2015–16 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United

2015–16 season
Chairman	Joel and Avram Glazer
Manager	James Harrison
Stadium	Old Trafford
Premier League	1st
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Winners
Champions League	Final
Community Shield	Winners
UEFA Super Cup	Winners
FIFA Club World Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer(s)	League: Wilson (27) All: Wilson (41)
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The 2015–16 season is Manchester United's 24th season in the Premier League, and their 41st consecutive season in the top-flight of English football. United will go into the season as three-time defending champions, meaning that they will also be competing in the UEFA Champions League along with the FA Community Shield, FA Cup and League Cup. United secured a record breaking fourth consecutive title with a 2–1 win at Tottenham on April 10, 2016.

Squad

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Fee	Notes
1	GK		David de Gea (VC)	25	EU	2011	233	0	2020	£18.7M
2	RB		Guillermo Varela	22	Non-EU	2013	128	16	2021	£1M
3	LB		Luke Shaw	20	EU	2014	57	1	2019	£34M
4	CB		Mats Hummels	27	EU	2014	113	5	2019	£18M
5	CB		Thomas Vermaelen	30	EU	2014	48	1	2018	Swap
6	CB		Ron Vlaar	30	EU	2014	85	1	2018	£12.3M
7	CM		Luka Modric	30	EU	2013	142	18	2019	£25M
8	CM		Juan Mata	27	EU	2014	108	32	2019	£37.1M
9	RW		Asier Illarramendi	25	EU	2013	148	41	2020	£20M
10	CF		Wayne Rooney (C)	30	EU	2004	562	316	2019	£30M
12	CM		Ilkay Gundogan	25	EU	2014	77	17	2019	£25M
13	LW		Gareth Bale	26	EU	2013	167	74	2018	£60M
14	CF		Richairo Živković	19	EU	2014	27	21	2018	£10M
15	CDM		William Carvalho	23	EU	2014	82	27	2018	£37M
16	CF		Edinson Cavani	28	Non-EU	2014	86	59	2019	£52M
17	RW		Marco Reus	26	EU	2014	98	17	2019	£26.4M
19	CM		Ryan Gauld	20	EU	2015	55	12	2019	£10M
20	RW		Matheus Pereira	19	Non-EU	2015	2	0	2017	Youth system
23	GK		Sergio Romero	28	Non-EU	2015	21	0	2019	Free
32	LB		Marnick Vermijl	23	EU	2012	40	8	2019	Youth system
42	CB		Liu Yiming	20	Non-EU	2015	2	0	2017	Youth system
44	LW		Adnan Januzaj	20	EU	2013	114	28	2020	Youth system
47	CF		James Wilson	20	EU	2013	82	81	2018	Youth system
48	CB		Andy Kellett	22	EU	2015	3	0	2018	Youth system
55	CB		Leander Siemann	20	EU	2015	1	0	2018	Youth system
60	CF		Eero Markkanen	24	EU	2014	17	13	2018	£4M
65	CM		Oviemuno Ejaria	18	Non-EU	2015	1	0	2018	Youth system
70	LB		Abner	19	Non-EU	2014	50	5	2018	£2.1M
80	CAM		Javairo Dilrosun	17	EU	2015	3	1	2017	Youth system
88	CF		Benjamin Hadzic	16	EU	2015	2	2	2018	Youth system

Pre-Season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 June 2015	Genoa	N	13–0	Gauld 4', Kongolo 22', Pereira 31', Iheanacho (3) 37', 42', 44', Ongenda 51', Rooney 55', Modric 66', Mata (2) 71', 80', Belima (2) 89', 90+6'	44,684
1 July 2015	FC Zurich	N	6–0	Pereira (3) 25', 47', 84', Iheanacho 28', Gauld 75', Fierro 90+6'	47,194
3 July 2015	Real Sociedad	N	6–0	Modric 9', Mata 11', Illarramendi 44', Bale 75', Rooney 88', Shaw 89'	50,194
17 July 2015	Club América	N	8–0	Bale 4', Modric (6) 13', 25', 60', 71', 88', 90+6' (pen.), Mata 80'	46,857
21 July 2015	San Jose Earthquakes	N	7–0	El Fitouri 20', Cá 32', Zivkovic 40', Iheanacho (4) 47', 62', 74', 81'	18,000
25 July 2015	Barcelona	N	4–0	Rooney 8', Iheanacho 29', Fernández 56', Januzaj 90+1'	68,416
29 July 2015	Paris Saint-Germain	N	3–0	Rooney 11', Iheanacho (2) 39', 58'	61,351

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Community Shield	Final	—	Winners	2 August 2015
Premier League	—	1st	1st	8 August 2015	17 May 2016
FA Cup	Third round	Final		9 January 2016	21 May 2016
League Cup	Third round	—	Winners	23 September 2015	28 February 2016
UEFA Champions League	Group Stage	Final		15 September 2015	26 May 2016
UEFA Super Cup	Final	—	Winners	11 August 2015
FIFA Club World Cup	Semi-Finals	—	Winners	17 December 2015	20 December 2015

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FA Community Shield	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100
Premier League	38	31	7	0	133	20	+113	81.6
FA Cup	4	4	0	0	17	2	+15	100
League Cup	6	5	1	0	24	5	+19	83.3
Champions League	12	10	2	0	57	9	+48	83.3
UEFA Super Cup	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100
FIFA Club World Cup	2	2	0	0	10	0	+6	100
Total	64	54	10	0	250	36	+214	84.4

FA Community Shield

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2 August 2015	Chelsea	N	4–0	Reus 9', Wilson 33', Illarramendi 67', Bale 80'	85,437

UEFA Super Cup

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
11 August 2015	Sevilla	N	5–0	Živković (2) 9', 38', Markkanen (2) 47', 86', Gundogan 90+3'	51,940

Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
8 August 2015	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	Rooney 22', Shaw 59', Gauld 70'	81,964	1st
14 August 2015	Aston Villa	A	5–0	Varela 10', Rooney 42', Wilson 62', Carvalho 71', Reus 90+1'	42,200	1st
22 August 2015	Newcastle United	H	2–0	Wilson 35', Rooney 84'	79,975	1st
29 August 2015	Swansea City	A	8–0	Cavani (3) 1', 51', 90+4', Gauld 42', Mata 48', Rooney 54', Illarramendi 75', Wilson 88',	20,828	1st
12 September 2015	Liverpool	H	3–0	Cavani 36', Gauld 62', Rooney 80'	80,064	1st
19 September 2015	Southampton	A	2–0	Rooney 55', Cavani 71'	31,588	1st
26 September 2015	Sunderland	H	5–0	Vlaar 11', Rooney 44', Varela 71', Bale 82', Illarramendi 89'	81,286	1st
4 October 2015	Arsenal	A	6–1	Illarramendi (3) 6', 17', 34, Rooney (2) 26', 61', Carvalho 74'	60,084	1st
17 October 2015	Everton	A	3–0	Živković (3) 32', 47', 88'	39,553	1st
24 October 2015	Manchester City	H	2–0	Živković 13', Cavani 68'	81,994	1st
31 October 2015	Crystal Palace	A	2–0	Rooney (2) 46', 77'	24,854	1st
7 November 2015	West Brom	H	6–1	Wilson (2) 5', 36', Carvalho 70', Reus (3) 78', 86', 89'	80,054	1st
21 November 2015	Watford	A	3–0	Gauld 14', Wilson 72', Deeney 90+1' (o.g.)	20,702	1st
28 November 2015	Leicester City	A	2–1	Bale (2) 64', 89'	32,115	1st
5 December 2015	West Ham	H	5–0	Illarramendi 21', Wilson 44', Abner 70', Bale 75', Gauld 89'	81,164	1st
12 December 2015	Bournemouth	A	6–0	Wilson (3) 20', 32', 65', Bale (2) 56', 74', Rooney 90+2'	11,344	1st
23 December 2015	Norwich City	H	4–0	Bale 10', Hummels 35', Gundogan 66', Illarramendi 82'	81,114	1st
26 December 2015	Stoke City	A	2–2	Vermijl 35', Abner 74'	27,426	1st
28 December 2015	Chelsea	H	1–1	Gauld 65'	80,997	1st
2 January 2016	Swansea City	H	4–0	Abner 5', Wilson 40', Bale 66'	81,664	1st
12 January 2016	Newcastle Utd	A	5–0	Rooney 9' (pen.), Wilson 38', Gauld 66', Illarramendi 74', Varela 79'	49,673	1st
16 January 2016	Liverpool	A	5–1	Illarramendi 10', Bale (4) 26', 57', 81', 89'	43,865	1st
23 January 2016	Southampton	H	2–2	Bale 44', Wilson 72'	80,774	1st
2 February 2016	Stoke City	H	3–0	Rooney 14', Reus (2) 36', 53'	81,759	1st
7 February 2016	Chelsea	A	1–1	Varela 38'	41,434	1st
13 February 2016	Sunderland	A	2–2	Rooney (2) 41', 88'	41,687	1st
25 February 2016	Arsenal	H	2–2	Modric 14', Cavani 72'	81,989	1st
1 March 2016	Watford	H	3–0	Wilson 6', Cavani 70', Mata 83'	80,974	1st
5 March 2016	West Brom	A	4–0	Wilson 12', Cavani 33', Reus (2) 68', 74'	24,878	1st
19 March 2016	Manchester City	A	3–1	Mata 16', Modric 57', Wilson 70'	54,557	1st
22 March 2016	Crystal Palace	H	4–0	Wilson 5', Cavani 8', Varela (2) 62', 75'	81,552	1st
2 April 2016	Everton	H	3–0	Cavani (3) 12', 57', 89'	81,902	1st
10 April 2016	Tottenham	A	2–1	Modric 36', Cavani 38'	35,761	1st
16 April 2016	Aston Villa	H	5–0	Rooney 5', Cavani (3) 27', 49', 82', Wilson 73'	81,595	1st
19 April 2016	West Ham	A	2–2	Wilson (2) 3', 74'	34,592	1st
30 April 2016	Leicester City	H	5–2	Gauld 5', Cavani 8', Wilson (3) 47', 78', 85'	81,991	1st
7 May 2016	Norwich City	A	3–0	Wilson 32', Rooney 71', Živković 83'	27,132	1st
17 May 2016	Bournemouth	H	5–0	Wilson (3) 12', 44', 76', Cavani 82', Markkanen 88'	81,746	1st

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
38	31	7	0	133	20	+113	100	16	3	0	67	8	+59	15	4	0	66	12	+54

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Last updated: 17 May 2016.
Source: Template:Citation needed
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Score overview

Opposition	Home score	Away score	Double
Arsenal	2–2	6–1		8–3
Aston Villa	5–0	5–0		10–0
Bournemouth	5–0	6–0		11–0
Chelsea	1–1	1–1		2–2
Crystal Palace	4–0	2–0		6–0
Everton	3–0	3–0		6–0
Leicester City	5–2	2–1		7–3
Liverpool	3–0	5–1		8–1
Manchester City	2–0	3–1		5–1
Newcastle United	2–0	5–0		7–0
Norwich City	4–0	3–0		7–0
Southampton	2–2	2–0		4–2
Stoke City	3–0	2–2		5–2
Sunderland	5–0	2–2		7–2
Swansea City	4–0	8–0		12–0
Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	2–1		5–1
Watford	3–0	3–0		6–0
West Bromwich Albion	6–1	4–0		10–1
West Ham United	5–0	2–2		7–2

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 January 2016	Round 3	Sheffield United	H	3–0	Hadzic 11', Živković 60', Rooney 90+4' (pen.)	77,942
29 January 2016	Round 4	Derby County	A	3–0	Živković 16', Carvalho 65', Cavani 83'	31,134
22 February 2016	Round 5	Shrewsbury Town	A	6–0	Hadzic 13', Vermijl 36', Dilrosun 56', Gauld 71', Cavani (2) 83', 88'	9,370
12 March 2016	Quarter-finals	West Ham United	H	5–2	Cavani 5', Wilson 27', Modric 49', Mata 72', Reus 88'	81,327
23 April 2016	Semi-Final	Everton	N	3–1	Rooney 13', Gauld (2) 59', 75'	86,064
21 May 2016	Final	Crystal Palace	N	2–0	Cavani 74', Gauld 88'	88,619

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
23 September 2015	Round 3	Ipswich Town	H	7–0	Markkanen (3) 4', 32', 55', Wilson 60', Gauld 67', Januzaj 77', Abner 80'	56,607
28 October 2015	Round 4	Middlesbrough	H	4–0	Živković 96', Markkanen 105+1', Wilson 114', Bale 120+4'	71,842
1 December 2015	Round 5	Everton	H	4–0	Rooney 62', Živković (3) 71', 84', 88'	78,952
6 January 2016	Semi-Final First leg	Manchester City	H	2–0	Wilson 55', Rooney 82'	81,556
27 January 2016	Semi-Final Second leg	Manchester City	A	3–3	Rooney (2) 10', 37', Varela 90+1'	50,048
28 February 2016	Final	Liverpool	N	4–2	Markkanen 4', Cavani 22', Wilson (2) 67', 82'	86,206

UEFA Champions League

Group Stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
15 September 2015	PSV Eindhoven	A	4–0	Živković 9', Markkanen 30', Bale 61', Carvalho 88'	35,292	1st
30 September 2015	Wolfsburg	H	2–0	Bale 27', Gauld 70'	80,974	1st
21 October 2015	CSKA Moscow	A	7–1	Markkanen (3) 3', 37', 82', Januzaj 16', Rooney (3) 50', 74', 89'	18,456	1st
3 November 2015	CSKA Moscow	H	9–0	Rooney (3) 11', 42', 79', Cavani (3) 41', 49', 55', Mata 62', Živković (2) 66', 88'	81,306	1st
25 November 2015	PSV Eindhoven	H	5–0	Cavani (2) 13', 55', Živković (3) 65', 78', 90+2'	80,984	1st
8 December 2015	Wolfsburg	A	7–0	Wilson (3) 5', 26', 74', Carvalho 55', Reus (3) 68', 71', 89'	26,400	1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	6	0	0	34	1	+33	18	Knockout Stage
2	Wolfsburg	6	3	0	3	5	12	−7	9
3	PSV Eindhoven	6	2	0	4	6	15	−9	6	Europa League
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	0	5	5	22	−17	3

Knockout Stage

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 February 2016	Round of 16 1st Leg	Gent	A	5–0	Reus 4', Cavani (4) 21', 56', 82', 88'	19,978
8 March 2016	Round of 16 2nd Leg	Gent	H	6–0	Wilson 9', Cavani (3) 32', 47', 81', Carvalho 72', Mata 87'	81,394
6 April 2016	Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Real Madrid	H	3–1	Bale 10', Mata (2) 54', 77'	82,000
12 April 2016	Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Real Madrid	A	2–2	Cavani 7', Rooney 87'	76,684
26 April 2016	Semi-Final 1st Leg	Manchester City	A	4–2	Illarramendi 10', Bale 44', Cavani 77', Wilson 88'	52,221
4 May 2016	Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Manchester City	H	3–3	Rooney 37' (pen.), Abner 67', Wilson 90+6'	81,987
26 May 2016	Final	Atlético Madrid	N	1–2	Cavani 38'	71,942

FIFA Club World Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 December 2015	Semi-Final	Guangzhou	N	5–0	Varela 6', Januzaj 23', Živković 44', Vermijl 65', Markkanen 85'	63,870
20 December 2015	Final	River Plate	N	5–0	Modric 10', Bale 66', Rooney 70', Wilson 74', Živković 88'	66,853

Awards

Divisional awards

Date	Nation	Winner	Award
August 2015		James Harrison	Premier League Manager of the Month
August 2015		Ryan Gauld	Premier League Player of the Month
September 2015		James Harrison	Premier League Manager of the Month
September 2015		Ryan Gauld	Premier League Player of the Month
October 2015		James Harrison	Premier League Manager of the Month
November 2015		Marco Reus	Premier League Player of the Month
January 2016		Gareth Bale	Premier League Player of the Month
March 2016		James Harrison	Premier League Manager of the Month
Season		David de Gea	PFA Team of the Year
Season		Guillermo Varela	PFA Team of the Year
Season		Abner	PFA Team of the Year
Season		Ryan Gauld	PFA Team of the Year
Season		Gareth Bale	PFA Team of the Year
Season		James Wilson	PFA Team of the Year
Season		Ryan Gauld	PFA Player of the Year
Season		Ryan Gauld	PFA Young Player of the Year

