# 2010–11 Hannover 96 season

The 2010–11 season of Hannover 96 began on 26 June with their first friendly match.

## Squad

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 | Florian Fromlowitz |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Leon Andreasen |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Emanuel Pogatetz |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Mario Eggimann |
| 6 | DF | USA | Steve Cherundolo (captain) |
| 7 | MF | POR | Sérgio Pinto |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Altin Lala |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Ya Konan |
| 13 | FW | GER | Jan Schlaudraff |
| 14 | GK | GER | Markus Miller |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Constant Djakpa |
| 16 | MF | USA | DaMarcus Beasley |
| 17 | MF | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp |
| 19 | DF | GER | Christian Schulz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | GK | GER | Ron-Robert Zieler |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Karim Haggui |
| 23 | DF | TUN | Sofian Chahed |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue |
| 28 | FW | GER | Lars Stindl |
| 30 | MF | POR | Carlitos |
| 31 | MF | GER | Tim Hofmann |
| 32 | FW | FIN | Mikael Forssell |
| 33 | MF | GER | Manuel Schmiedebach |
| 34 | MF | GER | Konstantin Rausch |
| 35 | MF | GER | Christopher Avevor |
| 36 | MF | GER | Willi Evseev |
| 37 | DF | GER | Felix Burmeister |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AUT | Emanuel Pogatetz (from Middlesbrough F.C.) |
| 14 | GK | GER | Markus Miller (from Karlsruher SC) |
| 16 | MF | USA | DaMarcus Beasley (from Rangers F.C.) |
| 17 | FW | GER | Moritz Stoppelkamp (from Rot-Weiss Oberhausen) |
| 20 | GK | GER | Ron-Robert Zieler (from Manchester United F.C.) |
| 25 | FW | NOR | Mohammed Abdellaoue (from Vålerenga) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Lars Stindl (from Karlsruher SC) |
| 30 | MF | POR | Carlitos (from FC Basel) |
| 35 | DF | GER | Christopher Avevor (from Hannover 96 U-19) |
| 36 | MF | GER | Willi Evseev (from Hannover 96 U-19) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vinícius (released) |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Ján Ďurica (loan return to Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 10 | MF | NED | Arnold Bruggink (released) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Hanno Balitsch (to Bayer 04 Leverkusen) |
| 16 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek (retired) |
| 18 | FW | CIV | Arouna Koné (loan return to Sevilla FC) |
| 20 | MF | POL | Jacek Krzynówek (retired) |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Jiří Štajner (to Slovan Liberec) |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Élson (loan return to VfB Stuttgart) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Jan Rosenthal (to SC Freiburg) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Leon Balogun (to SV Werder Bremen II) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Morten Jensen (released) |
| 36 | DF | GER | Hendrik Hahne (to SV Babelsberg 03) |
| 37 | MF | USA | Sal Zizzo (to Chivas USA) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | GER | Mike Hanke (to Borussia Mönchengladbach) |
| 22 | MF | ALB | Valdet Rama (to Örebro SK) |

## Season results
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 68 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 40 | +41 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 47 | |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 14 May 2011
| No. | Pos | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Florian Fromlowitz | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Leon Andreasen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Emanuel Pogatetz | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mario Eggimann | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Steve Cherundolo | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sérgio Pinto | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 |
| 8 | MF | Altin Lala | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mike Hanke | 10+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 14 |
| 13 | FW | Jan Schlaudraff | 16+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 14 | GK | Markus Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Constant Djakpa | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | DaMarcus Beasley | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Moritz Stoppelkamp | 10+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Christian Schulz | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 20 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Valdet Rama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Sofian Chahed | 2+16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 |
| 28 | FW | Lars Stindl | 23+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | Carlitos | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Tim Hofmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Mikael Forssell | 1+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | 31+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Konstantin Rausch | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| 35 | MF | Christopher Avevor | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Willi Evseev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Felix Burmeister | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 25 | FW | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | Sérgio Pinto | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 34 | DF | Konstantin Rausch | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 13 | FW | Jan Schlaudraff | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | Christian Schulz | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | Mike Hanke | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 28 | FW | Lars Stindl | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 0 | 49 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 20 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Florian Fromlowitz | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | Sérgio Pinto | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 33 | MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | DF | Steve Cherundolo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | Emanuel Pogatetz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 28 | FW | Lars Stindl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | Christian Schulz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | GK | Florian Fromlowitz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | Sofian Chahed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | FW | Jan Schlaudraff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 20 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 25 | FW | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 34 | MF | Konstantin Rausch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 1 |