2015–16 Bundesliga

Bundesliga

Season	2015–16
Champions	Bayern Munich 25th Bundesliga title 26th German title
Relegated	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96
Champions League	Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach
Europa League	Schalke 04 Mainz 05 Hertha BSC
Matches played	306
Goals scored	866 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Lewandowski (30 goals)
Biggest home win	VfL Wolfsburg 6–0 Werder Bremen (21 November 2015)
Biggest away win	Eintracht Frankfurt 1–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach (17 October 2015) SV Darmstadt 98 0–4 Hertha BSC (12 December 2015)
Highest scoring	Eintracht Frankfurt 6–2 1. FC Köln (12 September 2015) SV Werder Bremen 6–2 VfB Stuttgart (2 May 2016)
Longest winning run	10 matches[1] Bayern Munich
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches[1] Borussia Dortmund
Longest winless run	9 matches[1] VfB Stuttgart
Longest losing run	8 matches[1] Hannover 96
Highest attendance	81,359[1] Borussia Dortmund 4–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach (15 August 2015)
Lowest attendance	13,500[1] FC Ingolstadt 1–0 Mainz 05 (23 January 2016)
Average attendance	43,309
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Bundesliga was the 53rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. The season started on 14 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016. Bayern Munich were the defending champions, after winning their 24th Bundesliga title and 25th German championship overall in the previous season.

Bayern Munich won the 2015–16 title in the second-last round on 7 May 2016, thereby becoming the first club in the history of the Bundesliga and the German football championship to win four consecutive championships.^[2]

Teams

FC Augsburg

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Darmstadt 98

Eintracht Frankfurt

Hamburger SV

1899 Hoffenheim

Hannover 96

Hertha BSC

FC Ingolstadt

1. FC Köln

Mainz 05

Schalke 04

VfB Stuttgart

Werder Bremen

VfL Wolfsburg

Locations of the 2015–16 Bundesliga teams

A total of 18 teams were participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2014–15 season and the two sides were directly promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season: FC Ingolstadt, the champions, and Darmstadt 98, the runners-up. The final participant was decided by a two-legged play-off, in which the 16th-placed Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC.

