2015–16 1. FC Nürnberg season

1. FC Nürnberg

2015–16 season
Manager	René Weiler
Stadium	Frankenstadion
2. Bundesliga	3rd (ongoing)
DFB-Pokal	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Niclas Füllkrug / Guido Burgstaller (13) All: Niclas Füllkrug / Guido Burgstaller (14)
Highest home attendance	45,666 vs Fürth
Lowest home attendance	21,561 vs Braunschweig
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 1. FC Nürnberg season is the 116th season in the club's football history.

Review and events

In 2015–16 the club plays in the 2. Bundesliga.

The club also takes part in the 2015–16 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup.

Matches

Legend

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Friendly matches

SSV Jahn Regensburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

01 July 2015	SSV Jahn Regensburg	2 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg	Neumarkt
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Attendance: 900 Referee: Florian Kornblum

1. FC Nürnberg v Bohemians 1905

4 July 2015	1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 2	Bohemians 1905	Nuremberg
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Steffen Mix

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v 1. FC Nürnberg

11 July 2015	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	0 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg	Schweinfurt
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)				Stadium: Willy-Sachs-Stadion Attendance: 2,612 Referee: Johannes Hartmeier

FC Würzburger Kickers v 1. FC Nürnberg

14 July 2015	FC Würzburger Kickers	2 – 2	1. FC Nürnberg	Bad Kissingen
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Nürnberg v Celta de Vigo

19 July 2015	1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 2	Celta de Vigo	Weismain
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)				Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

1. FC Nürnberg v FC St. Gallen

8 October 2015	1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 0	FC St. Gallen	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02)				Attendance: 300 Referee: Benjamin Brand

SV Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 January 2016	SV Darmstadt 98	0 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg	Darmstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01)				Stadium: Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christof Günsch

DFB-Pokal

      Win       Draw       Loss

VfR Aalen v 1. FC Nürnberg

10 August 2015 Round 1	VfR Aalen	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p)	1. FC Nürnberg	Aalen
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klauß  36' Barth  75' Drexler  90'	Report	Burgstaller  61' Blum  70'	Stadium: Scholz Arena Attendance: 9,172 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus
		Penalties
	Drexler Schwabl Klauß Kienle Menig		Behrens Brečko Schöpf Hovland Kutschke

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

27 October 2015 Round 2	1. FC Nürnberg	5–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Burgstaller  10' Behrens  17' Füllkrug  41' Leibold  43' Blum  69'	Report	Demirbay  72'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 19,235 Referee: Marco Fritz

1. FC Nürnberg v Hertha BSC

16 December 2015 Round 3	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hertha BSC	Nuremberg
19:00 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	32' Darida  65' Brooks	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 35,2014 Referee: Tobias Stieler Man of the Match: Darida

2. Bundesliga

League results and fixtures

SC Freiburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

27 July 2015 1	SC Freiburg	6–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Freiburg
20:15 CEST (UTC+02)	Petersen  8', 11', 13' Frantz  41' Philipp  61' Schuster  90'	Match Report	44' Möhwald  47' Behrens  53' (pen.) Schöpf	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,700 Referee: Tobias Stieler Man of the Match: Petersen

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Heidenheim

31 July 2015 2	1. FC Nürnberg	3–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Blum  13' Leipertz  41', ogg.' Polák  87'	Match Report	17' Leipertz  59' Morabit	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 24,850 Referee: Bastian Dankert Man of the Match: Blum

1. FC Nürnberg v TSV 1860 München

17 August 2015 3	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	TSV 1860 München	Nuremberg
20:15 CEST (UTC+02)	Burgstaller  54' Stark  63'	Match Report	45' Bülow  74' Adlung	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 36,547 Referee: Robert Kampka Man of the Match: Adlung

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Nürnberg

23 August 2015 4	VfL Bochum	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
13:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Terodde  37' Haberer  64'	Match Report	2' Burgstaller	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 21,131 Referee: Tobias Welz Man of the Match: Celozzi

1. FC Nürnberg v Fortuna Düsseldorf

30 August 2015 5	1. FC Nürnberg	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Behrens  67'	Match Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 26,379 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Hovland

