# 2024–25 Hannover 96 II season

The 2024–25 Hannover 96 II season is the football club's first-ever season in the third flight of German football, the 3. Liga, becoming the first reserve team of a 2. Bundesliga club to play in the 3. Liga.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 15 February 2025
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 | Toni Stahl |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Hayate Matsuda (on loan from Mito HollyHock) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Felix Göttlicher |
| 5 | DF | GER | Lukas Dominke |
| 6 | MF | GER | Noah Engelbreth |
| 7 | MF | SYR | Mustafa Abdullatif |
| 8 | FW | GER | Nick Stepantsev |
| 9 | FW | GER | Sean Busch |
| 12 | GK | GER | Norman Quindt |
| 14 | MF | GER | Melkamu Frauendorf |
| 15 | DF | GER | Alexander Babitsch |
| 16 | MF | GER | Keanu Brandt |
| 17 | MF | GER | Michel Dammeier |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | GER | Fynn Arkenberg (captain) |
| 19 | FW | LUX | Jayson Videira |
| 20 | MF | GER | Nick Elias Meier |
| 21 | DF | GER | Jacob Danquah |
| 22 | GK | GER | Luca-Joel Grimpe |
| 23 | FW | KOS | Valmir Sulejmani |
| 24 | MF | GER | Robin Kalem |
| 28 | DF | GER | Mark Gevorgyan |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jeremie Niklaus |
| 33 | MF | GER | Tim Walbrecht |
| 37 | FW | GER | Stefano Marino |
| 42 | MF | GER | Ben Westermeier |
| 44 | DF | AUT | Lukas Wallner |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 4 | DF | Felix Göttlicher | SV Sandhausen | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2025 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Noah Engelbreth | Union Berlin U19 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2025 | Free |
| 7 | MF | Mustafa Abdullatif | Hertha BSC II | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2026 | Free |
| 11 | FW | Jorden Winter | FSV Luckenwalde | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2025 | Free |
| 12 | GK | Norman Quindt | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2025 | – |
| 13 | FW | Tom Sanne | Hamburger SV | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2025 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Melkamu Frauendorf | Liverpool | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2026 | Free |
| 24 | MF | Robin Kalem | Grasshopper | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2026 | Free |
| 28 | DF | Mark Gevorgyan | FC Liefering | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2026 | Free |
| 37 | FW | Stefano Marino | Karlsruher SC | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2026 | Free |
| 42 | MF | Ben Westermeier | SpVgg Unterhaching | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2025 | Free |
| 44 | DF | Lukas Wallner | FC Liefering | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2025 | Free |
| 23 | FW | Valmir Sulejmani | Free agent | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2025 | – |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 1 | GK | Liam Tiernan | VfB Oldenburg | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 2 | DF | Luis Podolski | Kickers Emden | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 4 | DF | Fynn Henze | 1. FC Magdeburg II | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 6 | MF | Adem Podrimaj | VfB Oldenburg | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 7 | MF | Joyce Luyeye-Nkula | Hessen Kassel | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 9 | FW | Theo Schröder | FC St. Pauli II | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 11 | FW | Ha-neul Jo | Retirement | Contract terminated | Summer | – |
| 13 | MF | Mamin Sanyang | GKS Tychy | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 19 | FW | Lennart Garlipp | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 20 | FW | Marin Popović | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 21 | DF | Lorenz Hollenbach | Greifswalder FC | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 23 | MF | Luis Hesse | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 24 | MF | Antonio Foti | Eintracht Frankfurt | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 26 | DF | Micah Chisholm | Free agent | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 27 | MF | Tom Moustier | Rot-Weiss Essen | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 28 | MF | Adrian Becker | Germania Egestorf/Langreder | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 35 | DF | Yannik Lührs | Borussia Dortmund II | Transfer | Summer | €350,000 |
| – | MF | Muhammed Damar | TSG Hoffenheim | End of loan | Summer | – |
| – | MF | Christopher Scott | Antwerp | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 11 | FW | Jorden Winter | Holstein Kiel II | Transfer | Winter | Free |
| 13 | FW | Tom Sanne | Hamburger SV | End of loan | Winter | – |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| 3. Liga | 3 August 2024 | 17 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 024.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 024.14 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### 3. Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart II | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 34 | |
| 17 | Waldhof Mannheim | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 33 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 18 | SV Sandhausen | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 32 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 19 | Hannover 96 II | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
| 20 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 19 | Relegation to Regionalliga |
* 1 2 Reserve teams are ineligible for promotion or DFB-Pokal qualification.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. 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 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 13 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | | 19 | 19 | 19 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 15 March 2025
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | 3. Liga | 3. Liga |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Toni Stahl | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | FW | LBN | Husseyn Chakroun | 14 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | JPN | Hayate Matsuda | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Felix Göttlicher | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Lukas Dominke | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GER | Noah Engelbreth | 20 | 0 | 11+9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SYR | Mustafa Abdullatif | 18 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | GER | Nick Stepantsev | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GER | Sean Busch | 15 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | GER | Eric Uhlmann | 21 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | GER | Noël Aséko Nkili | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GER | Jorden Winter | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | GER | Norman Quindt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | GER | Tom Sanne | 17 | 3 | 7+10 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Melkamu Frauendorf | 18 | 0 | 4+14 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GER | Alexander Babitsch | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GER | Keanu Brandt | 21 | 2 | 13+8 | 2 |
| 17 | MF | GER | Michel Dammeier | 19 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GER | Fynn Arkenberg | 26 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | LUX | Jayson Videira | 13 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Nick Elias Meier | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | GER | Jacob Danquah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | GER | Luca-Joel Grimpe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Max Besuschkow | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | KOS | Valmir Sulejmani | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | GER | Robin Kalem | 27 | 4 | 19+8 | 4 |
| 25 | MF | GER | Lars Gindorf | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | GER | Montell Ndikom | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SWE | Kolja Oudenne | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Mark Gevorgyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jeremie Niklaus | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | GER | Leon-Oumar Wechsel | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | GER | Denis Husser | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | GER | Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GER | Tim Walbrecht | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | GER | Kenneth Schmidt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | GER | Stefano Marino | 21 | 2 | 12+9 | 2 |
| 38 | DF | GER | Brooklyn Ezeh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | GER | Leo Weinkauf | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | GER | Ben Westermeier | 20 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | AUT | Lukas Wallner | 17 | 3 | 16+1 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Goals |
| 1 | 10 | DF | Eric Uhlmann | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | FW | Husseyn Chakroun | 4 |
| 2 | 24 | MF | Robin Kalem | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | FW | Tom Sanne | 3 |
| 4 | 44 | DF | Lukas Wallner | 3 |
| 6 | 16 | FW | Keanu Brandt | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | FW | Valmir Sulejmani | 2 |
| 6 | 27 | MF | Kolja Oudenne | 2 |
| 6 | 37 | FW | Stefano Marino | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | MF | Hayate Matsuda | 1 |
| 10 | 8 | FW | Nick Stepantsev | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | Sean Busch | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | FW | Jayson Videira | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | Nick Elias Meier | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | MF | Lars Gindorf | 1 |
| 10 | 42 | MF | Ben Westermeier | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Clean sheets |
| 1 | 30 | GK | Leon-Oumar Wechsel | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Toni Stahl | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Cards | Cards | Cards |
| 1 | 16 | MF | Keanu Brandt | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | FW | Husseyn Chakroun | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 44 | DF | Lukas Wallner | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | DF | Eric Uhlmann | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | DF | Fynn Arkenberg | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 33 | MF | Tim Walbrecht | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | MF | Hayate Matsuda | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | Michel Dammeier | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 23 | FW | Valmir Sulejmani | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 37 | FW | Stefano Marino | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 42 | MF | Ben Westermeier | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | MF | Nick Elias Meier | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | Lukas Dominke | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | Noah Engelbreth | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | MF | Noël Aséko Nkili | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | MF | Robin Kalem | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 38 | DF | Brooklyn Ezeh | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 7 | MF | Mustafa Abdullatif | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | FW | Sean Busch | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 23 | MF | Max Besuschkow | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 30 | GK | Leon-Oumar Wechsel | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 4 | DF | Felix Göttlicher | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 14 | MF | Melkamu Frauendorf | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | FW | Jayson Videira | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | MF | Montell Ndikom | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 27 | MF | Kolja Oudenne | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 29 | FW | Jeremie Niklaus | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 84 | 3 | 1 |