The 2013–14

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season is the 118th season in the club's football history. In 2013–14 the club plays in the

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, the premier tier of

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. 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—

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from Nancy,

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from Greuther Fürth,

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from

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, and youngsters Konstantin Fuhry from Stuttgart under-19's and Florian Ballas from Nürnberg II. Hannover also lost Sérgio Pinto to Levante and both

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and

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. Additionally,

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left to join

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left on a free transfer and

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returned to

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before signing on loan at rivals

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. During the winter break, rumours arose regarding the situation of manager

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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

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, between 9 January and 17 January, along with

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and

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, prior to the Niedersaschen derby at

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on 25 January. On 31 December 2013, it was announced that Turkish manager

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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

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on Sunday 4 August 2013.

Squad

Squad information

Season statistics

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Results summary

Points breakdown

Points at home: 25
Points away from home: 10
Points against promoted teams: 5 :6 points: Wolfsburg, Eintracht Frankfurt :4 points: vs. Hertha BSC, Augsburg :3 points: vs. Schalke 04, Mainz 05, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburg :2 points: :1 point: vs. Eintracht Braunschweig, Nürnberg, Bayer Leverkusen :0 points: vs. Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, 1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen, Stuttgart, Freiburg

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 ;

2013–14 Bundesliga The 2013–14 Bundesliga was the 51st season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season began on 9 August 2013 and the final matchday was on 10 May 2014. The winter break started on 23 December 2013 and ended on 24 January 2 ...

;

2013–14 DFB-Pokal The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal was the 71st season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first of six rounds and ended on 17 May 2014 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich went on to win ...

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References

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