# 2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

    As of 6 February 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Alan Mannus | 28 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay | 20 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 21 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Simon Lappin | 17 | 3 | 8+5 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Frazer Wright | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Anderson | 16 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Millar | 16 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Murray Davidson | 25 | 2 | 20+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven MacLean | 26 | 11 | 18+2 | 10 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | David Wotherspoon | 25 | 6 | 17+3 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | John Sutton | 20 | 1 | 5+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Zander Clark | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | EIR | Joe Shaughnessy | 28 | 2 | 20+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Brad McKay | 4 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Liam Caddis | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Danny Swanson | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | EIR | Graham Cummins | 21 | 6 | 15+2 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Scott Brown | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Darnell Fisher | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 28 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Chris Kane | 20 | 3 | 3+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Liam Craig | 24 | 3 | 15+6 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Craig Thomson | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | Michael O'Halloran | 26 | 5 | 19+1 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Greg Hurst | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 6 February 2016
| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Alan Mannus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Dave Mackay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Tam Scobbie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Simon Lappin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Steven Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Millar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Murray Davidson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Steve MacLean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | David Wotherspoon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Brad McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Liam Caddis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Danny Swanson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Darnell Fisher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Brian Easton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Craig | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | Michael O'Halloran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 3 |

### Goal scorers

    As of 6 February 2016
| Ranking | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | Steve MacLean | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 18 | Graham Cummins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 10 | David Wotherspoon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 29 | Michael O'Halloran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | Simon Lappin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 26 | Liam Craig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | Chris Kane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Murray Davidson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | Brad McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | John Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 24 | Brian Easton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | Steven Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | Tam Scobbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 46 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 56 | |
| 5 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 | |
| 6 | Ross County | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 48 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 6 February 2016
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Tommy Wright | 2 July 2015 | Present | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 041.38 |