2015–16_Swansea_City_A.F.C._season

2015–16 Swansea City A.F.C. season

Swansea City 2015–16 football season

The 2015–16 season was Swansea City's 96th season in the English football league system, and their fifth consecutive season in the Premier League.^[1] Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Quick Facts Chairman, Manager ...

Swansea City

2015–16 season

Chairman

Huw Jenkins

Manager

Garry Monk
(until 9 December 2015)
Alan Curtis (caretaker)
(9 December–18 January)
Francesco Guidolin
(from 18 January)

Stadium

Top goalscorer

League: André Ayew (12)
All: André Ayew (12)

Highest home attendance

20,972 vs. Liverpool
(1 May 2016, Premier League)

Lowest home attendance

10,174 vs. York City
(25 August 2015, League Cup)

Average home league attendance

20,711

Home colours

Away colours

← 2014–15

2016–17 →

Squad and coaching staff information

First team squad

More information N, Pos. ...

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Łukasz Fabiański	39	EU	2014^[2]	67	0	2019^[2]	Free
2	DF	Jordi Amat	33	EU	2013^[3]	50	0	2019^[4]	£2,500,000
3	DF	Neil Taylor	35	EU	2010^[5]	159	0	2019^[6]	£150,000
4	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	35	Non-EU	2012^[7]	102	9	2018^[8]	£5,500,000
6	DF	Ashley Williams	39	EU	2008^[9]	345	14	2018^[10]	£400,000	Captain
7	MF	Leon Britton	41	EU	2011^[11]	507	17	2017^[12]	Undisclosed	Appearances including FAW Premier Cup
8	MF	Leroy Fer	34	EU	2016^[13]	3	0	2016^[13]	Loan
9	FW	Alberto Paloschi	34	EU	2016^[14]	5	1	2019^[14]	Undisclosed
10	FW	André Ayew	34	EU	2015^[15]	29	8	2019^[15]	Free
11	FW	Marvin Emnes	35	EU	2014^[16]	37	6	2017^[16]	Undisclosed
13	GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	34	EU	2015^[17]	3	0	2018^[17]	£600,000
15	MF	Wayne Routledge	39	EU	2011^[18]	174	17	2018^[19]	Undisclosed
18	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	38	EU	2014^[20]	64	16	2018^[20]	Free
20	MF	Jefferson Montero	34	Non-EU	2014^[21]	51	2	2018^[21]	Undisclosed
22	DF	Àngel Rangel	41	EU	2007^[22]	336	9	2017^[23]	Undisclosed
23	MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	34	EU	2014^[24]	83	24	2018^[24]	Undisclosed
24	MF	Jack Cork	34	EU	2015^[25]	42	1	2018^[25]	Undisclosed
26	DF	Kyle Naughton	35	EU	2015^[26]	33	0	2018^[26]	Undisclosed
27	DF	Kyle Bartley	32	EU	2012^[27]	26	0	2017^[27]	£1,000,000
32	DF	Liam Shephard	29	EU	2013^[28]	1	0	2017^[28]	Youth system
33	DF	Federico Fernández	35	EU	2014^[29]	56	0	2018^[29]	Undisclosed
35	DF	Stephen Kingsley	29	EU	2014^[30]	2	0	2017^[30]	Undisclosed
56	MF	Jay Fulton	30	EU	2014^[31] (Winter)	8	0	2018^[32]	Undisclosed
58	FW	Modou Barrow	31	EU	2014^[33]	31	1	2018^[34]	Undisclosed

Updated to match played 5 March 2016
Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Ordered by 2015–16 squad numbers.

