2015–16 2. Bundesliga
Season | 2015–16 |
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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] |
← 2014–15
2016–17 →
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The 2015–16 2. Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the 2. Bundesliga.
Contents
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 |
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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
- 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
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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RB Leipzig | Achim Beierlorzer | End of caretaker stint | 11 May 2015 | Preseason | Ralf Rangnick | 29 May 2015[5] |
Greuther Fürth | Mike Büskens | Stepped down | 28 May 2015[6] | Stefan Ruthenbeck | 12 June 2015[7] | |
SC Paderborn | André Breitenreiter | Left | 12 June 2015[8] | Markus Gellhaus | 13 June 2015[9] | |
Union Berlin | Norbert Düwel | Sacked | 31 August 2015[10] | 14th | Sascha Lewandowski | 1 September 2015[11] |
1. FC Kaiserslautern | Kosta Runjaić | Resigned | 23 September 2015[12] | 12th | Konrad Fünfstück | 23 September 2015[12] |
1860 Munich | Torsten Fröhling | Sacked | 6 October 2015[13] | 17th | Benno Möhlmann | 6 October 2015[13] |
SC Paderborn | Markus Gellhaus | Sacked | 6 October 2015[13] | 15th | Stefan Effenberg | 13 October 2015[14] |
MSV Duisburg | Gino Lettieri | Sacked | 2 November 2015[15] | 18th | Iliya Gruev | 3 November 2015[16] |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Frank Kramer | Sacked | 23 November 2015[17] | 17th | Peter Hermann (interim) | 23 November 2015[17] |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Peter Hermann (interim) | Replaced | 23 December 2015[18] | 15th | Marco Kurz | 23 December 2015[18] |
SC Paderborn | Stefan Effenberg | Sacked | 3 March 2016[19] | 17th | René Müller | 3 March 2016[19] |
Union Berlin | Sascha Lewandowski | Stepped down | 4 March 2016[20] | 11th | André Hofschneider | 4 March 2016[21] |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | Marco Kurz | Sacked | 13 March 2016[22] | 16th | Friedhelm Funkel | 14 March 2016[23] |
FSV Frankfurt | Tomas Oral | Sacked | 10 April 2016[24] | 14th | Falko Götz | 11 April 2016[25] |
1860 Munich | Benno Möhlmann | Sacked | 19 April 2016[26] | 17th | Daniel Bierofka | 19 April 2016[26] |
1860 Munich | Daniel Bierofka | Permit expired | 9 May 2016[27] | 14th | Denis Bushuev | 19 April 2016[27] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ↑ 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
1 ^ 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 | 2–0 | MSV Duisburg |
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Second leg
MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Würzburger Kickers |
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Würzburger Kickers won 4–1 on aggregate.
Player statistics
Top goalscorers
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Top assists |
Hat-tricks
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Nils Petersen | SC Freiburg | 1. FC Nürnberg | 6−3 | 27 July 2015 | [31] |
Lennart Thy4 | FC St. Pauli | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4−0 | 9 November 2015 | [32] |
Nils Petersen | SC Freiburg | SC Paderborn | 4−1 | 22 November 2015 | [33] |
Rubin Okotie | 1860 Munich | SC Paderborn | 4−4 | 28 November 2015 | [34] |
Niclas Füllkrug | 1. FC Nürnberg | Union Berlin | 6−2 | 23 April 2016 | [35] |
Simon Terodde | VfL Bochum | 1. FC Heidenheim | 4−2 | 15 May 2016 | [36] |
4 Player scored four goals
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