# 2015–16 Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar

The 2015–16 season of the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, the highest association football league in the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 38th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Südwest.
The season began on 31 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 6 December to 27 February.

## 2015–16 standings

The league featured six new clubs for the 2015–16 season with FSV Jägersburg promoted from the Saarlandliga, FK Pirmasens II from the Verbandsliga Südwest and FC Karbach and SV Mehring from the Rheinlandliga while SVN Zweibrücken and TuS Koblenz had been relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | TuS Koblenz (C, P) | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 76 | Promotion to Regionalliga Südwest |
| 2 | SC Hauenstein (Q) | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 62 | Qualification to promotion playoffs |
| 3 | FC Karbach | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 54 | |
| 4 | Borussia Neunkirchen | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 51 | |
| 5 | FC Hertha Wiesbach | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 47 | |
| 6 | TSG Pfeddersheim | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 44 | |
| 7 | SV Röchling Völklingen | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 43 | |
| 8 | FSV Jägersburg | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 42 | |
| 9 | FSV Salmrohr | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 41 | |
| 10 | SpVgg EGC Wirges (R) | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 41 | Relegation to Verbandsliga |
| 11 | SV Gonsenheim | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 41 | |
| 12 | Arminia Ludwigshafen | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 41 | |
| 13 | TSV Schott Mainz | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 39 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Burgbrohl | 32 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 39 | |
| 15 | FK Pirmasens II | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 37 | |
| 16 | SV Elversberg II (R) | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 34 | Relegation to Verbandsliga |
| 17 | SV Mehring (R) | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Verbandsliga |
| 18 | SVN Zweibrücken (R) | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 86 | −69 | 20 | Withdrawn to C-Klasse |
* ↑ SpVgg EGC Wirges decided to withdraw from the Oberliga to the Rheinlandliga at the end of season regardless of final place in the standings.
* 1 2 Reserve teams of Regionalliga clubs are ineligible for Regionalliga promotion.
* ↑ SVN Zweibrücken withdrew from the league during the winter break because of insolvency.

### Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers for the season:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Björn Recktenwald | FC Hertha Wiesbach | 27 |
| 2 | Can Özer | TSV Schott Mainz | 26 |
| 3 | Fatjon Celani | TuS Koblenz | 20 |

## Promotion play-off

Promotion play-off were held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.

### To the Regionalliga

The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga Südwest, with each team playing the other just once:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation | FCN | RWF | SCH |
| 1 | FC Nöttingen (P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Promotion to Regionalliga | — | 3–2 | — |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Frankfurt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | | — | — | 3–2 |
| 3 | SC Hauenstein | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 1 | | 4–4 | — | — |

### To the Oberliga

The runners-up of the Rheinlandliga, Verbandsliga Südwest and Saarlandliga played each other for one more spot in the Oberliga which SV Morlautern won.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| SV Morlautern | 4–2 | TuS Koblenz II |
| TuS Koblenz II | 0–2 | SV Mettlach |
| SV Mettlach | 1–3 | SV Morlautern |