2025–26 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
2025–26 season
ManagerChristian Titz
StadiumHeinz von Heiden Arena
2. Bundesliga3rd
DFB-PokalFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Noël Aséko Nkili
Benjamin Källman
Boris Tomiak
(1 each)

All:
Noël Aséko Nkili
Benjamin Källman
Boris Tomiak
(1 each)
Highest home attendance49,000
Hannover v Kaiserslautern
Lowest home attendance49,000
Hannover v Kaiserslautern
Average home league attendance49,000
Biggest winDüsseldorf 0–2 Hannover
Biggest defeatCottbus 1–0 Hannover
All statistics correct as of 16 August 2025.

The 2025–26 Hannover 96 season is the 130th season in the football club's history and 30th overall and seventh consecutive season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. Hannover 96 will also participate in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 67th season for Hannover in the Heinz von Heiden Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 July 2025[1]

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 Germany GER Nahuel Noll (on loan from TSG Hoffenheim)
2 DF England ENG Josh Knight
3 DF Germany GER Boris Tomiak
4 DF Germany GER Hendry Blank (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
5 DF Romania ROU Virgil Ghiță (vice-captain)
6 DF Poland POL Maik Nawrocki (on loan from Celtic)
7 FW Sierra Leone SLE Mustapha Bundu
8 MF Germany GER Enzo Leopold (captain)
9 FW Finland FIN Benjamin Källman
10 MF Germany GER Jannik Rochelt
11 FW Austria AUT Benedikt Pichler
13 MF Germany GER Franz Roggow
14 FW Lebanon LBN Husseyn Chakroun
15 MF Germany GER Noël Aséko Nkili (on loan from Bayern Munich)
16 FW Norway NOR Håvard Nielsen
17 DF Germany GER Bastian Allgeier
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Japan JPN Daisuke Yokota (on loan from Gent)
20 DF South Africa RSA Ime Okon
21 MF Germany GER Marius Wörl
25 MF Germany GER Lars Gindorf
26 MF France FRA Waniss Taïbi
27 DF Japan JPN Hayate Matsuda
29 MF Sweden SWE Kolja Oudenne
30 GK Germany GER Leo Weinkauf
32 MF Germany GER Jonas Sterner
33 DF Germany GER Maurice Neubauer
34 FW Germany GER Denis Husser
37 DF Germany GER Brooklyn Ezeh
38 FW Germany GER Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh
39 FW Turkey TUR Taycan Kurt
40 GK Germany GER Jonas Schwanke

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
35 GK Germany GER Leon-Oumar Wechsel (on loan to GKS Tychy until 30 June 2026)

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player From Type Window Ends Fee Source
1 GK Germany Nahuel Noll Germany TSG Hoffenheim Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free [2]
4 DF Germany Hendry Blank Austria Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free [3]
5 DF Romania Virgil Ghiță Poland Cracovia Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €700,000 [4]
6 DF Poland Maik Nawrocki Scotland Celtic Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free [5]
7 FW Sierra Leone Mustapha Bundu England Plymouth Argyle Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free [6]
9 FW Finland Benjamin Källman Poland Cracovia Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free [7]
11 FW Austria Benedikt Pichler Germany Holstein Kiel Transfer Summer 30 June 2027 €600,000 [8]
13 MF Germany Franz Roggow Germany Borussia Dortmund II Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free [9]
17 DF Germany Bastian Allgeier Germany SSV Ulm Transfer Summer 30 June 2027 Free [10]
18 MF Japan Daisuke Yokota Belgium Gent Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free [11]
20 DF South Africa Ime Okon South Africa SuperSport United Transfer Summer 30 June 2029 Free [12]
21 MF Germany Marius Wörl Germany Arminia Bielefeld Return from loan Summer 30 June 2027 €200,000[a] [13]
26 MF France Waniss Taïbi France Rodez Transfer Summer 30 June 2029 €1,000,000 [14]
27 DF Japan Hayate Matsuda Japan Mito HollyHock Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €200,000 [15]
32 MF Germany Jonas Sterner Germany Holstein Kiel Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €400,000 [16]
33 DF Germany Maurice Neubauer Germany SV Elversberg Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free [17]

Out

No. Pos Player To Type Window Fee Source
1 GK Germany Ron-Robert Zieler Germany 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer €200,000 [18]
4 DF Germany Kenneth Schmidt Germany SC Freiburg End of loan Summer [19]
5 DF Germany Phil Neumann England Birmingham City End of contract Summer [20]
6 MF Germany Fabian Kunze Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern End of contract Summer [21]
7 FW Germany Jessic Ngankam Germany Eintracht Frankfurt End of loan Summer [22]
9 FW Germany Nicolò Tresoldi Belgium Club Brugge Transfer Summer €7,500,000 [23]
11 MF South Korea Lee Hyun-ju Germany Bayern Munich II End of loan Summer
13 MF Germany Max Christiansen Germany 1860 Munich End of contract Summer [24]
17 DF Poland Bartłomiej Wdowik Portugal Braga End of loan Summer [22]
19 MF Germany Eric Uhlmann Germany Erzgebirge Aue End of contract Summer [25]
20 DF Germany Jannik Dehm Germany Greuther Fürth End of contract Summer [26]
21 DF Japan Sei Muroya Japan FC Tokyo End of contract Summer [27]
23 DF Germany Marcel Halstenberg Germany Germania Grasdorf End of contract Summer [28]
32 FW Germany Andreas Voglsammer Germany Hansa Rostock End of contract Summer [29]
35 GK Germany Leon-Oumar Wechsel Poland GKS Tychy Loan Summer Free [30]
40 FW Wales Rabbi Matondo Scotland Rangers End of loan Summer [22]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 June 2025 (2025-06-27) Friendly TSV Pattensen Germany 0–3 Germany Hannover 96 Pattensen
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
  • Gindorf 2'
  • Momuluh 40'
  • Tomiak 73' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadion an der Schützenallee
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Benedikt Junge
28 June 2025 (2025-06-28) Friendly HSC Hannover Germany 2–4 Germany Hannover 96 Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Özün 79'
  • Kiszka 89'
Report
Stadium: HSC-Stadion an der Constantinstraße
Attendance: 2,083
Referee: Felix Mutz
5 July 2025 (2025-07-05) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 1–2 Denmark Randers Bückeburg
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Leopold 41' Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Referee: Robert Schröder
Note: The match lasted for 2×45 and 1×30 minutes.
11 July 2025 (2025-07-11) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 2–4 Belgium Genk Harsewinkel
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Hotel-Residence Klosterpforte
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yannick Rupert
Note: The match lasted for 4×35 minutes.
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 2–3 Germany SC Paderborn St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Koasastadion
Referee: Stefan Gamper
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 1–1 Germany SC Paderborn St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Chakroun 81' Report Kinsombi 43' Stadium: Koasastadion
Referee: Christopher Spiss
25 July 2025 (2025-07-25) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 3–0 Germany Hansa Rostock Hanover
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Eilenriedestadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luca Jürgensen
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Friendly Hannover 96 Germany 2–0 Italy Cagliari Hanover
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
Attendance: 11,600
Referee: Lukas Benen

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2. Bundesliga 3 August 2025 17 May 2025 Matchday 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 100.00
DFB-Pokal 16 August 2025 16 August 2025 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Total 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 066.67

Last updated: 16 August 2025
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arminia Bielefeld 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Promotion to Bundesliga
2 Darmstadt 98 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6
3 Hannover 96 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Qualification for promotion play-offs
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6
5 Karlsruher SC 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[31]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
2 2 0 0 3 0  +3 6 1 0 0 1 0  +1 1 0 0 2 0  +2

