The 2015–16 Stuttgarter Kickers season is the 116th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. The club also takes part in the DFB-Pokal and in the 2015–16 edition of the Württemberg Cup.

Transfers & contracts

In

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeEUMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee 5 DF Manuel Bihr Yes 1. FC Nürnberg End of contract Summer 2017 Free 17 MF Gratas Sirgėdas Yes VfB Stuttgart II Released Summer 2017 Free 24 MF Edisson Jordanov Yes Borussia Dortmund II End of contract Summer 2017 Free 25 DF Alessandro Abruscia Yes TSG Hoffenheim II End of contract Summer 2016 Free 26 GK Rouven Sattelmaier Yes 1. FC Heidenheim End of contract Summer 2017 Free 29 DF Tobias Pachonik Yes 1. FC Nürnberg Loan Summer 2016 Undisclosed 33 MF Markus Mendler Yes 1. FC Nürnberg II End of contract Summer 2017 Free 38 GK Carl Klaus Yes VfL Wolfsburg II End of contract Summer 2016 Free 40 FW Erich Berko Yes VfB Stuttgart II End of contract Summer 2017 Free 13 MF Klaus Gjasula No Kickers Offenbach Transfer Winter 2017 €50T 20 FW Bajram Nebihi No 1. FC Union Berlin Transfer Winter 2017 Free 22 MF José-Alex Ikeng No FC Hansa Rostock Transfer Winter 2017 Free 32 FW Stephané Mvibudulu No TSV 1860 München Transfer Winter 2017 Free 9 FW Petar Slišković Yes FC Aarau Transfer Winter 2017 Free

Out

No.Pos.Nat.NameAgeEUMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee 2 DF Maximilian Hoffmann Yes End of contract Summer 13 FW Randy Edwini-Bonsu No VfR Aalen End of contract Summer Free 14 MF Umberto Tedesco Yes Stuttgarter Kickers II Degraded Summer n/a 17 DF Fabian Gerster Yes — Retired Summer — 20 MF Besar Halimi No 1. FSV Mainz 05 Transfer Summer Undisclosed 22 MF Athanasios Raptis Yes Stuttgarter Kickers II Degraded Summer n/a 26 DF Royal-Dominique Fennell No FC Würzburger Kickers End of contract Summer Free 30 GK Mark Redl Yes Borussia Dortmund II End of contract Summer Free 32 GK Tobias Trautner Yes FC 08 Homburg End of contract Summer Free 19 FW Daniel Engelbrecht Yes Alemannia Aachen Released Winter Free 9 FW Elia Soriano Yes FC Würzburger Kickers Released Winter Free 18 MF Marco Gaiser Yes FC 08 Homburg Loan Winter Free 12 MF Andreas Ivan Yes Rot-Weiss Essen Released Winter Free

Contracts

Player Status Contract length Expiry date 5 Manuel Bihr Transfer 2 years 30 June 2017 17 Gratas Sirgėdas Transfer 2 years 30 June 2017 24 Edisson Jordanov Transfer 2 years 30 June 2017 40 Erich Berko Transfer 2 years 30 June 2017 25 Alessandro Abruscia Transfer 1 year 30 June 2016 26 Rouven Sattelmaier Transfer 2 years 30 June 2017 33 Markus Mendler Transfer 2 years 30 June 2017 38 Carl Klaus Transfer 1 year 30 June 2016 29 Tobias Pachonik Loan 1 year 30 June 2016 13 Klaus Gjasula Transfer 1 year 30 June 2017 20 Bajram Nebihi Transfer 1 year 30 June 2017 22 José-Alex Ikeng Transfer 1 year 30 June 2017 32 Stephané Mvibudulu Transfer 1 year 30 June 2017 9 Petar Slišković Transfer 1 year 30 June 2017

