2015–16 2. Bundesliga

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2. Bundesliga
Season 2015–16
Champions SC Freiburg
Promoted SC Freiburg
RB Leipzig
Relegated MSV Duisburg (via play offs)
FSV Frankfurt
SC Paderborn
Matches played 306
Goals scored 808 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer Simon Terodde
(25 goals)
Biggest home win Eintracht Braunschweig 6−0
Karlsruher SC
Biggest away win SC Paderborn 0−6
SV Sandhausen
Highest scoring SC Freiburg 6−3
1. FC Nürnberg
Longest winning run 8 games[1]
SC Freiburg
Longest unbeaten run 18 games[1]
1. FC Nürnberg
Longest winless run 13 games[1]
SC Paderborn
Longest losing run 6 games[1]
FSV Frankfurt
Highest attendance 54,100[1]
1860 Munich v SC Paderborn
Lowest attendance 4,084[1]
Frankfurt v Sandhausen
Average attendance 19,176[1]

The 2015–16 2. Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the 2. Bundesliga.

Teams

A total of 18 teams participated in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga. These include 14 teams from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga, together with SC Freiburg and SC Paderborn, who directly relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga, and Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg, who directly promoted from the 2014–15 3. Liga. The 16th-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga team, 1860 Munich, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2014–15 3. Liga, Holstein Kiel, in a two-legged play-off and avoided relegation.

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arminia Bielefeld Bielefeld Schüco-Arena 27,300
VfL Bochum Bochum rewirpowerSTADION 29,299
Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweig Eintracht-Stadion 23,325
MSV Duisburg Duisburg MSV-Arena 31,500
Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Esprit Arena 54,600
FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion 12,542
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Fürth Trolli Arena 18,500
SC Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Schwarzwald-Stadion 24,000
1. FC Heidenheim Heidenheim Voith-Arena 15,000
1. FC Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz-Walter-Stadion 49,780
Karlsruher SC Karlsruhe Wildparkstadion 29,699
RB Leipzig Leipzig Red Bull Arena 44,345Note 1
1860 Munich Munich Allianz Arena 71,000
1. FC Nürnberg Nuremberg Grundig-Stadion 50,000
SC Paderborn 07 Paderborn Benteler Arena 15,000
SV Sandhausen Sandhausen Hardtwald 12,100
FC St. Pauli Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion 29,546[2]
1. FC Union Berlin Berlin Alte Försterei 21,704

Notes

  1. The capacity is reduced to 42,959 spectators during the 2015-16 season, due to a redevelopment of various stadium areas. The redevelopment includes an expansion of the VIP area, the press box and the wheelchair spaces.[3][4]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arminia Bielefeld Germany Norbert Meier Germany Fabian Klos Saller Alpecin
VfL Bochum Netherlands Gertjan Verbeek Germany Patrick Fabian Nike BOOSTER Energy Drink (H) / Netto (A)
MSV Duisburg Bulgaria Iliya Gruev Bosnia and Herzegovina Branimir Bajić Uhlsport Black Crevice
Eintracht Braunschweig Germany Torsten Lieberknecht Portugal Marcel Correia Nike SEAT
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Friedhelm Funkel Poland Adam Bodzek Puma o.tel.o
SC Freiburg Germany Christian Streich Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Mujdža Nike Ehrmann
FSV Frankfurt Germany Falko Götz Germany Manuel Konrad Saller Ayondo
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Germany Stefan Ruthenbeck Germany Marco Caligiuri Hummel Ergo Direkt Versicherungen
1. FC Heidenheim Germany Frank Schmidt Germany Marc Schnatterer Nike Hartmann Gruppe
1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany Konrad Fünfstück Germany Chris Löwe uhlsport Maxda
Karlsruher SC Germany Markus Kauczinski Germany Dirk Orlishausen Jako Klaiber Markisen
RB Leipzig Germany Ralf Rangnick Germany Dominik Kaiser Nike Red Bull
1860 Munich Russia Denis Bushuev Germany Christopher Schindler Macron Volkswagen
1. FC Nürnberg Switzerland René Weiler Norway Even Hovland adidas Wolf-Möbel
SC Paderborn 07 Germany René Müller Germany Uwe Hünemeier Saller kfzteile24
SV Sandhausen Germany Alois Schwartz Austria Stefan Kulovits Puma Verivox
FC St. Pauli Germany Ewald Lienen Germany Sören Gonther Hummel Congstar
1. FC Union Berlin Germany André Hofschneider Croatia Damir Kreilach Macron kfzteile24

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
RB Leipzig Germany Achim Beierlorzer End of caretaker stint 11 May 2015 Preseason Germany Ralf Rangnick 29 May 2015[5]
Greuther Fürth Germany Mike Büskens Stepped down 28 May 2015[6] Germany Stefan Ruthenbeck 12 June 2015[7]
SC Paderborn Germany André Breitenreiter Left 12 June 2015[8] Germany Markus Gellhaus 13 June 2015[9]
Union Berlin Germany Norbert Düwel Sacked 31 August 2015[10] 14th Germany Sascha Lewandowski 1 September 2015[11]
1. FC Kaiserslautern Croatia Kosta Runjaić Resigned 23 September 2015[12] 12th Germany Konrad Fünfstück 23 September 2015[12]
1860 Munich Germany Torsten Fröhling Sacked 6 October 2015[13] 17th Germany Benno Möhlmann 6 October 2015[13]
SC Paderborn Germany Markus Gellhaus Sacked 6 October 2015[13] 15th Germany Stefan Effenberg 13 October 2015[14]
MSV Duisburg Italy Gino Lettieri Sacked 2 November 2015[15] 18th Bulgaria Iliya Gruev 3 November 2015[16]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Frank Kramer Sacked 23 November 2015[17] 17th Germany Peter Hermann (interim) 23 November 2015[17]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Peter Hermann (interim) Replaced 23 December 2015[18] 15th Germany Marco Kurz 23 December 2015[18]
SC Paderborn Germany Stefan Effenberg Sacked 3 March 2016[19] 17th Germany René Müller 3 March 2016[19]
Union Berlin Germany Sascha Lewandowski Stepped down 4 March 2016[20] 11th Germany André Hofschneider 4 March 2016[21]
Fortuna Düsseldorf Germany Marco Kurz Sacked 13 March 2016[22] 16th Germany Friedhelm Funkel 14 March 2016[23]
FSV Frankfurt Germany Tomas Oral Sacked 10 April 2016[24] 14th Germany Falko Götz 11 April 2016[25]
1860 Munich Germany Benno Möhlmann Sacked 19 April 2016[26] 17th Germany Daniel Bierofka 19 April 2016[26]
1860 Munich Germany Daniel Bierofka Permit expired 9 May 2016[27] 14th Russia Denis Bushuev 19 April 2016[27]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SC Freiburg (C, P) 34 22 6 6 75 39 +36 72 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 RB Leipzig (P) 34 20 7 7 54 32 +22 67
3 1. FC Nürnberg 34 19 8 7 68 41 +27 65 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4 St. Pauli 34 15 8 11 45 39 +6 53
5 VfL Bochum 34 13 12 9 56 40 +16 51
6 Union Berlin 34 13 10 11 56 50 +6 49
7 Karlsruher SC 34 12 11 11 35 37 −2 47
8 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 12 10 12 44 38 +6 46
9 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 13 7 14 49 55 −6 46
10 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 12 9 13 49 47 +2 45
11 1. FC Heidenheim 34 11 12 11 42 40 +2 45
12 Arminia Bielefeld 34 8 18 8 38 39 −1 42
13 SV Sandhausen[lower-alpha 1] 34 12 7 15 40 50 −10 40
14 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 9 8 17 32 47 −15 35
15 1860 Munich 34 8 10 16 32 46 −14 34
16 MSV Duisburg (R) 34 7 11 16 32 54 −22 32 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
17 FSV Frankfurt (R) 34 8 8 18 33 59 −26 32 Relegation to 3. Liga
18 SC Paderborn (R) 34 6 10 18 28 55 −27 28
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SV Sandhausen were deducted three points for license violation.[28]

Results

Home ╲ Away M60 BIE BOC BRS DUI DÜS FSV FRE GRF HEI KAI KAR NUR PAD RBL SAN STP UNB
1860 München 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–0
Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 4–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0
VfL Bochum 1–0 2–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–4 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1
Eintracht Braunschweig 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 6–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 2–1
MSV Duisburg 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–5 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1
Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–3
FSV Frankfurt 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–4 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2
SC Freiburg 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 6–3 4–1 2–1 4–1 4–3 3–0
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1–0 0–0 0–5 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–4 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–0
1. FC Heidenheim 1–0 3–2 2–4 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–2
Karlsruher SC 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3
1. FC Nürnberg 2–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 6–2
SC Paderborn 4–4 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–6 0–0 0–4
RB Leipzig 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–0
SV Sandhausen 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 4–3
FC St. Pauli 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 5–2 1–2 0–4 3–4 1–0 1–3 0–0
Union Berlin 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–3

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016.
Source: kicker.de
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 16th faced the 3rd-placed 2015–16 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga.

