| Competition: | 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Winners: | SV Eichede |
| Promoted: | SV Eichede |
| Relegated: | Preetzer TSVSV Henstedt-UlzburgTuRa MeldorfSG Reher-Puls |
| Matches: | 306 |
| League Topscorer: | Morten Liebert (37 goals) |
| Attendance: | 68,532[1] |
| Average Attendance: | 224 |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 season of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga, the highest association football league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.[2]
The season began on 31 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 5 December to 20 February.[3]
The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, FC Kilia Kiel, TSB Flensburg, Oldenburger SV and SG Reher-Puls, all four promoted from the Verbandsligas while VfR Neumünster was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.
Of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga teams only SV Eichede, Eutin 08 and TSB Flensburg 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.[4] [5]
The top goal scorers for the season:[6]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morten Liebert | SV Todesfelde | 37 | |
| 2 | Florian Stahl | Eutin 08 | 36 | |
| 3 | Freddy Kaps | Oldenburger SV | 25 | |
| 4 | Arnold Lechler | SV Eichede | 22 |
Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord.[7] 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: