37 seconds. Olivier Giroud scored for Arsenal. The goal brought him up to three goals in four matches against Bayern.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Group stage review
This was Arsenal's first loss at Allianz Arena. Mesut Özil had a goal called back after the referee ruled it that Özil put it in with his elbow. Bayern remained in first place. On 24 November, Bayern won their 100th Champions League home match, and won Group F, after they defeated Olympiacos 4–0 with goals from Douglas Costa, Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, and Kingsley Coman. Holger Badstuber, who had started match since April 2015, was sent–off in the 52nd minute. Bayern finished the matchday in first place.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Group stage review
On 9 December, Bayern finished the group stage by winning their fifth match in the group stage after defeating Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 with two goals from Robert Lewandowski. Thomas Müller failed to score from the penalty mark after the ball hit the post. Bayern finished the group by winning the group and obtained 15 points from five wins.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Knockout stage review
Bayern finished the group stage as the group winners which made Bayern one of the seeded teams in the Round of 16 draw. Bayern were drawn against Juventus on 14 December. The first leg took place on 23 February. Bayern and Juventus finished in a 2–2 draw. Thomas Müller and Arjen Robben scored for Bayern and Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro scored for Juventus. Bayern went up 2–0 after Müller scored in the 43rd minute and Robben scored in the 55th minute. However, Bayern blew the 2–0 lead after two second-half goals from Dybala and Sturaro.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Knockout stage review
The second leg happened on 16 March. Bayern won 4–2 in extra time. Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller, Thiago, and Kingsley Coman scored for Bayern. Paul Pogba and Juan Cuadrado scored for Juventus. Juventus took a 2–0 lead in the match with goals in the fifth minute from Pogba, and in the 28th minute, from Cuadrado. However, Bayern equalized in the second–half with a goal in the 73rd minute from Lewandowski and a goal from Müller one minute in to stoppage time. In extra time, Bayern took a 4–2 lead with goals from Thiago and Coman. The aggregate score was 6–4.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Knockout stage review
On 18 March, Bayern were drawn against Benfica for the quarter–finals. The first leg took place on 5 April. Bayern won 1–0 with a goal from Arturo Vidal. The goal was scored after one minute and 24 seconds. This the fastest goal Bayern has scored since David Alaba scored against Juventus in April 2013. The second leg was held on 13 April. The match finished in a 2–2. Arturo Vidal and Thomas Müller scored for Bayern and Raúl Jiménez and Talisca scored for Benfica. Philipp Lahm played in his 103rd UEFA Champions League match. This equaled Oliver Kahn's record for most appearances in Germany. Bayern qualified for the semifinal for the 5th year in a row after winning 3–2 on aggregate.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, UEFA Champions League, Champions League review, Knockout stage review
On 15 April, Bayern were drawn against Atlético Madrid. The first leg was played on 27 April. Atlético Madrid won the match 1–0 with a goal from Saúl. The second leg took place on 3 May. Bayern won the match 2–1. However, Atlético Madrid won the tie on away goals. Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski scored for Bayern and Antoine Griezmann scored for Atlético Madrid.


2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season, Player information, Discipline, Suspensions
Jérôme Boateng received the first suspension of the season after receiving a red card after picking up a second yellow card against 1899 Hoffenheim on 22 August. Holger Badstuber was the second Bayern player to be sent–off during the 2015–16 season. He was sent–off in a Champions League Group Stage match against Olympiacos after being the last outfield player when Brown Ideye was fouled.


2015–16 FC Bihor Oradea season
The 2015–16 season was Bihor Oradea's 57th season in the Romanian football league system, and their 37th season in the Liga II. On 12 January 2016, during the winter break, the club was declared bankrupt, after serious financial problems and several months in which the club lived from one day to the next.


2015–16 FC Bihor Oradea season, Players, First team squad
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2015–16 FC Dinamo București season
The 2015–16 FC Dinamo București season is the 67th consecutive edition of competitive football by FC Dinamo București's in Liga I. Dinamo also competed in Cupa României and Cupa Ligii. Dinamo continued its insolvency status and was unable to buy any players, attracting only free agents and players on loan. In September, the Court announced that Dinamo fulfilled its bankruptcy obligations to exit insolvency.


2015–16 FC Dinamo București season
On 22 November, Dinamo defeated its chief rival, Steaua, 3–1, following a gap from the last win four and a half years earlier.


2015–16 FC Dunav Ruse season
The 2015–16 season was Dunav Ruse's third time in the B Group, after promotion from the V Group.


2015–16 FC Dunav Ruse season, Current squad
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season
The 2014–15 Dynamo Kyiv season is Dynamo's 25th Ukrainian Premier League season, and their second season under manager Serhiy Rebrov. During the season, Dynamo will compete in the Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and in the UEFA Champions League.


2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season
The 2015–16 Dynamo Moscow season was the 93rd season in the club's history. They participated in the Russian Premier League and the Russian Cup, having been disqualified from Europa League for violating Financial Fair Play by not breaking even the previous season.


2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Dynamo Moscow season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season
The 2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season is the 67th season in the football club's history and 1st season back and 3rd overall season in the third tier of German football, the 3. Liga, having been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in 2015. The club finished 2nd in the 3. Liga, and were promoted back to the 2. Bundesliga. In addition to the 3. Liga, they participated in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the round of 16. It was the 62nd season for the club at the Erzgebirgsstadion, located in Aue, Germany, which has a capacity of 15,690 seats.


2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season, Background
In the club's previous season in the 2. Bundesliga, they finished in 17th place, seeing them relegated to the 3. Liga, ending their five-season span in the 2. Bundesliga. In the DFB-Pokal, they went out in Round 2 after losing to RB Leipzig 1–3 after extra time.


2015–16 FC Erzgebirge Aue season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season
The 2015–16 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season was the 135th professional season of the club since its creation in 1881. During this campaign, Bordeaux competed in Ligue 1, the top tier or French football, as well as the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue and the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2015–16 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players, Current squad
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2015–16 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, Players, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season
The 2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season is the 12th season in the club's history and their first in the Bundesliga.


2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season, Events
Media Markt became the shirt sponsor on 3 May 2015, signing a three-year deal.


2015–16 FC Inter Baku season
The Inter Baku 2015-16 season is Inter Baku's fifteenth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Zaur Svanadze. They will compete in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, entering at the first qualifying round stage, the Azerbaijan Cup and the League.


2015–16 FC Inter Baku season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Inter Baku season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season
The 2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season was the 53rd season in club history.


2015–16 FC Karpaty Lviv season, Review and events
On 17 June 2015 FC Karpaty gathered at club's base for medical inspection after vacations. On 23 June 2015 Karpaty went for two week long pre-season training camp in Slovenia with six friendly matches planned.


2015–16 FC Koper season
The 2015–16 season was Koper's 22nd season in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, Slovenian top division, since the league was created. Koper competed in the PrvaLiga, Cup and Europa League. The season for the club began on 2 July 2015 and ended on 21 May 2016.


2015–16 FC Koper season, Players
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season
The 2015–16 FC Krasnodar season is the 5th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Krasnodar will also take part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League, entering at the Third qualifying round.


2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season
The 2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season was the club's 1st season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, since their relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season and 21st in total. Krylia Sovetov finished 9th in the league, whilst also reaching the 'Round of 16' in the Russian Cup.


2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season
The 2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season was their fifth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia.


