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'''Hannover 96 II''' is a [[Football in Germany|German association football team]] from the city of [[Hanover]], [[Lower Saxony]]. It is the [[German reserve football teams|reserve team]] of [[Hannover 96]]. The team's greatest success has been winning the now defunct [[German amateur football championship]] on three occasions, in 1959–60, 1963–64 and 1964–65.

The team also participated in the first round of the German Cup, the [[DFB-Pokal]], on five occasions, in [[1966–67 DFB-Pokal|1966–67]], [[1976–77 DFB-Pokal|1976–77]], [[1981–82 DFB-Pokal|1981–82]], [[1982–83 DFB-Pokal|1982–83]] and [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal|2004–05]], without ever advancing further.

==History==
The team, playing as '''Hannover 96 Amateure''', first appeared in the highest league of Lower Saxony, the tier two [[Oberliga Niedersachsen|Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen West]], after promotion in 1959. The team won the league in its first season there but was than moved to the eastern division which it won in 1963–64. The Amateurliga Niedersachsen became a unified league from 1964 onwards and Hannover 96 won the first three league titles from 1964 to 1967.<ref name="Archiv" />

Hannover 96 II became the first reserve team to reach the final of the [[German amateur football championship|German amateur championship]] when it defeated [[BV Osterfeld]] 3–0 in the replay of the 1959–60 final. It took two more titles in 1963–64 and 1964–65, on both occasions defeating [[SV Wiesbaden]] in the final. Two unsuccessful final appearances followed in 1965–66 and 1966–67, losing to [[SV Werder Bremen II|Werder Bremen Amateure]] and [[STV Horst-Emscher]]. The 1966 final was to be the only one contested by two reserve sides while the 1967 was the last for the team.<ref name="Amateur" >{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitamachamp.html |title=(West) Germany - Amateur Championship Finals|website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date= 19 May 2016}}</ref>

After the 1966–67 season the team form declined somewhat, still remaining a strong side in the Amateurliga but not winning another title. At the end of the 1973–74 season Hannover failed to qualify for the new [[Oberliga Nord]], finishing fourth when a top-three finish was required. In 1984–85 the team was relegated from what had now become the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen, made an immediate return the following season but suffered another relegation in 1990. Hannover once more returned to the Verbandsliga and, in 1993–94, qualified for the new tier four [[Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen]], finishing 14th, the lowest-possible spot to qualify. The team played in the Oberliga for three seasons as a lower table side until relegation in 1997.<ref name="Archiv" />

Back in the western division of the Verbandsliga, once more divided, Hannover finished low in the table in 1998 and 1999 but won the league in 1999–2000 and returned to the Oberliga. Another relegationin 2001 was followed by promotion in 2003. A fifth place in the league in 2003–04 qualified the team for the re-formed Oberliga Nord where it played for the next four seasons. A league reform in 2008, when the [[3. Liga]] was introduced, took Hannover up to the [[Regionalliga Nord]].<ref name="Archiv" /><ref name="Fussball" /> 

The club ended the [[2023–24 Regionalliga|2023–24 Regionalliga Nord]] season as champions and won the promotion play-offs against [[FC Würzburger Kickers|Würzburger Kickers]], becoming the first reserve team of a [[2. Bundesliga]] club to play in the 3. Liga since its inception.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/hau-das-ding-rein-und-gut-ist-hannover-jubelt-nach-fussballfest-1029284/artikel |title="Hau das Ding rein und gut ist": Hannover jubelt nach Fußballfest |website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] |date=3 June 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=de}}</ref>

Hannover 96 II has participated in the first round of the German Cup, the [[DFB-Pokal]], on five occasions, in [[1966–67 DFB-Pokal|1966–67]], [[1976–77 DFB-Pokal|1976–77]], [[1981–82 DFB-Pokal|1981–82]], [[1982–83 DFB-Pokal|1982–83]] and [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal|2004–05]]. On each occasion the team was knocked-out in the first round, by [[Borussia Neunkirchen]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[VfB Eppingen]], [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] and [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/hannover-96-ii/1967/3/|title=Hannover 96 II » Termine & Ergebnisse 1966/1967|website=weltfussball.de |publisher=Weltfussball|access-date= 19 May 2016|language=de}}</ref>

