The fallen cup hero
There is simply no space available for him
13.08.2025 – 2:39 p.m.Reading time: 4 min.
Marius Wörl came back to Hanover as a great hope. A few weeks later, the Bielefeld cup hero suddenly stands on the crossroads.
The statements that Marcus Mann had in conversation with the “Bild” at the end of May were clear. “We are looking forward to Marius. He is firmly planned,” said the managing director of second division Hannover 96 and thus clarified the speculation about an early departure from Marius Wörl.
The rumors had arisen after the 21-year-old had convinced in the DFB Cup in the past season. Wörl changed from 1860 Munich to Hanover in 2023, but was subsequently awarded to third division team Arminia Bielefeld for over two years. The East Westphalia with Wörl sensationally penetrated into the cup final in Berlin in the past season, eliminated on the way there four Bundesliga clubs – also because the midfielder scored three of them important goals.
The logical consequence was that 96 Wörl then ordered back to Hanover. Bielefeld pulled the agreed purchase option over 300,000 euros. However, 96 had negotiated a buyback clause of over 500,000 euros in advance, which the club also activated immediately. In summer, Wörl came back to the state capital of Lower Saxony as a great hope. But suddenly the cup hero at Maschsee doesn’t matter anymore.
Two game days have already been completed in the 2nd Bundesliga. Hanover started the new season with the perfect yield of six points. The 1-0 home success against Kaiserslautern at the start was followed by a 2-0 away win at Fortuna Düsseldorf last weekend. Marius Wörl was not allowed to participate in any of the two games. Even worse: he didn’t even make it into the squad.
The fact that Wörl was not on the first team on the first match day, but was sent as an alternative to the reserve team, had at least officially a good reason. “That was agreed because he was sick,” emphasized 96 sports director Ralf Becker. Wörl had therefore already missed the last endurance test against Cagliari Calcio in the previous week. Nevertheless, the suspicion crept around around the Düsseldorf game that the former German junior national player got on the siding in Hanover within a very short time.
Background of this assumption: 96 playmaker Waniss Taïbi had injured himself against Kaiserslautern in the first game, it was out of the guest appearance on the Rhine. As a result, Noël Aséko was allowed to go from the start, who had scored the winning goal against the “Red Devil” after his substitution. Titz with Wörl, which was freed by Taïbi’s failure against Düsseldorf, could have occupied Titz. But the coach decided differently.