# 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.

## Transfers & contracts
### In

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

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 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 | — |
| 20 | MF | Besar Halimi | 20 | No | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 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 |
| 30 | GK | Mark Redl | 22 | Yes | Borussia Dortmund II | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 32 | GK | Tobias Trautner | 20 | Yes | FC 08 Homburg | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 19 | FW | Daniel Engelbrecht | 25 | Yes | Alemannia Aachen | Released | Winter | Free |
| 9 | FW | Elia Soriano | 26 | Yes | FC Würzburger Kickers | Released | Winter | Free |
| 18 | MF | Marco Gaiser | 23 | Yes | FC 08 Homburg | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 12 | MF | Andreas Ivan | 21 | Yes | Rot-Weiss Essen | Released | Winter | Free |

### Contracts

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

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Friendly matches

| Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Source |
| Date | Time | Stadium | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Stuttgarter Kickers | Opponent | Source |
| 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' | |
| 3 July 2015 | 14:00 | Julius-Strohmayer-Stadion | Mindelheim, Germany | FV Illertissen | 4–0 | 80 | G. Müller 18' Engelbrecht 68' (pen.), 74' Fischer 72' | — | |
| 8 July 2015 | 17:00 | Gänsbodenstadion | St. Leonhard in Passeier, Italy | FC Wacker Innsbruck | 2-1 | 350 | Berko 12' Mendler 87' | Mićić 64' (pen.) | |
| 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' | |
| 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' | — | |
| 15 July 2015 | 15:00 | ADM Sportpark | Stuttgart, Germany | TSG Hoffenheim II | 2-2 | 300 | G. Müller 30', 45' | Sessa Trümmner | |
| 18 July 2015 | 14:00 | Hardtwaldstadion | Sandhausen, Germany | SV Sandhausen | 2-2 | 600 | Mendler 27' Badiane 52' | Bouhaddouz 61' (pen.) Zillner 70' | |
| 11 November 2015 | 14:00 | Sportgelände Zuzenhausen | Zuzenhausen, Germany | TSG Hoffenheim II | 3-1 | | Bahn 15' Engelbrecht 52' Fischer 89' | Lohkemper 84' | |
| 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' | — | |
| 9 January 2016 | 19:30 | Teneriffa Top Training T3 | Adeje, Spain | Czech Republic Under-21 | 0-1 | 35 | — | Linhart 73' | |
| 12 January 2016 | 20:00 | Teneriffa Top Training T3 | Adeje, Spain | CD Tenerife B | 3-0 | 43 | Bihr 3' Mvibudulu 54' Lang 83' | — | |
| 16 January 2016 | 17:00 | Sportanlage Fürth | Fürth, Germany | SpVgg Greuther Fürth II | 1-1 | | Baumgärtel | Guerra 4' | |
| 24 March 2016 | 15:00 | Spieselstadion | Aalen, Germany | VfR Aalen | 2-1 | | Pachonik 68', 83' | Ojala 4' | |
* 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 | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Table | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Stuttgarter Kickers | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | GD | Ref. |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 4 | 23 August 2015 14:00 | H | VfR Aalen | 0-0 | 5,450 | Braun 25' | Schulz 31' Menig 76' | 12 | 5 | -1 | |
| 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 | |
| 6 | 29 August 2015 14:00 | H | FC Energie Cottbus | 0-0 | 3,840 | — | Kaufmann 18' Zeitz 61' Lück 88' | 8 | 9 | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 17 | 21 November 2015 14:00 | A | Hallescher FC | 1-1 | 5,012 | Berko 53' Gaiser 84' | Acquistapace 77' Lindenhahn 90' | 17 | 17 | -11 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 22 | 22 January 2016 19:00 | H | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 1-1 | 3,800 | Berko 27' | Breitkreuz 90+3' | 20 | 19 | -16 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 26 | 19 February 2016 19:00 | H | Holstein Kiel | 0-0 | 3,540 | Baumgärtel 26' | Schnellhardt 24' Heider 40' Sigurbjörnsson 81' | 19 | 26 | -16 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 29 | 6 March 2016 14:00 | A | SG Dynamo Dresden | 1-1 | 26,890 | Berko 68' Nebihi 76' | Stefaniak 60' | 19 | 30 | -16 | |
| 30 | 12 March 2016 14:00 | H | SC Preußen Münster | 1-0 | 3,530 | Abruscia 44' | Tritz 67' | 17 | 33 | -15 | --> |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 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 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | VfB Stuttgart II (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 31 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

### DFB-Pokal

Win  Draw  Loss
| Rd | Date KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| Rd | Date KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Stuttgarter Kickers | Opponent | Ref. |
| 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' | |

### Württemberg Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
| Rd | Date KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Goalscorers and disciplined players | Ref. |
| Rd | Date KO | Venue | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Stuttgarter Kickers | Opponent | Ref. |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | |
| 2 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | |
| 3 | 19 August 2015 18:30 | A | SSV Reutlingen 05 | 1-0 | 3,476 | Fischer 26' | Seemann 81' Haas 82' | |
| 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' | |
| QF | 6 April 2016 18:30 | A | 1. FC Heiningen | 2-0 | 1,400 | Abruscia 16' Baumgärtel 59' Bihr 70' | Hölzli 74' | |
| 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' | |

## Team statistics

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | 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 | 8 August 2015 | Round 1 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | 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 | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | WFV-Pokal | WFV-Pokal |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthdate | at Kickers since | previous club | 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 |
| 2 | Elia Soriano | FW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Fabian Baumgärtel | DF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Alessandro Abruscia | DF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Markus Mendler | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Gerrit Müller | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Lhadji Badiane | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bajram Nebihi | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Stephané Mvibudulu | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Edisson Jordanov | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Marc Stein | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Manuel Fischer | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Fabio Leutenecker | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Own goal | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 38 | 1 | 7 | 46 |

### Penalties

| Player | Penalties |
| Fabian Baumgärtel | 4 (1) |
| Vincenzo Marchese | 2 (2) |
| Player | Penalties |
| Fabian Baumgärtel | 3 (1) |
| Vincenzo Marchese | 2 (2) |
| 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 (1) | 8 players (3) |
| Most starts | Baumgärtel (40) | Baumgärtel (37) | 11 players (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 | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Württemberg Cup | Württemberg Cup | 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) |
| 28 | Bentley Baxter Bahn | 1 | Yellow-red card vs. VfL Osnabrück | 3. Liga | 14 August 2015 | FC Erzgebirge Aue |
| 38 | Carl Klaus | 1 | Red card vs. FC Erzgebirge Aue | 3. Liga | 23 August 2015 | VfR Aalen |
| 38 | Carl Klaus | 3 | Red card vs. FC Hansa Rostock. | 3. Liga | 26 August 2015 | FC Energie Cottbus |
| 38 | Carl Klaus | 3 | Red card vs. FC Hansa Rostock. | 3. Liga | 5 September 2015 | Holstein Kiel |
| 38 | Carl Klaus | 3 | Red card vs. FC Hansa Rostock. | 3. Liga | 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 |
| 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |