2014–15 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96

2014–15 season
Chairman	Martin Kind
Manager	Tayfun Korkut
Stadium	HDI-Arena, Hannover
Bundesliga	13th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Lars Stindl (10 goals) All: Lars Stindl (11 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2014–15 Hannover 96 season is the 119th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's 12th season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2002.

Squad

As of 1 September 2014

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Ron-Robert Zieler
2	DF	DEN	Leon Andreasen
3	DF	CHI	Miiko Albornoz
4	DF	JPN	Hiroki Sakai
5	DF	SEN	Salif Sané
6	MF	TUR	Ceyhun Gülselam
7	MF	GER	Edgar Prib
8	MF	GER	Manuel Schmiedebach
9	FW	POL	Artur Sobiech
10	MF	GER	Lars Stindl (captain)
11	FW	ESP	Joselu
13	FW	GER	Jan Schlaudraff
14	GK	GER	Markus Miller
15	MF	GER	André Hoffmann
17	DF	GER	Stefan Thesker
18	DF	LTU	Marius Stankevičius

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	GER	Christian Schulz
20	DF	BRA	Felipe
21	FW	FRA	Jimmy Briand
24	DF	GER	Christian Pander
25	DF	BRA	Marcelo
26	FW	TUR	Kenan Karaman
27	DF	GER	Vladimir Ranković
28	MF	JPN	Hiroshi Kiyotake
30	DF	GER	Florian Ballas
32	MF	GER	Leonardo Bittencourt
33	DF	GER	Yannik Schulze
34	MF	GER	Tim Dierßen
36	MF	GER	Sebastian Ernst
37	MF	GER	Niklas Teichgräber
38	FW	KOS	Valmir Sulejmani
39	GK	AUT	Robert Almer

Players out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	BRA	França (at Figueirense)
—	MF	SUI	Adrian Nikçi (at Young Boys)

Transfers

In

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	CHI	Miiko Albornoz (from Malmö)
6	MF	TUR	Ceyhun Gülselam (from Galatasaray)
11	FW	ESP	Joselu (from Hoffenheim)
17	DF	GER	Stefan Thesker (from Hoffenheim)
18	DF	LTU	Marius Stankevičius (from Gaziantepspor)
21	FW	FRA	Jimmy Briand (from Lyon)
26	FW	TUR	Kenan Karaman (from Hoffenheim)
28	MF	JPN	Hiroshi Kiyotake (from Nürnberg)
39	GK	AUT	Robert Almer (from Energie Cottbus)

Out

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	BEL	Sébastien Pocognoli (at West Bromwich)
—	MF	HUN	Szabolcs Huszti (at Changchun Yatai)
—	DF	GER	Christopher Avevor (at Fortuna Düsseldorf)
—	FW	SEN	Mame Biram Diouf (at Stoke)
—	FW	CIV	Didier Ya Konan (at Al-Ittihad)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	FSV Mainz 05	34	9	13	12	45	47	−2	40
12	1. FC Köln	34	9	13	12	34	40	−6	40
13	Hannover 96	34	9	10	15	40	56	−16	37
14	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	9	16	42	60	−18	36
15	Hertha BSC	34	9	8	17	36	52	−16	35

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

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
32	7	10	15	36	54	−18	31	5	4	7	19	24	−5	2	6	8	17	30	−13

Last updated: 9 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	W
Position	3	7	3	6	3	6	8	10	7	6	4	5	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	15	17	16	15	13

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Hannover 96 v FC Schalke 04

23 August 2014 1	Hannover 96	2–1	FC Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Prib 67'  90+2' Joselu 70' Andreasen  78'	Report	Huntelaar 47' Ayhan  76'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1. FSV Mainz 05 v Hannover 96

31 August 2014 2	1. FSV Mainz 05	0–0	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Schulz  32'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,647 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV

14 August 2014 3	Hannover 96	2–0	Hamburger SV	Hanover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andreasen 13'  39' Sobiech 24' Bittencourt  45+3' Marcelo  69'	Report	Holtby  26' Diekmeier  73' Jiráček  89'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

SC Paderborn 07 v Hannover 96

20 September 2014 4	SC Paderborn 07	2–0	Hannover 96	Paderborn
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kachunga 71' Stoppelkamp 90+3'  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Köln

24 August 2014 5	Hannover 96	1–0	1. FC Köln	Hanover
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Joselu 8'	Report	Peszko  49' Ujah  90'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 39,400 Referee: Tobias Stieler

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

27 September 2014 6	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner  57' Schwaab 69' Leitner  75' Kostić  90'	Report	Gülselam  44' Bittencourt  86'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 40,500 Referee: Günter Perl

FC Bayern Munich v Hannover 96

4 October 2014 7	FC Bayern Munich	4–0	Hannover 96	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lewandowski 6', 38' Robben 13', 79'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 71,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hannover 96 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

18 October 2014 8	Hannover 96	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schulz  65'	Report	Kruse 14' 90' Xhaka 49' Stranzl  87'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Kinhöfer

Borussia Dortmund v Hannover 96

25 October 2014 9	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Hannover 96	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Mkhitaryan  51' Reus  80' Gündoğan  80'	Report	Joselu  36' Schmiedebach  50' Gülselam  51'  89' Kiyotake 61' Marcelo  68' Zieler  90+2'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,667 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 November 2014 10	Hannover 96	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schulz  4' Hirsch  46' Madlung 88' (o.g.)	Report	Madlung  43' Kinsombi  59'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 42,200 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

7 November 2014 11	Hertha BSC	0–2	Hannover 96	Berlin
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stocker  57' Brooks  66' Ronny  83'	Report	Briand 44' Bittencourt  45+1' Kiyotake  68' 76'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 39,710 Referee: Peter Sippel

Hannover 96 v Bayer 04 Leverkusen

22 November 2014 12	Hannover 96	1–3	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gülselam  17' 60' Prib  41' Schmiedebach  79'	Report	Rolfes  16' Kießling 46' Son 58' Bellarabi 71'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Marco Fritz

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v Hannover 96

29 November 2014 13	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	4–3	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schwegler 19' Volland 37' Polanski 59' Süle 63' Bičakčić  75'	Report	Sakai  19' Schulz  39' Stindl 43', 86'  84' Joselu 52'  90+2'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 22,716 Referee: Felix Brych

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

6 December 2014 14	Hannover 96	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Joselu 45+1' Marcelo  71' Sakai  90+2'	Report	De Bruyne 4'  84' Dost 69' Arnold 85'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 41,400 Referee: Markus Schmidt

SV Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

13 December 2014 15	SV Werder Bremen	3–3	Hannover 96	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kroos  20' Junuzović 36' Lorenzen 55' Caldirola  68' Selke 88' Bartels  90+2'	Report	Stindl 12' Sakai  35' Joselu 62' Kiyotake 64' Schmiedebach  65' Gülselam  83'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,932 Referee: Tobias Welz

Hannover 96 v FC Augsburg

16 December 2014 16	Hannover 96	2–0	FC Augsburg	Hanover
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sané 20' Joselu 55' (pen.)	Report	Bobadilla  67' Baier  71' Klavan  88'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 30,800 Referee: Christian Dingert

SC Freiburg v Hannover 96

21 December 2014 (2014-12-21) 17	SC Freiburg	2–2	Hannover 96	Freiburg im Breisgau
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Riether  38' Frantz 45' Kempf  47' 81' Klaus  52'	Report	Hirsch  37' Bittencourt 83' Kiyotake  84' Albornoz  90+1' Joselu 90+3'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 23,550 Referee: Günter Perl

FC Schalke 04 v Hannover 96

31 January 2015 18	FC Schalke 04	1–0	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Giefer  30' Höger 32' Huntelaar  85' Neustädter  88'	Report	Bittencourt  31' Albornoz  42' Stindl  68'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,646 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hannover 96 v 1. FSV Mainz 05

3 February 2015 19	Hannover 96	1–1	1. FSV Mainz 05	Hanover
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Briand 26' Sané  52'	Report	Soto 77' Jara  88'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Hamburger SV v Hannover 96

7 February 2015 20	Hamburger SV	2–1	Hannover 96	Hamburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marcelo 26' (o.g.) Jansen 50'  90'	Report	Sobiech 66'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,779 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hannover 96 v SC Paderborn 07

15 February 2015 21	Hannover 96	1–2	SC Paderborn 07	Hanover
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schulz  33' Marcelo 66' Sané  78' Pereira  90+2'	Report	Heinloth  58' Lakić 72' Meha 79'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 38,300 Referee: Jochen Drees

1. FC Köln v Hannover 96

21 February 2015 22	1. FC Köln	1–1	Hannover 96	Cologne
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ujah 17' Vogt  77' Olkowski  79'	Report	Joselu 5' Gülselam  27' Hirsch  47' João Pereira  71'  90+1' Sané  75'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 47,300 Referee: Günter Perl

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

28 February 2015 23	Hannover 96	1–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Prib  30' Stindl 70'  89'  90' Joselu  90+1'	Report	Gentner 52' Ginczek  54' Kirschbaum  86' Harnik  90'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hannover 96 v FC Bayern Munich

7 March 2015 24	Hannover 96	1–3	FC Bayern Munich	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kiyotake 25' Bittencourt  77'	Report	Alonso 28'  39' Müller 61' (pen.), 72' Bernat  64' Ribéry  82'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96

