2015–16_Niedersachsenliga
2015–16 Niedersachsenliga
Football league season
The 2015–16 season of the Niedersachsenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Lower Saxony, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.[3]
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Lupo Martini Wolfsburg |
| Promoted | Lupo Martini WolfsburgGermania Egestorf |
| Relegated | TuS LingenVfL BückeburgTeutonia Uelzen |
| Matches played | 240[1] |
| Top goalscorer | Keven Oltmer (21 goals)[2] |
| Total attendance | 54,308[1] |
| Average attendance | 226[1] |
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 16 May 2016. | |
The season began on 7 August 2015 and finished on 22 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 20 December to 7 February.[4]
The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, VfL Bückeburg, SVG Göttingen, Heeslinger SC and TuS Lingen, all four promoted from the Landesligas, while FT Braunschweig was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.[5]
Of the Niedersachsenliga teams only Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and Germania Egestorf applied for a Regionalliga licence for the 2016–17 season, with the Northern German Football Association deciding on 9 May 2016 to grant all applicants a licence.[6][7]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lupo-Martini Wolfsburg (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 72 | Promotion to Regionalliga Nord |
| 2 | Germania Egestorf (P) | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 53 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 3 | SSV Jeddeloh | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 50 | |
| 4 | Eintract Northeim | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 48 | |
| 5 | SC Spelle-Venhaus | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 44 | |
| 6 | SVG Göttingen | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 43 | |
| 7 | FT Braunschweig | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 43 | |
| 8 | VfL Osnabrück II[lower-alpha 1] | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 42 | |
| 9 | VfL Oldenburg | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 42 | |
| 10 | Arminia Hannover | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 41 | |
| 11 | TuS Lingen (X) | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 40 | Withdrawn to 2. Kreisklasse[lower-alpha 2] |
| 12 | 1. FC Wunstorf | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 40 | |
| 13 | Heeslinger SC | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 40 | |
| 14 | TB Uphusen | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 33 | |
| 15 | VfL Bückeburg (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 42 | 77 | −35 | 25 | Relegation to Landesliga |
| 16 | Teutonia Uelzen (R) | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 32 | 97 | −65 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) goals scored away from home against opponent; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Voluntarily demoted
Notes:
- Reserve teams of 3. Liga clubs are ineligible for Regionalliga promotion.
- TuS Lingen withdrew to the 2. Kreisklasse for the following season for financial reasons.[8]
Top goalscorers
The top goal scorers for the season:[2]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Keven Oltmer |
SSV Jeddeloh | 21 |
| 2 | Nils Hillemann |
Eintracht Northeim | 18 |
| 3 | Sascha Wald |
SC Spelle-Venhaus | 16 |
| Julian Bennert |
SSV Jeddeloh | ||
| André Jädtke |
VfL Oldenburg |
Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord.[9] The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions or, in Hamburg's case, the only team applying for a licence, of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga played each other for two more spot in the Regionalliga. In the promotion round each team met the other just once with the two highest-placed teams in the final table promoted:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion | GER | SVE | ALT | BSV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germania Egestorf (P) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Promotion to Regionalliga | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | |
| 2 | SV Eichede (P) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | — | — | — | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Altona 93 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | — | 1–1 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Bremer SV | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Decider;
(P) Promoted
- 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga spectators (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
- 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga Goal scorers (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
- Niedersachsenliga tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
- Match calendar (in German) fupa.net, accessed: 17 December 2015
- Niedersachsenliga tables & results (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 20 December 2015
- "Regionalliga: 28 clubs apply for admission" (in German). Amateurfußball Hamburg. April 2016.
- "Regionalliga Nord 2016/2017: Zulassung für 28 Vereine erteilt" (in German). 9 May 2016.
- "TuS Lingen zieht Oberliga-Team zurück" [TuS Lingen pulls out Oberliga team]. FuPa. 6 June 2016.
- Ausschreibung für den Spielbetrieb des Spieljahres 2015/16 der Oberliga Niedersachsen (in German) Lower Saxony Football Federation, Promotion and relegation rules, accessed: 17 December 2015
- Niedersachsenliga on Fupa.net (in German)