2009–10 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
2009–10 season
President	Martin Kind
Manager	Dieter Hecking; (until 19 August); Andreas Bergmann; (20 August – 19 January); Mirko Slomka; (from 20 January)
Stadium	HDI-Arena
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Ya Konan (9); All: Didier Ya Konan (9)
Highest home attendance	49,000
Lowest home attendance	26,722
Average home league attendance	38,247
Biggest win	Hannover 6–1 Gladbach
Biggest defeat	Bayern 7–0 Hannover
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Hannover 96 season was the 114th season in the football club's history and 21st overall and eighth consecutive season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2002. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 51st season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.

The season was overshadowed by the suicide of the team's captain and goalkeeper Robert Enke on 10 November 2009.

Players

Squad information

As of 8 May 2010

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	BRA	Vinícius
3	MF	DEN	Leon Andreasen
4	DF	SVK	Ján Ďurica (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)
5	DF	SUI	Mario Eggimann
6	DF	USA	Steve Cherundolo
7	MF	POR	Sérgio Pinto
8	MF	ALB	Altin Lala
9	FW	GER	Mike Hanke
10	MF	NED	Arnold Bruggink
11	FW	CIV	Didier Ya Konan
13	FW	GER	Jan Schlaudraff
14	MF	GER	Hanno Balitsch
15	DF	CIV	Constant Djakpa (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
16	GK	GER	Uwe Gospodarek
17	FW	GER	Rubic Ghasemi-Nobakht
18	FW	CIV	Arouna Koné (on loan from Sevilla)
19	DF	GER	Christian Schulz
20	MF	POL	Jacek Krzynówek
21	DF	TUN	Karim Haggui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	FW	ALB	Valdet Rama
23	DF	TUN	Sofian Chahed
24	FW	CZE	Jiří Štajner
25	MF	BRA	Élson (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)
26	MF	GER	Jan Rosenthal
27	GK	GER	Florian Fromlowitz
28	DF	GER	Leon Balogun
30	GK	GER	Morten Jensen
31	DF	GER	Tim Hofmann
32	FW	FIN	Mikael Forssell
33	MF	GER	Manuel Schmiedebach
34	DF	GER	Konstantin Rausch
35	MF	TUN	Sofien Chahed
36	MF	GER	Hendrik Hahne
37	DF	USA	Sal Zizzo
38	FW	POL	Jarosław Lindner
41	MF	GER	Henrik Ernst
42	FW	GER	Florian Büchler
44	DF	GER	Christopher Avevor

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	From	Type	Window	Ends	Fee
11	FW	Didier Ya Konan	Rosenborg	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2012	€550,000
15	DF	Constant Djakpa	Bayer Leverkusen	Loan	Summer	30 June 2011	€400,000
21	DF	Karim Haggui	Bayer Leverkusen	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2011	Free
22	FW	Valdet Rama	FC Ingolstadt	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2012	Free
23	DF	Sofian Chahed	Hertha BSC	Transfer	Summer	30 June 2011	Free
4	DF	Ján Ďurica	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan	Winter	30 June 2010	€300,000
9	GK	Uwe Gospodarek	Free agent	Transfer	Winter	30 June 2010	–
18	FW	Arouna Koné	Sevilla	Loan	Winter	30 June 2010	€500,000
25	MF	Élson	VfB Stuttgart	Loan	Winter	30 June 2010	€300,000
–	MF	Chavdar Yankov	MSV Duisburg	Return from loan	Winter	–	–

Out

No.	Pos	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee
17	MF	Gaëtan Krebs	Karlsruher SC	Transfer	Summer	Free
18	DF	Michael Tarnat	–	End of career	Summer	–
22	DF	Frank Fahrenhorst	MSV Duisburg	Transfer	Summer	Free
23	MF	Chavdar Yankov	MSV Duisburg	Loan	Summer	€100,000
25	DF	Valérien Ismaël	–	End of career	Summer	–
35	MF	Bastian Schulz	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer	Summer	€100,000
–	MF	Chavdar Yankov	Metalurh Donetsk	Transfer	Winter	€600,000

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	8 August 2009	8 May 2010	Matchday 1	15th	34	9	6	19	43	67	−24	026.47
DFB-Pokal	2 August 2009		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					35	9	6	20	44	70	−26	025.71

