2012–13 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
2012–13 season
Sporting Director	Martin Kind
Manager	Mirko Slomka
Stadium	AWD-Arena, ; Hanover, Lower Saxony
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	3rd Round
Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mame Biram Diouf (12); All: ; Mame Biram Diouf (17)
Highest home attendance	49,000 vs. Multiple Opponents
Lowest home attendance	32,300 vs. Greuther Fürth
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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.

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 BSC	Hildesheim
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 United	Hanover
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 1	Hannover 96	2–2	Schalke 04	Hannover
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) 2	VfL Wolfsburg	0–4	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
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) 3	Hannover 96	3–2	Werder Bremen	Hannover
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) 4	1899 Hoffenheim	3–1	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
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) 5	Hannover 96	4–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Hannover
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) 6	Hamburger SV	1–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
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) 7	Hannover 96	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hannover
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) 8	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	Hannover 96	Frankfurt
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) 9	Hannover 96	2–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hannover
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) 10	Hannover 96	2–0	FC Augsburg	Hannover
15:30	Diouf 26' Stindl 85'	Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 41,200 Referee: J. Drees

11 November 2012 (2012-11-11) 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–4	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
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) 12	Hannover 96	1–2	SC Freiburg	Hannover
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) 13	Bayern Munich	5–0	Hannover 96	Munich
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) 14	Hannover 96	2–0	Greuther Fürth	Hannover
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) 15	Mainz 05	2–1	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30	Müller 10' Szalai 89'	Report	Schulz 28'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 28,277 Referee: G. Perl

9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) 16	Hannover 96	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Hannover
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) 17	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
15:30	Schahin 39' Ilsø 83'	Report	Diouf 69'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 47,623 Referee: K. Kircher

18 January 2013 18	Schalke 04	5–4	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
	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 19	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hannover
	Abdellaoue 3' Diouf 38'	Report	Madlung 46'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 38,880

1 February 2013 20	Werder Bremen	2–0	Hannover 96	Bremen
	Petersen 85', 88'	Report		Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,600

9 February 2013 21	Hannover 96	1–0	1899 Hoffenheim	Hannover
	Diouf 8'	Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 35,200

17 February 2013 22	1. FC Nürnberg	2–2	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
	Klose 53' Polter 90+2'	Report	Huszti 41' Ya Konan 68'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 36,101

23 February 2013 23	Hannover 96	5–1	Hamburger SV	Hannover
	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 24	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Hannover 96	Dortmund
	Lewandowski 8', 21' Schieber 72'	Report	Abdellaoue 40'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,645

10 March 2013 25	Hannover 96	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hannover
		Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 44,800

17 March 2013 26	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
	De Jong 36'	Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 46,173

30 March 2013 27	FC Augsburg	0–2	Hannover 96	Augsburg
		Report	Rausch 61', 90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 28,511

7 April 2013 28	Hannover 96	0–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hannover
		Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 46,000

12 April 2013 29	SC Freiburg	3–1	Hannover 96	Freiburg im Breisgau
	Schulz 24' (o.g.) Kruse 44' Schmid 73'	Report	Rausch 36'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000

20 April 2013 30	Hannover 96	1–6	Bayern Munich	Hannover
	Hoffmann 84'	Report	Stindl 16' (o.g.) Ribéry 23' Gómez 40', 62' Pizarro 71', 86'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000

26 April 2013 31	Greuther Fürth	2–3	Hannover 96	Fürth
	Đurđić 41', 83'	Report	Abdellaoue 36' Hoffmann 71' Pinto 87'	Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 15,370

4 May 2013 32	Hannover 96	2–2	Mainz 05	Hannover
	Sobiech 36' Diouf 70'	Report	Müller 25', 79'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 47,000

11 May 2013 33	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
	Hegeler 6', 59' Kießling 28'	Report	Sobiech 71'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,904

18 May 2013 34	Hannover 96	3–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hannover
	Diouf 36' Ya Konan 61', 76'	Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000

Pos	Team v t e	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 Round	FC Nöttingen	1–6	Hannover 96	Remchingen
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 Round	Hannover 96	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Dynamo Dresden	Hannover
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 16	Borussia Dortmund	5–1	Hannover 96	Dortmund
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 Leg	St Patrick's Athletic	0–3	Hannover 96	Dublin, 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 Leg	Hannover 96	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	St Patrick's Athletic	Hannover, 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 Leg	Śląsk Wrocław	3–5	Hannover 96	Wrocław, 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 Leg	Hannover 96	5–1 (10–4 agg.)	Śląsk Wrocław	Hannover, 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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout phase
3	Helsingborgs IF	6	1	1	4	9	12	−3	4^[a]
4	Twente	6	0	4	2	5	10	−5	4^[a]

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Helsingborg 4, Twente 1.

