Hannover 96 drew 3:3 with SSC Napoli in a friendly infront of 800 spectators during the trainig camp of The Reds in Austria. Hannover went 3 times ahead, but the Italian equalised three times as well. The goals for The Reds have scored by Hashemian (11.), Huszti (18., penalty) and Brdaric (64.).

STATISTICS

Hannover 96 (1st half): Enke – Cherundolo, Zuraw, Vinicius, Tarnat – Yankov, Balitsch, Huszti, Bruggink – Hashemian, Thorvaldsson

Hannover 96 (2nd half) Jensen – Schroeter, Willers, Marheineke, Nagy – Lala, Hahne, Bikmaz, Rosenthal – Stajner, Brdaric

SSC Neapel (1st half): Gianello – Maldonado, Grava, Montervino, Cannavaro – Domizzi, Amodio, Bogliacino, Bucchi – De Zerbi, Inacio Joao Batista

SSC Neapel 2nd half) Gianello – Maldonado, Grana, Montesanto, Romito – Giubilato, Trotta, Gatti, Sosa – Grieco, Caparella

Goals: 0:1 Hashemian (11.), 1:1 De Zerbi (15.), 1:2 Huszti (FEM, 18.), 2:2 Grieco (58.), 2:3 Brdaric (64.), 3:3 Capparella (80.)

Bookings: 2 for Napoli plus 2 body blows / Hashemian, Bikmaz

Spectators: 800

Referee: Manfred Krasnitzer

Dear Aston Villa Fans,

you can by tickets for the upcoming match Hannover 96 vs Aston Villa, on August 5, on the matchday at the main entrance (north side) and at the south entrance (guest block).

The ticket prices will be EUR 7,50 (for mature) and EUR 5,00 (reduced).

You can use the tickets for every seat in the stadium. If you have any questions, let us know: contact@96soccer.de

The 96-squad landed safely in Austria on Monday, to begin their second training camp stay from July 25 to 31 in Velden near the Wörthersee (Woerther lake). The highlights of this camp will be the two friendlies against SSC Neapel (July 27, 19:00 CET in Hermagor) and USS Palermo (July 30, 18:00 Uhr in Wernberg).

The following 23 players take part of the training camp:

Goal: Robert Enke, Morten Jensen
Defence: Steven Cherundolo, Christoffer Andersson, Vinicius Bergantin, Dariusz Zuraw, Tobias Willers, Moritz Marheineke, Michael Tarnat
Midfield: Altin Lala, Hanno Balitsch, Ferhat Bikmaz, Jan Rosenthal, Chavdar Yankov, Silvio Schröter, Szabolcs Huszti, Timo Nagy, Arnold Jan Bruggink
Offense: Thomas Brdaric, Vahid Hashemian, Jiri Stajner, Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldson, Hendrik Hahne

Upcoming friendlies

Thursday, July 27: SSC Neapel - Hannover 96
19:00 CET, Hermagor

Sunday, July 30: USC Palermo - Hannover 96
18:00 CET, Wernberg

Saturday, August 05: Hannover 96 - Aston Villa
15:30 CET, AWD-Arena

Tuesday, August 08: Hannover 96 - OFI Kreta
18:00 CET, Wunstorf

Tuesday, August 22: SV Eintracht Lueneburg - Hannover 96
18:00 CET, Lueneburg

The Reds have won the "Lotto-City-Cup"-tournament in Hildesheim. The team from 96-head coach Peter Neururer won at the Blitz-tournament with a playing time of 45minutes in the beginning against VfV Hildesheim with 1:0 and drew 2:2 with VfL Osnabrueck. In the first match of the tournament Osnabrueck and Hildesheim drew goalless.

STATISTICS

Hannover 96 (against Hildesheim): Jensen - Andersson, Vinicius, Willers, Bikmaz - Rosenthal, Schröter, Nagy, Bruggink (23. Balitsch) - Brdaric, Hahne

Goals: 1:0 Hahne (25.)

Hannover 96 (against Osnabrück) Jensen - Cherundolo, Marheineke, Zuraw, Tarnat - Balitsch, Yankov, Bruggink, Huszti - Stajner, Hashemian

Goals: 1:0 Stajner (1.), 1:1 Menga (23.), 2:1 Hashemian (26.), 2:2 Cartus (38.)

Bookings: Balitsch
Special incident: Dariusz Zuraw had to leave the field due to head-njury (35.)

The Reds won a friendly on Saturday against SV 06 Lehrte (7th league) 15:1. Thommas Brdaric and Vahid Hashemian scored three times each.

STATISTICS

Hannover 96 (1st half): Enke - Cherundolo. Vinicius, Zuraw, Tarnat - Lala, Schröter, Bruggink, Nagy - Stajner, Brdaric

Hannover 96 (2nd half): Jensen - Andersson, Marheineke, Willers, Bikmaz - Balitsch, Yankov, Huszti, Rosenthal - Hashemian, Hahne

Goals: 0:1 Brdaric (3.), 0:2 Bruggink (13.), 0:3 Tarnat (22.), 0:4Brdaric (23.), 0:5 Brdaric (38.) 0:6 Schröter (40.), 0:7 Hashemian (55.), 0:8 Rosenthal (57.), 0:9 Yankov (58.), 0:10 Rosenthal (62.), 0:11 Bikmaz (65.), 0:12 Hashemian (68.), 0:13 Hahne (72.), 0:14 Hashemian (74.), 0:15 Yankov (80.), 1:15 Thorsten Ahrlt (87.)

Spectators: 2,500

Hannover 96 have won their third friendly when The Reds have beaten the squad from RS Ramlingen Ehlershausen (4th league) 5:3 infront of 2,300 spectators. The goals for The Reds have scored Jiri Stajner (2), Vahid Hashemian (2) and Moritz Marheineke to a 5:0 lead. New signing Dutch Arnold Bruggink from SC Heerenveen has given his debut with an excellent performance as the playmaker.

STATISTICS

Hannover 96 (1st half): Enke - Andersson, Marheineke, Willers, Tarnat - Balitsch, Yankov, Huszti, Bruggink - Stajner, Hashemian

Hannover 96 (2nd half): Jensen - Cherundolo, Dietwald, Nagy, Bartel - Lala, Rosenthal, Schroeter, Hahne - Montabell, Brdaric

Goals: 0:1 Marheineke (6.), 0:2 Stajner (16.), 0:3 Hashemian (17.), 0:4 Hashemian (26.), 0:5 Stajner (33.), 1:5 Hiber (37.), 2:5 Schwabe (39.), 3:5 Schwabe (43.)

Bookings: - / Schroeter
Referee: Babak Rafati
Spectators: 2,300

The first round of the German FA Cup (DFB Cup) has been been anounced:

The Reds have to face Dynamo Dresden, who play their football in the Regionalliga (3rd league), on September 09th/10th.

DFB Fixtures:

Dynamo Dresden - Hannover 96
FC St. Pauli - Bayern München
Rot-Weiss Essen - Energie Cottbus
Stuttgarter Kickers - Hamburger SV
VfB Lübeck - 1860 München
FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Köln
VfL Osnabrück - Eintr. Braunschweig
Chemnitzer FC - Alemannia Aachen
Tennis Borussia Berlin - Karlsruher SC
FC Augsburg - Wacker Burghausen
SV Darmstadt 98 - Hertha BSC
Rot-Weiß Ahlen - MSV Duisburg
1. FC Saarbrücken - 1. FSV Mainz 05
FC 08 Homburg - VfL Bochum
SV Babelsberg 03 - Hansa Rostock
1. FC Magdeburg - SC Paderborn 07
Hansa Rostock II - FC Schalke 04
Sportfr. Siegen - Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Pfullendorf - Arminia Bielefeld
BV Cloppenburg - 1. FC Nürnberg
TuS Koblenz - Bayer Leverkusen
FC Bremerhaven - VfL Wolfsburg
FK Pirmasens - Werder Bremen
SV Sandhausen - Greuther Fürth
Westfalia Herne - Erzgebirge Aue
SSVg Velbert - SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Bayreuth - Kickers Offenbach
Alemannia Aachen II - VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Gera 2003 - 1. FC Kaiserslautern
TSG Thannhausen - Borussia Dortmund
Delbrücker SC - SC Freiburg
SV Rossbach - Borussia M'gladbach

The second round will be held on October 24th/25th.

Dutch Arnold Jan Bruggink is coming from SC Heerenveen (5th last season in the "Holland Casino Eredivisie") for three years to The Reds. The 28 year old has played 303 matches in the Netherlands, from 1993 to 1997 at FC Twente Enschede, from 1997 to 2003 at PSV Eindhoven and then at SC Heerenveen. He scored 100 goals in that period of time.

Arnold Jan Bruggink

Nationality: Dutch
Position: offensive midfielder
Born: 07/245/1977
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 77 Kg
Former Clubs: SC Heerenveen, RCD Mallorca, PSV Eindhoven, FC Twente Enschede

Hannover 96 have won a friendly against a representative team from "Weserbergland" (13:2) infront of 1,200 spectators in the Koeterbergstadium from Fürstenau-Boedexen.

