2015–16 in German football

Football in Germany
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
2. Bundesliga	SC Freiburg
3. Liga	Dynamo Dresden
DFB-Pokal	Bayern Munich
DFL-Supercup	VfL Wolfsburg
Women's football
Frauen-Bundesliga	Bayern Munich
DFB-Pokal	VfL Wolfsburg

The 2015–16 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Germany.

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	FC Ingolstadt Darmstadt 98	SC Freiburg SC Paderborn
2. Bundesliga	Arminia Bielefeld MSV Duisburg	Erzgebirge Aue VfR Aalen
3. Liga	Werder Bremen II 1. FC Magdeburg Würzburger Kickers	Borussia Dortmund II SpVgg Unterhaching Jahn Regensburg
Bundesliga (women)	1. FC Köln Werder Bremen	MSV Duisburg Herforder SV
2. Bundesliga (women)	SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Borussia Mönchengladbach TSV Schott Mainz Eintracht Wetzlar BW Hohen Neuendorf	VfL Bochum 1. FC Union Berlin Magdeburger FFC 1. FFC Montabaur 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen

Post–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Bundesliga	SC Freiburg RB Leipzig	VfB Stuttgart Hannover 96
2. Bundesliga	Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue Würzburger Kickers	MSV Duisburg FSV Frankfurt SC Paderborn
3. Liga	FSV Zwickau Sportfreunde Lotte Jahn Regensburg	Stuttgarter Kickers Energie Cottbus VfB Stuttgart II
Bundesliga (women)	MSV Duisburg Borussia Mönchengladbach	Werder Bremen 1. FC Köln
2. Bundesliga (women)	Bramfelder SV 1. FC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen SC Sand II	ETSV Würzburg Alemannia Aachen Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf FFV Leipzig Holstein Kiel

National teams

Germany national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	7	1	2	24	9	+15	22	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0
2	Poland	10	6	3	1	33	10	+23	21	Qualify for final tournament	2–0	—	2–1	2–2	4–0	8–1
3	Republic of Ireland	10	5	3	2	19	7	+12	18	Advance to play-offs	1–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	7–0
4	Scotland	10	4	3	3	22	12	+10	15		2–3	2–2	1–0	—	1–0	6–1
5	Georgia	10	3	0	7	10	16	−6	9		0–2	0–4	1–2	1–0	—	4–0
6	Gibraltar	10	0	0	10	2	56	−54	0		0–7	0–7	0–4	0–6	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss

4 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Germany	3–1	Poland	Frankfurt, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller 12' Götze 19', 82'	Report	Lewandowski 36'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

7 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Scotland	2–3	Germany	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Müller 18', 34' Gündoğan 54'	Report	Hummels 28' (o.g.) McArthur 43'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 50,753 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

8 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Germany	Dublin, Ireland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Long 70'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 50,604 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

11 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Germany	2–1	Georgia	Leipzig, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Müller 50' (pen.) Kruse 79'	Report	Kankava 53'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 43,630 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

UEFA Euro 2016

UEFA Euro 2016 Group C table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Poland	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7^[a]
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

UEFA Euro 2016 fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss

12 June 2016 Group C	Germany	2–0	Ukraine	Lille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mustafi 19' Schweinsteiger 90+2'	DFB Report UEFA Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 43,035 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

16 June 2016 Group C	Germany	0–0	Poland	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		DFB Report UEFA Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 73,648 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

21 June 2016 Group C	Northern Ireland	0–1	Germany	Paris, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		DFB Report UEFA Report	Gómez 30'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 44,125 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

26 June 2016 Round of 16	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Boateng 8' Gómez 43' Draxler 63'	Report		Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy Attendance: 44,312 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2 July 2016 Quarter-final	Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Italy	Bordeaux, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Özil 65'	Report	Bonucci 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux Attendance: 38,764 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
	Penalties
	Kroos Müller Özil Draxler Schweinsteiger Hummels Kimmich Boateng Hector		Insigne Zaza Barzagli Pellè Bonucci Giaccherini Parolo De Sciglio Darmian

7 July 2016 Semi-final	Germany	0–2	France	Marseille, France
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Griezmann 45+2' (pen.), 72'	Stadium: Stade Vélodrome Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss Void

13 November 2015 Friendly	France	2–0	Germany	Saint-Denis, France
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Giroud 45+1' Gignac 86'	Report		Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

17 November 2015 Friendly	Germany	Cancelled	Netherlands	Hanover, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Note: The match was cancelled one hour before kick-off due to security issues.

26 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	2–3	England	Berlin, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kroos 43' Gómez 57'	Report	Kane 61' Vardy 75' Dier 90+1'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,413 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

29 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	4–1	Italy	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos 24' Götze 45' Hector 59' Özil 75' (pen.)	Report	El Shaarawy 83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 62,653 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

29 May 2016 Friendly	Germany	1–3	Slovakia	Augsburg, Germany
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gómez 13' (pen.)	Report	Hamšík 41' Ďuriš 44' Kucka 52'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 22,110 Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

4 June 2016 Friendly	Germany	2–0	Hungary	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lang 39' (o.g.) Müller 63'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 52,104 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Germany women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	8	0	0	35	0	+35	24	Final tournament
2	Russia	8	4	2	2	14	9	+5	14	Final tournament
3	Hungary	8	2	2	4	8	20	−12	8
4	Croatia	8	2	1	5	8	15	−7	7
5	Turkey	8	1	1	6	3	24	−21	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Win Draw Loss

18 September 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	12–0	Hungary	Halle (Saale), Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Popp 7', 66' Maier 9' Kemme 16' Behringer 19' (pen.) Bremer 28', 70', 84' Goeßling 33', 39' Laudehr 63' Leupolz 72'	Report		Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

22 September 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Croatia	0–1	Germany	Zagreb, Croatia
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Popp 7', 66'	Stadium: Stadion Kranjčevićeva Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Sabine Bonnin (France)

22 October 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	2–0	Russia	Wiesbaden, Germany
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Islacker 8' Maier 48'	Report		Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

25 October 2015 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	7–0	Turkey	Sandhausen, Germany
14:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Islacker 6' Mittag 29' Behringer 37' (pen.) Däbritz 69', 90+3' Magull 78', 86'	Report		Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Referee: Rhona Daly (Republic of Ireland)

8 April 2016 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Turkey	0–6	Germany	Istanbul, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+03:00)		Report	Kerschowski 29', 60', 90+3' Mittag 40' Popp 78', 86'	Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Florence Guillemin (France)

12 April 2016 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Q	Germany	2–0	Croatia	Osnabrück, Germany
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marozsán 32' Mittag 50'	Report		Stadium: Osnatel-Arena Attendance: 8,276 Referee: Marte Sørø (Norway)

2016 SheBelieves Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H, C)	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	England	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	France	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Source: US Soccer
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) FIFA ranking.^[1]
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Win Draw Loss

3 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	Germany	1–0	France	Tampa
17:00 (EST (UTC−5)	Maier 83'	Report		Stadium: Raymond James Stadium Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

6 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	Germany	2–1	England	Nashville
16:45 (CST (UTC−6)	Flaherty 76' (o.g.) Peter 82' (pen.)	Report	Duggan 9'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 25,363 Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

9 March 2016 2016 SheBelieves Cup	United States	2–1	Germany	Boca Raton
19:45 (EST (UTC−5)	Morgan 37' Mewis 42'	Report	Mittag 30'	Stadium: FAU Stadium Attendance: 13,501 Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

League season

Men

Bundesliga

Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bayern Munich (C)	34	28	4	2	80	17	+63	88	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Borussia Dortmund	34	24	6	4	82	34	+48	78
3	Bayer Leverkusen	34	18	6	10	56	40	+16	60
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	34	17	4	13	67	50	+17	55	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Schalke 04	34	15	7	12	51	49	+2	52	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Mainz 05	34	14	8	12	46	42	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41
11	FC Ingolstadt	34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38
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
18	Hannover 96 (R)	34	7	4	23	31	62	−31	25	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga standings

Pos	Team v t e	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
6	Union Berlin	34	13	10	11	56	50	+6	49
7	Karlsruher SC	34	12	11	11	35	37	−2	47
8	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	12	10	12	44	38	+6	46
9	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	13	7	14	49	55	−6	46
10	1. FC Kaiserslautern	34	12	9	13	49	47	+2	45
11	1. FC Heidenheim	34	11	12	11	42	40	+2	45
12	Arminia Bielefeld	34	8	18	8	38	39	−1	42
13	SV Sandhausen^[a]	34	12	7	15	40	50	−10	40
14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	34	9	8	17	32	47	−15	35
15	1860 Munich	34	8	10	16	32	46	−14	34
16	MSV Duisburg (R)	34	7	11	16	32	54	−22	32	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	FSV Frankfurt (R)	34	8	8	18	33	59	−26	32	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	SC Paderborn (R)	34	6	10	18	28	55	−27	28	Relegation to 3. Liga

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ SV Sandhausen were deducted three points for license violation.^[3]

3. Liga

3. Liga standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Dresden (C, P)	38	21	15	2	75	35	+40	78	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
2	Erzgebirge Aue (P)	38	19	13	6	42	21	+21	70	Promotion to 2. Bundesliga and qualification for DFB-Pokal
3	Würzburger Kickers (O, P)	38	16	16	6	43	25	+18	64	Qualification for promotion play-offs and DFB-Pokal
4	1. FC Magdeburg	38	14	14	10	49	37	+12	56	Qualification for DFB-Pokal
5	VfL Osnabrück	38	14	14	10	46	41	+5	56
6	Chemnitzer FC	38	15	10	13	52	46	+6	55
7	Sonnenhof Großaspach	38	14	12	12	58	47	+11	54
8	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	38	14	8	16	47	50	−3	50
9	Preußen Münster	38	12	13	13	43	41	+2	49
10	Hansa Rostock	38	12	13	13	42	48	−6	49
11	Fortuna Köln	38	14	7	17	56	69	−13	49
12	Mainz 05 II^[a]	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
17	Werder Bremen II^[a]	38	11	10	17	42	56	−14	43
18	Stuttgarter Kickers (R)	38	11	10	17	38	52	−14	43	Relegation to Regionalliga
19	Energie Cottbus (R)	38	9	14	15	32	52	−20	41
20	VfB Stuttgart II^[a] (R)	38	7	10	21	38	63	−25	31

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

German clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lazio	1–3	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	0–3

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WOL	PSV	MUN	CSKA
1	VfL Wolfsburg	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	3–2	1–0
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Manchester United	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	Transfer to Europa League	2–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	CSKA Moscow	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4		0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	JUV	SEV	BMG
1	Manchester City	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	2–1	4–2
2	Juventus	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	1–0	—	2–0	0–0
3	Sevilla	6	2	0	4	8	11	−3	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–3	1–0	—	3–0
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5		1–2	1–1	4–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	ROM	LEV	BATE
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	6–1	2–1	3–0
2	Roma	6	1	3	2	11	16	−5	6	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	3–2	0–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	1	3	2	13	12	+1	6	Transfer to Europa League	1–1	4–4	—	4–1
4	BATE Borisov	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5		0–2	3–2	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	ARS	OLY	DZG
1	Bayern Munich	6	5	1	19	3	+16	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–1	4–0	5–0
2	Arsenal	6	3	3	12	10	+2	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	2–3	3–0
3	Olympiacos	6	3	3	6	13	−7	9	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	0–3	—	2–1
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	5	3	14	−11	3		0–2	2–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	2–4	Wolfsburg	2–3	0–1
Juventus	4–6	Bayern Munich	2–2	2–4 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	2–3	Real Madrid	2–0	0–3
Bayern Munich	3–2	Benfica	1–0	2–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	2–2 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–0	1–2

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsberger AC	0–6	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–5

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Odd	5–11	Borussia Dortmund	3–4	2–7

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KRA	DOR	PAOK	QAB
1	Krasnodar	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–1	—	0–1	4–0
3	PAOK	6	1	4	1	3	3	0	7		0–0	1–1	—	0–0
4	Gabala	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2		0–3	1–3	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SCH	SPP	AT	APO
1	Schalke 04	6	4	2	0	15	3	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–2	4–0	1–0
2	Sparta Prague	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
3	Asteras Tripolis	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	4		0–4	1–1	—	2–0
4	APOEL	6	1	0	5	3	12	−9	3		0–3	1–3	2–1	—

Source: Soccerway

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATH	AUG	PAR	AZ
1	Athletic Bilbao	6	4	1	1	16	8	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	5–1	2–2
2	FC Augsburg	6	3	0	3	12	11	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	1–3	4–1
3	Partizan	6	3	0	3	10	14	−4	9		0–2	1–3	—	3–2
4	AZ	6	1	1	4	8	13	−5	4		2–1	0–1	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Porto	2–0	1–0
Augsburg	0–1	Liverpool	0–0	0–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Schalke 04	0–0	3–0
Sporting CP	1–4	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1–3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Villarreal	2–0	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	0–0
Borussia Dortmund	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	2–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Borussia Dortmund	4–5	Liverpool	1–1	3–4

UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Standard Liège	0–8	Frankfurt	0–2	0–6
Twente	3–3 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–1	2–2
Spartak Subotica	0–4	Wolfsburg	0–0	0–4

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	1–4	Wolfsburg	1–2	0–2
Lillestrøm SK	2–2 (4–5 p)	Frankfurt	0–2	2–0 (a.e.t.)

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	6–0	Brescia	3–0	3–0
Rosengård	1–1 (4–5 p)	Frankfurt	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolfsburg	4–1	Frankfurt	4–0	0–1

Final

26 May 2016

18:00 CEST

Wolfsburg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Lyon
Popp 88'	Report	Hegerberg 12'
Penalties
Popp Kerschowski Peter Fischer Bussaglia	3–4	Hegerberg Schelin Renard Mbock Kumagai

Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia

Attendance: 15,117

Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)

Sources

^ Rules for classification
^ "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
^ "Verstoß gegen Lizenzierungsordnung: Punktabzug für Sandhausen". dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

[table_hth_GER0.3996867450884-1] Tied on head-to-head result (Germany 0–0 Poland). Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.45834604951476-3] Since the winners of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, Bayern Munich, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the Europa League group stage spot was passed to the sixth-placed team, Mainz 05; and the Europa League third qualifying round spot was passed to the seventh-placed team, Hertha BSC.

[table_note_SAN0.048452963143798-6] SV Sandhausen were deducted three points for license violation.^[3]

[table_note_MA20.30142197585731-7] Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

[2] Rules for classification

[4] "Bundesliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[5] "Verstoß gegen Lizenzierungsordnung: Punktabzug für Sandhausen". dfb.de (in German). Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.

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