20 September 2012 (2012-09-20) 1	FC Twente	2–2	Hannover 96	Enschede, 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) 2	Hannover 96	2–1	Levante UD	Hannover, 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) 3	Helsingborgs IF	1–2	Hannover 96	Helsingborg, 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) 4	Hannover 96	3–2	Helsingborgs IF	Hannover, 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) 5	Hannover 96	0–0	FC Twente	Hanover, 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) 6	Levante UD	2–2	Hannover 96	Valencia, 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 leg	Anzhi Makhachkala	3–1	Hannover 96	Moscow, 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 leg	Hannover 96	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Anzhi Makhachkala	Hannover, Germany
21:05	Pinto 70'		Traoré 90'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Squad

Player						Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Europa League		Totals
No.	Player	Nat.	Birthday	at Hannover since	Previous club	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goal	Matches	Goals	Matches	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Ron-Robert Zieler		12 February 1989	2010	Manchester United	34	0	3	0	12	0	49	0
14	Markus Miller		8 April 1982	2010	Karlsruher SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Christofer Heimeroth		7 November 1992	2010	SV Ried	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Leon Andreasen		23 April 1983	2010	Fulham F.C.	5	2	1	1	5	3	11	6
3	Karim Haggui		20 January 1984	2009	Bayer Leverkusen	22	1	3	0	8	1	33	2
4	Hiroki Sakai		12 April 1990	2012	Kashiwa Reysol	13	0	1	0	3	0	17	0
5	Mario Eggimann		24 January 1981	2008	Karlsruher SC	22	1	2	0	8	1	32	2
6	Steve Cherundolo		19 February 1979	1999	University of Portland Pilots	20	0	3	0	10	0	33	0
15	André Hoffmann		18 February 1993	2013	MSV Duisburg	16	2	0	0	0	0	16	2
17	Johan Djourou		18 January 1987	2013	Arsenal F.C.	14	0	0	0	2	0	16	0
18	Sébastien Pocognoli		1 August 1987	2013	Standard Liège	11	0	0	0	2	0	13	0
19	Christian Schulz		1 April 1983	2007	Werder Bremen	19	1	1	0	9	0	29	1
20	Felipe		15 May 1987	2012	Standard Liège	4	1	1	0	3	0	8	1
23	Sofian Chahed		18 April 1983	2009	Hertha BSC	13	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
24	Christian Pander		28 August 1983	2011	Schalke 04	18	0	3	0	6	1	27	1
34	Konstantin Rausch		15 March 1990	2004	SV Nienhagen	30	3	2	1	10	0	41	4
35	Christopher Avevor		11 February 1992	2008	Holstein Kiel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	Sérgio Pinto		16 October 1980	2007	Alemannia Aachen	30	2	3	2	10	1	43	5
8	Manuel Schmiedebach		5 December 1988	2006	Hertha BSC	21	0	3	0	12	1	36	1
10	Szabolcs Huszti		18 April 1983	2012	Zenit Saint Petersburg	21	9	2	0	12	5	35	14
22	Adrian Nikçi		10 November 1989	2012	FC Zürich	4	1	0	0	4	0	8	1
26	Deniz Aycicek		5 June 1990	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Lars Stindl		26 August 1988	2010	Karlsruher SC	18	2	2	0	9	2	29	4
31	Jannis Plaeschke		6 February 1993	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Willi Evseev		14 February 1992	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	Artur Sobiech		12 June 1990	2011	Polonia Warszawa	25	5	2	0	10	3	37	8
11	Didier Ya Konan		22 May 1984	2009	Rosenborg BK	28	7	3	0	10	4	41	11
13	Jan Schlaudraff		18 July 1983	2008	Bayern Munich	30	2	3	2	9	1	42	5
25	Mohammed Abdellaoue		23 October 1985	2010	Vålerenga	26	8	1	0	8	1	35	9
27	Deniz Kadah		2 March 1986	2012	VfB Lübeck	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
39	Mame Biram Diouf		16 December 1987	2012	Manchester United	28	12	2	2	6	3	36	17

Coaching staff

Name	Job	Nationality
Mirko Slomka	Head coach
Norbert Düwel	Assistant coach
Nestor El Maestro	Assistant coach
Jörg Sievers	Goalkeeping coach
Jürgen Freiwald	Fitness coach
Ingo Geisler	Fitness coach
Edward Kowalczuk	Fitness coach
Axel Partenheimer	Club doctor
Sascha Haschemi-Fard	Club doctor
Helmut Lill	Club doctor
Björn-Niclas Pabel	Physio
Ralf Blume	Physio
Marcus Schonaich	Physio
Carlos Hernandez	Physio

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	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
7	13	FW	Jan Schlaudraff	2	2	1	5
9	28	MF	Lars Stindl	2	0	2	4
9	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
^ Europa League 2012/2013 .:. Gruppe L (in German) UEFA Europa League 2012–13 – Group L, accessed: 13 September 2012

External links

[2]
2012–13 Hannover 96 season at kicker.de (in German)
2012–13 Hannover 96 season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[table_hth_HEL0.44067636478724-3] Head-to-head points: Helsingborg 4, Twente 1.

[1] [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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