# 2015–16 Chesterfield F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Chesterfield's 149th season in their history and their second consecutive season in League One. Along with League One, the club also competed in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | ENG | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | ST | BER | Rai Simons | Ilkeston | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2015 | CF | ENG | Jake Orrell | Gateshead | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2015 | GK | ENG | Alex Cairns | Leeds United | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2015 | MF | ENG | Dion Donohue | Sutton Coldfield Town | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2015 | CM | ESP | Ángel Martínez | Millwall | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2015 | CM | ENG | Liam O'Neil | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 11 September 2015 | DM | AUS | Chris Herd | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 26 October 2015 | DF | NZL | Liam Graham | | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | ENG | Gary Liddle | Bradford City | Undosclosed |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | IRL | Connor Dimaio | Sheffield United | Free transfer |
| 18 February 2016 | FW | ENG | Jordan Slew | Cambridge United | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | ENG | Jack Broadhead | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | ENG | Charlie Dawes | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | LW | ENG | Gary Roberts | Portsmouth | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | IRL | Jimmy Ryan | Fleetwood Town | Free |
| 27 July 2015 | LM | ENG | Sam Clucas | Hull City | £1,300,000 |
| 30 July 2015 | RB | ENG | Tendayi Darikwa | Burnley | £600,000 |
| 7 January 2016 | GK | ENG | Alex Cairns | Rotherham United | Free |
| 22 January 2016 | FW | CIV | Armand Gnanduillet | Leyton Orient | Undosclosed |
| 28 January 2016 | MF | EGY | Sam Morsy | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until |
| 14 August 2015 | CF | ENG | Lee Novak | Birmingham City | End of season |
| 11 September 2015 | CB | ENG | Jack Fitzwater | West Bromwich Albion | 8 October 2015 |
| 26 October 2015 | DF | ENG | Richard Wood | Rotherham United | Three-month |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson | Burnley | End of season |
| 18 February 2016 | DF | ENG | Declan John | Cardiff City | One-month |
| 19 March 2016 | MF | ENG | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | Sheffield United | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date until |
| 14 August 2015 | GK | ENG | Aaron Chapman | Bristol Rovers | 12 September 2015 |
| 9 October 2015 | FW | CIV | Armand Gnanduillet | Stevenage | One-month |
| 11 February 2016 | FW | ENG | Byron Harrison | Stevenage | One-month |
| 8 March 2016 | MF | ENG | Dan Gardner | Bury | End of season |
| 16 March 2016 | FW | ENG | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | Mansfield Town | End of season |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Chesterfield announced two pre-season friendlies against Matlock Town and Belper Town. On 27 May 2015, a friendly against Hartlepool United was announced. A pre-season friendly against Hull City was confirmed on 9 June 2015. A sixth friendly against Buxton was confirmed on 19 June 2015. On 22 June 2015, Chesterfield announced Burnley will visit on 25 July 2015.

### League One
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Bury | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 57 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 54 |
| 18 | Chesterfield | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 53 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 51 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 58 | 79 | −21 | 50 |
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#### Matches

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

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Chesterfield were drawn away against Carlisle United.

### Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Chesterfield were drawn against Rochdale.