2015–16 Leeds United F.C. season

Leeds United
2015–16 season
Chairman	Massimo Cellino
Head coach	Uwe Rösler; (until 19 October); Steve Evans; (from 19 October)
Stadium	Elland Road
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Chris Wood (13); All: ; Chris Wood (13)
Highest home attendance	29,311 vs Huddersfield Town ; (19 March 2016, Championship)
Lowest home attendance	16,039 vs Rotherham United ; (9 January 2016, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	21,667
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was Leeds United's sixth consecutive season in the Championship.^[2]

Season summary

With Neil Redfearn having been sacked as manager in the summer, owner Massimo Cellino turned to Uwe Rösler, who had experienced some success with Brentford, but had been sacked as manager of then-Championship rivals Wigan Athletic in the middle of an ultimately unsuccessful relegation struggle the previous season. The summer also saw few signings of note being made, and a host of departures, including Billy Sharp, who had heavily underwhelmed by scoring just five goals in the previous season, and dropped down a division to return to former club Sheffield United.

As had become increasingly typical in recent years, Rösler had precious little time in charge of Leeds, and was sacked after winning just two of his first ten league matches (albeit five of them had ended in draws). He was replaced by Steve Evans, who had recently been sacked by Yorkshire rivals Rotherham United, and while the club's form initially remained unimpressive, results did eventually pick up. However, Leeds were too inconsistent to produce anything better than a season of mid-table mediocrity, with the only saving grace being that even this was better than most of their recent seasons. Among the few positives of the campaign were the form of newly-recruited New Zealander Chris Wood, who would prove Leeds' top scorer this year. Additionally, the relative lack of new signings and an injury crisis forced Evans to fall back on several youngsters, including Kalvin Phillips, who would become key figures in the side in the years ahead. Evans would not last long enough to see the fruits of this, however, as for the third season in succession, Leeds sacked their manager after the season ended.

Events

This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2014–15 season, presented in chronological order, starting on 2 May 2015 and ending on the final day of the club's final match in the 2015–16 season. This list does not include transfers or new contracts, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.

May

7 May: Massimo Cellino has been granted Football League permission to return to the club's board, taking up the role as Leeds United chairman with immediate effect after passing the League's Owners and Directors Test.^[3]
11 May: Adam Pearson returns to the club as executive director, to assist Massimo Cellino.^[4]
12 May: The Financial Fair Play transfer embargo imposed upon the club in December is lifted for the 2015 summer transfer window, with no club now under no restrictions in relation to buying or selling players.^[5]
20 May: Uwe Rösler is named as the club's new head coach on a two-year deal.^[6]

June

3 June: Rob Kelly is named assistant head coach, penning a two-year deal.^[7]
9 June: Richard Hartis becomes the club's new goalkeeping coach. As a result of this move, Neil Sullivan returned to his previous role the Academy, coaching the Under-21s and U18s.^[8]
15 June: Martyn Glover joins the club from West Ham United as the new head of recruitment. The club also confirmed that Stuart Hayton had joined the previous week from Liverpool as the new club secretary.^[9]
16 June: The club announce a five-year deal with Italian sportswear giants Kappa to become the club's new kit provider from the 2015/16 season onwards.^[10]
24 June: The club reach a mutual agreement with Nicola Salerno for him to depart from his role as Sporting Director.^[11]

July

2 July: Julian Darby joins the backroom staff as a first-team coach.^[12]
13 July: Leeds re-purchase the catering and beverage rights for Elland Road and the Centenary Pavilion, ending a period where it had been outsourced after being sold in June 2012.^[13]
13 July: Global Autocare are announced as the club's official South Stand Sponsor and Vehicle Partner for the next three years in a record-breaking partnership.^[14]
16 July: Neil Redfearn resigns from academy position, claiming the club made his position "untenable".^[15]

August

4 August: Sol Bamba is named as the club's captain for the 2015/16 season.^[16]
21 August: The club announce a partnership with bookmakers CORAL, who will become the club's official betting and gaming partner, as well as sponsoring the North East Corner Stand of Elland Road.^[17]

