Hannover 96

Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 was founded on 12 April 1896 and is the largest sports association in Lower Saxony. Its football team won the German championship in 1938 and 1954 and, in 1992, became the first second-division side to win the DFB-Pokal. Hannover have played at the Niedersachsenstadion since 1959 and contest the Lower Saxony derby with Eintracht Braunschweig.