2019–20 Hannover 96 season

The 2019–20 Hannover 96 season was the 124th season in the football club's history and 24th overall season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, having been relegated from the Bundesliga in the previous season. Hannover 96 also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 61st season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Hannover 96

2019–20 season
President	Martin Kind
Manager	Mirko Slomka (until 3 November) Asif Šarić (interim; 4–14 November) Kenan Kocak (from 14 November)
Stadium	HDI-Arena
2. Bundesliga	6th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Marvin Ducksch (15) All: Marvin Ducksch (15)
Highest home attendance	49,000
Lowest home attendance	Pre-spectatorless matches:[a] 22,100
Average home league attendance	21,247[b]
Biggest win	Hannover 4–0 St. Pauli
Biggest defeat	Hannover 0–4 Nürnberg Heidenheim 4–0 Hannover
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

On 12 March 2020, all players were quarantined for 14 days after Timo Hübers and Jannes Horn were tested positive for COVID-19.^[1]

Players

Squad information

As of 9 February 2020^[2]

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 Ron-Robert Zieler 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 (vice-captain)[3] 9 FW  SWE John Guidetti (on loan from Alavés) 10 MF  JPN Genki Haraguchi 11 MF  GER Linton Maina 13 MF  GER Dominik Kaiser 15 DF  GER Timo Hübers 16 FW  USA Sebastian Soto 17 FW  GER Marvin Ducksch 18 MF  GER Marc Stendera

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  GER Philipp Ochs 21 DF  GER Jannes Horn (on loan from 1. FC Köln) 22 DF  GER Matthias Ostrzolek 23 GK  GER Michael Ratajczak 24 DF  GER Sebastian Jung 25 GK  DEN Martin Hansen 26 FW  GER Hendrik Weydandt 28 DF  GER Marcel Franke 29 MF  GER Simon Stehle 31 DF  GER Waldemar Anton 33 FW  GER Cedric Teuchert (on loan from Schalke 04) 34 MF  GER Niklas Tarnat 35 MF  KOS Florent Muslija 37 FW  GER Justin Neiß 40 FW  GER Marco Stefandl

