The 2015–16 Lowland League was the third season of the
Lowland Football League
The Scottish Lowland Football League (SLFL, commonly known as the Lowland League) is a senior football league based in central and southern Scotland. The league sits at level 5 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the ...
. The season began on 1 August 2015 and ended on 19 May 2016.
Edinburgh City were the defending champions.
Cumbernauld Colts were elected to the league as new members.
The league was won by Edinburgh City with two matches remaining on 9 April 2016, securing their second title after a 1–0 win over
Stirling University
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. They played the champions of the
2015–16 Highland League (
Cove Rangers) in the semi-finals of the
League Two play-offs, winning 4-1 on aggregate.
Edinburgh City then drew 1–1 at home in the first leg of the play-off final against
East Stirlingshire
East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins ca ...
, before scoring a late penalty to win 1–0 away from home in the second leg, winning 2–1 on aggregate to gain a place in
Scottish League Two
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.
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2014–15 season.
To Lowland League
Transferred from
Caledonian Amateur Football League
The Caledonian Amateur Football League is a football (soccer) league competition for amateur clubs in Scotland. It was formed in 1983 by inviting what were deemed to be top amateur clubs from across central Scotland with good facilities with hig ...
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Cumbernauld Colts
Stadia and Locations
League table
Threave Rovers were spared automatic relegation as neither champion of the two feeder leagues,
Leith Athletic or
St Cuthbert Wanderers, met licensing criteria. The club however, declined the opportunity to re-apply to the league and rejoined the
South of Scotland Football League
The South of Scotland Football League (SoSFL) is a senior football league based in south-west Scotland. The league sits at level 6 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League.
Founded in 1946, it i ...
for the 2016–17 season.
Results
Lowland Football League play-off
It was proposed that the respective winners of the
2015–16 East of Scotland Football League (Leith Athletic) and
2015–16 South of Scotland Football League (St Cuthbert Wanderers) leagues would meet in a play-off, with the winner taking a place in next season's Lowland League. However, neither met licensing criteria so the play-off did not take place.
References
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Lowland Football League seasons
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Scottish