2015–16 Sunderland A.F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is Sunderland's 137th season in existence, and their ninth consecutive season in the Premier League.^[1] 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.

Sunderland

2015–16 season
Joyous Black Cats celebrate a goal at home to Chelsea, May 2016
Chairman	Ellis Short
Manager	Dick Advocaat (until 4 October 2015) Sam Allardyce (from 9 October 2015)
Stadium	Stadium of Light
Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Jermain Defoe (15) All: Jermain Defoe (18)
Home colours Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Squad

First Team Squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
13	Jordan Pickford		GK	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30)	Academy
25	Vito Mannone		GK	(1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36)	Arsenal
33	Steve Harper		GK	(1975-03-14) 14 March 1975 (age 49)	Free Agent
Defenders
2	Billy Jones		RB	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)	West Bromwich Albion
3	Patrick van Aanholt		LB	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34)	Chelsea
5	Wes Brown		CB	(1979-10-13) 13 October 1979 (age 44)	Manchester United
15	Younès Kaboul		CB	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38)	Tottenham Hotspur
16	John O'Shea (captain)		CB	(1981-04-30) 30 April 1981 (age 43)	Manchester United
23	Lamine Koné		CB	(1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 36)	Lorient
24	DeAndre Yedlin		RB	(1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31)	Tottenham Hotspur (on loan)
34	Thomas Robson U21		LB	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 28)	Darlington
Midfielders
6	Lee Cattermole (vice-captain)		DM	(1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36)	Wigan Athletic
7	Sebastian Larsson		CM	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 39)	Birmingham City
8	Jack Rodwell		CM	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33)	Manchester City
17	Jeremain Lens		LW	(1987-11-24) 24 November 1987 (age 36)	Dynamo Kyiv
20	Ola Toivonen		AM	(1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 38)	Rennes (on loan)
21	Yann M'Vila		DM	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34)	Rubin Kazan (on loan)
22	Wahbi Khazri		AM	(1991-02-08) 8 February 1991 (age 33)	Bordeaux
27	Jan Kirchhoff		DM	(1990-10-01) 1 October 1990 (age 33)	Bayern Munich
37	Rees Greenwood U21		LW	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)	Academy
39	George Honeyman U21		AM	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 29)	Academy
41	Duncan Watmore		RW	(1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30)	Altrincham
46	Lynden Gooch U21		AM	(1995-12-24) 24 December 1995 (age 28)	Academy
Forwards
9	Fabio Borini		ST	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)	Liverpool
10	Dame N'Doye		ST	21 February 1985 (age 30)	Trabzonspor (on loan)
18	Jermain Defoe		ST	(1982-10-07) 7 October 1982 (age 41)	Toronto

• U21 = Under-21 player

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Until	Source
5	Defender	Wes Brown	June 2016	[2]
6	Midfielder	Lee Cattermole	June 2021	[3]
41	Midfielder	Duncan Watmore	June 2020	[4]
13	Goalkeeper	Jordan Pickford	June 2020	[5]
39	Midfielder	George Honeyman	June 2017	[6]
46	Midfielder	Lynden Gooch	June 2019	[7]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

First Team

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 Jul 2015	CB		Sebastián Coates	Liverpool	£2,000,000	[8]
3 Jul 2015	RB		Adam Matthews	Celtic	£2,000,000	[9]
15 Jul 2015	LW		Jeremain Lens	Dynamo Kyiv	£8,000,000	[10]
16 Jul 2015	CB		Younès Kaboul	Tottenham Hotspur	£3,000,000	[11]
31 Aug 2015	ST		Fabio Borini	Liverpool	£10,000,000	[12]
7 Jan 2016	CB		Jan Kirchhoff	Bayern Munich	£750,000	[13]
22 Jan 2016	GK		Steve Harper	Free Agent	Free	[14]
27 Jan 2016	CB		Lamine Koné	Lorient	£5,000,000	[15]
30 Jan 2016	AM		Wahbi Khazri	Bordeaux	£9,000,000	[16]
9 Mar 2016	RB		Emmanuel Eboué	Free Agent	Free	[17]

Total Spending: £39,750,000

Loans in

First Team

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
6 Aug 2015	DM		Yann M'Vila	Rubin Kazan	End of season	[18]
28 Aug 2015	AM		Ola Toivonen	Rennes	End of season	[19]
1 Sep 2015	RB		DeAndre Yedlin	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season	[20]
14 Jan 2016	ST		Dame N'Doye	Trabzonspor	End of season	[21]

