2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season

The 2015–16 FC Ingolstadt 04 season was the 12th season in the club's history and their first in the Bundesliga.^[1]

FC Ingolstadt 04

2015–16 season
Chairman	Peter Jackwerth
Head coach	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Stadium	Audi Sportpark
Bundesliga	11th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Moritz Hartmann (12 goals) All: Moritz Hartmann (12 goals)
Highest home attendance	15,617 vs. Bayern Munich, 7 May 2016
Lowest home attendance	13,500 vs. Mainz 05, 23 January 2016
Average home league attendance	14,815
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Events

Media Markt became the shirt sponsor on 3 May 2015, signing a three-year deal.^[2]

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
18	DF	Romain Brégerie	28	Yes	Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	2018	Free	[3]
25	FW	Elias Kachunga	23	Yes	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	2019	Undisclosed	[4]
26	GK	Ørjan Håskjold Nyland	24	Yes	Molde	Transfer	Summer	2019	€1,000,000	[5]
29	DF	Markus Suttner	28	Yes	Austria Wien	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[6]
31	MF	Maurice Multhaup	18	Yes	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	2018	Undisclosed	[7]
37	FW	Darío Lezcano	25	No	Luzern	Transfer	Winter	2020	Undisclosed	[8]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
	GK	André Weis	25	Yes	FSV Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	[9]
	DF	Andre Mijatović	35	Yes	Retirement	Released	Summer	—	[9]
	DF	Ralph Gunesch	31	Yes		Released	Summer	Free	[9]
	FW	Karl-Heinz Lappe	27	Yes	Bayern Munich II	Released	Summer	Free	[9][10]
	MF	Thomas Pledl	21	Yes	SV Sandhausen	Loan	Winter		[11]
	FW	Tomáš Pekhart	26	Yes	AEK Athens	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[12]
	MF	Stefan Wannenwetsch	24	Yes	Hansa Rostock	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	[13]

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Res.2	Att.	Goalscorers		Ref.
							FC Ingolstadt	Opponent
4 July 2015	18:00	A	Burghausen	Wacker Burghausen	3–1	700	Brégerie 38' Kachunga 39' Pekhart 77'	Kadrijaj 89'	[14]
8 July 2015	18:00	A	Großmehring	VfR Aalen	3–1	1,250	Groß 44' Hinterseer 47' Pekhart 57'	Drexler 70'	[15]
12 July 2015	18:00	A	Grödig	SV Grödig	0–1	700		Wallner 74'	[16]
15 July 2015	18:00	A	Mittersill	Zbrojovka Brno	2–0		Brégerie 8' Cohen 68'		[17]
18 July 2015	18:00		Lienz	Udinese	1–0	500	Groß 44'		[18]
25 July 2015	15:30	H	Ingolstadt	Celta Vigo	1–0	2,500	Groß 16'		[19]
29 July 2015	18:00	A	Leipzig	RB Leipzig	0–2	7,119		Demme 62' Forsberg 78'	[20]
1 August 2015				Al-Wahda	1–1	400	Hinterseer 47'	Tagliabué 61'	[21]
4 September 2015	16:00	H	Ingolstadt	Greuther Fürth	3–1	1,006	Flekker 50' (o.g.) Kachunga 80' Röcker 87' (o.g.)	Kumbela 44'	[22]
7 January 2016		A	Aalen	VfR Aalen	1–1	250	Cohen 80'	Wegkamp 56'	[23]
10 January 2016	16:00	H	Ingolstadt	Sonnenhof Großaspach	6–1	300	Multhaup 11' Groß 18' Kachunga 21', 33' Hartmann 72' (pen.) Hinterseer 85'	Breier 50'	[24]
13 January 2016	14:30	H	Ingolstadt	Karlsruher SC	1–0	200	Hartmann 17' (pen.)		[25]
16 January 2016	15:30	A	Kaiserslautern	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0	1,021			[26]

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41
11	FC Ingolstadt	34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38
13	Werder Bremen	34	10	8	16	50	65	−15	38

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.^[27]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40	7	5	5	22	18	+4	3	5	9	11	24	−13

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Bundesliga fixtures & results

  Win   Draw   Loss

MD	Date Kickoff1	H/A	Opponent	Res. F–A	Att.	Goalscorers		Table		Ref.
						FC Ingostadt	Opponent	Pos.	Pts.
1	15 August 2015 15:30	A	Mainz 05	1–0	28,000	Hinterseer 66'		7th	3	[28]
2	23 August 2015 15:30	H	Borussia Dortmund	0–4	15,000		Ginter 55' Reus 60' Kagawa 84' Aubameyang 90+1'	9th	3	[29]
3	29 August 2015 15:30	A	FC Augsburg	1–0	30,003	Leckie 63'		7th	6	[30]
4	12 September 2015 15:30	H	VfL Wolfsburg	0–0	14,095			9th	7	[31]
5	19 September 2015 15:30	A	Werder Bremen	1–0	40,500	Hartmann 90+3' (pen.)		6th	10	[32]
6	22 September 2015 20:00	H	Hamburger SV	0–1	15,000		Gregoritsch 87'	8th	10	[33]
7	25 September 2015 20:30	A	1. FC Köln	1–1	47,800	Matip 21'	Modeste 10'	8th	11	[34]
8	3 October 2015 15:30	H	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	15,000	Groß 78' Lex 84'		6th	14	[35]
9	18 October 2015 17:30	A	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	45,700		Didavi 59'	8th	14	[36]
10	24 October 2015 18:30	H	Hertha BSC	0–1	15,000		Weiser 11'	8th	14	[37]
11	31 October 2015 15:30	A	Schalke 04	1–1	60,144	Levels 39'	Sané 77'	8th	15	[38]
12	7 November 2015 15:30	A	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	52,331			10th	16	[39]
13	22 November 2015 17:30	H	Darmstadt 98	3–1	14,551	Bauer 58' Hartmann 60' (pen.) 88'	Sulu 9'	8th	19	[40]
14	28 November 2015 15:30	A	Hannover 96	0–4	35,000		Marcelo 5' Andreasen 11' Karaman 24' Bech 85'	11th	19	[41]
15	5 December 2015 15:30	H	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	14,255	Roger 66'	Uth 90+6'	11th	20	[42]
16	12 December 2015 15:30	A	Bayern Munich	0–2	75,000		Lewandowski 65' Lahm 75'	11th	20	[43]
17	19 December 2015 15:30	H	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	15,000		Hernández 73'	11th	20	[44]
18	23 January 2016 15:30	H	Mainz 05	1–0	13,500	Hartmann 41' (pen.)		10th	23	[45]
19	30 January 2016 15:30	A	Borussia Dortmund	0–2	81,359		Aubameyang 77', 86'	10th	23	[46]
20	6 February 2016 15:30	H	FC Augsburg	2–1	15,000	Matip 59' Hartmann 85' (pen.)	Stafylidis 14'	10th	26	[47]
21	13 February 2016 15:30	A	VfL Wolfsburg	0–2	26,884		Draxler 29' Knoche 39'	12th	26	[48]
22	20 February 2016 15:30	H	Werder Bremen	2–0	15,000	Hübner 12' Hinterseer 90' (pen.)		10th	29	[49]
23	27 February 2016 15:30	A	Hamburger SV	1–1	50,675	Hinterseer 61'	Drmić 7'	9th	30	[50]
24	1 March 2016 20:00	H	1. FC Köln	1–1	14,503	Hinterseer 36'	Modeste 72'	9th	31	[51]
25	5 March 2016 15:30	A	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1	40,000	Hartmann 8' (pen.)	Russ 69'	9th	32	[52]
26	12 March 2016 15:30	H	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	15,107	Hartmann 4' Leckie 56' Lezcano 61'	Kostić 9' Rupp 79' Didavi 84' (pen.)	10th	33	[53]
27	19 March 2016 15:30	A	Hertha BSC	1–2	40,385	Hinterseer 75'	Haraguchi 54' Kalou 69'	10th	33	[54]
28	2 April 2016 15:30	H	Schalke 04	3–0	15,200	Hartmann 29' (pen.) Hinterseer 45+2' Lezcano 65'		9th	36	[55]
29	9 April 2016 15:30	H	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	15,200	Hartmann 88'		9th	39	[56]
30	16 April 2016 15:30	A	Darmstadt 98	0–2	15,600		Rausch 51' Wagner 85'	9th	39	[57]
31	23 April 2016 15:30	H	Hannover 96	2–2	14,831	Morales 10' Hartmann 25'	Sakai 58' Kiyotake 82'	9th	40	[58]
32	30 April 2016 15:30	A	1899 Hoffenheim	1–2	26,561	Lex 17'	Uth 37' Amiri 84'	9th	40	[59]
33	7 May 2016 15:30	H	Bayern Munich	1–2	15,617	Hartmann 42'	Lewandowski 15' (pen.), 32'	10th	40	[60]
34	14 May 2016 15:30	A	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3	29,220	Leckie 16' Hartmann 69' (pen.)	Aránguiz 31' Kießling 37', 61'	11th	40	[61]

