2015–16 Premier League

For other uses, see 2015–16 Premier League (disambiguation).

Premier League

Season	2015–16
Dates	8 August 2015 – 17 May 2016
Champions	Leicester City 1st Premier League title 1st English title
Relegated	Newcastle United Norwich City Aston Villa
Champions League	Leicester City Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City
Europa League	Manchester United Southampton West Ham United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,026 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Kane (25 goals)[1]
Best goalkeeper	Petr Čech (16 clean sheets)[2]
Biggest home win	Manchester City 6–1 Newcastle United (3 October 2015)[3]
Biggest away win	Aston Villa 0–6 Liverpool (14 February 2016)[3]
Highest scoring	Norwich City 4–5 Liverpool (23 January 2016)[3]
Longest winning run	6 matches[4] Tottenham Hotspur
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches[4] Chelsea
Longest winless run	19 matches[4] Aston Villa
Longest losing run	11 matches[4] Aston Villa
Highest attendance	75,415[5] Manchester United 2–1 Swansea City (2 January 2016)
Lowest attendance	10,863[5] Bournemouth 1–3 Stoke City (13 February 2016)
Total attendance	13,851,698[5]
Average attendance	36,451[5]
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 8 August 2015, and was scheduled to conclude on 15 May 2016.^[6] However, the Manchester United vs Bournemouth fixture was postponed to 17 May 2016 on the final day due to a suspicious package inside Old Trafford.^[7]

Chelsea began the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Bournemouth, Watford and Norwich City entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Football League Championship.

Leicester City won the championship for the first time in their 132-year history, becoming the 24th club to become English football champions, and the sixth club to win the Premier League. Many commentators consider this to be one of the greatest sports shocks in history, especially considering that Leicester spent half of the previous season at the bottom of the table before finishing 14th.

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  3 League table
  


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  4 Results
  


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  5 Season statistics
  
  
  
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    5.1 Scoring
    
    
    
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      5.1.1 Top scorers
      
    
    
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      5.1.2 Hat-tricks
      
    
    
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    5.2 Clean sheets
    
  
  
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    6.1 Monthly awards
    
  
  
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    6.2 Annual awards
    
    
    
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      6.2.1 Premier League Manager of the Season
      
    
    
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      6.2.2 Premier League Player of the Season
      
    
    
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      6.2.3 PFA Players' Player of the Year
      
    
    
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      6.2.4 PFA Team of the Year
      
    
    
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      6.2.5 PFA Young Player of the Year
      
    
    
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      6.2.6 FWA Footballer of the Year
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Summary

Leicester City were the surprise of the season. Following their late escape from relegation in the previous season many pundits had predicted that they would be relegated^[8] and bookmakers gave 5,000–1 odds on them winning the title.^[9] After the dismissal of manager Nigel Pearson, they began the new season with Italian Claudio Ranieri in charge. Pearson had been known for his short temper with the press, while Ranieri has a reputation for good humour.^[10] The appointment was met with scepticism by pundits, including Leicester fan and former player Gary Lineker, as Ranieri had recently been sacked from his previous post as manager of the Greek national team after suffering a humiliating defeat to the Faroe Islands in his last game in charge.^[10][11]

Despite winning their opening game against Sunderland and topping the table, they dropped back following a 5–2 defeat by Arsenal in September.^[12] However, aided by Jamie Vardy's record feat of scoring in eleven consecutive Premier League games, they then remained unbeaten – and returned to the top of the table – until 26 December, when a 1–0 defeat by Liverpool dropped them to second place. They returned to the top after a 1–1 draw with Aston Villa on 16 January and remained there for the rest of the season.^[12] Following the Stamford Bridge 2–2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur on 2 May 2016, and having two more games to play, Leicester City were confirmed champions, their first title in the top flight of English football, eclipsing the runners-up spot they reached in 1929.^[9]

Defending champions Chelsea sacked manager José Mourinho in December while in 16th place and eventually failed to qualify for European football for the first time in two decades. Eden Hazard, the previous season's PFA Players' Player of the Year, did not score a league goal until late April.^[13] They eventually finished 10th, set a then-record lowest finish for a Premier League title holders. They broke the joint-record of 7th set by Blackburn Rovers in 1995–96 and Manchester United in 2013–14.^[14] This record only stood for one year, as Leicester City finished 12th the following season.

