We’re counting down to the Hannover vs Gladbach DFB-Pokal game which kicks off very shortly, and the teams have just been announced.
We can reveal that the starting XI for Hannover which has been officially confirmed as:
Hannover
Ron-Robert Zieler #16
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Cologne, Germany
Niklas Hult #3
Defender
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Sweden
Place of birth: Värnamo, Sweden
Julian Börner #31
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Weimar, Germany
Marcel Franke #28
Defender
Height: 1.93m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Dresden, Germany
Jannik Dehm #25
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bruchsal, Germany
Gaël Ondoua #29
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 26
Dominik Kaiser #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Mutlangen, Germany
Sebastian Kerk #37
Midfielder
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Bad Wurzach, Germany
Linton Maina #11
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 55kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Maximilian Beier #14
Forward
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Brandenburg an der Havel , Germany
Hendrik Weydandt #9
Forward
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 94kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Gehrden, Germany
The starting line-up for Gladbach has also been confirmed as:
Gladbach
Yann Sommer
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Morges, Switzerland
Nico Elvedi
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Zürich, Switzerland
Marvin Friedrich
Defender
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Kassel, Germany
Matthias Ginter
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 88kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Freiburg, Germany
Stefan Lainer #18
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Joe Scally #29
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 19
Nationality: USA
Place of birth: Lake Grove, USA
Kouadio Manu Koné #17
Midfielder
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 20
Nationality: France
Place of birth: France
Florian Neuhaus
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Lars Stindl #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Speyer, Germany
Marcus Thuram #10
Forward
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 24
Nationality: France
Place of birth: France
Alassane Pléa #14
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 28
Nationality: France
Place of birth: Lille, France
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