114th season in existence of Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City 2015–16 football season
The 2015–16 season was Manchester City Football Club 's 114th season of competitive football , 87th season in the top flight of English football and 19th season in the Premier League .[ 1] Along with the league , the club also competed in the UEFA Champions League , FA Cup and League Cup . The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
In Manuel Pellegrini 's final season at City, the club achieved some prominent milestones. On 28 February 2016, the Blues won the League Cup after beating Liverpool on penalties in the final at Wembley . Although City ended up only fourth in the league (which still qualified them for the following season's Champions League ) despite a strong start, the season witnessed Manchester City's most successful European campaign to date, with the Blues defeating PSG 3–2 on aggregate to advance to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in their history (they had never reached even the quarter-finals before). There, City were narrowly beaten by eventual champions Real Madrid 0–1 on aggregate.
Kits
Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Etihad Airways
The club entered the season being 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 at the base of the sleeves 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 two-goal 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.[ 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 are yellow and green with a similar toned line gradient on the arms.[ 6]
Pre-season
Manchester City visited Australia during pre-season, where they played local clubs Adelaide United and Melbourne City before facing Roma and Real Madrid , runners-up in the Italian and Spanish leagues respectively, in the 2015 International Champions Cup tournament. They also played matches against Vietnam national team and German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart .
Friendlies
2015 International Champions Cup
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
Roma v Manchester City
Friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Source: Competitions
Premier League
League table
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:
^ Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup . As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.
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
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 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2016. Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[ 8]
FA Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
The group stage draw was conducted on 27 August 2015 in Monaco , with City being paired with Juventus , Sevilla and Borussia Mönchengladbach .[ 9]
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
First team squad
Updated to match played 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 as substitute.
Red card numbers denote: numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Correct as of 15 May 2016
Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.
Correct as of 15 May 2016
No.
Nat.
Player
Matches Played
Clean Sheet %
Premier League
PL
%
FA Cup
FA
%
League Cup
LA
%
Champions League
%
1
Joe Hart
29
38%
23
48%
0
0%
0
0%
6
0%
13
Willy Caballero
11
22%
2
0%
3
100%
6
0%
0
0%
29
Richard Wright
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
Totals
38
34%
25
44%
2
100%
5
0%
6
0%
Awards
Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor.
Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor.
Etihad Player of the Month awards
Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the official website of Manchester City.
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
First Team
Date
Position
No.
Player
From club
Transfer fee
14 July 2015
MF
7
Raheem Sterling
Liverpool
£44,000,000[ 23] [ 24]
17 July 2015
MF
18
Fabian Delph
Aston Villa
£8,000,000[ 25]
19 July 2015
MF
27
Patrick Roberts
Fulham
£12,000,000[ 26]
20 August 2015
DF
30
Nicolás Otamendi
Valencia
£28,400,000[ 27]
30 August 2015
MF
17
Kevin De Bruyne
VfL Wolfsburg
£55,000,000[ 28]
26 October 2015
MF
–
Luke Brattan
Unattached
Free[ 29]
15 January 2016
MF
–
Anthony Cáceres
Central Coast Mariners
£200,000[ 30]
Total spending: £150,000,000
Transfers out
First Team
Exit date
Position
No.
Player
To club
Transfer fee
1 July 2015
DF
38
Dedryck Boyata
Celtic
£1,700,000[ 37]
1 July 2015
DF
33
Matija Nastasić
Schalke 04
£8,300,000[ 38]
1 July 2015
DF
2
Micah Richards
Aston Villa
Free [ 39]
1 July 2015
MF
12
Scott Sinclair
Aston Villa
£3,000,000[ 40]
1 July 2015
MF
18
Frank Lampard
New York City FC
Free[ 41]
1 July 2015
MF
7
James Milner
Liverpool
Free[ 42]
1 July 2015
FW
9
Álvaro Negredo
Valencia
£22,000,000[ 43]
1 July 2015
FW
60
John Guidetti
Celta Vigo
Free[ 44] [ 45]
1 July 2015
DF
19
Karim Rekik
Marseille
£3,900,000[ 46]
28 Aug 2015
MF
64
Marcos Lopes
Monaco
£9,000,000[ 47]
Total earnings: £47,900,000
Loans out
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Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
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Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
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