2015–16 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
2015–16 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Russell Slade
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship	8th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Pilkington (9); All: Anthony Pilkington (9)
Highest home attendance	28,680 (vs. Derby County, 2 Apr)
Lowest home attendance	4,782 (vs. Shrewsbury Town, 10 Jan)
Average home league attendance	16,463
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the 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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	11	14	13	7	5	2	6	8	5	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	10	6	7	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

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

Kit

Supplier: adidas
Sponsor(s): Visit Malaysia

Home

Away

3rd Kit

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

Squad

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

As of 7 May 2016

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

Captains

As of 7 May

No.	P	Name	No. games	Notes
1	GK	David Marshall	40	Club Captain
4	DF	Sean Morrison	6	Vice-Captain
13	MF	Anthony Pilkington	2
7	MF	Peter Whittingham	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

As of 7 May 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	League Cup	Total
1	13	MF	Anthony Pilkington	9	0	9
2	7	MF	Peter Whittingham	6	0	6
	10	FW	Joe Mason	6	0	6
	11	MF	Craig Noone	5	1	6
5	9	FW	Kenwyne Jones	5	0	5
5	27	MF	Lex Immers	5	0	5
7	4	DF	Sean Morrison	3	0	3
8	5	DF	Bruno Ecuele Manga	2	0	2
	17	MF	Aron Gunnarsson	2	0	2
	22	MF	Stuart O'Keefe	2	0	2
	26	FW	Kenneth Zohore	2	0	2
	28	DF	Scott Malone	2	0	2
	33	FW	Tony Watt	2	0	2
14	3	DF	Fábio	1	0	1
	8	MF	Joe Ralls	1	0	1
	16	DF	Matthew Connolly	1	0	1
	19	FW	Alex Revell	0	1	1
	38	FW	Sammy Ameobi	1	0	1
Total				55*	2	56

Total includes 1 own goal

Disciplinary record

As of 3 May 2016

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

Suspensions served

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

Contracts

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

Transfers

In

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

^ ^a ^b Joined the U21 squad.

Loans in

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

Out

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

^ Johnson joined Gateshead following release.[1]
^ Maynard joined MK Dons following release.BBC Sport
^ McNaughton joined Wigan Athletic following release.[2]

Total income: £4,400,000

Loans out

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

^ Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Tommy O'Sullivan's loan spells were extended to 2 January.^[2]
^ Ben Wilson's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.^[3]
^ Ben Turner's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.^[4]

Fixtures and results

Pre-season

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

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	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 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 83'	BBC Report	Newell 44' Pilkington 49' (o.g.)	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	90+6' 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 64'	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 45'	Report	Connolly 63' Immers 65' Pilkington 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 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 19' Pilkington 26' Lawrence 31' Whittingham 51' Turner 60'	Report	Cotterill 11' Spector 31' Kieftenbeld 35'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,022 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

FA Cup

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

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

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
45	MF	WAL	Theo Wharton
–	DF	FRA	Jordan Blaise
–	MF	WAL	MacAuley Southam
–	MF	WAL	Robbie Patten
–	DF	WAL	Tom James
–	MF	WAL	Tommy O'Sullivan (on loan to Newport County)
–	FW	ENG	Rhys Healey (on loan to Dundee United)
–	DF	ENG	Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
–	DF	WAL	Curtis Watkins
–	DF	COD	David Tutonda


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	WAL	Tyler Roche
—	DF	WAL	Ashley Baker
—	MF	WAL	Tom Burridge
—	FW	WAL	Abdi Noor
—	DF	WAL	Dylan Rees
—	MF	WAL	Jamie Veale
—	FW	WAL	Dane Griffiths
–	GK	WAL	Luke O'Reilly
—	FW	WAL	Eli Phipps
–	DF	BEL	Marco Weymans

Overall summary

Summary

Games played	46 (35 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won	16 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn	17 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	14 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	57 (55 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Goals conceded	53 (50 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Goal difference	+4
Clean sheets	16 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Yellow cards	81 (79 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Red cards	4 (4 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Worst discipline	Fábio & Lee Peltier (9 , 1 )
Best result	W 4–1 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (20 February)
Worst result	L 2–0 vs Hull City (16 September) L 2–0 vs Derby County (21 November) L 2–0 vs Leeds United (8 March)
Most appearances	Matthew Connolly (45)
Top scorer	Anthony Pilkington (9)
Points	68

Score overview

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

Club staff

Backroom staff

Position	Name
First-team manager	Russell Slade
Assistant manager	Scott Young
Head coach	Paul Trollope
Goalkeeper coach	Martyn Margetson
First-team coach	James Rowberry
Head of Medical	Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPC
First-team physiotherapist	Adam Rattenberry MCSP SRP
Head of Fitness & Condition	Lee Southernwood
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Mike Beere
Club doctor	Dr. Len Nokes
Performance & Recruitment Analyst	Graham Younger
Opposition Analyst	Martin Hodge
Kit & equipment manager	Ian Lenning

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
General Manager	Ken Choo
Finance Director	Richard Thompson
Non-Executive Board Members Football Club ^[5]	Steve Borley Derek Chee Seng Chin Mehmet Dalman Michael Filiou Meng Kwong Lim Michael Isaac Vincent Lye Ek Seang
Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings) ^[6]	Danni Rais
Club Secretary ^[7]	David Beeby

References

^ ^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.
^ "Newport County: O'Sullivan and Barnum-Bobb extend loan deals". BBC Sport. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "Ben goes back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ "Ben Turner: Cardiff City defender facing more ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "Football Club Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ "Holding Company Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ "New Club Secretary". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[table_note_res_PLPO0.59226284715918-1] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

[fn1-3] Joined the U21 squad.

[4] Johnson joined Gateshead following release.[1]

[5] Maynard joined MK Dons following release.BBC Sport

[6] McNaughton joined Wigan Athletic following release.[2]

[8] Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Tommy O'Sullivan's loan spells were extended to 2 January.^[2]

[10] Ben Wilson's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.^[3]

[12] Ben Turner's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.^[4]

[Retained-2] ^ ^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.

[7] "Newport County: O'Sullivan and Barnum-Bobb extend loan deals". BBC Sport. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[9] "Ben goes back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[11] "Ben Turner: Cardiff City defender facing more ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[13] "Football Club Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[14] "Holding Company Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[15] "New Club Secretary". Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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