# 2015–16 Ipswich Town F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Ipswich Town's 14th consecutive season in the second tier of English football and 138th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
This was to be Mick McCarthy's third full season as manager, having taken charge in November 2012. In January both McCarthy and his assistant Terry Connor extended their contracts with the club until the summer of 2018.

## Kits

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| Home | Away | Away alt.1 | Third |

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jonas Knudsen |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ainsley Maitland-Niles (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy |
| 10 | FW | IRL | David McGoldrick |
| 11 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Liam Feeney (on loan from Bolton Wanderers) |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser (on loan from Bournemouth) |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Ben Pringle (on loan from Fulham) |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Giles Coke |
| 17 | MF | MRI | Kévin Bru |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Freddie Sears |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Jonathan Douglas |
| 25 | DF | WAL | Josh Yorwerth |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Adam McDonnell |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Teddy Bishop |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Josh Emmanuel |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Myles Kenlock |
| 33 | GK | POL | Bartosz Białkowski |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby (on loan from Barnsley) |
| 39 | MF | GUI | Larsen Touré |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Andre Dozzell |
| 42 | FW | ENG | Luke Varney |
| 44 | DF | IRL | Kevin Foley |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jonathan Parr (to Strømsgodset) |
| 12 | FW | ENG | James Alabi (released) |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar (to Brisbane Roar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | POL | Piotr Malarczyk (on loan to Southend United) |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Joe Robinson (on loan to Woking) |

## First-team coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Mick McCarthy |
| Assistant Manager | Terry Connor |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Malcolm Webster |
| Fitness Coach | Andy Liddell |
| Head Physiotherapist | Matt Byard |
| Assistant Head Physiotherapist | Alex Chapman |
| Kitman | James Pullen |

## Pre-season

On 27 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced they will travel to Ireland to face Shelbourne on 11 July 2015. A second friendly was announced a day later when the club confirmed they will travel to face Cambridge United. Also confirmed on 28 May 2015 was friendlies against Fortuna Düsseldorf and Colchester United. On 29 May 2015, Ipswich Town announced a friendly against Peterborough United. On 9 July 2015, Ipswich announced a home friendly against Dutch side Utrecht. On 23 July 2015, Ipswich announced a XI side will travel to face Bishop's Stortford; the match was subsequently postponed following torrential rain.

## Competitions
### Football League Championship
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Derby County | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 78 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 66 | 45 | +21 | 74 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 7 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 69 | |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 68 | |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 65 | |
* ↑ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 April 2016. Source: Table

#### Results by round

| Round | 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

#### 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, Ipswich Town were drawn at home against Stevenage. Ipswich Town were drawn away to Doncaster Rovers in the second round. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Ipswich Town were drawn away to Manchester United.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 June 2015 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | Cardiff City | Free transfer |
| 26 June 2015 | CF | Brett Pitman | Bournemouth | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2015 | LB | Jonas Knudsen | Esbjerg | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2015 | CM | Giles Coke | Sheffield Wednesday | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2015 | RW | Larsen Touré | Arles-Avignon | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2015 | CM | Jonathan Douglas | Brentford | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2015 | GK | Jonathan Henly | Reading | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2015 | CF | James Alabi | Stoke City | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2015 | CB | Piotr Malarczyk | Korona Kielce | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2015 | LW | Tommy Oar | Utrecht | Free transfer |
| 22 January 2016 | RB | Kevin Foley | Free Agent | Free transfer |
* ↑ Fee reported as £350,000
* ↑ Fee reported as £8,500

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Until |
| 25 June 2015 | RM | Ryan Fraser | Bournemouth | End of season |
| 2 July 2015 | RM | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | Arsenal | End of Season |
| 2 January 2016 | CM | Paul Digby | Barnsley | End of Season |
| 12 February 2016 | LW | Ben Pringle | Fulham | 24 April 2016 |
| 17 March 2016 | RW | Liam Feeney | Bolton Wanderers | End of Season |
* ↑ Fraser's loan to Ipswich Town was included with the £8,000,000 sale of Tyrone Mings.

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2015 | LM | Darren Ambrose | Colchester United | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | RW | Paul Anderson | Bradford City | Released | [a] [32] |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Elliott Hewitt | Notts County | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Jack Marriott | Luton Town | Free transfer | |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Noel Hunt | Southend United | Free transfer | |
| 1 July 2015 | LM | Stephen Hunt | Coventry City | Released | |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Paddy Kenny | Free agent | Released | |
| 24 June 2015 | CB | Omar Sowunmi | Yeovil Town | Free transfer | |
| 25 June 2015 | LB | Tyrone Mings | Bournemouth | £8,000,000 | |
| 3 July 2015 | LM | Anthony Wordsworth | Southend United | Free transfer | |
| 28 August 2015 | CB | Harry Clarke | Arsenal | Compensation | |
| 21 December 2015 | AM | Dylan Connolly | Bray Wanderers | Free transfer | |
| 1 January 2016 | CM | Jack Collison | Free agent | Released | |
| 13 January 2016 | LB | Jonathan Parr | Strømsgodset | Undisclosed | |
| 22 January 2016 | LW | Tommy Oar | Brisbane Roar | Released | |
| 28 January 2016 | CF | James Alabi | Free agent | Mutual consent | |
| 1 February 2016 | LM | Alex Henshall | Free agent | Mutual consent | |
| 1 March 2016 | CF | Sam Ford | West Ham United | Free transfer | |
* ↑ Following Anderson's release he joined Bradford City.
* ↑ Following Hewitt's release he joined Notts County.
* ↑ Following Marriott's release he joined Luton Town.
* ↑ Following Hunt's release he joined Southend United.
* ↑ Fee could potentially rise to £10,000,000 with add-ons
* ↑ Fee reported as £70,000

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 3 August 2015 | CB | Matthew Clarke | Portsmouth | 3 January 2016 |
| 28 August 2015 | LW | Cameron Stewart | Doncaster Rovers | 2 January 2016 |
| 29 September 2015 | CB | Josh Yorwerth | Crawley Town | 25 October 2015 |
| 25 November 2015 | CF | James Alabi | Grimsby Town | 1 January 2016 |
| 26 November 2015 | CM | Luke Hyam | Rotherham United | 20 December 2015 |
| 26 November 2015 | RB | Josh Emmanuel | Crawley Town | 3 January 2016 |
| 26 November 2015 | GK | Michael Crowe | Stevenage | 10 January 2016 |
| 22 February 2016 | CB | Joe Robinson | Woking | 1 June 2016 |
| 11 January 2016 | GK | Michael Crowe | Braintree Town | 11 March 2016 |
| 24 March 2016 | CB | Piotr Malarczyk | Southend United | 1 June 2016 |

## Squad statistics

All statistics updated as of end of season

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Dean Gerken | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | POL | Bartosz Białkowski | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jonas Knudsen | 43 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Luke Chambers | 48 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Tommy Smith | 48 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Christophe Berra | 44 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | WAL | Josh Yorwerth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Josh Emmanuel | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Myles Kenlock | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | IRL | Kevin Foley | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ENG | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 32 | 2 | 21+9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Cole Skuse | 40 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Liam Feeney | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Ryan Fraser | 21 | 6 | 15+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Ben Pringle | 10 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Giles Coke | 14 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MRI | Kévin Bru | 29 | 2 | 20+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL | Jay Tabb | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Luke Hyam | 17 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IRL | Jonathan Douglas | 39 | 3 | 32+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | IRL | Adam McDonnell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Teddy Bishop | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ENG | Paul Digby | 4 | 2 | 1+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | GUI | Larsen Touré | 11 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Andre Dozzell | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0} |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Luke Varney | 20 | 1 | 2+16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRL | Daryl Murphy | 35 | 10 | 30+4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | IRL | David McGoldrick | 27 | 5 | 9+15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | Jersey | Brett Pitman | 47 | 11 | 24+18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Freddie Sears | 47 | 6 | 44+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | NOR | Jonathan Parr | 10 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | James Alabi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Tommy Oar | 9 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | POL | Piotr Malarczyk | 6 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Joe Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: end of season Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 11 | FW | | Brett Pitman | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | MF | | Ryan Fraser | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | FW | | Freddie Sears | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | MF | | Jonathan Douglas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | | Ben Pringle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | | Kévin Bru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | DF | | Jonathan Parr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Jonas Knudsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | James Alabi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Liam Feeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | | Tommy Oar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Jay Tabb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | | Josh Yorwerth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 41 | MF | | Andre Dozzell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | MF | | Luke Varney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 53 | 3 | 6 | 62 |

### Assists

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 20 | FW | | Freddie Sears | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | FW | | David McGoldrick | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | | Daryl Murphy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | | Brett Pitman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | | Ryan Fraser | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | DF | | Jonas Knudsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | | Kévin Bru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 | FW | | Luke Varney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | Liam Feeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Jonathan Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | | Josh Emmanuel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | | Myles Kenlock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | | Larsen Touré | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | | Kevin Foley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 0 | 6 | 47 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nat | Player | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | | Dean Gerken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | | Bartosz Białkowski | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | | Jonathan Parr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jonas Knudsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Luke Chambers | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Tommy Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Christophe Berra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Ainsley Maitland-Niles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Cole Skuse | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Brett Pitman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Ryan Fraser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Tommy Oar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Giles Coke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Kévin Bru | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Luke Hyam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | | Freddie Sears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Piotr Malarczyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Jonathan Douglas | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | | Adam McDonnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Myles Kenlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Larsen Touré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | | Luke Varney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Kevin Foley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 3 |

## Awards
### Player awards

| Award | Player |
| Player of the Year | Bartosz Białkowski |
| Players' Player of the Year | Bartosz Białkowski |
| Young Player of the Year | Andre Dozzell |
| Goal of the Season | Kévin Bru |

### Football League Championship Manager of the Month

| Month | Manager | Ref |
| November | Mick McCarthy | |

### Football League Championship Player of the Month

| Month | Player | Ref |
| November | Daryl Murphy | |