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
FC Augsburg	Augsburg	WWK ARENA	30,660
Bayer Leverkusen	Leverkusen	BayArena	30,210
Bayern Munich	Munich	Allianz Arena	75,000
Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund	Signal Iduna Park	81,359	[3]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mönchengladbach	Stadion im Borussia-Park	54,010
Darmstadt 98	Darmstadt	Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor	17,000
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena	51,500
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000
Hannover 96	Hanover	HDI-Arena	49,000
Hertha BSC	Berlin	Olympiastadion	74,475
1899 Hoffenheim	Sinsheim	Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena	30,150
FC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Audi Sportpark	15,000
1. FC Köln	Cologne	RheinEnergieSTADION	50,000
Mainz 05	Mainz	Coface Arena	34,000
Schalke 04	Gelsenkirchen	Veltins-Arena	62,271	[4]
VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Mercedes-Benz Arena	60,441
Werder Bremen	Bremen	Weserstadion	42,100	[5][6]
VfL Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Volkswagen Arena	30,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager		Captain		Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Ref.
		Name		Name
FC Augsburg		Weinzierl, MarkusMarkus Weinzierl		Verhaegh, PaulPaul Verhaegh	Nike	WWK	[7][8][9]
Bayer Leverkusen		Schmidt, RogerRoger Schmidt		Bender, LarsLars Bender	Adidas	LG Electronics	[7][8][9]
Bayern Munich		Guardiola, PepPep Guardiola		Lahm, PhilippPhilipp Lahm	Adidas	Deutsche Telekom	[7][8][8][9]
Borussia Dortmund		Tuchel, ThomasThomas Tuchel		Hummels, MatsMats Hummels	Puma	Evonik	[7][8][8][9]
Borussia Mönchengladbach		Schubert, AndréAndré Schubert		Xhaka, GranitGranit Xhaka	Kappa	Postbank	[7][8][9]
Darmstadt 98		Schuster, DirkDirk Schuster		Sulu, AytaçAytaç Sulu	Jako	Software AG	[7][8][8][9]
Eintracht Frankfurt		Kovač, NikoNiko Kovač		Meier, AlexanderAlexander Meier	Nike	Alfa Romeo	[7][8][8][9]
Hamburger SV		Labbadia, BrunoBruno Labbadia		Djourou, JohanJohan Djourou	Adidas	Emirates	[7][8][9]
Hannover 96		Stendel, DanielDaniel Stendel		Schulz, ChristianChristian Schulz	Jako	Heinz von Heiden	[7][8][8][9]
Hertha BSC		Dárdai, PálPál Dárdai		Lustenberger, FabianFabian Lustenberger	Nike	bet-at-home.com	[7][8][8][9]
1899 Hoffenheim		Nagelsmann, JulianJulian Nagelsmann		Schwegler, PirminPirmin Schwegler	Lotto	SAP	[7][8][8][9]
FC Ingolstadt		Hasenhüttl, RalphRalph Hasenhüttl		Matip, MarvinMarvin Matip	Adidas	Media Markt	[7][8][8][9]
1. FC Köln		Stöger, PeterPeter Stöger		Lehmann, MatthiasMatthias Lehmann	Erima	REWE	[7][8][8][9]
Mainz 05		Schmidt, MartinMartin Schmidt		Baumgartlinger, JulianJulian Baumgartlinger	Lotto	Kömmerling	[7][8][8][9]
Schalke 04		Breitenreiter, AndréAndré Breitenreiter		Höwedes, BenediktBenedikt Höwedes	Adidas	Gazprom	[7][8][8][9]
VfB Stuttgart		Kramny, JürgenJürgen Kramny		Gentner, ChristianChristian Gentner	Puma	Mercedes-Benz Bank	[7][8][8][9]
Werder Bremen		Skrypnyk, ViktorViktor Skrypnyk		Fritz, ClemensClemens Fritz	Nike	Wiesenhof	[7][8][9]
VfL Wolfsburg		Hecking, DieterDieter Hecking		Benaglio, DiegoDiego Benaglio	Kappa	Volkswagen	[7][8][8][9]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing	Manner	Exit date		Position in table	Incoming	Incoming date		Ref.
			Announced on	Departed on			Announced on	Arrived on
Borussia Dortmund	Jürgen Klopp	Resigned	15 April 2015	30 June 2015	Pre-season	Thomas Tuchel	19 April 2015	1 July 2015	[10][11]
VfB Stuttgart	Huub Stevens	End of contract	24 May 2015			Alexander Zorniger	25 May 2015		[12][13]
Schalke 04	Roberto Di Matteo	Resigned	26 May 2015			André Breitenreiter	12 June 2015		[14][15]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Thomas Schaaf					Armin Veh	14 June 2015		[16][17]
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Lucien Favre		20 September 2015		18th	André Schubert	21 September 2015		[18][19]
1899 Hoffenheim	Markus Gisdol	Sacked	26 October 2015		17th	Huub Stevens	26 October 2015		[20]
VfB Stuttgart	Alexander Zorniger	Sacked	24 November 2015		16th	Jürgen Kramny	24 November 2015		[21]
Hannover 96	Michael Frontzeck	Resigned	21 December 2015		17th	Thomas Schaaf	28 December 2015	4 January 2016	[22][23]
1899 Hoffenheim	Huub Stevens		10 February 2016			Julian Nagelsmann	11 February 2016		[24][25]
Eintracht Frankfurt	Armin Veh	Sacked	6 March 2016		16th	Niko Kovač	8 March 2016		[26][27]
Hannover 96	Thomas Schaaf		3 April 2016		18th	Daniel Stendel	3 April 2016		[28]

League table

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[lower-alpha 1]
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
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
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 the 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: kicker.de, Soccerway
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.^[29]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Bayern Munich, qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Positions by round

