2015–16 Oxford United F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Oxford United's sixth consecutive season in League Two and 122nd year in existence.[1] As well as competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Oxford United

2015–16 season
Chairman	Darryl Eales
Head Coach	Michael Appleton
Stadium	Kassam Stadium
League Two	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	4th round (eliminated by Blackburn Rovers)
League Cup	2nd round (eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday)
League Trophy	Runners-up (beaten by Barnsley)
Top goalscorer	League: Roofe (18) All: Roofe (26)
Highest home attendance	11,815 v Wycombe Wanderers, 7 May 2016
Lowest home attendance	2,532 v Yeovil Town, 8 December 2015

After spending most of the season in the top three, Oxford finally confirmed automatic promotion to League One on the last day of the regular season, with a 3–0 home victory over Wycombe Wanderers. The Us finished in second place with 86 points, 13 behind runaway leaders Northampton Town.[2] Oxford's 14 away wins in the league set a new club record for a single season.[3] Midfielder Kemar Roofe was the club's leading scorer, with 18 league goals and 26 in all competitions.[4]

United beat higher-division opposition in all three senior cup competitions and reached the final of the League Trophy at Wembley Stadium, only the club's third appearance at the national stadium. In the opening round of the League Cup they eliminated Brentford of the Championship with a 4–0 away win, before losing 1–0 to another Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, in the second round. They reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, recording a notable 3–2 victory over Premier League side Swansea City in the third round, but were knocked out of the competition by Blackburn Rovers in the next round. In their run to the final of the League Trophy, they beat local rivals Swindon Town of League One in the second round, and Millwall, also of League One, over two legs in the area semi-final, before losing 3–2 to Barnsley in the final. United won the Oxfordshire Senior Cup, beating Oxford City 6–1 in the final, three days after securing their league promotion.[5]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	AM		Kemar Roofe	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2015	CM		Liam Sercombe	Exeter City	Free transfer	[7]
1 July 2015	GK		Sam Slocombe	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2015	CF		Ryan Taylor	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[9]
13 August 2015	CM		John Lundstram	Everton	Free transfer	[10]
4 September 2015	GK		Benjamin Büchel	AFC Bournemouth	Free transfer	[11]
21 September 2015	LW		Jonny Giles	Free Agent	Free transfer	[12]
6 November 2015	DF		Cameron Gayle	Free Agent	Free transfer	[13]
22 January 2016	FW		Jordan Bowery	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[14]
1 February 2016	FW		Chris Maguire	Rotherham United	Free transfer	[15]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2015	CF		Jeremy Balmy	Swindon Town[lower-alpha 1]	Released	[17]
1 July 2015	CB		Matt Bevans	Wealdstone[lower-alpha 2]	Released	[17]
1 July 2015	CF		John Campbell	Free Agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2015	CF		Will Hoskins	Exeter City[lower-alpha 3]	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2015	LB		Jonathan Meades	AFC Wimbledon[lower-alpha 4]	Free transfer	[17]
1 July 2015	RW		Josh Shama	Free agent	Released	[17]
1 July 2015	RB		Andy Whing	Retired	N/A	[21]
2 July 2015	GK		Ryan Clarke	Northampton Town[lower-alpha 5]	Free transfer	[23]
7 January 2016	MF		Michael Collins	Bengaluru FC[lower-alpha 6]	Released	[25]
1 February 2016	MF		Danny Rose	Northampton Town[lower-alpha 7]	Released	[27]
7 March 2016	MF		Aidan Hawtin	Valdres FK	Released	[28]
7 March 2016	MF		Sam Humphreys	Valdres FK	Released	[28]
31 May 2016	DF		Johnny Mullins	Luton Town	Released	[29]
31 May 2016	DF		Danny Hylton	Luton Town	Released	[30]

