2015–16 AS Roma season

The 2015–16 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 88th in existence and 87th season in the top flight of Italian football. The team began the season competing in Serie A, the Coppa Italia, and the UEFA Champions League, but were knocked out in the round of 16 in the latter two competitions. After a run of fourteen wins and three draws in their final seventeen matches, Roma managed to finish the league in third place, qualifying for the play-off round of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.

Roma

2015–16 season
President	James Pallotta
Manager	Rudi Garcia (until 13 January) Luciano Spalletti (from 14 January)
Stadium	Stadio Olimpico
Serie A	3rd
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Salah (14) All: Mohamed Salah (15)
Highest home attendance	57,836 vs Barcelona (16 September 2015, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	7,167 vs Spezia (16 December 2015, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	35,182[1]
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

French coach Rudi Garcia began the season as Roma's manager for the third consecutive campaign, but was sacked on 13 January after a run of poor results.^[2] Former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti, who was at the club from 2005 to 2009, was hired to replace Garcia.^[3]

Players

Squad information

Last updated on 14 May 2016

Appearances include league matches only

No.	Player	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of birth (age at end of season)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Bogdan Lobonț		GK	(1978-01-18)18 January 1978 (aged 38)	Dinamo București	2009	2016	22	0
25	Wojciech Szczęsny		GK	(1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 26)	Arsenal	2015	2016	34	0
26	Morgan De Sanctis		GK	(1977-03-30)30 March 1977 (aged 39)	Napoli	2013	2016	75	0
Defenders
2	Antonio Rüdiger		CB	(1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 23)	VfB Stuttgart	2015	2016	30	2
3	Lucas Digne		LB	(1993-07-20)20 July 1993 (aged 22)	Paris Saint-Germain	2015	2016	33	3
5	Leandro Castán		CB	(1986-11-05)5 November 1986 (aged 29)	Corinthians	2012	2018	72	1
13	Maicon		RB	(1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 34)	Manchester City	2013	2016	57	4
23	Norbert Gyömbér		CB / RB / DM	(1992-07-03)3 July 1992 (aged 23)	Catania	2015	2016	6	0
33	Emerson		LB / LM	(1994-03-13)13 March 1994 (aged 22)	Santos	2015	2016	8	1
35	Vasilis Torosidis		RB / LB	(1985-06-10)10 June 1985 (aged 31)	Olympiacos	2013	2017	60	4
44	Kostas Manolas		CB	(1991-06-14)14 June 1991 (aged 25)	Olympiacos	2014	2019	67	2
87	Ervin Zukanović		CB / LB	(1987-02-11)11 February 1987 (aged 29)	Sampdoria	2016	2016	9	0
Midfielders
4	Radja Nainggolan		DM / CM	(1989-05-04)4 May 1989 (aged 27)	Cagliari	2014	2018	87	13
6	Kevin Strootman		DM / CM	(1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 26)	PSV Eindhoven	2013	2018	36	5
15	Miralem Pjanić		CM / AM	(1990-03-02)2 March 1990 (aged 26)	Lyon	2011	2018	159	27
16	Daniele De Rossi (Vice-Captain)		DM / CM	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 32)	Youth Sector	2001	2017	388	37
20	Seydou Keita		DM / CM	(1980-01-16)16 January 1980 (aged 36)	Valencia	2014	2016	46	3
21	William Vainqueur		DM / CM	(1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 27)	Dynamo Moscow	2015	2017	16	0
24	Alessandro Florenzi		RB / CM / RW	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 25)	Youth Sector	2011	2019	142	21
48	Salih Uçan		CM / AM	(1994-01-06)6 January 1994 (aged 22)	Fenerbahçe	2014	2016	7	0
52	Lorenzo Di Livio		CM	(1997-01-11)11 January 1997 (aged 19)	Youth Sector	2016		1	0
Forwards
8	Diego Perotti		AM / SS / LW / RW	(1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 27)	Genoa	2016	2016	15	3
9	Edin Džeko		CF / ST	(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 30)	Manchester City	2015	2016	31	8
10	Francesco Totti (Captain)		AM / LW / SS / CF / ST	(1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 39)	Youth Sector	1992	2016	601	248
11	Mohamed Salah		LW / RW	(1992-06-15)15 June 1992 (aged 24)	Chelsea	2015	2016	34	14
14	Iago Falque		LW / RW / SS	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 26)	Genoa	2015	2020	22	2
18	Ezequiel Ponce		CF / ST	(1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 19)	Newell's Old Boys	2015	2020	0	0
22	Stephan El Shaarawy		LW / RW	(1992-10-27)27 October 1992 (aged 23)	Milan	2016	2016	16	8
92	Edoardo Soleri		CF	(1997-10-19)19 October 1997 (aged 18)	Youth Sector	2015		0	0
93	Marco Tumminello		ST	(1998-11-06)6 November 1998 (aged 17)	Youth Sector	2015	2022	1	0
97	Umar Sadiq		CF	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 19)	Spezia	2015	2016	6	2
Players transferred during the season
7	Juan Iturbe		SS / LW / RW	(1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 23)	Hellas Verona	2014	2019	39	3
19	Víctor Ibarbo		LW / RW	(1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 26)	Cagliari	2015	2016	10	0
22	Adem Ljajić		LW / RW / SS / AM	(1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 24)	Fiorentina	2013	2016	61	14
27	Gervinho		LW / RW / SS	(1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 24)	Arsenal	2013	2016	71	17

