The 2015–16 season was

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

's 117th season in their existence and their second consecutive season in League One. Along with competing in League One, the club also participated in the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

, League Cup and

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. The season covered the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 19 May 2015, Scunthorpe United announced two pre-season friendlies against

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and

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. A third pre-season friendly was confirmed on 11 June 2015, against

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. On 18 June 2015, the Iron announced

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will visit one-week prior to the league opener. On 24 June 2015, a friendly fixture away to Notts County was confirmed. On 18 July 2015, it was announced Iron will face

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in Marbella.

League One

League table

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the

was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott.

Lincolnshire Senior Cup

On 3 June 2015, Scunthorpe United announced the details for the 2015

Lincolnshire Senior Cup The Lincolnshire Senior County Cup is a football (soccer) competition for senior football clubs in Lincolnshire organised by the Lincolnshire FA. The competition can be traced back to the formation of the Lincolnshire FA at a meeting held at th ...

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

League One

League table

Matches

FA Cup

League Cup

Football League Trophy

Lincolnshire Senior Cup

Squad

Statistics

Goals record

Disciplinary record

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

Loans out

References