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Freiburg recorded their third win in a row with a 3-1 victory against Hannover 96. Goals by Christian Schulz (OG), Max Kruse and Jonathan Schmid gave Christian Streich’s team all three points, with Konstantin Rausch scoring the lone goal for the visitors. It hasn’t exactly been a week of good news for the Baden-Württemberg side, [...]

The joy of Bundesliga fans in seeing all seven German clubs advance into the European knockout stages was tempered by a more unpleasant reality on Thursday, as VFB Stuttgart was the only one of four to advance in the Europa League.  All four clubs started the day on their backheels after poor results in their [...]

Werder Bremen’s Greek centre back was allowed to roam freely for most of the match, giving Hannover’s defenders a headache. Thomas Schaaf and Werder have caught a lot criticism by the press and the Werder faithful for the green and whites’ dire start into the Rückrunde. Two losses and a goal difference of 3:8 were [...]

The Brazilian midfielder was presented by Hannover and Jörg Schmadkte as being 1.9 m tall and weighing 88 kilos. The sporting director may have been bang on about the weight. He was, however, wrong about the Brazilian’s height. Hannover coach Mirko Slomka found out rather quickly that he had been short by a couple of [...]

Hannover 96 have announced the signing of Standard Liege and Belgiian international Sébastien Pocognoli, while Stuttgart have brought in Wolfsburg’s Felipe Lopes to shore up their defense, while Hoffenheim have signed David Abraham from Spanish side Getafe, while Marvin Compper looks for a new club after being demoted to the Hoffenheim reserve side.  Former Werder Bremen and [...]

The long winter break in Germany is finally over and the second half of the 2012/13 Bundesliga campaign kicked off in the most incredible way imaginable. After a relatively quiet and defensively sound first half, the game exploded into life after the break with 8 goals between Schalke and Hannover.  The exciting back and forth [...]

Hannover 96 have announced their third new winter signing, inking Brazilian defensive midfielder Welington Wildy Muniz dos Santos, known as Franca, a 21 year-old, to a contract running through June, 2016.  The former Coritiba FC players joins defenders Andre Hoffmann and Arsenal loanee Johan Djourou as winter signings intended to strengthen Hannover’s defense.  Also the Polish media reports that [...]

There will be several new faces among Bundesliga clubs as they open training camp this week.  Hannover have acquired defender Andre Hoffmann from MSV Duisburg, while Fortuna Düsseldorf have brought in Genki Omae and midfielder Mathis Bolly.  Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt have brought in defender Marco Russ on loan while announcing the loan of Vadim Demidov [...]

After their Europa League run last year, the hype surrounding Hannover 96 has done nothing but grow. Mirko Slomka has (finally) signed a new deal and the club are looking like another positive advert for the Bundesliga and its style of play. So far, this campaign has proved slightly more taxing but the Reds still [...]

German clubs continued their fine form in Europe on Thursday in the Europa League.  With Hannover and Leverkusen having already booked their place in the next round on the previous matchday, it was up to Stuttgart and Gladbach to make it a perfect 7 out of 7 for Bundesliga clubs advancing out of their groups [...]