Last updated: 8 May 2010
Source: Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	1. FC Köln	34	9	11	14	33	42	−9	38
14	SC Freiburg	34	9	8	17	35	59	−24	35
15	Hannover 96	34	9	6	19	43	67	−24	33
16	1. FC Nürnberg (O)	34	8	7	19	32	58	−26	31	Qualification to relegation play-offs
17	VfL Bochum (R)	34	6	10	18	33	64	−31	28	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Source: kicker.de^{[dead link‍]} (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	9	6	19	43	67	−24	33	5	4	8	27	33	−6	4	2	11	16	34	−18

Last updated: 8 May 2010.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W
Position	16	14	8	13	11	12	14	11	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	17	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2010. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

8 August 2009 (2009-08-08) 1	Hertha BSC	1–0	Hannover 96	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kačar 82'	Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 42,169 Referee: Guido Winkmann

15 August 2009 (2009-08-15) 2	Hannover 96	1–1	Mainz 05	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Štajner 56' (pen.)	Report	Bancé 53'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 28,952 Referee: Felix Zwayer

22 August 2009 (2009-08-22) 3	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hannover 96	Nuremberg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Štajner 15', 86'	Stadium: easyCredit-Stadion Attendance: 38,671 Referee: Jochen Drees

29 August 2009 (2009-08-29) 4	Hannover 96	0–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Carlos Eduardo 40'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 34,257 Referee: Lutz Wagner

13 September 2009 (2009-09-13) 5	Werder Bremen	0–0	Hannover 96	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Weser-Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

19 September 2009 (2009-09-19) 6	Hannover 96	1–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ya Konan 48'	Report	Şahin 45'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 43,754 Referee: Günter Perl

26 September 2009 (2009-09-26) 7	VfL Wolfsburg	4–2	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Misimović 8' Gentner 45' Hasebe 48' Džeko 62'	Report	Balitsch 28' Madlung 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

3 October 2009 (2009-10-03) 8	Hannover 96	5–2	SC Freiburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Chahed 7' Bruggink 10' Haggui 45+1' Ya Konan 85' Pinto 90+2'	Report	Banović 35' Schuster 82'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 28,412 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

17 October 2009 (2009-10-17) 9	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Hannover 96	Frankfurt
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Liberopoulos 24' Meier 74'	Report	Štajner 68'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 40,700 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

24 October 2009 (2009-10-24) 10	Hannover 96	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ya Konan 31'	Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 34,423 Referee: Guido Winkmann

31 October 2009 (2009-10-31) 11	1. FC Köln	0–1	Hannover 96	Cologne
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Rosenthal 37'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

8 November 2009 (2009-11-08) 12	Hannover 96	2–2	Hamburger SV	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jansen 15' Elia 44'	Report	Ya Konan 28' Štajner 88' (pen.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Jochen Drees

21 November 2009 (2009-11-21) 13	Schalke 04	2–0	Hannover 96	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Farfán 69' Morávek 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,505 Referee: Lutz Wagner

29 November 2009 (2009-11-29) 14	Hannover 96	0–3	Bayern Munich	Hanover
17:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Müller 19' Olić 47' Gómez 90'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

5 December 2009 (2009-12-05) 15	Hannover 96	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 34,341 Referee: Peter Sippel

12 December 2009 (2009-12-12) 16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–3	Hannover 96	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Haggui 14' (o.g.), 90+3' (o.g.) Friend 22' Djakpa 58' (o.g.) Bradley 68'	Report	Ya Konan 36', 69' Schulz 87'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 43,528 Referee: Michael Kempter
Note: The three own-goals scored by Hannover 96 are considered an all-time record by the Bundesliga.

19 December 2009 (2009-12-19) 17	Hannover 96	2–3	VfL Bochum	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schlaudraff 6', 33'	Report	Freier 51' Epalle 54' Fuchs 86'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 33,875 Referee: Knut Kircher

16 January 2010 (2010-01-16) 18	Hannover 96	0–3	Hertha BSC	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Piszczek 30' Raffael 33' Gekas 80'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 28,712 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

23 January 2010 (2010-01-23) 19	Mainz 05	1–0	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schürrle 4'	Report		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 19,300 Referee: Guido Winkmann

30 January 2010 (2010-01-30) 20	Hannover 96	1–3	1. FC Nürnberg	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Štajner 65'	Report	Bunjaku 30', 64', 69'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 26,722 Referee: Knut Kircher

6 February 2010 (2010-02-06) 21	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Hannover 96	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Carlos Eduardo 35' Salihović 40' (pen.)	Report	Koné 57'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 28,100 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

13 February 2010 (2010-02-13) 22	Hannover 96	1–5	Werder Bremen	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schulz 59'	Report	Niemeyer 11' Naldo 18' Andreasen 27' (o.g.) Hunt 44' Pizarro 68'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 44,379 Referee: Markus Schmidt

20 February 2010 (2010-02-20) 23	Borussia Dortmund	4–1	Hannover 96	Dortmund
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Subotić 43' Eggimann 60' (o.g.) Valdez 77' Großkreutz 88'	Report	Koné 81'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 73,700 Referee: Lutz Wagner

28 February 2010 (2010-02-28) 24	Hannover 96	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Misimović 78'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 34,312 Referee: Felix Brych

6 March 2010 (2010-03-06) 25	SC Freiburg	1–2	Hannover 96	Freiburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Abdessadki 70'	Report	Élson 63' Cissé 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 19,100 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

13 March 2010 (2010-03-13) 26	Hannover 96	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Andreasen 14' Pinto 57'	Report	Altıntop 45+2'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 38,847 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

20 March 2010 (2010-03-20) 27	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Hannover 96	Stuttgart
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Marica 36', 54'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

27 March 2010 (2010-03-27) 28	Hannover 96	1–4	1. FC Köln	Hanover
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Cherundolo 81'	Report	Tošić 12', 71' Petit 20' Novaković 28' (pen.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 43,218 Referee: Jochen Drees

4 April 2010 (2010-04-04) 29	Hamburger SV	0–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: HSH Nordbank Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

10 April 2010 (2010-04-10) 30	Hannover 96	4–2	Schalke 04	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Westermann 17' (o.g.) Ya Konan 29', 90+2' Balitsch 80'	Report	Edu 46' Rakitić 52' (pen.)	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

17 April 2010 (2010-04-17) 31	Bayern Munich	7–0	Hannover 96	Munich
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Olić 22', 49' Robben 30', 50', 90+1' Müller 44', 62'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Markus Wingenbach

24 April 2010 (2010-04-24) 32	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	Hannover 96	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kießling 26', 88' (pen.) Kaplan 64'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

1 May 2010 (2010-05-01) 33	Hannover 96	6–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Haggui 16' Pinto 23' Ya Konan 27' Hanke 39' Chahed 53' Bruggink 74'	Report	Herrmann 69'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

8 May 2010 (2010-05-08) 34	VfL Bochum	0–3	Hannover 96	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bruggink 9' Hanke 23' Pinto 45'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 30,748 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

DFB-Pokal

2 August 2009 (2009-08-02) First round	Eintracht Trier	3–1	Hannover 96	Trier
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wagner 61' Çınar 65' Senesie 90+1'	Report	Rosenthal 40'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 8 May 2010

