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81-468: Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. ( German: [ˈhambʊʁɡɐ ˈʃpɔʁtfɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯n] ), commonly known as Hamburger SV ( pronounced [ˈhambʊʁɡɐ ʔɛsˈfaʊ] ) or Hamburg ( pronounced [ˈhambʊʁk] ), or HSV ( pronounced [ˌhaːʔɛsˈfaʊ] ), is a German sports club based in Hamburg , with its largest branch being its football department. Though

162-608: A football club (or association football club , alternatively soccer club ) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as an independent unit or as part of a larger sports organization as a subsidiary of the parent club or organization. The sport of association football allows teams that partake in some sort of club activity to participate in tournaments such as leagues and other competitions. Teams must register their players as well as staff and other personnel to be eligible to represent

243-415: A win. At the end of the first half of the season, HSV was in second last place in the table. After two defeats in the first two games of the second half, coach Markus Gisdol was dismissed. HSV hired Bernd Hollerbach , a former player of the club, as a new coach. After seven games without a win and a 6–0 defeat against Bayern Munich , he was also dismissed in 2018. A few days before the game against Bayern,

324-484: A (professional) football club is incorporation . A football club is an entity which is formed and governed by a committee and has members which may consist of supporters in addition to players. A consequence of the FIFA rules and regulations for association football clubs is that players are not allowed to be owned by any legal entity other than the clubs themselves. This means that the involvement of external investors in

405-459: A 2–0 win over Anderlecht in the final of the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup . The club then signed English player Kevin Keegan from European champions Liverpool . After spending much of the previous decade in mid-table, HSV achieved their best Bundesliga position in 1974–75 by finishing fourth. The club bettered this in 1975–76 , with a second-place finish. Keegan's first season there saw

486-544: A 4–2 defeat of Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Ligapokal final. In August 2004, HSV lost in the early rounds of the DFB-Pokal by regional league side SC Paderborn . Referee , Robert Hoyzer , had accepted money from a Croatian gambling syndicate to fix the match , which he did, awarding two penalties to Paderborn and sending off HSV player Émile Mpenza . Another third-place finish in 2005–06 saw HSV qualify for

567-644: A business, city or district. Clubs often are the sole event organisers of their home games. Stadium naming rights are sometimes procured by sponsors to generate additional sources of revenue for the football club. Normally this requires the club (or its owners) to have sole ownership of the stadium of which naming rights are sold. An association football club exists as a business entity. The club signs commercial contract with players as well as non-playing personnel. As any business entity it has its own secretary or secretarial department as well as financial, legal, accounting and other departments. The club also often has

648-476: A club is and is not allowed to do with their spending and capital holdings. The capital structure of a football club most closely resembles that of a nonprofit corporation , although it may still be profitable per se to its investors. A practical example is the fact that clubs may deliberately price matchday tickets below market value , instead favouring a higher stadium attendance or membership priority access over total matchday revenues. Another notable example

729-440: A combination of their own youth academies, as well as external sources of talent (pools) through affiliated clubs as well as the arrangement of youth tournaments. An association football club normally has a designated stadium as their home ground, where the club plays its home games, which normally make up about half of fixtures for a given season. The home ground can either be owned by the club itself or by some other entity such as

810-532: A grassroots-oriented organisation which places strong emphasis on youth development. The club had a team in the Women's Bundesliga from 2003 to 2012 but it was demoted to Regionalliga level because of financial problems. Other club sections include badminton , baseball , basketball , bowling , boxing , cricket , darts , ice hockey , field hockey , golf , gymnastics , handball , and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation exercises. These sections represent about 10% of

891-429: A larger multisports club are examples of this (namely, Portuguese SADs ( Sociedade Anónima Desportiva ) such as Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal , or Spanish SADs ( Sociedad Anónima Deportiva ) Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. and Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. , as well as Italian clubs like Società Sportiva Lazio S.p.A. ). Some sports teams are owned and financed by a single non-sports company , for example

