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.

Hannover 96
2012–13 season
Sporting DirectorMartin Kind
ManagerMirko Slomka
StadiumAWD-Arena,
Hanover, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga10th
DFB-Pokal3rd Round
Europa LeagueRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mame Biram Diouf (12)
All:
Mame Biram Diouf (17)
Highest home attendance49,000 vs. Multiple Opponents
Lowest home attendance32,300 vs. Greuther Fürth

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.[1]

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.[2]

Review and events

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendly matches
29 June 2012 Grone 0 – 5 Hannover 96
19:00 Aycicek
Andreasen
Rausch
Hauger
30 June 2012 RSV Göttingen 05 0 – 3 Hannover 96
17:00 Rausch
Schlaudraff
Pinto
6 July 2012 Ramlingen-Ehlershausen 1 – 6 Hannover 96
19:00 Schlaudraff
Schünemann
Aycicek
Abdellaoue
Ya Konan
8 July 2012 Concordia Ihrhove 0 – 9 Hannover 96
14:00 Ya Konan
Abdellaoue
Andreasen
Pinto
13 July 2012 Preußen Münster 2 – 0 Hannover 96
18:30 Nazarov
Taylor
18 July 2012 Hannover 96 0 – 4 Hertha BSCHildesheim
18:30 report Beichler  37', 68'
Andreasen  47' (o.g.)
Ronny  89'		 Stadium: Friedrich-Ebert-Stadion
Attendance: 3,680
Referee: Florian Meyer
28 July 2012 Wisła Kraków 1 – 1 Hannover 96
17:00 Genkov  90' Huszti  28'
11 August 2012 Hannover 96 3 – 4 Manchester UnitedHanover
20:20 Sobiech  26'
Haggui  48'
Abdellaoue  65'		 Hernández  31'
Rooney  69', 82' (pen.)
Kagawa  85'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 35,800

