2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season

FC Ingolstadt 04

2015–16 season
Chairman	Peter Jackwerth
Head coach	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Stadium	Audi Sportpark
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season is the 12th season in the club's history and their first season in the Bundesliga.^[1]

Events

Media Markt became the shirt sponsor on May 3, 2015, signing a three-year deal.^[2]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
18	DF	Romain Brégerie	28	Yes	SV Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[3]
25	FW	Elias Kachunga	23	Yes	SC Paderborn 07	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[4]
26	GK	Ørjan Håskjold Nyland	24	Yes	Molde FK	Transfer	Summer	2019	€1,000,000	[5]
29	DF	Markus Suttner	28	Yes	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[6]
31	MF	Maurice Multhaup	18	Yes	FC Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[7]
37	FW	Dario Lezcano	25	No	FC Luzern	Transfer	Winter	2020	Undisclosed	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
	GK	André Weis	25	Yes	FSV Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[9]
	DF	Andre Mijatović	35	Yes	Retirement	Released	Summer	—	[9]
	DF	Ralph Gunesch	31	Yes		Released	Summer	Free	[9]
	FW	Karl-Heinz Lappe	27	Yes	Bayern Munich II	Released	Summer	Free	[9][10]
	MF	Thomas Pledl	21	Yes	SV Sandhausen	Loan	Winter		[11]
	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	26	Yes	AEK Athens F.C.	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[12]
	MF	Stefan Wannenwetsch	24	Yes	F.C. Hansa Rostock	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[13]

Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.^2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							FC Ingolstadt 04	Opponent
4 July 2015	18:00	A	Burghausen	SV Wacker Burghausen	3–1	700	Brégerie  38' Kachunga  39' Pekhart  77'	Kadrijaj  89'	[14]
8 July 2015	18:00	A	Großmehring	VfR Aalen	3–1	1,250	Groß  44' Hinterseer  47' Pekhart  57'	Drexler  70'	[15]
12 July 2015	18:00	A	Grödig	SV Grödig	0–1	700		Wallner  74'	[16]
15 July 2015	18:00	A	Mittersill	FC Zbrojovka Brno	2–0		Brégerie  8' Cohen  68'		[17]
18 July 2015	18:00		Lienz	Udinese Calcio	1–0	500	Groß  44'		[18]
25 July 2015	15:30	H	Ingolstadt	Celta de Vigo	1–0	2,500	Groß  16'		[19]
29 July 2015	18:00	A	Leipzig	RB Leipzig	0–2	7,119		Demme  62' Forsberg  78'	[20]
1 August 2015				Al-Wahda F.C.	1–1	400	Hinterseer  47'	Tagliabué  61'	[21]
4 September 2015	16:00	H	Ingolstadt	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	3–1	1,006	Flekker  50' (o.g.) Kachunga  80' Röcker  87' (o.g.)	Kumbela  44'	[22]
7 January 2016		A	Aalen	VfR Aalen	1–1	250	Cohen  80'	Wegkamp  56'	[23]
10 January 2016	16:00	H	Ingolstadt	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	6–1	300	Multhaup  11' Groß  18' Kachunga  21', 33' Hartmann  72' (pen.) Hinterseer  85'	Breier  50'	[24]
13 January 2016	14:30	H	Ingolstadt	Karlsruher SC	1–0	200	Hartmann  17' (pen.)		[25]
16 January 2016	15:30	A	Kaiserslautern	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	1,021			[26]

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Mainz 05	32	13	7	12	43	41	+2	46	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	1. FC Köln	32	10	11	11	36	40	−4	41
9	FC Ingolstadt	32	10	10	12	30	37	−7	40
10	VfL Wolfsburg	32	10	9	13	43	48	−5	39
11	Hamburger SV	32	10	8	14	37	44	−7	38

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: kicker.de, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[27]
Notes:

1. Since both finalists of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal (Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) will be passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot for the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) will be passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	10	10	12	30	37	−7	40	7	5	4	21	16	+5	3	5	8	9	21	−12

Last updated: 30 April 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures & results

      Win       Draw       Loss

MD	Date Kickoff^1	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						Ingostadt 04	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	15 August 2015 15:30	A	1. FSV Mainz 05	1–0	28,000	Hinterseer  66'		8th	3	[28]
2	23 August 2015 15:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	0–4	15,000		Ginter  55' Reus  60' Kagawa  84' Aubameyang  90+1'	9th	3	[29]
3	29 August 2015 15:30	A	FC Augsburg	1–0	30,003	Leckie  63'		7th	6	[30]
4	12 September 2015 15:30	H	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	14,095			9th	7	[31]
5	19 September 2015 15:30	A	Werder Bremen	1–0	40,500	Hartmann  90+3' (pen.)		6th	10	[32]
6	22 September 2015 20:00	H	Hamburger SV	0–1	15,000		Gregoritsch  87'	8th	10	[33]
7	25 September 2015 20:30	A	1. FC Köln	1–1	47,800	Matip  21'	Modeste  10'	8th	11	[34]
8	3 October 2015 15:30	H	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	15,000	Groß  78' Lex  84'		6th	14	[35]
9	18 October 2015 17:30	A	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	45,700		Didavi  59'	8th	14	[36]
10	24 October 2015 18:30	H	Hertha BSC	0–1	15,000		Weiser  11'	8th	14	[37]
11	31 October 2015 15:30	A	Schalke 04	1–1	60,144	Levels  39'	Sané  77'	8th	15	[38]
12	7 November 2015 15:30	A	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	52,331			10th	16	[39]
13	22 November 2015 17:30	H	SV Darmstadt 98	3–1	14,551	Bauer  58' Hartmann  60' (pen.)  88'	Sulu  9'	8th	19	[40]
14	28 November 2015 15:30	A	Hannover 96	0–4	35,000		Marcelo  5' Andreasen  11' Karaman  24' Bech  85'	11th	19	[41]
15	5 December 2015 15:30	H	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	14,255	Roger  66'	Uth  90+6'	11th	20	[42]
16	12 December 2015 15:30	A	Bayern Munich	0–2	75,000		Lewandowski  65' Lahm  75'	11th	20	[43]
17	19 December 2015 15:30	H	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	15,000		Hernández  73'	11th	20	[44]
18	23 January 2016 15:30	H	1. FSV Mainz 05	1–0	13,500	Hartmann  41' (pen.)		10th	23	[45]
19	30 January 2016 15:30	A	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	81,359		Aubameyang  77',  86'	10th	23	[46]
20	6 February 2016 15:30	H	FC Augsburg	2–1	15,000	Matip  59' Hartmann  85' (pen.)	Stafylidis  14'	10th	26	[47]
21	13 February 2016 15:30	A	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	26,884		Draxler  29' Knoche  39'	12th	26	[48]
22	20 February 2016 15:30	H	Werder Bremen	2–0	15,000	Hübner  12' Hinterseer  90' (pen.)		10th	29	[49]
23	27 February 2016 15:30	A	Hamburger SV	1–1	50,675	Hinterseer  61'	Drmić  7'	9th	30	[50]
24	1 March 2016 20:00	H	1. FC Köln	1–1	14,503	Hinterseer  36'	Modeste  72'	9th	31	[51]
25	5 March 2016 15:30	A	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	40,000	Hartmann  8' (pen.)	Russ  69'	9th	32	[52]
26	12 March 2016 15:30	H	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	15,107	Hartmann  4' Leckie  56' Lezcano  61'	Kostić  9' Rupp  79' Didavi  84' (pen.)	10th	33	[53]
27	19 March 2016 15:30	A	Hertha BSC	1–2	40,385	Hinterseer  75'	Haraguchi  54' Kalou  69'	10th	33	[54]
28	2 April 2016 15:30	H	FC Schalke 04	3–0	15,200	Hartmann  29' (pen.) Hinterseer  45+2' Lezcano  65'		9th	36	[55]
29	9 April 2016 15:30	H	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	15,200	Hartmann  88'		9th	39	[56]
30	16 April 2016 15:30	A	SV Darmstadt 98	0–2	15,600		Rausch  51' Wagner  85'	9th	39	[57]
31	23 April 2016 15:30	H	Hannover 96	2–2	14,831	Morales  10' Hartmann  25'	Sakai  58' Kiyotake  82'	9th	40	[58]
32	30 April 2016 15:30	A	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	26,561	Lex  17'	Uth  37' Amiri  84'	9th	40	[59]
33	7 May 2016 15:30	H	Bayern Munich
34	14 May 2016 15:30	A	Bayer Leverkusen

DFB–Pokal

DFB–Pokal results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								FC Ingolstadt 04	Opponent
1	9 August 2015	16:00	A	Unterhaching	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–2	6,500	Hartmann  83'	Einsiedler  30', 48'	[60]

Player information

As of 30 April 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ramazan Özcan	27	0	27	0	0	0
5	DF		Benjamin Hübner	29	1	28	1	1	0
6	MF		Alfredo Morales	24	1	23	1	1	0
7	FW		Mathew Leckie	30	2	30	2	0	0
8	MF		Roger	29	1	28	1	1	0
9	FW		Moritz Hartmann	29	10	28	10	1	0
10	MF		Pascal Groß	31	1	30	1	1	0
13	DF		Michael Zant	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF		Stefan Lex	20	2	19	2	1	0
15	DF		Danilo Soares	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	FW		Lukas Hinterseer	27	7	26	6	1	1
18	DF		Romain Brégerie	23	0	22	0	1	0
19	MF		Max Christiansen	19	0	18	0	1	0
20	DF		Konstantin Engel	4	0	4	0	0	0
21	DF		Danny da Costa	19	0	18	0	1	0
23	MF		Robert Bauer	23	1	23	1	0	0
25	FW		Elias Kachunga	10	0	10	0	0	0
26	GK		Ørjan Håskjold Nyland	6	0	5	0	1	0
28	DF		Tobias Levels	16	1	16	1	0	0
29	DF		Markus Suttner	17	0	16	0	1	0
31	MF		Maurice Multhaup	4	0	4	0	0	0
34	DF		Marvin Matip	32	2	31	2	1	0
36	MF		Almog Cohen	18	0	18	0	0	0
37	FW		Dario Lezcano	15	2	15	2	0	0
39	GK		Christian Ortag	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
11	FW		Tomas Pekhart	5	0	4	0	1	0
22	DF		Stefan Wannenwetsch	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF		Thomas Pledl (on loan to SV Sandhausen)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

• 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
• 2.^ FC Ingolstadt 04's goals first.

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