The 2015–16 season was Cardiff City's 99th season in their existence and the 88th in the Football League, their second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Competitions
Championship
League table
Results by matchday
Kit
Squad No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends Goalkeepers1David MarshallGKGlasgow2740Norwich City12 May 2009£500,000201821Simon MooreGKSandown230Brentford29 July 2013£150,000201730Ben WilsonGKStanley20Accrington StanleyNovember 2014Free2017 Defenders2Lee PeltierRBLiverpool580Huddersfield Town24 January 2015Nominal20183FábioLBRio de Janeiro681Manchester United29 January 2014Free20174Sean MorrisonCBPlymouth749Reading15 August 2014£2,620,00020185Bruno Ecuele MangaCBLibreville565Lorient1 September 2014£4,400,00020176Ben TurnerCBBirmingham1214Coventry City31 August 2011£750,000201612Declan JohnLBMerthyr Tydfil310Academy1 June 2013Trainee201816Matthew ConnollyCBBarnet1106Queens Park Rangers22 August 2012£500,000201928Scott MaloneLBRowley Regis562Millwall7 January 2015£90,000201729Semi AjayiCB London00Arsenal1 July 2015Free2017 Midfielders7Peter WhittinghamCMNuneaton42393Aston Villa11 January 2007£350,00020178Joe RallsCMAldershot946Academy30 September 2011Trainee202011Craig NooneLWLiverpool13417Brighton & Hove Albion30 August 2012£1,000,000201813Anthony PilkingtonLW Blackburn6210Norwich City15 August 2014£875,000201715Kagisho DikgacoiDMBrandfort280Crystal Palace1 July 2014Free201717Aron GunnarssonCMAkureyri19720Coventry City8 July 2011£350,000201822Stuart O'KeefeCMEye332Crystal Palace28 January 2015£750,000201823Matthew KennedyRWIrvine160Everton2 February 2015Undisclosed201824Kadeem HarrisLWWestminster232Wycombe Wanderers30 January 2012£150,000201727Lex ImmersAMThe Hague155Feyenoord21 January 2016Loan201638Sammy AmeobiWG/CF Newcastle upon Tyne381Newcastle United7 July 2015Loan2016 Forwards26Kenneth ZohoreCFCopenhagen122K.V. Kortrijk1 February 2016Loan201637Tom LawrenceLW/SSWrexham140Leicester City1 February 2016Loan201639Idriss SaadiCFValence20Clermont1 September 2015Undisclosed2018 Out on loan9Kenwyne JonesCFPoint Fortin6719Stoke City28 January 2014Part Exchange201614Federico MachedaCFRome318Manchester United1 July 2014Free201718Eoin DoyleCFDublin185Chesterfield2 February 2015£750,000201836Adedeji OshilajaCBLondon30Academy1 July 2012TraineeUndisclosed—Tom AdeyemiCMNorwich231Birmingham City7 August 2014£882,0002017—Adam Le FondreCFStockport253Reading28 May 2014£2,170,0002017—Filip KissCMDunajská Streda361Slovan Bratislava1 July 2012£500,0002016—Joe LewisGKBury St. Edmunds40Peterborough United25 May 2012Free2016—Etien VelikonjaCFŠempeter pri Gorici50Maribor25 July 2012£1,574,3732016 Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 7 May 2016.
