2015–16 Kilmarnock F.C. season

Kilmarnock

2015–16 season

Chairman

Jim Mann

Manager

Gary Locke

Stadium

Rugby Park

Premiership

Ninth Place "Ongoing"

Highest home attendance

6,090 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
12 August 2015

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season is the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their fourth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Kilmarnock will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership

1 August 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0–4	Dundee	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	Stewart 34', 78' Loy 45', 47'	Attendance: 5,207 Referee: Madden

9 August 2015 Premiership	Aberdeen	2–0	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Shinnie 37' Rooney 56' (pen.)	BBC Report		Attendance: 11,305 Referee: McLean

12 August 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–2	Celtic	Rugby Park
	Magennis 44' Higginbotham 88' (pen.)	BBC Report	Griffiths 3' Bitton 55'	Attendance: 6,090 Referee: Allan

15 August 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2–2	Kilmarnock	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Doolan 9', 78' Lindsay 65'	BBC Report	McKenzie 38' Boyd 85'	Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Muir

22 August 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	Motherwell	1–0	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
15:00	Moult 13' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,136 Referee: McLean

12 September 2015 Premiership	Dundee United	1–2	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 66' (Penalty kick)	BBC Report	Higginbotham 44' (Penalty kick) McHattie 88'	Attendance: 8,264 Referee: Colvin

19 September 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–1	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
15:00	Magennis 40' Easton 60' (Own goal)	BBC Report	Wotherspoon 17'	Attendance: 3,165 Referee: Collum

26 September 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
15:00	Kiltie 34' Ashcroft 90+4'	BBC Report	Imrie 49' Crawford 64'	Attendance: 3,308 Referee: Robertson

3 October 2015 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Walker 40' (Penalty) Reilly 90+2'	BBC Report	Balatoni 79'	Attendance: 16,461 Referee: Beaton

17 October 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	Dundee	1–2	Kilmarnock	Dens Park
15:00	Healey 76'	BBC Report	Magennis 9' Smith 48'	Attendance: 4,970 Referee: Dallas

31 October 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0–1	Motherwell	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	Moult 87'	Attendance: 3,931 Referee: Madden

7 November 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	2–1	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00	O'Halloran 23' Kane 49' Craig 86'	BBC Report	Smith 2'	Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Allan

21 November 2015 Premiership	Celtic	0–0	Kilmarnock	Celtic Park
		BBC Report		Referee: Madden

28 November 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	Kilmarnock	1–1	Dundee United	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 4' Findlay 23'	BBC Report	McKay 24' (Penalty)	Attendance: 2,828 Referee: Beaton

12 December 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC Report	Obadeyi 69'	Attendance: 2,006 Referee: Clancy

29 December 2015 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	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 Premiership	Dundee United	5–1	Kilmarnock	Tannadice Park
	Spittal 8', 39' Durnan 32' Rankin 44' Dillon 78'	BBC Report	Magennis 82'	Attendance: 7,729 Referee: Anderson

30 January 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	Morris 71'	Attendance: 3,076 Referee: Finnie

13 February 2016 Premiership	Motherwell	0 - 2	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
15:00	Hammell 33' Pearson 45' McManus 70'	Report	Obadeyi 51' Dicker 53' Kiltie 56' Slater 61'	Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Andrew Dallas

20 February 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0 - 0	Dundee	Rugby Park
15:00	McHattie 90'	Report	Loy 86'	Attendance: 3,688 Referee: Euan Anderson

27 February 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	1 - 0	Kilmarnock	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Walker 7' 77' Buaben 58'	Report	Findlay 7' Magennis 80'	Attendance: 16,354 Referee: Don Robertson

1 March 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	0 - 2	Ross County	Rugby Park
19:45		Report	Schalk 8' Fraser 28' Goodwillie 58' Davies 75' Woods 82' Graham 90'	Attendance: 2,633 Referee: Stephen Finnie

12 March 2016 Premiership	Aberdeen	v	Kilmarnock	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

25 August 2015^[1] League Cup Second Round	Kilmarnock	4–1	Berwick Rangers	Rugby Park
19:45	Boyd 16' (Penalty) McKenzie 70' Slater 77' Higginbotham 90'	BBC Report	Lavery 55'	Attendance: 1,484 Referee: McKendrick

23 September 2015^[2] League Cup 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 Scottish Cup Round 4	St Johnstone	0–1	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report	Slater 6'	Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Clancy

6 February 2016 Scottish Cup Round 5	Rangers	0–0	Kilmarnock	Ibrox Stadium
12:30		BBC Report	Higginbotham 89'	Attendance: 33,581 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 6 February 2016^[3]^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Mark Ridgers	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ross Barbour	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Steven Smith	24	2	19+1	2	1+1	0	2+0	0
4	MF		Jamie Hamill	18	0	14+2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Stuart Findlay	20	0	15+1	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
6	DF		Mark Connolly	10	2	10+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	FW		Rory McKenzie	20	2	13+4	1	1+0	1	2+0	0
8	MF		Scott Robinson	12	0	6+5	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Kris Boyd	21	3	8+11	2	1+1	1	0+0	0
10	FW		Chris Johnston	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF		Kallum Higginbotham	22	3	18+0	2	1+1	1	0+2	0
12	DF		Daryl Westlake	8	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK		Conor Brennan	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Mark O'Hara	22	0	16+3	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
15	MF		Lee McCulloch	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Tope Obadeyi	23	2	9+11	2	1+1	0	1+0	0
17	MF		Aaron Splaine	7	0	1+5	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF		Lee Ashcroft	15	0	12+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF		Craig Slater	23	3	17+2	1	2+0	1	2+0	1
20	FW		Dale Carrick	9	0	1+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	GK		Jamie MacDonald	28	0	25+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
22	DF		Kevin McHattie	18	1	15+2	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	FW		Greg Kiltie	27	3	18+5	3	2+0	0	2+0	0
24	DF		David Syme	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF		Conrad Balatoni	20	2	17+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
27	DF		Lee Hodson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
28	FW		Josh Magennis	27	10	23+1	8	1+0	2	2+0	0
29	MF		Gary Dicker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	DF		Dean Hawkshaw	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Scott McLean	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	MF		Adam Frizzell	7	0	4+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016 (UTC)

