The 2015–16 Leyton Orient F.C. season was the 117th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 100th in the Football League, and the first season of their return to the fourth tier of the English football league system.
Transfers
Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2015 DF Sean Clohessy Colchester United Free transfer 1 July 2015 FW Paul McCallum West Ham United Free transfer 1 July 2015 MF Sammy Moore AFC Wimbledon Free transfer 1 July 2015 MF Blair Turgott Coventry City Free transfer 6 July 2015 FW Ollie Palmer Mansfield Town Undisclosed 8 July 2015 FW Sandro Semedo Academy Trainee 27 July 2015 GK Alex Cisak Burnley Undisclosed 27 July 2015 DF Alan Dunne Millwall Free transfer 27 July 2015 DF Connor Essam Dover Athletic £20,000 27 July 2015 DF Frazer Shaw Dulwich Hamlet Free transfer 20 November 2015 DF Jean-Yves Mvoto Free agent Free transfer 20 January 2016 MF Nigel Atangana Portsmouth Undisclosed 21 January 2016 MF Kevin NolanFree AgentFree transfer 22 January 2016 FW Armand Gnanduillet ChesterfieldUndisclosed 1 February 2016 DF Nicky Hunt Mansfield TownUndisclosed Total spending: £20,000
Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 June 2015 GK Adam Legzdins Birmingham City Released 1 July 2015 DF Scott Cuthbert Luton Town Free transfer 1 July 2015 FW Chris Dagnall Kerala Blasters Free transfer 1 July 2015 FW Kevin Lisbie Barnet Free transfer 1 July 2015 DF Elliot Omozusi Cambridge United Free transfer 1 July 2015 DF Gary Sawyer Plymouth Argyle Free transfer 2 July 2015 FW Dave Mooney Southend United Free transfer 6 July 2015 FW Darius Henderson Scunthorpe United Released 8 July 2015 MF Romain Vincelot Coventry City £25,000 9 July 2015 FW Shaun Batt Barnet Free transfer 24 July 2015 DF Nathan Clarke Bradford City Mutual consent 7 August 2015 MF Josh Wright Gillingham Free transfer 28 August 2015 DF Shane Lowry Birmingham City Mutual consent 11 January 2016 MF Harry Lee Welling United Mutual consent 20 January 2016 DF Jean-Yves Mvoto Zawisza Bydgoszcz Mutual consent
Total income: £25,000
Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.28 August 2015 DF Joe Maguire Liverpool 28 September 2015 1 September 2015 MF Jack Payne Peterborough United End of Season 2 October 2015 DF Adam Chicksen Brighton & Hove Albion 2 November 2015 9 October 2015 FW John Marquis Millwall 15 January 2016 19 November 2015 DF Cole Kpekawa Queens Park Rangers 1 February 2016 2 January 2016 MF Calaum Jahraldo-Martin Hull City End of Season 27 January 2016 DF Shaun Brisley Peterborough United End of Season 1 February 2016 DF Jerome Binnom-Williams Crystal Palace End of Season 10 March 2016 GK David Gregory Crystal Palace 8 April 2016 17 March 2016 DF Peter Ramage Coventry City End of Season
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 15 August 2015 MF Harry Lee Welling United 9 January 2016 2 September 2015 GK Gary Woods Ross County End of Season 1 October 2015 FW Victor Adeboyejo Hemel Hempstead Town Youth Loan 1 October 2015 MF Sandro Semedo Welling United 9 January 2016 1 October 2015 MF Montel Agyemang Grays Athletic Youth Loan 21 October 2015 FW Victor Adeboyejo Heybridge Swifts Youth Loan 21 October 2015 DF Jack Humphreys Heybridge Swifts Youth Loan 12 February 2016 MF Sandro Semedo Chelmsford City End of Season 29 February 2016 MF Freddy Moncur Wingate & Finchley Work experience loan 4 March 2016 DF Aron Pollock Wingate & Finchley Work experience loan 4 March 2016 FW Scott Kashket Welling United 4 April 2016 19 March 2016 DF Jack Humphreys Histon Work experience loan 19 March 2016 DF Sam Ling Histon Work experience loan 22 March 2016 MF Bradley Pritchard Stevenage 22 April 2016 23 March 2016 DF Connor Essam Dover Athletic End of Season
Results
Pre-season friendlies On 1 June 2015, Leyton Orient announced their first two pre-season friendlies against Braintree Town and Woking. A third friendly against Colchester United was added to the schedule. On 1 July 2015, Leyton Orient announced they will face Huddersfield Town during their stay in Spain. On 8 July 2015, Orient confirmed a friendly away to Bishop's Stortford. On 15 July 2015, Leyton Orient announced they will face Middlesbrough in a behind-closed-doors friendly. On 24 July 2015, O's announced a friendly against Southend United.
League Two
On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
FA Cup
League Cup
On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Leyton Orient were drawn away against Milton Keynes Dons.
Football League Trophy
On 8 August 2015, live on Soccer AM the draw for the first round of the Football League Trophy was drawn by Toni Duggan and Alex Scott. O's will travel to Luton Town.
League table
2015–16 squad statistics
|colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the season
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References