2015–16 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

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Wigan Athletic
2015–16 season
Chairman David Sharpe
Owner Dave Whelan
Manager Gary Caldwell
Stadium DW Stadium
League One 1st - Champions
FA Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Bury)
League Cup 1st round
(knocked out by Bury)
FL Trophy Area Semi Final (knocked out by Barnsley on penalties)
Top goalscorer League: (25)
Will Grigg
All: (28)
Will Grigg
Highest home attendance 18,730
(vs. Barnsley)
Lowest home attendance 7,794
(vs. Scunthorpe United)
Average home league attendance 9,467
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2015–16 season is Wigan Athletic's 84th year in existence and their first back in League One, since the 2002–03 season, after being relegated the previous season.[1] Along with competing in League One, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

First team squad

As of 13 August 2015

No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of birth (age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
13 Lee Nicholls England GK (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 31) Youth system
32 Jussi Jääskeläinen Finland GK (1975-04-19) 19 April 1975 (age 49) West Ham United
Defenders
2 Reece James England LB (1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 30) Manchester United
3 Andy Kellett England CB (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 30) Bolton Wanderers
5 Donervon Daniels England CB (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30) West Bromwich Albion
20 Craig Morgan Wales CB (1985-06-16) 16 June 1985 (age 38) Rotherham United
21 Kevin McNaughton Scotland LB (1982-08-28) 28 August 1982 (age 41) Unattached
22 Stephen Warnock England CB (1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 42) Derby County
23 Juan Carlos García Honduras LB (1988-03-08) 8 March 1988 (age 36) Olimpia
25 Leon Barnett England CB (1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 38) Norwich City
28 Jason Pearce England CB (1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 (age 36) Leeds United
33 Jack Hendry Scotland CB (1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 28) Partick Thistle
34 Reece Wabara England DF (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32) Barnsley
Midfielders
4 David Perkins England CM (1982-06-21) 21 June 1982 (age 41) Blackpool
6 Max Power England RM (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 30) Tranmere
7 Chris McCann Republic of Ireland CM (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987 (age 36) Burnley
8 Sam Morsy England MF (1991-09-10) 10 September 1991 (age 32) Chesterfield
11 Sanmi Odelusi England LW (1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 30) Bolton Wanderers
15 Jordan Flores England MF (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 28) Youth system
17 Michael Jacobs England MF (1991-11-04) 4 November 1991 (age 32) Wolverhampton Wanderers
18 Tim Chow England MF (1994-01-18) 18 January 1994 (age 30) Youth system
29 Haris Vučkić Slovenia AM (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 31) Newcastle United
31 Yanic Wildschut Netherlands WG (1991-11-01) 1 November 1991 (age 32) Middlesbrough
Forwards
9 Will Grigg England CF (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 32) Brentford
10 Craig Davies Wales CF (1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 (age 38) Bolton Wanderers
24 Conor McAleny England ST (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 31) Everton
27 Ryan Colclough England WG (1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 29) Crewe Alexandra
44 Louis Robles England ST (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 27) Youth system

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB England Donervon Daniels West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed [2]
1 July 2015 CB Wales Craig Morgan Rotherham United Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 DM England David Perkins Blackpool Free transfer [4]
1 July 2015 GK England Richard O'Donnell Walsall Free transfer [5]
3 July 2015 RM England Max Power Tranmere Rovers Tribunal [6]
6 July 2015 LW England Sanmi Odelusi Bolton Wanderers £50,000 [7]
7 July 2015 CF Wales Craig Davies Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [8]
14 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland Will Grigg Brentford £1,000,000 [9]
21 July 2015 LB England Reece James Manchester United Undisclosed [10]
27 July 2015 LM England Michael Jacobs Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [11]
4 August 2015 RB Scotland Kevin McNaughton Cardiff City Free Transfer [12]
11 August 2015 GK Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen West Ham United Free transfer [13]
1 September 2015 DF England Andy Kellett Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed [14]
1 September 2015 DF Scotland Jack Hendry Partick Thistle Undisclosed [15]
6 January 2016 GK England Dan Lavercombe Torquay United Undisclosed [16]
6 January 2016 MF Netherlands Yanic Wildschut Middlesbrough Undisclosed [17]
8 January 2016 MF England Danny Whitehead Macclesfield Town Undisclosed [18]
14 January 2016 DF England Reece Wabara Barnsley Free [19]
28 January 2016 MF England Sam Morsy Chesterfield Undisclosed [20]
28 January 2016 FW England Ryan Colclough Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed [21]

Total spending: Decrease £1,050,000

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 GK Oman Ali Al-Habsi Reading[lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [23]
1 July 2015 AM South Korea Kim Bo-kyung Free Agent Released [23]
1 July 2015 LB Cameroon Gaëtan Bong Brighton & Hove Albion[lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [23]
1 July 2015 RB Barbados Emmerson Boyce Blackpool[lower-alpha 3] Released [26]
1 July 2015 GK England Scott Carson Derby County Undisclosed [27]
1 July 2015 CF French Guiana Marc-Antoine Fortuné Coventry City[lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [23]
1 July 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Rob Kiernan Rangers Undisclosed [29]
1 July 2015 DM Denmark William Kvist Copenhagen[lower-alpha 5] Released [23]
1 July 2015 LW Republic of Ireland James McClean West Bromwich Albion £1,500,000 [31][32]
1 July 2015 RW England Jermaine Pennant Free Agent Released [26]
1 July 2015 CF Spain Oriol Riera Deportivo La Coruña Undisclosed [33]
2 July 2015 CF France Andy Delort SM Caen Undisclosed [34]
20 July 2015 RB England James Tavernier Rangers Undisclosed [35]
20 July 2015 LB Scotland Aaron Taylor-Sinclair Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed [36]
20 July 2015 CF England Martyn Waghorn Rangers Undisclosed [35]
31 July 2015 RB England James Perch Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed [37]
1 February 2016 MF Scotland Don Cowie Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed [38]
1 February 2016 GK England Richard O'Donnell Bristol City Undisclosed [39]
  1. Following Al-Habsi's release he joined Reading.[22]
  2. Following Bong's release he joined Brighton & Hove Albion.[24]
  3. Following Boyce's release he joined Blackpool.[25]
  4. Following Fortuné's release he Joined Coventry City.[28]
  5. Following Kvist's release he joined Copenhagen.[30]

Total incoming: £1,500,000 Increase

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
21 July 2015 CM Portugal Francisco Júnior Everton 16 January 2016[lower-alpha 1] [41]
21 July 2015 RB England Jonjoe Kenny Everton 22 September 2015 [41]
5 August 2015 AM Republic of Ireland Sean Murray Watford 16 January 2016[lower-alpha 2] [43]
14 August 2015 SS England Shaq Coulthirst Tottenham Hotspur 1 November 2015 [44]
27 August 2015 CF England Jordy Hiwula Huddersfield Town End of season [45]
1 September 2015 AM Slovenia Haris Vučkić Newcastle United End of season [46]
2 October 2015 DF Scotland Donald Love Manchester United December 2015 [47]
2 October 2015 MF Netherlands Yanic Wildschut Middlesbrough January 2016 [48]
12 November 2015 ST England Alex Revell Cardiff City 23 January 2016 [49]
1 February 2016 ST England Conor McAleny Everton End of season [50]
7 March 2016 DF England Stephen Warnock Derby County End of season [51]
  1. Júnior's loan was extended on 21 August 2015, until 16 January 2016.[40]
  2. Murray's loan was extended on 1 September 2015, until 16 January 2016.[42]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
5 August 2015 LB England Andrew Taylor Reading End of season [52]
18 August 2015 CF England Sam Cosgrove Barrow 19 September 2015 [53]
27 August 2015 DM Wales Emyr Huws Huddersfield Town End of season [45]
28 August 2015 CF Northern Ireland Billy Mckay Dundee United End of season [54]
11 September 2015 GK England Lee Nicholls Bristol Rovers 11 December 2015 [55]
18 September 2015 CF Republic of Ireland Matthew Hamilton Stockport County 16 October 2015 [56]
31 October 2015 ST England Grant Holt Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 January 2016 [57]
12 November 2015 MF England Ryan Jennings Cheltenham Town 12 December 2015 [58]
6 January 2016 GK England Dan Lavercombe Torquay United End of season [59]
8 January 2016 MF England Danny Whitehead Macclesfield Town End of season [60]
15 February 2016 MF England Ryan Jennings Grimsby Town End of season [61]
23 March 2016 DF Scotland Jack Hendry Shrewsbury Town End of season [62]
24 March 2016 ST England Louis Robles Gloucester City End of season [63]

