The 2015–16 season will be
Bradford City's 113th season in their history, their 101st in the
Football League
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and 103rd in the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
. Along with League One, the club will also compete in the
FA Cup,
League Cup and
Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. The new kits were announced in April 2015 – a claret and amber checked home kit, and an all-black away kit.
Pre-Season Friendlies
On 5 June 2015, Bradford City announced their first pre-season friendly against
Guiseley. On 10 July 2015, the club confirmed as part of the Scotland tour they will face
St Mirren. A day later the Bantams announced they will play host to
Carlisle United
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on 25 July 2015. A pre-season friendly against
Burnley was confirmed on 12 June 2015. On 19 June 2015, Bradford City confirmed a friendly against
Farsley. On 30 June 2015, the Bantams confirmed their second friendly during the week-long stay in Scotland. On 20 July 2015, Bradford City announced they will send a XI side to
Ossett Albion. On 23 July 2015, Bradford announced another friendly addition against
Whitby Town
Whitby Town Football Club is an English football club based in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Northern Premier League, the seventh tier of English football. Founded in 1880, Whitby are one of the oldest clubs from the Nor ...
.
League One
Matches
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
League table
Play-offs
After finishing fifth in League One, City were entered into the end-of-season play-offs to determine who would get promoted to
Championship for the
2016–17 season. Bradford were against fourth-placed
Millwall in the semi-finals and played them over two legs.
FA Cup
League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Bradford City were drawn away against
York City.
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. Bradford will host
Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
.
Squad statistics
Statistics accurate as of 20 May 2016
Transfers
Transfers in
Transfers out
Loans in
Loans out
References
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