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Oberliga Niederrhein
Season	2015–16
Champions	Wuppertaler SV
Relegated	MSV Duisburg II 1. FC Mönchengladbach RW Oberhausen II TV Kalkum-Wittlaer
Matches played	306
Top goalscorer	Philipp Goris (20 goals)
Total attendance	136,769
Average attendance	450
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein was the 60th season of the Oberliga Niederrhein, one of three state association league systems in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, covering its northwestern part. It was the fourth season of the league as a fifth level of the German football league system.

League table

The league featured five new clubs for the 2015–16 season with TV Kalkum-Wittlaer, 1. FC Mönchengladbach, SpVg Schonnebeck and SC Düsseldorf-West promoted from the Landesliga Niederrhein while KFC Uerdingen 05 had been relegated from the Regionalliga West.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wuppertaler SV (C, P)	34	23	5	6	69	25	+44	74	Promotion to Regionalliga West
2	KFC Uerdingen 05	34	18	8	8	59	38	+21	62
3	TV Jahn Hiesfeld	34	17	7	10	70	48	+22	58
4	TuRU Düsseldorf	34	14	10	10	46	40	+6	52
5	SpVg Schonnebeck	34	13	11	10	52	48	+4	50
6	VfR Fischeln	34	13	10	11	66	64	+2	49
7	SC Kapellen-Erft	34	12	12	10	55	51	+4	48
8	TSV Meerbusch	34	12	12	10	54	58	−4	48
9	SC Düsseldorf-West	34	13	8	13	43	50	−7	47
10	SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter	34	12	10	12	56	48	+8	46
11	Ratinger SV	34	10	15	9	47	46	+1	45
12	1. FC Bocholt	34	13	6	15	52	52	0	45
13	MSV Duisburg II^[a]	34	11	10	13	50	42	+8	43	Withdrawn from competition
14	VfB 03 Hilden	34	11	8	15	48	58	−10	41
15	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	34	11	7	16	51	62	−11	40
16	1. FC Mönchengladbach (R)	34	8	9	17	41	67	−26	33	Relegation to Landesliga Niederrhein
17	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II (R)	34	8	7	19	43	72	−29	31
18	TV Kalkum-Wittlaer (R)	34	5	9	20	36	69	−33	24

Source: kicker.de, soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ MSV Duisburg II withdrawn from competition at the end of season.^[3]

Top goalscorers

The top goal scorers:^[2]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Philipp Goris	1. FC Bocholt	20
2	Danny Rankl	KFC Uerdingen 05 TV Jahn Hiesfeld	19
3	Chamdin Said	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	16
3	Alexander Lipinski	VfR Fischeln	16
5	Kevin Weggen	MSV Duisburg II	14
	Ercan Aydogmus	Wuppertaler SV
	Andre Trienenjost	SV Hönnepel-Niedermörmter
	Boran Sezen	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen II
9	Keisuke Ota	SC Kapellen-Erft	13
10	Stefan Schaumburg	VfB 03 Hilden	12
10	Kevin Breuer	VfR Fischeln	12

Promotion play-off

The runners-up of the two divisions of the Landesliga Niederrhein compete for one more spot in the Oberliga.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
1. FC Kleve	1–4	Cronenberger SC	1–0	0–4

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 2015–16 Oberliga Niederrhein spectators (in German) Weltfussball.de, accessed: 23 February 2016
^ ^a ^b "Oberliga Niederrhein 2015/2016 » Torschützenliste" (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2016.
^ "Finanzielle Gründe: MSV Duisburg meldet U23 ab" [Financial reasons: MSV Duisburg de-registers reserve team]. liga3-online.de (in German). 27 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Wetzels schießt Kleve in die Relegation" [Wetzels fires Kleve into the promotion round]. fupa.net (in German). 5 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.