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
Position	Nation	Number	Name
3		DF	Steven Smith	7	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
4		MF	Jamie Hamill	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Stuart Findlay	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
6		DF	Mark Connolly	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		FW	Rory McKenzie	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		FW	Kris Boyd	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		MF	Kallum Higginbotham	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
12		DF	Darryl Westlake	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		DF	Mark O'Hara	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		MF	Tope Obadeyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Aaron Splaine	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		DF	Lee Ashcroft	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
19		MF	Craig Slater	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
22		DF	Kevin McHattie	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23		FW	Greg Kiltie	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	David Syme	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		DF	Conrad Balatoni	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Partick Thistle	29	9	7	13	29	37	−8	34
9	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	29	8	9	12	34	41	−7	33
10	Hamilton Academical	30	8	9	13	33	49	−16	33
11	Kilmarnock (Y)	30	7	7	16	30	53	−23	28	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
12	Dundee United (Y)	29	5	5	19	30	53	−23	20	Relegation to Scottish Championship

Updated to match(es) played on 12 March 2016. Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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]
(Y) Assured of a place in Section B (bottom six) and may not qualify for Champions League and Europa League directly.
Notes:

↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary

Round	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L
Position	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	8	10	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

Last updated: 6 February 2016.
Source: ^[6]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Locke, GaryGary Locke^[7]	000000002015-08-01-00001 August 2015	000000002016-01-31-000031 January 2016	7001280000000000000♠28	7000800000000000000♠8	7000600000000000000♠6	7001140000000000000♠14	7001285700000000000♠28.57
McCulloch, LeeLee McCulloch	000000002016-01-31-000031 January 2016	Present	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7002100000000000000♠100.000

Transfers

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

In

Player	From	Fee
Scott Robinson	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[8]
Jamie MacDonald	Falkirk	Free^[9]
Kallum Higginbotham	Partick Thistle	Free^[10]
Kris Boyd	Rangers	Free^[11]
Steven Smith	Rangers	Free^[12]
Stuart Findlay	Celtic	Loan^[13]
Dale Carrick	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[13]
Lee McCulloch	Rangers	Free^[14]
Oliver Davies	Swansea	Loan^[15]
Kevin McHattie	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[16]
Conrad Balatoni	Partick Thistle	Free^[17]
Mark Ridgers	St Mirren	Loan^[18]
Lee Hodson	Milton Keynes Dons	Loan^[19]
Gary Dicker	Carlisle United	Free^[19]

Out

Player	To	Fee
Manuel Pascali	Cittadella	Free^[20]
Paul Cairney	Stranraer	Free^[21]
Euan Smith	Brechin City	Free^[22]
Alexei Eremenko	FF Jaro^[23]	Free^[24]
Sammy Clingan		Free^[25]
Lee Miller	Falkirk^[26]	Free^[25]
Nathan Eccleston		Free^[25]
Chris Chantler		Free^[25]
Mark Thomson		Free^[24]
Dylan Pooler		Free^[24]
Conor Brennan	Stranraer	Loan^[27]
Craig Samson	Motherwell^[28]	Free^[29]

Notes

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

References

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↑ "Hearts: Scott Robinson re-united with Gary Locke at Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "Kilmarnock sign Jamie MacDonald as the goalkeeper exits Falkirk". BBC Sport. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "Kilmarnock: Kallum Higginbotham switches from Partick Thistle". BBC Sport. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "Kris Boyd: Kilmarnock sign striker for a third spell at club". BBC Sport. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "Kilmarnock: Stevie Smith signs on after Rangers exit". BBC Sport. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
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↑ "Kilmarnock: Swansea goalkeeper Oliver Davies in loan switch". BBC Sport. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
↑ "Kevin McHattie leaves Hearts and joins Kilmarnock". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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↑ "Kilmarnock sign St Mirren goalkeeper on emergency loan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
1 2 "Kilmarnock sign up Gary Dicker & Lee Hodson". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
↑ "Manuel Pascali in granata". ascittadella.it. Cittadella. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Stranraer sign Premiership pair Paul Cairney and Dale Keenan". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Former Hibs midfielder Euan Smith signs up for Brechin". thecourier.co.uk. The Courier. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "FF Jaro signs Alexei Eremenko Jr until rest of the season". Football Finland. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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1 2 3 4 "Sammy Clingan among five first-team exits". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Striker Lee Miller returns to Bairns after Botti Biabi sale". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
↑ "Stranraer bring in Brennan on loan". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
↑ "Motherwell sign up goalkeeper Craig Samson". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
↑ "Kilmarnock and Craig Samson agree to part ways". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

Kilmarnock Football Club

Players Managers Notable matches Current season

Club	History Honours Records Europe

Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Home stadium	Rugby Park

Rivalries	Ayrshire derby

Related articles	F.C. Kilmarnock Ladies Howard Park Killie pie St. Louis Stars

2015–16 in Scottish football

« 2014–15 2016–17 »

Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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