The 2015–16 season was Wigan Athletic's 84th year in existence and their first back in League One, since the 2002–03 season, after being relegated the previous season. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2015 CB Donervon Daniels West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed 1 July 2015 CB Craig Morgan Rotherham United Free transfer 1 July 2015 DM David Perkins Blackpool Free transfer 1 July 2015 GK Richard O'Donnell Walsall Free transfer 3 July 2015 RM Max Power Tranmere Rovers Tribunal 6 July 2015 LW Sanmi Odelusi Bolton Wanderers £50,000 7 July 2015 CF Craig Davies Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 14 July 2015 CF Will Grigg Brentford £1,000,000 21 July 2015 LB Reece James Manchester United Undisclosed 27 July 2015 LM Michael Jacobs Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed 4 August 2015 RB Kevin McNaughton Cardiff City Free transfer 11 August 2015 GK Jussi Jääskeläinen West Ham United Free transfer 1 September 2015 DF Andy Kellett Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed 1 September 2015 DF Jack Hendry Partick Thistle Undisclosed 6 January 2016 GK Dan Lavercombe Torquay United Undisclosed 6 January 2016 MF Yanic Wildschut Middlesbrough Undisclosed 8 January 2016 MF Danny Whitehead Macclesfield Town Undisclosed 14 January 2016 DF Reece Wabara Barnsley Free 28 January 2016 MF Sam Morsy Chesterfield Undisclosed 28 January 2016 FW Ryan Colclough Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed
Total spending: £1,050,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2015 GK Ali Al-Habsi Reading Free transfer 1 July 2015 AM Kim Bo-kyung Free agent Released 1 July 2015 LB Gaëtan Bong Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer 1 July 2015 RB Emmerson Boyce Blackpool Released 1 July 2015 GK Scott Carson Derby County Undisclosed 1 July 2015 CF Marc-Antoine Fortuné Coventry City Free transfer 1 July 2015 CB Rob Kiernan Rangers Undisclosed 1 July 2015 DM William Kvist Copenhagen Released 1 July 2015 LW James McClean West Bromwich Albion £1,500,000 1 July 2015 RW Jermaine Pennant Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CF Oriol Riera Deportivo La Coruña Undisclosed 2 July 2015 CF Andy Delort SM Caen Undisclosed 20 July 2015 RB James Tavernier Rangers Undisclosed 20 July 2015 LB Aaron Taylor-Sinclair Doncaster Rovers Undisclosed 20 July 2015 CF Martyn Waghorn Rangers Undisclosed 31 July 2015 RB James Perch Queens Park Rangers Undisclosed 1 February 2016 MF Don Cowie Heart of Midlothian Undisclosed 1 February 2016 GK Richard O'Donnell Bristol City Undisclosed
Total incoming: £1,500,000
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 21 July 2015 CM Francisco Júnior Everton 16 January 2016 21 July 2015 RB Jonjoe Kenny Everton 22 September 2015 5 August 2015 AM Sean Murray Watford 16 January 2016 14 August 2015 SS Shaq Coulthirst Tottenham Hotspur 1 November 2015 27 August 2015 CF Jordy Hiwula Huddersfield Town End of season 1 September 2015 AM Haris Vučkić Newcastle United End of season 2 October 2015 DF Donald Love Manchester United December 2015 2 October 2015 MF Yanic Wildschut Middlesbrough January 2016 12 November 2015 ST Alex Revell Cardiff City 23 January 2016 1 February 2016 ST Conor McAleny Everton End of season 7 March 2016 DF Stephen Warnock Derby County End of season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 5 August 2015 LB Andrew Taylor Reading End of season 18 August 2015 CF Sam Cosgrove Barrow 19 September 2015 27 August 2015 DM Emyr Huws Huddersfield Town End of season 28 August 2015 CF Billy Mckay Dundee United End of season 11 September 2015 GK Lee Nicholls Bristol Rovers 11 December 2015 18 September 2015 CF Matthew Hamilton Stockport County 16 October 2015 31 October 2015 ST Grant Holt Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 January 2016 12 November 2015 MF Ryan Jennings Cheltenham Town 12 December 2015 6 January 2016 GK Dan Lavercombe Torquay United End of season 8 January 2016 MF Danny Whitehead Macclesfield Town End of season 15 February 2016 MF Ryan Jennings Grimsby Town End of season 23 March 2016 DF Jack Hendry Shrewsbury Town End of season 24 March 2016 ST Louis Robles Gloucester City End of season
Pre-season friendlies On 15 May 2015, it was announced that Wigan Athletic would face Altrincham, Southport, Partick Thistle, Dundee and Blackburn Rovers as part of their pre-season schedule.
