2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Queens Park Rangers' first season back in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season and their 134th year in existence. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Kit, Kit information
The club is in the second year of a deal with the American manufacturer Nike, who will supply their kit for four years.


2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Friendlies, Pre-season friendlies
On 29 May 2015, Queens Park Rangers announced their pre-season fixtures.


2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Results summary
{Overall	Home	AwayP     W    D	L       GF	GA	 Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA     W	D	L	GF      GA  46    14   18	14	54	54	 60	10	9	4	37	25     4        9	10	17	29


2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Squad statistics, Statistics
† denotes players that left the club during the season.


2015–16 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season, Squad statistics, Discipline, Bookings
Last updated: 1 January 2016Source: MatchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2015–16 Querétaro F.C. season
The 2015–16 Querétaro F.C. season is the club's 66th season of existence, and their 15th season in the top tier of Mexican football. Querétaro will be competing in Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League.


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


2015–16 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Quinnipiac Bobcats men's basketball team represented Quinnipiac University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by ninth year head coach Tom Moore, played their home games at the TD Bank Sports Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 9–21, 6–14 in MAAC play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to Rider.


2015–16 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team represents Quinnipiac University  during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by twenty-first head coach, Tricia Fabbri. They play their home games in TD Bank Sports Center, and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 17–3 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the MAAC Women's Tournament where they lost to Iona. As champs of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Maine in the first round before losing to Temple in the second round.


2015–16 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey season
The Quinnipiac Bobcats program represented Quinnipiac University during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2015–16 R.S.C. Anderlecht season
The 2015–16 season is a season played by Anderlecht, a Belgian football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Anderlecht will be participating in the Belgian Pro League, Belgian Cup and the UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 R.S.C. Anderlecht season, Match details
League positions are sourced by Statto, while the remaining information is referenced individually.


2015–16 RB Leipzig season
The 2015–16 RB Leipzig season was the 7th season in club history and their 2nd season competing in the 2. Bundesliga.


2015–16 RB Leipzig season, Background, Events
On May 29, 2015, Ralf Rangnick was appointed to replace Achim Beierlorzer as the head coach. On June 9, 2015, it was confirmed they will play against Southampton F.C. on July 8, 2015.


2015–16 RC Arbaâ season
In the 2015–16 season, RC Arbaâ is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 3rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.


2015–16 RC Arbaâ season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 15 August 2015.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015–16 RC Relizane season
In the 2015–16 season, RC Relizane is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 6th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.


2015–16 RC Relizane season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2015–16 RCD Espanyol season
The 2015–16 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 114th season in its history and its 81st in the La Liga, the top-flight Spanish football.


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


2015–16 RCD Espanyol season, Current 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 RFU Championship
The 2015–16 RFU Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Greene King IPA Championship, is the seventh season of the professionalised format of the RFU Championship, the second tier of the English rugby union league system run by the Rugby Football Union. It is contested by eleven English clubs and one from Jersey in the Channel Islands. This is the third year of the competition's sponsorship with Greene King Brewery, which runs until 2017. The twelve teams in the RFU Championship also compete in the British and Irish Cup, along with clubs from Ireland and Wales. Some matches in the RFU Championship are broadcast on Sky Sports.


2015–16 RFU Championship
Moseley are relegated into the 2016–17 National League 1 after finishing bottom of the table. After seven years of trying for promotion (five of which they actually topped the league stage including during this season), Bristol finally did it. In front of a divisional and club record crowd of 16,084, Bristol managed to gain promotion to the Aviva Premiership despite losing 32-34 to away side (and league stage runners up), Doncaster Knights, due to an emphatic first leg victory, to go up 60 - 47 on aggregate.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Structure
The Championship's structure has all the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. The play-off structure will remain the same as the previous year. The top four teams at the end of the home-and-way season qualify for the promotion play-offs which follow a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system. The winners have to meet the RFU's Minimum Standards Criteria in order to be promoted to the Premiership. There is no promotion if grounds fail to meet the criteria. There are no relegation play-offs; the bottom team is automatically relegated.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Structure
This the last year of a 2012 funding agreement with the RFU, where each club would have been given a grant of £380,000. Following claims, by Championship teams, including Plymouth Albion, that the current arrangement was not enough to sustain professional clubs, the RFU increased the annual funding to over £500,000 per club in a new agreement which will last until 2020.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Teams
Ten of the teams, listed below, played in the championship last season. Worcester Warriors were promoted to the English Premiership defeating Bristol in the 2014–15 RFU Championship play-off final and are replaced by London Welsh, following their relegation from the 2014–15 English Premiership, after finishing bottom of the table and earning only one point. Plymouth Albion were relegated from the Championship after finishing bottom in the 2014–15 RFU Championship, ending a thirteen-year spell in the second tier of English rugby. They are replaced by Ealing Trailfinders who were promoted as champions of 2014–15 National League 1, returning to the RFU Championship after relegation the previous year.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Play-offs, Semi-finals
The semi-finals follow a 1 v 4, 2 v 3 system – with the games being played over two legs and the higher placed team choosing which leg they play at home. Both Bristol and Doncaster elected to play the second leg at home and therefore visited Bedford Blues and Yorkshire Carnegie respectively in the first legs on 1 May. The grounds of three of the teams met the minimum standards required to play in the Premiership next season.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Play-offs, Semi-finals
If Doncaster Knights were promoted they would initially play their matches at the Keepmoat Stadium, the home of Doncaster Rovers while Bristol and Yorkshire Carnegie would continue to their current stadia. Bedford Blues did not apply to have their ground audited and, therefore, could not win promotion; if they had won the play-off final, the last-placed team in the Premiership (London Irish) would not have been relegated.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Play-offs, Final
The final is played over two legs – with the higher placed team deciding who plays at home in the first leg.


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
63 - 10 Bristol Rugby at home to Ealing Trailfinders on 12 February 2016


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
75 - 24 London Scottish away to Moseley on 23 April 2016


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Team
Moseley away to London Scottish on 4 September 2015Doncaster Knights away to Bedford Blues on 5 December 2015Bristol Rugby away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 28 February 2016


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Josh Bainbridge for Yorkshire Carnegie away to Bristol Rugby on 18 October 2015


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Peter Lydon for London Scottish away to Moseley on 23 April 2016


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Player
Glyn Hughes for Moseley away to London Scottish on 4 September 2015 Dougie Flockhart for Doncaster Knights away to Bedford Blues on 5 December 2015 Gavin Henson for Bristol Rugby away to Yorkshire Carnegie on 28 February 2016


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances
Bristol Rugby at home to Doncaster Knights on 25 May 2016


2015–16 RFU Championship, Season records, Attendances
Ealing Trailfinders at home to Nottingham Rugby on 28 November 2015


2015–16 RIT Tigers women's ice hockey season
The RIT Tigers represented the Rochester Institute of Technology in College Hockey America during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2015–16 RK Zamet season
The 2015–16 season was the 59th season in RK Zamet’s history. It is their 8th successive season in the Dukat Premier League, and 38nd successive top tier season.


2015–16 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Radford Highlanders men's basketball team represented Radford University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Highlanders, led by fifth year head coach Mike Jones, played their home games at the Dedmon Center and were members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 9–9 in Big South play to finish in seventh place. They lost to Presbyterian in the first round of the Big South Tournament.


2015–16 Radivoj Korać Cup
The 2016 Radivoj Korać Cup season is the 10th season of the Serbian national basketball cup tournament.


2015–16 Radivoj Korać Cup
The competition started on February 18 and concluded with the Final on February 21, 2016.


2015–16 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season
The 2015–16 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season is the tenth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2015–16 Raith Rovers F.C. season
The 2015–16 season will be Raith Rovers' seventh consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2008–09 season. Raith Rovers will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2015–16 Raith Rovers F.C. season, Summary, Management
Raith will be led by manager Ray McKinnon for the 2015–16 season for his 1st season at the club.


2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge
The 2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge was the thirteenth season of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, established by Cricket South Africa. The tournament was previously known as the MiWay T20 Challenge and the Standard Bank Pro20 Series. The tournament was played between 1 November and 12 December 2015. Titans won the tournament beating Dolphins by 3 wickets in the final.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was the 136th season of competitive football by Rangers.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Rangers played a total of 50 competitive matches during the 2015-16 season.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
In early June, Ibrox Stadium played host to the companies second EGM in just over three months. A majority of shareholders voted in favour of a board resolution to renegotiate existing retail agreements with Sports Direct and voted against the early repayment of a loan from Mike Ashley. Rangers made further appointments to the board with Stewart Robertson joining as managing director and Andrew Dickinson being promoted to financial director.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The spectre of the previous board loomed large at the beginning of the season as Police Scotland's investigation into the sale of Rangers' assets to a consortium led by Charles Green led to arrests and seven indictments. On 1 September, both Craig Whyte and Green were arrested as part of the inquiry into the "alleged fraudulent acquisition" of Rangers' assets in 2012.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Just over two weeks later indictments were served on seven accused, including Green and Whyte, David Whitehouse, Paul Clark, David Grier, who were all working for administrators Duff and Phelps at the time, Gary Withey who worked for a law firm involved in the purchase of Rangers by Whyte and Imran Ahmad, a former Rangers commercial director. Indeed, the latter indicated that he would not co-operate with the proceedings, subsequently a warrant was issued for his arrest and charges against him were temporarily stopped.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
A week later, Green took the company to the Court of Session in an attempt to force the PLC to pay his legal fees with regards to the forthcoming trial, however, the action was dismissed by Lord Doherty a few months later and an appeal to the Inner House  was also refused in March 2016. On 30 October, Rangers announced it was not appropriate to proceed with a share issue and listing on the ISDX market until the criminal proceedings being brought against Charles Green, Imran Ahmed, Craig Whyte and others was concluded.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
On 5 February 2016, prosecutors have withdrawn six of 15 charges brought against six men in the alleged Rangers fraud case which resulted in all charges against Duff and Phelps administrators David Whitehouse and Paul Clark being dropped, although prosecutors indicated there would be filing fresh charges against the pair. Charges against Green were also dropped meaning that the former chief executive of the club was not facing any.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
A few months later, in May 2016, it was announced that charges against Gary Withey and David Grier were dropped and they would not stand trial alongside former Rangers owner Craig Whyte, the only person still facing charges. In December 2020, the Lord Advocate James Wolffe admitted in court that the treatment of Whitehouse and Clark amounted to malicious prosecution, and they received a settlement of more than £20 million in compensation.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Fireworks night 2015 arrived a day early in Govan as 4 November proved to be a contentious day in the history of Rangers. The club's PLC owner, Rangers International Football Club, announced a loss of £7.5m for the year ending June 2015. This meant the company was required to find approximately £2.5m in order to cover expenses for the rest of the season. Moreover, the outcome of HMRC's appeal against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal regarding the previous owner and its use of EBT's.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The Court of Session ruled that the use of Employee Benefit Trusts broke tax rules therefore the payments were eligible for tax deductions, although an appeal to the Supreme Court was sought less than a month later and granted in March 2016. This judgement caused debate in Scottish football as many people erroneously believed the decision made by the Nimmo Smith commission not to strip Rangers of titles was based on the outcome of the tax case.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Coincidentally, the Commission's ruling was taken to an arbitration tribunal by the club's owners with RIFC PLC disputing its liability for the £250,000 fine plus £150,000 in additional costs, imposed on the company that previously owned the club. The SPFL subsequently imposed this on the new owners of the club as part of the terms of the five way agreement. However, an independent SFA tribunal ruled that RIFC PLC was liable for the fine in March 2016.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Further legal matters occurred a week later, although not directly involving Rangers, as Mike Ashley lodged a challenge to the SFA's decision to pass King as a fit and proper person by seeking a Judicial review, however, the litigation was abandoned in April 2016 after his legal team received information about King's finances which the SFA used in their fit and proper deliberations.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Ashley had also raised court proceedings against Dave King, accusing him of breaching a court injunction regarding the commercial agreements between Rangers and Sports Direct, however, the Royal Courts of Justice dismissed the motion for him to be jailed, moreover, a further accusation that King committed contempt of court was cleared. In the end, the court action against King was discontinued by Sports Direct as the company halted litigation claiming a breach of confidentiality in relation to a commercial deal, in which the Judge called "ridiculous".


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The end of November saw the PLC's Annual general meeting, however, prior to this Mike Ashley continued with his ligation against the company and successfully managed to have Resolution 11 withdrawn which would have allowed shareholders to block the voting rights of dual ownership shareholders. The AGM passed without major incident however, the Chairman Dave King announced the adoption of the Living wage for company employees and the repayment of a £5m loan from Ashley's Sports Direct. Although on 11 December, it was reported that the company had not repaid the £5m loan despite earlier claims to the contrary.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
That same day it was reported that former Rangers player Arnold Peralta had been shot dead in his hometown of La Ceiba, Honduras. On Christmas Eve Rangers announced that the loan had been repaid to Ashley in full and it was later revealed, on Ne'erday, that Rangers had borrowed £6.5m from King an others in order to do this. On 4 February, it was announced by the Rangers board that they had given Sports Direct formal notice that they wish to end their retail deal for club merchandise. On 18 May, Rangers indicated its intention to end the joint venture with Sports Direct for selling club kits and merchandise, this included the withdrawal of the rights to use club trademarks.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
On the football front, Rangers appointed its fourteenth permanent manager on 15 June in the shape of Mark Warburton, who agreed a three-year contract. Warburton was joined at the club by former Rangers centre-back David Weir who became his assistant manager. The start to the season saw Rangers embark on a run of eleven straight victories in all competitions. This helped Warburton overtake former Rangers manager Bill Struth’s record of eight consecutive wins by a manager at the beginning of there Ibrox career.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Ultimately, this would could not continue, the series of victories came to an abrupt halt in mid-September as the club suffered a 3-1 defeat to St Johnstone in the League Cup. Despite this, Rangers league form continued to impress with the team continuing a winning steak for the first eleven games of the season which gave the club an eight-point lead, over second place Hibernian, at the top of the table by late October.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
However, the side was to go through a poor run of form thereafter collecting eight points from a possible eighteen over the next six league games including two defeats to Hibernian and Falkirk respectively. This left Rangers tied with the Edinburgh club on forty-one points ahead of crucial match between the two during the festive period. Rangers played Hibernian on 28 December at Ibrox, beating Alan Stubbs' side 4-2 then embarked on an unbeaten run of ten matches, winning nine with only Alloa Athletic managing to get a draw.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
Alongside this rich vain of form, second placed Hibernian suffered a run of three defeats within a week to see them trail Rangers at the top of the table by fourteen points as the season entered March. The league crown was secured on 5 April at Ibrox and formed the first part of a brace of trophies within a week. The team qualified for its second Challenge Cup final in the space of three years with the match being played at Hampden Park for the first time in the competition's history.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The match was played in front of a near sell out as Rangers ran out 4-0 winners over Scottish League One side Peterhead on 10 April. Similarly, in Scottish Cup, the club reached its second semi-final in three seasons, setting up the first Old Firm derby in over a year. A highly anticipated match ended with both sides tied after full and extra time with Rangers winning the penalty shoot-out to progress to the final.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The semi-final heroics were ultimately for nothing as Rangers lost the 2016 Scottish Cup Final to Hibernian with the Edinburgh club scoring an injury time winner. However, their victory was marred by a pitch invasion by Hibernian fans at the full-time whistle. The SFA has said it is "appalled" by scenes of disorder and set-up a commission to review operational failings apparent from the day. Police Scotland also undertook investigations into the matter which included several assaults on Rangers players and staff.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Overview
The football departments scouting network was overhauled with the appointment of Frank McParland as the Head of Recruitment. On 18 December, Rangers announced a coaching and development partnership with Scottish Lowland League club Gala Fairydean Rovers which effectively saw the Galashiels side act as a feeder to Rangers. On 6 January, Rangers began preparation for life in the Scottish Premiership by signing Accrington Stanley duo Josh Windass and Matt Crooks on pre-contract agreements. However, further success in the transfer market was not automatically forthcoming with bids being rejected in January for Toumani Diagouraga and Michael O'Halloran by Brentford and St. Johnstone respectively, however, a deal for the latter was eventually agreed after prolonged negotiations.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Players, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 21 May 2016Source: Wikipedia articlesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Championship
Last updated: 1 May 2016Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Scottish Cup
Last updated: 21 May 2016Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, League Cup
Last updated: 6 September 2015Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Challenge Cup
Last updated: 10 April 2016Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2015–16 Rangers F.C. season, Matches, Friendlies
Last updated: 6 July 2015Source: Wikipedia article1Rangers goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Rangers.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2015–16 Ranji Trophy
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy was the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It was contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each. The top three teams from Groups A and B advanced to the quarterfinals along with the top two teams from Group C. For this season the schedule splits into two stages,  the first is a league stage and the second being a  knock-out stage. The league stage starts on  1 October 2015 and ends on 4 December 2015 and the knock-out stage starts on 3 February 2016 and ends on 28 February 2016. The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy will be followed by the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Deodhar Trophy.


2015–16 Ranji Trophy
The final was contested by Saurashtra and Mumbai, a repeat of the 2012–13 final. Mumbai won the match by an innings and 21 runs to claim their 41st title.


2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group A
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.


2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group B
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.


2015–16 Ranji Trophy Group C
The 2015–16 Ranji Trophy is the 82nd season of the Ranji Trophy, the premier first-class cricket tournament in India. It is being contested by 27 teams divided into three groups of nine teams each.


2015–16 Ravan Baku FK season
The Ravan Baku FK 2015-16 season was Ravan's's first season back in the Azerbaijan Premier League, following their relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season, and seventh in their history. It was their first season with Emin Quliyev as manager, during which they participated in the Azerbaijan Cup as well as the League.


2015–16 Ravan Baku FK season, Season Events
On 17 October, Emin Quliyev resigned as manager and was replaced with Bahman Hasanov.


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


2015–16 Ravan Baku FK 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 Ravan Baku FK 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 Ravan Baku FK 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 Ravan Baku FK 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 Rayo Vallecano season
The 2015–16 season is the 91st season in Rayo’s history and the 17th in the top-tier.


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


2015–16 Rayo Vallecano season, Current 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 Reading F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Reading's 145th year in existence and third consecutive season in the Championship, and covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Reading finished the season 17th in the Championship, whilst also reaching the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup and the Third Round of the League Cup.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season
Following the conclusion of the 2014–15 season, Reading announced that their preseason would include a tour of Thailand and Malaysia, beginning 5 July. Reading then announced, on 26 May 2015, that they would play a pre-season friendly against Bristol Rovers on 21 July 2015, and a day later announced a friendly match against Crawley Town would take place on 27 July. On 29 May 2015, Reading announced they will face Swansea City at Adams Park on 24 July 2015. On 1 June, Michael Hector signed a new three-year contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2018. On 3 June, the club announced six pre-season friendlies for the under-21 squad. On 16 June 2015, the first round draw for the Football League Cup was made, with Reading being drawn away against Colchester United. The next day, 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season
On 22 June 2015, Reading announced a new sponsorship deal with Thai energy drink company Carabao Dang for their home shirt during the 2015–16 season, and three days later Reading added Dave Beasant, Steven Reid, Jonathan Urwin and Stewart Bannister to the backroom staff. Youngster Tarique Fosu signed a new two-year contract with the club on 26 June. On 29 June, Thai Airways were announced as the club's away shirt sponsors for the 2015–16 season.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season
On 30 July, Jordan Obita signed a contract extension with the club until 2018.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
Following the conclusion of the 2014–15 season, Reading announced that they would not be renewing the contracts of Daniel Lincoln, Jonathan Henly, Aleksandar Gogic, Zat Knight, Jure Travner, George McLennan, Danny Guthrie, Ryan Edwards and Yakubu. The announcement also stated that Mikkel Andersen also wouldn't be offered a new deal at the time, whilst Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Stephen Kelly and Jem Karacan had all been offered new contracts. On 27 May 2015, it was confirmed that Adam Federici had rejected the clubs offer and signed a three-year contract with A.F.C. Bournemouth.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
12 days later, on 8 June 2015, Derby County announced that they had signed Alex Pearce on a three-year contract, ending his 14-year stay with Reading. On 25 June 2015, Mikkel Andersen returned to Denmark, signing for FC Midtjylland. On 8 July, Galatasaray confirmed the signing of Jem Karacan on a free transfer, following the expiration of his Reading contract at the end of the previous season. Jure Travner re-signed for NK Celje on 15 July, whilst Danny Guthrie joined Blackburn Rovers on 5 August 2015.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 29 June 2015, Reading confirmed the signing of Orlando Sá on a three-year deal from Legia Warsaw, with Stephen Quinn signing a three-year deal the following day from Hull City. Paul McShane followed Quinn in signing for Reading from Hull City on the 2 July, penning a three-year deal. Youngster Jake Sheppard signed his first professional contract with Reading on 3 July, keeping him at the club until 2017. Goalkeeper Jonathan Bond joined Reading on 4 July, for a reported £250,000 from Watford, signing a three-year deal.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 14 July, Reading confirmed the Ali Al-Habsi had joined on a two-year contract, whilst youngster Niall Keown had signed a new three-year contract. On 15 July, Lisandro Semedo was signed from Sporting CP, whilst Rowan Liburd joined from Isthmian League side Billericay Town, on a two-year contract, on 22 July. On 29 July 2015, Kuhl joined RCD Mallorca on trial with a view to a season-long loan deal with the Spanish Segunda División side. Sultan Al Harthy from Arsenal Soccer School Oman joined the club on trial at the end of July.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
Defender Andrew Taylor joined Reading on a season-long loan from Wigan Athletic on 5 August, with Craig Tanner moving to Plymouth Argyle on loan to Plymouth Argyle on the same day until January 2016. Young keeper joined Chesham United on a Four-Month loan deal two days later, before midfielder Jake Taylor left on a season-long loan to Motherwell, and Hope Akpan joined Blackburn Rovers on a permanent deal on 11 August. The following day Reading announced the signing of Paolo Hurtado on a three-year contract from Paços de Ferreira. On 18 August, midfielder Álex Fernández joined the club on a season-long loan deal from RCD Espanyol.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On 20 August 2015, Robert Dickie joined Cheltenham Town on a one-month loan deal, with Pavel Pogrebnyak moving back to Russia on 27 August 2015, signing for Dynamo Moscow. On 31 August, Lasha Dvali signed for MSV Duisburg on a free transfer, with Lucas Piazon signing a season-long loan deal from Chelsea on the same day.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, Pre-season, Transfers
On transfer deadline day, Reading sold defender Michael Hector to Chelsea, before loaning him back for the remainder of the season, loaned out Aaron Kuhl to Dundee United until 4 January 2016, and signed Matěj Vydra and Ola John join the club on season-long loan deal from Watford and Benfica respectively.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
Reading started the 2015–16 season with a 2–1 defeat to Birmingham City, away at St Andrew's, on 8 August. Birmingham went 2–0 up through goals from David Cotterill and Jon Toral either side of half-time, before Nick Blackman just before the hour mark and Orlando Sá had a 98th-minute penalty saved. Three days later, Reading defeated Colchester United 1–0, after extra time, in the League Cup with the goal coming from Chris Gunter. On 16 August, Reading hosted Leeds United in a scoreless draw, before visiting Sheffield Wednesday three days later in a game that finished 1–1.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, August
Danny Williams scored Reading's goal in the 49th minute before Modou Sougou scored a 90th-minute equaliser. Reading played out their third draw of the season on 22 August, a 0–0 home game against MK Dons before a midweek Second Round League Cup victory over Portsmouth on 25 August. Portsmouth took the lead in the 40th minute through Conor Chaplin, before second half goals from Nick Blackman and Garath McCleary gave Reading the victory. Reading ended August with a 3–1 victory away to Brentford on 29 August, with the goals coming from Sá, a double from Nick Blackman, and Lasse Vibe scoring for Brentford.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
On 9 September, Aaron Tshibola signed a new contract with the club, keeping him at Reading until the summer of 2019. On 11 September, youngster Harry Cardwell joined Woking F.C. on loan until the end of October. The same day, Reading hosted Ipswich Town, with a final score of 5–1. Sá scored a hat-trick, with a strike by Blackman and a 25-yard goal from Norwood in the 87th minute adding to the score. Four days later, on 15 September, Reading lost 1–0 to Derby County.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
Tom Ince scored the winner for Derby in the 69th minute after Sá received a red card for an off-the-ball incident during first-half stoppage time. On 18 September, Dominic Samuel signed a new contract with the club on a deal until the summer of 2018. The following day, Bristol City hosted Reading, who produced a 0–2 win from early goals from Blackman and McCleary. On 22 September, Reading hosted Everton in the third round of the League Cup.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, September
Despite a first-half goal by Blackman, second-half goals from a corner and a free kick gave Everton a 1–2 win and thus knocking Reading out of the competition. On 23 September, Robert Dickie extended his loan at Cheltenham Town for another month. Reading's last match of the month was on 26 September away to Burnley, where goals from Blackman and Lucas Piazon in the first 10 minutes saw Reading through to a 1–2 win and move to 3rd place in the league.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
On 3 October Reading hosted second-place Middlesbrough at the Madejski Stadium. Within 15 seconds of kick-off, Hal Robson-Kanu crossed the ball to Danny Williams who headed the ball in, scoring Reading's third-fastest goal. Blackman added to Reading's lead in the 88th minute with a penalty. On 8 October, manager Steve Clarke and forward Nick Blackman were nominated for September's "Manager of the Month" and "Player of the Month" awards respectively, whilst later the same day defender Jake Cooper extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2018.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
On 9 October, Reading played a behind-closed-doors friendly against West Ham United at the Boleyn Ground. The teams were level 2–2 at half-time thanks to goals from Piazon, a Blackman penalty and two from Mauro Zárate. After the break, Tshibola put Reading ahead before a West Ham own goal extended the lead. Andy Carroll pulled one back for West Ham, with the final score 3–4. Later on in the same day, Simon Cox joined Bristol City until the beginning of January 2016.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Harry Cardwell returned to the club on 12 October, whilst Noor Husin joined Hemel Hempstead Town. On 16 October, youngster Sean Long joined League Two side Luton Town on an initial one-month loan deal, whilst fellow U21 defender Rob Dickie extended his loan at Cheltenham Town for another month.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Following the mid-October International break for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, Reading hosted Charlton Athletic on 17 October. A 76th-minute header by Blackman was the only goal of the game, giving Reading three points and moving the club up to second place in the league. On 19 October, academy graduate Jack Stacey signed a new contract with Reading, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2019. On 20 October, Reading played away to Rotherham United, where they drew 1–1 following Blackman's 25-yard strike in the 26th minute. Reading's five-match unbeaten run in the league ended on 24 October away to Fulham. Despite Reading's two goals from Piazon and Sa before half-time, Fulham equalised within the first 10 minutes of the second half, later adding to their score to defeat Reading 4–2.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, October
