The 2015–16 season of the Hessenliga, the highest football league in the German state of Hesse, marked its eighth season at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 38th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978, then as the Oberliga Hessen.Hessenliga tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
The season began on 24 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, with a winter break between 12 December and 20 February.
Standings The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, Borussia Fulda, Teutonia Watzenborn-Steinberg, SC Hessen Dreieich and Rot-Weiss Frankfurt, all four promoted from the Verbandsligas, while KSV Baunatal was relegated from the Regionalliga Südwest.
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers for the season:<
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Raffael SzymanskiTeutonia Watzenborn262 Varol AkgözRot-Weiss Frankfurt243 Younes BahssouSV Wiesbaden21 Denis WeineckerTeutonia Watzenborn5 Serdar BayrakFSC Lohfelden19 Cem KaraRot-Weiss Frankfurt
Promotion play-off Promotion play-off will be held at the end of the season for both the Regionalliga above and the Oberliga.Verbandsebene Hesse Football Federation website, Promotion & relegation rules, accessed: 17 December 2015
To the Regionalliga The runners-up of the Hessenliga, Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar competed for one more spot in the Regionalliga Südwest, with each team playing the other just once:
To the Oberliga The runners-up of the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord, Verbandsliga Hessen-Süd and Verbandsliga Hessen-Mitte compete for two more spots in the Oberliga which FC Ederbergland and Rot-Weiß Darmstadt won.
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