2015–16 Stuttgarter Kickers season

The 2015–16 Stuttgarter Kickers season is the 116th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. The club also takes part in the DFB-Pokal and in the 2015–16 edition of the Württemberg Cup.

Stuttgarter Kickers

2015–16 season
Chairman	Rainer Lorz
Manager	Horst Steffen(until 4 November 2015) Alfred Kaminski (interim) Tomislav Stipić (caretaker)
Stadium	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart, BW
3. Liga	18th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Württemberg Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Berko (11) All: Berko (11)
Highest home attendance	8,000 vs. Dynamo Dresden, 23 September 2015
Lowest home attendance	2,750 vs. SV Wehen Wiesbaden, 2 March 2016
Average home league attendance	4,578
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Transfers & contracts

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
5	DF		Manuel Bihr	21	Yes	1. FC Nürnberg	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	[1]
17	MF		Gratas Sirgėdas	20	Yes	VfB Stuttgart II	Released	Summer	2017	Free	[2]
24	MF		Edisson Jordanov	22	Yes	Borussia Dortmund II	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	[2]
25	DF		Alessandro Abruscia	24	Yes	TSG Hoffenheim II	End of contract	Summer	2016	Free	[3]
26	GK		Rouven Sattelmaier	27	Yes	1. FC Heidenheim	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	[4]
29	DF		Tobias Pachonik	20	Yes	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	[5]
33	MF		Markus Mendler	22	Yes	1. FC Nürnberg II	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	[6]
38	GK		Carl Klaus	21	Yes	VfL Wolfsburg II	End of contract	Summer	2016	Free	[6]
40	FW		Erich Berko	20	Yes	VfB Stuttgart II	End of contract	Summer	2017	Free	[1]
13	MF		Klaus Gjasula	25	No	Kickers Offenbach	Transfer	Winter	2017	€50T	[7]
20	FW		Bajram Nebihi	26	No	1. FC Union Berlin	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	[8]
22	MF		José-Alex Ikeng	26	No	FC Hansa Rostock	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	[9]
32	FW		Stephané Mvibudulu	21	No	TSV 1860 München	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	[10]
9	FW		Petar Slišković	23	Yes	FC Aarau	Transfer	Winter	2017	Free	[11]

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
2	DF		Maximilian Hoffmann	23	Yes		End of contract	Summer
13	FW		Randy Edwini-Bonsu	25	No	VfR Aalen	End of contract	Summer	Free
14	MF		Umberto Tedesco	23	Yes	Stuttgarter Kickers II	Degraded	Summer	n/a
17	DF		Fabian Gerster	28	Yes	—	Retired	Summer	—	[12]
20	MF		Besar Halimi	20	No	1. FSV Mainz 05	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[13]
22	MF		Athanasios Raptis	20	Yes	Stuttgarter Kickers II	Degraded	Summer	n/a
26	DF		Royal-Dominique Fennell	26	No	FC Würzburger Kickers	End of contract	Summer	Free	[14]
30	GK		Mark Redl	22	Yes	Borussia Dortmund II	End of contract	Summer	Free	[15]
32	GK		Tobias Trautner	20	Yes	FC 08 Homburg	End of contract	Summer	Free	[16]
19	FW		Daniel Engelbrecht	25	Yes	Alemannia Aachen	Released	Winter	Free	[17]
9	FW		Elia Soriano	26	Yes	FC Würzburger Kickers	Released	Winter	Free	[11]
18	MF		Marco Gaiser	23	Yes	FC 08 Homburg	Loan	Winter	Free	[18]
12	MF		Andreas Ivan	21	Yes	Rot-Weiss Essen	Released	Winter	Free	[19]

Contracts

No.	Player	Status	Contract length	Expiry date	Ref.
5	Manuel Bihr	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[1]
17	Gratas Sirgėdas	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[2]
24	Edisson Jordanov	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[2]
40	Erich Berko	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[1]
25	Alessandro Abruscia	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2016	[3]
26	Rouven Sattelmaier	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[4]
33	Markus Mendler	Transfer	2 years	30 June 2017	[6]
38	Carl Klaus	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2016	[6]
29	Tobias Pachonik	Loan	1 year	30 June 2016	[5]
13	Klaus Gjasula	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2017	[8]
20	Bajram Nebihi	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2017	[8]
22	José-Alex Ikeng	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2017	[9]
32	Stephané Mvibudulu	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2017	[10]
9	Petar Slišković	Transfer	1 year	30 June 2017	[11]

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches

Date	Time^1	Stadium	City	Opponent	Result^2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Source
							Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent
Pre–season friendlies
24 June 2015	18:30	Sportplatz Oberndorf	Rottenburg, Germany	TSG Balingen	3-2	600	G. Müller  28' Berko  44' Jordanov  87'	Vogler  17', 56'	[MR 1]
3 July 2015	14:00	Julius-Strohmayer-Stadion	Mindelheim, Germany	FV Illertissen	4–0	80	G. Müller  18' Engelbrecht  68' (pen.), 74' Fischer  72'	—	[MR 2]
8 July 2015	17:00	Gänsbodenstadion	St. Leonhard in Passeier, Italy	FC Wacker Innsbruck	2-1	350	Berko  12' Mendler  87'	Mićić  64' (pen.)	[MR 3]
11 July 2015	17:00	Sportpark Reischach	Bruneck, Italy	Inter Milan	3-4	5,000	Fischer  54', 85' Ivan  90'	Palacio  3', 10' Brozović  23' Icardi  29'	[MR 4]
12 July 2015	15:00	Stadion am Weingarten	Gärtringen, Germany	Gym24 & Friends	5-0	1,300	Fischer  12', 14' (pen.) Bangura  42' G. Müller  79', 89'	—	[MR 5]
15 July 2015	15:00	ADM Sportpark	Stuttgart, Germany	TSG Hoffenheim II	2-2	300	G. Müller  30', 45'	Sessa Trümmner	[MR 6]
18 July 2015	14:00	Hardtwaldstadion	Sandhausen, Germany	SV Sandhausen	2-2	600	Mendler  27' Badiane  52'	Bouhaddouz  61' (pen.) Zillner  70'	[MR 7]
11 November 2015	14:00	Sportgelände Zuzenhausen	Zuzenhausen, Germany	TSG Hoffenheim II	3-1		Bahn  15' Engelbrecht  52' Fischer  89'	Lohkemper  84'	[MR 8]
13 November 2015	16:00	Sportgelände Erbach	Homburg, Germany	FC 08 Homburg	5-0	200	Starostzik  38' Berko  52' Abruscia  60' Mendler  75' Soriano  85'	—	[MR 9]
9 January 2016	19:30	Teneriffa Top Training T3	Adeje, Spain	Czech Republic Under-21	0-1	35	—	Linhart  73'	[MR 10]
12 January 2016	20:00	Teneriffa Top Training T3	Adeje, Spain	CD Tenerife B	3-0	43	Bihr  3' Mvibudulu  54' Lang  83'	—	[MR 11]
16 January 2016	17:00	Sportanlage Fürth	Fürth, Germany	SpVgg Greuther Fürth II	1-1		Baumgärtel	Guerra  4'	[MR 12]
24 March 2016	15:00	Spieselstadion	Aalen, Germany	VfR Aalen	2-1		Pachonik  68', 83'	Ojala  4'	[MR 13]

• 1.^ Times in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time
• 2.^ Kickers goals listed first.

