| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Champions | SC Freiburg |
| Promoted | SC Freiburg RB Leipzig |
| Relegated | MSV Duisburg (via play-off) FSV Frankfurt SC Paderborn |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 808 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Simon Terodde (25 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Eintracht Braunschweig 6−0 Karlsruher SC |
| Biggest away win | SC Paderborn 0−6 SV Sandhausen |
| Highest scoring | SC Freiburg 6−3 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Longest winning run | 8 games[1] SC Freiburg |
| Longest unbeaten run | 18 games[1] 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Longest winless run | 13 games[1] SC Paderborn |
| Longest losing run | 6 games[1] FSV Frankfurt |
| Highest attendance | 54,100[1] 1860 Munich vSC Paderborn |
| Lowest attendance | 4,084[1] Frankfurt vSandhausen |
| Average attendance | 19,176[1] |
2016–17 → | |
The2015–16 2. Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the2. Bundesliga.
A total of 18 teams participated in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga. These include 14 teams from the2014–15 2. Bundesliga, together withSC Freiburg andSC Paderborn, who directly relegated from the2014–15 Bundesliga, andArminia Bielefeld andMSV Duisburg, who directly promoted from the2014–15 3. Liga. The 16th-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga team,1860 Munich, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2014–15 3. Liga,Holstein Kiel, in atwo-legged play-off and avoided relegation.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | SC Freiburg(C, P) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 72 | Promotion toBundesliga |
| 2 | RB Leipzig(P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 67 | |
| 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 65 | Qualification forpromotion play-offs |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 53 | |
| 5 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 51 | |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 49 | |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 46 | |
| 9 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 46 | |
| 10 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 45 | |
| 11 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 45 | |
| 12 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 42 | |
| 13 | SV Sandhausen | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 40[a] | |
| 14 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 35 | |
| 15 | 1860 Munich | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 34 | |
| 16 | MSV Duisburg(R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 54 | −22 | 32 | Qualification forrelegation play-offs |
| 17 | FSV Frankfurt(R) | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 32 | Relegation to3. Liga |
| 18 | SC Paderborn(R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 28 |
| Home \ Away | UNB | DSC | BOC | EBS | DUI | F95 | FSV | SCF | SGF | FCH | FCK | KSC | RBL | M60 | FCN | SCP | SVS | STP |
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| Union Berlin | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| VfL Bochum | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| FSV Frankfurt | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| SC Freiburg | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 |
| Greuther Fürth | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| 1. FC Heidenheim | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| RB Leipzig | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 1860 Munich | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 6–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| SC Paderborn | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 0–1 | — | 0–6 | 0–0 |
| SV Sandhausen | 4–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 |
| FC St. Pauli | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–4 | 1–3 | — |
The team which finished 16th faced the third-placed2015–16 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregate score after both matches will earn entry into the 2016–17 Bundesliga.
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–1 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
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Eintracht Frankfurt won 2–1 on aggregate.
The team which finished sixteenth faced the third-placed2015–16 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner onaggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga.
| Würzburger Kickers | 2–0 | MSV Duisburg |
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| MSV Duisburg | 1–2 | Würzburger Kickers |
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Würzburger Kickers won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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| SC Freiburg | 1. FC Nürnberg | 6−3 | 27 July 2015 | [29] | |
| FC St. Pauli | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4−0 | 9 November 2015 | [30] | |
| SC Freiburg | SC Paderborn | 4−1 | 22 November 2015 | [31] | |
| 1860 Munich | SC Paderborn | 4−4 | 28 November 2015 | [32] | |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | Union Berlin | 6−2 | 23 April 2016 | [33] | |
| VfL Bochum | 1. FC Heidenheim | 4−2 | 15 May 2016 | [34] |
4Player scored four goals
Nach verschiedenen Umbaumaßnahmen hat unser Stadion aktuell 42.959 Sitzplätze (alle übderdacht)