SV Arminia Hannover

Like all other Hannover clubs, Arminia lives in the shadow of 96. Founded in 1910 as FC Arminia Hannover, they joined the northern German soccer federation in 1912. However, since the club colors of green and white were already taken by Hannover SC, they played gray. A few years later, as HSC merged with HSV to form the powerful Hannover 96, the new club took white/red as their colors. This freed up the color "blue" and Arminai holds these colors to this day (yeah, although the club colors are green, go figure!)

Success on the field was very limited. Basically they ended up bouncing between the 3rd and 2nd divisions. However, in the early 1990s, they had fallen down to the 4th level, but finally climbed back up to the 3rd with a playoff win over Heider SV in 1997.

The 1998-99 season was difficult, as Arminia failed to impress. They played next season quite decently, but were never in contention to make the new combined Regionalliga.

Fullname Sport-Verein Arminia Hannover e.V.
Address Hannover (Niedersachsen). Pop: 516,500 (2002)
Address Bischofsholer Damm 119, 30173 Hannover
Phone: (0511) 810448

Colors Yellow and blue. Also Blue jerseys, white shorts. The club colors are green and white, but back when the club was founded, local soccer bureaucrats forced them to play in different colors. In 2004, they were playing in green with white trim.

Nicknames

Stadium Bischofsholer Damm. Capacity: 18,000 (800 seats)
Originally buit in 1918. In 1976 the old Tribune had fallen into disrepair and was torn down. The club president used his connections to get the roof from Dortmund's recently closed "Rote Erde" and this was installed.

Tickets Range from 7 euros for standing, seats 11-16 euros (2004).
Supporters Averaged 463 in 2004 (Oberliga). A couple of fan clubs listed on the official website.
Friends

Foes Obviously Hannover 96 in derby.

Heroes

Zeroes

Beer Wolters-Pilsener, but apparently no longer available. The official spnsor is now Gilde, a local brewery.
Pub Grub The club runs it's own Gaststätte, open M-F 16:00-23:00, and one weekend homegames.

The Net The official site is finally online, www.arminiahannover.de . Although late to press, it looks like it will be pretty decent. Also decent is the supporter's page www.bischofshol.de . Another useful fanpage www.arminia-hannover.de , which is actually hannoverfoto.de, a photography studio. But they build an unofficial site (click on the Arminia logo.)

Recent History:
--------------

1963-64 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		3rd
1964-65 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		4th
1965-66 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		6th
1966-67 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		1st
1967-68 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		1st
1968-69 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		5th
1969-70 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		8th
1970-71 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		14th
1971-72 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		14th
1972-73 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		9th
1973-74 (II)	Regionalliga Nord		9th
1974-75	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		2nd
1975-76	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		1st
1976-77	(II)	2.Bundesliga Nord		13th
1977-78	(II)	2.Bundesliga Nord		15th
1978-79	(II)	2.Bundesliga Nord		12th
1979-80	(II)	2.Bundesliga Nord		19th
1980-81	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		11th
1981-82	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		2nd
1982-83	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		9th
1983-84	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		8th
1984-85	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		6th
1985-86	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		9th
1986-87	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		2nd
1987-88	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		13th
1988-89	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		11th
1989-90	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		13th
1990-91	(III)	Am.Oberliga Nord		18th
1991-92	(IV)	Verbandsliga Niedersachsen	8th
1992-93	(IV)	Verbandsliga Niedersachsen	10th
1993-94	(IV)	Verbandsliga Niedersachsen	13th
1994-95	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	8th
1995-96	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	11th
1996-97	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	2nd
1997-98	(III)	Regionalliga Nord		6th
1998-99	(III)	Regionalliga Nord		13th
1999-00	(III)	Regionalliga Nord		10th
2000-01	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	3rd
2001-02	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	11th
2002-03	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	7th
2003-04	(IV)	Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen	7th
2004-05 (IV)    Oberliga Nord			9th
2005-06 (IV)    Oberliga Nord			9th
2006-07 (IV)    Oberliga Nord			15th
2007-08	(V)	Verbandsliga Niedersachsen

Fullname	Sport-Verein Arminia Hannover e.V.
Address	Hannover (Niedersachsen). Pop: 516,500 (2002)
Address	Bischofsholer Damm 119, 30173 Hannover Phone: (0511) 810448
Colors	Yellow and blue. Also Blue jerseys, white shorts. The club colors are green and white, but back when the club was founded, local soccer bureaucrats forced them to play in different colors. In 2004, they were playing in green with white trim.
Nicknames
Stadium	Bischofsholer Damm. Capacity: 18,000 (800 seats) Originally buit in 1918. In 1976 the old Tribune had fallen into disrepair and was torn down. The club president used his connections to get the roof from Dortmund's recently closed "Rote Erde" and this was installed.
Tickets	Range from 7 euros for standing, seats 11-16 euros (2004).
Supporters	Averaged 463 in 2004 (Oberliga). A couple of fan clubs listed on the official website.
Friends
Foes	Obviously Hannover 96 in derby.
Heroes
Zeroes
Beer	Wolters-Pilsener, but apparently no longer available. The official spnsor is now Gilde, a local brewery.
Pub Grub	The club runs it's own Gaststätte, open M-F 16:00-23:00, and one weekend homegames.
The Net	The official site is finally online, www.arminiahannover.de . Although late to press, it looks like it will be pretty decent. Also decent is the supporter's page www.bischofshol.de . Another useful fanpage www.arminia-hannover.de , which is actually hannoverfoto.de, a photography studio. But they build an unofficial site (click on the Arminia logo.)