2025–26 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
2025–26 season
ManagerChristian Titz
StadiumHeinz von Heiden Arena
2. BundesligaPreseason
DFB-PokalPreseason
All statistics correct as of 2 July 2025.

The 2025–26 Hannover 96 season will be 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 7 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
2 DF  ENG Josh Knight
3 DF  GER Boris Tomiak
4 DF  GER Hendry Blank (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
5 DF  ROU Virgil Ghiță
6 DF  POL Maik Nawrocki (on loan from Celtic)
7 FW  SLE Mustapha Bundu
8 MF  GER Enzo Leopold
9 FW  FIN Benjamin Källman
10 MF  GER Jannik Rochelt
11 FW  AUT Benedikt Pichler
13 MF  GER Franz Roggow
14 FW  LBN Husseyn Chakroun
15 MF  GER Noël Aséko Nkili (on loan from Bayern Munich)
16 FW  NOR Håvard Nielsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  GER Bastian Allgeier
20 DF  RSA Ime Okon
21 MF  GER Marius Wörl
25 MF  GER Lars Gindorf
26 MF  FRA Waniss Taïbi
27 DF  JPN Hayate Matsuda
28 MF  GER Montell Ndikom
29 MF  SWE Kolja Oudenne
30 GK  GER Leo Weinkauf
32 MF  GER Jonas Sterner
33 DF  GER Maurice Neubauer
37 DF  GER Brooklyn Ezeh
38 FW  GER Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh

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

Transfers

In

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

Out

No. Pos Player To Type Window Fee Source
1 GK Ron-Robert Zieler 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer €200,000 [16]
4 DF Kenneth Schmidt SC Freiburg End of loan Summer – [17]
5 DF Phil Neumann Birmingham City End of contract Summer – [18]
6 MF Fabian Kunze 1. FC Kaiserslautern End of contract Summer – [19]
7 FW Jessic Ngankam Eintracht Frankfurt End of loan Summer – [20]
9 FW Nicolò Tresoldi Club Brugge Transfer Summer €7,500,000 [21]
11 MF Lee Hyun-ju Bayern Munich II End of loan Summer –
13 MF Max Christiansen 1860 Munich End of contract Summer – [22]
17 DF Bartłomiej Wdowik Braga End of loan Summer – [20]
19 MF Eric Uhlmann Erzgebirge Aue End of contract Summer – [23]
20 DF Jannik Dehm Greuther Fürth End of contract Summer – [24]
21 DF Sei Muroya FC Tokyo End of contract Summer – [25]
23 DF Marcel Halstenberg Germania Grasdorf End of contract Summer – [26]
32 FW Andreas Voglsammer Hansa Rostock End of contract Summer – [27]
35 GK Leon-Oumar Wechsel GKS Tychy Loan Summer Free [28]
40 FW Rabbi Matondo Rangers End of loan Summer – [20]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 June 2025 (2025-06-27) Friendly TSV Pattensen 0–3 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 2–4 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 1–2 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.
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Friendly Hannover 96 v SC Paderborn St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Koasastadion
19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) Friendly Hannover 96 v SC Paderborn St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Koasastadion
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Friendly Hannover 96 v Cagliari Hanover
14:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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

Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2025–26 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 SV Elversberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Greuther Fürth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hannover 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Karlsruher SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 1 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.[29]
(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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: DFB

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
Result
Position
Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 August 2025 (2025-08-03) 1 Hannover 96 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96 Düsseldorf
13:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena
22–24 August 2025 (2025-08) 3 Hannover 96 v 1. FC Magdeburg Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
29–31 August 2025 (2025-08) 4 Holstein Kiel v Hannover 96 Kiel
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
12–14 September 2025 (2025-09) 5 Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
19–21 September 2025 (2025-09) 6 Dynamo Dresden v Hannover 96 Dresden
Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion
26–28 September 2025 (2025-09) 7 Hannover 96 v Arminia Bielefeld Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
3–5 October 2025 (2025-10) 8 Greuther Fürth v Hannover 96 Fürth
Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer
17–19 October 2025 (2025-10) 9 Hannover 96 v Schalke 04 Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
24–26 October 2025 (2025-10) 10 Eintracht Braunschweig v Hannover 96 Braunschweig
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
31 October – 2 November 2025 (2025) 11 SV Elversberg v Hannover 96 Spiesen-Elversberg
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
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
5–7 December 2025 (2025-12) 15 Preußen Münster v Hannover 96 Münster
Stadium: LVM-Preußenstadion
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
16–18 January 2026 (2026-01) 18 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Hannover 96 Kaiserslautern
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
23–25 January 2026 (2026-01) 19 Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
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
6–8 March 2026 (2026-03) 25 Hannover 96 v Greuther Fürth Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
13–15 March 2026 (2026-03) 26 Schalke 04 v Hannover 96 Gelsenkirchen
Stadium: Veltins-Arena
20–22 March 2026 (2026-03) 27 Hannover 96 v Eintracht Braunschweig Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
4–5 April 2026 (2026-04) 28 Hannover 96 v SV Elversberg Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
10–12 April 2026 (2026-04) 29 Darmstadt 98 v Hannover 96 Darmstadt
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
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
2–3 May 2026 (2026-05) 32 Hannover 96 v Preußen Münster Hanover
Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena
8–10 May 2026 (2026-05) 33 VfL Bochum v Hannover 96 Bochum
Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion
17 May 2026 (2026-05-17) 34 Hannover 96 v 1. FC Nürnberg Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Heinz von Heiden Arena

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2025–26 DFB-Pokal
16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) First round Energie Cottbus v Hannover 96 Cottbus
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: LEAG Energie Stadion

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 July 2025
No. Pos Player 2. Bundesliga[30] DFB-Pokal[31] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Josh Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Boris Tomiak 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Hendry Blank 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Virgil Ghiță 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Maik Nawrocki 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 FW Mustapha Bundu 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF Enzo Leopold 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Benjamin Källman 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Jannik Rochelt 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Benedikt Pichler 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Franz Roggow 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Husseyn Chakroun 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Noël Aséko Nkili 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Håvard Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Bastian Allgeier 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF Ime Okon 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Marius Wörl 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Lars Gindorf 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Waniss Taïbi 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Hayate Matsuda 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 MF Montell Ndikom 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Kolja Oudenne 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 GK Leo Weinkauf 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 MF Jonas Sterner 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Maurice Neubauer 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Brooklyn Ezeh 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh 0 0 0 0 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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