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2015–16 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
2015–16 season
Manager Gary Bowyer
(until 10 November 2015)
Paul Lambert
(from 15 November 2015)
Stadium Ewood Park
Championship 15th
Football League Cup First round
(knocked out by Shrewsbury Town)
FA Cup Fifth round
(knocked out by West Ham United)
Top goalscorer League: Jordan Rhodes (10)
All: Jordan Rhodes (11)
Average home league attendance 14,171

The 2015–16 season is Blackburn Rovers' 128th season as a professional football club and its fourth playing in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

On 12 May Rovers announced a new sponsorship deal with Dafabet.

On 16 May Rovers announced their retained list and Matthew Kilgallon & Lee Williamson had their contracts extended by a further 12 months. It was also confirmed long serving players David Dunn & Paul Robinson would be leaving the club upon the expiration of their contracts whilst Josh King & youth player Darragh Lenihan who made his 1st team appearance last season had been offered new contracts. Chris Taylor & Luke Varney were free to talk to other clubs.

On 28 May it was announced that Rovers forward Josh King would join Premier League new boys AFC Bournemouth upon the expiration of his contract.

On 25 June it was announced Luke Varney will undergo rehab at Ipswich Town upon leaving Rovers.

On 26 June Rovers announced Tom Cairney will be joining Fulham.

On 1 July Rovers announced Ryan Nyambe has signed his first professianal contract, the defender has signed a 3-year deal, Also penning new deals at are Ryan Crump, Jack Doyle, Mark Edgar, Anton Forrester, Sam Joel, Sam Lavelle and Connor Thomson. They have each signed new one-year contracts, whilst Hyuga Tanner and Luke Wall have signed extensions to their Academy scholarships.


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