The 2015–16 Hannover 96 season is the 120th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's 14th consecutive season in this league after the promotion from the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga in 2002.
The season saw Hannover relegated to the 2. Bundesliga, the first time they will play outside of the Bundesliga since 2002.
Squad As of 7 April 2016
Players out on loan
Transfers
Transferred in No.Pos.NameAgeNatMoving fromTypeTransfer WindowContract endsTransfer feeSources 11 Midfielder Felix Klaus SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 €3.0 million 13 Goalkeeper Philipp Tschauner St. Pauli End of contract Summer 30 June 2017 Free 14 Midfielder Allan Saint-Maximin AS Monaco Loan Summer 30 June 2016 — 17 Striker Uffe Bech Nordsjælland Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 €2.0 million 27 Defender Vladimir Ranković Erzgebirge Aue Loan return Summer 30 June 2017 — 29 Defender Oliver Sorg SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 30 June 2019 €3.5 million 30 Goalkeeper Samuel Radlinger 1. FC Nürnberg Loan return Summer 30 June 2017 — 35 Striker Charlison Benschop Fortuna Düsseldorf Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 €1.5 million 38 Striker Valmir Sulejmani Union Berlin Loan return Summer 30 June 2017 – 39 Striker Mevlüt Erdinç Saint-Étienne Transfer Summer 30 June 2018 €3.3 million 16 Midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi Cerezo Osaka Transfer Winter 30 June 2019 €1.5 million 18 Midfielder Iver Fossum Strømsgodset Transfer Winter 30 June 2020 €2 million 21 Striker Marius Wolf 1860 München Transfer Winter 30 June 2019 €1.5 million 22 Striker Hugo Almeida Anzhi Makhachkala Transfer Winter 30 June 2017 Free 24 Defender Alexander Milošević Beşiktaş Loan Winter 30 June 2016 – 28 Striker Ádám Szalai TSG Hoffenheim Loan Winter 30 June 2016 –
Transferred out
No.Pos.NameAgeNatMoving toTypeTransfer WindowTransfer feeSources 10 Midfielder Lars Stindl Borussia Mönchengladbach Transfer Summer €3.0 million 11 Striker Joselu Stoke City Transfer Summer €8.0 million 13 Striker Jan Schlaudraff – End of contract Summer – 14 Goalkeeper Markus Miller – End of contract Summer – 17 Defender João Pereira Sporting CP End of contract Summer Free 18 Defender Marius Stankevičius Córdoba End of contract Summer Free 21 Striker Jimmy Briand Guingamp End of contract Summer Free 24 Defender Christian Pander – End of contract Summer – 31 Striker Didier Ya Konan Fortuna Düsseldorf End of contract Summer Free 32 Midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer €2.5 million 33 Defender Yannik Schulze – End of contract Summer – 39 Goalkeeper Robert Almer Austria Vienna End of contract Summer Free 23 Midfielder Maurice Hirsch Greuther Fürth Loan Winter – 25 Defender Marcelo Beşiktaş Loan Winter – 33 Defender Mike-Steven Bähre Hallescher FC Loan Winter – 36 Midfielder Sebastian Ernst Magdeburg Transfer Winter Undisclosed 37 Defender Niklas Teichgräber VfV 06 Hildesheim Loan Winter – 39 Striker Mevlüt Erdinç Guingamp Loan Winter –
Competitions
Bundesliga
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
DFB-Pokal
Statistics Goalscorers RankNameBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal19FWArtur Sobiech718210MFHiroshi Kiyotake505326FWKenan Karaman31445MFSalif Sané21352MFLeon Andreasen20219DFChristian Schulz20274DFHiroki Sakai1018MFManuel Schmiedebach10111MFFelix Klaus10114MFAllan Saint-Maximin10117MFUffe Bech10122FWHugo Almeida10125DFMarcelo10131DFWaldemar Anton10135FWCharlison Benschop101Own goal101Totals31334
Last updated: 14 May 2016
Clean sheets RankNameBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal11GKRon-Robert Zieler516Totals516
Last updated: 14 May 2016
Disciplinary record PlayerBundesligaDFB-PokalTotal1GKRon-Robert Zieler3000003002MFLeon Andreasen4001005003DFMiiko Albornoz1001002004DFHiroki Sakai1000001005MFSalif Sané8001009006MFCeyhun Gülselam8000008007MFEdgar Prib3000003008MFManuel Schmiedebach4000004009FWArtur Sobiech30000030011MFFelix Klaus10000010014MFAllan Saint-Maximin10000010015MFAndre Hoffmann20000020016MFHotaru Yamaguchi10000010017FWUffe Bech10000010019DFChristian Schulz60000060020DFFelipe20000020021FWMarius Wolf10000010022FWHugo Almeida10000010024DFAlexander Milošević10000010025DFMarcelo40000040026FWKenan Karaman10000010028FWÁdám Szalai20000020029DFOliver Sorg40000040031DFWaldemar Anton20000020037FWNoah Sarenren Bazee100000100Totals66003006900
Last updated: 14 May 2016
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