The 1953–54 Hannover 96 season is the 58th season in the football club's history and sixth overall season in the top flight of German football, the Oberliga Nord, and their fifth consecutive season having been reinstated in 1949 after appealing against their relegation to the Landesliga Niedersachsen in 1948. Hannover 96 won the Oberliga Nord and advanced to the championship finals for the fifth overall time, where they won their second German championship after 1938. The season covers a period from 1 July 1953 to 30 June 1954.

Players

Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
– GK Germany GER Hans Bolchert
– GK Germany GER Hans Krämer
– GK Germany GER Werner Schadly
– GK Germany GER Hans-Jürgen Wickel
– DF Germany GER Heinz Bothe
– DF Germany GER Heinz Elzner
– DF Germany GER Helmut Geruschke
– DF Germany GER Hannes Kirk
– MF Germany GER Rolf Gehrcke
No. Pos. Nation Player
– MF Germany GER Herbert Helfenbein
– MF Germany GER Willi Hundertmark
– MF Germany GER Werner Müller (captain)
– FW Germany GER Helmut Kruhl
– FW Germany GER Rolf Paetz
– FW Germany GER Wolfgang Piechotta
– FW Germany GER Hannes Tkotz
– FW Germany GER Heinz Wewetzer
– FW Germany GER Klemens Zielinski

Source: [1]

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Oberliga Nord 9 August 1953 11 April 1954 Matchday 1 Winners 30 20 6 4 64 26 +38 066.67
German football championship 2 May 1954 23 May 1954 Group stage Winners 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 100.00
Total 33 23 6 4 74 29 +45 069.70

Source: Competitions

Oberliga Nord

Main article: 1953–54 Oberliga Nord

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hannover 96 (C) 30 20 6 4 64 26 +38 46 Qualification to German championship
2 FC St. Pauli 30 16 7 7 65 37 +28 39
3 FC Altona 93 30 13 6 11 68 59 +9 32
4 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 12 8 10 57 58 −1 32
5 Werder Bremen 30 13 5 12 53 43 +10 31
Source: RSSSF.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points;
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 6 4 64 26  +38 46 10 3 2 27 12  +15 10 3 2 37 14  +23

Results by round

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GroundHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
ResultWWWWWWWWWWWLDWWDWWWWDDDLWWWDLL
Position411111111111111111111111111111
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

9 August 1953 1 Hannover 96 1–0 Hamburger SV Hanover
Müller 79' Report Stadium: Eilenriedestadion
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Walter
23 August 1953 2 Holstein Kiel 1–6 Hannover 96 Kiel
Schmuck 42' Report
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hollnagel
30 August 1953 3 Hannover 96 2–0 Bremer SV Hanover
 Report Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ewald Skuballa
6 September 1953 4 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–5 Hannover 96 Braunschweig
Herz 59' Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Walter Zimmermann
13 September 1953 5 Hannover 96 2–0 Altona 93 Hanover
 Report Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Banasiak
20 September 1953 6 Hannover 96 3–1 Arminia Hannover Hanover
 Report Heyduck 84' (pen.) Stadium: Eilenriedestadion
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Scheiblich
27 September 1953 7 Harburger TB 1–4 Hannover 96 Hamburg
Dammers 40' Report
Stadium: Sportanlage Jahnhöhe
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Rolf Seekamp
4 October 1953 8 Hannover 96 2–1 Göttingen 05 Hanover
 Report Kuzniewski 15' Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dobberahn
18 October 1953 9 Werder Bremen 1–2 Hannover 96 Bremen
Behring 74' Report Tkotz 9', 74' Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ewald Skuballa
25 October 1953 10 Hannover 96 3–0 VfB Lübeck Hanover
 Report Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Neumann
1 November 1953 11 FC St. Pauli 0–1 Hannover 96 Hamburg
Report Wewetzer 68' Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Praefke
8 November 1953 12 VfL Osnabrück 2–1 Hannover 96 Osnabrück
 Report Tkotz 60' Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Scheiblich
15 November 1953 13 Hannover 96 0–0 Eimsbütteler TV Hanover
Report Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Rannersmann
18 November 1953 14 Hannover 96 2–0 Bremerhaven 93 Hanover
 Report Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg
6 December 1953 15 Victoria Hamburg 0–3 Hannover 96 Hamburg
Report
Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Erich Asmussen
13 December 1953 16 Hannover 96 2–2 FC St. Pauli Hanover
 Report
Stadium: Eilenriedestadion
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Walter
27 December 1953 17 VfB Lübeck 0–2 Hannover 96 Lübeck
Report
Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Neumann
3 January 1954 18 Hannover 96 3–2 Victoria Hamburg Hanover
 Report
Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Praefke
10 January 1954 19 Bremerhaven 93 1–3 Hannover 96 Bremerhaven
Machnicki 36' Report
Stadium: Zollinlandstadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ewald Skuballa
17 January 1954 20 Hannover 96 4–1 Werder Bremen Hanover
 Report Haase 54' Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Erich Asmussen
24 January 1954 21 Eimsbütteler TV 1–1 Hannover 96 Hamburg
Rohrberg 41' Report Ahrens 52' (o.g.) Stadium: ETV-Sportzentrum Hoheluft
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Laternicht
31 January 1954 22 Hannover 96 1–1 Holstein Kiel Hanover
Kruhl 32' Report Ehlers 88' Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hollnagel
7 February 1954 23 Arminia Hannover 1–1 Hannover 96 Hanover
Apel 56' Report Paetz 63' Stadium: Stadion am Bischofsholer Damm
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Eix
14 February 1954 24 Hannover 96 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig Hanover
Report Herz 52', 73' Stadium: Eilenriedestadion
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Walter Zimmermann
20 February 1954 25 Bremer SV 0–2 Hannover 96 Bremen
Report Zielinski 64', 82' (pen.) Stadium: Weser-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Praefke
7 March 1954 26 Altona 93 0–3 Hannover 96 Hamburg
Report
Stadium: Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Gerhard Pooch
14 March 1954 27 Hannover 96 1–0 Harburger TB Hanover
Wewetzer 14' Report Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Otto
21 March 1954 28 Göttingen 05 3–3 Hannover 96 Göttingen
 Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg
4 April 1954 29 Hannover 96 1–2 VfL Osnabrück Hanover
Tkotz 70' Report
Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ewald Skuballa
11 April 1954 30 Hamburger SV 2–0 Hannover 96 Hamburg
Wojtkowiak 13', 70' Report Stadium: Sportplatz am Rothenbaum
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Walter

German football championship

Main article: 1954 German football championship

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification H96 VFB BSV
1 Hannover 96 2 2 0 0 5 2 2.500 4 Advance to final — 3–1 —
2 VfB Stuttgart 2 1 0 1 4 3 1.333 2 — — 3–0
3 Berliner SV 2 0 0 2 1 5 0.200 0 1–2 — —
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal ratio.
2 May 1954 Group 1 Berliner SV 1–2 Hannover 96 West Berlin
Karlsch 82' Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jacobi
16 May 1954 Group 1 Hannover 96 3–1 VfB Stuttgart Düsseldorf
 Report Baitinger 50' Stadium: Rheinstadion
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alois Pennig

Final

Hannover 965–11. FC Kaiserslautern
 Report Eckel 13'
Attendance: 76,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer
HANNOVER:
GK Germany Hans Krämer
DF Germany Hannes Kirk
DF Germany Helmut Geruschke
DF Germany Heinz Bothe
MF Germany Werner Müller
MF Germany Rolf Gehrcke
FW Germany Klemens Zielinski
FW Germany Heinz Wewetzer
FW Germany Hannes Tkotz
FW Germany Rolf Paetz
FW Germany Helmut Kruhl
Manager:
Germany Helmut Kronsbein
KAISERSLAUTERN:
GK Germany Willi Hölz
DF Germany Werner Liebrich
DF Germany Werner Kohlmeyer
DF Germany Werner Baßler
MF Germany Fritz Walter
MF Germany Otto Render
MF Germany Horst Eckel
FW Germany Willi Wenzel
FW Germany Karl Wanger
FW Germany Ottmar Walter
FW Germany Erwin Scheffler
Manager:
Germany Richard Schneider

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Pos Name Oberliga Nord[2] German football championship[3] Total
1 FW Germany Hannes Tkotz 19 2 21
2 FW Germany Heinz Wewetzer 18 1 19
3 FW Germany Rolf Paetz 7 3 10
4 FW Germany Helmut Kruhl 5 2 7
5 FW Germany Wolfgang Piechotta 5 0 5
FW Germany Klemens Zielinski 4 1 5
7 MF Germany Werner Müller 3 0 3
8 DF Germany Heinz Elzner 2 0 2
Own goal 1 1 2
Total 64 10 74

Clean sheets

Rank Pos Name Oberliga Nord German football championship Total
1 GK Germany Hans Krämer[4] 11 0 11
2 GK Germany Werner Schadly[5] 1 0 1
Total 12 0 12

References

  1. ^ "Hannover 96 » Kader 1953/1954". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Oberliga Nord (1947-63) 1953/1954 » Torschützenliste". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1953/1954 » Torschützenliste". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Hans Krämer » Oberliga Nord (1947-63) 1953/1954". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Werner Schadly » Oberliga Nord (1947-63) 1953/1954". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Hannover_96_season
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