DFB–Pokal

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

RD	Date	Kickoff1	Venue	City	Opponent	Result2	Attendance	Goalscorers		Ref.
								FC Ingolstadt	Opponent
1	9 August 2015	16:00	A	Unterhaching	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–2	6,500	Hartmann 83'	Einsiedler 30', 48'	[62]

Player information

As of 15 May 2016^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	AUT	Ramazan Özcan	28	0	28	0	0	0
5	DF	GER	Benjamin Hübner	31	1	30	1	1	0
6	MF	USA	Alfredo Morales	25	1	24	1	1	0
7	FW	AUS	Mathew Leckie	32	3	32	3	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Roger	30	1	29	1	1	0
9	FW	GER	Moritz Hartmann	31	12	30	12	1	0
10	MF	GER	Pascal Groß	33	1	32	1	1	0
13	DF	GER	Michael Zant	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	GER	Stefan Lex	22	2	21	2	1	0
15	DF	BRA	Danilo Soares	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	FW	AUT	Lukas Hinterseer	29	7	28	6	1	1
18	DF	FRA	Romain Brégerie	23	0	22	0	1	0
19	MF	GER	Max Christiansen	20	0	19	0	1	0
20	DF	KAZ	Konstantin Engel	4	0	4	0	0	0
21	DF	GER	Danny da Costa	21	0	20	0	1	0
23	MF	GER	Robert Bauer	24	1	24	1	0	0
25	FW	GER	Elias Kachunga	10	0	10	0	0	0
26	GK	NOR	Ørjan Håskjold Nyland	7	0	6	0	1	0
28	DF	GER	Tobias Levels	16	1	16	1	0	0
29	DF	AUT	Markus Suttner	19	0	18	0	1	0
31	MF	GER	Maurice Multhaup	4	0	4	0	0	0
34	DF	CMR	Marvin Matip	34	2	33	2	1	0
36	MF	ISR	Almog Cohen	20	0	20	0	0	0
37	FW	PAR	Darío Lezcano	17	2	17	2	0	0
39	GK	GER	Christian Ortag	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
11	FW	CZE	Tomáš Pekhart	5	0	4	0	1	0
22	DF	GER	Stefan Wannenwetsch	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	MF	GER	Thomas Pledl (on loan to SV Sandhausen)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

• 1.^ Kickoff time in Central European Time/Central European Summer Time.
• 2.^ FC Ingolstadt 04's goals first.