2015–16 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season April 2022 Cardiff City 2015–16 Russell Slade Vincent Tan Mehmet Dalman Cardiff City Stadium Football League Championship 8th FA Cup Third Round League Cup Second Round Anthony Pilkington (9) Anthony Pilkington (9) 28,680 (vs. Derby County, 2 Apr) 4,782 (vs. Shrewsbury Town, 10 Jan) 16,463 _cardiff1516h _cardiff1516h _cardiff1516h _cardiff1516h _adidaswhitel 0000FF _aberdeen1415h _aberdeen1415h _aberdeen1415h _aberdeen1415h _adidaswhitel FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 _tachira1516h _tachira1516h _tachira1516h _tachira15a _adidasblackl 000000 000000 000000 000000 ffff00 2014–15 2016–17 The 2015–16 season was Cardiff City's 99th season in their existence and the 88th in the Football League, their second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Competitions Championship League table CAR Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/D/D/W/W/W/L/L/W/D/D/W/D/D/L/W/L/D/W/D/W/L/L/D/W/L/W/D/W/D/D/W/L/W/W/L/W/D/W/D/L/D/L/W/L/D Position 11/14/13/7/5/2/6/8/5/8/8/8/8/9/9/7/9/10/6/7/7/8/8/10/9/9/9/9/9/9/9/7/8/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/7/8 lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd 7 May 2016 Matches September 2015 Kit adidas Visit Malaysia |_cardiff1516h _cardiff1516h _cardiff1516h _1516halifaxhome _color_3_stripes_white 123BAA 123BAA 123BAA 123BAA 123BAA Home | _aberdeen1415h _aberdeen1415h _aberdeen1415h _aberdeen1415h _mexico86h FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Away | _tachira1516h _tachira1516h _tachira1516h _tachira15a _color_3_stripes_black 000000 000000 000000 000000 ffff00 3rd Kit 14 September 2015 Historical Football Kits July 2015 Squad No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends Goalkeepers1David MarshallGKSCOGlasgow1985 3 5 2016 6 302740Norwich City12 May 2009£500,000201821Simon MooreGKENGSandown1990 5 19 2016 6 30230Brentford29 July 2013£150,000201730Ben WilsonGKENGStanley1992 8 9 2016 6 3020Accrington StanleyNovember 2014Free2017 Defenders2Lee PeltierRBENGLiverpool1986 1 29 2016 6 30580Huddersfield Town24 January 2015Nominal20183FábioLBBRARio de Janeiro1990 7 9 2016 6 30681Manchester United29 January 2014Free20174Sean MorrisonCBENGPlymouth1991 1 8 2016 6 30749Reading15 August 2014£2,620,00020185Bruno Ecuele MangaCBGabonLibreville1988 7 16 2016 6 30565Lorient1 September 2014£4,400,00020176Ben TurnerCBENGBirmingham1988 8 21 2016 6 301214Coventry City31 August 2011£750,000201612Declan JohnLBWALMerthyr Tydfil1995 7 30 2016 6 30310Academy1 June 2013Trainee201816Matthew ConnollyCBENGBarnet1987 9 24 2016 6 301106Queens Park Rangers22 August 2012£500,000201928Scott MaloneLBENGRowley Regis1991 3 25 2016 6 30562Millwall7 January 2015£90,000201729Semi AjayiCBNGA ENGLondon1993 11 9 2016 6 3000Arsenal1 July 2015Free2017 Midfielders7Peter WhittinghamCMENGNuneaton1984 9 8 2016 6 3042393Aston Villa11 January 2007£350,00020178Joe RallsCMENGAldershot1992 10 13 2016 6 30946Academy30 September 2011Trainee202011Craig NooneLWENGLiverpool1987 11 17 2016 6 3013417Brighton & Hove Albion30 August 2012£1,000,000201813Anthony PilkingtonLWIRL ENGBlackburn1988 6 6 2016 6 306210Norwich City15 August 2014£875,000201715Kagisho DikgacoiDMRSABrandfort1984 11 24 2016 6 30280Crystal Palace1 July 2014Free201717Aron GunnarssonCMISLAkureyri1988 4 22 2016 6 3019720Coventry City8 July 2011£350,000201822Stuart O'KeefeCMENGEye1991 3 4 2016 6 30332Crystal Palace28 January 2015£750,000201823Matthew KennedyRWSCOIrvine1994 11 4 2016 6 30160Everton2 February 2015Undisclosed201824Kadeem HarrisLWENGWestminster1993 5 29 