2016–17 Hannover 96 season

The 2016–17 Hannover 96 season is the first since being relegated from the Bundesliga.

Hannover 96

2016–17 season
President	Martin Kind
Head Coach	Daniel Stendel (until 19 March) André Breitenreiter (from 20 March)
Stadium	HDI-Arena
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB–Pokal	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Martin Harnik (17 goals) All: Martin Harnik (21 goals)
Highest home attendance	49,000
Lowest home attendance	26,000
Average home league attendance	36,706
Biggest win	Hannover 6–1 Düsseldorf
Biggest defeat	Fürth 4–1 Hannover
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Background

Hannover were relegated from the Bundesliga.^[1] They had been in the Bundesliga for 14 seasons.^[1] This was the fifth time they were relegated from the Bundesliga.^[1] Hannover 96 are looking for a new coach. During the 2015–16 season, Michael Frontzeck resigned^[2] and Thomas Schaaf was sacked.^[3] Daniel Stendel took over for the rest of 2015–16 season as interim head coach^[3] and was eventually given the permanent job.^[4]

Florian Hübner^[5] and Sebastian Maier^[5] joined Hannover. Marcelo transferred to Beşiktaş after playing there on loan for the previous half year.^[6] Ron-Robert Zieler left the club.^[7]

Players

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  GER Philipp Tschauner 3 DF  CHI Miiko Albornoz 4 DF  NOR Stefan Strandberg (on loan from Krasnodar) 5 MF  SEN Salif Sané 6 MF  GER Marvin Bakalorz 7 MF  GER Edgar Prib [8] 8 MF  GER Manuel Schmiedebach (captain) 9 FW  POL Artur Sobiech 10 MF  GER Sebastian Maier 11 MF  GER Felix Klaus 13 GK  CRO Marko Marić 14 FW  AUT Martin Harnik 17 FW  DEN Uffe Bech 18 MF  NOR Iver Fossum

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  GER Florian Hübner 20 DF  BRA Felipe 22 DF  GER Timo Hübers 24 FW  GER Niclas Füllkrug 25 DF  GER Oliver Sorg 26 FW  TUR Kenan Karaman 28 DF  GER Mike-Steven Bähre 30 GK  AUT Samuel Şahin-Radlinger 31 DF  GER Waldemar Anton 33 DF  GER Fynn Arkenberg 35 FW  NED Charlison Benschop 37 FW  GER Noah Sarenren Bazee 40 GK  GER Timo Königsmann

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 15 MF  GER André Hoffmann (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2017) 21 FW  GER Marius Wolf (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2017) 29 FW  SEN Babacar Guèye (on loan to Zulte Waregem until 30 June 2017) 39 FW  TUR Mevlüt Erdinç (on loan to FC Metz until 30 June 2017)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Nat.	Moving from	Type	Transfer Window	Contract ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
4	DF	Stefan Strandberg	26		Krasnodar	Loan	Summer	30 June 2017	—	[9]
6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	26		Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[10]
10	MF	Sebastian Maier	22		St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[5]
14	FW	Martin Harnik	29		Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[11]
19	DF	Florian Hübner	25		Sandhausen	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	€500,000	[5]
22	DF	Timo Hübers	19		Köln II	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[12]
24	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	23		Nürnberg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	€2.2 million	[13]
28	MF	Mike-Steven Bähre	20		Halle	Return from loan	Summer	—	—
29	FW	Babacar Guèye	21		Troyes	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[14]
—	FW	Mevlüt Erdinç	29		Guingamp	Return from loan	Summer	—	—
13	GK	Marko Marić	21		1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	Winter	30 June 2017	—	[14]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Nat.	Moving to	Type	Transfer Window	Transfer fee	Ref.
1	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	27		Leicester City	Transfer	Summer	€3.5 million	[7]
2	MF	Leon Andreasen	33		—	End of contract	Summer	—	[15]
4	DF	Hiroki Sakai	26		Marseille	Transfer	Summer	Free	[16]
6	MF	Ceyhun Gülselam	28		Karabükspor	Release	Summer	—	[14]
10	MF	Hiroshi Kiyotake	26		Sevilla	Transfer	Summer	€6.5 million	[14]
14	MF	Allan Saint-Maximin	19		Monaco	End of loan	Summer	—	[14]
16	MF	Hotaru Yamaguchi	25		Cerezo Osaka	Transfer	Summer	€1.5 million	[14]
19	DF	Christian Schulz	33		Sturm Graz	End of contract	Summer	—	[14]
22	FW	Hugo Almeida	32		AEK Athens	Transfer	Summer	Free	[14]
24	DF	Alexander Milošević	24		Beşiktaş	End of loan	Summer	—
28	FW	Ádám Szalai	28		1899 Hoffenheim	End of loan	Summer	—	[14]
—	FW	Mevlüt Erdinç	29		Metz	Loan	Summer	—	[14]
—	DF	Marcelo	29		Beşiktaş	Transfer	Summer	€2 million	[14]
15	MF	André Hoffmann	23		Düsseldorf	Loan	Winter	—	[14]
21	FW	Marius Wolf	21		E. Frankfurt	Loan	Winter	—	[14]
29	FW	Babacar Guèye	22		Zulte Waregem	Loan	Winter	—	[14]

Friendlies

Germania Walsrode   v   Hannover 96

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25)	Germania Walsrode	0–10	Hannover 96	Walsrode
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Klaus 12' Karaman 31', 41', 42' Benschop 53' Wolf 54', 70' Dierßen 64', 85' Maier 72'	Stadium: Grünenthal-Stadion

TSV Barsinghausen   v   Hannover 96

26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)	TSV Barsinghausen	1–10	Hannover 96	Barsinghausen
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Just 86'	Report	Maier 16' Benschop 23' Klaus 30', 32' Wolf 34' Dierßen 38' Hübner 43' Karaman 48' Fossum 75' Sulejmani 88'	Stadium: REWE-Sportpark Attendance: 1,100

1. FC Wunstorf   v   Hannover 96

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06)	1. FC Wunstorf	1–3	Hannover 96	Wunstorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Scheffler 68'	Report	Sobiech 16', 33' Prib 38'	Stadium: Barne-Arena

SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen   v   Hannover 96

10 July 2016 (2016-07-10)	SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen	0–10	Hannover 96	Burgdorf-Ramlingen
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Albornoz 3', 36' Anton 13' Sobiech 16', 26' Sarenren Bazee 29' Karaman 41' Benschop 47' Sulejmani 58' Bakalorz 60'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 2,010

TuS Norderney   v   Hannover 96

14 July 2016 (2016-07-14)	TuS Norderney	0–16	Hannover 96	Norderney
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Benschop 6', 29' Karaman 15', 22', 40' Klaus 45' Sané 47', 65' Dierßen 48' Sobiech 54' Prib 60', 84' Guèye 67', 76', 86' Maier 87'	Stadium: Sportplatz an der Mühle

NEC Nijmegen   v   Hannover 96

17 July 2016 (2016-07-17)	NEC Nijmegen	2–5	Hannover 96	Rheine
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Quincy 32' Dumić 53'	Report	Sané 18' Maier 20' Sulejmani 70' Guèye 72' Prib 83'	Stadium: OBI Arena

Hannover 96   v   VfL Osnabrück

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20)	Hannover 96	0–1	VfL Osnabrück	Barsinghausen
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Reimerink 42'	Stadium: August-Wenzel-Stadion

Hallescher FC   v   Hannover 96

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23)	Hallescher FC	3–3	Hannover 96	Halle
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Röser 67', 78' Stenzel 82'	Report	Füllkrug 22', 56' Sobiech 74'	Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark

Erzgebirge Aue   v   Hannover 96

27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	Erzgebirge Aue	3–3	Hannover 96	Halberstadt
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Soukou 15' Kvesić 47' (pen.) Köpke 52'	Report	Sobiech 3', 66' Klaus 58'	Stadium: Friedensstadion

Norwich City   v   Hannover 96

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30)	Norwich City	2–3	Hannover 96	Norwich
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Hoolahan 52', 58'	Report	Sobiech 5', 50' Maier 12'	Stadium: Carrow Road

Borussia Mönchengladbach   v   Hannover 96

2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hahn 35' Schulz 43'	Report	Guèye 20'	Stadium: Fohlenplatz, Borussia-Park Attendance: 661

