2015–16 Football League

The 2015–16 Football League (known as the Sky Bet Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of The Football League. It began on 7 August 2015 and concluded on 30 May 2016, with the League Two play-off final at Wembley Stadium.^[1] The Football League was contested through three Divisions: the Championship, League One and League Two. The winners of the Championship, Burnley, and runners-up, Middlesbrough, were automatically promoted to the Premier League and on 28 May 2016 were joined by the winners of the Championship play-off, Hull City. The bottom two teams in League Two, Dagenham & Redbridge and York City, were relegated to the National League.

The Football League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Burnley
Promoted	Burnley Middlesbrough Hull City
Relegated	Dagenham & Redbridge York City
New Clubs in League	Barnet Bristol Rovers
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

It was the last season that the league would be known simply as The Football League; from the 2016–17 season onwards, it would be known as the English Football League.^[2]

Promotion and relegation

From the Premier League

Relegated to the Championship

• Hull City
• Burnley
• Queens Park Rangers

From the Championship

Promoted to the Premier League

• Bournemouth
• Watford
• Norwich City

Relegated to League One

• Millwall
• Wigan Athletic
• Blackpool

From League One

Promoted to the Championship

• Bristol City
• Milton Keynes Dons
• Preston North End

Relegated to League Two

• Notts County
• Crawley Town
• Leyton Orient
• Yeovil Town

From League Two

Promoted to League One

• Burton Albion
• Shrewsbury Town
• Bury
• Southend United

Relegated to the National League

• Cheltenham Town
• Tranmere Rovers

From the Conference National

• Barnet
• Bristol Rovers

Championship

This section is transcluded from 2015–16 Football League Championship. (edit | history)

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
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	24	17	5	72	42	+30	89	Qualification for the Championship play-offs[a]
4	Hull City (O, P)	46	24	11	11	69	35	+34	83
5	Derby County	46	21	15	10	66	43	+23	78
6	Sheffield Wednesday	46	19	17	10	66	45	+21	74
7	Ipswich Town	46	18	15	13	53	51	+2	69
8	Cardiff City	46	17	17	12	56	51	+5	68
9	Brentford	46	19	8	19	72	67	+5	65
10	Birmingham City	46	16	15	15	53	49	+4	63
11	Preston North End	46	15	17	14	45	45	0	62
12	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	18	14	54	54	0	60
13	Leeds United	46	14	17	15	50	58	−8	59
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	14	16	16	53	58	−5	58
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	16	17	46	46	0	55
16	Nottingham Forest	46	13	16	17	43	47	−4	55
17	Reading	46	13	13	20	52	59	−7	52
18	Bristol City	46	13	13	20	54	71	−17	52
19	Huddersfield Town	46	13	12	21	59	70	−11	51
20	Fulham	46	12	15	19	66	79	−13	51
21	Rotherham United	46	13	10	23	53	71	−18	49
22	Charlton Athletic (R)	46	9	13	24	40	80	−40	40	Relegation to EFL League One
23	Milton Keynes Dons (R)	46	9	12	25	39	69	−30	39
24	Bolton Wanderers (R)	46	5	15	26	41	81	−40	30

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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

Play-offs

See also: 2016 Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	1
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	3
								6	Sheffield Wednesday	0
								4	Hull City	1
	4	Hull City	3	0	3
	5	Derby County	0	2	2

The four teams that finished from third to sixth played off, with the winning team, Hull City, gaining the final promotion spot to the Premier League.

In the play-off semi-finals the third placed team played the sixth placed team and the fourth placed team played the fifth placed team. The team that finished in the higher league position played away in the first leg and played at home in the second leg. If the aggregate score was level after both legs, then extra time would be played. If the scores were still level, a penalty shoot-out decided the winner. The away goals rule did apply in the semi-finals. The semi-finals were held on 13–14 and 16–17 May.^[3]

The winners from the two semi-finals, Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday, played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2016 in the play-off final, where Hull City won 1–0.^[3] The game is known as the richest game in football as the winning club is guaranteed significantly increased payments e.g. in the 2016-17 season the minimum payment for participating in the Premier League was £95 million. Due to a new TV rights deal, the average payment for a newly promoted club stood at around £100 million.

Results

Home \ Away	BIR	BLB	BOL	BRE	B&HA	BRI	BUR	CAR	CHA	DER	FUL	HUD	HUL	IPS	LEE	MID	MKD	NOT	PNE	QPR	REA	ROT	SHW	WOL
Birmingham City		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–0		0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–2
Bolton Wanderers	0–1	1–0		1–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1
Brentford	0–2	0–1	3–1		0–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	4–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–2	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	1–0	3–2	3–0		2–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1
Bristol City	0–0	0–2	6–0	2–4	0–4		1–2	0–2	1–1	2–3	1–4	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–0
Burnley	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–0		0–0	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Cardiff City	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	4–1	0–0	2–2		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	2–0
Charlton Athletic	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–3	0–1	0–3	0–0		0–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–0	3–4	1–1	3–1	0–2
Derby County	0–3	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2
Fulham	2–5	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–1	4–0	4–2	4–1	0–1	0–3
Huddersfield Town	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–5	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–3	5–0	1–2	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Hull City	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–0	6–0	0–2	2–1	2–0		3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–1
Ipswich Town	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–2
Leeds United	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	2–1
Middlesbrough	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	3–0		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Milton Keynes Dons	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–4	1–2	0–2	0–5	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1		1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–4	2–1	1–2
Nottingham Forest	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–3	1–1
Preston North End	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Queens Park Rangers	2–0	2–2	4–3	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	1–2	0–0		1–1	4–2	0–0	1–1
Reading	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	5–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1		1–0	1–1	0–0
Rotherham United	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–4	3–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–5	2–1	1–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1		1–2	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1		4–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–1

Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League One

This section is transcluded from 2015–16 Football League One. (edit | history)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (C, P)	46	24	15	7	82	45	+37	87	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Burton Albion (P)	46	25	10	11	57	37	+20	85
3	Walsall	46	24	12	10	71	49	+22	84	Qualification for the League One play-offs[a]
4	Millwall	46	24	9	13	73	49	+24	81
5	Bradford City	46	23	11	12	55	40	+15	80
6	Barnsley (O, P)	46	22	8	16	70	54	+16	74
7	Scunthorpe United	46	21	11	14	60	47	+13	74
8	Coventry City	46	19	12	15	67	49	+18	69
9	Gillingham	46	19	12	15	71	56	+15	69
10	Rochdale	46	19	12	15	68	61	+7	69
11	Sheffield United	46	18	12	16	64	59	+5	66
12	Port Vale	46	18	11	17	56	58	−2	65
13	Peterborough United	46	19	6	21	82	73	+9	63
14	Southend United	46	16	11	19	58	64	−6	59
15	Swindon Town	46	16	11	19	64	71	−7	59
16	Bury	46	16	12	18	56	73	−17	57[b]
17	Oldham Athletic	46	12	18	16	44	58	−14	54
18	Chesterfield	46	15	8	23	58	70	−12	53
19	Fleetwood Town	46	12	15	19	52	56	−4	51
20	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	11	22	58	79	−21	50
21	Doncaster Rovers (R)	46	11	13	22	48	64	−16	46	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Blackpool (R)	46	12	10	24	40	63	−23	46
23	Colchester United (R)	46	9	13	24	57	99	−42	40
24	Crewe Alexandra (R)	46	7	13	26	46	83	−37	34

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
2. Bury were deducted 3 points for playing the unregistered Callum Styles against Southend United on 8 May.^[4]

Play-offs

See also: 2016 Football League play-offs

	Semi-finals							Final
	3	Walsall	0	1	1
	6	Barnsley	3	3	6
								6	Barnsley	3
								4	Millwall	1
	4	Millwall	3	1	4
	5	Bradford City	1	1	2

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BRT	BRY	CHF	COL	COV	CRE	DON	FLE	GIL	MIL	OLD	PET	PTV	ROC	SCU	SHU	SHR	STD	SWI	WAL	WIG
Barnsley		4–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	6–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	4–1	0–2	0–2
Blackpool	1–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	5–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–4	0–4
Bradford City	0–1	1–0		2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–1
Burton Albion	0–0	1–0	3–1		1–1	1–0	5–1	1–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Bury	0–0	4–3	0–0	1–0		1–0	5–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–4	0–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–3	2–2
Chesterfield	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–0		3–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	0–1	4–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	7–1	3–0	0–4	1–4	2–3
Colchester United	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1		1–3	2–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–4	4–4	3–3
Coventry City	4–3	0–0	1–0	0–2	6–0	1–0	0–1		3–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0
Crewe Alexandra	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	0–5		3–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–5	0–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1
Doncaster Rovers	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2		2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–1
Fleetwood Town	0–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	5–1	0–1	1–3
Gillingham	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	5–1		1–2	3–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	4–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0
Millwall	2–3	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	0–4	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–0
Oldham Athletic	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2		1–5	1–1	2–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–5	2–0	1–0	1–1
Peterborough United	3–2	5–1	0–4	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	5–3	1–2		2–3	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–3
Port Vale	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–5	3–2
Rochdale	3–0	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	2–3	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1		2–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–2	0–2
Scunthorpe United	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	1–0	6–0	0–1	1–1
Sheffield United	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–3	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	0–2		2–4	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–2
Shrewsbury Town	0–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–1	3–4	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–3	1–5
Southend United	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–4	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–1		0–1	0–2	0–0
Swindon Town	0–1	3–2	4–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	4–2		2–1	1–4
Walsall	1–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1		1–2
Wigan Athletic	1–4	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Two

This section is transcluded from 2015–16 Football League Two. (edit | history)

Table

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
6	Portsmouth	46	21	15	10	75	44	+31	78
7	AFC Wimbledon (O, P)	46	21	12	13	64	50	+14	75
8	Leyton Orient	46	19	12	15	60	61	−1	69
9	Cambridge United	46	18	14	14	66	55	+11	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	67	62	+5	67
11	Luton Town	46	19	9	18	63	61	+2	66
12	Mansfield Town	46	17	13	16	61	53	+8	64
13	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	13	16	45	44	+1	64
14	Exeter City	46	17	13	16	63	65	−2	64
15	Barnet	46	17	11	18	67	68	−1	62
16	Hartlepool United	46	15	6	25	49	72	−23	51
17	Notts County	46	14	9	23	54	83	−29	51
18	Stevenage	46	11	15	20	52	67	−15	48
19	Yeovil Town	46	11	15	20	43	59	−16	48
20	Crawley Town	46	13	8	25	45	78	−33	47
21	Morecambe	46	12	10	24	69	91	−22	46
22	Newport County	46	10	13	23	43	64	−21	43
23	Dagenham & Redbridge (R)	46	8	10	28	46	81	−35	34	Relegation to the National League
24	York City (R)	46	7	13	26	51	87	−36	34

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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Play-offs

See also: 2016 Football League play-offs

	Semifinals							Final
	4	Accrington Stanley	0	2	2
	7	AFC Wimbledon	1	2	3
								7	AFC Wimbledon	2
								5	Plymouth Argyle	0
	5	Plymouth Argyle	2	1	3
	6	Portsmouth	2	0	2