2016 6 30232Wycombe Wanderers30 January 2012£150,000201727Lex ImmersAMNEDThe Hague1986 6 8 2016 6 30155Feyenoord21 January 2016Loan201638Sammy AmeobiWG/CFNGA ENGNewcastle upon Tyne1992 5 1 2016 6 30381Newcastle United7 July 2015Loan2016 Forwards26Kenneth ZohoreCFDENCopenhagen1994 1 31 2016 6 30122K.V. Kortrijk1 February 2016Loan201637Tom LawrenceLW/SSWALWrexham1994 1 13 2016 6 30140Leicester City1 February 2016Loan201639Idriss SaadiCFFRAValence1992 2 8 2016 6 3020Clermont1 September 2015Undisclosed2018 Out on loan9Kenwyne JonesCFTRIPoint Fortin1984 10 5 2016 6 306719Stoke City28 January 2014Part Exchange201614Federico MachedaCFITARome1991 8 22 2016 6 30318Manchester United1 July 2014Free201718Eoin DoyleCFIRLDublin1988 3 12 2016 6 30185Chesterfield2 February 2015£750,000201836Adedeji OshilajaCBENGLondon1993 2 26 2016 6 3030Academy1 July 2012TraineeUndisclosed—Tom AdeyemiCMENGNorwich1991 10 24 2016 6 30231Birmingham City7 August 2014£882,0002017—Adam Le FondreCFENGStockport1986 12 2 2016 6 30253Reading28 May 2014£2,170,0002017—Filip KissCMSVKDunajská Streda1990 10 13 2016 6 30361Slovan Bratislava1 July 2012£500,0002016—Joe LewisGKENGBury St. Edmunds1987 11 6 2016 6 3040Peterborough United25 May 2012Free2016—Etien VelikonjaCFSVNŠempeter pri Gorici1988 12 26 2016 6 3050Maribor25 July 2012£1,574,3732016 1 Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 7 May 2016. Statistics 7 May 2016 Championship FA Cup League Cup 1 SCO GK David Marshall 39+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2 ENG DF Lee Peltier 38+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3 BRA DF Fábio 17+5 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 4 ENG DF Sean Morrison 29+1 3 0+0 0 2+0 0 5 Gabon DF Bruno Ecuele Manga 19+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 6 ENG DF Ben Turner 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 7 ENG MF Peter Whittingham 34+2 6 1+0 0 0+0 0 8 ENG MF Joe Ralls 42+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 11 ENG MF Craig Noone 24+14 5 0+1 0 2+0 1 12 WAL DF Declan John 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 13 IRL MF Anthony Pilkington 38+3 9 0+0 0 0+0 0 15 RSA MF Kagisho Dikgacoi 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 16 ENG MF Matthew Connolly 43+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 17 ISL MF Aron Gunnarsson 16+12 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 21 ENG GK Simon Moore 6+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 22 ENG MF Stuart O'Keefe 18+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 23 SCO MF Matthew Kennedy 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 24 ENG MF Kadeem Harris 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 26 DEN FW Kenneth Zohore (on loan from K.V. Kortrijk) 2+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 27 NED MF Lex Immers (on loan from Feyenoord) 14+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 28 ENG DF Scott Malone 34+5 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 30 ENG GK Ben Wilson 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 37 WAL FW Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City) 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 38 NGA MF Sammy Ameobi (on loan from Newcastle United) 8+28 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 39 FRA FW Idriss Saadi 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan=14|First team players out on loan: 9 TRI FW Kenwyne Jones 15+4 5 0+0 0 0+1 0 14 ITA FW Federico Macheda 0+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 18 IRL FW Eoin Doyle 