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nürnberg

13 September 2015 6	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Fürth
13:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Berisha  39' Weilandt  58' Freis  90'	Match Report	7' Burgstaller  85' Schöpf	Stadium: Stadion am Laubenweg Attendance: 17,200 (sell-out) Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Weilandt

1. FC Nürnberg v SV Sandhausen

19 September 2015 7	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	SV Sandhausen	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+02)	Behrens  18' Polák  82'	Match Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 23,378 Referee: Arne Aarnink Man of the Match: Behrens

1. FC Kaiserslautern v 1. FC Nürnberg

22 September 2015 8	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Kaiserslautern
17:30 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report	42' Hovland  56' Schöpf  61' Burgstaller	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 21,459 Referee: René Rohde Man of the Match: Burgstaller

1. FC Nürnberg v Arminia Bielefeld

25 September 2015 9	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Burgstaller  83', 89'	Match Report	4', 48' Klos	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Martin Thomsen Man of the Match: Burgstaller

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Nürnberg

4 October 2015 10	RB Leipzig	3–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Leipzig
13:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Kaiser  8' Selke  11', 16'	Match Report	62' Bulthuis  76' Füllkrug	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 28,987 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Selke

1. FC Nürnberg v FSV Frankfurt

17 October 2015 11	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	FSV Frankfurt	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+02)	Schöpf  57'	Match Report	90', pen.' Dedić	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 23,798 Referee: Florian Heft Man of the Match: Weis

MSV Duisburg v 1. FC Nürnberg

24 October 2015 12	MSV Duisburg	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Duisburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+02)		Match Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 16,418 Referee: Timo Gerach Man of the Match: Brečko

1. FC Nürnberg v Karlsruher SC

2 November 2015 13	1. FC Nürnberg	0–0	Karlsruher SC	Nuremberg
20:15 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 25,439 Referee: Arne Aarnink Man of the Match: Behrens

1. FC Union Berlin v 1. FC Nürnberg

7 November 2015 14	1. FC Union Berlin	3–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Berlin
13:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Wood  21' Skrzybski  54' Punčec  58'	Match Report	5', ogg.' Leistner  65' Schöpf  75' Erras	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,552 Referee: Robert Kampka Man of the Match: Wood

1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Braunschweig

23 November 2015 15	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Nuremberg
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Kerk  33' Burgstaller  84'	Match Report	53' Omladič	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 21,561 Referee: Christian Dingert Man of the Match: Möhwald

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Nürnberg

29 November 2015 16	FC St. Pauli	0–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+01)		Match Report	18', 43' Füllkrug  53' Leibold  89' Erras	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 (sell-out) Referee: Sören Storks Man of the Match: Füllkrug

1. FC Nürnberg v SC Paderborn

4 December 2015 17	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	SC Paderborn	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Füllkrug  34' Leibold  73'	Match Report	89' Stöger	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 25,102 Referee: Marco Fritz Man of the Match: Füllkrug

1. FC Nürnberg v SC Freiburg

13 December 2015 18	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	SC Freiburg	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+01)	Burgstaller  14' Föhrenbach  65', ogg.'	Match Report	64' Höhn	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 28,198 Referee: Harm Osmers Man of the Match: Margreitter

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Nürnberg

19 December 2015 19	1. FC Heidenheim	0–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Heidenheim
13:00 CEST (UTC+01)		Match Report	16' Burgstaller  60' Schöpf  84' Behrens	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 14,800 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Behrens

TSV 1860 München v 1. FC Nürnberg

6 February 2016 20	TSV 1860 München	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Munich
13:00 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	23' Erras	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 51,200 Referee: Thorsten Schriever Man of the Match: Schäfer

1. FC Nürnberg v VfL Bochum

15 February 2016 21	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Erras  75'	Match Report	66' Terrazzino	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 24,355 Referee: Daniel Siebert Man of the Match: Erras

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Nürnberg

22 February 2016 22	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
20:15 CET (UTC+01)	Demirbay  33' (pen.)	Match Report	82' Füllkrug	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 21,854 Referee: Tobias Stieler Man of the Match: Erras

