# 1953–54 Hannover 96 season

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. 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:

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 069.70 |
Source: Competitions

### Oberliga Nord
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| 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 |

#### Matches
### German football championship
#### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — | — |

#### Final

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
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | Name | Oberliga Nord | German football championship | 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 | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 64 | 10 | 74 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Pos | Name | Oberliga Nord | German football championship | Total |
| 1 | GK | Hans Krämer | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | GK | Werner Schadly | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 12 |