2015–16 Würzburger Kickers season

Würzburger Kickers

2015–16 season
Chairman	Dr. Michael Schlagbauer
Manager	Bernd Hollerbach
Stadium	flyeralarm Arena

The 2015–16 Würzburger Kickers season is their 1st season in the 3. Liga.^[1]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK	Dominik Brunnhübner	24	Yes	SV Seligenporten	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	[2]
4	MF	Rico Benatelli	23	Yes	Erzgebirge Aue	Transfer	Summer	2017	Free	[3]
10	MF	Nejmeddin Daghfous	28	Yes	VfR Aalen	Transfer	Summer	2016		[4]
11	MF	Richard Weil	27	Yes	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[5]
16	DF	Peter Kurzweg	21	Yes	TSV 1860 München II	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	[2]
17	FW	Daniele Bruno	19	Yes	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[6]
19	GK	Kenan Mujezinovic	20	Yes	VfB Stuttgart II	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[7]
20	MF	Dániel Nagy	24	Yes	Ferencvárosi TC	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[8]
22	DF	Dennis Russ	23	Yes	SC Freiburg II	Transfer	Summer		Undisclosed	[2]
25	DF	Paweł Thomik	30	Yes	VfL Osnabrück	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[9]
26	DF	Royal-Dominique Fennell	26	Yes	Stuttgarter Kickers	Transfer	Summer	2017	Undisclosed	[7]
30	MF	Emanuel Taffertshofer	20	Yes	TSV 1860 München	Transfer	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	[10]
33	FW	Elia Soriano	26	Yes	Stuttgarter Kickers	Transfer	Winter	2018	Undisclosed	[11]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
	FW	Daniel Diroll	23	Yes	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[12]
	MF	Steven Lewerenz	24	Yes	Holstein Kiel	Transfer	Summer		[13]
	MF	Wojtek Droszcz	27	Yes	Würzburger FV	Transfer	Summer	Free	[14]
	MF	Fabian Weiß	23	Yes		Released	Winter		[15]

Friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.^2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							Würzburger Kickers	Opponent
22 June 2015	18:00		Wörgl	SK Austria Klagenfurt	0–0				[16]
27 June 2015	17:00	A	Neunkirchen	SV Sandhausen	0–1			Wooten  80'	[17]
28 June 2015	17:30		Randersacker	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–1			Grund  11'	[18]
1 July 2015	18:00		Markelsheim	FC Ingolstadt 04 II	2–0	523	Shapourzadeh  10' (pen.) Weil  45'		[19]
4 July 2015	15:00	A	Eiterfeld	Borussia Fulda	6–1				[20]
4 July 2015	17:00	A	Eiterfeld	Eintracht Braunschweig II	1–0				[20]
8 July 2015	18:30	A	Kleinrinderfeld	Wormatia Worms	0–0	500			[21]
11 July 2015	18:00	A	Hanau	SG Wattenscheid 09	6–0		Shapourzadeh  28', 32', 37' Gutjahr  47' Russ  50' Weiß  60'		[22]
14 July 2015	19:00	A	Bad Kissingen	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	3,400	Schoppenhauer  4' Jabiri  82'	Schöpf  23' Gíslason  49' (pen.)	[23]
18 July 2015	15:30	A	Neunkirchen	FSV Frankfurt	3–1	400	Haller  47' Weil  59' Benatelli  63'	Dedić  49' (pen.)	[24]
8 January 2016	15:30		La Manga	K.A.A. Gent	0–5			Coulibaly  34' Olayinka  46' Simon  61', 77' Milicevic  73'	[25]
11 January 2016	16:00		La Manga	VfR Aalen	2–1		Fennell  2' Karsanidis  3'	Neumann  23'	[26]
14 January 2016	15:00		La Manga	FC Cartagena	1–1		Nagy  25'	39'	[27]
17 January 2016		A	Stuttgart	VfB Stuttgart	2–1		Karsanidis  36' Shapourzadeh  89'	Kravets  2'	[28]
24 March 2016	16:00	A	Fürth	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2–1	300	Weil  66' (pen.) Jabiri  87'	Vukušić  30'	[29]

3. Liga

3. Liga fixtures & results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

MD	Date Kickoff^1	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						Würzburger Kickers	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	25 July 2015 14:00	A	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	0–0	2,234			9th	1	[30]
2	1 August 2015 14:00	H	SG Dynamo Dresden	1–1	9,011	Shapourzadeh  78'	Hefele  84' (pen.)	14th	2	[31]
3	15 August 2015 14:00	A	SC Preußen Münster	0–0	7,125			14th	3	[32]
4	22 August 2015 14:00	H	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	0–1	5,700		Binakaj  27'	15th	3	[33]
5	25 August 2015 19:00	A	VfB Stuttgart II	2–0	956	Russ  56' Benatelli  79'		11th	6	[34]
6	29 August 2015 14:00	H	FC Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	5,359	Bieber  57'		7th	9	[35]
7	5 September 2015 14:00	H	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–0	6,337			9th	10	[36]
8	12 September 2015 14:00	A	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	0–1	1,015		Parker  57'	12th	10	[37]
9	19 September 2015 14:00	H	Hallescher FC	0–1	3,950		Müller  89'	13th	10	[38]
10	22 September 2015 19:00	A	SV Werder Bremen II	0–0	275			14th	11	[39]
11	25 September 2015 19:00	H	Chemnitzer FC	1–1	5,501	Nothnagel  9'	Danneberg  87'	15th	12	[40]
12	3 October 2015 14:00	A	SC Fortuna Köln	3–0	1,754	Daghfous  15' Benatelli  43' Jabiri  49'		11th	15	[41]
13	17 October 2015 14:00	H	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	4,388		Groß  15'	12th	15	[42]
14	24 October 2015 14:00	A	Stuttgarter Kickers	2–1	4,000	Shapourzadeh  38' Weil  73'	Soriano  23'	11th	18	[43]
15	31 October 2015 14:00	H	VfR Aalen	2–2	4,395	Schoppenhauer  69' Shapourzadeh  76'	Drexler  74' Kienle  86'	11th	19	[44]
16	7 November 2015 14:00	A	Hansa Rostock	0–0	9,050			9th	20	[45]
17	21 November 2015 14:00	H	Energie Cottbus	2–2	4,178	Weil  48' Jabiri  68'	Breitkreuz  19', 63'	10th	21	[46]
18	28 November 2015 14:00	A	Holstein Kiel	2–1	4,807	Daghfous  29' Jabiri  74'	Kurzweg  19' (o.g.)	8th	24	[47]
19	5 December 2015 14:00	H	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	5,617	Fennell  88'	Beck  42'	9th	25	[48]
20	12 December 2015 14:00	H	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	0–0	3,301			9th	26	[49]
21	17 December 2015 20:30	A	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	25,775	Karsanidis  38'	Testroet  28' Eilers  45+1'	11th	26	[50]
22	30 January 2016 14:00	A	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	2–1	2,500	Weil  48' Soriano  48'	Dittgen  48'	10th	29	[51]
23	6 February 2016 14:00	H	VfB Stuttgart II	0–0	3,751			8th	30	[52]
24	14 February 2016 14:00	A	FC Erzgebirge Aue	0–0	6,000			10th	31	[53]
25	17 February 2016 19:00	H	Preußen Münster	3–0	3,896	Soriano  3', 10' Fennell  90'		7th	34	[54]
26	21 February 2016 14:00	A	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0–1	4,121		Kammlott  55'	10th	34	[55]
27	27 February 2016 14:00	H	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	1–0	3,503	Shapourzadeh  28' (pen.)		8th	37	[56]
28	1 March 2016 19:00	A	Hallescher FC	3–1	6,043	Karsanidis  36' Daghfous  51' Benatelli  64'	Kleineheismann  71'	6th	40	[57]
29	5 March 2016 14:00	H	SV Werder Bremen II	1–1	3,721	Shapourzadeh  80' (pen.)	von Haacke  90+3' (pen.)	6th	41	[58]
30	12 March 2016 14:00	A	Chemnitzer FC	1–0	5,586	Benatelli  28'		6th	44	[59]
31	18 March 2016 19:00	H	SC Fortuna Köln	4–1	5,378	Shapourzadeh  39' (pen.) Soriano  51' Jabiri  76' Daghfous  81'	Königs  35'	4th	47	[60]
32	2 April 2016 14:00	A	VfL Osnabrück	1–1	10,395	Fennell  44'	Alvarez  10'	5th	48	[61]
33	9 April 2016 14:00	H	Stuttgarter Kickers	2–1	5,422	Shapourzadeh  44' (pen.)  70'	Badiane  78'	4th	51	[62]
34	15 April 2016 19:00	A	VfR Aalen	1–0	5,096	Benatelli  4'		3rd	54	[63]
35	23 April 2016 14:00	H	Hansa Rostock	2–1	7,969	Soriano  22', 32'	Ahlschwede  78'	3rd	57	[64]
36	30 April 2016 14:00	A	Energie Cottbus	2–1	5,907	Soriano  61' Fennell  66'	Sukuta-Pasu  12'	3rd	60	[65]
37	7 May 2015 13:30	H	Holstein Kiel	–
38	14 May 2015 13:30	A	1. FC Magdeburg	–