Arsenal, looking for their first title since 2004 and following a poor start, improved and in early January took the top spot from Leicester. However, a poor run of results, including draws with Liverpool,^[15] Stoke ^[16] and Southampton,^[17] and a loss to Chelsea^[18] saw them drop to fourth by mid-February. They remained in contention, but draws with West Ham,^[19] Sunderland ^[20] and Crystal Palace^[21] in April saw their title hopes vanish.

Meanwhile, their London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, won six matches in a row, and when Arsenal lost to Manchester United at the end of February, Tottenham leapfrogged them into second place,^[22] where they remained until the final weekend of the season. Draws with West Bromwich Albion^[23] and Chelsea stopped them winning their first title since 1961. The game in which Tottenham's title challenge ended was their 2–2 draw at Chelsea on 2 May, with many altercations between players and benches on and off the field, especially after Eden Hazard scored the equalizing and final goal.^[24]Mark Clattenburg, who refereed the game, subsequently stated that he could have "sent three players off from Tottenham" but chose instead to allow them to play on, giving the team a total of nine yellow cards (a league record), so as to allow them to "self destruct" and have no one else to blame but themselves.^[25][26]

After a 2–1 home loss to Southampton and a 5–1 defeat away to Newcastle United in their final two matches, Tottenham ended the season in third place, one point behind Arsenal.^[27]

Aston Villa, a presence in the Premier League since the league's foundation in 1992 and present in the top division since the 1988–89 season, were the first team to be mathematically relegated, after a 1–0 loss at Manchester United on 16 April.^[28] On 11 May, Sunderland won 3–0 against Everton, a result which relegated Newcastle United and Norwich City with one game remaining.^[29]

All of the final fixtures of the season were scheduled for 15 May, and to kick off at the same time. However, Manchester United's home game against Bournemouth was postponed for a future date after Old Trafford was evacuated because of the discovery of a suspicious device, which was destroyed in a controlled explosion. It was confirmed to be an accidental leftover from a training exercise.^[30]

Reactions

The unlikely nature of Leicester's title led to a flood of coverage from across the globe. Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted his congratulations, saying it was "An extraordinary, thoroughly deserved, Premier League title." Congratulations were also sent by the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who praised his compatriot Ranieri.^[31]

Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore described it as "biggest story we've ever had" in English football.^[32] Former Leicester manager Martin O'Neill described it as the "greatest achievement of this century".^[32]Gary Lineker, the former Leicester striker who led a consortium that saved the club from administration in 2002, had said he would host the BBC football show Match of the Day in his underwear if Leicester won the title.^[33] After they won the title he said: "There were no odds that I would have taken at the start of the season. No odds. You could have given me 10 million to one and I'd have said 'Nah, it's a waste of a quid'".^[34]José Mourinho, manager of 2015 champions Chelsea and Ranieri's replacement at the same team eleven years earlier, sent his congratulations, saying: "I lost my title to Claudio Ranieri and it is with incredible emotion that I live this magic moment in his career."^[35]
Ranieri said after winning his first title at the age of 64 that he wouldn't have appreciated it as a young man: "Now I am an old man I can feel it much better."^[35][36]

The long odds bookmakers had given Leicester at the start of the season led to them incurring losses of up to £25 million, with one punter winning over £100,000, having wagered £20 at the original 5,000–1 odds;^[37] the largest payout was £200,000 to an anonymous bettor who wagered £100 on the team in October when the odds were improved to 2,000–1.^[38]

Superstitious claims of phenomena helping Leicester win the league include the club's Thai owners employing Buddhist monks to bless the players,^[31] and the reburial of King Richard III in the city's cathedral in March 2015.^[39]

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Watford (returning to the top flight after eight years), Bournemouth (playing in the top flight for the first time ever) and Norwich City (returning after a season's absence). They replaced Burnley, Queens Park Rangers (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and Hull City (ending their two-year spell in the top flight).

Stadiums and locations

London

Aston Villa

Bournemouth

Everton

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City
Manchester United

Newcastle United

Norwich City

Southampton

Stoke City

Sunderland

Swansea City

Watford

West Bromwich Albion

London teams:
Arsenal
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

Locations of the 2015–16 Premier League teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Tottenham
Hotspur

West Ham United

Greater London Premier League football clubs

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity[40]
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	7004602600000000000♠60,260
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	7004426600000000000♠42,660
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Vitality Stadium	7004114640000000000♠11,464
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	7004417980000000000♠41,798
Crystal Palace	London (Selhurst)	Selhurst Park	7004250730000000000♠25,073
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	7004395710000000000♠39,571
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	7004323120000000000♠32,312
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	7004447420000000000♠44,742
Manchester City	Manchester	Etihad Stadium	7004550970000000000♠55,097
Manchester United	Trafford	Old Trafford	7004756530000000000♠75,653
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park	7004523380000000000♠52,338
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	7004270100000000000♠27,010
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	7004325050000000000♠32,505
Stoke City	Stoke-on-Trent	Britannia Stadium	7004277400000000000♠27,740
Sunderland	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	7004487070000000000♠48,707
Swansea City	Swansea	Liberty Stadium	7004209090000000000♠20,909
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	White Hart Lane	7004362840000000000♠36,284
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	7004215000000000000♠21,500
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	7004268500000000000♠26,850
West Ham United	London (Upton Park)	Boleyn Ground	7004353450000000000♠35,345

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Arsène Wenger	Mikel Arteta[41]	Puma[42]	Emirates[43]
Aston Villa	Eric Black (caretaker)	Micah Richards[44]	Macron[45]	Intuit QuickBooks[46]
Bournemouth	Eddie Howe	Tommy Elphick[47]	JD Sports[48]	Mansion Group[49]
Chelsea	Guus Hiddink (caretaker)	John Terry[50]	Adidas[51]	Yokohama[52]
Crystal Palace	Alan Pardew	Mile Jedinak[53]	Macron[54]	Mansion Group[55]
Everton	David Unsworth Joe Royle (caretakers)	Phil Jagielka[56]	Umbro[57]	Chang[58]
Leicester City	Claudio Ranieri	Wes Morgan[59]	Puma[60]	King Power[61]
Liverpool	Jürgen Klopp	Jordan Henderson[62]	New Balance[63]	Standard Chartered[64]
Manchester City	Manuel Pellegrini	Vincent Kompany[65]	Nike[66]	Etihad Airways[67]
Manchester United	Louis van Gaal	Wayne Rooney[68]	Adidas[69]	Chevrolet[70]
Newcastle United	Rafael Benítez	Fabricio Coloccini[71]	Puma[72]	Wonga[73]
Norwich City	Alex Neil	Russell Martin[74]	Erreà[75]	Aviva[75]
Southampton	Ronald Koeman	José Fonte[76]	Adidas[77]	Veho[78]
Stoke City	Mark Hughes	Ryan Shawcross[79]	New Balance[80]	Bet365[81]
Sunderland	Sam Allardyce	John O'Shea[82]	Adidas[83]	Dafabet[84]
Swansea City	Francesco Guidolin	Ashley Williams[85]	Adidas[86]	GWFX[87]
Tottenham Hotspur	Mauricio Pochettino	Hugo Lloris[88]	Under Armour[89]	AIA[90]
Watford	Quique Sánchez Flores	Troy Deeney[91]	Puma[92]	138.com[93]
West Bromwich Albion	Tony Pulis	Darren Fletcher[94]	Adidas[95]	Tlcbet[96]
West Ham United	Slaven Bilić	Mark Noble[97]	Umbro[98]	Betway[99]

• Additionally, referee kits are made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Premier League.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
West Ham United	Sam Allardyce	End of contract	24 May 2015[100]	Pre-season	Slaven Bilić	9 June 2015[101]
Watford	Slaviša Jokanović		5 June 2015[102]		Quique Sánchez Flores	5 June 2015[102]
Newcastle United	John Carver	Sacked	9 June 2015[103]		Steve McClaren	10 June 2015[104]
Leicester City	Nigel Pearson		30 June 2015[105]		Claudio Ranieri	13 July 2015[106]
Sunderland	Dick Advocaat	Resigned	4 October 2015[107]	19th	Sam Allardyce	9 October 2015[108]
Liverpool	Brendan Rodgers	Sacked	4 October 2015[109]	10th	Jürgen Klopp	8 October 2015[110]
Aston Villa	Tim Sherwood		25 October 2015[111]	19th	Rémi Garde	2 November 2015[112]
Swansea City	Garry Monk		9 December 2015[113]	15th	Alan Curtis	7 January 2016[114]
Chelsea	José Mourinho		17 December 2015[115]	16th	Guus Hiddink	19 December 2015[116]
Swansea City	Alan Curtis	End of caretaker spell	18 January 2016[117]	18th	Francesco Guidolin	18 January 2016[117]
Newcastle United	Steve McClaren	Sacked	11 March 2016[118]	19th	Rafael Benítez	11 March 2016[119]
Aston Villa	Rémi Garde	Mutual consent	29 March 2016[120]	20th	Eric Black	29 March 2016[120]
Everton	Roberto Martínez	Sacked	12 May 2016[121]	12th	Ronald Koeman	14 June 2016[122]

League table

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City (C)	38	23	12	3	68	36	+32	81	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Arsenal	38	20	11	7	65	36	+29	71
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	19	13	6	69	35	+34	70
4	Manchester City	38	19	9	10	71	41	+30	66	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	49	35	+14	66	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Southampton	38	18	9	11	59	41	+18	63
7	West Ham United	38	16	14	8	65	51	+14	62	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
8	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	63	50	+13	60
9	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	41	55	−14	51
10	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	59	53	+6	50
11	Everton	38	11	14	13	59	55	+4	47
12	Swansea City	38	12	11	15	42	52	−10	47
13	Watford	38	12	9	17	40	50	−10	45
14	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	13	15	34	48	−14	43
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	Bournemouth	38	11	9	18	45	67	−22	42
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	48	62	−14	39
18	Newcastle United (R)	38	9	10	19	44	65	−21	37	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Norwich City (R)	38	9	7	22	39	67	−28	34
20	Aston Villa (R)	38	3	8	27	27	76	−49	17

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[123]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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   ^ Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup. As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.
   


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   ^ Manchester City qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Football League Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the League Cup winners was passed to the next best-placed team (seventh-placed West Ham United).
   

Results

Home Away	ARS	AST	BOU	CHE	CRY	EVE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOR	SOU	STK	SUN	SWA	TOT	WAT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal	—	4–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2
Aston Villa	0–2	—	1–2	0–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–6	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–4	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	2–3	0–1	1–1
Bournemouth	0–2	0–1	—	1–4	0–0	3–3	1–1	1–2	0–4	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–3
Chelsea	2–0	2–0	0–1	—	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2
Crystal Palace	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3
Everton	0–2	4–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	—	2–3	1–1	0–2	0–3	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–4	6–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3
Leicester City	2–5	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2
Liverpool	3–3	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–0	—	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–3
Manchester City	2–2	4–0	5–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	1–3	1–4	—	0–1	6–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2
Manchester United	3–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Newcastle United	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	3–3	—	6–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	5–1	1–2	1–0	2–1
Norwich City	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–2	4–5	0–0	0–1	3–2	—	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–3	4–2	0–1	2–2
Southampton	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	0–3	2–2	3–2	4–2	2–3	3–1	3–0	—	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–0
Stoke City	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	—	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–1	2–1
Sunderland	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–0	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2
Swansea City	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	—	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	4–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	4–1
Watford	0–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2	—	0–0	2–0
West Bromwich Albion	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	3–2	2–3	2–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	0–3
West Ham United	3–3	2–0	3–4	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	1–0	3–1	1–1	—

Source: Barclays Premier League results
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	25
2	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	24
	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
4	Romelu Lukaku	Everton	18
5	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	17
6	Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	16
7	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland	15
	Odion Ighalo	Watford
9	Troy Deeney	Watford	13
	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Callum Wilson	Bournemouth	West Ham United	4–3	22 August 2015	[124]
Steven Naismith	Everton	Chelsea	3–1	12 September 2015	[125]
Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	Leicester City	5–2	26 September 2015	[126]
Sergio Agüero5	Manchester City	Newcastle United	6–1	3 October 2015	[127]
Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	Bournemouth	5–1	17 October 2015	[128]
Georginio Wijnaldum4	Newcastle United	Norwich City	6–2	18 October 2015	[129]
Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Bournemouth	5–1	25 October 2015	[130]
Arouna Koné	Everton	Sunderland	6–2	1 November 2015	[131]
Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	Swansea City	3–0	5 December 2015	[132]
Jermain Defoe	Sunderland	Swansea City	4–2	13 January 2016	[133]
Andy Carroll	West Ham United	Arsenal	3–3	9 April 2016	[134]
Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Chelsea	3–0	16 April 2016	[135]
Sadio Mané	Southampton	Manchester City	4–2	1 May 2016	[136]
Olivier Giroud	Arsenal	Aston Villa	4–0	15 May 2016	[137]

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Top assists

^[138]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Mesut Özil	Arsenal	19
2	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham Hotspur	13
3	Dimitri Payet	West Ham United	12
	Dušan Tadić	Southampton
5	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City	11
	James Milner	Liverpool
	David Silva	Manchester City
8	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	9
	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City
	Érik Lamela	Tottenham Hotspur

Clean sheets

^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Petr Čech	Arsenal	16
2	David de Gea	Manchester United	15
	Joe Hart	Manchester City
	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City
5	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	13
6	Heurelho Gomes	Watford	11
	Simon Mignolet	Liverpool
8	Jack Butland	Stoke City	10
9	Adrián	West Ham United	9
	Łukasz Fabiański	Swansea City

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[139]
  • 
    Jack Colback (Newcastle)
  
  


• Most red cards: 3^[139]
  • 
    Victor Wanyama (Southampton)
  
  

Club

• Most yellow cards: 74^[140]
  • Aston Villa
  
  


• Most red cards: 6^[140]
  • Southampton
  
  

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Manuel Pellegrini	Manchester City	André Ayew	Swansea City	[141]
September	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur	Anthony Martial	Manchester United	[142]
October	Arsène Wenger	Arsenal	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	[143]
November	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	[144]
December	Quique Sánchez Flores	Watford	Odion Ighalo	Watford	[145]
January	Ronald Koeman	Southampton	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	[146]
February	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur	Fraser Forster	Southampton	[147]
March	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	[148]
April	Claudio Ranieri	Leicester City	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	[149]

Annual awards

De Gea Alderweireld Bellerín Morgan Rose Mahrez Alli Kanté Payet Vardy Kane PFA Team of the Year[150]

Premier League Manager of the Season

The Premier League Manager of the Season was awarded to Claudio Ranieri.^[151]

Premier League Player of the Season

Jamie Vardy was named Premier League Player of the Season.^[152]

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year was awarded to Riyad Mahrez.^[153]

PFA Team of the Year

The PFA Team of the Year was:^[150]

• 
  Goalkeeper: David de Gea (Manchester United)


• 
  Defence: Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal), Wes Morgan (Leicester City), Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur)


• 
  Midfield: Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City), Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City), Dimitri Payet (West Ham United)


• 
  Attack: Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Dele Alli.^[154]

FWA Footballer of the Year

The FWA Footballer of the Year was awarded to Jamie Vardy.^[155]

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Club seasons Premier League Arsenal Aston Villa Bournemouth Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Championship Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Dons Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers League One Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Burton Albion Bury Chesterfield Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wigan Athletic League Two Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnet Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Carlisle United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town York City National League Chester Gateshead Grimsby Town Tranmere Rovers
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v t e 2015–16 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania '15–'16 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia Finland '15 '16 France Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics men's tournament women's tournament women's qualification

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