2015–16 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

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Huddersfield Town
2015–16 season
Chairman Dean Hoyle
Manager Chris Powell (until 4 November 2015)
Mark Lillis (from 4 November 2015 until 9 November 2015)
David Wagner (from 9 November 2015)
Stadium John Smith's Stadium
Championship 19th
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League: Nahki Wells (17)
All: Nahki Wells (18)
Highest home attendance 17,118 vs. Leeds United (7 November 2015)
Lowest home attendance 4,238 vs. Notts County (11 August 2015)

The 2015–16 season was Huddersfield Town's fourth consecutive season in the Championship and 107th year in existence.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

On 9 November 2015, following the departure of Chris Powell a few days earlier, the German-American David Wagner became the first head coach of the club, and the first to be born outside the British Isles in the club's 107 year history.

Squad at the end of the season

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

No. Position Player
1 England GK Jed Steer (on loan from Aston Villa)
2 England DF Tommy Smith
3 Australia DF Jason Davidson
4 England MF Dean Whitehead
5 England DF Mark Hudson (captain)
6 England MF Jonathan Hogg
7 Republic of Ireland MF Sean Scannell
8 England MF Jamie Paterson (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
9 England FW James Vaughan (on loan at Birmingham City)
10 Algeria MF Karim Matmour
11 England FW Ishmael Miller
13 Republic of Ireland GK Joe Murphy
14 England DF Martin Cranie
16 Wales MF Emyr Huws (on loan from Wigan Athletic)
17 England FW Harry Bunn
No. Position Player
18 England MF Joe Lolley
19 United States MF Duane Holmes
20 England FW Jordy Hiwula (on loan at Walsall)
21 Bermuda FW Nahki Wells
22 England MF Kyle Dempsey
24 Netherlands MF Rajiv van La Parra (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
26 England GK Lloyd Allinson
29 Denmark MF Philip Billing
33 Wales DF Joel Lynch
34 Scotland DF Will Boyle (on loan at York City)
36 Albania FW Flo Bojaj
–– England MF Ben Holmes (on loan at Hyde United)
–– Poland GK Ed Wilczynski (on loan at Bishop Auckland)
–– England DF Joe Wilkinson (on loan at Bradford Park Avenue)
–– Wales DF Joe Wright (on loan at Accrington Stanley)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 LW England Callum Charlton Brighouse Town Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 LB Australia Jason Davidson West Bromwich Albion Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 CM England Dean Whitehead Middlesbrough Free transfer [4]
10 July 2015 AM England Kyle Dempsey Carlisle United £300,000 [5][6]
17 July 2015 FW England Jordy Hiwula Manchester City Undisclosed [7]
22 July 2015 CB England Martin Cranie Barnsley Free transfer [8]
31 July 2015 AM England Jack Boyle Youth system N/A [9]
20 January 2016 AM Algeria Karim Matmour Unattached Free transfer [10]

Total spending: Decrease £300,000

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF Trinidad and Tobago Daniel Carr Cambridge United [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 LM Republic of Ireland Jake Carroll Hartlepool United [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 CB Republic of Ireland Anthony Gerrard Shrewsbury Town Released [12]
1 July 2015 CM England Oscar Gobern Queens Park Rangers [lower-alpha 3] Released [15]
1 July 2015 CF Northern Ireland Martin Paterson Blackpool Released [12]
1 July 2015 CF England Jon Stead Notts County [lower-alpha 4] Free transfer [12]
3 July 2015 CM England Conor Coady Wolverhampton Wanderers £2,000,000 [17][18]
20 August 2015 GK England Alex Smithies Queens Park Rangers £1,500,000 [19][20]
1 September 2015 CM England Jacob Butterfield Derby County Undisclosed [21]
1 September 2015 RW England Adam Hammill Barnsley Mutual consent [22]
2 January 2016 DF Scotland Murray Wallace Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [23]
13 February 2016 FW Scotland Liam Coogans Brechin City Released [24]
  1. Following Carr's release he joined Cambridge United.[11]
  2. Following Carroll's release he joined Hartlepool United.[13]
  3. Following Gobern's release he joined Queens Park Rangers.[14]
  4. Following Stead's release he joined Notts County.[16]

Total income: Increase £3,500,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
27 August 2015 LW The Gambia Mustapha Carayol Middlesbrough End of season [25]
27 August 2015 CM Wales Emyr Huws Wigan Athletic End of season [26]
1 September 2015 FW England Jamie Paterson Nottingham Forest End of season [27]
9 September 2015 CB England Elliott Ward Bournemouth 7 October 2015 [28]
11 September 2015 GK England Jed Steer Aston Villa 9 October 2015 [29][lower-alpha 1]
19 November 2015 LB England Ben Chilwell Leicester City 3 January 2016 [31]
2 January 2016 GK England Jed Steer Aston Villa 31 May 2016 [32]
8 January 2016 LB England James Husband Middlesbrough 6 February 2016 [33]
1 February 2016 FW Ghana Elvis Manu Brighton & Hove Albion 2 May 2016 [34]
11 March 2016 MF Netherlands Rajiv van La Parra Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 May 2016 [35]
  1. On 15 October 2015, Steer's loan at Huddersfield was extended until 11 November 2015.[30]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
9 July 2015 CB Wales Joe Wright Accrington Stanley 2 January 2016 [36]
31 July 2015 LW Wales Jake Charles Guiseley 29 August 2015 [37]
5 August 2015 CB Scotland Will Boyle Macclesfield Town 2 September 2015 [38][39]
25 August 2015 CB Scotland Murray Wallace Scunthorpe United 1 November 2015 [40][lower-alpha 1]
27 August 2015 CF England Jordy Hiwula Wigan Athletic End of season [42]
28 August 2015 CM England Ben Holmes AFC Fylde 30 September 2015 [43]
2 September 2015 FW Scotland Liam Coogans Queen of the South 4 January 2016 [44]
18 September 2015 GK England Sam Guthrie Clitheroe 17 October 2015 [45]
25 September 2015 MF England Joe Lolley Scunthorpe United 1 November 2015 [46]
14 October 2015 DF England Joe Wilkinson Hyde United 14 November 2015 [47]
30 October 2015 GK Poland Ed Wilczynski Hyde United 24 October 2015 [48]
18 November 2015 CB Scotland Will Boyle York City 3 January 2016 [49]
26 November 2015 FW England James Vaughan Birmingham City 2 January 2016 [50]
2 January 2016 GK Poland Ed Wilczynski Sheffield 30 January 2016 [51]
8 January 2016 FW England James Vaughan Birmingham City 30 June 2016 [52]
20 February 2016 GK Poland Ed Wilczynski Bishop Auckland 19 March 2016 [53]
26 February 2016 CB Scotland Will Boyle York City 26 May 2016 [54]
4 March 2016 CF England Jordy Hiwula Walsall End of season [55]
  1. On 28 September 2015, Wallace's loan at Scunthorpe was extended until 31 October 2015.[41]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Alex Smithies 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 GK England Jed Steer 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF England Tommy Smith 39 1 33+3 0 2 1 1 0
3 DF Australia Jason Davidson 30 1 26+1 1 2 0 1 0
4 DF England Dean Whitehead 36 0 31+3 0 0+1 0 1 0
5 DF England Mark Hudson 41 3 39 3 2 0 0 0
6 MF England Jonathan Hogg 24 0 19+3 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland Sean Scannell 30 1 20+9 1 1 0 0 0
8 MF England Jacob Butterfield 6 1 5 1 0 0 0+1 0
8 FW England Jamie Paterson 36 8 22+12 6 2 2 0 0
9 FW England James Vaughan 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol 15 3 9+6 3 0 0 0 0
10 MF Algeria Karim Matmour 16 1 7+9 1 0 0 0 0
11 FW England Ishmael Miller 21 1 12+6 1 0+2 0 1 0
12 DF England Elliott Ward 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK Republic of Ireland Joe Murphy 10 0 7 0 2 0 1 0
14 DF England Martin Cranie 39 0 28+9 0 0+1 0 1 0
15 DF Scotland Murray Wallace 3 1 1+1 0 0 0 1 1
15 DF England James Husband 12 0 10+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 MF Wales Emyr Huws 31 5 27+3 5 1 0 0 0
17 FW England Harry Bunn 44 6 34+8 6 1 0 1 0
18 MF England Joe Lolley 34 4 25+7 4 2 0 0 0
19 MF United States Duane Holmes 6 1 2+4 1 0 0 0 0
20 FW England Jordy Hiwula 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 FW Bermuda Nahki Wells 47 18 39+5 17 2 1 1 0
22 MF England Kyle Dempsey 24 1 10+11 1 1+1 0 1 0
24 MF Netherlands Rajiv van La Parra 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF England Adam Hammill 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 DF England Ben Chilwell 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
26 GK England Lloyd Allinson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Ghana Elvis Manu 5 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Denmark Philip Billing 13 1 8+5 1 0 0 0 0
33 DF Wales Joel Lynch 40 2 34+3 2 2 0 1 0
34 DF Scotland Will Boyle 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Albania Flo Bojaj 8 1 0+8 1 0 0 0 0

Top scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Bermuda 21 Nahki Wells 17 1 0 18
2 FW England 8 Jamie Paterson 6 2 0 8
3 FW England 17 Harry Bunn 6 0 0 6
4 MF Wales 16 Emyr Huws 5 0 0 5
5= MF England 18 Joe Lolley 4 0 0 4
Own goals 4 0 0 4
7= DF England 5 Mark Hudson 3 0 0 3
MF The Gambia 10 Mustapha Carayol 3 0 0 3
9 DF Wales 33 Joel Lynch 2 0 0 2
10= DF England 2 Tommy Smith 0 1 0 1
DF Australia 3 Jason Davidson 1 0 0 1
MF Republic of Ireland 7 Sean Scannell 1 0 0 1
MF England 8 Jacob Butterfield 1 0 0 1
MF Algeria 10 Karim Matmour 1 0 0 1
FW England 11 Ishmael Miller 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland 15 Murray Wallace 0 0 1 1
MF United States 19 Duane Holmes 1 0 0 1
MF England 22 Kyle Dempsey 1 0 0 1
MF Denmark 29 Philip Billing 1 0 0 1
FW Albania 36 Flo Bojaj 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 59 4 1 64

Cards

Number Nation Position Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
5 England DF Mark Hudson 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
4 England MF Dean Whitehead 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
33 Wales DF Joel Lynch 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2 England DF Tommy Smith 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
6 England MF Jonathan Hogg 6 0 1 1 0 0 7 1
17 England FW Harry Bunn 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
14 England DF Martin Cranie 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
21 Bermuda FW Nahki Wells 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
3 Australia DF Jason Davidson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 Wales MF Emyr Huws 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 England MF Kyle Dempsey 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10 The Gambia MF Mustapha Carayol 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 England DF James Husband 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29 Denmark MF Philip Billing 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 England FW James Vaughan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 England GK Jed Steer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Republic of Ireland MF Sean Scannell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 England MF Jacob Butterfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 England MF Jamie Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 Algeria MF Karim Matmour 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Scotland DF Murray Wallace 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 England MF Joe Lolley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 82 3 2 1 2 0 86 4

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 15 May 2015, Huddersfield Town announced their first pre-season friendly ahead of the 2015–16 season against Guiseley.[56] On 19 May 2015, a second friendly was announced against Barnsley.[57] A day later, Huddersfield Town announced they will travel to Grimsby Town.[58] A fourth friendly was announced on 21 May 2015 against Rochdale.[59] On 1 July 2015, Huddersfield Town announced they will face Leyton Orient on 18 July 2015 in Spain.[60] On 7 July 2015, Huddersfield Town finalised their pre-season schedule by confirming a home friendly against Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña.[61]

Championship

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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 13 12 21 59 70  −11 51 7 6 10 33 33  0 6 6 11 26 37  −11

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source:[citation needed]

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 A H H A A H A H A H H A H A A H H A H A A H A H A H H A H A H A A H A H
Result L D D D L L W W D L D W L L D L L L W L W L W D W W D L L L W W D L L W L W L L D W D D L L
Position 22 20 18 20 22 23 20 13 13 17 17 13 15 16 18 19 21 22 19 20 19 19 19 18 18 16 16 17 17 17 17 15 16 17 18 18 18 16 18 18 19 16 16 16 19 19

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source:[citation needed]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Reading 46 13 13 20 52 59 −7 52
18 Bristol City 46 13 13 20 54 71 −17 52
19 Huddersfield Town 46 13 12 21 59 70 −11 51
20 Fulham 46 12 15 19 66 79 −13 51
21 Rotherham United 46 13 10 23 53 71 −18 49
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[62]

Score overview

      Win       Draw       Loss

Opposition Home score Away score Double
Birmingham City 1–1 2–0 No
Blackburn Rovers 0–0 2–0 No
Bolton Wanderers 4–1 2–0 Yes
Brentford 1–5 2–4 No
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 1–2 No
Bristol City 1–2 0–4 No
Burnley 1–3 1–2 No
Cardiff City 2–3 0–2 No
Charlton Athletic 5–0 2–1 Yes
Derby County 1–2 0–2 No
Fulham 1–1 1–1 No
Hull City 2–2 0–2 No
Ipswich Town 0–1 0–0 No
Leeds United 0–3 4–1 No
Middlesbrough 0–2 0–3 No
Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 1–1 No
Nottingham Forest 1–1 2–0 No
Preston North End 3–1 1–2 No
Queens Park Rangers 0–1 1–1 No
Reading 3–1 2–2 No
Rotherham United 2–0 1–1 No
Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 1–3 No
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 0–3 No

Note: Huddersfield goals are listed first.

FA Cup

On 7 December 2015, the third round draw was made, Huddersfield Town were drawn at home against Reading, in a repeat of the third round tie the previous season.

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Huddersfield Town were drawn at home against Notts County.[63]

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