2015–16 1. FC Köln season

1. FC Köln

2015–16 season
Chairman	Werner Spinner
Manager	Peter Stöger
Stadium	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Bundesliga	9th
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Top goalscorer	League: Anthony Modeste (15) All: Anthony Modeste (18)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Background

1. FC Köln finished the 2014–15 Bundesliga in 12th place, thus ensuring a place in the 2015–16 Bundesliga. The 2015–16 season is the 45th season for the club in the Bundesliga and the second season in their current spell. The percentage of possible seasons in the Bundesliga amounts to 84.9% for the club. At the start of the season the club was on 16th place in the German TV money table.^[1]

Review

After matchday 31 the club achieved the goal to play in the Bundesliga in the season 2016/2017 by avoiding relegation. The 2016/2017 season will be the third succeeding season in the Bundesliga for the club since the promotion in 2014. At the end of the season the club will climb in the German TV money table from 16th to the 14th place.^[2] Finishing on the 9th position was the best club finish in the Bundesliga since the 1991/1992 season. During the season 1. FC Köln overtook the clubs Hamburger SV and Borussia Mönchengladbach to become the fourth largest club in Germany with 78.518 members in May 2016. Worldwide the club is the 14th largest football club at the moment.

Players

Squad

As of 20 March 2016^[3]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Timo Horn 3 DF Dominique Heintz 4 DF Frederik Sørensen 5 DF Dominic Maroh 6 MF Kevin Vogt 7 MF Marcel Risse 8 MF Miloš Jojić 11 FW Simon Zoller 13 FW Yūya Ōsako 14 DF Jonas Hector 15 FW Philipp Hosiner

No. Position Player 16 DF Paweł Olkowski 18 GK Thomas Kessler 19 DF Mërgim Mavraj 21 MF Leonardo Bittencourt 25 DF Filip Mladenović 27 FW Anthony Modeste 29 MF Dušan Švento 30 MF Marcel Hartel 31 MF Yannick Gerhardt 33 MF Matthias Lehmann (captain) 37 GK Daniel Mesenhöler

Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 17 MF Sławomir Peszko 25 MF Kazuki Nagasawa 26 FW Bård Finne

Players who joined the club during the 2015–16 season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 25 DF Filip Mladenović

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
9	FW		Modeste, AnthonyAnthony Modeste	27	EU	Hoffenheim !1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	2019		[4]
8	MF		Jojić, MilošMiloš Jojić	23	Non-EU	Borussia Dortmund !Borussia Dortmund	Transfer	Summer	2019		[5]
21	MF		Bittencourt, LeonardoLeonardo Bittencourt	21	EU	Hannover 96 !Hannover 96	Transfer	Summer	2019		[6]
4	DF		Sørensen, FrederikFrederik Sørensen	23	EU	Juventus !Juventus	Transfer	Summer	2019		[7]
3	DF		Heintz, DominiqueDominique Heintz	21	EU	1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer	2019		[8]
25	DF		Mladenović, FilipFilip Mladenović	24	EU	BATE Borisov !BATE Borisov	Transfer	Summer	2019		[9]
15	FW		Hosiner, PhilippPhilipp Hosiner	26	EU	Rennes !Rennes	Loan	Summer	2016		[10]

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
28	DF		Wimmer, KevinKevin Wimmer	22	EU	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	Transfer	Summer		[11]
9	FW		Ujah, AnthonyAnthony Ujah	24	Non-EU	Werder Bremen !Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer		[12]
22	MF		Halfar, DanielDaniel Halfar	27	EU	1. FC Kaiserslautern !1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer		[13]
2	DF		Brečko, MišoMišo Brečko	31	EU	1. FC Nürnberg !1. FC Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer		[14]
17	MF		Peszko, SławomirSławomir Peszko	30	EU	Lechia Gdańsk !Lechia Gdańsk	Transfer	Summer		[15]
10	FW		Helmes, PatrickPatrick Helmes	31	EU		Retired	Summer

Season overview

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Hertha BSC	34	14	8	12	42	42	0	50	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
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

Source: kicker.de, Soccerway
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.^[16]

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	13	11	38	42	−4	43	5	5	7	16	18	−2	5	8	4	22	24	−2

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D
Position	4	5	4	8	5	7	7	5	6	9	9	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	9	9	11	11	10	8	8	9	9

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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

1. FC Köln v VfL Wolfsburg

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	1. FC Köln	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoller  30' Lehmann  72' Vogt  78'	Report	Bendtner  83' Klose  88'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

1. FC Köln v Hamburger SV

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3	1. FC Köln	2–1	Hamburger SV	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoller  42' Vogt  68' Hosiner  76' Modeste  81' (pen.) Risse  83'	Report	Holtby  47' Schipplock  49' Ekdal  55' Spahić  79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	6–2	1. FC Köln	Frankfurt
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stendera  1' Meier  4', 23', 87' Castaignos  15', 30' Reinartz  63' Seferović  73'	Report	Modeste  28' Heintz  81' Hector  89'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

1. FC Köln v Borussia Mönchengladbach

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5	1. FC Köln	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Modeste  64'	Report	Xhaka  23' Hazard  70' Wendt  78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Felix Brych

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6	Hertha BSC	2–0	1. FC Köln	Berlin
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Skjelbred  11' Ibišević  43', 90+4'	Report	Hosiner  73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,181 Referee: Florian Meyer

1. FC Köln v FC Ingolstadt

25 September 2015 (2015-09-25) 7	1. FC Köln	1–1	FC Ingolstadt	Cologne
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Modeste  10' Heintz  62' Lehmann  85'	Report	Matip  21',  64' Leckie  76' Hübner  80'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 47,800 Referee: Christian Dingert

Schalke 04 v 1. FC Köln

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 8	Schalke 04	0–3	1. FC Köln	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Geis  79' Meyer  90+2'	Report	Modeste  45' Bittencourt  50' Risse  69' Gerhardt  79' Zoller  84'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,723 Referee: Knut Kircher

1. FC Köln v Hannover 96

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 9	1. FC Köln	0–1	Hannover 96	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sørensen  21' Osako  49' Risse  81'	Report	Schmiedebach  23' Andreasen  38' Sané  67'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 48,700 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Köln

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 10	Bayern Munich	4–0	1. FC Köln	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Robben  35' Vidal  40' Rafinha  55' Lewandowski  62' Müller  77' (pen.)	Report	Lehmann  61'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Florian Meyer

1. FC Köln v TSG Hoffenheim

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 11	1. FC Köln	0–0	TSG Hoffenheim	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Osako  66' Maroh  74'	Report	Schwegler  30'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Günter Perl

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Köln

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández  33' Papadopoulos  53' Ramalho  86'	Report	Maroh  17', 72' Bittencourt  40' Heintz  65'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Köln v Mainz 05

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 13	1. FC Köln	0–0	Mainz 05	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Modeste  34'	Report	Muto  61'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 46,700 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Köln

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) 14	Darmstadt 98	0–0	1. FC Köln	Darmstadt
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Garics  45' Sulu  74'	Report	Zoller  80'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Köln v FC Augsburg

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	1. FC Köln	0–1	FC Augsburg	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hector  76' Maroh  86'	Report	Verhaegh  54' Feulner  56' Baier  58' Bobadilla  64',  83'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	Werder Bremen	1–1	1. FC Köln	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vestergaard  4' Bartels  70' Öztunalı  70' Fritz  83'	Report	Vogt  45+1' Gerhardt  50' Švento  79'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,727 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Köln v Borussia Dortmund

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	1. FC Köln	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lehmann  72' Zoller  82',  83' Modeste  90',  90+1'	Report	Papastathopoulos  18' Aubameyang  67'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

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

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Köln

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31) 19	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler  67' Luiz Gustavo  77' Jung  82' Bendtner  89'	Report	Lehmann  45' Modeste  75'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,156 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Köln

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 20	Hamburger SV	1–1	1. FC Köln	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Djourou  45' N. Müller  47' Kačar  56' Holtby  58' Spahić  65' Schipplock  89'	Report	Zoller  41' Mladenović  49' Risse  71'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,999 Referee: Felix Brych

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 21	1. FC Köln	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gerhardt  29' Risse  54' Heintz  57' Modeste  66',  72'	Report	Fabián  19' Meier  24' Regäsel  50' Hasebe  52' Stendera  66' Russ  66' Oczipka  82'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,200 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Köln

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 22	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dahoud  9' Stindl  46' Raffael  70'	Report	Maroh  46' Olkowski  83' Hosiner  88'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 52,226 Referee: Knut Kircher

1. FC Köln v Hertha BSC

26 February 2016 (2016-02-26) 23	1. FC Köln	0–1	Hertha BSC	Cologne
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Modeste  52' Jojić  78'	Report	Ibišević  43' Brooks  67' Plattenhardt  71'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 48,900 Referee: Tobias Stieler

FC Ingolstadt v 1. FC Köln

1 March 2016 (2016-03-01) 24	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	1. FC Köln	Ingolstadt
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lezcano  29' Hinterseer  36' Bauer  75'	Report	Maroh  53' Modeste  72'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 14,503 Referee: Florian Meyer

1. FC Köln v Schalke 04

5 March 2016 (2016-03-05) 25	1. FC Köln	1–3	Schalke 04	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Maroh  2' Bittencourt  33'	Report	Huntelaar  2' (pen.) Meyer  23' Di Santo  76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,300 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Köln

12 March 2016 (2016-03-12) 26	Hannover 96	0–2	1. FC Köln	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schmiedebach  69'	Report	Bittencourt  43', 61' Sørensen  49'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 40,600 Referee: Peter Sippel

1. FC Köln v Bayern Munich

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	1. FC Köln	0–1	Bayern Munich	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sørensen  89'	Report	Lewandowski  10' Lahm  86'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Tobias Welz

