2015–16 Kilmarnock F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Kilmarnock's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their 23rd consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. Kilmarnock also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Kilmarnock
2015–16 season
ChairmanJim Mann
ManagerGary Locke[Note 1]
Lee McCulloch
Lee Clark
StadiumRugby Park
PremiershipEleventh Place
Scottish CupFifth Round
League CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Josh Magennis (10)
All: Josh Magennis (12)
Highest home attendance13,179 (vs. Rangers, 16 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance1,484 (vs. Berwick Rangers, 25 August 2015)
Average home league attendance4,344

Overview

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Kilmarnock finished eleventh in the Scottish Premiership with 36 points. They reached the third round of the League Cup, losing to Hearts,[1] and also reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, losing to Rangers.[2] Kilmarnock rounded off the season with a 4–1 aggregate victory over Falkirk in the Premiership play-off final to secure top flight status for the 2016–17 season.[3]

Match results

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Pre-season

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers
21 July 2015   Barnsley H 0–1[4]
25 July 2015   Fleetwood Town H 3–1[5] Boyd 3', 70', Johnston 85'

Scottish Premiership

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Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance League
position
1 August 2015 Dundee H 0–4[6] 5,207 12th
9 August 2015 Aberdeen A 0–2[7] 11,305 12th
12 August 2015 Celtic H 2–2[8] Magennis 44', Higginbotham 88' (pen.) 6,090 12th
15 August 2015 Partick Thistle A 2–2[9] McKenzie 38', Boyd 85' 3,600 12th
22 August 2015 Ross County H 0–4[10] 3,604 12th
29 August 2015 Motherwell A 0–1[11] 4,136 12th
12 September 2015 Dundee United A 2–1[12] Higginbotham 44' (pen.), McHattie 88' 8,264 10th
19 September 2015 St Johnstone H 2–1[13] Magennis 40', Easton 60' (o.g.) 3,165 8th
26 September 2015 Hamilton Academical H 1–2[14] Kiltie 34' 3,308 10th
3 October 2015 Heart of Midlothian A 1–1[15] Balatoni 79' 16,461 10th
17 October 2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 2–0[16] Kiltie 45', Magennis 66' 3,234 9th
24 October 2015 Dundee A 2–1[17] Magennis 9', Smith 48' 4,970 8th
31 October 2015 Motherwell H 0–1[18] 3,931 8th
7 November 2015 St Johnstone A 1–2[19] Smith 2' 3,475 9th
21 November 2015 Celtic A 0–0[20] 42,770 9th
28 November 2015 Partick Thistle H 2–5[21] Magennis 23', Connolly 72' 3,860 10th
5 December 2015 Dundee United H 1–1[22] Boyd 4' 2,828 10th
12 December 2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–2[23] Connolly 87' 2,775 11th
19 December 2015 Aberdeen H 0–4[24] 3,928 11th
26 December 2015 Hamilton Academical A 0–1[25] Obadeyi 69' 2,006 11th
29 December 2015 Ross County A 2–3[26] Obadeyi 33', Magennis 48' 3,518 11th
2 January 2016 Heart of Midlothian H 2–2[27] Balatoni 43', Magennis 80' 5,388 11th
16 January 2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle H 2–1[28] Kiltie 9', Slater 51' 2,937 11th
23 January 2016 Dundee United A 1–5[29] Magennis 82' 7,729 11th
30 January 2016 Hamilton Academical H 0–1[30] 3,076 11th
13 February 2016 Motherwell A 2–0[31] Kiltie 56', Slater 61' 3,764 10th
20 February 2016 Dundee H 0–0[32] 3,688 11th
27 February 2016 Heart of Midlothian A 0–1[33] 16,354 11th
1 March 2016 Ross County H 0–2[34] 2,633 11th
12 March 2016 Aberdeen A 1–2[35] Magennis 47' 13,725 11th
19 March 2016 Celtic H 0–1[36] 6,867 11th
2 April 2016 Partick Thistle A 0–0[37] 4,359 11th
9 April 2016 St Johnstone H 3–0[38] Boyd 25', 88' (pen.), Higginbotham 65' 3,963 11th
24 April 2016 Inverness Caledonian Thistle A 1–3[39] Higginbotham 44' 2,228 11th
30 April 2016 Hamilton Academical A 4–0[40] Kiltie 11', 32', Boyd 58' (pen.), Magennis 77' 3,595 11th
7 May 2016 Partick Thistle H 0–2[41] 5,729 11th
11 May 2016 Dundee A 1–1[42] Balatoni 55' 4,335 11th
14 May 2016 Dundee United H 2–4[43] Higginbotham 27', Obadeyi 34' 2,702 11th
Premiership play-off final
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
19 May 2016 First leg Falkirk A 0–1[44] 7,636
22 May 2016 Second leg Falkirk H 4–0[3]
(4–1 agg.)
Kiltie 3', 62', Addison 8', Boyd 65' 11,013

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
9 January 2016 Fourth round St Johnstone A 1–0[45] Slater 6' 3,147
6 February 2016 Fifth round Rangers A 0–0[46] 33,581
16 February 2016 Fifth round reply Rangers H 1–2[2] McKenzie 7' 13,179

Scottish League Cup

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Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
25 August 2015 Second round Berwick Rangers H 4–1[47] Boyd 16' (pen.), McKenzie 70', Slater 77', Higginbotham 90' 1,484
23 September 2015 Third round Heart of Midlothian H 2–3[1] Magennis 13', 80' 3,249

Squad statistics

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During the 2015–16 season, Kilmarnock used 31 different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

