2015-16 season (U21)

2015-16 season (U21)
0Manager	Peter Grant
0League	U21 Premier League Division 2
0Position	9th/12
0U21 Premier League Cup	Round of 16
0Top scorer	Stevie Humphrys (5) Mattias Käit (5)
0Most appearances	Ryheem Sheckleford (22)
0Biggest win	3-0 vs Blackburn (h) 3-0 vs Newcastle (a) 3-0 vs Wolves (a)
0Biggest defeat	0-3 vs Wolves (h) 0-3 vs Derby (a) 0-3 vs Arsenal (h) 0-3 vs Swansea (a)
0Prev season	2014-15
0Next season	2016-17

Overview

The 2015-16 season was the Under-21 squad's fourth season under new FA regulations, with Peter Grant starting his first full year in charge of the side. Following relegation from the inaugural Division 1 of the U21 Premier League, Fulham U21 play in Division 2 and finish in a slightly disappointing 9th place.

U21 Premier League Division 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Derby County U21 (P)	22	13	3	6	44	26	+18	42	Promoted to 2016-17 Premier League 2 Division 1
2	Arsenal U21 (P)	22	12	4	6	40	25	+15	40	Play-offs
3	Swansea City U21	22	12	3	7	42	24	+18	39
4	Aston Villa U21	22	11	6	5	28	27	+1	39
5	Blackburn Rovers U21	22	10	4	8	29	33	-4	34
6	West Bromwich Albion U21	22	8	9	5	24	20	+4	33	2016-17 Premier League 2 Division 2
7	West Ham United U21	22	9	5	8	37	34	+3	32
8	Stoke City U21	22	10	2	10	24	24	0	32
9	Fulham U21	22	8	5	9	26	29	-3	29
10	Newcastle United U21	22	4	6	12	30	48	-18	18
11	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	22	2	8	12	17	36	-19	14
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	22	2	7	13	20	35	-15	13

Squad

No. Position Player GK Andrew Dawber GK Jesse Joronen GK Magnus Norman GK Marek Rodák DF Cameron Burgess DF Liam Donnelly DF Shane Elworthy DF Jordan Evans DF Ían Pino DF Ryheem Sheckleford

No. Position Player MF Larnell Cole MF Luca de la Torre MF Dean O'Halloran MF Mattias Käit MF Josh Smile MF George Williams FW Stevie Humphrys FW Aaron Redford FW Adam Taggart (left 26 Jan 2016) FW Josh Walker

Starting XI

This represents the most commonly selected players in the domestic league by appearances

No. Pos. Name Appearances Notes 1 GK Marek Rodák 9 2 DR Ryheem Sheckleford 20 5 DC Shane Elworthy 11+4 6 DC Ían Pino 16 3 DL Jordan Evans 9+1 Liam Donnelly had 7+3 appearances 4 DM Josh Smile 19 8 DM Mattias Käit 9+3 Emerson Hyndman had 9 appearances 7 AMR Luca de la Torre 16+2 Dean O'Halloran had 9 appearances 10 AMC Stevie Humphrys 10+5 11 AML George Williams 8+1 9 ST Josh Walker 7+7 Aaron Redford had 5+5 appearances

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Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Peter Grant

Kits

Transfers

Players in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
28 Jul 2015	GK	Andrew Dawber	Accrington Stanley	Free
3 Aug 2015	DF	Ían Pino	Almeria	Free
			Total	£0

Players out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
1 Jul 2015	DF	Jonathan Buatu	Waasland-Beveren	Free
1 Jul 2014	DF	Noe Baba	Birmingham City	Free
1 Jul 2015	MF	Lyle Della-Verde	Fleetwood Town	Free
1 Jul 2015	DF	Josh Passley	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free
1 Jul 2015	DF	Tom Richards	Aldershot Town	Free
1 Jul 2015	MF	Solomon Sambou	Bedford Town	Free
26 Jul 2015	MF	Ryan Williams	Barnsley	£150,000
7 Aug 2015	MF	Mesca	AEL Limassol	Undisclosed
29 Aug 2015	DF	Tiago Casasola	Roma	Free
			Total	£150,000

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Date Returned

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Date Returned
1 Jul 2015	DF	Stephen Arthurworrey	Yeovil Town	End of season (recalled 27 Oct 2015)
27 Jul 2015	GK	Magnus Norman	Hayes & Yeading United	End of season
31 Jul 2015	DF	Liam Donnelly	Crawley Town	31 Aug 2015 (extended to 2 Jan 2016, recalled 27 Oct 2015)
31 Aug 2015	MF	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Red Star	End of season
1 Sept 2015	MF	Larnell Cole	Shrewsbury Town	3 Jan 2016
1 Sept 2015	FW	Adam Taggart	Dundee United	1 Jan 2016
26 Nov 2015	DF	Jordan Evans	Oxford United	16 Jan 2016

Trials

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Date Returned
Jul 2015	MF	Marco Weymans	PSV Eindhoven	Aug 2015

Matches

Pre-season

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Date

Opposition

Venue

Result

Score

Goalscorer(s)

U21 Premier League Division 2

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
1	Fri 7 Aug 2015	Brighton U21	Home	Won	1-0
2	Fri 14 Aug 2015	Arsenal U21	Away	Lost	0-1
3	Fri 21 Aug 2015	Wolves U21	Home	Lost	0-3
4	Sat 12 Sept 2015	Stoke U21	Away	Won	2-1
5	Fri 18 Sept 2015	Blackburn U21	Home	Won	3-0
6	Mon 28 Sept 2015	Derby U21	Away	Lost	0-3
7	Fri 16 Oct 2015	Newcastle U21	Home	Lost	0-2
8	Mon 26 Oct 2015	West Ham U21	Away	Won	2-0
9	Fri 30 Oct 2015	Swansea U21	Home	Won	1-0
10	Thu 19 Nov 2015	Aston Villa U21	Home	Drew	2-2
11	Tue 22 Dec 2015	Brighton U21	Away	Drew	3-3
12	Fri 22 Jan 2016	West Ham U21	Home	Lost	1-3
13	Thu 28 Jan 2016	Aston Villa U21	Away	Lost	0-1
14	Fri 5 Feb 2016	West Brom U21	Home	Drew	1-1
15	Mon 15 Feb 2016	West Brom U21	Away	Drew	1-1
16	Mon 22 Feb 2016	Newcastle U21	Away	Won	3-0
17	Wed 2 Mar 2016	Stoke U21	Home	Drew	1-1
18	Wed 9 Mar 2016	Arsenal U21	Home	Lost	0-3
19	Mon 14 Mar 2016	Blackburn U21	Away	Won	2-0
20	Mon 4 Apr 2016	Derby U21	Home	Lost	0-1
21	Wed 13 Apr 2016	Wolves U21	Away	Won	3-0
22	Mon 18 Apr 2016	Swansea U21	Away	Lost	0-3

U21 Premier League Cup

#	Date	Opposition	Venue	Result	Score	Additional Information
Round of 32	Tue 8 Dec 2015	Colchester U21	Away	Won	3-1
Round of 16	Wed 13 Jan 2016	West Ham U21	Away	Lost	2-3	After extra time

Statistics

Appearances & goals

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		U21 Premier League		U21 Premier League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
		GK	Marcus Bettinelli	4	0	4	0	0	0
		GK	Andrew Dawber	0	0	0	0	0	0
		GK	Jesse Joronen	4	0	4	0	0	0
		GK	Magnus Norman	6	0	5	0	1	0
		GK	Marek Rodák	10	0	9	0	1	0
		DF	Stephen Arthurworrey	0	0	0	0	0	0
		DF	Nikolay Bodurov	3	0	2	0	1	0
		DF	Cameron Burgess	7	0	7	0	0	0
		DF	Dan Burn	1	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Aron Davies	6	0	4+2	0	0	0
		DF	Liam Donnelly	10	1	7+3	1	0	0
		DF	Shane Elworthy	16	0	11+4	0	1	0
		DF	Jordan Evans	10	2	9+1	2	0	0
		DF	Marlon Fossey	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
		DF	Luke Garbutt	1	0	1	0	0	0
		DF	Jack Grimmer	2	0	1	0	1	0
		DF	Shaun Hutchinson	4	0	4	0	0	0
		DF	Sean Kavanagh	3	0	2	0	1	0
		DF	Jerome Opoku	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
		DF	Ían Pino	18	0	16	0	1+1	0
		DF	Jazz Richards	1	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Ryheem Sheckleford	22	0	20	0	1+1	0
		DF	Richard Stearman	1	0	1	0	0	0
		DF	Kay Voser	2	0	2	0	0	0
		MF	Dennis Adeniran	9	0	7+2	0	0	0
		MF	Lasse Vigen Christensen	1	0	1	0	0	0
		MF	Larnell Cole	2	0	2	0	0	0
		MF	Luca de la Torre	20	2	16+2	2	1+1	0
		MF	Tayo Edun	4	0	4	0	0	0
		MF	Emerson Hyndman	10	0	9	0	1	0
		MF	Alex Kačaniklić	1	1	0	0	1	1
		MF	Mikołaj Kwietniewski	7	1	3+4	1	0	0
		MF	Mattias Käit	14	5	9+3	4	2	1
		MF	Zakaria Labyad	2	0	2	0	0	0
		MF	Sakari Mattila	4	0	4	0	0	0
		MF	Foday Nabay	1	0	1	0	0	0
		MF	Dean O'Halloran	10	2	9	1	1	1
		MF	Scott Parker	1	0	1	0	0	0
		MF	Harrison Paton	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
		MF	Ben Pringle	2	0	1	0	1	0
		MF	Josh Smile	21	1	19	1	2	0
		MF	Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson	7	0	3+4	0	0	0
		MF	Ryan Tunnicliffe	1	0	1	0	0	0
		MF	Marco Weymans	1	0	1	0	0	0
		MF	George Williams	10	2	8+1	2	1	0
		FW	Elijah Adebayo	4	1	2+2	1	0	0
		FW	Stevie Humphrys	16	5	10+5	5	0+1	0
		FW	Ange-Freddy Plumain	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Aaron Redford	11	0	5+5	0	0+1	0
		FW	Matt Smith	2	1	1	0	1	1
		FW	Josh Walker	14	4	7+7	4	0	0
		FW	Cauley Woodrow	4	2	3	1	1	1
Players who left the club during 2015-16:
		DF	Tiago Casasola	0	0	0	0	0	0
		MF	Thomas Eisfeld	0	0	0	0	0	0
		FW	Adam Taggart	1	0	1	0	0	0

Top scorers

Position	Nation	Name	League	U21 PL Cup	Total
1		Stevie Humphrys	5	0	5
		Mattias Käit	4	1	5
3		Josh Walker	4	0	4
4		Jordan Evans	2	0	2
		Dean O'Halloran	1	1	2
		Cauley Woodrow	1	1	2
		George Williams	2	0	2
		Luca de la Torre	2	0	2
9		Josh Smile	1	0	1
		Alex Kačaniklić	0	1	1
		Matt Smith	0	1	1
		Liam Donnelly	1	0	1
		Mikołaj Kwietniewski	1	0	1
		Elijah Adebayo	1	0	1
/	/	Own Goals	1	0	1
/	/	TOTALS	26	5	31