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The 2015–16 season will be Stoke City's eighth season in the Premier League and the 60th in the top tier of English football. After finishing ninth in 2014–15 for a second season running, Mark Hughes made a number of alterations to his squad in preparation for the 2015–16 campaign. Leaving the club were the long-serving trio of Asmir Begović, Robert Huth and Steven N'Zonzi with Stoke receiving their record transfer fee in the process. With the money available Hughes broke Stoke's transfer record paying Inter Milan £12 million for Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri. He brought in Spanish striker Joselu for £5.75 million and Dutch midfielder Ibrahim Afellay. Also arriving at the Britannia Stadium were Shay Given, Jakob Haugaard, Glen Johnson and Marco van Ginkel. Stoke made a poor start to their campaign as they failed to win any of their opening six matches, losing home matches 1–0 against Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion and drawing away against Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur. City also lost to Arsenal and drew at home to Leicester City before claiming their first win against Bournemouth, which was followed up with victory against Aston Villa. ==Pre-season== In February 2015 Stoke announced that New Balance will be their new kit supplier from 2015–16 taking over from Warrior.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/stoke-city-new-balance-2248756.aspx )〕 Stoke will travel to Singapore to take part in the 2015 Premier League Asia Trophy along with Arsenal, Everton and a Singapore Selection XI.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/barclays-asia-trophy-2015-tickets-on-sale-tomorrow-2451829.aspx )〕 They will also take part on the Colonia Cup based in Cologne, Germany along with 1. FC Köln, Porto and Valencia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/colonia-cup-update-2498869.aspx )〕 In May 2015 Stoke competed the permanent signing of Philipp Wollscheid and Danish goalkeeper Jakob Haugaard.〔〔 On 29 May Stoke released their retained list which included the departures of long serving duo Thomas Sørensen and Andy Wilkinson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32926869 )〕 Also leaving the Britannia Stadium were Wilson Palacios and nine members of the under-21 development squad, Tomi Adeloye, James Alabi, Sam Coulson, Alex Grant, Robbie Parry, Nathan Ricketts-Hopkinson, Adam Thomas, Charlie Ward and Eillot Wheeler.〔 Stoke's first major transfer activity of the summer saw the arrival of Spanish striker Joselu from Hannover 96, whilst Robert Huth completed a permanent switch to Leicester City.〔〔 The players returned to training at Clayton Wood on 3 July.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/city-stars-report-back-2524177.aspx? )〕 The squad travelled to Singapore on 8 July in preparation for the Premier League Asia Trophy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-tour-Potters-mobbed-fans-arrival/story-26871186-detail/story.html )〕 On 9 July Stoke sold last seasons player of the year, Steven N'Zonzi to Sevilla for a fee of £7 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33454586 )〕 On 10 July Stoke completed the double signing of midfielder Marco van Ginkel on a season-long loan from Chelsea and the free transfer of veteran goalkeeper Shay Given from Aston Villa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33488059 )〕 Former Liverpool defender Glen Johnson joined on a free whilst 'keeper Asmir Begović left to join Chelsea for a fee believed to be £8 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33491698 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33270636 )〕 Stoke's first match of pre-season was against Everton in the Premier League Asia Trophy in Singapore. The match was tightly contested encounter which ended goalless after 90 minutes and went to a penalty shoot out. The only player to not score was Marco van Ginkel and the Toffees went through to the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/jul/150715-barclays-asia-trophy-everton-vs-stoke-city-report.html )〕 Stoke played against a Singapore Selection XI in the 3/4 place play-off and won the match 2–0 with goals from Steve Sidwell and Marko Arnautović.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2015-16/jul/180715-barclays-asia-trophy-stoke-city-vs-singapore-select-xi-report.html )〕 On their return to the UK Stoke played against National League side Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground. City eased to a simple 6–0 victory with goals from Mame Biram Diouf, Marco van Ginkel, Joselu, Dom Telford and a brace from former Wrexham striker Jonathan Walters. The Dragons were denied a consolation after Daniel Bachmann saved Kayden Jackson's penalty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33629120 )〕 Stoke then faced Championship side Brentford on 25 July which saw Bojan Krkić make his return from injury after seven months out. Brentford won the match 2–0 with goals from Akaki Gogia and Stuart Dallas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/report-bojan-returns-in-brentford-defeat-2570773.aspx? )〕 The squad then spent the following week at a training camp in Evian, France before the Colonia Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokecityfc.com/news/article/evian-is-just-the-tonic-2575120.aspx )〕 Stoke's final preparations for the 2015–16 season were matches against 1. FC Köln, and Porto in the Colonia Cup. Both matches were lost, 2–1 to Köln and 3–0 to Porto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Cologne-2-Stoke-City-1-time-report-Peter/story-27526743-detail/story.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-0-Porto-3-time-report-Heavy-defeat/story-27531164-detail/story.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015–16 Stoke City F.C. season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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