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Football League One
Season2015–16
ChampionsWigan Athletic
(2nd divisional title)
PromotedWigan Athletic
Burton Albion
Barnsley
RelegatedDoncaster Rovers
Blackpool
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Matches played552
Goals scored1,457 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorerWill Grigg (25 goals)
Biggest home winChesterfield 7–1 Shrewsbury Town (2 January 2016)
Coventry City 6–0 Bury (13 February 2016)
Scunthorpe United 6–0 Swindon Town (28 March 2016)
Biggest away winCrewe Alexandra 0–5 Coventry City (2 January 2016)
Longest winning runBarnsley (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runWigan Athletic (20 matches)
Longest winless runColchester United (19 matches)
Longest losing runColchester United (9 matches)
Highest attendance24,777[1]
Sheffield United 3–1 Bradford City
(28 December 2015)
Lowest attendance1,767[2]
Rochdale 1–0 Fleetwood Town
(23 February 2016)

The 2015–16 Football League One (referred to as the Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of the Football League One under its current title and the 23rd season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015, and concluded on 8 May 2016.[3]

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.

To League One

Promoted from League Two

Relegated from Championship

From League One

Relegated to League Two

Promoted to Championship

Team overview

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2015–2016 Football League One
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Greater London League One football clubs
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Greater Manchester League One football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity[4]
Template:Fb team Barnsley Barnsley Oakwell 23,009
Template:Fb team Blackpool Blackpool Bloomfield Road 16,750
Template:Fb team Bradford City Bradford Valley Parade 25,136
Template:Fb team Burton Albion Burton-upon-Trent Pirelli Stadium 6,912
Template:Fb team Bury Bury Gigg Lane 11,840
Template:Fb team Chesterfield Chesterfield Proact Stadium 10,400
Template:Fb team Colchester United Colchester Weston Homes Community Stadium 10,105
Template:Fb team Coventry City Coventry Ricoh Arena 32,500
Template:Fb team Crewe Alexandra Crewe Gresty Road 10,066
Template:Fb team Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium 15,231
Template:Fb team Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Highbury Stadium 5,311
Template:Fb team Gillingham Gillingham Priestfield Stadium 11,582
Template:Fb team Millwall London (South Bermondsey) The Den 20,146
Template:Fb team Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,309
Template:Fb team Peterborough United Peterborough Abax Stadium 14,319
Template:Fb team Port Vale Stoke-on-Trent Vale Park 18,947
Template:Fb team Rochdale Rochdale Spotland Stadium 10,249
Template:Fb team Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe Glanford Park 9,183
Template:Fb team Sheffield United Sheffield Bramall Lane 32,702
Template:Fb team Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury New Meadow 9,875
Template:Fb team Southend United Southend Roots Hall 12,392
Template:Fb team Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Template:Fb team Walsall Walsall Bescot Stadium 11,300
Template:Fb team Wigan Athletic Wigan DW Stadium 25,138

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Blackpool England Lee Clark Resigned 9 May 2015[5] Pre-season England Neil McDonald 2 June 2015[6]
Chesterfield England Paul Cook Signed by Portsmouth 12 May 2015[7] Wales Dean Saunders 13 May 2015[8]
Sheffield United England Nigel Clough Sacked 25 May 2015[9] England Nigel Adkins 2 June 2015[10]
Peterborough United England Dave Robertson 6 September 2015[11] 20th England Graham Westley 21 September 2015[12]
Doncaster Rovers Scotland Paul Dickov 8 September 2015[13] 17th England Rob Jones (interim) 8 September 2015[14]
Oldham Athletic Northern Ireland Darren Kelly 12 September 2015[15] 19th England David Dunn (interim) 13 September 2015[15]
Oldham Athletic England David Dunn (interim) Change of contract 7 October 2015[16] 18th England David Dunn 7 October 2015[16]
Doncaster Rovers England Rob Jones End of interim 16 October 2015 20th Scotland Darren Ferguson 16 October 2015[17]
Chesterfield Wales Dean Saunders Sacked 28 November 2015 16th England Danny Wilson 24 December 2015[18]
Walsall England Dean Smith Signed by Brentford 30 November 2015 4th England John Ward (interim) 30 November 2015[19]
Burton Albion Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Signed by QPR 4 December 2015[20] 1st England Nigel Clough 5 December 2015[21]
Walsall England John Ward (interim) End of interim 18 December 2015 3rd Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll 18 December 2015[22]
Oldham Athletic England David Dunn Sacked 12 January 2016 22nd Republic of Ireland John Sheridan 13 January 2016[23]
Scunthorpe United England Mark Robins Sacked 16 January 2016 13th Scotland Graham Alexander 22 March 2016[24]
Barnsley England Lee Johnson Signed by Bristol City 6 February 2016[25] 12th England Paul Heckingbottom (caretaker) 12 February 2016
Walsall Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll Sacked 6 March 2016[26] 4th England John Whitney (interim) 7 March 2016[27]
Peterborough United England Graham Westley 23 April 2016[28] 14th

League table

Template:2015–16 Football League One table

Play-offs

See also: 2016 Football League play-offs
Semifinals Final
      
3 Walsall 0
6 Barnsley 3
6 Barnsley 3
4 Millwall 1
4 Millwall 3
5 Bradford City 1

Results

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Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[29]
1 Northern Ireland Will Grigg Wigan Athletic 25
2 England Nicky Ajose Swindon Town 24
3 England Sam Winnall Barnsley 23
4 England Billy Sharp Sheffield United 21
5 Republic of Ireland Paddy Madden Scunthorpe United 20
England Adam Armstrong Coventry City
England Lee Gregory Millwall
8 Wales Tom Bradshaw Walsall 17
9 Wales Steve Morison Millwall 16
10 England Leon Clarke Bury 15

Monthly Awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Manager Club Player Club
August England Dean Smith Walsall England Adam Armstrong Coventry City [30][31]
September Netherlands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Burton Albion Jersey Peter Vincenti Rochdale [32][33]
October England Mark Robins Scunthorpe United Republic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien Millwall [34][35]
November England Graham Westley Peterborough United England Jacob Murphy Coventry City [36][37]
December England Nigel Adkins Sheffield United England Andy Williams Doncaster Rovers [38][39]
January England Lee Johnson Barnsley England Sam Winnall Barnsley [40][41]
February Scotland Gary Caldwell Wigan Athletic England Jordan Archer Millwall [42][43]
March England Paul Heckingbottom Barnsley England Sullay Kaikai Shrewsbury Town [44][45]
April Scotland Graham Alexander Scunthorpe United Northern Ireland Will Grigg Wigan Athletic [46][47]

References

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  2. ^ "Rochdale 1-0 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ "The 2015–16 fixture list has been released by the FA". The FA. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Football Ground Guide". Football Ground Guide. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Lee Clark leaves Blackpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Blackpool: Neil McDonald named Seasiders manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Portsmouth appoint Chesterfield boss as manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Dean Saunders: Chesterfield appoint interim Crawley boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Nigel Clough: Sheffield United sack manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Adkins appointed". Sheffield United. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Dave Robertson: Peterborough United sack manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Graham Westley: Peterborough United name ex-Stevenage boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Paul Dickov: Doncaster sack manager after poor start to season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  14. ^ Doncaster Rovers sack Paul Dickov with Rob Jones taking charge on temporary basis
  15. ^ a b "Oldham Athletic: David Dunn replaces sacked Darren Kelly". BBC Sport. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  16. ^ a b Oldham Athletic: David Dunn appointed permanent manager
  17. ^ Darren Ferguson appointed new Doncaster Rovers manager
  18. ^ Danny Wilson: Chesterfield appoint ex-Barnsley manager
  19. ^ Dean Smith leaves Walsall to take Brentford job
  20. ^ Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink: QPR appoint Burton manager as boss
  21. ^ Nigel Clough set to return as Burton Albion manager
  22. ^ Sean O'Driscoll: Walsall name new head coach to replace Dean Smith
  23. ^ "John Sheridan: Oldham reappoint Newport County manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  24. ^ http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/article/alexander-appointed-as-manager-3021380.aspx
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  27. ^ "Walsall: Jon Whitney to take charge following Sean O'Driscoll sacking". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  28. ^ "Graham Westley: Peterborough United part with manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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  30. ^ "Dean Smith named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  31. ^ "Adam Armstrong named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  32. ^ "Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  33. ^ "Peter Vincenti named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  34. ^ "Mark Robins named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  35. ^ "Aiden O'Brien named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  36. ^ "Graham Westley named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  37. ^ "Jacob Murphy named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  38. ^ "Nigel Adkins named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  39. ^ "Andy Williams named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  40. ^ "Lee Johnson named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  41. ^ "Sam Winnall named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  42. ^ "Gary Caldwell named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  43. ^ "Jordan Archer named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  44. ^ "Paul Heckingbottom named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  45. ^ "Sullay Kaikai named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 19 April 2016. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  46. ^ "Graham Alexander named Sky Bet League 1 Manager of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  47. ^ "Will Grigg named Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Month". Football League. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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