# 2014–15 Hannover 96 season

The 2014–15 Hannover 96 season is the 119th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's 12th season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2002.

## Squad

As of 1 September 2014
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 | Ron-Robert Zieler |
| 2 | DF | DEN | Leon Andreasen |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Miiko Albornoz |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Hiroki Sakai |
| 5 | DF | SEN | Salif Sané |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Ceyhun Gülselam |
| 7 | MF | GER | Edgar Prib |
| 8 | MF | GER | Manuel Schmiedebach |
| 9 | FW | POL | Artur Sobiech |
| 10 | MF | GER | Lars Stindl (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Joselu |
| 13 | FW | GER | Jan Schlaudraff |
| 14 | GK | GER | Markus Miller |
| 15 | MF | GER | André Hoffmann |
| 17 | DF | GER | Stefan Thesker |
| 18 | DF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Christian Schulz |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Briand |
| 24 | DF | GER | Christian Pander |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 26 | FW | TUR | Kenan Karaman |
| 27 | DF | GER | Vladimir Ranković |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Hiroshi Kiyotake |
| 30 | DF | GER | Florian Ballas |
| 32 | MF | GER | Leonardo Bittencourt |
| 33 | DF | GER | Yannik Schulze |
| 34 | MF | GER | Tim Dierßen |
| 36 | MF | GER | Sebastian Ernst |
| 37 | MF | GER | Niklas Teichgräber |
| 38 | FW | KOS | Valmir Sulejmani |
| 39 | GK | AUT | Robert Almer |

### Players 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 |
| — | MF | BRA | França (at Figueirense) |
| — | MF | SUI | Adrian Nikçi (at Young Boys) |

## Transfers
### In

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 |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Miiko Albornoz (from Malmö) |
| 6 | MF | TUR | Ceyhun Gülselam (from Galatasaray) |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Joselu (from Hoffenheim) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Stefan Thesker (from Hoffenheim) |
| 18 | DF | LTU | Marius Stankevičius (from Gaziantepspor) |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Jimmy Briand (from Lyon) |
| 26 | FW | TUR | Kenan Karaman (from Hoffenheim) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Hiroshi Kiyotake (from Nürnberg) |
| 39 | GK | AUT | Robert Almer (from Energie Cottbus) |

### Out

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 |
| — | DF | BEL | Sébastien Pocognoli (at West Bromwich) |
| — | MF | HUN | Szabolcs Huszti (at Changchun Yatai) |
| — | DF | GER | Christopher Avevor (at Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| — | FW | SEN | Mame Biram Diouf (at Stoke) |
| — | FW | CIV | Didier Ya Konan (at Al-Ittihad) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 40 |
| 12 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 40 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 37 |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 36 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 35 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 13 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Lars Stindl | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Joselu | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 28 | MF | | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 21 | FW | | Jimmy Briand | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Salif Sané | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Artur Sobiech | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Marcelo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Leon Andreasen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Ceyhun Gülselam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Edgar Prib | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | | Christian Schulz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 | FW | | Didier Ya Konan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | MF | | Leonardo Bittencourt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 40 | 3 | 43 |
Last updated: 23 May 2015

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Ron-Robert Zieler | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last updated: 23 May 2015

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Ron-Robert Zieler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Leon Andreasen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Miiko Albornoz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Hiroki Sakai | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Salif Sané | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Ceyhun Gülselam | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Edgar Prib | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Manuel Schmiedebach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Lars Stindl | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Joselu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | João Pereira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Christian Schulz | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Felipe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Jimmy Briand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Maurice Hirsch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Marcelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Didier Ya Konan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Leonardo Bittencourt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 72 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 1 |
Last updated: 23 May 2015