No.	Pos	Player	Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Robert Enke	6	0	1	0	7	0
2	DF	Vinícius	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF	Leon Andreasen	7	1	0	0	7	1
4	DF	Ján Ďurica	8+1	0	0	0	9	0
5	DF	Mario Eggimann	12+7	0	0	0	19	0
6	DF	Steve Cherundolo	23+3	1	1	0	27	1
7	MF	Sérgio Pinto	20+6	4	0	0	26	4
8	MF	Altin Lala	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
9	FW	Mike Hanke	5+13	2	1	0	19	2
10	MF	Arnold Bruggink	21+5	3	1	0	27	3
11	FW	Didier Ya Konan	24+1	9	0	0	25	9
13	FW	Jan Schlaudraff	5+5	2	0	0	10	2
14	MF	Hanno Balitsch	25+2	2	1	0	28	2
15	DF	Constant Djakpa	20+4	0	0	0	24	0
16	GK	Uwe Gospodarek	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Rubic Ghasemi-Nobakht	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	Arouna Koné	8	2	0	0	8	2
19	DF	Christian Schulz	33	2	1	0	34	2
20	MF	Jacek Krzynówek	3+8	0	0+1	0	12	0
21	DF	Karim Haggui	30	2	1	0	31	2
22	FW	Valdet Rama	4+11	0	1	0	16	0
23	DF	Sofian Chahed	9+7	2	0	0	16	2
24	FW	Jiří Štajner	26+4	6	1	0	31	6
25	MF	Élson	9+9	1	0	0	18	1
26	MF	Jan Rosenthal	13+3	1	1	1	17	2
27	GK	Florian Fromlowitz	28	0	0	0	28	0
28	DF	Leon Balogun	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
30	GK	Morten Jensen	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Tim Hofmann	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	Mikael Forssell	2	0	0+1	0	3	0
33	MF	Manuel Schmiedebach	11+3	0	0+1	0	15	0
34	DF	Konstantin Rausch	20+6	0	1	0	27	0
35	MF	Sofien Chahed	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Hendrik Hahne	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	Sal Zizzo	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
38	FW	Jarosław Lindner	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
41	MF	Henrik Ernst	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
42	FW	Florian Büchler	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF	Christopher Avevor	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	11	FW	Didier Ya Konan	9	0	9
2	24	FW	Jiří Štajner	6	0	6
3	7	MF	Sérgio Pinto	4	0	4
4	10	MF	Arnold Bruggink	3	0	3
5	9	FW	Mike Hanke	2	0	2
	13	FW	Jan Schlaudraff	2	0	2
	14	MF	Hanno Balitsch	2	0	2
	18	FW	Arouna Koné	2	0	2
	19	DF	Christian Schulz	2	0	2
	21	DF	Karim Haggui	2	0	2
	23	DF	Sofian Chahed	2	0	2
	26	MF	Jan Rosenthal	1	1	2
13	3	MF	Leon Andreasen	1	0	1
	6	DF	Steve Cherundolo	1	0	1
	25	MF	Élson	1	0	1
Own goal				3	0	3
Total				43	1	44

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga	Total
1	27	GK	Florian Fromlowitz	5	5
2	1	GK	Robert Enke	2	2
Total				7	7

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Bundesliga			DFB-Pokal			Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Name
1	14	MF	Hanno Balitsch	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
2	19	DF	Christian Schulz	8	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0
3	6	DF	Steve Cherundolo	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	7	MF	Sérgio Pinto	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	11	FW	Didier Ya Konan	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
6	24	FW	Jiří Štajner	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
7	10	MF	Arnold Bruggink	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
7	15	DF	Constant Djakpa	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
9	25	MF	Élson	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	21	DF	Karim Haggui	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	5	DF	Mario Eggimann	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	13	FW	Jan Schlaudraff	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23	DF	Sofian Chahed	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	26	MF	Jan Rosenthal	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
15	3	FW	Leon Andreasen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4	DF	Ján Ďurica	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8	MF	Altin Lala	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9	FW	Mike Hanke	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22	FW	Valdet Rama	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	32	FW	Mikael Forssell	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	34	FW	Konstantin Rausch	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total				67	3	0	3	0	0	70	3	0

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^ "FCK holt Bastian Schulz" (in German). 1. FC Kaiserslautern. 22 June 2009.
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Notes

^ Rama was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in March 2013 before changing his international allegiance to Kosovo in August 2016.
^ Chahed was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), and represented Germany at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his debut for Tunisia in October 2009.
^ Balogun was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his father and made his international debut for Nigeria in March 2014.
^ Forssell was born in Steinfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Finland internationally and made his international debut for Finland in June 1999.
^ Rausch was born in Kozhevnikovo, Soviet Union (now Russia), but was raised in Germany from the age of 6 and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Russia in October 2017.

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[3] Rama was born in Mitrovica, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in March 2013 before changing his international allegiance to Kosovo in August 2016.

[4] Chahed was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), and represented Germany at U-19 and U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and made his debut for Tunisia in October 2009.

[5] Balogun was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany), but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his father and made his international debut for Nigeria in March 2014.

[6] Forssell was born in Steinfurt, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent Finland internationally and made his international debut for Finland in June 1999.

[7] Rausch was born in Kozhevnikovo, Soviet Union (now Russia), but was raised in Germany from the age of 6 and represented Germany at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level before making his international debut for Russia in October 2017.