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2015–16 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
2015–16 season
OwnerVincent Tan
ChairmanMehmet Dalman
ManagerRussell Slade
StadiumCardiff City Stadium
Football League Championship8th
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Anthony Pilkington (9)
All: Anthony Pilkington (9)
Highest home attendance28,680 (vs. Derby County, 2 Apr)
Lowest home attendance4,782 (vs. Shrewsbury Town, 10 Jan)
Average home league attendance16,463

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

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Championship

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDDDWWWLLWDDWDDLWLDWDWLLDWLWDWDDWLWWLWDWDLDLWLD
Position111413752685888899791067788109999999787777777777778
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Kit

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Supplier: adidas
Sponsor(s): Visit Malaysia

Home
Away
3rd Kit

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

Squad

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

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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 Scotland SCO David Marshall 39 0 39+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Lee Peltier 43 0 38+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Brazil BRA Fábio 25 1 17+5 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF England ENG Sean Morrison 32 3 29+1 3 0+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Gabon GAB Bruno Ecuele Manga 27 2 19+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF England ENG Ben Turner 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Peter Whittingham 37 6 34+2 6 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Joe Ralls 44 1 42+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF England ENG Craig Noone 41 6 24+14 5 0+1 0 2+0 1
12 DF Wales WAL Declan John 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony Pilkington 41 9 38+3 9 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF South Africa RSA Kagisho Dikgacoi 25 0 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
16 MF England ENG Matthew Connolly 45 1 43+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Iceland ISL Aron Gunnarsson 29 2 16+12 2 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 GK England ENG Simon Moore 8 0 6+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF England ENG Stuart O'Keefe 26 2 18+5 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Matthew Kennedy 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 MF England ENG Kadeem Harris 8 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
26 FW Denmark DEN Kenneth Zohore (on loan from K.V. Kortrijk) 12 2 2+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Netherlands NED Lex Immers (on loan from Feyenoord) 15 5 14+1 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF England ENG Scott Malone 40 2 34+5 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK England ENG Ben Wilson 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
37 FW Wales WAL Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City) 14 0 11+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 MF Nigeria NGA Sammy Ameobi (on loan from Newcastle United) 38 1 8+28 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
39 FW France FRA Idriss Saadi 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
First team players out on loan:
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kenwyne Jones 20 5 15+4 5 0+0 0 0+1 0
14 FW Italy ITA Federico Macheda 8 0 0+6 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
18 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Eoin Doyle 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
Loan Players who returned to their parent clubs:
33 FW Scotland 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 Republic of Ireland IRL Joe Mason 24 6 21+2 6 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW England ENG Alex Revell 13 1 7+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
20 DF Romania ROU Gabriel Tamas 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Captains

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

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As of 7 May 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 13 MF Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington 9 0 0 9
2 7 MF England Peter Whittingham 6 0 0 6
10 FW Republic of Ireland Joe Mason 6 0 0 6
11 MF England Craig Noone 5 0 1 6
5 9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Kenwyne Jones 5 0 0 5
27 MF Netherlands Lex Immers 5 0 0 5
7 4 DF England Sean Morrison 3 0 0 3
8 5 DF Gabon Bruno Ecuele Manga 2 0 0 2
17 MF Iceland Aron Gunnarsson 2 0 0 2
22 MF England Stuart O'Keefe 2 0 0 2
26 FW Denmark Kenneth Zohore 2 0 0 2
28 DF England Scott Malone 2 0 0 2
33 FW Scotland Tony Watt 2 0 0 2
14 3 DF Brazil Fábio 1 0 0 1
8 MF England Joe Ralls 1 0 0 1
16 DF England Matthew Connolly 1 0 0 1
19 FW England Alex Revell 0 0 1 1
38 FW England Sammy Ameobi 1 0 0 1
Total 55* 0 2 56
  • Total includes 1 own goal

Disciplinary record

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As of 3 May 2016
Rank No. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 3 DF Brazil Fábio 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
2 DF England Lee Peltier 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
3 13 MF Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
16 DF England Matthew Connolly 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
5 7 MF England Peter Whittingham 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 4 DF England Sean Morrison 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
7 8 MF England Joe Ralls 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
11 MF England Craig Noone 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
38 MF England Sammy Ameobi 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
10 28 DF England Scott Malone 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 17 MF Iceland Aron Gunnarsson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
22 MF England Stuart O'Keefe 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 1 GK Scotland David Marshall 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 DF England Ben Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland Joe Mason 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF South Africa Kagisho Dikgacoi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF England Matthew Connolly 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW England Alex Revell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW Scotland Tony Watt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 FW Wales Tom Lawrence 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 79 4 0 0 2 0 81 4

Suspensions served

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

Contracts

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Number Position Nationality Name Contract length Status Expiry Date Ref.
55 RB England Jazzi Barnum-Bobb 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
CM Wales Tyler Roche 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
CM Wales Macauley Southam 1 year Signed June 2016 [1]
60 LB Democratic Republic of the Congo David Tutonda 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
CB Wales Curtis Watkins 1 year Extended June 2016 [1]
30 GK England Ben Wilson 2 years Signed June 2017 [1]
17 CM Iceland Aron Gunnarsson 3 years Signed June 2018 BBC Sport
CF England Rhys Healey 3 years Signed June 2018 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site
8 CM England Joe Ralls 5 years Signed June 2020 BBC Sport
16 CB England Matthew Connolly 3+12 years Signed June 2019 Cardiff City F.C. Official Site

Transfers

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In

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CB Nigeria England Semi Ajayi Arsenal Free transfer Cardiff City F.C.
24 July 2015 CB France Jordan Blaise Girondins de Bordeaux Free transfer[a] Cardiff City F.C.
26 August 2015 CB Romania Gabriel Tamaș Unattached Free transfer Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015 CF France Idriss Saadi Clermont Foot Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C.
4 September 2015 LB Belgium Marco Weymans PSV Eindhoven Undisclosed[a] Cardiff City F.C.
  1. ^ a b Joined the U21 squad.

Loans in

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

Out

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Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
9 June 2015 GK United States Charlie Horton Leeds United Free transfer BBC Sport
15 June 2015 RB France Kevin Theophile-Catherine Saint-Étienne £1.4m BBC Sport
26 June 2015 CB Uruguay Maximiliano Amondarain Free agent Released Cardiff City F.C.
1 July 2015 RM England Anthony Bell Shildon Released [1]
1 July 2015 CM Wales Jaye Bowen Merthyr Tydfil Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF Wales Gethyn Hill Merthyr Tydfil Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF England Danny Johnson Gateshead Released [1][a]
1 July 2015 GK Wales Joe Massaro Barry Town Released [1]
1 July 2015 CF England Nicky Maynard Milton Keynes Dons Released Cardiff City F.C.[b]
1 July 2015 RB Scotland Kevin McNaughton Wigan Athletic Released Cardiff City F.C.[c]
1 July 2015 LB Wales Kane Owen Aberystwyth Town Released [1]
1 July 2015 DM Wales Ben Watkins Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CB Wales Bradley Wickham Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CM Wales Bradley Williams Free agent Released [1]
1 July 2015 CB Wales Josh Yorwerth Ipswich Town Free transfer BBC Sport
3 August 2015 CB England Ben Nugent Crewe Alexandra Free transfer Cardiff City F.C.
31 August 2015 CF Spain Javi Guerra Rayo Vallecano Undisclosed Cardiff City F.C.
28 January 2016 CF Republic of Ireland Joe Mason Wolverhampton Wanderers £3m BBC Sport
1 February 2016 CF England Alex Revell Milton Keynes Dons Free BBC Sport
1 February 2016 CB Romania 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: Increase £4,400,000

Loans out

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

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Pre-season

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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
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
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
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
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

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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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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 Red card 42' Marhsall
45+4' (pen.) Whittingham
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 8,935
Referee: Keith Hill (Hertfordshire)
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19 Bolton Wanderers 2–3 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 GMT Madine 17'
Casado Red card 90+1'
Dervite 71'
BBC Report 13' Watt
53' Malone
80' Pilkington
Stadium: Macron Stadium
Attendance: 13,241
Referee: Tony Harrington
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 28 Cardiff City 2–2 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 GMT Pilkington 25', 60'
Peltier Red card 83'
BBC Report Newell 44'
Pilkington 49' (og)
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 14,885
Referee: Jeremy Simpson (Lancashire)
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)
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
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 31 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 GMT Report Yellow card 90+6' Yellow-red card Ameobi Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 16,755
Referee: Iain Williamson
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
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
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
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)
8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 36 Cardiff City 0–2 Leeds United Cardiff
19:45 GMT Fábio Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card Report Doukara 37'
Antenucci 90+4'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 15,273
Referee: Darren Deadman
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)
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38 Reading 1–1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 GMT McCleary 37'
John Yellow card 45'
Report Connolly Yellow card 63'
Immers 65'
Pilkington Yellow card 83'
Stadium: Madjeski Stadium
Attendance: 17,407
Referee: Darren Drysdale
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
Red card 32' Maher
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 24,189
Referee: Lee Collins
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)
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Cardiff City 1–1 Birmingham Cardiff
12:30 BST Connolly Yellow card 19'
Pilkington 26'
Lawrence Yellow card 31'
Whittingham Yellow card 51'
Turner Yellow card 60'
Report Cotterill 11'
Spector Yellow card 31'
Kieftenbeld Yellow card 35'
Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 21,022
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

FA Cup

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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

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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
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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
45 MF Wales WAL Theo Wharton
DF France FRA Jordan Blaise
MF Wales WAL MacAuley Southam
MF Wales WAL Robbie Patten
DF Wales WAL Tom James
MF Wales WAL Tommy O'Sullivan (on loan to Newport County)
FW England ENG Rhys Healey (on loan to Dundee United)
DF England ENG Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
DF Wales WAL Curtis Watkins
DF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD David Tutonda
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Wales WAL Tyler Roche
DF Wales WAL Ashley Baker
MF Wales WAL Tom Burridge
FW Wales WAL Abdi Noor
DF Wales WAL Dylan Rees
MF Wales WAL Jamie Veale
FW Wales WAL Dane Griffiths
GK Wales WAL Luke O'Reilly
FW Wales WAL Eli Phipps
DF Belgium BEL Marco Weymans

Overall summary

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Club staff

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References

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