# 2015–16 Würzburger Kickers season

The 2015–16 Würzburger Kickers season is their 1st season in the 3. Liga.

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Dominik Brunnhübner | 24 | Yes | SV Seligenporten | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| 4 | MF | Rico Benatelli | 23 | Yes | Erzgebirge Aue | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Nejmeddin Daghfous | 28 | Yes | VfR Aalen | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | |
| 11 | MF | Richard Weil | 27 | Yes | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 16 | DF | Peter Kurzweg | 21 | Yes | TSV 1860 München II | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| 17 | FW | Daniele Bruno | 19 | Yes | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 19 | GK | Kenan Mujezinovic | 20 | Yes | VfB Stuttgart II | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | MF | Dániel Nagy | 24 | Yes | Ferencvárosi TC | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 22 | DF | Dennis Russ | 23 | Yes | SC Freiburg II | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| 25 | DF | Paweł Thomik | 30 | Yes | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 26 | DF | Royal-Dominique Fennell | 26 | Yes | Stuttgarter Kickers | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed |
| 30 | MF | Emanuel Taffertshofer | 20 | Yes | TSV 1860 München | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 33 | FW | Elia Soriano | 26 | Yes | Stuttgarter Kickers | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| FW | Daniel Diroll | 23 | Yes | 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Steven Lewerenz | 24 | Yes | Holstein Kiel | Transfer | Summer | |
| MF | Wojtek Droszcz | 27 | Yes | Würzburger FV | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Fabian Weiß | 23 | Yes | | Released | Winter | |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Würzburger Kickers | Opponent | Ref. |
| 22 June 2015 | 18:00 | | Wörgl | SK Austria Klagenfurt | 0–0 | | | | |
| 27 June 2015 | 17:00 | A | Neunkirchen | SV Sandhausen | 0–1 | | | Wooten 80' | |
| 28 June 2015 | 17:30 | | Randersacker | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–1 | | | Grund 11' | |
| 1 July 2015 | 18:00 | | Markelsheim | FC Ingolstadt 04 II | 2–0 | 523 | Shapourzadeh 10' (pen.) Weil 45' | | |
| 4 July 2015 | 15:00 | A | Eiterfeld | Borussia Fulda | 6–1 | | | | |
| 4 July 2015 | 17:00 | A | Eiterfeld | Eintracht Braunschweig II | 1–0 | | | | |
| 8 July 2015 | 18:30 | A | Kleinrinderfeld | Wormatia Worms | 0–0 | 500 | | | |
| 11 July 2015 | 18:00 | A | Hanau | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 6–0 | | Shapourzadeh 28', 32', 37' Gutjahr 47' Russ 50' Weiß 60' | | |
| 14 July 2015 | 19:00 | A | Bad Kissingen | 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–2 | 3,400 | Schoppenhauer 4' Jabiri 82' | Schöpf 23' Gíslason 49' (pen.) | |
| 18 July 2015 | 15:30 | A | Neunkirchen | FSV Frankfurt | 3–1 | 400 | Haller 47' Weil 59' Benatelli 63' | Dedić 49' (pen.) | |
| 8 January 2016 | 15:30 | | La Manga | K.A.A. Gent | 0–5 | | | Coulibaly 34' Olayinka 46' Simon 61', 77' Milicevic 73' | |
| 11 January 2016 | 16:00 | | La Manga | VfR Aalen | 2–1 | | Fennell 2' Karsanidis 3' | Neumann 23' | |
| 14 January 2016 | 15:00 | | La Manga | FC Cartagena | 1–1 | | Nagy 25' | 39' | |
| 17 January 2016 | | A | Stuttgart | VfB Stuttgart | 2–1 | | Karsanidis 36' Shapourzadeh 89' | Kravets 2' | |
| 24 March 2016 | 16:00 | A | Fürth | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2–1 | 300 | Weil 66' (pen.) Jabiri 87' | Vukušić 30' | |

## 3. Liga
### 3. Liga fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| MD | Date Kickoff | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date Kickoff | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Würzburger Kickers | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | Ref. |
| 1 | 25 July 2015 14:00 | A | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 0–0 | 2,234 | | | 9th | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 August 2015 14:00 | H | SG Dynamo Dresden | 1–1 | 9,011 | Shapourzadeh 78' | Hefele 84' (pen.) | 14th | 2 | |
| 3 | 15 August 2015 14:00 | A | SC Preußen Münster | 0–0 | 7,125 | | | 14th | 3 | |
| 4 | 22 August 2015 14:00 | H | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | 0–1 | 5,700 | | Binakaj 27' | 15th | 3 | |
| 5 | 25 August 2015 19:00 | A | VfB Stuttgart II | 2–0 | 956 | Russ 56' Benatelli 79' | | 11th | 6 | |
| 6 | 29 August 2015 14:00 | H | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 1–0 | 5,359 | Bieber 57' | | 7th | 9 | |
| 7 | 5 September 2015 14:00 | H | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0–0 | 6,337 | | | 9th | 10 | |
| 8 | 12 September 2015 14:00 | A | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 0–1 | 1,015 | | Parker 57' | 12th | 10 | |
| 9 | 19 September 2015 14:00 | H | Hallescher FC | 0–1 | 3,950 | | Müller 89' | 13th | 10 | |
| 10 | 22 September 2015 19:00 | A | SV Werder Bremen II | 0–0 | 275 | | | 14th | 11 | |
| 11 | 25 September 2015 19:00 | H | Chemnitzer FC | 1–1 | 5,501 | Nothnagel 9' | Danneberg 87' | 15th | 12 | |
| 12 | 3 October 2015 14:00 | A | SC Fortuna Köln | 3–0 | 1,754 | Daghfous 15' Benatelli 43' Jabiri 49' | | 11th | 15 | |
| 13 | 17 October 2015 14:00 | H | VfL Osnabrück | 0–1 | 4,388 | | Groß 15' | 12th | 15 | |
| 14 | 24 October 2015 14:00 | A | Stuttgarter Kickers | 2–1 | 4,000 | Shapourzadeh 38' Weil 73' | Soriano 23' | 11th | 18 | |
| 15 | 31 October 2015 14:00 | H | VfR Aalen | 2–2 | 4,395 | Schoppenhauer 69' Shapourzadeh 76' | Drexler 74' Kienle 86' | 11th | 19 | |
| 16 | 7 November 2015 14:00 | A | Hansa Rostock | 0–0 | 9,050 | | | 9th | 20 | |
| 17 | 21 November 2015 14:00 | H | Energie Cottbus | 2–2 | 4,178 | Weil 48' Jabiri 68' | Breitkreuz 19', 63' | 10th | 21 | |
| 18 | 28 November 2015 14:00 | A | Holstein Kiel | 2–1 | 4,807 | Daghfous 29' Jabiri 74' | Kurzweg 19' (o.g.) | 8th | 24 | |
| 19 | 5 December 2015 14:00 | H | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–1 | 5,617 | Fennell 88' | Beck 42' | 9th | 25 | |
| 20 | 12 December 2015 14:00 | H | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | 0–0 | 3,301 | | | 9th | 26 | |
| 21 | 17 December 2015 20:30 | A | Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | 25,775 | Karsanidis 38' | Testroet 28' Eilers 45+1' | 11th | 26 | |
| 22 | 30 January 2016 14:00 | A | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach | 2–1 | 2,500 | Weil 48' Soriano 48' | Dittgen 48' | 10th | 29 | |
| 23 | 6 February 2016 14:00 | H | VfB Stuttgart II | 0–0 | 3,751 | | | 8th | 30 | |
| 24 | 14 February 2016 14:00 | A | FC Erzgebirge Aue | 0–0 | 6,000 | | | 10th | 31 | |
| 25 | 17 February 2016 19:00 | H | Preußen Münster | 3–0 | 3,896 | Soriano 3', 10' Fennell 90' | | 7th | 34 | |
| 26 | 21 February 2016 14:00 | A | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0–1 | 4,121 | | Kammlott 55' | 10th | 34 | |
| 27 | 27 February 2016 14:00 | H | 1. FSV Mainz 05 II | 1–0 | 3,503 | Shapourzadeh 28' (pen.) | | 8th | 37 | |
| 28 | 1 March 2016 19:00 | A | Hallescher FC | 3–1 | 6,043 | Karsanidis 36' Daghfous 51' Benatelli 64' | Kleineheismann 71' | 6th | 40 | |
| 29 | 5 March 2016 14:00 | H | SV Werder Bremen II | 1–1 | 3,721 | Shapourzadeh 80' (pen.) | von Haacke 90+3' (pen.) | 6th | 41 | |
| 30 | 12 March 2016 14:00 | A | Chemnitzer FC | 1–0 | 5,586 | Benatelli 28' | | 6th | 44 | |
| 31 | 18 March 2016 19:00 | H | SC Fortuna Köln | 4–1 | 5,378 | Shapourzadeh 39' (pen.) Soriano 51' Jabiri 76' Daghfous 81' | Königs 35' | 4th | 47 | |
| 32 | 2 April 2016 14:00 | A | VfL Osnabrück | 1–1 | 10,395 | Fennell 44' | Alvarez 10' | 5th | 48 | |
| 33 | 9 April 2016 14:00 | H | Stuttgarter Kickers | 2–1 | 5,422 | Shapourzadeh 44' (pen.) 70' | Badiane 78' | 4th | 51 | |
| 34 | 15 April 2016 19:00 | A | VfR Aalen | 1–0 | 5,096 | Benatelli 4' | | 3rd | 54 | |
| 35 | 23 April 2016 14:00 | H | Hansa Rostock | 2–1 | 7,969 | Soriano 22', 32' | Ahlschwede 78' | 3rd | 57 | |
| 36 | 30 April 2016 14:00 | A | Energie Cottbus | 2–1 | 5,907 | Soriano 61' Fennell 66' | Sukuta-Pasu 12' | 3rd | 60 | |
| 37 | 7 May 2015 13:30 | H | Holstein Kiel | 1–1 | 8,776 | Haller 81' | Lewerenz 31' | 3rd | 61 | |
| 38 | 14 May 2015 13:30 | A | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1–0 | 22,072 | Soriano 14' | | 3rd | 64 | |

