2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone 2015–16 Tommy Wright Steve Brown McDiarmid Park Premiership 4th League Cup Semi-finallost to Hibernian Scottish Cup Fourth roundlost to Kilmarnock Europa League First qualifying round, lost to Alashkert Steve MacLean (14) Steve MacLean (15) 6,418 vs CelticScottish Premiership13 December 2015 2,157 Inverness Caledonian ThistleScottish Premiership9 March 2016 3,880 _thinwhiteborder _bluesquares _thinwhiteborder _blue stripes _color_3_stripes_white 0A0AFF 0A0AFF 0A0AFF FFFFFF 0A0AFF _blacklowerthin _collarblack _blacklowerthin_2 _whitebottom _blacktop FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Results #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #cccccc Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Pre season friendlies W 23 June 2015 19:45 GMT Friendly 1–2 St Johnstone ReportLinfield Report Linfield St Johnstone Ross Clarke 80 Sutton 10Shaughnessy 44 Windsor Park Belfast, Northern Ireland Behind closed doors D 24 June 2015 19:45 GMT Friendly 1–1 St Johnstone Report Glenavon St Johnstone Braniff 90 pen. Kane 72 Mourneview Park Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland L 28 June 2015 13:00 GMT Friendly 0–1 St Johnstone ReportAberdeen Report St Johnstone Aberdeen Rooney 71 pen. Glebe Park Brechin 1,248 Dallas D 12 July 2015 13:30 GMT Friendly 0–0 St Johnstone Report St Johnstone Real Sociedad Bayview Stadium Methil, Fife Unknown Beaton L 25 July 2015 15:00 GMT Friendly 0–1 St Johnstone Report St Johnstone Blackpool McAlister McDiarmid Park Tulloch 1,305 Salmond Scottish Premiership 2015–16 Scottish Premiership L 2 August 2015http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/4399 Fixture Change Heart of Midlothian F.C. heartsfc.co.uk 25 June 2015 25 June 2015 12:30 Premiership 4–3 BBC Report Heart of Midlothian St Johnstone Juanma 4Walker 53Paterson 62Nicholson 80 Lappin 56Sutton 75Cummins 78 Tynecastle Stadium 16,334 McLean D 8 August 2015 15:00 Premiership 1–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Inverness Caledonian Thistle Cummins 90 Christie 9 McDiarmid Park 2,959 Collum D 11 August 2015 19:45 Premiership 1–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Ross County Cummins 52 Curran 17 McDiarmid Park 3,065 Muir L 15 August 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–1 BBC Report Dundee St Johnstone McPake 16Hemmings 39 MacLean 54 Dens Park 6,176 Clancy W 22 August 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Motherwell MacLean 62 79 Moult 11Taylor 2 86 McDiarmid Park 3,361 Thomson Premiership 29 August 2015 Celtic 3–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Griffiths 18Rogić 45+1Mulgrew 67 Boyata 11 o.g. Celtic Park 42,507 Beaton L W 12 September 2015 15:00 Premiership 4–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Hamilton Academical Craig 22MacLean 25 pen. 43 54 Tagliapietra 67 McDiarmid Park 2,648 Dallas L 19 September 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–1 BBC Report Kilmarnock St Johnstone Magennis 40Easton 60 Own goal Wotherspoon 17 Rugby Park 3,165 Collum W 26 September 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Dundee United Mannus 0 23Cummins 63Lappin 80 McKay 24 pen. McDiarmid Park 4,634 Madden W 3 October 2015 15:00 Premiership 1–5 BBC Report Aberdeen St Johnstone Magennis 12 Easton 5Shaughnessy 10Craig 30MacLean 47 51 Pittodrie Stadium 13,405 Muir L 17 October 2015 15:00 Premiership 1–2 BBC Report St Johnstone Partick Thistle MacLean 48 Miller 28Lawless 34 McDiarmid Park 3414 Beaton W 24 October 2015 15:00 Premiership 0–1 Report Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Johnstone Meekings 86Devine 90+4 Mackay 0 47Scobbie 66Craig 90+3 pen. Caledonian Stadium 3,471 Robertson W 31 October 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–4 BBC Report Hamilton Academical St Johnstone Garcia Tena 81 89 pen. Cummins 40 