Statistics
|colspan=14|First team players out on loan:
|colspan=14|Loan Players who returned to their parent clubs:
|colspan=14|First team players that left the club:
Captains
Goals record
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total113MF Anthony Pilkington 900927MF Peter Whittingham 600610FW Joe Mason 600611MF Craig Noone 501659FW Kenwyne Jones 500527MF Lex Immers 500574DF Sean Morrison300385DF Bruno Ecuele Manga 200217MF Aron Gunnarsson 200222MF Stuart O'Keefe 200226FW Kenneth Zohore 200228DF Scott Malone 200233FW Tony Watt 2002143DF Fábio 10018MF Joe Ralls 100116DF Matthew Connolly 100119FW Alex Revell 001138FW Sammy Ameobi 1001Total 55*0256 Total includes 1 own goal
Disciplinary record
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 13DF Fábio 810010912DF Lee Peltier 91000091313MF Anthony Pilkington 9000009016DF Matthew Connolly 9000009057MF Peter Whittingham 8000008064DF Sean Morrison 5000106078MF Joe Ralls 5000005011MF Craig Noone 5000005038MF Sammy Ameobi 410000411028DF Scott Malone 400000401117MF Aron Gunnarsson 3000003022MF Stuart O'Keefe 30000030131GK David Marshall 010000016DF Ben Turner 1000001010FW Joe Mason 1000001015MF Kagisho Dikgacoi 1000001016DF Matthew Connolly 1000001019FW Alex Revell 1000001033FW Tony Watt 1000001037FW Tom Lawrence 10000010Total 7940020814
Suspensions served Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed2 May 2015 3 David Marshall in 2014–15 Fulham (H), QPR (A), Blackburn (A)3 October 2015 1 Fábio 5× Preston (A)19 September 2015 2 David Marshall vs Rotherham United Charlton (H), Brighton (A)23 January 2016 1 Lee Peltier vs Rotherham United Huddersfield (A)13 February 2016 3 Sammy Ameobi vs Charlton Brighton (H), Middlesbrough (A), Preston (H)8 March 2016 3 Fábio vs Leeds Reading (H), Derby (A), Burnley (H)
Contracts Number Position Nationality Name Contract length Status Expiry Date Ref. 55 RB Jazzi Barnum-Bobb 1 year Extended June 2016 — CM Tyler Roche 1 year Extended June 2016 — CM Macauley Southam 1 year Signed June 2016 60 LB David Tutonda 1 year Extended June 2016 — CB Curtis Watkins 1 year Extended June 2016 30 GK Ben Wilson 2 years Signed June 2017 17 CM Aron Gunnarsson 3 years Signed June 2018 BBC Sport — CF Rhys Healey 3 years Signed June 2018 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site 8 CM Joe Ralls 5 years Signed June 2020 BBC Sport 16 CB Matthew Connolly years Signed June 2019 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2015 CB Semi Ajayi Arsenal Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 24 July 2015 CB Jordan Blaise Girondins de Bordeaux Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 26 August 2015 CB Gabriel Tamaș Unattached Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 31 August 2015 CF Idriss Saadi Clermont Foot Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C. 4 September 2015 LB Marco Weymans PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C.
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref. 7 July 2015 WG Sammy Ameobi Newcastle United End of season Cardiff City FC 23 November 2015 CF Tony Watt Charlton Athletic 16 January 2016 BBC Sport 21 January 2016 AM Lex Immers Feyenoord End of Season BBC Sport 1 February 2016 CF Kenneth Zohore K.V. Kortrijk End of Season BBC Sport 1 February 2016 LW Tom Lawrence Leicester City End of Season Wales Online
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 9 June 2015 GK Charlie Horton Leeds United Free transfer BBC Sport 15 June 2015 RB Kevin Theophile-Catherine Saint-Étienne £1.4m BBC Sport 26 June 2015 CB Maximiliano Amondarain Free agent Released Cardiff City F.C. 1 July 2015 RM Anthony Bell Shildon Released 1 July 2015 CM Jaye Bowen Merthyr Tydfil Released 1 July 2015 CF Gethyn Hill Merthyr Tydfil Released 1 July 2015 CF Danny Johnson Gateshead Released 1 July 2015 GK Joe Massaro Barry Town Released 1 July 2015 CF Nicky Maynard Milton Keynes Dons Released Cardiff City F.C. 1 July 2015 RB Kevin McNaughton Wigan Athletic Released Cardiff City F.C. 1 July 2015 LB Kane Owen Aberystwyth Town Released 1 July 2015 DM Ben Watkins Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CB Bradley Wickham Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CM Bradley Williams Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CB Josh Yorwerth Ipswich Town Free transfer BBC Sport 3 August 2015 CB Ben Nugent Crewe Alexandra Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 31 August 2015 CF Javi Guerra Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C. 28 January 2016 CF Joe Mason Wolverhampton Wanderers £3m BBC Sport 1 February 2016 CF Alex Revell Milton Keynes Dons Free BBC Sport 1 February 2016 CB Gabriel Tamas Unattached Free Cardiff City F.C.
