The list
| # | Player | Born | Hannover 96 | Köln |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron-Robert Zieler | 1989 | 2010–2016, 2019–2025 | 2020–2021, 2025– |
| 2 | Kevin Wimmer | 1992 | 2018–2019 | 2012–2015 |
| 3 | Artjoms Rudņevs | 1988 | 2014 | 2016–2017 |
| 4 | Marius Wolf | 1995 | 2016–2018 | 2020–2021 |
| 5 | Leonardo Bittencourt | 1993 | 2013–2015 | 2015–2018 |
| 6 | Louis Schaub | 1994 | 2022–2024 | 2018–2022 |
| 7 | Hanno Balitsch | 1981 | 2005–2010 | 2001–2002 |
| 8 | Konstantin Rausch | 1990 | 2008–2013 | 2016–2018 |
| 9 | Timo Hübers | 1996 | 2016–2021 | 2021– |
| 10 | Daniel Royer | 1990 | 2011–2013 | 2012–2013 |
| 11 | Andrzej Kobylański | 1970 | 1994–1995 | 1993 |
| 12 | Kostas Konstantinidis | 1972 | 2002–2004 | 2004–2005 |
| 13 | Linton Maina | 1999 | 2018–2022 | 2022– |
| 14 | Reinhard Stumpf | 1961 | 1997 | 1994–1996 |
| 15 | Holger Willmer | 1958 | 1987–1989 | 1977–1984 |
| 16 | Markus Kreuz | 1977 | 1998–2000 | 2000–2003 |
| 17 | Karl-Heinz Geils | 1955 | 1987–1990 | 1984–1987 |
| 18 | Stefan Kohn | 1965 | 1987–1989 | 1993–1994, 1995–1997 |
| 19 | Ralf Außem | 1960 | 1981–1984 | 1979–1980 |
| 20 | Sven Fischer | 1977 | 1997–1999 | — |
| 21 | Reinhold Daschner | 1969 | 1992–1996 | 1990–1992 |
Which way they moved
- Hannover 96 first, then Köln: 11
- Köln first, then Hannover 96: 9
Test yourself
Three more club pairs: name one player for each.
Play it
In Who Played Both you and your opponent secretly pick a club each. If the clubs are Hannover 96 and Köln, the first to name one of the players above in 15 seconds wins the round.
More pairs with Hannover 96
- Hamburger SV – Hannover 96 32 players
- Hannover 96 – Schalke 04 31 players
- Hannover 96 – Werder Bremen 31 players
- Borussia Dortmund – Hannover 96 29 players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf – Hannover 96 28 players
- Hannover 96 – Stuttgart 28 players
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Hannover 96 27 players
- Hannover 96 – St. Pauli 27 players
Hannover 96: every club it shares players with
More pairs with Köln
- Bayer Leverkusen – Köln 38 players
- Borussia Dortmund – Köln 32 players
- Köln – Nürnberg 27 players
- Hamburger SV – Köln 27 players
- Hertha BSC – Köln 26 players
- Köln – Schalke 04 25 players
- Köln – VfL Bochum 25 players
- Bayern München – Köln 23 players
Köln: every club it shares players with
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.