# Championnat d'Angleterre de football de cinquième division 2015-2016

La saison 2015-2016 de National League est la trente-sixième édition de la cinquième division anglaise, la première sous son nom actuel.
Le changement de nom de la ligue (de Football Conference à National League) a été officialisé le 6 avril 2015 pour prendre effet dès la saison 2015-2016. Le logo de la ligue a été modifié, et le diffuseur BT Sport a signé un nouveau contrat de trois ans. La structure et le sponsor Vanarama restent identiques.
Les vingt-quatre clubs participants au championnat sont confrontés à deux reprises aux vingt-trois autres.
À la fin de la saison, le champion est promu en League Two et les quatre suivants du classement s'affrontent en playoffs pour une place dans la division supérieure. Les quatre derniers clubs sont relégués en National League North ou National League South. La décision d'affectation revient au comité du National League System et est déterminée en fonction de la situation géographique des clubs.

## Les 24 clubs participants

Aldershot Town
Altrincham
Barrow
Boreham Wood
Braintree Town
Bromley
Cheltenham Town
Chester
Dover Athletic
Eastleigh
Forest Green Rovers
Gateshead
Grimsby Town
Guiseley
Halifax Town
Kidderminster Harriers
Lincoln City
Macclesfield Town
Southport
Torquay
Tranmere Rovers
Welling United
Woking
Wrexham
Localisation des clubs engagés dans le championnat. :
| Club | Stade | Capacité | Ville |
| Aldershot Town | Recreation Ground | 7 100 | Aldershot |
| Altrincham | Moss Lane | 6 085 | Altrincham |
| Barrow | Holker Street | 5 000 | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Boreham Wood | Meadow Park | 4 502 | Borehamwood |
| Braintree Town | Cressing Road | 4 145 | Braintree |
| Bromley | Fortress Stadium | 6 000 | Bromley |
| Cheltenham Town | Whaddon Road | 7 066 | Cheltenham |
| Chester | Deva Stadium | 6 000 | Chester |
| Dover Athletic | Crabble Athletic Ground | 6 500 | Douvres |
| Eastleigh | Silverlake Stadium | 3 500 | Eastleigh |
| Forest Green Rovers | The New Lawn | 5 147 | Nailsworth |
| Gateshead | Gateshead International Stadium | 10 000 | Gateshead |
| Grimsby Town | Blundell Park | 9 546 | Cleethorpes |
| Guiseley | Nethermoor Park | 3 000 | Guiseley |
| Halifax Town | The Shay | 14 061 | Halifax |
| Kidderminster Harriers | Aggborough | 6 238 | Kidderminster |
| Lincoln City | Sincil Bank | 10 120 | Lincoln |
| Macclesfield Town | Moss Rose | 6 355 | Macclesfield |
| Swindon Town | County Ground | 4 314 | Swindon |
| Torquay United | Plainmoor | 6 500 | Torquay |
| Tranmere Rovers | Prenton Park | 16 567 | Birkenhead |
| Yeovil Town | Huish Park | 9 978 | Yeovil |
| Woking | Kingfield Stadium | 6 036 | Woking |
| Wrexham | Racecourse Ground | 10 771 | Wrexham |

## Compétition
### Classement

Le classement est établi sur le barème de points classique (victoire à 3 points, match nul à 1, défaite à 0).
Pour départager les égalités, on tient d'abord compte de la différence de buts générale, puis du nombre de buts marqués, puis des confrontations directes et enfin si la qualification ou la relégation est en jeu, les deux équipes jouent une rencontre d'appui sur terrain neutre.
Classement :
| Rang | Équipe | Pts | J | G | N | P | Bp | Bc | Diff |
| 1 | Cheltenham Town $^R$ | 101 | 46 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 87 | 30 | +57 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 89 | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 42 | +27 |
| 3 | Braintree Town | 81 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 56 | 38 | +18 |
| 4 | Grimsby Town | 80 | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 82 | 45 | +37 |
| 5 | Dover Athletic | 80 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 75 | 53 | +22 |
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers $^R$ | 78 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 44 | +17 |
| 7 | Eastleigh | 75 | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 53 | +11 |
| 8 | Wrexham | 69 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 71 | 56 | +15 |
| 9 | Gateshead | 67 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 70 | -11 |
| 10 | Macclesfield Town | 66 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 48 | +12 |
| 11 | Barrow $^P$ | 65 | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 71 | -7 |
| 12 | Woking | 61 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 71 | 68 | +3 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 61 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 69 | 68 | +1 |
| 14 | Bromley $^P$ | 60 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 72 | -5 |
| 15 | Aldershot Town | 56 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 72 | -18 |
| 16 | Southport | 55 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 65 | -13 |
| 17 | Chester | 54 | 46 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 42 | -7 |
| 18 | Torquay United | 51 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 76 | -22 |
| 19 | Boreham Wood $^P$ | 50 | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 44 | 49 | -5 |
| 20 | Guiseley $^P$ | 49 | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 47 | 70 | -23 |
| 21 | Halifax Town | 48 | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55 | 82 | -27 |
| 22 | Altrincham | 44 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 73 | -25 |
| 23 | Kidderminster Harriers | 40 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 49 | 71 | -22 |
| 24 | Welling United | 35 | 46 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 73 | -38 |

### Matchs

| Domicile \ Extérieur | ALD | ALT | BRW | BOR | BRA | BRO | CHL | CHR | DOV | EAS | HAL | FGR | GAT | GRI | GUI | KID | LIN | MAC | SOU | TOR | TRA | WEL | WOK | WRE |
| Aldershot Town | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Altrincham | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Barrow | 1–3 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Boreham Wood | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Braintree Town | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Bromley | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Cheltenham Town | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Chester | 8–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Dover Athletic | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Eastleigh | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Halifax Town | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–6 | 2–2 | 1–7 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Forest Green Rovers | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Gateshead | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 |
| Grimsby Town | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Guiseley | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Lincoln City | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Macclesfield Town | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Southport | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Torquay United | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–7 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Welling United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Woking | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Wrexham | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |

### Playoffs

| Demi-finales | Demi-finales | Demi-finales | | Finale |
| Forest Green Rovers | 1 | 1 | | |
| Dover Athletic | 0 | 1 | | |
| Dover Athletic | 0 | 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 1 |
| | | | Grimsby Town | 3 |
| Braintree Town | 1 | 0 | Grimsby Town | 3 |
| Grimsby Town | 0 | 2 | | |
* Tirs au but
* Score de l'équipe recevant

## Bilan de la saison

Promotions et relégations :
| Relégués de League Two | York City Dagenham & Redbridge |
| Promus en League Two | Cheltenham Town Grimsby Town |
| Relégués en National League South ou North | Welling United Kidderminster Harriers Altrincham Halifax Town |
| Promus de National League South ou North | Sutton United Solihull Moors |