2015–16_Watford_F.C._season

Watford
2015–16 season
Owner	Gino Pozzo
Chairman	Raffaele Riva
Manager	Quique Sánchez Flores
Stadium	Vicarage Road Stadium
Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Odion Ighalo (15); All: Odion Ighalo (17)
Home colours	Away colours
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2015–16 Watford F.C. season

135th season in existence of Watford F.C.

The 2015–16 season was Watford's 135th year in existence and first season back in the Premier League after gaining promotion the previous season.^[1] This season Watford participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

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Staff

Squad information and statistics

No. = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

= Yellow cards

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

= Red cards

Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system

Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Age = Current age

† Loan player^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Statistics correct as of 2 April 2016.^[11]

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2015–16 Watford player details^{[lower-alpha 3]}
No.	Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Age	Joined club	Yth	Notes
No.	Pos	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline		Age	Joined club	Yth	Notes
1	GK	Heurelho Gomes	38	0	1	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	43	2014	No	—
2	DF	Allan Nyom	29+3	0	4	0	0	0	33+3	0	8	0	35	2015	No	—
3	DF	Miguel Britos	24	0	2	0	1	0	27	0	6	1	38	2015	No	—
4	MF	Mario Suárez	8+7	0	1+1	0	0	0	9+8	0	1	0	37	2016	No	—
5	DF	Sebastian Prödl	19+2	2	3	0	0	0	22+2	2	4	0	36	2015	No	—
6	DF	Joel Ekstrand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	2012	No	—
7	MF	José Manuel Jurado	27	0	2+1	0	0	0	29+1	0	3	0	37	2015	No	—
8	MF	Valon Behrami	14+7	0	1	0	0	0	15+7	0	3	1	39	2015	No	—
9	FW	Troy Deeney	36+2	13	5	2	0	0	41+2	17	5	0	35	2010	No	—
10	FW	Obbi Oularé	0+2	0	1	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	28	2015	No	—
11	MF	Nordin Amrabat	4+8	0	2+1	0	0	0	6+9	0	2	0	37	2016	No	—
13	GK	Rene Gilmartin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2014	No	—
14	DF	Juan Carlos Paredes	7+10	0	1+1	0	1	0	9+11	0	2	0	36	2014	No	—
15	DF	Craig Cathcart	34+1	1	5	0	0	0	39+1	1	4	0	35	2014	No	—
16	DF	Nathan Aké	20+4	1	3	0	1	0	24+4	1	2	1	29	2015	No	†
17	MF	Adlène Guedioura	3+15	0	3+2	1	0	0	6+17	1	2	0	38	2015	No	—
18	GK	Costel Pantilimon	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	37	2016	No	—
19	FW	Víctor Ibarbo	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	0	0	33	2015	No	† Loan terminate
20	MF	Steven Berghuis	0+9	0	1	0	0+1	0	1+10	0	0	0	32	2015	No	—
21	MF	Ikechi Anya	17+11	0	1+4	0	0	0	18+15	0	0	0	36	2012	No	—
22	MF	Almen Abdi	25+7	2	3+2	0	1	0	29+9	2	2	0	37	2012	No	—
23	MF	Ben Watson	31+4	2	5	0	1	0	37+4	2	3	0	38	2015	No	—
24	FW	Odion Ighalo	36+1	15	2+3	2	0	0	38+4	17	3	0	34	2014	No	—
25	DF	José Holebas	11	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	2	0	39	2015	No	—
26	FW	Bernard Mensah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	2011	Yes	—
27	DF	Essaïd Belkalem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	2013	No	—
28	MF	Connor Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	2011	Yes	—
29	MF	Étienne Capoue	33	0	3	0	0	0	36	0	6	0	35	2015	No	—
30	DF	Jorell Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	2014	Yes	—
31	DF	Tommie Hoban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	2011	Yes	—
32	MF	Alessandro Diamanti	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	40	2015	No	† Loan terminate
33	MF	Lloyd Dyer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	2014	No	Contract terminate
34	GK	Giedrius Arlauskis	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	0	0	36	2015	No	Out on loan
35	DF	Josh Doherty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	2014	Yes	—
36	FW	Alex Jakubiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2014	Yes	—
37	DF	Alfie Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2015	Yes	—
38	DF	Mahlondo Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2015	Yes	—
39	FW	Dennon Lewis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2015	Yes	—
40	MF	George Byers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	2014	Yes	—
—	DF	Gabriele Angella	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	34	2013	No	Out on loan
—	DF	Daniel Pudil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	2012	No	Out on loan
—	DF	Juanfran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	2015	No	Out on loan
—	MF	Abdoulaye Doucouré	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	2016	No	Out on loan
—	MF	Miguel Layún	2+1	1	0	0	1	0	3+1	1	0	0	35	2015	No	Out on loan
—	FW	Adalberto Peñaranda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	2016	No	Out on loan
—	FW	Diego Fabbrini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	2013	No	Sold
—	FW	Fernando Forestieri	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	34	2012	No	Sold
—	FW	Matěj Vydra	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	31	2015	No	Out on loan
—	FW	Uche Ikpeazu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	2013	No	Out on loan
—	FW	Mathias Ranégie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	2014	No	Out on loan

For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.
A dagger is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player during the 2015–16 season. If they signed permanently over the course of the season then it is not displayed.
All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2015–16 season are listed. Scholars with professional contracts are not listed unless they appear in a first-team matchday squad.

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[11] For players who came through the club's youth system the date used refers to when they signed a professional contract, unless they appeared in a first-team match-day squad prior to that, in which case that date is used.

[12] A dagger is only displayed if the player was exclusively a loan player during the 2015–16 season. If they signed permanently over the course of the season then it is not displayed.

[14] All players who have been signed to the club since the opening day of the 2015–16 season are listed. Scholars with professional contracts are not listed unless they appear in a first-team matchday squad.

[39] Where a player has been released, the date given is when their release was announced by Watford, not when their contract expired or when they joined their next club.

[40] Where a player has been released, the club they subsequently joined is listed, provided it is professional and occurred during the 2015-16 season.

[58] On 1 September 2015, Murray's Wigan loan was extended until 16 January 2016.^[52]

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8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Friendly	St Albans City	0–4	Watford	St Albans
19:45 BST		Report	Ighalo 32', 35' Deeney 67' Smith 88'	Stadium: Clarence Park Referee: David Rock

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Wimbledon	2–2	Watford	Norbiton
15:00 BST	Kennedy 12' (pen.) Francomb 90' (pen.)	Report	Ighalo 34' Forestieri 52'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,988 (1,307 away fans) Referee: Tim Robinson

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly	SC Verl	1–4	Watford	Magdeburg, Germany
19:30 CEST	Al-Ghaddioui 64' (pen.)	Report	Ighalo 16', 39' Anya 41' Dyer 72'	Stadium: Stadion an der Poststraße

17 July 2015 (2015-07-17) Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	P–P	Watford	Braunschweig, Germany
19:30 CEST				Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion

19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) Friendly	SC Paderborn	0–2	Watford	Paderborn, Germany
14:00 CEST		Report	Vydra Ighalo	Stadium: Benteler Arena

2015–16_Watford_F.C._season

2015–16 Watford F.C. season

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Overview

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

Staff

Squad information and statistics

Non-playing staff

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Reserves and academy

References

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25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Dundee United	0–1	Watford	Dundee, Scotland
15:00 BST		Report	Deeney 53'	Stadium: Tannadice Park

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Cardiff City	2–1	Watford	Cardiff, Wales
19:45 BST	Mason 19', 80'	Report	Deeney 30'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly	Watford	0–1	Sevilla	Watford
19:45 BST		Report	Vitolo 70'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,947 Referee: Kevin Friend

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Premier League	—	—	13th	8 August 2015	15 May 2016
FA Cup	Third round	—	Semi-finals	9 January 2016	24 April 2016
League Cup	Second round	—	Second round	25 August 2015	25 August 2015

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	38	12	9	17	40	50	−10	031.58
FA Cup	5	4	0	1	6	3	+3	080.00
League Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	44	16	9	19	46	54	−8	036.36

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	−12	42

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	9	17	40	50	−10	45	6	6	7	20	19	+1	6	3	10	20	31	−11

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D
Position	5	11	11	16	12	9	13	11	14	12	9	11	13	11	9	7	7	7	8	9	10	12	10	9	10	8	10	12	12	14	14	15	12	12	12	13	13	13

8 August 2015 1	Everton	2–2	Watford	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Coleman 54' Barkley 76' Koné 86'	Report	Layún 14' Deeney 42' Holebas 66' Ighalo 83'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,063 Referee: Mike Jones

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Watford	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Watford
15:00 BST	Nyom 90+1'	Report	Olsson 31' Lambert 66'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,011 Referee: Paul Tierney

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 4	Manchester City	2–0	Watford	Manchester
15:00 BST	Kompany 40' Sterling 47' Fernandinho 56'	Report	Nyom 43' Prödl 63'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,218 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 6	Newcastle United	1–2	Watford	Newcastle
15:00 BST	Janmaat 68' Colback 89'	Report	Ighalo 10', 28' Abdi 36' Capoue 80'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 47,806 Referee: Roger East

