2015–16 Bundesliga

The 2015–16 Bundesliga is the 53rd season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football competition. The season started on 14 August 2015 and the final matchday will take place on 14 May 2016. Bayern Munich are the defending champions, after winning their 24th Bundesliga title and 25th German championship overall in the previous season.

Teams
A total of 18 teams are participating in this year's edition of the Bundesliga. Of these, 15 sides qualified directly from the 2014–15 season and the two sides were directly promoted from the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season: FC Ingolstadt 04, the champions, and SV Darmstadt 98, the runners-up. The final participant was decided by a two-legged play-off, in which the 16th-placed Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV, defeated the third-place finisher in the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC.


 * 2015–16 teams


 * FC Augsburg
 * Bayer Leverkusen
 * Bayern Munich
 * Borussia Dortmund
 * Borussia Mönchengladbach
 * Darmstadt 98 (2014–15 2. Bundesliga runner-up)
 * Eintracht Frankfurt
 * Hamburger SV (Bundesliga/2. Bundesliga play-off winner)
 * Hannover 96


 * Hertha BSC
 * 1899 Hoffenheim
 * Ingolstadt 04 (2014–15 2. Bundesliga champion)
 * 1. FC Köln
 * Mainz 05
 * Schalke 04
 * VfB Stuttgart
 * VfL Wolfsburg
 * Werder Bremen

Positions by round
This table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16. The final standings after matchday 34 in this table may not reflect what the clubs actually qualified for if a Bundesliga club wins the DFB-Pokal. For more information, see the full table and a full explanation.

Position changes
If a Bundesliga club wins the DFB-Pokal, the qualification in the table changes. The following table explains all possible scenarios.