2015–16 Charlton Athletic F.C. season
# 2015–16 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Charlton Athletic's 94th season in their existence and 4th consecutive season in the second tier of the English football league system. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 7 May 2016

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IRL | Stephen Henderson | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | POR | Ricardo Vaz Tê | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KOR | Yun Suk-young | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | ALG | Ahmed Kashi | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Johnnie Jackson | 30 | 3 | 21+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Patrick Bauer | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | FRA | Naby Sarr | 16 | 2 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | ISL | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 42 | 6 | 39+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jordan Cousins | 42 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Simon Makienok (on loan from Palermo) | 37 | 5 | 22+14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Cristian Ceballos | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Callum Harriott | 21 | 3 | 15+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | FRA | Alou Diarra | 33 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ANG | Igor Vetokele | 18 | 2 | 11+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Rod Fanni (on loan from Al-Arabi SC) | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRN | Reza Ghoochannejhad | 25 | 4 | 10+13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Karlan Ahearne-Grant | 20 | 3 | 7+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Zakarya Bergdich | 26 | 1 | 11+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Chris Solly | 35 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | WAL | Morgan Fox | 45 | 1 | 40+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | El Hadji Ba | 28 | 0 | 13+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Joe Pigott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Regan Charles-Cook | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | AUS | Rhys Williams (on loan from Middlesbrough) | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Yaya Sanogo (on loan from Arsenal) | 8 | 3 | 4+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Harry Lennon | 20 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BUL | Dimitar Mitov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Conor McAleny (on loan from Everton) | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Roger Johnson | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Nick Pope | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | NIR | Mikhail Kennedy | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Tony Watt | 16 | 3 | 11+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Ollie Muldoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Terell Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Josh Umerah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Ademola Lookman | 24 | 5 | 17+7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | ENG | Ezri Konsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | URU | Diego Poyet (on loan from West Ham United) | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | BEL | Franck Moussa | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | ITA | Marco Motta | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | POR | Jorge Teixeira | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

    As of 7 May 2016

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | 7 | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | | 37 | Ademola Lookman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | | 9 | Simon Makienok | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | 16 | Reza Ghoochannejhad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | | 4 | Johnnie Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | MF | | 11 | Callum Harriott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | | 25 | Yaya Sanogo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | FW | | 32 | Tony Watt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| = | FW | | 18 | Karlan Ahearne-Grant | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 8 | Jordan Cousins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 26 | Harry Lennon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 50 | Jorge Teixeira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| = | DF | | 6 | Naby Sarr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| = | FW | | 14 | Igor Vetokele | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | | 5 | Patrick Bauer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 21 | Morgan Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | | 19 | Zakarya Bergdich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | MF | | 3 | Ahmed Kashi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | FW | | 31 | Mikhail Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 1 | 9 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 7 May 2016

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | | MF | El Hadji Ba | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | | MF | Alou Diarra | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 21 | | DF | Morgan Fox | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | | DF | Zakarya Bergdich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | | FW | Reza Ghoochannejhad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | | DF | Chris Solly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Callum Harriott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Simon Makienok | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Patrick Bauer | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | | MF | Jordan Cousins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | | MF | Ahmed Kashi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | | DF | Harry Lennon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | | FW | Yaya Sanogo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | | DF | Rod Fanni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | | MF | Johnnie Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Naby Sarr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | | DF | Jorge Teixeira | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | | DF | Rhys Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | | GK | Stephen Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | | FW | Ademola Lookman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | | FW | Conor McAleny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | | DF | Marco Motta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | | MF | Diego Poyet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | FW | Igor Vetokele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | | FW | Tony Watt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | DF | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | MF | Cristian Ceballos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | | MF | Ollie Muldoon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 80 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 87 | 7 |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 June 2015 | DF | Patrick Bauer | Marítimo | Undisclosed |
| 29 June 2015 | MF | El Hadji Ba | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2015 | MF | Ahmed Kashi | Metz | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2015 | MF | Cristian Ceballos | Tottenham Hotspur | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2015 | DF | Zakarya Bergdich | Real Valladolid | Undisclosed |
| 28 July 2015 | DF | Naby Sarr | Sporting CP | Undisclosed |
| 13 November 2015 | FW | Ricardo Vaz Tê | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 4 January 2016 | DF | Roger Johnson | Pune City | Free transfer |
| 19 January 2016 | DF | Jorge Teixeira | Standard Liège | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2016 | DF | Marco Motta | Free agent | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 June 2015 | CB | Tal Ben Haim | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Free transfer |
| 17 June 2015 | CM | Christophe Lepoint | S.V. Zulte Waregem | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2015 | CB | Joe Gomez | Liverpool | £3,500,000 |
| 30 June 2015 | CF | Simon Church | Milton Keynes Dons | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CF | Rhys Browne | Aldershot Town | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | LM | Kurtis Cumberbatch | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | LB | Kadell Daniel | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | RW | Chris Eagles | Bury | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Neil Etheridge | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Harry Gerard | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Roger Johnson | FC Pune City | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Kieran Monlouis | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CM | Jack Munns | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Oguchi Onyewu | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Harry Osborne | Welling United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2015 | CB | Levander Pyke | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2015 | RB | Lawrie Wilson | Bolton Wanderers | Released |
| 5 August 2015 | LB | Rhoys Wiggins | Sheffield Wednesday | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2015 | CB | André Bikey | NorthEast United FC | Contract cancelled |
| 31 August 2015 | RB | Loïc Négo | Videoton | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Ricardo Vaz Tê | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | MF | Franck Moussa | Free agent | Free transfer |
| 3 February 2016 | FW | Piotr Parzyszek | De Graafschap | Free transfer |

* ↑ Following Ben Haim's release he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv .
* ↑ Following Church's release he joined Milton Keynes Dons.
* ↑ Following Browne's release he joined Aldershot Town.
* ↑ Following Eagles' release he joined Bury.
* ↑ Following Etheridge's release he joined Walsall.
* ↑ Following Johnson's release he joined Pune City.
* ↑ Following Munns' release he joined Cheltenham Town.
* ↑ Following Osborne's release he joined Welling United.
* ↑ Following Wilson's release he joined Bolton Wanderers.
* ↑ Following Bikey's release he joined NorthEast United.
* ↑ Following Parzyszek's release he joined De Graafschap.

Total incoming: £3,500,000

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | Simon Makienok | Palermo | End of season |
| 14 September 2015 | FW | Conor McAleny | Everton | 7 November 2015 |
| 2 January 2016 | DF | Rhys Williams | Middlesbrough | 30 January 2016 |
| 4 January 2016 | MF | Diego Poyet | West Ham United | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | FW | Yaya Sanogo | Arsenal | End of season |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Rod Fanni | Al-Arabi SC | End of season |
| 15 February 2016 | DF | Yun Suk-young | Queens Park Rangers | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 July 2015 | GK | Dillon Phillips | Cheltenham Town | 2 January 2016 |
| 27 July 2015 | GK | Marko Dmitrović | AD Alcorcón | End of season |
| 29 July 2015 | FW | Piotr Parzyszek | Randers | 3 February 2016 |
| 8 August 2015 | FW | Joe Pigott | Southend United | 2 January 2016 |
| 18 August 2015 | DF | Ayo Obileye | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2 January 2016 |
| 20 August 2015 | FW | Zak Ansah | Newport County | 17 September 2015 |
| 28 August 2015 | MF | Callum Harriott | Colchester United | 2 January 2016 |
| 1 September 2015 | AM | Tobi Sho-Silva | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 1 January 2016 |
| 1 September 2015 | DF | Terrell Thomas | Woking | 3 October 2015 |
| 2 October 2015 | DF | Harry Lennon | Gillingham | 20 November 2015 |
| 23 November 2015 | FW | Tony Watt | Cardiff City | 16 January 2016 |
| 7 January 2016 | MF | Ollie Muldoon | Dagenham & Redbridge | End of season |
| 15 January 2016 | FW | Karlan Ahearne-Grant | Cambridge United | 13 February 2016 |
| 28 January 2016 | FW | Joe Pigott | Luton Town | End of season |
| 29 January 2016 | FW | Tony Watt | Blackburn Rovers | End of season |
| 12 February 2016 | DF | Josh Staunton | St Albans City | 12 March 2016 |
| 16 February 2016 | MF | Alex Kelly | VCD Athletic | End of season |
| 18 March 2016 | DF | Tareiq Holmes-Dennis | Oldham Athletic | End of season |

## Competitions

### Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Charlton Athletic announced they would face Welling United in a pre-season friendly on 11 July 2015. On 29 May 2015, the club announced three XI pre-season friendlies. On 1 June 2015, the club announced they will head to Belgium on a pre-season tour and play two games. One confirmed is against Sint Truiden on 18 July 2015. Two days later, Southend United and Dagenham & Redbridge was added to the schedule. On 4 June 2015, a friendly against Genk was announced. Two days later, two home pre-season friendlies were announced. On 12 July 2015, Charlton Athletic announced a replacement friendly against Bolton Wanderers due to A.C. ChievoVerona cancelling friendlies against both teams.

### Championship

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Fulham | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 51 | |
| 21 | Rotherham United | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 49 | |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 40 | 80 | −40 | 40 | Relegation to League One |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons (R) | 46 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 39 | 69 | −30 | 39 | Relegation to League One |
| 24 | Bolton Wanderers (R) | 46 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 81 | −40 | 30 | Relegation to League One |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 7 May 2016. Source:

**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 |
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| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 |

**Matches**

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Charlton Athletic were drawn at home against Dagenham & Redbridge.

### Kent Senior Cup

On the Kent FA website the first round details were announced, Charlton Athletic will face Hythe Town.