Statistics

Goalscorers

No	Nat.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Champions League	Super Cup	Club World Cup	Community Shield	Total
1		James Wilson	27	1	5	6	0	1	1	41
2		Edinson Cavani	19	4	1	14	0	0	0	38
3		Wayne Rooney	18	2	4	8	0	1	0	33
4		Richairo Živković	5	2	4	6	2	2	0	21
5		Gareth Bale	13	0	1	4	0	1	1	20
6		Marco Reus	8	1	0	4	0	0	1	15
7		Ryan Gauld	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	13
		Eero Markkanen	1	0	5	4	2	1	0
9		Asier Illarramendi	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	11
10		Guillermo Varela	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	8
		Juan Mata	3	1	0	4	0	0	0	8
12		William Carvalho	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	7
13		Luka Modric	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	5
		Abner	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
15		Adnan Januzaj	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4
		Marnick Vermijl	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		Ilkay Gundogan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
		Benjamin Hadzic	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19		Luke Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		Ron Vlaar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Mats Hummels	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Javairo Dilrosun	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Own goals		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			133	20	24	57	5	10	4	253

Squad statistics

No.	Player	Total				Premier League				FA Cup				League Cup				Champions League				FIFA Club World Cup				Other
		TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G	TA	ST	SB	G
Goalkeepers
1	David de Gea	44	44	0	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Sergio Romero	21	21	0	0	4	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
Defenders
2	Guillermo Varela	61	61	0	8	38	38	0	6	3	3	0	0	6	6	0	1	10	10	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	0	0
3	Luke Shaw	10	10	0	1	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
4	Mats Hummels	52	52	0	1	33	33	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	10	10	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0
5	Thomas Vermaelen	33	24	9	0	18	15	3	0	3	3	0	0	3	2	1	0	7	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
6	Ron Vlaar	50	46	4	1	30	30	0	1	1	1	0	0	6	4	2	0	9	8	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0
32	Marnick Vermijl	20	17	3	3	7	5	2	1	4	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0
42	Liu Yiming	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	Andy Kellett	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Leander Siemann	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Abner	48	45	3	5	31	30	1	3	2	2	0	0	6	6	0	1	5	5	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	0
Midfielders
7	Luka Modric	44	31	13	5	25	20	5	3	3	1	2	1	4	3	1	0	9	5	4	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
8	Juan Mata	53	41	12	8	32	27	5	3	2	2	0	1	6	4	2	0	11	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0
9	Asier Illarramendi	56	49	7	11	34	32	2	9	3	2	1	0	5	3	2	0	11	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1
12	Ilkay Gundogan	29	8	21	2	17	4	13	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
13	Gareth Bale	52	42	10	20	31	28	3	13	2	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	11	11	0	4	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	1
15	William Carvalho	48	12	36	7	31	3	28	3	2	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	8	2	6	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	Marco Reus	52	20	32	14	33	14	19	8	4	2	2	1	3	1	2	0	10	3	7	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1
19	Ryan Gauld	56	53	3	13	37	36	1	8	4	3	1	3	3	3	0	1	10	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Matheus Pereira	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Adnan Januzaj	53	12	41	4	32	5	27	1	4	2	2	0	4	1	3	1	12	4	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
65	Oviemuno Ejaria	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	Javairo Dilrosun	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	Wayne Rooney	52	46	6	33	30	26	4	18	3	2	1	2	5	5	0	4	10	9	1	8	2	2	0	1	2	2	0	0
14	Richairo Živković	27	12	15	21	13	5	8	5	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	4	5	2	3	6	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	2
16	Edinson Cavani	51	42	9	38	31	25	6	19	4	3	1	4	3	2	1	1	12	11	1	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
47	James Wilson	55	39	16	41	33	27	6	27	3	2	1	1	5	3	2	5	10	6	4	6	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	1
60	Eero Markkanen	17	3	14	13	4	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	6	3	3	5	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3
88	Benjamin Hadzic	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring records