Reading's final match of the month was against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Madejski Stadium on 31 October. Top-of-the-league Brighton gained the lead shortly after half-time, before Matěj Vydra scored his first Reading goal to equalise. Reading ended the month one place below the playoff positions in 7th.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Reading's first match of November was hosting Huddersfield Town on 4 November. Despite Reading conceding in the second minute, Norwood scored a free kick in the 15th minute to level the score. A second Huddersfield goal took the score to 1–2 by half time; Reading substitute Ola John equalised in the 84th minute to gain the club a point for the 2–2 draw and remain 7th in the league. On 7 November Reading lost 2–0 away to Cardiff City, and consequently dropped to 8th in the league.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
On 9 November it was reported that Colorado Rapids midfielder, Dillon Powers, had joined the club on a two-week trial. The following day it was announced that Kevin Foley was also training with the squad with the view to signing a short-term contract with the club. On 11 November, Tarique Fosu moved to League One side Fleetwood Town on loan until 2 January 2016, with Dominic Samuel joining Gillingham F.C. on loan until 10 December two days later.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
On 18 November, manager Steve Clarke was linked with the vacant Fulham manager's job. The following day it was announced that Clarke would stay as manager of Reading. On 21 November, Reading defeated Bolton Wanderers at 2–1 at home, with Piazon and Williams supplying Reading's goals. On 23 November, Jack Stacey joined Barnet F.C. on a short-term loan deal. Three days later, on 26 November, Andrija Novakovich joined Cheltenham Town on loan until 2 January 2016, whilst Dominic Hyam joined Basingstoke Town until the same date.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, November
Reading's last game of the month was on 28 November away to Nottingham Forest. Despite an early goal by Vydra, Reading lost 3–1 and dropped to 9th in the table; though just one point from the play-off positions.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
On 3 December Reading suffered a 1–0 home defeat to Queens Park Rangers, dropping to 11th but remaining within one win of the play-offs. The following morning, 4 December, Steve Clarke was sacked as manager of the club, with Under-21 manager Martin Kuhl taking over in an interim role. On 7 December, Reading were drawn away to Huddersfield Town in the Third Round of the FA Cup. On 9 December, Samuel had his loan spell with Gillingham extended until 2 January 2016.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
On 10 December, Rob Dickie extended his loan with Cheltenham Town until the end of January, with Aaron Kuhl returning early from his loan spell with Dundee United on 14 December.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
Martin Kuhl's first game in charge of Reading was a loss away to Preston North End on 12 December. Shortly after half-time, Reading conceded a penalty which gave Preston the only goal of the match. Also on the 12th, youngster George Legg was recalled from his loan spell with Chesham United. Kuhl's second (and final) match managing Reading was a second away loss, when Reading were beaten 2–1 at Hull on 16 December. Blackman gave Reading the lead in the first half, but two second-half home goals (including a 90th-minute winner) made Reading slip to the bottom half of the league.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
On 17 December, and after weeks of speculation, Brian McDermott returned to the club as their new manager. His first match was against Blackburn Rovers on 20 December, where Williams's 11th-minute volley gave Reading the lead and provided the match's only goal. On 24 December, Under-21 goalkeeper, George Legg, how had spent the first half of the season on loan at Chesham United joined Hampton & Richmond Borough on an initial 28-day youth loan.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, December
McDermott's next two games were losses; the first was a 1–0 away defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on 26 December, and the second a 2–1 home loss to Brentford on 28 December (during which Hector received a second yellow card for diving). A behind-closed-doors friendly at Hogwood Park on 30 December saw Reading beat QPR 4–2 in their final match of the year.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
Reading hosted Bristol City on 2 January in their first game of the year. Reading won the match 1–0 from a 91st-minute goal by Blackman. Following the match, Bristol City confirmed that Simon Cox had returned to Reading following his loan spell at the club. On 9 January, Reading earned a third-round replay in the FA Cup following a 2–2 draw away to Huddersfield. Despite leading 1–2 in the 90th minute, Norwood conceded a penalty that Huddersfield converted to force the replay. On 12 January, Reading gained a 1–1 away draw at Derby which kept them 12th in the league.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January
Reading's first defeat of the year was a 1–0 away loss to MK Dons on 16 January. Three days later, on 19 January, Reading hosted the replay of the FA Cup Third Round match against Huddersfield. After gaining a 0–2 lead by the 15th minute, Huddersfield lost Jonathan Hogg to a straight red card in the 27th minute. Piazon scored directly from the resultant free kick, before Vydra scored a hat-trick. A 93rd-minute goal by Férnandez saw Reading through to the fourth round with a 5–2 win. On 23 January, Reading played Sheffield Wednesday at home, drawing 1–1. The final match of the month was hosting Walsall in the fourth round of the FA Cup. Goals from Robson-Kanu and Williams, as well as two from Vydra, saw Reading progress into the fifth round with a 4–0 win.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
On 5 January, Dominic Samuel extended his loan stay at Gillingham until 28 January. The next day, 6 January, Nick Blackman moved to Derby County for an undisclosed fee, and Craig Tanner extended his loan deal at Plymouth Argyle until the end of the season.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
On 19 January, Reading signed George Evans from Manchester City, with Yann Kermorgant signing an 18-month contract from Bournemouth the following day. The following week, on 25 January, Jake Taylor's loan with Motherwell was cancelled, going on to join Exeter City permanently later the same day. The following day Orlando Sá left the club, joining Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv, and on 28 January, Deniss Rakels moved to Reading from Polish side KS Cracovia, whilst Paolo Hurtado moved to Vitória on loan for the remainder of the season. On 1 February, transfer deadline day, Scotland U21 international Dominic Hyam moved to Dagenham & Redbridge on loan until 5 March, and Dominic Samuel extended his stay at Gillingham until the end of the season.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
In early January, Bosnian U-17 international Seid Behram, who had been with the academy for a few months, signed permanently for the club from Željezničar, whilst Andrija Novakovich, Tariqe Fosu, Sean Long, Rob Dickie, Dominic Hyam, Lewis Collins, Bogdan Vaštšuk, Jake Sheppard, Noor Husin and Zak Jules all returned from their respective loan spells.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, January, Transfers
Reading took former Real Betis midfielder Javier Matilla on trial during the later half of January.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
On 2 February Reading played away at Ipswich Town. After Reading conceded midway through the second half, McCleary scored a 69th-minute penalty before Ipswich took the lead in the 89th minute. Reading's 2–1 loss resulted in them dropping to 16th in the league. Reading saw Wolverhampton Wanderers to an eventless 0–0 draw at the Madejski Stadium on 6 February. Reading gained a further 0–0 draw on 13 February, hosting Burnley. On 18 February, Gunter signed a new two-year contract, keeping him at Reading until the summer of 2018.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
Reading's fifth-round FA Cup match against West Bromwich Albion took place on 20 February. Despite conceding after the half-time break, goals from McShane, Hector and Piazon gave a 3–1 victory and secured Reading's place in the quarter finals for the second year running. Reading saw their first league win in over seven weeks with a 1–0 home victory against Rotherham United on 23 February. This was followed four days later with a 3–4 away win at Charlton Athletic, which saw both Kermorgant and Rakels score their first goals for Reading.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, February
On 12 February, Liam Kelly joined Bath City on loan for a month, whilst Jake Sheppard joined Eastbourne Borough. On 27 February, goalkeeper Stuart Moore joined Peterborough United on a 28-day emergency loan.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 4 March, Rowan Liburd joined Wycombe Wanderers F.C. on a one-month loan deal. On 7 March, it was announced that Polish midfielder Aleksander Jagiełło had joined the club on trial.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
Huddersfield Town hosted Reading on 8 March, where a 3–1 home victory saw Reading drop three league places to 14th. Reading's FA Cup quarter final match against Crystal Palace took place on 11 March at the Madejski Stadium. After a goalless draw for 85 minutes, Reading conceded a penalty that also saw Cooper receive his second yellow card of the game. Despite Al Habsi's touch to the ball, Yohan Cabaye's spot kick gave Crystal Palace the lead before Fraizer Campbell increased the score to 2–0, knocking Reading out of the competition.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
Youngster Liam Kelly also extended his loan deal with Bath City for an additional month. A second consecutive league defeat occurred away to promotion hopefuls Brighton and Hove Albion on 15 March, with Reading subsequently placed 15th in the division. On the same day, young defender Sean Long joined Braintree Town on loan until the end of the season. The club's run of league defeats ended on 19 March with a 1–1 home draw against Cardiff City. The result saw them drop to 17th in the league, 8 points above of the relegation zone.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, March
On 23 March, youngster Robert Dickie returned to Cheltenham Town on loan for the remainder of the season, with Jack Stacey and Tarique Fosu moving on loan to Carlisle United and Accrington Stanley for the remainder of the season the following day. Also on the 24th, Harry Cardwell joined Braintree Town, Hammed Lawal joined Bishop's Stortford and Lewis Ward joined Sutton United.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
Reading's first game of the month was away to Bolton Wanderers on 2 April. In the 90th minute, Ola John made a 30-yard (27 m) strike to secure Reading three points. Reading had a second consecutive win on 5 April, hosting Nottingham Forest. Although trailing 0–1 at half-time, goals from Vydra and Norwood provided a 2–1 win. Reading's three-match winning streak came to an end on 9 April with a 0–2 home defeat to Birmingham City, in a game that was described as "disappointing".