September

4 September: Paul Hart returns as the club's new Head of Academy.^[18]
15 September: Adam Pearson departs from his role as executive director.^[19]

October

19 October: Uwe Rösler and the club part ways, with Rösler departing from his position as head coach.^[1] Assistant manager Rob Kelly and first-team coach Julian Darby have been placed on gardening leave.^[20]
Steve Evans is appointed as head coach, on a rolling contract until 30 June 2016, with Paul Raynor joining as assistant coach.^[21]

First-team squad

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Marco Silvestri	25	2014	92	0	2018	£450,000
3	DF	Sol Bamba	31	2015 (Winter)	52	5	2017	£1,000,000	Club Captain
4	DF	Scott Wootton	24	2013	73	1	2017	£1,000,000
5	DF	Giuseppe Bellusci	26	2014	60	2	2018	£1,600,000
6	DF	Liam Cooper	24	2014	72	2	2017	£600,000
7	FW	Mirco Antenucci	31	2014	80	19	2016	£440,000
8	MF	Luke Murphy	26	2013	110	7	2019	£1,000,000
9	FW	Chris Wood	24	2015	37	13	2019	£3,000,000
10	MF	Alex Mowatt	21	2013	105	12	2017	Youth system
11	FW	Souleymane Doukara	24	2014	54	12	2017	£1,500,000
14	MF	Tommaso Bianchi	27	2014	26	0	2018	£500,000	On loan to Ascoli
15	MF	Stuart Dallas	25	2015	49	5	2018	£1,300,000
16	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	28	2016 (Winter)	19	3	2018	£600,000
18	MF	Mustapha Carayol	27	2016 (Winter)	14	2	2016	Loan	On loan from Middlesbrough
19	FW	Lee Erwin	22	2015	12	0	2018	Free
20	FW	Jordan Botaka	22	2015	14	0	2017	£1,000,000
21	DF	Charlie Taylor	22	2011	72	3	2017	Youth system
22	GK	Ross Turnbull	31	2015	1	0	2017	Free
23	MF	Lewis Cook	19	2014	85	2	2017	Youth system
24	MF	Tom Adeyemi	24	2015	24	2	2016	Loan	On loan from Cardiff City
26	MF	Liam Bridcutt	26	2015	27	0	2016	Loan	On loan from Sunderland
27	MF	Kalvin Phillips	20	2014	12	1	2017	Youth system
28	DF	Gaetano Berardi	27	2014	53	0	2018	£250,000
29	MF	Casper Sloth	24	2014	14	0	2017	£600,000
31	DF	Lewie Coyle	20	2014	13	0	2017	Youth system
37	MF	Ronaldo Vieira	17	2016	1	0	2018	Youth system
41	GK	Eric Grimes	21	2013	0	0	2016	Youth system
45	GK	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	19	2015	1	0	2016	Youth system

Last updated: 7 May 2016
Source: Wikipedia players' articles, Leeds United, Sky Sports
Ordered by Squad Number.

Appearances (starts and substitute appearances) and goals include those in the Championship (and playoffs), League One (and playoffs), FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
30	GK	Charlie Horton	20	EU	Cardiff City	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	^[22]
19	FW	Lee Erwin	21	EU	Motherwell	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	^[23]
3	DF	Sol Bamba	30	EU	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	2017	£1,000,000	^[24]
9	FW	Chris Wood	23	Non-EU	Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	2019	£3,000,000	^[25]^[26]
22	GK	Ross Turnbull	30	EU	Barnsley	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	^[27]
15	MF	Stuart Dallas	24	EU	Brentford	Transfer	Summer	2018	£1,300,000	^[28]
20	FW	Jordan Botaka	22	EU	Excelsior	Transfer	Summer	2017	£1,000,000	^[29]
	FW	Jack McKay	19	EU	Doncaster Rovers	Transfer	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	^[30]
	DF	Paul McKay	19	EU	Doncaster Rovers	Transfer	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	^[30]
16	MF	Toumani Diagouraga	28	EU	Brentford	Transfer	Winter	2018	£600,000	^[31]

