Season 2015–16 | Dates 16 Jul 2015 – 21 May 2016 Location Germany | |
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Champions VfL Wolfsburg II (Nord)FSV Zwickau (Nordost)Sportfreunde Lotte (West)SV Waldhof Mannheim (Südwest)SSV Jahn Regensburg (Bayern) Promoted FSV ZwickauSportfreunde LotteSSV Jahn Regensburg People also search for | ||
The 2015–16 Regionalliga was the eighth season of the Regionalliga, the fourth under the new format, as the fourth tier of the German football league system. The champions of Regionalliga Nord – SV Werder Bremen II, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost – 1. FC Magdeburg, and the champions of Regionalliga Bayern – Würzburger Kickers were promoted to the 3. Liga. Borussia Dortmund II, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated from 3. Liga.
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Regionalliga Nord
18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the Oberliga – Niedersachsenliga champions SV Drochtersen/Assel and the two Regionalliga North promotion playoff winners VfV 06 Hildesheim, Niedersachsenliga runners-up, and TSV Schilksee, Schleswig-Holstein-Liga champions.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers of the league:
Regionalliga Nordost
18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the third season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost. 13 teams were retained from the last season and 5 teams that were promoted from the Oberliga. The league expanded to 18 teams fom 16 as no other team was relegated to Oberliga because of Union Berlin II's withdrawal and insolvency-stricken VFC Plauen's administrative relegation. FSV Optik Rathenow qualified by winning the NOFV-Oberliga Nord along with runners-up FC Schönberg 95, while RB Leipzig II also qualified by winning NOFV-Oberliga Süd along with runners-up FC Oberlausitz Neugersdorf. FSV 63 Luckenwalde of the northern division won the promotion playoff between the third placers of the two NOFV-Oberliga divisions.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers of the league:
Regionalliga West
19 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the second season of the reformed Regionalliga West: 14 teams are retained from the last season. FC Wegberg-Beeck won Oberliga Mittelrhein and SSVg Velbert the Oberliga Niederrhein. TuS Erndtebrück won the Oberliga Westfalen while Rot-Weiss Ahlen qualified as runners-up. Borussia Dortmund II was relegated from 3. Liga.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers of the league:
Regionalliga Südwest
18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the third season of the Regionalliga Südwest. 14 teams were retained from last season and 4 teams were promoted from the Oberliga: SV Spielberg won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Saar 05 Saarbrücken the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar and TSV Steinbach the Hessenliga. The second-placed teams of the other Oberligas had play-off matches which was won by Bahlinger SC.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers of the league:
Regionalliga Bayern
18 teams from Bavaria competed in the third season of the Regionalliga Bayern. 13 teams were retained from the last season. SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated from the 3. Liga. 3 teams were promoted from the Bayernliga. Viktoria Aschaffenburg won Bayernliga Nord, TSV Rain 1896 the Bayernliga Süd, and FC Amberg won the Promotion play-off. SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated from the 3. Liga.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers of the league:
Promotion play-offs
The play-off round for promotion to the 3. Liga is a two-legged fixture. The winner of each individual tie was promoted to the 2016–17 3. Liga.
Matches
Jahn Regensburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
FSV Zwickau won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sportfreunde Lotte won 2–0 on aggregate.