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2015–16 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Oxford United's sixth consecutive season in League Two and 122nd year in existence.[1] As well as competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Oxford United
2015–16 season
ChairmanDarryl Eales
Head CoachMichael Appleton
StadiumKassam Stadium
League Two2nd (promoted)
FA Cup4th round
(eliminated by Blackburn Rovers)
League Cup2nd round
(eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
League TrophyRunners-up
(beaten by Barnsley)
Top goalscorerLeague: Roofe (18)
All: Roofe (26)
Highest home attendance11,815 v Wycombe Wanderers, 7 May 2016
Lowest home attendance2,532 v Yeovil Town, 8 December 2015

After spending most of the season in the top three, Oxford finally confirmed automatic promotion to League One on the last day of the regular season, with a 3–0 home victory over Wycombe Wanderers. The Us finished in second place with 86 points, 13 behind runaway leaders Northampton Town.[2] Oxford's 14 away wins in the league set a new club record for a single season.[3] Midfielder Kemar Roofe was the club's leading scorer, with 18 league goals and 26 in all competitions.[4]

United beat higher-division opposition in all three senior cup competitions and reached the final of the League Trophy at Wembley Stadium, only the club's third appearance at the national stadium. In the opening round of the League Cup they eliminated Brentford of the Championship with a 4–0 away win, before losing 1–0 to another Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, in the second round. They reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, recording a notable 3–2 victory over Premier League side Swansea City in the third round, but were knocked out of the competition by Blackburn Rovers in the next round. In their run to the final of the League Trophy, they beat local rivals Swindon Town of League One in the second round, and Millwall, also of League One, over two legs in the area semi-final, before losing 3–2 to Barnsley in the final. United won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, beating Oxford City 6–1 in the final, three days after securing their league promotion.[5]

Transfers

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Transfers in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 AM   Kemar Roofe West Bromwich Albion Undisclosed [6]
1 July 2015 CM   Liam Sercombe Exeter City Free transfer [7]
1 July 2015 GK   Sam Slocombe Scunthorpe United Free transfer [8]
1 July 2015 CF   Ryan Taylor Portsmouth Free transfer [9]
13 August 2015 CM   John Lundstram Everton Free transfer [10]
4 September 2015 GK   Benjamin Büchel AFC Bournemouth Free transfer [11]
21 September 2015 LW   Jonny Giles Free agent Free transfer [12]
6 November 2015 DF   Cameron Gayle Free agent Free transfer [13]
22 January 2016 FW   Jordan Bowery Rotherham United Free transfer [14]
1 February 2016 FW   Chris Maguire Rotherham United Free transfer [15]

Transfers out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 CF   Jeremy Balmy Swindon Town[a] Released [17]
1 July 2015 CB   Matt Bevans Wealdstone[b] Released [17]
1 July 2015 CF   John Campbell Free Agent Released [17]
1 July 2015 CF   Will Hoskins Exeter City[c] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 LB   Jonathan Meades AFC Wimbledon[d] Free transfer [17]
1 July 2015 RW   Josh Shama Free agent Released [17]
1 July 2015 RB   Andy Whing Retired — [21]
2 July 2015 GK   Ryan Clarke Northampton Town[e] Free transfer [23]
7 January 2016 MF   Michael Collins Bengaluru FC[f] Released [25]
1 February 2016 MF   Danny Rose Northampton Town[g] Released [27]
7 March 2016 MF   Aidan Hawtin Valdres FK Released [28]
7 March 2016 MF   Sam Humphreys Valdres FK Released [28]
31 May 2016 DF   Johnny Mullins Luton Town Released [29]
31 May 2016 DF   Danny Hylton Luton Town Released [30]
  1. ^ Following Balmy's release he joined Swindon Town.[16]
  2. ^ Following Bevans' release he joined Wealdstone.[18]
  3. ^ Following Hoskins' release he joined Exeter City.[19]
  4. ^ Following Meades' release he joined AFC Wimbledon.[20]
  5. ^ Following Clarke's release he joined Northampton Town.[22]
  6. ^ Following Collins' release he joined Bengaluru.[24]
  7. ^ Following Rose's release he joined Northampton Town.[26]

Loans in

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Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
1 July 2015 RB   George Baldock Milton Keynes Dons 28 January 2016[a] [31][32]
28 September 2015 RW   Jordan Graham Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 October 2015[b] [33][34][35]
26 November 2015 DF   Jordan Evans Fulham May 2016[c] [36][37][38]
26 November 2015 FW   Chris Maguire Rotherham United 17 January 2016[d] [36][37]
27 January 2016 DF   Jonjoe Kenny Everton May 2016[e] [39][40][41]
1 February 2016 MF   Zeli Ismail Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 March 2016 [42][43]
23 February 2016 FW   George Waring Stoke City May 2016 [44][45]
  1. ^ Baldock's loan was initially for the whole season, but a recall clause was exercised by his parent club.
  2. ^ Graham's initial one-month loan was extended for a further two months, but he was recalled by his parent club.
  3. ^ Evans' loan was twice extended.
  4. ^ Maguire was released by Rotherham and signed a permanent contract with Oxford on 1 February.
  5. ^ Kenny's loan was twice extended.

Loans out

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Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
7 August 2015 RB   Aidan Hawtin Hayes & Yeading United 4 September 2015 [46]
7 August 2015 LB   Miles Welch-Hayes North Leigh 4 September 2015 [46]
18 September 2015 GK   Max Crocombe Barnet 18 October 2015 [47]
29 September 2015 CM   Josh Ashby AFC Telford United 25 October 2015 [48]
29 September 2015 FW   James Roberts Chester 3 December 2015 [49][50]
30 September 2015 MF   Aidan Hawtin Brackley Town 3 December 2015 [49][50]
2 October 2015 MF   Michael Collins York City one month [51]
13 October 2015 DF   Freddie Grant Farnborough November 2015 [52]
16 October 2015 GK   Max Crocombe Southport January 2016 [53]
24 November 2015 DF   Cameron Gayle Cambridge United 24 January 2016 [54]
4 December 2015 MF   Josh Ashby Brackley Town 4 January 2016 [55]
29 January 2016 FW   James Roberts Oxford City February 2016 [56]
29 January 2016 FW   Jonny Giles Southport February 2016 [56]
1 February 2016 FW   Patrick Hoban Stevenage March 2016 [57]
29 February 2016 FW   Patrick Hoban Grimsby Town May 2016 [58]
29 February 2016 FW   James Roberts Barnet March 2016 [59]

Competitions

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Pre-season friendlies

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On 18 May 2015, Oxford United announced four pre-season friendlies against Didcot Town, Woking, Eastleigh and Coventry City.[60] On 29 May 2015, Oxford United announced a trip to Austria for a week-long stay, which included a friendly against SC Wiener Neustadt.[61]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly Didcot Town 0–5 Oxford United Didcot
15:00 BST Report Roofe   26', 36'
Hylton   51', 79'
Ashby   88'		 Stadium: Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium
Attendance: 940
14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) Friendly SC Wiener Neustadt 0–0 Oxford United Wiener Neustadt, Austria
18:30 CEST Report Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt
21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly Woking 1–0 Oxford United Woking
19:45 BST Goddard   56' Report Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 817
25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly Eastleigh 0–2 Oxford United Eastleigh
15:00 BST Report Mullins   44'
Hylton   45'		 Stadium: Ten Acres
Attendance: 1,193
28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly Thame United 0–4 Oxford United Thame
19:00 BST Report Hoban   25', 54'
O'Dowda   29'
Humphreys   76'		 Stadium: ASM Stadium
1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly Oxford United 0–0 Coventry City Nuneaton
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Liberty Way
Attendance: 878

League Two

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Northampton Town (C, P) 46 29 12 5 82 46 +36 99 Promotion to EFL League One
2 Oxford United (P) 46 24 14 8 84 41 +43 86
3 Bristol Rovers (P) 46 26 7 13 77 46 +31 85
4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 74 48 +26 85 Qualification for League Two play-offs[a]
5 Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 72 46 +26 81
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

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On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[62]

