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Blackburn Rovers

2015–16 season
Manager	Gary Bowyer (until 10 November 2015) Paul Lambert (from 15 November 2015)
Stadium	Ewood Park
Championship	15th
Football League Cup	First round (knocked out by Shrewsbury Town)
FA Cup	Fifth round (knocked out by West Ham United)
Top goalscorer	League: Jordan Rhodes (10) All: Jordan Rhodes (11)
Average home league attendance	14,171
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The 2015–16 season is Blackburn Rovers' 128th season as a professional football club and its fourth playing in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Summer Activity

On 12 May Rovers announced a new sponsorship deal with Dafabet.

On 16 May Rovers announced their retained list and Matthew Kilgallon & Lee Williamson had their contracts extended by a further 12 months. It was also confirmed long serving players David Dunn & Paul Robinson would be leaving the club upon the expiration of their contracts whilst Josh King & youth player Darragh Lenihan who made his 1st team appearance last season had been offered new contracts. Chris Taylor & Luke Varney were free to talk to other clubs.

On 28 May it was announced that Rovers forward Josh King would join Premier League new boys AFC Bournemouth upon the expiration of his contract.

On 25 June it was announced Luke Varney will undergo rehab at Ipswich Town upon leaving Rovers.

On 26 June Rovers announced Tom Cairney will be joining Fulham.

On 1 July Rovers announced Ryan Nyambe has signed his first professional contract, the defender has signed a 3-year deal, Also penning new deals at are Ryan Crump, Jack Doyle, Mark Edgar, Anton Forrester, Sam Joel, Sam Lavelle and Connor Thomson. They have each signed new one-year contracts, whilst Hyuga Tanner and Luke Wall have signed extensions to their Academy scholarships.

On 1 July Rovers announced Darragh Lenihan has signed a one-year deal.

On 1 July Rovers announced Josh Morris will be joining Bradford City.

On 2 July Rovers announced Chris Taylor had signed a new one-year deal.

On 8 July Rovers announced Leon Best had been released by mutual consent.

On 21 July 2015 Rovers announced their first and second signings of the summer transfer window, with the free agents Sacha Petshi signing a one-year deal with an option of a second year and fellow Frenchmen Bengali-Fodé Koita signing a two-year deal with Rovers.

On 31 July Rovers announced Jake Kean had been released by mutual consent.

On 31 July Rovers announced Rudy Gestede had joined Aston Villa.

On 5 August Rovers announced their third signing of the summer with free agent Danny Guthrie signing a two-year deal.

On 6 August Rovers announced their fourth signing of the summer with free agent Nathan Delfouneso signing a one-year deal.

On 10 August Rovers announced the loan signing of Modou Barrow from Swansea City until the 10 November.

On 11 August Rovers announced the signing of Reading center midfielder Hope Akpan after his contract was terminated by Reading, and completed a two-year contract to join Rovers.

On 21 August Rovers announced the loan signing of Tom Lawrence from Leicester City until 3 January.

Autumn activity

On 11 November Rovers confirmed Gary Bowyer had left the club, Assistant manager Terry McPhillips, First team coaches Craig Short & Tony Grant & goalkeeping coach John Keeley also left with immediate effect.

On 15 November Rovers confirmed Paul Lambert has been appointed as new manager, with Alan Irvine as his Assistant manager, Rob Kelly as a coach & Laurence Batty as goalkeeping coach.

On 20 November Rovers announced Corry Evans has committed his long term future to the club signing a contract extension until the summer of 2019.

On 24 November Rovers announced the loan signing of Doneil Henry from West Ham United until 3 January.

On 24 November Rovers announced John O'Sullivan has signed a contract extension until the summer of 2017.

On 26 November Rovers announced John O'Sullivan had joined Rochdale on loan until 3 January.

On 26 November Rovers announced Anton Forrester had joined Morecambe on loan until 3 January.

On 3 December Rovers announce they are now compliant with the Football League's Financial Fair Play regulations and will have their transfer embargo lifted.

On 10 December Rovers announced Craig Conway has committed his long term future to the club signing a contract extension until the summer of 2018.

Winter Activity

On 5 January Rovers announced that Tom Lawrence will remain on loan for a further month, until 31 January.

On 5 January Rovers announced the signing of Elliott Bennett on a 2 and half year deal, for an undisclosed fee from Norwich City.

On 15 January Rovers announced the signing of Simeon Jackson on a short term deal until the end of the season, on a free transfer following his release from Barnsley.

On 15 January Rovers announced John O'Sullivan had joined Bury on loan until the 13 February.

On 20 January Rovers announced signed of Danny Graham on loan from Sunderland until end of the season.

On 20 January Rovers announced the signing of Elliott Ward on a 2 and half year deal, on a free transfer from Bournemouth.

On 26 January Rovers announced Marcus Olsson will move to Derby County for an undisclosed fee.

On 27 January Rovers announced they have reached an agreement with Turkish team Kasımpaşa for the transfer of Bengali-Fodé Koita for a fee of 320,000 Euros.

On 29 January Rovers announced signed of Tony Watt on loan from Charlton Athletic until end of the season, with a fee agree to sign permanently in summer.

On 1 February Rovers announced Jordan Rhodes will join Middlesbrough for £9,000,000 with £2,000,000 add ons.

On 1 February Rovers announced Sacha Petshi has joined Créteil.

On 1 February Rovers announced signed of Jordi Gómez on loan from Sunderland until end of the season.

On 13 February Rovers announced signed of Matt Grimes on loan from Swansea City on a 93-day loan.

On 26 February Rovers announced Darragh Lenihan signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal.

Spring activity

On 17 March Rovers announced Chris Taylor, who is out of contract in the summer, has joined Millwall on loan until end of season.

On 18 March Paul Lambert says he will make the decision on the players who are out of contract in the summer when his budget is confirmed, Simon Eastwood, Tommy Spurr, Matthew Kilgallon, Chris Taylor, Lee Williamson, Nathan Delfouneso & Chris Brown are all out of contract in the summer.

On 18 March Rovers announced Nathan Delfouneso has joined Bury on loan until 19 April.

On 28 April Rovers announced that Paul Lambert will be leaving at the end of the current season.

Pre-Season friendlies

On 15 May 2015, Blackburn Rovers announced six pre-season friendlies, Wigan Athletic, Bury, Oldham Athletic, Accrington Stanley, Rochdale and Tranmere Rovers.

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Friendly	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Accrington
15:00 BST		Report	Furman (trialist) 12' Conway 81'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,497 (816 Rovers supporters)

21 July 2015 (2015-07-21) Friendly	Rochdale	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Henderson 32', 83'	Report	Williamson 19'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,369

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Tranmere
19:45 BST		Report	Sarpong (trialist) 76' Mahoney 77'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,789

25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Friendly	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Oldham
15:00 BST		Report	Delfouneso 58' Conway 84'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,651 (inc. 453 Rovers supporters)

28 July 2015 (2015-07-28) Friendly	Bury	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Bury
19:30 BST	Pope 26'	Report	Conway 65'	Stadium: The JD Stadium Attendance: 1,696 (inc. 522 Rovers supporters) Referee: Darren Handley

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Friendly	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Tomlinson 74' Hanley 83' Marshall 88'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 3,504 (inc. 557 visiting supporters)

Championship

League table

Result by round

Matches

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

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) 1	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Conway 39' Guthrie  45' Olsson  68'	Report	Afobe 29' Edwards 45' Iorfa  57' Henry  86' Ojo  90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,159 Referee: Mark Haywood

15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) 2	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Wells 10' Hudson  31' Whitehead  46'	Report	Delfouneso 60'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 11,338 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 August 2015 (2015-08-18) 3	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Hanley 88' Akpan  79' Duffy  90'	Report	Mason 5' Connolly  42' Peltier  53' Morrison  61'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,025 Referee: Scott Duncan

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 4	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Brighton
15:15 BST	LuaLua 35',  90' Greer  46' Kayal  72' Hünemeier  75'	Report	Duffy  39' Marshall  90'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 22,659 Referee: Andy Madley