Club staff

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Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Garry Monk (until 9 December 2015) Alan Curtis (Caretaker) (From 9 December 2015 – 18 January 2016) Francesco Guidolin (From 18 January 2016–)
Interim manager/First-team coach	Alan Curtis (From 18 January 2016–)
Assistant coach	Josep Clotet (until 9 December 2015) Kristian O'Leary (until 9 December 2015) Gabriele Ambrosetti (From 18 January 2016–)
First-team coach	James Beattie (until 9 December 2015)
	Kristian O'Leary (until 9 December 2015)
	Diego Bortoluzzi (From 28 January 2016–)
Goalkeeping coach	Tony Roberts
Performance psychologist	Ian Mitchell
Club doctor	Dr. Jez McClusky
Physiotherapist	Kate Rees
	Richard Buchanan
	Ailsa Jones
	Ritson Lloyd
Masseur	Adele Callaghan
Head of sports science	Jonny Northeast
Player Liaison Officer	Huw Lake
Head of Player Recruitment	David Leadbeater
Technical recruitment scout	Tim Henderson
Head Match Analyst	Scott Helmich
Head Match Analyst	Ryan Needs
Football Utilities Co-ordinator	Suzan Eames
Football Utilities Assistants	Michael Eames
Football Utilities Assistants	Shaun Baggridge
Head Chef	Chris Watkins

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.^{[permanent dead link]}

Board of directors

Position	Name
Chairman	Huw Jenkins
Vice Chairman	Leigh Dineen
Directors	Huw Cooze Gwilym Joseph Brian Katzen Don Keefe Martin Morgan Steve Penny John van Zweden
Associate Directors	David Morgan Will Morris

Source: Swansea City A.F.C.^{[permanent dead link]}

Transfers

Transfers in

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Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
1 July 2015	FW	André Ayew	Marseille	Free transfer	4 years	June 2019	^[35]
1 July 2015	DF	Franck Tabanou	Saint-Étienne	£3,500,000	3 years	June 2018	^[36]^[37]
1 July 2015	GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	Heerenveen	£600,000	3 years	June 2018	^[17]^[38]
1 July 2015	FW	Éder	Braga	£5,000,000	3 years	June 2018	^[39]^[40]
9 July 2015	MF	Tom Holland	Manchester City	Free transfer	1 year	June 2016	^[41]
13 July 2015	FW	Oli McBurnie	Bradford City	Undisclosed	3 years	June 2018	^[42]
11 August 2015	GK	Gerhard Tremmel	Free agent	Free transfer	2 years	June 2017	^[43]
12 August 2015	GK	Josh Vickers	Arsenal	Free transfer	2 years	June 2017	^[44]
17 August 2015	FW	Botti Biabi	Falkirk	Undisclosed	3 years	June 2018	^[45]
27 January 2016	MF	Ryan Blair	Falkirk	Undisclosed	3.5 years	June 2019	^[46]
29 January 2016	FW	Alberto Paloschi	Chievo	Undisclosed	3.5 years	June 2019	^[47]

Total outgoing: £9,100,000

Transfers out

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Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	DF	Tom Atyeo	Free agent	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	GK	David Cornell	Oldham Athletic ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	FW	Rory Donnelly	Gillingham ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer	^[48]
1 July 2015	DF	Corey Francis	Free agent	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	MF	Giancarlo Gallifuoco	Melbourne Victory ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Free transfer	^[48]
1 July 2015	DF	Joseph Jones	Port Talbot Town ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Free	^[48]
1 July 2015	MF	Kurtis March	Port Talbot Town	Free transfer
1 July 2015	DF	Curtis Obeng	Free agent	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	GK	Gareth Owen	Free agent	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	DF	Scott Tancock	Free agent	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	DF	Alan Tate	Free agent	Released	^[48]
1 July 2015	FW	James Loveridge	Port Talbot Town	Free transfer	^[48]
1 July 2015	GK	Gerhard Tremmel	Swansea City ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Released	^[48]
2 July 2015	DF	Jazz Richards	Fulham	£500,000	^[53]^[54]
1 September 2015	DF	Dwight Tiendalli	Free agent	Released	^[55]
12 January 2016	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	^[56]

Total incoming: £500,000

Following Cornell's release on 28 May 2015, he later joined Oldham Athletic on 11 July 2015.^[49]
Following Donnelly's release on 28 May 2015, he later joined Gillingham on 26 June 2015.^[50]
Following Gallifuoco's release on 28 May 2015, he later joined Melbourne Victory on 29 September 2015.^[51]
Following their release on 28 May 2015, March, Jones and Loveridge later joined Port Talbot Town.^[52]
Following Tremmel's release on 1 July 2015, he later re-signed for Swansea City on 11 August 2015.^[43]

Loans out

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Date from	Position	Name	To	Expiry date	Ref.
6 July 2015	MF	Adam King	Crewe Alexandra	5 January 2016	^[57]
9 July 2015	FW	Kenji Gorré	ADO Den Haag	30 January 2016	^[58]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8 August 2015	DF	Connor Roberts	Yeovil Town	End of season	^[60]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10 August 2015	MF	Modou Barrow	Blackburn Rovers	8 September 2015	^[62]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11 August 2015	GK	Oliver Davies	Kilmarnock	16 January 2016	^[64]
26 August 2015	DF	Stephen Kingsley	Crewe Alexandra	25 November 2015	^[65]
1 September 2015	FW	Alex Samuel	Greenock Morton	End of season	^[66]^{[lower-alpha 4]}
1 September 2015	MF	Nathan Dyer	Leicester City	End of season	^[68]
18 September 2015	MF	Jay Fulton	Oldham Athletic	19 December 2015	^[69]
26 September 2015	MF	Josh Sheehan	Yeovil Town	28 December 2015	^[70]
26 November 2015	FW	Oli McBurnie	Newport County	24 December 2015	^[71]^{[lower-alpha 5]}
20 January 2016	MF	Stephen Fallon	Linfield	End of season	^[73]
21 January 2016	DF	Franck Tabanou	Saint-Étienne	End of season	^[74]
28 January 2016	GK	Gerhard Tremmel	Werder Bremen	End of season	^[75]
1 February 2016	FW	Éder	Lille	End of season	^[76]
1 February 2016	DF	Daniel Alfei	Mansfield Town	End of season	^[77]
1 February 2016	DF	Ryan Hedges	Stevenage	1 April 2016	^[78]
13 February 2016	MF	Matt Grimes	Blackburn Rovers	13 May 2016	^[79]
2 March 2016	MF	Tom Holland	Eastleigh	End of season	^[80]
15 March 2016	FW	James Demetriou	Wealdstone	End of season	^[81]
24 March 2016	DF	Liam Shephard	Yeovil Town	24 April 2016	^[82]

On 30 January 2016, Swansea exercised the option to recall Gorré from his loan spell.^[59]
On 6 January 2016, Roberts' loan at Yeovil was extended until the end of the season.^[61]
On 8 September 2015, Swansea exercised the option to recall Barrow from his loan spell.^[63]
On 9 January 2016, Samuel's loan at Morton was extended until the end of the season.^[67]
On 24 December 2015, Swansea exercised the option to recall McBurnie from his loan spell.^[72]

Loans in

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Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Expiry date	Ref.
1 February 2016	CM		Leroy Fer	Queens Park Rangers	30 June 2016	^[83]