2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Squad, Youth squad
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2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Kuban Krasnodar season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season
The 2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season was the club's 24th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Lokomotiv Moscow also took part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League.


2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Personnel, First team squad information
Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 April 2016.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Arrivals, Players in
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2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Arrivals, Players in on loan
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2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Departures, Players out
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2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Transfers, Departures, Players out on loan
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2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Competitions, Europa League
Lokomotiv have qualified directly for the group stage of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2015 Russian Cup Final.


2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Competitions, Europa League, Group stage
The 48 teams which qualified for the group stage were seeded into four pots based on their 2015 UEFA club coefficients. Lokomotiv fell to be allocated into the third pot. The draw was held on 28 August 2015 in Monaco and Lokomotiv drawn the 2015 Portuguese Cup Winners Sporting CP, Turkish powerhouse Beşiktaş, and the 2015 Albanian league winners Skënderbeu Korçë.


2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Competitions, Europa League, Knockout phase
The draw for the first stage of the knockout phase, the round of 32, took place on Monday 14 December 2015. Lokomotiv was paired with Turkish side Fenerbahçe.


2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Awards, Lokomotiv player of the month award
Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK.


2015–16 FC Lokomotiv Moscow season, Awards, Lokomotiv player of the year award
Awarded to the player that was chosen by fan voting on Lokomotiv's official portal on VK as the best player of the season.


2015–16 FC Lorient season
The 2015–16 FC Lorient season was the 90th professional season of the club since its creation in 1926.


2015–16 FC Lorient season, Players
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2015–16 FC Lorient season, Players, Current squad
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2015–16 FC Lorient season, Players, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season
The 2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season was the club's second season back in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. It was their third season in the Russian Premier League having also participated in the 2012–13 season, before relegation back to the Russian National League. They also competed in the Russian Cup, where they were .


2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Squad, Youth team
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2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Mordovia Saransk season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Nantes season
The 2015–16 FC Nantes season was the 72nd professional season of the club since its creation in 1943.


2015–16 FC Nantes season, Players, First team squad
French teams are limited to four players without EU citizenship. Hence, the squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country. Also, players from the ACP countries—countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement—are not counted against non-EU quotas due to the Kolpak ruling.


2015–16 FC Nantes season, Players, First team squad
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2015–16 FC Nantes season, Players, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Petrolul Ploiești season
The 2015–16 season is Petrolul Ploiești's 86th season in the Romanian football league system, and their fifth consecutive season in the Liga I. Petrolul came sixth in the 2014–15 Liga I. At the beginning of February 2015, due to president Capră still being under detention, the club faced financial problems and entered insolvency, meaning that the participation in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League is denied.


2015–16 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, June
Due to the financial problems, the club had to terminate or not extend the contracts of seventeen players, including Pablo de Lucas, Victoraș Astafei and Jean Sony Alcénat. On 3 June, Tibor Selymes became the head coach of "The Oilmen". On the 11th, the club's reorganisation plan was voted, therefore bankruptcy was avoided for the time being. Nike remained the kit manufacturer, while Superbet, a gambling company, replaced Alexandrion as the main sponsor of the team. "The Yellow Wolves" settled their pre-season training stage at Zlatibor, in the neighbouring country Serbia.


2015–16 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, June
The stage started on June 21 and ended on July 4. The club tested and signed new footballers during this period, generally ones who played in the French lower divisions, like Abdellah Zoubir, Ismail Hassan or Nicolas Farina. Ex-Dynamo Moscow midfielder Adrian Ropotan returned to Romania, six years after he left Dinamo București. Petrolul also convinced Brazilian goalkeeper Peterson Peçanha to extend his contract.


2015–16 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Month by month review, July
On 11 July, Petrolul played its first official game of the season against Steaua București, in the Liga I. The match ended goalless.


2015–16 FC Petrolul Ploiești season, Players, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Porto season
The 2015–16 season was FC Porto's 106th competitive season and the 82nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 15 August 2015 and concluded on 22 May 2016. For the second consecutive season, Porto failed to win any of the official competitions it was involved. The last time the team had two successive trophyless seasons was from 1979–80 to 1980–81.


2015–16 FC Porto season
As in the previous season, Porto did not begin their campaign by playing the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, as they failed to qualify for the 2015 edition by not winning the 2014–15 Primeira Liga title (retained by Benfica) or the 2014–15 Taça de Portugal (won by Sporting CP). Their 2015–16 Primeira Liga debut match was a 3–0 home win against Vitória de Guimarães, with Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar scoring the team's first official goal. Porto finished the league in third place with 73 points, 15 points behind three-time champions Benfica and 13 points behind runners-up Sporting CP, thus failing to win the title for the third successive season, which had not happened since the 2001–02 season.


2015–16 FC Porto season
Besides the league, Porto competed in other domestic competitions. In the 2015–16 Taça de Portugal, they reach the final, five years after their last appearance, but were defeated 5–4 on penalties by Braga, after a 2–2 draw at the end of extra time. The team also participated in the 2015–16 Taça da Liga, but were eliminated in the starting round after finishing last in their third-round group, with three defeats.


2015–16 FC Porto season
In UEFA competitions, Porto started the season in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, having qualified directly for the group stage for the 20th time, a competition record shared with Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid. Having finished third in their group, Porto were demoted to the 2015–16 Europa League; they lost to Borussia Dortmund with a 3–0 aggregate score and were eliminated in the round of 32.


2015–16 FC Porto season, Pre-season and friendlies
The pre-season started on 6 July 2015 and included seven preparation matches, six of which played outside Portugal. From 10 to 18 July, the team was based at Horst, Netherlands, and played two matches against Dutch and German opposition. Season preparations continued at Marienfeld, Germany, from 23 to 31 July, where Porto staged two more matches against top-flight German teams before competing at the inaugural Colonia Cup tournament on 1–2 August. The pre-season ended on 8 August with a match against Napoli at the Estádio do Dragão, integrated in the team's presentation.


2015–16 FC Pyunik season
The 2015–16 season was Pyunik's 22nd season in the Armenian Premier League.


2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season
The 2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season was the 83rd season in club history. Red Bull Salzburg finished the season as champions of the Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup for the third season in a row. In Europe, Salzburg were knocked out of the Champions League by Malmö FF in the third qualifying round, dropping into the Europa League, where they were eliminated by Dinamo Minsk in the play-off round.


2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events, Bundesliga
On matchday one, on 25 July, Red Bull lost 2–1 to Mattersburg. Markus Pink and Alexander Ibser scored for Mattersburg and Naby Keïta scored for Red Bull. Red Bull finished the matchday tied for seventh place. Red Bull lost 2–1 to Rapid Wien on Matchday two, on 1 August. Athanasios Petsos and Stefan Schwab scored for Rapid Wien and Dimitri Oberlin scored for Red Bull. Red Bull finished the matchday in ninth place. On matchday three, on 8 August, Red Bull and Admira Wacker finished in a 2–2 draw. Yordy Reyna and Naby Keïta scored for Red Bull and Dominik Starkl and Markus Lackner scored for Admira Wacker. Red Bull finished the matchday in seventh place.


2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events, Austrian Cup
Red Bull opened up their season on 18 July with three goals each from Jonathan Soriano and Marco Djuricin and a goal from Takumi Minamino.


2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events, Champions League
Red Bull entered the competition in the third qualifying round. They were drawn against the winner of the fixture between Malmö and Žalgiris. Malmö advanced to face Red Bull. The first leg took place on 29 July. Red Bull won 2–0 with goals from Andreas Ulmer and Martin Hinteregger. Hinteregger scored from the penalty spot. The second leg was played on 5 August. Red Bull lost 3–0 to get knocked out 3–2 on aggregate. Nikola Đurđić, Markus Rosenberg, and Vladimir Rodić scored for Malmö.


2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Season events, Europa League
Red Bull were knocked out of Champions League by Malmö and entered the Europa League playoff round. Red Bull were drawn against Dinamo Minsk. The first leg was played on 20 August. Dinamo Minsk won the match 2–0 with goals from Gleb Rassadkin and Nenad Adamović.


2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Red Bull Salzburg season, Squad, Left during the season
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2015–16 FC Rostov season
The 2015–16 FC Rostov season was the club's seventh successive season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of football in Russia. Rostov will also take part in the Russian Cup, entering at the Round of 32 stage.


2015–16 FC Rostov season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Rostov season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Rostov season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2015–16 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Rostov season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt season
The 2015–16 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt season is the 51st season in the football club's history and 8th consecutive season in the 3. Liga, having been transferred from the Regionalliga Nord in 2008, and the 11th consecutive in the third tier of German football. In addition to the 3. Liga, will also participate in this season's edition of the Thuringia Cup. This will be the 67th season for an Erfurt club in the Steigerwaldstadion, located in Erfurt, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 17,500 seats.


2015–16 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt season, Background
In the club's previous season in the 3. Liga, they finished in 12th place. Meanwhile, in the Thuringia Cup, they went out in the quarterfinals after losing 0–1 to Einheit Rudolstadt.


2015–16 FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season
The 2015–16 Rubin Kazan season was the 12th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin was also taking part in the Russian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Reserves
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Rubin Kazan season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season
The 2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season was the 112th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the club's 23rd consecutive season in the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 1991.


2015–16 FC Schalke 04 season, Kit, Kit information
Adidas continues its supply of the Schalke 04 kit, a relationship dating back to the 1975–76 season. Gazprom is the current sponsor, dating back to the middle of the 2006–07 season.


2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
The 2015–16 Shakhtar Donetsk season is the clubs twenty-fifth season.


2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Squad, U21 squad
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2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season
The 2015–16 season is FC Sheriff Tiraspol's 19th season, and their 18th in the Divizia Naţională, the top-flight of Moldovan football. Sheriff Tiraspol are the current defending champions of the Moldovan Cup, and were knocked out of the Europa League by Norwegian side Odds BK, whilst defeating FC Milsami Orhei in the Moldovan Super Cup.


2015–16 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season, Season events
Prior to the start of the season, 27 May 2015, Lilian Popescu was appointed as Sheriff Tiraspol's new manager.


2015–16 FC Sheriff Tiraspol season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Shirak season
The 2015–16 season was Shirak's 25th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League and covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 FC Spartak Moscow season
The 2015–16 Spartak Moscow season was the 24th successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Spartak Moscow took part in the Russian Cup and also took part in 2016–17 UEFA Europa League season.


2015–16 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events
Following the termination of Murat Yakin's contract as manager on 30 May 2015, with Dmitri Alenichev being appointed as manager on 10 June 2015.


2015–16 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
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2015–16 FC St. Pauli season
The 2015–16 FC St. Pauli season is the club's 105th season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.


2015–16 FC St. Pauli season, Background
After narrowly avoiding relegation during the 2014–15 season, FC. St Pauli started to strengthen the squad in the summer to prevent another relegation battle.


2015–16 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk season
The 2014–15 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk season is Stal's first Ukrainian Premier League season, and their third season under manager Volodymyr Mazyar. During the season Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk will compete in the Ukrainian Premier League and in the Ukrainian Cup.


2015–16 FC Steaua București season
The 2015–16 season was the 68th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Cupa Ligii, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 FC Steaua București season, Players, First-team squad
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2015–16 FC Steaua București season, Players, First-team squad, Youth players with first-team appearances
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2015–16 FC Steaua București season, Players, First-team squad, Out of team
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2015–16 FC Steaua București season, Players, First-team squad, Out of team
During the season Jugurtha Hamroun used two numbers, 14 in European Cups and 5 in Liga I.


2015–16 FC Terek Grozny season
The 2015–16 FC Terek Grozny season was the 7th successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and 7th in total. Terek Grozny will also be taking part in the Russian Cup.


2015–16 FC Terek Grozny season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Twente season
The 2015–16 season was FC Twente's 50th season in the Eredivisie.


2015–16 FC Ufa season
The 2015–16 FC Ufa season was the club's 2nd season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, and 5th in total. Ufa will also be taking part in the Russian Cup.


2015–16 FC Ufa season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Ufa season, Squad, Youth team
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2015–16 FC Ufa season, Squad, Out on Loan
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2015–16 FC Ufa season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Ufa 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 Ufa 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 Ufa 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 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast season
The 2015–16 Ural season was the club's 3rd successive season that the club played in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia, during which they finished the season in 8th. Ural also participated in the Russian Cup, where they were knocked out at the Round of 16 stage by CSKA Moscow.


2015–16 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast season, Squad, Youth team
As per Russian Football Premier League. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 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 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 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 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast 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 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Vorskla Poltava season
The 2014–15 Vorskla Poltava season is Vorskla's twentieth Ukrainian Premier League season, and their second season under manager Vasyl Sachko. During the season Vorskla Poltava will compete in the Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and in the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2015–16 Zenit Saint Petersburg season was the 91st season in the club's history and its 20th consecutive season in the Russian Premier League. The club also participated in the Russian Cup and the UEFA Champions League.


2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Reserve squad
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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Summer
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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Transfers, Winter
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2015–16 FC Zorya Luhansk season
The 2014–15 Zorya Luhansk season is Zorya's sixteenth Ukrainian Premier League season, and their sixth season under manager Yuriy Vernydub. During the season Zorya Luhansk will compete in the Ukrainian Premier League, Ukrainian Cup and in the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 FC Zorya Luhansk season, Squad
Squad is given according to the club's official site, and composed from players who playing in the main squad team as of 25 February 2016.


2015–16 FC Zorya Luhansk season, Squad
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2015–16 FC Zorya Luhansk season, Squad, Out on loan
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2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup
2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup (Ukrainian: Кубок регіонів ФФУ, Kubok rehioniv FFU) was the first season of the Football Federation of Ukraine new competition at regional level. The competition is conducted among football teams of Oblasts (regions) composed of players who compete at oblast championships (regional competitions). The season kicked off on 20 September 2015 and all 25 participants were split into four divisions (Western, Central, Southern, and Eastern).


2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup
The winner of the competition was intended to represent Ukraine at the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup. Before introduction of this competition, Ukraine was represented at the UEFA Regions' Cup usually by the winner of its amateur league (on some occasion the winner of amateur cup competition). The 2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup winner Kirovohrad Oblast consisted majorly out players of Inhulets-3 Petrove which as AF Pyatykhatska competed at the 2015 UEFA Regions' Cup.


2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
All games were scheduled to be played on 4 and 11 October.


2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup, Competition schedule, Quarter-finals
Games are scheduled to be played on 13 and 20 April 2016.


2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup, Competition schedule, Semi-finals
Games are scheduled to be played on 15 and 22 May 2016.


2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup, Competition schedule, Final
Final was scheduled to be played on 23 August 2016 at the Bannikov Stadium (according to the Vynnyky Plyus web portal). On 23 August 2016 the FC Inhulets Petrove official website announced that the final will take place on 30 August 2016 at the Melnyk Central Stadium in Obukhiv at 16:00.


2015–16 FHL season
The 2015–16 Federal Hockey League season is the sixth season of the Federal Hockey League. The regular season lasted from November 6, 2015 to April 3, 2016. The Port Huron Prowlers would win the league championship by sweeping the Danbury Titans.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
The FHL lost a lawsuit in which the league was ordered to pay former player Kyler Moje a sum of $800,000, after Moje became legally blind due to an injury incurred during a game on February 10, 2012. Without having the finances to pay such a large sum, it was speculated that the league may be forced to fold and reorganize under a different corporate entity. The FHL lost their appeal on the judgment.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On April 2, 2015, the FHL announced an expansion team, the Port Huron Prowlers, to begin play in the 2015–16 season.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On April 3, 2015, the Danbury Ice Arena announced that it did not want to renew its contract with the Danbury Whalers and gave them a notice to evict by April 17, leaving the last remaining team from the inaugural FHL season homeless.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On April 17, 2015, the Steel City Warriors announced that it had suspended operations, stating that the team was unable to find a suitable home arena, but had hopes to return for the 2016–17 season.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On May 20, 2015, the Berlin River Drivers announced their resurrection as the FHL's then seventh team, to play at Notre Dame Arena in Berlin, New Hampshire. A year prior, the River Drivers were slated to join the FHL in 2014–15 before the league reassessed their options and expanded into North Adams, MA instead.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On June 3, 2015, due to the eviction of the Danbury Whalers, the Federal Hockey League announced a new team based in Brewster, New York, to be called the Stateline Whalers, and would play at the Brewster Ice Arena under former the Danbury Whalers CEO and managing partner Herm Sorcher. The Stateline Whalers were announced as being owned by Barry Soskin, who also owns the Port Huron and Danville teams and formerly owned the Dayton Demonz. The Danbury Whalers were officially considered to be on hiatus for the season by the FHL, but gave up their naming and territorial rights to Brewster.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On June 22, 2015, the Watertown Wolves announced that they would suspend operations for the 2015–16 season due to their arena being renovated and an inability to find a temporary arena to use in Northern New York. The Wolves plan to resume operations for the 2016–17 season, after their arena renovations are completed.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On June 26, 2015, the owner of the Berkshire Battalion, William Dadds, announced that he intends to relocate the team from North Adams, Massachusetts, before the 2015–16 season after lease negotiations for the ice rink fell through. The city administration asked the team to only play a maximum of three Friday night games next season and repay all current debts prior to any lease being signed by the city but Dadds decided that the demands were unreasonable.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On June 27, it was reported that the FHL had approved of a new team Danbury, Connecticut, to replace the now departed Whalers. Local businessmen, Bruce Bennett and Edward Crowe were announced as the ownership group. Bennett would announce the new team as the Danbury Titans and had signed a six-year lease to play at the Danbury Ice Arena.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On July 15, during the team's inaugural booster club meeting, Danbury Titans ownership confirmed that the league had re-organized and they will own the new Brewster team (formerly announced as the Stateline Whalers); Barry Soskin will continue to own the Danville Dashers and Port Huron Prowlers but no longer be involved in Brewster. On July 18, Bennett announced the team would be called the Brewster Bulldogs and that neither of his teams would be connected to the former Whalers.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On July 15, the Battalion announced via their Facebook page that the team was moving to Dayton, Ohio, to replace the Dayton Demonz. On July 16, the Port Huron Prowlers announced that the protected player list from the Demonz had been transferred to their team and officially announcing the end of the Demonz. In the same press release, the Prowlers also confirmed that Dadds would be relocating the Battalion to Dayton. On July 25, Dadds announced his Dayton team would be called the Dayton Demolition.


2015–16 FHL season, League changes
On December 23, the Dayton Demolition announced that it had postponed its December 26 game against Danbury due to "scheduling issues" with Hara Arena. On December 28, the Demolition then announced that its new home arena would be South Metro Sports in Centerville, Ohio. After one home game at South Metro in which attendees either sat on bleachers with poor sightlines of the ice or had to stand due to the lack of seating, the Demolition returned to Hara Arena. On January 17, the FHL removed Dadds as owner and on January 19, Joe Pace, Sr., the former coach of the Danville Dashers, was announced as the head of the new ownership group for the Demolition.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup
The 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup was the inaugural season of the newly formed basketball competition organised by FIBA. The season started on 21 October 2015 and ended on 1 May 2016.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup
The competition replaced the EuroChallenge and had the aim to take the place of Eurocup (organised by Euroleague Basketball), as the second-tier competition in Europe.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Format
In the Regular season, 56 teams are divided into 14 groups of four teams. In the Round of 32, the first and second best teams from the Regular season play in groups of four. Starting from the Round of 16, quarter-finals will be played. The tournament will conclude with a Final Four.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Teams
The deadline to register in the competition was on July 30. The official list of teams was announced on August 3.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Teams
Numbers in bracket represent the place the team took in its 2014–15 domestic championship, representing rankings after eventual Playoffs.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Draw
The draw was held on August 4, 2015 in Munich, Germany. The seeding was prepared on the basis of the clubs' participation and results in European Club Competition in recent years as well as the clubs' ranking in their respective domestic leagues last season.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season
The regular season was played between 21 October and 2 December 2015. The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams of all groups (two teams from each Conference) advanced to the Round of 32.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Regular season
If teams in the same group finished tied on points at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Round of 32
The round of 32 were played between 16 December 2015 and 3 February 2016. The two top teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Round of 32
If teams in the same group finished tied on points at the end of the Round of 32, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Knockout stage, Round of 16
Game 1 will be played on February 17. Game 2 will be played on February 24. Game 3, if necessary, will be played on March 2.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Knockout stage, Round of 16
The eight winners of each series will qualify for the quarterfinals, while the other eight teams will be eliminated.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
Game 1 will be played on March 16. Game 2 will be played on March 23. Game 3 will be played, if necessary, on March 30. Teams with better record in the Round of 32 had the home advantage.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The four winners of each series will qualify to the Final Four, while the other four teams will be eliminated.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Knockout stage, Final Four
On April 6, 2016, Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône was announced as the venue for the Final Four.


