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2015–16 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Cardiff City's 99th season in their existence and the 88th in the Football League, their second consecutive season in the Championship. 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.

Cardiff City
2015–16 season
OwnerVincent Tan
ChairmanMehmet Dalman
ManagerRussell Slade
StadiumCardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship8th
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Anthony Pilkington (9)
All: Anthony Pilkington (9)
Highest home attendance28,680 (vs. Derby County, 2 Apr)
Lowest home attendance4,782 (vs. Shrewsbury Town, 10 Jan)
Average home league attendance16,463

Competitions

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Championship

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Sheffield Wednesday 46 19 17 10 66 45 +21 74 Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a]
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
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 53 49 +4 63
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 by matchday

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDDDWWWLLWDDWDDLWLDWDWLLDWLWDWDDWLWWLWDWDLDLWLD
Position111413752685888899791067788109999999787777777777778
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Kit

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Supplier: adidas
Sponsor(s): Visit Malaysia

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3rd Kit

Last updated: 14 September 2015.
Source: Historical Football Kits

Squad

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No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1 David Marshall GK Scotland  Glasgow 31 274 0 Norwich City 12 May 2009 £500,000 2018
21 Simon Moore GK England  Sandown 26 23 0 Brentford 29 July 2013 £150,000 2017
30 Ben Wilson GK England  Stanley 23 2 0 Accrington Stanley November 2014 Free 2017
Defenders
2 Lee Peltier RB England  Liverpool 30 58 0 Huddersfield Town 24 January 2015 Nominal 2018
3 Fábio LB Brazil  Rio de Janeiro 25 68 1 Manchester United 29 January 2014 Free 2017
4 Sean Morrison CB England  Plymouth 25 74 9 Reading 15 August 2014 £2,620,000 2018
5 Bruno Ecuele Manga CB Gabon  Libreville 27 56 5 Lorient 1 September 2014 £4,400,000 2017
6 Ben Turner CB England  Birmingham 27 121 4 Coventry City 31 August 2011 £750,000 2016
12 Declan John LB Wales  Merthyr Tydfil 20 31 0 Academy 1 June 2013 Trainee 2018
16 Matthew Connolly CB England  Barnet 28 110 6 Queens Park Rangers 22 August 2012 £500,000 2019
28 Scott Malone LB England  Rowley Regis 25 56 2 Millwall 7 January 2015 £90,000 2017
29 Semi Ajayi CB Nigeria  England  London 22 0 0 Arsenal 1 July 2015 Free 2017
Midfielders
7 Peter Whittingham CM England  Nuneaton 31 423 93 Aston Villa 11 January 2007 £350,000 2017
8 Joe Ralls CM England  Aldershot 23 94 6 Academy 30 September 2011 Trainee 2020
11 Craig Noone LW England  Liverpool 28 134 17 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 August 2012 £1,000,000 2018
13 Anthony Pilkington LW Republic of Ireland  England  Blackburn 28 62 10 Norwich City 15 August 2014 £875,000 2017
15 Kagisho Dikgacoi DM South Africa  Brandfort 31 28 0 Crystal Palace 1 July 2014 Free 2017
17 Aron Gunnarsson CM Iceland  Akureyri 28 197 20 Coventry City 8 July 2011 £350,000 2018
22 Stuart O'Keefe CM England  Eye 25 33 2 Crystal Palace 28 January 2015 £750,000 2018
23 Matthew Kennedy RW Scotland  Irvine 21 16 0 Everton 2 February 2015 Undisclosed 2018
24 Kadeem Harris LW England  Westminster 23 23 2 Wycombe Wanderers 30 January 2012 £150,000 2017
27 Lex Immers AM Netherlands  The Hague 30 15 5 Feyenoord 21 January 2016 Loan 2016
38 Sammy Ameobi WG/CF Nigeria  England  Newcastle upon Tyne 24 38 1 Newcastle United 7 July 2015 Loan 2016
Forwards
26 Kenneth Zohore CF Denmark  Copenhagen 22 12 2 K.V. Kortrijk 1 February 2016 Loan 2016
37 Tom Lawrence LW/SS Wales  Wrexham 22 14 0 Leicester City 1 February 2016 Loan 2016
39 Idriss Saadi CF France  Valence 24 2 0 Clermont 1 September 2015 Undisclosed 2018
Out on loan
9 Kenwyne Jones CF Trinidad and Tobago  Point Fortin 31 67 19 Stoke City 28 January 2014 Part Exchange 2016
14 Federico Macheda CF Italy  Rome 24 31 8 Manchester United 1 July 2014 Free 2017
18 Eoin Doyle CF Republic of Ireland  Dublin 28 18 5 Chesterfield 2 February 2015 £750,000 2018
36 Adedeji Oshilaja CB England  London 23 3 0 Academy 1 July 2012 Trainee Undisclosed
— Tom Adeyemi CM England  Norwich 24 23 1 Birmingham City 7 August 2014 £882,000 2017
— Adam Le Fondre CF England  Stockport 29 25 3 Reading 28 May 2014 £2,170,000 2017
— Filip Kiss CM Slovakia  Dunajská Streda 25 36 1 Slovan Bratislava 1 July 2012 £500,000 2016
— Joe Lewis GK England  Bury St. Edmunds 28 4 0 Peterborough United 25 May 2012 Free 2016
— Etien Velikonja CF Slovenia  Šempeter pri Gorici 27 5 0 Maribor 25 July 2012 £1,574,373 2016

^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 7 May 2016.

Statistics

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As of 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland  SCO David Marshall 39 0 39+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England  ENG Lee Peltier 43 0 38+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Brazil  BRA Fábio 25 1 17+5 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF England  ENG Sean Morrison 32 3 29+1 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Gabon  GAB Bruno Ecuele Manga 27 2 19+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England  ENG Ben Turner 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England  ENG Peter Whittingham 37 6 34+2 6 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England  ENG Joe Ralls 44 1 42+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF England  ENG Craig Noone 41 6 24+14 5 0+1 0 2+0 1
12 DF Wales  WAL Declan John 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF Republic of Ireland  IRL Anthony Pilkington 41 9 38+3 9 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF South Africa  RSA Kagisho Dikgacoi 25 0 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF England  ENG Matthew Connolly 45 1 43+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Iceland  ISL Aron Gunnarsson 29 2 16+12 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 GK England  ENG Simon Moore 8 0 6+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF England  ENG Stuart O'Keefe 26 2 18+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF Scotland  SCO Matthew Kennedy 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 MF England  ENG Kadeem Harris 8 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
26 FW Denmark  DEN Kenneth Zohore (on loan from K.V. Kortrijk) 12 2 2+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Netherlands  NED Lex Immers (on loan from Feyenoord) 15 5 14+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF England  ENG Scott Malone 40 2 34+5 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK England  ENG Ben Wilson 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
37 FW Wales  WAL Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City) 14 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF Nigeria  NGA Sammy Ameobi (on loan from Newcastle United) 38 1 8+28 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
39 FW France  FRA Idriss Saadi 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team players out on loan:
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago  TRI Kenwyne Jones 20 5 15+4 5 0+0 0 0+1 0
14 FW Italy  ITA Federico Macheda 8 0 0+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW Republic of Ireland  IRL Eoin Doyle 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
Loan Players who returned to their parent clubs:
33 FW Scotland  SCO Tony Watt (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 9 2 9+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team players that left the club:
10 FW Republic of Ireland  IRL Joe Mason 24 6 21+2 6 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW England  ENG Alex Revell 13 1 7+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
20 DF Romania  ROU Gabriel Tamas 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Captains

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As of 7 May
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
1 GK David Marshall Scotland  40 Club Captain
4 DF Sean Morrison England  6 Vice-Captain
13 MF Anthony Pilkington Republic of Ireland  2
7 MF Peter Whittingham England  1

Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Goals record

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As of 7 May 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 13 MF Republic of Ireland  Anthony Pilkington 9 0 0 9
2 7 MF England  Peter Whittingham 6 0 0 6
10 FW Republic of Ireland  Joe Mason 6 0 0 6
11 MF England  Craig Noone 5 0 1 6
5 9 FW Trinidad and Tobago  Kenwyne Jones 5 0 0 5
27 MF Netherlands  Lex Immers 5 0 0 5
7 4 DF England  Sean Morrison 3 0 0 3
8 5 DF Gabon  Bruno Ecuele Manga 2 0 0 2
17 MF Iceland  Aron Gunnarsson 2 0 0 2
22 MF England  Stuart O'Keefe 2 0 0 2
26 FW Denmark  Kenneth Zohore 2 0 0 2
28 DF England  Scott Malone 2 0 0 2
33 FW Scotland  Tony Watt 2 0 0 2
14 3 DF Brazil  Fábio 1 0 0 1
8 MF England  Joe Ralls 1 0 0 1
16 DF England  Matthew Connolly 1 0 0 1
19 FW England  Alex Revell 0 0 1 1
38 FW England  Sammy Ameobi 1 0 0 1
Total 55* 0 2 56
  • Total includes 1 own goal

Disciplinary record

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As of 3 May 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card  Yellow card  Red card 
1 3 DF Brazil  Fábio 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
2 DF England  Lee Peltier 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
3 13 MF Republic of Ireland  Anthony Pilkington 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
16 DF England  Matthew Connolly 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5 7 MF England  Peter Whittingham 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 4 DF England  Sean Morrison 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
7 8 MF England  Joe Ralls 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
11 MF England  Craig Noone 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
38 MF England  Sammy Ameobi 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
10 28 DF England  Scott Malone 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 17 MF Iceland  Aron Gunnarsson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 MF England  Stuart O'Keefe 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 1 GK Scotland  David Marshall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 DF England  Ben Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland  Joe Mason 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF South Africa  Kagisho Dikgacoi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF England  Matthew Connolly 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW England  Alex Revell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW Scotland  Tony Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 FW Wales  Tom Lawrence 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 79 4 0 0 2 0 81 4

Suspensions served

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Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed
2 May 2015 3 David Marshall Red card  in 2014–15 Fulham (H), QPR (A), Blackburn (A)
3 October 2015 1 Fábio 5× Yellow card  Preston (A)
19 September 2015 2 David Marshall Red card  vs Rotherham United Charlton (H), Brighton (A)
23 January 2016 1 Lee Peltier Yellow card  Yellow-red card  vs Rotherham United Huddersfield (A)
13 February 2016 3 Sammy Ameobi Red card  vs Charlton Brighton (H), Middlesbrough (A), Preston (H)
8 March 2016 3 Fábio Red card  vs Leeds Reading (H), Derby (A), Burnley (H)

Contracts

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Number Position Nationality Name Contract length Status Expiry Date Ref.
55 RB England  Jazzi Barnum-Bobb 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
— CM Wales  Tyler Roche 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
— CM Wales  Macauley Southam 1 year Signed June 2016 [1]
60 LB Democratic Republic of the Congo  David Tutonda 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
— CB Wales  Curtis Watkins 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
30 GK England  Ben Wilson 2 years Signed June 2017 [1]
17 CM Iceland  Aron Gunnarsson 3 years Signed June 2018 BBC Sport
— CF England  Rhys Healey 3 years Signed June 2018 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site
8 CM England  Joe Ralls 5 years Signed June 2020 BBC Sport
16 CB England  Matthew Connolly 3+1⁄2 years Signed June 2019 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site

Transfers

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In

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB Nigeria  England  Semi Ajayi Arsenal Free transfer Cardiff City F.C.
24 July 2015 CB France  Jordan Blaise Girondins de Bordeaux Free transfer[a] Cardiff City F.C.
26 August 2015 CB Romania  Gabriel Tamaș Unattached Free transfer Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015 CF France  Idriss Saadi Clermont Foot Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C.
4 September 2015 LB Belgium  Marco Weymans PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed[a] Cardiff City F.C.
  1. ^ a b Joined the U21 squad.

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
7 July 2015 WG Nigeria  England  Sammy Ameobi Newcastle United End of season Cardiff City FC
23 November 2015 CF Scotland  Tony Watt Charlton Athletic 16 January 2016 BBC Sport
21 January 2016 AM Netherlands  Lex Immers Feyenoord End of Season BBC Sport
1 February 2016 CF Denmark  Kenneth Zohore K.V. Kortrijk End of Season BBC Sport
1 February 2016 LW Wales  Tom Lawrence Leicester City End of Season Wales Online

Out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
9 June 2015 GK United States  Charlie Horton Leeds United Free transfer BBC Sport
15 June 2015 RB France  Kevin Theophile-Catherine Saint-Étienne £1.4m BBC Sport
26 June 2015 CB Uruguay  Maximiliano Amondarain Free agent Released Cardiff City F.C.
1 July 2015 RM England  Anthony Bell Shildon Released [1]
1 July 2015 CM Wales  Jaye Bowen Merthyr Tydfil Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF Wales  Gethyn Hill Merthyr Tydfil Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF England  Danny Johnson Gateshead Released [1][a]
1 July 2015 GK Wales  Joe Massaro Barry Town Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF England  Nicky Maynard Milton Keynes Dons Released Cardiff City F.C.[b]
1 July 2015 RB Scotland  Kevin McNaughton Wigan Athletic Released Cardiff City F.C.[c]
1 July 2015 LB Wales  Kane Owen Aberystwyth Town Released [1]
1 July 2015 DM Wales  Ben Watkins Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CB Wales  Bradley Wickham Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CM Wales  Bradley Williams Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CB Wales  Josh Yorwerth Ipswich Town Free transfer BBC Sport
3 August 2015 CB England  Ben Nugent Crewe Alexandra Free transfer Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015 CF Spain  Javi Guerra Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C.
28 January 2016 CF Republic of Ireland  Joe Mason Wolverhampton Wanderers £3m BBC Sport
1 February 2016 CF England  Alex Revell Milton Keynes Dons Free BBC Sport
1 February 2016 CB Romania  Gabriel Tamas Unattached Free Cardiff City F.C.
  1. ^ Johnson joined Gateshead following release.[1]
  2. ^ Maynard joined MK Dons following release.BBC Sport
  3. ^ McNaughton joined Wigan Athletic following release.[2]

Total income: Increase  £4,400,000

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
14 July 2015 CM England  Tom Adeyemi Leeds United End of season Cardiff City FC
24 July 2015 CB England  Adedeji Oshilaja Gillingham 3 January 2016 Cardiff City FC
3 August 2015 CF England  Adam Le Fondre Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season BBC Sport
7 August 2015 LB Democratic Republic of the Congo  David Tutonda York City January 2016 BBC Sport
19 August 2015 CM Slovakia  Filip Kiss FK Haugesund End of season Cardiff City F.C.
22 August 2015 LW England  Kadeem Harris Barnsley 21 August 2015 Cardiff City F.C.
24 August 2015 GK England  Joe Lewis Fulham End of season Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015 CF Slovenia  Etien Velikonja Lierse End of season Cardiff City F.C.
1 September 2015 CF Republic of Ireland  Eoin Doyle Preston North End End of season Cardiff City F.C.
1 September 2015 CF England  Rhys Healey Dundee 3 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C.
29 September 2015 CB Nigeria  Semi Ajayi AFC Wimbledon 25 October 2015 Cardiff City F.C.
13 October 2015 RB England  Jazzi Barnum-Bobb Newport County 2 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C.[a]
13 October 2015 CM Wales  Tommy O'Sullivan Newport County 2 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C.
20 October 2015 GK England  Ben Wilson AFC Wimbledon 14 December 2015 BBC Sport[b]
11 November 2015 FW England  Alex Revell Wigan Athletic 23 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C.
18 November 2015 CB England  Ben Turner Coventry City 23 December 2015 BBC Sport[c]
26 November 2015 CB Nigeria  Semi Ajayi Crewe Alexandra 5 January 2016 Sky Sports
5 January 2016 CF Trinidad and Tobago  Kenwyne Jones Al Jazira End of Season Cardiff City F.C.
25 January 2016 RW Scotland  Matthew Kennedy Port Vale End of Season BBC Sport
18 February 2016 LB Wales  Declan John Chesterfield End of Season BBC Sport
10 March 2016 CM Wales  Tommy O'Sullivan Newport County End of Season BBC Sport
11 March 2016 CF Italy  Federico Macheda Nottingham Forest End of Season BBC Sport
14 March 2016 CB England  Deji Oshilaja Gillingham End of Season BBC Sport
  1. ^ Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Tommy O'Sullivan's loan spells were extended to 2 January.[2]
  2. ^ Ben Wilson's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.[3]
  3. ^ Ben Turner's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.[4]

Fixtures and results

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Pre-season

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15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Nailsworth
19:30 BST O'Connor   72' Report Mason   55' Stadium: The New Lawn
Attendance: 1,125
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 BST Akpa Akpro   8' (pen.)
Collins   86'		 Report Mason   26'
Pilkington   55'		 Stadium: New Meadow
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly Carmarthen Town 0–1 Cardiff City XI Carmarthen
15:00 BST Report Rees   11' Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Richard Harrington
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–2 Cardiff City Putten, Netherlands
19:00 BST Report Manga   18'
Pilkington   82'		 Stadium: Sportpark Puttereng
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Cardiff City Unknown
17:00 BST Report   69' Pilkington
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Cardiff City 2–1 Watford Cardiff
19:45 BST Mason   19', 80' Report Deeney   30' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly Bournemouth 2–3 Cardiff City Bournemouth
19:45 BST Rantie   27'
Pugh   70'		 Report Ralls   39'
Revell   44', 65'		 Stadium: Dean Court

Football League Championship

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8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Cardiff City 1–1 Fulham Cardiff
12:00 BST Noone   86' BBC Report   47' Smith Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,429
Referee: Darren Bond
15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2 Queen's Park Rangers 2–2 Cardiff City London
17:15 BST Hill   33'
Austin   56'		 BBC report   63' Morrison
  90' Malone		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 14,927
Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Televised Live on Sky
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Blackburn
19:45 BST Hanley   88' BBC Report   5' Mason Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,025
Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland)
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Cardiff City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
17:15 BST Jones   44'
Ameobi   60'		 BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,820
Referee: Andy Davies
Note: Televised Live on Sky
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Cardiff City Nottingham
15:00 BST Antonio   86' BBC Sport   23' Jones
  49' Mason		 Stadium: The City Ground
Attendance: 18,762
Referee: Oliver Langford
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Huddersfield Cardiff
15:00 BST Pilkington   69'
Mason   77'		 BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,715
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7 Cardiff City 0–2 Hull City Cardiff
19:45 BST Report   8' Diamé
  80' Hernández		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,763
Referee: Chris Sarginson (Staffordshire)
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Rotherham United 2–1 Cardiff City Rotherham
15:00 BST Odjidja-Ofoe   43' (pen.)
Connolly   90+3' (og)		 Report Red card  42' Marhsall
  45+4' (pen.) Whittingham		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,935
Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire)
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Cardiff City 2–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 BST Mason   53'
Morrison   76'		 BBC Report   49' Ahearne-Grant Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,980
Referee: Andy Madley
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 Cardiff City Brighton
15:00 BST Stephens   38' BBC Report   5' Mason Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 26,399
Referee: Charles Breakspear (Surrey)
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11 Preston North End 0–0 Cardiff City Preston
15:00 BST BBC Report Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,125
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 12 Cardiff City 1–0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
19:45 BST Friend   86' (og) Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,371
Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northampton)
26 October 2015 (2015-10-26) 13 Cardiff City 0–0 Bristol City Cardiff
19:45 GMT BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,287
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Note: Televised Live on Sky
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14 Ipswich 0–0 Cardiff City Ipswich
15:00 GMT BBC Report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 17,169
Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)
3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15 Leeds United 1–0 Cardiff City Leeds
19:45 GMT Mowatt   63' BBC Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 17,914
Referee: Carl Boyeson
7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16 Cardiff City 2–0 Reading Cardiff
15:00 GMT Jones   44'
Connolly   53'		 BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,414
Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17 Derby County 2–0 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 GMT Thorne   55'
Weimann   76'		 BBC Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Attendance: 29,526
Referee: Eddie Ilderton
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18 Cardiff City 2–2 Burnley Cardiff
15:00 GMT Gunnarsson   41'
Morrison   64'		 BBC Report   85' Hennings
  90' (og) Connolly		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,133
Referee: Darren Drysdale
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 GMT Madine   17'
Casado Red card  90+1'
Dervite   71'		 BBC Report   13' Watt
  53' Malone
  80' Pilkington		 Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,241
Referee: Tony Harrington
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 20 Cardiff City 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:00 GMT Noone   21' (pen)
Pilkington   34'		 BBC Report   61' Forestieri
  61' Bannan		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,256
Referee: Charles Breakspear
15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 21 Cardiff City 3–2 Brentford Cardiff
19:45 GMT Watt   20'
Jones   34', 90+3'		 Report   69' Bidwell
  86' Swift		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 12,729
Referee: Simon Hooper
18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 22 Birmingham City 1–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
19:45 GMT Caddis   45' (pen) BBC Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 14,414
Referee: David Coote (Note Coote was a late replacement for Keith Stroud)
Note: Televised Live on Sky
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Cardiff City Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT Maynard   49'
Murphy   90'		 Report Noone   81' Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: Iain Williamson
Referee: 12,510
29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 24 Cardiff City 1–1 Nottingham Forest Cardiff
19:45 GMT Gunnarsson   13' Report Burke   9' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,461
Referee: Tim Robinson
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 GMT Mason   58' BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,385
Referee: Andy Woolmer
13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 26 Hull City 2–0 Cardiff City Hull
19:45 GMT Hernández   40' (pen)
Clucas   51'		 Report Stadium: KC Stadium
Attendance: 15,549
Referee: Scott Duncan
16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Zyro   40' BBC Report   28', 36' Noone
  48' Ralls		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 24,238
Referee: Dean Whitestone
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28 Cardiff City 2–2 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 GMT Pilkington   25', 60'
Peltier Red card  83'		 BBC Report Newell   44'
Pilkington   49' (og)		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,885
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29 Huddersfield 2–3 Cardiff City Huddersfield
15:00 GMT Wells   40'
Bunn   90+2'		 BBC Report Whittingham   37', 79'
Immers   61'		 Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 11,002
Referee: David Webb (County Durham)
6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30 Cardiff City 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons Cardiff
15:00 GMT BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 13,833
Referee: Kevin Johnson
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 GMT Report Yellow card  90+6' Yellow-red card  Ameobi Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 16,755
Referee: Iain Williamson
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 32 Cardiff City 4–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
12:30 GMT Whittingham   16', 66' (pen)
Pilkington   19'
Immers   30'		 BBC Report Stephens   55' Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,143
Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Televised Live on Sky
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 33 Middlesbrough 3–1 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT Connolly   25' (og)
Ramírez   63'
Nugent   83'		 Report   20' Fábio Stadium: The Riverside
Attendance: 24,322
Referee: Trevor Kettle
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 34 Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 GMT Pilkington   44' (pen), 80' (pen) Report   87' Robinson Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,566
Referee: Brendan Malone
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35 Bristol City 0–2 Cardiff Bristol
12:00 GMT Report Immers   21'
O'Keefe   83'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 15,758
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 36 Cardiff City 0–2 Leeds United Cardiff
19:45 GMT Fábio Yellow card  64' Yellow-red card  Report Doukara   37'
Antenucci   90+4'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,273
Referee: Darren Deadman
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 37 Cardiff City 1–0 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 GMT Ecuele   18' Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,175
Referee: Andy Madley (West Yorkshire)
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38 Reading 1–1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 GMT McCleary   37'
John Yellow card  45'		 Report Connolly Yellow card  63'
Immers   65'
Pilkington Yellow card  83'		 Stadium: Madjeski Stadium
Attendance: 17,407
Referee: Darren Drysdale
2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39 Cardiff City 2–1 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 BST Ecuele   37'
O'Keefe   68'		 BBC Report   49' Martin Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 28,680
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)
5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40 Burnley 0–0 Cardiff City Burnley
19:45 BST BBC Report Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 15,740
Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne and Wear)
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Fulham 2–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 BST Parker   46'
Hyndman   90+3'		 BBC Sport   41' Immers Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 17,149
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Cardiff City 0–0 Queen's Park Rangers Cardiff
15:00 BST BBC Sport Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 27,874
Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 Brentford 2–1 Cardiff City London
19:45 BST Hogan   83', 86' BBC Report   89' Zohore Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 8,363
Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Cardiff City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 BST Zohore   55'
Whittingham   90+4' (pen)		 Report   7' Clough
Red card  32' Maher		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 24,189
Referee: Lee Collins
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Sheffield Wed 3–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 BST Hooper   64', 90+4'
Peltier		 Report Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 31,843
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Cardiff City 1–1 Birmingham Cardiff
12:30 BST Connolly Yellow card  19'
Pilkington   26'
Lawrence Yellow card  31'
Whittingham Yellow card  51'
Turner Yellow card  60'		 Report Cotterill   11'
Spector Yellow card  31'
Kieftenbeld Yellow card  35'		 Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,022
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

FA Cup

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10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Third Round Cardiff City 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
18:00 GMT Report   62' Mangan Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 4,782
Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Televised Live on S4C

League Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup
11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round Cardiff City 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Cardiff
19:45 BST Noone   45' BBC Report Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 6,314
Referee: Brendan Malone
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round MK Dons 2–1 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Milton Keynes
19:45 BST Baker   78'
Murphy   108'		 BBC report Revell   53' Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 5,617
Referee: Tim Robinson

Development Team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
45 MF Wales  WAL Theo Wharton
– DF France  FRA Jordan Blaise
– MF Wales  WAL MacAuley Southam
– MF Wales  WAL Robbie Patten
– DF Wales  WAL Tom James
– MF Wales  WAL Tommy O'Sullivan (on loan to Newport County)
– FW England  ENG Rhys Healey (on loan to Dundee United)
– DF England  ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
– DF Wales  WAL Curtis Watkins
– DF Democratic Republic of the Congo  COD David Tutonda
No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF Wales  WAL Tyler Roche
— DF Wales  WAL Ashley Baker
— MF Wales  WAL Tom Burridge
— FW Wales  WAL Abdi Noor
— DF Wales  WAL Dylan Rees
— MF Wales  WAL Jamie Veale
— FW Wales  WAL Dane Griffiths
– GK Wales  WAL Luke O'Reilly
— FW Wales  WAL Eli Phipps
– DF Belgium  BEL Marco Weymans

Overall summary

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Club staff

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Main article: Cardiff City F.C. personnel

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Retain List 2015/16". Cardiff City Football Club. Official Site. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Newport County: O'Sullivan and Barnum-Bobb extend loan deals". BBC Sport. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ben goes back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Ben Turner: Cardiff City defender facing more ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Football Club Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Holding Company Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ^ "New Club Secretary". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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