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 19 FW  SWE Emil Hansson (on loan to RKC Waalwijk until 30 June 2020) 30 GK  GER Leo Weinkauf (on loan to MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee	Source
1	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	VfB Stuttgart	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2023	€750,000	[4]
13	GK	Philipp Tschauner	FC Ingolstadt	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2020	–
17	FW	Marvin Ducksch	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2022	€1.75 million	[5]
18	MF	Marc Stendera	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	[6]
19	FW	Emil Hansson	Feyenoord	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2022	€600,000	[7]
20	DF	Dennis Aogo	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	–	[6]
21	DF	Jannes Horn	1. FC Köln	Loan	Summer	30 June 2020	€200,000	[8]
24	DF	Sebastian Jung	VfL Wolfsburg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	[9]
28	DF	Marcel Franke	Norwich City	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2022	€500,000	[10]
33	FW	Cedric Teuchert	Schalke 04	Loan	Summer	30 June 2020	Free	[11]
–	MF	Mike-Steven Bähre	Barnsley	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2020	–
–	MF	Manuel Schmiedebach	Union Berlin	Return from loan	Summer	30 June 2020	–
9	FW	John Guidetti	Alavés	Loan	Winter	30 June 2020	Free	[12]
13	MF	Dominik Kaiser	Brøndby	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2022	€400,000	[13]
20	MF	Philipp Ochs	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2022	Free	[14]
23	GK	Michael Ratajczak	SC Paderborn	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	Free	[15]
25	GK	Martin Hansen	Strømsgodset	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2021	Free	[16]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee	Source
8	MF	Walace	Udinese	Transfer	Summer	€6 million	[17]
9	FW	Jonathas	Free agent	Contract terminated	Summer	–	[18]
11	FW	Takuma Asano	Arsenal	End of loan	Summer	–
13	FW	Ihlas Bebou	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Summer	€8.5 million	[19]
13	FW	Philipp Tschauner	RB Leipzig	Transfer	Summer	€200,000	[20]
14	DF	Kevin Akpoguma	1899 Hoffenheim	End of loan	Summer	–
17	FW	Bobby Wood	Hamburger SV	End of loan	Summer	–
18	MF	Iver Fossum	AaB	Transfer	Summer	Free	[21]
19	GK	Samuel Şahin-Radlinger	Barnsley	End of contract	Summer	–	[22]
21	FW	Nicolai Müller	Eintracht Frankfurt	End of loan	Summer	–
24	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	Werder Bremen	Transfer	Summer	€6.5 million	[23]
25	DF	Oliver Sorg	1. FC Nürnberg	End of contract	Summer	–	[24]
27	MF	Pirmin Schwegler	Western Sydney Wanderers	Transfer	Summer	Free	[25]
28	DF	Kevin Wimmer	Stoke City	End of loan	Summer	–
30	GK	Leo Weinkauf	MSV Duisburg	Loan	Summer	Free	[26]
33	FW	Uffe Bech	Panathinaikos	End of contract	Summer	–	[27]
34	MF	Tim Dierßen	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	–
36	DF	Chris Gloster	PSV Eindhoven	Transfer	Summer	€300,000	[28]
37	FW	Noah Sarenren Bazee	FC Augsburg	Transfer	Summer	€1.7 million	[29]
38	FW	Tom Baller	Holstein Kiel II	End of contract	Summer	–	[30]
39	FW	Yousef Emghames	Free agent	End of contract	Summer	–
–	MF	Mike-Steven Bähre	Barnsley	Transfer	Summer	€150,000	[31]
–	MF	Manuel Schmiedebach	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	Free	[32]
19	FW	Emil Hansson	RKC Waalwijk	Loan	Winter	Free	[33]
20	DF	Dennis Aogo	Free agent	Contract terminated	Winter	–	[34]
23	GK	Michael Esser	1899 Hoffenheim	Transfer	Winter	Free	[35]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void

Mellendorfer TV v Hannover 96

22 June 2019 (2019-06-22) Friendly	Mellendorfer TV	0–6	Hannover 96	Wedemark
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Jonathas 10', 39' Maina 12' Albornoz 33' Weydandt 64' Marusenko 71'	Stadium: MTV-Sportpark Attendance: 1,975 Referee: Jan Tschirschwitz

TSV Bemerode v Hannover 96

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23) Friendly	TSV Bemerode	1–6	Hannover 96	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lindemann 60'	Report	Fossum 5' Weydandt 13', 14', 57' Albornoz 26' Jonathas 85'	Stadium: TSV-Sportplatz Attendance: 1,896 Referee: Björn Behrens

1. FC Wunstorf v Hannover 96

28 June 2019 (2019-06-28) Friendly	1. FC Wunstorf	0–4	Hannover 96	Wunstorf
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weydandt 1', 44' Muslija 24' Hadžić 81'	Stadium: Barne-Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marius Schlüwe

Lüneburger SK Hansa v Hannover 96

29 June 2019 (2019-06-29) Friendly	Lüneburger SK Hansa	2–3	Hannover 96	Uelzen
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Şen 34', 78' (pen.)	Report	Jonathas 41' Soto 47' Hadžić 67'	Stadium: Sportplatz Fischerhof Attendance: 1,087 Referee: André Schönheit

TSV Hartberg v Hannover 96

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) Friendly	TSV Hartberg	2–0	Hannover 96	Greinbach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rep 54', 79'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz TuS Greinbach

Hannover 96 v Rostov

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07) Friendly	Hannover 96	2–1	Rostov	Loipersdorf, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt 3' Muslija 51'	Report	Eremenko 70'	Stadium: Waldstadion Dietersdorf
Note: The match lasted for 1×60 and 1×45 minutes.

Grazer AK v Hannover 96

10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) Friendly	Grazer AK	1–3	Hannover 96	Graz, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hackinger 31'	Report	Soto 52', 76' Prib 57'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl

Hansa Rostock v Hannover 96

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Hansa Rostock	0–0	Hannover 96	Rostock
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Christian Allwardt

Hannoverscher SC v Hannover 96

17 July 2019 (2019-07-17) Friendly	Hannoverscher SC	0–4	Hannover 96	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Weydandt 5' Bakalorz 23' Teuchert 28' Soto 65'	Stadium: VW Podbi Sportpark Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Mario Birnstiel

Hannover 96 v Groningen

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Hannover 96	0–1	Groningen	Hanover
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Sierhuis 11'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Johann Pfeifer

Hannover 96 v Werder Bremen

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05) Friendly	Hannover 96	0–1	Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Pizarro 38'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 0
Note: The match lasted for 2×30 minutes.

TSV Havelse v Hannover 96

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) Friendly	TSV Havelse	1–6	Hannover 96	Garbsen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Plume 15'	Report	Muslija 4', 51' Ducksch 58', 85' Soto 61' Prib 87'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Langrehr-Stadion Referee: Markus Büsing

Hannover 96 v Arminia Bielefeld

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) Friendly	Hannover 96	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Hanover
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt 54'	Report	Schipplock 10' Klos 30'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Referee: Thomas Gorniak

Hannover 96 v SC Paderborn

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) Friendly	Hannover 96	0–1	SC Paderborn	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Pröger 33'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Franz Bokop

Werder Bremen v Hannover 96

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) Friendly	Werder Bremen	3–1	Hannover 96	Bremen
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sargent 33', 43' Rashica 59'	Report	Prib 30'	Stadium: Weserstadion Platz 11 Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Benen

VfL Wolfsburg v Hannover 96

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
11:00 CET (UTC+1)	Steffen 41' Mehmedi 81'	Report	Felipe 20'	Stadium: AOK-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Franz Bokop

Hannover 96 v Viktoria Berlin

19 January 2020 (2020-01-19) Friendly	Hannover 96	3–3	Viktoria Berlin	Hanover
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Muslija 9' Soto 45' Ducksch 62'	Report	Falcão 23' Schmidt 48' Fardjad-Azad 80'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Lukas Benen

Hertha BSC v Hannover 96

26 March 2020 (2020-03-26) Friendly	Hertha BSC	Cancelled	Hannover 96	Berlin
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadion auf dem Wurfplatz
Note: The match was cancelled as the Hannover 96 players were quarantined due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[1]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	26 July 2019	28 June 2020	Matchday 1	6th	34	13	9	12	54	49	+5	038.24
DFB-Pokal	12 August 2019	12 August 2019	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Total					35	13	9	13	54	51	+3	037.14

Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2019–20 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Hamburger SV	34	14	12	8	62	46	+16	54
5	Darmstadt 98	34	13	13	8	48	43	+5	52
6	Hannover 96	34	13	9	12	54	49	+5	48
7	Erzgebirge Aue	34	13	8	13	46	48	−2	47
8	VfL Bochum	34	11	13	10	53	51	+2	46

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-off.^[36]

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	13	9	12	54	49	+5	48	6	8	3	27	21	+6	7	1	9	27	28	−1

Source: DFB

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	13	12	8	10	12	15	13	15	11	12	14	13	15	16	14	12	14	13	13	14	12	12	14	12	9	9	7	6	7	6	8	6	7	6

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

Matches

VfB Stuttgart v Hannover 96

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) 1	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gómez 29' Didavi 36'	Report	Awoudja 39' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 52,021 Referee: Felix Brych

Hannover 96 v Jahn Regensburg

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 2	Hannover 96	1–1	Jahn Regensburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt 66'	Report	Albers 79'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Wehen Wiesbaden v Hannover 96

