2015–16 in German football

Football in Germany
Season 2015–16
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The 2015–16 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Germany.

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League Promoted to League Relegated from League
Bundesliga
2. Bundesliga
3. Liga
Bundesliga (women)
2. Bundesliga (women)

National teams

Germany national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Georgia (country) Gibraltar
1  Germany 10 7 1 2 24 9 +15 22 Qualify for final tournament — 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–0
2  Poland 10 6 3 1 33 10 +23 21 2–0 — 2–1 2–2 4–0 8–1
3  Republic of Ireland 10 5 3 2 19 7 +12 18 Advance to play-offs 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 7–0
4  Scotland 10 4 3 3 22 12 +10 15 2–3 2–2 1–0 — 1–0 6–1
5  Georgia 10 3 0 7 10 16 −6 9 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–0 — 4–0
6  Gibraltar 10 0 0 10 2 56 −54 0 0–7 0–7 0–4 0–6 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying fixtures and results

      Win       Draw       Loss

Date Venue Location Opponent Score
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Ref.
Germany Opponent
4 September 2015 Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt  Poland 3 - 1 48,500 Müller  12'
Götze  19'  82'
Kroos  61'
Schweinsteiger  79'		 Rybus  8'
Lewandowski  36'
Grosicki  66'		 Italy Nicola Rizzoli
7 September 2015 Hampden Park Glasgow  Scotland 3 - 2 50,753 Müller  18'  34'
Gündoğan  54'		 Hummels  28' (o.g.)
McArthur  43'
Morrison  55'
Maloney  58'		 Netherlands Björn Kuipers
8 October 2015 Aviva Stadium Dublin  Republic of Ireland 0 - 1 50,604 Hummels  86' Long  70'
Hoolahan  89'		 Spain Carlos Velasco Carballo
11 October 2015 Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Leipzig  Georgia 2 - 1 43,630 Müller  50' (pen.)
Kruse  79'
Hummels  90+2'		 Navalovski  33'
Revishvili  49'
Kankava  53'
Okriashvili  71'		 Czech Republic Pavel Královec

UEFA Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)
21:00
Germany  Match 7  Ukraine
Report

16 June 2016 (2016-06-16)
21:00
Germany  Match 18  Poland
Report

21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)
18:00
Northern Ireland  Match 30  Germany
Report

Friendly matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Date Venue Location Opponent Score
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Ref.
Germany Opponent
13 November 2015 Stade de France Saint-Denis  France 0 - 2 65,000 Giroud  45+1'
Gignac  86'		 Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
17 November 2015 HDI-Arena Hanover  Netherlands Cancelled Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (Q) 6 6 0 0 30 0 +30 18 Final tournament
2  Hungary 6 2 2 2 7 17 −10 8 Final tournament or Play-offs
3  Croatia 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7
4  Russia 4 1 2 1 4 5 −1 5
5  Turkey (E) 6 0 1 5 1 21 −20 1
Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Date Venue Location Opponent Score
F–A		 Att. Goalscorers and disciplined players Ref.
Germany Hungary
18 September 2015 Erdgas Sportpark Halle (Saale)  Hungary 12 - 0 4,378 Popp  7'  66'
Maier  9'
Kemme  16'
Behringer  19' (pen.)
Bremer  28'  70'  84'
Goeßling  33'  39'
Laudehr  63'
Leupolz  72'		 [1]
22 September 2015 Stadion Kranjčevićeva Zagreb  Croatia 0 - 1 500 Popp  4' [2]
22 October 2015 Germany  Russia [3]
25 October 2015 Germany  Turkey [4]
8 April 2016 Turkey  Turkey [5]
12 April 2016 Germany  Croatia [6]