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 |- |colspan=14|Loan Players who returned to their parent clubs: 33 SCO FW Tony Watt (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 9+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan=14|First team players that left the club: 10 IRL FW Joe Mason 21+2 6 0+1 0 0+0 0 19 ENG FW Alex Revell 7+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 20 ROM DF Gabriel Tamas 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 |} Captains 7 May David Marshall Scottish footballer SCO 1 GK 40 Club Captain y Sean Morrison footballer ENG 4 DF 6 Vice-Captain Anthony Pilkington IRL 13 MF 2 y Peter Whittingham ENG 7 MF 1 Goals record 7 May 2016 Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total113MFIRL Anthony Pilkington 900927MFENG Peter Whittingham 600610FWIRL Joe Mason 600611MFENG Craig Noone 501659FWTRI Kenwyne Jones 500527MFNED Lex Immers 500574DFENG Sean Morrison300385DFGabon Bruno Ecuele Manga 200217MFISL Aron Gunnarsson 200222MFENG Stuart O'Keefe 200226FWDEN Kenneth Zohore 200228DFENG Scott Malone 200233FWSCO Tony Watt 2002143DFBRA Fábio 10018MFENG Joe Ralls 100116DFENG Matthew Connolly 100119FWENG Alex Revell 001138FWENG Sammy Ameobi 1001Total 55*0256 Total includes 1 own goal Disciplinary record 3 May 2016 Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total 0 0 0 0 13DFBRA Fábio 810010912DFENG Lee Peltier 91000091313MFIRL Anthony Pilkington 9000009016DFENG Matthew Connolly 9000009057MFENG Peter Whittingham 8000008064DFENG Sean Morrison 5000106078MFENG Joe Ralls 5000005011MFENG Craig Noone 5000005038MFENG Sammy Ameobi 410000411028DFENG Scott Malone 400000401117MFISL Aron Gunnarsson 3000003022MFENG Stuart O'Keefe 30000030131GKSCO David Marshall 010000016DFENG Ben Turner 1000001010FWIRL Joe Mason 1000001015MFRSA Kagisho Dikgacoi 1000001016DFENG Matthew Connolly 1000001019FWENG Alex Revell 1000001033FWSCO Tony Watt 1000001037FWWAL Tom Lawrence 10000010Total 7940020814 Suspensions served Date Matches Missed Player Reason Opponents Missed2 May 2015 3 David Marshall 0 in 2014–15 Fulham (H), QPR (A), Blackburn (A)3 October 2015 1 Fábio 5× Preston (A)19 September 2015 2 David Marshall 0 vs Rotherham United Charlton (H), Brighton (A)23 January 2016 1 Lee Peltier 2 vs Rotherham United Huddersfield (A)13 February 2016 3 Sammy Ameobi 0 vs Charlton Brighton (H), Middlesbrough (A), Preston (H)8 March 2016 3 Fábio 0 vs Leeds Reading (H), Derby (A), Burnley (H) Contracts Number Position Nationality Name Contract length Status Expiry Date Ref. 55 RB ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb 1 year Extended June 2016 — CM WAL Tyler Roche 1 year Extended June 2016 — CM WAL Macauley Southam 1 year Signed June 2016 60 LB COD David Tutonda 1 year Extended June 2016 — CB WAL Curtis Watkins 1 year Extended June 2016 30 GK ENG Ben Wilson 2 years Signed June 2017 17 CM ISL Aron Gunnarsson 3 years Signed June 2018 BBC Sport — CF ENG Rhys Healey 3 years Signed June 2018 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site 8 CM ENG Joe Ralls 5 years Signed June 2020 BBC Sport 16 CB ENG Matthew Connolly 3 1 2 years Signed June 2019 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2015 CB NGA ENG Semi Ajayi Arsenal Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 24 July 2015 CB FRA Jordan Blaise Girondins de Bordeaux Free transferfn1 Joined the U21 squad. Cardiff City F.C. 26 August 2015 CB ROM Gabriel Tamaș Unattached Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 31 August 2015 CF FRA Idriss Saadi Clermont Foot Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C. 4 September 2015 LB BEL Marco Weymans PSV Eindhoven Undisclosedfn1 Cardiff City F.C. Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref. 7 July 2015 WG NGA ENG Sammy Ameobi Newcastle United End of season Cardiff City FC 23 November 2015 CF SCO Tony Watt Charlton Athletic 16 January 2016 BBC Sport 21 January 2016 AM NED Lex Immers Feyenoord End of Season BBC Sport 1 February 2016 CF DEN Kenneth Zohore K.V. Kortrijk End of Season BBC Sport 1 February 2016 LW WAL Tom Lawrence Leicester City End of Season Wales Online Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 9 June 2015 GK USA Charlie Horton Leeds United Free transfer BBC Sport 15 June 2015 RB FRA Kevin Theophile-Catherine Saint-Étienne £1.4m BBC Sport 26 June 2015 CB URU Maximiliano Amondarain Free agent Released Cardiff City F.C. 1 July 2015 RM ENG Anthony Bell Shildon Released 1 July 2015 CM WAL Jaye Bowen Merthyr Tydfil Released 1 July 2015 CF WAL Gethyn Hill Merthyr Tydfil Released 1 July 2015 CF ENG Danny Johnson Gateshead Released Retain List 2015/16 http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/retain-list-201516-2442677.aspx? Cardiff City Football Club Official Site 5 May 2015 5 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505213526/http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/retain-list-201516-2442677.aspx 5 May 2015 dead Johnson joined Gateshead following release. 1 July 2015 GK WAL Joe Massaro Barry Town Released 1 July 2015 CF ENG Nicky Maynard Milton Keynes Dons Released Cardiff City F.C.Maynard joined MK Dons following release.BBC Sport 1 July 2015 RB SCO Kevin McNaughton Wigan Athletic Released Cardiff City F.C.McNaughton joined Wigan Athletic following release. 1 July 2015 LB WAL Kane Owen Aberystwyth Town Released 1 July 2015 DM WAL Ben Watkins Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CB WAL Bradley Wickham Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CM WAL Bradley Williams Free agent Released 1 July 2015 CB WAL Josh Yorwerth Ipswich Town Free transfer BBC Sport 3 August 2015 CB ENG Ben Nugent Crewe Alexandra Free transfer Cardiff City F.C. 31 August 2015 CF ESP Javi Guerra Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C. 28 January 2016 CF IRL Joe Mason Wolverhampton Wanderers £3m BBC Sport 1 February 2016 CF ENG Alex Revell Milton Keynes Dons Free BBC Sport 1 February 2016 CB ROM Gabriel Tamas Unattached Free Cardiff City F.C. Total income: £4,400,000 Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 14 July 2015 CM ENG Tom Adeyemi Leeds United End of season Cardiff City FC 24 July 2015 CB ENG Adedeji Oshilaja Gillingham 3 January 2016 Cardiff City FC 3 August 2015 CF ENG Adam Le Fondre Wolverhampton Wanderers End of season BBC Sport 7 August 2015 LB COD David Tutonda York City January 2016 BBC Sport 19 August 2015 CM SVK Filip Kiss FK Haugesund End of season Cardiff City F.C. 22 August 2015 LW ENG Kadeem Harris Barnsley 21 August 2015 Cardiff City F.C. 24 August 2015 GK ENG Joe Lewis Fulham End of season Cardiff City F.C. 31 August 2015 CF SVN Etien Velikonja Lierse End of season Cardiff City F.C. 1 September 2015 CF IRL Eoin Doyle Preston North End End of season Cardiff City F.C. 1 September 2015 CF ENG Rhys Healey Dundee 3 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 29 September 2015 CB NGA Semi Ajayi AFC Wimbledon 25 October 2015 Cardiff City F.C. 13 October 2015 RB ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb Newport County 2 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C.Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Tommy O'Sullivan's loan spells were extended to 2 January.Newport County: O'Sullivan and Barnum-Bobb extend loan deals https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34734000 BBC Sport 5 November 2015 5 November 2015 13 October 2015 CM WAL Tommy O'Sullivan Newport County 2 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 20 October 2015 GK ENG Ben Wilson AFC Wimbledon 14 December 2015 BBC SportBen Wilson's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.Ben goes back to Cardiff http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/ben-goes-back-to-cardiff-2851125.aspx AFC Wimbledon 14 December 2015 14 December 2015 11 November 2015 FW ENG Alex Revell Wigan Athletic 23 January 2016 Cardiff City F.C. 18 November 2015 CB ENG Ben Turner Coventry City 23 December 2015 BBC SportBen Turner's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.Ben Turner: Cardiff City defender facing more ankle surgery https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35167740 BBC Sport 23 December 2015 23 December 2015 26 November 2015 CB NGA Semi Ajayi Crewe Alexandra 5 January 2016 Sky Sports 5 January 2016 CF TRI Kenwyne Jones Al Jazira End of Season Cardiff City F.C. 25 January 2016 RW SCO Matthew Kennedy Port Vale End of Season BBC Sport 18 February 2016 LB WAL Declan John Chesterfield End of Season BBC Sport 10 March 2016 CM WAL Tommy O'Sullivan Newport County End of Season BBC Sport 11 March 2016 CF ITA Federico Macheda Nottingham Forest End of Season BBC Sport 14 March 2016 CB ENG Deji Oshilaja Gillingham End of Season BBC Sport Fixtures and results Pre-season 2015 07 15 y 19:30 BST Friendly Forest Green Rovers 1–1 Report Cardiff City O'Connor 72 Mason 55 The New Lawn Nailsworth 1,125 D 2015 07 18 y 19:30 BST Friendly Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Report Cardiff City Akpa Akpro 8 pen.Collins 86 Mason 26Pilkington 55 New Meadow Shrewsbury D 2015 07 18 y 15:00 BST Friendly Carmarthen Town 0–1 Report Cardiff City XI Rees 11 Richmond Park Carmarthen Richard Harrington W 2015 07 21 y 19:00 BST Friendly Ironi Kiryat Shmona 0–2 Report Cardiff City Manga 18Pilkington 82 Sportpark Puttereng Putten, Netherlands W 2015 07 24 y 17:00 BST Friendly Sparta Rotterdam 0–1 Report Cardiff City 69 Pilkington Unknown W 2015 07 28 y 19:45 BST Friendly Cardiff City 2–1 Report Watford Mason 19 80 Deeney 30 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff W 2015 07 31 y 19:45 BST Friendly Bournemouth 2–3 Report Cardiff City Rantie 27Pugh 70 Ralls 39Revell 44 65 Dean Court Bournemouth W Football League Championship 2015 08 08 y 12:00 BST 1 Cardiff City 1–1 BBC Report Fulham Noone 86 47 Smith Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,429 Darren Bond D 2015 8 15 y 17:15 BST 2 Queen's Park Rangers 2–2 BBC report D Cardiff City Hill 33 Austin 56 63 Morrison90 Malone Loftus Road London 14,927 Simon Hooper Televised Live on Sky 2015 8 18 y 19:45 BST 3 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 BBC Report D Cardiff City Hanley 88 5 Mason Ewood Park Blackburn 12,025 Scott Duncan (Northumberland) 2015 8 22 y 17:15 BST 4 Cardiff City 2–0 BBC Report W Wolverhampton Wanderers Jones 44 Ameobi 60 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 14,820 Andy Davies Televised Live on Sky 2015 8 29 y 15:00 BST 5 Nottingham Forest 1–2 BBC Sport W Cardiff City Antonio 86 23 Jones49 Mason The City Ground Nottingham 18,762 Oliver Langford 2015 9 12 y 15:00 BST 6 Cardiff City 2–0 BBC Report W Huddersfield Pilkington 69 Mason 77 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 13,715 Paul Tierney (Lancashire) 2015 9 15 y 19:45 BST 7 Cardiff City 0–2 Report L Hull City 8 Diamé80 Hernández Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 13,763 Chris Sarginson (Staffordshire) 2015 9 19 y 15:00 BST 8 Rotherham United 2–1 Report L Cardiff City Odjidja-Ofoe 43 pen.Connolly 90+3 og 0 42 Marhsall45+4 pen. Whittingham New York Stadium Rotherham 8,935 Keith Hill (Hertfordshire) 2015 9 26 y 15:00 BST 9 Cardiff City 2–1 BBC Report W Charlton Athletic Mason 53Morrison 76 49 Ahearne-Grant Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 13,980 Andy Madley 2015 10 3 y 15:00 BST 10 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 BBC Report D Cardiff City Stephens 38 5 Mason Falmer Stadium Brighton 26,399 Charles Breakspear (Surrey) 2015 10 17 y 15:00 BST 11 Preston North End 0–0 BBC Report D Cardiff City Deepdale Preston 11,125 Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire) 2015 10 20 y 19:45 BST 12 Cardiff City 1–0 Report W Middlesbrough Friend 86 og Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 13,371 Dean Whitestone (Northampton) 2015 10 26 y 19:45 GMT 13 Cardiff City 0–0 BBC Report D Bristol City Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,287 Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire) Televised Live on Sky 2015 10 31 y 15:00 GMT 14 Ipswich 0–0 BBC Report D Cardiff City Portman Road Ipswich 17,169 David Coote (Nottinghamshire) 2015 11 3 y 19:45 GMT 15 Leeds United 1–0 BBC Report L Cardiff City Mowatt 63 Elland Road Leeds 17,914 Carl Boyeson 2015 11 7 y 15:00 GMT 16 Cardiff City 2–0 BBC Report W Reading Jones 44Connolly 53 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,414 Keith Stroud (Hampshire) 2015 11 21 y 15:00 GMT 17 Derby County 2–0 BBC Report L Cardiff City Thorne 55Weimann 76 Pride Park Stadium Derby 29,526 Eddie Ilderton 2015 11 28 y 15:00 GMT 18 Cardiff City 2–2 BBC Report D Burnley Gunnarsson 41Morrison 64 85 Hennings90 og Connolly Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,133 Darren Drysdale 2015 12 5 y 15:00 GMT 19 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 BBC Report W Cardiff City Madine 17Casado 41 90+1Dervite 71 13 Watt53 Malone80 Pilkington Macron Stadium Bolton 13,241 Tony Harrington 2015 12 12 y 15:00 GMT 20 Cardiff City 2–2 BBC Report D Sheffield Wednesday Noone 21 penPilkington 34 61 Forestieri61 Bannan Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 14,256 Charles Breakspear 2015 12 15 y 19:45 GMT 21 Cardiff City 3–2 Report W Brentford Watt 20Jones 34 90+3 69 Bidwell86 Swift Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 12,729 Simon Hooper 2015 12 18 y 19:45 GMT 22 Birmingham City 1–0 BBC Report L Cardiff City Caddis 45 pen St Andrew's Birmingham 14,414 David Coote (Note Coote was a late replacement for Keith Stroud) Televised Live on Sky 2015 12 26 y 15:00 GMT 23 Milton Keynes Dons 2–1 Report L Cardiff City Maynard 49Murphy 90 Noone 81 Stadium MK Milton Keynes Iain Williamson 12,510 2015 12 29 y 19:45 GMT 24 Cardiff City 1–1 Report D Nottingham Forest Gunnarsson 13 Burke 9 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,461 Tim Robinson 2016 1 2 y 15:00 GMT 25 Cardiff City 1–0 BBC Report W Blackburn Rovers Mason 58 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 14,385 Andy Woolmer 2016 1 13 y 19:45 GMT 26 Hull City 2–0 Report L Cardiff City Hernández 40 penClucas 51 KC Stadium Hull 15,549 Scott Duncan 2016 1 16 y 15:00 GMT 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 BBC Report W Cardiff City Zyro 40 28 36 Noone48 Ralls Molineux Stadium Wolverhampton 24,238 Dean Whitestone 2016 1 23 y 15:00 GMT 28 Cardiff City 2–2 BBC Report D Rotherham United Pilkington 25 60Peltier 73 83 Newell 44Pilkington 49 og Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 