List of Hannover 96 seasons explained

This is a list of seasons played by Hannover 96 in German and European football, from their entry into the Südkreisliga to the present day. The club were champions in 1937–38 and 1953–54.

Seasons

Season	League									DFB-Pokal	Europe	Top goalscorer(s)
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts			Player(s)	Goals
1920–21	Südkreisliga	1	18						25
1921–22		4	16				37	11	17
1922–23		3	13				47	20	19
1923–24		7	14				21	29	12
1924–25		5	14				23	31	14
1925–26		5	14				31	40	12
1926–27		1	14				39	26	19
1927–28		1	14				60	27	23
1928–29		2	9						23
1929–30		1	18				75	31	33
1930–31		5	16				38	45	13
1931–32		7	16				37	31	13
1932–33		3	16				37	27	19
1933–34	Gauliga Niedersachsen	4	18	9	2	7	54	41	20
1934–35		1	20	14	3	3	80	30	31
1935–36		2	20	11	4	5	57	32	26
1936–37		3	18	9	2	7	41	25	20
1937–38		bgcolor=Gold	1	18	13	2	3	77	20			28
1938–39		2	42	13	2	3	67	19	28
1939–40		1	10	9	1	0	41	14	19
1940–41		1	10	9	0	1	48	13	18
1941–42		3	10	5	1	4	24	19	13
1942–43		5	17	7	4	6	52	42	18
1943–44		5	17	6	2	9	32	48	14
The league was effectively ended during 1944 due to World War II. The club played some games in regional and city leagues in the meantime.
1947–48	Oberliga Nord	11	22	6	1	15	32	69	13
1948–49	Landesliga Niedersachsen	Did not complete the league season after winning an appeal to regain their Oberliga place
1949–50	Oberliga Nord	7	30	13	5	12	58	61	31
1950–51		11	32	11	7	14	60	66	28
1951–52		11	30	11	6	13	55	59	28
1952–53		7	30	10	10	10	52	53	30
1953–54		bgcolor=Gold	1	30	20	6	4	64	26			46
1954–55		5	30	14	6	10	52	41	34	First round
1955–56		2	30	16	6	8	57	39	38
1956–57		3	30	15	7	8	58	34	37
1957–58		10	30	11	5	14	47	46	27
1958–59		6	30	12	8	10	45	41	32		Fairs Cup first round
1959–60		6	30	16	2	12	61	51	34
1960–61		5	30	15	5	10	64	43	35		Fairs Cup first round
1961–62		13	30	6	11	13	47	60	23		Fairs Cup first round
1962–63		9	30	12	3	15	47	61	27
1963–64	Regionalliga Nord	bgcolor=PaleGreen	2	34	23	5	6	78	27	49		Round of 16	Walter Rodekamp	33
1964–65	Bundesliga	5	30	13	7	10	48	42	33	Quarter-finals		Walter Rodekamp	11
1965–66		12	34	11	8	15	59	57	30	First round	Fairs Cup third round	Hans Siemensmeyer	15
1966–67		9	34	13	8	13	40	46	34	First round		Walter Rodekamp Hans Siemensmeyer	9
1967–68		10	34	12	10	12	48	52	34	First round	Fairs Cup first round	Jupp Heynckes	10
1968–69		11	34	9	14	11	47	45	32	Quarter-finals	Fairs Cup third round	Josip Skoblar	17
1969–70		13	34	11	8	15	49	61	30	Round of 16	Fairs Cup first round	Hans Siemensmeyer	12
1970–71		9	34	12	9	13	53	49	33	First round		Ferdinand Keller	19
1971–72		16	34	10	2	21	54	69	23	Quarter-finals		Ferdinand Keller	20
1972–73		16	34	9	8	17	49	65	26	First round		Willi Reimann	14
1973–74		bgcolor=Pink	18	34	6	10	18	50	66	22		Quarter-finals	Willi Reimann	15
1974–75	2. Bundesliga	bgcolor=PaleGreen	1	38	25	4	9	93	39	54		First round	Peter Dahl	23
1975–76	Bundesliga	bgcolor=Pink	16	34	9	9	16	48	60	27		Second round	Peter Hayduk	11
1976–77	2. Bundesliga	5	38	18	7	13	73	48	43	First round		Klaus Wunder	21
1977–78		5	38	19	5	14	68	57	43	First round		Jürgen Milewski	15
1978–79		15	38	9	16	13	57	68	34	Second round		Dieter Schatzschneider	23
1979–80		3	38	23	6	9	70	38	52	First round		Dieter Schatzschneider	bgcolor=palegreen	34
1980–81		4	42	31	2	9	88	49	56	Second round		Dieter Schatzschneider	26
1981–82		5	38	19	7	12	72	52	45	Round of 16		Dieter Schatzschneider	bgcolor=palegreen	34
1982–83		12	38	13	10	15	70	72	36	First round		Dieter Schatzschneider	14
1983–84		14	38	10	12	16	54	69	44	Quarter-finals		Frank Hartmann	9
1984–85		bgcolor=PaleGreen	2	38	18	14	6	79	58	50		Quarter-final	Michael Gue	14
1985–86	Bundesliga	bgcolor=Pink	18	34	5	8	21	43	92	18		Round of 16	Fred Schaub	9
1986–87	2. Bundesliga	bgcolor=PaleGreen	1	38	23	10	5	86	48	56		Round of 16	Siegfried Reich	26
1987–88	Bundesliga	10	34	12	7	15	59	60	31	First round		Siegfried Reich	17
1988–89		bgcolor=Pink	18	34	4	11	19	36	71	19		First round	Siegfried Reich	8
1989–90	2. Bundesliga	8	38	12	14	12	53	43	38	First round		Jochen Heisig	13
1990–91		10	38	12	14	12	49	49	38	Second round		Jochen Heisig	17
1991–92	2. Bundesliga Nord	5	32	10	14	8	34	37	34	bgcolor=Gold		Winners	Martin Groth Patrick Grün Roman Wójcicki	bgcolor=pink	6
1992–93	2. Bundesliga	9	46	16	16	14	60	60	48	Round of 16	Cup Winners' Cup first round	Reinhold Daschner André Sirocks	8
1993–94		12	38	12	13	13	49	46	37	Third round		Theo Gries	8
1994–95		12	34	10	11	13	52	50	31	Second round		Torsten Gütschow	16
1995–96		bgcolor=Pink	16	34	10	7	17	38	48	37		First round	Kreso Kovacec	bgcolor=pink	6
1996–97	Regionalliga Nord	1	34	26	5	3	105	25	83	Second round		Vladan Milovanović	27
1997–98		bgcolor=PaleGreen	1	34	28	5	1	120	29	89		Round of 16	Vladan Milovanović	22
1998–99	2. Bundesliga	4	34	16	9	9	52	36	57	First round		Markus Kreuz	8
1999–2000		10	34	12	8	14	56	56	44	Third round		Daniel Stendel	10
2000–01		9	34	12	10	12	52	45	46	Round of 16		Jan Šimák	9
2001–02		bgcolor=PaleGreen	1	34	22	9	3	93	37	75		Round of 16	Jan Šimák	18
2002–03	Bundesliga	11	34	12	7	15	47	57	43	Second round		Fredi Bobic	14
2003–04		14	34	9	10	15	49	63	37	Second round		Thomas Brdarić	12
2004–05		10	34	13	6	15	34	36	45	Quarter-finals		Jiří Štajner Daniel Stendel	bgcolor=pink	6
2005–06		12	34	7	17	10	43	47	38	Round of 16		Thomas Brdarić	10
2006–07		11	34	12	8	14	41	50	44	Quarter-finals		Arnold Bruggink Jan Rosenthal	bgcolor=pink	6
2007–08		8	34	13	10	11	54	56	49	Second round		Mike Hanke Szabolcs Huszti	10
2008–09		11	34	10	10	14	49	69	40	Second round		Jiří Štajner	8
2009–10		15	34	9	6	19	43	67	33	First round		Didier Ya Konan	9
2010–11		4	34	19	3	12	49	45	60	First round		Didier Ya Konan	14
2011–12		7	34	12	12	10	41	45	48	Second round	UEFA Europa League quarter-finals	Mohammed Abdellaoue	11
2012–13		9	34	13	6	15	60	62	45	Round of 16	UEFA Europa League round of 32	Mame Biram Diouf	12
2013–14		10	34	12	6	16	46	59	42	Second round		Szabolcs Huszti	10
2014–15		13	34	9	10	15	40	56	37	Second round		Lars Stindl	10
2015–16		bgcolor=Pink	18	34	7	4	23	31	62	25		Second round	Artur Sobiech	8
2016–17	2. Bundesliga	bgcolor=PaleGreen	2	34	19	10	5	51	32	67		Round of 16	Martin Harnik	21
2017–18	Bundesliga	13	34	10	9	15	44	54	39	Second round		Niclas Füllkrug	16
2018–19		bgcolor=Pink	17	34	5	6	23	31	71	21		Second round	Hendrik Weydandt	8
2019–20	2. Bundesliga	6	34	13	9	12	54	49	48	First round		Marvin Ducksch	15
2020–21		13	34	12	6	16	53	51	42	Second round		Marvin Ducksch	16
2021–22		11	34	11	9	14	35	49	42	Quarter-finals		Sebastian Kerk	11
2022–23		10	34	12	8	14	50	55	44	Second round		Cedric Teuchert	14
2023–24		6	34	13	13	8	59	44	52	First round		Cedric Teuchert	12

External links

• Hannover 96 at worldfootball.net