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.
| 2015–16 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-presidents | Jochen A. Rotthaus Frank Briel | |||
| Manager | Huub Stevens (until 10 February)[1] Julian Nagelsmann (from 11 February) | |||
| Stadium | Rhein-Neckar-Arena | |||
| Bundesliga | 15th | |||
| DFB-Pokal | First round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mark Uth Kevin Volland (8 each) All: Mark Uth Kevin Volland (8 each) | |||
First team squad
As of 24 August 2015[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | NAT | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | FW | Eduardo Vargas | 25 |  | Napoli | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €6,000,000 | [3] |
| 5 | DF | Fabian Schär | 23 |  | Basel | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €4,000,000 | [4] |
| 10 | MF | Jonathan Schmid | 25 |  | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €3,700,000 | [5] |
| 3 | DF | Pavel Kadeřábek | 23 |  | Sparta Prague | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | €3,500,000 | [6] |
| 19 | FW | Mark Uth | 23 |  | Heerenveen | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | €2,200,000 | [7] |
| 40 | FW | Joelinton | 18 |  | Sport Recife | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | €2,200,000 | [8] |
| — | FW | Antonio Čolak | 21 |  | 1. FC Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | €500,000 | [9] |
| — | GK | Marko Marić | 19 | | Rapid Wien | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 | [10] | |
| 22 | FW | Kevin Kurányi | 33 | | Dynamo Moscow | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | [11] |
| — | DF | Christoph Martschinko | 21 |  | SV Grödig | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | [12] | |
| — | FW | Park In-hyeok | 19 |  | Kyung Hee University | Transfer | Summer | [13] | ||
| 36 | MF | Grischa Prömel | 20 | | 1899 Hoffenheim | Promoted | Summer | — | — | [14] |
| 29 | FW | Joshua Mees | 19 | | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | — | [15] |
| 30 | FW | Philipp Ochs | 18 | | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2016 | — | [16] |
| 32 | DF | Benedikt Gimber | 18 | | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2019 | — | [17] |
| 21 | DF | Nicolai Rapp | 18 | | 1899 Hoffenheim U19 | Promoted | Summer | 2018 | — | [18] |
| 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 | [19] |
Out
Competitions
Win Draw Loss
Bundesliga
League table
| Pos | Team | 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 |
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.[41]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
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.[41]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 37 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 29 | −12 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 15 August 2015 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Leverkusen |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Wendell  11'Kießling  45'Brandt 71' | Report | Zuber 5' | Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 27,125 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 22 August 2015 2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–2 | Bayern Munich | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Volland 1' Schwegler 63'Kim 77'Polanski 89' | Report | Müller 41', 75' Boateng 71'  73'Rafinha 83'Lewandowski 90' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Tobias Stieler |
| 29 August 2015 3 | Darmstadt 98 | 0–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Darmstadt |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Niemeyer 25' Gondorf 54'Garics 62' | Report | Zuber 14' Uth 25' | Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 13 September 2015 4 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Vargas 49' Volland 53'Polanski 60' | Report | Junuzović 18', 45', 90+3' Lukimya 66'Fritz 69'Ujah 90+2', 90+2' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,312 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 18 September 2015 5 | Mainz 05 | 3–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mainz |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Mallı 18', 61', 68' Niederlechner 90' | Report | Schmid 13' Schär 41'Bičakčić 49' | Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,973 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 23 September 2015 6 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | Sinsheim |
| 20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Bičakčić 9' Rudy 42'Volland 82' | Report | Aubameyang 55' Gündoğan 69' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 29,700 Referee: Tobias Welz |
| 26 September 2015 7 | FC Augsburg | 1–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Augsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Koo 38' Hong 68' | Report | Volland 10', 68' (pen.), 60' Strobl 48'Süle 65'Schmid 73'Schwegler 78' | Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 27,112 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 3 October 2015 8 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Volland 33' (pen.), 77', 78' Rudy 60'Schwegler 90+3' | Report | Kliment 64' Schwaab 73'Werner 90' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 17 October 2015 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 4–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Wolfsburg |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Kruse 1', 62', 83' Dost 7'Caligiuri 57'Träsch 59'Luiz Gustavo 71'Vieirinha 85' | Report | Toljan 29' Schmid 54' | Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 28,148 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 23 October 2015 10 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–1 | Hamburger SV | Sinsheim |
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Bičakčić 11' 68' Polanski 80'Volland 89' | Report | Holtby 26' Ostrzolek 57'Gregoritsch 77'Schipplock 84'Lasogga 88' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert |
| 31 October 2015 11 | 1. FC Köln | 0–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Cologne |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Osako 66' Maroh 74' | Report | Schwegler 30' | Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 7 November 2015 12 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Schwegler 68' | Report | Seferovic 11' Zambrano 78'Stendera 90+3' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 22 November 2015 13 | Hertha BSC | 1–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Berlin |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Polanski 30' (o.g.) Lustenberger 35'Skjelbred 85' | Report | Polanski 32' | Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,045 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 28 November 2015 14 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Amiri 8', 47' Zuber 11'Polanski 34'Kim 59' | Report | Johnson 5', 87' Dahoud 25'Drmić 56' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Michael Weiner |
| 5 December 2015 15 | FC Ingolstadt | 1–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Ingolstadt |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Morales 50' Roger 66'Lex 80' | Report | Schär 74' Uth 90+6' | Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 14,255 Referee: Manuel Gräfe |
| 12 December 2015 16 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–0 | Hannover 96 | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Schär 19' Schmid 30' | Report | Gülselam 38' Albornoz 72'Andreasen 82' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 25,531 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 18 December 2015 17 | Schalke 04 | 1–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Choupo-Moting 28' Goretzka 90+1' | Report | Strobl 57' Rudy 58' | Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,749 Referee: Sascha Stegemann |
| 23 January 2016 18 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–1 | Bayer Leverkusen | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kim 17' Hamad 40', 73' | Report | Jedvaj 58' Toprak 75'Donati 86' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,140 Referee: Marco Fritz |
| 31 January 2016 19 | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Munich |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Douglas Costa 28' Lewandowski 32', 64' | Report | Strobl 28' | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Jochen Drees |
| 7 February 2016 20 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 0–2 | Darmstadt 98 | Sinsheim |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Amiri 73' | Report | Sulu 33' Heller 73'Niemeyer 81'Rajković 82', 85' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,231 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 13 February 2016 21 | Werder Bremen | 1–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Bremen |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Djilobodji 13' S. García 56' | Report | Kramarić 10', 49' 77' Volland 45'Schmid 73'Vargas 90+2' | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 38,454 Referee: Benjamin Brand |
| 20 February 2016 22 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 3–2 | Mainz 05 | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Amiri 13' Rudy 14'Uth 68', 76' | Report | Córdoba 11' Balogun 27'Jairo 78', 90+1' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 24,019 Referee: Günter Perl |
| 28 February 2016 23 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Dortmund |
| 17:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Mkhitaryan 80' Ramos 85'Aubameyang 90+2' | Report | Rudy 25',  58' | Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Peter Sippel |
| 2 March 2016 24 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | FC Augsburg | Sinsheim |
| 20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Volland 25', 62' Süle 39'Uth 81' | Report | Caiuby 22' Verhaegh 34', 40' (pen.)Hitz 62'Klavan 90+2' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 21,092 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 5 March 2016 25 | VfB Stuttgart | 5–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Niedermeier 5', 51' Kravets 14'Rupp 42'Kostić 78'Werner 83' | Report | Süle 60' Kramarić 73'Polanski 80' | Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,677 Referee: Christian Dingert |
| 12 March 2016 26 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–0 | VfL Wolfsburg | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Kramarić 3' Baumann 89' | Report | Casteels 56' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 25,231 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 19 March 2016 27 | Hamburger SV | 1–3 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Hamburg |
| 15:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Adler 19' Hunt 30' (pen.)Ostrzolek 35'Holtby 70' | Report | Kramarić 20' (pen.) Volland 23'Kadeřábek 49'Vargas 67' | Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 48,263 Referee: Knut Kircher |
| 3 April 2016 28 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–1 | 1. FC Köln | Sinsheim |
| 17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Amiri 7' Rudy 39'Volland 90+1' | Report | Zoller 69', 72' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 9 April 2016 29 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–2 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Frankfurt |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Seferovic 67' Abraham 75'Ayhan 88' | Report | Amiri 62' Süle 68'Uth 71', 90'Rudy 76'Strobl 78' | Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Felix Brych |
| 16 April 2016 30 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | Hertha BSC | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Polanski 26' Schär 33'Kadeřábek 80'Uth 85' | Report | Stark 26' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 27,745 Referee: Guido Winkmann |
| 24 April 2016 31 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–1 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Mönchengladbach |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Toljan 7' (o.g.) Dahoud 45'Hahn 61'Nordtveit 70' | Report | Rudy 20' Polanski 40'Kramarić 54' | Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,144 Referee: Robert Hartmann |
| 30 April 2016 32 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 2–1 | FC Ingolstadt | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Rudy 16' Uth 37'Strobl 60'Amiri 84', 85' | Report | Hübner 15' Lex 17'Bauer 34'Groß 62'Leckie 90+3' | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 26,561 Referee: Bastian Dankert |
| 7 May 2016 33 | Hannover 96 | 1–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Hanover |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Sané 26' Kiyotake 28'Anton 54'Prib 82' | Report | Polanski 10' Volland 41' | Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 38,096 Referee: Wolfgang Stark |
| 14 May 2016 34 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 1–4 | Schalke 04 | Sinsheim |
| 15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Uth 41' Rudy 59' | Report | Huntelaar 7' Choupo-Moting 14'Sané 56'Höwedes 68'Schär 89' (o.g.) | Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Felix Brych |
DFB-Pokal
| 8 August 2015 Round 1 | 1860 Munich | 2–0 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Munich |
| 18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Degenek 48' Claasen 51'Mulić 90+3', 90+3' | Report | Toljan 37' Volland 50' | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Harm Osmers |
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