2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Johnstone
2015–16 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership4th
Scottish CupFourth round
lost to Kilmarnock
League CupSemi-final
lost to Hibernian
Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round, lost to Alashkert
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steve MacLean (14)

All:
Steve MacLean (15)
Highest home attendance6,418 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
13 December 2015
Lowest home attendance2,157 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership
9 March 2016
Average home league attendance3,880

Results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season friendlies edit

23 June 2015 Friendly Linfield 1–2 St Johnstone Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT Ross Clarke   80' St Johnstone Report
Linfield Report
Sutton   10'
Shaughnessy   44'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: Behind closed doors
24 June 2015 Friendly Glenavon 1–1 St Johnstone Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT Braniff   90' (pen.) St Johnstone Report Kane   72' Stadium: Mourneview Park
28 June 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen Brechin
13:00 GMT St Johnstone Report
Aberdeen Report
Rooney   71' (pen.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Dallas
12 July 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 0–0 Real Sociedad Methil, Fife
13:30 GMT St Johnstone Report Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Beaton
25 July 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 0–1 Blackpool Tulloch
15:00 GMT St Johnstone Report McAlister Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 1,305
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Premiership edit

2 August 2015[1] Premiership Heart of Midlothian 4–3 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 Juanma   4'
Walker   53'
Paterson   62'
Nicholson   80'
BBC Report Lappin   56'
Sutton   75'
Cummins   78'
Attendance: 16,334
Referee: McLean
11 August 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Cummins   52' BBC Report Curran   17' Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 Premiership Dundee 2–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 McPake   16'
Hemmings   39'
BBC Report MacLean   54' Attendance: 6,176
Referee: Clancy
22 August 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean   62', 79' BBC Report Moult   11'
Taylor   86'  
Attendance: 3,361
Referee: Thomson
29 August 2015 Premiership Celtic 3–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Griffiths   18'
Rogić   45+1'
Mulgrew   67'
BBC Report Boyata   11' (o.g.) Attendance: 42,507
Referee: Beaton
12 September 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 4–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig   22'
MacLean   25' (pen.), 43', 54'
BBC Report Tagliapietra   67' Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Dallas
19 September 2015 Premiership Kilmarnock 2–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Magennis   40'
Easton   60' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wotherspoon   17' Attendance: 3,165
Referee: Collum
26 September 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mannus   23'
Cummins   63'
Lappin   80'
BBC Report McKay   24' (pen.) Attendance: 4,634
Referee: Madden
3 October 2015 Premiership Aberdeen 1–5 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Magennis   12' BBC Report Easton   5'
Shaughnessy   10'
Craig   30'
MacLean   47', 51'
Attendance: 13,405
Referee: Muir
17 October 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean   48' BBC Report Miller   28'
Lawless   34'
Attendance: 3414
Referee: Beaton
24 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings   86'
Devine   90+4'
Report Mackay   47'
Scobbie   66'
Craig   90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,471
Referee: Robertson
31 October 2015 Premiership Hamilton Academical 2–4 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 Garcia Tena   81', 89' (pen.) BBC Report Cummins   40', 49'
Wotherspoon   63'
O'Halloran   67'
Attendance: 2,216
Referee: Clancy
7 November 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran   23'
Kane   49'
Craig   86'
BBC Report Smith   2' Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Allan
21 November 2015 Premiership Dundee United 1–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay   33' BBC Report Kane   43'
Davidson   45+1'
Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Thomson
27 November 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon   13' BBC Report Hemmings   3' Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Muir
5 December 2015 Premiership Ross County 2–3 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce   68'
Davidson   88' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wotherspoon   3', 43'
Mackay   88'
Attendance: 3,229
Referee: Clancy
13 December 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 0–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Çiftçi   35', 67'
Boyata   49'
Attendance: 6,418
Referee: Allan