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1 Oxford United 1–1 Crawley Town Oxford
15:00 BST Hylton   65' Report Edwards   56' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,349
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
15 August 2015 2 Luton Town 2–2 Oxford United Luton
15:00 BST Wilkinson   42'
McGeehan   69'		 Report Roofe   82'
Hoban   90+3'		 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,877
Referee: Mark Brown
18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3 Oxford United 3–1 Notts County Oxford
19:45 BST O'Dowda   36'
Roofe   49'
Hylton   79'		 Report Audel   21' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,774
Referee: Robert Lewis
22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4 Mansfield Town 1–1 Oxford United Mansfield
15:00 BST Westcarr   3' Report Roofe   58' (pen.) Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Ben Toner
29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5 Oxford United 2–0 Yeovil Town Oxford
15:00 BST Hylton   14'
O'Dowda   75'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,018
Referee: Kevin Johnson
6 September 2015 (2015-09-06) 6 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Oxford United Horfield
12:15 BST O. Clarke   17' Report Roofe   62'
Sercombe   59'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 7,038
Referee: James Linington
12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 7 Northampton Town 1–0 Oxford United Northampton
15:00 BST Taylor   44'
Hoskins   23'		 Report Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Attendance: 4,838
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8 Oxford United 1–1 Portsmouth Oxford
15:00 BST Sercombe   33' Report McGurk   61' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,093
Referee: Iain Williamson
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9 Oxford United 0–0 Morecambe Oxford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,273
Referee: Tim Robinson
29 September 2015 (2015-09-29) 10 York City 1–2 Oxford United York
19:45 BST Turner   38' Report Hylton   9'
Roofe   71'		 Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 2,791
Referee: David Webb
3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 11 Accrington Stanley 1–3 Oxford United Accrington
15:00 BST Crooks   70' Report O'Dowda   21'
Sercombe   79'  87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 1,755
Referee: Mark Haywood
10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) 12 Oxford United 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Oxford
15:00 BST Baldock   80' Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,301
Referee: Fred Graham
17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 13 Leyton Orient 2–2 Oxford United Leyton
15:00 BST Simpson   64'
Kashket   90'		 Report Roofe   16'
Lundstram   33'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 6,296
Referee: Ross Joyce
20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 14 Oxford United 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Oxford
19:45 BST Sercombe   32' Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 7,007
Referee: Keith Stroud
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 15 Oxford United 2–3 Barnet Oxford
15:00 BST Sercombe   14'  40' Report Weston   26'
Akinde   29'
Clarke   31'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,137
Referee: Darren Handley
31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 16 Stevenage 1–5 Oxford United Stevenage
15:00 GMT Whelpdale   17' Report Taylor   13'  72'
Sercombe   27' (pen.)
MacDonald   66'
Roofe   75'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 3,412
Referee: Lee Swabey
14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) 17 Oxford United 1–0 Cambridge United Oxford
15:00 GMT Taylor   32' Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,958
Referee: Keith Hill
21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 18 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 Oxford United Dagenham
15:00 GMT Report Roofe   85' Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,980
Referee: Kevin Johnson
24 November 2015 (2015-11-24) 19 Oxford United 1–1 Newport County Oxford
19:45 GMT Hoban   72' Report John-Lewis   43' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,479
Referee: Andy Madley
28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 20 Hartlepool United 0–1 Oxford United Hartlepool
15:00 GMT Report Hylton   70' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 21 Oxford United 1–1 Carlisle United Oxford
15:00 GMT MacDonald   34' Report Dunkley   45' (o.g.) Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,936
Referee: Mark Haywood
19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Oxford United High Wycombe
15:00 GMT Thompson   50'
McCarthy   76'		 Report Sercombe   65' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 5,742
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
26 December 2015 (2015-12-26) 23 Oxford United 3–0 Exeter City Oxford
15:00 GMT Lundstram   48'
Baldock   67'
Sercombe   90'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,683
Referee: Graham Salisbury
28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 24 Yeovil Town 0–0 Oxford United Yeovil
