The 2015–16 RB Leipzig season was the 7th season in club history and their 2nd season competing in the 2. Bundesliga.
Kits
Background
Events On May 29, 2015, Ralf Rangnick was appointed to replace Achim Beierlorzer as the head coach. On June 9, 2015, it was confirmed they will play against Southampton F.C. on July 8, 2015.
Transfers
In No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee 4 DF Willi Orban Yes 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed 5 DF Atınç Nukan No Beşiktaş J.K. Transfer Summer 2020 €6,000,000 13 MF Stefan Ilsanker Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed 17 FW Nils Quaschner Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer 2018 Undisclosed 20 MF Ken Gipson Yes VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer 2018 Free 21 DF Dmitri Skopintsev No FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed 23 DF Marcel Halstenberg Yes FC St. Pauli Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed 27 FW Davie Selke Yes SV Werder Bremen Transfer Summer 2020 €8,000,000 32 GK Péter Gulácsi Yes FC Red Bull Salzburg Transfer Summer 2019 Undisclosed MF Gino Fechner Yes VfL Bochum Transfer Summer Undisclosed MF Kamil Wojtkowski Yes Pogoń Szczecin Transfer Summer 2017
Out No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee MF Joshua Kimmich Yes Bayern Munich Transfer Summer €1,500,000 MF Henrik Ernst Yes RB Leipzig II Transfer Summer Free DF Fabian Franke Yes SV Wehen Wiesbaden Transfer Summer Undisclosed FW Daniel Frahn Yes 1. FC Heidenheim Transfer Summer Released MF Sebastian Heidinger Yes 1. FC Heidenheim Transfer Summer Undisclosed DF Niklas Hoheneder Yes SC Paderborn 07 Transfer Summer Released GK Thomas Dähne Yes Transfer Summer Released GK Fabian Bredlow Yes Hallescher FC Transfer Summer Undisclosed FW Omer Damari Yes Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer Undisclosed FW Matthias Morys Yes VfR Aalen Transfer Summer Undisclosed MF Clemens Fandrich Yes FC Luzern Transfer Summer Undisclosed DF Tim Sebastian Yes SC Paderborn 07 Transfer Winter Undisclosed MF Zsolt Kalmár Yes FSV Frankfurt Loan Winter Undisclosed
Friendlies
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Goalscorers RB Leipzig Opponent 20 June 2015 15:30 A Herzberg (Elster) Berliner AK 07 2–0 894 Wagner Dzalto 27 June 2015 15:30 A Markranstädt Kickers 94 Markkleeberg 15–0 1,032 Teigl Selke Kaiser Khedira Reddemann Dzalto Endres Palacios Hierländer Demme 1 July 2015 17:30 A Grimma FSV Budissa Bautzen 2–1 877Endres Hierländer Salewski 4 July 2015 16:30 A Grimma Slovan Liberec 3–0 648 Quaschner Forsberg Strauß 8 July 2015 18:00 A Leogang Southampton F.C. 5–4 Quaschner Mauer Sebastian Kalmár Strauß Juanmi Rodriguez Soares 12 July 2015 15:00 A Leogang FC Rubin Kazan 1–0 Forsberg 18 July 2015 19:00 H Leipzig Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. 3–0 5,519 Selke Ilsanker Khedira 29 July 2015 18:00 H Leipzig FC Ingolstadt 04 2–0 7,119 Demme Forsberg 4 September 2015 16:30 A Markranstädt FK Dukla Prague 1–1 725 Bruno Přikryl 10 January 2016 15:30 H Leipzig FC Eilenburg 13–0 1,012 Sabitzer Forsberg Quaschner Kalmár Poulsen Selke 14 January 2016 16:00 H Leipzig Bischofswerdaer FV 08 5–0 432 Halstenberg Quaschner Teigl Poulsen 20 January 2016 14:30 A Belek FC St. Gallen 3–1 Kalmár Teigl Khedira Aleksić 24 January 2016 14:30 A Belek FC Thun 3–1 Forsberg Sabitzer Fechner Zárate 31 January 2016 13:30 H Leipzig FK Teplice 5–0 2,087 Forsberg Sabitzer Poulsen Selke
2. Bundesliga
Fixtures & results
DateKickoff Opponent Goalscorers Table Leipzig Opponent 1 25 July 201515:30 A FSV Frankfurt 1–0 7,021 Sabitzer 3rd 3 +1 2 3 August 201520:15 H SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2–227,216 Selke Forsberg Freis Berisha 4th 4 +1 3 15 August 201513:30 A Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 21,315 Selke Forsberg 2nd 7 +3 4 23 August 201513:30 H FC St. Pauli 0–1 41,795 Thy 6th 7 +2 5 28 August 201518:30 A 1. FC Union Berlin 1–1 21,283 Parensen Brandy 5th 8 +2 6 11 September 201518:30 H SC Paderborn 2–0 25,394 Sabitzer Forsberg 4th 11 +4 7 18 September 201518:30 A 1. FC Heidenheim 1–1 12,486 Halstenberg Frahn 4th 12 +4 8 24 September 201520:15 H SC Freiburg 1–1 25,869 Selke Petersen 6th 13 +4 9 27 September 201513:30 A TSV 1860 München 2–2 21,600 Forsberg Selke Wolf Okotie 6th 14 +4 10 4 October 201513:30 H 1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 28,987 Kaiser Selke Bulthuis Füllkrug 5th 17 +5 11 18 October 201513:30 A VfL Bochum 1–0 20,704 Sabitzer 3rd 20 +6 12 23 October 201518:30 H Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 24,095 Forsberg Sabitzer Haggui 2nd 23 +7 13 1 November 201513:30 A SV Sandhausen 2–1 5,811 Kaiser Halstenberg Bouhaddouz 1st 26 +8 14 8 November 201513:30 H 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–2 33,598 Klich Deville 3rd 26 +6 15 21 November 201513:00 A Arminia Bielefeld 1–0 18,664 Selke 2nd 29 +7 16 30 November 201520:15 A Karlsruher SC 1–0 15,575 Sabitzer 2nd 32 +8 17 6 December 201513:30 H MSV Duisburg 4–2 27,477 Poulsen Quaschner Nukan Wolze Scheidhauer 2nd 35 +10 18 13 December 201513:30 H FSV Frankfurt 3–1 19,119 Sabitzer Kaiser Perdedaj 1st 38 +12 19 19 December 201513:00 A SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2–1 10,070 Poulsen Ilsanker Röcker 1st 41 +13 20 7 February 201613:30 H Eintracht Braunschweig 2–0 28,112 Forsberg Compper 1st 44 +15 21 12 February 201618:30 A FC St. Pauli 0–1 25,000 Rzatkowski 1st 44 +14 22 19 February 201618:30 H Union Berlin 3–0 30,964 Kaiser Orban Poulsen 1st 47 +17 23 26 February 201618:30 A SC Paderborn 1–0 8,838 Compper 1st 50 +18 24 2 March 201617:30 H 1. FC Heidenheim 3–1 22,134 Kaiser Poulsen Compper Leipertz 1st 53 +20 25 7 March 201620:15 A SC Freiburg 1–2 23,500 Kaiser Grifo Niederlechner 1st 53 +19 26 13 March 201613:30 H TSV 1860 München 2–1 25,551 Selke Klostermann Mölders 1st 56 +20 27 20 March 201613:30 A 1. FC Nürnberg 1–3 40,860 Selke Petrák Füllkrug Burgstaller 2nd 56 +18 28 2 April 201613:00 H VfL Bochum 3–1 32,244 Kaiser Bruno Losilla 2nd 59 +20 29 11 April 201620:15 A Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–1 25,474 Poulsen Selke Fink 2nd 62 +22 30 15 April 201618:30 H SV Sandhausen 0–1 30,279 Vollmann 2nd 62 +21 31 25 April 201620:15 A 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–1 27,332 Forsberg Przybylko 2nd 63 +21 32 29 April 201618:30 H Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 35,102 Sabitzer Behrendt 2nd 64 +21 33 8 May 201615:30 H Karlsruher SC 2–0 42,559 Forsberg Halstenberg 2nd 67 +23 34 15 May 201615:30 A MSV Duisburg 0–1 27,000 Chanturia 2nd 67 +22
League table
Results summary
DFB-Pokal
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers Leipzig Opponent Round 1 10 August 2015 18:30 A Osnabrück VfL Osnabrück 2–0Awarded Round 2 27 October 2015 20:30 A Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching 0–3 5,000 Einsiedler Rosenzweig Steinherr
Squad statistics
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
Notes
References
External links RB Leipzig website