# 2015–16 Norwich City F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Norwich City's return to the Premier League after gaining promotion via the play-offs in the previous season, in their 113th year in existence. This season Norwich City participated in the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 27 May 2015 | CM | Graham Dorrans | West Bromwich Albion | £3,000,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | DM | Youssouf Mulumbu | West Bromwich Albion | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2015 | LW | Robbie Brady | Hull City | £7,000,000 |
| 1 August 2015 | GK | Jake Kean | Blackburn Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 January 2016 | LW | Matt Jarvis | West Ham United | £2,500,000 |
| 8 January 2016 | DF | Ivo Pinto | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | Ben Godfrey | York City | Undisclosed |
| 18 January 2016 | CB | Timm Klose | VfL Wolfsburg | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2016 | CF | Steven Naismith | Everton | Undisclosed |
Total spending: £12,500,000

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Luciano Becchio | Belgrano | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Mark Bunn | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Kyle Callan-McFadden | Orlando City B | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Carlos Cuéllar | UD Almería | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Javier Garrido | Las Palmas | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | LM | Sam Kelly | Port Vale FC | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Cameron McGeehan | Luton Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2015 | CB | Ignasi Miquel | Ponferradina | Mutual Consent |
| 1 September 2015 | CM | Bradley Johnson | Derby County | £7,000,000 |
| 5 January 2016 | RW | Elliott Bennett | Blackburn Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2016 | ST | Lewis Grabban | AFC Bournemouth | £8,000,000 |
| 22 January 2016 | ST | Gary Hooper | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
* ↑ Following Becchio's release on 27 May 2015, he joined Belgrano on 16 June 2015.
* ↑ Following Bunn's release on 27 May 2015, he joined Aston Villa on 9 July 2015.
* ↑ Following Garrido's release on 27 May 2015, he joined Las Palmas on 7 August 2015.
* ↑ Following Miquel's release on 31 July 2015, he joined Ponferradina on 30 July 2015.
Total spending: £15,000,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 29 July 2015 | RB | Andre Wisdom | Liverpool | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | LW | Matt Jarvis | West Ham United | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | CF | Dieumerci Mbokani | Dynamo Kyiv | End of season |
| 30 January 2016 | CF | Patrick Bamford | Chelsea | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 6 July 2015 | GK | Remi Matthews | Burton Albion | 2 January 2016 |
| 15 July 2015 | ST | Carlton Morris | Hamilton Academical | 1 January 2016 |
| 14 August 2015 | ST | Jacob Murphy | Coventry City | End of season |
| 21 August 2015 | LW | Josh Murphy | Milton Keynes Dons | End of season |
| 27 August 2015 | CB | Michael Turner | Sheffield Wednesday | End of season |
| 31 August 2015 | CF | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | Real Betis | End of season |
| 1 September 2015 | CM | Tony Andreu | Rotherham United | 2 January 2016 |
| 1 September 2015 | CM | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | Rotherham United | 29 September 2015 |
| 11 September 2015 | DM | Louis Thompson | Swindon Town | 18 December 2015 |
| 29 October 2015 | RB | Cameron Norman | Woking | End of season |
| 21 January 2016 | CB | Harry Toffolo | Peterborough United | End of season |
| 21 January 2016 | GK | Remi Matthews | Doncaster Rovers | End of season |
| 24 March 2016 | ST | Kyle Lafferty | Birmingham City | End of season |

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

On 6 June 2015, Norwich City announced they would host West Ham United to mark Carrow Road's 80th anniversary. This fixture was the first ever played at Carrow Road; Norwich won the game 4–3. Two days later, the Canaries announced their pre-season schedule. Norwich City announced on 6 July 2015, that they would be playing FC Augsburg and Maccabi Haifa in a pre-season training camp in Germany and Austria.

### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Bournemouth | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 42 | |
| 17 | Sunderland | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 39 | |
| 18 | Newcastle United (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 37 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Norwich City (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 20 | Aston Villa (R) | 38 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 76 | −49 | 17 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 20 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2016. Source:

#### Matches

The Premier League fixture list was released on 17 June 2015. Norwich's first game was at home to Crystal Palace.

### FA Cup

Norwich City entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home to Manchester City.

### League Cup

Norwich City entered the competition in the second round and were given an away trip to Rotherham United. The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Norwich City drew West Bromwich Albion at home.

## Statistics
### Appearances, goals and cards

Sources:
    Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos | Player | Premier League | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos | Player | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | Starts | Sub | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | John Ruddy | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | RB | Steven Whittaker | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | RB | Andre Wisdom | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | CB | Russell Martin | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 31 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | CB | Sébastien Bassong | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | CAM | Steven Naismith | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | CM | Jonny Howson | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | ST | Dieumerci Mbokani | 15 | 13 | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | ST | Cameron Jerome | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | ST | Patrick Bamford | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Robbie Brady | 34 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Declan Rudd | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | CAM | Wes Hoolahan | 25 | 5 | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | LM | Matt Jarvis | 11 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | CB | Timm Klose | 10 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Graham Dorrans | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Anthony Andreu | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Youssouf Mulumbu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | RM | Nathan Redmond | 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | LB | Martin Olsson | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | CB | Ryan Bennett | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | RB | Ivo Pinto | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | CDM | Alexander Tettey | 23 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | CM | Gary O'Neil | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players out on loan: |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | ST | Kyle Lafferty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Harry Toffolo | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | ST | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players now not at club: |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | CM | Bradley Johnson | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | ST | Lewis Grabban | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | ST | Gary Hooper | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | RM | Elliott Bennett | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | ST | Dieumerci Mbokani | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | Nathan Redmond | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | CAM | Wes Hoolahan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | Jonny Howson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Russell Martin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | ST | Cameron Jerome | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | LM/LB | Robbie Brady | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CM | Alexander Tettey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | CB | Sébastien Bassong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | LM | Matt Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | RB | Steven Whittaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | ST | Lewis Grabban | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | CAM | Steven Naismith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | CB | Timm Klose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | LB | Martin Olsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | ST | Kyle Lafferty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | ST | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 39 | 0 | 6 | 45 |