2015–16 Hessenliga Explained

Competition:2015–16 Hessenliga
Season:2015–16
Winners:Teutonia Watzenborn
Promoted:Teutonia Watzenborn
Relegated:1. FC Eschborn
SV Wiesbaden
Spvgg 05 Oberrad
SV Buchonia Flieden
Matches:272
League Topscorer:Raffael Szymanski (26 goals)
Highest Attendance:7,200[1]
Lowest Attendance:50
Attendance:93,131
Average Attendance:342
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17

The 2015–16 season of the Hessenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Hesse, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 38th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Hessen.[2]

The season began on 24 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 12 December to 20 February.[3]

Standings

The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, Borussia Fulda, Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg, SC Hessen Dreieich and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, all four promoted from the Verbandsligas, while KSV Baunatal was relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[4]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Raffael SzymanskiTeutonia Watzenborn26
2 Varol AkgözRot-Weiss Frankfurt24
3 Younes BahssouSV Wiesbaden21
Denis WeineckerTeutonia Watzenborn
5 Serdar BayrakFSC Lohfelden19
Cem KaraRot-Weiss Frankfurt

Promotion play-off

Promotion play-off will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.[5]

To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga Südwest, with each team playing the other just once:[6]

To the Oberliga

The runners-up of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd and Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte compete for two more spots in the Oberliga which FC Ederbergland and Rot-Weiß Darmstadt won.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fupa.net/liga/hessenliga/zuschauer 2015–16 Hessenliga spectators
  2. http://www.f-archiv.de Hessenliga tables
  3. http://www.fupa.net/liga/hessenliga/spielplan Match calendar
  4. http://www.fupa.net/liga/hessenliga/torschuetzen 2015–16 Hessenliga Goal scorers
  5. http://www.hfv-online.de/spielbetrieb-talentfoerderung/herren/auf-und-abstieg/verbandsklassen/ Verbandsebene
  6. Web site: High Noon in Hauenstein. German . kicker.de . 3 June 2016.
  7. Web site: AUFSTIEG LOTTO HESSENLIGA. fussball.de . 31 May 2016. German. Promotion play-off to the Hessenliga.