2015–16 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

2015–16 season
Owner	Vincent Tan
Chairman	Mehmet Dalman
Manager	Russell Slade
Stadium	Cardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship	8th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Pilkington (9) All: Anthony Pilkington (9)
Highest home attendance	28,680 (vs. Derby County, 2 Apr)
Lowest home attendance	4,782 (vs. Shrewsbury Town, 10 Jan)
Average home league attendance	16,463
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2015–16 season was Cardiff City's 99th season in their existence and the 88th in the Football League, their second consecutive season in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Sheffield Wednesday	46	19	17	10	66	45	+21	74	Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a]
7	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	53	51	+2	69
8	Cardiff City	46	17	17	12	56	51	+5	68
9	Brentford	46	19	8	19	72	67	+5	65
10	Birmingham City	46	16	15	15	53	49	+4	63

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D
Position	11	14	13	7	5	2	6	8	5	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	9	10	6	7	7	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Kit

Supplier: adidas
Sponsor(s): Visit Malaysia

Home

Away

3rd Kit

Last updated: 14 September 2015.
Source: Historical Football Kits

Squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	David Marshall	GK		Glasgow	31	274	0	Norwich City	12 May 2009	£500,000	2018
21	Simon Moore	GK		Sandown	26	23	0	Brentford	29 July 2013	£150,000	2017
30	Ben Wilson	GK		Stanley	23	2	0	Accrington Stanley	November 2014	Free	2017
Defenders
2	Lee Peltier	RB		Liverpool	30	58	0	Huddersfield Town	24 January 2015	Nominal	2018
3	Fábio	LB		Rio de Janeiro	25	68	1	Manchester United	29 January 2014	Free	2017
4	Sean Morrison	CB		Plymouth	25	74	9	Reading	15 August 2014	£2,620,000	2018
5	Bruno Ecuele Manga	CB		Libreville	27	56	5	Lorient	1 September 2014	£4,400,000	2017
6	Ben Turner	CB		Birmingham	27	121	4	Coventry City	31 August 2011	£750,000	2016
12	Declan John	LB		Merthyr Tydfil	20	31	0	Academy	1 June 2013	Trainee	2018
16	Matthew Connolly	CB		Barnet	28	110	6	Queens Park Rangers	22 August 2012	£500,000	2019
28	Scott Malone	LB		Rowley Regis	25	56	2	Millwall	7 January 2015	£90,000	2017
29	Semi Ajayi	CB		London	22	0	0	Arsenal	1 July 2015	Free	2017
Midfielders
7	Peter Whittingham	CM		Nuneaton	31	423	93	Aston Villa	11 January 2007	£350,000	2017
8	Joe Ralls	CM		Aldershot	23	94	6	Academy	30 September 2011	Trainee	2020
11	Craig Noone	LW		Liverpool	28	134	17	Brighton & Hove Albion	30 August 2012	£1,000,000	2018
13	Anthony Pilkington	LW		Blackburn	28	62	10	Norwich City	15 August 2014	£875,000	2017
15	Kagisho Dikgacoi	DM		Brandfort	31	28	0	Crystal Palace	1 July 2014	Free	2017
17	Aron Gunnarsson	CM		Akureyri	28	197	20	Coventry City	8 July 2011	£350,000	2018
22	Stuart O'Keefe	CM		Eye	25	33	2	Crystal Palace	28 January 2015	£750,000	2018
23	Matthew Kennedy	RW		Irvine	21	16	0	Everton	2 February 2015	Undisclosed	2018
24	Kadeem Harris	LW		Westminster	23	23	2	Wycombe Wanderers	30 January 2012	£150,000	2017
27	Lex Immers	AM		The Hague	30	15	5	Feyenoord	21 January 2016	Loan	2016
38	Sammy Ameobi	WG/CF		Newcastle upon Tyne	24	38	1	Newcastle United	7 July 2015	Loan	2016
Forwards
26	Kenneth Zohore	CF		Copenhagen	22	12	2	K.V. Kortrijk	1 February 2016	Loan	2016
37	Tom Lawrence	LW/SS		Wrexham	22	14	0	Leicester City	1 February 2016	Loan	2016
39	Idriss Saadi	CF		Valence	24	2	0	Clermont	1 September 2015	Undisclosed	2018
Out on loan
9	Kenwyne Jones	CF		Point Fortin	31	67	19	Stoke City	28 January 2014	Part Exchange	2016
14	Federico Macheda	CF		Rome	24	31	8	Manchester United	1 July 2014	Free	2017
18	Eoin Doyle	CF		Dublin	28	18	5	Chesterfield	2 February 2015	£750,000	2018
36	Adedeji Oshilaja	CB		London	23	3	0	Academy	1 July 2012	Trainee	Undisclosed
—	Tom Adeyemi	CM		Norwich	24	23	1	Birmingham City	7 August 2014	£882,000	2017
—	Adam Le Fondre	CF		Stockport	29	25	3	Reading	28 May 2014	£2,170,000	2017
—	Filip Kiss	CM		Dunajská Streda	25	36	1	Slovan Bratislava	1 July 2012	£500,000	2016
—	Joe Lewis	GK		Bury St. Edmunds	28	4	0	Peterborough United	25 May 2012	Free	2016
—	Etien Velikonja	CF		Šempeter pri Gorici	27	5	0	Maribor	25 July 2012	£1,574,373	2016

^ Appearances and goals for the club are up to date as of 7 May 2016.

Statistics

As of 7 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	David Marshall	39	0	39+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Lee Peltier	43	0	38+3	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
3	DF	BRA	Fábio	25	1	17+5	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Sean Morrison	32	3	29+1	3	0+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	GAB	Bruno Ecuele Manga	27	2	19+5	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Ben Turner	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Peter Whittingham	37	6	34+2	6	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Joe Ralls	44	1	42+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Craig Noone	41	6	24+14	5	0+1	0	2+0	1
12	DF	WAL	Declan John	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	IRL	Anthony Pilkington	41	9	38+3	9	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	RSA	Kagisho Dikgacoi	25	0	16+7	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Matthew Connolly	45	1	43+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	ISL	Aron Gunnarsson	29	2	16+12	2	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	GK	ENG	Simon Moore	8	0	6+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	ENG	Stuart O'Keefe	26	2	18+5	2	1+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	SCO	Matthew Kennedy	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Kadeem Harris	8	0	0+7	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
26	FW	DEN	Kenneth Zohore (on loan from K.V. Kortrijk)	12	2	2+10	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	NED	Lex Immers (on loan from Feyenoord)	15	5	14+1	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	DF	ENG	Scott Malone	40	2	34+5	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	ENG	Ben Wilson	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
37	FW	WAL	Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City)	14	0	11+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	NGA	Sammy Ameobi (on loan from Newcastle United)	38	1	8+28	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
39	FW	FRA	Idriss Saadi	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
First team players out on loan:
9	FW	TRI	Kenwyne Jones	20	5	15+4	5	0+0	0	0+1	0
14	FW	ITA	Federico Macheda	8	0	0+6	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
18	FW	IRL	Eoin Doyle	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
Loan Players who returned to their parent clubs:
33	FW	SCO	Tony Watt (on loan from Charlton Athletic)	9	2	9+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
First team players that left the club:
10	FW	IRL	Joe Mason	24	6	21+2	6	0+1	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Alex Revell	13	1	7+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	1
20	DF	ROU	Gabriel Tamas	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Captains

As of 7 May

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
1	GK	David Marshall		40	Club Captain
4	DF	Sean Morrison		6	Vice-Captain
13	MF	Anthony Pilkington		2
7	MF	Peter Whittingham		1

Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Goals record

As of 7 May 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	13	MF	Anthony Pilkington	9	0	0	9
2	7	MF	Peter Whittingham	6	0	0	6
	10	FW	Joe Mason	6	0	0	6
	11	MF	Craig Noone	5	0	1	6
5	9	FW	Kenwyne Jones	5	0	0	5
	27	MF	Lex Immers	5	0	0	5
7	4	DF	Sean Morrison	3	0	0	3
8	5	DF	Bruno Ecuele Manga	2	0	0	2
	17	MF	Aron Gunnarsson	2	0	0	2
	22	MF	Stuart O'Keefe	2	0	0	2
	26	FW	Kenneth Zohore	2	0	0	2
	28	DF	Scott Malone	2	0	0	2
	33	FW	Tony Watt	2	0	0	2
14	3	DF	Fábio	1	0	0	1
	8	MF	Joe Ralls	1	0	0	1
	16	DF	Matthew Connolly	1	0	0	1
	19	FW	Alex Revell	0	0	1	1
	38	FW	Sammy Ameobi	1	0	0	1
Total				55*	0	2	56

• Total includes 1 own goal

Disciplinary record

As of 3 May 2016

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1	3	DF	Fábio	8	1	0	0	1	0	9	1
	2	DF	Lee Peltier	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
3	13	MF	Anthony Pilkington	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	16	DF	Matthew Connolly	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5	7	MF	Peter Whittingham	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
6	4	DF	Sean Morrison	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
7	8	MF	Joe Ralls	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	11	MF	Craig Noone	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	38	MF	Sammy Ameobi	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
10	28	DF	Scott Malone	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	17	MF	Aron Gunnarsson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	22	MF	Stuart O'Keefe	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	1	GK	David Marshall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	6	DF	Ben Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	10	FW	Joe Mason	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	15	MF	Kagisho Dikgacoi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	16	DF	Matthew Connolly	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	19	FW	Alex Revell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	33	FW	Tony Watt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	37	FW	Tom Lawrence	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				79	4	0	0	2	0	81	4

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
2 May 2015	3	David Marshall	in 2014–15	Fulham (H), QPR (A), Blackburn (A)
3 October 2015	1	Fábio	5×	Preston (A)
19 September 2015	2	David Marshall	vs Rotherham United	Charlton (H), Brighton (A)
23 January 2016	1	Lee Peltier	vs Rotherham United	Huddersfield (A)
13 February 2016	3	Sammy Ameobi	vs Charlton	Brighton (H), Middlesbrough (A), Preston (H)
8 March 2016	3	Fábio	vs Leeds	Reading (H), Derby (A), Burnley (H)

Contracts

Number	Position	Nationality	Name	Contract length	Status	Expiry Date	Ref.
55	RB		Jazzi Barnum-Bobb	1 year	Extended	June 2016	[1]
—	CM		Tyler Roche	1 year	Extended	June 2016	[1]
—	CM		Macauley Southam	1 year	Signed	June 2016	[1]
60	LB		David Tutonda	1 year	Extended	June 2016	[1]
—	CB		Curtis Watkins	1 year	Extended	June 2016	[1]
30	GK		Ben Wilson	2 years	Signed	June 2017	[1]
17	CM		Aron Gunnarsson	3 years	Signed	June 2018	BBC Sport
—	CF		Rhys Healey	3 years	Signed	June 2018	Cardiff City F.C. Official Site
8	CM		Joe Ralls	5 years	Signed	June 2020	BBC Sport
16	CB		Matthew Connolly	3+1⁄2 years	Signed	June 2019	Cardiff City F.C. Official Site

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CB		Semi Ajayi	Arsenal	Free transfer	Cardiff City F.C.
24 July 2015	CB		Jordan Blaise	Girondins de Bordeaux	Free transfer[a]	Cardiff City F.C.
26 August 2015	CB		Gabriel Tamaș	Unattached	Free transfer	Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015	CF		Idriss Saadi	Clermont Foot	Undisclosed	Cardiff City F.C.
4 September 2015	LB		Marco Weymans	PSV Eindhoven	Undisclosed[a]	Cardiff City F.C.

1. Joined the U21 squad.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
7 July 2015	WG		Sammy Ameobi	Newcastle United	End of season	Cardiff City FC
23 November 2015	CF		Tony Watt	Charlton Athletic	16 January 2016	BBC Sport
21 January 2016	AM		Lex Immers	Feyenoord	End of Season	BBC Sport
1 February 2016	CF		Kenneth Zohore	K.V. Kortrijk	End of Season	BBC Sport
1 February 2016	LW		Tom Lawrence	Leicester City	End of Season	Wales Online

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2015	GK		Charlie Horton	Leeds United	Free transfer	BBC Sport
15 June 2015	RB		Kevin Theophile-Catherine	Saint-Étienne	£1.4m	BBC Sport
26 June 2015	CB		Maximiliano Amondarain	Free agent	Released	Cardiff City F.C.
1 July 2015	RM		Anthony Bell	Shildon	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CM		Jaye Bowen	Merthyr Tydfil	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CF		Gethyn Hill	Merthyr Tydfil	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CF		Danny Johnson	Gateshead	Released	[1][a]
1 July 2015	GK		Joe Massaro	Barry Town	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CF		Nicky Maynard	Milton Keynes Dons	Released	Cardiff City F.C.[b]
1 July 2015	RB		Kevin McNaughton	Wigan Athletic	Released	Cardiff City F.C.[c]
1 July 2015	LB		Kane Owen	Aberystwyth Town	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	DM		Ben Watkins	Free agent	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CB		Bradley Wickham	Free agent	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CM		Bradley Williams	Free agent	Released	[1]
1 July 2015	CB		Josh Yorwerth	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	BBC Sport
3 August 2015	CB		Ben Nugent	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015	CF		Javi Guerra	Rayo Vallecano	Undisclosed	Cardiff City F.C.
28 January 2016	CF		Joe Mason	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£3m	BBC Sport
1 February 2016	CF		Alex Revell	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	BBC Sport
1 February 2016	CB		Gabriel Tamas	Unattached	Free	Cardiff City F.C.

1. Johnson joined Gateshead following release.[1]
2. Maynard joined MK Dons following release.BBC Sport
3. McNaughton joined Wigan Athletic following release.[2]

Total income: £4,400,000

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
14 July 2015	CM		Tom Adeyemi	Leeds United	End of season	Cardiff City FC
24 July 2015	CB		Adedeji Oshilaja	Gillingham	3 January 2016	Cardiff City FC
3 August 2015	CF		Adam Le Fondre	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	BBC Sport
7 August 2015	LB		David Tutonda	York City	January 2016	BBC Sport
19 August 2015	CM		Filip Kiss	FK Haugesund	End of season	Cardiff City F.C.
22 August 2015	LW		Kadeem Harris	Barnsley	21 August 2015	Cardiff City F.C.
24 August 2015	GK		Joe Lewis	Fulham	End of season	Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015	CF		Etien Velikonja	Lierse	End of season	Cardiff City F.C.
1 September 2015	CF		Eoin Doyle	Preston North End	End of season	Cardiff City F.C.
1 September 2015	CF		Rhys Healey	Dundee	3 January 2016	Cardiff City F.C.
29 September 2015	CB		Semi Ajayi	AFC Wimbledon	25 October 2015	Cardiff City F.C.
13 October 2015	RB		Jazzi Barnum-Bobb	Newport County	2 January 2016	Cardiff City F.C.[a]
13 October 2015	CM		Tommy O'Sullivan	Newport County	2 January 2016	Cardiff City F.C.
20 October 2015	GK		Ben Wilson	AFC Wimbledon	14 December 2015	BBC Sport[b]
11 November 2015	FW		Alex Revell	Wigan Athletic	23 January 2016	Cardiff City F.C.
18 November 2015	CB		Ben Turner	Coventry City	23 December 2015	BBC Sport[c]
26 November 2015	CB		Semi Ajayi	Crewe Alexandra	5 January 2016	Sky Sports
5 January 2016	CF		Kenwyne Jones	Al Jazira	End of Season	Cardiff City F.C.
25 January 2016	RW		Matthew Kennedy	Port Vale	End of Season	BBC Sport
18 February 2016	LB		Declan John	Chesterfield	End of Season	BBC Sport
10 March 2016	CM		Tommy O'Sullivan	Newport County	End of Season	BBC Sport
11 March 2016	CF		Federico Macheda	Nottingham Forest	End of Season	BBC Sport
14 March 2016	CB		Deji Oshilaja	Gillingham	End of Season	BBC Sport

1. Jazzi Barnum-Bobb and Tommy O'Sullivan's loan spells were extended to 2 January.^[2]
2. Ben Wilson's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.^[3]
3. Ben Turner's loan spell was cut short from 3 January 2016.^[4]

Fixtures and results

Pre-season

Forest Green Rovers v Cardiff City

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Nailsworth
19:30 BST	O'Connor 72'	Report	Mason 55'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,125

Shrewsbury Town v Cardiff City

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
19:30 BST	Akpa Akpro 8' (pen.) Collins 86'	Report	Mason 26' Pilkington 55'	Stadium: New Meadow

Carmarthen Town v Cardiff City XI

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Carmarthen Town	0–1	Cardiff City XI	Carmarthen
15:00 BST		Report	Rees 11'	Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Richard Harrington

Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Cardiff City

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0–2	Cardiff City	Putten, Netherlands
19:00 BST		Report	Manga 18' Pilkington 82'	Stadium: Sportpark Puttereng

Sparta Rotterdam v Cardiff City

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	0–1	Cardiff City	Unknown
17:00 BST		Report	69' Pilkington

Cardiff City v Watford

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Cardiff City	2–1	Watford	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Mason 19', 80'	Report	Deeney 30'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

Bournemouth v Cardiff City

31 July 2015 (2015-07-31) Friendly	Bournemouth	2–3	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
19:45 BST	Rantie 27' Pugh 70'	Report	Ralls 39' Revell 44', 65'	Stadium: Dean Court

Football League Championship

Cardiff City v Fulham

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Cardiff City	1–1	Fulham	Cardiff
12:00 BST	Noone 86'	BBC Report	47' Smith	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,429 Referee: Darren Bond

Queen's Park Rangers v Cardiff City

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Queen's Park Rangers	2–2	Cardiff City	London
17:15 BST	Hill 33' Austin 56'	BBC report	63' Morrison 90' Malone	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,927 Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Televised Live on Sky

Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Hanley 88'	BBC Report	5' Mason	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,025 Referee: Scott Duncan (Northumberland)

Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Cardiff City	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
17:15 BST	Jones 44' Ameobi 60'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,820 Referee: Andy Davies
Note: Televised Live on Sky

Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Antonio 86'	BBC Sport	23' Jones 49' Mason	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 18,762 Referee: Oliver Langford

Cardiff City v Huddersfield

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6	Cardiff City	2–0	Huddersfield	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Pilkington 69' Mason 77'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,715 Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

Cardiff City v Hull City

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7	Cardiff City	0–2	Hull City	Cardiff
19:45 BST		Report	8' Diamé 80' Hernández	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,763 Referee: Chris Sarginson (Staffordshire)

Rotherham United v Cardiff City

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Rotherham United	2–1	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00 BST	Odjidja-Ofoe 43' (pen.) Connolly 90+3' (og)	Report	42' Marhsall 45+4' (pen.) Whittingham	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 8,935 Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire)

Cardiff City v Charlton Athletic

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Cardiff City	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Mason 53' Morrison 76'	BBC Report	49' Ahearne-Grant	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,980 Referee: Andy Madley

Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Cardiff City	Brighton
15:00 BST	Stephens 38'	BBC Report	5' Mason	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 26,399 Referee: Charles Breakspear (Surrey)

Preston North End v Cardiff City

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11	Preston North End	0–0	Cardiff City	Preston
15:00 BST		BBC Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,125 Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

Cardiff City v Middlesbrough

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 12	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Friend 86' (og)	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,371 Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northampton)

Cardiff City v Bristol City

26 October 2015 (2015-10-26) 13	Cardiff City	0–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
19:45 GMT		BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,287 Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Note: Televised Live on Sky

Ipswich v Cardiff City

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14	Ipswich	0–0	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00 GMT		BBC Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,169 Referee: David Coote (Nottinghamshire)

Leeds United v Cardiff City

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15	Leeds United	1–0	Cardiff City	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Mowatt 63'	BBC Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 17,914 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Cardiff City v Reading

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16	Cardiff City	2–0	Reading	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Jones 44' Connolly 53'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,414 Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

Derby County v Cardiff City

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 17	Derby County	2–0	Cardiff City	Derby
15:00 GMT	Thorne 55' Weimann 76'	BBC Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,526 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

Cardiff City v Burnley

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18	Cardiff City	2–2	Burnley	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Gunnarsson 41' Morrison 64'	BBC Report	85' Hennings 90' (og) Connolly	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,133 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19	Bolton Wanderers	2–3	Cardiff City	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Madine 17' Casado  90+1' Dervite 71'	BBC Report	13' Watt 53' Malone 80' Pilkington	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 13,241 Referee: Tony Harrington

Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 20	Cardiff City	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Noone 21' (pen.) Pilkington 34'	BBC Report	61' Forestieri 61' Bannan	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,256 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Cardiff City v Brentford

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 21	Cardiff City	3–2	Brentford	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Watt 20' Jones 34', 90+3'	Report	69' Bidwell 86' Swift	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 12,729 Referee: Simon Hooper

Birmingham City v Cardiff City

18 December 2015 (2015-12-18) 22	Birmingham City	1–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Caddis 45' (pen.)	BBC Report		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 14,414 Referee: David Coote (Note Coote was a late replacement for Keith Stroud)
Note: Televised Live on Sky

