A series of mergers, insolvency and re-starts led to the club known today being re-formed on 3 February 1998.

The club's colours are red and white and their home ground since 1953 has been the Auestadion, located in the southwest of the city of Kassel next to the historic Karlsaue park.

It was as Kurhessen that the club joined the Gauliga Hessen, one of sixteen top flight divisions established in the re-organization of German football in 1933 under the Third Reich.

They earned their best result in 1942 in the newly formed Gauliga Kurhessen, finishing just two points shy of division winners 1.

The Gauliga Kurhessen was re-organized into three groups for the following season and the club assigned to the Gruppe Kassel, but the region was overtaken by World War II, bringing a stop to league play.

The club continued to play tier II ball until the mid 70s when their performance dropped them to Amateur Oberliga Hessen (III) until the start of the next decade brought an advance to the 2.

Those runs at the Bundesliga in the 80s, alongside an advance to the quarter-final of the DFB-Pokal in 1991, represent the apex of the team's achievement.

Kassel began their recovery by going unbeaten over the course of the next two seasons and advanced to the Oberliga Hessen (IV) which they won in 2005–06 to earn a promotion to the Regionalliga (III).

For 2024/25 season Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

The club's reserve team, KSV Hessen Kassel II, has played in the Verbandsliga Hessen-Nord since 2009.

The team's greatest success has been to win the Hesse Cup in 1961 and finish runners-up in the Amateurliga Hessen in 1968.

Below is a list of former and current international footballers who have played at least 1 match for a FIFA recognised country at senior or U21 level while contracted to the club.

For 2024/25 season All managers of the club since 1946:[5] Notes: KSV Hessen Kassel has a number of organised and un-organised fan groups, ultras and blocks.

In March 2019 it joined with twelve other clubs ranging from 3.Liga (III) to Oberliga (V) level to establish a working group to determine a unified position and list of recommendations to take to the DFB on proposed reforms to the regional football structure in Germany.

Block 36 looks to ensure KSV Hessen Kassel is run openly and transparently with a culture of appreciation and respect.

KSV played a football match against Bavarian team Viktoria Aschaffenburg in front of 20,000 spectators.

[9] The Auestadion is a multi-purpose facility with a 106 × 65 m football pitch located in the middle of a full athletic running track.

The ground is located in the Southwest of the city near the historic Karlsaue park and Eissporthalle Kassel ice sports stadium.

The official record stands at 37,000 attendance at the 1964 Bundesliga promotion play-off match between KSV Hessen Kassel and Hannover 96.

The club originally built three clay tennis courts and a small wooden clubhouse, adding a fourth later on, to the south of the Auestadion.

In 1967 KSV Hessen Kassel was promoted to the top division in the region, Oberliga Südwest.