Loans in

No.	P	Name	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
24	MF	Tom Adeyemi	24	Cardiff City	14 July	31 May	^[32]
25	MF	Will Buckley	26	Sunderland	2 Oct	26 Nov	^[33]^[34]	^[35]
26	MF	Liam Bridcutt	27	Sunderland	26 Nov	31 May	^[36]^[37]
18	MF	Mustapha Carayol	27	Middlesbrough	8 Jan	31 May	^[38]

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Loans out

No.	P	Name	Age	Loan club	Started	Ended	Start source	End source
19	FW	Lee Erwin	21	Bury	9 Oct	5 Nov	^[39]	^[40]
	DF	Ross Killock	21	Stockport County	6 Nov	6 Jan	^[41]
	FW	Robbie McDaid	19	Lincoln City	6 Jan	31 May	^[42]
14	MF	Tommaso Bianchi	27	Ascoli	28 Jan	31 May	^[43]

Sources: For loan start source see "Start source". For loan end source see "End source".
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; No. = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); In/Out = In: The player came in on loan, Out: The player went out on loan; Loan club = the club that the player moved on loan to or the club that the player came from on loan; Started = the date when the player's loan started; Ended = the date when the player's loan ended.

Transfers out

N	P	Name	Age	Type	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Apps	Goals	Source
	GK	Daniel Atkinson	19	Released	Guiseley	Summer	Free	0	0	^[44]^[45]
	DF	Isaac Assenso	18	Released	Scunthorpe United	Summer	Free	0	0	^[44]^[46]
4	MF	Rodolph Austin	30	Released	Brøndby	Summer	Free	112	10	^[44]^[47]
	DF	Luke Booker	19	Released	Sheffield Wednesday	Summer	Free	0	0	^[44]
	DF	Afolabi Coker	19	Released	Norwich City	Summer	Free	0	0	^[44]^[48]
30	GK	Alex Cairns	22	Released	Chesterfield	Summer	Free	1	0	^[44]^[49]
13	GK	Stuart Taylor	34	Released		Summer	Free	5	0	^[44]
22	MF	Zac Thompson	22	Released	Guiseley	Summer	Free	12	0	^[44]^[45]
18	MF	Michael Tonge	32	Released	Stevenage	Summer	Free	76	5	^[44]^[50]
11	MF	Aidan White	23	Released	Rotherham United	Summer	Free	111	2	^[44]^[51]
8	FW	Billy Sharp	29	Transfer	Sheffield United	Summer	£500,000	35	5	^[52]
20	FW	Steve Morison	31	Transfer	Millwall	Summer	Free	42	5	^[53]
	FW	Nicky Ajose	23	Contract termination	Swindon Town	Summer	Free	4	0	^[54]^[55]
30	GK	Charlie Horton	21	Contract termination	D.C. United		Free	0	0	^[56]^[57]
2	DF	Sam Byram	22	Transfer	West Ham United	Winter	£3,700,000	143	10	^[58]
	MF	Chris Dawson	21	Contract termination	Rotherham United	Winter	Free	4	0	^[59]^[60]
	FW	Luke Parkin	20	Contract termination			Free	0	0	^[61]

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

New contracts

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Source
23	MF	Lewis Cook	27	Signed	2 years	June 2017	^[62]
	DF	Lewie Coyle	29	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[63]
	DF	Tyler Denton	29	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[64]
	GK	Eric Grimes	29	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[65]
39	FW	Luke Parkin	29	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[66]
40	MF	Kalvin Phillips	28	Signed	2 years	June 2017	^[44]^[67]
36	MF	Alex Purver	28	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[68]
	DF	Jake Skelton	28	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[69]
28	FW	Lewis Walters	29	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[70]
	MF	Tom Lyman	27	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[71]
	FW	Frank Mulhern	27	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[71]
	GK	Bailey Peacock-Farrell	27	Signed	1 year	June 2016	^[44]^[71]
8	MF	Luke Murphy	34	Signed	4 years	June 2019	^[72]
28	DF	Gaetano Berardi	36	Signed	3 years	June 2018	^[73]
31	DF	Lewie Coyle	29	Signed	2 years	June 2017	^[74]
2	DF	Sam Byram	31	Rejected	2 years	June 2017	^[75]^[76]
37	MF	Ronaldo Vieira	26	Signed	2 years	June 2018	^[77]
11	FW	Souleymane Doukara	32	Signed	3 years	June 2018	^[78]

