2014–15 Niedersachsenliga

The 2014–15 season of the Niedersachsenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Lower Saxony, was the seventh season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.^[3]

2014–15 Niedersachsenliga

Season	2014–15
Champions	SV Drochtersen/Assel
Promoted	SV Drochtersen/Assel VfV 06 Hildesheim
Relegated	TSV Ottersberg Rotenburger SV 1. SC Göttingen 05
Matches played	240[1]
Top goalscorer	Sascha Wald (24 goals)[2]
Total attendance	67,891[1]
Average attendance	283[1]
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2016.

2014–15 season

Standings

The 2014–15 season saw four new clubs in the league, Eintracht Northeim, SC Spelle-Venhaus, Arminia Hannover and Teutonia Uelzen, all four promoted from the Landesligas, while no club had been relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SV Drochtersen/Assel (C, P)	30	22	5	3	79	30	+49	71	Promotion to Regionalliga Nord
2	VfV 06 Hildesheim (P)	30	19	5	6	61	23	+38	62	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	SSV Jeddeloh	30	18	7	5	69	41	+28	61
4	Germania Egestorf	30	14	6	10	51	42	+9	48
5	Eintracht Northeim	30	14	5	11	61	55	+6	47
6	SC Spelle-Venhaus	30	14	3	13	67	53	+14	45
7	Lupo-Martini Wolfsburg	30	13	5	12	55	44	+11	44
8	1. FC Wunstorf	30	13	5	12	56	51	+5	44
9	VfL Osnabrück II[a]	30	13	5	12	54	54	0	44
10	Arminia Hannover	30	12	8	10	47	50	−3	44
11	TB Uphusen	30	11	8	11	59	65	−6	41
12	Teutonia Uelzen	30	11	4	15	39	49	−10	37
13	VfL Oldenburg	30	9	5	16	46	57	−11	32
14	TSV Ottersberg (R)	30	5	8	17	29	66	−37	23	Relegation to Landesliga
15	Rotenburger SV (R)	30	4	5	21	40	75	−35	17
16	1. SC Göttingen 05 (R)	30	4	4	22	32	90	−58	16

Source: 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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Reserve teams of 3. Liga clubs are ineligible for Regionalliga promotion.

Results

2014–15	LMW	OSN	GER	SVD	WUN	HIL	TBU	SSV	OTT	OLD	RSV	G05	NOR	ARM	UEL	SCS
Lupo Martini Wolfsburg		5–2	0–1	2–5	3–1	1–3	4–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–2	3–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	3–1
VfL Osnabrück II	3–1		3–2	2–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	5–3	4–1	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–3
1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder	2–1	1–0		2–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–4
SV Drochtersen/Assel	2–1	2–2	2–0		2–1	1–1	5–0	3–2	5–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2
1. FC Wunstorf	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2		0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–1
VfV 06 Hildesheim	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	3–0		7–0	4–0	5–0	0–1	4–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	2–1
TB Uphusen	0–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	3–5	0–3		2–4	4–0	1–1	4–4	4–2	3–3	4–0	4–1	0–2
SSV Jeddeloh	1–0	5–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–3	1–1		0–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	5–0	4–1	1–1	4–0
TSV Ottersberg	2–3	2–0	0–3	0–3	1–4	0–2	1–3	0–1		0–3	2–2	5–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–6
VfL Oldenburg	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–4	6–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–1		2–1	4–1	0–4	3–2	1–0	5–1
Rotenburger SV	0–0	1–2	2–4	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–3	0–3	2–1		1–2	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–4
1. SC Göttingen 05	3–3	1–3	0–4	0–7	2–3	1–4	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–5		0–2	1–4	2–1	2–5
Eintracht Northeim	2–3	2–1	5–2	1–2	6–3	0–1	1–3	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	4–1		0–3	2–1	0–3
SV Arminia Hannover	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–3	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–2		0–1	2–2
Teutonia Uelzen	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–3	1–4	0–3	1–1	2–3	4–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2		1–0
SC Spelle-Venhaus	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–4	0–2	2–5	6–2	4–1	2–1	0–3	7–1	4–5	1–2	1–2

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sascha Wald	SC Spelle-Venhaus	24
2	Melvin Zimmermann	Eintracht Northeim	23
3	Alexander Neumann	SV Drochtersen/Assel	22
4	Julian Bennert	SSV Jeddeloh	21

Promotion play-off

The champions of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga as well as the runners-up from the Niedersachsenliga entered a play-off for two more spots in the Regionalliga Nord. Eight clubs from these four leagues applied for a Regionalliga licence.^[5] As the only club from Hamburg to apply for a licence, SC Victoria Hamburg, later declined participation only three clubs take part in the promotion round, Bremer SV, TSV Schilksee and VfV 06 Hildesheim, with the latter two promoted:^[6][7]

Bremer SV v VfV 06 Hildesheim

31 May 2015	Bremer SV	2–1	VfV 06 Hildesheim	Panzenberg Stadium, Bremen
14:00	Kurkiewicz 17' Abendroth 80' (pen)	Report	Rockahr 48'	Attendance: 912 Referee: Franz Bokop

TSV Schilksee v Bremer SV

3 June 2015	TSV Schilksee	2–1	Bremer SV	Jürgen-Lüthje-Arena, Kiel
19:30	Schubert 4' Nath 41'	Report	Koweschnikow 89'	Attendance: 832 Referee: Robert Schröder

VfV 06 Hildesheim v TSV Schilksee

6 June 2015	VfV 06 Hildesheim	3–2	TSV Schilksee	Friedrich-Ebert-Stadion, Hildesheim
15:00	Rockahr 20' Fahmy 31' Schlichting 87'	Report	Petrick 59' Nath 82'	Attendance: 2,598 Referee: Florian Heft

References

1. "Oberliga Niedersachsen 2014/2015 » Zuschauer » Heimspiele" [Oberliga Niedersachsen 2014–15 » Spectators » Home games]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
2. "Oberliga Niedersachsen 2014/2015 » Torschützenliste" [Oberliga Niedersachsen 2014–15 » Goal scorers]. weltfussball.de (in German). Weltfussball. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
3. "Historic German football league tables". f-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
4. "Niedersachsenliga tables & results". kicker.de (in German). kicker (sports magazine). Retrieved 19 May 2016.
5. Zulassungsverfahren zur Regionalliga Nord der Herren Saison 2015/2016 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) HFV website, accessed: 14 April 2015
6. SC Victoria Hamburg verzichtet auf Aufstieg (in German) kicker.de, published: 12 May 2015, accessed: 18 May 2015
7. Regionalliga-Qualifikation 2015 Nord » Aufstiegsrunde (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 31 May 2015

External links

• Niedersachsenliga on Fupa.net (in German)