The goals for The Reds have scored Brdaric (2), Montabell (2), Stajner (2), Rosenthal, Hahne, Tarnat, Schroeter, Huszti, Lala, and Cherundolo.

Unfortunately new signing Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson (77th) just as Ferhat Bikmaz (15th) had to be substituted due to injury. Thorvaldsson suffered on a supicion torn muscle fibre and Bikmaz on a bruise foot.

Both world cup players Jiri Stajner and Steven Cherundolo have played a full half.

Hannover 96 (1st half): Enke - Dietwald, Marheineke, Willers, Andersson - Hahne, Rosenthal, Bikmaz (ab 15. Yankov), Nagy - Brdaric, Montabell

Hannover 96 (2nd half): Jensen - Cherundolo, Balitsch, Vinicius, Tarnat - Schroeter, Lala, Yankov, Huszti - Thorvaldsson, Stajner

Goals: 1:0 Mancini (10.), 1:1 Brdaric (20.), 1:2 Rosenthal (24.), 1:3 Brdaric (25.), 1:4 Montabell (29.), 1:5 Hahne (33.), 1:6 Montabell (37.), 2:6 Niemann (53.), 2:7 Tarnat (57.), 2:8 Schroeter (67.), 2:9 Stajner (76.), 2:10 Huszti (80.), 2:11 Lala (82.), 2:12 Cherundolo (85.), 2:13 Stajner (87.)

Hannover 96 is happy to announce another new signing for the upcoming season. Slovakian forward Erik Jendrisek is coming from MFK Ruzomberok for one year on a loan. The 19-year old is the top scorer with 21 goals in the slovakian league. He has been voted by the fans as the top player of the season.

Nationality: Slovakian
Position: Forward
Born: 10/26/1986
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 74 Kg
Former Clubs: MFK Ruzomberok

German Football League (DFL) Finalizes Fixtures For Matchdays 1-5:

On matchday 1 (August 13) 96 will play at home against Werder Bremen on Sunday, 17:00 CET. The matches against Hertha BSC (August 19), Alemannia Aachen (August 26) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (September 23) will be held on Saturday. The Reds will play against Wolfsburg under the floodlights on Day 4.

Day 1 Sunday, 13th of August, 17:00 CET Hannover 96 - SV Werder Bremen
Day 2 Saturday, 19th of August, 15:30 CET Hertha BSC Berlin - Hannover 96
Day 3 Saturday, 26th of August, 15:30 CET Hannover 96 - Alemannia Aachen
Day 4 Friday, 15th of September, 20:30 CET VfL Wolfsburg - Hannover 96
Day 5 Saturday, 23rd of September, 15:30 CET Hannover 96 - Bayer 04 Leverkusen

The upcoming matches can be seen here.

Hannover 96 defender Per Mertesacker can't show his skills to claim third place at the 2006 FIFA World Cup on Saturday against Portugal. The 21-year old picked up an injury on his heel. He had to undergoe a surgery on Thursday due to a bursitis.

It is not sure when Per will be seback to join the trainingcamp in Bad Pyrmont. We wish him all the best!

German dreams of reaching the FIFA World Cup Final on home soil died in Dortmund as two goals in the final moments of extra time carried Italy into the Final as 2-0 semi-final winners on Tuesday.

With a penalty shoot-out looming, Fabio Grosso broke the deadlock in the 119th minute as he curled a left-footed shot past the despairing dive of Jens Lehmann from the right side of the penalty box. Substitute Alessandro Del Piero made sure of Italy's place in the Final when he beat Lehmann from close range in added time at the end of the extra period.

Italy now advance to their first FIFA World Cup Final since 1994 and their sixth overall. They will face the winners of Wednesday's Portugal-France semi-final in Berlin's Olympiastadion on Sunday, 24 hours after Germany have contested third place with the losers of that match in Stuttgart.

96-defender Per Mertesacker: "We could have won today. Of course we knew that Italy will be a tougher opponent then Argentina. But I think we have done our job well."

Hannover 96 is proud of Per Mertesacker and the national team!

Midfielder Szabolcs Huszti signed a contract with 96 which will keep him at the club from the beginning of the new season 2006/2007 until the summer of 2009.

The Hungarian international who is coming from the relegated French club FC Metz has been shown in action at 18 matches (1 goal) in the French elite league. He also had 19 international appereances (5 goals). We are looking forward seeing Szabolcs for three years in the 96-dress.

The 23-year old will get the number 11 on his jersey.

Nationality: Hungarian
Position: Midfielder
Born: 04/17/1983
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 70 Kg
Former Clubs: Ferencvaros Budapest, FC Metz