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
This was followed by a 2–1 away defeat to Middlesbrough on 12 April, during which an on-pitch incident between McShane and Williams resulted them both receiving a three-match ban from the FA for violent conduct. A further away loss came at Leeds on 16 April, with Reading subsequently placed 15th in the league. Reading had a fourth consecutive defeat when they lost 1–2 to Hull City on 19 April, although a 1–1 away draw at Queens Park Rangers on 23 April ended the losing form.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
Reading's last game of the month, and last home game of the season, was a 1–2 defeat to Preston North End.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, April
On 28 April it was announced that Hector and Piazon had returned to Chelsea after their loans were curtailed by a week.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May
On 2 May, Turkish U20 international midfielder, Anil Capkin, joined the club on a week long trial with a view to a summer move. The following day, 3 May 2016, Jack Stacey was recalled from his loan with Carlisle United a week early. On 5 May, young defender Tennai Watson signed a new two-year contract with the club, keeping him at Reading until the summer of 2018. On 5 May, under-21 keeper Lewis Ward joined Icelandic Úrvalsdeild side Fylkir on loan until 26 June 2016.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May
On 9 May, it was confirmed that Reading would not be renewing the contracts of Anton Ferdinand, Hal Robson-Kanu, Simon Cox, Nana Owusu, Pierce Sweeney, Lewis Collins, Noor Husin, Hammad Lawal, Samúel Friðjónsson, Conor Shaughnessy and Bogdan Vaštšuk. It was also confirmed that Dominic Hyam, Robert Dickie, Shane Griffin, Sean Long, Aaron Kuhl, Liam Kelly, Zak Jules, George Legg had all been offered new contacts, alongside Under-18 players Omar Richards, Harrison Bennett, Ryan East, Sam Smith, Luke Southwood, Billy Collings and Joe Tupper.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Season review, May
On 25 May, Reading announced the signing of Danzell Gravenberch for the upcoming 2016–17 season, whilst it was also revealed that Bosnia youth-team member Seid Behram had left the club after only Five-months, joining Lille, and First Team Coach Chris Davies was leaving to be Brendan Rodgers Assistant Manager at Celtic on 1 June. On 27 May, manager Brian McDermott was fired. Jaap Stam was announced as McDermott's replacement on 13 June 2016.


2015–16 Reading F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
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2015–16 Real Betis season
The 2015–16 Real Betis season was the club's 107th season in its history. It spent the season participating in La Liga, the top-flight of Spanish football, after playing one season in the Segunda División in 2014–15.


2015–16 Real Betis season, Players, Current squad
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2015–16 Real Betis season, Players, Out on loan
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2015–16 Real Madrid Baloncesto season
The 2015–16 season was Real Madrid's 85th in existence and the club's 33rd consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball. Madrid was involved in five competitions after completing the triple crown during the last season.


2015–16 Real Madrid Baloncesto season, Players, Depth chart
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season
The 2015–16 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 112th season in existence and the club's 85th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season
The season was the first since 1998–99 without Iker Casillas, who departed to FC Porto.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, Pre-season
"La Décima" winning coach Carlo Ancelotti was sacked on 25 May 2015, after failing to guide the club to a major trophy the previous season. He was then replaced by Rafael Benítez on 3 June 2015.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, Pre-season
Brazilian duo Casemiro and Danilo were bought from Porto for a fee of €7.5 million and €31.5 million respectively. Both signed long-term deals with the club, with Casemiro returning after Real Madrid exercised their buy-back clause option on the player. Spanish wingers Marco Asensio and Lucas Vázquez also joined the club, while Sami Khedira signed for Juventus after his contract was not renewed by the club. Javier Hernández soon departed back to Manchester United after Madrid did not make his season-long loan from the last campaign permanent.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, Pre-season
The contracts of Dani Carvajal, Marcelo and Sergio Ramos were renewed for another six years and were set to expire in the summer of 2020. Pepe extended his contract until 2017. Casemiro's contract was extended to 2021.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, Pre-season
Iker Casillas left the club on 11 July 2015 and was transferred to Porto after 15 years with Los Blancos. Kiko Casilla was signed as the replacement on 17 July 2015.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, Pre-season
The schedule of the season was announced on 14 July 2015.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, Pre-season
On 18 August 2015, Mateo Kovačić was signed from Internazionale, while Marco Asensio was loaned to Espanyol.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, August
Madrid started off their 2015–16 campaign with a goalless draw at Sporting de Gijón.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, August
Asier Illarramendi was sold to Real Sociedad on 26 August 2015, while Fábio Coentrão was loaned to Monaco and Lucas Silva to Marseille.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, August
Madrid thrashed Real Betis in their home opener by a score of 5–0 after braces from Gareth Bale and James Rodríguez and a goal from Karim Benzema.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, September
Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals and had an assist for Benzema in a 6–0 away win at Espanyol. With the five goals, Ronaldo set his Spanish league goal tally to 230 goals in 203 games, surpassing Raúl's record of 228 goals in 550 games for Real Madrid in La Liga, becoming the all-time top scorer for Real Madrid in the Spanish league.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, September
Real started the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League season with a 4–0 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Benzema scored the opener and Ronaldo had yet another hat trick just four days after his last.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, September
A lone goal by Benzema lifted Madrid over Granada to maintain their winning streak.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, September
Benzema scored another brace to help Real record another victory at Athletic Bilbao.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, October
Real visited Atlético Madrid in the first Madrid Derby of the season. Benzema gave Real the lead, but the game ended eventually in a 1–1 draw.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, October
Ronaldo became the all-time top goalscorer for Real Madrid with a goal in a 3–0 victory over Levante. Marcelo and Jesé scored the other goals.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, October
Madrid faced Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League and came away with a goalless draw, which helped Madrid to stay unbeaten in the group stage for three years.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, October
In the top match of the ninth round, against Celta de Vigo, Madrid came away with a 3–1 victory, thanks to goals from Ronaldo, Marcelo and Danilo with his first goal as a Real player.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, October
Goals from Isco, Ronaldo and Jesé wrapped the month of October up in a 3–1 home win over Las Palmas.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, November
The new month started with a narrow 1–0 victory against Paris Saint-Germain, which saw Madrid going through the Round of 16 in the Champions League. The lone goal was scored by Nacho.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, November
Goals from Sergio Ramos and James Rodríguez were not enough to get by Sevilla, as Real lost the game 2–3 and the lead position of the table.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, November
After the international break, Real hosted arch-rivals Barcelona and suffered a humiliating 0–4 loss, their heaviest home defeat in El Clásico since 2009.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, November
Madrid secured the top spot of the Champions League group by defeating Shakhtar Donetsk 4–3 after a brace from Ronaldo and goals from Luka Modrić and Dani Carvajal.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, November
Goals from Bale and Ronaldo snapped a two-game losing streak in the league with a 2–0 victory over Eibar.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, December
Madrid started the cup season in style with a 3–1 victory over Cádiz by a brace from Isco and a goal from Denis Cheryshev. The match was controversial, however, as Cheryshev was suspended from the previous season (when he was representing a different team) but played the game nonetheless due to an accounting mistake by Madrid officials. Therefore, Madrid was disqualified from the 2015–16 Copa del Rey two days later by the competition judge.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, December
A brace from Benzema and goals from Bale and Ronaldo gave Madrid the edge to win 4–1 over Getafe.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, December
Four goals from Ronaldo, a hat-trick from Benzema and a goal from Mateo Kovačić wrapped up the group stage of the Champions League with an 8–0 thrashing of Malmö FF.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, December
Madrid had a rough awakening back in La Liga when they lost 0–1 at Villarreal.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, December
A 10–2 victory over Rayo Vallecano helped Madrid to secure their third spot with four goals from Bale, a hat-trick from Benzema, a Ronaldo-brace and a goal from Danilo.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, December
Two goals from Ronaldo and a goal from Lucas Vázquez secured a 3–1 victory against Real Sociedad to end the year.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, January
The new year started with a 2–2 draw at Valencia, with goals from Benzema and Bale.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, January
On 4 January 2016, it was announced that Benítez was sacked and replaced by Zinedine Zidane.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, January
The Zidane era was opened with a 5–0 win over Deportivo de La Coruña thanks to a hat trick by Bale and a brace from Benzema.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, January
Gijón was defeated 5–1 with a brace from Ronaldo and Benzema plus a Bale goal.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, January
A goal from Benzema saved a 1–1 draw against Betis.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, January
In a 6–0 victory over Espanyol, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, while Rodríguez and Benzema scored another goal alongside an own goal.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, February
Cheryshev was loaned out to Valencia on 1 February 2016.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, February
A late goal from Modrić saved the 2–1 win against Granada, after Benzema opened the scoring.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, February
Goals from Rodríguez, Toni Kroos and a brace from Ronaldo gave Madrid a 4–2 victory over Bilbao.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, February
Against Roma in the Champions League round of 16, Ronaldo and Jesé helped Zidane to get off to a good start in Europe with a 2–0 win.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, February
Madrid managed to get a 1–1 draw at Málaga with the goal being scored by Ronaldo.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, February
The home match against Atlético Madrid was lost 0–1 and the gap to the first place blew to 12 points.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, March
The new month was opened with a 3–1 victory at Levante with goals from Ronaldo, Isco and an own goal.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, March
Four goals from Ronaldo and goals by Pepe, Bale and Jesé secured Madrid a 7–1 win over Celta Vigo.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, March
A goal from Ronaldo and Rodríguez secured a 2–0 win over Roma (aggregate 4–0) in the round of 16 of the Champions League.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, March
Casemiro saved Madrid the three points per a late goal, after Ramos put them upfront in a 2–1 victory over Las Palmas.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, March
Goals from Benzema, Ronaldo, Bale and Jesé secured the "all whites" a 4–0 win over Sevilla.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
El Clásico was won 2–1 away from home by goals from Benzema and Ronaldo.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
The first leg of the quarter-finals at the Champions League was lost 0–2 away from home to VfL Wolfsburg.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
Against Eibar, Madrid was able to get a 4–0 victory with goals from Rodríguez, Vázquez, Ronaldo and Jesé.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
Madrid was able to come back against Wolfsburg with a 3–0 home victory and a 3–2 win on aggregate to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League. Ronaldo scored a hat-trick.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
Benzema, Isco, Bale, Rodríguez and Ronaldo gave Madrid a 5–1 victory over Getafe.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
Goals from Benzema, Vázquez and Modrić secured Madrid three points with a 3–0 win over Villarreal.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
A brace from Bale and a goal from Vázquez gave Madrid a comeback win against Rayo Vallecano after being down 0–2.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals against Manchester City ended in a goalless draw.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, April
A Bale header gave Madrid the late 1–0 win at Real Sociedad.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, May
Fernando scored an own goal as Real Madrid progressed into the finals by beating Manchester City, setting up a clash with neighbours Atlético Madrid for the second time in three years.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, May
A brace from Ronaldo and a goal from Benzema secured a narrow 3–2 win over Valencia. With this win, Real moved up to second place in the league with a chance at the title.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, May
Madrid won 2–0 at Deportivo at the last matchday of the league. With that win, Madrid finished second, a point behind league champions Barcelona.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Season overview, May
On 28 May 2016, Real Madrid's 11th Champions League title was won after a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory over Atlético Madrid after a 1–1 draw with Ramos giving Real Madrid an early lead.


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Players who left the club during the season yet had made at least one appearance in competitive matches are in italics


2015–16 Real Madrid CF season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: 28 May 2016Source: MatchesOnly 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 Real Oviedo season
The 2015–16 season is the 33rd season in Segunda División played by Real Oviedo, a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. The team was promoted last season by winning Segunda División B


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


2015–16 Real Sociedad season
The 2015–16 season was Real Sociedad's 69th season in La Liga.


2015–16 Real Sociedad season, Season summary
On 29 June, it was announced that Mediapro had been ordered by the Supreme Court of Spain to pay Real Sociedad €10 million. The Supreme Court considered that the broadcasting company had committed serious, repeated infringements in breach of their contractual agreement with Real Sociedad.


2015–16 Real Sociedad season, Season summary
On 9 November, it was announced that David Moyes' contract had been rescinded following a poor start to the season. The same day, the club announced the appointment of Eusebio Sacristán as his replacement.


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


2015–16 Real Zaragoza season
The 2015–16 season is the 84th season in Real Zaragoza ’s history and the 19th in the second-tier of Spanish football.


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


2015–16 Red Star Belgrade season
This article shows all results & fixtures (official) that the club have played (and will play) during the 2015–16 season. In season 2015–16 Red Star will be competing in Serbian SuperLiga, Serbian Cup and  2015-16 UEFA Europa League.


2015–16 Red Star Belgrade season, Competitions, Serbian Cup
Red Star will participate in the 10th Serbian Cup starting in First Round.


2015–16 Red Star Belgrade season, Competitions, Serbian SuperLiga
The 2015–16 season is Red Star's 10th season in Serbian SuperLiga.


2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition
The 2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition was the 50th edition of the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The competition ran from 6 November 2015 to 18 March 2016.


2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition
Six teams contested the tournament – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. Guyana were undefeated, winning eight of their ten matches and drawing the other two, and consequently won their eighth title (and second in a row). Jamaica's Nikita Miller was the leading wicket-taker, while Guyana's captain Leon Johnson led the competition in runs.


2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.


2015–16 Regional Four Day Competition, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2015–16 Regional Super50
The 2015–16 NAGICO Super50 was the 42nd edition of the Regional Super50, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament was co-hosted by Saint Kitts and Trinidad and Tobago, with the final held at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain.


2015–16 Regional Super50
Eight teams participated in the competition – the six regular teams of West Indian domestic cricket (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands), plus two development teams (Combined Campuses and Colleges and ICC Americas). The ICC Americas team, featuring players from countries outside the scope of the WICB, was competing for the first time. Trinidad and Tobago eventually defeated Barbados in the final, winning their twelfth domestic one-day title.


