Hannover 96
Jörg Sievers turns 60 – the cup hero does that today
22.09.2025 – 7:24 pmReading time: 2 min.
Hannover 96 owes him the greatest triumph: Jörg Sievers parried two penalty against Gladbach in the cup final in 1992. The former goalkeeper is now celebrating his 60th birthday.
No other goalkeeper stood in the box as often for Hannover 96: 494 competitive games played Jörg Sievers between 1989 and 2003. In 1992, he led the second division club as captain to the DFB Cup victory and later accompanied the club back from the regional league to the Bundesliga. Sievers, born in Römstedt in the Lüneburg Heide, celebrated his 60th birthday on September 22nd.
His career began in 1984 at the Lüneburger SK, his youth club. In the then third-class Oberliga Nord, the 19-year-old quickly established himself as a goalkeeper and played a total of 101 competitive games until 1988. A season at VfL Wolfsburg followed with 36 missions. In the summer of 1989 Sievers applied to Hannover 96, who was still looking for a goalkeeper. “If you need one goalkeeper, I can try it,” he recalled in 2025 in the “kicker” of his considerations at that time. A few days later, he signed the “Red”.
In Hanover, Sievers initially sat four league games on the bench, but from August 16, 1989, he stood between the posts for five years. It was only in the 1994/95 season that he missed two second division games and a cup game.
In spring 1992 Sievers became the key figure in the greatest success in club history to date. On April 8, 1992, Hannover met in the cup semi -final on Werder Bremen. Sievers showed an outstanding performance, converted the crucial penalty in the penalty shootout and then parried Marco Bode’s attempt – Hannover 96 moved into the final.
On May 23, 1992, a Bundesliga club was waiting again in Berlin with Borussia Mönchengladbach. Again it went into the penalty shootout – and again Sievers became a hero with two shots held. Hannover 96 won 4: 3 and was the first second division team to get the DFB Cup. “What we did today is incredible for everyone,” said Sievers after the final whistle.
In 1998 Sievers confirmed his reputation as a “penalty slower” in another key moment of club history. The now third -class Hanoverians fought for the return to League two in the relegation against Tebe Berlin. In the second leg on May 24, Sievers parried two penalty and secured the climb. “Sievers lets an entire city dream,” the “kicker” headed later.