Bundesliga
26 August 2012 1Hannover 962 – 2Schalke 04Hannover
17:30 Stindl  23'
Felipe  43'
Nikçi  80'		 Report Draxler  29'
Huntelaar  52'
Jones  54'
Holtby  55',  64'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Felix Brych
2 September 2012 (2012-09-02) 2VfL Wolfsburg0 – 4Hannover 96Wolfsburg
15:30 Naldo  22'
Pogatetz  28'
Knoche  51'  65'		 Report Haggui  10'
Sobiech  26', 56'
Andreasen  52'
Stindl  63'		 Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 29,451
Referee: Wolfgang Stark
15 September 2012 (2012-09-15) 3Hannover 963 – 2Werder BremenHannover
15:30 Haggui  3'
Huszti  6'
Andreasen  10'
Schlaudraff  31'
Pinto  88'
Huszti  90+2',  90+4'  90+4'		 Report Hunt  26' (pen.)
Bergfrede  30'
Papastathopoulos  55'
De Bruyne  74'
Junuzović  75'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 41899 Hoffenheim3 – 1Hannover 96Sinsheim
17:30 Johnson  27'
Williams  36'
Beck  64'
Salihović  82'
Williams  90+2'		 Report Delpierre  26' (o.g.)
Felipe  56'
Eggimann  90'		 Stadium: WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 23,575
Referee: Marco Fritz
26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5Hannover 964 – 11. FC NürnbergHannover
20:00 Stindl  21'
Huszti  29'
Haggui  40'
Schmiedebach  40'
Ya Konan  43',  52', 64'		 Report Chandler  73'
Gebhart  81'
Pinola  90'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 36,200
Referee: Daniel Siebert
29 September 2012 (2012-09-29) 6Hamburger SV1 – 0Hannover 96Hamburg
15:30 Iličević  2'
Rudņevs  20'
Arslan  38'
Badelj  63'		 Report Haggui  47' Stadium: Imtech-Arena
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer
7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 7Hannover 961 – 1Borussia DortmundHannover
17:30 Sobiech  10'
Cherundolo  54'
Schlaudraff  79'
Stindl  82'
Diouf  86'		 Report Lewandowski  26' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Peter Gagelmann
20 October 2012 (2012-10-20) 8Eintracht Frankfurt3 – 1Hannover 96Frankfurt
15:30 Matmour  5'
Jung  18'
Schwegler  80'
Zambrano  80'
Meier  83'		 Report Huszti  15'
Abdellaoue  43'
Pinto  60'
Diouf  80'
Ya Konan  85'		 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Christian Dingert
28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) 9Hannover 962 – 3Borussia MönchengladbachHannover
17:30 Schlaudraff  48'
Diouf  53'
Sakai  56'
Haggui  68'		 Report Stranzl  52'
Domínguez  70'
Brouwers  77'
Arango  79'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Thorsten Kinhofer
3 November 2012 (2012-11-03) 10Hannover 962 – 0FC AugsburgHannover
15:30 Diouf  26'
Stindl  85'		 Report Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 41,200
Referee: J. Drees
11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 11VfB Stuttgart2 – 4Hannover 96Stuttgart
17:30 Genter  21'
Ibišević  37' (pen.)
Kuzmanović  42'
Boka  73'		 Report Huszti  33'
Schmiedebach  46'
Sobiech  57'
Diouf  62'
Schlaudraff  65' (pen.)
Abdellaoue  68', 73' (pen.)		 Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 50,600
Referee: F. Brych
17 November 2012 (2012-11-17) 12Hannover 961 – 2SC FreiburgHannover
15:30 Abdellaoue  33' (pen.) Report Schmid  11'
Rosenthal  55'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 43,800
Referee: D. Aytekin
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 13Bayern Munich5 – 0Hannover 96Munich
15:30 Martínez  3'
Kroos  24'
Ribéry  37'
Dante  63'
Gómez  67'		 Report Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 71,000
Referee: F. Zwayer
27 November 2012 (2012-11-27) 14Hannover 962 – 0Greuther FürthHannover
20:00 Diouf  4'
Eggimann  69'
Schmiedebach  73'		 Report Kleine  76' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 32,300
Referee: Marco Fritz
1 December 2012 (2012-12-01) 15Mainz 052 – 1Hannover 96Mainz
15:30 Müller  10'
Szalai  89'		 Report Schulz  28' Stadium: Coface Arena
Attendance: 28,277
Referee: G. Perl
9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) 16Hannover 963 – 2Bayer LeverkusenHannover
17:30 Huszti  20', 69'
Diouf  57'		 Report Castro  2'
Kießling  58'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 45,800
Referee: T. Welz
15 December 2012 (2012-12-15) 17Fortuna Düsseldorf2 – 1Hannover 96Düsseldorf
15:30 Schahin  39'
Ilsø  83'		 Report Diouf  69' Stadium: Esprit Arena
Attendance: 47,623
Referee: K. Kircher
18 January 2013 18Schalke 045 – 4Hannover 96Gelsenkirchen
Farfán  44'
Draxler  49'
Höger  64'
Marica  67'
Holtby  88'		 Report Pinto  55'
Huszti  59', 68'
Diouf  90+2'		 Stadium: Veltins-Arena
Attendance: 60,811
26 January 2013 19Hannover 962 – 1VfL WolfsburgHannover
Abdellaoue  3'
Diouf  38'		 Report Madlung  46' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 38,880
1 February 2013 20Werder Bremen2 – 0Hannover 96Bremen
Petersen  85', 88' Report Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 41,600
9 February 2013 21Hannover 961 – 01899 HoffenheimHannover
Diouf  8' Report Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 35,200
17 February 2013 221. FC Nürnberg2 – 2Hannover 96Nuremberg
Klose  53'
Polter  90+2'		 Report Huszti  41'
Ya Konan  68'		 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Attendance: 36,101
23 February 2013 23Hannover 965 – 1Hamburger SVHannover
Diouf  7'
Huszti  39' (pen.)
Ya Konan  45', 68'
Abdellaoue  85'		 Report van der Vaart  13' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
2 March 2013 24Borussia Dortmund3 – 1Hannover 96Dortmund
Lewandowski  8', 21'
Schieber  72'		 Report Abdellaoue  40' Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 80,645
10 March 2013 25Hannover 960 – 0Eintracht FrankfurtHannover
Report Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 44,800
17 March 2013 26Borussia Mönchengladbach1 – 0Hannover 96Mönchengladbach
De Jong  36' Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 46,173
30 March 2013 27FC Augsburg0 – 2Hannover 96Augsburg
Report Rausch  61', 90+1' Stadium: SGL arena
Attendance: 28,511
7 April 2013 28Hannover 960 – 0VfB StuttgartHannover
Report Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 46,000
12 April 2013 29SC Freiburg3 – 1Hannover 96Freiburg im Breisgau
Schulz  24' (o.g.)
Kruse  44'
Schmid  73'		 Report Rausch  36' Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 24,000
20 April 2013 30Hannover 961 – 6Bayern MunichHannover
Hoffmann  84' Report Stindl  16' (o.g.)
Ribéry  23'
Gómez  40', 62'
Pizarro  71', 86'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
26 April 2013 31Greuther Fürth2 – 3Hannover 96Fürth
Đurđić  41', 83' Report Abdellaoue  36'
Hoffmann  71'
Pinto  87'		 Stadium: Trolli Arena
Attendance: 15,370
4 May 2013 32Hannover 962 – 2Mainz 05Hannover
Sobiech  36'
Diouf  70'		 Report Müller  25', 79' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 47,000
11 May 2013 33Bayer Leverkusen3 – 1Hannover 96Leverkusen
Hegeler  6', 59'
Kießling  28'		 Report Sobiech  71' Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,904
18 May 2013 34Hannover 963 – 0Fortuna DüsseldorfHannover
Diouf  36'
Ya Konan  61', 76'		 Report Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 49,000
Pos Team 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
Source: Bundesliga.de, kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

DFB-Pokal
19 August 2012 1st RoundFC Nöttingen1 – 6Hannover 96Remchingen
14:30 Neziraj  53'
Schenker  78'		 Report Pinto  27', 32'
Andreasen  47'
Schlaudraff  55', 83'
Felipe  56'
Huszti  75'
Rausch  79'		 Stadium: Panoramastadion
Attendance: 3,168
Referee: Benjamin Cortus
31 October 2012 2nd RoundHannover 961 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		Dynamo DresdenHannover
20:30 Diouf  15' Report Brégerie  28' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
Penalties
Stindl
Schmiedebach
Rausch
Sobiech
Schlaudraff 		Losilla
Fiél
Solga
Jungwirth
Poté
19 December 2012 Round of 16Borussia Dortmund5 – 1Hannover 96Dortmund
20:30 Götze  3', 40', 84'
Błaszczykowski  18'
Lewandowski  90'		 Report Cherundolo  38'
Schmiedebach  62'
Diouf  79'		 Stadium: Westfalenstadion
Attendance: 77,615
Referee: Felix Brych

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round
2 August 2012 (2012-08-02) 1st LegSt Patrick's Athletic 0 – 3 Hannover 96Dublin, Ireland
20:45 Report  6' Andreasen
 67' Pander
 80' Ya Konan		 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) 2nd LegHannover 96 2 – 0
(5 – 0 agg.)		 St Patrick's AthleticHannover, Germany
20:30 Haggui  32'
Eggimann  47'		 Report Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 24.500
Referee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)

Playoff round
23 August 2012 (2012-08-23) 1st LegŚląsk Wrocław 3 – 5 Hannover 96Wrocław, Poland
20:45 Jodłowiec  34'
Patejuk  54'
Kaźmierczak  61'		 Report Andreasen  7', 82'
Schlaudraff  25'
Stindl  40'
Schmiedebach  85'		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 13.644
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
30 August 2012 (2012-08-30) 2nd LegHannover 96 5 – 1
(10 – 4 agg.)		 Śląsk WrocławHannover, Germany
20:45 Abdellaoue  22'
Huszti  35', 88'
Sobiech  68', 85'		 Report Kaźmierczak  10' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 26.200
Referee: Anton Averianov

Group stage
Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L
Pos Team 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
3 Helsingborg 6 1 1 4 9 12 −3 4[lower-alpha 1]
4 Twente 6 0 4 2 5 10 −5 4[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: Helsingborg are ranked ahead of Twente on head-to-head points.
20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) 1FC Twente 2 – 2 Hannover 96Enschede, Netherlands
21:05 Janssen  7'
Chadli  54'		 Report Sobiech  67'
Wisgerhof  73' (o.g.)		 Stadium: De Grolsch Veste
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Mike Dean (England)
4 October 2012 (2012-10-04) 2Hannover 96 2 – 1 Levante UDHannover, Germany
19:00 Huszti  21' (pen.)
Ya Konan  49'		 Report Míchel  10' (pen.) Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 34,600
Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)
25 October 2012 (2012-10-25) 3Helsingborgs IF 1 – 2 Hannover 96Helsingborg, Sweden
19:00 Bouaouzan  41'
Đurđić  71'
Álvaro  90+1'		 Report Diouf  12'
Stindl  75'
Ya Konan  90+3'		 Stadium: Olympia
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Steven Studer (Switzerland)
8 November 2012 (2012-11-08) 4Hannover 96 3 – 2 Helsingborgs IFHannover, Germany
21:05 Diouf  3', 50'
Stindl  66'
Huszti  90' (pen.)		 Report Lindström  28'
Đurđić  59'
Bedoya  67',  75'
Larsson  89'
Atta  89'		 Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Fredy Fautrel
22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) 5Hannover 96 0 – 0 FC TwenteHanover, Germany
19:00 Eggimann  72'
Pinto  85'		 Report (in German) Fer  90' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Attendance: 35,800
Referee: Alexey Kulbalkov
6 December 2012 (2012-12-06) 6Levante UD 2 – 2 Hannover 96Valencia, Spain
21:05 El Zhar  14'
Ángel  49'
Iborra  90+4'		 Report Stindl  18',  35'
Rausch  23'
Ya Konan  26'
Pinto  43'
Schulz  77'
Diouf  81'
Nikçi  90+1'		 Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València
Attendance: 14,420
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Round of 32
14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) First legAnzhi Makhachkala 3 – 1 Hannover 96Moscow, Russia
18:00 Eto'o  34'
Ahmedov  48'
Boussoufa  64'		 Huszti  22' Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
21 February 2013 (2013-02-21) Second legHannover 96 1 – 1
(2 – 4 agg.)		 Anzhi MakhachkalaHannover, Germany
21:05 Pinto  70' Traoré  90' Stadium: AWD-Arena
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Squad
PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalEuropa LeagueTotals
No.PlayerNat.Birthdayat Hannover sincePrevious clubMatchesGoalsMatchesGoalMatchesGoalsMatchesGoals
Goalkeepers
1Ron-Robert Zieler12 February 19892010Manchester United34030120490
14Markus Miller8 April 19822010Karlsruher SC00000000
21Christofer Heimeroth7 November 19922010SV Ried00000000
Defenders
2Leon Andreasen23 April 19832010Fulham F.C.521153116
3Karim Haggui20 January 19842009Bayer Leverkusen2213081332
4Hiroki Sakai12 April 19902012Kashiwa Reysol1301030170
5Mario Eggimann24 January 19812008Karlsruher SC2212081322
6Steve Cherundolo19 February 19791999University of Portland Pilots20030100330
15André Hoffmann18 February 19932013MSV Duisburg1620000162
17Johan Djourou18 January 19872013Arsenal F.C.1400020160
18Sébastien Pocognoli1 August 19872013Standard Liège1100020130
19Christian Schulz1 April 19832007Werder Bremen1911090291
20Felipe15 May 19872012Standard Liège41103081
23Sofian Chahed18 April 19832009Hertha BSC1300010140
24Christian Pander28 August 19832011Schalke 041803061271
34Konstantin Rausch15 March 19902004SV Nienhagen30321100414
35Christopher Avevor11 February 19922008Holstein Kiel00000000
Midfielders
7Sérgio Pinto16 October 19802007Alemannia Aachen30232101435
8Manuel Schmiedebach5 December 19882006Hertha BSC21030121361
10Szabolcs Huszti18 April 19832012Zenit Saint Petersburg219201253514
22Adrian Nikçi10 November 19892012FC Zürich41004081
26Deniz Aycicek5 June 1990------00000000
28Lars Stindl26 August 19882010Karlsruher SC1822092294
31Jannis Plaeschke6 February 1993------00000000
36Willi Evseev14 February 1992------00000000
Forwards
9Artur Sobiech12 June 19902011Polonia Warszawa25520103378
11Didier Ya Konan22 May 19842009Rosenborg BK287301044111
13Jan Schlaudraff18 July 19832008Bayern Munich3023291425
25Mohammed Abdellaoue23 October 19852010Vålerenga2681081359
27Deniz Kadah2 March 19862012VfB Lübeck20000020
39Mame Biram Diouf16 December 19872012Manchester United281222633617

Coaching staff
NameJobNationality
Mirko SlomkaHead Coach
Norbert DüwelAssistant Coach
Nestor El MaestroAssistant Coach
Jörg SieversGoalkeeping Coach
Jürgen FreiwaldFitness Coach
Ingo GeislerFitness Coach
Edward KowalczukFitness Coach
Axel PartenheimerClub Doctor
Sascha Haschemi-FardClub Doctor
Helmut LillClub Doctor
Björn-Niclas PabelPhysio
Ralf BlumePhysio
Marcus SchonaichPhysio
Carlos HernandezPhysio

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
13 FW Jan Schlaudraff 2 2 1 5
9 28 MF Lars Stindl 2 0 2 4
34 DF Konstantin Rausch 3 1 0 4
11 3 DF Karim Haggui 1 0 1 2
5 DF Mario Eggimann 1 0 1 2
15 DF André Hoffmann 2 0 0 2
14 8 MF Manuel Schmiedebach 0 0 1 1
19 DF Christian Schulz 1 0 0 1
20 DF Felipe 1 0 0 1
22 MF Adrian Nikçi 1 0 0 1
24 DF Christian Pander 0 0 1 1
Own goal 1 0 1 2
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 8 0 3 11

Last updated: 18 May 2013

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