Squad Statistics

Appearances

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source:[citation needed]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Johnstone Paint Trophy Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
13 GK England Lee Nicholls 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
32 GK Finland Jussi Jääskeläinen 35 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 38 0
Defenders
2 LB England Reece James 25+2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 28+2 1
3 DF England Andy Kellett 4+5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 7+5 2
5 CB England Donervon Daniels 40+2 3 1 0 0 0 1+1 0 42+3 3
20 CB Wales Craig Morgan 36 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 38 2
21 LB Scotland Kevin McNaughton 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2+1 0
22 DF England Stephen Warnock 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
23 LB Honduras Juan Carlos García 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 CB England Leon Barnett 16+4 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 20+4 2
28 CB England Jason Pearce 29+2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 31+2 2
33 DF Scotland Jack Hendry 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
34 DF England Reece Wabara 14+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14+4 1
Midfielders
4 CM England David Perkins 44+1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 47+1 0
6 RM England Max Power 43+1 6 0+1 0 1 0 2 0 46+2 6
7 CM Republic of Ireland Chris McCann 31+7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 32+7 4
8 MF England Sam Morsy 13+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13+3 1
11 LW England Sanmi Odelusi 0+3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2+3 0
15 MF England Jordan Flores 2+1 1 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 4+2 1
16 MF England Ryan Jennings 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
17 RW England Michael Jacobs 30+5 10 0+1 0 1 0 1 0 32+6 10
18 MF England Tim Chow 3+8 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 4+9 0
29 MF Slovenia Haris Vučkić 5+10 2 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 6+11 2
31 MF Netherlands Yanic Wildschut 24+8 6 0+1 0 0 0 1+2 2 25+11 8
Attackers
9 ST England Will Grigg 35+5 25 1 0 1 1 1 2 37+5 28
10 ST Wales Craig Davies 7+19 2 1 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 9+21 2
24 FW England Conor McAleny 9+4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9+4 4
27 FW England Ryan Colclough 7+3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7+3 2
44 FW England Louis Robles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Left club during season
26 DF England Jonjoe Kenny 6+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6+1 0
12 ST England Shaq Coulthirst 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
24 MF Republic of Ireland Sean Murray 2+5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3+5 1
12 ST England Alex Revell 4+2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5+2 1
22 MF Portugal Francisco Júnior 5+5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 7+5 1
30 ST England Jordy Hiwula 7+7 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 9+7 6
42 ST England Grant Holt 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+5 0

Top scorers

Rank. Pos. No. Name League One FA Cup League Cup Johnstone Paint Trophy Total
Goals Goals Goals Goals Goals
1 ST 9 Will Grigg 25 0 1 2 28
2 MF 17 Michael Jacobs 10 0 0 0 10
3 MF 31 Yanic Wildschut 7 0 0 2 9
4 MF 6 Max Power 6 0 0 0 6
4 ST 30 Jordy Hiwula 2 0 0 4 6
5 FW 24 Conor McAleny 4 0 0 0 4
5 MF 7 Chris McCann 4 0 0 0 4
6 DF 5 Donervon Daniels 3 0 0 0 3
7 DF 3 Andy Kellett 2 0 0 0 2
7 DF 20 Craig Morgan 2 0 0 0 2
7 DF 25 Leon Barnett 2 0 0 0 2
7 DF 28 Jason Pearce 2 0 0 0 2
7 ST 10 Craig Davies 2 0 0 0 2
7 MF 29 Haris Vučkić 2 0 0 0 2
7 ST 27 Ryan Colclough 2 0 0 0 2
8 DF 2 Reece James 1 0 0 0 1
8 DF 34 Reece Wabara 1 0 0 0 1
8 MF 8 Sam Morsy 1 0 0 0 1
8 MF 15 Jordan Flores 1 0 0 0 1
8 MF 12 Alex Revell 1 0 0 0 1
8 MF 22 Francisco Júnior 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 8 May 2016

Number Nation Position Name League One FA Cup League Cup JPT Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
7 Republic of Ireland MF Chris McCann 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
4 England MF David Perkins 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
20 Wales DF Craig Morgan 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
25 England DF Leon Barnett 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
8 England MF Sam Morsy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
15 England MF Jordan Flores 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 England MF Max Power 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
5 England DF Donervon Daniels 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
22 Portugal MF Francisco Júnior 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
28 England DF Jason Pearce 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 Wales ST Craig Davies 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
26 England DF Jonjoe Kenny 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17 England MF Michael Jacobs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
9 England ST Will Grigg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 England DF Leon Barnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Finland GK Jussi Jääskeläinen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 England DF Reece James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 Scotland DF Kevin McNaughton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 Scotland DF Jack Hendry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
24 Republic of Ireland MF Sean Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTAL 66 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 73 6

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 15 May 2015, it was announced that Wigan Athletic would face Altrincham, Southport, Partick Thistle, Dundee and Blackburn Rovers as part of their pre-season schedule.[64]

League One

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wigan Athletic (C, P) 46 24 15 7 82 45 +37 87 Promotion to Football League Championship
2 Burton Albion (P) 46 25 10 11 57 37 +20 85
3 Walsall 46 24 12 10 71 49 +22 84 Qualification for League One play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Millwall 46 24 9 13 73 49 +24 81
5 Bradford City 46 23 11 12 55 40 +15 80
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.

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 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H H A H A A H A H H A H A A H A H A A H A A A H H H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H
Result L D W L W W L W D D D D W W D W W W L D L W W D W D W D W W D W W D D D W W W W W L D W W L
Position 22 23 11 13 11 9 10 8 9 9 9 10 8 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 8 May 2016.
Source:[citation needed]
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.[65]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Wigan Athletic were drawn at home against Bury.[66]

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. Wigan will go to Crewe Alexandra.[67]

FA Cup

The First Round draw took place on 26 October at 7pm, drawing Wigan away to Bury, this game will take place on the 7 November.

Lancashire Senior Cup

On the Lancashire FA website the first round details were announced, Wigan Athletic will face Bolton Wanderers.[68]

Overall summary

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