2018–19 Hannover 96 season

The 2018–19 Hannover 96 season was the 123rd season in the football club's history and 30th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 60th season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, in Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Hannover 96

2018–19 season
President	Martin Kind
Manager	André Breitenreiter (until 27 January) Thomas Doll (from 27 January)
Stadium	HDI-Arena
Bundesliga	17th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Hendrik Weydandt (6) All: Hendrik Weydandt (8)
Highest home attendance	49,000
Lowest home attendance	30,400
Average home league attendance	38,365
Biggest win	Karlsruhe 0–6 Hannover
Biggest defeat	Hannover 0–4 Bayern Dortmund 5–1 Hannover Stuttgart 5–1 Hannover
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Players

Squad information

As of 5 March 2019^[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  CRO Josip Elez 3 DF  CHI Miiko Albornoz 4 DF  GER Julian Korb 5 DF  BRA Felipe 6 MF  GER Marvin Bakalorz (captain) 7 MF  GER Edgar Prib [2] 8 MF  BRA Walace 9 FW  BRA Jonathas 10 MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi 11 FW  JPN Takuma Asano (on loan from Arsenal) 13 FW  TOG Ihlas Bebou 14 DF  GER Kevin Akpoguma (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) 15 DF  GER Timo Hübers 16 FW  USA Sebastian Soto 17 FW  USA Bobby Wood (on loan from Hamburger SV) 18 MF  NOR Iver Fossum 19 GK  AUT Samuel Şahin-Radlinger 21 FW  GER Nicolai Müller (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  GER Matthias Ostrzolek 23 GK  GER Michael Esser (3rd captain) 24 FW  GER Niclas Füllkrug 25 DF  GER Oliver Sorg 26 FW  GER Hendrik Weydandt 27 MF  SUI Pirmin Schwegler (vice-captain) 28 DF  AUT Kevin Wimmer (on loan from Stoke City) 29 FW  BIH Benjamin Hadžić 30 GK  GER Leo Weinkauf 31 DF  GER Waldemar Anton 33 FW  DEN Uffe Bech 34 MF  GER Tim Dierßen 35 MF  GER Florent Muslija 37 FW  NGA Noah Sarenren Bazee 38 FW  GER Tom Baller 39 FW  GER Yousef Emghames 40 MF  GER Linton Maina

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 1 GK  GER Philipp Tschauner (on loan to FC Ingolstadt until 30 June 2019) 8 MF  GER Manuel Schmiedebach (on loan to Union Berlin until 30 June 2019) 33 MF  GER Mike-Steven Bähre (on loan to Barnsley until 30 June 2019)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee	Source
2	DF	Josip Elez	Rijeka	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€2.5 million	[3]
8	MF	Walace	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2022	€6 million	[4]
10	MF	Genki Haraguchi	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	€4 million	[5]
11	FW	Takuma Asano	Arsenal	Loan	Summer	30 June 2019	Free	[6]
17	FW	Bobby Wood	Hamburger SV	Loan	Summer	30 June 2019	€1.5 million	[7]
21	FW	Marius Wolf	Eintracht Frankfurt	Return from loan	Summer	–	–
28	DF	Kevin Wimmer	Stoke City	Loan	Summer	30 June 2019	€1.5 million	[8]
29	FW	Babacar Guèye	Sint-Truiden	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2019	–
30	GK	Leo Weinkauf	Bayern Munich II	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2021	Free	[9]
33	MF	Mike-Steven Bähre	SV Meppen	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2019	–
35	FW	Uffe Bech	Greuther Fürth	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2019	–
35	MF	Florent Muslija	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2022	€2 million	[10]
9	FW	Jonathas	Corinthians	Return from loan	Winter	30 June 2020	–	[11]
14	DF	Kevin Akpoguma	1899 Hoffenheim	Loan	Winter	30 June 2019	Free	[12]
19	GK	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	Brann	Return from loan	Winter	30 June 2019	–
21	FW	Nicolai Müller	Eintracht Frankfurt	Loan	Winter	30 June 2019	Free	[13]
33	FW	Uffe Bech	Brøndby	Return from loan	Winter	30 June 2019	–

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee	Source
2	DF	Josip Elez	Rijeka	End of loan	Summer	–
8	MF	Manuel Schmiedebach	Union Berlin	Loan	Summer	Free	[14]
9	FW	Jonathas	Corinthians	Loan	Summer	Free	[15]
10	MF	Sebastian Maier	VfL Bochum	Transfer	Summer	Free	[16]
11	MF	Felix Klaus	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	€3 million	[17]
14	FW	Martin Harnik	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€3 million	[18]
19	DF	Florian Hübner	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	Free	[19]
20	MF	Salif Sané	Schalke 04	Transfer	Summer	€8 million	[20]
21	FW	Marius Wolf	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	€500,000	[21]
26	FW	Kenan Karaman	Fortuna Düsseldorf	End of contract	Summer	–	[22]
29	FW	Babacar Guèye	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Summer	Free	[23]
33	DF	Fynn Arkenberg	Hallescher FC	End of contract	Summer	–	[24]
33	MF	Mike-Steven Bähre	Barnsley	Loan	Summer	Free	[25]
35	FW	Uffe Bech	Brøndby	Loan	Summer	Free	[26]
35	FW	Charlison Benschop	FC Ingolstadt	End of contract	Summer	–	[27]
1	GK	Philipp Tschauner	FC Ingolstadt	Loan	Winter	Free	[28]
32	MF	Mete Kaan Demir	İstanbul Başakşehir	Transfer	Winter	Free	[29]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Eiderstedt XI v Hannover 96

5 July 2018 (2018-07-05) Friendly	Eiderstedt XI	0–14	Hannover 96	Garding
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Maina 9', 23' Füllkrug 12', 36', 36' Bakalorz 18' Sarenren Bazee 25' Weydandt 46', 50', 62' Guèye 49' Ostrzolek 64' Bebou 75' Fossum 78'	Stadium: Sportplatz Attendance: 1,000

SV Ramlingen/Ehlershausen v Hannover 96

13 July 2018 (2018-07-13) Friendly	SV Ramlingen/Ehlershausen	0–7	Hannover 96	Burgdorf
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Füllkrug 30', 45' Asano 60' Caran 63' (o.g.) Weydandt 70', 82' Sorg 79'	Stadium: Wahrendorff-Arena Attendance: 2,080

TSV Havelse v Hannover 96

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	TSV Havelse	0–4	Hannover 96	Garbsen
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sarenren Bazee 10' Hübers 30' Füllkrug 43' Wood 82'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion Attendance: 2,512

Hannover 96 v Wacker Nordhausen

18 July 2018 (2018-07-18) Friendly	Hannover 96	2–0	Wacker Nordhausen	Hanover
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Anton 11' Asano 88'	Report		Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 1,000

Hannover 96 v PEC Zwolle

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Friendly	Hannover 96	3–1	PEC Zwolle	Sehnde
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Füllkrug 11', 57' Weydandt 93'	Report	Genreau 21'	Stadium: Wahre-Dorff Arena Attendance: 2,196
Note: The match lasted for 2×60 minutes.

Wolfsberger AC v Hannover 96

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01) Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	3–2	Hannover 96	Wolfsberg, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gschweidl 14', 52' Orgill 110'	Report	Asano 49' Wood 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena
Note: The match lasted for 2×60 minutes.

Udinese v Hannover 96

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) Friendly	Udinese	1–5	Hannover 96	Klagenfurt, Austria
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Jaadi 42' (pen.)	Report	Walace 28', 76' (pen.) Asano 32' Weydandt 44', 48'	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0

Udinese v Hannover 96

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) Friendly	Udinese	1–2	Hannover 96	Klagenfurt, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lasagna 81'	Report	Bebou 25' Füllkrug 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion

Hannover 96 v Athletic Bilbao

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) Friendly	Hannover 96	2–0	Athletic Bilbao	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Füllkrug 23' Asano 28'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Florian Heft

Hannoverscher SC v Hannover 96

5 September 2018 (2018-09-05) Friendly	Hannoverscher SC	0–4	Hannover 96	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weydandt 65', 69', 71' Haraguchi 77'	Stadium: Stadion an der Constantinstraße Attendance: 2,100

Hannover 96 v N.E.C.

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) Friendly	Hannover 96	0–0	N.E.C.	Marbella, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Westin La Quinta hotel training ground Attendance: 200 Referee: Daniel Durán

Hannover 96 v Zulte Waregem

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09) Friendly	Hannover 96	3–3	Zulte Waregem	Marbella, Spain
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hadžić 76' Muslija 81' Weydandt 88'	Report	Nissilä 68' Sylla 70' De Pauw 75'	Stadium: Westin La Quinta hotel training ground Attendance: 110 Referee: Gutierrez Perez

Hannover 96 v Heracles Almelo

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) Friendly	Hannover 96	4–1	Heracles Almelo	Hanover
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wood 10', 58' Weydandt 23' Müller 83'	Report	van der Water 89'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 560 Referee: Eric Müller
Note: The match lasted for 4×30 minutes.

Arminia Bielefeld v Hannover 96

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) Friendly	Arminia Bielefeld	5–0	Hannover 96	Bielefeld
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Staude 9', 24' Klos 26' Voglsammer 51', 69'	Report		Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 1,530

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2018	18 May 2019	Matchday 1	17th	34	5	6	23	31	71	−40	014.71
DFB-Pokal	19 August 2018	30 October 2018	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Total					36	6	6	24	37	73	−36	016.67

Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2018–19 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Schalke 04	34	8	9	17	37	55	−18	33
15	FC Augsburg	34	8	8	18	51	71	−20	32
16	VfB Stuttgart (R)	34	7	7	20	32	70	−38	28	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	Hannover 96 (R)	34	5	6	23	31	71	−40	21	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	1. FC Nürnberg (R)	34	3	10	21	26	68	−42	19

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^[30]
(R) Relegated

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
34	5	6	23	31	71	−40	21	5	1	11	15	26	−11	0	5	12	16	45	−29

Source: Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L
Position	9	11	13	16	16	18	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17

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

Matches

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 1	Werder Bremen	1–1	Hannover 96	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebre Selassie 85'	Report	Weydandt 76'	Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Felix Brych

Hannover 96 v Borussia Dortmund

31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 2	Hannover 96	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

RB Leipzig v Hannover 96

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 3	RB Leipzig	3–2	Hannover 96	Leipzig
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Poulsen 9' Werner 40', 63'	Report	Füllkrug 13' Albornoz 65'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 38,937 Referee: Robert Kampka

1. FC Nürnberg v Hannover 96

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 4	1. FC Nürnberg	2–0	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Anton 76' (o.g.) Knöll 77'	Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 36,736 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hannover 96 v 1899 Hoffenheim

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) 5	Hannover 96	1–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Füllkrug 55' (pen.)	Report	Brenet 20' Kadeřábek 49' Belfodil 90+3'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hannover 96

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–1	Hannover 96	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	N'Dicka 36' Rebić 45+1' de Guzmán 59' Jović 89'	Report	Muslija 86'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,300 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 7	Hannover 96	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wood 30', 45+1' Bebou 90+1'	Report	Gómez 50'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 40,800 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Bayer Leverkusen v Hannover 96

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 8	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Bender 34' Bellarabi 90+4'	Report	Muslija 25' Felipe 54'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,435 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Hannover 96 v FC Augsburg

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 9	Hannover 96	1–2	FC Augsburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bebou 72'	Report	Khedira 8' Finnbogason 63' (pen.)	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 37,600 Referee: Robert Kampka

Schalke 04 v Hannover 96

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 10	Schalke 04	3–1	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Bentaleb 57' (pen.) Embolo 71' Uth 85'	Report	Weydandt 70'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,959 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 11	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Maina 31' Bebou 62' (pen.)	Report	Weghorst 82' (pen.)	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 35,800 Referee: Marco Fritz