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (P)	36	19	15	2	70	32	+38	72	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Erzgebirge Aue (T)	36	17	13	6	37	21	+16	64
3	Würzburger Kickers	36	15	15	6	41	24	+17	60	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	VfL Osnabrück	36	14	14	8	44	36	+8	56
5	Sonnenhof Großaspach	36	14	12	10	57	44	+13	54

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 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.

DFB-Pokal

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								Würzburger Kickers	Opponent
Round 1	8 August 2015	15:30	H	Würzburg	Werder Bremen	0–2 (a.e.t.)	9,706		Ujah  102' Bartels  108'	[66]

Bavarian Cup

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff^1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								Würzburger Kickers	Opponent
1	12 August 2015	18:15	A	Münnerstadt	FC Teutonia Reichenbach	6–0	400	Jabiri  33', 34', 77' Bieber  60' (pen.) Weiß  71' Weißenberger  74'		[67]
2	19 August 2015	18:15	A	Großbardorf	TSV Großbardorf	4–0	1,350	Bieber  35', 64' Jabiri  42', 82'		[68]
3	6 October 2015	19:00	A	Bamberg	FC Eintracht Bamberg	3–2	650	Shapourzadeh  30', 75' Vocaj  44'	Haas  14' Seybold  90'	[69]
QF	6 April 2016	18:00	A	Schalding-Heining	SV Schalding-Heining	3–1	544	Gutjahr  30', 75' Nagy  44'	Pillmeier  8'	[70]
SF	20 April 2016	18:30	A	Memmingen	FC Memmingen	3–0	861	Gutjahr  5' Russ  39' Jabiri  69'		[71]
Final	28 May 2016	14:30	A	Unterhaching	SpVgg Unterhaching	–

Player informations

As of 30 April 2016.^[72]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		3. Liga		DFB–Pokal		Bavarian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Dominik Brunnhübner	7	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
2	MF		Dennis Schmitt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Dominik Nothnagel	33	1	28	1	1	0	4	0
4	MF		Rico Benatelli	36	5	34	5	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Clemens Schoppenhauer	35	1	29	1	1	0	5	0
6	DF		Niklas Weißenberger	14	1	10	0	0	0	4	1
7	MF		Marco Haller	22	0	19	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Liridon Vocaj	18	1	14	0	0	0	4	1
9	MF		Amir Shapourzadeh	31	10	29	8	1	0	1	2
10	MF		Nejmeddin Daghfous	29	4	28	4	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Richard Weil	37	3	34	3	1	0	2	0
14	MF		Joannis Karsanidis	34	2	31	2	1	0	2	0
16	DF		Peter Kurzweg	32	0	28	0	1	0	3	0
17	FW		Daniele Bruno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Nico Gutjahr	9	3	4	0	1	0	4	3
19	GK		Kenan Mujezinovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF		Dániel Nagy	28	1	24	0	1	0	3	1
21	DF		Christian Demirtas	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Dennis Russ	22	2	16	1	1	0	5	1
25	DF		Paweł Thomik	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0
26	DF		Royal-Dominique Fennell	37	4	35	4	1	0	1	0
27	FW		Adam Jabiri	29	10	24	4	1	0	4	6
28	GK		Robert Wulnikowski	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Emanuel Taffertshofer	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF		Nico Herzig	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF		Lukas Billick	21	0	17	0	0	0	4	0
33	FW		Elia Soriano	12	7	11	7	0	0	1	0
37	FW		Christopher Bieber	19	4	16	1	0	0	3	3
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
23	MF		Fabian Weiß	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1

Notes

• 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
• 2.^ Würzburger Kickers goals first.

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