# 2015–16 Eintracht Frankfurt season

The 2015–16 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 116th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club’s fourth season back in the Bundesliga and the 47th overall.

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 for 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 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 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 |

#### Relegation play-offs
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics

As of 15 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Lukáš Hrádecký | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Yanni Regäsel | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | TUR | Kaan Ayhan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marco Russ | 30 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | PER | Carlos Zambrano | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Bastian Oczipka | 32 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Stefan Reinartz | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Takashi Inui | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | HUN | Szabolcs Huszti | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic | 31 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CZE | Václav Kadlec | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MEX | Marco Fabián | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Mijat Gaćinović | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | AUT | Heinz Lindner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Alexander Meier | 20 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Constant Djapka | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Stefan Aigner | 33 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Johannes Flum | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ARG | David Abraham | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Makoto Hasebe | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GER | Marc Stendera | 28 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Timothy Chandler | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Anderson Bamba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Luca Waldschmidt | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Medojević | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Ignjovski | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | NED | Luc Castaignos | 20 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | GER | David Kinsombi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | Joel Gerezgiher (on loan) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | GER | Yannick Zummack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | GER | Nico Rinderknecht | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | KOS | Enis Bunjaki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Transfers
#### Transferred in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Lukáš Hrádecký | 25 | Yes | Brøndby | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €2.0 million |
| 7 | Midfielder | Stefan Reinartz | 26 | Yes | Bayer Leverkusen | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 10 | Striker | Václav Kadlec | 23 | Yes | Sparta Prague | Loan return | Summer | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 11 | Midfielder | Mijat Gaćinović | 20 | No | Vojvodina | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.5 million |
| 13 | Goalkeeper | Heinz Lindner | 24 | Yes | Austria Wien | Free transfer | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 19 | Defender | David Abraham | 28 | Yes | TSG Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €2.0 million |
| 30 | Striker | Luc Castaignos | 22 | Yes | Twente | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €2.5 million |
| 35 | Defender | Nico Rinderknecht | 17 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2016 | Free |
| 38 | Forward | Enis Bunjaki | 17 | Yes | Eintracht Frankfurt U19 | Academy | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 2 | Defender | Yanni Regäsel | 20 | Yes | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2019 | €120,000 |
| 3 | Defender | Kaan Ayhan | 21 | Yes | Schalke 04 | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2016 | Undisclosed |
| 8 | Midfielder | Szabolcs Huszti | 32 | Yes | Changchun Yatai | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2017 | €250,000 |
| 10 | Midfielder | Marco Fabián | 26 | No | Guadalajara | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2019 | €3.5 million |
| 32 | Midfielder | Änis Ben-Hatira | 27 | Yes | Hertha BSC | Free transfer | Winter | 30 June 2016 | Free |

#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Kevin Trapp | 25 | Yes | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | Summer | €9.5 million |
| 3 | Forward | Yusupha Yaffa | 27 | Yes | MSV Duisburg II | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 7 | Midfielder | Jan Rosenthal | 29 | Yes | Darmstadt 98 | Released. Was previously already on loan to Darmstadt 98. | Summer | Free |
| 8 | Midfielder | Takashi Inui | 27 | No | Eibar | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| 9 | Forward | Olivier Occéan | 33 | No | Odd | Released. Was previously already on loan to Odd. | Summer | Free |
| 11 | Forward | Nelson Valdez | 31 | No | Seattle Sounders FC | Released | Summer | Free |
| 17 | Defender | Alexander Madlung | 32 | Yes | Fortuna Düsseldorf | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 19 | Midfielder | Lucas Piazon | 21 | Yes | Chelsea | Loan return | Summer | Free |
| 30 | Goalkeeper | Felix Wiedwald | 25 | Yes | Werder Bremen | Free Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 10 | Forward | Václav Kadlec | 23 | Yes | Midtjylland | Transfer | Winter | €2.0 million |
| 31 | Defender | David Kinsombi | 20 | Yes | Karlsruher SC, directly loaned to 1. FC Magdeburg | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 32 | Midfielder | Joel Gerezgiher | 20 | Yes | FSV Frankfurt | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed |