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2015–16 Cardiff City F.C. season

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.

Cardiff City
2015–16 season
OwnerVincent Tan
ChairmanMehmet Dalman
ManagerRussell Slade
StadiumCardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship8th
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Anthony Pilkington (9)
All: Anthony Pilkington (9)
Highest home attendance28,680 (vs. Derby County, 2 Apr)
Lowest home attendance4,782 (vs. Shrewsbury Town, 10 Jan)
Average home league attendance16,463

Competitions edit

Championship edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 19 17 10 66 45 +21 74 Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a]
7 Ipswich Town 46 18 15 13 53 51 +2 69
8 Cardiff City 46 17 17 12 56 51 +5 68
9 Brentford 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 53 49 +4 63
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results by matchday edit

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Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Kit edit


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Last updated: 14 September 2015.
Source: Historical Football Kits

Squad edit

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1 David Marshall GK   Glasgow 31 274 0 Norwich City 12 May 2009 £500,000 2018
21 Simon Moore GK   Sandown 26 23 0 Brentford 29 July 2013 £150,000 2017
30 Ben Wilson GK   Stanley 23 2 0 Accrington Stanley November 2014 Free 2017
Defenders
2 Lee Peltier RB   Liverpool 30 58 0 Huddersfield Town 24 January 2015 Nominal 2018
3 Fábio LB   Rio de Janeiro 25 68 1 Manchester United 29 January 2014 Free 2017
4 Sean Morrison CB   Plymouth 25 74 9 Reading 15 August 2014 £2,620,000 2018
5 Bruno Ecuele Manga CB   Libreville 27 56 5 Lorient 1 September 2014 £4,400,000 2017
6 Ben Turner CB   Birmingham 27 121 4 Coventry City 31 August 2011 £750,000 2016
12 Declan John LB   Merthyr Tydfil 20 31 0 Academy 1 June 2013 Trainee 2018
16 Matthew Connolly CB   Barnet 28 110 6 Queens Park Rangers 22 August 2012 £500,000 2019
28 Scott Malone LB   Rowley Regis 25 56 2 Millwall 7 January 2015 £90,000 2017
29 Semi Ajayi CB     London 22 0 0 Arsenal 1 July 2015 Free 2017
Midfielders
7 Peter Whittingham CM   Nuneaton 31 423 93 Aston Villa 11 January 2007 £350,000 2017
8 Joe Ralls CM   Aldershot 23 94 6 Academy 30 September 2011 Trainee 2020
11 Craig Noone LW   Liverpool 28 134 17 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 August 2012 £1,000,000 2018
13 Anthony Pilkington LW     Blackburn 28 62 10 Norwich City 15 August 2014 £875,000 2017
15 Kagisho Dikgacoi DM   Brandfort 31 28 0 Crystal Palace 1 July 2014 Free 2017
17 Aron Gunnarsson CM   Akureyri 28 197 20 Coventry City 8 July 2011 £350,000 2018
22 Stuart O'Keefe CM   Eye 25 33 2 Crystal Palace 28 January 2015 £750,000 2018
23 Matthew Kennedy RW   Irvine 21 16 0 Everton 2 February 2015 Undisclosed 2018
24 Kadeem Harris LW   Westminster 23 23 2 Wycombe Wanderers 30 January 2012 £150,000 2017
27 Lex Immers AM   The Hague 30 15 5 Feyenoord 21 January 2016 Loan 2016
38 Sammy Ameobi WG/CF     Newcastle upon Tyne 24 38 1 Newcastle United 7 July 2015 Loan 2016
Forwards
26 Kenneth Zohore CF   Copenhagen 22 12 2 K.V. Kortrijk 1 February 2016 Loan 2016
37 Tom Lawrence LW/SS   Wrexham 22 14 0 Leicester City 1 February 2016 Loan 2016
39 Idriss Saadi CF   Valence 24 2 0 Clermont 1 September 2015 Undisclosed 2018
Out on loan
9 Kenwyne Jones CF   Point Fortin 31 67 19 Stoke City 28 January 2014 Part Exchange 2016
14 Federico Macheda CF   Rome 24 31 8 Manchester United 1 July 2014 Free 2017
18 Eoin Doyle CF   Dublin 28 18 5 Chesterfield 2 February 2015 £750,000 2018
36 Adedeji Oshilaja CB   London 23 3 0 Academy 1 July 2012 Trainee Undisclosed
— Tom Adeyemi CM   Norwich 24 23 1 Birmingham City 7 August 2014 £882,000 2017
— Adam Le Fondre CF   Stockport 29 25 3 Reading 28 May 2014 £2,170,000 2017
— Filip Kiss CM   Dunajská Streda 25 36 1 Slovan Bratislava 1 July 2012 £500,000 2016
— Joe Lewis GK   Bury St. Edmunds 28 4 0 Peterborough United 25 May 2012 Free 2016
— Etien Velikonja CF   Šempeter pri Gorici 27 5 0 Maribor 25 July 2012 £1,574,373 2016