Hannover 96   v   Holstein Kiel

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)	Hannover 96	2–2	Holstein Kiel	Schneverdingen
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prib 55' Huth 79' (pen.)	Report	Dürholtz 68' Siedschlag 76'	Stadium: Osterwald-Stadion Attendance: 400

Hannover 96   v   Carl Zeiss Jena

11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)	Hannover 96	4–0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Karaman 7' Sarenren Bazee 11' Füllkrug 45' (pen.), 51'	Report		Stadium: 96-Stadion

Hannover 96   v   FC Augsburg

12 January 2017 (2017-01-12)	Hannover 96	1–1	FC Augsburg	Algeciras
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sobiech 58'	Report	Bobadilla 63'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Mirador

Hannover 96   v   BSC Young Boys

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)	Hannover 96	2–1	BSC Young Boys	Jerez de la Frontera
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 12' Bech 55'	Report	Ravet 14'	Stadium: Campo Hotel Barceló Montecastillo Golf Attendance: 60

Hannover 96   v   Sportfreunde Lotte

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)	Hannover 96	4–1	Sportfreunde Lotte	Hanover
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug 2', 23' Anton 68' Sobiech 84'	Report	Pires-Rodrigues 33'	Stadium: 96-Stadion Attendance: 1,750

Hannover 96   v   FC Schalke 04

23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)	Hannover 96	3–1	FC Schalke 04	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug 12' Prib 60' Sobiech 71'	Report	Coke 57'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 2. Bundesliga

Review

Hannover started the season on 5 August 2016 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[17] Hannover won the match 4–0.^[18] Hannover then defeated Greuther Fürth 3–1.^[19] The first season loss came on the 4th matchday in a home match against Dynamo Dresden, which they lost 0–2. They recovered with three wins from the next four matches, only to lose two matches in a row against Union Berlin and 1. FC Nürnberg, respectively. From there on until the winter break they remained unbeaten, with four wins and three draws, causing them to spend the break in second place. They started the second half of the season with a 1–0 home win against Kaiserslautern, thereby moving up to first place for the first time since the second matchday.

On 20 March 2017, after only one win in the previous four matches, Hannover 96 sacked coach Daniel Stendel and appointed André Breitenreiter as new head coach.^[20]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VfB Stuttgart (C, P)	34	21	6	7	63	37	+26	69	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hannover 96 (P)	34	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67
3	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	19	9	6	50	36	+14	66	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Union Berlin	34	18	6	10	51	39	+12	60
5	Dynamo Dresden	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	19	10	5	51	32	+19	67	14	2	1	26	9	+17	5	8	4	25	23	+2

Last updated: 21 May 2017.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	1	1	2	3	6	4	3	2	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2017. Source: 2. Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League fixtures and results

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hannover 96

5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–4	Hannover 96	Kaiserslautern
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Maier 16' Anton 48' Sobiech 63', 84'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 40,021 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hannover 96 v Greuther Fürth

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 2	Hannover 96	3–1	Greuther Fürth	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Fossum 23' Maier 74',  76' Harnik 85'	Report	Gjasula  76' Tripić  79' Berisha 90',  90+2'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 38,400 Referee: Jochen Drees

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 3	VfL Bochum	1–1	Hannover 96	Bochum
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Perthel  4' Wurtz 72'	Report	Albornoz  27' Schmiedebach  46' Sané 74' Harnik  90+2'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 19,218 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Hannover 96 v Dynamo Dresden

11 September 2016 (2016-09-11) 4	Hannover 96	0–2	Dynamo Dresden	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tschauner  79' Sané  79'	Report	Stefaniak 18' Lambertz  39' Ballas 57' Kutschke  79' Teixeira  83' Müller  84'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 39,200 Referee: Sören Storks

Arminia Bielefeld v Hannover 96

18 September 2016 (2016-09-18) 5	Arminia Bielefeld	3–3	Hannover 96	Bielefeld
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klos 26' (pen.), 31',  45+2' Hemlein  45+3' Mak  63' Schütz  75' Behrendt 79' Hornig  84'	Report	Strandberg  25' Schuppan 45+1' (o.g.), 90+1' (o.g.) Karaman 69'	Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 25,138 Referee: Martin Petersen

Hannover 96 v Karlsruher SC

21 September 2016 (2016-09-21) 6	Hannover 96	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Hanover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus 7',  83' Schmiedebach  73'	Report	Kom  20' Rolim  33' Diamantakos  67'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,700 Referee: Christian Dietz

1860 Munich v Hannover 96

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 7	1860 Munich	0–2	Hannover 96	Munich
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matmour  79'	Report	Karaman 67' Albornoz  76' Harnik 87'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 26,100 Referee: Timo Gerach

Hannover 96 v FC St. Pauli

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 8	Hannover 96	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus  67', 90+3' Karaman 75'	Report	Kalla  63' Nehrig  74'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Union Berlin v Hannover 96

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16) 9	Union Berlin	2–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kreilach  10' Trimmel  27' Parensen  44' Quaner 75' Hosiner 79' Fürstner  89'	Report	Anton  12' Karaman  17' Klaus 90+6',  90+8'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1. FC Nürnberg v Hannover 96

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23) 10	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Matavž 4' Burgstaller 21' Mühl  54' Brečko  73' Petrák  81' Behrens  85'	Report	Bakalorz  19' Anton  40' Klaus  42' Strandberg  48' Sané  82'	Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 27,387 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Hannover 96 v Würzburger Kickers

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30) 11	Hannover 96	3–1	Würzburger Kickers	Hanover
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Felipe  50' Harnik 59' (pen.), 90+6' Klaus 67'	Report	Soriano 24' Díaz  53' Neumann  73'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,200 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Eintracht Braunschweig v Hannover 96

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) 12	Eintracht Braunschweig	2–2	Hannover 96	Braunschweig
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reichel 17' Correia  26' Hernández 36' Schönfeld  37'	Report	Prib  13' Anton  22' Felipe  31' Harnik 38',  69' Karaman 66'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hannover 96 v Erzgebirge Aue

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 13	Hannover 96	2–0	Erzgebirge Aue	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 23',  58' Anton  72' Füllkrug 77'	Report	Adler  69' Kaufmann  72' Köpke  82' Fandrich  90+3'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,100 Referee: Christof Günsch

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25) 14	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–2	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bebou 52' Schauerte  54' Schmitz  60' Bormuth 67' Bellinghausen  76'	Report	Karaman 17' Strandberg  29' Felipe  38'  70', 61' Klaus  66' Sané  84'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 28,122 Referee: Robert Kempter

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Heidenheim

2 December 2016 (2016-12-02) 15	Hannover 96	3–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 45+1' Füllkrug 68' Sarenren Bazee 70'	Report	Verhoek 42' Titsch-Rivero  55' Anton 60' (o.g.) Griesbeck  83'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Thorben Siewer

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

12 December 2016 (2016-12-12) 16	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Terodde 12' Großkreutz  39' Pavard  76' Baumgartl  90+3'	Report	Harnik 26' Sorg  41' Klaus 87'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,125 Referee: Felix Brych

Hannover 96 v SV Sandhausen

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18) 17	Hannover 96	0–0	SV Sandhausen	Hanover
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Füllkrug  58' Klaus  68'	Report	Linsmayer  27' Kosecki  35' Klingmann  62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 30,296 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

30 January 2017 (2017-01-30) 18	Hannover 96	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hanover
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bech 49' Prib  63' Karaman  90+3'	Report	Ziegler  51'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 28,800 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Greuther Fürth v Hannover 96

3 February 2017 (2017-02-03) 19	Greuther Fürth	4–1	Hannover 96	Fürth
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Dursun 16', 64' Franke 2' Caligiuri  31' Hofmann  39' Žulj  63' Berisha 67' Pintér  84' Gießelmann  87'	Report	Sané  27' Strandberg  31' Prib  52', 87'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 8,465 Referee: Robert Kempter

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

13 February 2017 (2017-02-13) 20	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Bochum	Hanover
20:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 45', 63' (pen.) Schmiedebach  61' Prib  88'	Report	Wurtz 16' Losilla  67' Hoogland  90+1'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Dynamo Dresden v Hannover 96

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19) 21	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	Hannover 96	Dresden
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Müller  6' Kutschke 78'	Report	Prib  24' Hübner  38' Anton  40' Bakalorz  54' Klaus  57' Harnik 64' Karaman 80'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 29,820 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Hannover 96 v Arminia Bielefeld

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 22	Hannover 96	2–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 37' (pen.) Sané 57',  89' Maier  75' Schmiedebach  90+1'	Report	Hemlein 28' Klos 45+2' (pen.),  70' Schütz  50' Voglsammer  84'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 36,700 Referee: Felix Brych

Karlsruher SC v Hannover 96

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 23	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Mugoša 10' Prömel  21' Valentini  37' Diamantakos 70' (pen.)	Report	Bakalorz  26' Sarenren Bazee  35' Schmiedebach  59' Albornoz  87'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,415 Referee: Patrick Alt

Hannover 96 v 1860 Munich

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 24	Hannover 96	1–0	1860 Munich	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sané  49' Harnik 55' Maier  60' Prib  81'	Report	Lacazette  90'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,600 Referee: Daniel Schlager

FC St. Pauli v Hannover 96

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 25	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Buchtmann  75' Kalla  88' Bouhaddouz  90'	Report	Schmiedebach  28' Maier  58'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hannover 96 v Union Berlin

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) 26	Hannover 96	2–0	Union Berlin	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 54' Kreilach 67' (o.g.)	Report	Daube  62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Nürnberg

4 April 2017 (2017-04-04) 27	Hannover 96	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hanover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sorg  28' Schmiedebach  39' Harnik 47' Maier  90+1'	Report	Kammerbauer  71' Schäfer  85'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: René Rohde

Würzburger Kickers v Hannover 96

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 28	Würzburger Kickers	0–0	Hannover 96	Würzburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nagy  40'	Report	Schmiedebach  53' Hübner  76' Harnik  90+4'	Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 12,450 Referee: Alexander Sather

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Braunschweig

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 29	Hannover 96	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 32' Hübner  41' Sobiech  90+2'	Report	Moll  37'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 42,700 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Erzgebirge Aue v Hannover 96

22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) 30	Erzgebirge Aue	2–2	Hannover 96	Aue
13:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hertner  7' Köpke 35' Riese  90+1' Nazarov 90+4'	Report	Anton 3' Harnik 59' Prib  62' Hübner  87'	Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

30 April 2017 (2017-04-30) 31	Hannover 96	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Füllkrug 8' Schmiedebach  20' Prib  54' Bakalorz  61' Sané  85'	Report	Schmitz  70' Yıldırım  73' Ferati  82' Madlung  90+3'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 42,800 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Heidenheim v Hannover 96

5 May 2017 (2017-05-05) 32	1. FC Heidenheim	0–2	Hannover 96	Heidenheim
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kleindienst  38' Strauß  41' Schnatterer  58'	Report	Harnik 16', 25' Sané  56' Prib  71' Albornoz  90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	Hannover 96	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Klaus 40' Prib  53' Sané  86' Harnik  89'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

SV Sandhausen v Hannover 96

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34	SV Sandhausen	1–1	Hannover 96	Sandhausen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pledl 57' Łukasik  64'	Report	Anton  33' Fossum  40' Klaus  56' Hübner 60' Felipe  64' Karaman  69'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 12,470 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal review

In the first round draw, Hannover were drawn against Kickers Offenbach,^[21] beating them 3–2 after extra time by means of a last-minute penalty goal by Salif Sané. They went on to face Fortuna Düsseldorf in the second round, beating them 6–1, their highest season win. For the round of 16, they were drawn against Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt, against who they lost 1–2 after initially taking the lead and were thereby eliminated.