Total income: £4,400,000
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 14 July 2015 CM Tom Adeyemi Leeds United End of season Cardiff City FC 24 July 2015 CB Adedeji Oshilaja Gillingham 3 January 2016 Cardiff City FC 3 August 2015 CF Adam Le Fondre Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season BBC Sport 7 August 2015 LB David Tutonda York City January 2016 BBC Sport 19 August 2015 CM Filip Kiss FK Haugesund End of season Cardiff City F.C. 22 August 2015 LW Kadeem Harris Barnsley 21 August 2015 Cardiff City F.C. 24 August 2015 GK Joe Lewis Fulham End of season Cardiff City F.C. 31 August 2015 CF Etien Velikonja Lierse End of season Cardiff City F.C. 1 September 2015 CF Eoin Doyle Preston North End End of season Cardiff City F.C. 1 September 2015 CF Rhys Healey Dundee 3 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 29 September 2015 CB Semi Ajayi AFC Wimbledon 25 October 2015 Cardiff City F.C. 13 October 2015 RB Jazzi Barnum-Bobb Newport County 2 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 13 October 2015 CM Tommy O'Sullivan Newport County 2 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 20 October 2015 GK Ben Wilson AFC Wimbledon 14 December 2015 BBC Sport 11 November 2015 FW Alex Revell Wigan Athletic 23 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 18 November 2015 CB Ben Turner Coventry City 23 December 2015 BBC Sport 26 November 2015 CB Semi Ajayi Crewe Alexandra 5 January 2016 Sky Sports 5 January 2016 CF Kenwyne Jones Al Jazira End of Season Cardiff City F.C. 25 January 2016 RW Matthew Kennedy Port Vale End of Season BBC Sport 18 February 2016 LB Declan John Chesterfield End of Season BBC Sport 10 March 2016 CM Tommy O'Sullivan Newport County End of Season BBC Sport 11 March 2016 CF Federico Macheda Nottingham Forest End of Season BBC Sport 14 March 2016 CB Deji Oshilaja Gillingham End of Season BBC Sport
Fixtures and results
Pre-season
Football League Championship
FA Cup
League Cup
Development Team
Overall summary
Summary Games played 46 (35 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Games won 16 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Games drawn 17 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Games lost 14 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Goals scored 57 (55 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Goals conceded 53 (50 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Goal difference +4Clean sheets 16 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Yellow cards 81 (79 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Red cards 4 (4 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Worst discipline Fábio & Lee Peltier (9 , 1 )Best result W 4–1 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (20 February)Worst result L 2–0 vs Hull City (16 September)L 2–0 vs Derby County (21 November) L 2–0 vs Leeds United (8 March)Most appearances Matthew Connolly (45)Top scorer Anthony Pilkington (9)Points 68
Score overview OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleBirmingham City1–10–1Blackburn Rovers1–01–1Bolton Wanderers2–13–2Brentford3–21–2Brighton & Hove Albion4–11–1Bristol City0–02–0Burnley2–20–0Charlton Athletic2–10–0Derby County2–10–2Fulham1–11–2Huddersfield Town2–03–2Hull City0–20–2Ipswich Town1–00–0Leeds United0–20–1Middlesbrough1–01–3Milton Keynes Dons0–01–2Nottingham Forest1–12–1Preston North End2–10–0Queens Park Rangers0–02–2Reading2–01–1Rotherham United2–21–2Sheffield Wednesday2–20–3Wolverhampton Wanderers2–03–1
Club staff
Backroom staff PositionNameFirst-team manager Russell SladeAssistant manager Scott YoungHead coach Paul TrollopeGoalkeeper coach Martyn MargetsonFirst-team coach James RowberryHead of Medical Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPCFirst-team physiotherapist Adam Rattenberry MCSP SRPHead of Fitness & Condition Lee SouthernwoodStrength & Conditioning Coach Mike BeereClub doctor Dr. Len NokesPerformance & Recruitment Analyst Graham YoungerOpposition Analyst Martin Hodge Kit & equipment manager Ian Lenning
Board of directors PositionNameChairman Mehmet DalmanGeneral Manager Ken ChooFinance Director Richard ThompsonNon-ExecutiveBoard MembersFootball Club Steve Borley Derek Chee Seng Chin Mehmet Dalman Michael Filiou Meng Kwong Lim Michael Isaac Vincent Lye Ek SeangNon-ExecutiveBoard MembersCardiff City (Holdings) Danni RaisClub Secretary David Beeby
References