Roma Primavera

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 52 MF  ITA Lorenzo Pellegrini 56 FW  SVN Tomáš Vestenický 91 DF  ITA Arturo Calabresi 92 GK  ITA Gianluca Marchegiani 93 MF  MLT Conor Borg 99 MF  MLT Charles Mizzi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
23 June 2015	MF	Andrea Bertolacci	24	Genoa	€8,500,000	Resolved co-ownership	[4]
24 June 2015	MF	Radja Nainggolan	27	Cagliari	€9,000,000	Resolved co-ownership	[5]
1 July 2015	DF	Alessio Romagnoli	20	Sampdoria	Free	Loan return
1 July 2015	FW	Iago Falque	25	Genoa	€1,000,000	Full ownership (+ €8M in Summer 2016)	[6]
31 August 2015	MF	William Vainqueur	26	Dynamo Moscow	Undisclosed		[7]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
3 July 2015	FW	Víctor Ibarbo	25	Cagliari	€5,000,000 (option for €8M)	Previous loan extended to June 2016	[8]
29 July 2015	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	25	Arsenal		End of season	[9]
6 August 2015	FW	Mohamed Salah	23	Chelsea	€5,000,000 (option for €18M)	End of season	[10]
12 August 2015	FW	Edin Džeko	29	Manchester City	€4,000,000 (option for €11M)	End of season	[11]
19 August 2015	DF	Antonio Rüdiger	22	VfB Stuttgart	€4,000,000 (option for €9M)	End of season	[12]
20 August 2015	DF	Norbert Gyömbér	23	Catania	Free	End of season	[13]
26 August 2015	DF	Lucas Digne	22	Paris Saint-Germain	€2,500,000 (option to buy undisclosed)	End of season	[14]
31 August 2015	DF	Emerson	21	Santos	Free (option to buy for €1.75M)	End of season	[15]
26 January 2016	FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	23	Milan	€1,400,000 (option to buy for €13M)	End of season	[16]
29 January 2016	DF	Ervin Zukanović	28	Sampdoria	€1,200,000 (option to buy for €2.8M)	End of season	[17]
1 February 2016	FW	Diego Perotti	27	Genoa	€1,000,000 (option to buy for €9M)	End of season	[18]

Total spending: €42,600,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
29 June 2015	MF	Andrea Bertolacci	24	Milan	€20,000,000	Full Ownership	[19]
30 June 2015	MF	Federico Viviani	23	Hellas Verona	€4,000,000	Full Ownership	[20]
30 June 2015	MF	Lorenzo Pellegrini	19	Sassuolo	€1,250,000	Full Ownership	[20]
2 July 2015	DF	José Holebas	31	Watford	€2,500,000	Full Ownership
15 July 2015	DF	Simone Sini	23	Virtus Entella	Undisclosed	Full Ownership	[21]
15 July 2015	FW	Tallo Gadji	22	Lille	Undisclosed
11 August 2015	DF	Alessio Romagnoli	20	Milan	€25,000,000	Full Ownership	[22]
17 August 2015	DF	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	26	Lyon	€7,900,000	Full Ownership	[23]
20 August 2015	FW	Mattia Destro	24	Bologna	€6,500,000	Full Ownership	[24]
27 January 2016	LW	Gervinho	28	Hebei China Fortune	€18,000,000 + 1M in bonuses	Full Ownership	[25]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
30 June 2015	GK	Łukasz Skorupski	24	Empoli	Loan	2-year Loan
2 July 2015	FW	Matteo Politano	21	Sassuolo	Loan		[26]
3 July 2015	FW	Valmir Berisha	19	Cambuur	Loan
9 July 2015	DF	Mihai Bălașa	20	Crotone	Loan
9 July 2015	MF	Federico Ricci	21	Crotone	Loan
9 July 2015	FW	Daniele Verde	19	Frosinone	Loan		[27]
10 July 2015	FW	Marco Frediani	21	Ascoli	Loan		[28]
10 July 2015	DF	Michele Somma	20	Brescia	Loan		[29]
10 July 2015	DF	Luca Mazzitelli	19	Brescia	Loan		[29]
12 July 2015	DF	Arturo Calabresi	19	Livorno	Loan		[30]
13 July 2015	GK	Gabriele Marchegiani	19	Pistoiese	Loan		[31]
13 July 2015	DF	Massimo Sammartino	19	Pistoiese	Loan		[31]
17 July 2015	DF	Petar Golubović	21	Pisa	Loan		[32]
20 July 2015	FW	Jacopo Ferri	20	SPAL	Loan		[33]
24 July 2015	FW	Stefano Pettinari	23	Vicenza	Loan		[34]
30 July 2015	GK	Tomas Švedkauskas	21	Ascoli	Loan		[35]
10 August 2015	FW	Seydou Doumbia	27	CSKA Moscow	Loan	6-month loan	[36]
11 August 2015	FW	Antonio Sanabria	19	Sporting Gijón	Loan		[37]
31 August 2015	FW	Adem Ljajić	23	Internazionale	€2,000,000	Loan with a mandatory option to buy for a further €9,000,000	[38]
19 December 2015	FW	Juan Iturbe	22	Bournemouth	€1,500,000	Loan with an option to buy for a further €18,000,000 at the end of the season	[39]

Total income: €88,650,000

Net income: €48,250,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Real Madrid v Roma

18 July 2015 ICC	Real Madrid	0–0 (6–7 p)	Roma	Melbourne, Australia
19:00 AEDT (UTC+10)		Report		Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 80,746 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
	Penalties
	Danilo Kroos Silva Isco Benzema Nacho Vázquez		Pjanić Ljajić Destro Florenzi Iturbe Paredes Keita

Roma v Manchester City

21 July 2015 ICC	Roma	2–2 (4–5 p)	Manchester City	Melbourne, Australia
20:00 AEDT (UTC+10:00)	Pjanić 8' Ljajić 86'	Report	Sterling 3' Iheanacho 51'	Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 80,746 Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)
	Penalties
	Nainggolan Ljajić Destro Falque Doumbia Keita		Touré Kolarov Navas Lopes Hart Horsfield

Al Ahly v Roma

20 May 2016 Friendly	Al Ahly	4–3	Roma	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
09:00 GST (UTC+04:00)	Antwi 13' Zakaria 42' Soliman 55' El Sheikh 90+3'	Report	Džeko 20' Salah 41' Vainqueur 90+1'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position	First match	Last match
Serie A	Matchday 1	3rd	22 August 2015	14 May 2016
Coppa Italia	Round of 16	Round of 16	16 December 2015
Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	16 September 2015	8 March 2016

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	29	4	5	75	20	+55	91	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	25	7	6	80	32	+48	82
3	Roma	38	23	11	4	83	41	+42	80	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Internazionale	38	20	7	11	50	38	+12	67	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	60	42	+18	64

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[40]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

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	23	11	4	83	41	+42	80	13	5	1	44	17	+27	10	6	3	39	24	+15

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	11	7	5	4	9	6	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Hellas Verona v Roma

22 August 2015 1	Hellas Verona	1–1	Roma	Verona
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Souprayen  33' Juanito  51' Janković 61'	Report	Florenzi 66' Castán  87'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 22,255 Referee: Marco Guida

Roma v Juventus

30 August 2015 2	Roma	2–1	Juventus	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić  57', 61' De Rossi  63' Džeko  76', 79'	Report	Pogba  22' Chiellini  37' Rubinho  65' Evra  74'  77' Dybala 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,040 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Note: Rubinho was sent off for dissent while a substitute.

Frosinone v Roma

12 September 2015 3	Frosinone	0–2	Roma	Frosinone
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Diakité  40' Pavlović  66' Rosi  76' Leali  90+4'	Report	Falque  27', 44' Totti  39' De Rossi  64' Iturbe 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Matusa Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Roma v Sassuolo

20 September 2015 4	Roma	2–2	Sassuolo	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Totti 36' Salah 49' Maicon  57' De Rossi  73'	Report	Defrel 22' Politano  40', 45' Sansone  86' Peluso  88'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,727 Referee: Davide Massa

Sampdoria v Roma

23 September 2015 5	Sampdoria	2–1	Roma	Genoa
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Éder  26', 50' Fernando  54' Correa  56' Barreto  73' Manolas 85' (o.g.) Mesbah  90+1' Zukanović  90+4'	Report	De Rossi  30' Pjanić  45+3' Digne  52' Salah 69'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,769 Referee: Luca Banti

Roma v Carpi

26 September 2015 6	Roma	5–1	Carpi	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Manolas 24' Pjanić 28' Gervinho 31' Salah 51' Digne 68' Maicon  76'	Report	Cofie  26' Borriello 34'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 33,430 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Palermo v Roma

4 October 2015 7	Palermo	2–4	Roma	Palermo
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hiljemark  48' Gilardino 58',  65' Chochev  61' Struna  64' González 90+1'	Report	Pjanić 2' Florenzi 14' Gervinho 28', 90+2' Nainggolan  34' Emerson  76' Manolas  81'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 15,910 Referee: Antonio Damato

Roma v Empoli

17 October 2015 8	Roma	3–1	Empoli	Rome
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić  37', 56' De Rossi 59' Salah 69'	Report	Dioussé  39' Büchel 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,124 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Fiorentina v Roma

25 October 2015 9	Fiorentina	1–2	Roma	Florence
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Roncaglia  53' Bernardeschi  70' Babacar 90+4'	Report	Salah 7',  87'  87' Džeko  18' Florenzi  26' Gervinho 34' De Rossi  35' Szczęsny  84'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 36,297 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Roma v Udinese

28 October 2015 10	Roma	3–1	Udinese	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pjanić 4' Maicon 9' Gervinho 63' Vainqueur  90'	Report	Perica  37' Iturra  54' Aguirre  74' Théréau 77'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,599 Referee: Carmine Russo

Internazionale v Roma

31 October 2015 11	Internazionale	1–0	Roma	Milan
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Medel 31' Guarín  59' Handanović  70' Palacio  77' Ljajić  90+1'	Report	Pjanić  41'  73' Digne  90+4'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 59,213 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Roma v Lazio