#### Promotion play-off results

On 7 May 2016, Würzburger Kickers qualified for the promotion play-off.
| MD | Date Kickoff | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| MD | Date Kickoff | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Würzburger Kickers | Opponent | Ref. |
| First leg | 20 May 2016 19:10 | H | MSV Duisburg | 2–0 | 9,806 | Weil 10' (pen.) Nagy 79' | | |
| Second leg | 24 May 2016 19:10 | A | MSV Duisburg | 2–1 | 29,500 | Soriano 37' Benatelli 90+2' | Schoppenhauer 33' (og) | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 2 | Erzgebirge Aue (P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 70 | Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 3 | Würzburger Kickers (O, P) | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 64 | Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal |
| 4 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 56 | Qualification for DFB-Pokal |
| 5 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 56 | |

## DFB-Pokal

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Würzburger Kickers | Opponent | Ref. |
| Round 1 | 8 August 2015 | 15:30 | H | Würzburg | Werder Bremen | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | 9,706 | | Ujah 102' Bartels 108' | |

## Bavarian Cup

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| RD | Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Würzburger Kickers | Opponent | Ref. |
| 1 | 12 August 2015 | 18:15 | A | Münnerstadt | FC Teutonia Reichenbach | 6–0 | 400 | Jabiri 33', 34', 77' Bieber 60' (pen.) Weiß 71' Weißenberger 74' | | |
| 2 | 19 August 2015 | 18:15 | A | Großbardorf | TSV Großbardorf | 4–0 | 1,350 | Bieber 35', 64' Jabiri 42', 82' | | |
| 3 | 6 October 2015 | 19:00 | A | Bamberg | FC Eintracht Bamberg | 3–2 | 650 | Shapourzadeh 30', 75' Vocaj 44' | Haas 14' Seybold 90' | |
| QF | 6 April 2016 | 18:00 | A | Schalding-Heining | SV Schalding-Heining | 3–1 | 544 | Gutjahr 30', 75' Nagy 44' | Pillmeier 8' | |
| SF | 20 April 2016 | 18:30 | A | Memmingen | FC Memmingen | 3–0 | 861 | Gutjahr 5' Russ 39' Jabiri 69' | | |
| Final | 28 May 2016 | 14:30 | A | Unterhaching | SpVgg Unterhaching | 6–2 | 3,200 | Shapourzadeh 57', 59', 61', 64' Nagy 65', 81' | Sieghart 4' Russ 72' | |

## Player informations

As of 30 May 2016.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga | DFB–Pokal | DFB–Pokal | Bavarian Cup | Bavarian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Dominik Brunnhübner | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GER | Dennis Schmitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Dominik Nothnagel | 36 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | GER | Rico Benatelli | 41 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Clemens Schoppenhauer | 38 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Niklas Weißenberger | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Marco Haller | 26 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Liridon Vocaj | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | IRN | Amir Shapourzadeh | 35 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Nejmeddin Daghfous | 32 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Richard Weil | 42 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GRE | Joannis Karsanidis | 39 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Peter Kurzweg | 37 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Daniele Bruno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Nico Gutjahr | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | GK | GER | Kenan Mujezinovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | HUN | Dániel Nagy | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Christian Demirtas | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Dennis Russ | 26 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Paweł Thomik | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | USA | Royal-Dominique Fennell | 42 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Adam Jabiri | 32 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | GK | POL | Robert Wulnikowski | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GER | Emanuel Taffertshofer | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Nico Herzig | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | GER | Lukas Billick | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Elia Soriano | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Christopher Bieber | 19 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season ||||||||||
| 23 | MF | GER | Fabian Weiß | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |