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

Season	2015–16
Champions	SV Eichede
Promoted	SV Eichede
Relegated	Preetzer TSV SV Henstedt-Ulzburg TuRa Meldorf SG Reher-Puls
Matches played	306[1]
Top goalscorer	Morten Liebert (37 goals)[2]
Total attendance	68,532[1]
Average attendance	224[1]
← 2014–15 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	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[a]	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[b]	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[c] (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) Champions; (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		GER	SVE	ALT	BSV
1	Germania Egestorf (P)	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Promotion to Regionalliga Nord		—	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

External links

• Schleswig-Holstein-Liga on Fupa.net (in German)