2015–16 Regionalliga


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 NordSV Werder Bremen II, the champions of the Regionalliga Nordost – 1. FC Magdeburg, and the champions of Regionalliga BayernWürzburger Kickers were promoted to the 3. Liga. Borussia Dortmund II, SpVgg Unterhaching and SSV Jahn Regensburg were relegated from 3. Liga.

Regionalliga Nord

18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the fourth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord. 15 teams were retained from the last season and 3 teams were promoted from the OberligaNiedersachsenliga 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:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Dino MeđedovićVfL Wolfsburg II23
2 Kwasi Okyere WriedtLüneburger SK Hansa22
3 Roman ProkophHannover 96 II18
4 Kifuta MakanguVfB Oldenburg16
4 Muhamed AlawieSV Meppen16
4 Deniz UndavTSV Havelse16

Regionalliga Nordost

18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the fourth 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 from 16 as no other teams were 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:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Andis ShalaSV Babelsberg 0315
1 Jonas NietfeldFSV Zwickau15
1 Marc ZimmermannFSV Zwickau15
4 Paul WaltherFSV Budissa Bautzen14
4 Henry HaufeiFC Schönberg 9514
6 Josef NěmecFC Oberlausitz13

Regionalliga West

19 teams from North Rhine-Westphalia competed in the fourth season of the reformed Regionalliga West; 14 teams were 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.

Westphalia DFB-Pokal play-off

As the Westphalian Football and Athletics Association is one of three regional associations with the most participating teams in their league competitions, they were allowed to enter a second team for the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal. A play-off took place between the best-placed eligible Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West, Sportfreunde Lotte, and the best-placed eligible team of the 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen, Sportfreunde Siegen, with the winners qualifying for the DFB-Pokal.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the league:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Marlon RitterBorussia Mönchengladbach II23
2 Kamil BednarskiSC Wiedenbrück19
3 Hamadi Al GhaddiouiSC Verl17
4 Güngör KayaSG Wattenscheid 0916
4 Kamil BednarskiSC Wiedenbrück16
6 Marvin DuckschBorussia Dortmund II15
6 Kevin FreibergerSportfreunde Lotte15

Regionalliga Südwest

18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the fourth 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:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mijo TunjicSV Elversberg21
2 Florian TreskeWormatia Worms18
3 Felix LohkemperTSG 1899 Hoffenheim II17
4 Jannik SommerWaldhof Mannheim16
5 Robert Glatzel1. FC Kaiserslautern II15

Regionalliga Bayern

18 teams from Bavaria competed in the fourth 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.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers of the league:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Markus ZiereisJahn Regensburg19
2 Stefan MadererSpVgg Greuther Fürth II18
3 Sammy AmmariFC Ingolstadt 04 II17
4 Karl-Heinz LappeFC Bayern Munich II15
5 Ardian MorinaFV Illertissen14

Promotion play-offs


The draw for the 2015–16 promotion play-offs was held on 3 April, with another draw between the Regionalliga Südwest teams held on 21 May 2016.

Summary


The first legs were played on 25 May, and the second legs were played on 29 May 2016.

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time
Jahn Regensburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
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FSV Zwickau won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Sportfreunde Lotte won 2–0 on aggregate.