28 August 2015 (2015-08-28) 5	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Blackburn
19:45 BST		Report	Dervite  90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,632 Referee: Paul Tierney

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 6	Fulham	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Fulham
12:00 BST	McCormack 4' Dembélé 30'	Report	Rhodes 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 14,372 Referee: Tony Harrington

16 September 2015 (2015-09-16) 7	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Blackburn Rovers	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 BST	Henley 46' (o.g.) Onuoha 79'	Report	Duffy 14' Rhodes 60'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 14,007 Referee: Darren Deadman

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 8	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Rhodes 45', 75' Hanley  67' Lawrence 85'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,088 Referee: Carl Boyeson

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 9	Hull City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Hernández 73'	Report	Rhodes 90'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 16,486 Referee: Andy Haines

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 10	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Ipswich Town	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Rhodes 12', 16' Evans  53' Henley  55'	Report	Touré  20' Maitland-Niles  57' Berra  64'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,672 Referee: Andre Marriner

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 11	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Reeves 11' (pen.), 89' Church 71'	Report	Henley  10'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 11,548 Referee: James Linington

21 October 2015 (2015-10-21) 12	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Derby County	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Lawrence  34' Taylor  45' Akpan  62' Evans  88'	Report	Johnson  41' Keogh  45'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,968 Referee: Darren Drysdale

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 13	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Burnley	Blackburn
12:30 BST		Report	Arfield 63'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 19,897 Referee: Keith Stroud

29 October 2015 (2015-10-29) 14	Leeds United	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Bamba  38'	Report	Craig Conway 1',  90' Rhodes 6' Evans  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,666 Referee: Tim Robinson

3 November 2015 (2015-11-03) 15	Birmingham City	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Shinnie  55' Davis  62'	Report	Marshall  70' Henley  89'	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 15,701 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 16	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Brentford	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 37' Olsson  83'	Report	Yennaris  14' Vibe 24' Kerschbaumer  45' Bidwell  90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,328 Referee: Andy Woolmer

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 17	Preston North End	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Preston
15:00 GMT	Huntington  50' Garner  59', 67' Wright  83'  90'	Report	Pickford 31' (o.g.) Evans  36' Rhodes 52' (pen.) Koita  85'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,852 Referee: Mike Dean

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 18	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Akpan 5' Evans  31', 44'	Report	Hélan  30' Lee  37' Sougou 39' João 84'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,837 Referee: Fred Graham

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 19	Bristol City	0–2	Blackburn Rovers	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Baker  16'  49'	Report	Hanley 59' Lawrence  69' Marshall 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,021 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11) 20	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Rotherham United	Blackburn
17:45 GMT	Hyam 31' (o.g.)	Report	Broadfoot  74'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,054 Referee: Tony Harrington

14 December 2015 (2015-12-14) 21	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
17:45 GMT	Guthrie  46' Olsson  57' Koita  59'	Report	Mancienne  18' Tesche  43'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,002 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 22	Reading	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Reading
15:00 GMT	Williams 11' Robson-Kanu  86'	Report	Akpan  15' Duffy  16' Henley  82' Hanley  88'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 16,529 Referee: Peter Bankes

28 December 2015 (2015-12-28) 23	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Bolton
12:45 GMT	Davies  52' Moxey  55' Vela  59' Madine 77' Pratley  90'	Report	Akpan  53' Duffy  74' Olsson  90'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 18,048 Referee: Jonathan Moss

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 24	Cardiff City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Akpan  39' Duffy  67'	Report	Mason 58' Ralls  62'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 14,385 Referee: Andy Woolmer

12 January 2016 (2016-01-12) 25	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Akpan 85'	Report	Fer 24'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,285 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 26	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Kilgallon  33' Spurr  93'	Report	Zamora 3' Ridgewell  57'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,930 Referee: Kevin Wright

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 27	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Lennon 30'	Report	Rhodes 45' Duffy  90'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,512 Referee: Robert Lewis

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 28	Middlesbrough	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Sola  18' Leadbitter  57' Nugent 79'	Report	Marshall  24' Lenihan  34' Evans  36' Hanley  64' Gómez 72',  74'	Stadium: Riverside Attendance: 26,244 Referee: Dean Whitestone

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 29	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Hull City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT		Report	Hernández 53' Diamé 63'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,902 Referee: Oliver Langford

16 February 2016 (2016-02-16) 30	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Fulham	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Marshall 15' (pen.) Duffy 62' Graham  65', 87'	Report	Mattila  52' Fredericks  58' McCormack  71'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Phil Gibbs

24 February 2016 (2016-02-24) 31	Derby County	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Derby
19:45 GMT	Butterfield 8'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,411 Referee: Nigel Miller

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 32	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Bennett  26', 71' Brown  50' Gómez 53', 90+3' Leniham  96'	Report	Carruthers 36' McFadzean  66' Revell 86'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,693 Referee: Simon Hooper

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 33	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Middlesbrough	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Akpan 47' Spurr  59' Lenihan  69' Graham 83' Jackson  90+2'	Report	Forshaw 90+1' Stuani  90+2'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,601 Referee: Andy Madley

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 34	Burnley	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Burnley
12:30 GMT	Gray 16' (pen.) Lowton  63' Ulvestad  90+2'	Report	Gómez  13' Lenihan  52' Bennett  91' Watt  92'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,478 Referee: Mike Jones

8 March 2016 (2016-03-08) 35	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Birmingham City	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Watt 20' Graham 23' Gómez  45' Bennett  45' Evans  60' Lenihan  73'	Report	Grounds  45'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,774 Referee: Stuart Attwell

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 36	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Leeds United	Blackburn
12:30 GMT	Hanley  80' Jackson 89'	Report	Bamba 34' Antenucci 69',  70' Berardi  80' Bellusci  81' Cook  92'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Keith Stroud

15 March 2016 (2016-03-15) 37	Ipswich Town	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Hyam  63' Murphy 67' (pen.), 87' Douglas  77'	Report	Evans  29'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: Iain Williamson Referee: 16,488

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 38	Brentford	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Brentford
15:00 GMT	McEachran  78'	Report	Hanley  28'  57' Graham  63' Akpan  74' Duffy 86',  87' Lenihan  90+2' Watt  90+5'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,575 Referee: Michael Bull

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 39	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Preston North End	Blackburn
12:30 GMT	Ward 13',  57' Duffy  24' Bennett  57' Graham  75'	Report	Garner 24' Gallagher  37' Hugill 43' Pearson  57'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,029 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) 40	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Henley 51' (o.g.) Lee  58' Wallace 62'	Report	Conway 46',  53'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 21,803 Referee: David Webb

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 41	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Iorfa  72'	Report	Lenihan  37' Grimes  60' Bennett  87'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 19,538 Referee: Mark Brown

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 42	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Huddersfield Town	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Hanley  61' Lenihan  73' Duffy  80'	Report	Wells 35' Kilgallon 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,061 Referee: Carl Boyeson

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 43	Nottingham Forest	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	Blackstock 15' Mills  49' Gardner  76'	Report	Graham 22',  42' Evans  75' Lenihan  76'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 16,449 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 44	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Bristol City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Graham 17', 80'	Report	Kodjia 70' Wilbraham 74' Smith  86'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,752 Referee: Tim Robinson

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 45	Rotherham United	0–1	Blackburn Rovers	Rotherham
15:00 GMT		Report	Duffy 6'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 11,035 Referee: Steve Martin

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 46	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Reading	Blackburn
12:30 GMT	Bennett 8' Graham 14' Jackson 86'	Report	Kermorgant 31'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 13,140 Referee: Andy Madley

Football League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Blackburn Rovers were drawn at home against Shrewsbury Town.

11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) First round	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Blackburn
19:45 BST	Delfouneso 30' Spurr  49'	Report	Collins 9' Barnett 32' Tootle  78' Leutwiler  82'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 5,280 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

FA Cup

Rovers will enter the FA Cup in the third round proper which commences on 9 January 2016. On 7 December 2015, the third round draw was made, Blackburn Rovers were drawn away against Newport County.

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) Round 3	Newport County	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Newport
19:15 GMT	Byrne 30' Dymond  73' Day  90'	Report	Marshall 8' Brown  10' Lawrence  47' Rhodes 75' (pen.) Taylor  88'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Charles Breakspear

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) Round 4	Oxford United	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Mullins  5' Baldock  64' Kenny  90'	Report	Marshall 36', 76' Spurr  39' Watt 45' Jackson  50' Lenihan  54' Conway  79'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,647 Referee: Andy Davies

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) Round 5	Blackburn Rovers	1–5	West Ham United	Blackburn
14:00 GMT	Marshall 20' Taylor  35'  55' Lenihan  84'	Report	Moses 26' Payet 36', 90+2' Emenike 64', 85' Kouyaté  75'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,793 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Backroom Staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Paul Lambert
Assistant Manager	Alan Irvine
First Team Coach	Rob Kelly
Goalkeeping Coach	Laurence Batty
Head of Academy	Eric Kinder
Under-21 Head Coach	Damien Johnson
Under-21 Assistant Coach	David Dunn

Last updated: November 2015
Source:

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
13	GK	ENG	Simon Eastwood	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	ENG	Jason Steele	45	0	41+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
33	GK	ESP	David Raya	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	WAL	Adam Henley	26	0	20+4	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Tommy Spurr	26	0	20+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	ENG	Matthew Kilgallon	11	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Grant Hanley (captain)	46	2	44+0	2	2+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	ENG	Elliott Ward	9	1	6+1	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	IRL	Shane Duffy	42	4	41+0	4	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	NAM	Ryan Nyambe	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
34	DF	ENG	Scott Wharton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	ENG	Jack Doyle	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Jason Lowe	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Ben Marshall	48	6	44+0	2	3+0	4	1+0	0
14	MF	ESP	Jordi Gómez (on loan from Sunderland)	19	3	17+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Matt Grimes (on loan from Swansea City)	13	0	9+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	JAM	Lee Williamson	11	0	2+8	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	NGA	Hope Akpan	37	3	29+6	3	2+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Danny Guthrie	17	0	10+6	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
26	MF	IRL	Darragh Lenihan	27	0	18+5	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Willem Tomlinson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Connor Mahoney	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	MF	NIR	Corry Evans	33	1	26+4	1	2+0	0	1+0	0
31	MF	JAM	Elliott Bennett	24	2	16+5	2	3+0	0	0+0	0
32	MF	SCO	Craig Conway	38	3	29+6	3	2+1	0	0+0	0
7	FW	ENG	Nathan Delfouneso	16	2	7+8	1	0+0	0	1+0	1
9	FW	ENG	Chris Brown	20	0	4+13	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Danny Graham (on loan from Sunderland)	18	7	18+0	7	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	FW	CAN	Simeon Jackson	19	2	3+14	2	1+1	0	0+0	0
Players out on loan:
18	MF	IRL	John O'Sullivan (on loan at Bury)	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Chris Taylor (on loan at Millwall)	15	0	6+6	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club:
31	FW	GAM	Modou Barrow (on loan from Swansea City)	5	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	CAN	Doneil Henry (on loan from West Ham United)	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	SWE	Marcus Olsson	20	0	19+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW	FRA	Bengali-Fodé Koita	15	0	8+6	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
16	FW	WAL	Tom Lawrence (on loan from Leicester City)	23	1	14+7	1	1+1	0	0+0	0
11	FW	SCO	Jordan Rhodes	26	11	25+0	10	0+1	1	0+0	0
8	FW	SCO	Tony Watt (on loan from Charlton Athletic)	11	2	6+3	1	1+1	1	0+0	0

Goalscorers

As of 8 May 2016

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Jordan Rhodes*	10	1	0	11
2	12	FW	Danny Graham	7	0	0	7
3	10	MF	Ben Marshall	2	4	0	6
4	22	DF	Shane Duffy	4	0	0	4
5	21	MF	Hope Akpan	3	0	0	3
=	14	MF	Jordi Gómez	3	0	0	3
=	32	MF	Craig Conway	3	0	0	3
8	16	FW	Tom Lawrence*	2	0	0	2
=	5	DF	Grant Hanley	2	0	0	2
=	7	FW	Nathan Delfouneso	1	0	1	2
=	8	FW	Tony Watt*	1	1	0	2
=	31	MF	Elliott Bennett	2	0	0	2
=	35	FW	Simeon Jackson	2	0	0	2
14	29	MF	Corry Evans	1	0	0	1
=	15	DF	Elliott Ward	1	0	0	1
—	—	—	Own Goal	2	0	0	2
Total				46	6	1	53

• * left the club

Assists

As of 8 May 2016

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	32	MF	Craig Conway	5	0	0	5
2	16	FW	Tom Lawrence*	2	1	0	3
3	8	FW	Bengali-Fodé Koita*	2	0	0	2
=	2	DF	Adam Henley	2	0	0	2
=	31	MF	Elliott Bennett	2	0	0	2
=	22	DF	Shane Duffy	2	0	0	2
=	26	MF	Darragh Lenihan	2	0	0	2
=	16	MF	Matt Grimes	2	0	0	2
=	5	DF	Grant Hanley	2	0	0	2
=	4	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	2	0	0	2
11	24	DF	Ryan Nyambe	0	0	1	1
=	35	FW	Simeon Jackson	1	0	0	1
=	30	GK	Jason Steele	1	0	0	1
=	8	FW	Tony Watt*	1	0	0	1
=	14	MF	Jordi Gómez	1	0	0	1
=	6	MF	Jason Lowe	1	0	0	1
—	—	—	No assist	18	5	0	23
Total				46	6	1	53

• * left the club

Disciplinary record

As of 8 May 2016

No.	Pos.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
2	DF	Adam Henley	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1
3	DF	Tommy Spurr	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
4	DF	Matthew Kilgallon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Grant Hanley	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0
8	FW	Bengali-Fodé Koita*	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
10	MF	Ben Marshall	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	FW	Jordan Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF	Marcus Olsson*	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
22	DF	Shane Duffy	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1
23	MF	Danny Guthrie	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
29	MF	Corry Evans	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
30	GK	Jason Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF	Hope Akpan	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
16	FW	Tom Lawrence*	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	MF	Chris Taylor	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
32	MF	Craig Conway	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
9	FW	Chris Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
26	MF	Darragh Lenihan	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
35	FW	Simeon Jackson	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
14	MF	Jordi Gómez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	FW	Danny Graham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
31	MF	Elliott Bennett	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	FW	Tony Watt *	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
15	MF	Elliott Ward	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	MF	Matt Grimes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			88	1	3	8	1	1	1	0	0	97	2	4

• * left the club

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 July 2015	DM		Sacha Petshi	Bastia	Free transfer
21 July 2015	RW		Bengali-Fodé Koita	Caen	Free transfer
5 August 2015	CM		Danny Guthrie	Reading	Free transfer
6 August 2015	CF		Nathan Delfouneso	Blackpool	Free transfer
11 August 2015	CM		Hope Akpan	Reading	Free transfer
5 January 2016	MF		Elliott Bennett	Norwich City	Undisclosed (nominal fee)
15 January 2016	FW		Simeon Jackson	Barnsley	Free transfer
20 January 2016	DF		Elliott Ward	AFC Bournemouth	Free transfer

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Length	Ref.
10 August 2015	CF		Modou Barrow	Swansea City	Three-month loan (terminated by Swansea City 08/09/2015)
21 August 2015	CF		Tom Lawrence	Leicester City	Four-month loan (3 January) (Extended 31 January)
24 November 2015	DF		Doneil Henry	West Ham United	One-month loan (3 January)
20 January 2016	FW		Danny Graham	Sunderland	End of season
29 January 2016	FW		Tony Watt	Charlton Athletic	End of season (fee agreed)(Returned to Charlton due to injury)
1 February 2016	MF		Jordi Gómez	Sunderland	End of season
13 February 2016	MF		Matt Grimes	Swansea City	Three-month loan (16 May)