New contracts

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Date signed	Position	Name	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
2 July 2015	MF	Josh Sheehan	Extension	June 2017	^[84]
3 July 2015	DF	Joe Rodon	2 years	June 2017	^[85]
3 July 2015	GK	Lewis Thomas	2 years	June 2017	^[86]
3 July 2015	GK	Oliver Davies	2 years	June 2017	^[87]
6 July 2015	FW	Kenji Gorré	3 years	June 2018	^[88]
6 July 2015	MF	Lee Lucas	1 year	June 2016	^[89]
6 July 2015	MF	Henry Jones	1 year	June 2016	^[89]
6 July 2015	MF	Sam Evans	1 year	June 2016	^[89]
6 July 2015	MF	Alex Bray	1 year	June 2016	^[89]
6 July 2015	FW	Alex Samuel	1 year	June 2016	^[89]
6 July 2015	GK	Gregor Zabret	1 year	June 2016	^[89]
8 July 2015	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	4 years	June 2019	^[90]
15 July 2015	DF	Alex Gogic	1 year	June 2016	^[91]
6 August 2015	GK	Łukasz Fabiański	4 years	June 2019	^[92]
30 January 2016	DF	Jordi Amat	Extension	June 2019	^[4]
17 February 2016	DF	Keston Davies	Extension	June 2018	^[93]
17 February 2016	MF	Daniel James	3 years	June 2019	^[93]
3 March 2016	MF	Alex Bray	Extension	June 2017	^[94]
8 March 2016	MF	Adnan Marić	3 years	June 2019	^[95]
6 April 2016	MF	Kieran Evans	2 year	June 2017	^[96]
14 April 2016	MF	Tom Dyson	1 year	June 2017	^[97]
14 April 2016	MF	Jack Evans	1 year	June 2017	^[97]
14 April 2016	DF	Aaron Lewis	1 year	June 2017	^[97]
5 May 2016	FW	Liam Cullen	2 years	June 2018	^[98]

Pre-season friendlies

On 29 April 2015, it was announced that Swansea City would feature in a Texas tournament in July.^[99]^[100] Subsequently, it was announced that this tournament had been cancelled.^[101] On 29 May, Swansea announced they will face Reading at Adams Park on 24 July.^[102] Swansea announced that they will travel to Germany to face Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1860 Munich.^[103] A trip to Nottingham Forest was added on 22 June.^[104]

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Swansea City

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Swansea City	Grassau
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Traoré 14'	Report	Grimes 68'	Stadium: ASV Grassau Referee: Felix Brych

1860 Munich v Swansea City

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	1860 Munich	1–2	Swansea City	Munich
18:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Adlung 64' (pen.)	Report	Cork 8' Gomis 73'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Referee: Felix Brych

Reading v Swansea City

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly	Reading	1–1	Swansea City	High Wycombe
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Blackman 46'	Report	Bartley 48'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,284 Referee: Iain Williamson

Nottingham Forest v Swansea City

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Swansea City	Nottingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Tesche 68'	Report	Ayew 59'	Stadium: City Ground Referee: Christopher Kavanagh

Swansea City v Deportivo La Coruña

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Swansea City	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Swansea
17:30 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 12,292 Referee: Lee Evans

Competitions

Overall

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Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	12th	8 August 2015	15 May 2016
FA Cup	Third round	—	Third round	9 January 2016	9 January 2016
League Cup	Second round	—	Third round	25 August 2015	22 September 2015

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

More information Competition, Record ...

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	12	11	15	42	52	−10	031.58
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
League Cup	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	050.00
Total	41	13	11	17	47	56	−9	031.71

Updated to match played 15 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2015–16 Premier League

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	59	53	+6	50
11	Everton	38	11	14	13	59	55	+4	47
12	Swansea City	38	12	11	15	42	52	−10	47
13	Watford	38	12	9	17	40	50	−10	45
14	West Bromwich Albion	38	10	13	15	34	48	−14	43

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).^[105]

Results summary

More information Overall, Home ...


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	12	11	15	42	52	−10	47	8	6	5	20	20	0	4	5	10	22	32	−10

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

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Matchday	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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	D
Position	5	4	6	4	7	7	11	11	14	11	13	14	14	15	15	16	18	16	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	12	15	15	13	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2016. Source: Statto
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

The fixture list for the 2015–16 Premier League season was announced on 17 June 2015.

