# 2015–16 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2015–16 Leyton Orient F.C. season was the 117th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 100th in the Football League, and the first season of their return to the fourth tier of the English football league system.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Sean Clohessy | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Paul McCallum | West Ham United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Sammy Moore | AFC Wimbledon | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Blair Turgott | Coventry City | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | FW | Ollie Palmer | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2015 | FW | Sandro Semedo | Academy | Trainee |
| 27 July 2015 | GK | Alex Cisak | Burnley | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2015 | DF | Alan Dunne | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2015 | DF | Connor Essam | Dover Athletic | £20,000 |
| 27 July 2015 | DF | Frazer Shaw | Dulwich Hamlet | Free transfer |
| 20 November 2015 | DF | Jean-Yves Mvoto | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 20 January 2016 | MF | Nigel Atangana | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2016 | MF | Kevin Nolan | Free Agent | Free transfer |
| 22 January 2016 | FW | Armand Gnanduillet | Chesterfield | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Nicky Hunt | Mansfield Town | Undisclosed |
Total spending: £20,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 2015 | GK | Adam Legzdins | Birmingham City | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Scott Cuthbert | Luton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Chris Dagnall | Kerala Blasters | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Kevin Lisbie | Barnet | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Elliot Omozusi | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | Gary Sawyer | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2015 | FW | Dave Mooney | Southend United | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | FW | Darius Henderson | Scunthorpe United | Released |
| 8 July 2015 | MF | Romain Vincelot | Coventry City | £25,000 |
| 9 July 2015 | FW | Shaun Batt | Barnet | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2015 | DF | Nathan Clarke | Bradford City | Mutual consent |
| 7 August 2015 | MF | Josh Wright | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Shane Lowry | Birmingham City | Mutual consent |
| 11 January 2016 | MF | Harry Lee | Welling United | Mutual consent |
| 20 January 2016 | DF | Jean-Yves Mvoto | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | Mutual consent |
* ↑ Following Legzdins' release he joined Birmingham City.
* ↑ Following Henderson's release he joined Scunthorpe United.
* ↑ Following Clarke's decision to leave he joined Bradford City.
* ↑ Following Lowry's decision to leave he joined Birmingham City.
* ↑ Following M'voto's departure, he joined Zawisza Bydgoszcz.
Total income: £25,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | Joe Maguire | Liverpool | 28 September 2015 |
| 1 September 2015 | MF | Jack Payne | Peterborough United | End of Season |
| 2 October 2015 | DF | Adam Chicksen | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 November 2015 |
| 9 October 2015 | FW | John Marquis | Millwall | 15 January 2016 |
| 19 November 2015 | DF | Cole Kpekawa | Queens Park Rangers | 1 February 2016 |
| 2 January 2016 | MF | Calaum Jahraldo-Martin | Hull City | End of Season |
| 27 January 2016 | DF | Shaun Brisley | Peterborough United | End of Season |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Jerome Binnom-Williams | Crystal Palace | End of Season |
| 10 March 2016 | GK | David Gregory | Crystal Palace | 8 April 2016 |
| 17 March 2016 | DF | Peter Ramage | Coventry City | End of Season |
* ↑ Kpekawa's initial one-month loan was extended by a further month on 17 December 2015, a second time until 1 March 2016 before being recalled by QPR on 1 February 2016
* ↑ Jahraldo-Martin's initial one-month loan was extended until the End of the Season on 1 February 2016
* ↑ Ramage's initial one-month loan was extended until the End of the Season on 16 April 2016

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 15 August 2015 | MF | Harry Lee | Welling United | 9 January 2016 |
| 2 September 2015 | GK | Gary Woods | Ross County | End of Season |
| 1 October 2015 | FW | Victor Adeboyejo | Hemel Hempstead Town | Youth Loan |
| 1 October 2015 | MF | Sandro Semedo | Welling United | 9 January 2016 |
| 1 October 2015 | MF | Montel Agyemang | Grays Athletic | Youth Loan |
| 21 October 2015 | FW | Victor Adeboyejo | Heybridge Swifts | Youth Loan |
| 21 October 2015 | DF | Jack Humphreys | Heybridge Swifts | Youth Loan |
| 12 February 2016 | MF | Sandro Semedo | Chelmsford City | End of Season |
| 29 February 2016 | MF | Freddy Moncur | Wingate & Finchley | Work experience loan |
| 4 March 2016 | DF | Aron Pollock | Wingate & Finchley | Work experience loan |
| 4 March 2016 | FW | Scott Kashket | Welling United | 4 April 2016 |
| 19 March 2016 | DF | Jack Humphreys | Histon | Work experience loan |
| 19 March 2016 | DF | Sam Ling | Histon | Work experience loan |
| 22 March 2016 | MF | Bradley Pritchard | Stevenage | 22 April 2016 |
| 23 March 2016 | DF | Connor Essam | Dover Athletic | End of Season |
* ↑ On 17 September 2015, Lee's loan at Welling was extended until 9 January 2016.
* ↑ On 6 January 2016, Woods' loan at Ross County was extended until the End of the Season.

## Results
### Pre-season friendlies

On 1 June 2015, Leyton Orient announced their first two pre-season friendlies against Braintree Town and Woking. A third friendly against Colchester United was added to the schedule. On 1 July 2015, Leyton Orient announced they will face Huddersfield Town during their stay in Spain. On 8 July 2015, Orient confirmed a friendly away to Bishop's Stortford. On 15 July 2015, Leyton Orient announced they will face Middlesbrough in a behind-closed-doors friendly. On 24 July 2015, O's announced a friendly against Southend United.

### League Two

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

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Leyton Orient were drawn away against Milton Keynes Dons.

### Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. O's will travel to Luton Town.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 78 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 75 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 69 | |
| 9 | Cambridge United | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 68 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 67 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

## 2015–16 squad statistics

    As of 7 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Alex Cisak | 46 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Sean Clohessy | 47 | 1 | 41+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Frazer Shaw | 30 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Alan Dunne | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Mathieu Baudry | 38 | 2 | 33+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Dean Cox | 16 | 5 | 12+2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | WAL | Lloyd James | 28 | 5 | 17+8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Ollie Palmer | 50 | 9 | 25+20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Paul McCallum | 12 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff | 18 | 3 | 13+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jack Payne (on loan from Peterborough United ) | 32 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Sammy Moore | 32 | 2 | 27+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Nigel Atangana | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Shaun Brisley (on loan from Peterborough United) | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Blair Turgott | 36 | 1 | 10+21 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ZIM | Bradley Pritchard | 33 | 1 | 24+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Scott Kashket | 19 | 1 | 1+14 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Jerome Binnom-Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace) | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Charlie Grainger | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Sandro Semedo | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Victor Adeboyejo | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Jay Simpson | 47 | 25 | 44 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Myles Judd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Sam Sargeant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ATG | Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (on loan from Hull City) | 15 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Aron Pollock | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | CIV | Armand Gnanduillet | 17 | 4 | 8+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Nicky Hunt | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | ENG | David Gregory (on loan from Crystal Palace) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | Peter Ramage (on loan from Coventry City) | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Josh Koroma | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Kevin Nolan | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | FRA | Jean-Yves Mvoto | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Harry Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Joe Maguire (on loan from Liverpool) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Adam Chicksen (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Cole Kpekawa (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ENG | John Marquis (on loan from Millwall) | 15 | 1 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ENG | Connor Essam | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Freddy Moncur | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Montel Agyemang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Sam Ling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Gary Woods | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | DF | ENG | Jack Humphrey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: