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2014–15 Premier League
2014-15 Premier League, 23rd season of England's top flight. Chelsea won a fourth PL title under Jose Mourinho with 87 points, an eight-point margin; Aguero top scorer with 26; Hull, Burnley, and QPR relegated.
2014–15 Real Madrid CF season
2014-15 Real Madrid CF season: Ancelotti's second campaign; won UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup, 22-match winning run, but finished second in La Liga (92 points) and lost the Champions League semi-final 2-3 to Juventus.
2014–15 Scottish Premiership
2014–15 Scottish Premiership, second season of Scotland's top division. Celtic won a fourth straight title (46th overall) with 92 points, 17 ahead of Aberdeen; Dundee and Hamilton were promoted; Hearts and Hibernian absent.
2014–15 Southampton F.C. season
2014-15 Southampton F.C. season: Premier League campaign under Ronald Koeman after Pochettino's exit and a summer player exodus; Southampton finished 7th with a club-record 60 points and qualified for the Europa League.
2014–15 UEFA Champions League
The 2014–15 UEFA Champions League was the 60th season of Europe's premier club football competition, ending in Barcelona's 3–1 final win over Juventus in Berlin on 6 June 2015.
2014–15 UEFA Europa League
2014–15 UEFA Europa League, sixth Europa League season, won by Sevilla FC 3-2 over Dnipro in Warsaw on 27 May 2015 for a record fourth title; winners gained a Champions League place.
2015 AFC Asian Cup
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition, hosted by Australia 9-31 January 2015, the first held outside Asia. Australia won its first title, beating Korea Republic 2-1 after extra time in Sydney.
2015 Africa Cup of Nations
2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Orange AFCON, Equatorial Guinea 2015): 30th edition, 17 January–8 February 2015, moved from Morocco after its Ebola postponement request; Côte d'Ivoire beat Ghana on penalties.
2015 College Football Playoff National Championship
2015 College Football Playoff National Championship: inaugural CFP title game, January 12, 2015, Arlington, Texas; No. 4 Ohio State beat No. 2 Oregon 42-20 behind Ezekiel Elliott's record 246 rushing yards and four touchdowns.
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Copa Oro 2015), the 13th edition, a 12-team tournament co-hosted by the USA and Canada and won by Mexico, a record seventh title, over first-time finalist Jamaica.
2015 Copa América
2015 Copa América, held in Chile June 11 to July 4, 2015, the 44th edition with 12 teams including Mexico and Jamaica. Chile won its first title, beating Argentina 0-0, 4-1 on penalties in the Santiago final.
2015 FIFA Club World Cup
2015 FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015 presented by Alibaba E-Auto), the December 2015 seven-team club tournament in Yokohama and Osaka, won by Barcelona, who beat River Plate 3-0 in the final for a record third title.
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup (FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015), held in Chile 17 October to 8 November 2015; Nigeria beat Mali 2-0 in the Viña del Mar final for a record fifth title, with Victor Osimhen scoring a record 10 goals; Belgium took third.
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup: 21st edition, held in New Zealand 30 May–20 June 2015 with 24 teams and 52 matches. Serbia won its first title, beating Brazil 2-1 after extra time; Mali's Adama Traore won the Golden Ball.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Canada 2015, seventh women's world championship, first 24-team edition, June 6 to July 5, 2015; USA beat Japan 5-2 in the Vancouver final on Carli Lloyd's record hat-trick for a third title.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification decided the 23 teams joining host Canada at the first 24-team finals. UEFA, AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, and OFC qualifiers, plus Ecuador's play-off win over Trinidad & Tobago, and eight debutants.
2015 Major League Soccer season
2015 Major League Soccer season, MLS's 20th, with 20 teams after Orlando City SC and New York City FC joined and Chivas USA folded; Portland Timbers won MLS Cup 2-1 over Columbus Crew SC.
2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season
2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season, second College Football Playoff season. Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 in the January 11, 2016 title game for Saban's fifth title; Clemson, Oklahoma, Michigan State filled the four-team field.
2015 UEFA Super Cup
2015 UEFA Super Cup, played 11 August 2015 at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi: Barcelona beat Sevilla 5–4 after extra time, Pedro scoring in the 115th minute, for Barcelona's fifth title.
2015–16 Arsenal F.C. season
2015-16 Arsenal F.C. season: Arsenal's Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, and Champions League campaign under Arsene Wenger; finished 2nd with 71 points behind Leicester, lost the FA Cup quarter-final to Watford and the Champions League last 16 to Barcelona 5-1 on aggregate.
2015–16 Chelsea F.C. season
2015–16 Chelsea F.C. season: the Premier League champions' collapse under Jose Mourinho, sacked 17 December 2015 with the club 16th, Guus Hiddink's interim spell, and a 10th-place finish.
2015–16 FA Cup
2015–16 FA Cup, the 135th edition (Emirates FA Cup), 736 clubs; won by Manchester United, beating Crystal Palace 2–1 after extra time in the 21 May 2016 Wembley final via Mata and Lingard goals.
2015–16 FC Barcelona season
2015–16 FC Barcelona season: Luis Enrique's Barcelona won La Liga (91 points, 112 goals), the Copa del Rey (2–0 over Sevilla), UEFA Super Cup, and Club World Cup, a seventh league-cup double and first back-to-back since the 1950s, but exited the Champions League to Atlético.
2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season
2015–16 FC Bayern Munich season: Bayern's 25th Bundesliga title under Pep Guardiola in his final year, 28-4-2 with 88 points, 80:17 goals, Lewandowski 30 league goals, Champions League semifinal exit to Atlético Madrid.
2015–16 Football League Cup
The 2015–16 Football League Cup, the 56th edition and last under that name, was won by Manchester City, who beat Liverpool 3–1 on penalties in the Wembley final.
2015–16 La Liga
2015–16 La Liga (Liga BBVA 2015/16), Spanish top flight, 23 Aug 2015–22 May 2016. Barcelona won its 24th title with 91 points over Real Madrid (90) and Atlético (88); Suárez top scorer with 40; Rayo, Getafe, Levante relegated.
2015–16 Leicester City F.C. season
2015-16 Leicester City F.C. season: Claudio Ranieri's side won the Premier League at 5,000-1 odds with 81 points, Vardy scoring 24 goals in 11 straight games, the club's first top-flight title.
2015–16 Liverpool F.C. season
2015-16 Liverpool F.C. season: Liverpool's Premier League campaign under Brendan Rodgers then Jürgen Klopp, finishing 8th with 60 points, losing the League Cup and Europa League finals, with a 4-5 win at Norwich.
2015–16 Manchester City F.C. season
2015–16 Manchester City F.C. season: Manuel Pellegrini's final campaign. City finished 4th in the Premier League with 66 points, won the Capital One Cup, and reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time before Pep Guardiola took over.
2015–16 Manchester United F.C. season
2015-16 Manchester United F.C. season: Louis van Gaal's final campaign; United finished 5th in the Premier League with 66 points, exited the Champions League group stage, lost the Europa League Round of 16 to Liverpool, and won the FA Cup.