2013–14 Hannover 96 season


The 2013–14 Hannover 96 season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club plays in the Bundesliga, the premier tier of German football. It is the club's eleventh season in this league, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002.

Off-season

Hannover made five new signings over the summer period—Salif Sané from Nancy, Edgar Prib from Greuther Fürth, Leonardo Bittencourt from Borussia Dortmund, and youngsters Konstantin Fuhry from Stuttgart under-19's and Florian Ballas from Nürnberg II.
Hannover also lost Sérgio Pinto to Levante and both Mohammed Abdellaoue and Konstantin Rausch to Stuttgart. Additionally, Mario Eggimann left to join Union Berlin, Sofian Chahed left on a free transfer and Johan Djourou returned to Arsenal before signing on loan at rivals Hamburger SV.
During the winter break, rumours arose regarding the situation of manager Mirko Slomka due to the team's recent poor form, and on 27 December, he was fired.
As per the norm for German football teams, during the mid-season break, the teams have training camps in countries with warmer winter climates. This year, Hannover 96 will be in Belek, Turkey, between 9 January and 17 January, along with Hertha BSC and Borussia Mönchengladbach, prior to the Niedersaschen derby at Wolfsburg on 25 January.
On 31 December 2013, it was announced that Turkish manager Tayfun Korkut had become the new manager of Hannover on a contract running until 30 June 2016. He is the second Turkish coach to manage in the Bundesliga.

Fixtures

Pre-season

During the season

Post-season

Bundesliga

League fixtures and results

League table

DFB-Pokal

Hannover entered the 2013–14 DFB Pokal with an away game against Victoria Hamburg on Sunday 4 August 2013.

Squad

Squad information

Season statistics

As of 12 April 2013
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Results summary

Points breakdown

Points at home: 25
Points away from home: 10
Points against promoted teams: 5

Biggest & smallest

Biggest home win: 4 – 1 vs. 1. Mainz 05, 31 August 2013
Biggest home defeat: 0 – 4 vs. Bayern Munich, 23 February 2014
Biggest away win: 1 – 3 vs. Wolfsburg, 25 January 2014
Biggest away defeat: 3 – 0 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 17 August 2013
Biggest home attendance: 49,000 vs. Schalke 04, 24 August 2013
Smallest home attendance: 38,600 vs. Mainz 05, 31 August 2013
Biggest away attendance: 80,645 vs. Borussia Dortmund, 19 October 2013
Smallest away attendance: 4,787 vs. Victoria Hamburg, 4 August 2013

Results by match

Goal scorers

;All competitions
ScorerGoals
Szabolcs Huszti9
Mame Biram Diouf8
Artur Sobiech4
Leonardo Bittencourt4
Didier Ya Konan4
Artjoms Rudņevs3
Lars Stindl3
Salif Sané2
Leon Andreasen2
Jan Schlaudraff1
Christian Schulz1
Hiroki Sakai1
Edgar Prib1

;2013–14 Bundesliga
ScorerGoals
Mame Biram Diouf8
Szabolcs Huszti8
Leonardo Bittencourt4
Didier Ya Konan3
Artjoms Rudņevs3
Artur Sobiech3
Lars Stindl3
Salif Sané2
Leon Andreasen2
Jan Schlaudraff1
Christian Schulz1
Hiroki Sakai1
Edgar Prib1

;2013–14 DFB-Pokal
ScorerGoals
Artur Sobiech1
Szabolcs Huszti1
Didier Ya Konan1