2015–16 VfB Stuttgart season

The 2015–16 VfB Stuttgart season was the 123rd season in the club's football history. In 2015–16, the club played in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football.

VfB Stuttgart

2015–16 season
Chairman	Bernd Wahler
Manager	Alexander Zorniger (sacked 24 November 2015) Jürgen Kramny (appointed 20 December 2015)
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart
Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Daniel Didavi (13) All: Daniel Didavi (14)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Squad

As of 1 February 2016^[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Mitchell Langerak 2 DF  ARG Emiliano Insúa 3 DF  GER Daniel Schwaab 4 DF  BIH Toni Šunjić 5 DF  GER Timo Baumgartl 6 DF  GER Georg Niedermeier (vice-captain) 7 FW  AUT Martin Harnik 8 MF  GER Lukas Rupp 10 MF  GER Daniel Didavi 14 DF  GER Philip Heise 15 DF  GER Kevin Großkreutz 16 DF  AUT Florian Klein 18 MF  SRB Filip Kostić 19 FW  GER Timo Werner 20 MF  GER Christian Gentner (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  POL Przemysław Tytoń 23 FW  UKR Artem Kravets (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) 24 DF  ITA Federico Barba (on loan from Empoli) 26 MF  CIV Serey Die 27 MF  GER Mart Ristl 28 MF  GER Marvin Wanitzek 31 MF  GER Arianit Ferati 32 GK  GER Benjamin Uphoff 33 FW  GER Daniel Ginczek 34 FW  UKR Borys Tashchy 39 FW  CZE Jan Kliment 41 DF  GER Stephen Sama 42 MF  USA Jerome Kiesewetter 44 MF  ROU Alexandru Maxim

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  GER Antonio Rüdiger (at Roma until June 2016) — MF  NZL Marco Rojas (at Thun until June 2016)

Transfers

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Nat	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Sources
1	Goalkeeper	Mitchell Langerak	26		Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	€3,500,000	[3]
2	Defender	Emiliano Insúa	26		Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	[4]
4	Defender	Toni Šunjić	26		Kuban Krasnodar	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	€3,000,000	[5]
8	Midfielder	Lukas Rupp	24		SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	Free	[6]
9	Forward	Robbie Kruse	26		Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	Summer	30 June 2016	€750,000	[7]
14	Defender	Philip Heise	24		1. FC Heidenheim	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2018	€750,000	[8]
22	Goalkeeper	Przemysław Tytoń	28		PSV Eindhoven	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2017	€1,000,000	[9]
27	Midfielder	Mart Ristl	18		VfB Stuttgart U19	Promoted	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[10]
28	Midfielder	Marvin Wanitzek	21		VfB Stuttgart II	Promoted	Summer	30 June 2017	—	[10]
31	Midfielder	Arianit Ferati	17		VfB Stuttgart U19	Promoted	Summer	30 June 2018	—	[10]
39	Forward	Jan Kliment	21		Vysočina Jihlava	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€1,000,000	[11]
—	Midfielder	Joshua Kimmich	20		RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	—	€1,500,000	[12]
—	Midfielder	Kevin Stöger	21		1. FC Kaiserslautern	Loan return	Summer	30 June 2017	—	[13]
15	Defender	Kevin Großkreutz	27		Galatasaray	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2018	€2,170,000	[14]
23	Forward	Artem Kravets	26		Dynamo Kyiv	Loan	Winter	30 June 2016	€500,000	[15]
24	Defender	Federico Barba	22		Empoli	Loan	Winter	30 June 2016	€1,000,000	[16]
32	Goalkeeper	Benjamin Uphoff	22		VfB Stuttgart II	Promoted	Winter	30 June 2017	—
34	Forward	Borys Tashchy	22		VfB Stuttgart II	Promoted	Winter	30 June 2018	—

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Nat	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Sources
1	Goalkeeper	Sven Ulreich	26		Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	€3,500,000	[17]
2	Defender	Gōtoku Sakai	24		Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€700,000	[18]
5	Defender	Karim Haggui	31		Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of contract	Summer	—	[19]
8	Midfielder	Moritz Leitner	22		Borussia Dortmund	End of loan	Summer	—	[20]
9	Forward	Vedad Ibišević	31		Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
13	Midfielder	Oriol Romeu	23		Chelsea	End of loan	Summer	—	[22]
22	Goalkeeper	Thorsten Kirschbaum	28		1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	€100,000	[23]
23	Midfielder	Sercan Sararer	25		Fortuna Düsseldorf	Transfer	Summer	€500,000	[24]
23	Midfielder	Kevin Stöger	21		SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	€1,000,000	[13]
24	Defender	Antonio Rüdiger	22		Roma	Loan	Summer	€4,000,000	[25]
25	Forward	Mohammed Abdellaoue	29		Vålerenga	Transfer	Summer	Free	[26]
27	Defender	Tim Leibold	21		1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	Free	[27]
34	Midfielder	Konstantin Rausch	25		Darmstadt 98	Transfer	Summer	Free	[28]
39	Midfielder	Robin Yalçın	21		Çaykur Rizespor	Transfer	Summer	€250,000	[29]
—	Midfielder	Joshua Kimmich	20		Bayern Munich	Transfer	Summer	€8,500,000	[12]
9	Forward	Robbie Kruse	27		Bayer Leverkusen	End of loan	Winter	—	[30]
11	Midfielder	Carlos Gruezo	21		FC Dallas	Transfer	Winter	€1,500,000	[31]
17	Goalkeeper	Odisseas Vlachodimos	21		Panathinaikos	Transfer	Winter	Free	[32]
21	Midfielder	Adam Hloušek	27		Legia Warsaw	Transfer	Winter	€500,000	[33]

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Darmstadt 98	34	9	11	14	38	53	−15	38
15	1899 Hoffenheim	34	9	10	15	39	54	−15	37
16	Eintracht Frankfurt (O)	34	9	9	16	34	52	−18	36	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	9	6	19	50	75	−25	33	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	Hannover 96 (R)	34	7	4	23	31	62	−31	25

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.^[34]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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	9	6	19	50	75	−25	33	6	1	10	22	32	−10	3	5	9	28	43	−15

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Position	15	17	17	17	17	15	17	18	15	16	15	16	16	17	17	18	15	15	15	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	15	15	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Köln

16 August 2015 (2015-08-16) 1	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	1. FC Köln	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baumgartl  34' Gentner  67' Insúa  71' Didavi 79' (pen.)	Report	Sørensen  61' Vogt  61' Modeste 75' (pen.) Zoller 77' Osako 90+2'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 59,500 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	Hamburger SV	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gregoritsch  31' Iličević 34' Djourou  48', 89' Jung  73' Lasogga 84'	Report	Ginczek 23', 42' Rupp  33' Klein  52'  53' Kostić  68' Didavi  72'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,618 Referee: Günter Perl

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Frankfurt

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3	VfB Stuttgart	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Didavi 30',  48' Tytoń  67' Hloušek  86' Ginczek  89'	Report	Hloušek 11' (o.g.) Chandler  21' Stendera  26' Castaignos 42', 87' Abraham  50' Seferovic 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 49,327 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4	Hertha BSC	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Haraguchi 14' Lustenberger 45+3'	Report	Šunjić 36' Die  45+2' Kostić  58' Didavi  60'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 45,994 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Schalke 04

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 5	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Schalke 04	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klein  20' Insúa  44' Šunjić  75'	Report	Di Santo  49' Sané  52', 53' Aogo  61'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 48,510 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 6	Hannover 96	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Karaman 14' Schulz  58' Saint-Maximin  79' Sobiech  81'	Report	Gentner 16' Werner 18' Didavi  38' Die  45+1' Rupp  88' Maxim 90'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 36,800 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Baumgartl  16' Ginczek 40' (pen.) Šunjić  61' Gentner  64' Die  88'	Report	Xhaka 16' Gentner 20' (o.g.) Sommer  78' Raffael 90'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 51,020 Referee: Günter Perl

TSG Hoffenheim v VfB Stuttgart

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	TSG Hoffenheim	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Sinsheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Volland 33' (pen.), 77',  78' Rudy  60' Schwegler  90+3'	Report	Kliment 64' Schwaab  73' Werner 90'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfB Stuttgart v FC Ingolstadt

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 9	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	FC Ingolstadt	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Harnik  4' Die  12'  86' Didavi 59' Rupp  67' Šunjić  89'	Report	Brégerie  90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,700 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Bayer Leverkusen	4–3	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bellarabi 57' Boenisch 70',  86' Hernández 71' Mehmedi 89',  90'	Report	Šunjić  45' Harnik 50' Didavi 54' Rupp 60' Schwaab  81' Ristl  90+1' Insúa  90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart v Darmstadt 98

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Darmstadt 98	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tytoń  33' Die  54' Klein  58' Garics 68' (o.g.) Werner 90+4'	Report	Garics  61' Díaz  90+1'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,200 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Bayern Munich	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Robben 11' Douglas Costa 18' Lewandowski 37' Müller 40'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfB Stuttgart v FC Augsburg

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	VfB Stuttgart	0–4	FC Augsburg	Stuttgart
15:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Die  57' Kliment  68'	Report	Esswein 11' Baumgartl 17' (o.g.) Callsen-Bracker 36' Koo  38', 54'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,925 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Borussia Dortmund v VfB Stuttgart

29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 14	Borussia Dortmund	4–1	VfB Stuttgart	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Castro 3' Aubameyang 19', 90+1' Papastathopoulos  53' Niedermeier 65' (o.g.)	Report	Didavi 40'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) 15	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Werder Bremen	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Die  25' Rupp 33' Kostić  49'	Report	Bargfrede  30' Fritz  53' Ujah 71'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,590 Referee: Florian Meyer

Mainz 05 v VfB Stuttgart

11 December 2015 (2015-12-11) 16	Mainz 05	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mainz
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bungert  36'	Report	Rupp  88'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 29,104 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfB Stuttgart v VfL Wolfsburg

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	VfB Stuttgart	3–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Didavi 22', 47' Kostić 31' Šunjić  56'  70' Niedermeier  76'	Report	Arnold 14' Schürrle  68'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,343 Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Köln v VfB Stuttgart

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 18	1. FC Köln	1–3	VfB Stuttgart	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Modeste 19' (pen.)	Report	Niedermeier  18' Didavi 36' Werner 51' Gentner 83'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Großkreutz  20' Hunt 66' (o.g.) Kravets 88'	Report	Rudņevs 75' Adler  79' Hunt  84' Ostrzolek  90+4'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,600 Referee: Günter Perl

Eintracht Frankfurt v VfB Stuttgart

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06) 20	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	Frankfurt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Oczipka  37' Meier 52' Zambrano  63'  75' Huszti 90'	Report	Gentner 27' Didavi  36'  67', 45+1' Großkreutz  51' Niedermeier 65' Kostić 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Insúa  34' Die 51' Maxim  72' Großkreutz  78' Kostić 84'	Report	Skjelbred  61' Brooks  62' Haraguchi  67'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 45,465 Referee: Christian Dingert

Schalke 04 v VfB Stuttgart

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 22	Schalke 04	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Gelsenkirchen
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Belhanda 14',  69' Schöpf  75' Sané  81'	Report	Didavi  28' Harnik 74'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,262 Referee: Bastian Dankert

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Werner 18' Niedermeier  54'	Report	Schulz 32', 83' Hoffmann  56' Yamaguchi  65' Sorg  72'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,356 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hazard 16',  54' Raffael 60' Herrmann 68' Großkreutz 90+1' (o.g.)	Report	Die  44' Harnik  83'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 43,627 Referee: Tobias Welz

VfB Stuttgart v TSG Hoffenheim

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25	VfB Stuttgart	5–1	TSG Hoffenheim	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Niedermeier 5', 51' Kravets  14' Rupp 42' Kostić 78' Werner 83'	Report	Süle  60' Kramarić 73' Polanski  80'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,677 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Ingolstadt v VfB Stuttgart

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26	FC Ingolstadt	3–3	VfB Stuttgart	Ingolstadt
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hartmann 4' da Costa  54' Leckie 56' Lezcano 61' Hübner  70'	Report	Kostić 9' Niedermeier  22' Didavi  62', 84' (pen.) Rupp 79' Gentner  87'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,107 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 27	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Niedermeier  32' Die  61' Kostić  88'	Report	Brandt 11' Ramalho  31' Kießling  44' Bellarabi 49' Yurchenko  82'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 54,522 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Darmstadt 98 v VfB Stuttgart

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28	Darmstadt 98	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Darmstadt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Wagner 26' Niemeyer 51',  62' Jungwirth  70' Rausch  88' Heller  90'	Report	Gentner 45' Rupp 45+3' Klein  90'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Didavi  45+1', 63'	Report	Vidal  22' Niedermeier 31' (o.g.) Alonso  37' Alaba 52',  60' Douglas Costa 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

FC Augsburg v VfB Stuttgart

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) 30	FC Augsburg	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Finnbogason 36' Opare  67' Kohr  82'	Report		Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31	VfB Stuttgart	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kagawa 21' Pulisic 45',  49' Mkhitaryan 56'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart

2 May 2016 (2016-05-02) 32	Werder Bremen	6–2	VfB Stuttgart	Bremen
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bartels 10', 80' Barba 33' (o.g.) Öztunalı 42' Pizarro 64' Ujah 86' Gebre Selassie  90'	Report	Insúa  9' Didavi 26' Barba 53'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Felix Brych

VfB Stuttgart v Mainz 05

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 6' Didavi  18' Šunjić  70' Baumgartl  90'	Report	Bungert  33' Mallı 37' Baumgartlinger  53' Córdoba 53' Onisiwo 77'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

VfL Wolfsburg v VfB Stuttgart

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arnold 11' Schürrle 29', 90+2' Kruse  36' Dante  85'	Report	Kostić  55' Didavi 78' Schwaab  88'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Holstein Kiel v VfB Stuttgart

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	Holstein Kiel	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Kiel
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Czichos 37' Herrmann  43'	Report	Didavi 41' Gruezo  58' Ginczek 60' Rupp  90+1'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,916 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Carl Zeiss Jena v VfB Stuttgart

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Jena
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Krstić  36' Eismann  80' Koczor  81' Erlbeck  90+1'	Report	Harnik 22' Wanitzek  88' Maxim 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

VfB Stuttgart v Eintracht Braunschweig

16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) Round of 16	VfB Stuttgart	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Braunschweig	Stuttgart
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Niedermeier 21',  106' Gentner  71' Werner 99' Šunjić 118'	Report	Baffo 6' Decarli  35' Ademi 110'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 21,950 Referee: Peter Sippel

VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Quarter-finals	VfB Stuttgart	1–3	Borussia Dortmund	Stuttgart
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rupp 21' Niedermeier  34' Großkreutz  46' Didavi  62'	Report	Reus 5' Aubameyang 31' Papastathopoulos  83' Mkhitaryan 89'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler