2015–16 2. Bundesliga
The 2015–16 2. Bundesliga was the 42nd season of the 2. Bundesliga. Teams. A total of 18 teams participated in the 2015–16 2. Bundesliga. These include 14 teams from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga, together with SC Freiburg and SC Paderborn, who directly relegated from the 2014–15 Bundesliga, and Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg, who directly promoted from the 2014–15 3. Liga. The 16th-placed 2014–15 2. Bundesliga team, 1860 Munich, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2014–15 3. Liga, Holstein Kiel, in a two-legged play-off and avoided relegation. Relegation play-offs. The team which  finished sixteenth faced the third-placed 2015–16 3. Liga side for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2016–17 2. Bundesliga. First leg. Match rules: Second leg. Match rules: "Würzburger Kickers won 4–1 on aggregate." Player statistics. Hat-tricks. Player scored four goals