2015–16 Ipswich Town F.C. season

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Ipswich Town
2015–16 season
Owner Marcus Evans
Manager Mick McCarthy
Stadium Portman Road
League Cup Third round
(eliminated by Manchester United)
Top goalscorer League: Daryl Murphy (7)
All: Daryl Murphy (7)
Highest home attendance 23,615 (vs QPR)
Lowest home attendance 17,071 (vs Bolton)
Average home league attendance 19,298
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Ipswich Town's 14th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 138th year in existence.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

This was to be Mick McCarthy's 3rd Full season as manager, having taken charge in November 2012.[2] In January both McCarthy and Assistant Terry Connor extended their contracts with the club until the summer of 2018.[3]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
23 June 2015 CB Wales Josh Yorwerth Cardiff City Free transfer [4]
26 June 2015 CF Jersey Brett Pitman Bournemouth Undisclosed [5]
31 July 2015 LB Denmark Jonas Knudsen Esbjerg Undisclosed [6]
3 August 2015 CM England Giles Coke Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [7]
3 August 2015 CF Guinea Larsen Touré Arles-Avignon Free transfer [8]
4 August 2015 CM Republic of Ireland Jonathan Douglas Brentford Free transfer [9]
24 August 2015 CF England James Alabi Stoke City Free transfer [10]
28 August 2015 CB Poland Piotr Malarczyk Korona Kielce Undisclosed [11]
28 August 2015 LW Australia Tommy Oar Utrecht Free transfer [12]

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
18 May 2015 LM England Darren Ambrose Colchester United Released [13]
18 May 2015 RW England Paul Anderson Bradford City [lower-alpha 1] Released [13]
18 May 2015 RB Wales Elliott Hewitt Notts County [lower-alpha 2] Released [13]
18 May 2015 CF England Jack Marriott Luton Town[lower-alpha 3] Free transfer [13]
18 May 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Noel Hunt Southend United[lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [13]
18 May 2015 LM Republic of Ireland Stephen Hunt Coventry City Released [13]
24 June 2015 CB England Omar Sowunmi Yeovil Town Free transfer [18]
25 June 2015 LB England Tyrone Mings Bournemouth £8,000,000 .[19]
3 July 2015 LM England Anthony Wordsworth Southend United Free transfer [20]
22 January 2016 LW Australia Tommy Oar Brisbane Roar Released [21]
  1. ↑ Following Anderson's release he joined Bradford City.[14]
  2. ↑ Following Hewitt's release he joined Notts County.[15]
  3. ↑ Following Marriott's release he joined Luton Town.[16]
  4. ↑ Following Hunt's release he joined Southend United.[17]

Total income: Increase £8,000,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
25 June 2015 RM Scotland Ryan Fraser Bournemouth [lower-alpha 1] End of season [19]
2 July 2015 RM England Ainsley Maitland-Niles Arsenal End of Season [22]
  1. ↑ Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 sale of Tyrone Mings.[19]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
3 August 2015 CB England Matthew Clarke Portsmouth 3 January 2016 [23]
28 August 2015 LW England Cameron Stewart Doncaster Rovers 2 January 2016 [24]
29 September 2015 CB Wales Josh Yorwerth Crawley Town 25 October 2015 [25]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 27 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced they will travel to Ireland to face Shelbourne on 11 July 2015.[26] A second friendly was announced a day later when the club confirmed they will travel to face Cambridge United.[27] Also confirmed on 28 May 2015 was friendlies against Fortuna Düsseldorf[28] and Colchester United.[29] On 29 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced a friendly against Peterborough United.[30] On 9 July 2015, Ipswich announced a home friendly against Dutch side Utrecht.[31] On 23 July 2015, Ipswich announced a XI side will travel to face Bishop's Stortford;[32] the match was subsequently postponed following torrential rain.[33]

Championship

League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Derby County 46 21 15 10 66 43 +23 78 Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 19 17 10 66 45 +21 74
7 Ipswich Town 46 18 15 13 53 51 +2 69
8 Cardiff City 46 17 17 12 56 51 +5 68
9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
43 16 14 13 49 49  0 62 8 8 6 25 22  +3 8 6 7 24 27  −3

Last updated: 20 April 2016.
Source: Table

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H H A H A A H H A H A A H H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A A H A H A A H H A H H A H A H A
Result D W W W L L W D D L D L D D W W D W L W W L W W D W D L W L L L W W D L W L D D L D D      
Position 9 6 1 1 3 8 5 4 7 11 10 12 13 14 10 10 10 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 9 6 7 8 10 9                          

Last updated: 20 April 2016.
Source: Fixtures Table
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[34]

FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Ipswich Town were drawn at home against Stevenage.[35] Ipswich Town were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the second round.[36] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Ipswich Town were drawn away to Manchester United.[37]

Top scorers

Correct as of 7th May 2016
Place Name Championship League Cup FA Cup Total
1 Brett Pitman 10 1 0 11
2 Daryl Murphy 10 0 0 10
3 Ryan Fraser 4 1 1 6
3= Freddie Sears 6 0 0 6
5 David McGoldrick 4 1 0 5
6 Luke Chambers 3 0 0 3
6= Jonathan Douglas 3 0 0 3
8 Kevin Bru 2 0 0 2
8= Ainsley Maitland-Niles 1 0 1 2
8= Ben Pringle 2 0 2
8= Tommy Smith 2 0 0 2
12 Jonathan Parr 1 0 0 1
12= Josh Yorwerth 0 1 0 1
12= Jay Tabb 0 1 0 1
12= James Alabi 0 1 0 1
12= Christophe Berra 1 0 0 1
12= Andre Dozzell 1 0 0 1
12= Liam Feeney 1 0 0 1
12= Jonas Knudsen 1 0 0 1
12= Tommy Oar 0 0 1 1
12= Luke Varney 1 0 0 1

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