# 2015–16 RB Leipzig season

The 2015–16 RB Leipzig season was the 7th season in club history and their 2nd season competing in the 2. Bundesliga.

## Kits

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## Background
### Events

On May 29, 2015, Ralf Rangnick was appointed to replace Achim Beierlorzer as the head coach. On June 9, 2015, it was confirmed they will play against Southampton F.C. on July 8, 2015.

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Willi Orban | 22 | Yes | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 5 | DF | Atınç Nukan | 21 | No | Beşiktaş J.K. | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €6,000,000 |
| 13 | MF | Stefan Ilsanker | 26 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 17 | FW | Nils Quaschner | 21 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed |
| 20 | MF | Ken Gipson | 19 | Yes | VfB Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free |
| 21 | DF | Dmitri Skopintsev | 18 | No | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 23 | DF | Marcel Halstenberg | 23 | Yes | FC St. Pauli | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 27 | FW | Davie Selke | 20 | Yes | SV Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €8,000,000 |
| 32 | GK | Péter Gulácsi | 25 | Yes | FC Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Gino Fechner | 17 | Yes | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Kamil Wojtkowski | 18 | Yes | Pogoń Szczecin | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | |

#### Out

| Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| MF | Joshua Kimmich | 20 | Yes | Bayern Munich | Transfer | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| MF | Henrik Ernst | 28 | Yes | RB Leipzig II | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| DF | Fabian Franke | 26 | Yes | SV Wehen Wiesbaden | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Daniel Frahn | 27 | Yes | 1. FC Heidenheim | Transfer | Summer | Released |
| MF | Sebastian Heidinger | 29 | Yes | 1. FC Heidenheim | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Niklas Hoheneder | 28 | Yes | SC Paderborn 07 | Transfer | Summer | Released |
| GK | Thomas Dähne | 21 | Yes | | Transfer | Summer | Released |
| GK | Fabian Bredlow | 20 | Yes | Hallescher FC | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Omer Damari | 26 | Yes | Red Bull Salzburg | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Matthias Morys | 28 | Yes | VfR Aalen | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| MF | Clemens Fandrich | 24 | Yes | FC Luzern | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed |
| DF | Tim Sebastian | 31 | Yes | SC Paderborn 07 | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| MF | Zsolt Kalmár | 20 | Yes | FSV Frankfurt | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Ref. |
| Date | Kickoff | Venue | City | Opponent | Res. | Att. | RB Leipzig | Opponent | Ref. |
| 20 June 2015 | 15:30 | A | Herzberg (Elster) | Berliner AK 07 | 2–0 | 894 | Wagner 42' Dzalto 68' | | |
| 27 June 2015 | 15:30 | A | Markranstädt | Kickers 94 Markkleeberg | 15–0 | 1,032 | Teigl 7' Selke 11', 33', 38' Kaiser 21' Khedira 35' Reddemann 55' Dzalto 58' 65' 85' Endres 71' Palacios 75' Hierländer 79' 89' Demme 86' | | |
| 1 July 2015 | 17:30 | A | Grimma | FSV Budissa Bautzen | 2–1 | 877 | Endres 52' Hierländer 67' | Salewski 53' | |
| 4 July 2015 | 16:30 | A | Grimma | Slovan Liberec | 3–0 | 648 | Quaschner 35' Forsberg 40' Strauß 59' | | |
| 8 July 2015 | 18:00 | A | Leogang | Southampton F.C. | 5–4 | | Quaschner 25' Mauer 55' Sebastian 59' Kalmár 67' Strauß 76' | Juanmi 26' Rodriguez 54' 90' Soares 79' | |
| 12 July 2015 | 15:00 | A | Leogang | FC Rubin Kazan | 1–0 | | Forsberg 61' | | |
| 18 July 2015 | 19:00 | H | Leipzig | Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. | 3–0 | 5,519 | Selke 9' Ilsanker 45' Khedira 86' | | |
| 29 July 2015 | 18:00 | H | Leipzig | FC Ingolstadt 04 | 2–0 | 7,119 | Demme 62' Forsberg 78' | | |
| 4 September 2015 | 16:30 | A | Markranstädt | FK Dukla Prague | 1–1 | 725 | Bruno 71' | Přikryl 13' | |
| 10 January 2016 | 15:30 | H | Leipzig | FC Eilenburg | 13–0 | 1,012 | Sabitzer 2', 31' Forsberg 8', 13', 25' Quaschner 38', 42' Kalmár 64', 75', 90' Poulsen 85' Selke 86', 87' | | |
| 14 January 2016 | 16:00 | H | Leipzig | Bischofswerdaer FV 08 | 5–0 | 432 | Halstenberg 35' Quaschner 45' Teigl 49' Poulsen 57', 81' | | |
| 20 January 2016 | 14:30 | A | Belek | FC St. Gallen | 3–1 | | Kalmár 48' (pen.) Teigl 50' Khedira 89' | Aleksić 30' (pen.) | |
| 24 January 2016 | 14:30 | A | Belek | FC Thun | 3–1 | | Forsberg 10' Sabitzer 41' Fechner 49' | Zárate 33' | |
| 31 January 2016 | 13:30 | H | Leipzig | FK Teplice | 5–0 | 2,087 | Forsberg 43' Sabitzer 45' Poulsen 49' Selke 57', 71' (pen.) | | |

## 2. Bundesliga
### 2. Bundesliga fixtures & results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| MD | Date Kickoff | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Goalscorers | Goalscorers | Table | Table | Table | Ref. |
| MD | Date Kickoff | H/A | Opponent | Res. F–A | Att. | Leipzig | Opponent | Pos. | Pts. | GD | Ref. |
| 1 | 25 July 2015 15:30 | A | FSV Frankfurt | 1–0 | 7,021 | Sabitzer 55' | | 3rd | 3 | +1 | |
| 2 | 3 August 2015 20:15 | H | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2–2 | 27,216 | Selke 13' Forsberg 74' | Freis 12' Berisha 40' | 4th | 4 | +1 | |
| 3 | 15 August 2015 13:30 | A | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 21,315 | Selke 68' Forsberg 76' | | 2nd | 7 | +3 | |
| 4 | 23 August 2015 13:30 | H | FC St. Pauli | 0–1 | 41,795 | | Thy 44' | 6th | 7 | +2 | |
| 5 | 28 August 2015 18:30 | A | 1. FC Union Berlin | 1–1 | 21,283 | Parensen 83' (o.g.) | Brandy 25' | 5th | 8 | +2 | |
| 6 | 11 September 2015 18:30 | H | SC Paderborn | 2–0 | 25,394 | Sabitzer 18' Forsberg 28' | | 4th | 11 | +4 | |
| 7 | 18 September 2015 18:30 | A | 1. FC Heidenheim | 1–1 | 12,486 | Halstenberg 36' | Frahn 62' (pen.) | 4th | 12 | +4 | |
| 8 | 24 September 2015 20:15 | H | SC Freiburg | 1–1 | 25,869 | Selke 47' | Petersen 29' | 6th | 13 | +4 | |
| 9 | 27 September 2015 13:30 | A | TSV 1860 München | 2–2 | 21,600 | Forsberg 6' Selke 67' | Wolf 8' Okotie 78' | 6th | 14 | +4 | |
| 10 | 4 October 2015 13:30 | H | 1. FC Nürnberg | 3–2 | 28,987 | Kaiser 8' (pen.) Selke 11', 16' | Bulthuis 62' Füllkrug 76' | 5th | 17 | +5 | |
| 11 | 18 October 2015 13:30 | A | VfL Bochum | 1–0 | 20,704 | Sabitzer 65' | | 3rd | 20 | +6 | |
| 12 | 23 October 2015 18:30 | H | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–1 | 24,095 | Forsberg 45+1' Sabitzer 64' | Haggui 75' | 2nd | 23 | +7 | |
| 13 | 1 November 2015 13:30 | A | SV Sandhausen | 2–1 | 5,811 | Kaiser 31' (pen.) Halstenberg 74' | Bouhaddouz 27' | 1st | 26 | +8 | |
| 14 | 8 November 2015 13:30 | H | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0–2 | 33,598 | | Klich 37' Deville 69' | 3rd | 26 | +6 | |
| 15 | 21 November 2015 13:00 | A | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–0 | 18,664 | Selke 40' | | 2nd | 29 | +7 | |
| 16 | 30 November 2015 20:15 | A | Karlsruher SC | 1–0 | 15,575 | Sabitzer 70' | | 2nd | 32 | +8 | |
| 17 | 6 December 2015 13:30 | H | MSV Duisburg | 4–2 | 27,477 | Poulsen 27', 90' Quaschner 85' Nukan 87' | Wolze 18' Scheidhauer 80' | 2nd | 35 | +10 | |
| 18 | 13 December 2015 13:30 | H | FSV Frankfurt | 3–1 | 19,119 | Sabitzer 58', 67' Kaiser 61' | Perdedaj 61' | 1st | 38 | +12 | |
| 19 | 19 December 2015 13:00 | A | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 2–1 | 10,070 | Poulsen 48' Ilsanker 90+3' | Röcker 90+1' | 1st | 41 | +13 | |
| 20 | 7 February 2016 13:30 | H | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–0 | 28,112 | Forsberg 24' Compper 30' | | 1st | 44 | +15 | |
| 21 | 12 February 2016 18:30 | A | FC St. Pauli | 0–1 | 25,000 | | Rzatkowski 8' | 1st | 44 | +14 | |
| 22 | 19 February 2016 18:30 | H | Union Berlin | 3–0 | 30,964 | Kaiser 13' Orban 25' Poulsen 52' | | 1st | 47 | +17 | |
| 23 | 26 February 2016 18:30 | A | SC Paderborn | 1–0 | 8,838 | Compper 64' | | 1st | 50 | +18 | |
| 24 | 2 March 2016 17:30 | H | 1. FC Heidenheim | 3–1 | 22,134 | Kaiser 56' Poulsen 62' Compper 83' | Leipertz 21' | 1st | 53 | +20 | |
| 25 | 7 March 2016 20:15 | A | SC Freiburg | 1–2 | 23,500 | Kaiser 56' | Grifo 10' Niederlechner 68' | 1st | 53 | +19 | |
| 26 | 13 March 2016 13:30 | H | TSV 1860 München | 2–1 | 25,551 | Selke 64' Klostermann 77' | Mölders 50' | 1st | 56 | +20 | |
| 27 | 20 March 2016 13:30 | A | 1. FC Nürnberg | 1–3 | 40,860 | Selke 52' | Petrák 64' Füllkrug 77' Burgstaller 77' | 2nd | 56 | +18 | |
| 28 | 2 April 2016 13:00 | H | VfL Bochum | 3–1 | 32,244 | Kaiser 51' Bruno 54', 63' | Losilla 88' | 2nd | 59 | +20 | |
| 29 | 11 April 2016 20:15 | A | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–1 | 25,474 | Poulsen 45+1', 73' Selke 48' | Fink 15' | 2nd | 62 | +22 | |
| 30 | 15 April 2016 18:30 | H | SV Sandhausen | 0–1 | 30,279 | | Vollmann 62' | 2nd | 62 | +21 | |
| 31 | 25 April 2016 20:15 | A | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1–1 | 27,332 | Forsberg 56' | Przybylko 83' | 2nd | 63 | +21 | |
| 32 | 29 April 2016 18:30 | H | Arminia Bielefeld | 1–1 | 35,102 | Sabitzer 30' | Behrendt 60' | 2nd | 64 | +21 | |
| 33 | 8 May 2016 15:30 | H | Karlsruher SC | 2–0 | 42,559 | Forsberg 52' Halstenberg 87' | | 2nd | 67 | +23 | |
| 34 | 15 May 2016 15:30 | A | MSV Duisburg | 0–1 | 27,000 | | Chanturia 52' | 2nd | 67 | +22 | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SC Freiburg (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 72 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | RB Leipzig (P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 67 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 65 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 53 | |
| 5 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 51 | |

