2015–16 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2015–16 season
Chairman	Steve Gibson
Manager	Aitor Karanka
Stadium	Riverside Stadium
Football League Championship	2nd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Cristhian Stuani; Gastón Ramírez (7 each); All: Cristhian Stuani (11)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015–16 season was Middlesbrough's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Championship in their 140th year in existence.[1] Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 12 July 2016[2]

"+" constitutes substitute appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dimitrios Konstantopoulos	48	0	46	0	0	0	2	0
3	DF		George Friend	45	1	39+1	1	1	0	3+1	0
4	DF		Daniel Ayala	39	3	34+1	3	1	0	3	0
5	DF		Ritchie De Laet (on loan from Leicester City)	10	0	9+1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Ben Gibson	43	1	39+1	1	0	0	3	0
7	MF		Grant Leadbitter	46	4	39+2	4	0	0	4+1	0
8	MF		Adam Clayton	48	1	41+2	1	1	0	2+2	0
9	FW		Jordan Rhodes	18	6	13+5	6	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Carlos De Pena	10	0	3+3	0	1	0	3	0
13	GK		Tomás Mejías	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
16	DF		Julien De Sart	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		James Husband	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW		Cristhian Stuani	40	11	20+16	7	0+1	0	3	4
19	MF		Stewart Downing	49	3	40+5	3	0	0	2+2	0
20	MF		Adam Reach	6	1	3+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
21	MF		Gastón Ramírez	18	7	15+3	7	0	0	0	0
22	DF		Dael Fry	8	0	7	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	FW		Kike Sola (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Emilio Nsue	46	3	37+3	3	0+1	0	4+1	0
26	DF		Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea)	30	0	19+7	0	1	0	3	0
27	MF		Albert Adomah	47	8	36+7	6	1	0	2+1	2
34	MF		Adam Forshaw	34	2	9+20	2	1	0	3+1	0
35	MF		David Nugent	40	8	24+14	8	1	0	0+1	0
39	DF		Jonathan Woodgate	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season:
9	FW		Kike	24	4	10+9	4	0+1	0	4	0
16	DF		Jack Stephens	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+1	0
29	MF		Fernando Amorebieta (on loan from Fulham)	16	0	11+2	0	1	0	2	0
30	MF		Yanic Wildschut	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
31	MF		Diego Fabbrini	26	6	14+8	4	1	1	2+1	1
36	MF		Bruno Zuculini (on loan from Manchester City)	6	0	3+2	0	0	0	0+1	0

Top scorers

Last updated 12 July 2016

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	18	Cristhian Stuani	7	0	4	11
2=	MF	27	Albert Adomah	6	0	2	8
2=	FW	35	David Nugent	8	0	0	8
4	MF	21	Gastón Ramírez	7	0	0	7
5=	MF	31	Diego Fabbrini	4	1	1	6
5=	FW	9	Jordan Rhodes	6	0	0	6
7=	FW	9	Kike	4	0	0	4
7=	MF	7	Grant Leadbitter	4	0	0	4
9=	DF	4	Daniel Ayala	3	0	0	3
9=	MF	17	Stewart Downing	3	0	0	3
9=	DF	24	Emilio Nsue	3	0	0	3
12	MF	34	Adam Forshaw	2	0	0	2
13=	MF	8	Adam Clayton	1	0	0	1
13=	DF	3	George Friend	1	0	0	1
13=	DF	6	Ben Gibson	1	0	0	1
13=	MF	20	Adam Reach	1	0	0	1
13=	MF	30	Yanic Wildschut	0	0	1	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
8	MF		Adam Clayton	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Grant Leadbitter	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF		Daniel Ayala	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Fernando Amorebieta	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Albert Adomah	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW		Cristhian Stuani	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Ben Gibson	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
3	DF		George Friend	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
31	MF		Diego Fabbrini	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		David Nugent	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Carlos De Pena	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Emilio Nsue	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Stewart Downing	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Tomáš Kalas	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Kike	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Kike Sola	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Adam Forshaw	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF		Gastón Ramírez	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Jordan Rhodes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
6 July 2015	DF	Alex Baptiste	Bolton Wanderers	Free	[3][4]
16 July 2015	MF	Stewart Downing	West Ham United	£5,500,000	[5][6]
7 August 2015	FW	Cristhian Stuani	Espanyol	£3,600,000	[7][8]
14 August 2015	FW	David Nugent	Leicester City	£4,000,000	[9][10]
1 September 2015	MF	Carlos de Pena	Nacional	£3,000,000
1 February 2016	FW	Jordan Rhodes	Blackburn Rovers	Undisclosed
1 February 2016	MF	Julien De Sart	Standard Liège	Undisclosed