Transfers out

First Team

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 Jun 2015	DM		El Hadji Ba	Charlton Athletic	£500,000	[22]
30 Jun 2015	RB		Anthony Réveillère	Free agent	Released	[23]
3 Aug 2015	ST		Connor Wickham	Crystal Palace	£9,000,000	[24]
19 Jan 2016	GK		Costel Pantilimon	Watford	£6,000,000	[25]
11 Feb 2016	RW		Adam Johnson	Free Agent	Sacked	[26]
31 March 2016	RB		Emmanuel Eboué	Free Agent	Released	[27]
5 May 2016	CB		Valentin Roberge	Free Agent	Released	[28]

Total Received: £15,500,000

Loans out

First Team

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 Jul 2015	CB		Santiago Vergini	Getafe	End of season	[29]
31 Jul 2015	GK		Jordan Pickford	Preston North End	31 Dec 2015	[30]
31 Aug 2015	AM		Emanuele Giaccherini	Bologna	End of season	[31]
2 Oct 2015	LW		Will Buckley	Leeds United	26 Nov 2015	[32]
15 Jan 2016				Birmingham City	End of season	[33]
26 Nov 2015	DM		Liam Bridcutt	Leeds United	End of season	[34][35]
20 Jan 2016	ST		Danny Graham	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[36]
21 Jan 2016	AM		Lynden Gooch U21	Doncaster Rovers	Mar 21 2016	[37][38]
27 Jan 2016	RW		Charalampos Mavrias	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of season	[39]
28 Jan 2016	CB		Sebastián Coates	Sporting CP	End of season	[40]
31 Jan 2016	CM		Jordi Gomez	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[41]
31 Jan 2016	ST		Steven Fletcher	Marseille	End of season	[42]
7 Mar 2016	RB		Adam Matthews	Bristol City	End of season	[43]

Pre-season friendlies

On 26 May 2015, Sunderland announced two pre-season friendly against Darlington 1883^[44] and Doncaster Rovers.^[45] On 5 June 2015, a tour of the United States and Canada was announced.^[46] On 23 June 2015, an exhibition match against Hannover 96 was announced to be played in Germany.^[47]

Darlington 1883 v Sunderland

9 July 2015 (2015-07-09) Friendly	Darlington 1883	2–4	Sunderland	Bishop Auckland
19:45 BST	Thompson 8' Mitchell 18'	Report	Giaccherini 23', 70' Graham 53' Wickham 62'	Stadium: Heritage Park

Sacramento Republic v Sunderland

14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly	Sacramento Republic	1–0	Sunderland	Sacramento, United States
20:00 PDT	Iwasa 58'	Report		Stadium: Bonney Field

Pachuca v Sunderland

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly	Pachuca	3–1	Sunderland	Sacramento, United States
19:30 PDT	Nahuelpán 16', 25' Lozano 67'	Report	Rodwell 4'	Stadium: Bonney Field

Toronto v Sunderland

22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Friendly	Toronto	1–2	Sunderland	Toronto, Canada
19:00 EDT	Osorio 46'	Report	Defoe 65', 69'	Stadium: BMO Field

Doncaster Rovers v Sunderland

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Sunderland	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Evina 15' Forrester 61'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

Hannover 96 v Sunderland

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Hannover 96	0–1	Sunderland	Hanover, Germany
17:00 CET (UTC+2)		Report	Lens 75'	Stadium: HDI-Arena

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	17th	8 August 2015	15 May 2016
FA Cup	Third round	—	Third round	9 January 2016	9 January 2016
League Cup	Second round	—	Third round	25 August 2015	22 September 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	9	12	17	48	62	−14	023.68
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
League Cup	2	1	0	1	7	7	+0	050.00
Total	41	10	12	19	56	72	−16	024.39

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2015–16 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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 EFL Championship
19	Norwich City (R)	38	9	7	22	39	67	−28	34

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).^[48]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	12	17	48	62	−14	39	6	6	7	23	20	+3	3	6	10	25	42	−17

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D
Position	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	19	20	18	19	19	18	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[49]