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	WIM	BAR	BRR	CAM	CRL	CRA	D&R	EXE	HAR	LEY	LUT	MAN	MOR	NPC	NOR	NTC	OXF	PLY	POR	STE	WYC	YEO	YOR
Accrington Stanley		3–4	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
AFC Wimbledon	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–3	2–1
Barnet	1–2	1–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	3–4	3–1
Bristol Rovers	0–1	3–1	3–1		3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1
Cambridge United	2–3	1–4	2–1	1–2		0–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	7–0	3–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1
Carlisle United	2–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	4–4		3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–4	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1
Crawley Town	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–1		3–2	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–5	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Dagenham & Redbridge	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	3–0		1–2	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–4	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–0
Exeter City	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–2		1–0	4–0	2–3	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–1	3–3	0–2	3–2	0–0
Hartlepool United	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–3	1–2	3–1	0–2		3–1	1–4	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1
Leyton Orient	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–3	0–2		0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2
Luton Town	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–4	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	3–4	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1
Mansfield Town	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–2		2–1	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1
Morecambe	1–0	2–1	4–2	3–4	2–4	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–5	0–1	1–3	1–2		1–2	2–4	4–1	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–1
Newport County	0–2	2–2	0–3	1–4	0–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–2		2–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–3
Northampton Town	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0		2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
Notts County	1–1	0–2	4–2	0–2	1–2	0–5	4–1	0–0	1–4	1–0	0–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	4–3	1–2		2–4	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0
Oxford United	1–2	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1		1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0
Plymouth Argyle	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	5–0	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2		1–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	3–2
Portsmouth	0–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–3	0–3	1–2	4–0	0–1	1–2		1–1	2–1	0–0	6–0
Stevenage	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	4–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–5	2–1	0–2		2–1	0–0	2–2
Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0		0–0	3–0
Yeovil Town	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	2–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–0
York City	1–5	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table at time of departure	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table at time of appointment
Portsmouth	Andy Awford	Mutual Consent	13 April 2015[5]	2014–15 season	Paul Cook	12 May 2015[6]	Pre-season
Blackpool	Lee Clark	Resigned	9 May 2015[7]	Pre-season	Neil McDonald	2 June 2015[8]
Chesterfield	Paul Cook	Signed by Portsmouth	12 May 2015[6]		Dean Saunders	13 May 2015[9]
Crawley Town	Dean Saunders	Signed by Chesterfield	13 May 2015[9]		Mark Yates	19 May 2015[10]
Leyton Orient	Fabio Liverani	Mutual Consent	13 May 2015[11]		Ian Hendon	28 May 2015[12]
Leeds United	Neil Redfearn	Sacked	20 May 2015[13]		Uwe Rosler	20 May 2015[13]
Stevenage	Graham Westley	Out of Contract	21 May 2015[14]		Teddy Sheringham	21 May 2015[14]
Derby County	Steve McClaren	Sacked	25 May 2015[15]		Paul Clement	1 June 2015[16]
Sheffield United	Nigel Clough		25 May 2015[17]		Nigel Adkins	2 June 2015[18]
Plymouth Argyle	John Sheridan	Mutual consent	28 May 2015[19]		Derek Adams	11 June 2015[20]
Brentford	Mark Warburton	End of Contract	1 June 2015[21]		Marinus Dijkhuizen	1 June 2015[21]
Sheffield Wednesday	Stuart Gray	Sacked	11 June 2015[22]		Carlos Carvalhal	30 June 2015[23]
Peterborough United	Dave Robertson		6 September 2015[24]	20th	Graham Westley	21 September 2015[25]	18th
Doncaster Rovers	Paul Dickov		8 September 2015[26]	17th	Darren Ferguson	16 October 2015[27]	20th
Oldham Athletic	Darren Kelly		12 September 2015[28]	19th	David Dunn	7 October 2015[29]	18th
Brentford	Marinus Dijkhuizen		28 September 2015[30]	19th	Dean Smith	30 November 2015[31]	11th
Rotherham United	Steve Evans		28 September 2015[32]	20th	Neil Redfearn	9 October 2015[33]	21st
Fleetwood Town	Graham Alexander		30 September 2015[34]	20th	Steven Pressley	6 October 2015[35]	23rd
Newport County	Terry Butcher		1 October 2015[36]	24th	John Sheridan	2 October 2015[37]	24th
Swindon Town	Mark Cooper		17 October 2015[38]	20th	Martin Ling	3 November 2015[39]	23rd
Leeds United	Uwe Rosler		19 October 2015[40]	18th	Steve Evans	19 October 2015[40]	18th
Charlton Athletic	Guy Luzon		24 October 2015[41]	22nd	Karel Fraeye	26 October 2015[42]	22nd
York City	Russ Wilcox		26 October 2015[43]	21st	Jackie McNamara	4 November 2015[44]	22nd
Cambridge United	Richard Money		2 November 2015[45]	18th	Shaun Derry	12 November 2015[46]	18th
Huddersfield Town	Chris Powell		4 November 2015[47]	18th	David Wagner	5 November 2015[48]	18th
Queens Park Rangers	Chris Ramsey		4 November 2015[49]	13th	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	4 December 2015[50]	12th
Fulham	Kit Symons		8 November 2015[51]	12th	Slaviša Jokanović	27 December 2015[52]	18th
Blackburn Rovers	Gary Bowyer		10 November 2015[53]	16th	Paul Lambert	15 November 2015[54]	16th
Colchester United	Tony Humes	Mutual Consent	26 November 2015[55]	19th	Kevin Keen	21 December 2015[56]	24th
Chesterfield	Dean Saunders	Sacked	28 November 2015[57]	16th	Danny Wilson	24 December 2015[58]	18th
Walsall	Dean Smith	Signed by Brentford	30 November 2015[31]	4th	Sean O'Driscoll	18 December 2015[59]	3rd
Yeovil Town	Paul Sturrock	Sacked	1 December 2015[60]	24th	Darren Way	31 December 2015[61]	24th
Burton Albion	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Signed by QPR	4 December 2015[50]	1st	Nigel Clough	7 December 2015[62]	1st
Reading	Steve Clarke	Sacked	4 December 2015[63]	9th	Brian McDermott	17 December 2015[64]	13th
Luton Town	John Still		17 December 2015[65]	17th	Nathan Jones	6 January 2016[66]	15th
Dagenham & Redbridge	Wayne Burnett		21 December 2015[67]	24th	John Still	31 December 2015[68]	23rd
Swindon Town	Martin Ling	Resigned	29 December 2015[69]	16th	Luke Williams	21 January 2016[70]	14th
Notts County	Ricardo Moniz	Sacked	29 December 2015[71]	15th	Jamie Fullarton	10 January 2016[72]	18th
Oldham Athletic	David Dunn		12 January 2016[73]	22nd	John Sheridan	13 January 2016[74]	22nd
Newport County	John Sheridan	Signed by Oldham Athletic	13 January 2016[74]	20th	Warren Feeney	15 January 2016[75]	20th
Charlton Athletic	Karel Fraeye	Sacked	13 January 2016[76]	23rd	José Riga	14 January 2016[77]	23rd
Bristol City	Steve Cotterill		14 January 2016[78]	22nd	Lee Johnson	6 February 2016[79]	22nd
Leyton Orient	Ian Hendon		18 January 2016[80]	11th	Kevin Nolan	21 January 2016[81]	11th
Scunthorpe United	Mark Robins		18 January 2016[82]	16th	Nick Daws	22 February 2016[83]	13th
Stevenage	Teddy Sheringham		1 February 2016[84]	19th	Darren Sarll	8 May 2016[85]	2016–17 season
Barnsley	Lee Johnson	Signed by Bristol City	6 February 2016[79]	12th	Paul Heckingbottom	15 June 2016[86]	2016–17 season
Derby County	Paul Clement	Sacked	6 February 2016[87]	5th	Darren Wassall	6 February 2016[87]	5th
Rotherham United	Neil Redfearn		8 February 2016[88]	22nd	Neil Warnock	11 February 2016[89]	22nd
Hartlepool United	Ronnie Moore	Mutual Consent	10 February 2016[90]	22nd	Craig Hignett	10 February 2016[91]	22nd
Walsall	Sean O'Driscoll	Sacked	6 March 2016[92]	4th	Jon Whitney	1 June 2016[93]	2016–17 season
Nottingham Forest	Dougie Freedman		13 March 2016[94]	14th	Philippe Montanier	26 June 2016[95]	2016–17 season
Bolton Wanderers	Neil Lennon	Mutual Consent	15 March 2016[96]	24th	Phil Parkinson	10 June 2016[97]	2016–17 season
Notts County	Jamie Fullarton	Sacked	19 March 2016[98]	19th	Mark Cooper	20 March 2016[99]	19th
Scunthorpe United	Nick Daws	Appointed Assistant Manager	22 March 2016[100]	13th	Graham Alexander	22 March 2016[100]	13th
Leyton Orient	Kevin Nolan	Removed From Managerial Role	12 April 2016[101]	11th	Andy Hessenthaler	3 June 2016[102]	2016–17 season
Peterborough United	Graham Westley	Sacked	23 April 2016[103]	14th	Grant McCann	16 May 2016[104]	2016–17 season
Crawley Town	Mark Yates		25 April 2016[105]	18th	Dermot Drummy	27 April 2016[106]	18th
Colchester United	Kevin Keen	Resigned	26 April 2016[107]	23rd	John McGreal	4 May 2016[108]	23rd