# 2015–16 MSV Duisburg season

The 2015–16 MSV Duisburg season was the 116th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football after being promoted.
The preseason started on 15 June 2015.

## Players
### Team

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 | GER | Michael Ratajczak |
| 2 | DF | GER | Matthias Kühne |
| 3 | MF | TUN | Enis Hajri |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dustin Bomheuer |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Branimir Bajić (captain) |
| 6 | MF | GER | Martin Dausch |
| 7 | FW | POR | Tomané |
| 8 | FW | GER | Thomas Bröker |
| 9 | MF | GER | Pierre de Wit |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Onuegbu (Vice captain) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Stanislav Iljutcenko |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Zlatko Janjić |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat (on loan from SC Freiburg) |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Victor Obinna |
| 16 | MF | GER | Andreas Wiegel |
| 17 | DF | GER | Kevin Wolze |
| 18 | FW | GER | Simon Brandstetter |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | GER | Nico Klotz |
| 20 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote |
| 21 | DF | VEN | Rolf Feltscher |
| 22 | GK | GER | Maurice Schumacher |
| 23 | MF | AUS | James Holland |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Behr |
| 25 | DF | GER | Thomas Meißner |
| 26 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin |
| 27 | DF | GER | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg |
| 28 | DF | GER | Steffen Bohl (Vice captain) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Marcel Lenz |
| 33 | FW | GER | Kevin Scheidhauer |
| 34 | DF | TUR | Nurettin Kayaoğlu |
| 36 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chanturia |
| 38 | MF | GER | Barış Özbek |
| 39 | GK | SEN | Timothy Dieng |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Dustin Bomheuer | 24 | EU | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 7 | DF | Lasha Dvali | 20 | EU | Reading | Signing | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 8 | FW | Thomas Bröker | 30 | EU | 1. FC Köln | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 24 | EU | VfL Osnabrück | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 15 | FW | Victor Obinna | 28 | Non-EU | Lokomotiv Moscow | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Andreas Wiegel | 23 | EU | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 18 | FW | Simon Brandstetter | 25 | EU | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 23 | MF | James Holland | 26 | Non-EU | Austria Wien | Signing | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 24 | MF | Dominik Behr | 19 | EU | | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | |
| 26 | MF | Ahmet Engin | 18 | EU | | Promoted | Summer | 2017 | |
| 27 | DF | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg | 23 | EU | VfL Wolfsburg | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 34 | DF | Nurettin Kayaoğlu | 23 | EU | Boluspor | Signing | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 36 | MF | Giorgi Chanturia | 22 | EU | CFR Cluj | Signing | Summer | 2016 | Free |
| 7 | FW | Tomané | 23 | EU | Vitória de Guimarães | Signing | Winter | 2016 | Loan |
| 38 | MF | Barış Özbek | 29 | EU | Kayserispor | Signing | Winter | 2016 | Free |
| 39 | GK | Timothy Dieng | 21 | EU | Grasshoppers | Signing | Winter | 2016 | Free |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Christopher Schorch | 26 | EU | Energie Cottbus | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 7 | DF | Sascha Dum | 29 | EU | Schalke 04 II | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 11 | MF | Michael Gardawski | 24 | EU | Hansa Rostock | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 16 | FW | Gökhan Lekesiz | 24 | EU | Fortuna Sittard | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 23 | MF | Fabian Schnellhardt | 21 | EU | Holstein Kiel | Loaned out | Summer | Loan |
| 27 | DF | Babacar M'Bengue | 23 | EU | SC Wiedenbrück | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 7 | DF | Lasha Dvali | 20 | EU | Śląsk Wrocław | Released | Winter | Free |

## Results
### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Relegation to 3. Liga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2016. Source: kicker.de

#### Result round by round

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Michael Ratajczak | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | GER | Enis Hajri | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Dustin Bomheuer | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Branimir Bajić | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Martin Dausch | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | POR | Tomané | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GER | Thomas Bröker | 25 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | GER | Pierre de Wit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kingsley Onuegbu | 31 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 23 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Zlatko Janjić | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Tim Albutat | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Victor Obinna | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Andreas Wiegel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Kevin Wolze | 36 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | GER | Simon Brandstetter | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Nico Klotz | 18 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | VEN | Rolf Feltscher | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | AUS | James Holland | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Thomas Meißner | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Ahmet Engin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Steffen Bohl | 31 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Marcel Lenz | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Kevin Scheidhauer | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Gianluca Hossmann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chanturia | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Barış Özbek | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | GEO | Lasha Dvali † | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$ Player left the club during the season

### Goals

| Rank | Player | Position | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | Giorgi Chanturia | MF | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Kingsley Onuegbu | FW | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Steffen Bohl | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Thomas Bröker | MF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Stanislav Iljutcenko | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Victor Obinna | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Kevin Wolze | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Rolf Feltscher | DF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Nico Klotz | MF | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Tim Albutat | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Branimir Bajić | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Zlatko Janjić | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Thomas Meißner | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Kevin Scheidhauer | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 33 | 0 | 33 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 23 | MF | James Holland | 12 | | 1 | | | 12 | | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Branimir Bajić | 10 | | | | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 17 | MF | Kevin Wolze | 7 | | | 1 | | 8 | | |
| 14 | MF | Tim Albutat | 7 | | 1 | | | 7 | | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Dennis Grote | 6 | | | 1 | | 7 | | |
| 25 | DF | Thomas Meißner | 6 | 1 | | | | 6 | 1 | |
| 21 | DF | Rolf Feltscher | 5 | 1 | | | | 5 | 1 | |
| 36 | MF | Giorgi Chanturia | 4 | | | | | 4 | | |
| 15 | FW | Victor Obinna | 3 | | 1 | | | 3 | | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Steffen Bohl | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 27 | DF | Dan-Patrick Poggenberg | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
| 3 | MF | Enis Hajri | 2 | | 1 | | | 2 | | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Martin Dausch | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 7 | FW | Tomané | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 10 | FW | Kingsley Onuegbu | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 33 | FW | Kevin Scheidhauer | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 38 | MF | Barış Özbek | 2 | | | | | 2 | | |
| 1 | GK | Michael Ratajczak | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 4 | DF | Dustin Bomheuer | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 8 | MF | Thomas Bröker | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 9 | MF | Pierre de Wit | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Iljutcenko | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 13 | FW | Zlatko Janjić | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 18 | FW | Simon Brandstetter | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
| 19 | MF | Nico Klotz | 1 | | | | | 1 | | |
Last updated: 25 May 2016 Source: Matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.