1991–92 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
1991–92 season
President	Fritz Willig
Manager	Michael Lorkowski
Stadium	Niedersachsenstadion
2. Bundesliga Nord	5th
DFB-Pokal	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Roman Wójcicki (5 goals); All: Martin Groth; Patrick Grün; Roman Wójcicki; (6 goals each)
Highest home attendance	25,000
Lowest home attendance	3,000
Average home league attendance	7,684
Biggest win	NSC Marathon 0–7 Hannover
Biggest defeat	Oldenburg 5–0 Hannover
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 Hannover 96 season is the 96th season in the football club's history and 29th overall season in the second flight of German football, the 2. Bundesliga, and their third consecutive season having been relegated from the Bundesliga in 1989. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and won the cup for the first time in club history, becoming the first team outside the Bundesliga to do so. This is the 33rd season for Hannover in the Niedersachsenstadion, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	GER	Oliver Kirchel
–	GK	GER	Jörg Sievers
–	DF	GER	Axel Bernd
–	DF	GER	Oliver Bock
–	DF	GER	Bernd Heemsoth
–	DF	GER	Jörg-Uwe Klütz
–	DF	GER	Mathias Kuhlmey
–	DF	DEN	Michael Schjønberg
–	DF	GER	Axel Sundermann
–	DF	POL	Roman Wójcicki
–	MF	GER	Meik Ehlert
–	MF	GER	Oliver Freund
–	MF	GER	Jens Friedemann


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	GER	Martin Groth
–	MF	GER	Jörg Kretzschmar
–	MF	GER	André Sirocks
–	MF	GER	Karsten Surmann (captain)
–	FW	BIH	Sergej Barbarez
–	FW	GER	André Breitenreiter
–	FW	YUG	Miloš Đelmaš
–	FW	GER	Patrick Grün
–	FW	GER	Uwe Jursch
–	FW	GER	Michael Koch
–	FW	GER	Waldemar Steubing
–	FW	GER	Niclas Weiland

Source: ^[1]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Fee
FW	Michael Koch	Hamburger SV	Transfer	Summer	€25,000
MF	Meik Ehlert	Condor Hamburg	Transfer	Summer	Free
FW	Uwe Jursch	VfL Osnabrück	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	André Sirocks	Union Berlin	Transfer	Summer	Free
GK	Waldemar Steubing	FC St. Pauli	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Oliver Freund	Werder Bremen	Loan	Summer	Free
DF	Neale Marmon	Colchester United	Return from loan	Summer	–
FW	Sergej Barbarez	Velež Mostar	Transfer	Winter	Free
FW	Miloš Đelmaš	OGC Nice	Transfer	Winter	Free

Out[edit]

Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee
FW	Jochen Heisig	1860 Munich	Transfer	Summer	€200,000
DF	Neale Marmon	FC Homburg	Transfer	Summer	€30,000
MF	Hakan Bicici	TuS Celle	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Michael Karl	SpVgg Bayreuth	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Michael Kautz	VfV Hildesheim	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Thomas Laumann	VfL Herzlake	Transfer	Summer	Free
MF	Nabil Maâloul	Espérance	Transfer	Summer	Free
FW	Uwe Eckel	1. FC Kaiserslautern	End of loan	Summer	–

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga Nord	24 July 1991	17 May 1992	Matchday 1	5th	32	10	14	8	34	37	−3	031.25
DFB-Pokal	27 July 1991	23 May 1992	First round	Winners	7	5	2	0	16	5	+11	071.43
Total					39	15	16	8	50	42	+8	038.46

Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga North[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bayer Uerdingen (C, P)	32	15	9	8	47	29	+18	39	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	VfB Oldenburg	32	12	14	6	56	39	+17	38
3	Hertha BSC	32	13	9	10	46	41	+5	35
4	FC St. Pauli	32	13	9	10	40	38	+2	35
5	Hannover 96	32	10	14	8	34	37	−3	34
6	SV Meppen	32	10	10	12	36	37	−1	30

7	Eintracht Braunschweig	32	12	9	11	54	48	+6	33
8	FC Remscheid	32	8	15	9	39	38	+1	31
9	VfL Osnabrück	32	10	11	11	45	54	−9	31
10	Blau-Weiß Berlin^[a] (R)	32	11	8	13	41	50	−9	30	Relegation to Oberliga
11	Fortuna Köln^[a] (O)	32	8	9	15	39	50	−11	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs
12	Stahl Brandenburg (R)	32	8	7	17	37	53	−16	23	Relegation to Oberliga

Source: kicker.de (Top half, bottom half)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Blau-Weiß Berlin was denied a license for the 1992–93 season, thereby being automatically relegated. Fortuna Köln took part in the relegation play-offs instead.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	10	14	8	34	37	−3	34	6	7	3	20	17	+3	4	7	5	14	20	−6

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D
Position	6	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	3	3	7	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	2	3	5	6	3	2	4	4	4	5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

24 July 1991 1	Bayer Uerdingen	1–1	Hannover 96	Krefeld
20:00	Paßlack 80'	Report	Wójcicki 12'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Eugen Strigel