Leicester City v Sunderland

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Leicester City	4–2	Sunderland	Leicester
15:00 BST	Vardy 11'  49' Mahrez 18', 25' (pen.) Albrighton 66' Schlupp  90+1'	Report	Rodwell  17' Jones  42' Defoe 60' Fletcher 71' Kaboul  73' Coates  85'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,242 Referee: Lee Mason

Sunderland v Norwich City

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Sunderland	1–3	Norwich City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Lens  9' Watmore 88'	Report	Bassong  7' Martin 26' Wthittaker 37' Tettey  48' Redmond 57'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,379 Referee: Kevin Friend

Sunderland v Swansea City

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 3	Sunderland	1–1	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Lens  18' Cattermole  21' Coates  47' Defoe 62' van Aanholt  82'	Report	Gomis 45+3' Ayew  54' Sigurðsson  90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,198 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Aston Villa v Sunderland

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 4	Aston Villa	2–2	Sunderland	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Sinclair 11' (pen.), 41' Clark  37' Gil  79'	Report	M'Vila 8' Lens 52' Pantilimon  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,399 Referee: Robert Madley

Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 5	Sunderland	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Sunderland
13:30 BST	Borini  21' Jones  42'	Report	Vertonghen  16' Mason 82'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 40,303 Referee: Craig Pawson

AFC Bournemouth v Sunderland

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 6	AFC Bournemouth	2–0	Sunderland	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Wilson 4' Ritchie 9' Gosling  80' Murray  90+5'	Report	Coates  15' Jones  24' Kaboul  43'  74' Borini  63' Toivonen  85'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,271 Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester United v Sunderland

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Manchester United	3–0	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00 BST	Depay 45+4' Rooney 46' Mata 90'	Report	Johnson  38' Jones  50' Cattermole  85'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,328 Referee: Mike Jones

Sunderland v West Ham United

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Sunderland	2–2	West Ham United	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Fletcher 10' Lens 22'  32'  56' Cattermole  43' Coates  74'	Report	Noble  2' Reid  24' Cresswell  36' Jenkinson 45+1'  72' Payet 60'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 42,932 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

West Bromwich Albion v Sunderland

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Sunderland	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Dawson  9' Berahino 54' Yacob  56'	Report	Pantilimon  55' Borini  84'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,225 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Sunderland v Newcastle United

25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) 10	Sunderland	3–0	Newcastle United	Sunderland
13:00 GMT	Johnson 45+3' (pen.) Jones 65' Fletcher 86'	Report	Tioté  14' Coloccini  45+1' Colback  45+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 47,653 Referee: Robert Madley

Everton v Sunderland

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 11	Everton	6–2	Sunderland	Liverpool
13:30 GMT	Deulofeu 19'  54' Koné 31', 62', 76' Stones  53' Coates 55' (o.g.) Lukaku 60' Galloway  90+1'	Report	Defoe  18' 45+4' Fletcher 50' Rodwell  58'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,617 Referee: Andre Marriner

Sunderland v Southampton

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Sunderland	0–1	Southampton	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Johnson  44'	Report	Mané  12' Tadić 69' (pen.) Bertrand  75' Pellè  90'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,781 Referee: Mike Jones

Crystal Palace v Sunderland

23 November 2015 (2015-11-23) 13	Crystal Palace	0–1	Sunderland	London
20:00 GMT	Dann  66'	Report	Jones  53' M'Vila  67' Defoe  57' 80'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,361 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Sunderland v Stoke City

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14	Sunderland	2–0	Stoke City	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	van Aanholt 82' Watmore 84'	Report	Adam  33' Shawcross  42'  47' Pieters  81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,516 Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Sunderland

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	Arsenal	3–1	Sunderland	London
15:00 GMT	Campbell 33' Koscielny  44' Giroud 63' Ramsey 90+3'	Report	Giroud 45' (o.g.) Yedlin  80'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,937 Referee: Robert Madley

Sunderland v Watford

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Sunderland	0–1	Watford	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Rodwell  60'	Report	Ighalo 4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,989 Referee: Graham Scott

Chelsea v Sunderland

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	Chelsea	3–1	Sunderland	London
15:00 GMT	Ivanović 5' Pedro 13' Oscar 50' (pen.) Matić  88'	Report	Pantilimon  48' Borini 53' Rodwell  62' O'Shea  89'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,562 Referee: Roger East

Manchester City v Sunderland

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 18	Manchester City	4–1	Sunderland	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Sterling  4', 12' Touré 17' Bony 22' De Bruyne 54'	Report	Jones  36' Borini 59'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,523 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Sunderland v Liverpool

