2015–16 Bayernliga

Bayernliga

Season	2015–16
Relegated	Süd: SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden
Matches played	Nord: 276 Süd: 279
Top goalscorer	Nord: Bastian Herzner (25 goals)[1] Süd: Orhan Akkurt (24 goals)[2]
Highest attendance	Nord: 1,218[3] Süd: 1,200[4]
Lowest attendance	Nord: 40[3] Süd: 50[4]
Total attendance	Nord: 88,427[3] Süd: 79,314[4]
Average attendance	Nord: 320[3] Süd: 284[4]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 4 May 2016.

The 2015–16 season of the Bayernliga, the second highest association football league in Bavaria, is the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 71st season overall since establishment of the league in 1945. The league season started on 17 July 2015 and will end on 21 May 2016. It will be interrupted by a winter break, which lasts from early December 2015 to late February 2016.^[5][6]

Modus

The northern and southern divisions of the Bayernliga consist of 18 clubs each. Clubs in each division will play each other in a home-and-away format with no league games played between clubs from different divisions during the regular season. The champions of each division are directly promoted to the Regionalliga, subject to fulfilling the licensing regulations of the later with no overall Bayernliga championship game being played between the two league winners. The runners-up of each league take part in promotion round with the 16th and 15th placed clubs in the Regionalliga. The four clubs play for one more spot in the Regionalliga in 2016–17 unless the Regionalliga champion wins promotion to the 3. Liga, in which case two spots in the league may become available. Should the champions or runners-up not receive approval for a Regionalliga licence the direct promotion and play off spots will be passed down to the highest placed club with a licence approval.^[7]

The bottom teams in the northern and southern divisions are directly relegated while the 15th, 16th and 17th placed teams from both divisions as well as the 14th placed team with the fewer points take part in the relegation play offs with the five Landesliga runners-up.^[7]

Of the 36 clubs in the league ten applied for a Regionalliga licencee for 2016–17 by 11 April 2016, the required date for clubs to hand in their application. The ten clubs consisted of five from the northern division, Großbardorf, Seligenporten, Bayern Hof, Weiden and Aubstadt , and five from the southern division, Garching, Heimstetten, Rosenheim, Sonthofen and Unterföhring. Notable clubs that were in contention for promotion at the time but did not apply were VfB Eichstätt and SV Pullach.^[8]

2015–16 standings

Bayernliga Nord

The league featured seven new clubs with DJK Don Bosco Bamberg, 1. FC Sand, ASV Burglengenfeld and 1. SC Feucht promoted from the Landesliga while FC Eintracht Bamberg and SV Seligenporten were relegated from the Regionalliga and VfB Eichstätt transferred from the Bayernliga Süd.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfB Eichstätt	31	20	5	6	65	37	+28	65	Promotion to Regionalliga Bayern
2	TSV Großbardorf	31	17	9	5	52	23	+29	60	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	SV Seligenporten	31	18	6	7	66	39	+27	60
4	SpVgg Bayern Hof	31	19	3	9	62	38	+24	60
5	SpVgg SV Weiden	31	17	7	7	55	26	+29	58
6	Alemannia Haibach	30	14	6	10	46	44	+2	48
7	TSV Aubstadt	30	13	7	10	45	38	+7	46
8	SC Eltersdorf	31	12	8	11	51	50	+1	44
9	1. SC Feucht	31	11	7	13	55	53	+2	40
10	1. FC Sand	31	11	6	14	37	48	−11	39
11	Don Bosco Bamberg	31	11	6	14	48	60	−12	39
12	Jahn Regensburg II	31	9	8	14	44	46	−2	35
13	SV Erlenbach	31	8	11	12	35	43	−8	35
14	Eintracht Bamberg	31	7	8	16	49	66	−17	29	Possible qualification to relegation playoffs
15	Würzburger FV	31	7	8	16	35	54	−19	29	Qualification to relegation playoffs
16	ASV Burglengenfeld	31	7	8	16	26	45	−19	29
17	Jahn Forchheim	31	7	7	17	32	68	−36	28
18	VfL Frohnlach	31	6	8	17	34	59	−25	26	Relegation to Landesliga Bayern

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2016. Source: kicker.de, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) goals scored away from home against opponent; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots

Bayernliga Süd

The division featured six new clubs with SV Kirchanschöring, TSV Kottern, SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden and SV Erlbach promoted from the Landesliga while VfR Garching and SV Heimstetten were relegated from the Regionalliga.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfR Garching	31	19	5	7	63	26	+37	62	Promotion to Regionalliga Bayern
2	SV Pullach	31	17	10	4	60	32	+28	61	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	1. FC Sonthofen	31	16	8	7	54	28	+26	56
4	TSV 1860 Rosenheim	31	16	7	8	57	36	+21	55
5	SV Heimstetten	31	16	6	9	56	42	+14	54
6	FC Unterföhring	31	15	8	8	51	40	+11	53
7	SV Kirchanschöring	31	12	9	10	43	42	+1	45
8	TSV Landsberg	31	10	11	10	49	46	+3	41
9	SpVgg Hankofen-Hailing	31	12	4	15	42	47	−5	40
10	TSV 1865 Dachau	31	10	9	12	47	45	+2	39
11	DJK Vilzing	31	10	9	12	38	44	−6	39
12	BCF Wolfratshausen	31	10	9	12	42	58	−16	39
13	TSV Kottern	31	9	9	13	49	54	−5	36
14	TSV Schwabmünchen	31	10	6	15	40	60	−20	36	Possible qualification to relegation playoffs
15	FC Pipinsried	31	8	10	13	41	55	−14	34	Qualification to relegation playoffs
16	TSV Bogen	31	7	12	12	51	58	−7	33
17	SV Erlbach	31	8	9	14	36	44	−8	33
18	SpVgg Ruhmannsfelden (R)	31	1	5	25	21	83	−62	8	Relegation to Landesliga Bayern

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2016. Source: kicker.de, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) goals scored away from home against opponent; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots
(R) Relegated.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:^[1][2]

Nord Rank Player Club Goals 1 Bastian Herzner SC Eltersdorf 25 2 Sebastian Schulik 1. SC Feucht 23 Martin Holek SpVgg Bayern Hof 4 Christian Breunig Alemannia Haibach 22

Süd Rank Player Club Goals 1 Orhan Akkurt SV Heimstetten 24 2 Dennis Niebauer VfR Garching 23 3 Josip Tomic TSV 1860 Rosenheim 17

Promotion play-offs

Promotion/relegation play-offs will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Bayernliga.

To the Regionalliga

The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams play the runners-up of the northern and southern divisions. The winner of these games then play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga.^[7]

To the Bayernliga

The second placed teams of each of the five Landesliga divisions, together with the worst 14th placed team and the 15th, 16th and 17th placed teams from the two Bayernligas enter a play-off for the remaining three places in the 2016–17 Bayernliga. The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four clubs.^[7]

References

1. Torschützen (German) fupa.net — Goal scorers Bayernliga Süd, accessed: 21 October 2015
2. Torschützen (German) fupa.net — Goal scorers Bayernliga Nord, accessed: 21 October 2015
3. Zuschauer Bayernlig Nord (German) fupa.net — Spectators, accessed: 21 October 2015
4. Zuschauer Bayernlig Süd (German) fupa.net — Spectators, accessed: 21 October 2015
5. Bayernliga Süd Spielplan (German) Match calendar, accessed: 6 December 2015
6. Bayernliga Nord Spielplan (German) Match calendar, accessed: 6 December 2015
7. Auf- und Abstiegsregelung der Bayernligen und der Landesligen (German) BFV website, accessed: 16 June 2015
8. "Diese 10 Bayernliga-Klubs beantragen die Regionalliga-Lizenz" [These 10 Bayernliga clubs have applied for a Regionalliga licence]. fupa.net (in German). 10 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

External links

• Official website of the Bavarian Football Association (German)