Hannoverscher FC's colours were black-white-green, but they played in blue, while BV played in red.<br />The newly united team kept black-white-green as the club colours, but they chose to take to the field in red, giving the team the nickname Die Roten (en: The Reds).<br />The team's third jersey is in the club's official colours.<br />The club made regular appearances in the national playoffs through the early 1900s, but were unable to progress past Eintracht Braunschweig, planting the seeds of a rivalry that has survived to this day.<br />HSV continued to field strong sides and make national level appearances on into the 1920s. (*)