2015–16 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United

2015–16 season
Chairmen	Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager	Louis van Gaal
Stadium	Old Trafford
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Final
League Cup	Fourth Round
UEFA Champions League	Group stage (3rd)
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Martial (9) All: Anthony Martial (15)
Highest home attendance	75,415 vs. Swansea City (2 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance	56,607 vs. Ipswich Town (23 September 2015)
Average home league attendance	75,333
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 season is Manchester United's 24th season in the Premier League, and their 41st consecutive season in the top flight of English football.^[1] Along with the Premier League, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and UEFA Champions League. Following a third-place finish in their UEFA Champions League group, the club was entered in the last 32 stage of the UEFA Europa League, in which they beat Midtjylland of Denmark before losing to rivals Liverpool in the round of 16.

Pre-season and friendlies

Manchester United announced a shortened pre-season tour of the United States on 28 April 2015. The first match against Mexican side Club América was played on 17 July at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, and was followed, four days later, by a game against Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes at the Earthquakes' home ground, Avaya Stadium in San Jose. It was originally scheduled to be played at California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley,^[2] but it was moved to reduce the amount of travelling the team would have to do.^[3] Four days after that, Manchester United faced European champions Barcelona at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, before completing the campaign at Chicago's Soldier Field with a game against Paris Saint-Germain.^[4][5]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 July 2015	Club América	N	1–0	Schneiderlin 5'	46,857
21 July 2015	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	Mata 32', Depay 36', Pereira 61'	18,000
25 July 2015	Barcelona	N	3–1	Rooney 8', Lingard 65', Januzaj 90'	68,416
29 July 2015	Paris Saint-Germain	N	0–2		61,351

Premier League

The fixtures for the 2015–16 season were announced on 17 June 2015 at 09:00 BST.^[6] Manchester United began their campaign with a 1–0 win at home to Tottenham Hotspur on 8 August 2015, with an own goal from Kyle Walker proving the difference between the two teams.^[7] United then went top of the league for the first time since August 2013 with another 1–0 win over Aston Villa at Villa Park the following Friday; Adnan Januzaj's goal in the 29th minute was his first since April 2014.^[8] The game had moved to Friday for policing reasons due to an English Defence League march in nearby Walsall the following day, a decision which also gave United an extra day to prepare for their Champions League play-off against Club Brugge.^[9] United kept a third clean sheet in a row at home to Newcastle United on 22 August, but the forwards were unable to find the net and the match finished as a goalless draw.^[10] In the final fixture before the first international break, United conceded their first goals of the season as they lost 2–1 to Swansea City; after going ahead early in the second half through Juan Mata, they conceded twice in five minutes just after the hour mark, first to a header from André Ayew, who then provided the assist for Bafétimbi Gomis.^[11]

Following the international break, Manchester United returned to action with a home match against Liverpool. The first half was goalless, but goals from Daley Blind and Ander Herrera gave them the lead going into the last 10 minutes. Christian Benteke then pulled one back for Liverpool with a bicycle kick, before deadline day signing Anthony Martial scored a debut goal to seal a 3–1 win.^[12] Martial continued his scoring when United won 3–2 away to Southampton. Graziano Pellè first gave Southampton the lead before Martial scored a brace; the first goal before halftime and the second goal after. United also added a third goal from Juan Mata before Pellè could score his second and the final goal of the match.^[13] On 26 September, United went on top of the league for the first time in over two years after beating Sunderland at home. Memphis Depay opened the scoring in first half stoppage time and Rooney scored 40 seconds into the second half - ending his longest barren spell in the Premier league after not scoring in 11 matches - before Mata scored the final goal in the last minute of regular time to secure a 3–0 win.^[14]

On 4 October, in the last match before a new international break, United suffered a 3–0 loss against Arsenal. Arsenal drew first blood through an Alexis Sánchez goal in the 6th minute before Mesut Özil added to the score barely 74 seconds later. Sánchez completed his brace in the 19th minute to condemn United to their second loss in the league this season, which made United drop to third in the league standings, behind Arsenal on goal difference.^[15]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
8 August 2015	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Walker 22' (o.g.)	75,261	4th[7]
14 August 2015	Aston Villa	A	1–0	Januzaj 29'	42,200	1st[8]
22 August 2015	Newcastle United	H	0–0		75,354	2nd[10]
30 August 2015	Swansea City	A	1–2	Mata 48'	20,828	5th[11]
12 September 2015	Liverpool	H	3–1	Blind 49', Herrera 70' (pen.), Martial 86'	75,347	2nd[12]
20 September 2015	Southampton	A	3–2	Martial (2) 34', 50', Mata 68'	31,588	2nd[13]
26 September 2015	Sunderland	H	3–0	Depay 45+4', Rooney 46', Mata 90'	75,328	1st[14]
4 October 2015	Arsenal	A	0–3		60,084	3rd[15]
17 October 2015	Everton	A	3–0	Schneiderlin 18', Herrera 22', Rooney 62'	39,553	2nd
25 October 2015	Manchester City	H	0–0		75,329	4th
31 October 2015	Crystal Palace	A	0–0		24,854	4th
7 November 2015	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	Lingard 52', Mata 90+1' (pen.)	75,410	4th
21 November 2015	Watford	A	2–1	Depay 11', Deeney 90' (o.g.)	20,702	2nd
28 November 2015	Leicester City	A	1–1	Schweinsteiger 45'	32,115	3rd
5 December 2015	West Ham United	H	0–0		75,350	4th
12 December 2015	AFC Bournemouth	A	1–2	Fellaini 24'	11,334	4th
19 December 2015	Norwich City	H	1–2	Martial 67'	75,320	5th
26 December 2015	Stoke City	A	0–2		27,426	6th
28 December 2015	Chelsea	H	0–0		75,275	6th
2 January 2016	Swansea City	H	2–1	Martial 47', Rooney 77'	75,415	5th
12 January 2016	Newcastle United	A	3–3	Rooney (2) 9' (pen.), 79', Lingard 38'	49,673	6th
17 January 2016	Liverpool	A	1–0	Rooney 78'	43,865	5th
23 January 2016	Southampton	H	0–1		75,408	5th
2 February 2016	Stoke City	H	3–0	Lingard 14', Martial 23', Rooney 53'	75,234	5th
7 February 2016	Chelsea	A	1–1	Lingard 61'	41,434	5th
13 February 2016	Sunderland	A	1–2	Martial 39'	41,687	5th
28 February 2016	Arsenal	H	3–2	Rashford (2) 29', 32', Herrera 65'	75,329	5th
2 March 2016	Watford	H	1–0	Mata 83'	75,282	5th
6 March 2016	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1		24,878	6th
20 March 2016	Manchester City	A	1–0	Rashford 16'	54,557	6th
3 April 2016	Everton	H	1–0	Martial 54'	75,341	5th
10 April 2016	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3		35,761	5th
16 April 2016	Aston Villa	H	1–0	Rashford 32'	75,411	5th
20 April 2016	Crystal Palace	H	2–0	Delaney 4' (o.g.), Darmian 55'	75,277	5th
1 May 2016	Leicester City	H	1–1	Martial 8'	75,275	5th
7 May 2016	Norwich City	A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Arsenal (X)	36	19	10	7	59	34	+25	67	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Manchester City (X)	36	19	7	10	68	38	+30	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Manchester United	35	17	9	9	43	31	+12	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	West Ham United	35	15	14	6	60	43	+17	59	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Southampton	36	16	9	11	53	39	+14	57

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[16]
(X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of 2015–16 Football League Cup, Manchester City, currently qualify for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the League Cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) would be passed to the next best team in the table not already qualified for European competitions (in this case, the sixth-placed team).

FA Cup

United entered the FA Cup in the third round together with the other Premier League clubs, as well as those from the Championship. The draw was made on 7 December 2015, which saw United drawn at home to Sheffield United from League One.^[17] A second half stoppage time penalty from Wayne Rooney was enough to send United through to the fourth round.

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 January 2016	Round 3	Sheffield United	H	1–0	Rooney 90+3' (pen.)	74,284
29 January 2016	Round 4	Derby County	A	3–1	Rooney 16', Blind 65', Mata 83'	31,134
22 February 2016	Round 5	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–0	Smalling 37', Mata 45'+2, Lingard 61'	9,370
13 March 2016	Round 6	West Ham United	H	1–1	Martial 83'	74,298
13 April 2016[18]	Round 6 Replay	West Ham United	A	2–1	Rashford 54', Fellaini 67'	33,505
23 April 2016	Semi-Final	Everton	N	2–1	Fellaini 34', Martial 90+3'	86,064
21 May 2016	Final	Crystal Palace	N

League Cup

As one of eight English clubs who qualified for European competition in the 2014–15 season, United received a bye to the Third Round of the League Cup. The draw for the Third Round took place on 25 August and paired United with Championship side Ipswich Town.^[19] United won the game with Ipswich 3–0, with goals from Rooney, a direct free kick by Academy product Andreas Pereira, and the final goal from in-form substitute Martial.^[20] The draw for the fourth round was held on 23 September 2015. United were drawn at home to Middlesbrough from the Championship.^[21] United lost 1–3 on penalties after a goalless draw after extra time.

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
23 September 2015	Round 3	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	Rooney 23', Pereira 60', Martial 90+2'	56,607[22]
28 October 2015	Round 4	Middlesbrough	H	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3p)		67,258

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Having finished fourth in the league last season, Manchester United began their UEFA Champions League campaign in the play-off round. They were seeded in the 'League Route' for the draw, which took place in Nyon on 7 August 2015. United were drawn in a two-legged tie against Belgian side Club Brugge,^[23] which they won 7–1 on aggregate, ensuring their place in the group stage after a one season absence.^[24]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 2015	Play-off round First leg	Club Brugge	H	3–1	Depay (2) 13', 43', Fellaini 90+4'	75,312
26 August 2015	Play-off round Second leg	Club Brugge	A	4–0	Rooney (3) 20', 49', 57', Herrera 63'	28,733

Group stage

Manchester United players before the game against CSKA Moscow.

The group stage draw was made on 27 August 2015 in Monaco. Manchester United were drawn into Group B with Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, the runners-up from Russia and Germany, CSKA Moscow and VfL Wolfsburg.^[25] Manchester United had been drawn in the same group as CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg in 2009–10, while they had met PSV Eindhoven in the first group stage of the 2000–01 competition.^[26] United suffered a shock defeat to PSV in the first game as the hosts came from behind to win 2–1, after Depay scored the opener following his brace against Club Brugge in the play-offs. Hector Moreno levelled the game at half-time, and Luciano Narsingh sealed the game in the 56th minute. In the 24th minute, United's in-form left-back Luke Shaw suffered a broken leg in a challenge with Moreno, keeping him out for six months.^[27]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
15 September 2015	PSV Eindhoven	A	1–2	Depay 41'	35,292	3rd
30 September 2015	Wolfsburg	H	2–1	Mata 34' (pen.), Smalling 52'	74,811	2nd
21 October 2015	CSKA Moscow	A	1–1	Martial 65'	18,156	2nd
3 November 2015	CSKA Moscow	H	1–0	Rooney 79'	75,165	1st
25 November 2015	PSV Eindhoven	H	0–0		75,321	2nd
8 December 2015	Wolfsburg	A	2–3	Martial 10', Guilavogui 82' (o.g.)	26,400	3rd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wolfsburg	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Transfer to Europa League
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League

As one of the best four third-placed finishers in the Champions League group stage, United were seeded for the Europa League round of 32 draw, along with the group stage winners. The draw took place on 14 December 2015 and saw United drawn against Danish champions FC Midtjylland, with the away tie taking place on 18 February and the home tie on 25 February 2016.^[28] Despite taking the lead, United overcame a 2–1 deficit from the first leg to win 6–3 on aggregate. The round of 16 draw, which was held on 26 February, pitted United with rivals Liverpool for the first European meeting between the sides.^[29]

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 February 2016	Round of 32 First leg	Midtjylland	A	1–2	Depay 37'	9,182
25 February 2016	Round of 32 Second leg	Midtjylland	H	5–1	Bodurov 32' (o.g.), Rashford (2) 63', 75', Herrera 88' (pen.), Depay 90'	58,609
10 March 2016	Round of 16 First leg	Liverpool	A	0–2		43,228
17 March 2016	Round of 16 Second leg	Liverpool	H	1–1	Martial 32' (pen.)	75,180

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	David de Gea	31	0	5	0	1	0	8	0	45	0	0	0
4	DF	Phil Jones	6(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	7(6)	0	0	0
5	DF	Marcos Rojo	13(1)	0	3	0	1	0	5(2)	0	22(3)	0	4	0
6	DF	Jonny Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	Memphis Depay	15(12)	2	1(2)	0	1(1)	0	9(2)	5	26(17)	7	4	0
8	MF	Juan Mata	31(4)	5	3	2	1	0	10(1)	1	45(5)	8	3	1
9	FW	Anthony Martial	27(2)	9	6	2	0(2)	1	9	3	42(4)	15	3	0
10	FW	Wayne Rooney (c)	24(1)	7	3(1)	2	1(1)	1	6	4	34(3)	14	5	0
11	MF	Adnan Januzaj	2(2)	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4(2)	1	1	0
12	DF	Chris Smalling	32	0	6	1	2	0	11	1	51	2	11	0
13	GK	Anders Lindegaard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	Javier Hernández	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0(3)	0	0	0
16	MF	Michael Carrick (vc)	20(5)	0	3(1)	0	1	0	6(2)	0	30(8)	0	6	0
17	MF	Daley Blind	33	1	6	1	2	0	11(1)	0	52(1)	2	3	0
18	MF	Ashley Young	11(6)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	2(3)	0	14(10)	0	6	0
19	FW	James Wilson	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
20	GK	Sergio Romero	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	10	0	0	0
21	MF	Ander Herrera	15(9)	3	4(2)	0	1	0	5(2)	2	25(13)	5	7	0
22	MF	Nick Powell	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
23	DF	Luke Shaw	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	1	0
25	MF	Antonio Valencia	5(6)	0	0(2)	0	1	0	2(2)	0	8(10)	0	0	0
27	MF	Marouane Fellaini	12(6)	1	5	2	2	0	3(5)	1	22(11)	4	6	0
28	MF	Morgan Schneiderlin	24(3)	1	2(1)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	32(5)	1	4	0
30	MF	Guillermo Varela	3(1)	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	10(1)	0	2	0
31	MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	13(5)	1	1(1)	0	1	0	6(4)	0	21(10)	1	5	0
33	DF	Paddy McNair	3(5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4(5)	0	0	0
34	GK	Dean Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Jesse Lingard	17(5)	4	5(1)	1	1	0	7	0	30(6)	5	7	0
36	DF	Matteo Darmian	23(4)	1	1(1)	0	1	0	6(1)	0	31(6)	1	10	0
37	DF	Donald Love	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	1	0
38	DF	Axel Tuanzebe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	Marcus Rashford	9	4	3	1	0	0	3	2	15	7	1	0
40	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Regan Poole	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
42	DF	Tyler Blackett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	Cameron Borthwick-Jackson	5(3)	0	3	0	0	0	0(1)	0	8(4)	0	0	0
44	MF	Andreas Pereira	0(4)	0	0(2)	0	2	1	0(3)	0	2(9)	1	2	0
45	MF	Sean Goss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	MF	Joe Rothwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	James Weir	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
48	FW	Will Keane	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
49	MF	Joe Riley	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0
50	GK	Sam Johnstone	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	2(5)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4(5)	0	1	0
52	DF	Ro-Shaun Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	GK	Víctor Valdés	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
—	—	Own goals	–	3	–	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	–	–