30 December 2015 (2015-12-30) 19	Sunderland	0–1	Liverpool	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Lens  86'	Report	Benteke  19' 46' Can  58' Moreno  77'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,765 Referee: Kevin Friend

Sunderland v Aston Villa

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 20	Sunderland	3–1	Aston Villa	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Brown  26' Richards 30' (o.g.) Borini  33' Defoe 72', 90+2' Cattermole  90+5'	Report	Hutton  43' Gil 63'  87' Traoré  69' Gestede  90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,535 Referee: Craig Pawson

Swansea City v Sunderland

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 21	Swansea City	2–4	Sunderland	Swansea
19:45 GMT	Sigurðsson 21' (pen.) Naughton  37' Ayew 40'	Report	Defoe 3', 61', 85' Fernández 49' (o.g.) van Aanholt  79' Mannone  67'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,140 Referee: Graham Scott

Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 22	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Sunderland	London
12:45 GMT	Eriksen 42', 67' Dembélé 60' Kane 79' (pen.)	Report	van Aanholt 40' Cattermole  46' Johnson  55'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,854 Referee: Mike Dean

Sunderland v AFC Bournemouth

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 23	Sunderland	1–1	AFC Bournemouth	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	van Aanholt 45+1' Jones  89'	Report	Afobe 13' Surman  18'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,367 Referee: Roger East

Sunderland v Manchester City

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 24	Sunderland	0–1	Manchester City	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Jones  59'	Report	Agüero 16',  90+1' Otamendi  80' Fernandinho  90+4' Sagna  90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 38,852 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Liverpool v Sunderland

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 25	Liverpool	2–2	Sunderland	Liverpool
19:45 GMT	Firmino 59' Lallana 70' Moreno  81'	Report	N'Doye  39' Johnson 82' Defoe 89'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,179 Referee: Robert Madley

Sunderland v Manchester United

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 26	Sunderland	2–1	Manchester United	Sunderland
12:45 GMT	Khazri 3' Yedlin  38' O'Shea  45+1' de Gea 82' (o.g.)	Report	Martial 39' Rooney  46' Mata  58' Carrick  59'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 41,687 Referee: Andre Marriner

West Ham United v Sunderland

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 27	West Ham United	1–0	Sunderland	London
12:45 GMT	Antonio 30' Byram  71'	Report		Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,946 Referee: Mike Dean

Sunderland v Crystal Palace

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 28	Sunderland	2–2	Crystal Palace	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Rodwell  16' N'Doye 36' Borini 90'	Report	Dann  45+1' Wickham 61', 67'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,795 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Southampton v Sunderland

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 29	Southampton	1–1	Sunderland	Southampton
15:00 GMT	Bertrand  8' Fonte  79' van Dijk 90+3'	Report	Khazri  11' Defoe 85'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,458 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Newcastle United v Sunderland

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 30	Newcastle United	1–1	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:30 GMT	Colback  18' Janmaat  36' Shelvey  52' Mitrovic 83'  84'	Report	Defoe 44' Mannone  90'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,311 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 31	Sunderland	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Kaboul  18'	Report	Gardner  47' Evans  88'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,144 Referee: Roger East

Sunderland v Leicester City

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 32	Sunderland	0–2	Leicester City	Sunderland
13:30 BST	Borini  21'	Report	Fuchs  30' Vardy 66', 90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,531 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Norwich City v Sunderland

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 33	Norwich City	0–3	Sunderland	Norwich
12:45 BST	Wisdom  40' Olsson  59'	Report	Khazri  32' Borini 41' (pen.) Defoe 53' Cattermole  58' Watmore 90+1'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,117 Referee: Andre Marriner

Sunderland v Arsenal

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 34	Sunderland	0–0	Arsenal	Sunderland
14:05 BST	Borini  58' Khazri  90+3'	Report	Bellerín  49' Elneny  76' Koscielny  90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,420 Referee: Mike Dean

Stoke City v Sunderland

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 35	Stoke City	1–1	Sunderland	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Arnautović 50' Adam  75' Imbula  83'	Report	N'Doye  79' Larsson  90' Defoe 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,667 Referee: Craig Pawson

