The capacity is reduced to 42,959 spectators during the 2015-16 season, due to a redevelopment of various stadium areas. The redevelopment includes an expansion of the VIP area, the press box and the wheelchair spaces.[2][3]
Source: DFB Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion play-offs
The team which finished 16th faced the third-placed 2015–16 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into the 2016–17 Bundesliga.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
Eintracht Frankfurt won 2–1 on aggregate.
Relegation play-offs
The team which finished sixteenth faced the third-placed 2015–16 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga.
^"Verein". dierotenbullen.com (in German). RasenBallsport Leipzig GmbH. n.d. Retrieved 29 August 2015. Nach verschiedenen Umbaumaßnahmen hat unser Stadion aktuell 42.959 Sitzplätze (alle übderdacht)