Career
Sievers played for the club for more than 10 years, and made a club record 384 league appearances, primarily playing in the 2. Bundesliga. He remained with the club through relegation to the Regionalliga and eventually played out his final season in the Bundesliga in 2002. His main career highlight with the club was perhaps winning the 1992 DFB Cup against Borussia Mönchengladbach, where he saved two crucial penalties during the shootout.
On 6 March 2010 made a comeback with the reserve team of Hannover 96.
He remains with Hannover 96 to this day, working as a goalkeeping coach. DFB-Pokal: 1992
He is also known from the song "Jörg Sievers Blues" by the German band Fury in the Slaughterhouse.
His nickname amongst fans and within the team is "Colt" Sievers, stemming from the phonetic resemblance of his last name to the main character of the 80s television action series The Fall Guy, "Colt Seavers".