• First goal of the season in the Premier League: Rooney against Tottenham (8 August 2015)
• First goal of the season in Europe: Živković against PSV Eindhoven (15 September 2015)
• First goal of the season in FA Cup: Hadzic against Sheffield United (9 January 2016)
• First goal of the season in League Cup: Markkanen against Ipswich Town (23 September 2015)
• First goal of the season in Club World Cup: Varela against Guangzhou Evergrande (17 December 2015)
• Fastest goal of the season in Premier League: 1' Cavani against Swansea City (29 August 2015)
• Fastest goal of the season in Europe: 3' Markkanen against CSKA Moscow (21 October 2015)
• Fastest goal of the season in FA Cup: 5' Cavani against West Ham United (12 March 2016)
• Fastest goal of the season in League Cup:
  • 4' Markkanen against Ipswich Town (23 September 2015)
  • 4' Markkanen against Liverpool (28 February 2016)
• Fastest goal of the season in Club World Cup: 6' Varela against Guangzhou Evergrande (17 December 2015)
• Latest goal of the season in Premier League: 94' Cavani against Swansea City (29 August 2015)
• Latest goal of the season in Europe: 96' Wilson against Manchester City (4 May 2016)
• Latest goal of the season in FA Cup: 94' Rooney against Sheffield United (9 January 2016)
• Latest goal of the season in League Cup: 124' Bale against Middlesbrough (28 October 2015)
• Latest goal of the season in Club World Cup: 88' Živković against River Plate (20 December 2015)
• Longest winning run in Premier League: 17 (8 August – 23 December 2015)
• Longest unbeaten run in Premier League: 36 (8 August 2015 – present)
• Longest winning run in Europe: 9 (15 September 2015 – 6 April 2016)
• Longest unbeaten run in Europe: 10 (15 September 2015 – present)
• Longest scoring run in Premier League: 36 (8 August 2015 – present)
• Longest scoring run in season: 62 (2 August 2015 – present)
• Longest clean sheets run in Premier League: 7 (8 August – 26 September 2015)
• Longest clean sheets run in season: 12 (2 August – 30 September 2015)
• Biggest win of the season in Premier League: 8–0 vs. Swansea City (29 August 2015)
• Biggest win of the season in FA Cup: 6–0 vs. Shrewsbury Town (22 February 2016)
• Biggest win of the season in League Cup: 7–0 vs. Ipswich Town (23 September 2015)
• Biggest win of the season in Champions League: 9–0 vs. CSKA Moscow (3 November 2015)
• Biggest win of the season in Club World Cup:
  • 5–0 vs. Guangzhou Evergrande (17 December 2015)
  • 5–0 vs. River Plate (20 December 2015)
• ​Biggest win of the season: 9–0 vs. CSKA Moscow (3 November 2015)
• Longest winless run in Premier League: 3 (7 February – 25 February 2016)

Captains

No.	Position	Nation	Name	Starts
10	CF		Wayne Rooney	46
1	GK		David de Gea	15
6	DF		Ron Vlaar	3

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Nation	Name	Games Missed	Reason
7 November 2015		Ron Vlaar	1
26 December 2015		Mats Hummels	1
9 April 2016		Ron Vlaar	2

Penalties

Date	Nation	Name	Opposition	Scored?
12 January 2016		Wayne Rooney	Newcastle United
9 January 2016		Wayne Rooney	Sheffield United

Summary

Games played	64 (38 Premier League) (5 FA Cup) (7 League Cup) (11 Champions League) (1 Community Shield) (1 UEFA Super Cup) (2 Club World Cup)
Games won	53 (28 Premier League) (5 FA Cup) (6 League Cup) (10 Champions League) (1 Community Shield) (1 UEFA Super Cup) (2 Club World Cup)
Games drawn	9 (7 Premier League) (1 League Cup) (1 Champions League)
Games lost	0
Goals scored	237 (120 Premier League) (4 Community Shield) (20 FA Cup) (24 League Cup) (54 Champions League) (5 UEFA Super Cup) (10 Club World Cup)
Goals conceded	32 (18 Premier League) (3 FA Cup) (5 League Cup) (6 Champions League)
Goal difference	+205 (+102 Premier League) (+4 Community Shield) (+17 FA Cup) (+19 League Cup) (+48 Champions League) (+5 UEFA Super Cup) (+10 Club World Cup)
Clean sheets	41 (22 Premier League) (1 Community Shield) (1 UEFA Super Cup) (3 FA Cup) (4 League Cup) (8 Champions League) (2 Club World Cup)
Most appearances	57  Varela
Top scorer	36  Cavani
Points	Overall: 168 / 186 (90.3%)

