2013–14 Hannover 96 season

The 2013–14 Hannover 96 season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's eleventh season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002.

Hannover 96
2013–14 season
ChairmanMartin Kind
ManagerTayfun Korkut
StadiumHDI-Arena, Hannover, Germany
Bundesliga10th
2013–14 DFB-PokalSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mame Biram Diouf (8 goals)
All: Szabolcs Huszti (9 goals)
Highest home attendance49,000 vs. Schalke 04, vs. Bayern Munich, vs. Borussia Dortmund
Lowest home attendance38,600 vs. Mainz 05

Off-season edit

Hannover made five new signings over the summer period—Salif Sané from Nancy,[1] Edgar Prib from Greuther Fürth,[2] Leonardo Bittencourt from Borussia Dortmund,[3] and youngsters Konstantin Fuhry from Stuttgart under-19's[4] and Florian Ballas from Nürnberg II.[5]

Hannover also lost Sérgio Pinto to Levante[6] and both Mohammed Abdellaoue[7] and Konstantin Rausch[8] to Stuttgart. Additionally, Mario Eggimann left to join Union Berlin,[9] Sofian Chahed left on a free transfer and Johan Djourou returned to Arsenal before signing on loan at rivals Hamburger SV.[10]

During the winter break, rumours arose regarding the situation of manager Mirko Slomka due to the team's recent poor form, and on 27 December, he was fired.[11]

As per the norm for German football teams, during the mid-season break, the teams have training camps in countries with warmer winter climates. This year, Hannover 96 will be in Belek, Turkey, between 9 January and 17 January, along with Hertha BSC and Borussia Mönchengladbach, prior to the Niedersaschen derby at Wolfsburg on 25 January.

On 31 December 2013, it was announced that Turkish manager Tayfun Korkut had become the new manager of Hannover[12] on a contract running until 30 June 2016. He is the second Turkish coach to manage in the Bundesliga.

Fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

27 June 2013 TSV Berenbostel   0 – 14   Hannover 96 Garbsen-Berenbostel
18:00 [1] Bittencourt    
Kadah      
Prib  
Schulz  
Husztil  
Nikçi    
Hoffmann  
Schlaudraff      
Stadium: Sportanlage Philipp-Reis-Straße 2
Attendance: 2000
29 June 2013 TSV Krähenwinkel Kaltenweide   1 – 2   Hannover 96 Langenhagen
16:00 Linnemann   23' [2] Stindl   11'
Schlaudraff   53'
Stadium: Sportanlage Stucken-Mühlen-Weg 85
Attendance: 1600
30 June 2013 Schleswig 06   1 – 9   Hannover 96 Schleswig
Puttins   50' [3] Sobiech   15'
Avevor   25'
Schlaudraff   40', 45'
Kadah   55', 64'
Prib   78'
Nikçi   82'
Stindl   85'
Stadium: Alleestadion
Attendance: 2500
3 July 2013 ETSV Weiche Flensburg   0 – 4   Hannover 96 Flensburg
19:00 [4] Bittencourt   4'
Hoffmann   15'
Stindl   56'
Sané   64'
Stadium: Manfred-Werner-Stadion
Attendance: 2200
6 July 2013 SV Ramlingen-Ehlershausen   0 – 5   Hannover 96 Burgdorf
17:00 [5] Bittencourt   23', 31'
Hoffmann   45'
Nikçi   47'
Schlaudraff   50'
Stadium: Waldstadion
Attendance: 2600
9 July 2013 SV Quitt Ankum   1 – 16   Hannover 96 Ankum
18:30 Thale   64' [6] Sulejmani   4', 16', 25', 66', 89'
Stindl   11', 27', 29'
Huszti   13', 33', 34'
Schlaudraff   17', 32'
Nikçi   19', 54'
Stadium: Quitt-Stadion
Attendance: 1600
11 July 2013 TuS Celle FC   0 – 8   Hannover 96 Celle
18:30 [7] Hoffmann   13'
Huszti   17'
Sobiech   24', 29'
Schlaudraff   34'
unknown   62' (o.g.)
Prib   70'
Sulejmani   83'
Stadium: Günther-Volker-Stadion
Attendance: 3000
14 July 2013 Hannover 96   0 – 3   PSV Hannover
16:00 [8] Wijnaldum   13'
Locadia   57'
Strootman   76'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 13200
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
18 July 2013 West Bromwich Albion   1 – 2   Hannover 96 Gleisdorf
19:00 Rosenberg   42' [9] Diouf   28'
Dawson   81' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadion des FC Gleisdorf 09
Attendance: 600
24 July 2013 Kasımpaşa   1 – 0   Hannover 96 Stegersbach
19:00 Sam   45' [10] Stadium: Sportanlage in A-7551
Attendance: 100
29 July 2013 Hallescher FC   0 – 1   Hannover 96 Halle
19:30 [11] Kadah   85' Stadium: Erdgas Sportpark
Attendance: 3023

