2015–16_St_Johnstone_F.C._season

2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone 2015–16 football season

The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

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Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season friendlies

23 June 2015 Friendly Linfield 1–2 St Johnstone Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT Ross Clarke 80' St Johnstone Report
Linfield Report		 Sutton 10'
Shaughnessy 44'		 Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: Behind closed doors
24 June 2015 Friendly Glenavon 1–1 St Johnstone Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT Braniff 90' (pen.) St Johnstone Report Kane 72' Stadium: Mourneview Park
28 June 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen Brechin
13:00 GMT St Johnstone Report
Aberdeen Report		 Rooney 71' (pen.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Dallas
12 July 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 0–0 Real Sociedad Methil, Fife
13:30 GMT St Johnstone Report Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Beaton
25 July 2015 Friendly St Johnstone 0–1 Blackpool Tulloch
15:00 GMT St Johnstone Report McAlister Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 1,305
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
2 August 2015[1] Premiership Heart of Midlothian 4–3 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 Juanma 4'
Walker 53'
Paterson 62'
Nicholson 80'		 BBC Report Lappin 56'
Sutton 75'
Cummins 78'		 Attendance: 16,334
Referee: McLean
8 August 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins 90' BBC Report Christie 9' Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Collum
11 August 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Cummins 52' BBC Report Curran 17' Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 Premiership Dundee 2–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 McPake 16'
Hemmings 39'		 BBC Report MacLean 54' Attendance: 6,176
Referee: Clancy
22 August 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean 62', 79' BBC Report Moult 11'
Taylor Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card		 Attendance: 3,361
Referee: Thomson
29 August 2015 Premiership Celtic 3–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Griffiths 18'
Rogić 45+1'
Mulgrew 67'		 BBC Report Boyata 11' (o.g.) Attendance: 42,507
Referee: Beaton
12 September 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 4–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig 22'
MacLean 25' (pen.), 43', 54'		 BBC Report Tagliapietra 67' Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Dallas
19 September 2015 Premiership Kilmarnock 2–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Magennis 40'
Easton 60' (Own goal)		 BBC Report Wotherspoon 17' Attendance: 3,165
Referee: Collum
26 September 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mannus Red card 23'
Cummins 63'
Lappin 80'		 BBC Report McKay 24' (pen.) Attendance: 4,634
Referee: Madden
3 October 2015 Premiership Aberdeen 1–5 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Magennis 12' BBC Report Easton 5'
Shaughnessy 10'
Craig 30'
MacLean 47', 51'		 Attendance: 13,405
Referee: Muir
17 October 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean 48' BBC Report Miller 28'
Lawless 34'		 Attendance: 3414
Referee: Beaton
24 October 2015 Premiership Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings Yellow card 86'
Devine Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Mackay Red card 47'
Scobbie Yellow card 66'
Craig 90+3' (pen.)		 Attendance: 3,471
Referee: Robertson
31 October 2015 Premiership Hamilton Academical 2–4 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 Garcia Tena 81', 89' (pen.) BBC Report Cummins 40', 49'
Wotherspoon 63'
O'Halloran 67'		 Attendance: 2,216
Referee: Clancy
7 November 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 2–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran 23'
Kane 49'
Craig Red card 86'		 BBC Report Smith 2' Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Allan
21 November 2015 Premiership Dundee United 1–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 McKay 33' BBC Report Kane 43'
Davidson 45+1'		 Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Thomson
27 November 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon 13' BBC Report Hemmings 3' Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Muir
5 December 2015 Premiership Ross County 2–3 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Boyce 68'
Davidson 88' (Own goal)		 BBC Report Wotherspoon 3', 43'
Mackay 88'		 Attendance: 3,229
Referee: Clancy
13 December 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 0–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Çiftçi 35', 67'
Boyata 49'		 Attendance: 6,418
Referee: Allan
19 December 2015 Premiership St Johnstone 0–0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Juanma Red card 28' Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Clancy
26 December 2015 Premiership Partick Thistle P – P St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Beaton
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
30 December 2015 Premiership Motherwell 2–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
Hall 38'
Pearson 45'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,055
Referee: Allan
3 January 2016 Premiership St Johnstone P – P Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Madden
16 January 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 0–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Dallas
23 January 2016 Premiership Celtic 3–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Mackay-Steven 9', 55'
Armstrong 43'		 BBC Report MacLean 12' Attendance: 43,948
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 February 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 3–4 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon 52'
Anderson 79'
Scobbie 89'		 BBC Report Rooney 5', 77'
Pawlett 20'
McGinn 71'		 Attendance: 5,712
Referee: Don Robertson
12 February 2016 Premiership Dundee 2 - 0 St Johnstone Dens Park
19:45 Hemmings 21' 51'
O'Dea Yellow card 66'
Stewart Yellow card 90'		 Report Fisher Yellow card 58'
Cummins Yellow card 66'
Davidson Yellow card 76'
Swanson Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
20 February 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 2 - 1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon 43'
Fisher Yellow card 60'
Scobbie Yellow card 84' 90+1'		 Moult 33'
Hall Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Scotland Bobby Madden
23 February 2016 Premiership Partick Thistle 2 - 0 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
19:45 Doolan 72'
Amoo 87'		 Report Anderson Yellow card 75'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 2,320
Referee: Scotland John Beaton
27 February 2016 Premiership Aberdeen 1 - 1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Church 35'
Jack Yellow card 41'
Shinnie Yellow card 80'		 Report Brown Yellow card 7'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 17'
Swanson Yellow card 41'
Craig 88' (pen.)
Kane Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 12,563
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean (referee)
2 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1 - 2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane 67'
Craig Yellow card 90'		 Report Booth 6'
Lawless 13'
Welsh Yellow card 42'		 Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
9 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1 - 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane 84' Report Warren Yellow card 35' Yellow-red card
Tansey Yellow card 90'
Vigurs Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Scotland Don Robertson
16 March 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 1 - 1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon 11'
Lappin Yellow card 66'		 Report Graham 65' (pen.) Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Scotland Steven McLean (referee)
19 March 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 - 3 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Augustyn Yellow card 26' Report Davidson 11' 21'
Fisher Yellow card 52' 88'		 Attendance: 16,295
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
2 April 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 0 - 1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Dow 22'
Morris Yellow card 25'
Donaldson Red card 60'		 Attendance: 5,784
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
9 April 2016 Premiership Kilmarnock 3 - 0 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 O'Hara Yellow card 16'
Kiltie Yellow card 23'
Boyd 25' 88' (pen.)
Magennis Yellow card 33'
Higginbotham 65'
Addison Yellow card 78'		 Report Fisher Yellow card 23' Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Scotland Crawford Allan
22 April 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 3 - 0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon 14'
MacLean 38'
Craig 55'		 Report Hayeas Yellow card 65'
Shinnie Yellow card 84'		 Attendance: 3,990
Referee: Scotland Craig Thomson (referee)
30 April 2016 Premiership Ross County 0 - 1 St Johnstone Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Quinn Yellow card 33' Report Craig Yellow card 25'
MacLean 56'
Shaughnessy Yellow card 88'		 Attendance: 3,329
Referee: Scotland Stephen Finnie
7 May 2016 Premiership Motherwell 1 - 2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 McDonald 4'
Pearson Yellow card 67'
Leitch Yellow card 89'		 Report MacLean 34'
Darnell Fisher Yellow card 39'
Swanson 45'		 Attendance: 4,441
Referee: Scotland Greg Aitken
11 May 2016 Premiership St Johnstone 2 - 1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
19:30 Anderson Yellow card 35'
MacLean 56' Yellow card 57'
Swanson Yellow card 61'
Cummins 77'		 Report Johansen Yellow card 28'
Griffiths 53'		 Attendance: 5,959
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
15 May 2016 Premiership Heart of Midlothian 2 - 2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
12:30 Scouttar Yellow card 8'
Öztürk Yellow card 13'
Djoum 17' Yellow card 58'
Shaughnessy 20' (o.g.)
Oshaniwa Yellow card 29'
Dauda Red card 57'
Juanma Yellow card 60'		 Report Craig 9' (pen.) Yellow card 66'
Cummins 12'
Kane Yellow card 56'
Darnell Fisher Yellow card 59'
Scobbie Yellow card 74'		 Attendance: 16,046
Referee: Scotland Greg Aitken

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg Alashkert Armenia 1–0 St Johnstone Yerevan, Armenia
17:00 CET Manasyan 59' BBC
UEFA		 Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Kehlet
9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd leg St Johnstone 2–1
(2–2 agg.)		 Armenia Alashkert
Alashkert won on away goals 		Perth, Scotland
19:45 O'Halloran 34'
McKay 87'		 BBC
UEFA		 Muradyan Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card
Goyozalyan 74'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 5,764
Referee: Fautrel

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
22 September 2015 League Cup third round Rangers 1–3 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:15 Tavernier 62' BBC Report Davidson 19'
Lappin 29'
O'Halloran 46'		 Attendance: 27,094
Referee: Clancy
27 October 2015 Quarter Final Greenock Morton 1–3 St Johnstone Cappielow
19:30 Johnstone 52' BBC Report MacLean 61' (pen.)
O'Halloran 63'
Kane 83'		 Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Thomson
30 January 2016 Semi Final Hibernian 2–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle
15:00 Cummings 29' (pen.)
McGinn 74'		 BBC Report Shaughnessy 33' Attendance: 16,971
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4 St Johnstone 0–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Slater 6' Attendance: 3,147
Referee: Clancy

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 6 February 2016
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Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1Northern IrelandGKAlan Mannus 1100000011
2ScotlandDFDave Mackay 1100000011
3ScotlandDFTam Scobbie 2000001030
4ScotlandMFSimon Lappin 1020000030
5ScotlandDFFrazer Wright 0000001010
6ScotlandDFSteven Anderson 1000001020
7ScotlandMFChris Millar 2000000020
8ScotlandMFMurray Davidson 6020100080
9ScotlandMFSteve MacLean 2000000020
10ScotlandMFDavid Wotherspoon 6000000060
14Republic of IrelandDFJoe Shaughnessy 1010000020
15ScotlandDFBrad McKay 0000001010
16ScotlandMFLiam Caddis 1000000010
16ScotlandMFDanny Swanson 1000000010
22EnglandDFDarnell Fisher 3000000030
24ScotlandDFBrian Easton 4000000040
26ScotlandMFLiam Craig 4100000041
29ScotlandFWMichael O'Halloran 2000000020
Totals 38 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 48 3

Goal scorers

As of 6 February 2016
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Team statistics

League table

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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).[2]
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).

Division summary

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Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
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Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16
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See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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