# 2015–16 Trabzonspor season

The 2015–16 Trabzonspor season was the club's 41st consecutive season in the Süper Lig.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Onur Kıvrak (Captain) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Douglas |
| 3 | DF | POR | José Bosingwa |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aykut Demir |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu |
| 7 | FW | PAR | Óscar Cardozo |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Ekici |
| 9 | MF | TUR | Sefa Yılmaz |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Özer Hurmacı |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Beşir |
| 19 | MF | GER | Marko Marin (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Mustafa Yumlu |
| 23 | GK | CRC | Esteban Alvarado |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Salih Dursun (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 26 | GK | TUR | Yavuz Aygün |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Semih Karadeniz |
| 29 | MF | TUR | Savaş Çakır |
| 32 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Erdoğan |
| 33 | DF | TOG | Serge Akakpo (on loan from 1461 Trabzon) |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Aytaç Kara |
| 38 | MF | TUR | Ramazan Övüç |
| 39 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda |
| 57 | MF | TUR | Melih Kabasakal |
| 66 | MF | TUR | Fatih Atik |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Musa Nizam |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Güray Vural |
| 92 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Demir |
| 97 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı |
| 99 | MF | TUR | Abdülkadir Ömür |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye (at Sunderland until 30 June 2016) |
| — | FW | MLI | Mustapha Yatabaré (at Montpellier until 30 June 2016) |
| — | GK | TUR | Uğurcan Çakır (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | TUR | Ferhat Yazgan (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | TUR | Zeki Yavru (at Kayserispor until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | TUR | İshak Doğan (at Eskişehirspor until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | TUR | Oğulcan Gökçe (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| — | GK | TUR | Kurtuluş Yurt (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | TUR | Uğur Demirok (at Osmanlıspor until 30 June 2016) |
| — | GK | TUR | İbrahim Demir (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | TUR | Batuhan Artarslan (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mehmet Kuruoğlu (at 1461 Trabzon until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | TUR | Mustafa Akbaş (at Kayserispor until 30 June 2016) |
| — | DF | TUR | Göksu Alhas (at Ankaragücü until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | TUR | Gökhan Alsan (at Karabükspor until 30 June 2016) |
| — | MF | TUR | Mertcan Çam (at Şanlıurfaspor until 30 June 2016) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye (from Hull City) |
| — | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu (from Kayserispor) |
| — | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda (from Lazio) |
| — | MF | TUR | Özer Hurmacı (from Kasımpaşa) |
| — | DF | NED | Douglas (from Dynamo Moscow) |
| — | DF | TUR | Alper Uludağ (from Kayserispor) |
| — | GK | CRC | Esteban Alvarado (from AZ Alkmaar) |
| — | MF | CMR | Stéphane Mbia (from Sevilla) |
| — | MF | GER | Marko Marin (loan from Chelsea) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GHA | Abdul Majeed Waris (to Lorient) |
| — | FW | TUR | Gökhan Karadeniz (to Göztepe) |
| — | MF | TUR | Abdulkadir Özdemir (to Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Caner Osmanpasa (to Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | GK | TUR | Fatih Öztürk (to Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Kadir Keleş (to Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | DF | ALG | Carl Medjani (contract terminated) |
| — | MF | ROU | Alexandru Bourceanu (contract terminated) |
| — | DF | GUI | Kévin Constant (contract terminated) |
| — | DF | POR | José Bosingwa (contract terminated) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | TUR | Muhammet Demir (from Gaziantepspor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Güray Vural (from Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | DF | TOG | Serge Akakpo (loan from 1461 Trabzon) |
| — | DF | POR | José Bosingwa (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CMR | Stéphane Mbia (to Hebei China Fortune) |
| — | MF | TUR | Soner Aydoğdu (to Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | DF | TUR | Alper Uludağ (to Akhisar Belediyespor) |
| — | FW | TUR | Serdar Gürler (to Gençlerbirliği) |
| — | FW | TUR | Deniz Yılmaz (to Bursaspor) |

## Competitions
### Süper Lig
#### Results

* ↑ Postponed, originally on 24 January 2016.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Gençlerbirliği | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Bursaspor | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 44 |
| 12 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 40 |
| 13 | Çaykur Rizespor | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 37 |
| 14 | Gaziantepspor | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 36 |

### Turkish Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Trabzonspor | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 |
| 2 | Gaziantepspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 |
| 3 | Adanaspor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 7 |
| 4 | Nazilli Belediyespor | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |

#### Round of 16
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | TUR | Onur Kıvrak | 26 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | NED | Douglas | 19 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | José Bosingwa | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TUR | Aykut Demir | 26 | 2 | 19+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu | 36 | 3 | 24+3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ALG | Carl Medjani | 12 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | PAR | Óscar Cardozo | 24 | 8 | 14+7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Ekici | 22 | 5 | 16+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | TUR | Sefa Yılmaz | 18 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Özer Hurmacı | 30 | 1 | 19+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | GUI | Kévin Constant | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | TUR | İbrahim Demir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Dame N'Doye | 14 | 1 | 7+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | TUR | Uğur Demirok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | TUR | Cafer Tosun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Beşir | 13 | 3 | 1+6 | 1 | 1+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | TUR | Deniz Yılmaz | 8 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Marko Marin | 29 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TUR | Soner Aydoğdu | 6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Erkan Zengin | 33 | 3 | 22+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | TUR | Mustafa Yumlu | 32 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | CRC | Esteban Alvarado | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | TUR | Salih Dursun | 19 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | CMR | Stéphane Mbia | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | TUR | Yavuz Aygün | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | TUR | Semih Karadeniz | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Abdul Majeed Waris | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Savaş Çakır | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Erdoğan | 40 | 6 | 18+11 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TOG | Serge Akakpo | 10 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Aytaç Kara | 26 | 2 | 13+5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | TUR | Ramazan Övüç | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | BEL | Luis Pedro Cavanda | 27 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | TUR | Mert Yıldırım | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | TUR | Melih Kabasakal | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Kuruoğlu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | TUR | Zeki Yavru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | TUR | Alper Uludağ | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | TUR | Fatih Atik | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | TUR | İshak Doğan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | TUR | Musa Nizam | 14 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | TUR | Yağızcan Erdem | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | TUR | Denizhan Deniz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | TUR | Güray Vural | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | TUR | Muhammet Demir | 14 | 4 | 11+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | TUR | Mertcan Çam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | TUR | Uğurcan Çakır | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | TUR | Yusuf Yazıcı | 9 | 2 | 3+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | TUR | Mehmet Yeşil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | TUR | Abdülkadir Ömür | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Óscar Cardozo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 32 | Yusuf Erdoğan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Mehmet Ekici | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 92 | Muhammet Demir | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 5 | Okay Yokuşlu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Erkan Zengin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 17 | Muhammet Beşir | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 22 | Mustafa Yumlu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 35 | Aytaç Kara | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Aykut Demir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Marko Marin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 9 | Sefa Yılmaz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Stéphane Mbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 97 | Yusuf Yazıcı | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Soner Aydoğdu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | 10 | Özer Hurmacı | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 24 | Salih Dursun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 77 | Musa Nizam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 14 | Dame N'Doye | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 6 | Carl Medjani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | 33 | Serge Akakpo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | 18 | Deniz Yılmaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 12 | 4 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Süper Lig | Süper Lig | Turkish Cup | Turkish Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Onur Kıvrak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Douglas | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | José Bosingwa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Aykut Demir | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Okay Yokuşlu | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Carl Medjani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Óscar Cardozo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mehmet Ekici | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Sefa Yılmaz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Özer Hurmacı | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Kévin Constant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | İbrahim Demir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Dame N'Doye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Uğur Demirok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Cafer Tosun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Muhammet Beşir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Deniz Yılmaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Marko Marin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Soner Aydoğdu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Erkan Zengin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Mustafa Yumlu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Esteban Alvarado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Salih Dursun | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | Stéphane Mbia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Yavuz Aygün | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Semih Karadeniz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Abdul Majeed Waris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Savaş Çakır | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Yusuf Erdoğan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Serge Akakpo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Aytaç Kara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 38 | MF | Ramazan Övüç | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | DF | Luis Pedro Cavanda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 52 | DF | Mert Yıldırım | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | Melih Kabasakal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | DF | Mehmet Kuruoğlu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | Zeki Yavru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | DF | Alper Uludağ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 66 | MF | Fatih Atik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | DF | İshak Doğan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Musa Nizam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Yağızcan Erdem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | Denizhan Deniz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Güray Vural | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | FW | Muhammet Demir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | Mertcan Çam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | Uğurcan Çakır | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Yusuf Yazıcı | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Mehmet Yeşil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | Abdülkadir Ömür | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 96 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 116 | 11 |