3 August 1991 2	Hannover 96	2–1	VfL Osnabrück	Hanover
15:30	Kretzschmar 34' Weiland 87'	Report	Wollitz 89'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 8,245 Referee: Hans Fux

10 August 1991 3	Blau-Weiß Berlin	1–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
15:30	Deffke 46'	Report	Steubing 73'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 3,297 Referee: Roland Schäfer

14 August 1991 4	Hannover 96	2–0	FC Remscheid	Hanover
20:00	Surmann 66' Breitenreiter 88'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Frank Fleske

21 August 1991 7	Hannover 96	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
20:00	Groth 6'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hans-Peter Best

24 August 1991 5	VfB Oldenburg	3–2	Hannover 96	Oldenburg
15:30	Wawrzyniak 34' Drulak 47' Steinbach 90'	Report	Surmann 23' Groth 82'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Bußhardt

27 August 1991 6	Stahl Brandenburg	3–0	Hannover 96	Brandenburg (Havel)
18:00	Beeck 33' Voß 55' Grether 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadion am Quenz Attendance: 3,731 Referee: Frank Kiefer

8 September 1991 8	SV Meppen	1–1	Hannover 96	Meppen
18:00	van der Pütten 17'	Report	Wójcicki 84'	Stadium: Hindenburgstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Kurt Witke

15 September 1991 9	Hannover 96	2–2	Hertha BSC	Hanover
15:00	Grün 26' Friedemann 88'	Report	Lünsmann 27' Rath 41'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Karl-Heinz Gläser

21 September 1991 10	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	Hannover 96	Braunschweig
15:30	Holze 54'	Report	Friedemann 55', 71' Groth 74'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 9,011 Referee: Peter Richmann

27 September 1991 11	Hannover 96	0–1	Fortuna Köln	Hanover
20:00		Report	Neuschäfer 19'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Wieland Ziller

4 October 1991 12	Hannover 96	1–3	Bayer Uerdingen	Hanover
20:00	Surmann 87'	Report	Laeßig 67', 82' Timofte 90+2'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,233 Referee: Dieter Birlenbach

11 October 1991 13	VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Hannover 96	Osnabrück
20:00		Report	Grün 70'	Stadium: Osnatel-Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Peter Mölm

19 October 1991 14	Hannover 96	2–0	Blau-Weiß Berlin	Hanover
15:30	Jursch 4' Weiland 69'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Günther Frey

27 October 1991 15	FC Remscheid	0–0	Hannover 96	Remscheid
15:00		Report		Stadium: Röntgen-Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Manfred Lehnart

2 November 1991 16	Hannover 96	2–2	VfB Oldenburg	Hanover
15:30	Grün 8', 40'	Report	Rusyayev 24' da Palma 44'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,136 Referee: Peter Weise

9 November 1991 17	Hannover 96	1–0	Stahl Brandenburg	Hanover
15:30	Jursch 25'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Leonhard Kentsch

15 November 1991 18	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
20:00		Report		Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 18,650 Referee: Norbert Brückner

23 November 1991 19	Hannover 96	1–1	SV Meppen	Hanover
15:30	Wójcicki 4'	Report	Dragutinović 36'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Reinhard Kuhne

30 November 1991 20	Hertha BSC	0–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
15:30		Report	Klütz 74'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 4,057 Referee: Siegbert Rubel

8 December 1991 21	Hannover 96	1–1	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hanover
14:00	Surmann 80' (pen.)	Report	Probst 64'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 10,488 Referee: Lutz Pohlmann

15 December 1991 22	Fortuna Köln	0–0	Hannover 96	Cologne
14:00		Report		Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 800 Referee: Roland Schäfer

8 March 1992 23	SV Meppen	3–0	Hannover 96	Meppen
15:00	Marell 17' Bujan 55' Heuermann 71'	Report		Stadium: Hindenburgstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frank Kiefer

14 March 1992 24	Hannover 96	1–1	VfB Oldenburg	Hanover
15:30	Sundermann 36'	Report	Steinbach 43'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reinhard Kuhne

20 March 1992 25	Bayer Uerdingen	1–0	Hannover 96	Krefeld
20:00	Bittengel 75'	Report		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Volkmar Fischer

27 March 1992 26	FC St. Pauli	0–3	Hannover 96	Hamburg
20:00		Report	Klütz 64' Koch 73', 85'	Stadium: Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion Attendance: 14,092 Referee: Thomas Leimert

4 April 1992 27	Hannover 96	2–1	Hertha BSC	Hanover
15:30	Freund 66' Kretzschmar 70'	Report	Iliev 30'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Manfred Schmidt

16 April 1992 28	Hannover 96	1–1	SV Meppen	Hanover
20:00	Wójcicki 57' (pen.)	Report	Menke 50'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 7,534 Referee: Bodo Brandt-Chollé

26 April 1992 29	VfB Oldenburg	5–0	Hannover 96	Oldenburg
15:00	Claaßen 2', 21' Drulák 57', 72', 85'	Report		Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen

2 May 1992 30	Hannover 96	1–1	Bayer Uerdingen	Hanover
15:30	Wójcicki 88' (pen.)	Report	Laeßig 84'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

10 May 1992 31	Hannover 96	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
15:00		Report	Sailer 78' Ottens 90'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jürgen Wippermann

17 May 1992 32	Hertha BSC	1–1	Hannover 96	Berlin
15:00	Kretschmer 3'	Report	Koch 58'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 2,307 Referee: Kurt Witke

DFB-Pokal[edit]

27 July 1991 First round	NSC Marathon	0–7	Hannover 96	Berlin
15:30		Report	Wójcicki 39' Groth 41', 69', 77' Kretzschmar 56', 67' Sundermann 72'	Stadium: Hertzbergplatz Attendance: 900 Referee: Frank Fleske

17 August 1991 Second round	VfL Bochum	2–3	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30	Bonan 15' Wójcicki 38' (o.g.)	Report	Steubing 18' Weiland 30' Surmann 35'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hans Fux

4 September 1991 Third round	Borussia Dortmund	2–3	Hannover 96	Dortmund
20:00	Schmidt 20' Chapuisat 28'	Report	Grün 71' Breitenreiter 82' Klütz 89'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 14,100 Referee: Manfred Schmidt

24 September 1991 Round of 16	Hannover 96	1–0	Bayer Uerdingen	Hanover
20:00	Grün 38'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 18,600 Referee: Hellmut Krug

30 October 1991 Quarter-final	Hannover 96	1–0	Karlsruher SC	Hanover
20:00	Kuhlmey 70'	Report		Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lothar Löwer

8 April 1992 Semi-final	Hannover 96	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Werder Bremen	Hanover
20:15	Koch 95'	Report	Bratseth 97'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Günther Habermann
	Penalties
	Đelmaš Surmann Wójcicki Sirocks Freund Schjønberg Sievers		Kohn Rufer Bratseth Legat Borowka Wolter Bode

Final[edit]

23 May 1992

18:00 CEST

Hannover 96	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Report
Penalties
Đelmaš Wójcicki Freund Kretzschmar Schjønberg	4–3	Kastenmaier Criens Pflipsen Fach Neun

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 76,200

Referee: Bernd Heynemann

Hannover 96

Borussia Mönchengladbach


GK	1	Jörg Sievers
SW	6	Roman Wójcicki
CB	2	Jörg-Uwe Klütz
CB	3	Axel Sundermann
CB	4	Bernd Heemsoth	119'
RM	5	Jörg Kretzschmar
CM	10	Karsten Surmann (c)
CM	8	Oliver Freund
LM	7	Michael Schjønberg
CF	11	Michael Koch	68'
CF	9	Miloš Đelmaš
Substitutes:
DF	14	Mathias Kuhlmey	119'
FW	15	Uwe Jursch	68'
Manager:
Michael Lorkowski


GK	1	Uwe Kamps
SW	3	Holger Fach
CB	5	Thomas Huschbeck	46'
CB	4	Michael Klinkert
CB	2	Thomas Kastenmaier
RM	8	Karlheinz Pflipsen
CM	6	Christian Hochstätter
CM	7	Martin Schneider
LM	10	Jörg Neun
CF	11	Martin Max	76'
CF	9	Hans-Jörg Criens (c)
Substitutes:
DF	15	Joachim Stadler	46'
FW	14	Martin Dahlin	76'
Manager:
Jürgen Gelsdorf

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of two substitutions.

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Pos	Name	2. Bundesliga Nord	DFB-Pokal	Total^[2]
1	MF	Martin Groth	3	3	6
	FW	Patrick Grün	4	2	6
	DF	Roman Wójcicki	5	1	6
4	MF	Karsten Surmann	4	1	5
5	FW	Michael Koch	3	1	4
5	MF	Jörg Kretzschmar	2	2	4
7	MF	Jens Friedemann	3	0	3
	DF	Jörg-Uwe Klütz	2	1	3
	FW	Niclas Weiland	2	1	3
10	FW	André Breitenreiter	1	1	2
	FW	Uwe Jursch	2	0	2
	FW	Waldemar Steubing	1	1	2
	DF	Axel Sundermann	1	1	2
14	MF	Oliver Freund	1	0	1
14	DF	Mathias Kuhlmey	0	1	1
Total			34	16	50

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Pos	Name	2. Bundesliga Nord	DFB-Pokal	Total^[3]
1	GK	Jörg Sievers	10	4	14
Total			10	4	14

References[edit]

^ "Hannover 96 - 2. Bundesliga: der Kader der Saison 1991/92". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "2. Bundesliga - Torjäger". Retrieved 13 December 2017.
^ "Hannover 96 - 2. Bundesliga: alle Vereinstermine der Saison 1991/92". Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[table_note_BER0.80739305718215-2] Blau-Weiß Berlin was denied a license for the 1992–93 season, thereby being automatically relegated. Fortuna Köln took part in the relegation play-offs instead.

[1] "Hannover 96 - 2. Bundesliga: der Kader der Saison 1991/92". Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[3] "2. Bundesliga - Torjäger". Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[4] "Hannover 96 - 2. Bundesliga: alle Vereinstermine der Saison 1991/92". Retrieved 13 December 2017.

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