The 2015–16 Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the
Bundesliga
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,
Germany
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's premier
football
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competition. The season started on 14 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.
Bayern Munich
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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
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to win four consecutive championships.
Teams
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
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, the runners-up. The final participant was decided by a
two-legged play-off, in which the 16th-placed Bundesliga club,
Hamburger SV
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, defeated the third-place finisher in the
2. Bundesliga,
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher Sport-Club Mühlburg-Phönix e. V., better known as Karlsruher SC, is a Football in Germany, German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of Germa ...
.
Stadiums and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs
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.
First leg
Second leg
''Eintracht Frankfurt won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
5 Player scored five goals
Awards
Player of the Month
Attendances
References
External links
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Germany
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