2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen

The 2015–16 season of the Oberliga Westfalen, the highest association football league in the Westphalia region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was the fourth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 34th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978. The league went defunct from 2008 to 2012, when it was re-established.[3]

Oberliga Westfalen
Season2015–16
ChampionsSportfreunde Siegen
PromotedSportfreunde Siegen
TSG Sprockhövel
RelegatedSV Schermbeck
SV Zweckel
Matches played302[1]
Top goalscorerStefan Oerterer, Michael Smykacz (23 goals)[2]
Total attendance101,532[1]
Average attendance336[1]
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The season began on 14 August 2015 and finished on 29 May 2016.[4]

Standings

The league featured four new clubs for the 2015–16 season with TSV Marl-Hüls promoted as champions of the Westfalenliga I, SC Paderborn 07 II as champions of the Westfalenliga II and SV Schermbeck in the promotion round of the Westfalenliga runners-up while Sportfreunde Siegen had been relegated from the Regionalliga West.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sportfreunde Siegen (C, P) 34 19 7 8 59 31 +28 64 Promotion to Regionalliga West and qualification to DFB-Pokal play-off
2 SpVgg Erkenschwick[lower-alpha 1] 34 19 6 9 62 38 +24 63
3 TSG Sprockhövel (P) 34 18 7 9 73 48 +25 61 Promotion to Regionalliga West
4 SC Roland Beckum 34 17 9 8 67 48 +19 60
5 Westfalia Rhynern 34 18 5 11 78 50 +28 59
6 SV Lippstadt 08 34 16 7 11 58 44 +14 55
7 FC Eintracht Rheine 34 16 7 11 59 54 +5 55
8 SuS Neuenkirchen 34 15 7 12 66 63 +3 52
9 TSV Marl-Hüls 34 15 3 16 66 65 +1 48
10 Arminia Bielefeld II 34 13 4 17 57 58 −1 43
11 TuS Ennepetal 34 11 9 14 62 60 +2 42
12 FC Gütersloh 2000 34 12 6 16 52 61 −9 42
13 SuS Stadtlohn 34 12 6 16 49 60 −11 42
14 Hammer SpVg 34 11 8 15 50 65 −15 41
15 ASC 09 Dortmund 34 12 2 20 55 87 −32 38
16 SC Paderborn 07 II 34 9 9 16 49 63 −14 36
17 SV Schermbeck (R) 34 7 10 17 49 78 −29 31 Relegation to Westfalenliga
18 SV Zweckel (R) 34 8 4 22 40 78 −38 28
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) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. SpVgg Erkenschwick did not apply for a Regionalliga licence, third-placed TSG Sprockhövel promoted instead.

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:[2]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Michael Smykacz TSV Marl-Hüls 23
Stefan Oerterer SpVgg Erkenschwick
3 Lennard Kleine Westfalia Rhynern 20
4 Ouly Hugues Magouhi Hammer SpVg 18
5 Abdelhamid Sabiri Sportfreunde Siegen 17

Promotion play-off

The runners-up of the two divisions of the Westfalenliga competed for one more spot in the Oberliga.[6]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Delbrücker SC 1–4 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn
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References
  1. 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen spectators (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 22 October 2015
  2. 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen goal scorers (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 21 October 2015
  3. Oberliga Westfalen tables (in German) Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 22 October 2015
  4. 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen table & results (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 18 December 2015
  5. Oberliga Westfalen tables & results (in German) kicker.de, accessed: 22 October 2015
  6. "ENTSCHEIDUNGSSPIEL" [Decider]. fussball.de (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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