3. Liga

League fixtures and results

MD	Date KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Table			Ref.
						Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.	GD
1	25 July 2015 14:00	H	SC Fortuna Köln	2-1	4,975	Braun  12' Baumgärtel  52' Bahn  68'	Uaffero  29'  Biada  57' Fink  64'	3	3	+1	[MR 14]
2	1 August 2015 14:00	A	VfL Osnabrück	1-1	8,633	Braun  19' Berko  45' Starostzik  49' Baumgärtel  62' Bahn  90'	Chahed  35' Pisot  52' Kandziora  78'	7	4	+1	[MR 15]
3	15 August 2015 14:00	A	FC Erzgebirge Aue	0-2	7,250	Badiane  26' Berko  50' Marchese  66' Braun  70' Klaus  84'	Breitkreuz  42' Kluft  36'  57' Hertner  76'  86'	12	4	-1	[MR 16]
4	23 August 2015 14:00	H	VfR Aalen	0-0	5,450	Braun  25'	Schulz  31' Menig  76'	12	5	-1	[MR 17]
5	26 August 2015 19:00	A	FC Hansa Rostock	1-0	17,000	Stein  13' Berko  52'  72' Klaus  66' Marchese  73' Leutenecker  88'	Perstaller  11' Henn  16' Gardawski  63' Schuhen  65' Gottschling  86'	7	8	0	[MR 18]
6	29 August 2015 14:00	H	FC Energie Cottbus	0-0	3,840	—	Kaufmann  18' Zeitz  61' Lück  88'	8	9	0	[MR 19]
7	5 September 2015 14:00	A	Holstein Kiel	2-1	5,112	G. Müller  34' Berko  47'  74' Stein  72'	Schmidt  22' Schnellhardt  90+5'		12	+1	[MR 20]
8	11 September 2015 19:00	H	1. FC Magdeburg	1-0	6,270	Braun  36'  62' Bihr  43'	Butzen  59' Löhmannsröben  61' Puttkammer  67'	4	15	+2	[MR 21]
9	19 September 2015 14:00	A	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	3-3	2,324	Braun  18'  68' Badiane  42' Berko  57'	Schnellbacher  27' Geyer  34' Schindler  67' Lorenz  72'  75' Funk  79' Sène  90+3'	5	16	+2	[MR 22]
10	23 September 2015 19:00	H	SG Dynamo Dresden	1-2	8,000	Jordanov  52' Bahn  64' Soriano  78' Marchese  83'	Eilers  15' Tekerci  28' Hartmann  50' Hefele  65' J.-P. Müller  90+5'	7	16	+1	[MR 23]
11	26 September 2015 14:00	A	SC Preußen Münster	2-4	7,648	G. Müller  19' Stein  42' Soriano  52' Bahn  73' Berko  83' Fischer  84'	Pischorn  1' Hoffmann  27' Reichwein  70' Krohne  74' Bischoff  90'  90+2'	8	16	-1	[MR 24]
12	3 October 2015 14:00	H	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	0-4	5,050	Braun  1' Bihr  34' Bahn  87'	Breier  3' Dittgen  15'  22' Röttger  56' Rizzi  74' Schiek  80'	10	16	-5	[MR 25]
13	17 October 2015 15:30	A	VfB Stuttgart II	1-2	2,575	Jordanov  47' Bihr  78'	Grüttner  67'  75' Rathgeb  38' Perić  45' Gabriele  80' Kiesewetter  90+1'	11	16	-6	[MR 26]
14	24 October 2015 14:00	H	FC Würzburger Kickers	1-2	4,000	Jordanov  11' Soriano  23' Bahn  31' Baumgärtel  43' Leutenecker  68' Bihr  75'	Nagy  32' Shapourzadeh  38' Benatelli  43' Weil  73'	12	16	-7	[MR 27]
15	31 October 2015 14:00	A	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0-1	4,936	Soriano  32' Marchese  84' Leutenecker  90+4'	Uzan  32' Nikolaou  38' Judt  59' Laurito  62'	14	16	-8	[MR 28]
16	7 November 2015 14:00	H	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	1-4	3,210	Soriano  54'  63'	Klement  1', 40', 65' Höler  24' Parker  28'	18	16	-11	[MR 29]
17	21 November 2015 14:00	A	Hallescher FC	1-1	5,012	Berko  53' Gaiser  84'	Acquistapace  77' Lindenhahn  90'	17	17	-11	[MR 30]
18	28 November 2015 14:00	H	SV Werder Bremen II	0-2	3,385	Berko  47'	Papunashvili  27' Hüsing  51' Guwara  62' Käuper  63' Lorenzen  24'  64' Busch  82'	20	17	-13	[MR 31]
19	5 December 2015 14:00	A	Chemnitzer FC	0-1	4,768	Pachonik  46' Soriano  59' Marchese  72' Abruscia  80'	Kehl-Gómez  32' Danneberg  57' Türpitz  62' Cincotta  77'	20	17	-14	[MR 32]
20	12 December 2015 14:00	A	SC Fortuna Köln	1-3	1,618	Stein  34' Jordanov  39' Mendler  82'	Oliveira Souza  15' Biada  35' Kwame  45' Schröder  63' Uaferro  68' Königs  70'  78'	20	17	-16	[20]
21	18 December 2015 19:00	H	VfL Osnabrück	2-2	3,415	Berko  5' Baumgärtel  72' Jordanov 76' G. Müller  89'	Pisot  7' Syhre  31' Savran  46'	20	18	-16	[21]
22	22 January 2016 19:00	H	FC Erzgebirge Aue	1-1	3,800	Berko  27'	Breitkreuz  90+3'	20	19	-16	[22]
23	30 January 2016 14:00	A	VfR Aalen	0-3	5,176	Braun  30' Leutenecker  51' Bihr  54' Gjasula  87'	Morys  30'  72' Ojala  35' Drexler  75' Kienle  83'	20	19	-19	[23]
24	6 February 2016 14:00	H	FC Hansa Rostock	2-0	5,020	Baumgärtel  11' (pen.) Nebihi  65' Pachonik  89'	Jänicke  66' Kofler  86'	20	22	-17	[24]
25	13 February 2016 14:00	A	FC Energie Cottbus	2-1	5,239	Baumgärtel  37' (pen.) Berko  53' Jordanov  55' Stein  58' Gjasula  63'	Lungu  31' Sukuta-Pasu  34'  41' Kauko  72' Michel  77' Hübener  84'	19	25	-16	[25]
26	19 February 2016 19:00	H	Holstein Kiel	0-0	3,540	Baumgärtel  26'	Schnellhardt  24' Heider  40' Sigurbjörnsson  81'	19	26	-16	[26]
27	28 February 2016 14:00	A	1. FC Magdeburg	1-2	15,412	Gjasula  36' Leutenecker  63' Starostzik  65' Abruscia  65'	Ernst  2' Chahed  32' Kinsombi  64'	19	26	-17	[27]
28	2 March 2016 19:00	H	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1-0	2,750	Mvibudulu  71'	Funk  24' Dams  83' Schindler  87'	18	29	-16	[28]
29	6 March 2016 14:00	A	SG Dynamo Dresden	1-1	26,890	Berko  68' Nebihi  76'	Stefaniak  60'	19	30	-16	[29]
30	12 March 2016 14:00	H	SC Preußen Münster	1-0	3,530	Abruscia  44'	Tritz  67'	17	33	-15	[30] -->
31	19 March 2016 14:00	A	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	1-1	3,600	Berko  7' Braun  45'  90+3' Gjasula  64'	Lorch  33' Gehring  64'  80' Hägele  78' Gäng	18	34	-15	[31]
32	2 April 2016 14:00	H	VfB Stuttgart II	4-1	6,980	Kirchhoff  2' (o.g.) Berko  32' Leutenecker  44' Abruscia  52'  67' Mvibudulu  81'	Kirchhoff  28' Grüttner  78' Besuschkow  86'	17	37	-12	[32]
33	9 April 2016 14:00	A	FC Würzburger Kickers	1-2	5,422	Braun  53' Leutenecker  67' Gjasula  72' Badiane  78'	Shapourzadeh  43' (pen.) Soriano  85' Karsanidis  90+2'	17	37	-13	[33]
34	16 April 2016 14:00	H	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0-1	3,610	Badiane  48' Baumgärtel  90+1' Nebihi  90+2'	Möckel  44' Judt  57' Aydin  69' Erb  75' Nikolaou  78'	18	37	-14
35	24 April 2016 14:00	A	1. FSV Mainz 05 II	2-1	989	Berko  59' Gjasula  65' Mendler  83'	Bohl  25' Parker  78' Häusl  81'	16	40	-13
36	30 April 2016 14:00	H	Hallescher FC	1-0	4,270	Berko  37' Gjasula  59' Starostzik  64' Mvibudulu  65'	Lindenhahn  58' Engelhardt  71'	15	43	-12
37	7 May 2016 13:30	A	SV Werder Bremen II	0-1	573	Gjasula  37' Braun  64' Badiane  90+1'	Yildirim  52' Papunashvili  57'	16	43	-13
38	14 May 2016 13:30	H	Chemnitzer FC	0-1	5,970	Berko  84'	Steinmann  34' Bittroff  61' Fink  87'	18	43	-14

Table

League table

Further information: 2015–16 3. Liga § League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
16	Wehen Wiesbaden	38	9	16	13	35	48	−13	43
17	Werder Bremen II[lower-alpha 1]	38	11	10	17	42	56	−14	43
18	Stuttgarter Kickers (R)	38	11	10	17	38	52	−14	43	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Energie Cottbus (R)	38	9	14	15	32	52	−20	41
20	VfB Stuttgart II[lower-alpha 1] (R)	38	7	10	21	38	63	−25	31

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

Summary table

DFB-Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rd	Date KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent
Round 1	8 August 2015 15:30	H	VfL Wolfsburg	1-4	9,760	Badiane  80' Bahn  73' Gaiser  84'	Kruse  4' Dost  45' De Bruyne  47' Bendtner  86'	[MR 33]

Württemberg Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Rd	Date KO	Venue	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers and disciplined players		Ref.
						Stuttgarter Kickers	Opponent
1	Bye
2	Bye
3	19 August 2015 18:30	A	SSV Reutlingen 05	1-0	3,476	Fischer  26'	Seemann  81' Haas  82'	[MR 34]
R16	15 October 2015 15:30	A	TSG Backnang	3-1	1,500	Mendler  24', 65' Soriano  61' Baumgärtel  71'	Geldner  30' Biyik  32' Grimmer  61'	[MR 35]
QF	6 April 2016 18:30	A	1. FC Heiningen	2-0	1,400	Abruscia  16' Baumgärtel  59' Bihr  70'	Hölzli  74'	[MR 36]
SF	27 April 2016 19:00	A	FSV 08 Bissingen	1-2 (aet)	2,200	Mvibudulu  22' Mendler  40' Bihr  62' Baumgärtel  76' Braun  80'	Reich  45' Asch  77' (pen.) Lindner  100'  109'	[MR 37]

Team statistics

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
3. Liga	25 July 2015	14 May 2016	Matchday 1	18th	38	11	10	17	38	52	−14	028.95
DFB-Pokal	8 August 2015		Round 1		1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Württemberg Cup	19 August 2015	27 April 2016	Round 3	Semifinal	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	075.00
Total					43	14	10	19	46	59	−13	032.56

Squad information

Squad and statistics

Squad Season 2015–16
No.	Player	Nat.	Birthdate	at Kickers since	previous club	3. Liga		DFB-Pokal		WFV-Pokal
						App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
Goalkeepers
1	Korbinian Müller		6 February 1991	2014	SpVgg Unterhaching	7	0	0	0	2	0
26	Rouven Sattelmaier		7 August 1987	2015	1. FC Heidenheim	21	0	0	0	1	0
31	Joso Kobaš		18 October 1995	2015	Junior Team	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Carl Klaus		16 January 1994	2015	VfL Wolfsburg II	12	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
4	Hendrik Starostzik		28 March 1991	2014	VfL Bochum II	28	0	1	0	4	0
5	Manuel Bihr		17 September 1993	2015	1. FC Nürnberg	23	0	0	0	3	0
16	Fabio Leutenecker		15 March 1988	2006	Junior Team	33	1	1	0	1	0
21	Marc Stein		7 July 1986	2013	Kickers Offenbach	33	1	0	0	4	0
25	Alessandro Abruscia		12 July 1990	2015	TSG Hoffenheim II	22	3	0	0	3	1
27	Fabian Baumgärtel		7 July 1989	2013	Alemannia Aachen	37	3	1	0	4	1
29	Tobias Pachonik		4 January 1995	2015	1. FC Nürnberg	15	0	0	0	4	0
Midfielders
6	Sandrino Braun (vice-captain)		4 July 1988	2012	SC Pfullendorf	30	4	1	0	4	0
7	Marco Calamita		22 March 1983	2013	VfR Aalen	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Gerrit Müller		26 April 1984	2013	1. FC Heidenheim	21	3	1	0	0	0
10	Vincenzo Marchese (captain)		19 May 1983	2009	SSV Ulm 1846	19	0	1	0	1	0
13	Klaus Gjasula		14 December 1989	2016	Kickers Offenbach	16	0	0	0	2	0
14	Lasse Lehmann		20 May 1996	2015	Junior Team	2	0	0	0	0	0
17	Gratas Sirgėdas		17 December 1994	2015	VfB Stuttgart II	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	José-Alex Ikeng		30 January 1988	2017	FC Hansa Rostock	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Daniel Kaiser		18 October 1990	1994	Junior Team	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	Edisson Jordanov		8 June 1993	2015	Borussia Dortmund II	26	1	0	0	2	0
28	Bentley Baxter Bahn		28 August 1992	2015	FC St. Pauli	20	0	1	0	4	0
33	Markus Mendler		7 January 1993	2015	1. FC Nürnberg II	24	2	1	0	4	2
Forwards
3	Daniel Lang		17 May 1992	2014	Junior Team	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Petar Slišković		21 February 1991	2016	FC Aarau	9	0	0	0	1	0
11	Lhadji Badiane		16 April 1987	2013	Stade Lavallois	22	2	1	1	3	0
20	Bajram Nebihi		5 August 1988	2016	1. FC Union Berlin	13	2	0	1	0	0
32	Stephané Mvibudulu		18 May 1993	2016	TSV 1860 München	16	1	0	0	2	1
37	Manuel Fischer		19 September 1989	2015	SG Sonnenhof Großaspach	14	0	1	0	2	1
40	Erich Berko		6 September 1994	2015	VfB Stuttgart II	36	11	1	0	4	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	Elia Soriano		26 June 1989	2013	Karlsruher SC	18	3	0	0	2	1
12	Andreas Ivan		10 January 1995	2012	Junior Team	2	0	1	0	0	0
18	Marco Gaiser		11 January 1993	2011	Junior Team	3	0	1	0	0	0
19	Daniel Engelbrecht		5 November 1990	2013	VfL Bochum	3	0	0	0	1	0

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Position	3. Liga	DFB-Pokal	WFV-Pokal	Total
1	Erich Berko	FW	11	0	0	11
2	Sandrino Braun	MF	4	0	0	4
	Elia Soriano	FW	3	0	1	4
	Fabian Baumgärtel	DF	3	0	1	4
	Alessandro Abruscia	DF	3	0	1	4
	Markus Mendler	MF	2	0	2	4
3	Gerrit Müller	MF	3	0	0	3
	Lhadji Badiane	FW	2	1	0	3
4	Bajram Nebihi	FW	2	0	0	2
	Stephané Mvibudulu	FW	1	0	1	2
5	Edisson Jordanov	MF	1	0	0	1
	Marc Stein	DF	1	0	0	1
	Manuel Fischer	FW	0	0	1	1
	Fabio Leutenecker	DF	1	0	0	1
	Own goal	DF	1	0	0	1
Total			38	1	7	46

Penalties

All competitions Player Penalties Fabian Baumgärtel 4 (1) Vincenzo Marchese 2 (2)	3. Liga Player Penalties Fabian Baumgärtel 3 (1) Vincenzo Marchese 2 (2)	Württemberg Cup Player Penalties Fabian Baumgärtel 1 (0)
()* = Penalties saved

Clean sheets

Goalkeeper	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Rouven Sattelmaier	19 August 2015	Württemberg Cup	SSV Reutlingen 05	1–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	23 August 2015	3. Liga	VfR Aalen	0–0
Carl Klaus	26 August 2015	3. Liga	FC Hansa Rostock	1–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	26 August 2015	3. Liga	FC Hansa Rostock	1–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	29 August 2015	3. Liga	FC Energie Cottbus	0–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	11 September 2015	3. Liga	1. FC Magdeburg	1–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	6 February 2016	3. Liga	FC Hansa Rostock	2–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	19 February 2016	3. Liga	Holstein Kiel	0–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	2 March 2016	3. Liga	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	1–0
Rouven Sattelmaier	12 March 2016	3. Liga	SC Preußen Münster	1–0
Korbinian Müller	6 April 2016	Württemberg Cup	1. FC Heiningen	2–0
Korbinian Müller	30 April 2016	3. Liga	Hallescher FC	1–0

Multi–goal matches

Goalscorer	Date	Competition	Opponent	Score
Markus Mendler	10 October 2015	Württemberg Cup	TSG Backnang	3–1

Overview of statistics

Statistic	Overall	3. Liga	DFB-Pokal	Württemberg Cup
Most appearances	Baumgärtel (41)	Baumgärtel (37)	14 players ^5 (1)	8 players ^6 (3)
Most starts	Baumgärtel (40)	Baumgärtel (37)	11 players ^8 (1)	Pachonik & Bahn (4)
Most substitute appearances	Badiane (15)	Badiane (14)	Badiane, Fischer & Ivan (1)	Baumgärtel (2)
Top goalscorer	Berko (11)	Berko (11)	Badiane (1)	Mendler (2)

Discipline

Cards

Player	Total			3. Liga			DFB-Pokal			Württemberg Cup
Sandrino Braun	11	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Erich Berko	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Klaus Gjasula	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Bihr	7	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Bentley Baxter Bahn	6	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fabian Baumgärtel	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Vincenzo Marchese	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Edisson Jordanov	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fabio Leutenecker	5	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elia Soriano	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Stein	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hendrik Starostzik	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lhadji Badiane	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marco Gaiser	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tobias Pachonik	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alessandro Abruscia	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephané Mvibudulu	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Fischer	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bajram Nebihi	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Markus Mendler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Carl Klaus	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	86	2	2	78	2	2	2	0	0	6	0	0

Suspensions

No.	Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition served in	Date served	Opponent(s)	Source
28	Bentley Baxter Bahn	1	Yellow-red card vs. VfL Osnabrück	3. Liga	14 August 2015	FC Erzgebirge Aue	[34]
38	Carl Klaus	1	Red card vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue	3. Liga	23 August 2015	VfR Aalen	[35]
38	Carl Klaus	3	Red card vs. FC Hansa Rostock.	3. Liga	26 August 2015	FC Energie Cottbus	[36]
					5 September 2015	Holstein Kiel
					11 September 2015	1. FC Magdeburg
16	Fabio Leutenecker	1	Yellow-red card vs. FC Hansa Rostock	3. Liga	26 August 2015	FC Energie Cottbus
6	Sandrino Braun	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	23 September 2015	SG Dynamo Dresden
28	Bentley Baxter Bahn	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	31 October 2015	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
10	Vincenzo Marchese	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	12 December 2015	SC Fortuna Köln
5	Manuel Bihr	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	6 February 2016	FC Hansa Rostock
40	Erich Berko	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	19 February 2016	Holstein Kiel
24	Edisson Jordanov	1	Fifth yellow card	3. Liga	19 February 2016	Holstein Kiel

Team kit

Home

Away

Third

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / info
Home	Blue / White	Blue	Blue
Away	Black	Black	Black
Third	Yellow	White	White

Reserve team

Kickers' reserve team plays in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and the coach is Alfred Kaminski.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Joso Kobas
2	DF	GER	Robin Faber
3	DF	GER	Emmanuel Apler
4	DF	GER	Tim Roos
5	MF	ZIM	Felix Metzler
6	MF	JPN	Taijiro Mori
7	FW	GER	Luca Lippert
8	MF	TUR	Volkan Celiktas
9	FW	GER	Daniel Lang
11	MF	GRE	Athanasios Raptis
12	MF	GER	Janis Lamatsch
13	DF	CRO	Ivan Borna Jelic Balta

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	GER	Nico Schürmann
15	MF	GER	Nico Blank
16	FW	TUR	Burhan Soyudogru
17	MF	GER	Denis Gudzevic
18	MF	ITA	Umberto Tedesco
19	FW	GER	Lasse Lehmann
20	FW	GER	Marco Koch
21	DF	GER	Aris Akgün
22	FW	GRE	Anastasios Ketsemeridis
23	DF	ITA	Marco Romano
24	MF	CRO	Antonio Belobrajdić
30	GK	POL	Mateusz Babieczko

Technical staff

Position	Held by
President	Rainer Lorz
Sporting director	Michael Zeyer
Manager	Tomislav Stipić
Personal assistant	Marcel Hagmann
Goalkeeping coach	Erol Sabanov
Fitness coach	Guido Baur

Notes

• 5.^ Klaus, Leutenecker, Starostzik, Gaiser, Baumgärtel, Bahn, Marchese, Braun, Mendler, Badiane, G. Müller, Fischer, Berko, Ivan
• 6.^ Pachonik, Starostzik, Baumgärtel, Abruscia, Braun, Stein, Bahn, Berko, Mendler, Badiane
• 8.^ Klaus, Leutenecker, Starostzik, Gaiser, Baumgärtel, Bahn, Marchese, Braun, Mendler, G. Müller, Berko

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External links

• 2015-16 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Kickersarchiv.de (in German)
• 2015–16 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2015–16 Stuttgarter Kickers season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)