1. Following Balmy's release he joined Swindon Town.[16]
2. Following Bevans' release he joined Wealdstone.[18]
3. Following Hoskins' release he joined Exeter City.[19]
4. Following Meades' release he joined AFC Wimbledon.[20]
5. Following Clarke's release he joined Northampton Town.[22]
6. Following Collins' release he joined Bengaluru.[24]
7. Following Rose's release he joined Northampton Town.[26]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2015	RB		George Baldock	Milton Keynes Dons	28 January 2016[lower-alpha 1]	[31][32]
28 September 2015	RW		Jordan Graham	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27 October 2015[lower-alpha 2]	[33][34][35]
26 November 2015	DF		Jordan Evans	Fulham	May 2016[lower-alpha 3]	[36][37][38]
26 November 2015	FW		Chris Maguire	Rotherham United	17 January 2016[lower-alpha 4]	[36][37]
27 January 2016	DF		Jonjoe Kenny	Everton	May 2016[lower-alpha 5]	[39][40][41]
1 February 2016	MF		Zeli Ismail	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 March 2016	[42][43]
23 February 2016	FW		George Waring	Stoke City	May 2016	[44][45]

1. Baldock's loan was initially for the whole season, but a recall clause was exercised by his parent club.
2. Graham's initial one-month loan was extended for a further two months, but he was recalled by his parent club.
3. Evans' loan was twice extended.
4. Maguire was released by Rotherham and signed a permanent contract with Oxford on 1 February.
5. Kenny's loan was twice extended.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 August 2015	RB		Aidan Hawtin	Hayes & Yeading United	4 September 2015	[46]
7 August 2015	LB		Miles Welch-Hayes	North Leigh	4 September 2015	[46]
18 September 2015	GK		Max Crocombe	Barnet	18 October 2015	[47]
29 September 2015	CM		Josh Ashby	AFC Telford United	25 October 2015	[48]
29 September 2015	FW		James Roberts	Chester	3 December 2015	[49][50]
30 September 2015	MF		Aidan Hawtin	Brackley Town	3 December 2015	[49][50]
2 October 2015	MF		Michael Collins	York City	one month	[51]
13 October 2015	DF		Freddie Grant	Farnborough	November 2015	[52]
16 October 2015	GK		Max Crocombe	Southport	January 2016	[53]
24 November 2015	DF		Cameron Gayle	Cambridge United	24 January 2016	[54]
4 December 2015	MF		Josh Ashby	Brackley Town	4 January 2016	[55]
29 January 2016	FW		James Roberts	Oxford City	February 2016	[56]
29 January 2016	FW		Jonny Giles	Southport	February 2016	[56]
1 February 2016	FW		Patrick Hoban	Stevenage	March 2016	[57]
29 February 2016	FW		Patrick Hoban	Grimsby Town	May 2016	[58]
29 February 2016	FW		James Roberts	Barnet	March 2016	[59]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 18 May 2015, Oxford United announced four pre-season friendlies against Didcot Town, Woking, Eastleigh and Coventry City.[60] On 29 May 2015, Oxford United announced a trip to Austria for a week-long stay, which included a friendly against SC Wiener Neustadt.[61]

11 July 2015 Friendly	Didcot Town	0–5	Oxford United	Didcot
15:00 BST		Report	Roofe  26', 36' Hylton  51', 79' Ashby  88'	Stadium: Draycott Engineering Loop Meadow Stadium Attendance: 940

14 July 2015 Friendly	SC Wiener Neustadt	0–0	Oxford United	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
18:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadion Wiener Neustadt

21 July 2015 Friendly	Woking	1–0	Oxford United	Woking
19:45 BST	Goddard  56'	Report		Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 817

25 July 2015 Friendly	Eastleigh	0–2	Oxford United	Eastleigh
15:00 BST		Report	Mullins  44' Hylton  45'	Stadium: Ten Acres Attendance: 1,193

28 July 2015 Friendly	Thame United	0–4	Oxford United	Thame
19:00 BST		Report	Hoban  25', 54' O'Dowda  29' Humphreys  76'	Stadium: ASM Stadium

1 August 2015 Friendly	Oxford United	0–0	Coventry City	Nuneaton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Liberty Way Attendance: 878

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northampton Town (C, P)	46	29	12	5	82	46	+36	99	Promotion to Football League One
2	Oxford United (P)	46	24	14	8	84	41	+43	86
3	Bristol Rovers (P)	46	26	7	13	77	46	+31	85
4	Accrington Stanley	46	24	13	9	74	48	+26	85	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Plymouth Argyle	46	24	9	13	72	46	+26	81

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
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[62]

8 August 2015 1	Oxford United	1–1	Crawley Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Hylton  65'	Report	Edwards  56'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,349 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

15 August 2015 2	Luton Town	2–2	Oxford United	Luton
15:00 BST	Wilkinson  42' McGeehan  69'	Report	Roofe  82' Hoban  90+3'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,877 Referee: Mark Brown

18 August 2015 3	Oxford United	3–1	Notts County	Oxford
19:45 BST	O'Dowda  36' Roofe  49' Hylton  79'	Report	Audel  21'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,774 Referee: Robert Lewis

22 August 2015 4	Mansfield Town	1–1	Oxford United	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Westcarr  3'	Report	Roofe  58' (pen.)	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,112 Referee: Ben Toner

29 August 2015 5	Oxford United	2–0	Yeovil Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Hylton  14' O'Dowda  75'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Kevin Johnson

6 September 2015 6	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Oxford United	Horfield
12:15 BST	O. Clarke  17'	Report	Roofe  62' Sercombe  59'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,038 Referee: James Linington

12 September 2015 7	Northampton Town	1–0	Oxford United	Northampton
15:00 BST	Taylor  44' Hoskins  23'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 4,838 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

19 September 2015 8	Oxford United	1–1	Portsmouth	Oxford
15:00 BST	Sercombe  33'	Report	McGurk  61'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,093 Referee: Iain Williamson

26 September 2015 9	Oxford United	0–0	Morecambe	Oxford
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,273 Referee: Tim Robinson

29 September 2015 10	York City	1–2	Oxford United	York
19:45 BST	Turner  38'	Report	Hylton  9' Roofe  71'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,791 Referee: David Webb

3 October 2015 11	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Oxford United	Accrington
15:00 BST	Crooks  70'	Report	O'Dowda  21' Sercombe  79' 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,755 Referee: Mark Haywood

10 October 2015 12	Oxford United	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Oxford
15:00 BST	Baldock  80'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,301 Referee: Fred Graham

17 October 2015 13	Leyton Orient	2–2	Oxford United	Leyton
15:00 BST	Simpson  64' Kashket  90'	Report	Roofe  16' Lundstram  33'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 6,296 Referee: Ross Joyce

20 October 2015 14	Oxford United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Oxford
19:45 BST	Sercombe  32'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,007 Referee: Keith Stroud

24 October 2015 15	Oxford United	2–3	Barnet	Oxford
15:00 BST	Sercombe  14' 40'	Report	Weston  26' Akinde  29' Clarke  31'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Darren Handley

31 October 2015 16	Stevenage	1–5	Oxford United	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Whelpdale  17'	Report	Taylor  13' 72' Sercombe  27' (pen.) MacDonald  66' Roofe  75'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Lee Swabey

14 November 2015 17	Oxford United	1–0	Cambridge United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Taylor  32'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,958 Referee: Keith Hill

21 November 2015 18	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–1	Oxford United	Dagenham
15:00 GMT		Report	Roofe  85'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,980 Referee: Kevin Johnson

24 November 2015 19	Oxford United	1–1	Newport County	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Hoban  72'	Report	John-Lewis  43'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,479 Referee: Andy Madley

28 November 2015 20	Hartlepool United	0–1	Oxford United	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT		Report	Hylton  70'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

12 December 2015 21	Oxford United	1–1	Carlisle United	Oxford
15:00 GMT	MacDonald  34'	Report	Dunkley  45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,936 Referee: Mark Haywood

19 December 2015 22	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Oxford United	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Thompson  50' McCarthy  76'	Report	Sercombe  65'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,742 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