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 4,661
Referee: Steve Martin
2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 25 Notts County 2–4 Oxford United Nottingham
15:00 GMT Stead   61'
Thompson   76'		 Report Sercombe   45' (pen.)
Macdonald   79'
O'Dowda   90'
Roofe   90'		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 5,877
Referee: Carl Boyeson
17 January 2016 (2016-01-17) 26 Oxford United 1–2 Bristol Rovers Oxford
15:00 GMT Roofe   46' Report Taylor   52'
Harrison   88' (pen.)		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,492
Referee: Nick Kinseley
23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27 Portsmouth 0–1 Oxford United Portsmouth
15:00 GMT Report Bowery   76' Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,840
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) 28 Oxford United 2–2 Mansfield Town Oxford
19:45 GMT Hylton   30',   69' Report Green   22'
Thomas   89'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,346
Referee: James Linington
13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 29 Morecambe 2–4 Oxford United Morecambe
15:00 GMT Molyneux   23'
Miller   70'
Barkhuizen   90+1'		 Report Roofe   9'
Lundstram   71'
Hylton   74'
Bowery   80'		 Stadium: Globe Arena
Attendance: 1,749
Referee: Peter Bankes
16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 30 Oxford United 0–1 Northampton Town Oxford
19:45 GMT Report Richards   59' (pen.) Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,559
Referee: Keith Hill
20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 31 Oxford United 1–2 Accrington Stanley Oxford
15:00 GMT Roofe   29' Report Kee   46'
Brown   88'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 6,792
Referee: Lee Swabey
23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 32 Exeter City 1–4 Oxford United Exeter
17:45 GMT Nicholls   77' Report Dunkley   8'
Bowery   41',   59'
MacDonald   62'		 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,089
Referee: Simon Hooper
27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 33 AFC Wimbledon 1–2 Oxford United Norbiton
15:00 GMT Barcham   33' Report Hylton   5'
Bowery   59'		 Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 4,628
Referee: Kevin Wright
1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 34 Oxford United 4–0 York City Oxford
15:00 GMT Bowery   16'
Dunkley   72'
Hylton   79'
Roofe   85'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,654
Referee: Oliver Langford
5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 35 Plymouth Argyle 2–2 Oxford United Plymouth
15:00 GMT Nelson   15'
Tanner   75'		 Report Hartley   12' (og)
Roofe   35'		 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 10,091
Referee: James Adcock
12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36 Oxford United 0–1 Leyton Orient Oxford
15:00 GMT Report McAnuff   74'
Baudry   90+3'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 7,102
Referee: David Coote
15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 37 Oxford United 4–0 Dagenham & Redbridge Oxford
19:45 GMT Roofe   15',   50',   85'
MacDonald   79'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 5,319
Referee: Tim Robinson
19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38 Barnet 0–3 Oxford United Edgware
15:00 GMT Report O'Dowda   49',   61'
Hylton   85'		 Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Scott Duncan
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) 39 Oxford United 1–1 Stevenage Oxford
15:00 GMT Sercombe   58'
Lundstram   16'		 Report Harrison   69' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 7,980
Referee: Brendan Malone
28 March 2016 (2016-03-28) 40 Cambridge United 0–0 Oxford United Cambridge
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 6,108
Referee: Mark Haywood
9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41 Crawley Town 1–5 Oxford United Crawley
15:00 BST McNerney   28' Report Maguire   39',   72' (pen)
O'Dowda   47'
Sercombe   54'
Waring   86'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Nick Kinseley
16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42 Oxford United 2–3 Luton Town Oxford
15:00 BST Hylton   2'
Dunkley   51'		 Report Pigott   44',   58'
Lee   45+3'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 8,838
Referee: Trevor Kettle
19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43 Newport County 1–1 Oxford United Newport
19:45 BST Elito   14' Report Bowery   13' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 2,847
Referee: Gavin Ward
23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44 Oxford United 2–0 Hartlepool United Oxford
15:00 BST Roofe   7'
Sercombe   90+3'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 7,955
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45 Carlisle United 0–2 Oxford United Carlisle
15:00 BST Report Maguire   4' (pen)
Sercombe   74'		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,948
Referee: Phil Gibbs
7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46 Oxford United 3–0 Wycombe Wanderers Oxford
15:00 BST Dunkley   54'
Maguire   72' (pen)
O'Dowda   90+1'		 Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 11,815
Referee: Keith Stroud

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 24 14 8 84 41  +43 86 10 7 6 37 20  +17 14 7 2 47 21  +26

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDDWDWWLDDWWWDWLWWWDWDLWDWLWDWLLWWWDLWWDDWLDWWW
Position1516109548566533332222123233333333332222222223332
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made live on BBC Two on Monday 26 October 2015, with Oxford drawn away to Braintree Town.[63]

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) 1 Braintree Town 1–1 Oxford United Braintree
14:00 GMT Davis   63' Report Taylor   15' Stadium: Cressing Road
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Phil Gibbs
17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) 1R Oxford United 3–1 Braintree Town Oxford
19:45 GMT Sercombe   42'
Hoban   64',   80' (pen.)		 Report Davis   33' (pen.) Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 3,265
Referee: Darren England
6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 2 Oxford United 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Oxford
14:00 GMT Roofe   76' Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 4,618
Referee: Robert Lewis
10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) 3 Oxford United 3–2 Swansea City Oxford
12:00 GMT Sercombe   45' (pen.)
Roofe   49',   59'		 Report Montero   23'
Gomis   66'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 11,673
Referee: Kevin Friend
30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 4 Oxford United 0–3 Blackburn Rovers Oxford
15:00 GMT Report Marshall   36' (pen.),   76'
Watt   45+2'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 11,647
Referee: Andy Davies

League Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Oxford United were drawn away against Brentford.[64] In the second round, Oxford United drew another Championship side away from home, Sheffield Wednesday.[65]

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) 1 Brentford 0–4 Oxford United Brentford
19:45 BST Report Sercombe   5'
Hylton   9'
Roofe   12'
Mullins   54'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 5,177
Referee: Dean Whitestone
25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Oxford United Owlerton
19:45 BST Nuhiu   55' Report Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 11,799
Referee: David Webb

Football League Trophy

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Main article: 2015–16 Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Oxford were drawn at home to Swindon Town.[66] Having beaten their local rivals 2–0, Oxford were drawn away to fellow League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge in the Area Quarter-Final,[67] a match that also ended in a 2–0 victory. Oxford beat Yeovil Town of League Two 3–2 in the Area Semi-final to meet Millwall of League One in the two-legged Area Final. Oxford won the first leg at The Den, leading scorer Kemar Roofe netting both the goals and, despite losing the second leg at the Kassam Stadium, reached the Wembley final 2–1 on aggregate.

In the final against Barnsley, United led 1–0 at half-time through a goal from Callum O'Dowda. An own-goal by Chey Dunkley early in the second half was followed by goals from Ashley Fletcher and Adam Hammill to give Barnsley a two-goal cushion. A header from Danny Hylton in the 76th minute reduced the deficit, but United were unable to find an equaliser in the remaining minutes and suffered defeat at Wembley for the first time in their history.

1 Bye
6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) 2 Oxford United 2–0 Swindon Town Oxford
19:45 BST Roofe   41',   53' Report Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 9,013
Referee: Gavin Ward
11 November 2015 (2015-11-11) Area QF Dagenham & Redbridge 0–2 Oxford United Dagenham
19:45 GMT Report Hoban   1'
MacDonald   47'		 Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Andy Davies
8 December 2015 (2015-12-08) Area SF Oxford United 3–2 Yeovil Town Oxford
19:45 GMT Evans   5'
O'Dowda   43'
Maguire   54'		 Report Fogden   37'
Jeffers   90'		 Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 2,532
Referee: Keith Stroud
14 January 2016 (2016-01-14) Area Final 1L Millwall 0–2 Oxford United Bermondsey
19:45 GMT Report Roofe   15',   43' Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 7,275
Referee: Stuart Attwell
2 February 2016 (2016-02-02) Area Final 2L Oxford United 0–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Millwall Oxford
19:45 GMT Report Gregory   54' Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 10,138
Referee: Scott Duncan
3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) Final Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United Wembley
14:30 GMT Dunkley   52' (o.g.)
Fletcher   68'
Hammill   74'		 Report O'Dowda   29'
Hylton   76'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 59,230
Referee: Andy Woolmer

