2015–16 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Ipswich Town's 14th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 138th year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Ipswich Town

2015–16 season
Owner	Marcus Evans
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Stadium	Portman Road
Championship	7th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Daryl Murphy / Brett Pitman (10) All: Brett Pitman (11)
Highest home attendance	23,615 (vs QPR, 26 December 2015, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	16,488 (vs Blackburn Rovers, 15 March 2016, Championship)
Average home league attendance	18,989
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

This was to be Mick McCarthy's third full season as manager, having taken charge in November 2012.^[2] In January both McCarthy and his assistant Terry Connor extended their contracts with the club until the summer of 2018.^[3]

Kits

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Marcus Evans Group

Home

Away

Away alt.1

Third

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Dean Gerken 3 DF  DEN Jonas Knudsen 4 DF  ENG Luke Chambers (captain) 5 DF  NZL Tommy Smith 6 DF  SCO Christophe Berra 7 MF  ENG Ainsley Maitland-Niles (on loan from Arsenal) 8 MF  ENG Cole Skuse (vice-captain) 9 FW  IRL Daryl Murphy 10 FW  IRL David McGoldrick 11 FW  Jersey Brett Pitman 12 MF  ENG Liam Feeney (on loan from Bolton Wanderers) 14 MF  SCO Ryan Fraser (on loan from Bournemouth) 15 MF  ENG Ben Pringle (on loan from Fulham) 16 MF  ENG Giles Coke 17 MF  MRI Kévin Bru

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  IRL Jay Tabb 19 MF  ENG Luke Hyam 20 FW  ENG Freddie Sears 22 MF  IRL Jonathan Douglas 25 DF  WAL Josh Yorwerth 26 MF  IRL Adam McDonnell 27 MF  ENG Teddy Bishop 29 DF  ENG Josh Emmanuel 30 DF  ENG Myles Kenlock 33 GK  POL Bartosz Białkowski 37 MF  ENG Paul Digby (on loan from Barnsley) 39 MF  GUI Larsen Touré 41 MF  ENG Andre Dozzell 42 FW  ENG Luke Varney 44 DF  IRL Kevin Foley

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NOR Jonathan Parr (to Strømsgodset) 12 FW  ENG James Alabi (released) 15 MF  AUS Tommy Oar (to Brisbane Roar)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  POL Piotr Malarczyk (on loan to Southend United) 34 DF  ENG Joe Robinson (on loan to Woking)

First-team coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Mick McCarthy
Assistant Manager	Terry Connor
Goalkeeping Coach	Malcolm Webster
Fitness Coach	Andy Liddell
Head Physiotherapist	Matt Byard
Assistant Head Physiotherapist	Alex Chapman
Kitman	James Pullen

Pre-season

On 27 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced they will travel to Ireland to face Shelbourne on 11 July 2015.^[4] A second friendly was announced a day later when the club confirmed they will travel to face Cambridge United.^[5] Also confirmed on 28 May 2015 was friendlies against Fortuna Düsseldorf^[6] and Colchester United.^[7] On 29 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced a friendly against Peterborough United.^[8] On 9 July 2015, Ipswich announced a home friendly against Dutch side Utrecht.^[9] On 23 July 2015, Ipswich announced a XI side will travel to face Bishop's Stortford;^[10] the match was subsequently postponed following torrential rain.^[11]

Shelbourne v Ipswich Town

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Shelbourne	0–6	Ipswich Town	Dublin, Ireland
15:00 IST		Report	Henshall 2' Ambrose 23' Skuse 38' Pitman 57' (pen.), 90' Tabb 82'	Stadium: Tolka Park

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Ipswich Town

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–3	Ipswich Town	Düsseldorf, Germany
18:30 CEST	Liendl 33' (pen.) Pohjanpalo 45' Strohdiek 74' Sararer 83'	Report	Sears 35' Pitman 62' Maitland-Niles 72'	Stadium: Paul-Janes-Stadion Attendance: 5,700

Cambridge United v Ipswich Town

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Cambridge United	2–3	Ipswich Town	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Corr 39' Berry 54'	Report	Maitland-Niles 3' Pitman 29' McGoldrick 61'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,608

Peterborough United v Ipswich Town

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Peterborough United	0–0	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: London Road

Colchester United v Ipswich Town

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Colchester United	3–2	Ipswich Town	Colchester
19:45 BST	Gilbey ?', ?' Massey ?'	Report	Bru 45' McGoldrick ?' (pen.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,647

Ipswich Town v Utrecht

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Ipswich Town	1–1	Utrecht	Ipswich
15:00 BST	McGoldrick 90+' (pen.)	Report	Ramselaar 15'	Stadium: Portman Road

Competitions

Football League Championship

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Derby County	46	21	15	10	66	43	+23	78	Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a]
6	Sheffield Wednesday	46	19	17	10	66	45	+21	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	53	51	+2	69
8	Cardiff City	46	17	17	12	56	51	+5	68
9	Brentford	46	19	8	19	72	67	+5	65

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	18	15	13	53	51	+2	69	9	8	6	28	24	+4	9	7	7	25	27	−2

Last updated: 20 April 2016.
Source: Table

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	W
Position	9	6	1	1	3	8	5	4	7	11	10	12	13	14	10	10	10	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	9	6	7	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2016. Source: Fixtures Table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[12]

Brentford v Ipswich Town

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Brentford	2–2	Ipswich Town	Brentford
15:00 BST	Gray 90' Tarkowski 90'	Report	Bru 45' Fraser 50'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,789 Referee: David Coote

Ipswich Town v Sheffield Wednesday

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Ipswich Town	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears 21' Smith 53'	Report	Wallace 19'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,081 Referee: James Linington

Ipswich Town v Burnley

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Ipswich Town	2–0	Burnley	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Sears 66' McGoldrick 71'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,353 Referee: Simon Hooper

Preston North End v Ipswich Town

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Preston North End	1–2	Ipswich Town	Preston
15:00 BST	Johnson 35'	Report	Pitman 24' Fraser 67'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 12,330 Referee: Mark Brown

Ipswich Town v Brighton & Hove Albion

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Ipswich Town	2–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Sears 54' McGoldrick 65' (pen.)	Report	Lua Lua 10' Hemed 12', 67'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,034 Referee: Keith Hill

Reading v Ipswich Town

11 September 2015 6	Reading	5–1	Ipswich Town	Reading
20:00 BST	Sá 7', 14', 63' Blackman 49' Norwood 87'	Report	Sears 11'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,809 Referee: Roger East

Leeds United v Ipswich Town

15 September 2015 7	Leeds United	0–1	Ipswich Town	Leeds
19:45 BST		Report	Smith 32'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,312 Referee: James Adcock

Ipswich Town v Birmingham City

18 September 2015 (2015-09-18) 8	Ipswich Town	1–1	Birmingham City	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Pitman 32' (pen.)	Report	Cotterill 22'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,973 Referee: Keith Stroud

Ipswich Town v Bristol City

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Ipswich Town	2–2	Bristol City	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chambers 46' Fraser 86'	Report	Freeman 53' Kodjia 56'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,347 Referee: Peter Bankes

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Rhodes 12', 16'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,672 Referee: Andre Marriner

Ipswich Town v Huddersfield Town

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11	Ipswich Town	0–0	Huddersfield Town	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chambers  21' Smith  58' Douglas  62'	Report	Whitehead  37' Vaughan	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,937 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Hull City v Ipswich Town

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 12	Hull City	3–0	Ipswich Town	Hull
19:45 BST	Bruce  25' 36' Dawson  40' Akpom 43' Meyler 58'	Report	Coke  33'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 15,942 Referee: Kevin Friend

Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 13	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Ipswich Town	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Trotter 90'	Report	Skuse  31' Smith  44' Parr  50' 74' Berra  59'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,616 Referee: Roger East

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14	Ipswich Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Smith  45' Bru  79' Skuse  87'	Report	Ameobi  11' Connolly  34' Ralls  43' Revell  82' Whittingham  85'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,169 Referee: David Coote

Ipswich Town v Bolton

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15	Ipswich Town	2–0	Bolton	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Maitland-Niles 13' Knudsen  26' Pitman 70' Chambers  80'	Report	Casado  7' Madine  57'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,071 Referee: Darren Deadman

Rotherham United v Ipswich Town

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16	Rotherham United	2–5	Ipswich Town	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Toffolo  40' Barker 56' Derbyshire 59'	Report	Pitman 8' Douglas 22' Murphy 43', 48', 72'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 9,162 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers

21 November 2015 17	Ipswich Town	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Douglas 16' Murphy 54' Chambers  90'	Report	Henry  11', 38' Afobe 75' Le Fondre  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,227 Referee: Gavin Ward

Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18	Charlton Athletic	0–3	Ipswich Town	Charlton
12:30 GMT	Fox  45' Makienok  63'	Report	Murphy 28', 68' Sears 45'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,870 Referee: Scott Duncan

Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough

4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) 19	Ipswich Town	0–2	Middlesbrough	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Berra  58'	Report	Gibson  40' Leadbitter  52' Stuani 54' Nugent 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,662 Referee: Tim Robinson

Milton Keynes Dons v Ipswich

12 December 2015 20	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Ipswich	Denbigh
12:30 GMT		Report	Pitman 10' Douglas  21' Chambers  61' Sears  74'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 13,520 Referee: Gavin Ward

Fulham v Ipswich Town

15 December 2015 21	Fulham	1–2	Ipswich Town	Fulham
19:45 GMT	McCormack 14'	Report	Sears 1' Pitman 57'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 15,245 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Ipswich Town v Derby County

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Ipswich Town	0–1	Derby County	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Berra  26' Douglas  68'	Report	Ince 40',  82' Jacob Butterfield  76'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,161 Referee: Keith Hill

Ipswich Town v Queens Park Rangers

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Ipswich Town	2−1	Queens Park Rangers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Douglas 77' Oar  88' Chambers 90+2'	Report	Hoilett 45+3' Konchesky  66' Onuoha  90'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 23,615 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Brighton & Hove Albion v Ipswich Town

29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 24	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Ipswich Town	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Calderón  82'	Report	Murphy 32' Bru  34'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 27,689 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Burnley v Ipswich Town

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Burnley	0–0	Ipswich Town	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Lowton  59' Barton  90'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 16,307 Referee: Peter Bankes

Ipswich Town v Leeds United

12 January 2016 26	Ipswich Town	2–1	Leeds United	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Chambers 50'  81' Pitman 90+2' Douglas  58'	Report	Doukara 1' Phillips  83'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,146 Referee: Fred Graham

Ipswich Town v Preston North End

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27	Ipswich Town	1–1	Preston North End	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Murphy 38' Pitman  90'	Report	Johnson 7'  84' Woods  40' Garner  69'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,108 Referee: Simon Hooper

Birmingham City v Ipswich Town

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28	Birmingham City	3–0	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Buckley 23' Gleeson  29' Robinson  49' Toral 54' Kieftenbeld 70'	Report	Douglas  45+2' Smith  78'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 18,272 Referee: Michael Bull

Ipswich Town v Reading

2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) 29	Ipswich Town	2–1	Reading	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Fraser 57' Berra  65' Pitman 89'	Report	Obita  19' Norwood  45+4' McCleary 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,616 Referee: Tim Robinson

Queens Park Rangers v Ipswich Town

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Ipswich Town	London
15:00 GMT	Faurlín  34' Onuoha  60' Phillips 88'	Report	Bru  8'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,044 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Bristol City v Ipswich Town

