# 2015–16 Holstein Kiel season

The 2015–16 Holstein Kiel season is the 116th season in the football club's history and 3rd consecutive and 4th overall season in the third tier of German football, the 3. Liga, having been promoted from the Regionalliga Nord in 2013. In addition to the 3. Liga, will also participate in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, and the Schleswig-Holstein Cup, part of the Verbandspokal. This will be the 105th season for the club in the Holstein-Stadion, located in Kiel, Germany. The stadium has a capacity of 11,386 seats, which can be expanded to 15,000 seats.

## Background

In the club's previous season in the 3. Liga, they finished in 3rd place, qualifying to the promotion playoffs where they faced TSV 1860 München. They lost 1–2 on aggregate after 1860 München scored two late goals, with one in stoppage time. After losing on aggregate, they remained in the 3. Liga. In the Schleswig-Holstein Cup, they made it to the final, which was never played. This was because Holstein Kiel already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through league position, meaning their opponents VfB Lübeck would qualify no matter what. In the previous season's edition of the DFB-Pokal, they went out in Round 1 after losing to TSV 1860 München 1–2.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Maximilian Riedmüller |
| 3 | DF | GER | Patrick Auracher |
| 4 | DF | GER | Manuel Hartmann |
| 7 | DF | IRL | Patrick Kohlmann |
| 9 | FW | GER | Manuel Schäffler |
| 10 | FW | GER | Saliou Sané (on loan from SC Paderborn 07) |
| 11 | MF | POL | Rafael Kazior |
| 12 | GK | GER | Chris Kröhnert |
| 13 | MF | GER | Marlon Krause |
| 14 | MF | GER | Maik Kegel |
| 15 | FW | GER | Fabian Arndt |
| 16 | MF | DEN | Mikkel Vendelbo |
| 17 | DF | GER | Fabian Wetter |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | GER | Kenneth Kronholm |
| 19 | DF | GER | Patrick Herrmann |
| 20 | FW | USA | Marc Heider |
| 21 | MF | GER | Tim Siedschlag |
| 22 | FW | GER | Fiete Sykora |
| 24 | MF | POL | Jarosław Lindner |
| 25 | GK | GER | Niklas Jakusch |
| 26 | MF | GER | Patrick Breitkreuz |
| 27 | DF | GER | Marcel Gebers |
| 29 | DF | GER | Hauke Wahl |
| 31 | MF | GER | Finn Wirlmann |
| 32 | DF | GER | Marcel Kohn |
| TBA | MF | AFG | Milad Salem |

### Transfers
#### In
#### Out
## Competitions
### Overall
### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 12 | Mainz 05 II | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 48 |
| 13 | Hallescher FC | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 48 |
| 15 | VfR Aalen | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 44 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 43 |
* ↑ Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal

Win  Draw  Loss

### Schleswig-Holstein Cup

Win  Draw  Loss