2015–16 Manchester City F.C. season
The 2015–16 Manchester City season was the club's 114th season of competitive football, its 87th season in the top division of English football and its 19th season in the Premier League since the League creation, with Manchester City as one of the original 22 founder-members. Along with the Premier League, the club also competed in the UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
On 28 February 2016, City won the League Cup after beating Liverpool on penalties at Wembley.
Kit
Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Etihad AirwaysKit information
The club is in the third year of a deal with the American manufacturer Nike.- Home: The new home kit features the traditional colours of sky blue and white. The kit sees a return to white details, which were ditched last season in favour of navy applications. The shirt has a white polo neck collar and cuffs, along with a white stripe running from the bottom of the sleeves to the sides of the shirt. White shorts are returned to the kit, which is combined with sky blue socks with a white turnover.
- Away: The away kit is predominantly navy for the second season running, but this time the strip is combined with 'Chlorine Blue' detailing on the crew neck and the cuffs. The arms, however, feature a striking graphic of the Blue Moon, inspired by the song sung by the club's fans at the match days. The shirt is combined with navy shorts and socks.
- Third: The third kit is mainly a shade of chartreuse, known as 'ghost green', with black gradient graphic at the base of the sleeves and the bottom of the shorts. The yellowish green colour of the kit was inspired by the yellow and navy striped away kit worn by the club in the 1999 play-off final, when Manchester City overcame a two-goal deficit to take the game to extra time and eventually win on penalties. The kit is based on Nike's new premium template, which is also worn by other major clubs.
- Keeper: A new set of goalkeeper strips were released by Nike to be worn in the 2015–16 campaign. The first-choice strip is dark purple with lighter bluish line gradient on the arms, whilst the alternatives were yellow and green with a similar toned line gradient on the arms.
Non-competitive
Pre-season
Manchester City visited Australia during pre-season, where they played local clubs Adelaide United and Melbourne City before facing Roma and Real Madrid, runners-up in the Italian and Spanish leagues, in the 2015 International Champions Cup friendly tournament. They also played matches against Vietnam national team and German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart.Friendlies
2015 International Champions Cup
Friendlies
Competitions
Overall
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.FA Cup
League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Group stage
The group stage draw was made on 27 August 2015 in Monaco. Manchester City faced Juventus, Sevilla and Borussia Mönchengladbach.Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Squad information
First team squad
Ordered by squad number.Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.
Playing statistics
Appearances numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.Awards
Premier League ''Manager of the Month''">Premier League Manager of the Month">Premier League ''Manager of the Month'' award
Awarded monthly to the manager who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor| Month | Manager |
| August |  Manuel Pellegrini |
Premier League ''Player of the Month''">Premier League Player of the Month">Premier League ''Player of the Month'' award
Awarded monthly to the player who was chosen by a panel assembled by the Premier League's sponsor| Month | Manager |
| January |  Sergio Agüero |
| April | Sergio Agüero |
Etihad">Etihad Airways">Etihad ''Player of the Month'' awards
Awarded to the player that receives the most votes in a poll conducted each month on the MCFC OWS| Month | Player |
| August |  David Silva |
| September |  Kevin De Bruyne |
| October | Kevin De Bruyne |
| November |  Fernandinho |
| December | Kevin De Bruyne |
| January | Sergio Agüero |
| February | Vincent Kompany |
| March |  Gaël Clichy |
| April | Kevin De Bruyne |
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 14 July 2015 | MF | 7 |  Raheem Sterling | Liverpool | £44,000,000 |
| 17 July 2015 | MF | 18 | Fabian Delph | Aston Villa | £8,000,000 |
| 19 July 2015 | MF | 27 |  Patrick Roberts | Fulham | £12,000,000 |
| 20 August 2015 | DF | 30 | Nicolás Otamendi | Valencia | £28,400,000 |
| 30 August 2015 | MF | 17 | Kevin De Bruyne |  VfL Wolfsburg | £55,000,000 |
| 26 October 2015 | MF | – |  Luke Brattan | Unattached | Free |
| 15 January 2016 | MF | – | Anthony Cáceres | Central Coast Mariners | £200,000 |
| Date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 6 July 2015 | FW | 83 |  Enes Ünal | Bursaspor | £2,000,000 |
| 10 July 2015 | MF | — |  David Faupala | Lens | Free |
| 27 August 2015 | FW | — |  Aleix García | Villarreal | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2015 | FW | — | Rubén Sobrino | Real Madrid / Ponferradina | £400,000 |
| 28 August 2015 | DF | — | Florian Lejeune | Girona | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2015 | DF | — | Erik Sarmiento | Espanyol | Undisclosed |
Total spending: £150,000,000
Transfers out
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | 38 | Dedryck Boyata |  Celtic | £1,700,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | 33 |  Matija Nastasić |  Schalke 04 | £8,300,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | 2 | Micah Richards | Aston Villa | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | 12 | Scott Sinclair | Aston Villa | £3,000,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | 18 | Frank Lampard |  New York City FC | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | 7 | James Milner | Liverpool | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | 9 | Álvaro Negredo | Valencia | £22,000,000 |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | 60 |  John Guidetti | Celta Vigo | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | 19 |  Karim Rekik | Marseille | £3,900,000 |
| 28 Aug 2015 | MF | 64 |  Marcos Lopes | Monaco | £9,000,000 |
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | 51 | Adam Drury | Bristol Rovers | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | DF | 68 | Greg Leigh | Bradford City | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | — |  Dominic Oduro |  FC Nordsjælland | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | — | Joe Nuttall |  Aberdeen | Free |
| 1 July 2015 | FW | — |  Martin Samuelsen | West Ham United | Free |
| 17 July 2015 | FW | — | Jordy Hiwula | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2015 | FW | — | Devante Cole | Bradford City | Free |
| 31 August 2015 | FW | — | José Ángel Pozo | Almería | Undisclosed |
| 19 Jan 2016 | MF | 70 | George Evans | Reading | Undisclosed |
Total earnings: £47,900,000
Loans out
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| 30 June 2015 | 30 June 2016 | MF | 37 |  Jack Byrne | Cambuur |
| 31 July 2015 | 31 January 2017 | FW | 35 |  Stevan Jovetić |  Internazionale |
| 12 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | FW | — |  Edin Džeko | Roma |
| 31 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | DF | 28 | Jason Denayer |  Galatasaray |
| 26 October 2015 | 21 December 2015 | MF | – | Luke Brattan | Bolton Wanderers |
| 26 October 2015 | 2 January 2016 | MF | 36 | Bruno Zuculini | Middlesbrough |
| 15 January 2016 | 8 April 2016 | MF | – | Anthony Cáceres | Melbourne City |
| 30 January 2016 | 30 June 2017 | MF | 27 | Patrick Roberts | Celtic |
| 1 February 2016 | 30 June 2016 | MF | 36 | Bruno Zuculini |  AEK Athens |
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club |
| 1 February 2015 | 30 June 2016 | MF | — |  Divine Naah | NAC Breda |
| 5 February 2015 | 30 June 2016 | MF | — | Bismark Adjei-Boateng | Strømsgodset |
| 1 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | FW | — | Godsway Donyoh | Falkenbergs FF |
| 1 July 2015 | 1 January 2016 | DF | 69 | Angeliño | New York City FC |
| 1 July 2015 | 1 January 2016 | DF | 58 | Shay Facey | New York City FC |
| 1 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | MF | 37 | Jack Byrne | Cambuur |
| 29 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | MF | 66 | Seko Fofana | Bastia |
| 31 July 2015 | 30 June 2017 | FW | 83 | Enes Ünal | Genk |
| 31 July 2015 | 30 June 2016 | FW | — | Thomas Agyepong | Twente |
| 31 July 2015 | 30 June 2017 | MF | 55 | Olivier Ntcham | Genoa |
| 18 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | FW | — | Yaw Yeboah | Lille |
| 28 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | FW | — | Rubén Sobrino | Girona |
| 28 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | DF | — | Florian Lejeune | Girona |
| 31 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | MF | — |  Chidiebere Nwakali | Girona |
| 28 September 2015 | 27 October 2015 | MF | — | James Horsfield | Doncaster Rovers |
| 28 September 2015 | 10 January 2016 | MF | 70 | George Evans | Walsall |
| 6 November 2015 | 15 December 2015 | MF | 62 | Brandon Barker | Rotherham United |
| 11 December 2015 | 11 January 2016 | GK | 45 |  Ian Lawlor | Barnet |
| 2 January 2016 | 30 June 2016 | DF | 58 | Shay Facey | Rotherham United |
| 13 January 2016 | 30 June 2016 | DF | 50 | Pablo Maffeo | Girona |
| 7 January 2016 | 30 June 2016 | GK | 45 | Ian Lawlor | Bury |
| 1 February 2016 | 30 June 2016 | FW | 83 | Enes Ünal | NAC Breda |