Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, is a German professional football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. They played in the Bundesliga for a total of 30 years between 1964 and 2019 and currently play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier in the German football league system, having been relegated from the Bundesliga, Germany's first tier, after finishing 17th in the 2018–19 season.
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK, FC Kaiserslautern, K'lautern or colloquially Lautern, is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in several other sports.
Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V., commonly known as Hamburger SV or Hamburg, or HSV, is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football department. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three earlier clubs, it traces its origins to 29 September 1887 when the first of the predecessors, SC Germania, was founded.
The 1997–98 Bundesliga was the 35th season of the Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. It began on 1 August 1997 and ended on 9 May 1998. FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions. FC Kaiserslautern won the Bundesliga on 1 May 1998 with one match remaining, the only time to date that a newly promoted team has won the league.
Carsten Jancker is a German football coach and former player. He played as a striker for various teams between 1993 and 2009, including FC Köln, Rapid Wien, FC Bayern Munich, Udinese Calcio, FC Kaiserslautern, Shanghai Shenhua F.C., and SV Mattersburg, as well as the Germany national team.
Mario Basler is a German football manager and former professional player who mainly played as a right midfielder. He is currently at TSG Eisenberg as a player and advisor.
Markus Anfang is a German retired footballer and manager who is the head coach 2. Bundesliga club of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
Eberhard Dirk Schuster is a German professional football manager, who last managed 1. FC Kaiserslautern and former player who played as a defender.
Olaf Marschall is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Michael Schjønberg Christensen is a Danish football manager, club official, and former player. He is currently in charge of the women's team of AGF.
Andreas Reinke is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Marc Ziegler is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Franco Foda is a German football manager and former player who is the manager of Kosovo national team.
Jürgen Rische is a retired German football striker and current coach.
Roger Lutz is a former German professional footballer who played as a defender.
Harry Koch is a German former professional footballer, who played as a centre-back, and a coach.
Johannes Riedl was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 441 appearances in the Bundesliga. He is the father of Thomas Riedl.
Frank Greiner is a German football coach and a former player.
Marco Grimm is a German former professional footballer played as a defender. He spent four seasons in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart, as well as five seasons in the 2. Bundesliga with Karlsruher SC and Eintracht Braunschweig. He also played for one season in the Austrian Bundesliga, with Grazer AK.
The 2015–16 DFB-Pokal was the 73rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 7 August 2015 with the first of six rounds and ended on 21 May 2016 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).