Statistics accurate as of 1 May 2016.^[30]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2015	FW	Memphis Depay	PSV Eindhoven	£24.6m[31]
11 July 2015	DF	Matteo Darmian	Torino	Undisclosed[32]
13 July 2015	MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bayern Munich	£6.56m[33]
13 July 2015	MF	Morgan Schneiderlin	Southampton	Undisclosed[34]
27 July 2015	GK	Sergio Romero	Unattached	Free[35]
1 September 2015	FW	Anthony Martial	AS Monaco	Undisclosed[36]
1 September 2015	DF	Regan Poole	Newport County	Undisclosed[37]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2015	GK	Ben Amos	Released	Free[38]
1 July 2015	MF	Tom Cleverley	Everton	Free[39]
1 July 2015	DF	Callum Evans	Released	Free[38]
1 July 2015	DF	Saidy Janko	Celtic	Free[40]
1 July 2015	DF	Ryan McConnell	Released	Free[38]
1 July 2015	DF	Tom Thorpe	Released	Free[38]
6 July 2015	FW	Ángelo Henríquez	Dinamo Zagreb	Undisclosed[41]
6 July 2015	MF	Nani	Fenerbahçe	£4.25m[42]
14 July 2015	FW	Robin van Persie	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed[43]
21 July 2015	DF	Reece James	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed[44]
3 August 2015	DF	Rafael	Lyon	Undisclosed[45]
6 August 2015	MF	Ángel Di María	Paris Saint-Germain	Undisclosed[46]
29 August 2015	DF	Jonny Evans	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed[47]
31 August 2015	FW	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	Undisclosed[48]
31 August 2015	GK	Anders Lindegaard	West Bromwich Albion	Free[49]
November 2015	GK	Vanja Milinković-Savić	Released	Free[50]
11 January 2016	MF	Ben Pearson	Preston North End	Undisclosed[51]
18 January 2016	MF	Liam Grimshaw	Preston North End	Undisclosed[52]

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
8 July 2015	1 January 2016	FW	Will Keane	Preston North End[53]
18 July 2015	3 January 2016	MF	Ben Pearson	Barnsley[54]
18 July 2015	13 October 2015	MF	Joe Rothwell	Barnsley[54][55]
29 August 2015	30 June 2016	DF	Tyler Blackett	Celtic[56]
31 August 2015	6 January 2016	MF	Adnan Januzaj	Borussia Dortmund[57]
1 September 2015	4 January 2016	MF	Liam Grimshaw	Motherwell[58]
1 September 2015	29 September 2015	GK	Kieran O'Hara	Morecambe[58]
2 October 2015	2 December 2015	DF	Donald Love	Wigan Athletic[59]
19 November 2015	3 January 2016	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	Rochdale[60]
24 November 2015	24 December 2015	GK	Kieran O'Hara	Stockport County[61]
26 November 2015	30 June 2016	FW	James Wilson	Brighton & Hove Albion[62]
31 December 2015	30 June 2016	GK	Sam Johnstone	Preston North End[63]
7 January 2016	30 June 2016	FW	Ashley Fletcher	Barnsley[64][65]
24 January 2016	29 April 2016	GK	Víctor Valdés	Standard Liège[66][67]
2 February 2016	30 June 2016	MF	Nick Powell	Hull City[68]

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