During the season edit

5 September 2013 OSC Hannover   1 – 3   Hannover 96 Hannover
18:00 [12] Stadium: Oststadtstadion
10 October 2013 TSV Barsinghausen   1 – 16   Hannover 96 Barsinghausen
18:00 [13] Stadium: August-Wenzel-Stadion
14 November 2013 Hannover 96   2 – 2   St. Pauli Celle
18:30 Thy   21'
Thorandt   38'
[14] Prib   45'
Sulejmani   66'
Stadium: Günther-Volker-Stadion
Attendance: 1500
12 January 2014 Hannover 96   0 – 0   Hertha BSC Belek
16:00 [15] Stadium: Hotel "Cornelia Diamond" football pitch
Attendance: 350
16 January 2014 Hannover 96   1 – 2   Fenerbahçe Aksu, Antalya
20:00 Diouf   27' [16] Webó   63'
Kuyt   90+2'
Stadium: Mardon Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
17 January 2014 Hannover 96   1 – 1   Çaykur Rizespor Belek
15:00 Dierßen   12' [17] Cernat   90' Stadium: Hotel "Kempinski" football pitch
2 February 2014 Hannover 96   2 – 2   St. Pauli Barsinghausen
12:00 Schlaudraff   78'
Prib   81'
[18] Halstenberg   17'
Thy   23'
Stadium: August-Wenzel-Stadion

Post-season edit

19 May 2014 Friendly TSV Havelse 3 – 3 Hannover 96 Garbsen
18:30 Hintzke   13'
El-Helwe   54'
Deppe   57'
Prib   59'
Sidra   68'
Sulejmani   83'
Stadium: Willhelm-Langrehr-Stadion

Bundesliga edit

League fixtures and results edit

10 August 2013 1 Hannover 96 2 – 0 VfL Wolfsburg Hannover
15:30 Andreasen   17'
Huszti   84'
Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych
17 August 2013 2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 – 0 Hannover 96 Mönchengladbach
18:30 Kruse   10'
Kramer   53'
Daems   66'
Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 46089
Referee: Dr Jochen Drees (Münster/Sarmsheim)
24 August 2013 3 Hannover 96 2 – 1 Schalke 04 Hannover
15:30 Huszti   15'
Diouf   42'
Report Szalai   54' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Bastian Danker (Rostock)
31 August 2013 4 Hannover 96 4 – 1 Mainz 05 Hannover
15:30 Müller   12' Report Diouf   31'
Sobiech   37'
Ya Konan   80'
Prib   82'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 38,600
Referee: Guido Winkelmann
14 September 2013 5 Bayern Munich 2 – 0 Hannover 96 München
15:30 Mandžukić   51'
Ribéry   (64)
Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Offenbach)
21 September 2013 6 Hannover 96 2 – 1 Augsburg Hannover
15:30 Sobiech   60'
Huszti   89' (pen.)
Report Verhaegh   51' (pen.) Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 39,200
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 September 2013 7 Bayer Leverkusen 2 – 0 Hannover 96 Leverkusen
15:30 Rolfes   23'
Sam   37'
Report Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 25198
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
4 October 2013 8 Hannover 96 1 – 1 Hertha BSC Hannover
15:30 Schulz  23' Report Ronny  81' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 46,500
Referee: Günter Perl
19 October 2013 9 Borussia Dortmund 1 – 0 Hannover 96 Dortmund
15:30 Reus   4' (pen.) Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 80,645
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
26 October 2013 10 Hannover 96 1 – 4 1899 Hoffenheim Hannover
15:30 Sané   56' Report Salihović   10' (pen.)
Herdling   18'
Firmino   62', 64'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler
3 November 2013 11 Werder Bremen 3 – 2 Hannover 96 Bremen
17:30 Hunt   25' (pen.)
Makiadi   38'
García   86'
Report Huszti   20' (pen.)
Sakai   41'
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 40,435
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
8 November 2013 12 Hannover 96 0 – 0 Eintracht Braunschweig Hannover
20:30 Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 47,200
Referee: Knut Kircher
24 November 2013 13 Hamburg 3 – 1 Hannover 96 Hamburg
15:30 Badelj   31'
Beister   46'
Çalhanoğlu   84'
Report Huszti   28' Stadium: Imtech Arena
Attendance: 52,091
Referee: Marco Fritz
1 December 2013 14 Hannover 96 2 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt Hannover
15:30 Diouf   24'
Huszti   68'
Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 40,700
Referee: Günter Perl
7 December 2013 15 VfB Stuttgart 4 – 2 Hannover 96 Stuttgart
15:30 Harnik   13'
Ibišević   33'
Traoré   52'
Rausch   84'
Report Sobiech   28'
Sané   31'
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 47,630
Referee: Felix Brych
14 December 2013 16 Hannover 96 3 – 3 1. FC Nürnberg Hannover
15:30 Bittencourt   60'
Diouf   87' (90+2)
Report Hloušek   30'
Drmić   38'
Nilsson   41'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 38,100
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
21 December 2013 17 Feiburg 2 – 1 Hannover 96 Freiburg
15:30 Mehmedi   25' (36) Report Bittencourt   90+3' Stadium: Mage Solar Stadion
Attendance: 23,200
Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees
25 January 2014 18 VfL Wolfsburg 1 – 3 Hannover 96 Wolfsburg
15:30 Olić   35' Report Rudņevs   28'
Bittencourt   50' (72)
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 28139
Referee: Markus Schmidt
1 February 2014 19 Hannover 96 3 – 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hannover
15:30 Rudņevs   57'
Diouf   82' (90)
Report Mlapa   84' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 47000
Referee: Bastian Dankert
8 February 2014 20 Schalke 04 2 – 0 Hannover 96 Gelsenkirchen
15:30 Farfán   39'
Meyer   44'
Report Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 61307
Referee: Christian Dingert
15 February 2014 21 Mainz 05 2 – 0 Hannover 96 Mainz
15:30 Mallı   51'
Choupo-Moting   90+3'
Report Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 26574
Referee: Manuel Gräfe
22 February 2014 22 Hannover 96 0 – 4 Bayern Munich Hannover
15:30 Report Müller   25' (59)
Thiago   34'
Mandžukić   66'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Knut Kircher
1 March 2014 23 Augsburg 1 – 1 Hannover 96 Augsburg
15:30 Klavan   55' Report Diouf   21' Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,311
Referee: Tobias Stieler
8 March 2014 24 Hannover 96 1 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen Hannover
15:30 Rudņevs   33' Report Castro   28' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 46,600
Referee: Felix Zwayer
15 March 2014 25 Hertha BSC 0 – 3 Hannover 96 Berlin
15:30 Report Stindl   49'
Schlaudraff   57'
Huszti   90+1'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 46,727
Referee: Guido Winkmann
22 March 2014 26 Hannover 96 0 – 3 Borussia Dortmund Hannover
15:00 Report Hummels   43'
Lewandowski   52'
Reus   90+1'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Günter Perl
26 March 2014 27 1899 Hoffenheim 3 – 1 Hannover 96 Sinsheim
20:00 Polanski   13'
Modeste   51'
Rudy   90+3'
Report Andreasen   10' Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena
Attendance: 21,319
Referee: Peter Sippel
30 March 2014 28 Hannover 96 1 – 2 Werder Bremen Hannover
17:30 Huszti   43' Report Di Santo   57'
Prödl   90'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Markus Schmidt
6 April 2014 29 Eintracht Braunschweig 3 – 0 Hannover 96 Braunschweig
15:30 Kumbela   14'
Nielsen   21'
Hochscheidt   89'
Report Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 22,867
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
12 April 2014 30 Hannover 96 2 – 1 Hamburg Hannover
15:30 Stindl   9'
Konan   86'
Report Çalhanoğlu   48' Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann
17 April 2014 31 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 3 Hannover 96 Frankfurt
20:30 Lanig   13'
Meier   68'
Report Andreasen   2'
Stindl   20'
Ya Konan   29'
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 48100
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych
25 April 2014 32 Hannover 96 0 – 0 VfB Stuttgart Hannover
20:30 Report Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
3 May 2014 33 1. FC Nürnberg 0 – 2 Hannover 96 Nuremberg
15:30 Report Huszti   5'
Schmiedebach   51'
Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg
Attendance: 46,104
10 May 2014 34 Hannover 96 3 – 2 Freiburg Hannover
15:30 Huszti   45'
Rudņevs   65'
Prib   80'
Report Schmid   50'
Zulechner   78'
Stadium: HDI-Arena
Attendance: 48,600

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 FC Augsburg 34 15 7 12 47 47 0 52
9 1899 Hoffenheim 34 11 11 12 72 70 +2 44
10 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 46 59 −13 42
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 8 15 40 48 −8 41
12 Werder Bremen 34 10 9 15 42 66 −24 39
Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal edit

Hannover entered the 2013–14 DFB Pokal with an away game against Victoria Hamburg on Sunday 4 August 2013.

4 August 2013 1st Round Victoria Hamburg 0-2 Hannover 96 Hamburg
14:30 [19] Sobiech   69'
Huszti   90+3'
Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft
Attendance: 4784
Referee: Marcel Unger (Halle)
25 September 2013 2nd Round Bayern Munich 4-1 Hannover 96 Munich
20:30 Müller   17', 64'
Pizarro   27'
Ribéry   78'
[20] Ya Konan   37' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Jochen Drees

Squad edit

Squad information edit

Squad Season 2013–14
No. Player Nat. Birthdate at H96 since previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Ron-Robert Zieler   12 Feb 1989 2010 Manchester United
14 Markus Miller   8 Apr 1982 2010 Karlsruhe
21 Konstantin Fuhry   8 Apr 1994 2013 Stuttgart
Defenders
3 Karim Haggui   20 Jan 1984 2009 Bayer Leverkusen
4 Hiroki Sakai   12 Apr 1990 2012 Kashiwa Reysol
5 Salif Sane   25 Aug 1990 2013 Nancy
6 Steve Cherundolo   19 Feb 1979 1999 University of Portland
18 Sébastien Pocognoli   1 Aug 1987 2013 Standard Liège
19 Christian Schulz   1 Apr 1983 2007 Werder Bremen
20 Felipe   15 May 1987 2012 Standard Liège
22 František Rajtoral   12 Mar 1986 2014 Viktoria Plzeň (loan)
23 Christopher Avevor   11 Feb 1992 2013 St. Pauli
24 Christian Pander   28 Aug 1983 2011 Schalke 04
25 Marcelo   20 May 1987 2013 PSV
30 Florian Ballas   8 Jan 1993 2013 Nürnberg
33 Yannik Schulze   5 Feb 1995 2008 TSV Isernhagen
35 Ali Gökdemir   17 Sep 1991 2013 Stuttgart
Midfielders
2 Leon Andreasen   23 Apr 1983 2009 Fulham
7 Edgar Prib   15 Dec 1989 2013 Greuther Fürth
8 Manuel Schmiedebach   5 Dec 1988 2008 Hertha BSC
10 Szabolcs Huszti   18 Apr 1983 2012 Zenit Saint Petersburg
15 André Hoffmann   28 Feb 1993 2013 Duisburg
16 França   21 Apr 1991 2013 Criciúma
22 Adrian Nikçi   10 Nov 1989 2012 Zürich
28 Lars Stindl   26 Aug 1988 2010 Karlsruhe
32 Leonardo Bittencourt   19 Dec 1993 2013 Borussia Dortmund
38 Valmir Sulejmani   1 Feb 1996 2013 Hannover 96 II
Forwards
9 Artur Sobiech   12 Jun 1990 2011 Polonia Warsaw
11 Didier Ya Konan   22 May 1984 2009 Rosenborg
13 Jan Schlaudraff   18 Jul 1983 2008 Bayern Munich
16 Artjoms Rudņevs   13 Jan 1988 2014 Hamburg (loan)
27 Deniz Kadah   2 Mar 1986 2012 Lübeck
39 Mame Biram Diouf   16 Dec 1987 2012 Manchester United
40 Almir Kasumović   3 Jun 1994 2005 Sparta Langenhagen
Last updated: 12 April 2014

Season statistics edit

As of 12 April 2013

No. Pos Nat Player Total Bundesliga DFB-Pokal
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   GER Ron-Robert Zieler 33 0 31 0 2 0
14 GK   GER Markus Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK   GER Konstantin Fuhry 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   TUN Karim Haggui 4 0 3 0 1 0
4 DF   JPN Hiroki Sakai 27 1 25 1 2 0
5 DF   SEN Salif Sane 20 2 19 2 1 0
6 DF   USA Steve Cherundolo 2 0 2 0 0 0
18 DF   BEL Sébastien Pocognoli 21 0 20 0 1 0
19 DF   GER Christian Schulz 25 1 24 1 1 0
20 DF   BRA Felipe 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   CZE František Rajtoral 5 0 5 0 0 0
23 DF   GER Christopher Avevor 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   GER Christian Pander 6 0 5 0 1 0
25 DF   BRA Marcelo 23 0 22 0 1 0
30 DF   GER Florian Ballas 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF   GER Yannik Schulze 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   AZE Ali Gökdemir 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
2 MF   DEN Leon Andreasen 30 3 28 3 2 0
7 MF   GER Edgar Prib 27 1 26 1 1 0
8 MF   GER Manuel Schmiedebach 23 0 21 0 2 0
10 MF   HUN Szabolcs Huszti 29 9 27 8 2 1
15 MF   GER André Hoffmann 23 0 22 0 1 0
16 MF   BRA França 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   SUI Adrian Nikçi 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF   GER Lars Stindl 30 3 28 3 2 0
32 MF   GER Leonardo Bittencourt 31 4 29 4 2 0
38 MF   ALB Valmir Sulejmani 4 0 4 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   POL Artur Sobiech 18 4 17 3 1 1
11 FW   CIV Didier Ya Konan 15 4 14 3 1 1
13 FW   GER Jan Schlaudraff 21 1 19 1 2 0
16 FW   LVA Artjoms Rudņevs 12 3 12 3 0 0
27 FW   GER Deniz Kadah 4 0 3 0 1 0
39 FW   SEN Mame Biram Diouf 24 8 23 8 1 0
40 FW   BIH Almir Kasumović 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
31 10 5 16 38 60  −22 35 7 4 4 24 23  +1 3 1 12 14 37  −23

Last updated: 18 April 2014.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by match edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWLWWLWLDLLLDLWLDLWWLLLDDWLLLLWWDWW
Position51073444571011111391212131010101111111211111213131314131110
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2014. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Goal scorers edit

References edit

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