First leg

Würzburger Kickers
MSV Duisburg
GK 28 Poland Robert Wulnikowski (c)
RB 22 Germany Dennis Russ Substituted off 74'
CB 11 Germany Richard Weil
CB 5 Germany Clemens Schoppenhauer
LB 16 Germany Peter Kurzweg
CM 30 Germany Emanuel Taffertshofer
CM 26 United States Royal-Dominique Fennell
RW 10 Germany Nejmeddin Daghfous
AM 4 Germany Rico Benatelli
LW 14 Greece Joannis Karsanidis Substituted off 57'
CF 33 Italy Elia Soriano Substituted off 70'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Germany Dominik Brunnhübner
DF 32 Germany Lukas Billick
MF 2 Germany Dennis Schmitt
MF 7 Germany Marco Haller Substituted in 57'
MF 9 Iran Amir Shapourzadeh Substituted in 74'
MF 20 Hungary Dániel Nagy Booked 76' Substituted in 70'
FW 27 Germany Adam Jabiri
Manager:
Germany Bernd Hollerbach
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GK 30 Germany Marcel Lenz
RB 28 Germany Steffen Bohl
CB 25 Germany Thomas Meißner
CB 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Branimir Bajić (c) Booked 8'
LB 27 Germany Dan-Patrick Poggenberg
RM 36 Georgia (country) Giorgi Chanturia Substituted off 75'
CM 23 Australia James Holland
CM 3 Germany Enis Hajri
LM 17 Germany Kevin Wolze Substituted off 86'
CF 10 Nigeria Kingsley Onuegbu Booked 9' Substituted off 53'
CF 11 Russia Stanislav Iljutcenko
Substitutes:
GK 39 Senegal Timothy Dieng
DF 21 Venezuela Rolf Feltscher
MF 13 Germany Zlatko Janjić
MF 14 Germany Tim Albutat
MF 19 Germany Nico Klotz Substituted in 75'
FW 8 Germany Thomas Bröker Substituted in 86'
FW 33 Germany Kevin Scheidhauer Substituted in 53'
Manager:
Bulgaria Iliya Gruev
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Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

MSV Duisburg
Würzburger Kickers
GK 30 Germany Marcel Lenz
CB 25 Germany Thomas Meißner
CB 23 Australia James Holland
CB 3 Germany Enis Hajri
RM 21 Venezuela Rolf Feltscher
CM 36 Georgia (country) Giorgi Chanturia Substituted off 56'
CM 14 Germany Tim Albutat Substituted off 73'
CM 17 Germany Kevin Wolze Booked 67' Substituted off 71'
LM 27 Germany Dan-Patrick Poggenberg
CF 15 Nigeria Victor Obinna Red card 89'
CF 10 Nigeria Kingsley Onuegbu (c)
Substitutes:
GK 39 Senegal Timothy Dieng
DF 28 Germany Steffen Bohl
MF 13 Germany Zlatko Janjić
MF 19 Germany Nico Klotz Substituted in 56'
MF 38 Germany Barış Özbek
FW 8 Germany Thomas Bröker Substituted in 71'
FW 11 Russia Stanislav Iljutcenko Substituted in 73'
Manager:
Bulgaria Iliya Gruev
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GK 28 Poland Robert Wulnikowski (c)
RB 11 Germany Richard Weil
CB 5 Germany Clemens Schoppenhauer
CB 26 United States Royal-Dominique Fennell Booked 64'
LB 16 Germany Peter Kurzweg Booked 22' Substituted off 72'
CM 30 Germany Emanuel Taffertshofer
CM 4 Germany Rico Benatelli
RW 22 Germany Dennis Russ
AM 14 Greece Joannis Karsanidis Booked 81' Substituted off 83'
LW 7 Germany Marco Haller
CF 33 Italy Elia Soriano Substituted off 88'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Germany Dominik Brunnhübner
DF 3 Germany Dominik Nothnagel Substituted in 72'
DF 6 Germany Niklas Weißenberger
DF 32 Germany Lukas Billick Substituted in 83'
MF 9 Iran Amir Shapourzadeh
MF 18 Germany Nico Gutjahr
FW 27 Germany Adam Jabiri Substituted in 88'
Manager:
Germany Bernd Hollerbach
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Match rules:

Würzburger Kickers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Player statistics

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date Ref
Germany Nils Petersen SC Freiburg 1. FC Nürnberg 6−3 27 July 2015 [31]
Germany Lennart Thy4 FC St. Pauli Fortuna Düsseldorf 4−0 9 November 2015 [32]
Germany Nils Petersen SC Freiburg SC Paderborn 4−1 22 November 2015 [33]
Austria Rubin Okotie 1860 Munich SC Paderborn 4−4 28 November 2015 [34]
Germany Niclas Füllkrug 1. FC Nürnberg Union Berlin 6−2 23 April 2016 [35]
Germany Simon Terodde VfL Bochum 1. FC Heidenheim 4−2 15 May 2016 [36]

4 Player scored four goals

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