2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga

The 2015–16 season of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga, the highest association football league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.[3]

2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga
Season2015–16
ChampionsSV Eichede
PromotedSV Eichede
RelegatedPreetzer TSV
SV Henstedt-Ulzburg
TuRa Meldorf
SG Reher-Puls
Matches played306[1]
Top goalscorerMorten Liebert (37 goals)[2]
Total attendance68,532[1]
Average attendance224[1]
2016–17 →

The season began on 31 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 5 December to 20 February.[4]

2015–16 standings

The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, FC Kilia Kiel, TSB Flensburg, Oldenburger SV and SG Reher-Puls, all four promoted from the Verbandsligas while VfR Neumünster was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.

Of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga teams only SV Eichede, Eutin 08 and TSB Flensburg applied for a Regionalliga licence for the 2016–17 season, with the Northern German Football Association deciding on 9 May 2016 to grant all applicants a licence.[5][6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SV Eichede (C, P) 34 26 3 5 92 31 +61 81 Qualification to promotion playoffs
2 Eutin 08 34 25 1 8 108 46 +62 76
3 Holstein Kiel II[lower-alpha 1] 34 20 8 6 76 31 +45 68
4 TSB Flensburg 34 19 8 7 73 38 +35 65
5 SV Todesfelde 34 19 5 10 78 55 +23 62
6 Heider SV 34 17 7 10 59 46 +13 58
7 Flensburg 08 34 16 4 14 90 68 +22 52
8 TSV Kropp 34 14 8 12 71 63 +8 50
9 TSV Altenholz 34 14 8 12 62 56 +6 50
10 VfR Neumünster[lower-alpha 2] 34 16 7 11 62 44 +18 46
11 Union Neumünster 34 13 4 17 54 62 −8 43
12 Oldenburger SV 34 13 3 18 76 80 −4 42
13 FC Kilia Kiel 34 11 6 17 43 64 −21 39
14 TuS Hartenholm 34 8 6 20 36 90 −54 30
15 Preetzer TSV (R) 34 6 10 18 45 76 −31 28 Relegation to Verbandsligas
16 SV Henstedt-Ulzburg[lower-alpha 3] (R) 34 8 5 21 38 98 −60 26
17 TuRa Meldorf (R) 34 6 6 22 38 88 −50 24
18 SG Reher-Puls (R) 34 4 3 27 40 105 −65 15
Source: kicker.de, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head results; 5) goals scored away from home against opponent; 6) goals scored away from home; 7) drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Reserve teams of 3. Liga clubs are ineligible for Regionalliga promotion.
  2. VfR Neumünster deducted nine points.
  3. SV Henstedt-Ulzburg deducted three points.


Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[2]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Morten Liebert SV Todesfelde 37
2 Florian Stahl Eutin 08 36
3 Freddy Kaps Oldenburger SV 25
4 Arnold Lechler SV Eichede 22

Promotion play-off

Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord.[7] The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions or, in Hamburg's case, the only team applying for a licence, of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga played each other for two more spot in the Regionalliga. In the promotion round each team met the other just once with the two highest-placed teams in the final table promoted:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation GER SVE ALT BSV
1 Germania Egestorf (P) 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 Promotion to Regionalliga — 2–2 2–1 —
2 SV Eichede (P) 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5 — — — 2–1
3 Altona 93 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 — 1–1 — —
4 Bremer SV 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1 1–1 — 0–2 —
Source: Weltfussball.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Decider;
(P) Promoted.

References
  1. 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga spectators (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  2. 2015–16 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga Goal scorers (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015
  3. Schleswig-Holstein-Liga tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
  4. Match calendar (in German) fupa.net, accessed: 17 December 2015
  5. "Regionalliga: 28 clubs apply for admission" (in German). Amateurfußball Hamburg. April 2016.
  6. "Regionalliga Nord 2016/2017: Zulassung für 28 Vereine erteilt" (in German). 9 May 2016.
  7. Ausschreibung für den Spielbetrieb des Spieljahres 2015/16 der Oberliga Niedersachsen (in German) Lower Saxony Football Federation, Promotion and relegation rules, accessed: 17 December 2015

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