Chelsea v Swansea City

8 August 2015 1	Chelsea	2–2	Swansea City	Fulham
17:30 BST (UTC+01:00)	Oscar 23' Fernández 30' (o.g.) Courtois 52'	Report	Ayew 29' Gomis 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,232 Referee: Michael Oliver

Swansea City v Newcastle United

15 August 2015 2	Swansea City	2–0	Newcastle United	Swansea
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Gomis 9' Ayew 52'	Report	Janmaat	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,678 Referee: Mike Jones

Sunderland v Swansea City

22 August 2015 3	Sunderland	1–1	Swansea City	Sunderland
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Defoe 62'	Report	Gomis 45+3'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,198 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Swansea City v Manchester United

30 August 2015 4	Swansea City	2–1	Manchester United	Swansea
16:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 61' Gomis 66'	Report	Mata 48'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,828 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Watford v Swansea City

12 September 2015 5	Watford	1–0	Swansea City	Watford
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Ighalo 59' Behrami 64'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Robert Madley

Swansea City v Everton

19 September 2015 6	Swansea City	0–0	Everton	Swansea
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Mirallas 90'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,805 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Southampton v Swansea City

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Southampton	3–1	Swansea City	Southampton
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Van Dijk 11' Ki 54' (o.g.) Mané 61'	Report	Sigurðsson 83' (pen.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,704 Referee: Roger East

Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur

4 October 2015 8	Swansea City	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Swansea
16:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 16' Kane 31' (o.g.)	Report	Eriksen 27', 65'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,845 Referee: Mike Dean

Swansea City v Stoke City

19 October 2015 9	Swansea City	0–1	Stoke City	Swansea
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report	Bojan 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,044 Referee: Robert Madley

Aston Villa v Swansea City

24 October 2015 10	Aston Villa	1–2	Swansea City	Birmingham
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	J. Ayew 62'	Report	Sigurðsson 68' A. Ayew 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,324 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Swansea City v Arsenal

31 October 2015 11	Swansea City	0–3	Arsenal	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report	Giroud 49' Koscielny 68' Campbell 73'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,937 Referee: Kevin Friend

Norwich City v Swansea City

7 November 2015 12	Norwich City	1–0	Swansea City	Norwich
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Howson 70'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 27,029 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Swansea City v AFC Bournemouth

21 November 2015 13	Swansea City	2–2	AFC Bournemouth	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Ayew 28' Shelvey 39' (pen.)	Report	King 10' Gosling 26'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,878 Referee: Andre Marriner

Liverpool v Swansea City

29 November 2015 14	Liverpool	1–0	Swansea City	Liverpool
16:15 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Milner 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,905 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Swansea City v Leicester City

5 December 2015 15	Swansea City	0–3	Leicester City	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report	Mahrez 5', 22', 67'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,836 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Swansea City

12 December 2015 16	Manchester City	2–1	Swansea City	Manchester
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Bony 26' Iheanacho 90+2'	Report	Gomis 90'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,052 Referee: Robert Madley

Swansea City v West Ham United

20 December 2015 17	Swansea City	0–0	West Ham United	Swansea
16:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,661 Referee: Lee Mason

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

26 December 2015 18	Swansea City	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Ki 9'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,789 Referee: Roger East

Crystal Palace v Swansea City

28 December 2015 19	Crystal Palace	0–0	Swansea City	Selhurst
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,714 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Manchester United v Swansea City

2 January 2016 20	Manchester United	2–1	Swansea City	Greater Manchester
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Martial 47' Rooney 77'	Report	Sigurðsson 70'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,415 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Swansea City v Sunderland

13 January 2016 21	Swansea City	2–4	Sunderland	Swansea
19:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Sigurðsson 21' (pen.) Naughton 37' Ayew 40'	Report	Defoe 3', 61', 85' Fernández 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,140 Referee: Graham Scott

Swansea City v Watford

18 January 2016 22	Swansea City	1–0	Watford	Swansea
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Williams 27'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Michael Oliver

