The 2025–26 Hannover 96 season was the 130th season in the football club's history and 30th overall and seventh 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 67th season for Hannover in the Heinz von Heiden Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Players
Squad information
Out on loan
Transfers
In Player From Source 1 GK Nahuel Noll TSG Hoffenheim Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free 4 DF Hendry Blank Red Bull Salzburg Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free 5 DF Virgil Ghiță Cracovia Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €700,000 6 DF Maik Nawrocki Celtic Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free 7 FW Mustapha Bundu Plymouth Argyle Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free 9 FW Benjamin Källman Cracovia Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free 11 FW Benedikt Pichler Holstein Kiel Transfer Summer 30 June 2027 €600,000 13 MF Franz Roggow Borussia Dortmund II Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free 17 DF Bastian Allgeier SSV Ulm Transfer Summer 30 June 2027 Free 18 MF Daisuke Yokota Gent Loan Summer 30 June 2026 Free 19 DF William Kokolo Laval Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €500,000 20 DF Ime Okon SuperSport United Transfer Summer 30 June 2029 Free 21 MF Marius Wörl Arminia Bielefeld Return from loan Summer 30 June 2027 €200,000 26 MF Waniss Taïbi Rodez Transfer Summer 30 June 2029 €1,000,000 27 DF Hayate Matsuda Mito HollyHock Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €200,000 32 MF Jonas Sterner Holstein Kiel Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 €400,000 33 DF Maurice Neubauer SV Elversberg Transfer Summer 30 June 2028 Free 10 MF Noah Weißhaupt SC Freiburg Loan Winter 30 June 2026 Free 21 MF Mwisho Mhango Ascent Soccer Academy Transfer Winter 30 June 2030 Free 23 MF Stefán Teitur Þórðarson Preston North End Transfer Winter 30 June 2029 €450,000 24 FW Elias Saad FC Augsburg Loan Winter 30 June 2026 Free 35 GK Leon-Oumar Wechsel GKS Tychy Return from loan Winter 30 June 2027 –
Out Player To Source 1 GK Ron-Robert Zieler 1. FC Köln Transfer Summer €200,000 2 DF Josh Knight Portsmouth Transfer Summer €1,000,000 4 DF Kenneth Schmidt SC Freiburg End of loan Summer – 5 DF Phil Neumann Birmingham City End of contract Summer – 6 MF Fabian Kunze 1. FC Kaiserslautern End of contract Summer – 7 FW Jessic Ngankam Eintracht Frankfurt End of loan Summer – 9 FW Nicolò Tresoldi Club Brugge Transfer Summer €7,500,000 11 MF Lee Hyun-ju Bayern Munich II End of loan Summer – 13 MF Max Christiansen 1860 Munich End of contract Summer – 17 DF Bartłomiej Wdowik Braga End of loan Summer – 19 MF Eric Uhlmann Erzgebirge Aue End of contract Summer – 20 DF Jannik Dehm Greuther Fürth End of contract Summer – 21 DF Sei Muroya FC Tokyo End of contract Summer – 21 MF Marius Wörl Arminia Bielefeld Transfer Summer €1,500,000 23 DF Marcel Halstenberg Germania Grasdorf End of contract Summer – 25 MF Lars Gindorf Alemannia Aachen Loan Summer Free 32 FW Andreas Voglsammer Hansa Rostock End of contract Summer – 35 GK Leon-Oumar Wechsel GKS Tychy Loan Summer Free 38 FW Thaddäus-Monju Momuluh Arminia Bielefeld Transfer Summer €400,000 40 FW Rabbi Matondo Rangers End of loan Summer – 10 MF Jannik Rochelt Arminia Bielefeld Loan Winter Free 32 MF Jonas Sterner Dynamo Dresden Loan Winter Free 35 GK Leon-Oumar Wechsel Jahn Regensburg Loan Winter Free
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 9 FW Benjamin Källman 14 0 14 2 18 MF Daisuke Yokota 5 0 5 3 7 FW Mustapha Bundu 4 0 44 3 DF Boris Tomiak 3 0 3 6 DF Maik Nawrocki 3 0 3 8 MF Enzo Leopold 3 0 3 11 FW Benedikt Pichler 3 0 3 15 MF Noël Aséko Nkili 3 0 3 23 MF Stefán Teitur Þórðarson 3 0 3 27 DF Hayate Matsuda 3 0 3 29 MF Kolja Oudenne 3 0 312 5 DF Virgil Ghiță 2 0 2 14 FW Husseyn Chakroun 2 0 2 20 DF Ime Okon 2 0 2 33 DF Maurice Neubauer 2 0 216 10 MF Noah Weißhaupt 1 0 1 26 MF Waniss Taïbi 1 0 1 Own goals 3 0 3 Total 60 0 60
Clean sheets Rank Name 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 1 GK Nahuel Noll 10 0 10 Total 10 0 10
Disciplinary record Rank Name 2. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total 1 3 DF Boris Tomiak 8 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 2 15 MF Noël Aséko Nkili 7 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 03 5 DF Virgil Ghiță 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 18 MF Daisuke Yokota 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 05 20 DF Ime Okon 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 26 MF Waniss Taïbi 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 07 6 DF Maik Nawrocki 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 FW Mustapha Bundu 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 MF Enzo Leopold 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 27 DF Hayate Matsuda 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 33 DF Maurice Neubauer 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 23 MF Stefán Teitur Þórðarson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 013 1 GK Nahuel Noll 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 FW Husseyn Chakroun 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 MF Kolja Oudenne 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 016 9 FW Benjamin Källman 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 MF Noah Weißhaupt 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 MF Franz Roggow 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 DF Bastian Allgeier 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 DF William Kokolo 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 FW Elias Saad 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 68 1 0 3 0 0 71 1 0
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