# 2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2015–16 Handball-Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 39th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 21 August 2015 to 5 June 2016.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams were participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2014–15 season and the two sides were directly promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season: SC DHfK Leipzig, the champions; ThSV Eisenach, the runners-up; and the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga, TV Bittenfeld, now known as TVB Stuttgart.
| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,500 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | Bördelandhalle | 7,071 |
| TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | Lübbecke | Kreissporthalle Lübbecke | 3,250 |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | O2 World Hamburg | 13,000 |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | RITTAL Arena | 4,412 |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena | 2,340 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 13,200 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Campushalle | 6,300 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 5,000 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Sparkassen-Arena | 10,285 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hannover | AWD Hall | 4,460 |
| MT Melsungen | Melsungen | Rothenbach-Halle | 4,300 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Eugen-Haas-Halle | 4,132 |
| Bergischer HC | Wuppertal Solingen | Uni-Halle Klingenhalle | 3,200 2,800 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | Leipzig | Arena Leipzig | 4,500 |
| TVB 1898 Stuttgart | Stuttgart | Scharrena Stuttgart | 2,050 |
| ThSV Eisenach | Eisenach | Werner-Aßmann-Halle | 3,100 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen (C) | 32 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 916 | 704 | +212 | 56 | Champions League |
| 2 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 969 | 785 | +184 | 55 | Champions League |
| 3 | THW Kiel | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 974 | 822 | +152 | 50 | Champions League |
| 4 | MT Melsungen | 32 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 910 | 825 | +85 | 47 | EHF Cup |
| 5 | Füchse Berlin | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 910 | 825 | +85 | 43 | EHF Cup |
| 6 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 32 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 888 | 820 | +68 | 39 | |
| 7 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 891 | 880 | +11 | 36 | |
| 8 | SC Magdeburg | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 895 | 880 | +15 | 35 | |
| 9 | VfL Gummersbach | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 874 | 864 | +10 | 35 | |
| 10 | HSG Wetzlar | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 823 | 822 | +1 | 34 | |
| 11 | SC DHfK Leipzig | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 856 | 904 | −48 | 30 | |
| 12 | Bergischer HC | 32 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 815 | 911 | −96 | 19 | |
| 13 | TBV Lemgo | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 847 | 953 | −106 | 18 | |
| 14 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 850 | 934 | −84 | 15 | |
| 15 | TVB Stuttgart | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 783 | 926 | −143 | 14 | |
| 16 | ThSV Eisenach (R) | 32 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 795 | 1002 | −207 | 10 | Relegated |
| 17 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (R) | 32 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 801 | 940 | −139 | 8 | Relegated |
| 18 | HSV Hamburg (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegated |
* ↑ HSV Hamburg was excluded from the league on 20 January 2016 due to license violation. The results were abandoned.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BRG | BER | EIS | FLE | GÖP | GUM | HAN | KIE | LEI | LEM | LÜB | MAG | MEL | RNL | STU | WET |
| Balingen | | 26–31 | 31–32 | 27–20 | 22–29 | 21–29 | 27–31 | 27–30 | 22–22 | 27–25 | 30–27 | 32–25 | 28–28 | 30–36 | 21–31 | 24–25 | 27–26 |
| Bergischer HC | 30–35 | | 26–29 | 30–22 | 22–29 | 22–29 | 22–23 | 24–21 | 28–31 | 28–31 | 31–30 | 30–28 | 28–26 | 28–29 | 21–24 | 21–21 | 27–21 |
| Berlin | 31–26 | 34–28 | | 30–24 | 26–27 | 31–27 | 26–24 | 28–28 | 24–27 | 34–27 | 37–27 | 34–31 | 30–26 | 23–24 | 24–22 | 26–20 | 23–20 |
| Eisenach | 33–21 | 28–26 | 28–40 | | 24–32 | 28–29 | 28–32 | 24–36 | 19–31 | 24–35 | 22–28 | 31–30 | 23–29 | 27–30 | 19–36 | 28–28 | 25–29 |
| Flensburg | 32–22 | 41–27 | 30–30 | 35–18 | | 32–25 | 28–25 | 37–21 | 30–25 | 35–28 | 29–21 | 34–27 | 33–30 | 32–33 | 25–32 | 34–19 | 35–23 |
| Göppingen | 34–30 | 31–19 | 25–23 | 31–21 | 23–28 | | 28–21 | 35–28 | 29–21 | 29–21 | 35–25 | 28–22 | 32–24 | 27–24 | 19–26 | 35–26 | 28–29 |
| Gummersbach | 26–24 | 34–21 | 26–28 | 32–21 | 25–32 | 31–27 | | 31–30 | 26–30 | 23–23 | 28–24 | 33–28 | 30–25 | 26–27 | 22–33 | 25–24 | 29–24 |
| Hamburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hannover | 32–27 | 29–24 | 25–22 | 37–27 | 25–25 | 26–23 | 29–24 | | 30–30 | 25–31 | 28–23 | 29–28 | 31–31 | 24–24 | 18–30 | 30–22 | 28–24 |
| Kiel | 38–28 | 38–29 | 26–21 | 32–22 | 26–28 | 38–29 | 31–26 | 33–29 | | 30–21 | 32–23 | 28–26 | 33–24 | 32–27 | 31–20 | 32–23 | 30–21 |
| Leipzig | 36–31 | 31–28 | 25–23 | 36–31 | 25–31 | 22–27 | 21–31 | 29–29 | 33–38 | | 28–25 | 26–24 | 26–25 | 21–32 | 21–30 | 31–24 | 22–22 |
| Lemgo | 30–28 | 26–28 | 26–34 | 35–30 | 30–32 | 24–35 | 26–20 | 34–34 | 26–34 | 30–25 | | 25–21 | 31–33 | 22–31 | 26–32 | 29–26 | 23–23 |
| Lübbecke | 25–24 | 26–27 | 25–32 | 22–24 | 19–25 | 26–26 | 25–28 | 29–29 | 23–33 | 24–24 | 22–30 | | 28–29 | 19–30 | 23–35 | 23–22 | 28–29 |
| Magdeburg | 28–27 | 28–25 | 24–24 | 27–24 | 23–23 | 28–27 | 31–27 | 30–28 | 29–28 | 28–31 | 36–29 | 33–21 | | 28–28 | 23–24 | 34–23 | 26–26 |
| Melsungen | 29–28 | 29–22 | 23–20 | 31–25 | 25–32 | 31–21 | 23–27 | 25–28 | 30–29 | 31–23 | 37–24 | 32–24 | 28–28 | | 25–23 | 30–26 | 29–22 |
| RN Löwen | 29–24 | 28–20 | 28–26 | 39–25 | 22–25 | 25–14 | 31–22 | 27–23 | 24–20 | 28–22 | 33–19 | 32–20 | 27–25 | 34–24 | | 31–20 | 26–18 |
| Stuttgart | 22–22 | 25–23 | 24–32 | 30–30 | 18–28 | 23–31 | 37–37 | 21–23 | 26–35 | 28–26 | 28–27 | 33–33 | 30–33 | 21–28 | 21–33 | | 27–28 |
| Wetzlar | 32–21 | 28–19 | 27–33 | 26–20 | 24–21 | 24–20 | 30–30 | 31–28 | 26–30 | 29–30 | 29–22 | 33–24 | 27–23 | 29–25 | 19–23 | 24–20 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Petar Nenadić | Füchse Berlin | 229 |
| 2 | Robert Weber | SC Magdeburg | 224 |
| 3 | Maximilian Holst | HSG Wetzlar | 202 |
| 4 | Uwe Gensheimer | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 197 |
| 5 | Michael Spatz | TVB Stuttgart | 181 |
| 6 | Andy Schmid | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 164 |
| 6 | Philipp Weber | SC DHfK Leipzig | 164 |
| 8 | Julius Kühn | VfL Gummersbach | 161 |
| 8 | Marcel Schiller | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 161 |
| 10 | Johannes Sellin | MT Melsungen | 159 |
| 10 | Lasse Svan Hansen | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 159 |