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Kilmarnock
2015–16 season
ChairmanJim Mann
ManagerGary Locke
(until 31 January 2016)
Lee McCulloch
(caretaker from 31 January)
Lee Clark
(from 15 February)
StadiumRugby Park
Premiership11th
League CupThird Round
Scottish CupFifth Round
Highest home attendance13,179 vs Rangers
Scottish Cup
16 February 2016
Lowest home attendance1,484 vs Berwick Rangers
Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015
Average home league attendance4,344

The 2015–16 season was Kilmarnock's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their 23rd consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Kilmarnock also competed in the League Cup where they were knocked out in the third round after losing 3-2 to Hearts and the Scottish Cup where they were beaten 2-1 by Rangers in a Fifth Round replay. Kilmarnock rounded off the season by beating Falkirk 4-1 on aggregate in the Premiership play-off final to secure top flight status for the 2016–17 season

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 1 Kilmarnock 0–4 Dundee Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Stewart 34', 78'
Loy 45', 47'		 Attendance: 5,207
Referee: Madden
9 August 2015 2 Aberdeen 2–0 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Shinnie 37'
Rooney 56' (pen.)		 BBC Report Attendance: 11,305
Referee: McLean
12 August 2015 3 Kilmarnock 2–2 Celtic Rugby Park
19:45 Magennis 44'
Higginbotham 88' (pen.)		 BBC Report Griffiths 3'
Bitton 55'		 Attendance: 6,090
Referee: Allan
15 August 2015 4 Partick Thistle 2–2 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium
15:00 Doolan 9', 78'
Lindsay Red card 65'		 BBC Report McKenzie 38'
Boyd 85'		 Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Muir
22 August 2015 5 Kilmarnock 0–4 Ross County Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Boyce 2', 29'
Franks 4'
Davies 35'		 Attendance: 3,604
Referee: Robertson
29 August 2015 6 Motherwell 1–0 Kilmarnock Fir Park
15:00 Moult 13' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 4,136
Referee: McLean
12 September 2015 7 Dundee United 1–2 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay 66' (pen.) BBC Report Higginbotham 44' (pen.)
McHattie 88'		 Attendance: 8,264
Referee: Colvin
19 September 2015 8 Kilmarnock 2–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Magennis 40'
Easton 60' (o.g.)		 BBC Report Wotherspoon 17' Attendance: 3,165
Referee: Collum
26 September 2015 9 Kilmarnock 1–2 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park
15:00 Kiltie 34'
Ashcroft Yellow card 90+4' Red card		 BBC Report Imrie 49'
Crawford 64'		 Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Robertson
3 October 2015 10 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Walker 40' (pen.)
Reilly Red card 90+2'		 BBC Report Balatoni 79' Attendance: 16,461
Referee: Beaton
17 October 2015 11 Kilmarnock 2–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Kiltie 45+1'
Magennis 66'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Finnie
24 October 2015 12 Dundee 1–2 Kilmarnock Dens Park
15:00 Healey 76' BBC Report Magennis 9'
Smith 48'		 Attendance: 4,970
Referee: Dallas
31 October 2015 13 Kilmarnock 0–1 Motherwell Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Moult 87' Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Madden
7 November 2015 14 St Johnstone 2–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran 23'
Kane 49'
Craig Red card 86'		 BBC Report Smith 2' Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Allan
21 November 2015 15 Celtic 0–0 Kilmarnock Celtic Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 42,770
Referee: Madden
28 November 2015 16 Kilmarnock 2–5 Partick Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Magennis 23'
Connolly 72'		 BBC Report Doolan 7', 15'
Fraser 52'
Muirhead 62', 75'		 Attendance: 3,860
Referee: Thomson
5 December 2015 17 Kilmarnock 1–1 Dundee United Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 4'
Findlay Red card 23'		 BBC Report McKay 24' (pen.) Attendance: 2,828
Referee: Beaton
12 December 2015 18 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Vigurs 14', 32' BBC Report Connolly 87' Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Cook
19 December 2015 19 Kilmarnock 0–4 Aberdeen Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report McGinn 9'
Rooney 35'
Hayes 46'
Logan 80'		 Attendance: 3,928
Referee: McLean
26 December 2015 20 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Report Obadeyi 69' Attendance: 2,006
Referee: Clancy
29 December 2015 21 Ross County 3–2 Kilmarnock Victoria Park
19:45 Curran 12'
Gardyne 50', 56'		 Report Obadeyi 33'
Magennis 48'		 Attendance: 3,518
Referee: McLean
2 January 2016 22 Kilmarnock 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
15:00 Balatoni 43'
Magennis 80'		 BBC Report Reilly 45+3'
Paterson 56'		 Attendance: 5,388
Referee: Muir
16 January 2016 23 Kilmarnock 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Kiltie 9'
Slater 51'		 BBC Report Draper 41' Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Robertson
23 January 2016 24 Dundee United 5–1 Kilmarnock Tannadice Park
15:00 Spittal 8', 39'
Durnan 32'
Rankin 44'
Dillon 78'		 BBC Report Magennis 82' Attendance: 7,729
Referee: Anderson
30 January 2016 25 Kilmarnock 0–1 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park
15:00 BBC Report Morris 71' Attendance: 3,076
Referee: Finnie
13 February 2016 26 Motherwell 0–2 Kilmarnock Fir Park
15:00 Report Kiltie 56'
Slater 61'		 Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Dallas
20 February 2016 27 Kilmarnock 0–0 Dundee Rugby Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,688
Referee: Anderson
27 February 2016 28 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Kilmarnock Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Walker 7' Report Attendance: 16,354
Referee: Robertson
1 March 2016 29 Kilmarnock 0–2 Ross County Rugby Park
19:45 Report Schalk 8'
Graham 90'		 Attendance: 2,633
Referee: Finnie
12 March 2016 30 Aberdeen 2–1 Kilmarnock Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Taylor 37'
Logan 71'		 Report Megennis 47' Attendance: 13,725
Referee: Anderson
19 March 2016 31 Kilmarnock 0–1 Celtic Rugby Park
12:30 Report Rogic 90' Attendance: 6,867
Referee: Muir
2 April 2016 32 Partick Thistle 0–0 Kilmarnock Firhill Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,359
Referee: Robertson
9 April 2016 33 Kilmarnock 3–0 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Boyd 25', 88' (pen.)
Higginbotham 65'		 Report Attendance: 3,963
Referee: Allan
24 April 2016 34 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 Kilmarnock Caledonian Stadium
12:30 Tansey 55' (pen.)
Draper 73'
Williams 76'		 Report Higginbotham 44'
MacDonald Red card 53'		 Attendance: 2,228
Referee: Beaton
30 April 2016 35 Hamilton Academical 0–4 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park
15:00 Report Kiltie 11', 32'
Boyd 58' (pen.)
Magennis 77'		 Attendance: 3,595
Referee: Thomson
7 May 2016 36 Kilmarnock 0–2 Partick Thistle Rugby Park
15:00 Report Lawless 32'
Doolan 66'		 Attendance: 5,729
Referee: Dallas
11 May 2016 37 Dundee 1–1 Kilmarnock Dens Park
19:45 Loy 18' Report Balatoni 55' Attendance: 4,335
Referee: Robertson
14 May 2016 38 Kilmarnock 2–4 Dundee United Rugby Park
12:30 Higginbotham 27'
Obadeyi 34'		 Report Durnan 12'
Murray 73', 82'
Souttar 86'		 Attendance: 2,702
Referee: Madden

Relegation Play Off

19 May 2016 First Leg Falkirk 1–0 Kilmarnock Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Vaulks 90+1' Report Attendance: 7,636
Referee: Beaton
22 May 2016 Second Leg Kilmarnock 4–0
(4–1 agg.)		 Falkirk Rugby Park
15:00 Kiltie 3', 62'
Addison 8'
Boyd 65'		 Report Attendance: 11,013
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015 Second Round Kilmarnock 4–1 Berwick Rangers Rugby Park
19:45 Boyd 16' (pen.)
McKenzie 70'
Slater 77'
Higginbotham 90'		 BBC Report Lavery 55' Attendance: 1,484
Referee: McKendrick
23 September 2015 Third Round Kilmarnock 2–3 Heart of Midlothian Rugby Park
19:45 Magennis 13', 80' BBC Report Ozturk 74'
Juanma 90'
Nicholson 90+4'		 Attendance: 3,249
Referee: Thomson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Fourth Round St Johnstone 0–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Slater 6' Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Clancy
6 February 2016 Fifth Round Rangers 0–0 Kilmarnock Ibrox Stadium
12:30 BBC Report Higginbotham Red card 89' Attendance: 33,581
Referee: Madden
16 February 2016 Fifth Round Reply Kilmarnock 1–2 Rangers Rugby Park
19:45 McKenzie 7' Report Waghorn 3' (pen.)
Clark 90'		 Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Madden

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Kilmarnock have used thirty-one different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 24 May 2016[1][2][3]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Mark Ridgers 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Ross Barbour 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Steven Smith 27 2 21+1 2 1+1 0 3+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Hamill 18 0 14+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Miles Addison 8 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Stuart Findlay 27 0 21+1 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
6 DF Ireland EIR Mark Connolly 10 2 10+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Rory McKenzie 34 3 24+6 1 1+0 1 3+0 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Robinson 13 0 6+6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Alex Henshall 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Kris Boyd 33 7 17+14 6 1+1 1 0+0 0
10 FW Scotland SCO Chris Johnston 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Kallum Higginbotham 31 6 23+4 5 1+1 1 0+2 0
12 DF England ENG Daryl Westlake 8 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK Northern Ireland NIR Conor Brennan 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland SCO Mark O'Hara 34 0 24+7 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Lee McCulloch 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Tope Obadeyi 36 3 17+15 3 1+1 0 2+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Aaron Splaine 8 0 1+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF Scotland SCO Lee Ashcroft 21 0 16+1 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
19 MF Scotland SCO Craig Slater 33 4 25+3 2 2+0 1 3+0 1
20 FW Scotland SCO Dale Carrick 11 0 1+10 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK Scotland SCO Jamie MacDonald 43 0 39+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Kevin McHattie 21 1 18+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Greg Kiltie 42 8 32+5 8 2+0 0 3+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO David Syme 6 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 DF England ENG Conrad Balatoni 34 3 30+0 3 1+0 0 3+0 0
27 DF Northern Ireland NIR Lee Hodson 17 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
28 FW Northern Ireland NIR Josh Magennis 39 12 33+2 10 1+0 2 3+0 0
29 MF Ireland EIR Gary Dicker 16 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Greg Taylor 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Dean Hawkshaw 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
36 MF France FRA Julien Faubert 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Scott McLean 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF Scotland SCO Adam Frizzell 12 0 6+4 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
42 DF Scotland SCO Lewis Clark 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Note 1: League appearances and goals include play-off matches against Falkirk
Note 2: Appearance statistics from Soccerbase.com don't include the match on May 19 against Falkirk

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016 (UTC)
Position Nation Number Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 Scotland DF Steven Smith 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
4 Scotland MF Jamie Hamill 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Scotland DF Stuart Findlay 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
6 Republic of Ireland DF Mark Connolly 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Scotland FW Rory McKenzie 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
9 Scotland FW Kris Boyd 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 England MF Kallum Higginbotham 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
12 England DF Darryl Westlake 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 Scotland DF Mark O'Hara 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16 England MF Tope Obadeyi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Scotland MF Aaron Splaine 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland DF Lee Ashcroft 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
19 Scotland MF Craig Slater 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 0
22 Scotland DF Kevin McHattie 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
23 Scotland FW Greg Kiltie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 Scotland DF David Syme 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 England DF Conrad Balatoni 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 Northern Ireland FW Josh Magennis 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Total 58 2 3 0 2 1 65 3

Club statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United[b] (R) 38 8 7 23 45 70 −25 28 Relegation to the Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[4]

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLLDDLLWWLDWWLLDLDLLWLDWLLWDLLLLDWLWLDL
Position1212121212121081010988991010111111111111111110111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Gary Locke[7] 1 August 2015 31 January 2016 28 8 6 14 028.57
Lee McCulloch[8] 31 January 2016 15 February 2016 3 1 1 1 033.33
Lee Clark[9] 15 February 2016 Present 14 3 3 8 021.43
  • Although Lee Clark was appointed Kilmarnock manager on 15 February 2016, Lee McCulloch took charge of the team for Scottish Cup fixture against Rangers on 16 February 2016.

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

Notes

  1. ^ Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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