### 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: Competitive matches

## 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 | Leipzig | Opponent | Ref. |
| Round 1 | 10 August 2015 | 18:30 | A | Osnabrück | VfL Osnabrück | 2–0 Awarded | | | | |
| Round 2 | 27 October 2015 | 20:30 | A | Unterhaching | SpVgg Unterhaching | 0–3 | 5,000 | | Einsiedler 5' Rosenzweig 23' Steinherr 67' | |

## Squad statistics

As of 15 May 2016
| 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 | SUI | Fabio Coltorti | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | GER | John-Patrick Strauß | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Anthony Jung | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HUN | Willi Orbán | 32 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Atınç Nukan | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Rani Khedira | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | AUT | Marcel Sabitzer | 32 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | DEN | Yussuf Poulsen | 33 | 7 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SWE | Emil Forsberg | 32 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | AUT | Stefan Ilsanker | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BEL | Massimo Bruno | 25 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GER | Agyemang Diawusie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | GER | Lukas Klostermann | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | GER | Nils Quaschner | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Terrence Boyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Ken Gipson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Skopintsev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Benjamin Bellot | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | GER | Marcel Halstenberg | 25 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser | 31 | 7 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | AUT | Stefan Hierländer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | GER | Davie Selke | 31 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Diego Demme | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | HUN | Péter Gulácsi | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | GER | Marvin Compper | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | AUT | Georg Teigl | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Idrissa Touré | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | GER | Tim Sebastian | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | HUN | Zsolt Kalmár (on loan to FSV Frankfurt) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |