2015–16 Football League Championship

Football League Championship
Season	2015–16
Champions	Burnley; (3rd divisional title)
Promoted	Burnley; Middlesbrough; Hull City
Relegated	Bolton Wanderers; Milton Keynes Dons; Charlton Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,337 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andre Gray ; (Brentford)/(Burnley) ; (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Hull City 6–0 Charlton Athletic; (16 January 2016); Bristol City 6–0 Bolton Wanderers; (19 March 2016)
Biggest away win	Milton Keynes Dons 0–5 Burnley; (12 January 2016)
Highest scoring	Queens Park Rangers 4–3 Bolton Wanderers; (3 October 2015); Fulham 2–5 Birmingham City; (7 November 2015); Rotherham United 2–5 Ipswich Town; (7 November 2015)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Burnley; Middlesbrough
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches ; Burnley
Longest winless run	17 matches ; Bolton Wanderers
Longest losing run	6 matches ; Bolton Wanderers
Highest attendance	33,806; Middlesbrough 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion; (7 May 2016)
Lowest attendance	8,363; Brentford 2–1 Cardiff City; (19 April 2016)
Total attendance	9,703,004
Average attendance	17,578
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The season started on 7 August 2015, and concluded on 7 May 2016. The fixtures were announced on 17 June 2015.

Teams

A total of 24 teams contested the league, including 18 sides from the 2014–15 season, three relegated from the 2014–15 Premier League and three promoted from the 2014–15 Football League One.

Team changes

The following teams changed division after the 2014–15 season. Blackpool were relegated on 6 April after Rotherham United won against Brighton & Hove Albion. Bristol City secured promotion to the Championship on 14 April after beating Bradford City 6–0. Watford secured promotion to the Premier League on 25 April. Rotherham United won against Reading on 28 April to also send Millwall and Wigan Athletic to League One. Bournemouth secured promotion to the Premier League on the final day on 2 May against Charlton Athletic and won the 2014–15 Football League Championship after Watford slipped up against Sheffield Wednesday. Milton Keynes Dons secured promotion to the Championship after beating Yeovil Town 5–1 after Preston North End slipped up against Colchester United. On 9 May, Burnley became the first team to be relegated from the Premier League despite winning away 1–0 against Hull City as results on the day went against them. On 10 May, Queens Park Rangers were the second team to be relegated from the Premier League after suffering a 6–0 defeat to Manchester City. On 24 May 2015, Hull City were the 3rd and final team to be relegated from the Premier League, finishing 18th in the Premier League. On the same day Preston North End achieved promotion at Wembley via the play-offs. On 25 May 2015, Norwich City won the playoff final, and were promoted to the Premier League.

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

From Championship

Relegated to League One

Promoted to Premier League

Overview of the teams

Stadia and locations

Birmingham City

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Brighton & Hove Albion

London

Wolverhampton Wanderers

London teams
Brentford
Charlton Athletic
Fulham
Queens Park Rangers

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Locations of teams in the 2015–2016 Football League Championship

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

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Greater London Championship football clubs

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Birmingham City	Birmingham	St Andrew's	30,016
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	31,367
Bolton Wanderers	Bolton	Macron Stadium	28,723
Brentford	London (Brentford)	Griffin Park	12,300
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Falmer Stadium	30,750
Bristol City	Bristol	Ashton Gate	16,600
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,401
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
Charlton Athletic	London (Charlton)	The Valley	27,111
Derby County	Derby	iPro Stadium	33,597
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	25,700
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	John Smith's Stadium	24,500
Hull City	Kingston upon Hull	KC Stadium	25,400
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	30,311
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,914
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Riverside Stadium	34,742
Milton Keynes Dons	Milton Keynes	Stadium:mk	30,500
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	City Ground	30,576
Preston North End	Preston	Deepdale	23,404
Queens Park Rangers	London (White City)	Loftus Road	18,439
Reading	Reading	Madejski Stadium	24,161
Rotherham United	Rotherham	New York Stadium	12,021
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield	Hillsborough	39,732
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux	31,700

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Birmingham City	Gary Rowett	Paul Robinson	Carbrini	EZE Group
Blackburn Rovers	Owen Coyle	Grant Hanley	Nike	Dafabet
Bolton Wanderers	Phil Parkinson	Darren Pratley	Macron	ROK Mobile
Brentford	Dean Smith	Jake Bidwell	Adidas	Matchbook.com
Brighton & Hove Albion	Chris Hughton	Gordon Greer	Nike	American Express
Bristol City	Lee Johnson	Aaron Wilbraham	Bristol Sport	RSG
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Tom Heaton	Puma	Oak Furniture Land (home), Sofastore.com (away)
Cardiff City	Paul Trollope	David Marshall	Adidas	Visit Malaysia
Charlton Athletic	Russell Slade	Johnnie Jackson	Nike	University of Greenwich (front) Andrews Sykes (back), Mitsubishi Electric (shorts)
Derby County	Nigel Pearson	Richard Keogh	Umbro	JUST EAT
Fulham	Slaviša Jokanović	Scott Parker	Adidas	Visit Florida
Huddersfield Town	David Wagner	Mark Hudson	Puma	PURE Legal (home), RadianB (away), Cavonia (third)
Hull City	Steve Bruce	Michael Dawson	Umbro	Flamingo Land
Ipswich Town	Mick McCarthy	Luke Chambers	Adidas	Marcus Evans ^{[citation needed]}
Leeds United	Steve Evans	Sol Bamba	Kappa	No sponsor
Middlesbrough	Aitor Karanka	Grant Leadbitter	Adidas	Ramsdens
Milton Keynes Dons	Karl Robinson	Dean Lewington	Erreà	Suzuki
Nottingham Forest	Philippe Montanier	Chris Cohen	Adidas	Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company
Preston North End	Simon Grayson	Tom Clarke	Nike	Virgin Trains
Queens Park Rangers	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Nedum Onuoha	Nike	AirAsia (front), Smarkets (back)
Reading	Jaap Stam	Paul McShane	Puma	Carabao Daeng (home), Thai Airways (away) Waitrose (Home back), Euro Cake (Away back) Legend Alliance (shorts)
Rotherham United	Alan Stubbs	Lee Frecklington	Puma	Parkgate Shopping (home) Balreed (away), TGB Sheds (third)
Sheffield Wednesday	Carlos Carvalhal	Glenn Loovens	Sondico	Chansiri
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kenny Jackett	Danny Batth	Puma	Silverbug

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Brentford	Mark Warburton	End of contract	15 May 2015	Pre-season	Marinus Dijkhuizen	1 June 2015
Leeds United	Neil Redfearn	Sacked	20 May 2015		Uwe Rösler	20 May 2015
Derby County	Steve McClaren		25 May 2015		Paul Clement	1 June 2015
Sheffield Wednesday	Stuart Gray		12 June 2015		Carlos Carvalhal	30 June 2015
Brentford	Marinus Dijkhuizen		28 September 2015	19th	Lee Carsley	28 September 2015
Rotherham United	Steve Evans	Mutual consent	28 September 2015	20th	Neil Redfearn	9 October 2015
Leeds United	Uwe Rösler	Sacked	19 October 2015	18th	Steve Evans	19 October 2015
Charlton Athletic	Guy Luzon		24 October 2015	22nd	Jose Riga	14 January 2016
Huddersfield Town	Chris Powell		4 November 2015	18th	David Wagner	5 November 2015
Queens Park Rangers	Chris Ramsey		4 November 2015	13th	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	4 December 2015
Fulham	Kit Symons		8 November 2015	12th	Slaviša Jokanović	27 December 2015
Blackburn Rovers	Gary Bowyer		10 November 2015	16th	Paul Lambert	15 November 2015
Brentford	Lee Carsley	End of caretaker spell	30 November 2015	11th	Dean Smith	30 November 2015
Reading	Steve Clarke	Sacked	4 December 2015	7th	Brian McDermott	17 December 2015
Bristol City	Steve Cotterill		14 January 2016	22nd	Lee Johnson	6 February 2016
Rotherham United	Neil Redfearn		8 February 2016	22nd	Neil Warnock	11 February 2016
Derby County	Paul Clement		8 February 2016	5th	Nigel Pearson	27 May 2016
Nottingham Forest	Dougie Freedman		13 March 2016	14th	Philippe Montanier	27 June 2016
Bolton Wanderers	Neil Lennon		15 March 2016	24th	Phil Parkinson	10 June 2016

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	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	24	17	5	72	42	+30	89	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
4	Hull City (O, P)	46	24	11	11	69	35	+34	83
5	Derby County	46	21	15	10	66	43	+23	78
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
10	Birmingham City	46	16	15	15	53	49	+4	63
11	Preston North End	46	15	17	14	45	45	0	62
12	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	18	14	54	54	0	60
13	Leeds United	46	14	17	15	50	58	−8	59
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	16	16	53	58	−5	58
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	16	17	46	46	0	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	13	16	17	43	47	−4	55
17	Reading	46	13	13	20	52	59	−7	52
18	Bristol City	46	13	13	20	54	71	−17	52
19	Huddersfield Town	46	13	12	21	59	70	−11	51
20	Fulham	46	12	15	19	66	79	−13	51
21	Rotherham United	46	13	10	23	53	71	−18	49
22	Charlton Athletic (R)	46	9	13	24	40	80	−40	40	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	9	12	25	39	69	−30	39
24	Bolton Wanderers (R)	46	5	15	26	41	81	−40	30

Semi-finals					Final

3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	1

6	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	3
					6	Sheffield Wednesday	0

					4	Hull City	1
4	Hull City	3	0	3

5	Derby County	0	2	2

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BUR	CAR	CHA	DER	FUL	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEE	MID	MKD	NOT	PNE	QPR	REA	ROT	SHW	WOL
Birmingham City		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–2
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Brentford	0–2	0–1	3–1		0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	4–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0		2–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1
Bristol City	0–0	0–2	6–0	2–4	0–4		1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–4	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–0
Burnley	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–0		0–0	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Cardiff City	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0
Charlton Athletic	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–0		0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	3–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Derby County	0–3	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2
Fulham	2–5	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	4–2	4–1	0–1	0–3
Huddersfield Town	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–5	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–3	5–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Hull City	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	0–2	2–1	2–0		3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–1
Ipswich Town	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–2
Leeds United	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–1
Middlesbrough	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–4	1–2	0–2	0–5	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1		1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–2
Nottingham Forest	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–3	1–1
Preston North End	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	2–2	4–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	1–2	0–0		1–1	4–2	0–0	1–1
Reading	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	5–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1		1–0	1–1	0–0
Rotherham United	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	3–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–5	2–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1		1–2	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		4–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–1

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Derby County	682,249	33,010	26,834	29,663	+1.5%^†
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	588,415	30,292	21,397	25,583	−0.2%^†
3	Middlesbrough	566,419	33,806	19,966	24,627	+25.9%^†
4	Sheffield Wednesday	520,738	31,843	18,706	22,641	+2.9%^†
5	Leeds United	516,261	29,311	17,103	22,446	−7.5%^†
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	463,609	24,238	17,387	20,157	−10.1%^†
7	Nottingham Forest	452,543	27,551	16,449	19,676	−16.2%^†
8	Ipswich Town	436,756	23,615	16,488	18,989	−5.1%^†
9	Birmingham City	404,867	20,302	14,366	17,603	+9.3%^†
10	Fulham	404,023	20,316	14,283	17,566	−3.9%^†
11	Reading	397,556	21,581	12,949	17,285	+1.5%^†
12	Hull City	395,568	21,842	15,139	17,199	−27.0%¹
13	Burnley	384,305	20,478	12,430	16,709	−12.7%¹
14	Cardiff City	378,653	28,680	12,729	16,463	−22.1%^†
15	Queens Park Rangers	367,857	18,031	14,007	15,994	−10.2%¹
16	Charlton Athletic	359,541	21,506	12,294	15,632	−6.4%^†
17	Bristol City	351,705	15,854	14,291	15,292	+26.8%²
18	Bolton Wanderers	346,299	18,423	12,257	15,056	−2.3%^†
19	Blackburn Rovers	325,003	21,029	12,002	14,131	−5.2%^†
20	MK Dons	302,633	21,345	9,402	13,158	+39.2%²
21	Preston North End	299,801	19,852	9,963	13,035	+20.1%²
22	Huddersfield Town	290,505	17,118	9,736	12,631	−7.2%^†
23	Brentford	237,120	12,202	8,363	10,310	−4.7%^†
24	Rotherham United	230,578	11,658	8,534	10,025	−2.1%^†
	League total	9,703,004	33,806	8,363	17,578	+2.9%^†

2015–16 Football League Championship

Teams

Team changes

To Championship

From Championship

Overview of the teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Rule changes

League table

Play-offs

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Discipline

Player

Club

Monthly awards

Attendances

References

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Andre Gray	Brentford/Burnley	25
2	Ross McCormack	Fulham	21
3	Abel Hernández	Hull City	20
4	Jonathan Kodjia	Bristol City	18
5	Nahki Wells	Huddersfield Town	17
5	Tomer Hemed	Brighton & Hove Albion	17
7	Jordan Rhodes	Blackburn Rovers/Middlesbrough	16
8	Moussa Dembélé	Fulham	15
	Chris Martin	Derby County
	Fernando Forestieri	Sheffield Wednesday

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	Middlesbrough	22
2	Tom Heaton	Burnley	20
3	Allan McGregor	Hull City	19
4	Tomasz Kuszczak	Birmingham City	15
4	David Stockdale	Brighton & Hove Albion	15
5	Scott Carson	Derby County	14
5	Keiren Westwood	Sheffield Wednesday	14
6	Lee Camp	Rotherham United	13
7	Jordan Pickford	Preston North End	12
	David Marshall	Cardiff City
	Jason Steele	Blackburn Rovers

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Orlando Sá	Reading	Ipswich Town	5–1	11 September 2015
Clayton Donaldson	Birmingham City	Bristol City	4–2	12 September 2015
Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town	Rotherham United	5–2	7 November 2015
Tom Ince	Derby County	Bristol City	4–0	15 December 2015
Andre Gray	Burnley	Bristol City	4–0	28 December 2015
Abel Hernández	Hull City	Charlton Athletic	6–0	16 January 2016
Yaya Sanogo	Charlton Athletic	Reading	3–4	27 February 2016
Tomer Hemed	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fulham	5–0	15 April 2016

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Reference
August	Chris Hughton	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kazenga LuaLua	Brighton & Hove Albion
September	Aitor Karanka	Middlesbrough	Jordan Rhodes	Blackburn Rovers
October	Lee Carsley	Brentford	Alan Judge	Brentford
November	Mick McCarthy	Ipswich Town	Daryl Murphy	Ipswich Town
December	Aitor Karanka	Middlesbrough	Adam Clayton	Middlesbrough
January	Steve Bruce	Hull City	Abel Hernández	Hull City
February	Sean Dyche	Burnley	Aden Flint	Bristol City
March	Neil Warnock	Rotherham United	Sam Vokes	Burnley
April	Chris Hughton	Brighton & Hove Albion	Anthony Knockaert	Brighton & Hove Albion