2015–16 in German football

The 2015–16 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Germany.

Football in Germany

Season	2015–16
Men's football
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga	SC Freiburg
3. Liga	Dynamo Dresden
DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich
DFL-Supercup	VfL Wolfsburg
Women's football
Frauen-Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
DFB-Pokal	VfL Wolfsburg
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	FC Ingolstadt Darmstadt 98	SC Freiburg SC Paderborn
2. Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg	Erzgebirge Aue VfR Aalen
3. Liga	Werder Bremen II 1. FC Magdeburg Würzburger Kickers	Borussia Dortmund II SpVgg Unterhaching Jahn Regensburg
Bundesliga (women)	1. FC Köln Werder Bremen	MSV Duisburg Herforder SV
2. Bundesliga (women)	SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Borussia Mönchengladbach TSV Schott Mainz Eintracht Wetzlar BW Hohen Neuendorf	VfL Bochum 1. FC Union Berlin Magdeburger FFC 1. FFC Montabaur 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen

Post–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	SC Freiburg RB Leipzig	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96
2. Bundesliga	Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue Würzburger Kickers	MSV Duisburg FSV Frankfurt SC Paderborn
3. Liga	FSV Zwickau Sportfreunde Lotte Jahn Regensburg	Stuttgarter Kickers Energie Cottbus VfB Stuttgart II
Bundesliga (women)	MSV Duisburg Borussia Mönchengladbach	Werder Bremen 1. FC Köln
2. Bundesliga (women)	Bramfelder SV 1. FC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen SC Sand II	ETSV Würzburg Alemannia Aachen Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf FFV Leipzig Holstein Kiel

National teams

Germany national football team

Main article: Germany national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	7	1	2	24	9	+15	22	Qualify for final tournament		—	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0
2	Poland	10	6	3	1	33	10	+23	21			2–0	—	2–1	2–2	4–0	8–1
3	Republic of Ireland	10	5	3	2	19	7	+12	18	Advance to play-offs		1–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	7–0
4	Scotland	10	4	3	3	22	12	+10	15			2–3	2–2	1–0	—	1–0	6–1
5	Georgia	10	3	0	7	10	16	−6	9			0–2	0–4	1–2	1–0	—	4–0
6	Gibraltar	10	0	0	10	2	56	−54	0			0–7	0–7	0–4	0–6	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Germany  v  Poland

4 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Germany	3–1	Poland	Frankfurt, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller  12' Götze  19', 82'	Report	Lewandowski  36'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Scotland  v  Germany

7 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Scotland	2–3	Germany	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Müller  18', 34' Gündoğan  54'	Report	Hummels  28' (o.g.) McArthur  43'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,753 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Republic of Ireland  v  Germany

8 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Germany	Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Long  70'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 50,604 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Germany  v  Georgia

11 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Germany	2–1	Georgia	Leipzig, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller  50' (pen.) Kruse  79'	Report	Kankava  53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,630 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

UEFA Euro 2016

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

UEFA Euro 2016 Group C table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase
2	Poland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7[lower-alpha 1]
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

UEFA Euro 2016 fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Germany  v  Ukraine

12 June 2016 Group C	Germany	2–0	Ukraine	Lille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi  19' Schweinsteiger  90+2'	DFB Report UEFA Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 43,035 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Germany  v  Poland

16 June 2016 Group C	Germany	0–0	Poland	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		DFB Report UEFA Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 73,648 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Northern Ireland  v  Germany

21 June 2016 Group C	Northern Ireland	0–1	Germany	Paris, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		DFB Report UEFA Report	Gómez  30'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,125 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Germany  v  Slovakia

26 June 2016 Round of 16	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boateng  8' Gómez  43' Draxler  63'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,312 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Germany  v  Italy

2 July 2016 Quarter-final	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Italy	Bordeaux, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Özil  65'	Report	Bonucci  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 38,764 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Penalties
	Kroos Müller Özil Draxler Schweinsteiger Hummels Kimmich Boateng Hector		Insigne Zaza Barzagli Pellè Bonucci Giaccherini Parolo De Sciglio Darmian

Germany  v  France

7 July 2016 Semi-final	Germany	0–2	France	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Griezmann  45+2' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

France  v  Germany

13 November 2015 Friendly	France	2–0	Germany	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Giroud  45+1' Gignac  86'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Germany  v  Netherlands

17 November 2015 Friendly	Germany	Cancelled	Netherlands	Hanover, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Note: The match was cancelled one hour before kick-off due to security issues.

Germany  v  England

26 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	2–3	England	Berlin, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kroos  43' Gómez  57'	Report	Kane  61' Vardy  75' Dier  90+1'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,413 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

Germany  v  Italy

29 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	4–1	Italy	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos  24' Götze  45' Hector  59' Özil  75' (pen.)	Report	El Shaarawy  83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 62,653 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

Germany  v  Slovakia

29 May 2016 Friendly	Germany	1–3	Slovakia	Augsburg, Germany
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gómez  13' (pen.)	Report	Hamšík  41' Ďuriš  44' Kucka  52'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 22,110 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Germany  v  Hungary

4 June 2016 Friendly	Germany	2–0	Hungary	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lang  39' (o.g.) Müller  63'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,104 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Germany women's national football team

Main article: Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	8	0	0	35	0	+35	24	Final tournament
2	Russia	8	4	2	2	14	9	+5	14
3	Hungary	8	2	2	4	8	20	−12	8
4	Croatia	8	2	1	5	8	15	−7	7
5	Turkey	8	1	1	6	3	24	−21	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

Germany  v  Hungary

18 September 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	12–0	Hungary	Halle (Saale), Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Popp  7', 66' Maier  9' Kemme  16' Behringer  19' (pen.) Bremer  28', 70', 84' Goeßling  33', 39' Laudehr  63' Leupolz  72'	Report		Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

Croatia  v  Germany

22 September 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Croatia	0–1	Germany	Zagreb, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Popp  7', 66'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

Germany  v  Russia

22 October 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	2–0	Russia	Wiesbaden, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Islacker  8' Maier  48'	Report		Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Germany  v  Turkey

25 October 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	7–0	Turkey	Sandhausen, Germany
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Islacker  6' Mittag  29' Behringer  37' (pen.) Däbritz  69', 90+3' Magull  78', 86'	Report		Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)

Turkey  v  Germany

8 April 2016 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Turkey	0–6	Germany	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kerschowski  29', 60', 90+3' Mittag  40' Popp  78', 86'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

Germany  v  Croatia

12 April 2016 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	2–0	Croatia	Osnabrück, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marozsán  32' Mittag  50'	Report		Stadium: Osnatel-Arena Attendance: 8,276 Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

2016 SheBelieves Cup

Main article: 2016 SheBelieves Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H, C)	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	England	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	France	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.[1]
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Germany  v  France

3 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	Germany	1–0	France	Tampa
17:00 (EST (UTC−5)	Maier  83'	Report		Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Germany  v  England

6 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	Germany	2–1	England	Nashville
16:45 (CST (UTC−6)	Flaherty  76' (o.g.) Peter  82' (pen.)	Report	Duggan  9'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 25,363 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

United States  v  Germany

9 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	United States	2–1	Germany	Boca Raton
19:45 (EST (UTC−5)	Morgan  37' Mewis  42'	Report	Mittag  30'	Stadium: FAU Stadium Attendance: 13,501 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	28	4	2	80	17	+63	88	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	24	6	4	82	34	+48	78
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	6	10	56	40	+16	60
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	4	13	67	50	+17	55	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41
11	FC Ingolstadt	34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	50	65	−15	38
14	Darmstadt 98	34	9	11	14	38	53	−15	38
15	1899 Hoffenheim	34	9	10	15	39	54	−15	37
16	Eintracht Frankfurt (O)	34	9	9	16	34	52	−18	36	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	9	6	19	50	75	−25	33	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Hannover 96 (R)	34	7	4	23	31	62	−31	25

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.[2]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SC Freiburg (C, P)	34	22	6	6	75	39	+36	72	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	RB Leipzig (P)	34	20	7	7	54	32	+22	67
3	1. FC Nürnberg	34	19	8	7	68	41	+27	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	FC St. Pauli	34	15	8	11	45	39	+6	53
5	VfL Bochum	34	13	12	9	56	40	+16	51
6	Union Berlin	34	13	10	11	56	50	+6	49
7	Karlsruher SC	34	12	11	11	35	37	−2	47
8	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	12	10	12	44	38	+6	46
9	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	13	7	14	49	55	−6	46
10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	12	9	13	49	47	+2	45
11	1. FC Heidenheim	34	11	12	11	42	40	+2	45
12	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	18	8	38	39	−1	42
13	SV Sandhausen[lower-alpha 1]	34	12	7	15	40	50	−10	40
14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	9	8	17	32	47	−15	35
15	1860 Munich	34	8	10	16	32	46	−14	34
16	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	7	11	16	32	54	−22	32	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	FSV Frankfurt (R)	34	8	8	18	33	59	−26	32	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	SC Paderborn (R)	34	6	10	18	28	55	−27	28

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

1. SV Sandhausen were deducted three points for license violation.[3]

3. Liga

Main article: 2015–16 3. Liga

3. Liga standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (C, P)	38	21	15	2	75	35	+40	78	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga
2	Erzgebirge Aue (P)	38	19	13	6	42	21	+21	70
3	Würzburger Kickers (O, P)	38	16	16	6	43	25	+18	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	14	14	10	49	37	+12	56
5	VfL Osnabrück	38	14	14	10	46	41	+5	56
6	Chemnitzer FC	38	15	10	13	52	46	+6	55
7	Sonnenhof Großaspach	38	14	12	12	58	47	+11	54
8	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	14	8	16	47	50	−3	50
9	Preußen Münster	38	12	13	13	43	41	+2	49
10	Hansa Rostock	38	12	13	13	42	48	−6	49
11	Fortuna Köln	38	14	7	17	56	69	−13	49
12	Mainz 05 II[lower-alpha 1]	38	12	12	14	48	47	+1	48
13	Hallescher FC	38	13	9	16	48	48	0	48
14	Holstein Kiel	38	12	12	14	44	47	−3	48
15	VfR Aalen	38	10	14	14	35	40	−5	44
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion.

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lazio	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	0–3

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WOL	PSV	MU	CSKA
1	Wolfsburg	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–2	1–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10			2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Transfer to Europa League		2–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MC	JUV	SEV	MGB
1	Manchester City	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–2	2–1	4–2
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11			1–0	—	2–0	0–0
3	Sevilla	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–3	1–0	—	3–0
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			1–2	1–1	4–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	ROM	LEV	BATE
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	6–1	2–1	3–0
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	−5	6			1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League		1–1	4–4	—	4–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5			0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	ARS	OLY	DZG
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	19	3	+16	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–1	4–0	5–0
2	Arsenal	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9			2–0	—	2–3	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	6	13	−7	9	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	0–3	—	2–1
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	0	5	3	14	−11	3			0–2	2–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	2–4	Wolfsburg	2–3	0–1
Juventus	4–6	Bayern Munich	2–2	2–4 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	2–3	Real Madrid	2–0	0–3
Bayern Munich	3–2	Benfica	1–0	2–2

Semi-finals

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	2–2 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–2

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsberger AC	0–6	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–5

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Odd	5–11	Borussia Dortmund	3–4	2–7

Group stage

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KRA	DOR	PAOK	QAB
1	Krasnodar	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10			2–1	—	0–1	4–0
3	PAOK	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	7			0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Gabala	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2			0–3	1–3	0–0	—

Source: UEFA

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SCH	SPP	AT	APO
1	Schalke 04	6	4	2	0	15	3	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–2	4–0	1–0
2	Sparta Prague	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12			1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Asteras Tripoli	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4			0–4	1–1	—	2–0
4	APOEL	6	1	0	5	3	12	−9	3			0–3	1–3	2–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATH	AUG	PAR	AZ
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	5–1	2–2
2	Augsburg	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9			2–3	—	1–3	4–1
3	Partizan	6	3	0	3	10	14	−4	9			0–2	1–3	—	3–2
4	AZ	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4			2–1	0–1	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Porto	2–0	1–0
Augsburg	0–1	Liverpool	0–0	0–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Schalke 04	0–0	3–0
Sporting CP	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1–3

Round of 16

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Villarreal	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	0–0
Borussia Dortmund	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	2–1

Quarter-finals

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	4–5	Liverpool	1–1	3–4

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	0–8	Frankfurt	0–2	0–6
Twente	3–3 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–1	2–2
Spartak Subotica	0–4	Wolfsburg	0–0	0–4

Round of 16

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	1–4	Wolfsburg	1–2	0–2
Lillestrøm SK	2–2 (4–5 p)	Frankfurt	0–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	6–0	Brescia	3–0	3–0
Rosengård	1–1 (4–5 p)	Frankfurt	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	4–1	Frankfurt	4–0	0–1

Final

Main article: 2016 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

26 May 2016 (2016-05-26)

18:00 CEST

Wolfsburg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Popp  88'	Report	Hegerberg  12'
Penalties
Popp Kerschowski Peter Fischer Bussaglia	3–4	Hegerberg Schelin Renard Mbock Kumagai

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Attendance: 15,117

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Sources

1. Rules for classification
2. "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
3. "Verstoß gegen Lizenzierungsordnung: Punktabzug für Sandhausen". dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.