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Hannover 96 won today well deserved 2:0 against ZSK Sofia with Mathis scoring off a penalty (79th). The first goal was an owngoal (27th).

It was quite an amusing turn of events: Mathis converted his first attempt, but it was called off because the players ran into the box too early. On his second try he scored again, took the ball and set up to kick another one. He had his laugh on his side ;-)

The US striker picked up an injury in the final minutes of the game.

Picture: Stefan Zwing

Hannover played from the beginning with their B-team against 2nd Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Hannover coach Ewald Lienen played a 4-3-2-1 system with the new testplayer Adel Guemari in the 4-chain (left). The American Clint Mathis played on the front left position as a second striker.

Frankfurt dominated the first ten minutes of the game while having 2 chances in the 3rd and 7th minutes. In the 17th Hannover was awarded a free-kick after Wallner was tackled, taken by Clint Mathis from from just outside the box on the left into the goalmouth directly to Schneider. He headed the ball infront of Frankfurt's goalkeeper Markus Pröll.

In the 22nd Mathis took another free-kick (nearly the same position) while Hannover's youngster Agac headed the ball into the net to the 1:0. Hannover 96 dominated the rest of the first half. Mathis had a great scene again in the 27th when he lobbed the ball infront of the box over Frankfurt's defense with a smooth touch on the penalty point to Wallner who shot artisticly at the goal, only to have Pröll save it.

From the 35th the young talent Dennis Wolf changed his position who was playing on the right wing (usually Schröter's position) with Clint Mathis. Wolf has been playing as a forward lately for 96. In the 41st Hannover had their last chance in the first half: Stefulj crossed the ball from the right to the left post while Mathis kicked the ball back to Wallner who failed to score (Pröll saved). The last chance was to Frankfurt in the 42nd.

Hannover began the second half with Schröter subbed for Schneider (back right) in Cherundolo's position who didn't play this game. Mathis played again on the left wing. The first chance came by Frankfurt in the 50th by Meier with a shot off the left post.

In the 67th Lienen changed several players on the field. New in the game: Sousa, Kaufmann, Svitlica and Dabrowski (Mathis subbed out).

22 minutes later Frankfurt equalized to 1:1 . A free-kick from Meier deflected to Hannover's Juric and then Beierle strucked the ball into the net. In the 77th Hannover's Kaufmann just missed a chance to go ahead by shooting the ball over the bar. In the 81st Frankfurt got the last chance of the game on a header but failed in his attempt.

Lienen talked at the press conference about the game:

"That was not what we imagined. We didn't play with all our players because this Saturday we are playing against a strong team (ZSK Sofia). The young players did well, like Wolf, Agac and Guemari. Krupnikovic is still not in his best shape, and But had the flu, that's why Schröter and Dabrowski played in that game (they had a 2 hour practice today). Clint Mathis had a great free-kick and a superb pass to Wallner (the lob). When he goes more into the center he is more dangerous, I wish he would do this more often."

Frankfurt's coach Friedhelm Funkel said: "Neither team is ready for the Bundesliga start yet."

Hannover 96: Juric - Stefulj, Vinicius, Schneider (46. Schröter), Guemari (64. Schinner) - Agac Krupnikovic (46. Sousa), But (64. Kaufman), Mathis (64. Dabrowski), Wolf - Wallner (64. Svitlica)

Eintracht Frankfurt: Pröll - Wiedener (6., Ochs), Husterer, Cimen (62., Keller), Sarac - Lexa, Schur, Meier, Huber, Dragusha - Beierle.

Goals: 1:0 Agac (22.), 1:1 Beierle (72.)
Yellow: Vinicius
Spectators: 3.200

The first round of the "DFB Pokal" (German Cup) has been scheduled. The amateurs of Hannover 96 are playing on Saturday the 21st of August at 15:00 PM against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

Hannover's Bundesliga team is playing on Sunday the 22nd of August at 15:00 PM against VfR Neumünster.

Hannover 96 and Amica Wronki drew 1:1 in a friendly match Saturday, with Hannover's Zuraw and Wronki's Grzybowski netting second-half goals (Hannover's goal came out by a corner-kick from Clint Mathis).

Hannover 96: Enke - Cherundolo (from 56. Schröter), Mertesacker, Zuraw, Tarnat - Lala, de Guzman, Sousa (from 63. Krupnikovic), Mathis (from 70. Stendel) - Christiansen (from 74. Wallner), Leandro

Goals: 1:0 Zuraw (50.), 1:1 Grzybowski (84.)
Spectators: 3.500

New player Tranquillo Barnetta has to stop practicing two weeks because injury (pubic-bone). The American forward Clint Mathis has to stop practicing until Monday (ankle-irritatin).

The training-camp ends tody, tonight the team is back on his journey to Hannover. Next practice day in Hannover will be on thursday 10.00 AM.

Hannover 96 and Lokomotive Plovdiv drew 1:1 in a friendly match Tuesday, with Hannover's Dabrowski and Plovdiv's Kamburov netting second-half goals.

Hannover 96: Enke – Cherundolo, Mertesacker, Zuraw –Schröter (from 70. Wolf), Dabrowski (from 70. Schinner), Lala (from 70 Christiansen), de Guzman, Sousa (from 46. But) – Stendel (from 60. Wallner), Leandro
Lokomotive Plovdiv: Kolev – Ivanov, Tunchev (from 54. Paskov), Kotev, Janchevski (from 54. Stojnev) – Hubenov (from 54. Mihallov), lliev, Djaeyoba, Petrov (from 46. Hristov) – Krizmanich (from 58. Dimitrov), Kamburov

Goals: 1:0 Dabrowski (59.), 1:1 Kamburov (89.)
Yellow: Wallner / Hubenov, Stojnev
Spectators:2.437

Next Friendlies:

07/24/2004 Amica Wronki - Hannover 96 17.30 h, Hameln (Weserberglandstadion)
07/292004 Eintracht Frankfurt - Hannover 96 19 h, Göttingen (Jahnstadion)
07/31/2004 ZSKA Sofia - Hannover 96 15.30 h, Ilten
08/10/2004 TSV Havelse - Hannover 96 18.00 h, Havelse

Steve Cherundolo and Clint Mathis arrived back in Hannover today after participating in Sunday's 1-1 friendly draw against Poland in Chicago. The pair arrived this morning but didn't take part of the practice, instead resting after the long international flight.

Tomorrow they will both take routine fitness examinations including blood tests along with latecomer Mohamadou Idrissou and on loan Swiss midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta from Bayer Leverkusen who arrived yesterday. Following the test, the pair will head off with the team to training camp in Bad Lauterberg (Harz) for one week.

With the two Americans having missed one week of preseason camp and fitness training because of international duty, it is yet to be seen if it will work to their disadvantage.

Although Cherundolo is seemingly entrenched as right back starter, he will be given a push by Sylvio Schröter, who will seemingly be asked to play more in a defensive role under coach Ewald Lienen's system, back from his customary midfield slot.

Mathis' job is a bit more precarious.

The 27 year old will have competition for a place with newcomers Roman Wallner, Leandro Fonseca and Barnetta, as well returning players, Daniel Stendel, Thomas Christiansen and Idrissou. Four players that do not figure into Lienen's plans and are on the selling block: Jiri Stajner, Jiri Kaufmann, Daniel Stefulj and Stanko Svitlica may make Mathis' task a bit easier if any of the transfers pan out.

Lienen sees Mathis' more as striker in a 2 forward system with an offense-minded midfielder behind them. Played in that role last season, he did not show the quality as a playmaker as Lienen prefers, and that role seems to be more fit for new transfer from Ricardo Sousa (Boavista).

Who will play in the first game of the season at Leverkusen depends on the next two weeks and is anyone's guess and both Americans will need to be in top form and impress in preseason to cement their starting places.

Hannover 96 has won the Oddset-City-Cup in Celle. After 96 has beaten TuS Celle FC with 6:1, The Reds have won the final against VfL Osnabrück with 1:0. Thomas Christiansen scored that goal setup by Leandro.

Hannover 96 (first match): Haas - Wolf, Schneider (31. Mertesacker), Vinicius, Schinner - Dabrowski, Agac, But, Krupnikovic - Stendel, Wallner
Goals: 0:1 Wallner (10.), 0:2 Stendel (11.), 0:3 Wallner (12.), 0:4 Stendel (15.), 0:5 Stendel (16.), 1:5 (19.), 1:6 Vinicius (26.)

Hannover 96 (second match): Enke - Schröter, Mertesacker, Zuraw, Tarnat - Lala, de Guzman, Sousa - Leandro, Christiansen, Idrissou
Goals: 0:1 Christiansen (11.)

Spectators: 1500

Picture: Stefan Zwing

Hannover 96 has won a friendly against Arminia Hannover 2:1. The new player Ricardo Sousa has scored both goals for the Reds (18th, 38th). After 45 minutes 96 coach Ewald Lienen has changed the whole team.

SV Arminia Hannover: Dlugaiczyk (46. Lüders) – Nischkowsky, Hagmann, Ibanez (81. Thimm), Trifunovic (46. Lazic) – Schwabe ( 61. Herold), Barudi (46. Teßmar), Kirsch, Beise – Ari (46. Harms), Capin.

Hannover 96 (first half): Enke - Schröter, Schneider, Zuraw, Tarnat - Dabrowski, de Guzman, Sousa - Stendel, Wallner, Leandro

Hannover 96 (second half): Juric - Wolf, Vinicius, Agac, Schinner - Lala, But, Krupnikovic - Kaufman, Christiansen, Idrissou

Goals: 0:1 Sousa (18.), 0:2 Sousa (38.), 1:2 Kirsch (55.)

Yellow: Lala

Ricardo Sousa, of Portugal, has signed a three year contract with Hannover 96. The offensive midfielder, who spent last season with Boavista Porto and formerly played at Beira Mar, Santa Clara and Belenenses has seen action in 138 SuperLiga games and has scored 45 times. Last season Sousa was the 4th leading scorer in the SuperLiga (32 games and 14 goals). At 96 he will wear the number 10 and is expected to start practicing tomorrow. The transfer list is closed now. Welcome to Hannover.

Picture: Boavista FC

Yesterday Hannover 96 has won a friendly against SV Ramlingen (Niedersachsenliga) 9:1.

Hannover 96 (first half): Haas - Duraj, Vinicius, Marheineke, Schinner - Dabrowski, Agac, Wolf, But - Christiansen, Svitlica,

Hannover 96 (second half): Enke - Schröter, Mertesacker, Schneider, Tarnat - Stajner, Lala, Krupnikovic , Stendel - Wallner, Leandro

Goals:
1:0 Christiansen (6.), 2:0 Dabrowski (16.), 3:0 Dabrowski (23.), 3:1 Klabis (31.), 4:1 Schinner (42.), 5:1 But (45.), 6:1 Stendel (53.), 7:1 Wallner (55.), 8:1 Krupnikovic (70.), 9:1 Stendel (87.).

Spectators: 2000

Hannover 96 is playing in the first game of the new season against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here you can see the games from Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga season 2004/2005 !!!

After transfer negotians concerning Marc Ziegler and Austria Wien and Hannover 96 broke down, both clubs have decided to stop pursuing the transfer.

Robert Enke, formerly of FC Barcelona, has now signed a two year contract with Hannover 96. The 27 year old German signs without any transfer fee. Robert Enke played last season for CD Teneriff (on loan). Good luck to Robert Enke!!!

The new wristband sets have arrived (EUR 9.00 each set). Black wristband with "96-Badge" & White wristband with "Hannover 96 (red)"

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07/31/04	-	Hannover beats ZSK Sofia 2:0
Hannover 96 won today well deserved 2:0 against ZSK Sofia with Mathis scoring off a penalty (79th). The first goal was an owngoal (27th). It was quite an amusing turn of events: Mathis converted his first attempt, but it was called off because the players ran into the box too early. On his second try he scored again, took the ball and set up to kick another one. He had his laugh on his side ;-) The US striker picked up an injury in the final minutes of the game. Picture: Stefan Zwing



07/30/04	-	Hannover draws 1:1 with Frankfurt
Hannover played from the beginning with their B-team against 2nd Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. Hannover coach Ewald Lienen played a 4-3-2-1 system with the new testplayer Adel Guemari in the 4-chain (left). The American Clint Mathis played on the front left position as a second striker. Frankfurt dominated the first ten minutes of the game while having 2 chances in the 3rd and 7th minutes. In the 17th Hannover was awarded a free-kick after Wallner was tackled, taken by Clint Mathis from from just outside the box on the left into the goalmouth directly to Schneider. He headed the ball infront of Frankfurt's goalkeeper Markus Pröll. In the 22nd Mathis took another free-kick (nearly the same position) while Hannover's youngster Agac headed the ball into the net to the 1:0. Hannover 96 dominated the rest of the first half. Mathis had a great scene again in the 27th when he lobbed the ball infront of the box over Frankfurt's defense with a smooth touch on the penalty point to Wallner who shot artisticly at the goal, only to have Pröll save it. From the 35th the young talent Dennis Wolf changed his position who was playing on the right wing (usually Schröter's position) with Clint Mathis. Wolf has been playing as a forward lately for 96. In the 41st Hannover had their last chance in the first half: Stefulj crossed the ball from the right to the left post while Mathis kicked the ball back to Wallner who failed to score (Pröll saved). The last chance was to Frankfurt in the 42nd. Hannover began the second half with Schröter subbed for Schneider (back right) in Cherundolo's position who didn't play this game. Mathis played again on the left wing. The first chance came by Frankfurt in the 50th by Meier with a shot off the left post. In the 67th Lienen changed several players on the field. New in the game: Sousa, Kaufmann, Svitlica and Dabrowski (Mathis subbed out). 22 minutes later Frankfurt equalized to 1:1 . A free-kick from Meier deflected to Hannover's Juric and then Beierle strucked the ball into the net. In the 77th Hannover's Kaufmann just missed a chance to go ahead by shooting the ball over the bar. In the 81st Frankfurt got the last chance of the game on a header but failed in his attempt. Lienen talked at the press conference about the game: "That was not what we imagined. We didn't play with all our players because this Saturday we are playing against a strong team (ZSK Sofia). The young players did well, like Wolf, Agac and Guemari. Krupnikovic is still not in his best shape, and But had the flu, that's why Schröter and Dabrowski played in that game (they had a 2 hour practice today). Clint Mathis had a great free-kick and a superb pass to Wallner (the lob). When he goes more into the center he is more dangerous, I wish he would do this more often." Frankfurt's coach Friedhelm Funkel said: "Neither team is ready for the Bundesliga start yet." Hannover 96: Juric - Stefulj, Vinicius, Schneider (46. Schröter), Guemari (64. Schinner) - Agac Krupnikovic (46. Sousa), But (64. Kaufman), Mathis (64. Dabrowski), Wolf - Wallner (64. Svitlica) Eintracht Frankfurt: Pröll - Wiedener (6., Ochs), Husterer, Cimen (62., Keller), Sarac - Lexa, Schur, Meier, Huber, Dragusha - Beierle. Goals: 1:0 Agac (22.), 1:1 Beierle (72.) Yellow: Vinicius Spectators: 3.200



07/28/04	-	DFB Pokal
The first round of the "DFB Pokal" (German Cup) has been scheduled. The amateurs of Hannover 96 are playing on Saturday the 21st of August at 15:00 PM against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. Hannover's Bundesliga team is playing on Sunday the 22nd of August at 15:00 PM against VfR Neumünster.



