2015–16 Premier League

The **2015–16 Premier League** was the 24th Premier League that took place from 8 August 2015 to 17 May 2016.

It was won by Leicester City who, guided by Claudio Ranieri, upset bookmakers odds of 5000/1 at the start of the season by finishing 10 points clear of 2nd place Arsenal to win their 1st ever top flight English league title.

The season was supposed to end on Sunday 15th May, but instead ended on Tuesday 17th May due to the abandonment and subsequent rearrangement of Manchester United's last home game against A.F.C. Bournemouth after a bomb scare.

### Top 4

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left align=center|1|align=left|Leicester City **(C)**|38|23|12|3|68|36|+32|**81**|rowspan="3"|Qualification for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League group stage||||||||
|align=left align=center|2|align=left|Arsenal **(Q)**|38|20|11|7|65|36|+29|**71**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|3|align=left|Tottenham Hotspur **(Q)**|38|19|13|6|69|35|+34|**70**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|4|align=left|Manchester City **(Q)**|38|19|9|10|68|38|+30|**66**|Qualification for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League play-off round|||||||||

### Bottom 4

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left align=center|17|align=left|Sunderland|38|9|12|17|48|62|−14|**39**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|18|align=left|Newcastle United **(R)**|38|9|10|19|44|65|−21|**37**|rowspan="3"|Relegation to the 2016-17 Football League Championship||||||||
|align=left align=center|19|align=left|Norwich City **(R)**|38|9|7|20|35|61|−28|**34**||||||||||
|align=left align=center|20|align=left|Aston Villa **(R)**|38|3|8|27|27|76|−49|**17**||||||||||

<small>* A win will give the team 3 points, a draw will give them 1 point, and a loss will give them no points.</small>

### Stadia and locations

|Team|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|AFC Bournemouth|Dean Court|11,464||
|Arsenal|Emirates Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Aston Villa|Villa Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Chelsea|Stamford Bridge|style="text-align:center"||
|Crystal Palace|Selhurst Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Everton|Goodison Park|style="text-align:center;"||
|Leicester City|King Power Stadium|style="text-align:center;"||
|Liverpool|Anfield|style="text-align:center"||
|Manchester City|Etihad Stadium|style="text-align:center;"||
|Manchester United|Old Trafford|style="text-align:center"||
|Newcastle United|St James' Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Norwich City|Carrow Road|27,010||
|Southampton|St Mary's Stadium|style="text-align:center;"||
|Stoke City|Britannia Stadium|style="text-align:center;"||
|Sunderland|Stadium of Light|style="text-align:center;"||
|Swansea City|Liberty Stadium|20,909||
|Tottenham Hotspur|White Hart Lane|style="text-align:center;"||
|Watford|Vicarage Road|21,500||
|West Bromwich Albion|The Hawthorns|||
|West Ham United|Boleyn Ground|||

### Personnel and kits

|**Team**|**Manager**|**Captain**|**Kit Manufacturer**|**Shirt sponsor**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|AFC Bournemouth|Eddie Howe|Tommy Elphick|JD Sports|Mansion Group|
|||Mikel Arteta|Puma|Emirates|
||Eric Black (caretaker)|Micah Richards|Macron|Intuit QuickBooks|
||Guus Hiddink (caretaker)|John Terry|Adidas|Yokohama Tyres|
||Alan Pardew|Mile Jedinak|Macron|Mansion Group|
||David Unsworth Joe Royle (caretakers)|Phil Jagielka|Umbro|Chang Beer|
||Claudio Ranieri|Wes Morgan|Puma|King Power|
||Jürgen Klopp|Jordan Henderson|New Balance|Standard Chartered|
|||Vincent Kompany|Nike|Etihad Airways|
|||Wayne Rooney|Nike|Chevrolet|
||Rafael Benitez|Fabricio Coloccini|Puma|Wonga|
|Norwich City|Alex Neil|Russell Martin|Erreà|Aviva|
|||Jose Fonté|Adidas|Veho|
|||Ryan Shawcross|New Balance|Bet365|
||Sam Allardyce|John O'Shea|Adidas|Dafabet|
|||Ashley Williams|Adidas|GWFX|
|||Hugo Lloris|Under Armour|AIA|
|Watford|Quique Sanchez Flores|Troy Deeney|Puma|138.com|
|||Darren Fletcher|Adidas|Tlcbet|
||Slaven Bilić|Mark Noble|Umbro|Betway|

### Top scorers

|Rank|Player|Club|Goals|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Harry Kane|align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur|25|||
|rowspan="2"|2|align="left"|Sergio Agüero|align="left"|Manchester City|rowspan="2"|24|
|align="left"|Jamie Vardy|align="left"|Leicester City|||||
|4|align="left"|Romelu Lukaku|align="left"|Everton|18|||
|5|align="left"|Riyad Mahrez|align="left"|Leicester City|17|||
|6|align="left"|Olivier Giroud|align="left"|Arsenal|16|||
|rowspan="2"|7|align="left"|Jermain Defoe|align="left"|Sunderland|rowspan="2"|15|
|align="left"|Odion Ighalo|align="left"|Watford|||||
|rowspan="2"|9|align="left"|Troy Deeney|align="left"|Watford|rowspan="2"|13|
|align="left"|Alexis Sanchez|align="left"|Arsenal|||||

## Infobox (football league season)

- **competition**: English Premier League, Premier League
- **season**: 2015–16
- **winners**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
1st Premier League title
1st English title
- **relegated**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **continentalcup1**: UEFA Champions League, Champions League
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: Leicester City F.C., Leicester City
Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **continentalcup2**: UEFA Europa League, Europa League
- **continentalcup2 qualifiers**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
Southampton F.C., Southampton
- **biggest home win**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City 6-1 Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
(3 October 2016)
- **biggest away win**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa 0-6 Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
(14 February 2016)
- **highest scoring**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City 4–5 Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
(23 January 2016)
- **matches**: 380
- **total goals**: 1026
- **league topscorer**: Harry Kane (25)
- **longest wins**: 6 matches
Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **longest unbeaten**: 15 matches
Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **longest winless**: 19 matches
Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **longest losses**: 11 matches
Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **highest attendance**: 75,415
Manchester United F.C., Manchester United 2–1 Swansea City F.C., Swansea City
(2 January 2016)
- **lowest attendance**: 10,853
A.F.C. Bournemouth, AFC Bournemouth 1-3 Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
(13 February 2016)
- **average attendance**: 36,351
- **prevseason**: 2014–15 Premier League, 2014–15
- **nextseason**: 2016–17