Hannoverscher SC

Hannoverscher Sport-Club von 1893 e.V., commonly referred to as Hannoverscher SC or HSC Hannover, is a German association football club from Hanover, Lower Saxony. Hannoverscher SC play in the Regionalliga Nord, the fourth tier in the German football league system, having been promoted from the Oberliga Niedersachsen in 2019.

History

On 1 September 1897, pupils founded the Fussport-Verein 1897, which was a pure rugby club. This club was joined in 1910 by Herta 1910 Hannover and in 1913 by SuS 1911 Hannover. In 1918, the Fussport-Verein merged with VfR Hannover to form Hannoverscher SC 02. VfR Hannover was formed through the merger of the clubs Hannoverscher SC and Germania Hannover. In 1927, the hockey club Hockeyklub Elite Hannover joined the HSC, before it merged with the football club Sport Rot-Weis 1899 Hannover to form the Spielvereinigung Hannover 1897 one year later. FV Sport Rot-Weis was founded in 1924 through the merger of FV Sport Hannover and SV Rot-Weis Hannover.

On 15 January 1946, the Spielvereinigung and the members of the Freie Turnerschaft 1893 Hannover, which was dissolved in 1933, merged to form the HSC Hannover. The club grounds are located in the List district south of the Mittelland Canal. In the post-war period, a clubhouse was built in 1947 as an extension to an existing half-timbered house. Today's clubhouse was inaugurated in 1963 and expanded in 1968.