07/24/04	-	Hannover 96 draws 1:1 with Amica Wronki
Hannover 96 and Amica Wronki drew 1:1 in a friendly match Saturday, with Hannover's Zuraw and Wronki's Grzybowski netting second-half goals (Hannover's goal came out by a corner-kick from Clint Mathis). Hannover 96: Enke - Cherundolo (from 56. Schröter), Mertesacker, Zuraw, Tarnat - Lala, de Guzman, Sousa (from 63. Krupnikovic), Mathis (from 70. Stendel) - Christiansen (from 74. Wallner), Leandro Goals: 1:0 Zuraw (50.), 1:1 Grzybowski (84.) Spectators: 3.500



07/21/04	-	Mixed News
New player Tranquillo Barnetta has to stop practicing two weeks because injury (pubic-bone). The American forward Clint Mathis has to stop practicing until Monday (ankle-irritatin). The training-camp ends tody, tonight the team is back on his journey to Hannover. Next practice day in Hannover will be on thursday 10.00 AM.



07/21/04	-	Hannover 96 draws 1:1 with Lokomotive Plovdiv
Hannover 96 and Lokomotive Plovdiv drew 1:1 in a friendly match Tuesday, with Hannover's Dabrowski and Plovdiv's Kamburov netting second-half goals. Hannover 96: Enke – Cherundolo, Mertesacker, Zuraw –Schröter (from 70. Wolf), Dabrowski (from 70. Schinner), Lala (from 70 Christiansen), de Guzman, Sousa (from 46. But) – Stendel (from 60. Wallner), Leandro Lokomotive Plovdiv: Kolev – Ivanov, Tunchev (from 54. Paskov), Kotev, Janchevski (from 54. Stojnev) – Hubenov (from 54. Mihallov), lliev, Djaeyoba, Petrov (from 46. Hristov) – Krizmanich (from 58. Dimitrov), Kamburov Goals: 1:0 Dabrowski (59.), 1:1 Kamburov (89.) Yellow: Wallner / Hubenov, Stojnev Spectators:2.437 Next Friendlies: 07/24/2004 Amica Wronki - Hannover 96 17.30 h, Hameln (Weserberglandstadion) 07/292004 Eintracht Frankfurt - Hannover 96 19 h, Göttingen (Jahnstadion) 07/31/2004 ZSKA Sofia - Hannover 96 15.30 h, Ilten 08/10/2004 TSV Havelse - Hannover 96 18.00 h, Havelse



07/13/04	-	The battle begins for Mathis, Cherundolo
Steve Cherundolo and Clint Mathis arrived back in Hannover today after participating in Sunday's 1-1 friendly draw against Poland in Chicago. The pair arrived this morning but didn't take part of the practice, instead resting after the long international flight. Tomorrow they will both take routine fitness examinations including blood tests along with latecomer Mohamadou Idrissou and on loan Swiss midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta from Bayer Leverkusen who arrived yesterday. Following the test, the pair will head off with the team to training camp in Bad Lauterberg (Harz) for one week. With the two Americans having missed one week of preseason camp and fitness training because of international duty, it is yet to be seen if it will work to their disadvantage. Although Cherundolo is seemingly entrenched as right back starter, he will be given a push by Sylvio Schröter, who will seemingly be asked to play more in a defensive role under coach Ewald Lienen's system, back from his customary midfield slot. Mathis' job is a bit more precarious. The 27 year old will have competition for a place with newcomers Roman Wallner, Leandro Fonseca and Barnetta, as well returning players, Daniel Stendel, Thomas Christiansen and Idrissou. Four players that do not figure into Lienen's plans and are on the selling block: Jiri Stajner, Jiri Kaufmann, Daniel Stefulj and Stanko Svitlica may make Mathis' task a bit easier if any of the transfers pan out. Lienen sees Mathis' more as striker in a 2 forward system with an offense-minded midfielder behind them. Played in that role last season, he did not show the quality as a playmaker as Lienen prefers, and that role seems to be more fit for new transfer from Ricardo Sousa (Boavista). Who will play in the first game of the season at Leverkusen depends on the next two weeks and is anyone's guess and both Americans will need to be in top form and impress in preseason to cement their starting places.



