Editing Hannover 96 (section)

==Death of Robert Enke==
[[File:Robert Enke Trauerstelle.jpg|thumb|95px|Tributes at [[AWD-Arena]] in Hannover]]
On 10 November 2009, at the age of 32, Hannover's first-choice goalkeeper [[Robert Enke]] died as a result of suicide after he stood in front of a regional express train at a [[level crossing]] in [[Eilvese]], [[Neustadt am Rübenberge]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8353733.stm |title=Germany keeper dies in accident |work=BBC News |date=10 November 2009 |access-date=10 November 2009 |archive-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731164944/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8353733.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="confirmed suicide">{{cite web | url = http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/11112009/58/international-football-enke-death-confirmed-suicide.html | title = Enke death confirmed as suicide | publisher=Eurosport | date = 11 November 2009 | access-date =11 November 2009}}</ref> Police confirmed a suicide note had been found, but did not publicise its details.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/517056/artikel_robert-enke-zum-tod-des-nationaltorwarts.html | title = Robert Enke (24.08.1977 – 10.11.2009) | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 1 April 2011 | date = 9 November 2010 | archive-date = 23 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111123013701/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/517056/artikel_robert-enke-zum-tod-des-nationaltorwarts.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> His widow, Teresa, revealed that her husband had been suffering from [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] for six years and was treated by a psychiatrist.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/teresa-enke-letzte-hoffnung-liebe-1521152.html | title = Teresa Enke: Letzte Hoffnung Liebe | work = Stern | language = de | date = 11 November 2009 | access-date = 11 November 2009 | archive-date = 14 November 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091114091848/http://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/teresa-enke-letzte-hoffnung-liebe-1521152.html | url-status = live }}</ref> After the death of his daughter Lara in 2006, he struggled to cope with the loss.<ref name="bbcdeath"/>

Upon news breaking of what had happened, many fans immediately gathered at Hannover 96's [[AWD-Arena]] home, where they laid flowers, lit candles and signed a [[Condolence book|book of condolence]]. His former club [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] held a minute's silence before their game that night, and several international matches the following weekend paid the same tribute. As a mark of respect, the German national team cancelled their friendly match against [[Chile national football team|Chile]], which had been scheduled for 14 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=697278&sec=europe&cc=5739|title=Germany call off Chile friendly|date=11 November 2009|access-date=11 November 2009|archive-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023195751/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=697278&sec=europe&cc=5739|url-status=dead}}</ref> A minute's silence was also held at all Bundesliga games on 21 and 22 November 2009, as well as at [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]'s game in the [[Taça de Portugal]] - Benfica was another former club of Enke's.<ref name="suicide stuns football">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8353964.stm |title=Goalkeeper suicide stuns football |work=BBC News |date=11 November 2009 |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123012859/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8353964.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Germany also cancelled a planned training session and all interviews after his death. [[Oliver Bierhoff]], the national team's general manager, said, "We are all shocked. We are lost for words."<ref name="bbcdeath">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8353964.stm | work=BBC News | title=Goalkeeper suicide stuns football | date=11 November 2009 | access-date=26 October 2011 | archive-date=22 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122065451/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8353964.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>

On 15 November 2009, nearly 40,000 attendees filled the AWD-Arena for his memorial service. Enke's coffin, covered in white roses, was carried by six of his Hannover 96 teammates.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.svz.de/nachrichten/home/top-thema/article//ruhe-in-frieden-anruehrender-abschied-von-enke.html | title = Ruhe in Frieden: Anrührender Abschied von Enke | publisher = Schweriner Volkszeitung | date = 15 November 2009 | access-date = 18 May 2010 | language = de | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120918061339/http://www.svz.de/nachrichten/home/top-thema/article//ruhe-in-frieden-anruehrender-abschied-von-enke.html | archive-date = 18 September 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> He was then buried in Neustadt, outside the city of Hanover, next to his daughter's grave.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/article1270929/Er-war-einer-von-uns-Trauerfeier-mit-vielen-Emotionen.html | title = 'Er war einer von uns' – Trauerfeier mit vielen Emotionen | publisher = Hamburger Abendblatt | date = 16 November 2009 | access-date = 1 April 2011 | language = de | archive-date = 24 February 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100224041459/http://www.abendblatt.de/sport/fussball/article1270929/Er-war-einer-von-uns-Trauerfeier-mit-vielen-Emotionen.html | url-status = live }}</ref> As a further mark of respect for their former teammate, Hannover 96 players displayed the number one in a circle on the breast of their jerseys, as approved by the [[German Football Association]] (DFL), as a subtle tribute for the rest of the [[2009–10 Bundesliga|2009–10 season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8379003.stm|title=Hannover pay tribute to Robert Enke with special shirt|work=BBC Sport  |date=25 November 2009|access-date=25 November 2009}}</ref>