The 2015–16 season of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga, the highest association football league in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, was the eighth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system.Schleswig-Holstein-Liga tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 17 December 2015
The season began on 31 July 2015 and finished on 21 May 2016, interrupted by a winter break from 5 December to 20 February.
2015–16 standings The 2015–16 season saw five new clubs in the league, FC Kilia Kiel, TSB Flensburg, Oldenburger SV and SG Reher-Puls, all four promoted from the Verbandsligas while VfR Neumünster was relegated from the Regionalliga Nord.
Of the Schleswig-Holstein-Liga teams only SV Eichede, Eutin 08 and TSB Flensburg 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 Schleswig-Holstein-Liga Goal scorers Weltfussball.de, accessed: 17 December 2015 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Morten LiebertSV Todesfelde372 Florian StahlEutin 08363 Freddy KapsOldenburger SV254 Arnold LechlerSV Eichede22
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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