# 2015–16 Falkirk F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Falkirk's sixth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of season 2009–10. Falkirk also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

Falkirk finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship and qualified for the Premiership play-off. Despite taking the lead in the 1st leg, Falkirk were beaten 4–1 by Kilmarnock on aggregate and remained in the Championship for another season.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics

During the 2015–16 season, Falkirk have used twenty-five different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.
    As of 22 May 2016 (UTC)
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Danny Rogers | 43 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Luke Leahy | 46 | 4 | 36+0 | 3 | 5+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Aaron Muirhead | 41 | 1 | 29+2 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 26 | 2 | 20+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Will Vaulks | 45 | 7 | 35+0 | 6 | 5+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Tom Taiwo | 27 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 46 | 12 | 32+4 | 10 | 3+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | John Baird | 46 | 19 | 35+1 | 17 | 4+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 45 | 2 | 34+2 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Mark Kerr | 42 | 2 | 34+1 | 2 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Graham Bowman | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Peter Grant | 28 | 2 | 23+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | David Smith | 20 | 1 | 7+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 35 | 10 | 16+13 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Bob McHugh | 30 | 10 | 9+13 | 6 | 4+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Alex Cooper | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Alex Tokarczyk | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Ryan Blair | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Myles Hippolyte | 15 | 1 | 4+8 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SCO | Scott Shepherd | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Ryan Sinnamon | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Conor McGrandles | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Kevin McCann | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | TUR | Deniz Mehmet | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Kevin O'Hara | 16 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | SCO | Tony Gallacher | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 35 | 5 | 25+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
* Source:
    a. ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the play-offs and the Challenge Cup.

### Disciplinary record

    As of 22 May 2016 (UTC)
| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | Championship | Other | Other | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Danny Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Luke Leahy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Aaron Muirhead | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | | DF | David McCracken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Will Vaulks | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Tom Taiwo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Blair Alston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | John Baird | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Craig Sibbald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Mark Kerr | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | Peter Grant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Lee Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Bob McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | MF | Myles Hippolyte | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Ryan Sinnamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | | DF | Paul Watson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 47 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 1 |

## Club statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C, P) | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 34 | +54 | 81 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Falkirk | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 61 | 34 | +27 | 70 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round and for the Premiership play-off semi-finals |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 62 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 43 | |
* ↑ Hibernian qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Scottish Cup.

### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 22 May 2016
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Peter Houston | 25 July 2015 | Present | 36 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 052.78 |