Sunderland v Chelsea

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 36	Sunderland	3–2	Chelsea	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Khazri 41' Cattermole  52' Borini 67' Defoe 70'  70' Kaboul  87' Larsson  88'	Report	Cahill  1' Costa 14' Matić 45+3' Terry  87'  90+5'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 47,050 Referee: Mike Jones

Sunderland v Everton

11 May 2016 (2016-05-11) 37	Sunderland	3–0	Everton	Sunderland
19:45 BST	van Aanholt 38' Koné 42', 55' Cattermole  67'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 46,454 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Watford v Sunderland

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) 38	Watford	2–2	Sunderland	Watford
15:00 BST	Prödl 48' Deeney 61' (pen.) Guedioura  80'	Report	Rodwell 39' Lens 51'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 21,012 Referee: Kevin Friend

Football League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

Sunderland v Exeter City

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Sunderland	6–3	Exeter City	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Rodwell 12', 64' Defoe 16', 39', 87' Watmore 78'	Report	Oyeleke 19' Wheeler 31' McCready 43'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 14,360 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Sunderland v Manchester City

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Third round	Sunderland	1–4	Manchester City	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Rodwell  15' Coates  45+1' Toivonen 83'	Report	Agüero 9' (pen.) De Bruyne 25' Mannone 33' (o.g.) Sterling 36' Demichelis  57'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 21,644 Referee: Roger East

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

Arsenal v Sunderland

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Arsenal	3–1	Sunderland	London
15:00 GMT	Campbell 25' Ramsey 72' Giroud 75' Gabriel  90+3'	Report	Lens 17'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,349 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 15 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Billy Jones	25	1	23+1	1	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	NED	Patrick van Aanholt	36	4	33	4	1	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Wes Brown	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Lee Cattermole	34	0	27+4	0	1	0	1+1	0
7	MF	SWE	Sebastian Larsson	19	0	6+12	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jack Rodwell	24	3	9+13	1	0	0	2	2
9	FW	ITA	Fabio Borini	27	5	22+4	5	0	0	1	0
10	FW	SEN	Dame N'Doye	11	1	5+6	1	0	0	0	0
12	DF	WAL	Adam Matthews	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
13	GK	ENG	Jordan Pickford	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF	FRA	Younès Kaboul	23	0	22+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	EIR	John O'Shea	31	0	23+5	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF	NED	Jeremain Lens	22	4	14+6	3	1	1	1	0
18	FW	ENG	Jermain Defoe	34	18	28+5	15	0	0	1	3
20	MF	SWE	Ola Toivonen	14	1	9+3	0	1	0	1	1
21	MF	FRA	Yann M'Vila	40	1	36+1	1	0+1	0	2	0
22	MF	TUN	Wahbi Khazri	14	2	13+1	2	0	0	0	0
23	DF	CIV	Lamine Koné	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0
24	DF	USA	DeAndre Yedlin	25	0	21+2	0	1	0	1	0
25	GK	ITA	Vito Mannone	20	0	19	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	GER	Jan Kirchhoff	15	0	14+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	FRA	Valentin Roberge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Thomas Robson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ENG	Rees Greenwood	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	George Honeyman	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	ENG	Duncan Watmore	25	4	7+16	3	1	0	0+1	1
46	FW	USA	Lynden Gooch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players out on loan:
4	MF	SCO	Liam Bridcutt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ESP	Jordi Gómez	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Danny Graham	12	0	4+6	0	1	0	1	0
22	DF	URU	Sebastián Coates	19	0	14+2	0	1	0	2	0
23	MF	ITA	Emanuele Giaccherini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	SCO	Steven Fletcher	18	4	11+5	4	1	0	0+1	0
27	DF	ARG	Santiago Vergini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	GRE	Charalampos Mavrias	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Will Buckley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players no longer with club:
1	GK	ROU	Costel Pantilimon	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	ENG	Adam Johnson	20	2	11+8	2	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 15 May 2016

Jermain Defoe top-scored with eighteen goals.

Rank	No.	Nat.	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	18		Jermain Defoe	15	0	3	18
2	9		Fabio Borini	5	0	0	5
3	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	4
7	8		Jack Rodwell	1	0	2	3
8	11		Adam Johnson	2	0	0	2
	22		Wahbi Khazri	2	0	0	2
	23		Lamine Koné	2	0	0	2
11	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	1
Own Goals				4	0	0	4
Total				44	1	7	52

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.	Player	Matches Played	Clean Sheet %	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	TOTAL
25		Vito Mannone	20	20%	4	0	0	4
1		Costel Pantilimon	18	17%	3	0	0	3
13		Jordan Pickford	2	0%	0	0	0	0
Totals			40	18%	7	0	0	7

Disciplinary record

As of 11 May 2016

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			63	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	65	2	0

Overall summary

Summary

Yann M'Vila (left) made 37 appearances for Sunderland, more than anyone else.