2015–16 Regional Super50
On 22 January, umpire Jacqueline Williams stood in the match between Trinidad & Tobago and ICC Americas, becoming the first female umpire to stand in the domestic 50-over competition in the West Indies.


2015–16 Regional Super50, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.


2015–16 Regional Super50, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2015–16 Regionalliga
The 2015–16 Regionalliga was the eighth season of the Regionalliga, the fourth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga Nord – SV Werder Bremen II, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost – 1. FC Magdeburg, and the champions of Regionalliga Bayern – Würzburger Kickers were promoted to the 3. Liga. Borussia Dortmund II, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated from 3. Liga.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Nord
18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the fourth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga – Niedersachsenliga champions SV Drochtersen/Assel and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners VfV 06 Hildesheim, Niedersachsenliga runners-up, and TSV Schilksee, Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Nordost
18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the fourth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. 13 teams were retained from the last season and 5 teams that were promoted from the Oberliga. The league expanded to 18 teams from 16 as no other teams were relegated to Oberliga because of Union Berlin II's withdrawal and insolvency-stricken VFC Plauen's administrative relegation. FSV Optik Rathenow qualified by winning the NOFV-Oberliga Nord along with runners-up FC Schönberg 95, while RB Leipzig II also qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Süd along with runners-up FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf. FSV 63 Luckenwalde of the northern division won the promotion playoff between the third placers of the two NOFV-Oberliga divisions.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Regionalliga West
19 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the fourth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were retained from the last season. FC Wegberg-Beeck won Oberliga Mittelrhein and SSVg Velbert the Oberliga Niederrhein. TuS Erndtebrück won the Oberliga Westfalen while Rot-Weiss Ahlen qualified as runners-up. Borussia Dortmund II was relegated from 3. Liga.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Regionalliga West, Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off
As the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal (in addition to the Westphalian Cup winners). A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible (non-reserve) Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West, Sportfreunde Lotte, and the best-placed eligible team of the 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen, Sportfreunde Siegen, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Südwest
18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the fourth season of the Regionalliga Südwest. 14 teams were retained from last season and 4 teams were promoted from the Oberliga: SV Spielberg won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Saar 05 Saarbrücken the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and TSV Steinbach the Hessenliga. The second-placed teams of the other Oberligas had play-off matches which was won by Bahlinger SC.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from Bavaria competed in the fourth season of the Regionalliga Bayern. 13 teams were retained from the last season. SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated from the 3. Liga. 3 teams were promoted from the Bayernliga. Viktoria Aschaffenburg won Bayernliga Nord, TSV Rain 1896 the Bayernliga Süd, and FC Amberg won the promotion play-off.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Promotion play-offs
The draw for the 2015–16 promotion play-offs was held on 3 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 21 May 2016.


2015–16 Regionalliga, Promotion play-offs, Summary
The first legs were played on 25 May, and the second legs were played on 29 May 2016.


2015–16 Rensselaer Engineers women's ice hockey season
The Rensselaer Engineers represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Engineers had their best season since 2010.


2015–16 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Rhode Island Rams basketball team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams, led by fourth year head coach Dan Hurley, played their home games at the Ryan Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 9–9 in A-10 play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to Massachusetts.


2015–16 Rhode Island Rams men's basketball team, Previous season
The Rams finished the 2014–15 season 23–10, 13–5 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 Tournament where they lost to Dayton. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona in the first round before losing in the second round to Stanford.


2015–16 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team will represent the University of Rhode Island during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Rams, led by second year head coach Daynia La-Force. The Rams were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Ryan Center. They finished the season 12–18, 5–11 in A-10 to finish a 4 way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to Saint Louis.


2015–16 Rhode Island Rams women's basketball team, 2015–16 media
All Rams home games and most conference road games that aren't televised will be shown on the A-10 Digital Network.


2015–16 Rice Owls men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Rice Owls men's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by second year head coach Mike Rhoades, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 12–20, 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 Charlotte.


2015–16 Rice Owls men's basketball team, Previous season
The Owls finished the season 12–20, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament where they lost to Louisiana Tech.


2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team represents Rice University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by first year head coach Tina Langley, play their home games at the Tudor Fieldhouse and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–22, 7–11 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee.


2015–16 Rice Owls women's basketball team, Roster
Josh Hutchinson (Messiah College) Angie Nelp (Colorado State) Sydney Colson (Texas A&M)


2015–16 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Richmond competed as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference under 11th-year head coach Chris Mooney and played its home games at the Robins Center. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Fordham in the second round of the A-10 Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Dayton.


2015–16 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spiders finished the 2014–15 season 21–14, 12–6 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament to VCU. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated St. Francis Brooklyn in the first round and Arizona State in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Miami (FL).


2015–16 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team
The 2015–16 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team will represent the University of Richmond during the 2015–16 college basketball season. The Spiders, led by eleventh year head coach Michael Shafer. The Spiders are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the Robins Center. They finished the season 13–18, 5–11 in A-10 to finish a 4 way tie for tenth place. They advanced to the second round of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost to VCU.


2015–16 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team, 2015–16 media
All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games are also streamed on .


2015–16 Rider Broncs men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Rider Broncs men's basketball team represented Rider University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncs, led by fourth year head coach Kevin Baggett, played their home games at Alumni Gymnasium and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 13–20, 8–12 in MAAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Quinnipiac in the first round of the MAAC Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Monmouth.


2015–16 Riksserien season
The 2015–16 Riksserien season was the ninth season of the Swedish Women's Hockey League. The season began in September 2015 and ended in March 2016. It was the last season the league was known under the Riksserien name, changing to Svenska damhockeyligan (SDHL) the following year.


2015–16 Riksserien season, League business
The fee for carrying international players on team rosters was set at 3500kr per player for the season.


2015–16 Riksserien season, League business
In November 2015, two members of the far-right Sweden Democrats party proposed a motion in the Riksdag calling on the government to discuss financial support for women's hockey in Sweden.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Pre-season
For the 2015-16 season, the league expanded from eight to ten teams, with both HV71 and Djurgårdens IF joining the league. After facing financial difficulties, Munksund-Skuthamns SK merged with Luleå HF to form Luleå HF/MSSK.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Pre-season
In North America, the National Women's Hockey League was formed as the first professional women's hockey league to pay all of its players a salary. Many Swedish players chose to remain in Sweden and in Riksserien, however.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Regular season
The regular season began on the 9th of September 2015.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Regular season
A Sundsvall-Modo match in late November 2015 was marked with controversy after three Sundsvall players were forced to leave the game after suffering concussions, including Canadian forward Danielle Stone. Sundsvall head coach Lars Johansson stated that he had "never experienced anything like this."


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Regular season
25 games into the season, Djurgården forward Andrea Dalen scored two goals to lift her season total to 34, breaking Josefine Jakobsen's record for most goals scored in a single riksserien. She would finish the year with 47 goals, a record that still stands.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Regular season
In January 2016, defender Nathalie Lidman made her Riksserien debut for Luleå at the age of 14, one of the youngest players in league history to make her debut.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Regular season
After Luleå star Emma Nordin injured herself while on international duty just before the playoffs, the organised a fundraising efforts to be able to afford the transfer fee to fill her spot on the roster. The club was able to raise over 50,000kr, with Swedish men's international Dick Axelsson among the notable contributors.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Playoffs
Before the start of the finals series, Linköping HC was forced to fundraise as the club's women's side lacked the budget to pay for flights to Luleå and accommodation. The club was able to collect over 20,000kr via fundraising.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Playoffs
Luleå HF/MSSK won the championship playoffs in their first season as a club, defeating Linköping HC 2 games to 1. The final games of the finals set a Riksserien record for attendance, with 4179 spectators present at the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Post-season
After losing in the finals, Linköping HC discovered that their plane tickets back from Luleå had gone missing, with head coach Peter Frantz deeming it "sabotage". After a short investigation it turned out that the club had simply forgotten to book the tickets. Frantz ended up paying for new tickets out of his own pocket at the women's team didn't have enough money left in its budget.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Significant events, Post-season
In April 2016, Emma Eliasson was named Riksserien Defender of the Year and was named Swedish Hockey Girl of the Year. After receiving the award, she called on the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation to change the name of the award to something less outdated.


2015–16 Riksserien season, Standings
Each team played 36 regular season games, with three points being awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion.


2015–16 River Plate Montevideo season
River Plate is taking part of the 2015–16 season in the Uruguayan Primera División. They also took part in the 2016 Copa Libertadores, reaching the group stage.


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


2015–16 River Plate Montevideo 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 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team
The 2015–16 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team represented Robert Morris University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonials, led by sixth year head coach Andrew Toole, played their home games at the Charles L. Sewall Center and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 8–10 in NEC play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC Tournament to Wagner.


2015–16 Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey season
The Robert Morris Colonials women represented Robert Morris University in CHA women's ice hockey during the 2015-16 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. The Colonials finished conference play in fourth place, and were eliminated in the semifinal of the CHA Tournament by Mercyhurst.


2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season
The 2015–16 season is Rochdale's 109th year in existence and their second consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and JP Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.


2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
On 8 May 2015, Rochdale confirmed their first pre-season friendly against Macclesfield Town on 18 July 2015. On 11 May 2015, the second confirmed pre-season friendly was announced against Chester on 14 July 2015. On 14 May 2015, a friendly against AFC Fylde was announced. A day later the club confirmed their fourth friendly, against Blackburn Rovers. On 21 May 2015, a fifth friendly was announced against Huddersfield Town. On 29 May 2015, Rochdale announced they will face Accrington Stanley on 28 July 2015. On 21 July 2015, Dale announced a third pre-season friendly.


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


2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
On 26 October 2015, the first round draw was made. Rochdale were drawn at home against Swindon Town. Rochdale were at home to Bury in the second round.


2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Rochdale were drawn at home against Coventry City. Rochdale were drawn away to Hull City in the second round.


2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, Football League Trophy
On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Rochdale will host Chesterfield.


2015–16 Rochdale A.F.C. season, Competitions, Lancashire Senior Cup
On the Lancashire FA website the first round details were announced, Rochdale will face Manchester United.


2015–16 Romanian Superliga (women's football)
The 2015–16 season of Romania's top level women's football league was the third under the new name Superliga. The old name Liga I is now being used for the new second-level league. It is the 26th season of top-level football and will decide the Romanian champions and UEFA Women's Champions League participant.


2015–16 Romanian Superliga (women's football), Format
The 8 teams play each other twice, for a total of 14 matches, with the top four teams qualifying for a championship round and the bottom four teams playing a relegation round. Points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added to the points of the final stage rounds.


2015–16 Romanian Superliga (women's football), Final Stage
Each team carries the points of the regular season (which are halved and rounded up), adding them to the points scored at this final stage.


2015–16 Romanian Superliga (women's football), Final Stage, Championship Group
Played by the teams placed first to fourth of the regular season. Teams play each other twice.


2015–16 Romanian Superliga (women's football), Final Stage, Relegation Group
Played by the teams placed fifth to eighth of the regular season. Teams play each other twice. Because of the league expansion from 8 to 10 teams, no team was relegated and all of the four played the next season as well.


2015–16 Ross County F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was the club's 3rd season in the Scottish Premiership and their fourth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Ross County also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.


2015–16 Ross County F.C. season
On 13 March 2016, Ross County won their first ever major trophy when they beat Hibernian 2–1 in the final of the 2015–16 Scottish League Cup.


2015–16 Ross County F.C. season, Squad statistics
During the 2015–16 season, Ross County used twenty-seven different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season
The 2015–16 season was Rotherham United's 91st season in their existence and the second consecutive season in the Championship. Last season, Rotherham secured their place in this season's championship with a 21st-placed finish, 5 points from the relegation zone. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup, at which they entered in the third round, and League Cup.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 8 July 2015, Eric Black was appointed first-team coach, after leaving Wigan Athletic at the end of the previous season.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 23 July 2015, it was revealed that defender Kirk Broadfoot had been given a 10-game ban for the start of the upcoming season due to sectarian abuse. The incident occurred on 14 March 2015 in a home encounter against Wigan Athletic, where he was deemed by an FA tribunal to have made sectarian comments about Wigan's James McClean. As well as the 10-game ban, Broadfoot was also ordered to pay £7,500 and complete an education programme. It is currently the longest ban for verbal abuse in English football history.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 3 September 2015, Steve Evans appointed midfielder Lee Frecklington as the new club captain. Frecklington replaced Greg Halford as the captain for the season, with Evans citing that Halford had would be able to focus on his individual game as a result of this decision.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 28 September 2015, the club released a statement detailing that Steve Evans and Paul Raynor had left the club after three years in charge. The two parties were stated as wanting to move in "different directions" with the club, resulting in Evans and Raynor leaving the club. First-team coach Eric Black would take temporary charge of the team until Evans' successor was appointed.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 9 October 2015, Rotherham United announced the appointment of former Leeds United head coach Neil Redfearn as the new manager of the club. Redfearn agreed a two and a half year deal with the club. He was unveiled in an official press conference on the following Monday, 12 October.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 3 December 2015, Rotherham suspended new signing Simon Lenighan following his trial for assaulting three women. Rotherham also opened their own investigation into the matter. The investigation resulted in the termination of Lenighan's contract on 4 February 2016.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 11 December 2015, Andrew Hughes was appointed as the first team development coach.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 25 January 2016, Eric Black left the club by mutual agreement, to become Assistant Manager at Aston Villa.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 4 February 2016, the club confirmed the appointment of Nicky Eaden for a second spell as Assistant Manager. Eaden left his role as a coach with Leicester City Under 21s prior to the confirmation. This was Eaden's second spell in the management team at the club, having previously been appointed by Andy Liddell in 2011.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 8 February 2016, it was announced that Neil Redfearn had been relieved of his managerial duties. Redfearn had been in charge of the team for 21 games, losing 14 of them and with a win percentage of 23.8%. The following day, the club announced that coach Andy Hughes had also left the club  and that Nicky Eaden would take charge of the first team until a new manager was appointed.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 11 February 2016, the club announced the appointment of Neil Warnock as manager and Kevin Blackwell as assistant manager, both until the end of the season. As a consequence, Nicky Eaden was demoted to first team coach.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Key events
On 18 May 2016, it was announced that Warnock would not be continuing as manager. Along with assistant Blackwell and Ronnie Jepson, he left the club with immediate effect.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Competitions, Championship
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
On 7 December 2015, the draw for the third round of the FA Cup was made.


2015–16 Rotherham United F.C. season, Competitions, League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw for the League Cup was made.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season
The 2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 was the second-level French rugby union club competition, behind the Top 14, for the 2015–16 season. It ran alongside the 2015–16 Top 14 competition; both competitions are operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Competition format
The top team at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away), is declared champion and earns a spot in the next Top 14 season. Teams ranked second to fifth compete in promotion playoffs, with the semifinals being played at the home ground of the higher-ranked team. The final is then played on neutral ground, and the winner earns the second ticket to the next Top 14.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Competition format
The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match, a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Table
Note: When two teams have the same points total, position is calculated by results between teams before points difference. Note: Tarbes had 8 points deducted and were automatically relegated at the end of the season.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Relegation
Normally, the teams that finish in 15th and 16th places in the table are relegated to Fédérale 1 at the end of the season. In certain circumstances, "financial reasons" may cause a higher-placed team to be demoted instead, or prevent one of the two finalists in Fédérale 1 from promotion.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Relegation
This season saw an example of the latter situation. Following the 2015–16 season, 15th-place Dax was spared relegation after Pro D2 side Tarbes was relegated due to excessive debt and failed in an appeal of the decision.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Play–offs
The highest ranked team at the end of the regular season, Lyon OU, earned automatic promotion to the Top 14 as champion de France de PRO D2 2016.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Play–offs, Semi–finals
The semi–finals followed a 2 v 5, 3 v 4 system, with the higher ranked team playing at home.


2015–16 Rugby Pro D2 season, Play–offs, Final
The winners of the semi–finals played off for the second promotion spot to the Top 14.


2015–16 Rugby-Bundesliga
The 2015–16 Rugby-Bundesliga is the 45th edition of this competition and the 96th edition of the German rugby union championship. In the Rugby-Bundesliga, sixteen teams play in two regional divisions, followed by play-offs consisting of the top two teams in each division. The regular season started on 29 August 2015 and finished on 24 April 2016, followed by the semi-finals and the championship final, the latter held on 7 May 2016, with the DRV-Pokal and the promotion-relegation play-off continuing until June 2016. The season was interrupted by a winter break from early November to early March.