2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
Season2015–16
ChampionsTuS Koblenz
PromotedTuS Koblenz
RelegatedSpVgg EGC Wirges
SV Elversberg II
SV Mehring
SVN Zweibrücken
Matches played290
Top goalscorerBjörn Recktenwald (27 goals)[1]
Highest attendance2,650[2]
Lowest attendance50[2]
Total attendance81,440[2]
Average attendance281[2]
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The 2015–16 season of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the highest association football league in the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 38th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Südwest.[3]

The season began on 31 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 6 December to 27 February.[4]

2015–16 standings

The league featured six new clubs for the 2015–16 season with FSV Jägersburg promoted from the Saarlandliga, FK Pirmasens II from the Verbandsliga Südwest and FC Karbach and SV Mehring from the Rheinlandliga while SVN Zweibrücken and TuS Koblenz had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 TuS Koblenz (C, P) 32 23 7 2 68 23 +45 76 Promotion to Regionalliga Südwest
2 SC Hauenstein (Q) 32 19 5 8 49 29 +20 62 Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 FC Karbach 32 15 9 8 52 46 +6 54
4 Borussia Neunkirchen 32 14 9 9 51 44 +7 51
5 FC Hertha Wiesbach 32 14 5 13 55 51 +4 47
6 TSG Pfeddersheim 32 12 8 12 50 39 +11 44
7 SV Röchling Völklingen 32 11 10 11 40 41 −1 43
8 FSV Jägersburg 32 12 6 14 49 58 −9 42
9 FSV Salmrohr 32 11 8 13 49 49 0 41
10 SpVgg EGC Wirges[a] (R) 32 11 8 13 38 46 −8 41 Relegation to Verbandsliga
11 SV Gonsenheim 32 11 8 13 50 59 −9 41
12 Arminia Ludwigshafen 32 12 5 15 49 61 −12 41
13 TSV Schott Mainz 32 12 3 17 65 64 +1 39
14 SpVgg Burgbrohl 32 12 3 17 49 61 −12 39
15 FK Pirmasens II[b] 32 10 7 15 44 47 −3 37
16 SV Elversberg II[b] (R) 32 10 4 18 53 70 −17 34 Relegation to Verbandsliga
17 SV Mehring (R) 32 7 7 18 41 64 −23 28
18 SVN Zweibrücken[c] (R) 25 6 2 17 17 86 −69 20 Withdrawn to C-Klasse
Source: kicker.de
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; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ SpVgg EGC Wirges decided to withdraw from the Oberliga to the Rheinlandliga at the end of season regardless of final place in the standings.[6]
  2. ^ a b Reserve teams of Regionalliga clubs are ineligible for Regionalliga promotion.
  3. ^ SVN Zweibrücken withdrew from the league during the winter break because of insolvency.[7]

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[1]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Germany Björn Recktenwald FC Hertha Wiesbach 27
2 Germany Can Özer TSV Schott Mainz 26
3 Germany Fatjon Celani TuS Koblenz 20

Promotion play-off

Promotion play-off were held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.[8]

To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga Südwest, with each team playing the other just once:[9]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation FCN RWF SCH
1 FC Nöttingen (P) 2 1 1 0 7 6 +1 4 Promotion to Regionalliga — 3–2 —
2 Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3 — — 3–2
3 SC Hauenstein 2 0 1 1 6 7 −1 1 4–4 — —
Source: Weltfussball.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Decider;
(P) Promoted

To the Oberliga

The runners-up of the Rheinlandliga, Verbandsliga Südwest and Saarlandliga played each other for one more spot in the Oberliga which SV Morlautern won.[10]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SV Morlautern 4–2 TuS Koblenz II
TuS Koblenz II 0–2 SV Mettlach
SV Mettlach 1–3 SV Morlautern

References

  1. ^ a b 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar Goal scorers Archived 6 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) fupa.net, accessed: 22 November 2015
  2. ^ a b c d 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar spectators Archived 26 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) fupa.net, accessed: 22 November 2015
  3. ^ Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 22 November 2015
  4. ^ Match calendar Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in German) fupa.net, accessed: 23 November 2015
  5. ^ Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar tables & results (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 22 November 2015
  6. ^ "EGC Wirges zieht sich aus der Oberliga zurück – Neuanfang in der Rheinlandliga" [EGC Wirges withdraws from the Oberliga – New start in the Rheinlandliga]. rhein-zeitung.de (in German). Rhein Zeitung. 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  7. ^ "SVN zieht Team aus Oberliga zurück" [SVN withdraws team from the Oberliga]. pfaelzischer-merkur.de (in German). Pfälzischer Merkur. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  8. ^ Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar - Herren - Auf- und Abstiegsregelung im Spieljahr 2015/2016 (in German) frv-suedwest.de, Promotion and relegation rules, accessed: 22 November 2015
  9. ^ "High Noon in Hauenstein" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  10. ^ "RELEGATION AUFSTIEG IN DIE OBERLIGA RHEINLAND-PFALZ/SAAR" [Promotion play-off to the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar]. fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 31 May 2016.