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hannover 96

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–1	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hazard 7' Lang 44' Stindl 58' Zakaria 77'	Report	Wood 1'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 48,692 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hannover 96 v Hertha BSC

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 13	Hannover 96	0–2	Hertha BSC	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Torunarigha 44' Ibišević 73'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 35,800 Referee: Felix Brych

Mainz 05 v Hannover 96

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 14	Mainz 05	1–1	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Brosinski 89' (pen.)	Report	Weydandt 12'	Stadium: Opel Arena Attendance: 23,305 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hannover 96 v Bayern Munich

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 15	Hannover 96	0–4	Bayern Munich	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Kimmich 2' Alaba 29' Gnabry 53' Lewandowski 62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Sören Storks

SC Freiburg v Hannover 96

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 16	SC Freiburg	1–1	Hannover 96	Freiburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Waldschmidt 3' (pen.)	Report	Felipe 14'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 17	Hannover 96	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fink 90+2'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,200 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 18	Hannover 96	0–1	Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Rashica 32'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 44,300 Referee: Marco Fritz

Borussia Dortmund v Hannover 96

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 19	Borussia Dortmund	5–1	Hannover 96	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Hakimi 24' Reus 60' Götze 62' Guerreiro 67' Witsel 90'	Report	Bakalorz 86'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hannover 96 v RB Leipzig

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 20	Hannover 96	0–3	RB Leipzig	Hanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Halstenberg 45+3' (pen.) Orbán 64', 85'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 32,400 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Nürnberg

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 21	Hannover 96	2–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Müller 45+5', 77'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 33,700 Referee: Tobias Welz

1899 Hoffenheim v Hannover 96

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 22	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Joelinton 4' Belfodil 14' Demirbay 80'	Report		Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 23,404 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 23	Hannover 96	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Rebić 54' Jović 63' Kostić 90'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Marco Fritz

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 24	VfB Stuttgart	5–1	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gómez 4' Kabak 16', 45' Zuber 78', 81'	Report	Jonathas 68'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 55,781 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen

10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 25	Hannover 96	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Hanover
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jonathas 51' Weiser 73' (o.g.)	Report	Volland 13', 28' Havertz 87'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 33,800 Referee: Sören Storks

FC Augsburg v Hannover 96

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 26	FC Augsburg	3–1	Hannover 96	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Córdova 65' Schmid 78' Hahn 86'	Report	Weydandt 8'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 28,136 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hannover 96 v Schalke 04

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 27	Hannover 96	0–1	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Serdar 39'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 44,500 Referee: Sven Jablonski

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28	VfL Wolfsburg	3–1	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Steffen 32', 71' Roussillon 78'	Report	Weydandt 30'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 23,512 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Hannover 96 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 29	Hannover 96	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Raffael 53'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 40,200 Referee: Felix Brych

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 30	Hertha BSC	0–0	Hannover 96	Berlin
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Berlin Attendance: 38,916 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hannover 96 v Mainz 05

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 31	Hannover 96	1–0	Mainz 05	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt 66'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 30,400 Referee: Sören Storks

Bayern Munich v Hannover 96

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 32	Bayern Munich	3–1	Hannover 96	Munich
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski 27' Goretzka 40' Ribéry 83'	Report	Jonathas 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hannover 96 v SC Freiburg

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 33	Hannover 96	3–0	SC Freiburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Anton 39' Bebou 51' Walace 81'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 38,100 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hannover 96

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 34	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Hannover 96	Düsseldorf
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hennings 56' Karaman 60'	Report	Müller 78'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2018–19 DFB-Pokal

Karlsruher SC v Hannover 96

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) First round	Karlsruher SC	0–6	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Wimmer 17' Bebou 31' Füllkrug 41' (pen.) Asano 51' Weydandt 85', 90'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30) Second round	Hannover 96	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mehmedi 20' Weghorst 90+3'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 34,400 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Philipp Tschauner	2	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	CRO	Josip Elez	10	0	7+2	0	1	0
3	DF	CHI	Miiko Albornoz	23	1	19+3	1	1	0
4	DF	GER	Julian Korb	12	0	11+1	0	0	0
5	DF	BRA	Felipe	18	2	14+3	2	0+1	0
6	MF	GER	Marvin Bakalorz	24	1	16+8	1	0	0
7	MF	GER	Edgar Prib	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
8	MF	BRA	Walace	28	1	23+3	1	2	0
9	FW	BRA	Jonathas	10	3	6+4	3	0	0
10	MF	JPN	Genki Haraguchi	29	0	22+6	0	1	0
11	FW	JPN	Takuma Asano	14	1	9+3	0	2	1
13	FW	TOG	Ihlas Bebou	14	5	12	4	2	1
14	DF	GER	Kevin Akpoguma	4	0	4	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Timo Hübers	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	USA	Sebastian Soto	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
17	FW	USA	Bobby Wood	20	3	12+6	3	0+2	0
18	MF	NOR	Iver Fossum	11	0	5+4	0	1+1	0
19	GK	AUT	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	FW	GER	Nicolai Müller	14	3	11+3	3	0	0
22	DF	GER	Matthias Ostrzolek	19	0	16+2	0	1	0
23	GK	GER	Michael Esser	33	0	32	0	1	0
24	FW	GER	Niclas Füllkrug	15	3	13+1	2	1	1
25	DF	GER	Oliver Sorg	20	0	18+1	0	1	0
26	FW	GER	Hendrik Weydandt	30	8	18+10	6	1+1	2
27	MF	SUI	Pirmin Schwegler	27	0	25+1	0	1	0
28	DF	AUT	Kevin Wimmer	24	1	17+5	0	2	1
29	FW	BIH	Benjamin Hadžić	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Leo Weinkauf	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	GER	Waldemar Anton	36	1	34	1	2	0
32	MF	TUR	Mete Kaan Demir	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	DEN	Uffe Bech	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
34	MF	GER	Tim Dierßen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	MF	GER	Florent Muslija	18	2	6+11	2	0+1	0
37	MF	NGA	Noah Sarenren Bazee	3	0	3	0	0	0
38	MF	GER	Tom Baller	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	GER	Yousef Emghames	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	GER	Linton Maina	21	1	17+3	1	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	26	FW	Hendrik Weydandt	6	2	8
2	13	FW	Ihlas Bebou	4	1	5
3	9	FW	Jonathas	3	0	3
	17	FW	Bobby Wood	3	0	3
	21	FW	Nicolai Müller	3	0	3
	24	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	2	1	3
7	5	DF	Felipe	2	0	2
	35	MF	Florent Muslija	2	0	2
9	3	DF	Miiko Albornoz	1	0	1
	6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	1	0	1
	8	MF	Walace	1	0	1
	11	FW	Takuma Asano	0	1	1
	28	DF	Kevin Wimmer	0	1	1
	31	DF	Waldemar Anton	1	0	1
	40	MF	Linton Maina	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				31	6	37

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	23	GK	Michael Esser	5	1	6
Total				5	1	6

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
1	3	DF	Miiko Albornoz	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1
	25	DF	Oliver Sorg	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0
3	5	DF	Felipe	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
	27	MF	Pirmin Schwegler	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	8	MF	Walace	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
6	6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	9	FW	Jonathas	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
	28	DF	Kevin Wimmer	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	31	DF	Waldemar Anton	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	23	GK	Michael Esser	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	2	DF	Josip Elez	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	13	FW	Ihlas Bebou	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	14	DF	Kevin Akpoguma	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21	FW	Nicolai Müller	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	22	DF	Matthias Ostrzolek	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	7	MF	Edgar Prib	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10	MF	Genki Haraguchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17	FW	Bobby Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26	FW	Hendrik Weydandt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	33	FW	Uffe Bech	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	35	MF	Florent Muslija	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				57	3	1	4	0	0	61	3	1