2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup, Statistics, Individual statistic leaders
To be considered a statistical leader, players had to have played a minimum of 10 games.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup tour is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2016 season marked the 50th consecutive year for the FIS. This World Cup season began on 24 October 2015, in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in Saint Moritz, Switzerland on 20 March 2016. The World Ski Championship, a biennial event, did not interrupt this competitive season, and the upcoming World Championships were held Saint Moritz, Switzerland in February 2017


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men
By late December 2015, the season had seen year-ending injuries to two top skiers. Austrian Matthias Mayer suffered severe spinal damage in the downhill competition at Gröden in Val Gardena, Italy, and German Josef Ferstl damaged his knee during training in Santa Caterina, Italy on the Downhill course. Despite his broken back, Mayer is optimistic about returning for a 2017 World Cup try following his much debated crash. During the crash that injured Mayer, another World Cup first took place when the 'body airbag' he was wearing inflated.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men
The new protective gear, now worn by many skiers, has never been deployed during a World Cup competition prior to this. The system is designed to minimize severe thoracic injuries, like the one Mayer suffered, by deploying quickly during tumbles and mishap. Emergency responders could see that the "airbag" had engaged as designed before they even knew about the broken spine. It has not been determined if the "protective gear" prevented worse injury, promoted the injury that was received, or had no effect in the matter.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men
An odd incident marred the early season as a small, remotely-piloted camera helicopter, operated by broadcast media, nearly foiled Marcel Hirscher's podium effort by crashing during his run and narrowly missing him. A day after the incident, the International Ski Federation adopted the policy of banning remotely-piloted vehicles from flying over their events as a matter of safety and concern for the welfare of their athletes, staff and viewers. Senior Race Director Markus Waldner stated his displeasure with the occurrence and insisted that the ban will remain in effect as long as he is on the job.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men
The newly introduced Parallel Giant Slalom  event at Alta Badia, Italy, was a relatively short Giant Slalom course that pitted the men against one another in a modified bracket-reduction format from thirty-two 1st run skiers, to sixteen 2nd bracket skiers that eventually dwindled to just four final round racers. The Snow Queen Trophy slalom planned for Sljême, Croatia was cancelled and diverted to Santa Caterina, Italy for lack of snow, while the early season slalom in Levi, Finland suffered similar conditions, but could not find a home to reschedule to in the very busy year.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Men
By mid-season, the World Cup overall leader, as well as Downhill and Super-G discipline leader, Aksel Lund Svindal was out following a crash during the Downhill at Kitzbühel. He suffered a season-ending injury to his right knee and needed immediate surgery. Georg Streitberger of Austria also suffered a season-ending knee injury in the same race, which was ended after only thirty skiers left the starting gate. Poor visibility, and the number of serious crashes that were occurring, prompted race officials to halt the event at the minimum skiers required to have it qualify as a complete event.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women
The first part of the season produced many injuries to several top skiers. Sara Hector severely injured her knee  in Giant Slalom, during the competition in Åre, Sweden, and two event champions from the previous season, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin missed several events due to recent incidents. Vonn missed the October and November events to continue rehabilitating from last year's season-ending injury, and from a recent dog bite from one of her pets. Shiffrin dropped-out in mid-December to recuperate from an injury suffered during practice at Åre.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women
Shiffrin's recovery was not immediate and she missed the heart of the race season, however, she returned to the circuit in mid-February and promptly dominated the competition. The lack of snowy weather eliminated the women's race weekend at St. Anton's, Austria, two weeks before the planned event. Officials recognized that they did not have enough snow on the ground, and that they did not have the ability to generate enough man-made snow for safe racing. The events were quickly relocated to Zauchensee, Austria, for the same dates.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women
A few days later, officials cancelled the Snow Queen Trophy slalom planned at Sljême, Croatia. The stop was the only one planned for Croatia this season, and was one of the few joint stops on tour where male and female teammates crossed paths during the year. The slalom event was quickly rescheduled to Santa Caterina, Italy on consecutive days.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women
The middle of the season saw a significant reshuffle of many of the events throughout The Alps. Six events were cancelled in January for unseasonably warm weather and insufficient snow. The events were promptly repositioned to snowier venues further down the schedule. In contrast, mid-February saw a few events abandoned due to soft and excessive snow, over two meters in one instance... a significant safety concern for the high speed disciplines.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women
At the end of the February, during the Super-G in Soldeu, Vonn, having just returned from injury seven weeks earlier, crashed again while leading near the end of her run. She raced the next day in the Combined event, earned a few points, then ended her season on Monday after a complete medical evaluation in Barcelona revealed several hairline fractures in her knee. At the time of her departure, she had already won the Downhill discipline for the season and was leading the Overall, Super-G and Combined disciplines.


2015–16 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women
Notable skiers that did not participate this year include: Anna Fenninger, the defending World Cup champion who was forced to skip the season due to a serious knee injury. Tina Maze, last season's runner-up decided to take a short hiatus during the 2016 season before permanently deciding to continue, or end, her World Cup career. Champion skier Julia Mancuso decided to opt for hip surgery in November, 2015, instead of rushing back after non-surgical therapy failed to give her the full recovery she had hoped for. Her stated goal is to get back to winning form in time to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.


2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
The 2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 35th official World Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and ladies. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Kuusamo, Finland, and ended on 12 March 2016 in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.


2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
Therese Johaug set a new record for total points in one season, with 2681. Martin Johnsrud Sundby set a new men's record for total points in one season, with 2634. Sundby won 14 races during the season and surpassed Petter Northug's record of nine victories which he achieved in both 2009–10 and 2012–13. Johaug won 17 races during this season and equaled Marit Bjørgen's record from 2011–12; a record Johaug herself eclipsed with 20 victories in the 2019–20 season.


2015–16 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, Achievements
New official FIS count from 2015/16 season. Only individual events.


2015–16 FIS Cup (ski jumping)
The 2015/16 FIS Cup (ski jumping) was the 11th FIS Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 4th for ladies.


2015–16 FIS Cup (ski jumping)
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, Continental Cup, FIS Race and Alpen Cup.


2015–16 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The 2015/16 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup was the thirty seventh World Cup season in freestyle skiing organised by International Ski Federation. The season started on 23 August 2015 and ended on 19 March 2016. This season included six disciplines: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.


2015–16 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
The 2015/16 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup was the 33rd World Cup season, organized by the International Ski Federation. It started on 4 December 2015 in Lillehammer, Norway and ended on 6 March 2016 in Schonach, Germany.


2015–16 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, Retirements
Following are notable nordic combined skiers who announced their retirement:


2015–16 FIS Race (ski jumping)
The 2015/16 FIS Race (ski jumping) was the 17th FIS Race regular season as the fourth level of ski jumping competition since 1999/00. Although even before the world cup and in the old days FIS Race events were all top level organized competitions.


2015–16 FIS Race (ski jumping)
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, Continental Cup, FIS Cup and Alpen Cup.


2015–16 FIS Ski Flying World Cup
The 2015–16 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 19th official World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup
The 2015/16 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup was the 26th Alpen Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 8th for ladies.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, Continental Cup, FIS Cup and FIS Race.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
The 2015/16 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup was the 25th in a row (23rd official) Continental Cup winter season in ski jumping for men and the 12th for ladies. This was also the 14th summer continental cup season for men and 8th for ladies.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup, Grand Prix, FIS Cup, FIS Race and Alpen Cup.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, Europa Cup vs. Continental Cup
Last two seasons of Europa Cup in 1991/92 and 1992/93 are recognized as first two Continental Cup seasons by International Ski Federation, although Continental Cup under this name officially started first season in 1993/94 season.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The 2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 37th World Cup season in ski jumping for men, the 19th official World Cup season in ski flying and the 5th World Cup season for ladies. It began on 21 November 2015 in Klingenthal, Germany and concluded on 20 March 2016 in Planica, Slovenia.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
For men, the title holders from the previous season were Severin Freund in overall, Peter Prevc in ski flying, and Germany in the nations cup. For ladies, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz was defending the overall title and Austria the nations cup.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
Almaty and the country of Kazakhstan hosted ski jumping World Cup events for the first time in history. Several events had to be cancelled or rescheduled to other venues due to weather conditions. The cancelled individual event from Titisee-Neustadt was replaced in Planica on 17 March 2016, which meant that Letalnica bratov Gorišek became the first hill in history to host four World Cup events in a row.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Map of world cup hosts
All 24 locations hosting world cup events for men (21) and ladies (10) in this season. Events in Kuusamo/Ruka and Râșnov were completely canceled.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
Peter Prevc, who was the runner-up in the previous two seasons, dominated the men's season. Prevc secured his first World Cup title by winning the second event in Almaty, six events before the end of the season. At the end of the season, Prevc broke several statistical records.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
He won the highest number of points in a single season (2303, the previous record being 2083 of Gregor Schlierenzauer from the 2008/09 season) and also recorded the highest number of victories, podium finishes, and average points per event in a season (15 victories, 22 podiums, and 79.41 points on average, the previous records being 13 victories, 20 podiums, and 77.15 points on average from Schlierenzauer's 2008/09 season). The point difference between the first and the second, 813 points, was also the highest ever. By winning the sky flying title, Prevc became the first ski jumper to win the title for three years in a row. In the overall standings, the defending champion Severin Freund finished second and Kenneth Gangnes finished third.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
Prevc also won the prestigious 64th Four Hills Tournament. The tournament was broadcast in 57 different countries for 200 million viewers around the globe. Prevc won the competition with the highest total score ever with 1139.4 points and won three events out of four. At the FIS Ski Flying World Championships, which did not count for World Cup points, Prevc became the world champion in sky flying.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
The event on 19 December 2015 in Engelberg, Switzerland, marked some interesting statistical features: Peter Prevc and Domen Prevc became first brothers in history who shared a ski jumping World Cup podium; Noriaki Kasai became the oldest contestant on a podium at 43 years and 196 days old; for the first time the oldest Noriaki Kasai (43) and the youngest Domen Prevc (16) participant of any competition both on podium and with record age difference between two on podium. The Prevc brothers finished on the podium again in Sapporo, where they were joined by Robert Kranjec.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
Prevc also became only the third ski jumper who managed to win the event with falling or touching the ground upon landing, by winning the ski flying event in Vikersund on 14 February. Such a feat was previously achieved only by Andreas Goldberger in 1995 and Martin Schmitt in 1999.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
In team events, Norway won three times, Germany twice, and Slovenia once. The Nations Cup was won by Norway, followed by Slovenia and Germany.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Men, Summary
A total of 111,000 people (2,500 / 20,500 / 22,500 / 32,500 / 33,000) has gathered at hill test and four days of competitions at the season final in Planica.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Ladies, Summary
Sara Takanashi of Japan won her third overall title. She won 14 out of 17 events and secured the title several events before the end of the season. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, the title holder from the previous year, finished second, while Maja Vtič finished third. No team events for ladies or mixed team events were scheduled this season.


2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Ladies, Summary
The Nations Cup was won by Austria, followed by Japan and Slovenia. Since the last two events of the season were cancelled due to lack of snow, the award ceremony took place in Planica, together with men's.


2015–16 FIS Snowboard World Cup
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2015–16 FIS Snowboard World Cup
The 2015/16 FIS Snowboard World Cup is 22nd multi race season in snowboarding. Competition consists of the parallel slalom, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.


2015–16 FIU Panthers men's basketball team
The 2015–16 FIU Panthers men's basketball team represented Florida International University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by third year head coach Anthony Evans, played their home games at FIU Arena, and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 13–19, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the C-USA Tournament to UTEP.


2015–16 FIU Panthers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Panthers finished the season 16–17, 8–10 in C-USA play in a 4 way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to UTEP.


2015–16 FIU Panthers women's basketball team
The 2015–16 FIU Panthers women's basketball team represents Florida International University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first year head coach Marlin Chinn, play their home games at FIU Arena, and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 5–26, 5–16 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They advanced to the second round of the C-USA Women's Tournament to Marshall.


2015–16 FIU Panthers women's basketball team, Controversy
On March 11, 2016, FIU fired Chinn for an NCAA improper benefits rules violation, specifically a $600 loan to team captain Destini Feagin to resolve a school debt. The university suspended Chinn two weeks earlier, after Feagin accused Chinn of sexual harassment that persisted throughout the season. FIU subsequently promoted assistant coach Tiara Malcom to head coach on April 8.


2015–16 FIU Panthers women's basketball team, Roster
Tiara Malcom (Delaware) Keunta Miles (North Florida)  Brianna Skeens (Augustana)


2015–16 FK Austria Wien season
The 2015–16 FK Austria Wien season was the 104th season in the club's history.


2015–16 FK Austria Wien season, Background, Background information
Austria Wien received their licence on 30 April without any restrictions. Austria finished seventh in the 2014–15 Bundesliga and were the runner–up in the 2014–15 Austrian Cup. Gerald Baumgartner was sacked by Austria Wien during the 2014–15 season. Mirko Slomka rejected an offer from Austria Wien. Felix Magath eventually became the "preferred" choice. Magath opted not to sign with the club and Thorsten Fink became top candidate for the position. Fink was eventually hired on 28 May. He was given a two–year contract plus an option. Andreas Ogris became the assistant coach. It was later decided that Ogris would return to the reserve team. Austria had their first training under Thorsten Fink on 22 June.


2015–16 FK Austria Wien season, Background, Background information
Robert Almer, Olarenwaju Kayode, Ognjen Vukojević, Roi Kahat, and Richard Windbichler transferred to Austria Wien. Manuel Ortlechner became a reserve team player for Austria and also became an assistant coach for the under–14 team for the club. Kevin Friesenbichler was loaned to Austria with the option to purchase after a season. Heinz Lindner, Daniel Royer, Sascha Horvath, Markus Suttner and Martin Harrer left the club. Suttner had been at the club for 14 years.


2015–16 FK Austria Wien season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, Matchdays 1–9
Austria started their Bundesliga campaign with a two–match winning streak. In the first match, on 26 July, Austria defeated Wolfsberg 2–0 with a goal from a penalty shot by Alexander Gorgon and a second half goal from Alexander Grünwald. Austria finished the matchday in second place. In the second match, on 2 August, Austria defeated Rheindorf Altach 3–1. Vanče Šikov, Olarenwaju Kayode, and Alexander Gorgon. Gorgon scored from the penalty mark for the second consecutive week. César Ortiz scored for Altach. Austria finished the matchday tied for first place with Rapid Wien.


2015–16 FK Austria Wien season, Bundesliga, Bundesliga review, Matchdays 1–9
Then on matchday three, on 8 August, Austria dropped their first points of the season when Austria and Grödig finished in a 2–2 draw. Austria got a goal from Alexander Grünwald and an own goal from Harald Pichler and Grödig got a goal from Benjamin Sulimani and a goal from the penalty mark from Lucas Henrique. Lukas Rotpuller was sent–off during the match. Austria finished the matchday in second place. Austria picked up their first loss on 12 August (matchday four) in the Wiener Derby. Rapid Wien won 5–2. Alexander Gorgon scored two goals for Austria and Stefan Stangl, Philipp Schobesberger, Stefan Schwab, Steffen Hofmann, and Robert Berić scored for Rapid. Austria finished the matchday in fourth place.


2015–16 FK Austria Wien season, Austrian Cup, Austrian Cup review
In the opening match of the season, on 17 July, Austria won 3–0 with goals from Alexander Grünwald, Alexander Gorgon, and Philipp Zulechner.


2015–16 FK Dukla Prague season
The 2015–16 season was Dukla Prague's fifth consecutive season in the Czech First League.


2015–16 FK Dukla Prague season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FK Dukla Prague season, Statistics, Home attendance
The club had the lowest average attendance in the league.


2015–16 FK Dukla Prague season, Cup
As a First League team, Dukla entered the Cup at the second round stage. In the second round, Dukla faced fourth division side Neratovice–Byškovice, winning 4–0 away from home. The third round match against FC MAS Táborsko of the second league was a closer game; goals from Lukáš Štetina and Tomáš Přikryl helped Dukla to a 2–1 away win.


2015–16 FK Dukla Prague season, Cup
In the fourth round, Dukla faced another second league team, being paired with Ústí nad Labem. Dukla won both matches of the two-legged tie by a 3–0 scoreline, going through 6–0 on aggregate. At the quarter final stage, the home game against fellow First League team FK Jablonec finished goalless. The return leg, two weeks later, saw Jablonec win 2–1 and subsequently progress to the semi-final stage at Dukla's expense. This was the third time Jablonec had ended Dukla's cup run in five years, having previously done so in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 editions of the competition.


2015–16 FK Khazar Lankaran season
The Khazar Lankaran 2015-16 season is Khazar Lankaran's twelfth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Elbrus Mammadov. They will compete in the Azerbaijan Cup and the League.


2015–16 FK Khazar Lankaran season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FK Khazar Lankaran 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 FK Khazar Lankaran 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 FK Khazar Lankaran 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 FK Khazar Lankaran 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 FK Kukësi season
The 2015–16 season is FK Kukësi's 4th consecutive season in the Kategoria Superiore and 86th year in existence as a football club.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, June
In the late days of May, fullbacks Erjon Dushku and Dritan Smajli announced their departure from the club after terminating their respective contracts by mutual consensus. Their departures were followed by the departure of the Brazilian left-back Márcio Pit, whose contract expired and the club refused to extend it. On 12 June, Kukësi acquired the services of Tirana's center-back Gentian Muça for the club's European campaign. One day later, Hair Zeqiri was released from the club after his contract was not extended.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, June
On 16 June, Kukësi parted ways with the goalkeeper Argjent Halili and midfielder Yll Hoxha after three seasons of cooperating. Kukësi went to Austria to make its preparation phase in order to be ready for the European campaign. There, the club played for friendly matches respectively against Slovan Bratislava, Botoșani, MTK Budapest, Neftçi Baki and Universitatea Craiova.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, June
On 24 June, Kukësi signed with four Brazilian players, consisting of Erick Flores, Jean Carioca, Felipe Moreira and Birungueta. They all signed one-year deals and went to Austria to link up with the rest of the squad. On 28 June, Kushtrim Lushtaku announced his departure after terminating his cooperating with the club. One day later, the club president Safet Gjici confirmed that Muça is going to play with Kukësi for the entire 2015–16 season, but Muça's parent club denied his claims.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, July
Kukësi started its European campaign on 2 July in the match at Qemal Stafa Stadium against Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino for the Europa League first qualifying round. Veriorët won the first leg thanks to the goals of Jean Carioca and Pero Pejić. In the returning leg one week later at Torpedo Stadium, Kukësi were able to hold off Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino by gaining a goalless draw, despite the fact that Pejić missed a penalty-kick.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, July
After securing the qualify to the second qualifying round, four days later, Kukësi signed on a free transfer the midfielder Ansi Nika from Teuta Durrës. On 16 July, in the first leg of the second qualifying round against Mladost Podgorica, Kukësi was defeated 1–0 at home, fading the chances to go on the third qualifying round. On the same day, Albi Dosti transferred to Bulgarian side Montana on a two-year contract. Six days later, Roland Peqini announced his departure from the club to sign with fellow Kategoria Superiore side Tërbuni Pukë.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, July
In the returning leg at Podgorica City Stadium, Kukësi made history by overturning the 1–0 disadvantage to prevail 4–2, a match which was infamously marred by host crowd with their racist crusts. On 26 July, the club signed with the Brazilian striker Mateus Lima as a replacement for the fellow striker Pero Pejić. Four days later, Kukësi lost 3–0 to Legia Warsaw in the first leg of the third qualifying round after UEFA awarded Legia Warsaw with a 3–0 win after a Legia Warsaw player was hit in the head by an object thrown from the crowd. The original match was abandoned in the 52nd minute with a 2–1 lead for Legia Warsaw.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, August
On 2 August, Dmitri Stajila returned to his partent club Sheriff Tiraspol following the end of his loan spell at Kukësi. On the same day, Pero Pejić, the club's top goalscorer last season, left the team to join the Persian Gulf Pro League side Esteghlal for an undisclosed fee. Two days later, the club signed with Renaldo Rama from the Greek side Fostiras. On 6 August, in the returning leg against Legia Warsaw, Kukësi suffered another defeat, this time 1–0 away, and was eliminated with the aggregate 4–0. Four days later, Vilfor Hysa announced his departure on 10 August 2015 following the expiration of his contract with the club. Following the end of European campaign, Gentian Muça returned to his parent club Tirana.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, August
Kukësi started its domestic season on 23 August with a 2–0 home victory against the newcomers of Bylis Ballsh thanks to the goals of Mateus Lima and Erick Flores. This victory was followed by a 1–0 away lose to Skënderbeu Korçë six days later. On the last day of the month, Kukësi brought the last reinforcements in the squad, signing Eglantin Dhima from Sopoti Librazhd, Franc Veliu from Flamurtari Vlorë, Enea Koliqi from Olympiacos Volou and Leomir Cruz from Marília.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, September
The new month was opened in strong fashion with a 3–0 home win against Teuta Durrës. To begin its Albanian Cup campaign, Kukësi played its first leg match away at Naftëtari Kuçovë which ended with a 3–1 defeat. Back in Kategoria Superiore, the loss was followed by another one three days later as Kukësi fell to Partizani Tirana with the result 2–0.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, September
On 24 September, the midfielder Edon Hasani was fined by the club president with one month of wage for not participating in the match against Partizani Tirana after he heard that was not in the starting lineup for the match. In the next league match against Flamurtari Vlorë one week later at home, the team returned to the winning ways with a 1–0 win thanks to the late goal of Mateus Lima. On 30 September, in the returning leg against Naftëtari Kuçovë, Kukësi was able to come back with a 4–1 home victory and a 5–4 win on aggregate to reach the second round of the Albanian Cup.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, October
Kukësi began October with a 1–1 away disappointing draw against the league strugglers Vllaznia Shkodër. The team was on lead until 93rd minute when Vllaznia Shkodër's Jetmir Sefa levelled the score with a set-piece. In the next league match against Laçi at home, Kukësi were able to clinch three points with a Renato Malota goal in the 88th minute.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, October
The first leg of the Albanian Cup second round, played on 21 October, ended in a 5–0 win against Iliria Fushë-Krujë. The club followed-up with its second-straight Kategoria Superiore victory over Tërbuni Pukë on 25 October. Mateus Lima scored the only goal of the match in the 10th minute. On the same day, Franc Veliu was arrested for driving his car in drunk condition.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, November
Matchday 9 for Kukësi in Kategoria Superiore ended with a 2–1 away loss to Tirana, as the Mici's late goal was not enough. For this heavy lose the club directors blamed the match officials. On 4 November, in the returning leg of Albanian Cup second round, the team overwhelmed 3–0 Iliria Fushë-Krujë at home, securing an 8–1 aggregate victory and progression to the quarter-finals. Two goals from Mateus Lima and one strike from Bledar Musolli secured the victory. Four days later, in the tenth round of the league against Bylis Ballsh, Jean Carioca gave his team the lead in the 70th minute thanks to a penalty-kick, but Gava levelled for Bylis in the last minutes of the match, with the match finishing in a 1–1 draw.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, November
In the second match of the season against Skënderbeu Korçë, Kukësi won 2–1 thanks to goals of Mateus Lima in each half of the match. However, four days later, Kukësi fell to Teuta Durrës 0–1 at the Niko Dovana Stadium, with a goal by Bruno Dita deciding the match. On 24 November, Marcello Troisi was sacked as manager of Kukësi one day after Kukësi's loss to Teuta Durrës in the league. He was replaced by the former international player Klodian Duro, who would share his position with Hasan Lika. The duo didn't make a decent debut in charge of the team as Kukësi suffered its second consecutive league defeat, this time at the hands of Partizani Tirana.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, December
Kukësi begun December with an unconvincing 1–0 win over relegation scrappers Flamurtari Vlorë. Ivan Fuštar scored an own goal in the 42nd minute. Kukësi then beat Vllaznia Shkodër 1–0 away through the goal of Edon Hasani in the 77th minute. Following back-to-back victory, for Kukësi would come back-to-back draws against league opponents Laçi and Tërbuni Pukë; both matches ended 1–1.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, December
In the last match of the year, Kukësi suffered a sixth league loss, this time at the hands of Tirana who won 1–0 at Zeqir Ymeri Stadium thanks to the goal of Gentian Muça; it was Tirana's first ever win at Kukës.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, January
On 4 January, in first days of the winter transfer window, Kukësi announced an agreement with Tërbuni Pukë for the transfer of defender Roland Peqini, who returned in Kukës after more than a half year. A day later, Kukësi signed with the youngster Mergent Sulmataj, another player from the newcomers of Tërbuni Pukë. On 6 January, it was officially announced that Kukësi had acquired the services of Croatian forward Matija Dvorneković from Gorica. On the next day, the club signed with the ethnic Albanian player Izair Emini on a free transfer; Emini signed an initial 6-month contract with the option of a further 2 years.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, January
On 18 January, Peqini was suddenly released from the club after only 14 days in the team. He later blamed the coach Klodian Duro for his departure. Two days later, Nertil Ferraj joined the club on a free transfer following his departure from Teuta Durrës, signing a contract until the end of the season. On the next day, Kukësi signed with Eni Imami from Albanian First Division side Dinamo Tirana.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, January
On 23 January, in the first leg of the Albanian Cup quarter-final, Kukësi fell 1–0 to in a 1–0 to Teuta Durrës at Niko Dovana Stadium. Four days later, the club signed with the forward Mario Morina on a free transfer, who was convinced to join the club by the coach and his former teammate Klodian Duro. On 29 January, Kukësi signed with Croatian striker Mario Mijatović, and also sold Klaudio Çema to Tërbuni Pukë.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, January
On 31 January, in the first league match of the new year, Kukësi recorded a 3–0 home victory against the league strugglers Bylis Ballsh. Izar Emini scored twice while Dvorneković scored the third goal of the match.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, February
In the first day of the new month, Kukësi signed with Kosovar defender Lapidar Lladrovci from Feronikeli and with Resul Kastrati from Teuta Durrës on loan until 30 June 2016. On the same day, Franc Veliu left the club after failing to make an impact in the team and joined on a free transfer to the rivals of Partizani Tirana. Six days later, Kukësi was defeated 3–1 at the hands of Skënderbeu Korçë at Skënderbeu Stadium. Dvorneković's strike was not enough to secure a point at Korçë. On 13 February, Kukësi played-out a hard-fought 2–2 home draw away against Teuta Durrës in the matchday 21 of Kategoria Superiore.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, February
In the first leg of the Albanian Cup's quartar-finals, played on 17 February, Kukësi changed the face and overwhelmed Teuta Durrës 2–0 at the Zeqir Ymeri Stadium. Shameti and Malota where the scorers for this important win. Back in Kategoria Superiore, Kukësi suffered another league defeat, this time to Partizani Tirana who won 1–0 at home thanks to the lone goal of Sukaj. In the last match of the month, Kukësi defeated 4–0 at home Flamurtari Vlorë, with two goals scored by Hasani and one each for Emini and Erick Flores.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, March
Kukësi begun March with a 2–1 away win against Vllaznia Shkodër, who scored first with the defender Vrapi, but Kukësi bounced back with the goals of Emini and Hasani. This win was followed by back-to-back 1–0 victories respectively against Laçi and Tërbuni Pukë. It was the striker Izair Emini who scored in both matches.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, March
In the next league match and the last for this month, Kukësi played Tirana at Selman Stërmasi Stadium. Tirana took the lead in the first half thanks to a Muzaka header, but Erick Flores levelled for Kukësi.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, April
On 2 April, Kukësi won three important points in their bit for a European spot after beating Bylis Ballsh 2–0 away thanks to the goals of Dvorneković and Erick Flores, both in the first half. Four days later, in the first leg of Albanian Cup's semi-final, Kukësi easily conquered Flamurtari Vlorë 2–0 at home thanks to the goals of Emini and Erick Flores. On 20 April, in the returning leg of Albanian Cup, Kukësi recorded another 2–0 win against Flamurtari, securing a 4–0 aggregate victory and progression in the final for the second consecutive season.


2015–16 FK Kukësi season, Season overview, April
In the matchday 31, Kukësi played Partizani Tirana at home; Partizani Tirana won 1–0 thanks to a last-minute winner from Sukaj with a free-kick, causing Kukësi the first loss after ten matches between league and cup; The last loss for Kukësi was against Partizani Tirana, which has defeated Kukësi in all league matches this season. In the last league match of the season, Kukësi defeated Flamurtari with the result 1–0. Dvorneković scored the winner in the second half, returning the team in the winning ways.


2015–16 FK Partizan season
The 2015–16 season is FK Partizan's 10th season in Serbian SuperLiga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club have and will play during the 2015–16 season.


2015–16 FK Partizan season, Transfers, Out
For recent transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers winter 2015-16. For summer transfers, see List of Serbian football transfers summer 2015.


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


2015–16 FK Partizani Tirana season
In the 2015–16 season, Partizani Tirana competed in the Kategoria Superiore for the third consecutive season. The club finished second at the end of the season, which was their best result since 2008.


2015–16 FK Partizani Tirana season, 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 FK Partizani Tirana 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 FK Partizani Tirana 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 FK Partizani Tirana 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 FK Partizani Tirana 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 FK Qarabağ season
The Qarabağ 2015-16 season is Qarabağ's 24th Azerbaijan Premier League season, of which they are defending champions, and will be their eighth season under manager Gurban Gurbanov. They will participate in the League, the Azerbaijan Cup and the UEFA Champions League, entering at the Second qualifying round.


2015–16 FK Qarabağ season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FK Qarabağ season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 FK Qarabağ 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 FK Qarabağ 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 FK Qarabağ 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 FK Qarabağ 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 FK Sarajevo season
The 2015–2016 season was Sarajevo's 70th season in existence, and their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of Bosnian football, the Premier League of BiH. Besides competing in the Premier League, the team competed in the National Cup and the qualifications for UEFA Champions League.