==Honours==
The club's honours:
* '''[[German amateur football championship|German amateur championship]]'''
** Champions: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65
** Runners-up: 1965–66, 1966–67
* '''[[Oberliga Niedersachsen|Amateurliga Niedersachsen]]'''
** Champions: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67
* '''[[Oberliga Niedersachsen|Verbandsliga Niedersachsen-West]]'''
** Champions: 1999–2000, 2002–03
* '''[[Regionalliga Nord]]'''
** Champions: [[2023–24 Regionalliga|2023–24]]
* '''[[Lower Saxony Cup]]'''
** Winners: 1981–82

== Recent seasons ==
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:<ref name="Archiv" >{{cite web |url=http://www.f-archiv.de|title=Historic German football league tables|website=f-archiv.de |publisher=Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv|access-date= 19 May 2016|language=de}}</ref><ref name="Fussball" >{{cite web |url=http://www.fussball.de/mannschaft/hannover-96-ii-u23-hannover-96-niedersachsen/-/saison/1516/team-id/011MIAHBNO000000VTVG0001VTR8C1K7 |title=Hannover 96 II|website=fussball.de |publisher=[[German Football Association]] results website|access-date= 19 May 2016|language=de}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Division
! [[German football league system|Tier]]
! Position
|- align="center"
| 2003–04
| align="left"| [[Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen]]
| rowspan=21| IV
| 5th
|- align="center"
| 2004–05
| align="left"| [[Oberliga Nord]]
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 2005–06
| align="left"| Oberliga Nord
| 5th
|- align="center"
| 2006–07
| align="left"| Oberliga Nord
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2007–08
| align="left"| Oberliga Nord
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 4th ↑
|- align="center"
| 2008–09
| align="left"| [[Regionalliga Nord]]
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2009–10
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 8th
|- align="center"
| 2010–11
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 2011–12
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2012–13
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 4th
|- align="center"
| 2013–14
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 2014–15
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 14th
|- align="center"
| 2015–16
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 2016–17
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 11th
|- align="center"
| 2017–18
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 8th
|- align="center"
| 2018–19
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2019–20
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 12th
|- align="center"
| 2020–21
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord – "Süd" group
| 6th
|- align="center"
| 2021–22
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 9th
|- align="center"
| 2022–23
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 3rd
|- align="center"
| 2023–24
| align="left"| Regionalliga Nord
| style="background:#ddffdd"| 1st ↑
|- align="center"
| 2024–25
| align="left"| [[3. Liga]]
| III
| style="background:#ffcccc"| 18th ↓
|}
* With the introduction of the [[3. Liga]] in 2008 as the new third tier, below the [[2. Bundesliga]], all leagues below dropped one tier.

{|class="wikitable" align="center"
| style="background:#ddffdd"| ↑ <small>[[Promotion and relegation|Promoted]]</small>
| style="background:#ffcccc"| ↓ <small>[[Promotion and relegation|Relegated]]</small>
|}

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|15 February 2025|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hannover96.de/akademie/u23 |title=Unsere U23 |website=hannover96.de |publisher=Hannover 96 |access-date=2 June 2024 |language=de}}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Toni Stahl}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|nat=JPN|pos=MF|name=[[Hayate Matsuda]]|other=on loan from [[Mito HollyHock]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Felix Göttlicher]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Lukas Dominke}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Noah Engelbreth}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=SYR|pos=MF|name=[[Mustafa Abdullatif]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Nick Stepantsev}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Sean Busch}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=[[Norman Quindt]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Melkamu Frauendorf]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Alexander Babitsch}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Keanu Brandt}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Michel Dammeier}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Fynn Arkenberg]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=LUX|pos=FW|name=[[Jayson Videira]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Nick Elias Meier}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Jacob Danquah}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Luca-Joel Grimpe}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=KOS|pos=FW|name=[[Valmir Sulejmani]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Robin Kalem]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=Mark Gevorgyan}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Jeremie Niklaus}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Tim Walbrecht]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Stefano Marino}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=Ben Westermeier}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=AUT|pos=DF|name=[[Lukas Wallner]]}}
{{Fs end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.hannover96.de/startseite.html}}. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401224046/https://www.hannover96.de/startseite.html |date=1 April 2020 }} {{in lang|de}}.

{{Hannover 96}}
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[[Category:Lower Saxony reserve football teams]]