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga
Bundesliga standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich (C, Q) 33 27 4 2 77 16 +61 85 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Borussia Dortmund (Q) 33 24 5 4 80 32 +48 77
3 Bayer Leverkusen (Q) 33 17 6 10 53 38 +15 57
4 Borussia Mönchengladbach (X) 33 16 4 13 65 50 +15 52 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Mainz 05 (X) 33 14 7 12 46 42 +4 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Hertha BSC (X) 33 14 7 12 42 42 0 49
7 Schalke 04 (X) 33 14 7 12 47 48 −1 49 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 VfL Wolfsburg 33 11 9 13 44 48 −4 42
9 1. FC Köln 33 10 12 11 36 40 −4 42
10 FC Ingolstadt 33 10 10 13 31 39 −8 40
11 FC Augsburg 33 9 11 13 41 49 −8 38
12 Hamburger SV 33 10 8 15 37 45 −8 38
13 Darmstadt 98 33 9 11 13 38 51 −13 38
14 TSG Hoffenheim 33 9 10 14 38 50 −12 37
15 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 9 9 15 34 51 −17 36
16 Werder Bremen 33 9 8 16 49 65 −16 35 Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
17 VfB Stuttgart (Y) 33 9 6 18 49 72 −23 33 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Hannover 96 (R) 33 7 4 22 30 59 −29 25
Updated to match(es) played on 7 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.[7]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least Europa League, but may still qualify for Champions League; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-offs.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 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.

2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings
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
6 1. FC Union Berlin 32 12 10 10 54 47 +7 46
7 Karlsruher SC 32 12 10 10 34 34 0 46
8 1. FC Heidenheim 32 11 12 9 40 34 +6 45
9 Eintracht Braunschweig 32 11 10 11 41 34 +7 43
10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 32 12 7 13 45 51 −6 43
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern 32 11 9 12 44 41 +3 42
12 SV Sandhausen[lower-alpha 1] 32 12 6 14 37 45 −8 39
13 Arminia Bielefeld 32 7 17 8 35 38 −3 38
14 1860 Munich 32 7 10 15 30 44 −14 31
15 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 7 8 17 29 47 −18 29
16 FSV Frankfurt 32 7 8 17 31 57 −26 29 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 MSV Duisburg 32 6 10 16 29 52 −23 28 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 SC Paderborn 07 32 6 10 16 28 53 −25 28
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.
Notes:
  1. ↑ SV Sandhausen were deducted three points for license violation.[8]

3. Liga

Main article: 2015–16 3. Liga
3. Liga standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Dresden (P) 37 20 15 2 73 34 +39 75 Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2 Erzgebirge Aue (P) 37 18 13 6 39 21 +18 67
3 Würzburger Kickers (Q) 37 15 16 6 42 25 +17 61 Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4 1. FC Magdeburg 37 14 14 9 49 36 +13 56
5 VfL Osnabrück 37 14 14 9 45 38 +7 56
6 Sonnenhof Großaspach 37 14 12 11 57 45 +12 54
7 Chemnitzer FC 37 14 10 13 51 46 +5 52
8 Preußen Münster 37 12 13 12 43 38 +5 49
9 Hallescher FC 37 13 9 15 47 45 +2 48
10 Holstein Kiel 37 12 12 13 44 44 0 48
11 Rot-Weiß Erfurt 37 13 8 16 43 51 −8 47
12 Hansa Rostock 37 11 13 13 39 47 −8 46
13 Fortuna Köln 37 13 7 17 53 68 −15 46
14 Mainz 05 II[lower-alpha 1] 37 11 12 14 45 45 0 45
15 VfR Aalen 37 10 14 13 34 38 −4 44
16 Stuttgarter Kickers 37 11 10 16 38 51 −13 43
17 Energie Cottbus 37 9 14 14 30 49 −19 41
18 Werder Bremen II[lower-alpha 1] 37 10 10 17 40 55 −15 40 Relegation to Regionalliga
19 Wehen Wiesbaden 37 8 16 13 32 47 −15 40
20 VfB Stuttgart II[lower-alpha 1] (R) 37 7 10 20 37 60 −23 31
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Women's Champions League


Sources

  1. ↑ "Germany vs Hungary". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Croatia vs Germany". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Germany vs Russia". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Germany vs Turkey". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Turkey vs Germany". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Germany vs Croatia". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Verstoß gegen Lizenzierungsordnung: Punktabzug für Sandhausen". dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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