26 December 2015 Premiership Partick Thistle P – P St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Beaton
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
30 December 2015 Premiership Motherwell 2–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
Hall   38'
Pearson   45'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,055
Referee: Allan
23 January 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Mackay-Steven   9', 55'
Armstrong   43'
BBC Report MacLean   12' Attendance: 43,948
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 February 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 3–4 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon   52'
Anderson   79'
Scobbie   89'
BBC Report Rooney   5', 77'
Pawlett   20'
McGinn   71'
Attendance: 5,712
Referee: Don Robertson
12 February 2016 Premiership Dundee 2 - 0 St Johnstone Dens Park
19:45 Hemmings   21'   51'
O'Dea   66'
Stewart   90'
Report Fisher   58'
Cummins   66'
Davidson   76'
Swanson   76'
Attendance: 4,876
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
20 February 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 2 - 1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon   43'
Fisher   60'
Scobbie   84'   90+1'
Moult   33'
Hall   90'
Attendance: 3,006
Referee:   Bobby Madden
23 February 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 2 - 0 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
19:45 Doolan   72'
Amoo   87'
Report Anderson   75'
Wotherspoon   90'
Attendance: 2,320
Referee:   John Beaton
27 February 2016 Premiership Aberdeen 1 - 1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Church   35'
Jack   41'
Shinnie   80'
Report Brown   7'
Wotherspoon   17'
Swanson   41'
Craig   88' (pen.)
Kane   90'
Attendance: 12,563
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
2 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1 - 2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane   67'
Craig   90'
Report Booth   6'
Lawless   13'
Welsh   42'
Attendance: 2,569
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
9 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1 - 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane   84' Report Warren   35'  
Tansey   90'
Vigurs   90'
Attendance: 2,157
Referee:   Don Robertson
16 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1 - 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon   11'
Lappin   66'
Report Graham   65' (pen.) Attendance: 2,501
Referee:   Steven McLean (referee)
19 March 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 - 3 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Augustyn   26' Report Davidson   11'   21'
Fisher   52'   88'
Attendance: 16,295
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
2 April 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 0 - 1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Dow   22'
Morris   25'
Donaldson   60'
Attendance: 5,784
Referee:   Willie Collum
9 April 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 3 - 0 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 O'Hara   16'
Kiltie   23'
Boyd   25'   88' (pen.)
Magennis   33'
Higginbotham   65'
Addison   78'
Report Fisher   23' Attendance: 3,693
Referee:   Crawford Allan
22 April 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 3 - 0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon   14'
MacLean   38'
Craig   55'
Report Hayeas   65'
Shinnie   84'
Attendance: 3,990
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
30 April 2016 Premiership Ross County 0 - 1 St Johnstone Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Quinn   33' Report Craig   25'
MacLean   56'
Shaughnessy   88'
Attendance: 3,329
Referee:   Stephen Finnie
7 May 2016 Premiership Motherwell 1 - 2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 McDonald   4'
Pearson   67'
Leitch   89'
Report MacLean   34'
Darnell Fisher   39'
Swanson   45'
Attendance: 4,441
Referee:   Greg Aitken
11 May 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 2 - 1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
19:30 Anderson   35'
MacLean   56'   57'
Swanson   61'
Cummins   77'
Report Johansen   28'
Griffiths   53'
Attendance: 5,959
Referee:   Willie Collum
15 May 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 - 2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 Scouttar   8'
Öztürk   13'
Djoum   17'   58'
Shaughnessy   20' (o.g.)
Oshaniwa   29'
Dauda   57'
Juanma   60'
Report Craig   9' (pen.)   66'
Cummins   12'
Kane   56'
Darnell Fisher   59'
Scobbie   74'
Attendance: 16,046
Referee:   Greg Aitken

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying phase edit

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg Alashkert   1–0 St Johnstone Yerevan, Armenia
17:00 CET Manasyan   59' BBC
UEFA
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Kehlet
9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd leg St Johnstone 2–1
(2–2 agg.)
  Alashkert
Alashkert won on away goals
Perth, Scotland
19:45 O'Halloran   34'
McKay   87'
BBC
UEFA
Muradyan   11'  
Goyozalyan   74'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 5,764
Referee: Fautrel

League Cup edit

22 September 2015 League Cup third round Rangers 1–3 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:15 Tavernier   62' BBC Report Davidson   19'
Lappin   29'
O'Halloran   46'
Attendance: 27,094
Referee: Clancy
27 October 2015 Quarter Final Greenock Morton 1–3 St Johnstone Cappielow
19:30 Johnstone   52' BBC Report MacLean   61' (pen.)
O'Halloran   63'
Kane   83'
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Thomson
30 January 2016 Semi Final Hibernian 2–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle
15:00 Cummings   29' (pen.)
McGinn   74'
BBC Report Shaughnessy   33' Attendance: 16,971
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup edit

9 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 St Johnstone 0–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Slater   6' Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Clancy

Squad statistics edit

During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances edit

As of 6 February 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Alan Mannus 28 0 22+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 20 1 17+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 21 1 15+1 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF   SCO Simon Lappin 17 3 8+5 2 3+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF   SCO Frazer Wright 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 16 1 11+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 16 0 13+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 25 2 20+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW   SCO Steven MacLean 26 11 18+2 10 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
10 MF   SCO David Wotherspoon 25 6 17+3 6 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 FW   ENG John Sutton 20 1 5+11 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0
12 GK   SCO Zander Clark 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   EIR Joe Shaughnessy 28 2 20+2 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
15 DF   SCO Brad McKay 4 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1
16 MF   SCO Liam Caddis 6 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF   SCO Danny Swanson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW   EIR Graham Cummins 21 6 15+2 6 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
20 MF   SCO Scott Brown 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
22 DF   ENG Darnell Fisher 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Brian Easton 28 1 20+2 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
25 FW   SCO Chris Kane 20 3 3+13 2 0+1 1 1+0 0 1+1 0
26 MF   SCO Liam Craig 24 3 15+6 3 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF   SCO Craig Thomson 7 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
29 FW   SCO Michael O'Halloran 26 5 19+1 2 3+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 1
31 MF   SCO Greg Hurst 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
                   
1   GK Alan Mannus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
2   DF Dave Mackay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
3   DF Tam Scobbie 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
4   MF Simon Lappin 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5   DF Frazer Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
6   DF Steven Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
7   MF Chris Millar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8   MF Murray Davidson 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
9   MF Steve MacLean 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10   MF David Wotherspoon 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
14   DF Joe Shaughnessy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15   DF Brad McKay 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
16   MF Liam Caddis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16   MF Danny Swanson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   DF Darnell Fisher 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
24   DF Brian Easton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
26   MF Liam Craig 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
29   FW Michael O'Halloran 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 38 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 48 3

Goal scorers edit

As of 6 February 2016
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
1   9 Steve MacLean 10 1 0 0 11
2   18 Graham Cummins 6 0 0 0 6
  10 David Wotherspoon 6 0 0 0 6
3   29 Michael O'Halloran 2 2 0 1 5
4   4 Simon Lappin 2 1 0 0 3
  26 Liam Craig 3 0 0 0 3
  25 Chris Kane 2 1 0 0 3
5   8 Murray Davidson 1 1 0 0 2
  14 Brad McKay 1 0 0 1 2
  14 Joe Shaughnessy 1 1 0 0 2
6   11 John Sutton 1 0 0 0 1
  24 Brian Easton 1 0 0 0 1
  6 Steven Anderson 1 0 0 0 1
  3 Tam Scobbie 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 7 0 2 46

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary edit

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHHHAHAH
ResultLDDLWLWLWWLWWWWDWLDLDLL
Position998107877777644444444455
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics edit

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Tommy Wright[4] 2 July 2015 Present 29 12 5 12 041.38

Transfers edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References edit

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