^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 7 May 2016.

Statistics edit

As of 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO David Marshall 39 0 39+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Lee Peltier 43 0 38+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   BRA Fábio 25 1 17+5 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   ENG Sean Morrison 32 3 29+1 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   GAB Bruno Ecuele Manga 27 2 19+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF   ENG Ben Turner 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   ENG Peter Whittingham 37 6 34+2 6 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Joe Ralls 44 1 42+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF   ENG Craig Noone 41 6 24+14 5 0+1 0 2+0 1
12 DF   WAL Declan John 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF   IRL Anthony Pilkington 41 9 38+3 9 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF   RSA Kagisho Dikgacoi 25 0 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   ENG Matthew Connolly 45 1 43+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF   ISL Aron Gunnarsson 29 2 16+12 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 GK   ENG Simon Moore 8 0 6+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   ENG Stuart O'Keefe 26 2 18+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF   SCO Matthew Kennedy 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 MF   ENG Kadeem Harris 8 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
26 FW   DEN Kenneth Zohore (on loan from K.V. Kortrijk) 12 2 2+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF   NED Lex Immers (on loan from Feyenoord) 15 5 14+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF   ENG Scott Malone 40 2 34+5 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK   ENG Ben Wilson 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
37 FW   WAL Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City) 14 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF   NGA Sammy Ameobi (on loan from Newcastle United) 38 1 8+28 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
39 FW   FRA Idriss Saadi 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team players out on loan:
9 FW   TRI Kenwyne Jones 20 5 15+4 5 0+0 0 0+1 0
14 FW   ITA Federico Macheda 8 0 0+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW   IRL Eoin Doyle 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
Loan Players who returned to their parent clubs:
33 FW   SCO Tony Watt (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 9 2 9+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team players that left the club:
10 FW   IRL Joe Mason 24 6 21+2 6 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW   ENG Alex Revell 13 1 7+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
20 DF   ROU Gabriel Tamas 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Captains edit

As of 7 May
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
1 GK David Marshall   40 Club Captain
4 DF Sean Morrison   6 Vice-Captain
13 MF Anthony Pilkington   2
7 MF Peter Whittingham   1

Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Goals record edit

As of 7 May 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 13 MF   Anthony Pilkington 9 0 0 9
2 7 MF   Peter Whittingham 6 0 0 6
10 FW   Joe Mason 6 0 0 6
11 MF   Craig Noone 5 0 1 6
5 9 FW   Kenwyne Jones 5 0 0 5
27 MF   Lex Immers 5 0 0 5
7 4 DF   Sean Morrison 3 0 0 3
8 5 DF   Bruno Ecuele Manga 2 0 0 2
17 MF   Aron Gunnarsson 2 0 0 2
22 MF   Stuart O'Keefe 2 0 0 2
26 FW   Kenneth Zohore 2 0 0 2
28 DF   Scott Malone 2 0 0 2
33 FW   Tony Watt 2 0 0 2
14 3 DF   Fábio 1 0 0 1
8 MF   Joe Ralls 1 0 0 1
16 DF   Matthew Connolly 1 0 0 1
19 FW   Alex Revell 0 0 1 1
38 FW   Sammy Ameobi 1 0 0 1
Total 55* 0 2 56
  • Total includes 1 own goal

Disciplinary record edit

As of 3 May 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
               
1 3 DF   Fábio 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
2 DF   Lee Peltier 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
3 13 MF   Anthony Pilkington 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
16 DF   Matthew Connolly 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5 7 MF   Peter Whittingham 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 4 DF   Sean Morrison 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
7 8 MF   Joe Ralls 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
11 MF   Craig Noone 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
38 MF   Sammy Ameobi 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
10 28 DF   Scott Malone 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 17 MF   Aron Gunnarsson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 MF   Stuart O'Keefe 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 1 GK   David Marshall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 DF   Ben Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW   Joe Mason 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF   Kagisho Dikgacoi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF   Matthew Connolly 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW   Alex Revell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW   Tony Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 FW   Tom Lawrence 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 79 4 0 0 2 0 81 4

Suspensions served edit

Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
2 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 edit

Number Position Nationality Name Contract length Status Expiry Date Ref.
55 RB   Jazzi Barnum-Bobb 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
— CM   Tyler Roche 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
— CM   Macauley Southam 1 year Signed June 2016 [1]
60 LB   David Tutonda 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
— CB   Curtis Watkins 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
30 GK   Ben Wilson 2 years Signed June 2017 [1]
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 3+1⁄2 years Signed June 2019 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site

Transfers edit

In edit

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[a] 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[a] Cardiff City F.C.
  1. ^ a b Joined the U21 squad.

Loans in edit

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 edit

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]
1 July 2015 CM   Jaye Bowen Merthyr Tydfil Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF   Gethyn Hill Merthyr Tydfil Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF   Danny Johnson Gateshead Released [1][a]
1 July 2015 GK   Joe Massaro Barry Town Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF   Nicky Maynard Milton Keynes Dons Released Cardiff City F.C.[b]
1 July 2015 RB   Kevin McNaughton Wigan Athletic Released Cardiff City F.C.[c]
1 July 2015 LB   Kane Owen Aberystwyth Town Released [1]
1 July 2015 DM   Ben Watkins Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CB   Bradley Wickham Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CM   Bradley Williams Free agent Released [1]
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.
  1. ^ Johnson joined Gateshead following release.[1]
  2. ^ Maynard joined MK Dons following release.BBC Sport
  3. ^ McNaughton joined Wigan Athletic following release.[2]

Total income:   £4,400,000

Loans out edit

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.[a]
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[b]
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[c]
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
  1. ^ Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Tommy O'Sullivan's loan spells were extended to 2 January.[2]
  2. ^ Ben Wilson's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.[3]
  3. ^ Ben Turner's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.[4]

Fixtures and results edit

Pre-season edit

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Nailsworth
19:30 BST O'Connor   72' Report Mason   55' Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,125
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 BST Akpa Akpro   8' (pen.)
Collins   86'		 Report Mason   26'
Pilkington   55'		 Stadium: New Meadow
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Carmarthen Town 0–1 Cardiff City XI Carmarthen
15:00 BST Report Rees   11' Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Richard Harrington
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–2 Cardiff City Putten, Netherlands
19:00 BST Report Manga   18'
Pilkington   82'		 Stadium: Sportpark Puttereng
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Cardiff City Unknown
17:00 BST Report   69' Pilkington
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Cardiff City 2–1 Watford Cardiff
19:45 BST Mason   19', 80' Report Deeney   30' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly Bournemouth 2–3 Cardiff City Bournemouth
19:45 BST Rantie   27'
Pugh   70'		 Report Ralls   39'
Revell   44', 65'		 Stadium: Dean Court

Football League Championship edit

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Cardiff City 1–1 Fulham Cardiff
12:00 BST Noone   86' BBC Report   47' Smith Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,429
Referee: Darren Bond
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Queen's Park Rangers 2–2 Cardiff City London
17:15 BST Hill   33'
Austin   56'		 BBC report   63' Morrison
  90' Malone		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,927
Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Televised Live on Sky
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Blackburn
19:45 BST Hanley   88' BBC Report   5' Mason Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,025
Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland)
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Cardiff City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
17:15 BST Jones   44'
Ameobi   60'		 BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,820
Referee: Andy Davies
Note: Televised Live on Sky
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Cardiff City Nottingham
15:00 BST Antonio   86' BBC Sport   23' Jones
  49' Mason		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 18,762
Referee: Oliver Langford
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Huddersfield Cardiff
15:00 BST Pilkington   69'
Mason   77'		 BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,715
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7 Cardiff City 0–2 Hull City Cardiff
19:45 BST Report   8' Diamé
  80' Hernández		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,763
Referee: Chris Sarginson (Staffordshire)
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Rotherham United 2–1 Cardiff City Rotherham
15:00 BST Odjidja-Ofoe   43' (pen.)
Connolly   90+3' (og)		 Report   42' Marhsall
  45+4' (pen.) Whittingham		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,935
Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire)
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Cardiff City 2–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 BST Mason   53'
Morrison   76'		 BBC Report   49' Ahearne-Grant Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,980
Referee: Andy Madley
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Cardiff City Brighton
15:00 BST Stephens   38' BBC Report   5' Mason Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 26,399
Referee: Charles Breakspear (Surrey)
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11 Preston North End 0–0 Cardiff City Preston
15:00 BST BBC Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,125
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 12 Cardiff City 1–0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
19:45 BST Friend   86' (og) Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,371
Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northampton)
26 October 2015 (2015-10-26) 13 Cardiff City 0–0 Bristol City Cardiff
19:45 GMT BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,287
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Note: Televised Live on Sky
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14 Ipswich 0–0 Cardiff City Ipswich
15:00 GMT BBC Report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,169
Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)
3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15 Leeds United 1–0 Cardiff City Leeds
19:45 GMT Mowatt   63' BBC Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,914
Referee: Carl Boyeson
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16 Cardiff City 2–0 Reading Cardiff
15:00 GMT Jones   44'
Connolly   53'		 BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,414
Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17 Derby County 2–0 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 GMT Thorne   55'
Weimann   76'		 BBC Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 29,526
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18 Cardiff City 2–2 Burnley Cardiff
15:00 GMT Gunnarsson   41'
Morrison   64'		 BBC Report   85' Hennings
  90' (og) Connolly		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,133
Referee: Darren Drysdale
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 GMT Madine   17'
Casado
Dervite   71'		 BBC Report   13' Watt
  53' Malone
  80' Pilkington		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,241
Referee: Tony Harrington
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 20 Cardiff City 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:00 GMT Noone   21' (pen)
Pilkington   34'		 BBC Report   61' Forestieri
  61' Bannan		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,256
Referee: Charles Breakspear
15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 21 Cardiff City 3–2 Brentford Cardiff
19:45 GMT Watt   20'
Jones   34', 90+3'		 Report   69' Bidwell
  86' Swift		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 12,729
Referee: Simon Hooper
18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 22 Birmingham City 1–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
19:45 GMT Caddis   45' (pen) BBC Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 14,414
Referee: David Coote (Note Coote was a late replacement for Keith Stroud)
Note: Televised Live on Sky
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Cardiff City Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Maynard   49'
Murphy   90'		 Report Noone   81' Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: Iain Williamson
Referee: 12,510
29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 24 Cardiff City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Cardiff
19:45 GMT Gunnarsson   13' Report Burke   9' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,461
Referee: Tim Robinson
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 GMT Mason   58' BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,385
Referee: Andy Woolmer
13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 26 Hull City 2–0 Cardiff City Hull
19:45 GMT Hernández   40' (pen)
Clucas   51'		 Report Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 15,549
Referee: Scott Duncan
16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Zyro   40' BBC Report   28', 36' Noone
  48' Ralls		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 24,238
Referee: Dean Whitestone
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28 Cardiff City 2–2 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 GMT Pilkington   25', 60'
Peltier 		BBC Report Newell   44'
Pilkington   49' (og)		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,885
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29 Huddersfield 2–3 Cardiff City Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Wells   40'
Bunn   90+2'		 BBC Report Whittingham   37', 79'
Immers   61'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 11,002
Referee: David Webb (County Durham)
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30 Cardiff City 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons Cardiff
15:00 GMT BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,833
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 GMT Report   90+6'   Ameobi Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 16,755
Referee: Iain Williamson
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 32 Cardiff City 4–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
12:30 GMT Whittingham   16', 66' (pen)
Pilkington   19'
Immers   30'		 BBC Report Stephens   55' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,143
Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Televised Live on Sky
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 33 Middlesbrough 3–1 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Connolly   25' (og)
Ramírez   63'
Nugent   83'		 Report   20' Fábio Stadium: The Riverside
Attendance: 24,322
Referee: Trevor Kettle
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 34 Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 GMT Pilkington   44' (pen), 80' (pen) Report   87' Robinson Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,566
Referee: Brendan Malone
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35 Bristol City 0–2 Cardiff Bristol
12:00 GMT Report Immers   21'
O'Keefe   83'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 15,758
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 36 Cardiff City 0–2 Leeds United Cardiff
19:45 GMT Fábio   64'   Report Doukara   37'
Antenucci   90+4'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,273
Referee: Darren Deadman
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 37 Cardiff City 1–0 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 GMT Ecuele   18' Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,175
Referee: Andy Madley (West Yorkshire)
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38 Reading 1–1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 GMT McCleary   37'
John   45'		 Report Connolly   63'
Immers   65'
Pilkington   83'		 Stadium: Madjeski Stadium
Attendance: 17,407
Referee: Darren Drysdale
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39 Cardiff City 2–1 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 BST Ecuele   37'
O'Keefe   68'		 BBC Report   49' Martin Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 28,680
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)
5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40 Burnley 0–0 Cardiff City Burnley
19:45 BST BBC Report Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 15,740
Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne and Wear)
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Fulham 2–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 BST Parker   46'
Hyndman   90+3'		 BBC Sport   41' Immers Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,149
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Cardiff City 0–0 Queen's Park Rangers Cardiff
15:00 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 Brentford 2–1 Cardiff City London
19:45 BST Hogan   83', 86' BBC Report   89' Zohore Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,363
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Cardiff City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 BST Zohore   55'
Whittingham   90+4' (pen)		 Report   7' Clough
  32' Maher		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 24,189
Referee: Lee Collins
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Sheffield Wed 3–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 BST Hooper   64', 90+4'
Peltier		 Report Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 31,843
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Cardiff City 1–1 Birmingham Cardiff
12:30 BST Connolly   19'
Pilkington   26'
Lawrence   31'
Whittingham   51'
Turner   60'		 Report Cotterill   11'
Spector   31'
Kieftenbeld   35'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,022
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup
10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Third Round Cardiff City 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
18:00 GMT Report   62' Mangan Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 4,782
Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Televised Live on S4C

