Hannover 96
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| Full name | Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 |
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| Founded | 1896 |
| Ground | Heinz von Heiden Arena |
| Capacity | 49,000 |
| Chairman | Sebastian Kramer |
| Manager | Christian Titz |
| League | 2. Bundesliga |
| 2024-25 | 2. Bundesliga, 9th |
Hannover 96, also sometimes called Hanover 96 in English,[1][2] is a sports club in Hanover, a city in northern Germany.
The sports club was founded in 1896. Hannover 96 is famous for its football (AE: "Soccer") team that has almost always played in the first or second German football league (Except 1996-1998).
Hannover 96 was German Football Champion in 1938 and 1954 and German Cup winner in 1992. The club played eight seasons in European cup competitions (24 matches).
Home stadium of Hannover 96 is the Heinz von Heiden Arena (capacity: 49.000).
In 1963 the German national Football League, the Fußball-Bundesliga was founded. Hannover 96 joined the Bundesliga in 1964 and played there for the following ten years. In the 1970s and 1980s the club went down to the second league and up again several times. In the 1990s Hannover 96 played eight seasons in the second Bundesliga and two years in the third league, the Regionalliga Nord (1996-98).
Since 2002, Hannover 96 is (again) a member of the first German Football league, the Bundesliga.
Some famous players who have been in the team for a long time: Altin Lala Albanian national player, Steven Cherundolo, USA-national player, Robert Enke, former German national goalkeeper.
The coach of the football team (April 2026) is Christian Titz, the club's president is Sebastian Kramer.
Current squad
[change | change source]- As of 14 January 2026[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Manager history
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Honours
[change | change source]The club's honours:
- German Championship
- DFB-Pokal
- Winners: 1991–92
- 2. Bundesliga
Regional
[change | change source]- Südkreisliga
- Champions: 1921, 1927, 1928, 1930[source?]
- Gauliga Niedersachsen
- Champions: 1935, 1938[source?]
- Oberliga Nord
- Champions: 1954
- Regionalliga Nord (Tier 3)
- Champions: 1997, 1998[source?]
- Lower Saxony Cup (Tiers 3–5)
- Winners: 1982,1998, 1999[source?]
Youth
[change | change source]- German Under 17 Championship
- Runners-up: 1994, 1995
- Under 19 Bundesliga North/Northeast
- Champions: 2004
References
[change | change source]- ↑ phttps://www.dw.com/en/hanover-96/a-2718395
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1SA0JP/
- ↑ "Unser Team" [Our Team]. hannover96.de (in German). Hannover 96. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.at
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