The 2015–16 season was Swansea City's 96th season in the English football league system, and their fifth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Squad and coaching staff information
First team squad
Ordered by 2015–16 squad numbers.
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Contract length Expiry date Ref. 1 July 2015 FW André Ayew Marseille Free transfer 4 years June 2019 1 July 2015 DF Franck Tabanou Saint-Étienne £3,500,000 3 years June 2018 1 July 2015 GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt Heerenveen £600,000 3 years June 2018 1 July 2015 FW Éder Braga £5,000,000 3 years June 2018 9 July 2015 MF Tom Holland Manchester City Free transfer 1 year June 2016 13 July 2015 FW Oli McBurnie Bradford City Undisclosed 3 years June 2018 11 August 2015 GK Gerhard Tremmel Free agent Free transfer 2 years June 2017 12 August 2015 GK Josh Vickers Arsenal Free transfer 2 years June 2017 17 August 2015 FW Botti Biabi Falkirk Undisclosed 3 years June 2018 27 January 2016 MF Ryan Blair Falkirk Undisclosed 3.5 years June 2019 29 January 2016 FW Alberto Paloschi Chievo Undisclosed 3.5 years June 2019
Total outgoing: £9,100,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2015 DF Tom Atyeo Free agent Released 1 July 2015 GK David Cornell Oldham Athletic Released 1 July 2015 FW Rory Donnelly Gillingham Free transfer 1 July 2015 DF Corey Francis Free agent Released 1 July 2015 MF Giancarlo Gallifuoco Melbourne Victory Free transfer 1 July 2015 DF Joseph Jones Port Talbot Town Free 1 July 2015 MF Kurtis March Port Talbot Town Free transfer 1 July 2015 DF Curtis Obeng Free agent Released 1 July 2015 GK Gareth Owen Free agent Released 1 July 2015 DF Scott Tancock Free agent Released 1 July 2015 DF Alan Tate Free agent Released 1 July 2015 FW James Loveridge Port Talbot Town Free transfer 1 July 2015 GK Gerhard Tremmel Swansea City Released 2 July 2015 DF Jazz Richards Fulham £500,000 1 September 2015 DF Dwight Tiendalli Free agent Released 12 January 2016 MF Jonjo Shelvey Newcastle United Undisclosed
Total incoming: £500,000
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Expiry date Ref. 6 July 2015 MF Adam King Crewe Alexandra 5 January 2016 9 July 2015 FW Kenji Gorré ADO Den Haag 30 January 2016 8 August 2015 DF Connor Roberts Yeovil Town End of season 10 August 2015 MF Modou Barrow Blackburn Rovers 8 September 2015 11 August 2015 GK Oliver Davies Kilmarnock 16 January 2016 26 August 2015 DF Stephen Kingsley Crewe Alexandra 25 November 2015 1 September 2015 FW Alex Samuel Greenock Morton End of season 1 September 2015 MF Nathan Dyer Leicester City End of season 18 September 2015 MF Jay Fulton Oldham Athletic 19 December 2015 26 September 2015 MF Josh Sheehan Yeovil Town 28 December 2015 26 November 2015 FW Oli McBurnie Newport County 24 December 2015 20 January 2016 MF Stephen Fallon Linfield End of season 21 January 2016 DF Franck Tabanou Saint-Étienne End of season 28 January 2016 GK Gerhard Tremmel Werder Bremen End of season 1 February 2016 FW Éder Lille End of season 1 February 2016 DF Daniel Alfei Mansfield Town End of season 1 February 2016 DF Ryan Hedges Stevenage 1 April 2016 13 February 2016 MF Matt Grimes Blackburn Rovers 13 May 2016 2 March 2016 MF Tom Holland Eastleigh End of season 15 March 2016 FW James Demetriou Wealdstone End of season 24 March 2016 DF Liam Shephard Yeovil Town 24 April 2016
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Expiry date Ref. 1 February 2016 CM Leroy Fer Queens Park Rangers 30 June 2016
New contracts Date signed Position Nationality Name Contract length Expiry date Ref.2 July 2015 MF Josh Sheehan Extension June 2017 3 July 2015 DF Joe Rodon 2 years June 2017 3 July 2015 GK Lewis Thomas 2 years June 2017 3 July 2015 GK Oliver Davies 2 years June 2017 6 July 2015 FW Kenji Gorré 3 years June 2018 6 July 2015 MF Lee Lucas 1 year June 2016 6 July 2015 MF Henry Jones 1 year June 2016 6 July 2015 MF Sam Evans 1 year June 2016 6 July 2015 MF Alex Bray 1 year June 2016 6 July 2015 FW Alex Samuel 1 year June 2016 6 July 2015 GK Gregor Zabret 1 year June 2016 8 July 2015 MF Jonjo Shelvey 4 years June 2019 15 July 2015 DF Alex Gogic 1 year June 2016 6 August 2015 GK Łukasz Fabiański 4 years June 2019 30 January 2016 DF Jordi Amat Extension June 2019 17 February 2016 DF Keston Davies Extension June 2018 17 February 2016 MF Daniel James 3 years June 2019 3 March 2016 MF Alex Bray Extension June 2017 8 March 2016 MF Adnan Marić 3 years June 2019 6 April 2016 MF Kieran Evans 2 year June 2017 14 April 2016 MF Tom Dyson 1 year June 2017 14 April 2016 MF Jack Evans 1 year June 2017 14 April 2016 DF Aaron Lewis 1 year June 2017 5 May 2016 FW Liam Cullen 2 years June 2018
Pre-season friendlies On 29 April 2015, it was announced that Swansea City would feature in a Texas tournament in July. Subsequently, it was announced that this tournament had been cancelled. On 29 May, Swansea announced they will face Reading at Adams Park on 24 July. Swansea announced that they will travel to Germany to face Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1860 Munich. A trip to Nottingham Forest was added on 22 June.
Competitions
Overview
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The fixture list for the 2015–16 Premier League season was announced on 17 June 2015.
FA Cup
League Cup
Statistics
Appearances, goals and cards Last updated on 15 May 2016
Player Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total DisciplineStartsSubGoalsStartsSubGoalsStartsSubGoalsStartsSubGoals 1 GK Łukasz Fabiański 37 0 0 – – – – – – 37 0 0 1 0 2 DF Jordi Amat 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 3 0 2 0 3 DF Neil Taylor 33 1 0 – – – – – – 33 1 0 4 0 4 MF Ki Sung-yueng 21 7 2 – – – 2 0 0 23 7 2 4 0 6 DF Ashley Williams 36 0 2 – – – – – – 36 0 2 8 0 7 MF Leon Britton 19 6 0 – – – 2 0 0 21 6 0 4 0 8 MF Leroy Fer 9 2 0 – – – – – – 9 2 0 2 0 9 FW Alberto Paloschi 7 3 2 – – – – – – 7 3 2 2 0 10 FW André Ayew 34 0 12 – – – 0 1 0 34 1 12 5 0 11 FW Marvin Emnes 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 13 GK Kristoffer Nordfeldt 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 15 MF Wayne Routledge 22 6 2 – – – 2 0 0 24 6 2 3 0 18 FW Bafétimbi Gomis 18 15 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 19 16 7 0 0 20 MF Jefferson Montero 14 9 0 1 0 1 – – – 15 9 1 0 0 22 DF Àngel Rangel 20 3 0 – – – 2 0 0 22 3 0 6 0 23 MF Gylfi Sigurðsson 32 4 11 – – – 1 0 0 33 4 11 6 0 24 MF Jack Cork 28 7 1 1 0 0 – – – 29 7 1 3 0 26 DF Kyle Naughton 19 8 0 – – – 0 1 0 19 9 0 2 1 27 DF Kyle Bartley 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 2 0 3 0 32 DF Liam Shephard – – – 1 0 0 – – – 1 0 0 0 0 33 DF Federico Fernández 32 0 1 – – – – – – 32 0 1 3 0 35 DF Stephen Kingsley 4 0 0 0 1 0 – – – 4 1 0 0 0 56 MF Jay Fulton 0 2 0 – – – – – – 0 2 0 0 0 58 FW Modou Barrow 6 16 1 0 1 0 – – – 6 17 1 0 0Players currently away from the club on loan 12 MF Nathan Dyer 0 1 0 – – – 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 14 DF Franck Tabanou – – – 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 17 FW Éder 2 11 0 – – – 2 0 0 4 11 0 0 0 21 MF Matt Grimes 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 25 GK Gerhard Tremmel – – – – – – – – – – – – – –Players who permanently left the club during the season 8 MF Jonjo Shelvey 14 2 1 1 – – 0 2 0 15 4 1 6 0
Overall summary
Summary Games played 41 (38 Premier League, 2 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) Games won 13 (12 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 0 FA Cup)Games drawn 11 (11 Premier League, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup) Games lost 17 (15 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)Goals scored 47 (42 Premier League, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)Goals conceded 58 (52 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)Goal difference −9 (−10 Premier League, 2 League Cup, −1 FA Cup)Clean sheets 10 (9 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 0 FA Cup Yellow cards 66 (61 Premier League, 4 League Cup, 1 FA Cup) Red cards 1 (1 Premier League, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup Worst discipline Ashley Williams (8 , 0 )Most appearances Łukasz Fabiański (37)Top scorer André Ayew (12)
Score overview OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleArsenal0–32–1Aston Villa1–02–1AFC Bournemouth2–22–3Chelsea1–02–2Crystal Palace1–10–0Everton0–02–1Leicester City0–30–4Liverpool3–10–1Manchester City1–11–2Manchester United2–11–2Newcastle United2–00–3Norwich City1–00–1Southampton0–11–3Stoke City0–12–2Sunderland2–41–1Tottenham Hotspur2–22–1Watford1–00–1West Bromwich Albion1–01–1West Ham United0–04–1
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