# 2015–16 Swansea City A.F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Swansea City's 96th season in the English football league system, and their fifth consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Squad and coaching staff information
### First team squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 31 | EU | 2014 | 75 | 0 | 2019 | Free | |
| 2 | DF | Jordi Amat | 25 | EU | 2013 | 53 | 0 | 2019 | £2,500,000 | |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 27 | EU | 2010 | 166 | 0 | 2019 | £150,000 | |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 27 | Non-EU | 2012 | 105 | 10 | 2018 | £5,500,000 | |
| 6 | DF | Ashley Williams | 31 | EU | 2008 | 352 | 14 | 2018 | £400,000 | Captain |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 33 | EU | 2011 | 521 | 17 | 2017 | Undisclosed | Appearances including FAW Premier Cup |
| 8 | MF | Leroy Fer | 26 | EU | 2016 | 11 | 0 | 2016 | Loan | |
| 9 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 26 | EU | 2016 | 10 | 2 | 2019 | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | FW | André Ayew | 26 | EU | 2015 | 35 | 12 | 2019 | Free | |
| 11 | FW | Marvin Emnes | 27 | EU | 2014 | 38 | 6 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 26 | EU | 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2018 | £600,000 | |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 31 | EU | 2011 | 183 | 18 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 18 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | 30 | EU | 2014 | 71 | 17 | 2018 | Free | |
| 20 | MF | Jefferson Montero | 26 | Non-EU | 2014 | 58 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 33 | EU | 2007 | 346 | 9 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 23 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 26 | EU | 2014 | 91 | 27 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 24 | MF | Jack Cork | 26 | EU | 2015 | 51 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 26 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 27 | EU | 2015 | 38 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 27 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 24 | EU | 2012 | 26 | 0 | 2017 | £1,000,000 | |
| 32 | DF | Liam Shephard | 21 | EU | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | Youth system | |
| 33 | DF | Federico Fernández | 27 | EU | 2014 | 64 | 1 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 35 | DF | Stephen Kingsley | 21 | EU | 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 22 | EU | 2014 (Winter) | 9 | 0 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
| 58 | FW | Modou Barrow | 23 | EU | 2014 | 36 | 2 | 2018 | Undisclosed | |
Updated to match played 15 May 2016 Source: Swansea City A.F.C.
Ordered by 2015–16 squad numbers.

### Club staff
## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | André Ayew | Marseille | Free transfer | 4 years | June 2019 |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Franck Tabanou | Saint-Étienne | £3,500,000 | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | Heerenveen | £600,000 | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Éder | Braga | £5,000,000 | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 9 July 2015 | MF | Tom Holland | Manchester City | Free transfer | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 13 July 2015 | FW | Oli McBurnie | Bradford City | Undisclosed | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 11 August 2015 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | Free agent | Free transfer | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 12 August 2015 | GK | Josh Vickers | Arsenal | Free transfer | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 17 August 2015 | FW | Botti Biabi | Falkirk | Undisclosed | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 27 January 2016 | MF | Ryan Blair | Falkirk | Undisclosed | 3.5 years | June 2019 |
| 29 January 2016 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | Chievo | Undisclosed | 3.5 years | June 2019 |
Total outgoing: £9,100,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Tom Atyeo | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | David Cornell | Oldham Athletic | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Rory Donnelly | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Corey Francis | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Melbourne Victory | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Joseph Jones | Port Talbot Town | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Kurtis March | Port Talbot Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Curtis Obeng | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Gareth Owen | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Scott Tancock | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Alan Tate | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | James Loveridge | Port Talbot Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | Swansea City | Released |
| 2 July 2015 | DF | Jazz Richards | Fulham | £500,000 |
| 1 September 2015 | DF | Dwight Tiendalli | Free agent | Released |
| 12 January 2016 | MF | Jonjo Shelvey | Newcastle United | Undisclosed |
Total incoming: £500,000
* ↑ Following Cornell's release on 28 May 2015, he later joined Oldham Athletic on 11 July 2015.
* ↑ Following Donnelly's release on 28 May 2015, he later joined Gillingham on 26 June 2015.
* ↑ Following Gallifuoco's release on 28 May 2015, he later joined Melbourne Victory on 29 September 2015.
* ↑ Following their release on 28 May 2015, March, Jones and Loveridge later joined Port Talbot Town.
* ↑ Following Tremmel's release on 1 July 2015, he later re-signed for Swansea City on 11 August 2015.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Expiry date |
| 6 July 2015 | MF | Adam King | Crewe Alexandra | 5 January 2016 |
| 9 July 2015 | FW | Kenji Gorré | ADO Den Haag | 30 January 2016 |
| 8 August 2015 | DF | Connor Roberts | Yeovil Town | End of season |
| 10 August 2015 | MF | Modou Barrow | Blackburn Rovers | 8 September 2015 |
| 11 August 2015 | GK | Oliver Davies | Kilmarnock | 16 January 2016 |
| 26 August 2015 | DF | Stephen Kingsley | Crewe Alexandra | 25 November 2015 |
| 1 September 2015 | FW | Alex Samuel | Greenock Morton | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | MF | Nathan Dyer | Leicester City | End of season |
| 18 September 2015 | MF | Jay Fulton | Oldham Athletic | 19 December 2015 |
| 26 September 2015 | MF | Josh Sheehan | Yeovil Town | 28 December 2015 |
| 26 November 2015 | FW | Oli McBurnie | Newport County | 24 December 2015 |
| 20 January 2016 | MF | Stephen Fallon | Linfield | End of season |
| 21 January 2016 | DF | Franck Tabanou | Saint-Étienne | End of season |
| 28 January 2016 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | Werder Bremen | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Éder | Lille | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Daniel Alfei | Mansfield Town | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Ryan Hedges | Stevenage | 1 April 2016 |
| 13 February 2016 | MF | Matt Grimes | Blackburn Rovers | 13 May 2016 |
| 2 March 2016 | MF | Tom Holland | Eastleigh | End of season |
| 15 March 2016 | FW | James Demetriou | Wealdstone | End of season |
| 24 March 2016 | DF | Liam Shephard | Yeovil Town | 24 April 2016 |
* ↑ On 30 January 2016, Swansea exercised the option to recall Gorré from his loan spell.
* ↑ On 6 January 2016, Roberts' loan at Yeovil was extended until the end of the season.
* ↑ On 8 September 2015, Swansea exercised the option to recall Barrow from his loan spell.
* ↑ On 9 January 2016, Samuel's loan at Morton was extended until the end of the season.
* ↑ On 24 December 2015, Swansea exercised the option to recall McBurnie from his loan spell.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Expiry date | Ref. |
| 1 February 2016 | CM | | Leroy Fer | Queens Park Rangers | 30 June 2016 | |

### New contracts

| Date signed | Position | Name | Contract length | Expiry date |
| 2 July 2015 | MF | Josh Sheehan | Extension | June 2017 |
| 3 July 2015 | DF | Joe Rodon | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 3 July 2015 | GK | Lewis Thomas | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 3 July 2015 | GK | Oliver Davies | 2 years | June 2017 |
| 6 July 2015 | FW | Kenji Gorré | 3 years | June 2018 |
| 6 July 2015 | MF | Lee Lucas | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 6 July 2015 | MF | Henry Jones | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 6 July 2015 | MF | Sam Evans | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 6 July 2015 | MF | Alex Bray | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 6 July 2015 | FW | Alex Samuel | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 6 July 2015 | GK | Gregor Zabret | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 8 July 2015 | MF | Jonjo Shelvey | 4 years | June 2019 |
| 15 July 2015 | DF | Alex Gogic | 1 year | June 2016 |
| 6 August 2015 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 4 years | June 2019 |
| 30 January 2016 | DF | Jordi Amat | Extension | June 2019 |
| 17 February 2016 | DF | Keston Davies | Extension | June 2018 |
| 17 February 2016 | MF | Daniel James | 3 years | June 2019 |
| 3 March 2016 | MF | Alex Bray | Extension | June 2017 |
| 8 March 2016 | MF | Adnan Marić | 3 years | June 2019 |
| 6 April 2016 | MF | Kieran Evans | 2 year | June 2017 |
| 14 April 2016 | MF | Tom Dyson | 1 year | June 2017 |
| 14 April 2016 | MF | Jack Evans | 1 year | June 2017 |
| 14 April 2016 | DF | Aaron Lewis | 1 year | June 2017 |
| 5 May 2016 | FW | Liam Cullen | 2 years | June 2018 |

## Pre-season friendlies

On 29 April 2015, it was announced that Swansea City would feature in a Texas tournament in July. Subsequently, it was announced that this tournament had been cancelled. On 29 May, Swansea announced they will face Reading at Adams Park on 24 July. Swansea announced that they will travel to Germany to face Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1860 Munich. A trip to Nottingham Forest was added on 22 June.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | — | — | 12th | 8 August 2015 | 15 May 2016 |
| FA Cup | Third round | — | Third round | 9 January 2016 | 9 January 2016 |
| League Cup | Second round | — | Third round | 25 August 2015 | 22 September 2015 |
Updated to match played 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 031.58 |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | 41 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 031.71 |
Updated to match played 15 May 2016 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 14 | West Bromwich Albion | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 43 |

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture
The fixture list for the 2015–16 Premier League season was announced on 17 June 2015.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### League Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

    Last updated on 15 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Łukasz Fabiański | 37 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jordi Amat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Neil Taylor | 33 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Ki Sung-yueng | 21 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Ashley Williams | 36 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Leon Britton | 19 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Leroy Fer | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Alberto Paloschi | 7 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | André Ayew | 34 | 0 | 12 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Marvin Emnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Kristoffer Nordfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Wayne Routledge | 22 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Bafétimbi Gomis | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jefferson Montero | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Àngel Rangel | 20 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Gylfi Sigurðsson | 32 | 4 | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Jack Cork | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Kyle Naughton | 19 | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Kyle Bartley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Liam Shephard | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Federico Fernández | 32 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Stephen Kingsley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | Jay Fulton | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | Modou Barrow | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players currently away from the club on loan |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | Nathan Dyer | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Franck Tabanou | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Éder | 2 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Matt Grimes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Gerhard Tremmel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players who permanently left the club during the season |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Jonjo Shelvey | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
* ↑ Naughton's red card for a tackle on Sunderland's Yann M'Vila was later rescinded.

## Overall summary

* ↑ Naughton's red card for a tackle on Sunderland's Yann M'Vila was later rescinded.