The 2015–16 season was Crystal Palace's third consecutive season in the Premier League and their 110th year in existence. The club participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. They finished 15th in the Premier League and were runners-up in the FA Cup for the second time in their history. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Competitions
Overview
CompetitionRecord Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
Pre-season friendlies On 28 May 2015, Crystal Palace announced their first pre-season friendly ahead of the 2015–16 season against Fulham. On 8 June 2015, a second fixture against Dagenham & Redbridge was added to the schedule. On 12 June 2015, Palace announced they will travel to Germany to play Union Berlin on 18 July 2015. A fourth friendly against Barnet was announced on 19 June 2015.
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
The fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced on 18 June 2015 at 9am.
FA Cup In the third round of the 2015–16 FA Cup, Crystal Palace were drawn to play away against fellow Premier League side Southampton on 9 January 2016. At St Mary's Stadium, Crystal Palace won 2–1 with goals from Joel Ward and Wilfried Zaha. In the fourth round, they were drawn at home against Premier League Stoke City. At Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park, they won 1–0 with a goal from Zaha. in the fifth round they were drawn away at Premier League Tottenham Hotspur. At White Hart Lane, Crystal Palace won 1–0 with a goal from Martin Kelly. In the quarter final, Crystal Palace were drawn away at Football League Championship team Reading. At the Madjeski Stadium, Crystal Palace won 2–0 with goals from Yohan Cabaye and Fraizer Campbell to reach the semi-final for the first time in 21 years. Crystal Palace drew Premier League Watford in the Wembley semi-final, in a repeat of the 2013 Football League Championship play-off final. Crystal Palace won 2–1 due to goals from Yannick Bolasie and Connor Wickham. In the final, Crystal Palace opened the scoring through Jason Puncheon after 78 minutes, though Juan Mata equalised for Manchester United within 3 minutes to send the game to extra-time. Although United had Chris Smalling sent off, Palace could not force a winner, instead conceding the winning goal to Jesse Lingard with 10 minutes left.
League Cup Crystal Palace entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home against Shrewsbury Town. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Palace were drawn at home to Charlton Athletic.
Cape Town Cup
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From FeeRef. 10 July 2015 CM Yohan Cabaye Paris Saint-Germain £10,000,000 23 July 2015 GK Alex McCarthy Queens Park Rangers £3,500,000 3 August 2015 ST Connor Wickham Sunderland £7,000,000 5 August 2015 LW Bakary Sako Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer 3 January 2016 LW Randell Williams Tower Hamlets Free transfer 26 January 2016 ST Emmanuel Adebayor Free agent Free transfer 30 March 2016 ST Freddie Ladapo Margate Undisclosed
Total spending: £22,500,000
Loan in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date untilRef. 21 July 2015 CF Patrick Bamford Chelsea 4 January 2016
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To FeeRef. 1 July 2015 CF Shola Ameobi Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 1 July 2015 CM Sonny Black Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CB Michael Chambers Welling United Free transfer 1 July 2015 CM Shawniki Clement-Peter Free agent Released 1 July 2015 GK Bradley Comins Free agent Released 1 July 2015 AM Kyle De Silva Notts County Free transfer 1 July 2015 SS Stephen Dobbie Bolton Wanderers Free transfer 1 July 2015 RB Mandela Egbo Borussia Mönchengladbach Undisclosed 1 July 2015 CF Morgan Ferrier Free agent Released 1 July 2015 AM Owen Garvan Colchester United Released 1 July 2015 CB Jahmal Howlett-Mundle Heart of Midlothian Free transfer 1 July 2015 RW Elliott List Gillingham Released 1 July 2015 CM Kiye Martin Free agent Released 1 July 2015 GK Lewis Price Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer 1 July 2015 CB Peter Ramage Kerala Blasters Released 1 July 2015 CM Ghassimu Sow Free agent Released 1 July 2015 LW Jerome Thomas Free agent Released 31 August 2015 CM Barry Bannan Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed 1 September 2015 CM Adlène Guedioura Watford Undisclosed 1 September 2015 CF Glenn Murray Bournemouth £4,000,000 25 September 2015 CF Fisayo Adarabioyo Macclesfield Town Free transfer 13 January 2016 RB Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday Undisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date untilRef. 3 July 2015 RB Jack Hunt Sheffield Wednesday 13 January 2016 23 July 2015 CM Hiram Boateng Plymouth Argyle 2 January 2016 27 July 2015 CB Ryan Inniss Port Vale End of season 30 July 2015 LB Jerome Binnom-Williams Burton Albion End of season 14 August 2015 GK Chris Kettings Stevenage 12 September 2015 20 August 2015 LB Christian Scales Crawley Town 2 January 2016 10 September 2015 AM Jonny Williams Nottingham Forest 2 January 2016 17 September 2015 CF Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town 23 December 2015 18 September 2015 GK Chris Kettings Bromley 16 October 2015 5 November 2015 MF Jake Gray Hartlepool United 5 December 2015 22 January 2016 AM Jonny Williams Milton Keynes Dons End of season 1 March 2016 CF Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town 3 May 2016 23 March 2016 CM Hiram Boateng Plymouth Argyle End of season
Player statistics
Appearances and goals
Goalscorers
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 16 FW 3 0 4 7 7 MF 5 1 0 6 21 FW 5 1 0 6 10 MF 5 1 0 6 6 DF 5 0 0 5 11 MF 2 2 1 5 2 DF 2 1 0 3 42 MF 2 1 0 3 27 DF 2 0 1 3 26 MF 2 0 0 2 18 MF 2 0 0 2 14 MF 1 0 1 2 9 FW 0 1 1 2 25 FW 1 0 0 1 28 MF 1 0 0 1 34 DF 0 1 0 1 17 FW 0 0 1 1 – – 1 0 0 1Total368953
Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 7 MF 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 6 DF 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 23 DF 6 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 15 MF 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 11 MF 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 18 MF 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 DF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 42 MF 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 34 DF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 MF 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 9 FW 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16 FW 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 DF 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 28 MF 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 29 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26 MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Total 58 2 8 0 3 0 69 2
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