15 March 2015 (2015-03-15) 25	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Herrmann 43', 75' Stranzl  70'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 49,134 Referee: Jochen Drees

Hannover 96 v Borussia Dortmund

21 March 2015 26	Hannover 96	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Stindl 31', 82' Bittencourt  49'  55' Sané  71'	Report	Aubameyang 19', 61' Subotić  46' Kagawa 57'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Brych

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hannover 96

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 27	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Hannover 96	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Madlung 27' Oczipka  28' Kittel  44' Aigner 54'	Report	Sakai  13' Stindl  39' Marcelo 68' Ya Konan 82'  90+1'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 49,600 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

10 April 2015 (2015-04-10) 28	Hannover 96	1–1	Hertha BSC	Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Schulz  53' 75' Sané  85' Felipe  90'	Report	Langkamp  77' Stocker 83'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v Hannover 96

18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) 29	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4–0	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Toprak 20' Brandt 40' Papadopoulos 49' Kießling 70'  88'	Report	Gülselam  61' Sakai  72' Stindl  88'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,482 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hannover 96 v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 30	Hannover 96	1–2	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stindl 24' (pen.)  90+1' Sané  41' Schmiedebach  64' Zieler  70' Joselu  89'	Report	Modeste 1' Strobl  23' Bičakčić  41' Schipplock 83'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 46,200 Referee: Günter Perl

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) 31	VfL Wolfsburg	2–2	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dost 24' Perišić 45' Vieirinha  88'	Report	Briand 47' Prib  56' Sané 58'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 29,514 Referee: Felix Brych

Hannover 96 v SV Werder Bremen

9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) 32	Hannover 96	1–1	SV Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stindl 21'  89' Marcelo  34' Briand  55' Sané  85'	Report	Vestergaard  65' Junuzović 78'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

FC Augsburg v Hannover 96

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) 33	FC Augsburg	1–2	Hannover 96	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Verhaegh 30' (pen.)  34'  90' Mölders  89' Bobadilla  90+5'	Report	Stindl 24', 54'  53' Sakai  28'  77' Zieler  29' Gülselam  72' Sané  90+4'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 29,899 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hannover 96 v SC Freiburg

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 34	Hannover 96	2–1	SC Freiburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kiyotake 3' Schmiedebach  14' Briand  67' Schulz  80' Krmaš 84' (o.g.)	Report	Mitrović  68' Petersen 90+2' Krmaš  90+4'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

FC Astoria Walldorf v Hannover 96

16 August 2014 Round 1	FC Astoria Walldorf	1–3	Hannover 96	Walldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hillenbrand  42' 59' Kern  66'	Report	Joselu 29', 79' Marcelo  40' Schulz  58' Stindl 76'	Stadium: FC-Astoria Stadion Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Martin Petersen

VfR Aalen v Hannover 96

28 October 2014 Round 2	VfR Aalen	2–0	Hannover 96	Aalen
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gülselam 24' (o.g.) Klauß 59' Drexler  82'	Report	Felipe  27' Gülselam  77' Schulz  86'	Stadium: Scholz-Arena Attendance: 5,448 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	10	MF		Lars Stindl	10	1	11
2	11	FW		Joselu	8	2	10
3	28	MF		Hiroshi Kiyotake	5	0	5
4	21	FW		Jimmy Briand	3	0	3
5	5	DF		Salif Sané	2	0	2
	9	FW		Artur Sobiech	2	0	2
	4	DF		Marcelo	2	0	2
8	2	DF		Leon Andreasen	1	0	1
	6	MF		Ceyhun Gülselam	1	0	1
	7	MF		Edgar Prib	1	0	1
	19	DF		Christian Schulz	1	0	1
	30	FW		Didier Ya Konan	1	0	1
	32	MF		Leonardo Bittencourt	1	0	1
Own goal					2	0	2
Totals					40	3	43

Last updated: 23 May 2015

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	1	GK		Ron-Robert Zieler	7	0	7
Totals					7	0	7

Last updated: 23 May 2015

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
1	GK		Ron-Robert Zieler	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF		Leon Andreasen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	DF		Miiko Albornoz	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF		Hiroki Sakai	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
5	DF		Salif Sané	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
6	MF		Ceyhun Gülselam	6	1	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
7	MF		Edgar Prib	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
8	MF		Manuel Schmiedebach	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	MF		Lars Stindl	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
11	FW		Joselu	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
17	DF		João Pereira	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
19	DF		Christian Schulz	7	0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0
20	DF		Felipe	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	FW		Jimmy Briand	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	MF		Maurice Hirsch	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
25	DF		Marcelo	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1
28	MF		Hiroshi Kiyotake	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
30	FW		Didier Ya Konan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
32	MF		Leonardo Bittencourt	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
Totals				72	4	0	4	0	1	76	4	1

Last updated: 23 May 2015