Editing Hannover 96 (section)

===Post-War era===
[[File:Hannover Performance Chart.png|260px|thumb|Historical chart of Hannover 96 league performance]]
In common with most other German organizations, the club was dissolved after the [[World War II|Second World War]] by occupying Allied authorities. A combined local side was assembled{{by whom|date=January 2024}} in August 1945 and the next month a mixed group of players from Hannover 96 and Arminia Hannover played their first post-war match against a British military team.{{cn|date=January 2024}} HSV was later formally re-established as '''Hannoverscher SV''' on 11 November 1945, before re-adopting its traditional name on 27 April 1946.{{cn|date=January 2024}} The club resumed league play in 1947 in the first division [[Oberliga Nord (1947-63)|Oberliga Nord]] and was relegated, but quickly returned to the top-flight in 1949. Hannover 96's next appearance in a national final would not come until 1954 when they soundly{{tone inline|date=January 2024}} defeated [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]] 5–1. The beaten side included five of the same players who would go on later that year to win Germany's first [[1954 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] in a surprise victory known as the [[1954 FIFA World Cup final|Miracle of Bern]]. In 1963, the [[Bundesliga]], Germany's new professional football league, began play with 16 of the nation's top teams. Hannover played in the [[Regionalliga Nord (1963–74)|Regionalliga Nord]] (II) that season, but earned promotion to the senior circuit in the following year. The club's advance to the Bundesliga in 1964 was well received,{{by whom|date=January 2024}} as they set a league attendance record in their first year, averaging 46,000 spectators a game.{{cn|date=January 2024}} 96 played at the upper level for a decade, until they were relegated to the [[2nd Bundesliga Nord (1974–81)|2nd Bundesliga Nord]] for the 1974–75 season.{{cn|date=January 2024}} They returned quickly, but again went down, this time to spend 17 of the next 20 years in the second tier.