Pre-season

Leeds United confirmed pre-season fixtures against Athletic Bilbao and Hoffenheim,^[79] the game originally scheduled against Athletic Bilbao was changed to Eintracht Frankfurt due to the Spanish side's commitments in the Europa League qualifiers.^[80]

Leeds United later confirmed games against Harrogate Town, York City^[81] and Everton.^[82]

10 July 2015	Harrogate Town	1–1	Leeds United	Harrogate
19:30 BST	Nyoni 32'	Report	Morison 49'	Stadium: CNG Stadium Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Jason Whiteley

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15)	Tadcaster Albion	0–3	Leeds United XI	Tadcaster
19:00 BST		Report	Antenucci 5' Sharp 47' Doukara ?'	Stadium: i2i Stadium Attendance: 1,011

15 July 2015	York City	1–1	Leeds United	York
19:10 BST	McCoy 81'	Report	Byram 35'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 4,348

21 July 2015	Leeds United	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Eugendorf, Austria
17:15 BST	Morison 27'	Report	Flum 59' Reinartz 74'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Eugendorf Referee: Wolfram Aufschnaiter

25 July 2015	Leeds United	1–2	Hoffenheim	Lillestrøm, Norway
15:00 BST	Adeyemi 25' Phillips 45' Bamba 62' Cooper 71'	Report	Uth 2' Zuber 67' Schär 38' Rudy 90'	Stadium: Åråsen Stadion Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Trond Ivar Døvle

1 August 2015	Leeds United	2–0	Everton	Leeds
15:00 BST	Mowatt 57' Wood 80' Byram 44'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,057 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 November 2015	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Leeds United	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT		Report	Erwin 30' Byram 51'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Competitions

Overall summary

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
2015–16 Championship	—	—	13th	8 August 2015	7 May 2016
League Cup	First round	—	First round	13 August 2015	13 August 2015
FA Cup	Third round	—	Fifth round	9 January 2016	20 February 2016

Updated to match played 7 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Preston North End	46	15	17	14	45	45	0	62
12	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	18	14	54	54	0	60
13	Leeds United	46	14	17	15	50	58	−8	59
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	16	16	53	58	−5	58
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	16	17	46	46	0	55

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	17	15	50	57	−7	59	7	8	8	23	28	−5	7	9	7	27	29	−2

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: The Football League

Results by matchday

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D
Position	13	16	15	15	10	11	14	10	14	16	18	18	17	18	17	14	16	17	17	18	14	13	12	12	13	15	17	16	14	16	16	17	17	16	15	12	13	14	15	15	15	12	11	12	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 17 June, the Championship fixtures were announced.^[83]

8 August 2015 1	Leeds United	1–1	Burnley	Leeds
12:30 BST	Antenucci 83' Sol Bamba 10'	Report	Vokes 86' Arfield 56' Kightly 81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 27,672 Referee: Kevin Friend

16 August 2015 2	Reading	0–0	Leeds United	Reading
15:00 BST	Norwood 82'	Report	Bamba 2' Murphy 75' Adeyemi 90+2'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 21,581 (4,131 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

19 August 2015 3	Bristol City	2–2	Leeds United	Bristol
19:45 BST	Agard 89' Flint 90+5' Fredericks 3' Hamer 38'	Report	Antenucci 39' (pen.) Wood 52' 90+2' Adeyemi 36' Bamba 53' Byram 70' Wootton 90'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 14,712 (1,307 away) Referee: Andy Davies

22 August 2015 4	Leeds United	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Leeds
12:30 BST	Wood 61' Phillips 61' Berardi 22'	Report	Matias 37' Lees 43' Sougou 52' Hutchinson 73' Hélan 81'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,597 Referee: Mike Jones

29 August 2015 5	Derby County	1–2	Leeds United	Derby
12:05 BST	Martin 48' Hendrick 72'	Report	Adeyemi 43' Wood 88'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,386 (2,335 away) Referee: Darren Bond

12 September 2015 6	Leeds United	1–1	Brentford	Leeds
15:00 BST	Antenucci 76' 77' Dallas 45+2'	Report	Djuricin 29' Colin 5' Diagouraga 82' Judge 85'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,126 Referee: Nigel Miller

15 September 2015 7	Leeds United	0–1	Ipswich Town	Leeds
19:45 BST	Bamba 7' Cook 71' Byram 85'	Report	Smith 32' Parr 77'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,312 Referee: James Adcock

19 September 2015 8	Milton Keynes Dons	1–2	Leeds United	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Church 74' Lewington 75' Carruthers 78'	[1]	Wood 31' (pen) Taylor 43' Cooper 45+1' Wootton 90+1'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 19,284 (6,297 away) Referee: David Webb

27 September 2015 9	Middlesbrough	3–0	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
13:15 BST	Nugent 3' Bellusci 32' (o.g.) Fabbrini 81' Stuani 31' Fabbrini 73' Ayala 78'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,694 (2,652 away) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

3 October 2015 10	Leeds United	0–2	Birmingham City	Leeds
15:00 BST	Cooper 19' Cook 65' Antenucci 90+4'	Report	Gray 31' Maghoma 90' Davis 62'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,601 (898 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

17 October 2015 11	Leeds United	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leeds
15:00 BST	Cooper 22'	Report	March 14' Zamora 89' Bruno 80' Bong 90+3'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,736 Referee: Darren Deadman

21 October 2015 12	Fulham	1–1	Leeds United	Fulham
19:45 BST	Dembélé 23' 40' O'Hara 45' Burn 90+2' Garbutt 90+3'	Report	Wood 64' (pen.) Cook 90+3'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 19,969 (3,789 away) Referee: Keith Hill

24 October 2015 13	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Leeds United	Horwich
15:00 BST	Ameobi 32' Gouano 71'	Report	Antenucci 71' (pen.) Byram 38'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 18,178 (4,419 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

29 October 2015 14	Leeds United	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Bamba 38'	Report	Conway 1' 90+4' Rhodes 6' Evans 90+2'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,666 Referee: Tim Robinson

3 November 2015 15	Leeds United	1–0	Cardiff City	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Mowatt 63' Bellusci 67'	Report	Whittingham 20'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,914 Referee: Carl Boyeson

7 November 2015 16	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Leeds United	Huddersfield
12:30 GMT	Cranie 25'	Report	Antenucci 45+4' 45+4' Wood 45+5' Mowatt 54' Wootton 22'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 17,118 (3,831 away) Referee: Graham Scott

21 November 2015 17	Leeds United	0–1	Rotherham United	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Antenucci 31' Murphy 63' Berardi 74' Bellusci 84'	Report	Joe Newell 54' 79' Mattock 22' Kirk Broadfoot 56' Best 73' D.Ward 84'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,802 Referee: Keith Stroud

28 November 2015 18	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Leeds United	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Austin 58'	Report	Bridcutt 7' Wootton 36' Cook 83'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,031 (3,220 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

5 December 2015 19	Leeds United	2–1	Hull City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Wood 30' Adeyemi 45' 90+2' Cook 54' Silvestri 90+2'	Report	Elmohamady 51'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,962 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

12 December 2015 20	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Leeds United	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Cousins 48' Ghoochannejhad 52' Ba 90+1'	Report	Wootton 2' Mowatt 56' Bridcutt 62' Bellusci 72' Cook 90+1'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,867 (3,129 away) Referee: Andy Davies

