# 2009–10 Hannover 96 season

The 2009–10 Hannover 96 season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 21st overall and eighth consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 51st season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.
The season was overshadowed by the suicide of the team's captain and goalkeeper Robert Enke on 10 November 2009.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 8 May 2010
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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Vinícius |
| 3 | MF | DEN | Leon Andreasen |
| 4 | DF | SVK | Ján Ďurica (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Mario Eggimann |
| 6 | DF | USA | Steve Cherundolo |
| 7 | MF | POR | Sérgio Pinto |
| 8 | MF | ALB | Altin Lala |
| 9 | FW | GER | Mike Hanke |
| 10 | MF | NED | Arnold Bruggink |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Ya Konan |
| 13 | FW | GER | Jan Schlaudraff |
| 14 | MF | GER | Hanno Balitsch |
| 15 | DF | CIV | Constant Djakpa (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 16 | GK | GER | Uwe Gospodarek |
| 17 | FW | GER | Rubic Ghasemi-Nobakht |
| 18 | FW | CIV | Arouna Koné (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Christian Schulz |
| 20 | MF | POL | Jacek Krzynówek |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Karim Haggui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ALB | Valdet Rama |
| 23 | DF | TUN | Sofian Chahed |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Jiří Štajner |
| 25 | MF | BRA | Élson (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Jan Rosenthal |
| 27 | GK | GER | Florian Fromlowitz |
| 28 | DF | GER | Leon Balogun |
| 30 | GK | GER | Morten Jensen |
| 31 | DF | GER | Tim Hofmann |
| 32 | FW | FIN | Mikael Forssell |
| 33 | MF | GER | Manuel Schmiedebach |
| 34 | DF | GER | Konstantin Rausch |
| 35 | MF | TUN | Sofien Chahed |
| 36 | MF | GER | Hendrik Hahne |
| 37 | DF | USA | Sal Zizzo |
| 38 | FW | POL | Jarosław Lindner |
| 41 | MF | GER | Henrik Ernst |
| 42 | FW | GER | Florian Büchler |
| 44 | DF | GER | Christopher Avevor |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | Rosenborg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2012 | €550,000 |
| 15 | DF | Constant Djakpa | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2011 | €400,000 |
| 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | Bayer Leverkusen | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2011 | Free |
| 22 | FW | Valdet Rama | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2012 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Sofian Chahed | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2011 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Ján Ďurica | Lokomotiv Moscow | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2010 | €300,000 |
| 9 | GK | Uwe Gospodarek | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2010 | – |
| 18 | FW | Arouna Koné | Sevilla | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2010 | €500,000 |
| 25 | MF | Élson | VfB Stuttgart | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2010 | €300,000 |
| – | MF | Chavdar Yankov | MSV Duisburg | Return from loan | Winter | – | – |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 17 | MF | Gaëtan Krebs | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 18 | DF | Michael Tarnat | – | End of career | Summer | – |
| 22 | DF | Frank Fahrenhorst | MSV Duisburg | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 23 | MF | Chavdar Yankov | MSV Duisburg | Loan | Summer | €100,000 |
| 25 | DF | Valérien Ismaël | – | End of career | Summer | – |
| 35 | MF | Bastian Schulz | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Transfer | Summer | €100,000 |
| – | MF | Chavdar Yankov | Metalurh Donetsk | Transfer | Winter | €600,000 |

## 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 % |
| Bundesliga | 8 August 2009 | 8 May 2010 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 026.47 |
| DFB-Pokal | 2 August 2009 | 2 August 2009 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 025.71 |
Last updated: 8 May 2010 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 38 | |
| 14 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 35 | |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 33 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Nürnberg (O) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 31 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 17 | VfL Bochum (R) | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 28 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2010. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W |
| Position | 16 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 |

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

    As of 8 May 2010
| No. | Pos | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Robert Enke | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Vinícius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Leon Andreasen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Ján Ďurica | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Mario Eggimann | 12+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Steve Cherundolo | 23+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Sérgio Pinto | 20+6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Altin Lala | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mike Hanke | 5+13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Arnold Bruggink | 21+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | 24+1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 |
| 13 | FW | Jan Schlaudraff | 5+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Hanno Balitsch | 25+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Constant Djakpa | 20+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | Uwe Gospodarek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Rubic Ghasemi-Nobakht | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Arouna Koné | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | Christian Schulz | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 20 | MF | Jacek Krzynówek | 3+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | Valdet Rama | 4+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Sofian Chahed | 9+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 24 | FW | Jiří Štajner | 26+4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| 25 | MF | Élson | 9+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | Jan Rosenthal | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| 27 | GK | Florian Fromlowitz | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Leon Balogun | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Morten Jensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Tim Hofmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Mikael Forssell | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | 11+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Konstantin Rausch | 20+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Sofien Chahed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Hendrik Hahne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Sal Zizzo | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | Jarosław Lindner | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Henrik Ernst | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | Florian Büchler | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Christopher Avevor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 24 | FW | Jiří Štajner | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | Sérgio Pinto | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | Arnold Bruggink | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Mike Hanke | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 13 | FW | Jan Schlaudraff | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | Hanno Balitsch | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 18 | FW | Arouna Koné | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | Christian Schulz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | Sofian Chahed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | Jan Rosenthal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 3 | MF | Leon Andreasen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | DF | Steve Cherundolo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 25 | MF | Élson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 1 | 44 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 27 | GK | Florian Fromlowitz | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Robert Enke | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 14 | MF | Hanno Balitsch | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 19 | DF | Christian Schulz | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | DF | Steve Cherundolo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | Sérgio Pinto | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | Didier Ya Konan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 24 | FW | Jiří Štajner | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | Arnold Bruggink | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | DF | Constant Djakpa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 25 | MF | Élson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | DF | Karim Haggui | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | Mario Eggimann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | FW | Jan Schlaudraff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | DF | Sofian Chahed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | MF | Jan Rosenthal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | FW | Leon Andreasen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 4 | DF | Ján Ďurica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | MF | Altin Lala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | FW | Mike Hanke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | FW | Valdet Rama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 32 | FW | Mikael Forssell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 34 | FW | Konstantin Rausch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 67 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0 |