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Season | 2015–16 |
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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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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. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, after winning their 24th Bundesliga title and 25th German championship overall in the previous season.
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.
A total of 18 teams were participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2014–15 season and the two sides were directly promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season: FC Ingolstadt, the champions, and Darmstadt 98, the runners-up. The final participant was decided by a two-legged play-off, in which the 16th-placed Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Ref. |
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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 | |
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 | |
VfB Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 60,441 | |
Werder Bremen | Bremen | Weserstadion | 42,100 | |
VfL Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Arena | 30,000 |
Team | Outgoing | Manner | Exit date | Position in table | Incoming | Incoming date | Ref. | ||
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Announced on | Departed on | Announced on | Arrived on | ||||||
Borussia Dortmund | Jürgen Klopp | Resigned | 15 April 2015 | 30 June 2015 | Pre-season | Thomas Tuchel | 19 April 2015 | 1 July 2015 | |
VfB Stuttgart | Huub Stevens | End of contract | 24 May 2015 | Alexander Zorniger | 25 May 2015 | ||||
Schalke 04 | Roberto Di Matteo | Resigned | 26 May 2015 | André Breitenreiter | 12 June 2015 | ||||
Eintracht Frankfurt | Thomas Schaaf | Armin Veh | 14 June 2015 | ||||||
Borussia Mönchengladbach | Lucien Favre | 20 September 2015 | 18th | André Schubert | 21 September 2015 | ||||
1899 Hoffenheim | Markus Gisdol | Sacked | 26 October 2015 | 17th | Huub Stevens | 26 October 2015 | |||
VfB Stuttgart | Alexander Zorniger | Sacked | 24 November 2015 | 16th | Jürgen Kramny | 24 November 2015 | |||
Hannover 96 | Michael Frontzeck | Resigned | 21 December 2015 | 17th | Thomas Schaaf | 28 December 2015 | 4 January 2016 | ||
1899 Hoffenheim | Huub Stevens | 10 February 2016 | Julian Nagelsmann | 11 February 2016 | |||||
Eintracht Frankfurt | Armin Veh | Sacked | 6 March 2016 | 16th | Niko Kovač | 8 March 2016 | |||
Hannover 96 | Thomas Schaaf | 3 April 2016 | 18th | Daniel Stendel | 3 April 2016 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
The team which finished 16th faced the third-placed 2015–16 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into the 2016–17 Bundesliga.
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Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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August | Douglas Costa | Bayern Munich | |
September | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | |
October | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Borussia Dortmund | |
November | Javier Hernández | Bayer Leverkusen | |
December | Javier Hernández | Bayer Leverkusen | |
January | Javier Hernández | Bayer Leverkusen | |
February | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | |
March | André Schürrle | VfL Wolfsburg | |
April | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Borussia Dortmund | |
May | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich |