# 2015–16 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Tottenham Hotspur's 24th season in the Premier League and 38th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and the Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## First-team squad

| Squad no. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (C) | GK | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 29) |
| 13 | Michel Vorm | GK | (1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 32) |
| 31 | Luke McGee U$^{21}$ | GK | (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 20) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Kyle Walker HG$^1$ | RB / RWB | (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 25) |
| 3 | Danny Rose HG$^2$ | LB / LWB | (1990-07-02)2 July 1990 (aged 25) |
| 4 | Toby Alderweireld | CB / RB | (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 27) |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen (1st VC) | CB / LB | (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 29) |
| 16 | Kieran Trippier HG$^1$ | RB / RWB | (1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 25) |
| 27 | Kevin Wimmer | CB / LB | (1992-11-15)15 November 1992 (aged 23) |
| 33 | Ben Davies HG$^1$ | LB / CB | (1993-04-24)24 April 1993 (aged 23) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | Nabil Bentaleb U$^{21}$ | CM / DM | (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 21) |
| 8 | Ryan Mason HG$^2$ | CM / AM | (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 24) |
| 11 | Erik Lamela | RW / SS | (1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 24) |
| 15 | Eric Dier U$^{21}$ | DM / CB | (1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 22) |
| 19 | Mousa Dembélé | CM / AM | (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 28) |
| 20 | Dele Alli U$^{21}$ | CM / AM | (1996-04-11)11 April 1996 (aged 20) |
| 22 | Nacer Chadli | LW / SS | (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 26) |
| 23 | Christian Eriksen | AM / CM | (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 24) |
| 25 | Josh Onomah U$^{21}$ | AM / SS | (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 19) |
| 28 | Tom Carroll HG$^2$ | CM / AM | (1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 23) |
| 29 | Harry Winks U$^{21}$ | CM / DM | (1996-02-02)2 February 1996 (aged 20) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Son Heung-min | FW / LW / RW / SS | (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 23) |
| 10 | Harry Kane (2nd VC) | FW / SS | (1993-07-28)28 July 1993 (aged 22) |
| 14 | Clinton N'Jie | FW / RW | (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 22) |
* HG$^1$ = Association-trained player
* HG$^2$ = Club-trained player
* U$^{21}$ = Under 21 players (Contract and Scholars)

## Transfers
### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 13 July 2015 | DM | Grant Ward | Rotherham United | End of season |
| 12 August 2015 | CB | Dominic Ball | Rangers | End of season |
| 12 August 2015 | LW | Nathan Oduwa | Rangers | 17 January 2016 |
| 14 August 2015 | SS | Shaq Coulthirst | Wigan Athletic | 1 November 2015 |
| 14 August 2015 | LB | Connor Ogilvie | Stevenage | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | RB | DeAndre Yedlin | Sunderland | End of season |
| 26 September 2015 | RW | Kenny McEvoy | Stevenage | 24 October 2015 |
| 20 November 2015 | GK | Harry Voss | Stevenage | 20 December 2015 |
| 25 November 2015 | RW | Kenny McEvoy | York City | 1 January 2016 |
| 26 November 2015 | CB | Christian Maghoma | Yeovil Town | 1 January 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | CB | Federico Fazio | Sevilla | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | AM | Alex Pritchard | West Brom | End of season |
| 26 February 2016 | LW | Nathan Oduwa | Colchester | 26 March 2016 |
| 4 March 2016 | FW | Ryan Loft | Braintree Town | Unknown |
* ↑ On 1 February 2016, it was announced that Ward would stay at Rotherham United until the end of the season.
* ↑ On 18 January 2016, it was announced that Oduwa's loan had been terminated on 17 January 2016.
* ↑ On 14 September 2015, it was announced that Ogilvie's loan at Stevenage was extended until 4 January 2016. On 12 January 2016, it was announced that Ogilvie would stay at Stevenage for a further month into February 2016. On 8 February 2016, it was announced that Ogilvie would stay at Stevenage for a further month into March 2016. On 7 March 2016, it was announced that Ogilvie would stay at Stevenage until the end of the season.
* ↑ Loft's loan to Braintree Town constitutes a work experience loan.

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 29 May 2015 | CB | Kevin Wimmer | 1. FC Köln | £4,300,000 |
| 19 June 2015 | RB | Kieran Trippier | Burnley | £3,500,000 |
| 8 July 2015 | CB | Toby Alderweireld | Atlético Madrid | £11,400,000 |
| 15 August 2015 | FW | Clinton N'Jie | Lyon | £8,300,000 |
| 28 August 2015 | FW | Son Heung-min | Bayer Leverkusen | £22,000,000 |
| 13 January 2016 | MF | Shilow Tracey | Ebbsfleet United | Undisclosed |
Total outgoing: £49,600,000+

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 29 June 2015 | CM | Paulinho | Guangzhou Evergrande | £9,900,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Daniel Akindayini | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Jordan Archer | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | SS | Cristian Ceballos | Charlton Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Brad Friedel | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Bongani Khumalo | SuperSport United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Aaron McEneff | Derry City | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Alexander McQueen | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Jonathan Miles | Ebbsfleet United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | AM | Lloyd Ross | Franklin Pierce Ravens | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Lewis Holtby | Hamburger SV | £4,600,000 |
| 6 July 2015 | DM | Étienne Capoue | Watford | £6,300,000 |
| 8 July 2015 | LW | Tomislav Gomelt | Bari | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2015 | CB | Younès Kaboul | Sunderland | £3,000,000 |
| 20 July 2015 | DM | Benjamin Stambouli | Paris Saint-Germain | £6,000,000 |
| 30 July 2015 | CB | Vlad Chiricheș | Napoli | £4,500,000 |
| 6 August 2015 | RB | Ryan Fredericks | Bristol City | £200,000 |
| 7 August 2015 | CB | Grant Hall | Queens Park Rangers | £100,000 |
| 14 August 2015 | CF | Roberto Soldado | Villarreal | £10,000,000 |
| 31 August 2015 | RW | Ismail Azzaoui | VfL Wolfsburg | £500,000 |
| 1 September 2015 | RM | Aaron Lennon | Everton | £4,500,000 |
| 13 September 2015 | CF | Emmanuel Adebayor | Crystal Palace | Free transfer |
| 5 January 2016 | LW | Kenny McEvoy | York City | Free transfer |
| 22 January 2016 | CF | Shaq Coulthirst | Peterborough United | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2016 | RW | Andros Townsend | Newcastle United | £12,000,000 |
| 1 February 2016 | CB | Miloš Veljković | Werder Bremen | £500,000 |
* ↑ Following Akindayini's release he joined Brighton & Hove Albion.
* ↑ Following Archer's release he joined Millwall.
* ↑ Following Ceballos' release he joined Charlton Athletic.
* ↑ Following Khumalo's release he joined SuperSport United.
* ↑ Following McEneff's release he joined Derry City.
* ↑ Following McQueen's release he joined Carlisle United.
* ↑ Following Miles's release he joined Ebbsfleet United.
* ↑ Following Ross's release he joined Franklin Pierce Ravens Men's Soccer Team.
* ↑ Following Gomelt's release he joined Bari.
* ↑ Following Adebayor's release by mutual consent, he joined Crystal Palace.
Total incoming: £62,100,000+

### Overall transfer activity
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 8 August 2015 | 15 May 2016 |
| FA Cup | Third round | Fifth round | 10 January 2016 | 21 February 2016 |
| League Cup | Third round | Third round | 23 September 2015 | 23 September 2015 |
| Europa League | Group stage | Round of 16 | 17 September 2015 | 17 March 2016 |
Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 050.00 |
| FA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 050.00 |
| League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Total | 53 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 95 | 53 | +42 | 049.06 |
Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leicester City (C) | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Arsenal | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 36 | +29 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Manchester City | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Manchester United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
* ↑ Manchester United qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 FA Cup. As they had also qualified by their virtue of their league position (5th), this spot was passed to the next-highest ranked team (6th), Southampton.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2016. Source: Premier 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |

#### Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The third round draw was held on 7 December 2015. Spurs were drawn at home to Leicester City. The draw for the fourth round proper was held on 11 January 2016 and Tottenham were drawn away at Colchester United.

### League Cup

The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Spurs were drawn at home against Arsenal.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

On 28 August 2015, the draw for the group stage was made in Monaco. Spurs faced Anderlecht, Monaco and Qarabağ in Group J. Spurs topped the group with thirteen points, and were drawn against Serie A side Fiorentina in the Round of 32.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TOT | AND | MON | QAR |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Anderlecht | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Monaco | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 6 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Qarabağ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Hugo Lloris | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Michel Vorm | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Kyle Walker | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Danny Rose | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 29+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Toby Alderweireld | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 49 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Jan Vertonghen | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Eric Dier | 37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 50+1 | 4 |
| 16 | DF | Kieran Trippier | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18+1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Federico Fazio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | 9+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ben Davies | 14+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Nabil Bentaleb | 2+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Mason | 8+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14+15 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Erik Lamela | 28+6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+1 | 6 | 37+7 | 11 |
| 19 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 27+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 29+6 | 4 |
| 20 | MF | Dele Alli | 28+5 | 10 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 36+10 | 10 |
| 22 | MF | Nacer Chadli | 10+19 | 3 | 3+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 19+21 | 7 |
| 23 | MF | Christian Eriksen | 33+2 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 44+3 | 8 |
| 24 | MF | Alex Pritchard | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Josh Onomah | 0+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 4+15 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Tom Carroll | 4+15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 1 | 12+18 | 3 |
| 29 | MF | Harry Winks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Son Heung-min | 13+15 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 3 | 22+18 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | Harry Kane | 38 | 25 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3+4 | 2 | 44+6 | 28 |
| 14 | FW | Clinton N'Jie | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season. |||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | Andros Townsend | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Harry Kane | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Erik Lamela | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Dele Alli | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Son Heung-min | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Christian Eriksen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Nacer Chadli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Toby Alderweireld | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Eric Dier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Mousa Dembele | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | 28 | Tom Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Ryan Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Kyle Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 3 | Danny Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 16 | Kieran Trippier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 68 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 92 |
Last updated: 13 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Competition | Minutes | Score after goals | Result | Date |
| Harry Kane | Bournemouth | Premier League | 9', 56', 63' | 1-1, 1-4, 1-5 | 1-5 (A) | 25 October 2015 |
| Erik Lamela | Monaco | Europa League | 2', 15', 38' | 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 | 4-1 (H) | 10 December 2015 |

#### Own goals

| Player | Against | Competition | Minute | Score after own goal | Result | Date |
| Kyle Walker | Manchester United | Premier League | 22' | 1-0 | 1-0 (A) | 8 August 2015 |
| Harry Kane | Swansea | Premier League | 31' | 2-1 | 2-2 (A) | 4 October 2015 |
| Jan Vertonghen | Crystal Palace | Premier League | 30' | 1-0 | 1-3 (A) | 23 January 2016 |
| Ben Davies | Colchester | FA Cup | 80' | 1-3 | 1-4 (A) | 30 January 2016 |

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Hugo Lloris | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 13 | Michel Vorm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 9 May 2018. Source: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.