Competitions
Overall record
League One League table
Results by matchday
Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
League Cup On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Wigan Athletic were drawn at home against Bury.
Football League Trophy On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Wigan will go to Crewe Alexandra.
FA Cup
The First Round draw took place on 26 October at 7pm, drawing Wigan away to Bury, this game will take place on the 7 November.
Lancashire Senior Cup On the Lancashire FA website the first round details were announced, Wigan Athletic will face Bolton Wanderers.
Squad statistics Appearances
No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupJohnstone Paint TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Goalkeepers 13 GK Lee Nicholls1+100000001+10 32 GK Jussi Jääskeläinen350000030380 Defenders 2 LB Reece James25+2110101028+21 3 DF Andy Kellett4+520000307+52 5 CB Donervon Daniels40+2310001+1042+33 20 CB Craig Morgan362101000382 21 LB Kevin McNaughton1+100010002+10 22 DF Stephen Warnock110000000110 23 LB Juan Carlos García0000000000 25 CB Leon Barnett16+4200103020+42 28 CB Jason Pearce29+2200002031+22 33 DF Jack Hendry0000003030 34 DF Reece Wabara14+4100000014+41 Midfielders 4 CM David Perkins44+1010101047+10 6 RM Max Power43+160+10102046+26 7 CM Chris McCann31+7410001032+74 8 MF Sam Morsy13+3100000013+31 11 LW Sanmi Odelusi0+300010102+30 15 MF Jordan Flores2+1100101+104+21 16 MF Ryan Jennings00000+10000+10 17 RW Michael Jacobs30+5100+10101032+610 18 MF Tim Chow3+8000001+104+90 29 MF Haris Vučkić5+10210000+106+112 31 MF Yanic Wildschut24+870+10001+2225+119 Attackers 9 ST Will Grigg35+52510111237+528 10 ST Craig Davies7+192100+101+109+212 24 FW Conor McAleny9+440000009+44 27 FW Ryan Colclough7+320000007+32 44 FW Louis Robles0000000000 Left club during season 26 DF Jonjoe Kenny6+100000006+10 12 ST Shaq Coulthirst0+200000000+20 24 MF Sean Murray2+500000113+51 12 ST Alex Revell4+210000105+21 22 MF Francisco Júnior5+511000107+51 30 ST Jordy Hiwula7+720000249+76 42 ST Grant Holt0+4000000+100+50
Top scorers
Rank.Pos.No.NameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupJohnstone Paint TrophyTotalGoalsGoalsGoalsGoalsGoals1 ST 9 Will Grigg 25012282MF17Michael Jacobs10000103MF31Yanic Wildschut700294MF6Max Power600064ST30Jordy Hiwula200465FW24Conor McAleny400045MF7Chris McCann400046DF5Donervon Daniels300037DF3Andy Kellett200027DF20Craig Morgan200027DF25Leon Barnett200027DF28Jason Pearce200027ST10Craig Davies200027MF29Haris Vučkić200027ST27Ryan Colclough200028DF2Reece James100018DF34Reece Wabara100018MF8Sam Morsy100018MF15Jordan Flores100018MF12Alex Revell100018MF22Francisco Júnior10001Own goals20002
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 8 May 2016 NumberNationPositionNameLeague OneFA CupLeague CupJPTTotal 7MFChris McCann 1011000001114MFDavid Perkins 10100000010120DFCraig Morgan 710000007125DFLeon Barnett 11000000118MFSam Morsy 110000001115MFJordan Flores 11000000116MFMax Power 1000000101105DFDonervon Daniels 401000005022MFFrancisco Júnior 301000105028DFJason Pearce 400000004010STCraig Davies 300010004026DFJonjoe Kenny 300000003017MFMichael Jacobs 30000000309STWill Grigg 200000002025DFLeon Barnett 100000001032GKJussi Jääskeläinen 10000000102DFReece James 100000001021DFKevin McNaughton 100000001033DFJack Hendry 000000101024MFSean Murray 0000001010TOTAL666301030736
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