2015–16 in German football

Football in Germany
Season	2015–16
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga	SC Freiburg
3. Liga	Dynamo Dresden
DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich
DFL-Supercup	VfL Wolfsburg

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	FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Darmstadt 98	SC Freiburg SC Paderborn 07
2. Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg	FC Erzgebirge Aue VfR Aalen
3. Liga	Werder Bremen II 1. FC Magdeburg Würzburger Kickers	Borussia Dortmund II SpVgg Unterhaching SSV Jahn Regensburg
Bundesliga (women)	1. FC Köln Werder Bremen	MSV Duisburg Herforder SV
2. Bundesliga (women)	SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Borussia Mönchengladbach TSV Schott Mainz Eintracht Wetzlar BW Hohen Neuendorf	VfL Bochum 1. FC Union Berlin Magdeburger FFC 1. FFC Montabaur 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen

Post–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	SC Freiburg RB Leipzig	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96
2. Bundesliga	Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue	MSV Duisburg FSV Frankfurt SC Paderborn 07
3. Liga	FSV Zwickau Sportfreunde Lotte Jahn Regensburg	Stuttgarter Kickers Energie Cottbus VfB Stuttgart II
Bundesliga (women)	MSV Duisburg Borussia Mönchengladbach	Werder Bremen 1. FC Köln
2. Bundesliga (women)	Bramfelder SV 1. FC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen SC Sand II	ETSV Würzburg Alemannia Aachen FFV Leipzig Holstein Kiel

National teams

Germany national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	Qualify for final tournament	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.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Germany	Opponent	Ref.
4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)	Commerzbank-Arena	Frankfurt	Poland	3–1	48,500	Müller 12' Götze 19' 82' Kroos 61' Schweinsteiger 79'	Rybus 8' Lewandowski 36' Grosicki 66'	Nicola Rizzoli
7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)	Hampden Park	Glasgow	Scotland	3–2	50,753	Müller 18' 34' Gündoğan 54'	Hummels 28' (o.g.) McArthur 43' Morrison 55' Maloney 58'	Björn Kuipers
8 October 2015 (2015-10-08)	Aviva Stadium	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	0–1	50,604	Hummels 86'	Long 70' Hoolahan 89'	Carlos Velasco Carballo
11 October 2015 (2015-10-11)	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'	Pavel Královec

UEFA Euro 2016

12 June 2016 UEFA Euro 2016	Germany	v	Ukraine	Lille, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy

16 June 2016 UEFA Euro 2016	Germany	v	Poland	Saint-Denis, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Stade de France

21 June 2016 UEFA Euro 2016	Northern Ireland	v	Germany	Paris, France
21:00		Report		Stadium: Parc des Princes

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Germany	Opponent	Ref.
13 November 2015 (2015-11-13)	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	France	0–2	65,000		Giroud 45+1' Gignac 86'	Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	HDI-Arena	Hanover	Netherlands	Cancelled				Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)	Olympiastadion	Berlin	England	2–3	71,413	Can 39' Kroos 43' Gómez 57'	Kane 61' Vardy 75' Dier 81' 90+1'	Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)	Allianz Arena	Munich	Italy	4–1	62,653	Kroos 24' Götze 45' Hummels 57' Hector 59' Özil 75' (pen.) Mustafi 77'	Giaccherini 15' El Shaarawy 83'	Oliver Drachta (Austria)
29 May 2016 (2016-05-29)	WWK Arena	Augsburg	Slovakia	1–3	22,110	Gomez 13' (pen.)	Hamšík 41' Ďuriš 44' Kucka 52'	Serge Gumienny (Belgium)
4 June 2016 (2016-06-04)	Veltins-Arena	Gelsenkirchen	Hungary

Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Win Draw Loss

Pos	Team v t e	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.
Date	Venue	Location	Opponent	Score F–A	Att.	Germany	Hungary	Ref.
18 September 2015 (2015-09-18)	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 (2015-09-22)	Stadion Kranjčevićeva	Zagreb	Croatia	0–1	500	Popp 4'		^[2]
22 October 2015 (2015-10-22)		Germany	Russia					^[3]
25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)		Germany	Turkey					^[4]
8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)		Turkey	Turkey					^[5]
12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)		Germany	Croatia					^[6]

2016 SheBelieves Cup

Win Draw Loss

3 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	Germany	1–0	France	Tampa
17:00 (EST (UTC−5)	Maier 83'	Report		Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

6 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	Germany	2–1	England	Nashville
16:45 (CST (UTC−6)	Flaherty 76' (o.g.) Peter 82' (pen.)	Report	Duggan 9'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 25,363 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

9 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	United States	2–1	Germany	Boca Raton
19:45 (EST (UTC−5)	Morgan 37' Mewis 42'	Report	Mittag 30'	Stadium: FAU Stadium Attendance: 13,501 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	28	4	2	80	17	+63	88	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	24	6	4	82	34	+48	78
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	6	10	56	40	+16	60
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	4	13	67	50	+17	55	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification to Europa League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41
11	FC Ingolstadt	34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	50	65	−15	38
14	Darmstadt 98	34	9	11	14	38	53	−15	38
15	TSG Hoffenheim	34	9	10	15	39	54	−15	37
16	Eintracht Frankfurt (O)	34	9	9	16	34	52	−18	36	Qualification to the Relegation play-offs
17	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	9	6	19	50	75	−25	33	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Hannover 96 (R)	34	7	4	23	31	62	−31	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

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; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Since winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) is passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot for the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) is passed to the seventh-placed team.

2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Promotion to Bundesliga
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	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: kicker.de
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.^[8]

3. Liga

3. Liga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (C, P)	38	21	15	2	75	35	+40	78	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Erzgebirge Aue (P)	38	19	13	6	42	21	+21	70	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
3	Würzburger Kickers (O, P)	38	16	16	6	43	25	+18	64	Qualification to Promotion playoffs
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	14	14	10	49	37	+12	56
5	VfL Osnabrück	38	14	14	10	46	41	+5	56
6	Chemnitzer FC	38	15	10	13	52	46	+6	55
7	Sonnenhof Großaspach	38	14	12	12	58	47	+11	54
8	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	14	8	16	46	51	−5	50
9	Preußen Münster	38	12	13	13	43	41	+2	49
10	Hansa Rostock	38	12	13	13	42	48	−6	49
11	Fortuna Köln	38	14	7	17	56	69	−13	49
12	Mainz 05 II^{[lower-alpha 1]}	38	12	12	14	48	47	+1	48
13	Hallescher FC	38	13	9	16	48	48	0	48
14	Holstein Kiel	38	12	12	14	44	47	−3	48
15	VfR Aalen	38	10	14	14	35	40	−5	44
16	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	9	16	13	35	48	−13	43
17	Werder Bremen II^{[lower-alpha 1]}	38	11	10	17	42	56	−14	43
18	Stuttgarter Kickers (R)	38	11	10	17	38	52	−14	43	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Energie Cottbus (R)	38	9	14	15	32	52	−20	41
20	VfB Stuttgart II^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	38	7	10	21	38	63	−25	31

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Women's Champions League

Sources

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2015–16 in German football

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

Post–season

National teams

Germany national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D table

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying fixtures and results

UEFA Euro 2016

Friendly matches

Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

2016 SheBelieves Cup

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Bundesliga standings

2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings

3. Liga

3. Liga standings

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Women's Champions League

Sources

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