This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

If a Bundesliga club wins the DFB-Pokal, they will qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage, unless they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through league position. In this case, an additional UEFA Europa League group stage berth will be given to 6th, and the UEFA Europa League qualifying round spot will be given to 7th.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Bayern Munich 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Borussia Dortmund 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Bayer Leverkusen 5 3 6 13 13 11 5 7 7 6 7 8 6 6 8 6 5 5 4 5 3 4 6 7 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 17 18 18 18 18 16 14 13 10 7 5 6 5 4 3 5 4 4 6 6 7 5 4 4 6 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 Schalke 04 3 4 9 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 7 8 6 8 6 6 5 4 5 6 7 6 4 5 4 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 Mainz 05 13 8 5 10 7 9 12 8 11 13 12 9 11 9 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 Hertha BSC 7 7 10 7 11 5 6 4 5 5 6 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 7 VfL Wolfsburg 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 9 4 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 8 8 1. FC Köln 4 5 4 8 5 7 7 5 6 9 9 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 9 9 11 11 10 8 8 9 9 Hamburger SV 18 10 13 12 10 6 10 11 12 10 10 11 10 7 9 9 10 11 11 13 11 12 11 11 10 12 12 10 10 12 11 11 12 10 FC Ingolstadt 7 9 7 9 6 8 8 6 8 8 8 10 8 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 12 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 FC Augsburg 13 14 15 14 14 14 16 16 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 13 12 13 12 14 14 13 13 13 14 13 15 16 15 14 12 12 11 12 Werder Bremen 16 15 11 6 9 13 13 14 16 14 16 14 14 15 15 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 13 15 14 15 16 16 16 15 16 13 Darmstadt 98 9 11 12 11 12 10 9 10 9 11 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 12 14 11 13 14 14 14 15 14 13 13 13 11 13 14 13 14 1899 Hoffenheim 11 16 14 15 15 17 15 15 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 14 14 13 14 13 14 15 Eintracht Frankfurt 11 12 8 4 8 12 11 12 13 12 11 12 12 13 13 15 14 14 13 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 16 15 16 VfB Stuttgart 15 17 17 17 17 15 17 18 15 16 15 16 16 17 17 18 15 15 15 12 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 12 12 15 15 17 17 17 Hannover 96 9 12 16 16 16 18 18 17 14 15 14 15 15 14 14 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Last updated: 14 May 2016 Source: Bundesliga

	Leader and qualification to Champions League group stage
	Qualification to Champions League group stage
	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
	Qualification to Europa League group stage
	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
	Qualification to relegation play-offs
	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Results

Home ╲ Away

AUG

LEV

MUN

DOR

MGL

DAR

FRA

HAM

H96

BSC

HOF

ING

KÖL

MAI

S04

STU

BRE

WOL

FC Augsburg

3–3

1–3

1–3

2–2

0–2

0–0

1–3

2–0

0–1

1–3

0–1

0–0

3–3

2–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

Bayer Leverkusen

1–1

0–0

0–1

5–0

0–1

3–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

2–1

3–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

4–3

1–4

3–0

Bayern Munich

2–1

3–0

5–1

1–1

3–1

1–0

5–0

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

4–0

1–2

3–0

4–0

5–0

5–1

Borussia Dortmund

5–1

3–0

0–0

4–0

2–2

4–1

3–0

1–0

3–1

3–1

2–0

2–2

2–0

3–2

4–1

3–2

5–1

Borussia Mönchengladbach

4–2

2–1

3–1

1–3

3–2

3–0

0–3

2–1

5–0

3–1

0–0

1–0

1–2

3–1

4–0

5–1

2–0

Darmstadt 98

2–2

1–2

0–3

0–2

0–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

0–4

0–0

2–0

0–0

2–3

0–2

2–2

2–1

0–1

Eintracht Frankfurt

1–1

1–3

0–0

1–0

1–5

0–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–2

1–1

6–2

2–1

0–0

2–4

2–1

3–2

Hamburger SV

0–1

0–0

1–2

3–1

3–2

1–2

0–0

1–2

2–0

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–2

2–1

0–1

Hannover 96

0–1

0–1

0–1

2–4

2–0

1–2

1–2

0–3

1–3

1–0

4–0

0–2

0–1

1–3

1–3

1–0

0–4

Hertha BSC

0–0

2–1

0–2

0–0

1–4

1–2

2–0

3–0

2–2

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–1

1899 Hoffenheim

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

3–3

0–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

3–2

1–4

2–2

1–3

1–0

FC Ingolstadt

2–1

0–1

1–2

0–4

1–0

3–1

2–0

0–1

2–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

3–3

2–0

0–0

1. FC Köln

0–1

0–2

0–1

2–1

1–0

4–1

3–1

2–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

1–1

0–0

1–3

1–3

0–0

1–1

Mainz 05

4–2

3–1

0–3

0–2

1–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

3–0

0–0

3–1

0–1

2–3

2–1

0–0

1–3

2–0

Schalke 04

1–1

2–3

1–3

2–2

2–1

1–1

2–0

3–2

3–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–3

2–1

1–1

1–3

3–0

VfB Stuttgart

0–4

0–2

1–3

0–3

1–3

2–0

1–4

2–1

1–2

2–0

5–1

1–0

1–3

1–3

0–1

1–1

3–1

Werder Bremen

1–2

0–3

0–1

1–3

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–3

4–1

3–3

1–1

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–3

6–2

3–2

VfL Wolfsburg

0–2

2–1

0–2

1–2

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

4–2

2–0

1–1

1–1

3–0

3–1

6–0

Updated to games played on 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The team which finished 16th faced the 3rd-placed 2015–16 2. Bundesliga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn entry into the 2016–17 Bundesliga.

First leg

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Nürnberg

19 May 2016 20:30 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg
Gaćinović  65'	Report	Russ  42' (o.g.)

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

Eintracht Frankfurt

1. FC Nürnberg

GK 1 Lukas Hradecky RB 22 Timothy Chandler CB 19 David Abraham CB 4 Marco Russ (c)  56' LB 6 Bastian Oczipka CM 20 Makoto Hasebe CM 8 Szabolcs Huszti RW 16 Stefan Aigner  61' AM 14 Alexander Meier  70' LW 11 Mijat Gaćinović  84' CF 9 Haris Seferović Substitutes: GK 13 Heinz Lindner DF 2 Yanni Regäsel DF 5 Carlos Zambrano MF 21 Marc Stendera  70' MF 27 Aleksandar Ignjovski MF 32 Änis Ben-Hatira  61' FW 30 Luc Castaignos  84' Manager: Niko Kovač

GK 1 Raphael Schäfer  57' RB 2 Mišo Brečko (c) CB 33 Georg Margreitter CB 4 Dave Bulthuis LB 6 László Sepsi RM 17 Sebastian Kerk  74' CM 31 Ondřej Petrák CM 18 Hanno Behrens LM 23 Tim Leibold  89' CF 24 Niclas Füllkrug  85' CF 9 Guido Burgstaller Substitutes: GK 22 Patrick Rakovsky DF 3 Even Hovland  85' DF 28 Lukas Mühl MF 14 Kevin Möhwald MF 19 Rúrik Gíslason  89' FW 7 Danny Blum  74' FW 36 Cedric Teuchert Manager: René Weiler

Assistant referees: Florian Heft (Neuenkirchen) Jan Seidel (Oberkrämer) Fourth official: Bibiana Steinhaus (Hanover)

Match rules: 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

1. FC Nürnberg v Eintracht Frankfurt

23 May 2016 20:30 CEST

1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Report	Seferović  66'

Grundig Stadion, Nuremberg Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

1. FC Nürnberg

Eintracht Frankfurt

GK 1 Raphael Schäfer RB 2 Mišo Brečko (c)  72' CB 33 Georg Margreitter CB 4 Dave Bulthuis LB 6 László Sepsi  84' RM 17 Sebastian Kerk  56'  74' CM 31 Ondřej Petrák  74' CM 18 Hanno Behrens LM 23 Tim Leibold CF 9 Guido Burgstaller  90+2' CF 24 Niclas Füllkrug Substitutes: GK 22 Patrick Rakovsky DF 3 Even Hovland  84' DF 28 Lukas Mühl MF 14 Kevin Möhwald MF 19 Rúrik Gíslason  74' FW 7 Danny Blum  74' FW 36 Cedric Teuchert Manager: René Weiler

GK 1 Lukas Hradecky  90+1' RB 22 Timothy Chandler  69' CB 5 Carlos Zambrano (c) CB 19 David Abraham  90+4' LB 6 Bastian Oczipka  24' CM 20 Makoto Hasebe CM 8 Szabolcs Huszti RW 32 Änis Ben-Hatira  58' AM 21 Marc Stendera  11' LW 11 Mijat Gaćinović CF 9 Haris Seferović  76' Substitutes: GK 13 Heinz Lindner DF 2 Yanni Regäsel MF 10 Marco Fabián  51'  11' MF 16 Stefan Aigner MF 27 Aleksandar Ignjovski  69' FW 14 Alexander Meier  58' FW 30 Luc Castaignos Manager: Niko Kovač

Assistant referees: Tobias Christ (Münchweiler an der Rodalb) Arne Aarnink (Nordhorn) Fourth official: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied on aggregate and away goals. Penalty shoot-out if no further goals are scored. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Eintracht Frankfurt won 2–1 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[30] 1 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 30 2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund 25 3 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich 20 4 Javier Hernández Bayer Leverkusen 17 5 Anthony Modeste 1. FC Köln 15 6 Salomon Kalou Hertha BSC 14 Claudio Pizarro Werder Bremen Sandro Wagner Darmstadt 98 9 Daniel Didavi VfB Stuttgart 13 Raffael Borussia Mönchengladbach

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists[31] 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan Borussia Dortmund 15 2 Karim Bellarabi Bayer Leverkusen 11 3 Zlatko Junuzović Werder Bremen 10 Raffael Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 Douglas Costa Bayern Munich 9 6 Mahmoud Dahoud Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach 8 Gonzalo Castro Borussia Dortmund 7 Shinji Kagawa Borussia Dortmund Kevin Volland 1899 Hoffenheim

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	1. FC Köln	6–2	12 September 2015
Yunus Mallı	Mainz 05	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	18 September 2015
Robert Lewandowski^5	Bayern Munich	VfL Wolfsburg	5–1	22 September 2015
Max Kruse	VfL Wolfsburg	1899 Hoffenheim	4–2	17 October 2015
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	FC Augsburg	5–1	25 October 2015
Yoshinori Muto	Mainz 05	FC Augsburg	3–3	31 October 2015
Salomon Kalou	Hertha BSC	Hannover 96	3–1	6 November 2015
Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–0	12 December 2015
Alexander Meier	Eintracht Frankfurt	VfL Wolfsburg	3–2	24 January 2016
André Schürrle	VfL Wolfsburg	Hannover 96	4–0	1 March 2016
Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	2 March 2016
Koo Ja-cheol	FC Augsburg	Bayer Leverkusen	3–3	5 March 2016

⁵ Player scored five goals

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
August	Douglas Costa	Bayern Munich	[32]
September	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	[33]
October	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	[34]
November	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	[35]
December	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	[36]
January	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen	[37]
February	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	[38]
March	André Schürrle	VfL Wolfsburg	[39]
April	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Borussia Dortmund	[40]
May	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	[41]

Number of teams by state

Position	State	Number of teams	Teams
1	North Rhine-Westphalia	5	1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Schalke 04
2	Bavaria	3	FC Augsburg, Bayern Munich and FC Ingolstadt
3	Baden-Württemberg	2	1899 Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart
	Hesse	2	Darmstadt 98 and Eintracht Frankfurt
	Lower Saxony	2	Hannover 96 and VfL Wolfsburg
6	Berlin	1	Hertha BSC
	Bremen	1	Werder Bremen
	Hamburg	1	Hamburger SV
	Rhineland-Palatinate	1	Mainz 05

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