Matches

Legend

Friendly matches Source Pre–season friendlies24 June 201518:30Sportplatz OberndorfRottenburg, GermanyTSG Balingen 3-2 600 G. Müller Berko Jordanov Vogler 3 July 201514:00Julius-Strohmayer-StadionMindelheim, GermanyFV Illertissen 4–0 80 G. Müller Engelbrecht Fischer —8 July 201517:00GänsbodenstadionSt. Leonhard in Passeier, ItalyFC Wacker Innsbruck 2-1 350 Berko Mendler Mićić 11 July 201517:00Sportpark ReischachBruneck, ItalyInter Milan 3-4 5,000 Fischer Ivan Palacio Brozović Icardi 12 July 201515:00Stadion am WeingartenGärtringen, GermanyGym24 & Friends 5-0 1,300 Fischer Bangura G. Müller —15 July 201515:00ADM SportparkStuttgart, GermanyTSG Hoffenheim II 2-2 300 G. Müller Sessa Trümmner 18 July 201514:00HardtwaldstadionSandhausen, GermanySV Sandhausen 2-2 600 Mendler Badiane Bouhaddouz Zillner 11 November 201514:00Sportgelände ZuzenhausenZuzenhausen, GermanyTSG Hoffenheim II 3-1 Bahn Engelbrecht Fischer Lohkemper 13 November 201516:00Sportgelände ErbachHomburg, GermanyFC 08 Homburg 5-0 200 Starostzik Berko Abruscia Mendler Soriano —9 January 201619:30Teneriffa Top Training T3Adeje, SpainCzech Republic Under-21 0-1 35 —Linhart 12 January 201620:00Teneriffa Top Training T3Adeje, SpainCD Tenerife B 3-0 43 Bihr Mvibudulu Lang —16 January 201617:00Sportanlage FürthFürth, GermanySpVgg Greuther Fürth II 1-1 Baumgärtel Guerra 24 March 201615:00SpieselstadionAalen, GermanyVfR Aalen 2-1 Pachonik Ojala 1.Times in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time 2.Kickers goals listed first.

3. Liga

League fixtures and results Date Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Table Stuttgarter Kickers Opponent 1 25 July 201514:00 H SC Fortuna Köln 2-1 4,975 Braun Baumgärtel Bahn Uaffero Biada Fink 3 3 +1 2 1 August 201514:00 A VfL Osnabrück 1-1 8,633 Braun Berko Starostzik Baumgärtel Bahn Chahed Pisot Kandziora 7 4 +1 3 15 August 201514:00 A FC Erzgebirge Aue 0-2 7,250 Badiane Berko Marchese Braun Klaus Breitkreuz Kluft Hertner 12 4 -1 4 23 August 201514:00 H VfR Aalen 0-0 5,450 Braun Schulz Menig 12 5 -1 5 26 August 201519:00 A FC Hansa Rostock 1-0 17,000 Stein Berko Klaus Marchese Leutenecker Perstaller Henn Gardawski Schuhen Gottschling 7 8 0 6 29 August 201514:00 H FC Energie Cottbus 0-0 3,840 — Kaufmann Zeitz Lück 8 9 0 7 5 September 201514:00 A Holstein Kiel 2-1 5,112 G. Müller Berko Stein Schmidt Schnellhardt 12 +1 8 11 September 201519:00 H 1. FC Magdeburg 1-0 6,270 Braun Bihr Butzen Löhmannsröben Puttkammer 4 15 +2 9 19 September 201514:00 A SV Wehen Wiesbaden 3-3 2,324 Braun Badiane Berko Schnellbacher Geyer Schindler Lorenz Funk Sène 5 16 +2 10 23 September 201519:00 H SG Dynamo Dresden 1-2 8,000 Jordanov Bahn Soriano Marchese Eilers Tekerci Hartmann Hefele J.-P. Müller 7 16 +1 11 26 September 201514:00 A SC Preußen Münster 2-4 7,648 G. Müller Stein Soriano Bahn Berko Fischer Pischorn Hoffmann Reichwein Krohne Bischoff 8 16 -1 12 3 October 201514:00 H SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 0-4 5,050 Braun Bihr Bahn Breier Dittgen Röttger Rizzi Schiek 10 16 -5 13 17 October 201515:30 A VfB Stuttgart II 1-2 2,575 Jordanov Bihr Grüttner Rathgeb Perić Gabriele Kiesewetter 11 16 -6 14 24 October 201514:00 H FC Würzburger Kickers 1-2 4,000 Jordanov Soriano Bahn Baumgärtel Leutenecker Bihr Nagy Shapourzadeh Benatelli Weil 12 16 -7 15 31 October 201514:00 A FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0-1 4,936 Soriano Marchese Leutenecker Uzan Nikolaou Judt Laurito 14 16 -8 16 7 November 201514:00 H 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 1-4 3,210 Soriano Klement Höler Parker 18 16 -11 17 21 November 201514:00 A Hallescher FC 1-1 5,012 Berko Gaiser Acquistapace Lindenhahn 17 17 -11 18 28 November 201514:00 H SV Werder Bremen II 0-2 3,385 Berko Papunashvili Hüsing Guwara Käuper Lorenzen Busch 20 17 -13 19 5 December 201514:00 A Chemnitzer FC 0-1 4,768 Pachonik Soriano Marchese Abruscia Kehl-Gómez Danneberg Türpitz Cincotta 20 17 -14 20 12 December 201514:00 A SC Fortuna Köln 1-3 1,618 Stein Jordanov Mendler Oliveira Souza Biada Kwame Schröder Uaferro Königs 20 17 -16 21 18 December 201519:00 H VfL Osnabrück 2-2 3,415 Berko Baumgärtel JordanovG. Müller Pisot Syhre Savran 20 18 -16 22 22 January 201619:00 H FC Erzgebirge Aue 1-1 3,800 Berko Breitkreuz 20 19 -16 23 30 January 201614:00 A VfR Aalen 0-3 5,176 Braun Leutenecker Bihr Gjasula Morys Ojala Drexler Kienle 20 19 -19 24 6 February 201614:00 H FC Hansa Rostock 2-0 5,020 Baumgärtel Nebihi Pachonik Jänicke Kofler 20 22 -17 25 13 February 201614:00 A FC Energie Cottbus 2-1 5,239 Baumgärtel Berko Jordanov Stein Gjasula Lungu Sukuta-Pasu Kauko Michel Hübener 19 25 -16 26 19 February 201619:00 H Holstein Kiel 0-0 3,540 Baumgärtel Schnellhardt Heider Sigurbjörnsson 19 26 -16 27 28 February 201614:00 A 1. FC Magdeburg 1-2 15,412 Gjasula Leutenecker Starostzik Abruscia Ernst Chahed Kinsombi 19 26 -17 28 2 March 201619:00 H SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1-0 2,750 Mvibudulu Funk Dams Schindler 18 29 -16 29 6 March 201614:00 A SG Dynamo Dresden 1-1 26,890 Berko Nebihi Stefaniak 19 30 -16 30 12 March 201614:00 H SC Preußen Münster 1-0 3,530 Abruscia Tritz 17 33 -15 --> 31 19 March 201614:00 A SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 1-1 3,600 Berko Braun Gjasula Lorch Gehring Hägele Gäng 18 34 -15 32 2 April 201614:00 H VfB Stuttgart II 4-1 6,980 Kirchhoff Berko Leutenecker Abruscia Mvibudulu Kirchhoff Grüttner Besuschkow 17 37 -12 33 9 April 201614:00 A FC Würzburger Kickers 1-2 5,422 Braun Leutenecker Gjasula Badiane Shapourzadeh Soriano Karsanidis 17 37 -13 34 16 April 201614:00 H FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 0-1 3,610 Badiane Baumgärtel Nebihi Möckel Judt Aydin Erb Nikolaou 18 37 -14 35 24 April 201614:00 A 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 2-1 989 Berko Gjasula Mendler Bohl Parker Häusl 16 40 -13 36 30 April 201614:00 H Hallescher FC 1-0 4,270 Berko Gjasula Starostzik Mvibudulu Lindenhahn Engelhardt 15 43 -12 37 7 May 201613:30 A SV Werder Bremen II 0-1 573 Gjasula Braun Badiane Yildirim Papunashvili 16 43 -13 38 14 May 201613:30 H Chemnitzer FC 0-1 5,970 Berko Steinmann Bittroff Fink 18 43 -14

League table

DFB-Pokal

Date Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Stuttgarter Kickers Opponent Round 1 8 August 201515:30 H VfL Wolfsburg 1-4 9,760 Badiane Bahn Gaiser Kruse Dost De Bruyne Bendtner

Württemberg Cup

Date Venue Opponent Goalscorers and disciplined players Stuttgarter Kickers Opponent Bye Bye 19 August 201518:30 A SSV Reutlingen 05 1-0 3,476 Fischer Seemann Haas 15 October 201515:30 A TSG Backnang 3-1 1,500 Mendler Soriano Baumgärtel Geldner Biyik Grimmer 6 April 201618:30 A 1. FC Heiningen 2-0 1,400 Abruscia Baumgärtel Bihr Hölzli 27 April 201619:00 A FSV 08 Bissingen 1-2 (aet) 2,200 Mvibudulu Mendler Bihr Baumgärtel Braun Reich Asch Lindner

Team statistics

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position RecordGWDLGFGAGDWin % 3. Liga 25 July 2015 14 May 2016 Matchday 1 18th DFB-Pokal 8 August 2015 Round 1 Württemberg Cup 19 August 2015 27 April 2016 Round 3 Semifinal Total

Squad information

Squad and statistics Squad Season 2015–16 No. Player Nat. Birthdate at Kickers since previous club 3. Liga DFB-Pokal WFV-Pokal Goalkeepers1Korbinian Müller2014SpVgg Unterhaching 7 0 0 0 2 026Rouven Sattelmaier20151. FC Heidenheim 21 0 0 0 1 031Joso Kobaš2015Junior Team 0 0 0 0 0 038Carl Klaus2015VfL Wolfsburg II 12 0 1 0 1 0 Defenders4Hendrik Starostzik 2014VfL Bochum II 28 0 1 0 4 05Manuel Bihr 20151. FC Nürnberg 23 0 0 0 3 016Fabio Leutenecker2006Junior Team 33 1 1 0 1 021Marc Stein 2013Kickers Offenbach 33 1 0 0 4 025Alessandro Abruscia 2015TSG Hoffenheim II 22 3 0 0 3 127Fabian Baumgärtel 2013Alemannia Aachen 37 3 1 0 4 129Tobias Pachonik 20151. FC Nürnberg 15 0 0 0 4 0 Midfielders6Sandrino Braun (vice-captain)2012SC Pfullendorf 30 4 1 0 4 07Marco Calamita2013VfR Aalen 0 0 0 0 0 08Gerrit Müller20131. FC Heidenheim 21 3 1 0 0 010Vincenzo Marchese (captain)2009SSV Ulm 1846 19 0 1 0 1 013Klaus Gjasula2016Kickers Offenbach 16 0 0 0 2 014Lasse Lehmann2015Junior Team 2 0 0 0 0 017Gratas Sirgėdas 2015VfB Stuttgart II 1 0 0 0 0 022José-Alex Ikeng 2017FC Hansa Rostock 0 0 0 0 0 023Daniel Kaiser 1994Junior Team 0 0 0 0 0 024Edisson Jordanov 2015Borussia Dortmund II 26 1 0 0 2 028Bentley Baxter Bahn2015FC St. Pauli 20 0 1 0 4 033Markus Mendler20151. FC Nürnberg II 24 2 1 0 4 2 Forwards3Daniel Lang2014Junior Team 1 0 0 0 0 09Petar Slišković2016FC Aarau 9 0 0 0 1 011Lhadji Badiane2013Stade Lavallois 22 2 1 1 3 020Bajram Nebihi20161. FC Union Berlin 13 2 0 1 0 032Stephané Mvibudulu2016TSV 1860 München 16 1 0 0 2 137Manuel Fischer2015SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 14 0 1 0 2 140Erich Berko2015VfB Stuttgart II 36 11 1 0 4 0 Players transferred out during the season9Elia Soriano2013Karlsruher SC 18 3 0 0 2 112Andreas Ivan2012Junior Team 2 0 1 0 0 018Marco Gaiser 2011Junior Team 3 0 1 0 0 019Daniel Engelbrecht2013VfL Bochum 3 0 0 0 1 0

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