2015–16 Niedersachsenliga

2015–16 Niedersachsenliga
Season 2015–16
Champions Lupo Martini Wolfsburg
Relegated Teutonia Uelzen
Matches played 219[1]
Top goalscorer Keven Oltmer (21 goals)[2]
Total attendance 49,991[1]
Average attendance 228[1]
← 2014–15
2016–17 →

All statistics correct as of 3 May 2016.

The 2015–16 season of the Niedersachsenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Lower Saxony, is the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.[3]

The season began on 7 August 2015 and will finish on 22 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 20 December to 7 February.[4]

2015–16 standings

The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, VfL Bückeburg, SVG Göttingen, Heeslinger SC and TuS Lingen, all four promoted from the Landesligas, while FT Braunschweig was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.[5]

Of the Niedersachsenliga teams only Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and Germania Egestorf applied for a Regionalliga licence for the 2016–17 season, with the Northern German Football Association deciding on 9 May 2016 which clubs will be granted a licence.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lupo-Martini Wolfsburg (C) 28 21 5 2 67 24 +43 68 Promotion to Regionalliga Nord
2 Germania Egestorf 28 15 5 8 58 37 +21 50 Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 SSV Jeddeloh 28 14 7 7 60 51 +9 49
4 SVG Göttingen 27 11 10 6 52 35 +17 43
5 SC Spelle-Venhaus 28 11 8 9 62 49 +13 41
6 Eintract Northeim 26 12 5 9 55 47 +8 41
7 VfL Osnabrück II 28 10 9 9 49 44 +5 39
8 VfL Oldenburg 28 10 9 9 43 40 +3 39
9 1. FC Wunstorf 28 9 10 9 49 45 +4 37
10 Heeslinger SC 27 11 4 12 41 47 −6 37
11 FT Braunschweig 28 10 7 11 45 52 −7 37
12 TuS Lingen 27 10 6 11 53 43 +10 36
13 Arminia Hannover 27 9 5 13 46 48 −2 32 Possible relegation to Landesliga
14 TB Uphusen 27 8 6 13 40 61 −21 30
15 VfL Bückeburg 26 5 4 17 37 65 −28 19 Relegation to Landesliga
16 Teutonia Uelzen (R) 27 2 2 23 25 94 −69 8
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2016. Source: 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
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[2]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Keven Oltmer SSV Jeddeloh 21
2 Germany Nils Hillemann Eintracht Northeim 18
3 Germany Sascha Wald SC Spelle-Venhaus 16

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs will be held at the end of the season for the Regionalliga.[7]

To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga are scheduled to play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga.

References

  1. 1 2 3 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga spectators (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  2. 1 2 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga Goal scorers (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  3. ↑ Niedersachsenliga tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
  4. ↑ Match calendar (German) fupa.net, accessed: 17 December 2015
  5. ↑ Niedersachsenliga tables & results (German) kicker.de, accessed: 20 December 2015
  6. ↑ "Regionalliga: 28 clubs apply for admission" (in German). Amateurfußball hamburg. April 2016.
  7. ↑ Ausschreibung für den Spielbetrieb des Spieljahres 2015/16 der Oberliga Niedersachsen (German) Lower Saxony Football Federation, Promotion and relegation rules, accessed: 17 December 2015

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