TSG Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 28	TSG Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Amiri  7' Rudy  39' Volland  90+1'	Report	Zoller  69',  72'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 29	1. FC Köln	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Cologne
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Heintz  90+3' Bittencourt  90+6'	Report	Wendell  9', 90+6' Brandt  39' Hernández  44' Ramalho  70' Aránguiz  76'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Köln

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 30	Mainz 05	2–3	1. FC Köln	Mainz
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Córdoba  8' Balogun  49' Donati  67'	Report	Mavraj  48' Risse  64' Jojić  74' Gerhardt  79' Modeste  83'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 33,275 Referee: Peter Sippel

1. FC Köln v Darmstadt 98

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) 31	1. FC Köln	4–1	Darmstadt 98	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Modeste  4', 35' Risse  52', 75' Gerhardt  59' Lehmann  72'	Report	Gondorf  12',  81' Garics  86'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Köln

29 April 2016 (2016-04-29) 32	FC Augsburg	0–0	1. FC Köln	Augsburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Koo  62' Altıntop  77' Kohr  90+3'	Report	Lehmann  44', 56' Jojić  66' Maroh  84'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 30,144 Referee: Tobias Welz

1. FC Köln v Werder Bremen

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	1. FC Köln	0–0	Werder Bremen	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Maroh  24' Hector  51' Sørensen  61'	Report	Grillitsch  38' Bartels  79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Köln

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	1. FC Köln	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Castro  11' Papastathopoulos  45' Reus  75'	Report	Modeste  27' Jojić  43'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Michael Weiner

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

SV Meppen v 1. FC Köln

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08) Round 1	SV Meppen	0–4	1. FC Köln	Meppen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gommert  24'	Report	Modeste  1', 27' (pen.), 78' Olkowski  8' Zoller  87'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 13,815 Referee: Christian Dietz

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln

28 October 2015 (2015-10-28) Round 2	Werder Bremen	1–0	1. FC Köln	Bremen
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah  23'	Report	Modeste  39'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,052 Referee: Felix Brych

Statistics

Goalscorers

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
27	FW		Anthony Modeste	36	18	34	15	2	3
11	FW		Simon Zoller	26	7	24	6	2	1
21	MF		Leonardo Bittencourt	30	3	29	3	1	0
7	MF		Marcel Risse	35	3	33	3	2	0
8	MF		Miloš Jojić	17	2	15	2	2	0
5	DF		Dominic Maroh	25	2	25	2	0	0
8	MF		Yannick Gerhardt	30	2	29	2	1	0
3	DF		Dominique Heintz	35	2	33	2	2	0
29	MF		Dušan Švento	8	1	7	1	1	0
15	FW		Philipp Hosiner	15	1	15	1	0	0
13	FW		Yuya Osako	27	1	25	1	2	0

As of 14 May 2016

Assists

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
7	MF		Marcel Risse	35	7	33	7	2	0
8	MF		Yannick Gerhardt	30	5	29	4	1	1
21	MF		Leonardo Bittencourt	30	4	29	4	1	0
14	DF		Jonas Hector	34	4	32	4	2	0
27	FW		Anthony Modeste	36	3	34	3	2	0
25	DF		Filip Mladenović	14	2	14	2	0	0
16	DF		Paweł Olkowski	20	2	19	1	1	1
4	DF		Frederik Sørensen	24	2	22	2	2	0
6	MF		Kevin Vogt	25	2	23	2	2	0
13	FW		Yuya Osako	27	2	25	1	2	1
33	MF		Matthias Lehmann	34	2	32	2	2	0
5	DF		Dominic Maroh	25	1	25	1	0	0
11	FW		Simon Zoller	26	1	24	1	2	0
3	DF		Dominique Heintz	35	1	33	0	2	1

As of 14 May 2016

By competition

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	16.08.2015	14.05.2016	Matchday 1		7001340000000000000♠34	7001100000000000000♠10	7001130000000000000♠13	7001110000000000000♠11	7001380000000000000♠38	7001420000000000000♠42	−4	7001294100000000000♠29.41
DFB-Pokal	08.08.2015		Round 1	Round 2	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	7000400000000000000♠4	7000100000000000000♠1	+3	7001500000000000000♠50.00
Total					7001360000000000000♠36	7001110000000000000♠11	7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12	7001420000000000000♠42	7001430000000000000♠43	−1	7001305600000000000♠30.56
Updated: 14 May 2016

Attendance figures

The average attendance in the 2015-2016 Bundesliga season was 48.676.
So the utilisation of the stadium amounts to 97.35%.
As of 14 May 2016

Disciplinary record

Competition	Record
	Games	Red cards	Yellow/Red	Yello cards
Bundesliga	34	1	1	55
DFB-Pokal	2	0	0	2
Total	36	1	1	57
Updated: 14 May 2016

References

1. ↑ "Fernsehgelder 2015/2016" [TV money 2015/2016] (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2016. 
2. ↑ "Fernsehgelder Vorschau 2016/2017" [TV money preview 2016/2017] (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2016. 
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