1953–54 Hannover 96 season

Hannover 96
1953–54 season
President	Walter Daubert (1953); Heinrich Pape (1954)
Manager	Helmut Kronsbein
Stadium	Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm [de]; Eilenriedestadion
Oberliga	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hannes Tkotz; (19 goals); All: ; Hannes Tkotz; (21 goals)
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

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[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	GER	Hans Bolchert
–	GK	GER	Hans Krämer
–	GK	GER	Werner Schadly
–	GK	GER	Hans-Jürgen Wickel
–	DF	GER	Heinz Bothe
–	DF	GER	Heinz Elzner
–	DF	GER	Helmut Geruschke
–	DF	GER	Hannes Kirk
–	MF	GER	Rolf Gehrcke


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	GER	Herbert Helfenbein
–	MF	GER	Willi Hundertmark
–	MF	GER	Werner Müller (captain)
–	FW	GER	Helmut Kruhl
–	FW	GER	Rolf Paetz
–	FW	GER	Wolfgang Piechotta
–	FW	GER	Hannes Tkotz
–	FW	GER	Heinz Wewetzer
–	FW	GER	Klemens Zielinski

Source: ^[1]

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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[edit]


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[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L
Position	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

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	Wewetzer 4', 87' Tkotz 21', 25' Paetz 62', 73'	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hollnagel

30 August 1953 3	Hannover 96	2–0	Bremer SV	Hanover
	Piechotta 57' Wewetzer 75'	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	Tkotz 3', 35', 77', 85' Wewetzer 90'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Walter Zimmermann

13 September 1953 5	Hannover 96	2–0	Altona 93	Hanover
	Piechotta 21' Paetz 47'	Report		Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Banasiak

20 September 1953 6	Hannover 96	3–1	Arminia Hannover	Hanover
	Wewetzer 16' (pen.), 33' Tkotz 79'	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	Piechotta 53' Wewetzer 63' Paetz 85' Zielinski 87'	Stadium: Sportanlage Jahnhöhe Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Rolf Seekamp

4 October 1953 8	Hannover 96	2–1	Göttingen 05	Hanover
	Piechotta 73' Zielinski 82'	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
	Kruhl 3', 89' Tkotz 61'	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
	Schönhöft 22' Alpert 83'	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
	Wewetzer 64' Tkotz 69'	Report		Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

6 December 1953 15	Victoria Hamburg	0–3	Hannover 96	Hamburg
		Report	Piechotta 38' Wewetzer 59' Tkotz 70'	Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Erich Asmussen

13 December 1953 16	Hannover 96	2–2	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
	Tkotz 15' Wewetzer 85'	Report	Wehrmann 39' Brüggen 66'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Walter

27 December 1953 17	VfB Lübeck	0–2	Hannover 96	Lübeck
		Report	Kruhl 17' Tkotz 70'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Neumann

3 January 1954 18	Hannover 96	3–2	Victoria Hamburg	Hanover
	Wewetzer 10' Paetz 70' Müller 75'	Report	Muuhs 52' Engelmann 78'	Stadium: Radrennbahn am Pferdeturm Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Praefke

10 January 1954 19	Bremerhaven 93	1–3	Hannover 96	Bremerhaven
	Machnicki 36'	Report	Wewetzer 41', 90' Tkotz 56'	Stadium: Zollinlandstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ewald Skuballa

17 January 1954 20	Hannover 96	4–1	Werder Bremen	Hanover
	Paetz 70' Wewetzer 77', 83' Tkotz 88'	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	Tkotz 17' Müller 41' Wewetzer 65'	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
	Wasch 5', 84' Kling 23'	Report	Elzner 7', 9' Kruhl 87'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg

4 April 1954 29	Hannover 96	1–2	VfL Osnabrück	Hanover
	Tkotz 70'	Report	Schönhöft 34' Haseldiek 44'	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[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification	H96	VFB	BSV
1	Hannover 96	2	2	0	5	2	2.500	4	Advance to final	—	3–1	—
2	VfB Stuttgart	2	1	1	4	3	1.333	2		—	—	3–0
3	Berliner SV	2	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	Tkotz 5' Kruhl 83'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Jacobi

16 May 1954 Group 1	Hannover 96	3–1	VfB Stuttgart	Düsseldorf
	Paetz 32', 43' Zielinski 46'	Report	Baitinger 50'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alois Pennig

Final[edit]

23 May 1954

Hannover 96	5–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Tkotz 45' Kohlmeyer 48' (o.g.) Wewetzer 77' Kruhl 81' Paetz 84'	Report	Eckel 13'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 76,000

Referee: Emil Schmetzer


HANNOVER:
GK		Hans Krämer
DF		Hannes Kirk
DF		Helmut Geruschke
DF		Heinz Bothe
MF		Werner Müller
MF		Rolf Gehrcke
FW		Klemens Zielinski
FW		Heinz Wewetzer
FW		Hannes Tkotz
FW		Rolf Paetz
FW		Helmut Kruhl
Manager:
Helmut Kronsbein


KAISERSLAUTERN:
GK		Willi Hölz
DF		Werner Liebrich
DF		Werner Kohlmeyer
DF		Werner Baßler
MF		Fritz Walter
MF		Otto Render
MF		Horst Eckel
FW		Willi Wenzel
FW		Karl Wanger
FW		Ottmar Walter
FW		Erwin Scheffler
Manager:
Richard Schneider

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

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

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Pos	Name	Oberliga Nord	Total
1	GK	Hans Krämer^[4]	11	11
2	GK	Werner Schadly^[5]	1	1
Total			12	12

References[edit]

^ "Hannover 96 » Kader 1953/1954". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ "Oberliga Nord (1947-63) 1953/1954 » Torschützenliste". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ "Deutsche Meisterschaft 1953/1954 » Torschützenliste". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ "Hans Krämer » Oberliga Nord (1947-63) 1953/1954". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.
^ "Werner Schadly » Oberliga Nord (1947-63) 1953/1954". weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[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.

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