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Wehen Wiesbaden	0–3	Hannover 96	Wiesbaden
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Ducksch 28', 77' (pen.) Muslija 57'	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 5,607 Referee: Timo Gerach

Hannover 96 v Greuther Fürth

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 4	Hannover 96	1–1	Greuther Fürth	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weydandt 47'	Report	Seguin 22'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 26,000 Referee: René Rohde

Hamburger SV v Hannover 96

1 September 2019 (2019-09-01) 5	Hamburger SV	3–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kittel 35' Kinsombi 59' Jatta 75'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,732 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hannover 96 v Arminia Bielefeld

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 6	Hannover 96	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Hanover
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Klos 32' Voglsammer 64' (pen.)	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 37,200 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Holstein Kiel v Hannover 96

20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) 7	Holstein Kiel	1–2	Hannover 96	Kiel
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lee 63'	Report	Ducksch 43' Teuchert 52'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 15,034 Referee: Martin Thomsen

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Nürnberg

30 September 2019 (2019-09-30) 8	Hannover 96	0–4	1. FC Nürnberg	Hanover
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Margreitter 3', 83' Behrens 26' Hack 45'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 26,800 Referee: Martin Petersen

Dynamo Dresden v Hannover 96

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 9	Dynamo Dresden	0–2	Hannover 96	Dresden
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Korb 72' Teuchert 89'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 28,359 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hannover 96 v VfL Osnabrück

20 October 2019 (2019-10-20) 10	Hannover 96	0–0	VfL Osnabrück	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 37,600 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Karlsruher SC v Hannover 96

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 11	Karlsruher SC	3–3	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wanitzek 9' (pen.) Gordon 77', 90+6'	Report	Weydandt 6', 90+4' Ducksch 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 13,370 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Hannover 96 v SV Sandhausen

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01) 12	Hannover 96	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Hanover
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Weydandt 7'	Report	Bouhaddouz 62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sören Storks

1. FC Heidenheim v Hannover 96

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 13	1. FC Heidenheim	4–0	Hannover 96	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kleindienst 3', 49' Schnatterer 53' (pen.) Griesbeck 70'	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

Hannover 96 v Darmstadt 98

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 14	Hannover 96	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Hanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haraguchi 14'	Report	Anton 4' (o.g.) Kempe 29'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Martin Thomsen

FC St. Pauli v Hannover 96

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 15	FC St. Pauli	0–1	Hannover 96	Hamburg
13:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Maina 7'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hannover 96 v Erzgebirge Aue

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 16	Hannover 96	3–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakalorz 32' Weydandt 75' Haraguchi 90'	Report	Strauß 16' Bakalorz 49' (o.g.)	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 26,200 Referee: Michael Bacher

VfL Bochum v Hannover 96

13 December 2019 (2019-12-13) 17	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hannover 96	Bochum
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Wintzheimer 14' Zoller 28'	Report	Ducksch 66'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 16,519 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Hannover 96 v VfB Stuttgart

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 18	Hannover 96	2–2	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ducksch 13' Prib 74'	Report	González 46' Silas 62'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 35,200 Referee: Thorben Siewer

Jahn Regensburg v Hannover 96

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 19	Jahn Regensburg	1–0	Hannover 96	Regensburg
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Besuschkow 45+6' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Arena Regensburg Attendance: 8,418 Referee: Patrick Alt

Hannover 96 v Wehen Wiesbaden

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 20	Hannover 96	2–2	Wehen Wiesbaden	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Haraguchi 82' Teuchert 87'	Report	Aigner 37' Röcker 90'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 22,400 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Greuther Fürth v Hannover 96

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 21	Greuther Fürth	1–3	Hannover 96	Fürth
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Anton 74' (o.g.)	Report	Haraguchi 41' Teuchert 70' Stehle 90+6'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 9,580 Referee: Sören Storks

Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 22	Hannover 96	1–1	Hamburger SV	Hanover
13:00 CET (UTC+1)	Teuchert 51'	Report	Pohjanpalo 90+6'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Arminia Bielefeld v Hannover 96

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 23	Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	Hannover 96	Bielefeld
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yabo 83'	Report		Stadium: Schüco-Arena Attendance: 26,285 Referee: Robert Hartmann
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 13:30 CET, but was delayed to 14:00 CET due to adverse weather conditions.

Hannover 96 v Holstein Kiel

2 March 2020 (2020-03-02) 24	Hannover 96	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Hanover
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Guidetti 11' Ochs 80' Weydandt 90+1'	Report	Lee 68'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 25,200 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1. FC Nürnberg v Hannover 96

6 March 2020 (2020-03-06) 25	1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Hübers 18' Maina 27' Weydandt 90'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,745 Referee: Markus Schmidt

VfL Osnabrück v Hannover 96

23 May 2020 (2020-05-23) 27	VfL Osnabrück	2–4	Hannover 96	Osnabrück
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ceesay 6' (pen.) Amenyido 47'	Report	van Aken 11' (o.g.) Ducksch 75' (pen.), 80' Haraguchi 85'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 0 Referee: Sven Jablonski
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 21 March 2020, 13:00 CET, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[37][38]

Hannover 96 v Karlsruher SC

27 May 2020 (2020-05-27) 28	Hannover 96	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Prib 47'	Report	Hofmann 69'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Thorben Siewer
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 4 April 2020, 13:00 CEST, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

SV Sandhausen v Hannover 96

30 May 2020 (2020-05-30) 29	SV Sandhausen	3–1	Hannover 96	Sandhausen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Biada 51' Nauber 56' Türpitz 82'	Report	Guidetti 58'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 0 Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 11–13 April 2020, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

Hannover 96 v Dynamo Dresden

3 June 2020 (2020-06-03) 26	Hannover 96	3–0	Dynamo Dresden	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 10' Guidetti 17' Prib 45+1'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 15 March 2020, 13:30 CET, but was postponed to 17 May 2020, 13:30 CEST as the Hannover 96 players were quarantined due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[40][38] It was postponed again after the Dynamo Dresden players were quarantined due to COVID-19 cases.[41] The match was played behind closed doors.

Hannover 96 v 1. FC Heidenheim

7 June 2020 (2020-06-07) 30	Hannover 96	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Hanover
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 30' Prib 41'	Report	Schimmer 75'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Zwayer
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 17–20 April 2020, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

Darmstadt 98 v Hannover 96

14 June 2020 (2020-06-14) 31	Darmstadt 98	3–2	Hannover 96	Darmstadt
13:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dursun 24' Schnellhardt 62' Franke 90' (o.g.)	Report	Prib 47' Ducksch 58'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 0 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 24–27 April 2020, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

Hannover 96 v FC St. Pauli

17 June 2020 (2020-06-17) 32	Hannover 96	4–0	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 6' Weydandt 17' Haraguchi 61' Teuchert 80'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander Sather
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 2–4 May 2020, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

Erzgebirge Aue v Hannover 96

21 June 2020 (2020-06-21) 33	Erzgebirge Aue	2–1	Hannover 96	Aue-Bad Schlema
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Testroet 23' Fandrich 67'	Report	Ducksch 79'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Florian Badstübner
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 10 May 2020, 15:30 CEST, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

Hannover 96 v VfL Bochum

28 June 2020 (2020-06-28) 34	Hannover 96	2–0	VfL Bochum	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ducksch 45', 84'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: René Rohde
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 17 May 2020, 15:30 CEST, but was postponed and played behind closed doors due to a pandemic of COVID-19 in Germany.[39][38]

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2019–20 DFB-Pokal

Karlsruher SC v Hannover 96

12 August 2019 (2019-08-12) First round	Karlsruher SC	2–0	Hannover 96	Karlsruhe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Grozurek 53' Wanitzek 61' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 11,779 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	31	0	1	0	32	0
2	DF	Josip Elez	20+3	0	0	0	23	0
3	DF	Miiko Albornoz	15+4	0	0	0	19	0
4	DF	Julian Korb	22+4	1	0+1	0	27	1
5	DF	Felipe	8+1	0	1	0	10	0
6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	15+4	1	1	0	20	1
7	MF	Edgar Prib	20+6	5	1	0	27	5
8	MF	Walace	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Jonathas	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	John Guidetti	10+4	3	0	0	14	3
10	MF	Genki Haraguchi	26+6	6	0+1	0	33	6
11	MF	Linton Maina	18+6	2	1	0	25	2
13	GK	Philipp Tschauner	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	Dominik Kaiser	15+1	0	0	0	16	0
15	DF	Timo Hübers	11+1	1	0	0	12	1
16	FW	Sebastian Soto	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	Marvin Ducksch	21+7	15	1	0	29	15
18	MF	Iver Fossum	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Marc Stendera	10+7	0	0	0	17	0
19	FW	Emil Hansson	3+11	0	0	0	14	0
20	DF	Dennis Aogo	4	0	0	0	4	0
20	MF	Philipp Ochs	2+7	1	0	0	9	1
21	DF	Jannes Horn	19+4	0	0	0	23	0
22	DF	Matthias Ostrzolek	2+5	0	0	0	7	0
23	GK	Michael Esser	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	GK	Michael Ratajczak	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	Sebastian Jung	9	0	1	0	10	0
25	GK	Martin Hansen	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	Hendrik Weydandt	16+11	9	1	0	28	9
28	DF	Marcel Franke	19	0	1	0	20	0
29	MF	Simon Stehle	0+2	1	0	0	2	1
31	DF	Waldemar Anton	30	0	1	0	31	0
33	FW	Cedric Teuchert	15+8	6	0+1	0	24	6
34	MF	Niklas Tarnat	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Florent Muslija	10+10	1	1	0	21	1
36	DF	Chris Gloster	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Justin Neiß	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	FW	Marco Stefandl	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	17	FW	Marvin Ducksch	15	0	15
2	26	FW	Hendrik Weydandt	9	0	9
3	10	MF	Genki Haraguchi	6	0	6
	33	FW	Cedric Teuchert	6	0	6
5	7	MF	Edgar Prib	5	0	5
6	9	FW	John Guidetti	3	0	3
7	11	MF	Linton Maina	2	0	2
8	4	DF	Julian Korb	1	0	1
	6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	1	0	1
	15	DF	Timo Hübers	1	0	1
	20	MF	Philipp Ochs	1	0	1
	29	MF	Simon Stehle	1	0	1
	35	MF	Florent Muslija	1	0	1
Own goals				2	0	2
Total				54	0	54

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	2. Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	1	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	7	0	7
2	25	GK	Martin Hansen	1	0	1
Total				8	0	8

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	2. Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
1	31	DF	Waldemar Anton	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1	0
2	7	MF	Edgar Prib	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	28	DF	Marcel Franke	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
4	3	DF	Miiko Albornoz	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	10	MF	Genki Haraguchi	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	18	MF	Marc Stendera	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
	21	DF	Jannes Horn	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
8	2	DF	Josip Elez	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	4	DF	Julian Korb	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	5	DF	Felipe	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
11	1	GK	Ron-Robert Zieler	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	13	MF	Dominik Kaiser	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	15	DF	Timo Hübers	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	17	FW	Marvin Ducksch	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	22	DF	Matthias Ostrzolek	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	6	MF	Marvin Bakalorz	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9	FW	John Guidetti	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	20	MF	Philipp Ochs	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	35	MF	Florent Muslija	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
20	11	MF	Linton Maina	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20	DF	Dennis Aogo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	33	FW	Cedric Teuchert	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				67	6	1	1	0	0	68	6	1

Notes

1. All five home matches played in May and June 2020 have been played behind closed doors without any spectators.
2. The average league attendance was 30,100 after twelve home matches prior to fixtures being played behind closed doors.