14,885 Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire) 2016 1 30 y 15:00 GMT 29 Huddersfield 2–3 BBC Report W Cardiff City Wells 40Bunn 90+2 Whittingham 37 79Immers 61 John Smith's Stadium Huddersfield 11,002 David Webb (County Durham) 2016 2 6 y 15:00 GMT 30 Cardiff City 0–0 BBC Report D Milton Keynes Dons Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 13,833 Kevin Johnson 2016 2 13 y 15:00 GMT 31 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Report D Cardiff City 2 90+6 Ameobi The Valley London 16,755 Iain Williamson 2016 2 20 y 12:30 GMT 32 Cardiff City 4–1 BBC Report W Brighton & Hove Albion Whittingham 16 66 penPilkington 19Immers 30 Stephens 55 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 14,143 Darren Bond (Lancashire) Televised Live on Sky 2016 2 23 y 19:45 GMT 33 Middlesbrough 3–1 Report L Cardiff City Connolly 25 ogRamírez 63Nugent 83 20 Fábio The Riverside Middlesbrough 24,322 Trevor Kettle 2016 2 27 y 15:00 GMT 34 Cardiff City 2–1 Report W Preston North End Pilkington 44 pen 80 pen 87 Robinson Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,566 Brendan Malone 2016 3 5 y 12:00 GMT 35 Bristol City 0–2 Report W Cardiff Immers 21O'Keefe 83 Ashton Gate Bristol 15,758 Graham Scott (Oxfordshire) 2016 3 8 y 19:45 GMT 36 Cardiff City 0–2 Report L Leeds United Fábio 2 64 Doukara 37Antenucci 90+4 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,273 Darren Deadman 2016 3 12 y 15:00 GMT 37 Cardiff City 1–0 Report W Ipswich Town Ecuele 18 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 15,175 Andy Madley (West Yorkshire) 2016 3 19 y 15:00 GMT 38 Reading 1–1 Report D Cardiff City McCleary 37John 45 Connolly 63Immers 65Pilkington 83 Madjeski Stadium Reading 17,407 Darren Drysdale 2016 4 2 y 15:00 BST 39 Cardiff City 2–1 BBC Report W Derby County Ecuele 37O'Keefe 68 49 Martin Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 28,680 Chris Kavanagh (Manchester) 2016 4 5 y 19:45 BST 40 Burnley 0–0 BBC Report D Cardiff City Turf Moor Burnley 15,740 Geoff Eltringham (Tyne and Wear) 2016 4 9 y 15:00 BST 41 Fulham 2–1 BBC Sport L Cardiff City Parker 46Hyndman 90+3 41 Immers Craven Cottage London 17,149 Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire) 2016 4 16 y 15:00 BST 42 Cardiff City 0–0 BBC Sport D Queen's Park Rangers Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 27,874 Steve Martin (Staffordshire) 2016 4 19 y 19:45 BST 43 Brentford 2–1 BBC Report L Cardiff City Hogan 83 86 89 Zohore Griffin Park London 8,363 Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire) 2016 4 23 y 15:00 BST 44 Cardiff City 2–1 Report W Bolton Wanderers Zohore 55Whittingham 90+4 pen 7 Clough0 32 Maher Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 24,189 Lee Collins 2016 4 30 y 15:00 BST 45 Sheffield Wed 3–0 Report L Cardiff City Hooper 64 90+4Peltier Hillsborough Sheffield 31,843 Paul Tierney (Lancashire) 2016 5 7 y 12:30 BST 46 Cardiff City 1–1 Report D Birmingham Connolly 19Pilkington 26Lawrence 31Whittingham 51Turner 60 Cotterill 11Spector 31Kieftenbeld 35 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 21,022 Peter Bankes (Merseyside) FA Cup 2015–16 FA Cup 2016 01 10 y 18:00 GMT Third Round Cardiff City 0–1 Report Shrewsbury Town 62 Mangan Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 4,782 Peter Bankes L Televised Live on S4C League Cup 2015–16 Football League Cup 2015 08 11 y 19:45 BST First round Cardiff City 1–0 BBC Report AFC Wimbledon Noone 45 Cardiff City Stadium Cardiff 6,314 Brendan Malone W 2015 08 25 y 19:45 BST Second round MK Dons 2–1 yes BBC report Cardiff City Baker 