# 2021–22 Hannover 96 season

The 2021–22 Hannover 96 season was the 126th season in the football club's history and 26th overall and third consecutive season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. Hannover 96 will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 63rd season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 3 February 2022
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 | DEN | Martin Hansen |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Niklas Hult |
| 8 | MF | GER | Mike Frantz |
| 9 | FW | GER | Hendrik Weydandt |
| 10 | MF | GER | Sebastian Ernst |
| 11 | MF | GER | Linton Maina |
| 13 | MF | GER | Dominik Kaiser |
| 14 | FW | GER | Maximilian Beier (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 15 | FW | GER | Cedric Teuchert |
| 16 | GK | GER | Ron-Robert Zieler |
| 17 | FW | AUT | Lukas Hinterseer |
| 20 | MF | GER | Philipp Ochs |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Sei Muroya |
| 22 | FW | GER | Sebastian Stolze |
| 23 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | TUN | Marc Lamti |
| 25 | DF | GER | Jannik Dehm |
| 26 | MF | GER | Jan-Erik Eichhorn |
| 27 | MF | GER | Tim Walbrecht |
| 28 | DF | GER | Marcel Franke (captain) |
| 29 | MF | CMR | Gaël Ondoua |
| 30 | GK | GER | Marlon Sündermann |
| 31 | DF | GER | Julian Börner |
| 32 | MF | GER | Grace Bokake |
| 33 | FW | GUI | Moussa Doumbouya |
| 35 | MF | NED | Mark Diemers (on loan from Feyenoord) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Sebastian Kerk |
| 38 | FW | GER | Mick Gudra |
| 40 | FW | GER | Lawrence Ennali |

### 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 |
| 18 | FW | CMR | Franck Evina (on loan to Viktoria Berlin until 30 June 2022) |
| 29 | MF | GER | Simon Stehle (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2022) |
| 30 | GK | GER | Leo Weinkauf (on loan to MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2022) |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 6 | MF | Tom Trybull | Norwich City | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2022 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Ernst | Greuther Fürth | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2024 | Free |
| 14 | FW | Maximilian Beier | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2022 | Free |
| 16 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 1. FC Köln | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2023 | – |
| 17 | FW | Lukas Hinterseer | Ulsan Hyundai | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2023 | €300,000 |
| 22 | FW | Sebastian Stolze | Jahn Regensburg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2024 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Luka Krajnc | Frosinone | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2024 | Free |
| 25 | DF | Jannik Dehm | Holstein Kiel | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2023 | Free |
| 27 | FW | Tim Walbrecht | Wehen Wiesbaden | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2023 | – |
| 29 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | Servette | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2023 | Free |
| 31 | DF | Julian Börner | Sheffield Wednesday | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2023 | €150,000 |
| 37 | MF | Sebastian Kerk | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2023 | €50,000 |
| 15 | FW | Cedric Teuchert | Union Berlin | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2024 | Free |
| 35 | MF | Mark Diemers | Feyenoord | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2022 | Free |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 2 | DF | Josip Elez | Hajduk Split | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 5 | DF | Simon Falette | Hatayspor | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 6 | MF | Jaka Bijol | CSKA Moscow | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 10 | FW | Genki Haraguchi | Union Berlin | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 15 | DF | Timo Hübers | 1. FC Köln | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 17 | FW | Marvin Ducksch | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €3.5 million |
| 22 | GK | Michael Ratajczak | Retirement | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 23 | DF | Barış Başdaş | Samsunspor | Contract terminated | Summer | – |
| 27 | MF | Kingsley Schindler | 1. FC Köln | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 29 | MF | Simon Stehle | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 31 | GK | Michael Esser | VfL Bochum | Contract terminated | Summer | – |
| 34 | MF | Niklas Tarnat | Rot-Weiss Essen | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 40 | MF | McKinze Gaines | Austin FC | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 6 | MF | Tom Trybull | SV Sandhausen | Contract terminated | Winter | – |
| 7 | FW | Patrick Twumasi | Maccabi Netanya | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| 18 | FW | Franck Evina | Viktoria Berlin | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 19 | FW | Valmir Sulejmani | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| 35 | MF | Florent Muslija | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Winter | Free |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 24 July 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 032.35 |
| DFB-Pokal | 7 August 2021 | 2 March 2022 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 036.84 |
Source: Competitions

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 45 |
| 10 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 42 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 41 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 11 |

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

| No. | Pos | Player | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Martin Hansen | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Niklas Hult | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Simon Falette | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Tom Trybull | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Patrick Twumasi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mike Frantz | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Hendrik Weydandt | 10+20 | 3 | 1+3 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Ernst | 14+4 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Linton Maina | 19+8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 13 | MF | Dominik Kaiser | 19+8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | Maximilian Beier | 25+5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 7 |
| 15 | FW | Cedric Teuchert | 9+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Marvin Ducksch | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | Lukas Hinterseer | 12+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Franck Evina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Valmir Sulejmani | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Philipp Ochs | 7+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Sei Muroya | 20+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Sebastian Stolze | 15+14 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| 23 | DF | Luka Krajnc | 12+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Marc Lamti | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Jannik Dehm | 14+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Jan-Erik Eichhorn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Tim Walbrecht | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Marcel Franke | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | 22+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Marlon Sündermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Julian Börner | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | Grace Bokake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Moussa Doumbouya | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Florent Muslija | 5+8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 35 | MF | Mark Diemers | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Sebastian Kerk | 28+3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 |
| 38 | FW | Mick Gudra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Lawrence Ennali | 0+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 37 | MF | Sebastian Kerk | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | Maximilian Beier | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Linton Maina | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | Hendrik Weydandt | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | FW | Marvin Ducksch | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | Sebastian Stolze | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 13 | MF | Dominik Kaiser | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 15 | FW | Cedric Teuchert | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 31 | DF | Julian Börner | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 35 | MF | Florent Muslija | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | DF | Niklas Hult | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | MF | Sebastian Ernst | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 | MF | Philipp Ochs | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 10 | 45 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 16 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Martin Hansen | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 3 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 31 | DF | Julian Börner | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | Niklas Hult | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 29 | MF | Gaël Ondoua | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Sebastian Ernst | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 13 | MF | Dominik Kaiser | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 14 | FW | Maximilian Beier | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 25 | DF | Jannik Dehm | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 21 | DF | Sei Muroya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 22 | FW | Sebastian Stolze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | Tom Trybull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | Hendrik Weydandt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | Linton Maina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | FW | Cedric Teuchert | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | FW | Marvin Ducksch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | DF | Philipp Ochs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 28 | DF | Marcel Franke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 35 | MF | Mark Diemers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 37 | MF | Sebastian Kerk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | GK | Martin Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 16 | GK | Ron-Robert Zieler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | DF | Luka Krajnc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 2 |