Everton v Swansea City

24 January 2016 23	Everton	1–2	Swansea City	Liverpool
13:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Cork 26' (o.g.)	Report	Sigurðsson 17' (pen.) Ayew 34'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 36,908 Referee: Anthony Taylor

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

2 February 2016 24	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Swansea City	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Rondón 90+2'	Report	Sigurðsson 64'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,062 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Swansea City v Crystal Palace

6 February 2016 25	Swansea City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Sigurðsson 13'	Report	Dann 47'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,492 Referee: Mike Dean

Swansea City v Southampton

13 February 2016 26	Swansea City	0–1	Southampton	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)		Report	Long 69'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,890 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City

28 February 2016 27	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Swansea City	Tottenham
14:05 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Chadli 70' Rose 77'	Report	Paloschi 19'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,922 Referee: Mike Jones

Arsenal v Swansea City

2 March 2016 28	Arsenal	1–2	Swansea City	Holloway
19:45 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Campbell 15'	Report	Routledge 32' Williams 74'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,905 Referee: Robert Madley

Swansea City v Norwich City

5 March 2016 29	Swansea City	1–0	Norwich City	Swansea
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Sigurðsson 61'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,929 Referee: Craig Pawson

AFC Bournemouth v Swansea City

12 March 2016 30	AFC Bournemouth	3–2	Swansea City	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Gradel 37' King 50' Cook 78'	Report	Barrow 39' Sigurðsson 62'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 11,179 Referee: Roger East

Swansea City v Aston Villa

19 March 2016 31	Swansea City	1–0	Aston Villa	Swansea
17:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Fernández 53'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,454 Referee: Mike Dean

Stoke City v Swansea City

2 April 2016 32	Stoke City	2–2	Swansea City	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Afellay 13' Bojan 53'	Report	Sigurðsson 68' Paloschi 79'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,649 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Swansea City v Chelsea

9 April 2016 33	Swansea City	1–0	Chelsea	Swansea
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Sigurðsson 25'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Andre Marriner

Newcastle United v Swansea City

16 April 2016 34	Newcastle United	3–0	Swansea City	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Lascelles 40' Sissoko 82' Townsend 89'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 48,949 Referee: Lee Mason

Leicester City v Swansea City

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35	Leicester City	4–0	Swansea City	Leicester
16:15 BST (UTC+01:00)	Mahrez 10' Ulloa 30', 60' Albrighton 85'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,962 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

Swansea City v Liverpool

1 May 2016 36	Swansea City	3–1	Liverpool	Swansea
12:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 20', 67' Cork 33'	Report	Benteke 65' Smith 27' 76'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,972 Referee: Roger East

West Ham United v Swansea City

7 May 2016 37	West Ham United	1–4	Swansea City	Upton Park
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Kingsley 68' (o.g.)	Report	Routledge 25' Ayew 31' Ki 51' Gomis 90+3'	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 34,907 Referee: Michael Oliver

Swansea City v Manchester City

15 May 2016 38	Swansea City	1–1	Manchester City	Swansea
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Ayew 45+1'	Report	Iheanacho 5'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,934 Referee: Mike Dean

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

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Oxford United v Swansea City

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Third round	Oxford United	3–2	Swansea City	Oxford
12:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Sercombe 45' (pen.) Roofe 49', 59'	Report	Montero 23' Gomis 66'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,673 Referee: Kevin Friend

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

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Swansea City v York City

25 August 2015 Second round	Swansea City	3–0	York City	Swansea
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Dyer 2' Grimes 64' Emnes 88'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 10,174 Referee: James Adcock

Hull City v Swansea City

22 September 2015 Third round	Hull City	1–0	Swansea City	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Meyler 41'	Report		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 16,286 Referee: James Linington

Statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last updated on 15 May 2016

More information No., Pos ...

No.	Pos	Player	Premier League			FA Cup			League Cup			Total			Discipline
No.	Pos	Player	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals	Starts	Sub	Goals
1	GK	Łukasz Fabiański	37	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	37	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Jordi Amat	5	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	3	0	2	0
3	DF	Neil Taylor	33	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	33	1	0	4	0
4	MF	Ki Sung-yueng	21	7	2	–	–	–	2	0	0	23	7	2	4	0
6	DF	Ashley Williams	36	0	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	0	2	8	0
7	MF	Leon Britton	19	6	0	–	–	–	2	0	0	21	6	0	4	0
8	MF	Leroy Fer	9	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	2	0	2	0
9	FW	Alberto Paloschi	7	3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	3	2	2	0
10	FW	André Ayew	34	0	12	–	–	–	0	1	0	34	1	12	5	0
11	FW	Marvin Emnes	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
13	GK	Kristoffer Nordfeldt	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Wayne Routledge	22	6	2	–	–	–	2	0	0	24	6	2	3	0
18	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	18	15	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	19	16	7	0	0
20	MF	Jefferson Montero	14	9	0	1	0	1	–	–	–	15	9	1	0	0
22	DF	Àngel Rangel	20	3	0	–	–	–	2	0	0	22	3	0	6	0
23	MF	Gylfi Sigurðsson	32	4	11	–	–	–	1	0	0	33	4	11	6	0
24	MF	Jack Cork	28	7	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	29	7	1	3	0
26	DF	Kyle Naughton	19	8	0	–	–	–	0	1	0	19	9	0	2	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}
27	DF	Kyle Bartley	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	2	0	3	0
32	DF	Liam Shephard	–	–	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Federico Fernández	32	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	0	1	3	0
35	DF	Stephen Kingsley	4	0	0	0	1	0	–	–	–	4	1	0	0	0
56	MF	Jay Fulton	0	2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	0
58	FW	Modou Barrow	6	16	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	6	17	1	0	0
Players currently away from the club on loan
12	MF	Nathan Dyer	0	1	0	–	–	–	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
14	DF	Franck Tabanou	–	–	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0
17	FW	Éder	2	11	0	–	–	–	2	0	0	4	11	0	0	0
21	MF	Matt Grimes	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	0	1	1	0
25	GK	Gerhard Tremmel	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Players who permanently left the club during the season
8	MF	Jonjo Shelvey	14	2	1	1	–	–	0	2	0	15	4	1	6	0

Naughton's red card for a tackle on Sunderland's Yann M'Vila was later rescinded.^[106]

Overall summary

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Summary

Games played	41 (38 Premier League, 2 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Games won	13 (12 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn	11 (11 Premier League, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost	17 (15 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	47 (42 Premier League, 3 League Cup, 2 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	58 (52 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 4 FA Cup)
Goal difference	−9 (−10 Premier League, 2 League Cup, −1 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	10 (9 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 0 FA Cup
Yellow cards	66 (61 Premier League, 4 League Cup, 1 FA Cup)
Red cards	1^{[lower-alpha 1]} (1 Premier League, 0 League Cup, 0 FA Cup
Worst discipline	Ashley Williams (8 , 0 )
Most appearances	Łukasz Fabiański (37)
Top scorer	André Ayew (12)

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score
Arsenal	0–3	2–1
Aston Villa	1–0	2–1
AFC Bournemouth	2–2	2–3
Chelsea	1–0	2–2
Crystal Palace	1–1	0–0
Everton	0–0	2–1
Leicester City	0–3	0–4
Liverpool	3–1	0–1
Manchester City	1–1	1–2
Manchester United	2–1	1–2
Newcastle United	2–0	0–3
Norwich City	1–0	0–1
Southampton	0–1	1–3
Stoke City	0–1	2–2
Sunderland	2–4	1–1
Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–1
Watford	1–0	0–1
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	1–1
West Ham United	0–0	4–1

Naughton's red card for a tackle on Sunderland's Yann M'Vila was later rescinded.^[106]

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