| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Northampton Town (4th divisional title) |
| Promoted | Northampton Town Oxford United Bristol Rovers AFC Wimbledon |
| Relegated | Dagenham & Redbridge York City |
| Matches | 552 |
| Goals | 1,472 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Matty Taylor (27)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Cambridge United 7–0Morecambe[2] |
| Biggest away win | Notts County 0–5Carlisle United[3] |
| Highest scoring | Carlisle United 4–4Cambridge United[4] |
| Longest winning run | Northampton Town (10 matches)[5] |
| Longest unbeaten run | Northampton Town (24 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Yeovil Town (16 matches)[6] |
| Longest losing run | Crawley Town (8 matches)[7] |
| Highest attendance | Portsmouth 1–2Northampton Town (18,746)[8] |
| Lowest attendance | Morecambe 1–0Dagenham & Redbridge (1,026)[9] |
2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016. | |
The2015–16 Football League Two (referred to as theSky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) was the 12th season of theFootball League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The season began on 8 August 2015 and concluded on 7 May 2016.[10]
Twenty-four clubs participated, eighteen of which played in League Two during the2014–15 season. These teams were joined byNotts County,Crawley Town,Leyton Orient andYeovil Town, who had been relegated fromLeague One, and byBarnet andBristol Rovers, who had been promoted from theFootball Conference.
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
To League Two[edit]Promoted fromConference Premier Relegated fromFootball League One | From League Two[edit]Relegated toNational League Promoted toFootball League One
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawley Town | Mutual consent | 9 May 2015[12] | Pre-season | 19 May 2015[13] | ||
| Leyton Orient | 13 May 2015[14] | 28 May 2015[15] | ||||
| Plymouth Argyle | 28 May 2015[16] | 11 June 2015[17] | ||||
| Stevenage | End of contract | 31 May 2015[18] | 21 May 2015[19] | |||
| Newport County | Sacked | 1 October 2015[20] | 24th | 2 October 2015[21] | ||
| York City | 26 October 2015[22] | 21st | 4 November 2015[23] | |||
| Cambridge United | 2 November 2015[24] | 18th | 12 November 2015[25] | |||
| Yeovil Town | 1 December 2015[26] | 24th | 31 December 2015[27] | |||
| Luton Town | 17 December 2015[28] | 17th | 6 January 2016[29] | |||
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 21 December 2015[30] | 24th | 31 December 2015[31] | |||
| Notts County | 29 December 2015[32] | 15th | 10 January 2016[33] | |||
| Newport County | Signed byOldham | 13 January 2016[34] | 20th | 15 January 2016[35] | ||
| Leyton Orient | Sacked | 18 January 2016[36] | 11th | 21 January 2016[37] | ||
| Stevenage | 1 February 2016[38] | 19th | 1 February 2016 | |||
| Hartlepool United | 10 February 2016[39] | 22nd | 11 February 2016[40] | |||
| Notts County | 19 March 2016[41] | 19th | 20 March 2016[42] | |||
| Leyton Orient | Demoted from position | 12 April 2016[43] | 11th | 12 April 2016 | ||
| Crawley Town | Sacked | 25 April 2016[44] | 18th | 27 April 2016[45] | ||
| Notts County | End of contract | 7 May 2016[46] | 17th | 27 May 2016[47] |
| 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 toEFL 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 forLeague Two play-offs[a] |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 81 | |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 78 | |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Luton Town | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 66 | |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 64 | |
| 13 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 64 | |
| 14 | Exeter City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 64 | |
| 15 | Barnet | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 67 | 68 | −1 | 62 | |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 49 | 72 | −23 | 51 | |
| 17 | Notts County | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 54 | 83 | −29 | 51 | |
| 18 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 48 | |
| 19 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 48 | |
| 20 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 47 | |
| 21 | Morecambe | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 69 | 91 | −22 | 46 | |
| 22 | Newport County | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 43 | |
| 23 | Dagenham & Redbridge(R) | 46 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to theNational League |
| 24 | York City(R) | 46 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 51 | 87 | −36 | 34 |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | ACC | WIM | BAR | BRR | CAM | CRL | CRA | D&R | EXE | HAR | LEY | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NOR | NTC | OXF | PLY | POR | STE | WYC | YEO | YOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| AFC Wimbledon | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | |
| Barnet | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | |
| Bristol Rovers | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Cambridge United | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Carlisle United | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | |
| Crawley Town | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Exeter City | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | |
| Hartlepool United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Leyton Orient | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Luton Town | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Mansfield Town | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Morecambe | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Newport County | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | |
| Northampton Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Notts County | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Oxford United | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Portsmouth | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | |
| Stevenage | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Yeovil Town | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| York City | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Source:BBC Sport
Correct as of 7 May 2016