The 2016–17 Hannover 96 season was the first since being relegated from the Bundesliga.
Background Hannover were relegated from the Bundesliga. They had been in the Bundesliga for 14 seasons. This was the fifth time they were relegated from the Bundesliga. Hannover 96 are looking for a new coach. During the 2015–16 season, Michael Frontzeck resigned and Thomas Schaaf was sacked. Daniel Stendel took over for the rest of 2015–16 season as interim head coach and was eventually given the permanent job.
Florian Hübner and Sebastian Maier joined Hannover. Marcelo transferred to Beşiktaş after playing there on loan for the previous half year. Ron-Robert Zieler left the club.
Players
Out on loan
Transfers
In NameAgeMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer fee 4 DF Stefan Strandberg Krasnodar Loan Summer 30 June 2017 — 6 MF Marvin Bakalorz Paderborn Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 10 MF Sebastian Maier St. Pauli Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 14 FW Martin Harnik Stuttgart Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 19 DF Florian Hübner Sandhausen Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 €500,000 22 DF Timo Hübers Köln II Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free 24 FW Niclas Füllkrug Nürnberg Transfer Summer 30 June 2020 €2.2 million 28 MF Mike-Steven Bähre Halle Return from loan Summer — — 29 FW Babacar Guèye Troyes Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 Free — FW Mevlüt Erdinç Guingamp Return from loan Summer — — 13 GK Marko Marić 1899 Hoffenheim Loan Winter 30 June 2017 —
Out NameAgeMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer fee 1 GK Ron-Robert Zieler Leicester City Transfer Summer €3.5 million 2 MF Leon Andreasen — End of contract Summer — 4 DF Hiroki Sakai Marseille Transfer Summer Free 6 MF Ceyhun Gülselam Karabükspor Release Summer — 10 MF Hiroshi Kiyotake Sevilla Transfer Summer €6.5 million 14 MF Allan Saint-Maximin Monaco End of loan Summer — 16 MF Hotaru Yamaguchi Cerezo Osaka Transfer Summer €1.5 million 19 DF Christian Schulz Sturm Graz End of contract Summer — 22 FW Hugo Almeida AEK Athens Transfer Summer Free 24 DF Alexander Milošević Beşiktaş End of loan Summer — 28 FW Ádám Szalai 1899 Hoffenheim End of loan Summer — — FW Mevlüt Erdinç Metz Loan Summer — — DF Marcelo Beşiktaş Transfer Summer €2 million 15 MF André Hoffmann Düsseldorf Loan Winter — 21 FW Marius Wolf E. Frankfurt Loan Winter — 29 FW Babacar Guèye Zulte Waregem Loan Winter —
Friendlies
2. Bundesliga
Review Hannover started the season on 5 August 2016 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Hannover won the match 4–0. Hannover then defeated Greuther Fürth 3–1. The first season loss came on the 4th matchday in a home match against Dynamo Dresden, which they lost 0–2. They recovered with three wins from the next four matches, only to lose two matches in a row against Union Berlin and 1. FC Nürnberg, respectively. From there on until the winter break they remained unbeaten, with four wins and three draws, causing them to spend the break in second place. They started the second half of the season with a 1–0 home win against Kaiserslautern, thereby moving up to first place for the first time since the second matchday.
On 20 March 2017, after only one win in the previous four matches, Hannover 96 sacked coach Daniel Stendel and appointed André Breitenreiter as new head coach.
League table
Results summary
Results by round
League fixtures and results
DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal review In the first round draw, Hannover were drawn against Kickers Offenbach, beating them 3–2 after extra time by means of a last-minute penalty goal by Salif Sané. They went on to face Fortuna Düsseldorf in the second round, beating them 6–1, their highest season win. For the round of 16, they were drawn against Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt, against who they lost 1–2 after initially taking the lead and were thereby eliminated.
DFB-Pokal fixtures and results
Statistics Appearances and goals
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers RankName2. BundesligaDFB-PokalTotal114FWMartin Harnik17421211MFFelix Klaus639326FWKenan Karaman606424FWNiclas Füllkrug50555MFSalif Sané2139FWArtur Sobiech21310MFSebastian Maier213831DFWaldemar Anton20297MFEdgar Prib10117FWUffe Bech10118MFIver Fossum10119DFFlorian Hübner10120DFFelipe10137FWNoah Sarenren Bazee101Own goal303Totals511061
Last updated: 21 May 2017
Clean sheets RankName2. BundesligaDFB-PokalTotal11GKPhilipp Tschauner16016Totals16016
Last updated: 14 May 2017
Disciplinary record Player2. BundesligaDFB-PokalTotal1GKPhilipp Tschauner1000001003DFMiiko Albornoz4000004004DFStefan Strandberg4000004005MFSalif Sané8020008026MFMarvin Bakalorz4001005007MFEdgar Prib100010011008MFManuel Schmiedebach9000009009FWArtur Sobiech10000010010MFSebastian Maier50000050011MFFelix Klaus80000080014FWMartin Harnik50000050018MFIver Fossum10000010019DFFlorian Hübner40000040020DFFelipe31000031024FWNiclas Füllkrug10010020025DFOliver Sorg20010030026FWKenan Karaman30000030030GKSamuel Şahin-Radlinger10000010031DFWaldemar Anton60000160137FWNoah Sarenren Bazee200000200Totals82124018613
Last updated: 21 May 2017
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