Milton Keynes Dons v Cardiff City

26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Cardiff City	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Maynard 49' Murphy 90'	Report	Noone 81'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: Iain Williamson Referee: 12,510

Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest

29 December 2015 (2015-12-29) 24	Cardiff City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Gunnarsson 13'	Report	Burke 9'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,461 Referee: Tim Robinson

Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25	Cardiff City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Mason 58'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,385 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Hull City v Cardiff City

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13) 26	Hull City	2–0	Cardiff City	Hull
19:45 GMT	Hernández 40' (pen) Clucas 51'	Report		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 15,549 Referee: Scott Duncan

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Cardiff City

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Zyro 40'	BBC Report	28', 36' Noone 48' Ralls	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 24,238 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Cardiff City v Rotherham United

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28	Cardiff City	2–2	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Pilkington 25', 60' Peltier  83'	BBC Report	Newell 44' Pilkington 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,885 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

Huddersfield v Cardiff City

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 29	Huddersfield	2–3	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Wells 40' Bunn 90+2'	BBC Report	Whittingham 37', 79' Immers 61'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 11,002 Referee: David Webb (County Durham)

Cardiff City v Milton Keynes Dons

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 30	Cardiff City	0–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Cardiff
15:00 GMT		BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,833 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Charlton Athletic v Cardiff City

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00 GMT		Report	90+6'  Ameobi	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,755 Referee: Iain Williamson

Cardiff City v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 32	Cardiff City	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Whittingham 16', 66' (pen.) Pilkington 19' Immers 30'	BBC Report	Stephens 55'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,143 Referee: Darren Bond (Lancashire)
Note: Televised Live on Sky

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 33	Middlesbrough	3–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Connolly 25' (og) Ramírez 63' Nugent 83'	Report	20' Fábio	Stadium: The Riverside Attendance: 24,322 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Cardiff City v Preston North End

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 34	Cardiff City	2–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Pilkington 44' (pen), 80' (pen.)	Report	87' Robinson	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,566 Referee: Brendan Malone

Bristol City v Cardiff

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35	Bristol City	0–2	Cardiff	Bristol
12:00 GMT		Report	Immers 21' O'Keefe 83'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,758 Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)

Cardiff City v Leeds United

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 36	Cardiff City	0–2	Leeds United	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Fábio  64'	Report	Doukara 37' Antenucci 90+4'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,273 Referee: Darren Deadman

Cardiff City v Ipswich Town

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ecuele 18'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 15,175 Referee: Andy Madley (West Yorkshire)

Reading v Cardiff City

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00 GMT	McCleary 37' John  45'	Report	Connolly  63' Immers 65' Pilkington  83'	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 17,407 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Cardiff City v Derby County

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Cardiff City	2–1	Derby County	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Ecuele 37' O'Keefe 68'	BBC Report	49' Martin	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 28,680 Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)

Burnley v Cardiff City

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40	Burnley	0–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
19:45 BST		BBC Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 15,740 Referee: Geoff Eltringham (Tyne and Wear)

Fulham v Cardiff City

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41	Fulham	2–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00 BST	Parker 46' Hyndman 90+3'	BBC Sport	41' Immers	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 17,149 Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)

Cardiff City v Queen's Park Rangers

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Cardiff City	0–0	Queen's Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:00 BST		BBC Sport		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,874 Referee: Steve Martin (Staffordshire)

Brentford v Cardiff City

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Brentford	2–1	Cardiff City	London
19:45 BST	Hogan 83', 86'	BBC Report	89' Zohore	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 8,363 Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire)

Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Cardiff City	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00 BST	Zohore 55' Whittingham 90+4' (pen)	Report	7' Clough  32' Maher	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 24,189 Referee: Lee Collins

Sheffield Wed v Cardiff City

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Sheffield Wed	3–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Hooper 64', 90+4' Peltier	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 31,843 Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

Cardiff City v Birmingham

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	Cardiff City	1–1	Birmingham	Cardiff
12:30 BST	Connolly  19' Pilkington 26' Lawrence  31' Whittingham  51' Turner  60'	Report	Cotterill 11' Spector  31' Kieftenbeld  35'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,022 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

Cardiff City v Shrewsbury Town

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) Third Round	Cardiff City	0–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff
18:00 GMT		Report	62' Mangan	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 4,782 Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Televised Live on S4C

