2015–16 Manchester City F.C. season

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Manchester City
2015–16 season
Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Manager Manuel Pellegrini
Stadium Etihad Stadium
Premier League 4th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Winners
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Sergio Agüero (24)
All:
Sergio Agüero (29)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Manchester City's 114th season of competitive football and eighty-seventh season in the top division of English football and nineteenth season in the Premier League since the league was first created with Manchester City as one of the original 22 founder-members.[1] Along with the Premier League, the club will also compete in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

City began their league campaign with the same form they had shown at the end of the previous season. On winning their first 4 Premier League games, on 29 August 2015 the team set a new club record of 10 consecutive league victories, beating the previous record which had stood for 103 years.

On 28 February 2016 City won the League Cup beating Liverpool on penalties at Wembley to secure their 3rd piece of silverware of the Manuel Pellegrini era.

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Etihad Airways

Home
Home alt.
Away
Third
Third alt.
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3

Kit information

The club is in the third year of a deal with the American manufacturer Nike.[2]

  • Home: The new home kit features the traditional colours of sky blue and white. The kit sees a return to white details, which were ditched last season in favour of navy applications. The shirt has a white polo neck collar and cuffs, along with a white stripe running from the bottom of the sleeves to the sides of the shirt. White shorts are returned to the kit, which is combined with sky blue socks with a white turnover.[3]
  • Away: The away kit is predominantly navy for the second season running, but this time the strip is combined with 'Chlorine Blue' detailing on the crew neck and the cuffs. The arms, however, feature a striking graphic of the Blue Moon, inspired by the song sung by the club's fans at the match days. The shirt is combined with navy shorts and socks.[4]
  • Third: The third kit is mainly a shade of chartreuse, known as 'ghost green', with black gradient graphic on the arms and the bottom of the shorts. The yellowish green colour of the kit was inspired by the yellow and navy striped away kit worn by the club in the 1999 play-off final, when Manchester City overcame a 2-0 deficit to take the game to extra time and eventually win on penalties. The kit is based on Nike's new premium template, which is also worn by other major clubs as well.[5]
  • Keeper: A new set of goalkeeper strips were released by Nike to be worn in the 2015-16 campaign. The first-choice strip is dark purple with lighter bluish line gradient on the arms, whilst the alternatives were yellow and green with a similar toned line gradient on the arms.[6]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Manchester City visited Australia during pre-season, where they played local clubs Adelaide United and Melbourne City before facing AS Roma and Real Madrid, runners-up in the Italian and Spanish leagues, in the 2015 International Champions Cup friendly tournament. They also played matches against Vietnam national team and German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart.

Friendlies

2015 International Champions Cup

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final Result
1 Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 0 4 1 +3 4 2015 ICC Australia
2 Roma 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3
3 Manchester City 2 0 1 0 1 3 6 −3 2
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Premier League — 4th 10 August 2015 15 May 2016
FA Cup Third round Fifth round 9 January 2016 21 February 2016
League Cup Third round Winners 22 September 2015 28 February 2016
UEFA Champions League Group stage Semi-finals 15 September 2015 4 May 2016

Last updated: 18 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

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League table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Arsenal 38 20 11 7 65 36 +29 71 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3 Tottenham Hotspur 38 19 13 6 69 35 +34 70
4 Manchester City 38 19 9 10 71 41 +30 66 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 49 35 +14 66 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Southampton 38 18 9 11 59 41 +18 63
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[7]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup, and the spot in the group stage for the fifth-placed team was passed to Southampton in sixth place.

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
38 19 9 10 71 41  +30 66 12 2 5 47 21  +26 7 7 5 24 20  +4

Last updated: 18 May 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday 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
Ground A H A H A H A H H A H A H H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A
Result W W W W W L L W W D W D L W L W L W D W D W D W L L L W D L W W W D W L D D
Position 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4

Last updated: 18 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com
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.[8]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

League Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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The group stage draw was made on 27 August 2015 in Monaco. Manchester City faced Juventus, Sevilla and Borussia Mönchengladbach.[9]

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC JUV SEV MON
1 England Manchester City 6 4 0 2 12 8 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase — 1–2 2–1 4–2
2 Italy Juventus 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 1–0 — 2–0 0–0
3 Spain Sevilla 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–3 1–0 — 3–0
4 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5 1–2 1–1 4–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase § Semi-finals

Squad information

First team squad

N
 P
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK England Joe Hart 37 EU 2006 347 0 2019 £100,000[10]
3 RB France Bacary Sagna 41 EU 2014 61 0 2017 Free
4 CB Belgium Vincent Kompany 38 EU 2008 298 14 2019 £6M Captain
5 RB Argentina Pablo Zabaleta 39 EU 2008 301 10 2017 £6M
6 DM Brazil Fernando 36 EU 2014 75 4 2019 £12M
7 RW England Raheem Sterling 29 EU 2015 47 11 2020 £49M
8 AM France Samir Nasri 36 EU 2011 176 27 2019 £25M
10 FW Argentina Sergio Agüero 35 EU 2011 208 136 2019 £35M
11 LB Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov 38 Non-EU 2010 206 20 2018 £16M
13 GK Argentina Willy Caballero 42 EU 2014 21 0 2017 £4.4M
14 FW Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony 35 Non-EU 2015 (Winter) 46 10 2019 £30M
15 RW Spain Jesús Navas 38 EU 2013 147 8 2017 £14.9M
17 AM Belgium Kevin De Bruyne 32 EU 2015 41 16 2021 £54.5M
18 CM England Fabian Delph 34 EU 2015 27 2 2020 £8M
20 CB France Eliaquim Mangala 33 EU 2014 63 0 2019 £32M
21 AM Spain David Silva 38 EU 2010 260 43 2019 £24M
22 LB France Gaël Clichy 38 EU 2011 164 1 2017 £7M
25 CM Brazil Fernandinho 38 Non-EU 2013 139 14 2017 £30M
26 CB Argentina Martín Demichelis 43 EU 2013 106 4 2016 £4M
27 MF England Patrick Roberts 27 EU 2015 3 0 2020 £2M On loan at Celtic
28 DF Belgium Jason Denayer 28 EU 2013 0 0 2020 £193,000 Academy Graduate
On loan at Galatasaray
29 GK England Richard Wright 46 EU 2012 0 0 2016 Free
30 DF Argentina Nicolás Otamendi 36 EU 2015 49 1 2020 £33M
36 CM Argentina Bruno Zuculini 31 EU 2014 1 0 N/A £1.5M On loan at AEK Athens
42 CM Ivory Coast Yaya Touré 40 Non-EU 2010 267 76 2017 £24M
72 FW Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho 27 Non-EU 2014 35 14 2019 £360,000 Academy Graduate

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: mcfc.co.uk
 Ordered by squad number. Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

Playing statistics

As of 15 May 2016

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No. Nat. Player Pos. Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League Total
Apps Goal Booked Red card Apps Goal Booked Red card Apps Goal Booked Red card Apps Goal Booked Red card Apps Goal Booked Red card
1 England Joe Hart GK 35 12 47
3 France Bacary Sagna DF 28 4 1 5 11 1 45 5
4 Belgium Vincent Kompany DF 14 2 5 1 1 7 22 2 6
5 Argentina Pablo Zabaleta DF 13 3 3 1 3 3 22 4
6 Brazil Fernando MF 24 2 4 3 5 1 10 2 42 2 7
7 England Raheem Sterling MF 31 6 1 2 1 1 4 1 10 3 47 11 2
8 France Samir Nasri MF 12 2 3 1 13 2 3
10 Argentina Sergio Agüero FW 30 24 1 1 1 4 2 9 2 44 29 1
11 Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov DF 29 3 3 2 2 1 6 39 3 4
13 Argentina Willy Caballero GK 4 3 6 1 14
14 Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony FW 26 4 1 3 2 5 2 1 34 8 2
15 Spain Jesús Navas MF 34 1 2 6 1 10 2 52 1 3
17 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne MF 25 7 2 1 1 5 5 10 3 1 41 16 3
18 England Fabian Delph MF 17 2 2 3 1 5 27 2 1
20 France Eliaquim Mangala DF 23 8 3 1 7 1 33 10
21 Spain David Silva MF 24 2 1 4 8 2 1 36 4 2
22 France Gaël Clichy DF 14 2 4 8 1 28 1
25 Brazil Fernandinho MF 33 2 8 1 5 2 1 11 2 2 50 6 11
26 Argentina Martín Demichelis DF 20 3 2 1 5 1 4 1 31 1 5
27 England Patrick Roberts MF 1 2 3
30 Argentina Nicolás Otamendi DF 30 1 9 2 5 2 12 3 49 1 14
42 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré MF 32 6 3 5 1 1 10 1 47 8 4
51 France David Faupala FW 1 1 1 1
53 England Tosin Adarabioyo DF 1 1
59 Kosovo Bersant Celina MF 1 3 4
62 England Brandon Barker MF 1 1
69 Spain Jose Tasende DF 1 1
70 England George Evans MF 1 1
72 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho FW 26 8 1 3 4 2 2 4 35 14 1
75 Spain Aleix García MF 1 1
76 Spain Manu García MF 1 1 2 1 4 1
77 England Cameron Humphreys DF 2 2
Own goals 0 0 1 2 3
Totals 71 61 0 8 3 0 18 10 0 18 15 0 115 89 0

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad 00(for squad numbers) Squad Profiles 00(for actual stats.)

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Correct as of match played on 15 May 2016
No. Nat. Player Pos. Premier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League TOTAL
10 Argentina Sergio Agüero FW 24 1 2 2 29
17 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne MF 7 1 5 3 16
72 Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho FW 8 4 2 0 14
7 England Raheem Sterling MF 6 1 1 3 11
14 Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony FW 4 0 2 2 8
42 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré MF 6 0 1 1 8
25 Brazil Fernandinho MF 2 0 2 2 6
21 Spain David Silva MF 2 0 0 2 4
11 Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov DF 3 0 0 0 3
4 Belgium Vincent Kompany DF 2 0 0 0 2
18 England Fabian Delph MF 2 0 0 0 2
8 France Samir Nasri MF 2 0 0 0 2
6 Brazil Fernando MF 2 0 0 0 2
26 Argentina Martín Demichelis DF 0 0 0 1 1
76 Spain Manu García MF 0 0 1 0 1
30 Argentina Nicolás Otamendi DF 1 0 0 0 1
15 Spain Jesús Navas MF 0 0 1 0 1
51 France David Faupala FW 0 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 0 0 1 2 3
Totals 71 8 18 18 115

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.

Correct as of 6 February 2016
No. Nat. Player Matches Played Clean Sheet % Premier League PL

%

 FA Cup FA

%

 League Cup LA

%

 Champions League %
1 England Joe Hart 29 38% 23 48% 0 0% 0 0% 6 0%
13 Argentina Willy Caballero 11 22% 2 0% 3 100% 6 0% 0 0%
29 England Richard Wright 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Totals 38 34% 25 44% 2 100% 5 0% 6 0%

Awards

Premier League Manager of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month Manager
August[11] Chile Manuel Pellegrini

Premier League Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor

Month Manager
January [12] Argentina Sergio Agüero
April [13] Argentina Sergio Agüero

Etihad Player of the Month awards

Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS

Month Player
August[14] Spain David Silva
September [15] Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
October [16] Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
November [17] Brazil Fernandinho
December [18] Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
January [19] Argentina Sergio Agüero
February[20] Belgium Vincent Kompany
March[21] France Gaël Clichy
April [22] Belgium Kevin De Bruyne

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans out

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