2015–16 Middlesbrough F.C. season

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Middlesbrough
2015–16 season
Chairman Steve Gibson
Manager Aitor Karanka
Stadium Riverside Stadium
Football League Championship 2nd
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup Quarter-Finals
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season will be Middlesbrough's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Championship in their 140th year in existence.[1] Along with the Championship, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
6 July 2015 DF England Alex Baptiste Bolton Wanderers Free Transfer [2][3]
16 July 2015 MF England Stewart Downing West Ham United £5,500,000 [4][5]
7 August 2015 FW Uruguay Christian Stuani Espanyol £3,600,000 [6][7]
14 August 2015 FW England David Nugent Leicester City £4,000,000 [8][9]
1 September 2015 MF Uruguay Carlos de Pena Nacional £3,000,000
1 February 2016 FW Scotland Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed
1 February 2016 MF Belgium Julien De Sart Standard Liège Undisclosed

Total spending: Decrease £25,175,000

Transfers Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 DF England David Atkinson Carlisle United Free transfer [10]
1 July 2015 MF Northern Ireland Ryan Brobbel Whitby Town Released [11]
1 July 2015 DF England Seb Hines Orlando City Released [11]
1 July 2015 MF Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma Rotherham United [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 MF England James Warnett Free Agent Released [11]
1 July 2015 DF Scotland Kieron Weledji Whitby Town Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 MF England Dean Whitehead Huddersfield Town [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [11]
2 July 2015 FW England Luke Williams Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [14]
4 August 2015 MF England Lee Tomlin Bournemouth £3,000,000 [15][16]
2 February 2016 FW Spain Kike Eibar Undisclosed
  1. ↑ Following Ledesma's release he joined Rotherham United.[12]
  2. ↑ Following Whitehead's release he joined Huddersfield Town.[13]

Total incoming: Increase £3,000,000

Loans In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
17 July 2015 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas Chelsea End of season [17]
27 July 2015 MF Italy Diego Fabbrini Watford End of season [18]
31 July 2015 DF England Jack Stephens Southampton End of season [19]
28 August 2015 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta Fulham End of season [20]
29 August 2015 GK Italy Michael Agazzi A.C Milan End of season
26 October 2015 MF Argentina Bruno Zuculini Manchester City 26 November 2015 [21]
15 January 2016 FW Spain Kike Sola Athletic Bilbao End of season
26 January 2016 MF Uruguay Gastón Ramírez Southampton End of season
1 February 2016 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet Leicester City End of season

Loans Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref.
31 July 2015 GK England Connor Ripley Motherwell 4 January 2016 [22]
3 August 2015 DF England Jonathan Burn Oldham Athletic 4 January 2016 [23]
6 August 2015 MF England Bryn Morris Coventry City End of season [24]
27 August 2015 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol Huddersfield Town End of season [25]
28 August 2015 DF England James Husband Fulham 26 September 2015 [20]
10 September 2015 DF England Brad Halliday Hartlepool United 8 October 2015 [26]
14 September 2015 DF England Adam Jackson Coventry City 12 October 2015 [27]
26 September 2015 MF England Adam Reach Preston North End 28 December 2015 [28]

Competitions

Pre-Season Friendlies

On 8 June 2015, Middlesbrough announced two friendlies against York City and Doncaster Rovers.[29] A trip to Barnsley on 29 July 2015 was later announced on 15 June 2015.[30] On 8 July 2015, Boro announced Spanish side Getafe will visit a week prior to the opening game of the season.[31]

Championship

League Table

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burnley (C, P) 46 26 15 5 72 35 +37 93 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Middlesbrough (P) 46 26 11 9 63 31 +32 89
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 24 17 5 72 42 +30 89 Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Hull City (O, P) 46 24 11 11 69 35 +34 83
5 Derby County 46 21 15 10 66 43 +23 78
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

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
46 26 11 9 63 31  +32 89 16 5 2 34 8  +26 10 6 7 29 23  +6

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Football League

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss       Upcoming fixture

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 A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A A H H A H H A A H H A A H A A H A A H A H H H A A H A H
Result D W D L W W W W W L D L W W W L W W W D W W W W W L L D D D W W L W L L W W W W W W D D D D
Position 16 2 4 8 6 3 2 2 2 2 3 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[32]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Middlesbrough were drawn away against Oldham Athletic.[33] In the second round, Middlesbrough were drawn away to Burton Albion.[34] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[35]

FA Cup

References

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