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

Cardiff City v AFC Wimbledon

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Cardiff City	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Noone 45'	BBC Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Brendan Malone

MK Dons v Cardiff City

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	MK Dons	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Baker 78' Murphy 108'	BBC report	Revell 53'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 5,617 Referee: Tim Robinson

Development Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 45 MF  WAL Theo Wharton – DF  FRA Jordan Blaise – MF  WAL MacAuley Southam – MF  WAL Robbie Patten – DF  WAL Tom James – MF  WAL Tommy O'Sullivan (on loan to Newport County) – FW  ENG Rhys Healey (on loan to Dundee United) – DF  ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb – DF  WAL Curtis Watkins – DF  COD David Tutonda

No. Pos. Nation Player – MF  WAL Tyler Roche — DF  WAL Ashley Baker — MF  WAL Tom Burridge — FW  WAL Abdi Noor — DF  WAL Dylan Rees — MF  WAL Jamie Veale — FW  WAL Dane Griffiths – GK  WAL Luke O'Reilly — FW  WAL Eli Phipps – DF  BEL Marco Weymans

Overall summary

Summary Games played 46 (35 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) Games won 16 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) Games drawn 17 (17 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Games lost 14 (12 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) Goals scored 57 (55 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) Goals conceded 53 (50 Championship, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) Goal difference +4 Clean sheets 16 (15 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup) Yellow cards 81 (79 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup) Red cards 4 (4 Championship, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup) Worst discipline Fábio & Lee Peltier (9 , 1 ) Best result W 4–1 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (20 February) Worst result L 2–0 vs Hull City (16 September) L 2–0 vs Derby County (21 November) L 2–0 vs Leeds United (8 March) Most appearances Matthew Connolly (45) Top scorer Anthony Pilkington (9) Points 68

Score overview Opposition Home score Away score Double Birmingham City 1–1 0–1 No Blackburn Rovers 1–0 1–1 No Bolton Wanderers 2–1 3–2 Yes Brentford 3–2 1–2 No Brighton & Hove Albion 4–1 1–1 No Bristol City 0–0 2–0 No Burnley 2–2 0–0 No Charlton Athletic 2–1 0–0 No Derby County 2–1 0–2 No Fulham 1–1 1–2 No Huddersfield Town 2–0 3–2 Yes Hull City 0–2 0–2 No Ipswich Town 1–0 0–0 No Leeds United 0–2 0–1 No Middlesbrough 1–0 1–3 No Milton Keynes Dons 0–0 1–2 No Nottingham Forest 1–1 2–1 No Preston North End 2–1 0–0 No Queens Park Rangers 0–0 2–2 No Reading 2–0 1–1 No Rotherham United 2–2 1–2 No Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 0–3 No Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 3–1 Yes

Club staff

Main article: Cardiff City F.C. personnel

Backroom staff Position Name First-team manager Russell Slade Assistant manager Scott Young Head coach Paul Trollope Goalkeeper coach Martyn Margetson First-team coach James Rowberry Head of Medical Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPC First-team physiotherapist Adam Rattenberry MCSP SRP Head of Fitness & Condition Lee Southernwood Strength & Conditioning Coach Mike Beere Club doctor Dr. Len Nokes Performance & Recruitment Analyst Graham Younger Opposition Analyst Martin Hodge Kit & equipment manager Ian Lenning

Board of directors Position Name Chairman Mehmet Dalman General Manager Ken Choo Finance Director Richard Thompson Non-Executive Board Members Football Club [5] Steve Borley Derek Chee Seng Chin Mehmet Dalman Michael Filiou Meng Kwong Lim Michael Isaac Vincent Lye Ek Seang Non-Executive Board Members Cardiff City (Holdings) [6] Danni Rais Club Secretary [7] David Beeby

References

1. "Retain List 2015/16". Cardiff City Football Club. Official Site. 5 May 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
2. "Newport County: O'Sullivan and Barnum-Bobb extend loan deals". BBC Sport. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
3. "Ben goes back to Cardiff". AFC Wimbledon. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
4. "Ben Turner: Cardiff City defender facing more ankle surgery". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
5. "Football Club Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
6. "Holding Company Directors". Retrieved 25 August 2015.
7. "New Club Secretary". Retrieved 25 August 2015.