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972-528: A match between "The Dinosaur", as the club has been nicknamed due to its old age, and Bayern Munich , the league's most successful side. In August 1963, HSV defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–0 at Hanover 's Niedersachsenstadion to win the club's first DFB-Pokal . In the same month, the club played its first Bundesliga match, drawing 1–1 with Preußen Münster . HSV finished the Bundesliga's first season in sixth place, with Uwe Seeler scoring 30 goals to secure

1053-447: A national level within each national member association. The majority of association football clubs take part in a league system . These league systems are governed on a continental level by the six regional FIFA confederations. Football clubs exist all over the world on amateur, semi-professional or professional levels of the game. They can be owned by members as well as business entities. Football clubs have been in practice since

1134-521: A player on one sports team within a sports and entertainment company to automatically play for another team in the same company. On the other hand, American varsity teams are generally organized into a structure forming a true multi-sport club belonging to an educational institution, but varsity collegiate athletics are almost never referred to as clubs; "club sports" in American colleges and universities refer to sports that are not directly sponsored by

1215-422: A presence within a certain geographic area where football is a natural part of the culture. Football clubs may also expand their area of reach further from the local region of origin to whom they belong. Many association football clubs will have either one or more youth systems connected to the organization, either as part of the club, or as an affiliate to the club. The more prestigious football clubs often have

1296-536: A seventh-place finish. During the season , however, the team equaled the club's record Bundesliga defeat, losing 9–2 at the Allianz Arena to Bayern Munich. Fink was replaced on 25 September 2013 by Bert van Marwijk , who in the same season was replaced by Mirko Slomka on 17 February 2014. Under Slomka, the club narrowly avoided its first relegation from the Bundesliga in May 2014, by defeating Greuther Fürth on

1377-901: A single sport or to several ( multi-sport clubs ). The term "athletics club" is sometimes used for a general sports club, rather than one dedicated to athletics proper. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn 's Turners movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin in 1811, was the origin of the modern sports clubs . Larger sports clubs are characterized by having professional and amateur departments in various sports such as bike polo , football , basketball , futsal , cricket , volleyball , handball , rink hockey , bowling , water polo , rugby , track and field athletics , boxing , baseball , cycling , tennis , rowing , gymnastics , and others, including less traditional sports such as airsoft , billiards , e-sports , orienteering , paintball , or roller derby . The teams and athletes belonging to

1458-719: A single sport. There are some exceptions, especially when multiple such teams are under one ownership structure, in which case the club may be referred to as a "sports and entertainment" company; see, for example, the One Buffalo sports club, which fields an NFL team (the Buffalo Bills ), two hockey teams ( Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans ), professional lacrosse ( Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks ), and general athletics and fitness (Impact Sports and Performance). Even in such circumstances, collective bargaining agreements and contract laws generally do not allow

1539-421: A sports club may compete in several different leagues, championships and tournaments wearing the same club colors and using the same club name, sharing also the same club fan base , supporters and facilities. Many professional sports clubs have an associate system where the affiliated supporters pay an annuity fee. In those cases, supporters become eligible to attend the club's home matches and exhibitions across

1620-1441: Is also a multisports organisation, with badminton , cricket, association football and tennis facilities. In addition, like in several other countries, many universities and colleges develop a wide range of student sport activities including at a professional or semi-professional level. Fulham F.C. once ran a professional rugby league team and rowing club, which other football clubs have emulated since. Many football clubs originate from cricket teams. Today, most major cities have separate clubs for each sport (e.g. Manchester United Football Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club are based in Manchester ). Many clubs internationally describe themselves as football clubs ("FC", "Football Club" in British English and "Fußball-Club" in German; "CF", Clube de Futebol in Portuguese and Club de Fútbol in Spanish). Generally, British football clubs field only football teams. Their counterparts in several other countries tend to be full multi-sport clubs, even when called football clubs ( Futebol Clube do Porto ; Fußball-Club Bayern München ; Futbol Club Barcelona ). The equivalent abbreviation "SC" (for "Soccer Club")

1701-415: Is more common in the case of individual sports, such as the sport of athletics , where a distance runner may compete for a track and field team as well as a road running team, and also have further membership at a local sports club for training purposes. Some national sports bodies require an athlete to state a priority order of their club membership, outlining which club has the higher, or first, claim on

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1782-610: Is occasionally used in North American English (for example, Nashville SC and Orlando City SC ), but a general reluctance to decolonize the sport terminology means that most North American teams, somewhat ambiguously, as "football" in North American English refers to North American gridiron-style football still use "F.C." in their name instead (e.g. FC Dallas or Toronto FC ). Football club (association football) In association football,

1863-493: Is the owner of the Cardiff Arms Park site. It is responsible for much of the premier amateur sporting activities in city with cricket ( Cardiff Cricket Club ), rugby union (it is the major shareholder of the semi-professional Cardiff Rugby Club ), field hockey ( Cardiff & Met Hockey Club ), tennis ( Lisvane (CAC) Tennis Club ) and bowls ( Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club ) sections. Catford Wanderers Sports Club

1944-442: Is the prevalence of community initiatives by professional football clubs. The English Premier League is wholly owned by its 20 participating member clubs. Professional football clubs also act as market entities offering a highly sought after product to an entertainment sector audience. It therefor acts as a market intermediator between its product (the football players) and its market (the supporters). In doing so, it fills

2025-561: The Torjägerkanone . He was also named Footballer of the Year for the second time. The DFB-Pokal victory enabled HSV to play in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup , where they reached the quarter-final, falling to Lyon . In 1967, HSV again reached the final of the DFB-Pokal where they were defeated 4–0 by Bayern Munich. HSV, however, were admitted to the following season's European Cup Winners' Cup , where they lost to Milan in

2106-486: The 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1982–83 European Cup . The outstanding players of this period were Horst Hrubesch , Manfred Kaltz , and Felix Magath , all regulars in the West German National Team. To date, HSV's last major trophy was the 1986–87 DFB-Pokal . Up until the 2017–18 Bundesliga season , which found the team relegated for the first time in history, HSV's football team had

2187-534: The 2. Bundesliga for the first time in the Bundesliga's 55-year history, causing riots by Hamburg supporters. After the relegation Christian Titz was sacked in October 2018, and replaced by Hannes Wolf . Hamburg did not gain promotion back to the Bundesliga, and failed to reach the playoffs, with a one-point difference between them and Union Berlin . The team reached the semi-finals of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal , before being defeated by RB Leipzig 1–3 at home. For

2268-401: The 2019–20 2. Bundesliga , their second year in the 2. Bundesliga, Wolf was laid-off and was replaced by Dieter Hecking . They did not get a return to the Bundesliga by one-point, and they were eliminated in the second round of the 2019–20 DFB Pokal by Vfb Stuttgart 1–2 in extra time. By again missing promotion, Hecking's contract was not extended. For the 2020–21 season , Daniel Thioune

2349-542: The Bundesliga , HSV lost their title by two points, finishing in second place behind champions Bayern Munich. In December 1980, HSV dismissed Zebec, who had been struggling with a drinking problem . His assistant Aleksandar Ristić was appointed caretaker for the remainder of the season and secured a second-place finish in the Bundesliga . In 1981, Austrian coach Ernst Happel was appointed as Zebec's permanent replacement. In his first season , his HSV side regained

2430-558: The Bundesliga , was formed, with HSV one of 16 clubs invited to join that first season. Hamburger SV was the only original Bundesliga side to have played continuously in the top flight – without ever having been relegated – from when the league was formed in 1963, until they were relegated in the 2017–18 season, finishing in 17th place. They had shared that special status with Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 1996 , and with 1. FC Köln until 1998 . The Bundesliga celebrated its 40th anniversary on 24 August 2004 with