78 Murphy 108 Revell 53 Stadium MK Milton Keynes 5,617 Tim Robinson L Development Team 45 MF WAL Theo Wharton – DF FRA Jordan Blaise – MF WAL MacAuley Southam – MF WAL Robbie Patten – DF WAL Tom James – MF WAL Tommy O'Sullivan on loan to Newport County – FW ENG Rhys Healey on loan to Dundee United – DF ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb – DF WAL Curtis Watkins – DF DRC David Tutonda – MF WAL Tyler Roche — DF WAL Ashley Baker — MF WAL Tom Burridge — FW WAL Abdi Noor — DF WAL Dylan Rees — MF WAL Jamie Veale — FW WAL Dane Griffiths – GK WAL Luke O'Reilly — FW WAL Eli Phipps – DF BEL Marco Weymans Overall summary Summary Games played 46 (35 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Games won 16 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Games drawn 17 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Games lost 14 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Goals scored 57 (55 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Goals conceded 53 (50 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Goal difference +4Clean sheets 16 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)Yellow cards 81 (79 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)Red cards 4 (4 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)Worst discipline Fábio & Lee Peltier (9 , 1 0)Best result W 4–1 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (20 February)Worst result L 2–0 vs Hull City (16 September)L 2–0 vs Derby County (21 November) L 2–0 vs Leeds United (8 March)Most appearances Matthew Connolly (45)Top scorer Anthony Pilkington (9)Points 68 Score overview OppositionHome scoreAway scoreDoubleBirmingham City1–10–1Blackburn Rovers1–01–1Bolton Wanderers2–13–2Brentford3–21–2Brighton & Hove Albion4–11–1Bristol City0–02–0Burnley2–20–0Charlton Athletic2–10–0Derby County2–10–2Fulham1–11–2Huddersfield Town2–03–2Hull City0–20–2Ipswich Town1–00–0Leeds United0–20–1Middlesbrough1–01–3Milton Keynes Dons0–01–2Nottingham Forest1–12–1Preston North End2–10–0Queens Park Rangers0–02–2Reading2–01–1Rotherham United2–21–2Sheffield Wednesday2–20–3Wolverhampton Wanderers2–03–1 Club staff Cardiff City F.C. personnel Backroom staff PositionNameFirst-team manager ENG Russell SladeAssistant manager WAL Scott YoungHead coach WAL Paul TrollopeGoalkeeper coach WAL Martyn MargetsonFirst-team coach WAL James RowberryHead of Medical WAL Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPCFirst-team physiotherapist ENG Adam Rattenberry MCSP SRPHead of Fitness & Condition ENG Lee SouthernwoodStrength & Conditioning Coach WAL Mike BeereClub doctor WAL Dr. Len NokesPerformance & Recruitment Analyst ENG Graham YoungerOpposition Analyst ENG Martin Hodge Kit & equipment manager ENG Ian Lenning Board of directors PositionNameChairmanCyprus Mehmet DalmanGeneral ManagerMalaysia Ken ChooFinance DirectorWAL Richard ThompsonNon-ExecutiveBoard MembersFootball Club https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/cardiff-city-football-club Football Club Directors 25 August 2015WAL Steve BorleyMalaysia Derek Chee Seng ChinCYP Mehmet DalmanENG Michael FiliouMalaysia Meng Kwong LimWAL Michael IsaacMalaysia Vincent Lye Ek SeangNon-ExecutiveBoard MembersCardiff City (Holdings)https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/cardiff-city-football-club-%28holdings%29 Holding Company Directors 25 August 2015Malaysia Danni RaisClub Secretaryhttps://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-appoint-new-club-9927533 New Club Secretary 25 August 2015ENG David Beeby References Category:Cardiff City F.C. seasons Cardiff City Cardiff