1. On 8 September 2015, Barrow was recalled by his parent club Swansea City.

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2015	CM		Tom Cairney	Fulham	£3,000,000 (£3,500,000+ with add-ons)
1 July 2015	LB		Ben Marsh	Free Agent
1 July 2015	CB		Kellen Daly	Free Agent	Released
1 July 2015	AM		David Dunn	Oldham Athletic	Released
1 July 2015	CM		Adrián Edo	Free Agent	Released
1 July 2015	CB		Sam Jones	Free Agent	Released
1 July 2015	CM		Paulo Jorge	Free Agent	Released
1 July 2015	LW		Joshua King	AFC Bournemouth	Bosman: £1,500,000 (£2,000,000 with add-ons)
1 July 2015	LM		Josh Morris	Bradford City	Free transfer
1 July 2015	DM		George Pierce	Free Agent	Released
1 July 2015	GK		Paul Robinson	Burnley	Released
1 July 2015	RB		James Rae	Barnsley	Released
1 July 2015	CB		Yann Songo'o	Plymouth Argyle	Released
1 July 2015	CF		Luke Varney	Ipswich Town	Released
1 July 2015	GK		Callum Williams	Altrincham	Released
8 July 2015	CF		Leon Best	Rotherham United	Mutual consent
31 July 2015	GK		Jake Kean	Norwich City	Mutual consent
31 July 2015	CF		Rudy Gestede	Aston Villa	£6,000,000
6 January 2016	MF		Mark Edgar	Coleraine	Free transfer
26 January 2016	LB		Marcus Olsson	Derby County	£750,000 (£1,000,000 with add-ons)
27 January 2016	FW		Bengali-Fodé Koita	Kasımpaşa	£240,000
1 February 2016	FW		Jordan Rhodes	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed (~£9,000,000 + potential add-ons worth ~£2–4million)
1 February 2016	MF		Sacha Petshi	Créteil	Free transfer

1. Following Dunn's release he joined Oldham Athletic.
2. Following Robinson's release he later joined Burnley.
3. Following Scott's release he joined Barnsley's U21 squad.
4. Following Varney's release he later joined Ipswich Town.
5. Following Best's release he later joined Rotherham United.
6. Following Kean's release he joined Norwich City.

• Includes estimated 15% sell on fee (£450,000-£600,000) following Steven Nzonzi transfer from Stoke City to Sevilla 9 July 2015 and potential add-ons from the Tom Cairney sale.
• Sell-on clauses have been negotiated in the sales of Josh Morris and Tom Cairney.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Length	Ref.
21 August 2015	CF		Jordan Preston	Ayr United	Six-month loan (16 January) (Extended (9 June))
4 September 2015	FW		Callum Hendry	Clitheroe	Work experience (Extended (2 November))
4 September 2015	DF		Ben Williams	Morecambe	Work Experience
18 September 2015	FW		Sam Joel	Bamber Bridge	One-month loan (17 October) (Extended)
23 September 2015	MF		Lewis Hardcastle	Salford City	One-month loan (24 October) (Extended (28 November)) (Extended (24 December))
16 October 2015	FW		Modou Cham	Stockport County	One-month loan (14 November) (Extended)
7 November 2015	FW		Dean Rittenberg	Chorley	One-month loan (5 December)
21 November 2015	FW		Luke Wall	Skelmersdale United	One-month loan (19 December)
26 November 2015	MF		John O'Sullivan	Rochdale	One-month loan (3 January)
26 November 2015	FW		Anton Forrester	Morecambe	One-month loan (3 January)
15 January 2016	MF		John O'Sullivan	Bury	One-month loan (13 February) (Extended till end of season)
4 March 2016	FW		Modou Cham	Hednesford Town	One-month loan (2 April) (Extended 30 April)
17 March 2016	MF		Chris Taylor	Millwall	End of season
18 March 2016	FW		Nathan Delfouneso	Bury	One-month loan (19 April)

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