49Wotherspoon 63O'Halloran 67 New Douglas Park 2,216 Clancy W 7 November 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Kilmarnock O'Halloran 23Kane 49Craig 0 86 Smith 2 McDiarmid Park 3,475 Allan W 21 November 2015 15:00 Premiership 1–2 BBC Report Dundee United St Johnstone McKay 33 Kane 43Davidson 45+1 Tannadice Park 7,020 Thomson D 27 November 2015 15:00 Premiership 1–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Dundee Wotherspoon 13 Hemmings 3 McDiarmid Park 4,598 Muir W 5 December 2015 15:00 Premiership 2–3 BBC Report Ross County St Johnstone Boyce 68Davidson 88 Own goal Wotherspoon 3 43Mackay 88 Victoria Park 3,229 Clancy L 13 December 2015 15:00 Premiership 0–3 BBC Report St Johnstone Celtic Çiftçi 35 67Boyata 49 McDiarmid Park 6,418 Allan D 19 December 2015 15:00 Premiership 0–0 BBC Report St Johnstone Heart of Midlothian Juanma 0 28 McDiarmid Park 4,780 Clancy P 26 December 2015 15:00 Premiership P–P BBC Report Partick Thistle St Johnstone Firhill Stadium Beaton Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. L 30 December 2015 Premiership 2–0 BBC Report Motherwell St Johnstone Hall 38Pearson 45 Fir Park 4,055 Allan P 3 January 2016 15:00 Premiership P–P BBC Report St Johnstone Aberdeen McDiarmid Park Madden D 16 January 2016 15:00 Premiership 0–0 BBC Report St Johnstone Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park 2,685 Dallas L 23 January 2016 Premiership 3–1 BBC Report Celtic St Johnstone Mackay-Steven 9 55Armstrong 43 MacLean 12 Celtic Park 43,948 Kevin Clancy L 6 February 2016 15:00 Premiership 3–4 BBC Report St Johnstone Aberdeen Wotherspoon 52Anderson 79Scobbie 89 Rooney 5 77Pawlett 20McGinn 71 McDiarmid Park 5,712 Don Robertson L 12 February 2016 19:45 Premiership 2–0 Report Dundee St Johnstone Hemmings 21 51O'Dea 66Stewart 90 Fisher 58Cummins 66Davidson 76Swanson 76 Dens Park 4,876 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) W 20 February 2016 15:00 Premiership 2–1 St Johnstone Motherwell Wotherspoon 43Fisher 60Scobbie 84 90+1 Moult 33Hall 90 McDiarmid Park 3,006 SCO Bobby Madden L 23 February 2016 19:45 Premiership 2–0 Report Partick Thistle St Johnstone Doolan 72Amoo 87 Anderson 75Wotherspoon 90 Firhill Stadium 2,320 SCO John Beaton D 27 February 2016 15:00 Premiership 1–1 Report Aberdeen St Johnstone Church 35Jack 41Shinnie 80 Brown 7Wotherspoon 17Swanson 41Craig 88 pen.Kane 90 Pittodrie Stadium 12,563 SCO Steven McLean (referee) l 2 March 2016 19:45 Premiership 1–2 Report St Johnstone Partick Thistle Kane 67Craig 90 Booth 6Lawless 13Welsh 42 McDiarmid Park 2,569 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) W 9 March 2016 19:45 Premiership 1–0 Report St Johnstone Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kane 84 Warren 2 35 68Tansey 90Vigurs 90 McDiarmid Park 2,157 SCO Don Robertson D 16 March 2016 19:45 Premiership 1–1 Report St Johnstone Ross County Wotherspoon 11Lappin 66 Graham 65 pen. McDiarmid Park 2,501 SCO Steven McLean (referee) W 19 March 2016 15:00 Premiership 0–3 Report Heart of Midlothian St Johnstone Augustyn 26 Davidson 11 21Fisher 52 88 Tynecastle Stadium 16,295 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) L 2 April 2016 15:00 Premiership 0–1 St Johnstone Dundee United Dow 22Morris 25Donaldson 0 60 McDiarmid Park 5,784 SCO Willie Collum L 9 April 2016 15:00 Premiership 3–0 Report Kilmarnock St Johnstone O'Hara 16Kiltie 23Boyd 25 88 pen.Magennis 33Higginbotham 65Addison 78 Fisher 23 Rugby Park 3,693 SCO Crawford Allan W 22 April 2016 19:45 Premiership 3–0 Report St Johnstone Aberdeen Wotherspoon 14MacLean 38Craig 55 Hayeas 65Shinnie 84 McDiarmid Park 3,990 SCO Craig Thomson (referee) W 30 April 2016 15:00 Premiership 0–1 Report Ross County St Johnstone Quinn 33 Craig 25MacLean 56Shaughnessy 88 Global Energy Stadium 3,329 SCO Stephen Finnie W 7 May 2016 15:00 Premiership 1–2 Report Motherwell St Johnstone McDonald 4Pearson 67Leitch 89 MacLean 34Darnell Fisher 39Swanson 45 Fir Park 4,441 SCO Greg Aitken W 11 May 2016 19:30 Premiership 2–1 Report St Johnstone Celtic Anderson 35MacLean 56 57Swanson 61Cummins 77 Johansen 28Griffiths 53 McDiarmid Park 5,959 SCO Willie Collum D 15 May 2016 12:30 Premiership 2–2 Report Heart of Midlothian St Johnstone Scouttar 8Öztürk 13Djoum 17 58Shaughnessy 20 o.g.Oshaniwa 29Dauda 0 57Juanma 60 Craig 9 pen. 66Cummins 12Kane 56Darnell Fisher 59Scobbie 74 Tynecastle Stadium 16,046 SCO Greg Aitken UEFA Europa League Qualifying phase 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round First qualifying round 1st leg 2 July 2015 17:00 CET Alashkert ARM 1–0 BBCUEFA St Johnstone Manasyan 59 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Yerevan, Armenia 2,600 Kehlet L First qualifying round 2nd leg 9 July 2015 19:45 St Johnstone 2–1 2–2 BBCUEFA ARM AlashkertAlashkert won on away goals O'Halloran 34McKay 87 Muradyan 2 11 65Goyozalyan 74 McDiarmid Park Perth, Scotland 5,764 Fautrel W League Cup 2015–16 Scottish League Cup W 22 September 2015 19:15 League Cup third round 1–3 BBC Report Rangers St Johnstone Tavernier 62 Davidson 19Lappin 29O'Halloran 46 Ibrox Stadium 27,094 Clancy W 27 October 2015 19:30 Quarter Final 1–3 BBC Report Greenock Morton St Johnstone Johnstone 52 MacLean 61 pen.O'Halloran 63Kane 83 Cappielow 2,433 Thomson L 30 January 2016 15:00 Semi Final 2–1 BBC Report Hibernian St Johnstone Cummings 29 pen.McGinn 74 Shaughnessy 33 Tynecastle 16,971 McLean Scottish Cup 2015–16 Scottish Cup L 9 January 2016 15:00 Scottish Cup round 4 0–1 BBC Report St Johnstone Kilmarnock Slater 6 McDiarmid Park 3,147 Clancy Squad statistics During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Appearances 6 February 2016 Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League 1 NIR GK Alan Mannus 22+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 2 SCO DF Dave Mackay 17+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 3 SCO DF Tam Scobbie 15+1 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 4 SCO MF Simon Lappin 8+5 2 3+0 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 5 SCO DF Frazer Wright 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 6 SCO DF Steven Anderson 11+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 7 SCO MF Chris Millar 13+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 8 SCO MF Murray Davidson 20+0 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 9 SCO FW Steven MacLean 18+2 10 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 10 SCO MF David Wotherspoon 17+3 6 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 11 ENG FW John Sutton 5+11 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 12 SCO GK Zander Clark 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 14 IRE DF Joe Shaughnessy 20+2 1 3+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 15 SCO DF Brad McKay 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 1 16 SCO MF Liam Caddis 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 16 SCO MF Danny Swanson 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 18 IRE FW Graham Cummins 15+2 6 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 20 SCO MF Scott Brown 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 22 ENG DF Darnell Fisher 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 24 SCO DF Brian Easton 20+2 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 25 SCO FW Chris Kane 3+13 2 0+1 1 1+0 0 1+1 0 26 SCO MF Liam Craig 15+6 3 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 27 SCO MF Craig Thomson 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 29 SCO FW Michael O'Halloran 19+1 2 3+0 2 1+0 0 2+0 1 31 SCO MF Greg Hurst 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Disciplinary record 6 February 2016 NumberNationPositionNamePremiershipLeague CupScottish CupEuropa LeagueTotal 1NIRGKAlan Mannus1100000011 2SCODFDave Mackay1100000011 3SCO DFTam Scobbie2000001030 4SCO MFSimon Lappin1020000030 5SCO DFFrazer Wright0000001010 6SCO DFSteven Anderson1000001020 7SCOMFChris Millar2000000020 8SCO MFMurray Davidson 6020100080 9SCOMFSteve MacLean2000000020 10SCOMFDavid Wotherspoon6000000060 14IRE DFJoe Shaughnessy101000002015SCO DFBrad McKay000000101016SCOMFLiam Caddis100000001016SCOMFDanny Swanson100000001022ENG DFDarnell Fisher300000003024SCO DFBrian Easton400000004026SCOMFLiam Craig410000004129SCO FWMichael O'Halloran2000000020 Totals383501040483 Goal scorers 6 February 2016 RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipLeague Cup Scottish CupEuropa LeagueTotal1 SCO9Steve MacLean10100112 IRE18Graham Cummins60006SCO10David Wotherspoon600063SCO29Michael O'Halloran220154 SCO4Simon Lappin21003SCO26Liam Craig30003SCO25Chris Kane210035SCO8Murray Davidson11002SCO14Brad McKay10012IRE14Joe Shaughnessy110026 ENG11John Sutton10001SCO24Brian Easton10001SCO6Steven Anderson10001SCO3Tam Scobbie10001Totals3870246 Team statistics League table STJ Transfers List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16 In PlayerFromFee SCO Brad McKay SCO Heart of Midlothian Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31137835 St Johnstone agree pre-contract deal for Hearts' Brad McKay BBC Sport 4 February 2015 25 May 2015 Ireland Joe Shaughnessy SCO Aberdeen Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32819294 St Johnstone recruit defender Joe Shaughnessy BBC Sport 21 May 2015 21 May 2015 Ireland Graham Cummins ENG Exeter City Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32877827 St Johnstone sign striker Graham Cummins as McFadden leaves BBC Sport 25 May 2015 25 May 2015 England John Sutton SCO Motherwell Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33169125 St Johnstone: John Sutton cleared for Europa League campaign BBC Sport 17 June 2015 22 June 2015 Scotland Liam Craig SCO Hibernian Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33556380 Liam Craig returns to Perth after Hibs exit BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 16 July 2015 27 July 2015 ENG Darnell Fisher SCO Celtic Loanhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34056969 Celtic's Darnell Fisher joins St Johnstone on loan BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 25 August 2015 6 September 2015 Scotland Greg Hurst SCO Stirling Albion Undisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34124077 Stirling Albion midfielder Greg Hurst joins St Johnstone BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 2 September 2015 7 September 2015SCO Danny SwansonSCO Heart of Midlothianhttp://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/danny-swanson-returns-st-johnstone-7292478#uZ6wq29mwQmvSh1b.97 Danny Swanson returns to St Johnstone on 18-month deal after Hearts release Daily Record dailyrecord.co.uk 2 February 2016 2 February 2016Freehttp://www.heartsfc.co.uk/news/4932 Danny Departs Heart of Midlothian F.C. heartsfc.co.uk 1 February 2016 1 February 2016SCO Michael DoyleSCO Alloa AthleticFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35497209 St Johnstone sign Michael Doyle after Dave Mackay injury BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 4 February 2016 6 February 2016 Out PlayerFromFee SCO Gary Miller SCO Partick Thistle Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33594360 Partick Thistle sign Gary Miller after defender's St Johnstone exit BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 20 July 2015 27 July 2015 ENG Lee Croft ENG Oldham Athletic Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32803563 Lee Croft: Oldham agree deal for St Johnstone midfielder BBC Sport 19 May 2015 25 May 2015 SCO James McFadden Freehttp://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/st-johnstone-sign-irish-striker-5763821 St Johnstone sign Irish striker Graham