Premier League 2015/16

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Premier League 2015/16
Premier League logo
master Leicester City
Champions League Leicester City
Arsenal FC
Tottenham Hotspur
Champions League
qualification
Manchester City
Europe League Manchester United
Southampton FC
Europa League
qualification
West Ham United
Cup winners Manchester United
Relegated Newcastle United
Norwich City
Aston Mansion
Teams 20th
Games 380
Gates 1026  (ø 2.7 per game)
spectator 13,851,698  (ø 36,452 per game)
Top scorer EnglandEngland Harry Kane
(Tottenham Hotspur)
Premier League 2014/15

The Premier League 2015/16 was the 24th season of the Premier League and also the 117th first division season in English football. The season began on August 8, 2015. Two game days before the end of the season, on May 2, 2016, Leicester City was mathematically determined as English champions.

Clubs in the English Premier League 2015/16
Premier League clubs in London

Stages

society Stadion capacity society Stadion capacity
Manchester United Old Trafford 75,653 West Ham United Upton Park 35,345
Arsenal FC Emirates Stadium 60,260 Southampton FC St. Mary's Stadium 32.505
Manchester City Etihad Stadium 55.097 Leicester City King Power Stadium 32,312
Newcastle United St. James' Park 52,338 Stoke City Britannia Stadium 27.902
Sunderland AFC Stage of light 48,707 Norwich City Carrow Road 27,244
Liverpool FC Anfield 44,742 West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns 26,850
Aston Villa Villa Park 42,660 Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 25,073
Chelsea FC Stamford Bridge 41,629 Watford FC Vicarage Road 21,500
Everton FC Goodison Park 39,571 Swansea City Liberty Stadium 21,088
Tottenham Hotspur White Hart Lane 36,284 Bournemouth AFC Vitality stage 11,464

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Leicester City  38  23  12  3 068:360 +32 81
 2. Arsenal FC (P)  38  20th  11  7th 065:360 +29 71
 3. Tottenham Hotspur  38  19th  13  6th 069:350 +34 70
 4th Manchester City  38  19th  9  10 071:410 +30 66
 5. Manchester United  38  19th  9  10 049:350 +14 66
 6th Southampton FC  38  18th  9  11 059:410 +18 63
 7th West Ham United  38  16  14th  8th 065:510 +14 62
 8th. Liverpool FC  38  16  12  10 063:500 +13 60
 9. Stoke City  38  14th  9  15th 041:550 −14 51
10. Chelsea FC (M, L)  38  12  14th  12 059:530  +6 50
11. Everton FC  38  11  14th  13 059:550  +4 47
12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  38  12  11  15th 042:520 −10 47
13. Watford FC (N)  38  12  9  17th 040:500 −10 45
14th West Bromwich Albion  38  10  13  15th 034:480 −14 43
15th Crystal Palace  38  11  9  18th 039:510 −12 42
16. AFC Bournemouth (N)  38  11  9  18th 045:670 −22 42
17th Sunderland AFC  38  9  12  17th 048:620 −14 39
18th Newcastle United  38  9  10  19th 044:650 −21 37
19th Norwich City (N)  38  9  7th  22nd 039:670 −28 34
20th Aston Villa  38  3  8th  27 027:760 −49 17th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • English champion and participation in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the UEFA Champions League 2016/17
  • Participation in qualifying for the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League
  • Cup winners and participation in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the UEFA Europa League 2016/17
  • Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League
  • Relegation to the EFL Championship 2016/17
  • (M) English champion 2014/15
    (P) FA Cup winner 2014/15
    (L) League Cup Winner 2014/15
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Championship 2014/15

    League leader

    Bottom of the table

    Crosstab

    The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

    2015/16 Chelsea FC Manchester City Arsenal FC Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool FC Southampton FC Swansea City Stoke City Crystal Palace Everton FC West Ham United Leicester City Newcastle United Sunderland AFC Aston Villa Bournemouth AFC Norwich City Watford FC
    Chelsea FC 0: 3 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 3 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 3: 3 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 5: 1 3: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 2
    Manchester City 3-0 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2 1: 4 3: 1 2: 1 4-0 4-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 3 6: 1 4: 1 4-0 5: 1 2: 1 2-0
    Arsenal FC 0: 1 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 3: 1 4-0 2-0 1-0 4-0
    Manchester United 0-0 0-0 3: 2 1-0 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0-0 3-0 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 1-0
    Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 4: 1 2: 2 3-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 4: 1 3: 1 3-0 3-0 1-0
    Liverpool FC 1: 1 3-0 3: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 1: 2 4-0 0: 3 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 2-0
    Southampton FC 1: 2 4: 2 4-0 2: 3 0: 2 3: 2 3: 1 0: 1 4: 1 0: 3 1-0 3-0 2: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 2-0
    WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 2: 1 2: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0: 3 2-0 2: 4 1-0 2: 2 1-0 1-0
    Stoke City 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-0 0: 4 0: 1 1: 2 2: 2 1: 2 0: 3 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1 3: 1 0: 2
    Crystal Palace 0: 3 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 1: 3 1: 2 1-0 0-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 3 2-0 0: 1 5: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 2
    Everton FC 3: 1 0: 2 0: 2 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3: 4 1: 1 2: 3 0: 1 2: 3 3-0 6: 2 4-0 2: 1 3-0 2: 2
    West Ham United 2: 1 2: 2 3: 3 3: 2 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 4 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0 2-0 3: 4 2: 2 3: 1
    West Bromwich Albion 2: 3 0: 3 2: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 2: 3 0: 3 2: 3 1-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1
    Leicester City 2: 1 0-0 2: 5 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 4-0 3-0 1-0 3: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 4: 2 3: 2 0-0 1-0 2: 1
    Newcastle United 2: 2 1: 1 0: 1 3: 3 5: 1 2-0 2: 2 3-0 0-0 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 6: 2 1: 2
    Sunderland AFC 3: 2 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 3-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 3-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 3 0: 1
    Aston Villa 0: 4 0-0 0: 2 0: 1 0: 2 0: 6 2: 4 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 2 2-0 2: 3
    Bournemouth AFC 1: 4 0: 4 0: 2 2: 1 1: 5 1: 2 2-0 3: 2 1: 3 0-0 3: 3 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 0: 1 3-0 1: 1
    Norwich City 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 3 4: 5 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 1: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1: 2 3: 2 0: 3 2-0 3: 1 4: 2
    Watford FC 0-0 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 0-0 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 3: 2 0-0 2-0

    Season statistics

    List of goalscorers

    If the number of goals is the same, the players are listed alphabetically.

    Pl. player team Gates
    01. EnglandEngland Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 25th
    02. ArgentinaArgentina Sergio Aguero Manchester City 24
    EnglandEngland Jamie Vardy Leicester City
    04th BelgiumBelgium Romelu Lukaku Everton FC 18th
    05. AlgeriaAlgeria Riyad Mahrez Leicester City 17th
    06th FranceFrance Olivier Giroud Arsenal FC 16
    07th EnglandEngland Jermain Defoe Sunderland AFC 15th
    NigeriaNigeria Odion Ighalo Watford FC
    09. EnglandEngland Troy Deeney Watford FC 13
    ChileChile Alexis Sánchez Arsenal FC

    Goal assists list

    If the number of templates is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

    Pl. player team templates
    1. GermanyGermany Mesut Özil Arsenal FC 19th
    2. DenmarkDenmark Christian Eriksen Tottenham Hotspur 13
    3. FranceFrance Dimitri Payet West Ham United 12
    SerbiaSerbia Dušan Tadić Southampton FC
    5. AlgeriaAlgeria Riyad Mahrez Leicester City 11
    EnglandEngland James Milner Liverpool FC
    SpainSpain David Silva Manchester City
    8th. EnglandEngland Dele Alli Tottenham Hotspur 09
    BelgiumBelgium Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City
    ArgentinaArgentina Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur

    The Leicester City championship team

    According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least five Premier League games for the master club. Against this background, only the following players count as English champions of the 2015/16 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

    1. Leicester City
    Leicester City.svg

    Ritchie De Laet (12/1) left the club during the season.

    Individual evidence

    1. Premier League 2015–16 season to kick off on August 8, giving England more time to prepare for Euro 2016… if they qualify , Daily Mail . January 8, 2015. Accessed February 22, 2015. 
    2. ^ Table soccerway.com
    3. Games soccerway.com
    4. ↑ List of goalscorers soccerway.com
    5. original donor list from premierleague.com , accessed on May 15, 2016
    6. ^ Leicester City »Premier League 2015/2016 appearances on weltfussball.de, accessed on May 17, 2016