# 2015–16 Livingston F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Livingston's fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship. Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Livingston finished the season in ninth place and were relegated to the third-tier of Scottish football for the first time since 2011.

## Summary
### Management

Livingston began the 2015–16 season under the management of Mark Burchill who had guided the club to safety from relegation on the final day of the previous season. On the 21 December 2015, Burchill was sacked from his position as manager and was replaced by David Hopkin who was given the role until the end of the season, however he couldn't avoid the club being relegated to League One after a 6–8 aggregate loss to Stranraer in the championship play-offs.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Abandoned or Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad

    As of 7 May 2016 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Darren Jamieson | 16 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SLE | Osman Kakay | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jackson Longridge | 39 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Darren Cole | 25 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Craig Sives | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Ben Gordon | 35 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Scott Pittman | 41 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Mark Fotheringham | 17 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Jordan White | 44 | 16 | 25+9 | 10 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Danny Mullen | 26 | 4 | 12+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett | 17 | 2 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Declan Gallagher | 30 | 2 | 23+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Morgyn Neill | 31 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Jordyn Sheerin | 36 | 3 | 8+21 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Liam Buchanan | 45 | 14 | 26+9 | 11 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Ryan Currie | 12 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Moses Duckrell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SCO | Sam Stanton | 16 | 3 | 12+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | SCO | Marc McCallum | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SCO | Charlie Telfer | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SCO | Gary Glen | 27 | 3 | 17+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Cammy Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Gabriel Auriemma | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | SCO | Matthew Knox | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | SCO | Josh Mullin | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | SCO | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | SCO | Kieran Somerville | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | SCO | Conor Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ross Millen | 14 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | POR | Hugo Faria | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Myles Hippolyte | 23 | 2 | 11+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Matt Gould | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Kieran Gibbons | 23 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BUL | Spas Georgiev | 13 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Mark Burchill | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 42 | |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 37 | |
| 9 | Livingston (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship play-offs |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic (R) | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 21 | Relegation to League One |

### 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |