# 1991–92 Hannover 96 season

The 1991–92 Hannover 96 season is the 96th season in the football club's history and 29th overall season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, and their third consecutive season having been relegated from the Bundesliga in 1989. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and won the cup for the first time in club history, becoming the first team outside the Bundesliga to do so. This is the 33rd season for Hannover in the Niedersachsenstadion, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992.

## Players
### Squad information

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 |
| – | GK | GER | Oliver Kirchel |
| – | GK | GER | Jörg Sievers |
| – | DF | GER | Axel Bernd |
| – | DF | GER | Oliver Bock |
| – | DF | GER | Bernd Heemsoth |
| – | DF | GER | Jörg-Uwe Klütz |
| – | DF | GER | Mathias Kuhlmey |
| – | DF | DEN | Michael Schjønberg |
| – | DF | GER | Axel Sundermann |
| – | DF | POL | Roman Wójcicki |
| – | MF | GER | Meik Ehlert |
| – | MF | GER | Oliver Freund |
| – | MF | GER | Jens Friedemann |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| – | MF | GER | Martin Groth |
| – | MF | GER | Jörg Kretzschmar |
| – | MF | GER | André Sirocks |
| – | MF | GER | Karsten Surmann (captain) |
| – | FW | BIH | Sergej Barbarez |
| – | FW | GER | André Breitenreiter |
| – | FW | YUG | Miloš Đelmaš |
| – | FW | GER | Patrick Grün |
| – | FW | GER | Uwe Jursch |
| – | FW | GER | Michael Koch |
| – | FW | GER | Waldemar Steubing |
| – | FW | GER | Niclas Weiland |
Source:

### Transfers
#### In

| Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee |
| FW | Michael Koch | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | €25,000 |
| MF | Meik Ehlert | Condor Hamburg | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| FW | Uwe Jursch | VfL Osnabrück | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | André Sirocks | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| GK | Waldemar Steubing | FC St. Pauli | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Oliver Freund | Werder Bremen | Loan | Summer | Free |
| DF | Neale Marmon | Colchester United | Return from loan | Summer | – |
| FW | Sergej Barbarez | Velež Mostar | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| FW | Miloš Đelmaš | OGC Nice | Transfer | Winter | Free |

#### Out

| Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| FW | Jochen Heisig | 1860 Munich | Transfer | Summer | €200,000 |
| DF | Neale Marmon | FC Homburg | Transfer | Summer | €30,000 |
| MF | Hakan Bicici | TuS Celle | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Michael Karl | SpVgg Bayreuth | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Michael Kautz | VfV Hildesheim | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Thomas Laumann | VfL Herzlake | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| MF | Nabil Maâloul | Espérance | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| FW | Uwe Eckel | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | End of loan | Summer | – |

## 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 Nord | 24 July 1991 | 17 May 1992 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 031.25 |
| DFB-Pokal | 27 July 1991 | 23 May 1992 | First round | Winners | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 071.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 038.46 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bayer Uerdingen (C, P) | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 39 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | VfB Oldenburg | 32 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 38 | |
| 3 | Hertha BSC | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 35 | |
| 4 | FC St. Pauli | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 35 | |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 34 | |
| 6 | SV Meppen | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 33 | |
| 8 | FC Remscheid | 32 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 31 | |
| 9 | VfL Osnabrück | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 31 | |
| 10 | Blau-Weiß Berlin (R) | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 30 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 11 | Fortuna Köln (O) | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Stahl Brandenburg (R) | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 23 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* 1 2 Blau-Weiß Berlin was denied a license for the 1992–93 season, thereby being automatically relegated. Fortuna Köln took part in the relegation play-offs instead.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
#### Final

| Hannover 96 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| GK | 1 | Jörg Sievers |
| SW | 6 | Roman Wójcicki |
| CB | 2 | Jörg-Uwe Klütz |
| CB | 3 | Axel Sundermann |
| CB | 4 | Bernd Heemsoth | 119' |
| RM | 5 | Jörg Kretzschmar |
| CM | 10 | Karsten Surmann (c) |
| CM | 8 | Oliver Freund |
| LM | 7 | Michael Schjønberg |
| CF | 11 | Michael Koch | 68' |
| CF | 9 | Miloš Đelmaš |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 14 | Mathias Kuhlmey | 119' |
| FW | 15 | Uwe Jursch | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Michael Lorkowski ||
| GK | 1 | Uwe Kamps |
| SW | 3 | Holger Fach |
| CB | 5 | Thomas Huschbeck | 46' |
| CB | 4 | Michael Klinkert |
| CB | 2 | Thomas Kastenmaier |
| RM | 8 | Karlheinz Pflipsen |
| CM | 6 | Christian Hochstätter |
| CM | 7 | Martin Schneider |
| LM | 10 | Jörg Neun |
| CF | 11 | Martin Max | 76' |
| CF | 9 | Hans-Jörg Criens (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 15 | Joachim Stadler | 46' |
| FW | 14 | Martin Dahlin | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Jürgen Gelsdorf ||
* Match rules
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of two substitutions.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | Name | 2. Bundesliga Nord | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | MF | Martin Groth | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | Patrick Grün | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | DF | Roman Wójcicki | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Karsten Surmann | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | Michael Koch | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Jörg Kretzschmar | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Jens Friedemann | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Jörg-Uwe Klütz | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | Niclas Weiland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | André Breitenreiter | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Uwe Jursch | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Waldemar Steubing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Axel Sundermann | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | Oliver Freund | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Mathias Kuhlmey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 34 | 16 | 50 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Pos | Name | 2. Bundesliga Nord | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | GK | Jörg Sievers | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 | 4 | 14 |