title: 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen
text: # 2015–16 Oberliga Westfalen
  
  The 2015–16 season of the Oberliga Westfalen, the highest association football league in the Westphalia region of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, was the fourth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 34th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978. The league went defunct from 2008 to 2012, when it was re-established.
  
  The season began on 14 August 2015 and finished on 29 May 2016.
  
  ## Standings
  
  The league featured four new clubs for the 2015–16 season with TSV Marl-Hüls promoted as champions of the Westfalenliga I, SC Paderborn 07 II as champions of the Westfalenliga II and SV Schermbeck in the promotion round of the Westfalenliga runners-up while Sportfreunde Siegen had been relegated from the Regionalliga West.
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sportfreunde Siegen (C, P) | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 64 | Promotion to Regionalliga West and qualification to DFB-Pokal play-off |
  | 2 | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 63 | |
  | 3 | TSG Sprockhövel (P) | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 61 | Promotion to Regionalliga West |
  | 4 | SC Roland Beckum | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 60 | |
  | 5 | Westfalia Rhynern | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 59 | |
  | 6 | SV Lippstadt 08 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 55 | |
  | 7 | FC Eintracht Rheine | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 55 | |
  | 8 | SuS Neuenkirchen | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 66 | 63 | +3 | 52 | |
  | 9 | TSV Marl-Hüls | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 48 | |
  | 10 | Arminia Bielefeld II | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 43 | |
  | 11 | TuS Ennepetal | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 42 | |
  | 12 | FC Gütersloh 2000 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 42 | |
  | 13 | SuS Stadtlohn | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 42 | |
  | 14 | Hammer SpVg | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 41 | |
  | 15 | ASC 09 Dortmund | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 55 | 87 | −32 | 38 | |
  | 16 | SC Paderborn 07 II | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 36 | |
  | 17 | SV Schermbeck (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 78 | −29 | 31 | Relegation to Westfalenliga |
  | 18 | SV Zweckel (R) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 40 | 78 | −38 | 28 | Relegation to Westfalenliga |
  
  * ↑ SpVgg Erkenschwick did not apply for a Regionalliga licence, third-placed TSG Sprockhövel promoted instead.
  
  ### Top goalscorers
  
  The top goal scorers for the season:
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Michael Smykacz | TSV Marl-Hüls | 23 |
  | 1 | Stefan Oerterer | SpVgg Erkenschwick | 23 |
  | 3 | Lennard Kleine | Westfalia Rhynern | 20 |
  | 4 | Ouly Hugues Magouhi | Hammer SpVg | 18 |
  | 5 | Abdelhamid Sabiri | Sportfreunde Siegen | 17 |
  
  ## Promotion play-off
  
  The runners-up of the two divisions of the Westfalenliga competed for one more spot in the Oberliga.
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Delbrücker SC | 1–4 | 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn |
  