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2015–16 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

2015–16 season
Steve Morgan
Kenny Jackett
Molineux
14th
3rd Round
3rd Round
League: Benik Afobe (9)All: Benik Afobe (10)
25,488(vs Sheffield Wednesday,7 May 2016)
7,384(vs Barnet,25 August 2015)
20,157

Home colours

The 2015–16 season was the 117th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. The club are competing in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Championship for a second consecutive year having finished 7th in the previous season following their promotion from League One.

The club ended the campaign in 14th position, one of their lowest finishes during the previous 25 years, having failed to compete for the play-offs. The season saw owner Steve Morgan resign as chairman and place the club up for sale but no sale has to date been concluded. Supporter unrest was strengthened further when Benik Afobe, who ended as the team's leading goalscorer, was sold during the January transfer window to Premier League Bournemouth.

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Championship in the 2015–16 season. Each team played every other team twice, once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

The provisional fixture list was released on 17 June 2015, but was subject to change in the event of matches being selected for television coverage or police concerns.

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12	46	14	18	14	54	54	0	60
13	46	14	17	15	50	58	−8	59
14	46	14	16	16	53	58	−5	58
15	46	13	16	17	46	46	0	55
16	46	13	16	17	43	47	−4	55

Key:

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Award	Winner
Fans' Player of the Season	Matt Doherty
Players' Player of the Season	Matt Doherty
Young Player of the Season	Dominic Iorfa
Academy Player of the Season	Connor Ronan
Goal of the Season	Matt Doherty(vs Fulham, 12 January 2016)

Date	Player	From	Fee
21 May 2015	Jed Wallace	Portsmouth	£275,000
10 June 2015	Sylvain Deslandes	SM Caen	Free
1 July 2015	Cameron John	Southend United	Free
1 July 2015	Daniel McKenna	Belvedere	Free
1 July 2015	Michael Sibley	Nike Academy	Free
3 July 2015	Conor Coady	Huddersfield Town	£2,000,000
1 September 2015	Nathan Byrne	Swindon Town	£1,000,000
2 January 2016	Michał Żyro	Legia Warsaw	£350,000
22 January 2016	Aaron Collins	Newport County	£75,000
28 January 2016	Joe Mason	Cardiff City	£3,000,000
29 January 2016	Mike Williamson	Newcastle United	£250,000

Date from	Player	From	Date until
3 August 2015	Adam Le Fondre	Cardiff City	End of season
4 August 2015	Sheyi Ojo	Liverpool	7 January 2016
11 August 2015	Emiliano Martínez	Arsenal	End of season
29 October 2015	Mike Williamson	Newcastle United	1 December 2015
30 October 2015	Grant Holt	Wigan Athletic	2 January 2016
25 February 2016	Jérémy Hélan	Sheffield Wednesday	21 April 2016

Date	Player	To	Fee
6 May 2015	Kevin Doyle	Colorado Rapids	Free
2 June 2015	Leon Clarke	Bury	Free
11 June 2015	George Swan	York City	Free
23 June 2015	Jake Cassidy	Oldham Athletic	Free
30 June 2015	Tomasz Kuszczak	Released	Free
30 June 2015	Sam Ricketts	Released	Free
30 June 2015	Bakary Sako	Released	Free
1 July 2015	Ibrahim Keita	Košice	Free
1 July 2015	Charlie Morris	Boldmere St. Michaels	Free
13 July 2015	Carlo Erdei	Pandurii	Free
13 July 2015	Albert Torras	Málaga B	Free
24 July 2015	Jordi Ortega	Córdoba	Free
27 July 2015	Michael Jacobs	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed
4 August 2015	Georg Margreitter	Released	Free
1 September 2015	Richard Stearman	Fulham	£2,000,000
10 January 2016	Benik Afobe	Bournemouth	£10,000,000
28 January 2016	Scott Golbourne	Bristol City	Undisclosed
1 February 2016	Mekhi Leacock-McLeod	Rangers	Free
27 February 2016	Jesse Devers	Galway United	Free

Date from	Player	To	Date until
9 July 2015	Liam McAlinden	Shrewsbury Town	9 January 2016
29 July 2015	Zeli Ismail	Burton Albion	29 January 2016
6 August 2015	Aaron Hayden	Newport County	16 September 2015
20 August 2015	Lee Evans	Bradford City	End of season
18 September 2015	Harry Burgoyne	Lowestoft Town	23 October 2015
23 September 2015	Aaron McCarey	Portsmouth	23 October 2015
28 September 2015	Jordan Graham	Oxford United	27 October 2015
2 October 2015	Tommy Rowe	Scunthorpe United	29 December 2015
6 October 2015	George Saville	Millwall	6 January 2016
24 October 2015	Aaron McCarey	Bury	28 October 2015
13 November 2015	Harry Burgoyne	Corby Town	13 December 2015
26 November 2015	Rajiv van La Parra	Brighton	2 January 2016
27 December 2015	Harry Burgoyne	Telford United	End of season
8 January 2016	Jed Wallace	Millwall	16 March 2016
12 January 2016	Eusébio Bancessi	Telford United	End of season
1 February 2016	Zeli Ismail	Oxford United	28 February 2016
4 March 2016	Ashley Carter	Tamworth	End of season
5 March 2016	Zeli Ismail	Cambridge United	End of season
8 March 2016	Tendai Matinyadze	Rushall Olympic	End of season
10 March 2016	Liam McAlinden	Crawley Town	End of season
11 March 2016	Rajiv van La Parra	Huddersfield	End of season
19 March 2016	Tommy Rowe	Doncaster Rovers	End of season
24 March 2016	Ben O'Hanlon	Corby Town	End of season

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