# 2012–13 Hannover 96 season

The 2012–13 Hannover 96 season is the 117th season in the club's football history. In 2012–13 the club plays in the Fußball-Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It is the clubs eleventh consecutive season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002.
The club also took part in the 2012–13 edition of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, where it reached the third round and faced the cup holders, Borussia Dortmund before being knocked out of the tournament on a 5–1 loss.
In Europe, the club qualified for the 2012–13 edition of the Europa League, where it played Anzhi Makhachkala in the Europa League Round of 32.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Bundesliga

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 48 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 47 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 45 |
| 10 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 44 |
| 11 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 43 |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Levante | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Helsingborgs IF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Twente | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Helsingborg 4, Twente 1.

#### Round of 32
## Squad

| Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Europa League | Totals | Totals |
| No. | Player | Nat. | Birthday | at Hannover since | Previous club | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goal | Matches | Goals | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ron-Robert Zieler | | 12 February 1989 | 2010 | Manchester United | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 14 | Markus Miller | | 8 April 1982 | 2010 | Karlsruher SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Christofer Heimeroth | | 7 November 1992 | 2010 | SV Ried | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Leon Andreasen | | 23 April 1983 | 2010 | Fulham F.C. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | Karim Haggui | | 20 January 1984 | 2009 | Bayer Leverkusen | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| 4 | Hiroki Sakai | | 12 April 1990 | 2012 | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 5 | Mario Eggimann | | 24 January 1981 | 2008 | Karlsruher SC | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| 6 | Steve Cherundolo | | 19 February 1979 | 1999 | University of Portland Pilots | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 15 | André Hoffmann | | 18 February 1993 | 2013 | MSV Duisburg | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | Johan Djourou | | 18 January 1987 | 2013 | Arsenal F.C. | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | Sébastien Pocognoli | | 1 August 1987 | 2013 | Standard Liège | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Christian Schulz | | 1 April 1983 | 2007 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 20 | Felipe | | 15 May 1987 | 2012 | Standard Liège | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | Sofian Chahed | | 18 April 1983 | 2009 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 24 | Christian Pander | | 28 August 1983 | 2011 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 34 | Konstantin Rausch | | 15 March 1990 | 2004 | SV Nienhagen | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 4 |
| 35 | Christopher Avevor | | 11 February 1992 | 2008 | Holstein Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sérgio Pinto | | 16 October 1980 | 2007 | Alemannia Aachen | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 5 |
| 8 | Manuel Schmiedebach | | 5 December 1988 | 2006 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| 10 | Szabolcs Huszti | | 18 April 1983 | 2012 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 14 |
| 22 | Adrian Nikçi | | 10 November 1989 | 2012 | FC Zürich | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 26 | Deniz Aycicek | | 5 June 1990 | --- | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Lars Stindl | | 26 August 1988 | 2010 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 4 |
| 31 | Jannis Plaeschke | | 6 February 1993 | --- | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Willi Evseev | | 14 February 1992 | --- | --- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Artur Sobiech | | 12 June 1990 | 2011 | Polonia Warszawa | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 8 |
| 11 | Didier Ya Konan | | 22 May 1984 | 2009 | Rosenborg BK | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 11 |
| 13 | Jan Schlaudraff | | 18 July 1983 | 2008 | Bayern Munich | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 5 |
| 25 | Mohammed Abdellaoue | | 23 October 1985 | 2010 | Vålerenga | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 9 |
| 27 | Deniz Kadah | | 2 March 1986 | 2012 | VfB Lübeck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Mame Biram Diouf | | 16 December 1987 | 2012 | Manchester United | 28 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 17 |

## Coaching staff

| Name | Job |
| Mirko Slomka | Head coach |
| Norbert Düwel | Assistant coach |
| Nestor El Maestro | Assistant coach |
| Jörg Sievers | Goalkeeping coach |
| Jürgen Freiwald | Fitness coach |
| Ingo Geisler | Fitness coach |
| Edward Kowalczuk | Fitness coach |
| Axel Partenheimer | Club doctor |
| Sascha Haschemi-Fard | Club doctor |
| Helmut Lill | Club doctor |
| Björn-Niclas Pabel | Physio |
| Ralf Blume | Physio |
| Marcus Schonaich | Physio |
| Carlos Hernandez | Physio |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 39 | FW | | Mame Biram Diouf | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Szabolcs Huszti | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Didier Ya Konan | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 25 | FW | | Mohammed Abdellaoue | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Artur Sobiech | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Leon Andreasen | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Sérgio Pinto | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 13 | FW | | Jan Schlaudraff | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 28 | MF | | Lars Stindl | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 34 | DF | | Konstantin Rausch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 3 | DF | | Karim Haggui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | | Mario Eggimann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 15 | DF | | André Hoffmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | MF | | Manuel Schmiedebach | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 19 | DF | | Christian Schulz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 20 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 22 | MF | | Adrian Nikçi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 24 | DF | | Christian Pander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 8 | 28 | 96 |
Last updated: 18 May 2013

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Ron-Robert Zieler | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
Last updated: 18 May 2013

## Sources

* ↑ DFB-Pokal 2012–13, accessed: 24 December 2012
* ↑ Europa League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe L (in German) UEFA Europa League 2012–13 – Group L, accessed: 13 September 2012