2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Johnstone
2015–16 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
PremiershipFourth place
League CupSemi Final
lost to Hibernian
Scottish CupRound 4
lost to Kilmarnock
Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round, lost to Alashkert
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steve MacLean (14)

All:
Steve MacLean (15)
Highest home attendance6,418 vs Celtic
Scottish Premiership
13 December 2015
Lowest home attendance2,157 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership
9 March 2016
Average home league attendance3,880

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season friendlies

23 June 2015 FriendlyLinfield1–2St JohnstoneBelfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT Ross Clarke  80' St Johnstone Report
Linfield Report
Sutton  10'
Shaughnessy  44'
Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: Behind closed doors
24 June 2015 FriendlyGlenavon1–1St JohnstoneLurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT Braniff  90' (pen.) St Johnstone Report Kane  72' Stadium: Mourneview Park
28 June 2015 FriendlySt Johnstone0–1AberdeenBrechin
13:00 GMT St Johnstone Report
Aberdeen Report
Rooney  71' (pen.) Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,248
Referee: Dallas
12 July 2015 FriendlySt Johnstone0–0Real SociedadMethil, Fife
13:30 GMT St Johnstone Report Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: Unknown
Referee: Beaton
25 July 2015 FriendlySt Johnstone0–1BlackpoolTulloch
15:00 GMT St Johnstone Report McAlister Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 1,305
Referee: Salmond

Scottish Premiership

2 August 2015[1] PremiershipHeart of Midlothian4–3St JohnstoneTynecastle Stadium
12:30 Juanma  4'
Walker  53'
Paterson  62'
Nicholson  80'
BBC Report Lappin  56'
Sutton  75'
Cummins  78'
Attendance: 16,334
Referee: McLean
8 August 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone1–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins  90' BBC Report Christie  9' Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Collum
11 August 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone1–1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Cummins  52' BBC Report Curran  17' Attendance: 3,065
Referee: Muir
15 August 2015 PremiershipDundee2–1St JohnstoneDens Park
15:00 McPake  16'
Hemmings  39'
BBC Report MacLean  54' Attendance: 6,176
Referee: Clancy
22 August 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone2–1MotherwellMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  62', 79' BBC Report Moult  11'
Taylor  86' 
Attendance: 3,361
Referee: Thomson
29 August 2015 PremiershipCeltic3–1St JohnstoneCeltic Park
Griffiths  18'
Rogić  45+1'
Mulgrew  67'
BBC Report Boyata  11' (o.g.) Attendance: 42,507
Referee: Beaton
12 September 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone4–1Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig  22'
MacLean  25' (pen.), 43', 54'
BBC Report Tagliapietra  67' Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Dallas
19 September 2015 PremiershipKilmarnock2–1St JohnstoneRugby Park
15:00 Magennis  40'
Easton  60' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wotherspoon  17' Attendance: 3,165
Referee: Collum
26 September 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone2–1Dundee UnitedMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Mannus  23'
Cummins  63'
Lappin  80'
BBC Report McKay  24' (pen.) Attendance: 4,634
Referee: Madden
3 October 2015 PremiershipAberdeen1–5St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Magennis  12' BBC Report Easton  5'
Shaughnessy  10'
Craig  30'
MacLean  47', 51'
Attendance: 13,405
Referee: Muir
17 October 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone1–2Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  48' BBC Report Miller  28'
Lawless  34'
Attendance: 3414
Referee: Beaton
24 October 2015 PremiershipInverness Caledonian Thistle0–1St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Meekings  86'
Devine  90+4'
Report Mackay  47'
Scobbie  66'
Craig  90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,471
Referee: Robertson
31 October 2015 PremiershipHamilton Academical2–4St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park
15:00 Garcia Tena  81', 89' (pen.) BBC Report Cummins  40', 49'
Wotherspoon  63'
O'Halloran  67'
Attendance: 2,216
Referee: Clancy
7 November 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone2–1KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran  23'
Kane  49'
Craig  86'
BBC Report Smith  2' Attendance: 3,475
Referee: Allan
21 November 2015 PremiershipDundee United1–2St JohnstoneTannadice Park
15:00 McKay  33' BBC Report Kane  43'
Davidson  45+1'
Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Thomson
27 November 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone1–1DundeeMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon  13' BBC Report Hemmings  3' Attendance: 4,598
Referee: Muir
5 December 2015 PremiershipRoss County2–3St JohnstoneVictoria Park
15:00 Boyce  68'
Davidson  88' (Own goal)
BBC Report Wotherspoon  3', 43'
Mackay  88'
Attendance: 3,229
Referee: Clancy
13 December 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone0–3CelticMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Çiftçi  35', 67'
Boyata  49'
Attendance: 6,418
Referee: Allan
19 December 2015 PremiershipSt Johnstone0–0Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report Juanma  28' Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Clancy
26 December 2015 PremiershipPartick ThistleP – PSt JohnstoneFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Referee: Beaton
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
30 December 2015 PremiershipMotherwell2–0St JohnstoneFir Park
Hall  38'
Pearson  45'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,055
Referee: Allan
23 January 2016 PremiershipCeltic3–1St JohnstoneCeltic Park
Mackay-Steven  9', 55'
Armstrong  43'
BBC Report MacLean  12' Attendance: 43,948
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 February 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone3–4AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon  52'
Anderson  79'
Scobbie  89'
BBC Report Rooney  5', 77'
Pawlett  20'
McGinn  71'
Attendance: 5,712
Referee: Don Robertson
12 February 2016 PremiershipDundee2 - 0St JohnstoneDens Park
19:45 Hemmings  21'  51'
O'Dea  66'
Stewart  90'
Report Fisher  58'
Cummins  66'
Davidson  76'
Swanson  76'
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
20 February 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone2 - 1MotherwellMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon  43'
Fisher  60'
Scobbie  84'  90+1'
Moult  33'
Hall  90'
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 February 2016 PremiershipPartick Thistle2 - 0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium
19:45 Doolan  72'
Amoo  87'
Report Anderson  75'
Wotherspoon  90'
Attendance: 2,320
Referee: John Beaton
27 February 2016 PremiershipAberdeen1 - 1St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Church  35'
Jack  41'
Shinnie  80'
Report Brown  7'
Wotherspoon  17'
Swanson  41'
Craig  88' (pen.)
Kane  90'
Attendance: 12,563
Referee: Steven McLean (referee)
9 March 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone1 - 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane  84' Report Warren  35' 
Tansey  90'
Vigurs  90'
Attendance: 2,157
Referee: Don Robertson
16 March 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone1 - 1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon  11'
Lappin  66'
Report Graham  65' (pen.) Attendance: 2,501
Referee: Steven McLean (referee)
19 March 2016 PremiershipHeart of Midlothian0 - 3St JohnstoneTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Augustyn  26' Report Davidson  11'  21'
Fisher  52'  88'
Attendance: 16,295
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
2 April 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone0 - 1Dundee UnitedMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Dow  22'
Morris  25'
Donaldson  60'
Attendance: 5,784
Referee: Willie Collum
9 April 2016 PremiershipKilmarnock3 - 0St JohnstoneRugby Park
15:00 O'Hara  16'
Kiltie  23'
Boyd  25'  88' (pen.)
Magennis  33'
Higginbotham  65'
Addison  78'
Report Fisher  23' Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 April 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone3 - 0AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Wotherspoon  14'
MacLean  38'
Craig  55'
Report Hayeas  65'
Shinnie  84'
Attendance: 3,990
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
7 May 2016 PremiershipMotherwell1 - 2St JohnstoneFir Park
15:00 McDonald  4'
Pearson  67'
Leitch  89'
Report MacLean  34'
Darnell Fisher  39'
Swanson  45'
Attendance: 4,441
Referee: Greg Aitken
11 May 2016 PremiershipSt Johnstone2 - 1CelticMcDiarmid Park
19:30 Anderson  35'
MacLean  56'  57'
Swanson  61'
Cummins  77'
Report Johansen  28'
Griffiths  53'
Attendance: 5,959
Referee: Willie Collum
15 May 2016 PremiershipHeart of Midlothian2 - 2St JohnstoneTynecastle Stadium
12:30 Scouttar  8'
Öztürk  13'
Djoum  17'  58'
Shaughnessy  20' (o.g.)
Oshaniwa  29'
Dauda  57'
Juanma  60'
Report Craig  9' (pen.)  66'
Cummins  12'
Kane  56'
Darnell Fisher  59'
Scobbie  74'
Attendance: 16,046
Referee: Greg Aitken

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st legAlashkert 1–0St JohnstoneYerevan, Armenia
17:00 CET Manasyan  59' BBC
UEFA
Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Kehlet
9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd legSt Johnstone2–1
(2–2 agg.)
Alashkert
Alashkert won on away goals
Perth, Scotland
19:45 O'Halloran  34'
McKay  87'
BBC
UEFA
Muradyan  11' 
Goyozalyan  74'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 5,764
Referee: Fautrel

League Cup

22 September 2015 League Cup Third RoundRangers1–3St JohnstoneIbrox Stadium
19:15 Tavernier  62' BBC Report Davidson  19'
Lappin  29'
O'Halloran  46'
Attendance: 27,094
Referee: Clancy
27 October 2015 Quarter FinalGreenock Morton1–3St JohnstoneCappielow
19:30 Johnstone  52' BBC Report MacLean  61' (pen.)
O'Halloran  63'
Kane  83'
Attendance: 2,433
Referee: Thomson
30 January 2016 Semi FinalHibernian2–1St JohnstoneTynecastle
15:00 Cummings  29' (pen.)
McGinn  74'
BBC Report Shaughnessy  33' Attendance: 16,971
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 6 February 2016
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish CupEuropa League
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Mannus 28022+003+001+002+00
2 DF Dave Mackay 20117+012+001+000+00
3 DF Tam Scobbie 21115+112+100+002+00
4 MF Simon Lappin 1738+523+010+001+00
5 DF Frazer Wright 201+000+000+001+00
6 DF Steven Anderson 16111+112+001+001+00
7 MF Chris Millar 16013+002+001+000+00
8 MF Murray Davidson 25220+013+011+001+00
9 FW Steven MacLean 261118+2103+011+002+00
10 MF David Wotherspoon 25617+362+101+001+00
11 FW John Sutton 2015+1110+100+102+00
12 GK Zander Clark 201+100+000+000+00
14 DF Joe Shaughnessy 28220+213+011+002+00
15 DF Brad McKay 412+000+000+001+11
16 MF Liam Caddis 600+500+000+000+10
16 MF Danny Swanson 101+000+000+000+00
18 FW Graham Cummins 21615+261+100+100+10
20 MF Scott Brown 300+100+000+001+10
22 DF Darnell Fisher 1009+100+000+000+00
24 DF Brian Easton 28120+213+001+002+00
25 FW Chris Kane 2033+1320+111+001+10
26 MF Liam Craig 24315+631+200+000+00
27 MF Craig Thomson 701+500+000+100+00
29 FW Michael O'Halloran 26519+123+021+002+01
31 MF Greg Hurst 100+100+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
1GKAlan Mannus 1100000011
2DFDave Mackay 1100000011
3DFTam Scobbie 2000001030
4MFSimon Lappin 1020000030
5DFFrazer Wright 0000001010
6DFSteven Anderson 1000001020
7MFChris Millar 2000000020
8MFMurray Davidson 6020100080
9MFSteve MacLean 2000000020
10MFDavid Wotherspoon 6000000060
14DFJoe Shaughnessy 1010000020
15DFBrad McKay 0000001010
16MFLiam Caddis 1000000010
16MFDanny Swanson 1000000010
22DFDarnell Fisher 3000000030
24DFBrian Easton 4000000040
26MFLiam Craig 4100000041
29FWMichael O'Halloran 2000000020
Totals 38 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 48 3

Goal scorers

As of 6 February 2016
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Europa League Total
19Steve MacLean1010011
218Graham Cummins60006
10David Wotherspoon60006
329Michael O'Halloran22015
44Simon Lappin21003
26Liam Craig30003
25Chris Kane21003
58Murray Davidson11002
14Brad McKay10012
14Joe Shaughnessy11002
611John Sutton10001
24Brian Easton10001
6Steven Anderson10001
3Tam Scobbie10001
Totals 3870246

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
2 Aberdeen 38 22 5 11 62 48 +14 71 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 6 48
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[2]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary

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GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHHHAHAH
ResultLDDLWLWLWWLWWWWDWLDLDLL
Position998107877777644444444455
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Tommy Wright[4] 2 July 2015 Present 29 12 5 12 041.38

Transfers

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See also

Notes

  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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