The 2015–16 season was Middlesbrough's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Championship in their 140th year in existence. Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Statistics
Appearances and goals Last updated 12 July 2016 "+" constitutes substitute appearances
|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season:
Top scorers Last updated 12 July 2016 NameChampionshipFA CupLeague CupTotal1FW18 Cristhian Stuani704112=MF27 Albert Adomah60282=FW35 David Nugent80084MF21 Gastón Ramírez70075=MF31 Diego Fabbrini41165=FW9 Jordan Rhodes60067=FW9 Kike40047=MF7 Grant Leadbitter40049=DF4 Daniel Ayala30039=MF17 Stewart Downing30039=DF24 Emilio Nsue300312MF34 Adam Forshaw200213=MF8 Adam Clayton100113=DF3 George Friend100113=DF6 Ben Gibson100113=MF20 Adam Reach100113=MF30 Yanic Wildschut0011
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNameTotalChampionshipFA CupLeague Cup
Transfers
Transfers in Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef. 6 July 2015 DF Alex Baptiste Bolton Wanderers Free 16 July 2015 MF Stewart Downing West Ham United £5,500,000 7 August 2015 FW Cristhian Stuani Espanyol £3,600,000 14 August 2015 FW David Nugent Leicester City £4,000,000 MF Carlos de Pena Nacional Undisclosed 1 February 2016 FW Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers £9,000,000 1 February 2016 MF Julien De Sart Standard Liège Undisclosed
Transfers out Date fromPositionNationalityNameToFee Ref. 1 July 2015 DF David Atkinson Carlisle United Free 1 July 2015 MF Ryan Brobbel Whitby Town Free 1 July 2015 DF Seb Hines Orlando City Free 1 July 2015 MF Emmanuel Ledesma Rotherham United Free 1 July 2015 MF James Warnett Free agent Released 1 July 2015 DF Kieron Weledji Whitby Town Free 1 July 2015 MF Dean Whitehead Huddersfield Town Free 2 July 2015 FW Luke Williams Scunthorpe United Undisclosed 4 August 2015 MF Lee Tomlin AFC Bournemouth £3,000,000 9 January 2016MFYanic WildschutWigan AthleticUndisclosed 3 February 2016 FW Kike Eibar Undisclosed
Loans in Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromUntilRef. 17 July 2015 DF Tomáš Kalas Chelsea End of season 27 July 2015 MF Diego Fabbrini Watford End of season 31 July 2015 DF Jack Stephens Southampton End of season 28 August 2015 DF Fernando Amorebieta Fulham End of season 29 August 2015 GK Michael Agazzi Milan End of season 26 October 2015 MF Bruno Zuculini Manchester City 15 January 2016 FW Enrique Sola Athletic Bilbao End of season 26 January 2016 MF Gastón Ramírez Southampton End of season 1 February 2016 DF Ritchie De Laet Leicester City End of season
Loans out Date fromPositionNationalityNameToUntilRef. 31 July 2015 GK Connor Ripley Motherwell 4 January 2016 3 August 2015 DF Jonny Burn Oldham Athletic 4 January 2016 6 August 2015 MF Bryn Morris Coventry City 27 October 2015 27 August 2015 MF Mustapha Carayol Huddersfield Town End of season 28 August 2015 DF James Husband Fulham 10 September 2015 DF Brad Halliday Hartlepool United 8 October 2015 14 September 2015 DF Adam Jackson Coventry City 12 October 2015 26 September 2015 MF Adam Reach Preston North End 1 October 2015MFYanic WildschutWigan Athletic1 January 201620 October 2015DFBrad HallidayAccrington StanleyEnd of season27 October 2015 MF Bryn Morris York City27 November 20154 November 2015DFAdam JacksonHartlepool UnitedOne-month26 November 2015FWBradley FewsterYork CityEnd of season26 November 2015MFJordan JonesCambridge United2 January 201626 November 2015DFMark KitchingYork CityOne-month4 January 2016DFRhys WilliamsCharlton Athletic1 February 20168 January 2016MFMustapha CarayolLeeds UnitedEnd of season8 January 2016DF James Husband Huddersfield TownOne-month28 January 2016MFBryn MorrisWalsallTwo-month26 February 2016MFHarry ChapmanBarnsleyEnd of season1 March 2016DFAlex BaptisteSheffield United2 June 2016
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies On 8 June 2015, Middlesbrough announced two friendlies against York City and Doncaster Rovers. A trip to Barnsley on 29 July was later announced. On 8 July, Boro announced Spanish side Getafe will visit a week prior to the opening game of the season.
Championship
League table
League results summary
Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
League Cup On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Middlesbrough were drawn away against Oldham Athletic. In the second round, Middlesbrough were drawn away to Burton Albion. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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