Oxford United 2015–16 football season
The 2015–16 season was Oxford United 's sixth consecutive season in League Two and 122nd year in existence.[ 1] FA Cup , League Cup and League Trophy . The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
After spending most of the season in the top three, Oxford finally confirmed automatic promotion to League One on the last day of the regular season, with a 3–0 home victory over Wycombe Wanderers . The Us finished in second place with 86 points, 13 behind runaway leaders Northampton Town .[ 2] [ 3] Kemar Roofe was the club's leading scorer, with 18 league goals and 26 in all competitions.[ 4]
United beat higher-division opposition in all three senior cup competitions and reached the final of the League Trophy at Wembley Stadium , only the club's third appearance at the national stadium. In the opening round of the League Cup they eliminated Brentford of the Championship with a 4–0 away win, before losing 1–0 to another Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday , in the second round. They reached the fourth round of the FA Cup , recording a notable 3–2 victory over Premier League side Swansea City in the third round, but were knocked out of the competition by Blackburn Rovers in the next round. In their run to the final of the League Trophy, they beat local rivals Swindon Town of League One in the second round, and Millwall , also of League One, over two legs in the area semi-final, before losing 3–2 to Barnsley in the final. United won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup , beating Oxford City 6–1 in the final, three days after securing their league promotion.[ 5]
Transfers
Transfers in
Transfers out
^ Following Balmy's release he joined Swindon Town.[ 16]
^ Following Bevans' release he joined Wealdstone.[ 18]
^ Following Hoskins' release he joined Exeter City.[ 19]
^ Following Meades' release he joined AFC Wimbledon.[ 20]
^ Following Clarke's release he joined Northampton Town.[ 22]
^ Following Collins' release he joined Bengaluru.[ 24]
^ Following Rose's release he joined Northampton Town.[ 26]
Loans in
^ Baldock's loan was initially for the whole season, but a recall clause was exercised by his parent club.
^ Graham's initial one-month loan was extended for a further two months, but he was recalled by his parent club.
^ Evans' loan was twice extended.
^ Maguire was released by Rotherham and signed a permanent contract with Oxford on 1 February.
^ Kenny's loan was twice extended.
Loans out
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies
On 18 May 2015, Oxford United announced four pre-season friendlies against Didcot Town , Woking , Eastleigh and Coventry City .[ 60] Austria for a week-long stay, which included a friendly against SC Wiener Neustadt .[ 61]
League Two
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source:
BBC Sport Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted
Notes:
Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[ 62]
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46
24
14
8
84
41
+43
86
10
7
6
37
20
+17
14
7
2
47
21
+26
Results by round
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 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A H A H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A A H A H H A H A A H A H A H Result D D W D W W L D D W W W D W L W W W D W D L W D W L W D W L L W W W D L W W D D W L D W W W Position 15 16 10 9 5 4 8 5 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: see belowA = AwayH = HomeW = WinD = DrawL = Loss
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made live on BBC Two on Monday 26 October 2015, with Oxford drawn away to Braintree Town .[ 63]
League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Oxford United were drawn away against Brentford .[ 64] Championship side away from home, Sheffield Wednesday .[ 65]
On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein . Oxford were drawn at home to Swindon Town .[ 66] Dagenham & Redbridge in the Area Quarter-Final,[ 67] Yeovil Town of League Two 3–2 in the Area Semi-final to meet Millwall of League One in the two-legged Area Final. Oxford won the first leg at The Den , leading scorer Kemar Roofe netting both the goals and, despite losing the second leg at the Kassam Stadium, reached the Wembley final 2–1 on aggregate.
In the final against Barnsley , United led 1–0 at half-time through a goal from Callum O'Dowda . An own-goal by Chey Dunkley early in the second half was followed by goals from Ashley Fletcher and Adam Hammill to give Barnsley a two-goal cushion. A header from Danny Hylton in the 76th minute reduced the deficit, but United were unable to find an equaliser in the remaining minutes and suffered defeat at Wembley for the first time in their history.
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Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
As of 7 May 2016
Top scorers
As of 7 May 2016
Disciplinary record
As of 7 May 2016
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