Injuries

Date	Player	Opponent	Injury	Length	Estimated return date
19 September 2015	Luke Shaw	Southampton	Double leg fracture	7 months	23 April 2016
17 November 2015	Wayne Rooney	France1	Illness	8 days	25 November 2015
2 December 2015	Wayne Rooney	Training	Ankle knock	1 week	9 December 2015
17 February 2016	Wayne Rooney	Genk	Knee ligament strain	6 weeks	12 April 2016
17 February 2016	Gareth Bale	Genk	Strain metatarsal	4 weeks	16 March 2016

Notes

1. Rooney was playing for England at the time.

Transfers

In

First team

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2015	DF	Sadiq El Fitouri	Salford City	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Ryan Gauld	Sporting CP	£10 million
27 July 2015	GK	Sergio Romero	Sampdoria	Free

Academy

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2015	DF	Leander Siemann	Porto B	£250,000
1 July 2015	DF	Liu Yiming	Sporting CP B	£325,000
1 July 2015	RW	Matheus Pereira	Sporting CP	Free
1 July 2015	FW	Edivaldo Lyamusseco	Sporting CP	Free
1 July 2015	GK	Hugo Cunha	Sporting CP	Free
1 July 2015	DF	Elias Chatzitheodoridis	Arsenal	£125,000
1 July 2015	MF	Savvas Mourgos	Arsenal	£225,000
1 July 2015	MF	Oviemuno Ejaria	Liverpool	Free
1 July 2015	GK	Daniel Atherton	Liverpool	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Javairo Dilrosun	Manchester City	Free
1 July 2015	MF	Rodney Kongolo	Manchester City	Free
1 July 2015	DF	Andy Kellett	Bolton Wanderers	Free
6 January 2016	FW	Benjamin Hadzic	Bayern Munich	£100,000

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2015	DF	Rafael	AC Milan	£15m
1 July 2015	DF	Phil Jones	Tottenham Hotspur	£9.5m
1 July 2015	DF	Jonny Evans	Sunderland	£6m
1 July 2015	FW	Wilfried Zaha	Crystal Palace	£8m
1 July 2015	MF	James Weir	Norwich City	£2.1m
13 July 2015	FW	Robin van Persie	Fenerbahce	£10m

Loan Out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 July 2015	30 May 2016	DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	AFC Bournemouth
1 July 2015	30 May 2016	MF	Tosin Kehinde	Lille
1 July 2015	30 May 2016	MF	David Babunski	Tottenham Hotspur
25 July 2015	30 May 2016	DF	Sadiq El Fitouri	Crystal Palace
25 July 2015	30 May 2016	DF	Frank Bagnack	Norwich City
26 July 2015	30 May 2016	MF	Enzo Fernández	Birmingham City
26 July 2015	30 May 2016	MF	Lorenzo Cristeg	Genoa
26 July 2015	30 May 2016	MF	Agostinho Cá	Derby County
26 July 2015	30 May 2016	MF	Joe Rothwell	Bradford City
26 July 2015	30 June 2016	MF	Rubén Belima	Athletic Bilbao
26 July 2015	30 June 2016	FW	Kelechi Iheanacho	Derby County
26 July 2015	30 June 2016	FW	Carlos Fierro	Sunderland
26 July 2015	30 June 2016	FW	Hervin Ongenda	Leicester City
27 July 2015	20 January 20161	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	Norwich City
27 July 2015	30 June 2016	GK	Vanja Milinković	Birmingham City
22 January 2016	30 May 2016	GK	Joel Castro Pereira	AS Monaco

Notes

¹ Pereira was originally loaned to Norwich until 30 June 2016 but was recalled on January 20, 2016.