League Cup edit

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup
11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round Cardiff City 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Cardiff
19:45 BST Noone   45' BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 6,314
Referee: Brendan Malone
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round MK Dons 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Milton Keynes
19:45 BST Baker   78'
Murphy   108'		 BBC report Revell   53' Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 5,617
Referee: Tim Robinson

Development Team edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
45 MF   WAL Theo Wharton
– DF   FRA Jordan Blaise
– MF   WAL MacAuley Southam
– MF   WAL Robbie Patten
– DF   WAL Tom James
– MF   WAL Tommy O'Sullivan (on loan to Newport County)
– FW   ENG Rhys Healey (on loan to Dundee United)
– DF   ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
– DF   WAL Curtis Watkins
– DF   COD David Tutonda
No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF   WAL Tyler Roche
— DF   WAL Ashley Baker
— MF   WAL Tom Burridge
— FW   WAL Abdi Noor
— DF   WAL Dylan Rees
— MF   WAL Jamie Veale
— FW   WAL Dane Griffiths
– GK   WAL Luke O'Reilly
— FW   WAL Eli Phipps
– DF   BEL Marco Weymans

Overall summary edit

Club staff edit

Main article: Cardiff City F.C. personnel

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Retain List 2015/16". Cardiff City Football Club. Official Site. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Newport County: O'Sullivan and Barnum-Bobb extend loan deals". BBC Sport. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ben goes back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Ben Turner: Cardiff City defender facing more ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Football Club Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Holding Company Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ^ "New Club Secretary". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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