The 2015–16 1. FC Magdeburg season is their first season in the 3. Liga.
Events In June 2015, the club announced their pre-season plan. Later they confirmed that the friendly match against Berliner AK 07 would be played on a training pitch at MDCC-Arena, while they would face FC Viktoria Köln at the Sparkassen-Arena in nearby Bernburg. Magdeburg took part in the Kaiserstuhl-Cup where the side faced hosts Bahlinger SC and French 2014–15 Ligue 2 winners ES Troyes AC, eventually winning the cup. They would also play a match against FSV Havelberg, a club from north-eastern Saxony-Anhalt, who won the right to host in a poll held by regional newspaper Volksstimme.
Transfers
In No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee 2 DF Lukáš Nový Yes BFC Dynamo Transfer Summer 2017 Free 6 MF Jan Löhmannsröben Yes Wacker Nordhausen Transfer Summer 2017 Free 9 FW Manuel Farrona-Pulido Yes Wacker Nordhausen Transfer Summer 2017 Free 10 DF Nico Hammann Yes SV Sandhausen Transfer Winter 2017 Free 13 DF Ryan Malone No Springfield College Transfer Summer 2016 Free 19 MF Michel Niemeyer Yes RB Leipzig II Transfer Summer 2017 Free 20 MF Ahmed Waseem Razeek Yes 1. FC Union Berlin II Transfer Summer 2017 Free 21 MF David Kinsombi Yes Karlsruher SC Loan Winter 2016 — 22 DF André Hainault No VfR Aalen Transfer Summer 2016 Free 24 MF Tarek Chahed Yes 1. FC Magdeburg Youth Transfer Summer 2017 — 25 MF Sebastian Ernst Yes Hannover 96 II Transfer Winter 2017 Undisclosed 27 DF Burak Altiparmak Yes Osmanlıspor Transfer Summer 2016 Free
Out No.Pos.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee 2 DF Nico Hammann Yes SV Sandhausen Transfer Summer Free 9 FW Matthias Steinborn Yes SV Babelsberg 03 Transfer Summer Free 10 MF Marcel Schlosser Yes VfB Auerbach Transfer Summer Free 13 MF Christoph Siefkes Yes FC Rapperswil-Jona Transfer Summer Free 20 DF René Lange Yes FSV Zwickau Transfer Summer Free 21 MF Sven Reimann Yes FC Carl Zeiss Jena Released Winter Free 22 MF Morris Schröter Yes FSV Zwickau Transfer Summer Free 26 MF Sven Torge Bremer Yes Germania Halberstadt Loan Summer Free
Preseason and friendlies
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Goalscorers 1. FC Magdeburg Opponent 24 June 2015 18:00 Sportplatz Hohenwarthe Hohenwarthe Eintracht Hohenwarthe 26–0 1,300Sowislo Farrona-Pulido Beck Reimann Kruschke Löhmannsröben Hebisch Nový Fuchs Chahed Bankert Schlosser Bremer Handke 27 June 2015 14:00 Straguth Anhalt-Auswahl 11–0 513Butzen Kruschke Fuchs Beck Farrona-Pulido Sowislo 1 July 2015 14:00 MDCC-Arena Platz 2 Magdeburg Berliner AK 07 2–3 430 Schiller Kruschke Kahlert Gutsche 4 July 2015 14:00 Parkstadion Burg Burger BC 08 6–1 1,400 Fuchs Malone Kruschke Sowislo Razeek Glage 8 July 2015 18:00 Sparkassen-Arena Bernburg FC Viktoria Köln 1–2 723 Schlosser van Santen 10 July 2015 17:10 Kaiserstuhlstadion Bahlingen Bahlinger SC 1–3 1,254Hebisch Sautner Adam Göppert 11 July 2015 15:00 Kaiserstuhlstadion Bahlingen ES Troyes AC 5–1 1,400 Sowislo Handke Beck Fuchs Bekamenga 15 July 2015 18:00 Sportplatz Mühlenholz Havelberg FSV Havelberg 14–1 1,423 Hebisch Reimann Fuchs Beck Kruschke Bankert Leppin 18 July 2015 15:00 Sportforum Hohenschönhausen Berlin Berliner FC Dynamo 3–1 700 Farrona-Pulido Beck Muhović 4 August 2015 18:00 Sportplatz Zielitzer Straße Magdeburg TuS 1860 Magdeburg-Neustadt 13–0 1,053 Kruschke Nový Schlosser Farrona-Pulido Hebisch Puttkammer 12 August 2015 14:00 AOK-Stadion Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg 4–3 2,205 Beck Brandt Chahed Bankert Caligiuri Bendtner Hunt 2 September 2015 18:00 MDCC-Arena Platz 2 Magdeburg Viktoria Berlin 1–2 350 Hebisch Beyazit 3 September 2015 16:30 B-Platz an der Hamburger Straße Braunschweig Eintracht Braunschweig II 0–1 Dacaj 12 October 2015 18:30 MDCC-Arena Magdeburg Borussia Dortmund 2–2 19,679 Hebisch Beck Maruoka Januzaj 7 January 2016 16:30 Novo Sancti Petri Chiclana CF 8–1 Fuchs Sowislo Hebisch Beck Razeek 16 January 2016 13:00 MDCC-Arena Magdeburg SV Babelsberg 03 3–1 Farrona-Pulido Altiparmak Kruschke Steinborn 6 February 2016 11:00 MDCC-Arena Platz 2 Magdeburg Hannover 96 II 2–0 300 Razeek Farrona-Pulido 12 April 2016 HOWOGE-Arena "Hans Zoschke" Berlin SV Lichtenberg 47 1–0 456 Kruschke
3. Liga On 2 July 2015, the German football association DFB published the preliminary schedule for the new 3. Liga season. 1. FC Magdeburg were awarded the opening game of the season to be held on Friday, 24 July, at 8.30 pm. The match will be broadcast live on television channel MDR.
3. Liga fixtures & results
DateKickoff Opponent Goalscorers Table 1. FC Magdeburg Opponent 1 24 July 201520:30 H FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–1 21,079 Beck Fuchs Erb 3rd 3 2 31 July 201519:00 A 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 2–2 2,870 Hebisch Fuchs Parker Derstroff 6th 4 3 16 August 201514:00 HHallescher FC 2–1 20,912 Beck Osawe 2nd 7 4 21 August 201519:00 A SV Werder Bremen II 1–1 2,600 Sowislo Aycicek 3rd 8 5 25 August 201520:30 H Chemnitzer FC 2–0 19,112 Beck Brandt 2nd 11 6 28 August 201519:00 A SC Fortuna Köln 1–2 3,323 Beck Rahn 3rd 11 8 11 September 201519:00 A Stuttgarter Kickers 0–1 6,270 Braun 5th 11 7 15 September 201518:30 H VfL Osnabrück 3–0 15,324 Sowislo Beck 5th 14 9 18 September 201519:00 H VfR Aalen 1–2 16,093 Sowislo Müller Morys 8th 14 10 23 September 201520:30 A F.C. Hansa Rostock 1–1 16,300 Altiparmak Butzen 8th 15 11 26 September 201514:00 H FC Energie Cottbus 2–2 19,453 Beck Sukuta-Pasu Mattuschka 7th 16 12 2 October 201519:00 A Holstein Kiel 0–0 6,515 7th 17 13 18 October 201514:00 A FC Erzgebirge Aue 0–0 10,050 7th 18 14 24 October 201514:00 H SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1–0 14,981 Malone 4th 21 15 31 October 201514:00 A SG Dynamo Dresden 2–3 29,321 Farrona-Pulido Malone Eilers Testroet 6th 21 16 7 November 201514:00 H SC Preußen Münster 3–0 16,616 Beck Fuchs Sowislo 5th 24 17 21 November 201514:00 A SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 0–1 2,300 Rizzi 7th 24 18 28 November 201514:00 H VfB Stuttgart II 2–2 13,449 Razeek Vier Gabriele 7th 25 19 5 December 201514:00 A Würzburger Kickers 1–1 5,617 Beck Fennell 7th 26 20 14 December 201518:30 A FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 2–0 7,069 Brandt Beck 6th 29 21 19 December 201514:00 H 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 3–1 23,043 Beck Derstroff 4th 32 22 24 January 201614:00 A Hallescher FC 2–1 12,500 Ernst Lindenhahn 4th 35 23 30 January 201614:00 H SV Werder Bremen II 1–1 15,873 Chahed Kazior 4th 36 24 5 February 201620:30 A Chemnitzer FC 0–0 8,278 4th 37 25 13 February 201614:00 H SC Fortuna Köln 0–0 14,962 5th 38 26 20 February 201614:00 A VfL Osnabrück 0–2 10,282 Savran 5th 38 27 28 February 201614:00 H Stuttgarter Kickers 2–1 15,412 Ernst Chahed Abruscia 5th 41 28 2 March 201618:30 A VfR Aalen 0–0 4,555 5th 42 29 5 March 201614:00 H F.C. Hansa Rostock 4–1 20,361 Sowislo Farrona-Pulido Beck Kofler 4th 45 30 12 March 201614:00 A FC Energie Cottbus 0–2 8,404 Michel Kauko 5th 45 31 20 March 201614:00 H Holstein Kiel 0–1 16,446 Janzer 6th 45 32 1 April 201620:30 H FC Erzgebirge Aue 0–3 21,812 Köpke Skarlatidis 6th 45 33 8 April 201619:00 A SV Wehen Wiesbaden 0–0 3,002 6th 46 34 16 April 201614:00 H SG Dynamo Dresden 2–2 21,954 Niemeyer Farrona-Pulido Testroet Eilers 6th 47 35 22 April 201619:00 A SC Preußen Münster 2–1 8,140 Beck Schweers 6th 50 36 30 April 201614:00 H SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 4–0 20,532 Niemeyer Beck Farrona-Pulido Löhmannsröben 5th 53 37 7 May 201613:30 A VfB Stuttgart II 1–0 1,410 Sowislo 4th 56 38 14 May 201613:30 H Würzburger Kickers 0–1 22,072 Soriano 4th 56
League table
Saxony-Anhalt Cup
Saxony-Anhalt Cup review In the Saxony-Anhalt Cup, Magdeburg was drawn to face Kreveser SV in the first round. This is a repeat of last season's second-round pairing which ended with a clear 9-1 victory for then-Regionalliga side.
Saxony-Anhalt Cup results
Date Kickoff Venue City Opponent Result Attendance Goalscorers 1. FC Magdeburg Opponent 1 9 August 2015 14:00 Sportschule Osterburg Osterburg Kreveser SV 4–1 1,400 Kruschke Brandt Malone Farrona-Pulido Weihrauch 2 10 October 2015 14:00 Guts Muths Stadion Magdeburg MSV Börde 3–0 1,500 Handke Razeek Sowislo 3 14 November 2015 14:00 Stadion Volkspark Wittenberg FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz 8–0 1,051 Kruschke Beck Hebisch Sowislo Reimann 26 March 2016 14:00 Stadion am Zoo Halle (Saale) VfL Halle 96 4–0 1,200 Bankert Kruschke Altiparmak Beck 27 April 2016 18:00 Heinrich Germer Stadium Magdeburg FSV Barleben 5–1 3,347 Hammann Farrona-Pulido Ernst Altiparmak Piele 18 May 2016 20:30 Erdgas Sportpark Halle Hallescher FC 1–2 13,297 Malone Osawe Lindenhahn
Player information
|colspan="10"|Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
Notes A. Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time. B. 1. FC Magdeburg goals first. C. The match against Osnabrück on matchday 7 had to be postponed due to call-ups to national teams.
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