Total spending: £25,175,000

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	DF	David Atkinson	Carlisle United	Free	[11]
1 July 2015	MF	Ryan Brobbel	Whitby Town	Free	[12]
1 July 2015	DF	Seb Hines	Orlando City	Free	[12]
1 July 2015	MF	Emmanuel Ledesma	Rotherham United[lower-alpha 1]	Free	[12]
1 July 2015	MF	James Warnett	Free agent	Released	[12]
1 July 2015	DF	Kieron Weledji	Whitby Town	Free	[12]
1 July 2015	MF	Dean Whitehead	Huddersfield Town[lower-alpha 2]	Free	[12]
2 July 2015	FW	Luke Williams	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[15]
4 August 2015	MF	Lee Tomlin	AFC Bournemouth	£3,000,000	[16][17]
2 February 2016	FW	Kike	Eibar	Undisclosed

Following Ledesma's release he joined Rotherham United.[13]
Following Whitehead's release he joined Huddersfield Town.[14]

Total incoming: £3,000,000

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Until	Ref.
17 July 2015	DF	Tomáš Kalas	Chelsea	End of season	[18]
27 July 2015	MF	Diego Fabbrini	Watford	End of season	[19]
31 July 2015	DF	Jack Stephens	Southampton	End of season	[20]
28 August 2015	DF	Fernando Amorebieta	Fulham	End of season	[21]
29 August 2015	GK	Michael Agazzi	Milan	End of season
26 October 2015	MF	Bruno Zuculini	Manchester City	26 November 2015	[22]
15 January 2016	FW	Kike Sola	Athletic Bilbao	End of season
26 January 2016	MF	Gastón Ramírez	Southampton	End of season
1 February 2016	DF	Ritchie De Laet	Leicester City	End of season	[23]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Until	Ref.
31 July 2015	GK	Connor Ripley	Motherwell	4 January 2016	[24]
3 August 2015	DF	Jonny Burn	Oldham Athletic	4 January 2016	[25]
6 August 2015	MF	Bryn Morris	Coventry City	End of season	[26]
27 August 2015	MF	Mustapha Carayol	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[27]
28 August 2015	DF	James Husband	Fulham	26 September 2015	[21]
10 September 2015	DF	Brad Halliday	Hartlepool United	8 October 2015	[28]
14 September 2015	DF	Adam Jackson	Coventry City	12 October 2015	[29]
26 September 2015	MF	Adam Reach	Preston North End	28 December 2015	[30]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 June 2015, Middlesbrough announced two friendlies against York City and Doncaster Rovers.[31] A trip to Barnsley on 29 July 2015 was later announced on 15 June 2015.[32] On 8 July 2015, Boro announced Spanish side Getafe will visit a week prior to the opening game of the season.[33]

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	York City	0–1	Middlesbrough	York
12:00 BST		Report	Fewster 78'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,798

15 July 2015 (2015-07-15) Friendly	Middlesbrough	3–1	Leyton Orient	Mijas
17:30 CEST	Adomah 44' Forshaw 52' Kike 80'	Report	McCallum 61'	Stadium: La Cala Resort Attendance: 0

18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Friendly	Middlesbrough	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Mijas
17:30 CEST	Leadbitter 84'	Report	Burn 4' (o.g.)	Stadium: La Cala Resort Attendance: 0

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Middlesbrough	Doncaster
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,831 (726 Boro)

29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) Friendly	Barnsley	0–4	Middlesbrough	Barnsley
19:00 BST		Report	Kike 47', 73' Adomah 49', 65'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,082 (328 Boro) Referee: Darren England

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Middlesbrough	1–0	Getafe	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Kike 55'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 6,107 Referee: Tony Harrington

Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Burnley (C, P)	46	26	15	5	72	35	+37	93	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46	26	11	9	63	31	+32	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	24	17	5	72	42	+30	89	Qualification for the Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Hull City (O, P)	46	24	11	11	69	35	+34	83
5	Derby County	46	21	15	10	66	43	+23	78

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

League 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
46	26	11	9	63	31	+32	89	16	5	2	34	8	+26	10	6	7	29	23	+6

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Football League

Matches

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	D
Position	16	2	4	8	6	3	2	2	2	2	3	6	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[34]

9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) 1	Preston North End	0–0	Middlesbrough	Preston
12:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,974 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Middlesbrough	3–0	Bolton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Fabbrini 7' Kike 17', 32'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,333 Referee: James Adcock

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Derby County	1–1	Middlesbrough	Derby
19:45 BST	Russell 88'	Report	Kike 16'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 30,855 Referee: Steve Martin

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Middlesbrough	0–1	Bristol City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report	Bryan 8'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,236 Referee: Paul Tierney

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 5	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Middlesbrough	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Matias 64'	Report	Reach 42' Fabbrini 67' Stuani 86'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 20,976 Referee: Mark Heywood

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 6	Middlesbrough	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Downing 70' Nugent 81'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 21,448 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

15 September 2015 (2015-09-15) 7	Middlesbrough	3–1	Brentford	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Stuani 35', 69' Adomah 77'	Report	Vibe 49'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,138 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Middlesbrough	Nottingham
12:30 BST	Mills 7'	Report	Nugent 3' Ayala 32'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,993 Referee: Lee Mason

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 9	Middlesbrough	3–0	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
13:15 BST	Nugent 3' Bellusci 32' (o.g.) Fabbrini 81'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 27,694 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10	Reading	2–0	Middlesbrough	Reading
15:00 BST	Williams 1' Blackman 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 19,516 Referee: Keith Stroud

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11	Middlesbrough	0–0	Fulham	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,498 Referee: Peter Bankes

20 October 2015 (2015-10-20) 12	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
19:45 BST	Friend 86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 13,371 Referee: Dean Whitestone

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	Middlesbrough	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Edwards 22'	Report	Fabbrini 71' Leadbitter 82' (pen.) Downing 90+2'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,006 Referee: James Linington

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 14	Middlesbrough	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Nugent 60' Adomah 66' Ayala 78'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,943 Referee: Andrew Madley

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15	Middlesbrough	1–0	Rotherham United	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Downing 16'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Paul Tierney

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16	Hull City	3–0	Middlesbrough	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Diamé 44' Clucas 67' Huddlestone 83'	Report		Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 20,352 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

20 November 2015 (2015-11-20) 17	Middlesbrough	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Leadbitter 90+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,299

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 18	Huddersfield Town	0–2	Middlesbrough	Huddersfield
15:00 BST		Report	Clayton 9' Nsue 84'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 15,434 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) 19	Ipswich Town	0–2	Middlesbrough	Ipswich
19:45 BST		Report	Stuani 54' Nugent 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,662 Referee: Tim Robinson

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 20	Middlesbrough	0–0	Birmingham City	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,929 Referee: Darren Bond

15 December 2015 (2015-12-15) 21	Middlesbrough	1–0	Burnley	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Nsue 54'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 19,966 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 22	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3	Middlesbrough	Brighton
12:30 GMT		Report	Kike 4' Adomah 44' Stuani 62'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 26,445 Referee: Craig Pawson

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 23	Middlesbrough	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Middlesbrough
17:15 GMT	Stuani 1'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,363 Referee: David Coote

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 24	Middlesbrough	2–0	Derby County	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Adomah 83' Friend 84'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 32,870 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) 25	Brentford	0–1	Middlesbrough	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Bidwell 74'	Report	Button 61' (o.g.) Ayala 64' Stuani 82' Clayton 90+2'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,312 Referee: Gavin Ward

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26	Bristol City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Ayling 56' Burns 80', 90+6'	Report	Clayton 62' Amorebieta 73'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 15,670 Referee: Carl Boyeson

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27	Middlesbrough	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Clayton 35' Amorebieta 59'	Report	Ward 24' Lichaj 30' Ward 70' Jokić 76'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,975 Referee: Fred Graham

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 28	Middlesbrough	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Kike Sola 18' Leadbitter 57' Hanley 64' Jordi Gómez 74' Nugent 79'	Report	Marshall 24' Lenihan 34' Evans 36' Gómez 73'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,244 Referee: Dean Whitestone

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) 29	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Middlesbrough	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT	Bowditch 9' Forster-Caskey 49'	Report	Nugent 33' Rhodes 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 11,256 Referee: Andy Davies

15 February 2016 (2016-02-15) 30	Leeds United	0–0	Middlesbrough	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Diagouraga 41' Bellusci 82'	Report	Clayton 25' Gibson	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 20,424 Referee: Craig Pawson

23 February 2016 (2016-02-23) 31	Middlesbrough	3–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Connolly 25' (o.g.) Ramírez 63' Nugent 83'	Report	Fábio 20'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,322 Referee: Trevor Kettle

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 32	Fulham	0–2	Middlesbrough	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Adomah 3' Leadbitter 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,862 Referee: Charles Breakspear

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 33	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Middlesbrough	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Akpan 47' Graham 83'	Report	Forshaw 90+1'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,601 Referee: Andrew Madley

4 March 2016 (2016-03-04) 34	Middlesbrough	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Ramírez 24', 56'	Report	Gibson 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,110 Referee: Stuart Attwell

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 35	Rotherham United	1–0	Middlesbrough	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Frecklington 88'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,783 Referee: Peter Bankes

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 36	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Middlesbrough	London
15:30 GMT	Teixeira 57' Harriott 80'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 14,636 Referee: Darren Deadman

18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) 37	Middlesbrough	1–0	Hull City	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Nugent 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,791 Referee: Andre Marriner

1 April 2016 (2016-04-01) 38	Queens Park Rangers	2–3	Middlesbrough	London
19:45 GMT	Mackie 31' Chery 86'	Report	Rhodes 18' Ramírez 51' Gibson 57'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,058 Referee: Simon Hooper

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 39	Middlesbrough	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Leadbitter 32' (pen.) Ramírez 33', 77'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 24,669 Referee: Steve Martin

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 40	Middlesbrough	1–0	Preston North End	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Adomah 32'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,390 Referee: Oliver Langford

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 41	Middlesbrough	2–1	Reading	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT	Nsue 10' Forshaw 90+4'	Report	Cox 54'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 23,746 Referee: Scott Duncan

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Bolton Wanderers	1–2	Middlesbrough	Bolton
15:00 GMT	Vela 61'	Report	Rhodes 73', 90+1'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 18,196 Referee: Keith Stroud

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Burnley	1–1	Middlesbrough	Burnley
19:45 GMT	Keane 90+2'	Report	Rhodes 70'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,197 Referee: Mike Jones

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Middlesbrough	0–0	Ipswich Town	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 30,505 Referee: Darren Bond

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) 45	Birmingham City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Gleeson 33' Davis 68'	Report	Rhodes 40' Ramírez 57'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 21,380 Referee: Simon Hooper

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	Middlesbrough	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Middlesbrough
12:30 GMT	Stuani 19'	Report	Konckaert 24' Stephens 55', 59' Wilson 90+5' Goldson 90+6'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 33,806 Referee: Mike Dean

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Middlesbrough were drawn away against Oldham Athletic.[35] In the second round, Middlesbrough were drawn away to Burton Albion.[36] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[37]

12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) First round	Oldham Athletic	1–3	Middlesbrough	Oldham
19:45 BST	Philliskirk 90'	Report	Wildschut 23' Stuani 41', 61'	Stadium: SportsDirect.com Park Attendance: 4,182 Referee: Carl Boyeson

25 August 2015 (2015-08-25) Second round	Burton Albion	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Middlesbrough	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Friend 24' (o.g.)	Report	Stuani 70', 109'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Mark Brown

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Third round	Middlesbrough	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Adomah 37', 64' Fabbrini 57'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 13,368 Referee: Kevin Wright

28 October 2015 Fourth round	Manchester United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Middlesbrough	Manchester
20:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 67,258 Referee: Lee Mason
	Penalties
	Rooney Pereira Carrick Young		Leadbitter Nugent Downing Gibson

1 December 2015 Fifth round	Middlesbrough	0–2	Everton	Middlesbrough
19:45 GMT		Report	Deulofeu (20) Lukaku (28)	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 31,628 Referee: Roger East

FA Cup

9 January 2016 (2016-01-09) Third round	Middlesbrough	1–2	Burnley	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Fabbrini 36'	Report	Hennings 7' Ward 71'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 18,286 Referee: Simon Hooper

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[14] Following Ledesma's release he joined Rotherham United.[13]

[16] Following Whitehead's release he joined Huddersfield Town.[14]

[table_note_res_PLPO0.43284218266273-36] Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

[1] "History". Statto.

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/players/season/2016/

[3] "Former Blackpool FC defender Alex Baptiste becomes Middlesbrough FC's first signing of the summer transfer window after joining from Bolton Wanderers FC". Middlesbrough FC. 6 July 2015.

[4] "Alex Baptiste Completes Move to Middlesbrough". Burnden Aces. 6 July 2015.

[5] "Stewart Downing Completes Boro Move From West Ham". Middlesbrough FC. 16 July 2015.

[6] "Stewart Downing completes move to Middlesbrough". ESPN. 16 July 2015.

[7] "Finally! Cristhian Stuani Cleared To Play". Middlesbrough FC. 7 August 2015.

[8] "Christian Stuani could make debut at Preston after international clearance settled". Gazette Live. 6 August 2015.

[9] "David Nugent Signs For Boro From Leicester". Middlesbrough FC. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[10] "Middlesbrough sign target David Nugent from Leicester City". The Northern Echo. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[11] "Carlisle United Pair Sign Short-Term Deals". News & Star. 4 June 2015.

[Seven_Released-12] "Emmanuel Ledesma Joins Dean Whitehead In Departing Boro This Summer". Middlesbrough FC. 11 June 2015.

[13] "Rotherham United: Millers sign Emmanuel Ledesma". Sheffield Telegraph. 2 July 2015.

[15] "Dean Whitehead: Experienced midfielder joins Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport. 23 June 2015.

[17] "Middlesbrough FC Striker Luke Williams Joins League One side Scunthorpe United on a permanent transfer". Middlesbrough FC. 2 July 2015.

[18] "Lee Tomlin Joins Bournemouth From Boro". Middlesbrough FC. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[19] "Lee Tomlin: Bournemouth sign Middlesbrough forward for £3m". BBC Sport. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[20] "Chelsea FC defender Tomas Kalas delighted to sign a season long loan at Middlesbrough". Middlesbrough FC. 17 July 2015.

[21] "Confirmed: Italian Midfielder Diego Fabbrini Completes Season Long Loan Move From Watford". Middlesbrough FC. 27 July 2015.

[22] "Jack Stephens Joins Boro On Loan From Southampton". Middlesbrough FC. 31 July 2015.

[Amorebieta_for_Husband_loan_swap-23] "Fernando Amorebieta Returns To Boro As James Husband Joins Fulham". Middlesbrough FC. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[24] "Bruno Zuculini Joins Boro On Loan From Manchester City". Middlesbrough FC. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

[25] Vickers, Anthony (1 February 2016). "Ritchie De Laet: Boro complete loan deal for Leicester defender". GazetteLive. Trinity Mirror North East. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[26] "Connor Ripley Joins Motherwell On Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[27] "U21s Captain Goes Out On Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[28] "Bryn Morris Makes Loan Move To Coventry City". Middlesbrough FC. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[29] "Muzzy Carayol Joins Huddersfield Town In Loan Deal". Middlesbrough FC. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

[30] "Brad Joins Pools On Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[31] "Adam Jackson Joins Coventry City On Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

[32] "Adam Reach Joins Preston North End On Loan". Middlesbrough FC. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[33] "Boro Pre-Season Fixtures: York City And Doncaster Rovers Trips Confirmed". Middlesbrough FC. 8 June 2015.

[34] "Pre-Season: Barnsley Trip Confirmed For Aitor Karanka's Boro". Middlesbrough FC. 15 June 2015.

[35] "Middlesbrough FC confirm pre-season friendly against Getafe CF". Middlesbrough FC. 8 July 2015.

[37] "Middlesbrough FC fixtures for the 2015/16 Sky Bet Championship season". Middlesbrough FC. 17 June 2015.

[38] "Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw". Capital One Cup. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-16.

[39] "Capital One Cup Round 2 draw". Capital One Cup. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

[40] "Capital One Cup Round 3 draw". Capital One Cup. 25 August 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.