26 December 2015 23	Oxford United	3–0	Exeter City	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Lundstram  48' Baldock  67' Sercombe  90'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,683 Referee: Graham Salisbury

28 December 2015 24	Yeovil Town	0–0	Oxford United	Yeovil
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 4,661 Referee: Steve Martin

2 January 2016 25	Notts County	2–4	Oxford United	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Stead  61' Thompson  76'	Report	Sercombe  45' (pen.) Macdonald  79' O'Dowda  90' Roofe  90'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,877 Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 January 2016 26	Oxford United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Roofe  46'	Report	Taylor  52' Harrison  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,492 Referee: Nick Kinseley

23 January 2016 27	Portsmouth	0–1	Oxford United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT		Report	Bowery  76'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,840 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

9 February 2016 28	Oxford United	2–2	Mansfield Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Hylton  30',  69'	Report	Green  22' Thomas  89'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,346 Referee: James Linington

13 February 2016 29	Morecambe	2–4	Oxford United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Molyneux  23' Miller  70' Barkhuizen  90+1'	Report	Roofe  9' Lundstram  71' Hylton  74' Bowery  80'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,749 Referee: Peter Bankes

16 February 2016 30	Oxford United	0–1	Northampton Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT		Report	Richards  59' (pen.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,559 Referee: Keith Hill

20 February 2016 31	Oxford United	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Roofe  29'	Report	Kee  46' Brown  88'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 6,792 Referee: Lee Swabey

23 February 2016 32	Exeter City	1–4	Oxford United	Exeter
17:45 GMT	Nicholls  77'	Report	Dunkley  8' Bowery  41',  59' MacDonald  62'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,089 Referee: Simon Hooper

27 February 2016 33	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Oxford United	Norbiton
15:00 GMT	Barcham  33'	Report	Hylton  5' Bowery  59'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 4,628 Referee: Kevin Wright

1 March 2016 34	Oxford United	4–0	York City	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Bowery  16' Dunkley  72' Hylton  79' Roofe  85'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,654 Referee: Oliver Langford

5 March 2016 35	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Oxford United	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Nelson  15' Tanner  75'	Report	Hartley  12' (og) Roofe  35'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,091 Referee: James Adcock

12 March 2016 36	Oxford United	0–1	Leyton Orient	Oxford
15:00 GMT		Report	McAnuff  74' Baudry  90+3'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,102 Referee: David Coote

15 March 2016 37	Oxford United	4–0	Dagenham & Redbridge	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Roofe  15',  50',  85' MacDonald  79'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 5,319 Referee: Tim Robinson

19 March 2016 38	Barnet	0–3	Oxford United	Edgware
15:00 GMT		Report	O'Dowda  49',  61' Hylton  85'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Scott Duncan

25 March 2016 39	Oxford United	1–1	Stevenage	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Sercombe  58' Lundstram  16'	Report	Harrison  69'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,980 Referee: Brendan Malone

28 March 2016 40	Cambridge United	0–0	Oxford United	Cambridge
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Mark Haywood

9 April 2016 41	Crawley Town	1–5	Oxford United	Crawley
15:00 BST	McNerney  28'	Report	Maguire  39',  72' (pen) O'Dowda  47' Sercombe  54' Waring  86'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Nick Kinseley

16 April 2016 42	Oxford United	2–3	Luton Town	Oxford
15:00 BST	Hylton  2' Dunkley  51'	Report	Pigott  44',  58' Lee  45+3'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,838 Referee: Trevor Kettle

19 April 2016 43	Newport County	1–1	Oxford United	Newport
19:45 BST	Elito  14'	Report	Bowery  13'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,847 Referee: Gavin Ward

23 April 2016 44	Oxford United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Oxford
15:00 BST	Roofe  7' Sercombe  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,955 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

30 April 2016 45	Carlisle United	0–2	Oxford United	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report	Maguire  4' (pen) Sercombe  74'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,948 Referee: Phil Gibbs

7 May 2016 46	Oxford United	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Dunkley  54' Maguire  72' (pen) O'Dowda  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,815 Referee: Keith Stroud

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	14	8	84	41	+43	86	10	7	6	37	20	+17	14	7	2	47	21	+26

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W
Position	15	16	10	9	5	4	8	5	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: see below
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made live on BBC Two on Monday 26 October 2015, with Oxford drawn away to Braintree Town.[63]

8 November 2015 1	Braintree Town	1–1	Oxford United	Braintree
14:00 GMT	Davis  63'	Report	Taylor  15'	Stadium: Cressing Road Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Phil Gibbs

17 November 2015 1R	Oxford United	3–1	Braintree Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Sercombe  42' Hoban  64',  80' (pen.)	Report	Davis  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 3,265 Referee: Darren England

6 December 2015 2	Oxford United	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Oxford
14:00 GMT	Roofe  76'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 4,618 Referee: Robert Lewis

10 January 2016 3	Oxford United	3–2	Swansea City	Oxford
12:00 GMT	Sercombe  45' (pen.) Roofe  49',  59'	Report	Montero  23' Gomis  66'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,673 Referee: Kevin Friend

30 January 2016 4	Oxford United	0–3	Blackburn Rovers	Oxford
15:00 GMT		Report	Marshall  36' (pen.),  76' Watt  45+2'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 11,647 Referee: Andy Davies

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Oxford United were drawn away against Brentford.[64] In the second round, Oxford United drew another Championship side away from home, Sheffield Wednesday.[65]

11 August 2015 1	Brentford	0–4	Oxford United	Brentford
19:45 BST		Report	Sercombe  5' Hylton  9' Roofe  12' Mullins  54'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Dean Whitestone

25 August 2015 2	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Oxford United	Owlerton
19:45 BST	Nuhiu  55'	Report		Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 11,799 Referee: David Webb

Football League Trophy

On 5 September 2015, the second round draw was shown live on Soccer AM and drawn by Charlie Austin and Ed Skrein. Oxford were drawn at home to Swindon Town.[66] Having beaten their local rivals 2–0, Oxford were drawn away to fellow League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge in the Area Quarter-Final,[67] a match that also ended in a 2–0 victory. Oxford beat Yeovil Town of League Two 3–2 in the Area Semi-final to meet Millwall of League One in the two-legged Area Final. Oxford won the first leg at The Den, leading scorer Kemar Roofe netting both the goals and, despite losing the second leg at the Kassam Stadium, reached the Wembley final 2–1 on aggregate.

In the final against Barnsley, United led 1–0 at half-time through a goal from Callum O'Dowda. An own-goal by Chey Dunkley early in the second half was followed by goals from Ashley Fletcher and Adam Hammill to give Barnsley a two-goal cushion. A header from Danny Hylton in the 76th minute reduced the deficit, but United were unable to find an equaliser in the remaining minutes and suffered defeat at Wembley for the first time in their history.

1

Bye

6 October 2015 2	Oxford United	2–0	Swindon Town	Oxford
19:45 BST	Roofe  41',  53'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,013 Referee: Gavin Ward

11 November 2015 Area QF	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–2	Oxford United	Dagenham
19:45 GMT		Report	Hoban  1' MacDonald  47'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 1,011 Referee: Andy Davies

8 December 2015 Area SF	Oxford United	3–2	Yeovil Town	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Evans  5' O'Dowda  43' Maguire  54'	Report	Fogden  37' Jeffers  90'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 2,532 Referee: Keith Stroud

14 January 2016 Area Final 1L	Millwall	0–2	Oxford United	Bermondsey
19:45 GMT		Report	Roofe  15',  43'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 7,275 Referee: Stuart Attwell

2 February 2016 Area Final 2L	Oxford United	0–1 (2–1 agg.)	Millwall	Oxford
19:45 GMT		Report	Gregory  54'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 10,138 Referee: Scott Duncan

3 April 2016 Final	Barnsley	3–2	Oxford United	Wembley
14:30 GMT	Dunkley  52' (o.g.) Fletcher  68' Hammill  74'	Report	O'Dowda  29' Hylton  76'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 59,230 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sam Slocombe	28	0	23	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
2	DF		George Baldock	35	2	27	2	5	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF		Joe Skarz	51	0	41	0	5	0	2	0	3	0
4	MF		Kemar Roofe	49	26	39+1	18	4	3	1	1	4	4
5	DF		Johnny Mullins	51	1	39+1	0	5	0	2	1	4	0
6	DF		Jake Wright	36	0	29	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
7	MF		Danny Rose	19	0	11+2	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	1	0
7	FW		George Waring	15	1	3+11	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Liam Sercombe	58	17	45	14	4+1	2	1+1	1	5+1	0
9	FW		Patrick Hoban	33	5	2+21	2	3+1	2	1+1	0	2+2	1
10	FW		Danny Hylton	52	14	34+7	12	1+3	0	1+1	1	4+1	1
11	MF		Alex MacDonald	52	6	35+5	5	4	0	2	0	5+1	1
13	GK		Benjamin Büchel	31	0	23	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
14	MF		Josh Ruffels	22	0	8+8	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
15	FW		Callum O'Dowda	50	10	18+20	8	4+1	0	1+1	0	4+1	2
16	MF		Jordan Graham	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF		Jonjoe Kenny	19	0	16	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
18	MF		John Lundstram	47	3	33+4	3	4+1	0	1	0	4	0
19	MF		Zeli Ismail	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	FW		Ryan Taylor	26	4	15+6	3	2	1	2	0	1	0
21	GK		Max Crocombe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Sam Long	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF		Cameron Gayle	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Josh Ashby	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	DF		Freddie Grant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Robbie Cundy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		AJ George	4	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
28	FW		Chris Maguire	25	5	21	4	1	0	0	0	2+1	1
29	FW		Jordan Bowery	20	7	9+8	7	1	0	0	0	0+2	0
30	MF		Sam Humphreys	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	FW		James Roberts	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF		Aidan Hawtin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Chey Dunkley	35	4	26+3	4	2	0	1	0	3	0
36	DF		Jordan Evans	14	1	4+5	0	0+2	0	0	0	3	1

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Top scorers

As of 7 May 2016

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	MF		4	Kemar Roofe	18	3	1	4	26
2	MF		8	Liam Sercombe	14	2	1	0	17
3	FW		10	Danny Hylton	12	0	1	1	14
4	FW		15	Callum O'Dowda	8	0	0	2	10
5	FW		29	Jordan Bowery	7	0	0	0	7
6	MF		11	Alex MacDonald	5	0	0	1	6
7	FW		9	Patrick Hoban	2	2	0	1	5
	FW		28	Chris Maguire	4	0	0	1	5
9	FW		20	Ryan Taylor	3	1	0	0	4
	DF		33	Chey Dunkley	4	0	0	0	4
11	MF		18	John Lundstram	3	0	0	0	3
12	DF		2	George Baldock	2	0	0	0	2
13	DF		5	Johnny Mullins	0	0	1	0	1
	FW		7	George Waring	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		36	Jordan Evans	0	0	0	1	1
TOTALS					79	8	4	9	100

Disciplinary record

As of 7 May 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total
1		GK	Sam Slocombe	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2		DF	George Baldock	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	Joe Skarz	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4		MF	Kemar Roofe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Johnny Mullins	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
6		DF	Jake Wright	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Danny Rose	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
8		MF	Liam Sercombe	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
10		FW	Danny Hylton	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
11		MF	Alex MacDonald	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
14		MF	Josh Ruffels	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Callum O'Dowda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
16		MF	Jordan Graham	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
16		DF	Jonjoe Kenny	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18		MF	John Lundstram	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
20		FW	Ryan Taylor	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
28		FW	Chris Maguire	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
31		FW	James Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Chey Dunkley	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
TOTALS				59	3	6	1	3	0	5	0	73	4

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