1. FC Nürnberg v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

26 February 2016 23	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+01)	Kerk  40' Füllkrug  84'	Match Report	7' Žulj	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 45,666 Referee: Günter Perl Man of the Match: Kerk

SV Sandhausen v 1. FC Nürnberg

1 March 2016 24	SV Sandhausen	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Sandhausen
17:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	40' Füllkrug  84' Blum	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 5,349 Referee: Harm Osmers Man of the Match: Margreitter

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

4 March 2016 25	1. FC Nürnberg	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Nuremberg
20:30 CET (UTC+01)	Erras  19' Stieber  88'	Match Report	Böðvarsson  22'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 31,457 Referee: Florian Meyer Man of the Match: Erras

Arminia Bielefeld v 1. FC Nürnberg

11 March 2016 26	Arminia Bielefeld	0–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Bielefeld
18:30 CET (UTC+01)		Match Report	Kerk  61' Füllkrug  65' (pen.) Burgstaller  88' Behrens  90'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 15,003 Referee: Martin Petersen Man of the Match: Burgstaller

1. FC Nürnberg v RB Leipzig

20 March 2016 27	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	RB Leipzig	Nuremberg
13:30 CET (UTC+01)	Petrak  70' Füllkrug  75' Burgstaller  90'	Match Report	Selke  52'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 40,860 Referee: Felix Zwayer Man of the Match: Burgstaller

FSV Frankfurt v 1. FC Nürnberg

3 April 2016 28	FSV Frankfurt	0–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Frankfurt
13:30 CEST (UTC+01)		Match Report	Füllkrug  67' Blum  87', 89'	Stadium: Stadion am Bornheimer Hang Attendance: 11,097 Referee: Timo Gerach Man of the Match: Blum

1. FC Nürnberg v MSV Duisburg

10 April 2016 29	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	MSV Duisburg	Nuremberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+01)	Leibold  62'	Match Report	Wolze  35' Bohl  60'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 40,169 Referee: Sören Storks Man of the Match: Ratajczak

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Nürnberg

16 April 2016 30	Karlsruher SC	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Meffert  43' Torres  86'	Match Report	Kerk  3'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 17,900 Referee: Sascha Stegemann Man of the Match: Meffert

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Union Berlin

23 April 2016 31	1. FC Nürnberg	6–2	1. FC Union Berlin	Nuremberg
13:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Leibold  49' Füllkrug  60' (pen.), 67', 90' Burgstaller  74' Hovland  90'	Match Report	Nikçi  3' Kreilach  22'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 30,384 Referee: Martin Thomsen Man of the Match: Füllkrug

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Nürnberg

30 April 2016 32	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Braunschweig
13:00 CEST (UTC+01)	Khelifi  43' Reichel  59' Sauer  66'	Match Report	Burgstaller  78'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,145 Referee: Robert Kampka Man of the Match: Holtmann

1. FC Nürnberg v FC St. Pauli

8 May 2016 33	1. FC Nürnberg	v	FC St. Pauli	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+01)				Stadium: Frankenstadion

Current league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SC Freiburg (P)	32	21	6	5	72	37	+35	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	RB Leipzig (T)	32	19	7	6	52	31	+21	64
3	1. FC Nürnberg (T)	32	17	8	7	66	41	+25	59	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	FC St. Pauli	32	14	8	10	40	36	+4	50
5	VfL Bochum	32	12	12	8	50	35	+15	48

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.

Overall

Matches played	32
Matches won	17
Matches drawn	8
Matches lost	7
Goals scored	66
Goals conceded	41
Goal difference	+25
Clean sheets	11
Yellow cards
Red cards	5
Best result(s)	6-2 vs Union Berlin; 4-0 vs St. Pauli and Bielefeld
Worst result(s)	3-6 vs Freiburg
Points earned	59/96

Sources

External links

• 2015–16 1. FC Nürnberg season at Weltfussball.de (German)
• 2015–16 1. FC Nürnberg season at kicker.de (German)
• 2015–16 1. FC Nürnberg season at Fussballdaten.de (German)