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31	Bristol City	2–1	Ipswich Town	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Flint 20', 35' O'Donnell  90+2'	Report	Pitman 61' Foley  73'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 15,736 Referee: Tony Harrington

Ipswich Town v Hull City

23 February 2015 32	Ipswich Town	0–1	Hull City	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Smith  88'	Report	Diamé 48'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,630 Referee: Brendan Malone

Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Ipswich Town	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Smith  74'	Report	Pringle 19' Chambers  51' Sears  71' Maitland-Niles  90'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 12,644 Referee: Darren Bond

Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 34	Ipswich Town	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Pringle 63'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,658 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bolton Wanderers v Ipswich Town

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 35	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Ipswich Town	Bolton
19:45 GMT	Wilson 73' Spearing  83' Wellington  90+2' Dobbie 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Bru 24' Berra 72'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 12,681 Referee: Mark Haywood

Cardiff City v Ipswich Town

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Cardiff City	1–0	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ecuele 18'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,175 Referee: Andy Madley

Ipswich Town v Blackburn Rovers

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 37	Ipswich Town	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Murphy 67' (pen.), 87'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,488 Referee: Iain Williamson

Ipswich Town v Rotherham United

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38	Ipswich Town	0–1	Rotherham United	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Knudsen  54'	Report	Best 44' Halford  61'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,318 Referee: Steve Martin

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Ipswich Town

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Lenihan  37' Grimes  60' Bennett  87'	Report	Iorfa  72'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,538 Referee: Mark Brown

Ipswich Town v Charlton Athletic

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40	Ipswich Town	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Knudsen  16'	Report	Teixeira  46' Cousins  85'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,787 Referee: Oliver Langford

Ipswich Town v Brentford

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41	Ipswich Town	1–3	Brentford	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Hyam  3'  45+5' Varney  57' Feeney 88'	Report	Saunders 29' Woods  45+5' Vibe 64', 68'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,845 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Sheffield Wednesday v Ipswich Town

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Ipswich Town	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Forestieri 42' Wallace  69'	Report	Bru  69' Dozzell 71' Pitman  79' Chambers  90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 25,082 Referee: Robert Madley

Ipswich Town v Fulham

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Ipswich Town	1–1	Fulham	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Knudsen 90+1' Smith  90+4'	Report	Dembélé 66' Parker  86'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 16,953 Referee: Paul Tierney

Middlesbrough v Ipswich Town

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Middlesbrough	0–0	Ipswich Town	Middlesbrough
	Leadbitter  84'	Report	Hyam  30'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,505 Referee: Darren Bond

Ipswich Town v Milton Keynes Dons

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Ipswich Town	3–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Ipswich
	McGoldrick 16' Pitman 68' Smith  87' Varney 90'	Report	Powell  35' Revell 45', 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,631 Referee: Keith Stroud

Derby County v Ipswich Town

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	Derby County	0–1	Ipswich Town	Derby
	Keogh  44' Martin  65'	Report	Chambers  31' McGoldrick 34' McDonnell  39'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,854 Referee: Tim Robinson

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

Ipswich Town v Portsmouth

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Ipswich Town	2–2	Portsmouth	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Skuse  45' Oar 53' Fraser 88'	Report	Bennett 55' Chaplin 86' Barton  90+1'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,020 Referee: David Coote

Portsmouth v Ipswich Town

19 January 2016 (2016-01-19) Third round replay	Portsmouth	2–1	Ipswich Town	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Roberts 32' (pen.) McNulty 37'	Report	Malarczyk  14'  77' Maitland-Niles 60'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,179 Referee: Andy Woolmer

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Ipswich Town were drawn at home against Stevenage.^[13] Ipswich Town were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the second round.^[14] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Ipswich Town were drawn away to Manchester United.^[15]

