2015–16 Niedersachsenliga

2015–16 Niedersachsenliga
Season 2015–16
Matches played 133[1]
Top goalscorer Julian Bennert (13 goals)[2]
Total attendance 31,186[1]
Average attendance 234[1]
← 2014–15
2016–17 →

All statistics correct as of 9 February 2016.

The 2015–16 season of the Niedersachsenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Lower Saxony, is the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.[3]

The season began on 7 August 2015 and will finish on 22 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 20 December to 7 February.[4]

2015–16 standings

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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lupo-Martini Wolfsburg 17 14 2 1 39 13 +26 44 Promotion to Regionalliga Nord
2 SVG Göttingen 16 9 7 0 35 16 +19 34 Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 Germania Egestorf 16 10 3 3 38 18 +20 33
4 1. FC Wunstorf 17 7 5 5 32 25 +7 26
5 SSV Jeddeloh 18 7 5 6 39 38 +1 26
6 VfL Osnabrück II 18 7 5 6 35 36 1 26
7 Eintract Northeim 17 8 1 8 34 31 +3 25
8 TuS Lingen 18 6 6 6 34 26 +8 24
9 SC Spelle-Venhaus 16 6 4 6 39 33 +6 22
10 VfL Oldenburg 17 5 7 5 18 21 3 22
11 Heeslinger SC 17 6 3 8 28 32 4 21
12 FT Braunschweig 17 6 3 8 26 31 5 21
13 Arminia Hannover 16 5 4 7 27 28 1 19 Possible relegation to Landesliga
14 TB Uphusen 16 5 4 7 25 35 10 19
15 VfL Bückeburg 15 1 3 11 16 39 23 6 Relegation to Landesliga
16 Teutonia Uelzen 17 0 2 15 16 59 43 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2016. Source: soccerway.com
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

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[2]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Julian Bennert SSV Jeddeloh 13
2 Germany Keven Oltmer SSV Jeddeloh 12
3 Germany Sascha Wald SC Spelle-Venhaus 11
Germany Colin Heins TuS Lingen

Promotion play-offs

Promotion play-offs will be held at the end of the season for the Regionalliga.[6]

To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga are scheduled to play each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga.

References

  1. 1 2 3 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga spectators (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  2. 1 2 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga Goal scorers (German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  3. Niedersachsenliga tables (German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
  4. Match calendar (German) fupa.net, accessed: 17 December 2015
  5. Niedersachsenliga tables & results (German) kicker.de, accessed: 20 December 2015
  6. Ausschreibung für den Spielbetrieb des Spieljahres 2015/16 der Oberliga Niedersachsen (German) Lower Saxony Football Federation, Promotion and relegation rules, accessed: 17 December 2015

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