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

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Arsenal	0–0	3–1
Aston Villa	3–1	2–2
Bournemouth	1–1	2–0
Chelsea	3–2	3–1
Crystal Palace	2–2	0–1
Everton	3–0	6–2
Leicester City	0–2	4–2
Liverpool	0–1	2–2
Manchester City	0–1	4–1
Manchester United	2–1	3–0
Newcastle United	3–0	1-1
Norwich City	1–3	0–3
Southampton	0–1	1–1
Stoke City	2–0	1–1
Swansea City	1–1	2–4
Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	4–1
Watford	0–1	2–2
West Bromwich Albion	0–0	1–0
West Ham United	2–2	0–1

References

1. "History". Statto.
2. "Brown pens new deal". Sunderland A.F.C. 12 June 2015.
3. "Cattermole pens new deal". Sunerland A.F.C. 2 July 2015.
4. "Watmore signs new contract". Sunerland A.F.C. 22 November 2015.
5. "Pickford pens new deal". Sunerland A.F.C. 27 January 2016.
6. "Sunderland hands Honeyman a one year extension". Chronicle Live. 14 April 2016.
7. "Lynden Gooch signs new 3 year". USA Today. 21 April 2016.
8. "Sunderland sign Sebastian Coates from Liverpool on four-year deal". ESPN. 1 July 2015.
9. "Sunderland sign Welsh international". Sunderland A.F.C. 3 July 2015.
10. "SAFC capture Lens".
11. "Black Cats sign Kaboul".
12. "Borini returns to Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
13. "Black Cats Sign Kirchhoff". Sunderland AFC. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
14. "Sunderland sign Steve Harper". Sunderland AFC. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
15. "Lamine Kone signs for Sunderland". Sunderland AFC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
16. "Black Cats sign Wahbi Khazri". Sunderland A.F.C. 30 January 2016.
17. "Sunderland sign Eboue". Sunderland A.F.C. 9 March 2016.
18. "Yann M'Vila signs".
19. "Sunderland sign Ola Toivonen".
20. "Deadline-day move completed". Sunderland AFC. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
21. "SAFC - NDoye signs". safc.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
22. "El-Hadji Ba becomes Charlton's second summer signing". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
23. "Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs". Premier League. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
24. "Wickham joins Palace".
25. "OFFICIAL: Keeper Pantilimon Joins Hornets". Watford F.C. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
26. "Club Statement".
27. "Contract Terminated Eboue".
28. "Contract Terminated Roberge".
29. "Vergini loaned to Spanish club". Sunderland AFC. 16 July 2015.
30. "Pickford joins Preston". Sunderland AFC. 31 July 2015.
31. "Giaccherini heads out on loan". Sunderland AFC. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
32. "Buckley joins Leeds on loan". BBC Sport. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
33. "Buckley signs 1 month loan deal". BBC Sport. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
34. "Bridcutt joins Leeds". Sunderland AFC. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
35. "Leeds extends Bridcutt's loan deal". BBC Sport. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
36. "Danny Graham joins Blackburn on loan". BBC. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
37. "Gooch joins Doncaster on 1 month deal". BBC. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
38. "Gooch extends loan deal". South Yorkshire. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
39. "Mavrias heads to Germany". Sunderland AFC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
40. "Coates heads out on loan". Sunderland AFC. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
41. "Gomez joins Blackburn".
42. "Fletcher join Marseille".
43. "Matthews completes loan deal".
44. "Black Cats to face Darlington". Sunderland AFC. 26 May 2015.
45. "Black Cats to make Keepmoat trip". Sunderland AFC. 26 May 2015.
46. "Black Cats head to North America". Sunderland AFC. 5 June 2015.
47. "Black Cats travel to Germany". Sunderland AFC. 23 June 2015.
48. "Premier League – Handbook Season 2015/16" (PDF). Premier League. pp. 96–97. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
49. "Fixtures announced". Sunderland AFC. 17 June 2015.