Ipswich Town v Stevenage

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Ipswich Town	2–1	Stevenage	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Yorwerth 55' Tabb 76'	Report	Berra 34' (o.g.)	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 10,449 Referee: Fred Graham

Doncaster Rovers v Ipswich Town

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Doncaster Rovers	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Ipswich Town	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Williams 23'	Report	Pitman 58' McGoldrick 102' Alabi 105' Fraser 113'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 3,729 Referee: Scott Duncan

Manchester United v Ipswich Town

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) Third round	Manchester United	3–0	Ipswich Town	Greater Manchester
19:45 BST	Rooney 23' Pereira 60' Martial 90'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 56,607 Referee: Simon Hooper

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
23 June 2015	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[16]
26 June 2015	CF		Brett Pitman	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	[17]
31 July 2015	LB		Jonas Knudsen	Esbjerg	Undisclosed[a]	[18]
3 August 2015	CM		Giles Coke	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	[19]
3 August 2015	RW		Larsen Touré	Arles-Avignon	Free transfer	[20]
4 August 2015	CM		Jonathan Douglas	Brentford	Free transfer	[21]
20 August 2015	GK		Jonathan Henly	Reading	Free transfer	[22]
24 August 2015	CF		James Alabi	Stoke City	Free transfer	[23]
28 August 2015	CB		Piotr Malarczyk	Korona Kielce	Undisclosed[b]	[24]
28 August 2015	LW		Tommy Oar	Utrecht	Free transfer	[25]
22 January 2016	RB		Kevin Foley	Free Agent	Free transfer	[26]

1. Fee reported as £350,000
2. Fee reported as £8,500

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
25 June 2015	RM		Ryan Fraser	Bournemouth	End of season	[a][27]
2 July 2015	RM		Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Arsenal	End of Season	[28]
2 January 2016	CM		Paul Digby	Barnsley	End of Season	[29]
12 February 2016	LW		Ben Pringle	Fulham	24 April 2016	[30]
17 March 2016	RW		Liam Feeney	Bolton Wanderers	End of Season	[31]

1. Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 sale of Tyrone Mings.^[27]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	LM		Darren Ambrose	Colchester United	Released	[32]
1 July 2015	RW		Paul Anderson	Bradford City	Released	[a] [32]
1 July 2015	RB		Elliott Hewitt	Notts County	Released	[b][32]
1 July 2015	CF		Jack Marriott	Luton Town	Free transfer	[c][32]
1 July 2015	CF		Noel Hunt	Southend United	Free transfer	[d][32]
1 July 2015	LM		Stephen Hunt	Coventry City	Released	[32]
1 July 2015	GK		Paddy Kenny	Free agent	Released	[37]
24 June 2015	CB		Omar Sowunmi	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	[38]
25 June 2015	LB		Tyrone Mings	Bournemouth	£8,000,000[e]	[27]
3 July 2015	LM		Anthony Wordsworth	Southend United	Free transfer	[39]
28 August 2015	CB		Harry Clarke	Arsenal	Compensation	[40]
21 December 2015	AM		Dylan Connolly	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer	[41]
1 January 2016	CM		Jack Collison	Free agent	Released	[42]
13 January 2016	LB		Jonathan Parr	Strømsgodset	Undisclosed[f]	[43]
22 January 2016	LW		Tommy Oar	Brisbane Roar	Released	[44]
28 January 2016	CF		James Alabi	Free agent	Mutual consent	[45]
1 February 2016	LM		Alex Henshall	Free agent	Mutual consent	[46]
1 March 2016	CF		Sam Ford	West Ham United	Free transfer	[47]

1. Following Anderson's release he joined Bradford City.^[33]
2. Following Hewitt's release he joined Notts County.^[34]
3. Following Marriott's release he joined Luton Town.^[35]
4. Following Hunt's release he joined Southend United.^[36]
5. Fee could potentially rise to £10,000,000 with add-ons
6. Fee reported as £70,000

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
3 August 2015	CB		Matthew Clarke	Portsmouth	3 January 2016	[48]
28 August 2015	LW		Cameron Stewart	Doncaster Rovers	2 January 2016	[49]
29 September 2015	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Crawley Town	25 October 2015	[50]
25 November 2015	CF		James Alabi	Grimsby Town	1 January 2016	[51]
26 November 2015	CM		Luke Hyam	Rotherham United	20 December 2015	[52]
26 November 2015	RB		Josh Emmanuel	Crawley Town	3 January 2016	[53]
26 November 2015	GK		Michael Crowe	Stevenage	10 January 2016	[54]
22 February 2016	CB		Joe Robinson	Woking	1 June 2016	[55][56]
11 January 2016	GK		Michael Crowe	Braintree Town	11 March 2016	[57]
24 March 2016	CB		Piotr Malarczyk	Southend United	1 June 2016	[58]

Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Dean Gerken	28	0	26	0	0	0	2	0
33	GK	POL	Bartosz Białkowski	23	0	20	0	2	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	DEN	Jonas Knudsen	43	2	42	2	1	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Luke Chambers	48	3	45	3	1	0	1+1	0
5	DF	NZL	Tommy Smith	48	2	45	2	0+1	0	1+1	0
6	DF	SCO	Christophe Berra	44	1	43	1	0	0	1	0
25	DF	WAL	Josh Yorwerth	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
29	DF	ENG	Josh Emmanuel	7	0	3+1	0	1	0	2	0
30	DF	ENG	Myles Kenlock	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
44	DF	IRL	Kevin Foley	8	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ENG	Ainsley Maitland-Niles	32	2	21+9	1	2	1	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Cole Skuse	40	0	39	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF	ENG	Liam Feeney	9	1	7+2	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF	SCO	Ryan Fraser	21	6	15+3	4	0+1	1	0+2	1
15	MF	ENG	Ben Pringle	10	2	9+1	2	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Giles Coke	14	0	1+9	0	0+1	0	3	0
17	MF	MRI	Kévin Bru	29	2	20+8	2	0	0	1	0
18	MF	IRL	Jay Tabb	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
19	MF	ENG	Luke Hyam	17	0	9+6	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF	IRL	Jonathan Douglas	39	3	32+6	3	0	0	1	0
26	MF	IRL	Adam McDonnell	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	ENG	Teddy Bishop	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ENG	Paul Digby	4	2	1+3	2	0	0	0	0
39	MF	GUI	Larsen Touré	11	0	3+4	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
41	MF	ENG	Andre Dozzell	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0}
42	MF	ENG	Luke Varney	20	1	2+16	1	2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	IRL	Daryl Murphy	35	10	30+4	10	0	0	1	0
10	FW	IRL	David McGoldrick	27	5	9+15	4	0	0	3	1
11	FW	Jersey	Brett Pitman	47	11	24+18	10	2	0	2+1	1
20	FW	ENG	Freddie Sears	47	6	44+1	6	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
2	DF	NOR	Jonathan Parr	10	1	3+6	1	0	0	1	0
12	FW	ENG	James Alabi	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1
15	MF	AUS	Tommy Oar	9	1	1+5	0	2	1	1	0
21	DF	POL	Piotr Malarczyk	6	0	0+3	0	2	0	1	0
34	DF	ENG	Joe Robinson	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Last updated: end of season
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
11	FW		Brett Pitman	10	0	1	11
9	FW		Daryl Murphy	10	0	0	10
14	MF		Ryan Fraser	4	1	1	6
20	FW		Freddie Sears	6	0	0	6
10	FW		David McGoldrick	4	0	1	5
4	DF		Luke Chambers	3	0	0	3
22	MF		Jonathan Douglas	3	0	0	3
5	DF		Tommy Smith	2	0	0	2
7	MF		Ainsley Maitland-Niles	1	1	0	2
15	MF		Ben Pringle	2	0	0	2
17	MF		Kévin Bru	2	0	0	2
2	DF		Jonathan Parr	1	0	0	1
3	DF		Jonas Knudsen	1	0	0	1
6	DF		Christophe Berra	1	0	0	1
12	FW		James Alabi	0	0	1	1
12	MF		Liam Feeney	1	0	0	1
15	DF		Tommy Oar	0	1	0	1
18	MF		Jay Tabb	0	0	1	1
25	DF		Josh Yorwerth	0	0	1	1
41	MF		Andre Dozzell	1	0	0	1
42	MF		Luke Varney	1	0	0	1
Total				53	3	6	62