07/11/04	-	Hannover 96 wins Oddset-City-Cup
Hannover 96 has won the Oddset-City-Cup in Celle. After 96 has beaten TuS Celle FC with 6:1, The Reds have won the final against VfL Osnabrück with 1:0. Thomas Christiansen scored that goal setup by Leandro. Hannover 96 (first match): Haas - Wolf, Schneider (31. Mertesacker), Vinicius, Schinner - Dabrowski, Agac, But, Krupnikovic - Stendel, Wallner Goals: 0:1 Wallner (10.), 0:2 Stendel (11.), 0:3 Wallner (12.), 0:4 Stendel (15.), 0:5 Stendel (16.), 1:5 (19.), 1:6 Vinicius (26.) Hannover 96 (second match): Enke - Schröter, Mertesacker, Zuraw, Tarnat - Lala, de Guzman, Sousa - Leandro, Christiansen, Idrissou Goals: 0:1 Christiansen (11.) Spectators: 1500 Picture: Stefan Zwing



07/10/04	-	Sousa scores two times in friendly
Hannover 96 has won a friendly against Arminia Hannover 2:1. The new player Ricardo Sousa has scored both goals for the Reds (18th, 38th). After 45 minutes 96 coach Ewald Lienen has changed the whole team. SV Arminia Hannover: Dlugaiczyk (46. Lüders) – Nischkowsky, Hagmann, Ibanez (81. Thimm), Trifunovic (46. Lazic) – Schwabe ( 61. Herold), Barudi (46. Teßmar), Kirsch, Beise – Ari (46. Harms), Capin. Hannover 96 (first half): Enke - Schröter, Schneider, Zuraw, Tarnat - Dabrowski, de Guzman, Sousa - Stendel, Wallner, Leandro Hannover 96 (second half): Juric - Wolf, Vinicius, Agac, Schinner - Lala, But, Krupnikovic - Kaufman, Christiansen, Idrissou Goals: 0:1 Sousa (18.), 0:2 Sousa (38.), 1:2 Kirsch (55.) Yellow: Lala



07/07/04	-	Sousa signs with Hannover 96
Ricardo Sousa, of Portugal, has signed a three year contract with Hannover 96. The offensive midfielder, who spent last season with Boavista Porto and formerly played at Beira Mar, Santa Clara and Belenenses has seen action in 138 SuperLiga games and has scored 45 times. Last season Sousa was the 4th leading scorer in the SuperLiga (32 games and 14 goals). At 96 he will wear the number 10 and is expected to start practicing tomorrow. The transfer list is closed now. Welcome to Hannover. Picture: Boavista FC



07/07/04	-	Hannover beats SV Ramlingen in friendly
Yesterday Hannover 96 has won a friendly against SV Ramlingen (Niedersachsenliga) 9:1. Hannover 96 (first half): Haas - Duraj, Vinicius, Marheineke, Schinner - Dabrowski, Agac, Wolf, But - Christiansen, Svitlica, Hannover 96 (second half): Enke - Schröter, Mertesacker, Schneider, Tarnat - Stajner, Lala, Krupnikovic , Stendel - Wallner, Leandro Goals: 1:0 Christiansen (6.), 2:0 Dabrowski (16.), 3:0 Dabrowski (23.), 3:1 Klabis (31.), 4:1 Schinner (42.), 5:1 But (45.), 6:1 Stendel (53.), 7:1 Wallner (55.), 8:1 Krupnikovic (70.), 9:1 Stendel (87.). Spectators: 2000



07/05/04	-	Season 2004/2005
Hannover 96 is playing in the first game of the new season against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here you can see the games from Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga season 2004/2005 !!!



07/01/04	-	Enke signs with Hannover 96
After transfer negotians concerning Marc Ziegler and Austria Wien and Hannover 96 broke down, both clubs have decided to stop pursuing the transfer. Robert Enke, formerly of FC Barcelona, has now signed a two year contract with Hannover 96. The 27 year old German signs without any transfer fee. Robert Enke played last season for CD Teneriff (on loan). Good luck to Robert Enke!!!



07/01/04	-	Shop News !!!
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