17 December 2015 21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Leeds United	Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT	Afobe 10' Byrne 81'	Report	Byram 44', 60' Dallas 51' Bellusci 56'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 19,592 (1,693 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

20 December 2015 22	Leeds United	1–0	Preston North End	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Browne 46' (o.g.) Byram 77'	Report	Pickford 31' Gallagher 62' Cunningham 65' Clarke 78' Reach 80' Kilkenny 88'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,641 Referee: Gavin Ward

27 December 2015 23	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Leeds United	Nottingham
16:30 GMT	Oliveira 17' Mendes 57' Lansbury 71' Osborn 81'	Report	Byram 15', 80' Bellusci 71'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,551 (1,890 away) Referee: James Linington

29 December 2015 24	Leeds United	2–2	Derby County	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Bamba 42' Wood 71' Byram 28' Bridcutt 30' Murphy 33'	Report	Hendrick 13' 42' Ince 78' Christie 57'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 23,027 Referee: Mark Heywood

2 January 2016 25	Leeds United	1–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Antony Kay 87' (o.g.) Bamba 28' Byram 60'	Report	Hall 30' 63' Murphy 24' Carruthers 44' McFadzean 55' Kay 89'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,356 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

12 January 2016 26	Ipswich Town	2–1	Leeds United	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Chambers 50' 81' Pitman 90+2' Douglas 58'	Report	Doukara 1' Phillips 83'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,146 (1,259 away) Referee: Fred Graham

16 January 2016 27	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Leeds United	Sheffield
12:30 GMT	Hooper 47', 50' Hutchinson 34' Pudil 74'	Report	Bellusci 37' Cook 55'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 23,909 (4,401 away) Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 January 2016 28	Leeds United	1–0	Bristol City	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Doukara 59' Taylor 17' Bellusci 41' Antenucci 90' Adeyemi 90+4'	Report	Baker 23' Kodjia 26'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,441 Referee: Charles Breakspear

26 January 2016 29	Brentford	1–1	Leeds United	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Saunders 27' Djuricin 81'	Report	Carayol 84' 79' Cooper 34' Bellusci 79' Bridcutt 79'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,051 (1,632 away) Referee: Iain Williamson

6 February 2016 30	Leeds United	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Bridcutt 87'	Report	Oliveira 60'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 24,079 Referee: Scott Duncan

15 February 2016 31	Leeds United	0–0	Middlesbrough	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Diagouraga 41' Bellusci 82'	Report	Clayton 25' Gibson 89'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,424 Referee: Craig Pawson

23 February 2016 32	Leeds United	1–1	Fulham	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Cook 38' 90+3' Bamba 68'	Report	Cairney 17' Amorebieta 90+4' Fredericks 84'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,103 Referee: Kevin Wright

29 February 2016 33	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Leeds United	Brighton and Hove
19:45 GMT	Hemed 18', 28' (pen.) Cooper 22' (o.g.) Dunk 38' Rosenior 7' Baldock 34' Goldson 60'	Report	Mowatt 33' Coyle 57' Cooper 68' Taylor 90+3'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 25,150 (1,522 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

5 March 2016 34	Leeds United	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Antenucci 39', 62' Berardi 30'	Report	Woolery 74'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 21,070 Referee: Tony Harrington

8 March 2016 35	Cardiff City	0–2	Leeds United	Cardiff, Wales
19:45 GMT	Connolly 10' Fábio 64'	Report	Doukara 37' Antenucci 90+4' Bridcutt 56' Mowatt 62' Berardi 65' Dallas 90+1'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,273 (1,268 away) Referee: Darren Deadman

12 March 2016 36	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Leeds United	Blackburn
12:30 GMT	Jackson 89' Hanley 80'	Report	Bamba 34' Antenucci 69' 70' Berardi 80' Bellusci 81' Cook 90+2'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,071 (3,344 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

19 March 2016 37	Leeds United	1–4	Huddersfield Town	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Dallas 22' 22' Murphy 20' Bellusci 62' Taylor 67' Mowatt 90+1' Cook 90+3'	Report	Hudson 41' Bunn 69' Matmour 73' Wells 11' 77' Billing 16' Lolley 18'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 29,311 Referee: Graham Scott

2 April 2016 38	Rotherham United	2–1	Leeds United	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Frecklington 27' Halford 90' (pen.) Best 44' Derbyshire 61'	Report	Murphy 79' Bridcutt 57' Bellusci 68' Silvestri 89'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,418 (2,311 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

5 April 2016 39	Leeds United	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Leeds
19:45 BST	Wood 70'	Report	Chery 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,388 Referee: James Adcock

9 April 2016 40	Burnley	1–0	Leeds United	Burnley
12:30 BST	Arfield 1' Barton 58'	Report	Murphy 67'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,229 (2,188 away) Referee: Lee Mason

12 April 2016 41	Birmingham City	1–2	Leeds United	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Donaldson 53' Lafferty 89'	Report	Dallas 11', 50' Berardi 32' Bamba 90+1' Mowatt 90+4'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 16,081 (1,365 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

16 April 2016 42	Leeds United	3–2	Reading	Leeds
15:00 BST	Diagouraga 48' Wood 69', 85' Antenucci 65' Cooper 89'	Report	Hector 39' Rakels 81' Evans 35' McCleary 65' Norwood 79'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,881 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

19 April 2016 43	Leeds United	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leeds
19:45 BST	Bamba 60' Diagouraga 64'	Report	Saville 77' Iorfa 31'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,694 (478 away) Referee: David Coote

23 April 2016 44	Hull City	2–2	Leeds United	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Hernández 45+1' Huddlestone 45+3' Odubajo 65' Livermore 72' Maguire 85'	Report	Wood 15' 54' Dallas 88' Bamba 30' Cooper 79'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 20,732 (2,356 away) Referee: Iain Williamson

30 April 2016 45	Leeds United	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Leeds
15:00 BST	Bamba 71'	Report	Guðmundsson 39' Lookman 49' Diarra 17' Kashi 71'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 25,458 Referee: Keith Hill

7 May 2016 46	Preston North End	1–1	Leeds United	Preston
12:30 BST	Hugill 90+1'	Report	Wood 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,473 (5,464 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

FA Cup

Leeds United were drawn at home to Rotherham United in the third round, away to Bolton Wanderers in the fourth round and away to Watford in the fifth round.^[84]^[85]^[86]

9 January 2016 Third round	Leeds United	2–0	Rotherham United	Leeds
15:00 GMT	Carayol 45' Doukara 90'	Report	Clarke-Harris 83'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 16,039 Referee: Andy Woolmer

30 January 2016 Fourth round	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Leeds United	Horwich
15:00 GMT	Pratley 80' Vela 82'	Report	Doukara 8' Diagouraga 39' 50'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 17,336 Referee: Andre Marriner

20 February 2016 Fifth round	Watford	1–0	Leeds United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Wootton 53' (o.g.) Paredes 32' Cathcart 67'	Report	Bellusci 24' Bridcutt 52'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,336 Referee: Michael Oliver

League Cup

Leeds United were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the first round.^[87]

13 August 2015 First round	Doncaster Rovers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Leeds United	Doncaster
19:45 BST	Williams 31' (pen.)	Report	Cook 14' 37'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 8,361 Referee: Keith Hill
	Penalties
	Tyson Williams Forrester Wellens		Antenucci Murphy Byram Wood

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ITA	Marco Silvestri	48	0	45+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	CIV	Sol Bamba	33	4	28+2	4	2+1	0	0+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Scott Wootton	26	0	21+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Bellusci	31	0	25+2	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	SCO	Liam Cooper	41	1	39+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	FW	ITA	Mirco Antenucci	43	9	21+18	9	3+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Luke Murphy	38	1	25+11	1	1+0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	NZL	Chris Wood	37	13	33+3	13	0+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Alex Mowatt	36	2	22+12	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
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