The 2015–16 Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

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's premier

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competition. The season started on 14 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

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

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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 Fußball-Club Ingolstadt 2004 e.V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingols ...

, the champions, and

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

, the runners-up. The final participant was decided by a two-legged play-off, in which the 16th-placed Bundesliga club,

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...

, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga,

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

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 The 2015–16 2. Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the 2. Bundesliga. Teams A total of 18 teams participated in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga. These include 14 teams from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga, together with SC Freiburg and SC Paderborn, w ...

side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Awards

Player of the Month

Number of teams by state

References

External links