The 2015–16 season was

Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...

's 135th year in existence and first season back in the

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after gaining promotion the previous season. This season Watford participated in the

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and

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

Pre-season friendlies

On 14 May 2015, Watford announced they would travel to

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on 11 July in a pre-season friendly. On 10 June, a trip to Germany was confirmed. On 18 June, ''the Hornets'' announced 2015 UEFA Europa League winners

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would visit on 1 August. A day later, a fifth pre-season friendly was confirmed against

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. On 1 July, Watford announced they will kick pre-season off with a trip to St Albans City. On 10 July, ''the Hornets'' confirmed they would travel to Scotland to face

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on 25 July.

Competitions

Overall

Overview

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Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

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

FA Cup

League Cup

Watford entered the competition in the second round and were drawn away to

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Staff

Squad information and statistics

No. = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored

= Yellow cards GK =

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DF = Defender MF =

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= Red cards Yth = Whether player went through Watford's youth system Joined club = Year that player became a Watford first team player Age = Current age Loan player ''Statistics correct as of 2 April 2016.'' {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" , +2015–16 Watford player details !rowspan=2, No. !rowspan=2, Pos !rowspan=2, Name !P !G !P !G !P !G !P !G ! Yellow card

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, 10, , FW, , align="left", , 0+2, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1+2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 11, , MF, , align="left", , 4+8, , 0, , 2+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 6+9, , 0, , 2, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 13, , GK, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 14, , DF, , align=left, , 7+10, , 0, , 1+1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 9+11, , 0, , 2, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 15, , DF, , align=left, , 34+1, , 1, , 5, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 39+1, , 1, , 4, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 16, , DF, , align=left, , 20+4, , 1, , 3, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 24+4, , 1, , 2, , 1, , , , 2015, , No, , , - , 17, , MF, , align="left", , 3+15, , 0, , 3+2, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 6+17, , 1, , 2, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 18, , GK, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 4, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 4, , 0, , 1, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , — , - , 19, , FW, , align=left, , 0+4, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0+4, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , Loan terminate , - , 20, , MF, , align=left, , 0+9, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0+1, , 0, , 1+10, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 21, , MF, , align="left", , 17+11, , 0, , 1+4, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 18+15, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2012, , No, , — , - , 22, , MF, , align="left", , 25+7, , 2, , 3+2, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 29+9, , 2, , 2, , 0, , , , 2012, , No, , — , - , 23, , MF, , align=left, , 31+4, , 2, , 5, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 37+4, , 2, , 3, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 24, , FW, , align=left, , 36+1, , 15, , 2+3, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 38+4, , 17, , 3, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , — , - , 25, , DF, , align=left, , 11, , 0, , 2, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 13, , 0, , 2, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 26, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2011, , Yes, , — , - , 27, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2013, , No, , — , - , 28, , MF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2011, , Yes, , — , - , 29, , MF, , align=left, , 33, , 0, , 3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 36, , 0, , 6, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , — , - , 30, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , Yes, , — , - , 31, , DF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2011, , Yes, , — , - , 32, , MF, , align=left, , 0+3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0+3, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , Loan terminate , - , 33, , MF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , Contract terminate , - , 34, , GK, , align=left, , 0+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1+1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , Out on loan , - , 35, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , Yes, , — , - , 36, , FW, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , Yes, , — , - , 37, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 18, , 2015, , Yes, , — , - , 38, , DF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 18, , 2015, , Yes, , — , - , 39, , FW, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 18, , 2015, , Yes, , — , - , 40, , MF, , align=left, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , Yes, , — , - , —, , DF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2013, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , DF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2012, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , DF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , MF, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , MF, , align=left, , 2+1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 3+1, , 1, , 0, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2016, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2013, , No, , Sold , - , —, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2012, , No, , Sold , - , —, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , 1, , 0, , , , 2015, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2013, , No, , Out on loan , - , —, , FW, , align="left", , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , 0, , , , 2014, , No, , Out on loan

Non-playing staff

''Information correct as of 24 May 2016.''

Transfers

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Reserves and academy

Watford's academy in 2015–16 consists of 17 scholars: * In the second year: Jacob Cook, Andrew Eleftheriou, Michael Folivi, Nathan Gartside, Max Makaka, Brandon Mason, Ogo Obi, Charlie Rowan and Connor Stevens. * In the first year: Denílson Carvalho, Ashley Charles, Treon Johnson, Dion Pereira, Joshua Roe, Louis Rogers, Max Ryan, David Sesay and Andrew Thomas. In September 2014 and February 2015 respectively, strikers Ogo Obi and Michael Folivi signed agreements for one-year professional contracts to start at the end of their scholarships.

References

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