8 November 2015 12	Roma	2–0	Lazio	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Džeko 10' (pen.) Gervinho 63' Rüdiger  66' Vainqueur  68' Digne  70'	Report	Gentiletti  9' Biglia  28' Radu  65' Felipe Anderson  90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,253 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Bologna v Roma

21 November 2015 13	Bologna	2–2	Roma	Bologna
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Masina 14' Donsah  26' Gastaldello  33' Mirante  38' Maietta  54' Destro 87' (pen.),  88'	Report	Manolas  12' Nainggolan  33' Pjanić 52' (pen.) Iturbe  57' Džeko 72' (pen.) Torosidis  85'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 23,304 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Roma v Atalanta

29 November 2015 14	Roma	0–2	Atalanta	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maicon  81' Torosidis  90+5'	Report	Stendardo  12'  88' Gómez 40' Grassi  58'  90+3' Sportiello  68' Cigarini  69' Denis 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,222 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Torino v Roma

5 December 2015 15	Torino	1–1	Roma	Turin
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Peres  28' Acquah  36' Glik  74' López 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Pjanić  16', 83' Florenzi  36' Nainggolan  56' Manolas  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Attendance: 19,781 Referee: Antonio Damato

Napoli v Roma

13 December 2015 16	Napoli	0–0	Roma	Naples
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Albiol  59' Mertens  71'	Report	Gyömbér  90' Nainggolan  90+1' De Rossi  90+3'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 55,726 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Roma v Genoa

20 December 2015 17	Roma	2–0	Genoa	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nainggolan  22' Florenzi  29', 42' Pjanić  35' Džeko  75' Sadiq 89'	Report	Laxalt  9'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,133 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Chievo v Roma

6 January 2016 18	Chievo	3–3	Roma	Verona
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Castro  28' Paloschi 44' Hetemaj  53' Cacciatore  56' Dainelli 58' Pepe 85'	Report	Sadiq 7' Digne  22' Florenzi 37' Falque 71' Di Livio  88'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Roma v Milan

9 January 2016 19	Roma	1–1	Milan	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rüdiger 4' Manolas  29' Pjanić  34' Nainggolan  88'	Report	Kucka  28', 50' Luiz Adriano  42' Bertolacci  87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 34,777 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Roma v Hellas Verona

17 January 2016 20	Roma	1–1	Hellas Verona	Rome
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nainggolan 41'	Report	Pazzini 61' (pen.) Sala  67' Greco  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,709 Referee: Davide Massa

Juventus v Roma

24 January 2016 21	Juventus	1–0	Roma	Turin
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mandžukić  51' Dybala 77' Evra  88'	Report	De Rossi  9' Rüdiger  14' Pjanić  51' Nainggolan  90+3'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,721 Referee: Luca Banti

Roma v Frosinone

30 January 2016 22	Roma	3–1	Frosinone	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nainggolan 18' Manolas  41' El Shaarawy 48' Pjanić 84'	Report	Ajeti  15' Ciofani 24' Dionisi  64'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,799 Referee: Marco Guida

Sassuolo v Roma

2 February 2016 23	Sassuolo	0–2	Roma	Reggio Emilia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Duncan  76'	Report	Salah 11' Keita  30' Nainggolan  73'  87' Vainqueur  90+1' El Shaarawy 90+4'	Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,102 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Roma v Sampdoria

7 February 2016 24	Roma	2–1	Sampdoria	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zukanović  34' Florenzi 45' Perotti 50' Keita  62'	Report	Barreto  11' Correa  38' Ranocchia  55' Pjanić 57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 28,301 Referee: Domenico Celi

Carpi v Roma

12 February 2016 25	Carpi	1–3	Roma	Modena
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suagher  37' Mancosu  40' Gagliolo  47' Mbakogu  54' Lasagna 61',  76'	Report	Digne 56' Džeko 84' Salah 85'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Attendance: 9,166 Referee: Paolo Tagliavento

Roma v Palermo

21 February 2016 26	Roma	5–0	Palermo	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Džeko 30', 89' Keita 52' Salah 60', 62'	Report	Struna  75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

Empoli v Roma

27 February 2016 27	Empoli	1–3	Roma	Empoli
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pucciarelli  17' Zukanović 22' (o.g.) Mário Rui  63'  90+4'	Report	El Shaarawy 5', 74' Pjanić  17', 27' Perotti  41'	Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani Attendance: 12,761 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Roma v Fiorentina

4 March 2016 28	Roma	4–1	Fiorentina	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	El Shaarawy 22' Salah 25', 58',  43' Perotti 38' Pjanić  44' Nainggolan  90+1'	Report	Badelj  40' Iličić 45+3' (pen.) Bernardeschi  80' Costa  90'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,263 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Udinese v Roma

13 March 2016 29	Udinese	1–2	Roma	Udine
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fernandes 85' Zapata  87' Danilo  90+1'	Report	Nainggolan  6' Džeko 15',  31' Keita  17' Florenzi 74'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 17,626 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni

Roma v Internazionale

19 March 2016 30	Roma	1–1	Internazionale	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Keita  22' Nainggolan 84' Manolas  88'	Report	Perišić 53' Medel  62' Handanović  75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 47,049 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Lazio v Roma

3 April 2016 31	Lazio	1–4	Roma	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Patric  24' Candreva  27' Biglia  37' Hoedt  65'  90+5' Cataldi  69' Parolo 75'	Report	El Shaarawy 15' Nainggolan  41' Rüdiger  56' Džeko 64' Florenzi 83' Perotti 87'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,922 Referee: Luca Banti

Roma v Bologna

11 April 2016 32	Roma	1–1	Bologna	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Salah 50' Totti  90+3'	Report	Rossettini 25' Mbaye  35' Oikonomou  78'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 32,835 Referee: Davide Massa

Atalanta v Roma

17 April 2016 33	Atalanta	3–3	Roma	Bergamo
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D'Alessandro 33' Borriello 37', 50',  51' Masiello  55' Raimondi  90' Kurtić  90+4'	Report	Digne 23' Nainggolan 27' Zukanović  35' De Rossi  67' Totti 85' Džeko  90' Manolas  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 15,326 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

Roma v Torino

20 April 2016 34	Roma	3–2	Torino	Rome
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Florenzi  39' Manolas 65' Totti 86', 89' (pen.)	Report	Belotti 35' (pen.),  42' Martínez 80' Padelli  84' Glik  89'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 30,407 Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Roma v Napoli

25 April 2016 35	Roma	1–0	Napoli	Rome
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pjanić  38' Rüdiger  47' Nainggolan 89'	Report	Koulibaly  41' Ghoulam  41' Mertens  70' Jorginho  74'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 35,273 Referee: Daniele Orsato

Genoa v Roma

2 May 2016 36	Genoa	2–3	Roma	Genoa
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tachtsidis 13' Pavoletti 65' Rincón  72' Laxalt  79' Marchese  90+1'	Report	Salah 6' Totti  72', 77' De Rossi  83' El Shaarawy 87' Strootman  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 21,355 Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

Roma v Chievo

8 May 2016 37	Roma	3–0	Chievo	Rome
12:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nainggolan 18' Rüdiger 39' Perotti  78' Pjanić 85'	Report	Radovanović  12' Hetemaj  80' M'Poku  90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,508 Referee: Domenico Celi

Milan v Roma

14 May 2016 38	Milan	1–3	Roma	Milan
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Locatelli  21' Mexès  54' Luiz Adriano  56' Donnarumma  61' Bacca 86'	Report	Salah 19' El Shaarawy 59' Emerson 82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 41,571 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia

Roma v Spezia

16 December 2015 Round of 16	Roma	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Spezia	Rome
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Uçan  19' Vainqueur  40' Rüdiger  90+1'	Report	Terzi  34' Nenê  35'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 7,167 Referee: Marco Di Bello
	Penalties
	Pjanić Džeko De Rossi Digne		Terzi Nenê Juande Acampora

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	ROM	LEV	BATE
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	6–1	2–1	3–0
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	−5	6			1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	4–4	—	4–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5			0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Roma v Barcelona

16 September 2015 1	Roma	1–1	Barcelona	Rome, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Florenzi 31' Nainggolan  63'	Report	Suárez 21' Piqué  75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 57,836 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

BATE Borisov v Roma

29 September 2015 2	BATE Borisov	3–2	Roma	Barysaw, Belarus
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stasevich 8' Mladenović 12', 30' Milunović  27' Dubra  90+1'	Report	Digne  12' De Rossi  46' Gervinho 66' Torosidis 82' Manolas  87'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 12,767 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Bayer Leverkusen v Roma

20 October 2015 3	Bayer Leverkusen	4–4	Roma	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hernández 4' (pen.), 19' Kramer  36' Kampl 84' Mehmedi 86' Wendell  90'	Report	Nainggolan  24' De Rossi 29', 38',  35' Pjanić 54' Falque 73'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,412 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Roma v Bayer Leverkusen

4 November 2015 4	Roma	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Salah 2' Džeko 29' Pjanić 80' (pen.) Torosidis  90+1' Szczęsny  90+4'	Report	Mehmedi 46' Hernández 51' Papadopoulos  61' Toprak  79'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 38,361 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Barcelona v Roma

24 November 2015 5	Barcelona	6–1	Roma	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Suárez 15', 44' Messi 18', 60',  64' Piqué  41', 56' Alves  57' Adriano 77'	Report	Vainqueur  62' Džeko 90+1'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 71,433 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Roma v BATE Borisov

9 December 2015 6	Roma	0–0	BATE Borisov	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 29,489 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Roma v Real Madrid

17 February 2016 First leg	Roma	0–2	Real Madrid	Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Ronaldo 57' Varane  62' Ramos  85' Jesé 86'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 55,612 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Real Madrid v Roma

8 March 2016 Second leg	Real Madrid	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Roma	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Danilo  37' Ronaldo 64' Rodríguez 68'	Report	Zukanović  76'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 76,654 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie A		Coppa Italia		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ROU	Bogdan Lobonț	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	POL	Wojciech Szczęsny	42	0	34	0	0	0	8	0
26	GK	ITA	Morgan De Sanctis	6	0	4	0	1	0	0+1	0
Defenders
2	DF	GER	Antonio Rüdiger	37	2	29+1	2	1	0	6	0
3	DF	FRA	Lucas Digne	42	3	32+1	3	0+1	0	8	0
5	DF	BRA	Leandro Castán	6	0	4+1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	BRA	Maicon	19	1	12+3	1	1	0	1+2	0
23	DF	SVK	Norbert Gyömbér	6	0	0+6	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	BRA	Emerson	9	1	1+7	1	1	0	0	0
35	DF	GRE	Vasilis Torosidis	15	1	6+5	0	0	0	1+3	1
44	DF	GRE	Kostas Manolas	45	2	36+1	2	0	0	8	0
87	DF	BIH	Ervin Zukanović	10	0	6+3	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	BEL	Radja Nainggolan	42	6	33+2	6	0	0	7	0
6	MF	NED	Kevin Strootman	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	BIH	Miralem Pjanić	41	12	30+3	10	1	0	7	2
16	MF	ITA	Daniele De Rossi	31	3	23+1	1	0+1	0	5+1	2
20	MF	MLI	Seydou Keita	23	1	16+4	1	0	0	3	0
21	MF	FRA	William Vainqueur	21	0	4+12	0	1	0	2+2	0
24	MF	ITA	Alessandro Florenzi	42	8	31+2	7	0+1	0	8	1
48	MF	TUR	Salih Uçan	6	0	0+3	0	1	0	0+2	0
52	MF	ITA	Lorenzo Di Livio	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ARG	Diego Perotti	17	3	14+1	3	0	0	2	0
9	FW	BIH	Edin Džeko	39	10	21+10	8	1	0	5+2	2
10	FW	ITA	Francesco Totti	15	5	2+11	5	0	0	0+2	0
11	FW	EGY	Mohamed Salah	42	15	32+2	14	1	0	6+1	1
14	FW	ESP	Iago Falque	27	3	13+9	2	0	0	3+2	1
22	FW	ITA	Stephan El Shaarawy	18	8	15+1	8	0	0	2	0
92	FW	ITA	Edoardo Soleri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
93	FW	ITA	Marco Tumminello	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
97	FW	NGA	Umar Sadiq	6	2	2+4	2	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
7	FW	PAR	Juan Iturbe	19	1	3+9	1	1	0	2+4	0
19	FW	COL	Víctor Ibarbo	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	SRB	Adem Ljajić	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	CIV	Gervinho	17	7	13+1	6	0	0	3	1

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	11	FW		Mohamed Salah	14	0	1	15
2	15	MF		Miralem Pjanić	10	0	2	12
3	9	FW		Edin Džeko	8	0	2	10
4	22	FW		Stephan El Shaarawy	8	0	0	8
	24	MF		Alessandro Florenzi	7	0	1	8
6	27	FW		Gervinho	6	0	1	7
7	4	MF		Radja Nainggolan	6	0	0	6
8	10	FW		Francesco Totti	5	0	0	5
9	3	DF		Lucas Digne	3	0	0	3
	8	MF		Diego Perotti	3	0	0	3
	14	FW		Iago Falque	2	0	1	3
	16	MF		Daniele De Rossi	1	0	2	3
13	2	DF		Antonio Rüdiger	2	0	0	2
	44	DF		Kostas Manolas	2	0	0	2
	97	FW		Umar Sadiq	2	0	0	2
16	7	FW		Juan Iturbe	1	0	0	1
	13	DF		Maicon	1	0	0	1
	20	MF		Seydou Keita	1	0	0	1
	33	DF		Emerson	1	0	0	1
	35	DF		Vasilis Torosidis	0	0	1	1
Own goal					0	0	0	0
Totals					83	0	11	94

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A	Coppa Italia	UEFA CL	Total
1	25	GK		Wojciech Szczęsny	8	0	1	9
2	26	GK		Morgan De Sanctis	0	1	0	1
Totals					8	1	1	10

Last updated: 14 May 2016

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Serie A			Coppa Italia			UEFA CL			Total
1	GK		Bogdan Lobonț	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Wojciech Szczęsny	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
26	GK		Morgan De Sanctis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Antonio Rüdiger	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
3	DF		Lucas Digne	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF		Leandro Castán	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13	DF		Maicon	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
23	DF		Norbert Gyömbér	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	DF		Emerson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
35	DF		Vasilis Torosidis	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
44	DF		Kostas Manolas	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0
87	DF		Ervin Zukanović	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	MF		Radja Nainggolan	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	1	0
6	MF		Kevin Strootman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF		Miralem Pjanić	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0
16	MF		Daniele De Rossi	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	0	0
20	MF		Seydou Keita	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	MF		William Vainqueur	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
24	MF		Alessandro Florenzi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
48	MF		Salih Uçan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
52	MF		Lorenzo Di Livio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Juan Iturbe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	FW		Diego Perotti	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Edin Džeko	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
10	FW		Francesco Totti	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	FW		Mohamed Salah	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
14	FW		Iago Falque	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	FW		Ezequiel Ponce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Víctor Ibarbo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Stephan El Shaarawy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW		Adem Ljajić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		Gervinho	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	FW		Edoardo Soleri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	FW		Marco Tumminello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	FW		Umar Sadiq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				79	3	2	3	0	0	10	0	0	92	3	2

Last updated: 14 May 2016

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