Assists

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
20	FW		Freddie Sears	9	0	0	9
4	DF		Luke Chambers	5	0	0	5
10	FW		David McGoldrick	1	0	4	5
9	FW		Daryl Murphy	4	0	0	4
5	DF		Tommy Smith	3	0	0	3
11	FW		Brett Pitman	3	0	0	3
14	MF		Ryan Fraser	2	0	1	3
3	DF		Jonas Knudsen	2	0	0	2
7	MF		Ainsley Maitland-Niles	2	0	0	2
20	FW		Kévin Bru	2	0	0	2
42	FW		Luke Varney	2	0	0	2
6	DF		Christophe Berra	1	0	0	1
12	MF		Liam Feeney	1	0	0	1
22	MF		Jonathan Douglas	1	0	0	1
29	DF		Josh Emmanuel	1	0	0	1
30	DF		Myles Kenlock	1	0	0	1
39	MF		Larsen Touré	0	0	1	1
44	DF		Kevin Foley	1	0	0	1
Total				41	0	6	47

Clean sheets

No.	Nat	Player	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		Dean Gerken	8	0	0	8
33		Bartosz Białkowski	8	0	0	8
Total			16	0	0	16

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
2	DF		Jonathan Parr	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3	DF		Jonas Knudsen	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	DF		Luke Chambers	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5	DF		Tommy Smith	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
6	DF		Christophe Berra	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7	MF		Ainsley Maitland-Niles	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF		Cole Skuse	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
11	FW		Brett Pitman	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF		Ryan Fraser	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15	MF		Tommy Oar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Giles Coke	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
17	MF		Kévin Bru	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19	DF		Luke Hyam	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
20	FW		Freddie Sears	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF		Piotr Malarczyk	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
22	MF		Jonathan Douglas	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
24	MF		Adam McDonnell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	DF		Myles Kenlock	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
39	MF		Larsen Touré	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
42	MF		Luke Varney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF		Kevin Foley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				63	2	1	1	5	0	69	3

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[59]

No. Pos. Nat. Name MS Notes 1 GK Dean Gerken 28 Bartosz Białkowski has 23 starts 4 RB Luke Chambers 47 6 CB Christophe Berra 44 5 CB Tommy Smith 46 3 LB Jonas Knudsen 43 7 RM Ainsley Maitland-Niles 23 8 CM Cole Skuse 40 22 CM Jonathan Douglas 33 Kévin Bru has 21 starts 14 LM Ryan Fraser 15 20 CF Freddie Sears 44 9 CF Daryl Murphy 31 Brett Pitman has 28 starts

4–4–2 Formation Gerken Chambers(C) Berra Smith Knudsen Skuse Fraser Douglas Maitland-Niles Sears Murphy

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player	Ref
Player of the Year	Bartosz Białkowski	[60]
Players' Player of the Year	Bartosz Białkowski	[61]
Young Player of the Year	Andre Dozzell	[61]
Goal of the Season	Kévin Bru	[61]

Football League Championship Manager of the Month

Month	Manager	Ref
November	Mick McCarthy	[62]

Football League Championship Player of the Month

Month	Player	Ref
November	Daryl Murphy	[63]

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