2015–16 Niedersachsenliga

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga

| season = 2015–16

| winners = Lupo Martini Wolfsburg

| promoted = Lupo Martini Wolfsburg{{-}}Germania Egestorf

| relegated = TuS Lingen{{-}}VfL Bückeburg{{-}}Teutonia Uelzen

| matches = 240

| total goals =

| average goals =

| league topscorer = Keven Oltmer (21 goals)

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| attendance = 54,308[http://www.weltfussball.de/zuschauer/oberliga-niedersachsen-2015-2016/1/ 2015–16 Niedersachsenliga spectators] {{in lang|de}} Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015

| average attendance = 226

| prevseason = 2014–15

| nextseason = 2016–17

| updated = 16 May 2016

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The 2015–16 season of the Niedersachsenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Lower Saxony, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.[http://www.f-archiv.de Niedersachsenliga tables] {{in lang|de}} Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015

The season began on 7 August 2015 and finished on 22 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 20 December to 7 February.[http://www.fupa.net/liga/oberliga-niedersachsen/spielplan Match calendar] {{in lang|de}} fupa.net, accessed: 17 December 2015

== 2015–16 standings ==

The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, VfL Bückeburg, SVG Göttingen, Heeslinger SC and TuS Lingen, all four promoted from the Landesligas, while FT Braunschweig was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923020708/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/amateure/oberliga-niedersachsen-fb-1/2015-16/0/0/spieltag.html Niedersachsenliga tables & results] {{in lang|de}} kicker.de, accessed: 20 December 2015

Of the Niedersachsenliga teams only Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and Germania Egestorf 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.{{cite web|title=Regionalliga: 28 clubs apply for admission|url=http://www.amateur-fussball-hamburg.de/regionalliga-28-vereine-beantragen-zulassung/|publisher=Amateurfußball Hamburg|language=German|date=April 2016}}{{cite web|title=Regionalliga Nord 2016/2017: Zulassung für 28 Vereine erteilt|url=http://www.goekick.com/artikel/goslar-erhaelt-regionalliga-lizenz/|publisher= |language=German|date=9 May 2016}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|source=[https://int.soccerway.com/national/germany/oberliga/20152016/niedersachsen/r31936/ soccerway.com]

|update=complete

|show_limit=5

|team1=ONE|team2=TWO |team3=THR |team4=FOR |team5=FIV |team6=SIX |team7=SEV |team8=EIG |team9=NIN |team10=TEN |team11=ELE |team12=TWE |team13=AAA |team14=AAB |team15=AAC |team16=AAD

|result1=P |result2=PO |result11=X |result15=R |result16=R

|win_ONE= 22 |draw_ONE= 6 | loss_ONE= 2 |gf_ONE= 74 |ga_ONE= 27

|win_TWO= 16 |draw_TWO= 5 | loss_TWO= 9 |gf_TWO= 63 |ga_TWO= 39

|win_THR= 14 |draw_THR= 8 | loss_THR= 8 |gf_THR= 62 |ga_THR= 56

|win_FOR= 14 |draw_FOR= 6 | loss_FOR= 10 |gf_FOR= 64 |ga_FOR= 52

|win_FIV= 12 |draw_FIV= 8 | loss_FIV= 10 |gf_FIV= 65 |ga_FIV= 54

|win_SIX= 11 |draw_SIX= 10 | loss_SIX= 9 |gf_SIX= 55 |ga_SIX= 44

|win_SEV= 12 |draw_SEV= 7 | loss_SEV= 11 |gf_SEV= 51 |ga_SEV= 52

|win_EIG= 11 |draw_EIG= 9 | loss_EIG= 10 |gf_EIG= 51 |ga_EIG= 48

|win_NIN= 11 |draw_NIN= 9 | loss_NIN= 10 |gf_NIN= 47 |ga_NIN= 44

|win_TEN= 12 |draw_TEN= 5 | loss_TEN= 13 |gf_TEN= 52 |ga_TEN= 50

|win_ELE= 11 |draw_ELE= 7 | loss_ELE= 12 |gf_ELE= 57 |ga_ELE= 47

|win_TWE= 10 |draw_TWE= 10 | loss_TWE= 10 |gf_TWE= 52 |ga_TWE= 48

|win_AAA= 12 |draw_AAA= 4 | loss_AAA= 14 |gf_AAA= 48 |ga_AAA= 54

|win_AAB= 9 |draw_AAB= 6 | loss_AAB= 15 |gf_AAB= 43 |ga_AAB= 69

|win_AAC= 7 |draw_AAC= 4 | loss_AAC= 19 |gf_AAC= 42 |ga_AAC= 77

|win_AAD= 3 |draw_AAD= 2 | loss_AAD= 25 |gf_AAD= 32 |ga_AAD= 97

|name_ONE= Lupo-Martini Wolfsburg

|name_TWO= Germania Egestorf

|name_THR= SSV Jeddeloh

|name_FOR= Eintract Northeim

|name_FIV= SC Spelle-Venhaus

|name_SIX= SVG Göttingen

|name_SEV= FT Braunschweig

|name_EIG= VfL Osnabrück II

|name_NIN= VfL Oldenburg

|name_TEN= Arminia Hannover

|name_ELE= TuS Lingen

|name_TWE= 1. FC Wunstorf

|name_AAA= Heeslinger SC

|name_AAB= TB Uphusen

|name_AAC= VfL Bückeburg

|name_AAD= Teutonia Uelzen

|status_ONE=CP

|status_TWO=P

|status_ELE=X

|status_AAC=R

|status_AAD=R

|class_rules = 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

|res_col_header=PQR

|col_P=green1 |text_P=Promotion to Regionalliga Nord

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO=Qualification to promotion playoffs

|col_R=red1 |text_R=Relegation to Landesliga

|col_X=red2 |text_X=Withdrawn to 2. Kreisklasse |status_text_X=Voluntarily demoted

|winpoints=3

|drawpoints=1

|losspoints=0

|note_EIG=Reserve teams of 3. Liga clubs are ineligible for Regionalliga promotion.

|note_res_X=TuS Lingen withdrew to the 2. Kreisklasse for the following season for financial reasons.{{cite news|title=TuS Lingen zieht Oberliga-Team zurück|trans-title=TuS Lingen pulls out Oberliga team|url=http://www.fupa.net/berichte/tus-lingen-zieht-oberliga-team-zurueck-469438.html|work=FuPa|date=6 June 2016}}

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