2015–16 Leyton Orient F.C. season

Leyton Orient F.C.
2015–16 season
Chairman Francesco Becchetti
Head Coach Ian Hendon
(until 18 January 2016)
Andy Hessenthaler (caretaker)
(from 18 January 2016 to 21 January 2016)
Kevin Nolan (Player/Manager)
(from 21 January 2016 to 12 April 2016)
Andy Hessenthaler (caretaker)
(from 12 April 2016)
Stadium Brisbane Road
League Cup First round
(eliminated by Milton Keynes Dons)
League Trophy First round
(eliminated by Luton Town)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 Leyton Orient F.C. season is the 117th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 100th in the Football League, and the first season of their return to the fourth tier of the English football league system.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 DF England Sean Clohessy England Colchester United Free transfer [1]
1 July 2015 FW England Paul McCallum England West Ham United Free transfer [2]
1 July 2015 MF England Sammy Moore England AFC Wimbledon Free transfer [1]
1 July 2015 MF England Blair Turgott England Coventry City Free transfer [3]
6 July 2015 FW England Ollie Palmer England Mansfield Town Undisclosed [4]
8 July 2015 FW Portugal Sandro Semedo Academy Trainee [5]
27 July 2015 GK Australia Alex Cisak England Burnley Undisclosed [6]
27 July 2015 DF Republic of Ireland Alan Dunne England Millwall Free transfer [7]
27 July 2015 DF England Connor Essam England Dover Athletic £20,000 [8][9]
27 July 2015 DF England Frazer Shaw England Dulwich Hamlet Free transfer [10]
20 November 2015 DF France Jean-Yves M'voto Free Agent Free transfer [11]
20 January 2016 MF France Nigel Atangana England Portsmouth Undisclosed [12]
21 January 2016 MF England Kevin NolanFree AgentFree transfer [13]
22 January 2016 FW Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet England ChesterfieldUndisclosed [14]
1 February 2016 DF England Nicky Hunt England Mansfield TownUndisclosed[15]

Total spending: Decrease £20,000

Transfers out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 June 2015 GK England Adam Legzdins England Birmingham City Released [16][lower-alpha 1]
1 July 2015 DF Scotland Scott Cuthbert England Luton Town Free transfer [18]
1 July 2015 FW England Chris Dagnall India Kerala Blasters Free transfer [19]
1 July 2015 FW Jamaica Kevin Lisbie England Barnet Free transfer [20]
1 July 2015 DF England Elliot Omozusi England Cambridge United Free transfer [21]
1 July 2015 DF England Gary Sawyer England Plymouth Argyle Free transfer [22]
2 July 2015 FW Republic of Ireland Dave Mooney England Southend United Free transfer [23]
6 July 2015 FW England Darius Henderson England Scunthorpe United Released [24][lower-alpha 2]
8 July 2015 MF France Romain Vincelot England Coventry City £25,000 [26][27]
9 July 2015 FW England Shaun Batt England Barnet Free transfer [28]
24 July 2015 DF England Nathan Clarke England Bradford City Mutual consent [29][lower-alpha 3]
7 August 2015 MF England Josh Wright England Gillingham Free transfer [31]
28 August 2015 DF Australia Shane Lowry England Birmingham City Mutual consent [32][lower-alpha 4]
11 January 2016 MF England Harry Lee England Welling United Mutual consent [34]
20 January 2016 DF France Jean-Yves M'voto Poland Zawisza Bydgoszcz Mutual consent [35][lower-alpha 5]
  1. Following Legzdins' release he joined Birmingham City.[17]
  2. Following Henderson's release he joined Scunthorpe United.[25]
  3. Following Clarke's decision to leave he joined Bradford City.[30]
  4. Following Lowry's decision to leave he joined Birmingham City.[33]
  5. Following M'voto's departure, he joined Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[36]

