2015–16 Scottish League One
Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions | Dunfermline Athletic |
Promoted | Dunfermline Athletic Ayr United |
Relegated | Cowdenbeath Forfar Athletic |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 538 (2.99 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Faissal El Bakhtaoui Rory McAllister (22 goals)[1] |
Best goalkeeper | Sean Murdoch (15 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Peterhead 7–0 Cowdenbeath[2] (21 November 2015) |
Biggest away win | Brechin City 1–6 Dunfermline Athletic (8 August 2015)[2] |
Highest scoring | Dunfermline Athletic 7–1 Cowdenbeath (15 August 2015)[2] |
Longest winning run | 5 matches:[2] Dunfermline Athletic Peterhead |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches:[2] Peterhead |
Longest winless run | 17 matches:[2] Forfar Athletic |
Longest losing run | 6 matches:[2] Brechin City |
Highest attendance | 6,236[2] Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Peterhead (30 April 2016) |
Lowest attendance | 210[2] Albion Rovers 4–1 Brechin City (23 February 2016) |
Total attendance | 175,562[2] |
Average attendance | 975[2] |
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 7 May 2016. |
The 2015–16 Scottish League One (referred to as the Ladbrokes League One for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season in the current format of 10 teams in the third-tier of Scottish football.
Teams[]
Promoted from Scottish League Two
Relegated from Scottish Championship
- Cowdenbeath
Stadia and locations[]
Airdrieonians | Albion Rovers | Ayr United | Brechin City |
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Excelsior Stadium | Cliftonhill | Somerset Park | Glebe Park |
Capacity: 10,170[3] | Capacity: 1,238[4] | Capacity: 10,185[5] | Capacity: 3,960[6] |
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Cowdenbeath |
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Dunfermline Athletic | |
Central Park | East End Park | ||
Capacity: 4,309[7] | Capacity: 11,480[8] | ||
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Forfar Athletic | Peterhead | Stenhousemuir | Stranraer |
Station Park | Balmoor | Ochilview Park | Stair Park |
Capacity: 6,777[9] | Capacity: 3,150[10] | Capacity: 3,746[11] | Capacity: 6,250[12] |
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Personnel[]
Team | Manager | Captain | Manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Airdrieonians | ![]() |
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Macron | M&H Logistics |
Albion Rovers | ![]() |
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Adidas | Reigart Demolition |
Ayr United | ![]() |
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Adidas | Bodog |
Brechin City | ![]() |
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Pendle | Delson |
Cowdenbeath | ![]() |
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Uhlsport | Subsea Pressure Controls |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
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Joma | SRJ Windows |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
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Pendle | Orchard Timber Products |
Peterhead | ![]() |
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Adidas | LFH Engineering Ltd |
Stenhousemuir | ![]() |
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Prostar | Gulnar Tandoori Restaurant |
Stranraer | ![]() |
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Stanno | Stena Line |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
Stepped down | 30 April 2015[13] | Pre-season | ![]() |
8 May 2015[14] |
Cowdenbeath | ![]() |
Resigned | 5 May 2015[15] | ![]() |
2 June 2015[16] | |
Brechin City | ![]() |
Signed by Raith Rovers | 23 May 2015[17] | ![]() |
10 June 2015[18] | |
Stranraer | ![]() |
Signed by Dumbarton | 27 May 2015[19] | ![]() |
1 June 2015[20] | |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
Sacked | 12 December 2015[21] | 8th | ![]() |
15 December 2015[22] |
Airdrieonians | ![]() |
Signed by Forfar Athletic | 20 December 2015[23] | 5th | ![]() |
22 December 2015[24] |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
End of interim | 21 December 2015[25] | 8th | ![]() |
21 December 2015[23] |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dunfermline Athletic (C, P) | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 79 | Promotion to Scottish Championship |
2 | Ayr United (O, P) | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 61 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
3 | Peterhead | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 72 | 47 | +25 | 59 | |
4 | Stranraer | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 51 | |
5 | Airdrieonians | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 49 | |
6 | Albion Rovers | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 49 | |
7 | Brechin City | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 42 | |
8 | Stenhousemuir | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 40 | |
9 | Cowdenbeath (R) | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 39 | Qualification to League One play-offs |
10 | Forfar Athletic (R) | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 34 | Relegation to Scottish League Two |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results[]
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 36 games.
First half of season[] |
Second half of season[] |
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Season statistics[]
Scoring[]
Top scorers[]
- As of matches played on 30 April 2016[1]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 22 |
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Peterhead | ||
3 | ![]() |
Cowdenbeath | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
Brechin City | 15 |
5 | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | 14 |
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Ayr United | ||
7 | ![]() |
Albion Rovers | 13 |
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Peterhead |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Forfar Athletic | 4–0 | 5 September 2015 | [26] |
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Peterhead | Stenhousemuir | 3–4 | 31 October 2015 | [27] |
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Peterhead | Cowdenbeath | 7–0 | 21 November 2015 | [28] |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Stranraer | 6–1 | 27 February 2016 | [29] |
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Peterhead | Brechin City | 4–1 | 27 February 2016 | [30] |
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Dunfermline Athletic | Brechin City | 3–1 | 26 March 2016 | [31] |
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Brechin City | Peterhead | 5–1 | 16 April 2016 | [32] |
Discipline[]
Player[]
Yellow cards[]
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Red cards[]
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Club[]
Yellow cards[]
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Red cards[]
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Awards[]
Monthly awards[]
Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | ||
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Manager | Club | Player | Club | ||
August | ![]() |
Forfar Athletic | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | [35] |
September | ![]() |
Ayr United | ![]() |
Ayr United | |
October | ![]() |
Albion Rovers | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | |
November | ![]() |
Stenhousemuir | ![]() |
Peterhead | |
December | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
Cowdenbeath | |
January | ![]() |
Peterhead | ![]() |
Peterhead | |
February | ![]() |
Peterhead | ![]() |
Peterhead | |
March | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | ![]() |
Dunfermline Athletic | |
April | ![]() |
Brechin City | ![]() |
Brechin City |
League One play-offs[]
Cowdenbeath, the second bottom team, entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2015–16 Scottish League Two; Elgin City, Clyde, and Queen's Park.
Semi-Finals[]
First Leg[]
3 May 2016[36] | Clyde | 3–1 | Elgin City | Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld |
19:45 | Gemmell ![]() Linton ![]() McLaughlin ![]() |
BBC Report | MacLeod ![]() |
Attendance: 804 Referee: John McKendrick |
4 May 2016[36] | Queen's Park | 2–0 | Cowdenbeath | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
19:45 | Duggan ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 572 Referee: Greg Aitken |
Second Leg[]
7 May 2016[36] | Elgin City | 0–2 (1–5 agg.) | Clyde | Borough Briggs, Elgin |
15:00 | BBC Report | Kirkpatrick ![]() Linton ![]() |
Attendance: 1,371 Referee: Euan Anderson |
7 May 2016[36] | Cowdenbeath | 1–0 (1–2 agg.) | Queen's Park | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
15:00 | Spence ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 585 Referee: Craig Charleston |
Final[]
The winners of the semi-finals, Clyde and Queen's Park, then competed against one another over two legs, with the winner replacing Cowdenbeath and being promoted to the 2016–17 Scottish League One.
First Leg[]
10 May 2016[37] | Clyde | 1–3 | Queen's Park | Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld |
19:45 | Gemmell ![]() |
BBC Report | Burns ![]() Berry ![]() Galt ![]() |
Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Second Leg[]
14 May 2016[37] | Queen's Park | 0–1 (3–2 agg.) | Clyde | Hampden Park, Glasgow |
15:00 | BBC Report | Linton ![]() |
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- Scottish League One seasons
- 2015–16 Scottish Professional Football League
- 2015–16 in Scottish football leagues
- 2015–16 in European third tier association football leagues