2015–16_Bundesliga

Bundesliga
Season	2015–16
Dates	14 August 2015 – 14 May 2016
Champions	Bayern Munich; 25th Bundesliga title; 26th German title
Relegated	VfB Stuttgart; Hannover 96
Champions League	Bayern Munich; Borussia Dortmund; Bayer Leverkusen; Borussia Mönchengladbach
Europa League	Schalke 04; Mainz 05; Hertha BSC
Matches played	306
Goals scored	866 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski; (30 goals)
Biggest home win	VfL Wolfsburg 6–0 Werder Bremen
Biggest away win	Eintracht Frankfurt 1–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach; Darmstadt 98 0–4 Hertha BSC
Highest scoring	Eintracht Frankfurt 6–2 1. FC Köln; Werder Bremen 6–2 VfB Stuttgart
Longest winning run	10 matches; Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches; Borussia Dortmund
Longest winless run	9 matches; VfB Stuttgart
Longest losing run	8 matches; Hannover 96
Highest attendance	81,359; Borussia Dortmund 4–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach; (15 August 2015)
Lowest attendance	13,500; FC Ingolstadt 1–0 Mainz 05
Average attendance	43,309
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2015–16 Bundesliga

53rd season of the Bundesliga

The 2015–16 Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. The season started on 14 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.^[2] Bayern Munich were the defending champions, after winning their 24th Bundesliga title and 25th German championship overall in the previous season.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Bayern Munich won the 2015–16 title in the second-last round on 7 May 2016, thereby becoming the first club in the history of the Bundesliga and the German football championship to win four consecutive championships.^[3]

Results

More information Home \ Away, FCA ...

Home \ Away	FCA	BSC	SVW	D98	BVB	SGE	HSV	H96	TSG	FCI	KOE	B04	M05	BMG	FCB	S04	VFB	WOB
FC Augsburg	—	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–3	3–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–0
Hertha BSC	0–0	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–4	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–1
Werder Bremen	1–2	3–3	—	2–2	1–3	1–0	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–3	6–2	3–2
Darmstadt 98	2–2	0–4	2–1	—	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–1
Borussia Dortmund	5–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	—	4–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	3–2	4–1	5–1
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	6–2	1–3	2–1	1–5	0–0	0–0	2–4	3–2
Hamburger SV	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	—	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1
Hannover 96	0–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–4	1–2	0–3	—	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–4
1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	—	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–3	1–2	1–4	2–2	1–0
FC Ingolstadt	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–3	0–0
1. FC Köln	0–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–3	1–3	1–1
Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	—	1–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	4–3	3–0
Mainz 05	4–2	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–3	3–1	—	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	5–0	5–1	3–2	1–3	3–0	0–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	—	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–0
Bayern Munich	2–1	2–0	5–0	3–1	5–1	1–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	—	3–0	4–0	5–1
Schalke 04	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	—	1–1	3–0
VfB Stuttgart	0–4	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–4	2–1	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–1	—	3–1
VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	2–0	6–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–1	—

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK ARENA	30,660
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,359	^[4]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Stadion im Borussia-Park	54,010
Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor	17,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000
Hannover 96	Hanover	HDI-Arena	49,000
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,475
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena	30,150
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,000
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieSTADION	50,000
Mainz 05	Mainz	Coface Arena	34,000
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271	^[5]
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,441
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	42,100	^[6]^[7]
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

Team			Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Markus Weinzierl	Paul Verhaegh	Nike	WWK	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Bayer Leverkusen	Roger Schmidt	Lars Bender	Adidas	LG Electronics	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Bayern Munich	Pep Guardiola	Philipp Lahm	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Borussia Dortmund	Thomas Tuchel	Mats Hummels	Puma	Evonik	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	André Schubert	Granit Xhaka	Kappa	Postbank	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Darmstadt 98	Dirk Schuster	Aytaç Sulu	Jako	Software AG	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Niko Kovač	Alexander Meier	Nike	Alfa Romeo	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Hamburger SV	Bruno Labbadia	Johan Djourou	Adidas	Fly Emirates	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Hannover 96	Daniel Stendel	Christian Schulz	Jako	Heinz von Heiden	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Hertha BSC	Pál Dárdai	Fabian Lustenberger	Nike	bet-at-home.com	^[8]^[9]^[10]
1899 Hoffenheim	Julian Nagelsmann	Pirmin Schwegler	Lotto	SAP	^[8]^[9]^[10]
FC Ingolstadt	Ralph Hasenhüttl	Marvin Matip	Adidas	Media Markt	^[8]^[9]^[10]
1. FC Köln	Peter Stöger	Matthias Lehmann	Erima	REWE	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Mainz 05	Martin Schmidt	Julian Baumgartlinger	Lotto	Kömmerling	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Schalke 04	André Breitenreiter	Benedikt Höwedes	Adidas	Gazprom	^[8]^[9]^[10]
VfB Stuttgart	Jürgen Kramny	Christian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank	^[8]^[9]^[10]
Werder Bremen	Viktor Skrypnyk	Clemens Fritz	Nike	Wiesenhof	^[8]^[9]^[10]
VfL Wolfsburg	Dieter Hecking	Diego Benaglio	Kappa	Volkswagen	^[8]^[9]^[10]

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
Team	Outgoing	Manner	Announced on	Departed on	Position in table	Incoming	Announced on	Arrived on	Ref.
Borussia Dortmund	Jürgen Klopp	Resigned	15 April 2015	30 June 2015	Pre-season	Thomas Tuchel	19 April 2015	1 July 2015	^[11]^[12]
VfB Stuttgart	Huub Stevens	End of contract	24 May 2015			Alexander Zorniger	25 May 2015		^[13]^[14]
Schalke 04	Roberto Di Matteo	Resigned	26 May 2015			André Breitenreiter	12 June 2015		^[15]^[16]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Thomas Schaaf		26 May 2015			Armin Veh	14 June 2015		^[17]^[18]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Lucien Favre		20 September 2015		18th	André Schubert^{[lower-alpha 1]}	21 September 2015		^[19]^[20]
1899 Hoffenheim	Markus Gisdol	Sacked	26 October 2015		17th	Huub Stevens	26 October 2015		^[21]
VfB Stuttgart	Alexander Zorniger	Sacked	24 November 2015		16th	Jürgen Kramny	24 November 2015		^[22]
Hannover 96	Michael Frontzeck	Resigned	21 December 2015		17th	Thomas Schaaf	28 December 2015	4 January 2016	^[23]^[24]
1899 Hoffenheim	Huub Stevens	Resigned	10 February 2016		17th	Julian Nagelsmann	11 February 2016		^[25]^[26]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Armin Veh	Sacked	6 March 2016		16th	Niko Kovač	8 March 2016		^[27]^[28]
Hannover 96	Thomas Schaaf	Sacked	3 April 2016		18th	Daniel Stendel	3 April 2016		^[29]

2015–16_Bundesliga

2015–16 Bundesliga

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Awards

Player of the Month

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	28	4	2	80	17	+63	88	Qualification for the 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 for the Champions League play-off round
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification for the 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 for the 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	1899 Hoffenheim	34	9	10	15	39	54	−15	37
16	Eintracht Frankfurt (O)	34	9	9	16	34	52	−18	36	Qualification for 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

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
August	Douglas Costa	Bayern Munich	^[32]
September	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[33]
October	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	^[34]
November	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	^[35]
December	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	^[36]
January	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	^[37]
February	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[38]
March	André Schürrle	VfL Wolfsburg	^[39]
April	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Borussia Dortmund	^[40]
May	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	^[41]