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. 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
Kit information The club entered the season being in the third year of a deal with the American manufacturer Nike. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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
Friendlies
Competitions Overall
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
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.
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Squad information First team squad
Ordered by squad number.Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Playing statistics
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.
No.Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTotalAppsAppsAppsAppsApps1 GK 35 12 47 3 DF 28 4 1 5 11 1 45 5 4 DF 14 2 5 1 1 7 22 2 6 5 DF 13 3 3 1 3 3 22 4 6 MF 24 2 4 3 5 1 10 2 42 2 7 7 MF 31 6 1 2 1 1 4 1 10 3 47 11 2 8 MF 12 2 3 1 13 2 3 10 FW 30 24 1 1 1 4 2 9 2 44 29 1 11 DF 29 3 3 2 2 1 6 39 3 4 13 GK 4 3 6 1 14 14 FW 26 4 1 3 2 5 2 1 34 8 2 15 MF 34 1 2 6 1 10 2 52 1 3 17 MF 25 7 2 1 1 5 5 10 3 1 41 16 3 18 MF 17 2 2 3 1 5 27 2 1 20 DF 23 8 3 1 7 1 33 10 21 MF 24 2 1 4 8 2 1 36 4 2 22 DF 14 2 4 8 1 28 1 25 MF 33 2 8 1 5 2 1 11 2 2 50 6 11 26 DF 20 3 2 1 5 1 4 1 31 1 5 27 MF 1 2 3 30 DF 30 1 9 2 5 2 12 3 49 1 14 42 MF 32 6 3 5 1 1 10 1 47 8 4 51 FW 1 1 1 1 53 DF 1 1 59 MF 1 3 4 62 MF 1 1 69 DF 1 1 70 MF 1 1 72 FW 26 8 1 3 4 2 2 4 35 14 1 75 MF 1 1 76 MF 1 1 2 1 4 1 77 DF 2 2 Own goals 0 0 1 2 3Totals7161083 01810 01815 0115890
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. Correct as of 15 May 2016
No.Nat.PlayerPos.Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueTOTAL10Sergio AgüeroFW241222917Kevin De BruyneMF71531672Kelechi IheanachoFW8420147Raheem SterlingMF61131114Wilfried BonyFW4022842Yaya TouréMF6011825FernandinhoMF2022621David SilvaMF2002411Aleksandar KolarovDF300034Vincent KompanyDF2000218Fabian DelphMF200028Samir NasriMF200026FernandoMF2000226Martín DemichelisDF0001176Manu GarcíaMF0010130Nicolás OtamendiDF1000115Jesús NavasMF0010151David FaupalaFW01001 Own goals 0 0 1 2 3Totals71 8 18 18 115
Hattricks Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal. Correct as of 15 May 2016 +PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetitiolnRef Sergio AgüeroNewcastle United6-1(H)53 October 2015Premier League Sergio AgüeroChelsea3-1(A)16 April 2016Premier League Kelechi IheanachoAston Villa4-0(A)30 January 2016FA Cup Raheem SterlingBournemouth5-1(H)17 October 2015Premier League 5-Player scored five goals
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.PlayerMatches PlayedClean Sheet %Premier LeaguePL %FA CupFA %League CupLA %Champions League% 1 Joe Hart2938% 2348% 00% 00% 60% 13 Willy Caballero1122% 20% 3100% 60% 00% 29 Richard Wright00% 00% 00% 00% 00%Totals3834% 2544% 2100% 50% 60%
Awards Premier League Manager of the Month award Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor. MonthManager August Manuel Pellegrini
Premier League Player of the Month award Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor. MonthPlayer January Sergio Agüero April Sergio Agüero
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. Month Player August David Silva September Kevin De Bruyne October Kevin De Bruyne November Fernandinho December Kevin De Bruyne January Sergio Agüero February Vincent Kompany March Gaël Clichy April Kevin De Bruyne
Transfers and loans Transfers in
+First TeamDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 14 July 2015 MF 7 Raheem Sterling Liverpool £44,000,000 17 July 2015 MF 18 Fabian Delph Aston Villa £8,000,000 19 July 2015 MF 27 Patrick Roberts Fulham £12,000,000 20 August 2015 DF 30 Nicolás Otamendi Valencia £28,400,000 30 August 2015 MF 17 Kevin De Bruyne VfL Wolfsburg £55,000,000 26 October 2015 MF – Luke Brattan Unattached Free 15 January 2016 MF – Anthony Cáceres Central Coast Mariners £200,000
+EDS, academy and otherDatePositionNo.PlayerFrom clubTransfer fee 6 July 2015 FW 83 Enes Ünal Bursaspor £2,000,000 10 July 2015 MF — David Faupala Lens Free 27 August 2015 FW — Aleix García Villarreal Undisclosed 28 August 2015 FW — Rubén Sobrino Real Madrid / Ponferradina £400,000 28 August 2015 DF — Florian Lejeune Girona Undisclosed 29 August 2015 DF — Erik Sarmiento Espanyol Undisclosed
Total spending: £150,000,000
Transfers out
+First TeamExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 1 July 2015 DF 38 Dedryck Boyata Celtic £1,700,000 1 July 2015 DF 33 Matija Nastasić Schalke 04 £8,300,000 1 July 2015 DF 2 Micah Richards Aston Villa Free 1 July 2015 MF 12 Scott Sinclair Aston Villa £3,000,000 1 July 2015 MF 18 Frank Lampard New York City FC Free 1 July 2015 MF 7 James Milner Liverpool Free 1 July 2015 FW 9 Álvaro Negredo Valencia £22,000,000 1 July 2015 FW 60 John Guidetti Celta Vigo Free 1 July 2015 DF 19 Karim Rekik Marseille £3,900,000 28 Aug 2015 MF 64 Marcos Lopes Monaco £9,000,000
+EDS and academyExit datePositionNo.PlayerTo clubTransfer fee 1 July 2015 DF 51 Adam Drury Bristol Rovers Free 1 July 2015 DF 68 Greg Leigh Bradford City Free 1 July 2015 MF — Dominic Oduro Nordsjælland Free 1 July 2015 FW — Joe Nuttall Aberdeen Free 1 July 2015 FW — Martin Samuelsen West Ham United Free 17 July 2015 FW — Jordy Hiwula Huddersfield Town Undisclosed 28 August 2015 FW — Devante Cole Bradford City Free 31 August 2015 FW — José Ángel Pozo Almería Undisclosed 19 Jan 2016 MF 70 George Evans Reading Undisclosed
Total earnings: £47,900,000
Loans out
+First TeamStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club 30 June 2015 30 June 2016 MF 37 Jack Byrne Cambuur 31 July 2015 31 January 2017 FW 35 Stevan Jovetić Internazionale 12 August 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Edin Džeko Roma 31 August 2015 30 June 2016 DF 28 Jason Denayer Galatasaray 26 October 2015 21 December 2015 MF – Luke Brattan Bolton Wanderers 26 October 2015 2 January 2016 MF 36 Bruno Zuculini Middlesbrough 15 January 2016 8 April 2016 MF – Anthony Cáceres Melbourne City 30 January 2016 30 June 2017 MF 27 Patrick Roberts Celtic 1 February 2016 30 June 2016 MF 36 Bruno Zuculini AEK Athens
+EDS, academy and otherStart dateEnd datePositionNo.PlayerTo club 1 February 2015 30 June 2016 MF — Divine Naah NAC Breda 5 February 2015 30 June 2016 MF — Bismark Adjei-Boateng Strømsgodset 1 July 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Godsway Donyoh Falkenbergs FF 1 July 2015 1 January 2016 DF 69 Angeliño New York City FC 1 July 2015 1 January 2016 DF 58 Shay Facey New York City FC 1 July 2015 30 June 2016 MF 37 Jack Byrne Cambuur 29 July 2015 30 June 2016 MF 66 Seko Fofana Bastia 31 July 2015 30 June 2017 FW 83 Enes Ünal Genk 31 July 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Thomas Agyepong Twente 31 July 2015 30 June 2017 MF 55 Olivier Ntcham Genoa 18 August 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Yaw Yeboah Lille 28 August 2015 30 June 2016 FW — Rubén Sobrino Girona 28 August 2015 30 June 2016 DF — Florian Lejeune Girona 31 August 2015 30 June 2016 MF — Chidiebere Nwakali Girona 28 September 2015 27 October 2015 MF — James Horsfield Doncaster Rovers 28 September 2015 10 January 2016 MF 70 George Evans Walsall 6 November 2015 15 December 2015 MF 62 Brandon Barker Rotherham United 11 December 2015 11 January 2016 GK 45 Ian Lawlor Barnet 2 January 2016 30 June 2016 DF 58 Shay Facey Rotherham United13 January 2016 30 June 2016 DF 50 Pablo Maffeo Girona 7 January 2016 30 June 2016 GK 45 Ian Lawlor Bury 1 February 2016 30 June 2016 FW 83 Enes Ünal NAC Breda
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