# 2016–17 Hannover 96 season

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

## Background

Hannover were relegated from the Bundesliga. They had been in the Bundesliga for 14 seasons. This was the fifth time they were relegated from the Bundesliga. Hannover 96 are looking for a new coach. During the 2015–16 season, Michael Frontzeck resigned and Thomas Schaaf was sacked. Daniel Stendel took over for the rest of 2015–16 season as interim head coach and was eventually given the permanent job.
Florian Hübner and Sebastian Maier joined Hannover. Marcelo transferred to Beşiktaş after playing there on loan for the previous half year. Ron-Robert Zieler left the club.

## 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 | 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 | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Stefan Strandberg | 26 | Krasnodar | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 26 | Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Maier | 22 | St. Pauli | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 14 | FW | Martin Harnik | 29 | Stuttgart | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 19 | DF | Florian Hübner | 25 | Sandhausen | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €500,000 |
| 22 | DF | Timo Hübers | 19 | Köln II | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 24 | FW | Niclas Füllkrug | 23 | Nürnberg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €2.2 million |
| 28 | MF | Mike-Steven Bähre | 20 | Halle | Return from loan | Summer | — | — |
| 29 | FW | Babacar Guèye | 21 | Troyes | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| — | FW | Mevlüt Erdinç | 29 | Guingamp | Return from loan | Summer | — | — |
| 13 | GK | Marko Marić | 21 | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2017 | — |

#### Out

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

## 2. Bundesliga
### Review

Hannover started the season on 5 August 2016 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Hannover won the match 4–0. Hannover then defeated Greuther Fürth 3–1. 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.

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 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 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2017. Source:

### 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 |

### League fixtures and results
## DFB-Pokal
### DFB-Pokal review

In the first round draw, Hannover were drawn against Kickers Offenbach, 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
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 21 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Artur Sobiech | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Sebastian Maier | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 31 | DF | | Waldemar Anton | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Edgar Prib | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | FW | | Uffe Bech | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | | Iver Fossum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Florian Hübner | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 37 | FW | | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 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 | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Last updated: 14 May 2017

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | 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 | Totals | Totals | Totals | 82 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 3 |
Last updated: 21 May 2017