2015–16 Oberliga Explained

Oberliga
Year:2015–16
Champions:14 regional winners
Prevseason:2014–15
Nextseason:2016–17

The 2015–16 season of the Oberliga was the eighth season of the Oberligas at tier five of the German football league system and the 42nd season overall since reintroduction of the Oberligas in 1974. The regular season started on 17 July 2015 and finished on 12 June 2016.

The Oberliga is organised in fourteen regional divisions with the league champions promoted to the level above, the Regionalligas while the relegated teams drop down to the Verbandsligas and Landesligas.

Overview

In the 2015–16 season 241 clubs compete in the Oberligas, two less than in the previous season.

Eleven of the league champions earned direct promotion to the Regionalligas, Bonner SC, Wuppertaler SV, SSV Ulm 1846, SV Seligenporten, VfR Garching, Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg, Lupo Martini Wolfsburg, TuS Koblenz, Sportfreunde Siegen, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and FSV Union Fürstenwalde, while third-placed Oberliga Westfalen club TSG Sprockhövel was also directly promoted as the second-placed team, SpVgg Erkenschwick, declined to apply for a Regionalliga licence. In Northern Germany Bremer SV, Germania Egestorf, Altona 93 and SV Eichede competed for two more Regionalliga Nord places in a play-off, which Eichede and Egestorf won, while FC Nöttingen, SC Hauenstein and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt did the same for the Regionalliga Südwest, with Nöttingen earning promotion. In the Regionalliga Bayern promotion/relegation play-off SpVgg Bayern Hof and TSV 1860 Rosenheim earned promotion while FC Augsburg II defended their league place and Viktoria Aschaffenburg was relegated. Of the 45 clubs leaving the Oberliga 38 were relegated while 7 withdrew from the leagues.

1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig became the only Oberliga team to finish the season undefeated, winning 22 and drawing 8 of their 30 NOFV-Oberliga Süd matches. SV Eichede accumulated the highest points total, 81, while Bremer SV scored the most goals, 120. SV Lurup of the Oberliga Hamburg held the distinction of being the worst Oberliga club in 2015–16, losing 33 of its 34 season games and drawing one, remaining without a win all season. The club scored just 13 goals and conceded 252 but earned the respect of the other league clubs in Hamburg by not withdrawing and completing the season.

2015–16 season

The 2015–16 league champions, promoted and relegated teams, the league strength (S), the top scorer and the number of goals they scored, as far as has been determined:[1] [2]

OberligaChampionsPromotedRelegatedSTopscorerGoals
Oberliga Baden-Württemberg[3] [4] 2015–16 seasonSSV Ulm 1846SSV Ulm 1846FC NöttingenFreiburger FCKehler FVSGV FreibergFC 08 VillingenGermania FriedrichstalSC Pfullendorf1826[5]
Bayernliga Nord[6] [7] 2015–16 seasonSV SeligenportenSV SeligenportenSpVgg Bayern HofASV BurglengenfeldEintracht BambergJahn Forchheim1829[8]
Bayernliga Süd[9] [10] 2015–16 seasonVfR GarchingVfR GarchingTSV 1860 RosenheimSV ErlbachSpVgg Ruhmannsfelden1825[11]
Bremen-Liga[12] [13] 2015–16 seasonBremer SVUnion 60 BremenKSV Vatan Sport1634[14]
Oberliga Hamburg[15] [16] 2015–16 seasonTuS DassendorfMeiendorfer SVUSC PalomaSV Lurup1828[17]
Hessenliga[18] [19] 2015–16 seasonTeutonia Watzenborn-SteinbergTeutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg1. FC EschbornSV WiesbadenSpVgg 05 OberradSV Buchonia Flieden1725[20]
Mittelrheinliga[21] [22] 2015–16 seasonBonner SCBonner SCAlemannia Aachen IIVfL LeverkusenSV BreiningSV Eilendorf1628[23]
Niedersachsenliga[24] [25] 2015–16 seasonLupo Martini WolfsburgLupo Martini WolfsburgGermania EgestorfTuS LingenVfL BückeburgTeutonia Uelzen1621[26]
NOFV-Oberliga Nord[27] [28] 2015–16 seasonFSV Union FürstenwaldeFSV Union FürstenwaldeFC NeubrandenburgBSV Hürtürkel1630[29]
NOFV-Oberliga Süd[30] [31] 2015–16 season1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig1. FC Lokomotive LeipzigRot-Weiß Erfurt IIFC Energie Cottbus IIFC Eisenach1622[32]
Oberliga Niederrhein[33] [34] 2015–16 seasonWuppertaler SVWuppertaler SVMSV Duisburg II1. FC MönchengladbachRW Oberhausen IITV Kalkum-Wittlaer1820[35]
Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar[36] [37] 2015–16 seasonTuS KoblenzTuS KoblenzSpVgg EGC WirgesSV Elversberg IISV MehringSVN Zweibrücken1827[38]
Schleswig-Holstein-Liga[39] [40] 2015–16 seasonSV EichedeSV EichedePreetzer TSVSV Henstedt-UlzburgTuRa Meldorf SG Reher-Puls1837[41]
Oberliga Westfalen[42] [43] 2015–16 seasonSportfreunde SiegenSportfreunde SiegenTSG SprockhövelSV SchermbeckSV Zweckel1823[44]

Promotion play-off

For three of the five Regionalligas promotion play-off were held for qualified Oberliga teams. The other two Regionalligas, Nordost and West, did not hold play-off rounds, instead operating with direct promotion only.

Regionalliga Bayern

The 15th and 16th placed Regionalliga teams, Viktoria Aschaffenburg and FC Augsburg II, played the third-placed teams of the northern and southern divisions. The winners of these games were qualified for the 2016–17 Regionalliga, the losers played each other for one more spot in the Regionalliga after Jahn Regensburg was successful in winning promotion to the 3. Liga. The third placed teams that qualified are SpVgg Bayern Hof in the north and TSV 1860 Rosenheim in the south as the runners-up of the two Bayernliga divisions did not apply for a Regionalliga licence.[45]

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  • Regionalliga Nord

    Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord.[46] 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:

    Regionalliga Südwest

    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:[47]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/amateurligen.html Amateurligen
    2. http://www.fussballdaten.de/oberliga/ Oberliga
    3. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    4. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    5. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-baden-wuerttemberg/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
    6. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/bayernliga-nord-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Bayernliga Nord
    7. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/bayernliga-nord-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Bayernliga Nord
    8. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/bayernliga-nord/ Top scorers of the Bayernliga Nord
    9. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/bayernliga-sued-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd
    10. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/bayernliga-sued-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Bayernliga Süd
    11. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/bayernliga-sued/ Top scorers of the Bayernliga Süd
    12. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/bremenliga-2015-2016-spieltag/30/ 2015–16 Bremen-Liga
    13. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/bremen-liga/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Bremen-Liga
    14. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/bremenliga/ Top scorers of the Bremen-Liga
    15. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-hamburg-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Oberliga Hamburg
    16. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-hamburg/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Oberliga Hamburg
    17. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-hamburg/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Hamburg
    18. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/hessenliga-2015-2016-spieltag/38/ 2015–16 Hessenliga
    19. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/hessenliga/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Hessenliga
    20. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/hessenliga/ Top scorers of the Hessenliga
    21. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-mittelrhein-2015-2016-spieltag/30/ 2015–16 Mittelrheinliga
    22. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/mittelrheinliga-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Mittelrheinliga
    23. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-mittelrhein/ Top scorers of the Mittelrheinliga
    24. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-niedersachsen-2015-2016-spieltag/30/ 2015–16 Oberliga Niedersachsen
    25. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-niedersachsen-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Oberliga Niedersachsen
    26. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-niedersachsen/ Top scorers of the Niedersachsenliga
    27. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-nofv-nord-2015-2016-spieltag/30/ 2015–16 NOFV-Oberliga Nord
    28. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-nofv-nord/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 NOFV-Oberliga Nord
    29. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-nofv-nord/ Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Nord
    30. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-nofv-sued-2015-2016-spieltag/30/ 2015–16 NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    31. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-nofv-sued/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    32. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-nofv-sued/ Top scorers of the NOFV-Oberliga Süd
    33. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-niederrhein-2015-2016-spieltag/38/ 2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein
    34. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-niederrhein-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein
    35. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-niederrhein/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Niederrhein
    36. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-rheinland-pfalz-saar-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
    37. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-rheinland-pfalzsaar-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
    38. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-rheinland-pfalz-saar_2/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
    39. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/schleswig-holstein-liga/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
    40. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/schleswig-holstein-liga-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
    41. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/schleswig-holstein-liga/ Top scorers of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
    42. http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/oberliga-westfalen-2015-2016-spieltag/34/ 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen
    43. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-westfalen-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen
    44. http://www.weltfussball.de/torschuetzenkoenige/oberliga-westfalen/ Top scorers of the Oberliga Westfalen
    45. Web site: Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2016 Bayern » Relegation. German. Weltfussball.de. 25 May 2016.
    46. http://www.nfv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/NFV/REDAKTEURE/Recht/Dokumente/Ausschreibungen/Senioren/099_Ausschreibung_Oberliga_Niedersachsen_2015-16_15.pdf Ausschreibung für den Spielbetrieb des Spieljahres 2015/16 der Oberliga Niedersachsen
    47. Web site: High Noon in Hauenstein. German . kicker.de . 3 June 2016.