DFB-Pokal fixtures and results

Kickers Offenbach v Hannover 96

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22) 1st Round	Kickers Offenbach	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hannover 96	Offenbach
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Firat 29', 49' Gaul  58' Maslanka  59'  61' Scheu  71' Vetter  74'	Report	Harnik 3' Klaus 22' Anton  48' Sorg  88' Prib  112' Sané 120+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Thorben Siewer

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26) 2nd Round	Hannover 96	6–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Sobiech 5' Klaus 7', 34' Harnik 15', 16' Maier 53'	Report	Akpoguma 20',  69' Schmitz  76'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08) Round of 16	Hannover 96	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Harnik 57' Bakalorz  67' Füllkrug  90+1'	Report	Tawatha 62' Seferovic 66' Mascarell  90+1'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 May 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	GER	Philipp Tschauner	32	0	32	0	0	0
13	GK	CRO	Marko Marić	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	AUT	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	5	0	2	0	3	0
40	GK	GER	Timo Königsmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	CHI	Miiko Albornoz	27	0	23+4	0	0	0
4	DF	NOR	Stefan Strandberg	13	0	12	0	1	0
19	DF	GER	Florian Hübner	15	1	14+1	1	0	0
20	DF	BRA	Felipe	7	1	4+2	1	1	0
22	DF	GER	Timo Hübers	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	GER	Oliver Sorg	28	0	26	0	2	0
27	DF	GER	Vladimir Ranković	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton	33	2	29+2	2	2	0
33	DF	GER	Fynn Arkenberg	3	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	SEN	Salif Sané	31	3	26+2	2	2+1	1
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz	32	0	28+2	0	2	0
7	MF	GER	Edgar Prib	30	1	22+5	1	3	0
8	MF	GER	Manuel Schmiedebach	28	0	24+2	0	2	0
10	MF	GER	Sebastian Maier	19	3	10+6	2	2+1	1
11	MF	GER	Felix Klaus	33	9	28+2	6	3	3
18	MF	NOR	Iver Fossum	27	1	15+10	1	1+1	0
28	MF	GER	Mike-Steven Bähre	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
34	MF	GER	Tim Dierßen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	POL	Artur Sobiech	24	3	11+11	2	1+1	1
14	FW	AUT	Martin Harnik	33	21	25+5	17	3	4
17	FW	DEN	Uffe Bech	7	1	4+3	1	0	0
24	FW	GER	Niclas Füllkrug	28	5	13+13	5	1+1	0
26	FW	TUR	Kenan Karaman	34	6	17+14	6	1+2	0
32	FW	GER	Elias Huth	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	FW	NED	Charlison Benschop	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
37	FW	GER	Noah Sarenren Bazee	14	1	8+5	1	1	0
38	FW	KOS	Valmir Sulejmani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	MF	GER	André Hoffmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	GER	Marius Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	SEN	Babacar Guèye	4	0	0+2	0	0+2	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	14	FW		Martin Harnik	17	4	21
2	11	MF		Felix Klaus	6	3	9
3	26	FW		Kenan Karaman	6	0	6
4	24	FW		Niclas Füllkrug	5	0	5
5	5	MF		Salif Sané	2	1	3
	9	FW		Artur Sobiech	2	1	3
	10	MF		Sebastian Maier	2	1	3
8	31	DF		Waldemar Anton	2	0	2
9	7	MF		Edgar Prib	1	0	1
	17	FW		Uffe Bech	1	0	1
	18	MF		Iver Fossum	1	0	1
	19	DF		Florian Hübner	1	0	1
	20	DF		Felipe	1	0	1
	37	FW		Noah Sarenren Bazee	1	0	1
Own goal					3	0	3
Totals					51	10	61

Last updated: 21 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	1	GK		Philipp Tschauner	16	0	16
Totals					16	0	16

Last updated: 14 May 2017

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	2. Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
1	GK		Philipp Tschauner	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Miiko Albornoz	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
4	DF		Stefan Strandberg	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	MF		Salif Sané	8	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	2
6	MF		Marvin Bakalorz	4	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
7	MF		Edgar Prib	10	0	0	1	0	0	11	0	0
8	MF		Manuel Schmiedebach	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
9	FW		Artur Sobiech	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Sebastian Maier	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
11	MF		Felix Klaus	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
14	FW		Martin Harnik	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	MF		Iver Fossum	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	DF		Florian Hübner	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
20	DF		Felipe	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
24	FW		Niclas Füllkrug	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
25	DF		Oliver Sorg	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
26	FW		Kenan Karaman	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
30	GK		Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	DF		Waldemar Anton	6	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	1
37	FW		Noah Sarenren Bazee	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				82	1	2	4	0	1	86	1	3

Last updated: 21 May 2017

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