The 2020–21 Hannover 96 season was the 125th season in the football club's history and 25th overall and second consecutive season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 62nd season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Players

Squad information

Out on loan

Transfers

In Player From Source 3 DF Niklas Hult AEK Athens Transfer Summer 30 June 2022 Free 5 DF Simon Falette Eintracht Frankfurt Transfer Summer 30 June 2023 Free 6 MF Jaka Bijol CSKA Moscow Loan Summer 30 June 2021 Free 7 MF Patrick Twumasi Alavés Transfer Summer 30 June 2023 €700,000 8 MF Mike Frantz SC Freiburg Transfer Summer 30 June 2022 Free 18 FW Franck Evina Bayern Munich Transfer Summer 30 June 2023 Free 19 FW Emil Hansson RKC Waalwijk Return from loan Summer 30 June 2022 – 19 FW Valmir Sulejmani Waldhof Mannheim Transfer Summer 30 June 2022 Free 21 DF Sei Muroya FC Tokyo Transfer Summer 30 June 2023 €50,000 23 DF Barış Başdaş Fatih Karagümrük Transfer Summer 30 June 2022 Free 27 MF Kingsley Schindler 1. FC Köln Loan Summer 30 June 2021 Free 31 GK Michael Esser 1899 Hoffenheim Transfer Summer 30 June 2023 Free

Out Player To Source 1 GK Ron-Robert Zieler 1. FC Köln Loan Summer Free 3 DF Miiko Albornoz Free agent End of contract Summer – 4 DF Julian Korb Free agent End of contract Summer – 5 DF Felipe Boluspor Contract terminated Summer – 6 MF Marvin Bakalorz Denizlispor Contract terminated Summer – 7 MF Edgar Prib Fortuna Düsseldorf Contract terminated Summer – 9 FW John Guidetti Alavés End of loan Summer – 16 FW Sebastian Soto Norwich City End of contract Summer – 18 MF Marc Stendera FC Ingolstadt End of contract Summer – 19 FW Emil Hansson Fortuna Sittard Transfer Summer €400,000 21 DF Jannes Horn 1. FC Köln End of loan Summer – 22 DF Matthias Ostrzolek Free agent End of contract Summer – 24 DF Sebastian Jung Karlsruher SC End of contract Summer – 31 DF Waldemar Anton VfB Stuttgart Transfer Summer €4 million 33 FW Cedric Teuchert Schalke 04 End of loan Summer – 33 MF Tim Walbrecht Wehen Wiesbaden Loan Summer Free 40 FW Marco Stefandl Atlas Delmenhorst End of contract Summer –

Friendly matches

Competitions

Overview

2. Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers Rank Name 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 17 FW Marvin Ducksch 16 0 16 2 10 MF Genki Haraguchi 9 0 93 9 FW Hendrik Weydandt 4 1 5 35 MF Florent Muslija 5 0 55 7 MF Patrick Twumasi 3 0 3 13 MF Dominik Kaiser 2 1 3 15 DF Timo Hübers 2 1 3 19 FW Valmir Sulejmani 3 0 39 3 DF Niklas Hult 2 0 2 11 MF Linton Maina 2 0 2 20 MF Philipp Ochs 2 0 212 33 FW Moussa Doumbouya 1 0 1 38 FW Mick Gudra 1 0 1 Own goal 1 0 1 Total 53 3 56

Clean sheets Rank Name 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 31 GK Michael Esser 8 0 8 2 22 GK Michael Ratajczak 1 0 1 Total 9 0 9

Disciplinary record Rank Name 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 6 MF Jaka Bijol 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 13 MF Dominik Kaiser 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 03 3 DF Niklas Hult 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 19 FW Valmir Sulejmani 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 28 DF Marcel Franke 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 06 5 MF Simon Falette 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17 FW Marvin Ducksch 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 08 15 DF Timo Hübers 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 21 DF Sei Muroya 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 010 23 MF Barış Başdaş 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 35 MF Florent Muslija 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 012 2 DF Josip Elez 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 FW Hendrik Weydandt 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 MF Genki Haraguchi 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 015 1 GK Martin Hansen 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 MF Patrick Twumasi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 MF Mike Frantz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 MF Linton Maina 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 38 FW Mick Gudra 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 62 2 0 2 0 0 64 2 0

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