# 2015–16 Everton F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Everton's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their 138th year in existence. Everton participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. Although the club managed to reach the semi-finals in both the FA Cup and League Cup, their overall performance did not meet expectations. As a result, prior to its last Premier League match of the season, the club sacked third year manager Roberto Martínez.

## Kits

| Home | Alt. Home | Alt. Home 2 | Alt. Home 3 | Away | Third |

## First team

    Last updated on 3 February 2016
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Joel Robles | GK | (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) |
| 24 | Tim Howard | GK | (1979-03-06) 6 March 1979 (age 45) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Tony Hibbert | RB | (1981-02-20) 20 February 1981 (age 43) |
| 3 | Leighton Baines | LB | (1984-12-11) 11 December 1984 (age 40) |
| 5 | John Stones | CB | (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 30) |
| 6 | Phil Jagielka (captain) | CB | (1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 42) |
| 23 | Séamus Coleman | RB | (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 36) |
| 25 | Ramiro Funes Mori | CB/LB | (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 (age 33) |
| 27 | Tyias Browning | RB | (1994-05-27) 27 May 1994 (age 30) |
| 30 | Mason Holgate | RB/CB | (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) |
| 32 | Brendan Galloway | LB/CB | (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) |
| 38 | Matthew Pennington | CB | (1994-10-06) 6 October 1994 (age 30) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Darron Gibson | CM | (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 37) |
| 8 | Bryan Oviedo | LM/LB/LW | (1990-02-18) 18 February 1990 (age 34) |
| 12 | Aaron Lennon | RW | (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 37) |
| 15 | Tom Cleverley | CM | (1989-08-12) 12 August 1989 (age 35) |
| 16 | James McCarthy | CM/DM | (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 34) |
| 17 | Muhamed Bešić | DM | (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 32) |
| 18 | Gareth Barry | DM/CM | (1981-02-23) 23 February 1981 (age 43) |
| 20 | Ross Barkley | AM | (1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 31) |
| 21 | Leon Osman | AM | (1981-05-17) 17 May 1981 (age 43) |
| 22 | Steven Pienaar | LW/RW/AM | (1982-03-17) 17 March 1982 (age 42) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Arouna Koné | FW | (1983-11-11) 11 November 1983 (age 41) |
| 10 | Romelu Lukaku | FW | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31) |
| 11 | Kevin Mirallas | LW/RW | (1987-10-05) 5 October 1987 (age 37) |
| 14 | Oumar Niasse | FW/LW/RW | (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34) |
| 19 | Gerard Deulofeu | RW | (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) |
| 28 | Leandro Rodríguez | FW | (1992-11-19) 19 November 1992 (age 32) |

### Player awards

* Player of the Season – Gareth Barry
* Players' Player of the Season – Gareth Barry
* Young Player of the Season – Romelu Lukaku
* Reserve / U21 Player of the Season – Joe Williams
* Goal of the Season – Romelu Lukaku vs. Chelsea

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Tom Cleverley | Manchester United | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Gerard Deulofeu | Barcelona | £4,200,000 |
| 3 July 2015 | FW | David Henen | Olympiacos | £200,000 |
| 12 August 2015 | DF | Mason Holgate | Barnsley | £2,000,000 |
| 28 August 2015 | FW | Leandro Rodríguez | River Plate (URU) | £500,000 |
| 1 September 2015 | DF | Ramiro Funes Mori | River Plate | £9,500,000 |
| 1 September 2015 | RW | Aaron Lennon | Tottenham Hotspur | £4,000,000 |
| 2 January 2016 | CB | Matthew Foulds | Bury | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2016 | FW | Shani Tarashaj | Grasshoppers | £3,000,000 |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Oumar Niasse | Lokomotiv Moscow | £13,500,000 |
Total spending: £36,700,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Antolín Alcaraz | Las Palmas | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Sylvain Distin | AFC Bournemouth | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | George Green | Oldham Athletic | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Curtis Langton | — | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | John Lundstram | Oxford United | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Ben McLaughlin | Derry City | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Arlen Birch | Burnley | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Charley Edge | Colchester United | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | George Newell | Bolton Wanderers | Free Transfer |
| 28 July 2015 | FW | Chris Long | Burnley | £500,000 |
| 19 January 2016 | FW | Steven Naismith | Norwich City | £8,500,000 |
* ↑ Following Alcaraz's release he joined Las Palmas.
* ↑ Following Distin's release he joined Bournemouth.
* ↑ Following Green's release he joined Oldham Athletic.
* ↑ Following Lundstram's release he joined Oxford United.
* ↑ Following McLaughlin's release he joined Derry City.
* ↑ Following Birch's release he joined Burnley.
* ↑ Following Edge's release he joined Colchester United.
Total incoming: £9,000,000

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 21 July 2015 | MF | Francisco Júnior | Wigan Athletic | 16 January 2016 |
| 21 July 2015 | DF | Jonjoe Kenny | Wigan Athletic | 15 September 2015 |
| 25 July 2015 | DF | Luke Garbutt | Fulham | 30 June 2016 |
| 7 August 2015 | FW | Calum Dyson | Stockport County | 4 September 2015 |
| 7 August 2015 | DF | Jordan Thorniley | Stockport County | 4 September 2015 |
| 14 September 2015 | FW | Conor McAleny | Charlton Athletic | 7 November 2015 |
| 28 September 2015 | GK | Jindřich Staněk | Hyde United | 26 October 2015 |
| 1 February 2016 | RW | Aiden McGeady | Sheffield Wednesday | 30 June 2016 |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Conor McAleny | Wigan Athletic | 30 June 2016 |
* ↑ Júnior's loan was extended on 21 August 2015, until 16 January 2016.

## Competitions
### Pre-season and Friendlies

On 22 June 2015, Everton announced they would face Leeds United during pre-season. On 29 June 2015, Everton announced their full preseason fixtures list.

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Stoke City | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 51 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 50 |
| 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 |

#### Matches

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

### FA Cup

Everton entered the FA Cup at the third round and were drawn at home to Dagenham & Redbridge. They defeated the Daggers 2–0 and were drawn away against Carlisle United in the fourth round. The tie at Brunton Park was the first held there since the ground had flooded in Storm Desmond and ended in a 3–0 win for Everton. In the fifth round, Everton were drawn away to AFC Bournemouth. They won 2–0 and followed that with another 2–0 win against Chelsea at Goodison Park. They advanced to the semi-final at Wembley Stadium where they lost to Manchester United.

### League Cup

As a Premier League team not involved in any UEFA competitions, Everton entered the League Cup at the second round stage. They defeated Barnsley away, after extra time, and were drawn away to Reading in the third round. The Toffees hosted fellow Premier League side Norwich City in the fourth round and won 4–3 on penalties. They beat Middlesbrough 2–0 away in the quarter-final, which was their first appearance at this stage since 2007–08. Everton lost to Manchester City 4–3 on aggregate in the two-legged semi-final.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 15 May 2016.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Joel Robles | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Tony Hibbert | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Leighton Baines | 22 | 2 | 16+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson | 10 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | John Stones | 40 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Phil Jagielka | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Aiden McGeady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CRC | Bryan Oviedo | 19 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Arouna Koné | 31 | 7 | 16+9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BEL | Romelu Lukaku | 45 | 25 | 36+1 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | BEL | Kevin Mirallas | 29 | 6 | 10+13 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Aaron Lennon | 30 | 6 | 17+8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Steven Naismith | 13 | 4 | 4+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Oumar Niasse | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Tom Cleverley | 30 | 2 | 18+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IRL | James McCarthy | 36 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BIH | Muhamed Bešić | 16 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Gareth Barry | 39 | 0 | 32+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Gerard Deulofeu | 32 | 4 | 16+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Ross Barkley | 47 | 12 | 36+2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Leon Osman | 16 | 1 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | RSA | Steven Pienaar | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IRL | Séamus Coleman | 34 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Tim Howard | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Ramiro Funes Mori | 37 | 5 | 24+4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Tyias Browning | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | URU | Leandro Rodríguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Luke Garbutt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Callum Connolly | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Brendan Galloway | 19 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Matthew Pennington | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Tom Davies | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | ENG | Jonjoe Kenny | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | ENG | Kieran Dowell | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |