2015–16 Sunderland A.F.C. season

Sunderland

2015–16 season

Chairman

Ellis Short

Manager

Dick Advocaat
(until 4 October 2015)
Sam Allardyce
(from 9 October 2015)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League:
Jermain Defoe (15)
All:
Jermain Defoe (18)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014–15

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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.

Squad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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	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

Last updated: 14 March 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	7001380000000000000♠38	7000900000000000000♠9	7001120000000000000♠12	7001170000000000000♠17	7001480000000000000♠48	7001620000000000000♠62	−14	7001236800000000000♠23.68
FA Cup	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	7000300000000000000♠3	−2	05000000000000000000♠0.00
League Cup	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000700000000000000♠7	7000700000000000000♠7	+0	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Total	7001410000000000000♠41	7001100000000000000♠10	7001120000000000000♠12	7001190000000000000♠19	7001560000000000000♠56	7001720000000000000♠72	−16	7001243900000000000♠24.39

Last updated: 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2015-16 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42
16	AFC 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 Football League Championship
19	Norwich City (R)	38	9	7	22	39	67	−28	34	Relegation to the Football League Championship

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
35	8	10	17	43	60	−17	34	5	5	7	20	20	0	3	5	10	23	40	−17

Last updated: 7 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

Last updated: 11 May 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Ethiad Stadium Attendance: 54,523 Referee: Anthony Taylor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goalscorers

As of 15 May 2016

Rank	No.	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.	Player	Matches Played	Clean Sheet %	Premier League	TOTAL
25	Vito Mannone	20	20%	4	4
1	Costel Pantilimon	18	17%	3	3
13	Jordan Pickford	2	0%	0	0
Totals		40	18%	7	7

Disciplinary record

As of 11 May 2016

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
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

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
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

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National teams

Senior (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, finals)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	Football League (Championship, League One, League Two, play-offs)

Levels 5–6	National League (National, North, South)

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League (Premier, North, South) Northern Premier League (Premier, North, South) Southern League (Premier, Central, South & West)

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League (Premier, First) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, First) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, East, West) Kent Invicta League (level 10 only) Midland League (Premier, First) Northern Counties East League (Premier, First) Northern League (First, Second) North West Counties League (Premier, First) Southern Combination League (First, Second) Southern Counties East League (level 9 only) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, First) United Counties League (Premier, First) Wessex League (Premier, First) Western League (Premier, First) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

Football League cups	Football League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 21	Professional U21 Development Leagues U21 Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development Leagues FA Youth Cup

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	Barrow Boreham Wood Chester Gateshead Grimsby Town Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers

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