Season

2015-16

Manchester UnitedLouis van Gaal

5thleague finish

of 20 in the Premier League

+0.6
goal difference
1.5 scored · 0.9 conceded
59
Played
53%
Win rate

Season in brief

5th of 20 in the Premier League, down from 4th the year before. Lifted the FA Cup, beating Crystal Palace in the final. Anthony Martial led the scoring with 17 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 87 United scored).

The Premier League table

Final standings · 20 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Leicester City38P · 23W 12D 3L · GD +3281
  3. 3Tottenham Hotspur38P · 19W 13D 6L · GD +3470
  4. 4Manchester City38P · 19W 9D 10L · GD +3066
  5. 5Manchester United38P · 19W 9D 10L · GD +1466
  6. 6Southampton38P · 18W 9D 11L · GD +1863
  7. 7West Ham United38P · 16W 14D 8L · GD +1462
  9. 19Norwich City38P · 9W 7D 22L · GD -2834
  10. 20Aston Villa38P · 3W 8D 27L · GD -4917

Slice: the final Premier League table for 2015-16, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

59 matches
8 Aug 2015 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–014 Aug 2015 @ Aston Villa: 1–018 Aug 2015 v Club Brugge KV: 3–122 Aug 2015 v Newcastle United: 0–026 Aug 2015 @ Club Brugge KV: 4–030 Aug 2015 @ Swansea City: 1–212 Sep 2015 v Liverpool: 3–115 Sep 2015 @ PSV Eindhoven: 1–220 Sep 2015 @ Southampton: 3–223 Sep 2015 v Ipswich Town: 3–026 Sep 2015 v Sunderland: 3–030 Sep 2015 v VfL Wolfsburg: 2–14 Oct 2015 @ Arsenal: 0–317 Oct 2015 @ Everton: 3–021 Oct 2015 @ PFC CSKA Moscow: 1–125 Oct 2015 v Manchester City: 0–028 Oct 2015 v Middlesbrough: 0–031 Oct 2015 @ Crystal Palace: 0–03 Nov 2015 v PFC CSKA Moscow: 1–07 Nov 2015 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–021 Nov 2015 @ Watford: 2–125 Nov 2015 v PSV Eindhoven: 0–028 Nov 2015 @ Leicester City: 1–15 Dec 2015 v West Ham United: 0–08 Dec 2015 @ VfL Wolfsburg: 2–312 Dec 2015 @ AFC Bournemouth: 1–219 Dec 2015 v Norwich City: 1–226 Dec 2015 @ Stoke City: 0–228 Dec 2015 v Chelsea: 0–02 Jan 2016 v Swansea City: 2–19 Jan 2016 v Sheffield United: 1–012 Jan 2016 @ Newcastle United: 3–317 Jan 2016 @ Liverpool: 1–023 Jan 2016 v Southampton: 0–129 Jan 2016 @ Derby County: 3–12 Feb 2016 v Stoke City: 3–07 Feb 2016 @ Chelsea: 1–113 Feb 2016 @ Sunderland: 1–218 Feb 2016 @ FC Midtjylland: 1–222 Feb 2016 @ Shrewsbury Town: 3–025 Feb 2016 v FC Midtjylland: 5–128 Feb 2016 v Arsenal: 3–22 Mar 2016 v Watford: 1–06 Mar 2016 @ West Bromwich Albion: 0–110 Mar 2016 @ Liverpool: 0–213 Mar 2016 v West Ham United: 1–117 Mar 2016 v Liverpool: 1–120 Mar 2016 @ Manchester City: 1–03 Apr 2016 v Everton: 1–010 Apr 2016 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–313 Apr 2016 @ West Ham United: 2–116 Apr 2016 v Aston Villa: 1–020 Apr 2016 v Crystal Palace: 2–023 Apr 2016 n Everton: 2–11 May 2016 v Leicester City: 1–17 May 2016 @ Norwich City: 1–010 May 2016 @ West Ham United: 2–317 May 2016 v Bournemouth: 3–121 May 2016 n Crystal Palace: 2–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.