The 2013–14 Hannover 96 season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's eleventh season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002.
Off-season Hannover made five new signings over the summer period—Salif Sané from Nancy, Edgar Prib from Greuther Fürth, Leonardo Bittencourt from Borussia Dortmund, and youngsters Konstantin Fuhry from Stuttgart under-19's and Florian Ballas from Nürnberg II.
Hannover also lost Sérgio Pinto to Levante and both Mohammed Abdellaoue and Konstantin Rausch to Stuttgart. Additionally, Mario Eggimann left to join Union Berlin, Sofian Chahed left on a free transfer and Johan Djourou returned to Arsenal before signing on loan at rivals Hamburger SV.
During the winter break, rumours arose regarding the situation of manager Mirko Slomka due to the team's recent poor form, and on 27 December, he was fired.
As per the norm for German football teams, during the mid-season break, the teams have training camps in countries with warmer winter climates. This year, Hannover 96 will be in Belek, Turkey, between 9 January and 17 January, along with Hertha BSC and Borussia Mönchengladbach, prior to the Niedersaschen derby at Wolfsburg on 25 January.
On 31 December 2013, it was announced that Turkish manager Tayfun Korkut had become the new manager of Hannover on a contract running until 30 June 2016. He is the second Turkish coach to manage in the Bundesliga.
Fixtures
Pre-season
During the season
Post-season
Bundesliga
League fixtures and results
League table
DFB-Pokal Hannover entered the 2013–14 DFB Pokal with an away game against Victoria Hamburg on Sunday 4 August 2013.
Squad
Squad information
Squad Season 2013–14 No. Player Nat. Birthdate at H96 since previous club Goalkeepers1Ron-Robert Zieler2010Manchester United14Markus Miller2010Karlsruhe21Konstantin Fuhry2013Stuttgart Defenders3Karim Haggui2009Bayer Leverkusen4Hiroki Sakai2012Kashiwa Reysol5Salif Sane2013Nancy6Steve Cherundolo1999University of Portland18Sébastien Pocognoli 2013Standard Liège19Christian Schulz2007Werder Bremen20Felipe2012Standard Liège22František Rajtoral2014Viktoria Plzeň (loan)23Christopher Avevor2013St. Pauli24Christian Pander2011Schalke 0425Marcelo2013PSV30Florian Ballas2013Nürnberg33Yannik Schulze2008TSV Isernhagen35Ali Gökdemir2013Stuttgart Midfielders2Leon Andreasen2009Fulham7Edgar Prib2013Greuther Fürth8Manuel Schmiedebach2008 Hertha BSC10Szabolcs Huszti2012Zenit Saint Petersburg15André Hoffmann2013Duisburg16França2013Criciúma22 Adrian Nikçi 2012Zürich28Lars Stindl2010Karlsruhe32Leonardo Bittencourt 2013Borussia Dortmund38Valmir Sulejmani 2013Hannover 96 II Forwards 9Artur Sobiech2011Polonia Warsaw11Didier Ya Konan2009Rosenborg13Jan Schlaudraff2008Bayern Munich16Artjoms Rudņevs2014Hamburg (loan)27Deniz Kadah2012Lübeck39Mame Biram Diouf2012Manchester United40Almir Kasumović2005Sparta LangenhagenLast updated: 12 April 2014
Season statistics As of 12 April 2013
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Results summary
Points breakdown
Points at home: 25 Points away from home: 10
Points against promoted teams: 5
6 points: Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt 4 points: vs. Hertha BSC, Augsburg 3 points: vs. Schalke 04, Mainz 05, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburg 2 points: 1 point: vs. Eintracht Braunschweig, Nürnberg, Bayer Leverkusen 0 points: vs. Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, 1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, Stuttgart, Freiburg
Biggest & smallest Biggest home win: 4 – 1 vs. 1. Mainz 05, 31 August 2013 Biggest home defeat: 0 – 4 vs. Bayern Munich, 23 February 2014 Biggest away win: 1 – 3 vs. Wolfsburg, 25 January 2014 Biggest away defeat: 3 – 0 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 17 August 2013
Biggest home attendance: 49,000 vs. Schalke 04, 24 August 2013 Smallest home attendance: 38,600 vs. Mainz 05, 31 August 2013 Biggest away attendance: 80,645 vs. Borussia Dortmund, 19 October 2013 Smallest away attendance: 4,787 vs. Victoria Hamburg, 4 August 2013
Results by match
Goal scorers
All competitions ScorerGoals Szabolcs Huszti9 Mame Biram Diouf8 Artur Sobiech4 Leonardo Bittencourt4 Didier Ya Konan4 Artjoms Rudņevs3 Lars Stindl3 Salif Sané2 Leon Andreasen2 Jan Schlaudraff1 Christian Schulz1 Hiroki Sakai1 Edgar Prib1
2013–14 Bundesliga ScorerGoals Mame Biram Diouf8 Szabolcs Huszti8 Leonardo Bittencourt4 Didier Ya Konan3 Artjoms Rudņevs3 Artur Sobiech3 Lars Stindl3 Salif Sané2 Leon Andreasen2 Jan Schlaudraff1 Christian Schulz1 Hiroki Sakai1 Edgar Prib1
2013–14 DFB-Pokal ScorerGoals Artur Sobiech1 Szabolcs Huszti1 Didier Ya Konan1 |- style="text-align:left; background:#dcdcdc;" | colspan=12|Last updated: 18 April 2014
References