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	AFC Bournemouth	1–1	Watford	Bournemouth
15:00 BST	Murray 28', 43'	Report	Ighalo 45' Gomes 84'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 11,187 Referee: Michael Oliver

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	Watford	0–3	Arsenal	Watford
17:30 BST	Nyom 47' Gomes 63'	Report	Mertesacker 59' Sánchez 62' Giroud 68' Ramsey 74'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,721 Referee: Mike Jones

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 3	Watford	0–0	Southampton	Watford
16:00 BST		Report	Wanyama 28' Romeu 57'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,166 Referee: Andre Marriner

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 5	Watford	1–0	Swansea City	Watford
15:00 BST	Ighalo 59' Behrami 64'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,057 Referee: Robert Madley

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 7	Watford	0–1	Crystal Palace	Watford
16:00 BST		Report	Cabaye 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,168 Referee: Anthony Taylor

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Stoke City	0–2	Watford	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Whelan 76' Pieters 88' Adam 89'	Report	Deeney 43' Abdi 69' Ighalo 88'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,587 Referee: Martin Atkinson

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	Watford	2–0	West Ham United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Ighalo 39', 48' Nyom 66' Aké 81' Capoue 85'	Report	Collins 84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,598 Referee: Keith Stroud

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Leicester City	2–1	Watford	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Kanté 53' Vardy 65' (pen.)	Report	Gomes 65' Deeney 76' (pen.)	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,029 Referee: Roger East

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	Watford	1–2	Manchester United	Watford
12:45 GMT	Watson 68' Deeney 87' (pen.)	Report	Depay 11' Young 74' Lingard 75' Deeney 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,702 Referee: Robert Madley

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14	Aston Villa	2–3	Watford	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Richards 41' Clark 88' Ayew 89' Sánchez 90'	Report	Ighalo 17' Watson 40' Hutton 69' (o.g.) Capoue 74' Deeney 85', 86' Aké 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,057 Referee: Lee Mason

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	Watford	2–0	Norwich City	Watford
15:00 GMT	Deeney 30' (pen.), 57' Watson 60' Ighalo 90', 90+2'	Report	Tettey 29' Bennett 77' Brady 87'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,422 Referee: Mike Dean

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Sunderland	0–1	Watford	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Rodwell 60'	Report	Ighalo 4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 43,989 Referee: Graham Scott

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 17	Watford	3–0	Liverpool	Watford
13:30 GMT	Aké 3' Ighalo 15', 85' Britos 78'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,707 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 18	Chelsea	2–2	Watford	London
15:00 GMT	Costa 32', 65', 88' Oscar 80'	Report	Deeney 42' (pen.) Britos 44' Cathcart 49' Cahill 56' (o.g.) Holebas 81' Behrami 83'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,620 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 19	Watford	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford
15:00 GMT	Ighalo 41', 65' Britos 52' Jurado 58' Aké 63' Deeney 64'	Report	Alli 6' Lamela 17' Alderweireld 81' Son 89'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,730 Referee: Anthony Taylor

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 20	Watford	1–2	Manchester City	Watford
17:30 GMT	Nyom 38' Watson 55'	Report	Touré 82' Agüero 84'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,676 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 21	Southampton	2–0	Watford	Southampton
19:45 GMT	Long 16' Cédric 24' Tadić 74'	Report	Prodl 67' Deeney 77'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,399 Referee: Craig Pawson

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) 22	Swansea City	1–0	Watford	Swansea
20:00 GMT	Williams 27' Britton 62' Sigurðsson 90'	Report	Jurado 22' Nyom 33'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,430 Referee: Michael Oliver

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 23	Watford	2–1	Newcastle United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Ighalo 46' Behrami 56' Cathcart 58' Britos 68'	Report	Mbemba 51' Lascelles 71'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,611 Referee: Andre Marriner

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) 24	Watford	0–0	Chelsea	Watford
19:45 GMT	Prödl 19' Paredes 45+2'	Report	Costa 45+2'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,910 Referee: Mike Dean

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 25	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Watford	London
15:00 GMT	Trippier 64'	Report	Capoue 60'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,997 Referee: Roger East

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 26	Crystal Palace	1–2	Watford	London
15:00 GMT	Adebayor 45' Souaré 90+4'	Report	Deeney 16' (pen.), 82' Suárez 76'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Referee: Robert Madley