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Sam Slocombe 28 0 23 0 2 0 2 0 1 0
2 DF   ENG George Baldock 35 2 27 2 5 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF   ENG Joe Skarz 51 0 41 0 5 0 2 0 3 0
4 MF   ENG Kemar Roofe 49 26 39+1 18 4 3 1 1 4 4
5 DF   ENG Johnny Mullins 51 1 39+1 0 5 0 2 1 4 0
6 DF   ENG Jake Wright 36 0 29 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
7 MF   ENG Danny Rose 19 0 11+2 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 1 0
7 FW   ENG George Waring 15 1 3+11 1 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
8 MF   ENG Liam Sercombe 58 17 45 14 4+1 2 1+1 1 5+1 0
9 FW   EIR Patrick Hoban 33 5 2+21 2 3+1 2 1+1 0 2+2 1
10 FW   ENG Danny Hylton 52 14 34+7 12 1+3 0 1+1 1 4+1 1
11 MF   SCO Alex MacDonald 52 6 35+5 5 4 0 2 0 5+1 1
13 GK   LIE Benjamin Büchel 31 0 23 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
14 MF   ENG Josh Ruffels 22 0 8+8 0 0+1 0 1+1 0 2+1 0
15 FW   IRL Callum O'Dowda 50 10 18+20 8 4+1 0 1+1 0 4+1 2
16 MF   ENG Jordan Graham 7 0 4+2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF   ENG Jonjoe Kenny 19 0 16 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
18 MF   ENG John Lundstram 47 3 33+4 3 4+1 0 1 0 4 0
19 MF   ENG Zeli Ismail 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 FW   ENG Ryan Taylor 26 4 15+6 3 2 1 2 0 1 0
21 GK   NZL Max Crocombe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Sam Long 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 DF   ENG Cameron Gayle 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 MF   ENG Josh Ashby 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 DF   ENG Freddie Grant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   ENG Robbie Cundy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF   ATG AJ George 4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW   SCO Chris Maguire 25 5 21 4 1 0 0 0 2+1 1
29 FW   ENG Jordan Bowery 20 7 9+8 7 1 0 0 0 0+2 0
30 MF   ENG Sam Humphreys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
31 FW   ENG James Roberts 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF   ENG Aidan Hawtin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   ENG Chey Dunkley 35 4 26+3 4 2 0 1 0 3 0
36 DF   WAL Jordan Evans 14 1 4+5 0 0+2 0 0 0 3 1

Top scorers

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As of 7 May 2016
Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 MF   4 Kemar Roofe 18 3 1 4 26
2 MF   8 Liam Sercombe 14 2 1 0 17
3 FW   10 Danny Hylton 12 0 1 1 14
4 FW   15 Callum O'Dowda 8 0 0 2 10
5 FW   29 Jordan Bowery 7 0 0 0 7
6 MF   11 Alex MacDonald 5 0 0 1 6
7 FW   9 Patrick Hoban 2 2 0 1 5
FW   28 Chris Maguire 4 0 0 1 5
9 FW   20 Ryan Taylor 3 1 0 0 4
DF   33 Chey Dunkley 4 0 0 0 4
11 MF   18 John Lundstram 3 0 0 0 3
12 DF   2 George Baldock 2 0 0 0 2
13 DF   5 Johnny Mullins 0 0 1 0 1
FW   7 George Waring 1 0 0 0 1
DF   36 Jordan Evans 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 79 8 4 9 100

Disciplinary record

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As of 7 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
                   
1   GK Sam Slocombe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2   DF George Baldock 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3   DF Joe Skarz 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
4   MF Kemar Roofe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5   MF Johnny Mullins 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
6   DF Jake Wright 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7   MF Danny Rose 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
8   MF Liam Sercombe 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1
10   FW Danny Hylton 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
11   MF Alex MacDonald 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
14   MF Josh Ruffels 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15   FW Callum O'Dowda 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16   MF Jordan Graham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16   DF Jonjoe Kenny 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18   MF John Lundstram 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
20   FW Ryan Taylor 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
28   FW Chris Maguire 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
31   FW James Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33   DF Chey Dunkley 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
TOTALS 59 3 6 1 3 0 5 0 73 4

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