Cummins as James McFadden and Gary Miller depart Daily Record dailyrecord.co.uk 26 May 2015 27 July 2015 SCO Matthew Buchanan Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33174760 Scottish Championship ins and outs BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 23 July 2015 26 July 2015 SCO Rhys Evans Free SCO Mark Hurst SCO Elgin City Loanhttp://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3660 SAINTS TRIO HEAD TO ELGIN CITY ON LOA St Johnstone F.C. perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk 15 July 2015 27 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150716221423/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3660 2015-07-16 dead SCO Liam Gordon SCO Elgin City Loan SCO George Hunter SCO Elgin City Loan SCO Ally Gilchrist SCO Peterhead Loan SCO Jason Kerr SCO East Fife Loanhttp://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3671 JASON KERR JOINS EAST FIFE ON LOAN St Johnstone F.C. perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk 23 July 2015 27 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100022/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3671 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all SCO Jordan Millar SCO Montrose Loanhttp://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3684 JORDAN MILLAR COMPLETES LOAN MOVE TO MONTROSE St Johnstone F.C. perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk 27 July 2015 27 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060901/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3684 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all SCO Dylan Easton Freehttp://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3715 SAINTS PART COMPANY WITH DYLAN EASTON St Johnstone F.C. perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/ 12 August 2015 13 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924071858/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3715 24 September 2015 dead dmy-all SCO Frazer Wright SCO Dumbartonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34064801 Veteran defender Frazer Wright joins Dumbarton BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 26 August 2015 6 September 2015 Freehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34045388 Frazer Wright leaves weeks after new contract BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 24 August 2015 6 September 2015 SCO Connor McLaren SCO Elgin City Loanhttp://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3768 CONNOR MCLAREN GOES ON LOAN TO ELGIN; HUNTER TO AIRDRIE St Johnstone F.C. perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk 1 September 2015 7 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150907022808/http://perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=3768 7 September 2015 dead dmy-all SCO George Hunter SCO Airdrieonians Loan SCO Brad McKay SCO Dunfermline Athletic Loanhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35266895 St Johnstone's Brad McKay joins Dunfermline on loan BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 8 January 2016 14 January 2016 SCO Michael O'Halloran SCO Rangers Undisclosedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35461390 Rangers sign St Johnstone forward BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 1 February 2016 6 February 2016 SCO Liam Caddis Freehttp://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=4048 LIAM CADDIS LEAVES SAINTS BY MUTUAL CONSENT St Johnstone F.C. perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk 1 February 2016 6 February 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160201204758/http://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/newsitemsdetail.php?param=4048 1 February 2016 See also List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons Notes "nb" References 30em St Johnstone Category:St Johnstone F.C. seasons