# 2015–16 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season

The 2015–16 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim season is the 117th season in the club's football history. In the previous season, Hoffenheim had finished in eighth place.

## First team squad

As of 24 August 2015
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 | Oliver Baumann |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Pavel Kadeřábek |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Ermin Bičakčić |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Fabian Schär |
| 6 | MF | GER | Sebastian Rudy |
| 8 | MF | POL | Eugen Polanski |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Eduardo Vargas |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Jonathan Schmid |
| 11 | MF | SWE | Jiloan Hamad |
| 12 | DF | GER | Tobias Strobl |
| 13 | GK | GER | Jens Grahl |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Tarik Elyounoussi |
| 15 | DF | GER | Jeremy Toljan |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Pirmin Schwegler |
| 17 | MF | SUI | Steven Zuber |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | GER | Nadiem Amiri |
| 19 | FW | GER | Mark Uth |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-su |
| 21 | DF | GER | Nicolai Rapp |
| 22 | FW | GER | Kevin Kurányi |
| 25 | DF | GER | Niklas Süle |
| 28 | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai |
| 30 | FW | GER | Philipp Ochs |
| 31 | FW | GER | Kevin Volland |
| 32 | DF | GER | Benedikt Gimber |
| 33 | GK | GER | Alexander Stolz |
| 38 | MF | GER | Kai Herdling |
| 40 | FW | BRA | Joelinton |
| — | MF | SRB | Filip Malbašić |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | GER | Marvin Schwäbe (at VfL Osnabrück) |
| — | GK | CRO | Marko Marić (at Lechia Gdańsk) |
| — | DF | BRA | Gabriel Silva (at Grêmio) |
| — | DF | AUT | Christoph Martschinko (at Austria Wien) |
| — | DF | GER | Kevin Akpoguma (at Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| — | MF | PER | Junior Ponce (at Universidad San Martín) |
| — | MF | BRA | Guilherme Biteco (at Santa Cruz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BRA | Felipe Pires (at FSV Frankfurt) |
| — | MF | BRA | Bruno Nazário (at Lechia Gdańsk) |
| — | FW | GER | Joshua Mees (at SC Freiburg) |
| — | FW | GER | Janik Haberer (at VfL Bochum) |
| — | FW | KOR | In-Hyeok Park (at FSV Frankfurt) |
| — | FW | CRO | Antonio Čolak (at 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee | Sources |
| 9 | FW | Eduardo Vargas | 25 | Napoli | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €6,000,000 | |
| 5 | DF | Fabian Schär | 23 | Basel | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €4,000,000 | |
| 10 | MF | Jonathan Schmid | 25 | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €3,700,000 | |
| 3 | DF | Pavel Kadeřábek | 23 | Sparta Prague | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €3,500,000 | |
| 19 | FW | Mark Uth | 23 | Heerenveen | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €2,200,000 | |
| 40 | FW | Joelinton | 18 | Sport Recife | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €2,200,000 | |
| — | FW | Antonio Čolak | 21 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €500,000 | |
| — | GK | Marko Marić | 19 | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | | €500,000 | |
| 22 | FW | Kevin Kurányi | 33 | Dynamo Moscow | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | |
| — | DF | Christoph Martschinko | 21 | SV Grödig | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | | |
| — | FW | Park In-hyeok | 19 | Kyung Hee University | Transfer | Summer | | | |
| 36 | MF | Grischa Prömel | 20 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Promoted | Summer | — | — | |
| 29 | FW | Joshua Mees | 19 | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | — | |
| 30 | FW | Philipp Ochs | 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | — | |
| 32 | DF | Benedikt Gimber | 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2019 | — | |
| 21 | DF | Nicolai Rapp | 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2018 | — | |
| 11 | FW | Jiloan Hamad | 24 | Standard Liège | End of Loan | Summer | 2017 | — | — |
| — | FW | Filip Malbašić | 22 | Lechia Gdańsk | End of Loan | Summer | 2016 | — | — |
| 25 | DF | Luis Advíncula | 25 | Sporting Cristal | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| 41 | MF | Afriyie Acquah | 23 | Sampdoria | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| 17 | MF | Tobias Weis | 29 | VfL Bochum | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| 32 | MF | Vincenzo Grifo | 22 | FSV Frankfurt | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| 27 | MF | Sandro Wieser | 22 | FC Aarau | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| — | FW | Júnior Ponce | 21 | Vitória de Setúbal | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| — | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | 21 | VfL Bochum | End of Loan | Summer | | — | — |
| — | MF | Felipe Pires | 20 | Red Bull Salzburg | Transfer | Summer | | Undisclosed | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 10 | FW | Roberto Firmino | 23 | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | €41,000,000 |
| 27 | FW | Anthony Modeste | 27 | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | €4,500,000 |
| 41 | MF | Afriyie Acquah | 23 | Torino | Transfer | Summer | €2,800,000 |
| 9 | FW | Sven Schipplock | 26 | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | €2,500,000 |
| 2 | DF | Andreas Beck | 28 | Beşiktaş | Transfer | Summer | €1,750,000 |
| 19 | DF | David Abraham | 28 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| 25 | DF | Luis Advíncula | 25 | Bursaspor | Transfer | Summer | €1,500,000 |
| 32 | MF | Vincenzo Grifo | 22 | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | €1,000,000 |
| — | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | 21 | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| 23 | MF | Sejad Salihović | 30 | Guizhou Renhe | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 17 | MF | Tobias Weis | 29 | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 36 | MF | Grischa Prömel | 20 | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 27 | MF | Sandro Wieser | 22 | Thun | Transfer | Summer | |
| 21 | DF | Kevin Akpoguma | 20 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 26 | FW | Janik Haberer | 21 | VfL Bochum | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 35 | GK | Marvin Schwäbe | 20 | VfL Osnabrück | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | Júnior Ponce | 21 | USMP | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | Antonio Čolak | 21 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | DF | Christoph Martschinko | 21 | Austria Wien | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | GK | Marko Marić | 19 | Lechia Gdańsk | Loan | Summer | Free |
| — | FW | In-Hyeok Park | 19 | FSV Frankfurt | Loan | Summer | Free |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 38 | |
| 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 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 11 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 |