2511-467: The Champions League for the second time. They finished bottom of Group G , with a solitary win against Russian club CSKA Moscow . In the league, the team was in 17th place going into the winter break, having won once in the league all season , leading to the dismissal of trainer Thomas Doll . Under new coach Huub Stevens , HSV advanced further away from the relegation zone and qualified for

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2592-608: The European Cup for the first time since 1960–61 . As had happened 19 years previously, HSV faced Spanish opposition in the semi-finals. After losing the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 2–0, HSV beat six-time winners Real Madrid 5–1 at the Volksparkstadion to qualify for the final. HSV returned to Madrid to play Nottingham Forest in the final , where they were beaten 1–0. In

2673-493: The Regionalliga Nord (fourth league), his team were the top of the table. With four wins and an offensively minded style of play, the coach convinced the club and received a two-year contract. After the low season in the 2017–18 Bundesliga under three different coaches, a final day win over Borussia Mönchengladbach was not enough to escape relegation after Wolfsburg won against Köln 4–1. They were relegated to

2754-539: The UEFA Champions League for the first time since the competition's expansion from the old European Cup . Their first match was a 4–4 draw against Juventus, with Tony Yeboah scoring the club's first Champions League goal. HSV failed to qualify for the second round, but managed a 3–1 win over Juventus in the return fixture at the Stadio delle Alpi . In July 2003, HSV won its first trophy in 16 years with

2835-577: The UEFA Cup via a seventh-place finish and victory in the Intertoto Cup . The following season, Stevens led the team to fourth place in the Bundesliga before leaving to take over at Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven . He was replaced by Martin Jol , who took HSV to the semi-finals of both the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal , both of which die Rothosen lost to rivals Werder Bremen. In

2916-610: The United States major institutions like The New York Athletic Club and Los Angeles Athletic Club serve as athletic clubs that participate in multiple sports. Examples also abound of sports clubs that are in effect one sports team. Each team from the NFL (American football), CFL (Canadian football), NBA (basketball), MLB (baseball), NHL (ice hockey) or MLS (association football) North American sports leagues , can be called sports clubs, but in practice, they focus solely on

2997-473: The away goals rule in a play-off. Hamburg once again changed managers due to a poor start of the season, firing Slomka in 2014. His successor Josef Zinnbauer held the job until March of said year and was replaced by interim coach Peter Knäbel , who was eventually replaced by returning Bruno Labbadia, who saved the club at the end of the season in the relegation play-off for the second year running against Karlsruher SC . Labbadia achieved only two points in

3078-405: The first edition of the DFB-Ligapokal , beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 in the final. A year later, they reached the DFB-Pokal final, where they were beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1976, HSV reached another DFB-Pokal final, beating 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 to win the trophy for the second time in the club's history. The following year, HSV achieved its first international success with

3159-466: The league championship in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1945. At national level the club was unsuccessful, with semi-final losses in 1938 and 1939 their best performances in this period. Its main rival in the Gauliga in those years was Eimsbütteler TV . HSV's first post-war season was in the newly formed Stadtliga Hamburg , and they won its championship in 1946. The club also won the championship of

3240-530: The 19th century, with the existence of clubs dating back to the 1850s . During the early 1860s, there were increasing attempts in England to unify and reconcile the various football games that were played in the public schools as well in the industrial north under the Sheffield Rules. Working class, industrial cities all over the U.K. began forming their own Football Associations in the late 1800s, from

3321-538: The British occupation zone in 1947 and 1948, the only two seasons this competition was staged. In May 1950, HSV became the first German team to tour the United States after World War II , and came away with a 6–0 record. Playing in the Oberliga Nord after the resumption of league play in post-war West Germany in 1947, HSV became a dominant regional club. In 16 seasons from 1947 to 1948 to 1962–63, they won

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3402-608: The Bundesliga title, and reached the UEFA Cup final , where they lost 4–0 on aggregate to Sweden's IFK Göteborg . Between 16 January 1982 and 29 January 1983, HSV went undefeated in the Bundesliga. The run stretched across 36 games and remained a Bundesliga record until November 2013, when it was broken by Bayern Munich. A third Meisterschale followed at the end of the 1982–83 season , with HSV defending their title against local rivals Werder Bremen on goal difference . The same year, HSV defeated Juventus 1–0 in Athens to win

3483-762: The Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB; German Football Association) in Leipzig on 28 January 1900. FC Falke was founded by students in Eppendorf on 5 March 1906, but it was never a successful team and played in lower leagues. The newly formed Hamburger SV contested in the 1922 national final against 1. FC Nürnberg , who were playing for their third consecutive title. The game was called off on account of darkness after three hours and ten minutes of play, drawn at 2–2. The re-match also went into extra time, and in an era that did not allow for substitutions, that game

3564-472: The Oberliga title 15 times, only posting an 11th-place finish in 1953–54. During this period, they scored over 100 goals in each of the 1951, 1955, 1961 and 1962 seasons. In 1953, the club's all-time leading goalscorer Uwe Seeler debuted. In nine seasons, he scored 267 goals in 237 Oberliga matches. In 1956, HSV reached the DFB-Pokal final, but were beaten by Karlsruher SC . This was followed by losses in

3645-623: The Scottish Football Association in 1873 to Lancashire FA in 1878. Teams still in existence began popping up, some with the help of the Church; for example, Aston Villa was founded in 1874, Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1877, Bolton Wanderers in 1874 and Everton in 1878. Due to the scope and popularity of the sport, professional football clubs carry a significant commercial existence, with fans expecting personal service and interactivity, and external stakeholders viewing

3726-518: The acquirement of players to the club must only involve the eventual transfer of the rights to the contract of the player in question, and not the contract itself. There are several professional football clubs that are publicly traded. Normally, football clubs are not run with the intent of profit maximization , as its sports outcomes are considered more important than its financial outcomes by its ownership. In addition, financial regulations as, for example, UEFA Financial Fair Play may also limit what

3807-638: The athlete's services. In many regions of the world like Europe , North Africa , West Asia , the Indian subcontinent or Central and South America , sports clubs with several sports departments (multisports clubs) or branches, including highly competitive professional teams, are very popular and have developed into some of the most powerful and representative sports institutions in those places. In general, student sports can be described as composed by multisports clubs, each one representing its educational institution and competing in several sport disciplines. In

3888-434: The club announced the dismissal of CEO Heribert Bruchhagen . Frank Wettstein, CFO of the club, was appointed as the new CEO. On the day of his appointment, he dismissed the sports director Jens Todt . The club hired former successful HSV player Thomas von Heesen as a sports consultant until the end of season. For the last eight games in the 2017–18 Bundesliga, the club promoted the coach of Hamburger SV II, Christian Titz. In

3969-474: The club for ten years and scored the winning goal in the 1983 European Cup Final , retired from professional football. In 1986–87 , HSV finished second in the Bundesliga and won a fourth DFB-Pokal , beating Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1 in the final at West Berlin 's Olympiastadion . After this success, Ernst Happel left the club to return to Austria. He remains HSV's most successful trainer, with two Bundesliga titles , one DFB-Pokal and one European Cup . In

4050-452: The club go down to tenth place, however, the player himself was named European Footballer of the Year . In 1978, Branko Zebec was appointed trainer of HSV. The Yugoslav led the club to its first Bundesliga title in his first season in charge . Keegan top scored for die Rothosen , and was awarded the Ballon d'Or for a second successive year. In the 1979–80 season , HSV returned to

4131-470: The club in any activity as it regards to association football competitions. In association football terminology, competitions are referred to as "club competitions". Supporters may also acquire membership rights within their club. Even sponsors may be accounted for as members of the club of affiliation. This is a reason as to why the sport came to be called association football. The exact requirements for club licensing are regulated by FIFA and implemented on

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4212-498: The club membership. HSV is one of the biggest sports clubs in Germany with over 84,000 members total in all its sections, and according to Forbes it is among the 20 largest football clubs in the world. Hamburger Sport-Verein (HSV) traces its origin to the merger of Der Hohenfelder Sportclub and Wandsbek-Marienthaler Sportclub on 29 September 1887 to form Sport-Club Germania Hamburg , usually referred to as SC Germania . This

4293-485: The club president. Under the new regime, HSV finished fifth in the Bundesliga , securing European qualification for the first time in six years. The following season , HSV reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal . In May 1997, however, Magath was fired after a 4–0 defeat to 1. FC Köln, with the team one place above the relegation zone. HSV eventually finished in 13th place under reserve team coach Ralf Schehr . In 1997, HSV appointed Frank Pagelsdorf , who would coach

4374-474: The club the opportunity to play in the final , which was held at its home stadium. On 13 October 2011, Thorsten Fink was appointed as coach with the team in the relegation zone after losing six of their opening eight matches. In HSV's first nine games under Fink they were unbeaten, going into the winter break in 13th place. The team finished the season in 15th position, avoiding by five points what would have been its first relegation. In 2012–13 , HSV recorded

4455-557: The club's first European Cup. In December 1983, HSV traveled to Tokyo where they faced South American champions Grêmio in the Intercontinental Cup . The Brazilian club took home the trophy, with a 93rd minute winning goal. Back home, they lost the league championship to VfB Stuttgart on goal difference. Both 1984–85 and 1985–86 were low seasons for HSV, with the club finishing fifth and seventh respectively. In 1986, midfielder Felix Magath , who had played for

4536-596: The colleges but by student organizations (see National Club Football Association and American Collegiate Hockey Association for two leagues consisting entirely of college "club" teams in American football and ice hockey , respectively). In the United Kingdom , almost all major sports organisations are dedicated to a single sport, the exception to this is Cardiff Athletic Club based in Cardiff , Wales, which

4617-544: The current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three earlier clubs, it traces its origins to 29 September 1887 when the first of the predecessors, SC Germania , was founded. HSV has won the German national championship six times, the DFB-Pokal three times and the former League Cup twice. The team's most successful period was from the mid-1970s until the mid-1980s when, in addition to several domestic honours, they won

4698-584: The distinction of being the only team that had played continuously in the top tier of the German football league system since the founding of the club at the end of World War I . It was subsequently the only team that had played in every season of the Bundesliga since its foundation in 1963. HSV play their home games at the Volksparkstadion in Bahrenfeld , a western district of Hamburg. The club colours are officially blue, white and black but

4779-445: The early 1990s, HSV fell in financial trouble. Thomas Doll was sold to Lazio for a then record 16 million Deutsche Marks in June 1991. On the pitch, meanwhile, the team was in decline. After a fifth-place finish in 1990–91 , HSV finished in the bottom half of the Bundesliga in four consecutive seasons. In October 1995, Felix Magath returned to HSV to become the club's trainer . The following month, Uwe Seeler also returned as

4860-447: The entire season, and have the right to practice almost every kind of sport at the club's facilities. Registered associate member fees, attendance receipts, sponsoring contracts, team merchandising , TV rights, and athlete/player transfer fees , are usually the primary sources of sports club financing. In addition, there are sports clubs, or its teams, which are publicly listed - several professional European football clubs belonging to

4941-523: The field of competitive club sports, an athlete will typically be registered to only one club for a given discipline and will compete for that club exclusively for the duration of a competition or season. Exceptions to this include player trades and transfers, athlete loan agreements and unattached trialists. Where an athlete competes in multiple disciplines, or where club membership has social or training aspects such as local athletic clubs, then athletes may register with multiple clubs. Multiple membership

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5022-416: The field of professional football as a source of significant business advantages. For this reason, expensive player transfers have become an expectable part of the sport. Awards are also handed out to managers or coaches on a yearly basis for excellent performances. The designs, logos and names of professional football clubs are often licensed trademarks. The difference between a football team and

5103-458: The final. In 1970, Seeler was named Footballer of the Year for the third time. He retired at the end of the 1971–72 season in front of 72,000 fans at the Volksparkstadion. He ended his career with 137 goals from 239 Bundesliga matches and 507 goals from 587 appearances in all competitions. In the same season, HSV played in the UEFA Cup for the first time, but were knocked out in the first round by Scottish side St Johnstone . In 1973, HSV won

5184-509: The finals of the national championship to Borussia Dortmund , in 1957 , and Schalke 04 , in 1958 . In 1960 , HSV became German champions for the first time since 1928, defeating 1. FC Köln 3–2 in the championship final. Seeler, who scored twice in the final, was named West German Footballer of the Year . As national champions, HSV represented West Germany in the 1960–61 European Cup . The club's first ever match in European competition

5265-477: The first ten games of the 2016–17 season, and was replaced by Markus Gisdol , reached 20 points in 9 games from the 19th match day to the 28th match day. On the last match day, Hamburg avoided the relegation play-offs and stayed in the Bundesliga. In the 2017–18 Bundesliga , after a 3–1 defeat in the first round of DFB-Pokal against the third-division team VfL Osnabrück , HSV had two wins against FC Augsburg and 1. FC Köln . However, eight games followed without

5346-419: The head of academy Horst Hrubesch for the final three games of the season. At that point, HSV were in third place with 52 points, five points from a spot guaranteeing direct promotion. In the 2021–22 season , HSV reached the promotion playoff spot, finishing third on goal difference over Darmstadt 98 . Once again, however, the season ended with HSV losing to Bundesliga's 16th place side Hertha Berlin 1–2 in

5427-583: The home kit of the team is white jerseys and red shorts. The team's most common nickname is "die Rothosen" (the Red Shorts). As it is one of Germany's oldest clubs, it is also known as der Dinosaurier (the Dinosaur). HSV have rivalries with Werder Bremen , with whom they contest the Nordderby , and Hamburg-based FC St. Pauli , with whom they contest the Hamburg derby . HSV is notable in football as

5508-488: The league , they did not qualify for the Champions League on the final day of the season. In the summer of 2009, after only one season, Jol departed to become coach of Ajax . Under new coach Bruno Labbadia , HSV reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup (now renamed the UEFA Europa League ) for the second season in a row. However, a defeat in the away leg to Fulham , days after the firing of Labbadia, denied

5589-514: The playoff, losing 0–2 at home, despite winning the first leg in Berlin . In the DFB-Pokal , Hamburg reached the semi-finals, where they lost 1–3 to SC Freiburg . In the 2022–23 season , their fifth season in the 2. Bundesliga, the club had the highest spectator average of any second-division club in Europe. During that season, Hamburger SV were in the top three places since matchday 6, and finished

5670-734: The several sports teams owned by Red Bull GmbH and collectively known as Red Bulls . Other examples of this are the several sports teams owned by Bayer AG and Philips corporations through the Bayer 04 Leverkusen and PSV Eindhoven respectively, that originally were works teams , the teams owned by the Samsung Group ( Samsung Sports ), and the teams owned by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). They may compete in several different sports and leagues, being headquartered in some cases across several countries. In

5751-423: The team for over four years, making him the longest serving trainer since Ernst Happel. A ninth-place finish in 1997–98 was followed by seventh in 1998–99 and third in 1999–2000 , the team's best performance since 1986–87 . On 2 September 2000, the new Volksparkstadion was officially opened as the national team played its first 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier , against Greece . In 2000–01, HSV competed in

5832-445: The third oldest club of the country which became part of São Paulo FC , one of the major sports clubs of Brazil, in 1938 and SC Germânia of São Paulo, which later became EC Pinheiros . Hamburger SC 1888 was founded by students on 1 June 1888. It later had links with a youth team called FC Viktoria 95 and, during World War I , was temporarily known as Viktoria Hamburg 88. SC Germania and Hamburger SC 1888 were among 86 clubs who founded

5913-451: The top division for the fifth year in a row. Sports club Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and may play other similar clubs on occasion, watched mostly by family and friends, to large commercial organisations with professional players which have teams that regularly compete against those of other clubs and sometimes attract very large crowds of paying spectators . Clubs may be dedicated to

5994-429: The winter break. HSV ended the season as first in the league table. From matchday 20 and onwards, HSV were again winless for 5 games. After 2 wins, another winless series of 5 games followed from matchday 27 and onwards, during which, the club drew against Hannover 96 3–3. The club also lost to relegation candidates SV Sandhausen . Due to this development, Thioune was released at the beginning of May 2021, and replaced by

6075-478: The year 2022 in second place. On the last matchday, HSV played an away match against SV Sandhausen , where they won 1–0, and as SSV Jahn Regensburg were leading 2–1 against second-place 1. FC Heidenheim , HSV were about to be promoted to Bundesliga. However, during eleven minutes of stoppage time, Heidenheim scored two goals to finish top; hence, Hamburger SV had to play the promotion/relegation play-offs against VfB Stuttgart. They lost both legs, missing promotion to

6156-514: Was a 5–0 defeat of Swiss club Young Boys in Bern , with HSV winning the tie 8–3 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, they beat English champions Burnley before being defeated by Barcelona at the semi-final stage in a playoff game after the scores were level over two legs. The crowd of 77,600 at the Volksparkstadion for the first leg against Barcelona remains the record attendance for a HSV home match. Germany's first professional football league,

6237-734: Was achieved in the 1923 German football championship , when they won the national title against Union Oberschöneweide . They lost the title in 1924 , losing the final to Nuremberg. They lifted the Viktoria again in 1928 , when they defeated Hertha BSC 5–2 at the Altonaer Stadion in the final. During the Third Reich , HSV had local success in the Gauliga Nordmark , also known as the Gauliga Hamburg, winning

6318-401: Was brought in as the new head coach from league rivals VfL Osnabrück . The season began with a 1–4 first-round knockout loss in the DFB-Pokal to 3. Liga club Dynamo Dresden . Despite this loss, HSV then started the season and won the first 5 games. After a subsequent winless streak of 5 games, 3 of which were lost in a row, the team stabilised again from matchday 11 and went undefeated until

6399-435: Was called off at 2–2 when Nuremberg were reduced to just seven players (two were injured, two had been sent off ) and the referee ruled they could not continue. Considerable wrangling ensued over the decision. The DFB awarded the win to HSV, but urged them to refuse the title in the name of good sportsmanship (which they grudgingly did). Ultimately, the Viktoria trophy was not officially presented that year. HSV's first success

6480-469: Was formed originally as an athletics club, and did not begin to play football until 1891, when some Englishmen joined the club and introduced it. SC Germania had its first success in 1896, winning the Hamburg-Altona championship for the first of five times. Germania player Hans Nobiling  [ de ] emigrated to Brazil at the end of the 19th century, in the foundation of SC Internacional ,

6561-570: Was the first of three clubs that merged on 2 June 1919 to create HSV in its present form. HSV in its club statute recognises the founding of SC Germania as its own date of origin. The other two clubs in the June 1919 merger were Hamburger FC founded in 1888 and FC Falke Eppendorf dating back to 1906. The merger came about because the three clubs had been severely weakened by the impact of the First World War on manpower and finance, and they could not continue as separate entities. SC Germania

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