The 2015–16 season of the Niedersachsenliga, the highest association football league in the German state of Lower Saxony, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.Niedersachsenliga tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
The season began on 7 August 2015 and finished on 22 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 20 December to 7 February.
2015–16 standings The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, VfL Bückeburg, SVG Göttingen, Heeslinger SC and TuS Lingen, all four promoted from the Landesligas, while FT Braunschweig was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.Niedersachsenliga tables & results kicker.de, accessed: 20 December 2015
Of the Niedersachsenliga teams only Lupo Martini Wolfsburg and Germania Egestorf applied for a Regionalliga licence for the 2016–17 season, with the Northern German Football Association deciding on 9 May 2016 to grant all applicants a licence.
Top goalscorers The top goal scorers for the season:2015–16 Niedersachsenliga Goal scorers Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Keven OltmerSSV Jeddeloh212 Nils HillemannEintracht Northeim183 Sascha WaldSC Spelle-Venhaus16 Julian BennertSSV Jeddeloh André JädtkeVfL Oldenburg
Promotion play-off Promotion play-off were to be held at the end of the season to the Regionalliga Nord.Ausschreibung für den Spielbetrieb des Spieljahres 2015/16 der Oberliga Niedersachsen Lower Saxony Football Federation, Promotion and relegation rules, accessed: 17 December 2015 The runners-up of the Niedersachsenliga and the champions or, in Hamburg's case, the only team applying for a licence, of the Bremen-Liga, Oberliga Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein-Liga played each other for two more spot in the Regionalliga. In the promotion round each team met the other just once with the two highest-placed teams in the final table promoted:
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