Last updated: 9 August 2025.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWW
Position73
Updated to match(es) played on 10 August 2025. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2025 (2025-08-03) 1 Hannover 96 1–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Aséko 74' Report Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Michael Bacher
9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–2 Hannover 96 Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Attendance: 37,590
Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger
23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 3 Hannover 96 v 1. FC Magdeburg Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
30 August 2025 (2025-08-30) 4 Holstein Kiel v Hannover 96 Kiel
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
13 September 2025 (2025-09-13) 5 Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
21 September 2025 (2025-09-21) 6 Dynamo Dresden v Hannover 96 Dresden
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
28 September 2025 (2025-09-28) 7 Hannover 96 v Arminia Bielefeld Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
17–19 October 2025 (2025-10) 9 Hannover 96 v Schalke 04 Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
7–9 November 2025 (2025-11) 12 Hannover 96 v Darmstadt 98 Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
21–23 November 2025 (2025-11) 13 SC Paderborn v Hannover 96 Paderborn
Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena
28–30 November 2025 (2025-11) 14 Hannover 96 v Karlsruher SC Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
12–14 December 2025 (2025-12) 16 Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
19–21 December 2025 (2025-12) 17 1. FC Nürnberg v Hannover 96 Nuremberg
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
30 January – 1 February 2026 (2026) 20 1. FC Magdeburg v Hannover 96 Magdeburg
Stadium: Avnet Arena
6–8 February 2026 (2026-02) 21 Hannover 96 v Holstein Kiel Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
13–15 February 2026 (2026-02) 22 Hertha BSC v Hannover 96 Berlin
Stadium: Olympiastadion
20–22 February 2026 (2026-02) 23 Hannover 96 v Dynamo Dresden Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
27 February – 1 March 2026 (2026) 24 Arminia Bielefeld v Hannover 96 Bielefeld
Stadium: Schüco-Arena
13–15 March 2026 (2026-03) 26 Schalke 04 v Hannover 96 Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
17–19 April 2026 (2026-04) 30 Hannover 96 v SC Paderborn Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
24–26 April 2026 (2026-04) 31 Karlsruher SC v Hannover 96 Karlsruhe
Stadium: BBBank Wildpark
8–10 May 2026 (2026-05) 33 VfL Bochum v Hannover 96 Bochum
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

DFB-Pokal

16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) First round Energie Cottbus 1–0 Hannover 96 Cottbus
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Ciğerci 12' Report Stadium: LEAG Energie Stadion
Attendance: 18,659
Referee: Felix Prigan

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 16 August 2025
No. Pos Player 2. Bundesliga[32] DFB-Pokal[33] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany Nahuel Noll 2 0 1 0 3 0
2 DF Germany Josh Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Germany Boris Tomiak 2 1 1 0 3 1
4 DF Germany Hendry Blank 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF Romania Virgil Ghiță 2 0 1 0 3 0
6 DF Poland Maik Nawrocki 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Sierra Leone Mustapha Bundu 2 0 0 0 2 0
8 MF Germany Enzo Leopold 2 0 1 0 3 0
9 FW Finland Benjamin Källman 0+2 1 0+1 0 3 1
10 MF Germany Jannik Rochelt 0+2 0 1 0 3 0
11 FW Austria Benedikt Pichler 2 0 1 0 3 0
13 MF Germany Franz Roggow 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
14 FW Lebanon Husseyn Chakroun 2 0 1 0 3 0
15 MF Germany Noël Aséko Nkili 1+1 1 1 0 3 1
16 FW Norway Håvard Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Germany Bastian Allgeier 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Japan Daisuke Yokota 0+2 0 0+1 0 3 0
20 DF South Africa Ime Okon 2 0 1 0 3 0
21 MF Germany Marius Wörl 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Germany Lars Gindorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF France Waniss Taïbi 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 DF Japan Hayate Matsuda 2 0 1 0 3 0
29 MF Sweden Kolja Oudenne 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
30 GK Germany Leo Weinkauf 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Germany Jonas Sterner 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Germany Maurice Neubauer 2 0 1 0 3 0
34 FW Germany Denis Husser 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Germany Brooklyn Ezeh 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Germany Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Turkey Taycan Kurt 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 GK Germany Jonas Schwanke 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

As of 16 August 2025
Rank No. Pos Name 2. Bundesliga[34] DFB-Pokal[35] Total
1 3 DF Germany Boris Tomiak 1 0 1
9 FW Finland Benjamin Källman 1 0 1
15 MF Germany Noël Aséko Nkili 1 0 1
Total 3 0 3

Clean sheets

As of 16 August 2025
Rank No. Pos Name 2. Bundesliga[36] DFB-Pokal[37] Total
1 1 GK Germany Nahuel Noll 2 0 2
Total 2 0 2

Disciplinary record

As of 16 August 2025
Rank No. Pos Name 2. Bundesliga[38] DFB-Pokal[39] Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 3 DF Germany Boris Tomiak 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
20 DF South Africa Ime Okon 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
27 DF Japan Hayate Matsuda 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 7 FW Sierra Leone Mustapha Bundu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 MF Germany Noël Aséko Nkili 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
26 MF France Waniss Taïbi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 6 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ Arminia Bielefeld made use of their option to purchase Wörl for €300,000, prompting Hannover 96 to make use of their option to purchase him back for €500,000.

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