# 2015–16 Hannover 96 season

The 2015–16 Hannover 96 season is the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's 14th consecutive season in this league after the promotion from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2002.
The season saw Hannover relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, the first time they will play outside of the Bundesliga since 2002.

## Squad

As of 7 April 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Ron-Robert Zieler (vice-captain) |
| 2 | MF | DEN | Leon Andreasen (vice-captain) |
| 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 | JPN | Hiroshi Kiyotake |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus |
| 13 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Allan Saint-Maximin (on loan from Monaco) |
| 15 | MF | GER | André Hoffmann |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Hotaru Yamaguchi |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Uffe Bech |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Iver Fossum |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Christian Schulz (captain) |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 21 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf |
| 22 | FW | POR | Hugo Almeida |
| 24 | DF | SWE | Alexander Milošević (on loan from Beşiktaş) |
| 26 | FW | TUR | Kenan Karaman |
| 27 | DF | GER | Vladimir Ranković |
| 28 | FW | HUN | Ádám Szalai (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim) |
| 29 | DF | GER | Oliver Sorg |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Samuel Radlinger |
| 31 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton |
| 34 | MF | GER | Tim Dierßen |
| 35 | FW | NED | Charlison Benschop |
| 37 | FW | GER | Noah Sarenren Bazee |
| 38 | FW | KOS | Valmir Sulejmani |
| 40 | GK | GER | Timo Königsmann |

### Players out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | GER | Maurice Hirsch (to SpVgg Greuther Fürth) |
| 25 | DF | BRA | Marcelo (to Beşiktaş) |
| 33 | MF | GER | Mike-Steven Bähre (to Hallescher FC) |
| 37 | DF | GER | Niklas Teichgräber (to VfV Borussia 06 Hildesheim) |
| 39 | FW | TUR | Mevlüt Erdinç (to Guingamp) |

### Transfers
#### Transferred in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Window | Contract ends | Transfer fee |
| 11 | Midfielder | Felix Klaus | 25 | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €3.0 million |
| 13 | Goalkeeper | Philipp Tschauner | 29 | St. Pauli | End of contract | Summer | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 14 | Midfielder | Allan Saint-Maximin | 18 | AS Monaco | Loan | Summer | 30 June 2016 | — |
| 17 | Striker | Uffe Bech | 22 | Nordsjælland | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €2.0 million |
| 27 | Defender | Vladimir Ranković | 22 | Erzgebirge Aue | Loan return | Summer | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 29 | Defender | Oliver Sorg | 25 | SC Freiburg | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | €3.5 million |
| 30 | Goalkeeper | Samuel Radlinger | 22 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Loan return | Summer | 30 June 2017 | — |
| 35 | Striker | Charlison Benschop | 25 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €1.5 million |
| 38 | Striker | Valmir Sulejmani | 19 | Union Berlin | Loan return | Summer | 30 June 2017 | – |
| 39 | Striker | Mevlüt Erdinç | 28 | Saint-Étienne | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2018 | €3.3 million |
| 16 | Midfielder | Hotaru Yamaguchi | 25 | Cerezo Osaka | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2019 | €1.5 million |
| 18 | Midfielder | Iver Fossum | 19 | Strømsgodset | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2020 | €2 million |
| 21 | Striker | Marius Wolf | 20 | 1860 München | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2019 | €1.5 million |
| 22 | Striker | Hugo Almeida | 31 | Anzhi Makhachkala | Transfer | Winter | 30 June 2017 | Free |
| 24 | Defender | Alexander Milošević | 24 | Beşiktaş | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2016 | – |
| 28 | Striker | Ádám Szalai | 28 | TSG Hoffenheim | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2016 | – |

#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Window | Transfer fee |
| 10 | Midfielder | Lars Stindl | 26 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | €3.0 million |
| 11 | Striker | Joselu | 25 | Stoke City | Transfer | Summer | €8.0 million |
| 13 | Striker | Jan Schlaudraff | 31 | – | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 14 | Goalkeeper | Markus Miller | 33 | – | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 17 | Defender | João Pereira | 32 | Sporting CP | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 18 | Defender | Marius Stankevičius | 34 | Córdoba | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 21 | Striker | Jimmy Briand | 30 | Guingamp | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 24 | Defender | Christian Pander | 31 | – | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 31 | Striker | Didier Ya Konan | 31 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 32 | Midfielder | Leonardo Bittencourt | 21 | 1. FC Köln | Transfer | Summer | €2.5 million |
| 33 | Defender | Yannik Schulze | 20 | – | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 39 | Goalkeeper | Robert Almer | 31 | Austria Vienna | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 23 | Midfielder | Maurice Hirsch | 22 | Greuther Fürth | Loan | Winter | – |
| 25 | Defender | Marcelo | 28 | Beşiktaş | Loan | Winter | – |
| 33 | Defender | Mike-Steven Bähre | 20 | Hallescher FC | Loan | Winter | – |
| 36 | Midfielder | Sebastian Ernst | 20 | Magdeburg | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 37 | Defender | Niklas Teichgräber | 19 | VfV 06 Hildesheim | Loan | Winter | – |
| 39 | Striker | Mevlüt Erdinç | 28 | Guingamp | Loan | Winter | – |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 38 | |
| 15 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 37 | |
| 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt (O) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 52 | −18 | 36 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | VfB Stuttgart (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 50 | 75 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | Hannover 96 (R) | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 25 | 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 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Artur Sobiech | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 26 | FW | | Kenan Karaman | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | MF | | Salif Sané | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | MF | | Leon Andreasen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | Christian Schulz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Hiroki Sakai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Manuel Schmiedebach | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Felix Klaus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | MF | | Allan Saint-Maximin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Uffe Bech | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | FW | | Hugo Almeida | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 25 | DF | | Marcelo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 31 | DF | | Waldemar Anton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 35 | FW | | Charlison Benschop | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 31 | 3 | 34 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Ron-Robert Zieler | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016

### 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 | MF | | Leon Andreasen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Miiko Albornoz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Hiroki Sakai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Salif Sané | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Ceyhun Gülselam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Edgar Prib | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Manuel Schmiedebach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Artur Sobiech | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Felix Klaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Allan Saint-Maximin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Andre Hoffmann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Hotaru Yamaguchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Uffe Bech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | | Christian Schulz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Felipe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Marius Wolf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Hugo Almeida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Alexander Milošević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Marcelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Kenan Karaman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Ádám Szalai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Oliver Sorg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Waldemar Anton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 14 May 2016