The 2015–16 season is Sunderland's 137th season in existence, and their ninth 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 covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. On May 11 2016, Sunderland confirmed a tenth consecutive Premier League season with a 3–0 victory over Everton at the Stadium of Light. Simultaneously, the result confirmed the relegation of arch-rivals Newcastle.
Squad
First Team Squad Squad No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 13 Jordan Pickford GK Academy 25 Vito Mannone GK Arsenal 33 Steve Harper GK Free agent Defenders 2 Billy Jones RB West Bromwich Albion 3 Patrick van Aanholt LB Chelsea 5 Wes Brown CB Manchester United15 Younès Kaboul CB Tottenham Hotspur 16 John O'Shea (captain) CB Manchester United 23 Lamine Koné CB Lorient 24 DeAndre Yedlin RB Tottenham Hotspur (on loan) 34 Thomas Robson U21 LB Darlington Midfielders 6 Lee Cattermole (vice-captain) DM Wigan Athletic 7 Sebastian Larsson CM Birmingham City 8 Jack Rodwell CM Manchester City 17 Jeremain Lens LW Dynamo Kyiv 20 Ola Toivonen AM Rennes (on loan) 21 Yann M'Vila DM Rubin Kazan (on loan) 22 Wahbi Khazri AM Bordeaux 27 Jan Kirchhoff DM Bayern Munich 37 Rees Greenwood U21 LW Academy 39 George Honeyman U21 AM Academy 41 Duncan Watmore RW Altrincham 46 Lynden Gooch U21 AM Academy Forwards 9 Fabio Borini ST Liverpool10Dame N'DoyeST21 February 1985 (age 30) Trabzonspor (on loan) 18 Jermain Defoe ST Toronto
U21 = Under-21 player
New contracts
PlayerUntilSource5Defender Wes BrownJune 20166Midfielder Lee CattermoleJune 202141Midfielder Duncan WatmoreJune 202013Goalkeeper Jordan PickfordJune 202039Midfielder George HoneymanJune 201746Midfielder Lynden GoochJune 2019
Transfers and loans
Transfers in +First Team Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee 1 Jul 2015 CB Sebastián Coates Liverpool £2,000,000 3 Jul 2015 RB Adam Matthews Celtic £2,000,000 15 Jul 2015 LW Jeremain Lens Dynamo Kyiv £8,000,000 16 Jul 2015 CB Younès Kaboul Tottenham Hotspur £3,000,000 31 Aug 2015 ST Fabio Borini Liverpool £10,000,000 7 Jan 2016 CB Jan Kirchhoff Bayern Munich £750,000 22 Jan 2016 GK Steve Harper Free agent Free 27 Jan 2016 CB Lamine Koné Lorient £5,000,000 30 Jan 2016 AM Wahbi Khazri Bordeaux £9,000,000 9 Mar 2016 RB Emmanuel Eboué Free agent Free Total Spending: £39,750,000
Loans in +First Team Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until 6 Aug 2015 DM Yann M'Vila Rubin Kazan End of season 28 Aug 2015 AM Ola Toivonen Rennes End of season 1 Sep 2015 RB DeAndre Yedlin Tottenham Hotspur End of season 14 Jan 2016STDame N'Doye TrabzonsporEnd of season
Transfers out +First Team Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee 29 Jun 2015 DM El Hadji Ba Charlton Athletic £500,000 30 Jun 2015 RB Anthony Réveillère Free agent Released 3 Aug 2015 ST Connor Wickham Crystal Palace £9,000,000 19 Jan 2016 GK Costel Pantilimon Watford £6,000,000 11 Feb 2016 RW Adam Johnson Free Agent Sacked 31 March 2016 RB Emmanuel Eboué Free Agent Released 5 May 2016 CB Valentin Roberge Free Agent Released
Total Received: £15,500,000
Loans out +First Team Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until 16 Jul 2015 CB Santiago Vergini Getafe End of season 31 Jul 2015 GK Jordan Pickford Preston North End 31 Dec 2015 31 Aug 2015 AM Emanuele Giaccherini Bologna End of season 2 Oct 2015 LW Will Buckley Leeds United 26 Nov 2015 15 Jan 2016 Birmingham City End of season 26 Nov 2015 DM Liam Bridcutt Leeds United End of season 20 Jan 2016 ST Danny Graham Blackburn Rovers End of season 21 Jan 2016 AM Lynden Gooch U21 Doncaster Rovers Mar 21 2016 27 Jan 2016 RW Charalampos Mavrias Fortuna Düsseldorf End of season 28 Jan 2016 CB Sebastián Coates Sporting CP End of season 31 Jan 2016 CM Jordi Gomez Blackburn Rovers End of season 31 Jan 2016 ST Steven Fletcher Marseille End of season 7 Mar 2016 RB Adam Matthews Bristol City End of season
Pre-season friendlies On 26 May 2015, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendly against Darlington 1883 and Doncaster Rovers. On 5 June 2015, a tour of the United States and Canada was announced. On 23 June 2015, an exhibition match against Hannover 96 was announced to be played in Germany.
Competitions
Overall
Overview
CompetitionRecord Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
Football League Cup
FA Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goalsPlayers out on loan:Players no longer with club:
Goalscorers
Rank No. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total1 18 Jermain Defoe 15 0 3 182 9 Fabio Borini 5 0 0 53 3 Patrick van Aanholt 4 0 0 4 17 Jeremain Lens 3 1 0 4 26 Steven Fletcher 4 0 0 4 41 Duncan Watmore 3 0 1 47 8 Jack Rodwell 1 0 2 38 11 Adam Johnson 2 0 0 2 22 Wahbi Khazri 2 0 0 2 23 Lamine Koné 2 0 0 211 2 Billy Jones 1 0 0 1 10 Dame N'Doye 1 0 0 1 20 Ola Toivonen 0 0 1 1 21 Yann M'Vila 1 0 0 1Own Goals4004Total 441752
Clean Sheets Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.
Correct as of match played on 11 May 2016
No.Nat.PlayerMatches PlayedClean Sheet %Premier LeagueFA CupLeague CupTOTAL 25 Vito Mannone 2020% 4 0 0 4 1 Costel Pantilimon 1817% 3 0 0 3 13 Jordan Pickford 20% 0 0 0 0Totals4018% 7 0 0 7
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1 GK Costel Pantilimon 3 3 2 DF Billy Jones 8 8 3 DF Patrick van Aanholt 2 2 5 DF Wes Brown 1 1 6 MF Lee Cattermole 8 8 7 MF Sebastian Larsson 2 2 8 MF Jack Rodwell 5 1 6 9 FW Fabio Borini 6 6 10 FW Dame N'Doye 2 2 11 MF Adam Johnson 3 3 15 DF Younès Kaboul 3 1 3 1 16 DF John O'Shea 2 2 17 MF Jeremain Lens 3 1 3 1 18 FW Jermain Defoe 2 2 20 MF Ola Toivonen 1 1 20 MF Yann M'Vila 1 1 22 DF Sebastián Coates 4 1 5 22 MF Wahbi Khazri 3 3 24 DF DeAndre Yedlin 2 2 25 GK Vito Mannone 2 2 Total 63200002006520
Overall summary
Summary
Games played 40 (37 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) Games won 10 (9 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) Games drawn 11 (11 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Games lost 19 (17 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) Goals scored 54 (46 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 7 League Cup) Goals conceded 70 (60 Premier League, 3 FA Cup, 7 League Cup) Goal difference -16 (-14 Premier League, -2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Clean sheets 7 (7 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Yellow cards 52 (50 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) Red cards 2 (2 Premier League, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Worst discipline Billy Jones (8 , 0 )Best result 3–0 v. Newcastle United (H), 3–0 v. Everton (H)Worst result 2–6 v. Everton (A)Most appearances Yann M'Vila (37)Top scorer Jermain Defoe (18)
Score overview OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleArsenal0–03–1Aston Villa3–12–2Bournemouth1–12–0Chelsea3–23–1Crystal Palace2–20–1Everton3–06–2Leicester City0–24–2Liverpool0–12–2Manchester City0–14–1Manchester United2–13–0Newcastle United3–01-1Norwich City1–30–3Southampton0–11–1Stoke City2–01–1Swansea City1–12–4Tottenham Hotspur0–14–1Watford0–12–2West Bromwich Albion0–01–0West Ham United2–20–1
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