Overview
- The club announced on October 31, 2026 that the supervisory board had unanimously removed Jonas Boldt as sporting director and made Henning Bindzus the sole managing director.
- Boldt had taken the role in late May and signed a three-year contract after Jörg Schmadtke's exit, but he leaves after roughly five months in the job.
- A run of poor results, including a DFB-Pokal loss to 1. FC Kaiserslautern and four matches without a win under coach Sandro Wagner, has left Hannover 16th in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Fans and internal voices had increasingly blamed Boldt for a troubled transfer window, the coaching appointment of Wagner, and for taking a vacation before the Niedersachsen derby.
- The club faces urgent stakes because patron Martin Kind says relegation to the 3. Liga would make recent investments in the stadium and academy unsustainable, and Wagner's future is uncertain after Boldt's earlier job guarantee.