Total income: Increase £25,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
28 August 2015 DF England Joe Maguire England Liverpool 28 September 2015 [37]
1 September 2015 MF England Jack Payne England Peterborough United End of Season [38]
2 October 2015 DF England Adam Chicksen England Brighton & Hove Albion 2 November 2015 [39]
9 October 2015 FW England John Marquis England Millwall 15 January 2016 [40]
19 November 2015 DF England Cole Kpekawa England Queens Park Rangers 1 February 2016 [41][lower-alpha 1]
2 January 2016 MF Antigua and Barbuda Calaum Jahraldo-Martin England Hull City End of Season [45][lower-alpha 2]
27 January 2016 DF England Shaun Brisley England Peterborough United End of Season [47]
1 February 2016 DF England Jerome Binnom-Williams England Crystal Palace End of Season [48]
10 March 2016 GK England David Gregory England Crystal Palace 8 April 2016 [49]
17 March 2016 DF England Peter Ramage England Coventry City End of Season [50][lower-alpha 3]
  1. Kpekawa's initial one month loan was extended by a further month on 17 December 2015,[42] a second time until 1 March 2016 [43] before being recalled by QPR on 1 February 2016 [44]
  2. Jahraldo-Martin's initial one month loan was extended until the End of the Season on 1 February 2016 [46]
  3. Ramage's initial one month loan was extended until the End of the Season on 16 April 2016 [51]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
15 August 2015 MF England Harry Lee England Welling United 9 January 2016 [52][lower-alpha 1]
2 September 2015 GK England Gary Woods Scotland Ross County End of Season [54][lower-alpha 2]
1 October 2015 FW Nigeria Victor Adeboyejo England Hemel Hempstead Town Youth Loan[56]
1 October 2015 MF Portugal Sandro Semedo England Welling United 9 January 2016 [57]
1 October 2015 MF England Montel Agyemang England Grays Athletic Youth Loan [57]
21 October 2015 FW Nigeria Victor Adeboyejo England Heybridge Swifts Youth Loan [58]
21 October 2015 DF England Jack Humphreys England Heybridge Swifts Youth Loan[58]
12 February 2016 MF Portugal Sandro Semedo England Chelmsford City End of Season [59]
29 February 2016 MF England Freddy Moncur England Wingate & Finchley Work experience loan [60]
4 March 2016 DF England Aron Pollock England Wingate & Finchley Work experience loan[61]
4 March 2016 FW England Scott Kashket England Welling United 4 April 2016[62]
19 March 2016 DF England Jack Humphreys England Histon Work experience loan[63]
19 March 2016 DF England Sam Ling England Histon Work experience loan[63]
22 March 2016 MF Zimbabwe Bradley Pritchard England Stevenage 22 April 2016[64]
23 March 2016 DF England Connor Essam England Dover Athletic End of Season[65]
  1. On 17 September 2015, Lee's loan at Welling was extended until 9 January 2016.[53]
  2. On 6 January 2016, Woods' loan at Ross County was extended until the End of the Season.[55]

Results

Pre-season friendlies

On 1 June 2015, Leyton Orient announced their first two pre-season friendlies against Braintree Town and Woking.[66] A third friendly against Colchester United was added to the schedule.[67] On 1 July 2015, Leyton Orient announced they will face Huddersfield Town during their stay in Spain.[68] On 8 July 2015, Orient confirmed a friendly away to Bishop's Stortford.[69] On 15 July 2015, Leyton Orient announced they will face Middlesbrough in a behind-closed-doors friendly.[70] On 24 July 2015, O's announced a friendly against Southend United.[71]

League Two

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[72]

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Cup

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Leyton Orient were drawn away against Milton Keynes Dons.[73]

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. O's will travel to Luton Town.[74]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 Portsmouth 46 21 15 10 75 44 +31 78 Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
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
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
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

2015–16 squad statistics

As of 7 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague Two FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia Alex Cisak 46 0 43 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF England Sean Clohessy 47 1 41+1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0
3 DF England Frazer Shaw 30 0 20+5 0 3 0 0+1 0 1 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Alan Dunne 10 0 3+5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 DF France Mathieu Baudry 38 2 33+1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF England Dean Cox 16 5 12+2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0
8 MF Wales Lloyd James 28 5 17+8 4 2 0 0 0 1 1
9 FW England Ollie Palmer 50 9 25+20 7 3 2 1 0 1 0
10 FW England Paul McCallum 12 3 9+2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF Jamaica Jobi McAnuff 18 3 13+3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF England Jack Payne (on loan from Peterborough United ) 32 1 26+3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF England Sammy Moore 32 2 27+3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
15 MF France Nigel Atangana 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF England Shaun Brisley (on loan from Peterborough United) 16 1 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF England Blair Turgott 36 1 10+21 1 2+1 0 1 0 1 0
18 MF Zimbabwe Bradley Pritchard 33 1 24+5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
19 MF England Scott Kashket 19 1 1+14 1 0+2 0 1 0 1 0
20 DF England Jerome Binnom-Williams (on loan from Crystal Palace) 13 0 12+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK England Charlie Grainger 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF England Sandro Semedo 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
26 FW Nigeria Victor Adeboyejo 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW England Jay Simpson 47 25 44 25 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
28 DF England Myles Judd 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
29 GK England Sam Sargeant 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Antigua and Barbuda Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (on loan from Hull City) 15 1 8+7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF England Aron Pollock 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW Ivory Coast Armand Gnanduillet 17 4 8+9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England Nicky Hunt 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 GK England David Gregory (on loan from Crystal Palace) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF England Peter Ramage (on loan from Coventry City) 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW England Josh Koroma 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF England Kevin Nolan 14 0 12+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
15 DF France Jean-Yves M'voto 10 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF England Harry Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF England Joe Maguire (on loan from Liverpool) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 DF England Adam Chicksen (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF England Cole Kpekawa (on loan from Queens Park Rangers) 9 0 8+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 FW England John Marquis (on loan from Millwall) 15 1 9+4 0 0+2 1 0 0 0 0
Out on Loan
4 DF England Connor Essam 26 0 23+1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
23 MF England Freddy Moncur 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF England Montel Agyemang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF England Sam Ling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK England Gary Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- DF England Jack Humphrey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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