No. Pos. Name League Scottish Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Mark Ridgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF   Ross Barbour 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 DF   Steven Smith 22 2 3 0 2 0 27 2 9 0
4 MF   Jamie Hamill 16 0 0 0 2 0 18 0 4 0
4 DF   Miles Addison 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 0
5 DF   Stuart Findlay 22 0 3 0 2 0 27 0 3 0
6 DF   Mark Connolly 10 2 0 0 0 0 10 2 4 0
7 MF   Rory McKenzie 30 1 3 1 1 1 34 3 5 0
8 MF   Scott Robinson 12 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0
8 MF   Alex Henshall 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
9 FW   Kris Boyd 31 6 0 0 2 1 33 7 2 0
10 FW   Chris Johnston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 MF   Kallum Higginbotham 27 5 2 0 2 1 31 6 5 1
12 DF   Daryl Westlake 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0
13 GK   Conor Brennan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
14 DF   Mark O'Hara 31 0 1 0 2 0 34 0 7 0
15 MF   Lee McCulloch 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
16 MF   Tope Obadeyi 32 3 2 0 2 0 36 2 3 0
17 MF   Aaron Splaine 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 2 0
18 DF   Lee Ashcroft 17 0 2 0 2 0 21 0 3 1
19 MF   Craig Slater 28 2 3 1 2 0 33 3 5 0
20 FW   Dale Carrick 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
21 GK   Jamie MacDonald 39 0 3 0 1 0 43 0 0 1
22 DF   Kevin McHattie 20 1 0 0 1 0 21 1 6 0
23 FW   Greg Kiltie 37 8 3 0 2 0 42 8 5 0
24 DF   David Syme 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 0
26 DF   Conrad Balatoni 30 3 3 0 1 0 34 3 5 0
27 DF   Lee Hodson 15 0 0 0 2 0 17 0 2 0
28 FW   Josh Magennis 35 10 3 0 1 2 39 12 11 0
29 MF   Gary Dicker 14 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 1 0
32 DF   Greg Taylor 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
33 DF   Dean Hawkshaw 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 MF   Julien Faubert 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0
37 FW   Scott McLean 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
39 MF   Adam Frizzell 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 0
42 MF   Lewis Clark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Source:[48][44]
Note 1: League appearances and goals include play-off matches against Falkirk.
Note 2: Appearance statistics from Soccerbase.com don't include the match on 19 May against Falkirk.

Club statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Dundee 38 11 15 12 53 57 −4 48
9 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 41 50 −9 46
10 Hamilton Academical 38 11 10 17 42 63 −21 43
11 Kilmarnock (O) 38 9 9 20 41 64 −23 36 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee United[b] (R) 38 8 7 23 45 70 −25 28 Relegation to the Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[50]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. ^ Dundee United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 May 2016.[49]

Competition Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 1 August 2015 22 May 2016 Matchday 1 Play-off final 40 10 9 21 45 65 −20 025.00
Scottish Cup 9 January 2016 16 February 2016 Fourth round Fifth round 3 1 1 1 2 2 +0 033.33
League Cup 25 August 2016 23 September 2016 Second round Third round 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 050.00
Total 45 12 10 23 53 71 −18 026.67

Source: Competitions

Player transfers

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Transfers in

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Date Position Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
3 June 2015 MF Scott Robinson Heart of Midlothian Free [51]
22 June 2015 GK Jamie MacDonald Falkirk Free [52]
25 June 2015 MF   Kallum Higginbotham Partick Thistle Free [53]
29 June 2015 FW Kris Boyd Rangers Free [54]
2 July 2015 DF Steven Smith Free [55]
9 July 2015 DF Stuart Findlay Celtic Loan [56]
FW Dale Carrick Heart of Midlothian Free [56]
11 July 2015 DF Lee McCulloch Rangers Free [57]
11 August 2015 GK   Oliver Davies   Swansea City Loan [58]
1 September 2015 DF Kevin McHattie Heart of Midlothian Free [59]
12 September 2015 DF   Conrad Balatoni Partick Thistle Free [60]
22 September 2015 GK Mark Ridgers St Mirren Loan [61]
1 February 2016 DF   Lee Hodson   MK Dons Loan [62]
MF   Gary Dicker   Carlisle United Free [62]
26 February 2016 MF   Julien Faubert   Bordeaux Free [63]
31 March 2016 DF   Miles Addison   Peterborough United Free [64]
MF   Alex Henshall   Ipswich Town Free [64]

Transfers out

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Date Position Name Subsequent Club Fee Ref
26 May 2015 MF   Sammy Clingan   Linfield Free [65]
FW Lee Miller Falkirk Free [65][66]
MF Paul Cairney Stranraer Free [65][67]
FW   Nathan Eccleston   Békéscsaba 1912 Előre Free [65]
DF   Chris Chantler   Macclesfield Town Free [65]
1 July 2015 FW   Michael Ngoo Free
3 July 2015 DF   Manuel Pascali   Cittadella Free [68]
6 July 2015 GK   Conor Brennan Stranraer Loan [69]
22 July 2015 MF Euan Smith Brechin City Free [70]
1 August 2015 MF   Alexei Eremenko   FF Jaro Free [71][72]
MF Mark Thomson Free [71]
FW Dylan Pooler Auchinleck Talbot Free [71]
6 August 2015 GK Craig Samson Motherwell Free [73][74]
24 March 2016 MF Scott Robinson Free [75]
25 March 2016 DF Ross Barbour Kirkintilloch Rob Roy Free [76]
8 April 2016 DF   Daryl Westlake Free
12 April 2016 MF Jamie Hamill Queen of the South Free [77]

Notes

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    Note 1: Locke resigned on 30 January 2016 and was replaced by McCulloch as caretaker until Clark was appointed on 15 February 2017.[78][79]

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