# 2018–19 Hannover 96 season

The 2018–19 Hannover 96 season was the 123rd season in the football club's history and 30th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 60th season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, in Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 5 March 2019
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 | CRO | Josip Elez |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Miiko Albornoz |
| 4 | DF | GER | Julian Korb |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marvin Bakalorz (captain) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Edgar Prib |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Jonathas |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 13 | FW | TOG | Ihlas Bebou |
| 14 | DF | GER | Kevin Akpoguma (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 15 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers |
| 16 | FW | USA | Sebastian Soto |
| 17 | FW | USA | Bobby Wood (on loan from Hamburger SV) |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Iver Fossum |
| 19 | GK | AUT | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger |
| 21 | FW | GER | Nicolai Müller (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek |
| 23 | GK | GER | Michael Esser (3rd captain) |
| 24 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug |
| 25 | DF | GER | Oliver Sorg |
| 26 | FW | GER | Hendrik Weydandt |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Pirmin Schwegler (vice-captain) |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Kevin Wimmer (on loan from Stoke City) |
| 29 | FW | BIH | Benjamin Hadžić |
| 30 | GK | GER | Leo Weinkauf |
| 31 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton |
| 33 | FW | DEN | Uffe Bech |
| 34 | MF | GER | Tim Dierßen |
| 35 | MF | GER | Florent Muslija |
| 37 | FW | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee |
| 38 | FW | GER | Tom Baller |
| 39 | FW | GER | Yousef Emghames |
| 40 | MF | GER | Linton Maina |

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner (on loan to FC Ingolstadt until 30 June 2019) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Manuel Schmiedebach (on loan to Union Berlin until 30 June 2019) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Mike-Steven Bähre (on loan to Barnsley until 30 June 2019) |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 2 | DF | Josip Elez | Rijeka | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €2.5 million |
| 8 | MF | Walace | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2022 | €6 million |
| 10 | MF | Genki Haraguchi | Hertha BSC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €4 million |
| 11 | FW | Takuma Asano | Arsenal | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 17 | FW | Bobby Wood | Hamburger SV | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.5 million |
| 21 | FW | Marius Wolf | Eintracht Frankfurt | Return from loan | Summer | – | – |
| 28 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | Stoke City | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €1.5 million |
| 29 | FW | Babacar Guèye | Sint-Truiden | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | – |
| 30 | GK | Leo Weinkauf | Bayern Munich II | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | Free |
| 33 | MF | Mike-Steven Bähre | SV Meppen | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | – |
| 35 | FW | Uffe Bech | Greuther Fürth | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | – |
| 35 | MF | Florent Muslija | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2022 | €2 million |
| 9 | FW | Jonathas | Corinthians | Return from loan | Winter | 30 June 2020 | – |
| 14 | DF | Kevin Akpoguma | 1899 Hoffenheim | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 19 | GK | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger | Brann | Return from loan | Winter | 30 June 2019 | – |
| 21 | FW | Nicolai Müller | Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 33 | FW | Uffe Bech | Brøndby | Return from loan | Winter | 30 June 2019 | – |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 2 | DF | Josip Elez | Rijeka | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 8 | MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | Union Berlin | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 9 | FW | Jonathas | Corinthians | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Maier | VfL Bochum | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | VfL Wolfsburg | Transfer | Summer | €3 million |
| 14 | FW | Martin Harnik | Werder Bremen | Transfer | Summer | €3 million |
| 19 | DF | Florian Hübner | Union Berlin | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 20 | MF | Salif Sané | Schalke 04 | Transfer | Summer | €8 million |
| 21 | FW | Marius Wolf | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | €500,000 |
| 26 | FW | Kenan Karaman | Fortuna Düsseldorf | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 29 | FW | Babacar Guèye | SC Paderborn | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 33 | DF | Fynn Arkenberg | Hallescher FC | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 33 | MF | Mike-Steven Bähre | Barnsley | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 35 | FW | Uffe Bech | Brøndby | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 35 | FW | Charlison Benschop | FC Ingolstadt | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 1 | GK | Philipp Tschauner | FC Ingolstadt | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 32 | MF | Mete Kaan Demir | İstanbul Başakşehir | Transfer | Winter | Free |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 25 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 014.71 |
| DFB-Pokal | 19 August 2018 | 30 October 2018 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 016.67 |
Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 33 | |
| 15 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 32 | |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 70 | −38 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Nürnberg (R) | 34 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 68 | −42 | 19 | 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 |
Source: Bundesliga

#### 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 | 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 |
| Result | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |

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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Josip Elez | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Miiko Albornoz | 23 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Julian Korb | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Felipe | 18 | 2 | 14+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marvin Bakalorz | 24 | 1 | 16+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | GER | Edgar Prib | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Walace | 28 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Jonathas | 10 | 3 | 6+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Genki Haraguchi | 29 | 0 | 22+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Takuma Asano | 14 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | TOG | Ihlas Bebou | 14 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | GER | Kevin Akpoguma | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | USA | Sebastian Soto | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Bobby Wood | 20 | 3 | 12+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Iver Fossum | 11 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | AUT | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | GER | Nicolai Müller | 14 | 3 | 11+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | GER | Michael Esser | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug | 15 | 3 | 13+1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | GER | Oliver Sorg | 20 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | GER | Hendrik Weydandt | 30 | 8 | 18+10 | 6 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Pirmin Schwegler | 27 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | AUT | Kevin Wimmer | 24 | 1 | 17+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | BIH | Benjamin Hadžić | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Leo Weinkauf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton | 36 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | TUR | Mete Kaan Demir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | DEN | Uffe Bech | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | GER | Tim Dierßen | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | GER | Florent Muslija | 18 | 2 | 6+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | GER | Tom Baller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | GER | Yousef Emghames | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | GER | Linton Maina | 21 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 26 | FW | Hendrik Weydandt | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 | FW | Ihlas Bebou | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | Jonathas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | Bobby Wood | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | Nicolai Müller | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 24 | FW | Niclas Füllkrug | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | Felipe | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 35 | MF | Florent Muslija | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Miiko Albornoz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | Walace | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | Takuma Asano | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 31 | DF | Waldemar Anton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 40 | MF | Linton Maina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 6 | 37 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 23 | GK | Michael Esser | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 3 | DF | Miiko Albornoz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 25 | DF | Oliver Sorg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | Felipe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | Pirmin Schwegler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | Walace | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | Jonathas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | DF | Kevin Wimmer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 31 | DF | Waldemar Anton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 23 | GK | Michael Esser | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | Josip Elez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | FW | Ihlas Bebou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | DF | Kevin Akpoguma | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | FW | Nicolai Müller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 22 | DF | Matthias Ostrzolek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | MF | Edgar Prib | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 10 | MF | Genki Haraguchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | FW | Bobby Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | FW | Niclas Füllkrug | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | FW | Hendrik Weydandt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 33 | FW | Uffe Bech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 35 | MF | Florent Muslija | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 1 |