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| clubname = Hamburger SV
| fullname = Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.
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| nickname = ''Die Rothosen'' (The Red Shorts)
| short name = HSV
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1887|9|29}}<br/>(as SC Germania)<br />{{Start date and age|df=yes|1919|6|2}}<br/>(as Hamburger SV)
| ground = [[Volksparkstadion]],<br/>[[Hamburg]]
| capacity = 57,000
| owntitle = President
| owner = [[Marcell Jansen]]
| chrtitle = Sporting director
| chairman = [[Stefan Kuntz]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.hsv.de/en/hsv-part-ways-with-jonas-boldt-stefan-kuntz-replaces-him |title = HSV Part Ways With Jonas Boldt, Stefan Kuntz Named New Board Member For Sport |date = 21 May 2024 |access-date = 5 June 2024 }}</ref>
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[Merlin Polzin]]
| league = {{German football updater|Hamburg}}
| season = {{German football updater|Hamburg2}}
| position = {{German football updater|Hamburg3}}
| current = 2025–26 Hamburger SV season
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'''Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V.''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhambʊʁɡɐ ˈʃpɔʁtfɛɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯n|lang|De-Hamburger Sport-Verein.ogg}}), commonly known as '''Hamburger SV''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhambʊʁɡɐ ʔɛsˈfaʊ|pron|De-Hamburger SV.ogg}}) or '''Hamburg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhambʊʁk|pron|De-Hamburg2.ogg}}), or '''HSV''' ({{IPA|de|ˌhaːʔɛsˈfaʊ|pron|De-HSV.ogg}}), is a German [[sports club]] based in [[Hamburg]], with its largest branch being its [[Association football|football]] department. Though 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 Hamburg|SC Germania]], was founded.

HSV has won the [[Bundesliga|German national championship]] six times, the [[DFB-Pokal]] three times and the former [[DFL-Ligapokal|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 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|2017–18 Bundesliga season]], which found the team relegated for the first time in history, HSV's football team had the distinction of being the only team that had [[List of unrelegated association football clubs|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 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 [[List of association football rivalries|rivalries]] with [[SV Werder Bremen|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 a grassroots-oriented organisation which places strong emphasis on youth development. The club had a team in the [[Bundesliga (women)|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 the club membership. HSV is one of the biggest sports clubs in Germany with over 84,000 members total in all its sections,<ref>[http://www.hsv-sc.de/ueber-uns/mitglieder-entwicklung.html HSV Supporters Club&nbsp;– graph shows "gesamt" (entire membership) as 70,000-plus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200220/http://www.hsv-sc.de/ueber-uns/mitglieder-entwicklung.html |date=29 October 2013 }}. Retrieved 25 October 2013.</ref> and according to ''[[Forbes]]'' it is among the 20 largest [[Football club (association football)|football clubs]] in the world.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/soccer-valuations/list/ Forbes Magazine&nbsp;– World's Most Valuable Football Clubs]. Retrieved 25 October 2013.</ref>

==History==
===Early years===
Hamburger Sport-Verein (HSV) traces its origin to the merger of ''Der Hohenfelder Sportclub'' and ''Wandsbek-Marienthaler Sportclub'' on 29 September 1887 to form [[SC Germania Hamburg|Sport-Club Germania Hamburg]], usually referred to as ''SC Germania''. This 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.<ref>[http://www.hsv.de/fileadmin/redaktion/Verein/HSV Statute of Hamburger SV, pdf, p.3]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 26 October 2013.</ref> 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.<ref name="Forbes1">{{cite news|title=#16 Hamburg SV|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/34/biz_07soccer_Hamburg-SV_340029.html|work=Forbes|date=29 March 2007|access-date=8 December 2010}}</ref>

SC Germania 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 {{ill|Hans Nobiling|de}} emigrated to Brazil at the end of the 19th century, in the foundation of [[SC Internacional (SP)|SC Internacional]], 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 the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB; German Football Association) in Leipzig on 28 January 1900. FC Falke was founded by students in [[Hamburg-Eppendorf|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 German football championship|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.<ref name=ewigefinale>{{Cite news |url=http://www.11freunde.de/artikel/das-ewige-finale-von-1922 |title=Das ewige Finale von 1922: Kein Süßholztennis |language=de |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=4 June 2013 |work=11freunde |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152933/https://www.11freunde.de/artikel/das-ewige-finale-von-1922 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The re-match also went into extra time, and in an era that did not allow for substitutions, that game was called off at 2–2 when Nuremberg were reduced to just seven players (two were injured, two had been [[Ejection (sports)#Association football|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.<ref name=ewigefinale/>

HSV's first success was achieved in the [[1923 German football championship]], when they won the national title against [[1. FC Union Berlin|Union Oberschöneweide]]. They lost the title in [[1924 German football championship|1924]], losing the final to Nuremberg. They lifted the Viktoria again in [[1928 German football championship|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 the [[Gauliga Nordmark#Winners and runners-up of the Gauliga|league championship]] in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1945. At national level the club was unsuccessful, with semi-final losses in [[1938 German football championship|1938]] and [[1939 German football championship|1939]] their best performances in this period. Its main rival in the [[Gauliga]] in those years was [[Eimsbütteler TV]].

===Post-war era===
[[File:Hamburger SV Performance Chart.png|upright=1.36|thumb|Historical chart of Hamburger SV league performance]]
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 the British occupation zone in 1947 and 1948, the only two seasons this competition was staged.<ref>''kicker Almanach 1990'' {{in lang|de}} publisher: [[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker]], published: 1989, page: 248 & 249. Retrieved 17 May 2009</ref>

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.<ref name=erauwe>{{Cite news|url=http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/aera-uwe/|title=Ära Uwe|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205114044/http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/aera-uwe/|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Playing in the [[Oberliga Nord (1947–63)|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 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.<ref name=unsuwe>{{cite news|url=http://www.hsv-history.de/seeler.html|title="Uns Uwe" Seeler&nbsp;– Das große Idol|language=de|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein}}</ref>

In 1956, HSV reached the [[1955–56 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] final, but were beaten by [[Karlsruher SC]].<ref name=erauwe/> This was followed by losses in the finals of the national championship to [[Borussia Dortmund]], in [[1957 German football championship|1957]], and [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]], in [[1958 German football championship|1958]].<ref name=erauwe/>

In [[1960 German football championship|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 [[Footballer of the Year in Germany|West German Footballer of the Year]].<ref name=erauwe/>

As national champions, HSV represented West Germany in the [[1960–61 European Cup]]. The club's first ever match in European competition was a 5–0 defeat of Swiss club [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]] in [[Bern]],<ref name=erauwe/> with HSV winning the tie 8–3 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, they beat [[List of English football champions|English champions]] [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] before being defeated by [[FC Barcelona|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.<ref name=erauwe/>

===Entry into the Bundesliga===
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Germany's first professional football league, 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&nbsp;– without ever having been relegated&nbsp;– 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 [[1995–96 Bundesliga|1996]], and with 1. FC Köln until [[1997–98 Bundesliga|1998]]. The Bundesliga celebrated its 40th anniversary on 24 August 2004 with a match between "The Dinosaur", as the club has been nicknamed due to its old age, and [[FC Bayern Munich|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 [[1962–63 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]].<ref name=erauwe/> In the same month, the club played its first [[1963–64 Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] match, drawing 1–1 with [[SC Preußen Münster|Preußen Münster]].<ref name=erauwe/> HSV finished the Bundesliga's first season in sixth place, with Uwe Seeler scoring 30 goals to secure the ''[[List of Bundesliga top scorers|Torjägerkanone]]''.<ref name=unsuwe/> He was also named [[Footballer of the Year in Germany|Footballer of the Year]] for the second time.<ref name=erauwe/> The DFB-Pokal victory enabled HSV to play in the [[1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup]], where they reached the quarter-final, falling to [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]].

In 1967, HSV again reached the final of the [[1966–67 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] where they were defeated 4–0 by Bayern Munich.<ref name=erauwe/> HSV, however, were admitted to the following season's [[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]], where they lost to [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] in the final.<ref name=erauwe/>

In 1970, Seeler was named [[Footballer of the Year in Germany|Footballer of the Year]] for the third time.<ref name=seventies>{{Cite news|url=http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/70er/|title=Die 70er Jahre|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032015/http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/70er/|archive-date=3 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He retired at the end of the [[1971–72 Bundesliga|1971–72 season]] in front of 72,000 fans at the Volksparkstadion.<ref name=seventies/> He ended his career with 137 goals from 239 Bundesliga matches<ref name=unsuwe/> and 507 goals from 587 appearances in all competitions.<ref name=legends>{{Cite news|url=http://www.t-online.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/id_60869272/sid_40803864/si_0/foto-show-die-legenden-des-hamburger-sv.html|title=Foto-Show: Die Legenden des Hamburger SV|access-date=3 June 2013|work=T-Mobile}}</ref> In the same season, HSV played in the [[1971–72 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] for the first time, but were knocked out in the first round by Scottish side [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]].

===Golden era===
In 1973, HSV won the [[1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal|first edition]] of the [[DFB-Ligapokal]], beating [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] 4–0 in the final.<ref name=seventies/> A year later, they reached the [[1973–74 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] final, where they were beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt.<ref name=seventies/> In 1976, HSV reached another [[1975–76 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] final, beating 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 to win the trophy for the second time in the club's history.<ref name=seventies/> The following year, HSV achieved its first international success with a 2–0 win over [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] in the final of the [[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup]].<ref name=seventies/> The club then signed English player [[Kevin Keegan]] from [[1976–77 European Cup|European champions]] [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref name=seventies/> After spending much of the previous decade in mid-table, HSV achieved their best Bundesliga position in [[1974–75 Bundesliga|1974–75]] by finishing fourth. The club bettered this in [[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76]], with a second-place finish. Keegan's first season there saw the club go down to tenth place, however, the player himself was named [[Ballon d'Or|European Footballer of the Year]].

In 1978, [[Branko Zebec]] was appointed [[Manager (association football)|trainer]] of HSV.<ref name=seventies/> The [[Yugoslavs|Yugoslav]] led the club to its first [[List of German football champions|Bundesliga title]] in his [[1978–79 Bundesliga|first season in charge]].<ref name=seventies/> Keegan was top scorer for ''die Rothosen'', and was awarded the Ballon d'Or for a second successive year.
[[File:Ernst Happel 1978.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.77|[[Ernst Happel]], the most successful manager of the club, won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in [[1982–83 European Cup|1983]], the [[Bundesliga]] in [[1981–82 Bundesliga|1982]] and [[1982–83 Bundesliga|1983]], and the [[DFB-Pokal]] in [[1986–87 DFB-Pokal|1987]].]]

In the [[1979–80 European Cup|1979–80 season]], HSV returned to the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] for the first time since [[1960–61 European Cup|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 [[List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League finals|six-time winners]] [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] 5–1 at the Volksparkstadion to qualify for the final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hsv.de/en/season/meldungen/bundesliga/april-2013/33-years-ago-today-the-hsv-miracle/|title=33 years ago today&nbsp;– The HSV "Miracle"|date=23 April 2013|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615233426/http://www.hsv.de/en/season/meldungen/bundesliga/april-2013/33-years-ago-today-the-hsv-miracle/|archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref> HSV returned to [[Madrid]] to play [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in the [[1980 European Cup Final|final]], where they were beaten 1–0.<ref name=eighties>{{Cite news|url=http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/80er/|title=Die 80er Jahre|language=de|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205130124/http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/80er/|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[1979–80 Bundesliga|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 [[Alcoholism|drinking problem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.zeit.de/1980/53/benutzt-und-dann-gefeuert|title=Benutzt und dann gefeuert|language=de|date=26 December 1980|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Die Zeit}}</ref> His assistant [[Aleksandar Ristić]] was appointed [[Caretaker manager|caretaker]] for the remainder of the season and secured a second-place finish in the [[1980–81 Bundesliga|Bundesliga]].

In 1981, Austrian coach [[Ernst Happel]] was appointed as Zebec's permanent replacement.<ref name=eighties/> In his [[1981–82 Bundesliga|first season]], his HSV side regained the Bundesliga title, and reached the [[1981–82 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] [[1982 UEFA Cup Final|final]], where they lost 4–0 on aggregate to Sweden's [[IFK Göteborg]].<ref name=eighties/>

Between 16 January 1982 and 29 January 1983, HSV went undefeated in the Bundesliga. The run stretched across 36 games and remained a [[Bundesliga#Records|Bundesliga record]] until November 2013, when it was broken by Bayern Munich.<ref name=eighties/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/bundesliga-bayern-munich-set-new-record-of-37-games-unbeaten-while-borussia-dortmund-lose-again-8930732.html|title=Bundesliga: Bayern Munich set new record of 37 games unbeaten, while Borussia Dortmund lose again|date=9 November 2013|work=The Independent}}</ref>

A third Meisterschale followed at the end of the [[1982–83 Bundesliga|1982–83 season]], with HSV defending their title against [[Nordderby|local rivals]] [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] on [[goal difference]].<ref name=eighties/> The same year, HSV defeated [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] [[1983 European Cup Final|1–0]] in [[Athens]] to win the club's first European Cup.<ref name=eighties/>

In December 1983, HSV traveled to [[Tokyo]] where they faced [[1983 Copa Libertadores|South American champions]] [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]] in the [[1983 Intercontinental Cup|Intercontinental Cup]]. The Brazilian club took home the trophy, with a 93rd minute winning goal.<ref name=eighties/> Back home, they lost the [[1983–84 Bundesliga|league championship]] to [[VfB Stuttgart]] on goal difference.
[[File:Hamburger v river plate at valencia.jpg|thumb|HSV (in blue jersey) vs Argentine team [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]], "Trofeo Naranja" match, August 1984]]

Both [[1984–85 Bundesliga|1984–85]] and [[1985–86 Bundesliga|1985–86]] were low seasons for HSV, with the club finishing fifth and seventh respectively. In 1986, midfielder [[Felix Magath]], who had played for the club for ten years and scored the winning goal in the [[1983 European Cup Final]], retired from professional football.<ref name=legends/>

In [[1986–87 Bundesliga|1986–87]], HSV finished second in the Bundesliga and won a fourth [[1986–87 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]], beating [[Stuttgarter Kickers]] 3–1 in the final at [[West Berlin]]'s [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]].<ref name=eighties/> After this success, Ernst Happel left the club to return to Austria. He remains HSV's most successful trainer, with two [[List of German football champions|Bundesliga titles]], one [[DFB-Pokal]] and one [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Cup]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13681768.html|title=GESTORBEN: Ernst Happel|language=de|date=23 November 1992|access-date=3 June 2013|work=Der Spiegel}}</ref>

===Modern era===
In the early 1990s, HSV fell in financial trouble. [[Thomas Doll]] was sold to [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] for a then record 16&nbsp;million [[Deutsche Mark]]s<ref name=nineties>{{Cite news|url=http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/90er/|title=Die 90er Jahre|access-date=4 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205151346/http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/90er/|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> in June 1991.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/interview-mit-thomas-doll-nur-bayern-ist-besser-als-wir-a-342031.html|title=Interview mit Thomas Doll: "Nur Bayern ist besser als wir"|language=de|date=18 February 2005|access-date=4 June 2013|work=Der Spiegel}}</ref> On the pitch, meanwhile, the team was in decline. After a fifth-place finish in [[1990–91 Bundesliga|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 [[Manager (association football)|trainer]]. The following month, Uwe Seeler also returned as the club president.<ref name=nineties/> Under the new regime, HSV finished fifth in the [[1995–96 Bundesliga|Bundesliga]], securing [[1996–97 UEFA Cup|European qualification]] for the first time in six years. The [[1996–97 Bundesliga|following season]], HSV reached the semi-finals of the [[1996–97 DFB-Pokal|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-chelsea-sign-channel-5-deal-1262575.html|title=Football: Chelsea sign Channel 5 deal|date=20 May 1997|access-date=4 June 2013|work=The Independent}}</ref> HSV eventually finished in 13th place under [[Hamburger SV II|reserve team]] coach [[Ralf Schehr]].

In 1997, HSV appointed [[Frank Pagelsdorf]], who would coach the team for over four years, making him the longest serving trainer since Ernst Happel. A ninth-place finish in [[1997–98 Bundesliga|1997–98]] was followed by seventh in [[1998–99 Bundesliga|1998–99]] and third in [[1999–2000 Bundesliga|1999–2000]],<ref name=nineties/> the team's best performance since [[1986–87 Bundesliga|1986–87]].

On 2 September 2000, the new Volksparkstadion was officially opened as [[Germany national football team|the national team]] played its first [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification&nbsp;– UEFA Group 9|qualifier]], against [[Greece national football team|Greece]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hsv-sc.de/verein/historie/volkspark.html|title=Volkspark|language=de|access-date=4 June 2013|work=Hamburger SV Supporters Club|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603155447/http://www.hsv-sc.de/verein/historie/volkspark.html|archive-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2000–01, HSV competed in the [[2000–01 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]] for the first time since [[European Cup and UEFA Champions League history|the competition's expansion from the old European Cup]].<ref name=nineties/> Their first match was a 4–4 draw against Juventus, with [[Tony Yeboah]] scoring the club's first Champions League goal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/classics/match=65960.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114145956/http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/classics/match=65960.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2012|title=Hamburg 4–4 Juventus|access-date=4 June 2013|publisher=UEFA}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/4774399/Champions-League-Round-up-Zidane-and-Davids-sent-off-as-Juventus-crash.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/4774399/Champions-League-Round-up-Zidane-and-Davids-sent-off-as-Juventus-crash.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Champions League Round-up: Zidane and Davids sent off as Juventus crash|date=25 October 2000|access-date=4 June 2013|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In July 2003, HSV won its first trophy in 16 years with a 4–2 defeat of Borussia Dortmund in the [[2003 DFB-Ligapokal|DFB-Ligapokal]] final.<ref name=twothousand>{{Cite news|url=http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/gegenwart/|title=2000 bis zur Gegenwart|language=de|access-date=4 June 2013|work=Hamburger Sport-Verein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205160814/http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/gegenwart/|archive-date=5 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In August 2004, HSV lost in the early rounds of the [[2004–05 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]] by regional league side [[SC Paderborn 07|SC Paderborn]]. [[referee (association football)|Referee]], [[Robert Hoyzer]], had accepted money from a Croatian gambling syndicate to [[match fixing|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 Bundesliga|2005–06]] saw HSV qualify for the [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] for the second time.<ref name=twothousand/> They finished bottom of [[2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage|Group G]], with a solitary win against Russian club [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]. In the league, the team was in 17th place going into the winter break,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kicker.de/aachen-gegen-hsv-2006-bundesliga-763466/spielinfo|title=HSV vergibt den Sieg|language=de|access-date=4 June 2013}}</ref> having won once in the league [[2006–07 Hamburger SV season|all season]], leading to the dismissal of trainer [[Thomas Doll]].<ref name=twothousand/> Under new coach [[Huub Stevens]], HSV advanced further away from the relegation zone and qualified for the [[2007–08 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]] via a seventh-place finish and victory in the [[2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]].{{clarify|date=January 2024|reason=was the 'victory in the Intertoto Cup' a separate event? or part of the qualification that 'pulled away from the relegation zone'? there are too many uses of 'and' in this sentence to make sense of it.}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.focus.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga1/huub-stevens_aid_138652.html|title=Huub Stevens: Hart, aber herzlich|language=de|date=9 November 2007|work=Focus}}</ref> The following season, Stevens led the team to fourth place in the [[2007–08 Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] before leaving to take over at [[List of Dutch football champions|Dutch champions]] [[PSV Eindhoven]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=741124.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222163220/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=741124.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2014|title=Returning Stevens plans PSV haul|date=22 August 2008|access-date=4 June 2013|publisher=UEFA}}</ref> 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 [[Nordderby|rivals]] Werder Bremen.<ref name=twothousand/> In [[2008–09 Bundesliga|the league]], they did not qualify for the [[2009–10 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] on the final day of the season.<ref name=twothousand/> In the summer of 2009, after only one season, Jol departed to become coach of [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/5389286/Ajax-name-Martin-Jol-as-new-coach.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/5389286/Ajax-name-Martin-Jol-as-new-coach.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ajax name Martin Jol as new coach|date=26 May 2009|access-date=4 June 2013|work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Under new coach [[Bruno Labbadia]], HSV reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] (now renamed the [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League]]) for the second season in a row. However, a defeat in the away leg to [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], days after the firing of Labbadia,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8644181.stm|title=Hamburg axe coach Bruno Labbadia|date=26 April 2010|access-date=5 June 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref> denied the club the opportunity to play in the [[2010 UEFA Europa League Final|final]], which was held at its home stadium.

On 13 October 2011, [[Thorsten Fink]] was appointed as coach<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2010/index.php?f=0000195569.php|title=Fink nach Hamburg|date=13 October 2011|access-date=5 June 2013|work=Bundesliga|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215702/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2010/index.php?f=0000195569.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kicker.de/hsv-gegen-augsburg-2011-bundesliga-1143434/spielinfo|title=Amsif rettet FCA einen Punkt|access-date=5 June 2013|work=kicker}}</ref> The team finished [[2011–12 Bundesliga|the season]] in 15th position, avoiding by five points what would have been its first relegation. In [[2012–13 Bundesliga|2012–13]], HSV recorded a seventh-place finish. During [[2012–13 Hamburger SV season|the season]], however, the team equaled the club's record Bundesliga defeat, losing 9–2 at the [[Allianz Arena]] to Bayern Munich.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1395258/hamburg-chief-carl-jarchow-calls-for-action-after-bayern-drubbing?src=mobile&cc=3436|title=Hamburg chief: Bayern defeat 'disgraceful'|date=1 April 2013|access-date=5 June 2013|publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

Fink was replaced on 25 September 2013 by [[Bert van Marwijk]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2013/september/bert-van-marwijk-wird-trainer-des-hamburger-sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926044803/http://www.hsv.de/saison/meldungen-saison/bundesliga/2013/september/bert-van-marwijk-wird-trainer-des-hamburger-sv|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2013|title=van Marwijk wird Trainer des Hamburger SV}}</ref> 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 [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth|Greuther Fürth]] on the [[away goals rule]] in a play-off.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hamburg stay up|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/311663/report|access-date=30 May 2014|newspaper=[[Sky Sports News]]|date=18 May 2014}}</ref>

Hamburg once again changed managers due to a poor start of the season, firing [[Mirko Slomka|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]].{{clarify|date=January 2024|reason=was it the 'second year running against Karlsruher SC'? or just 'the second year running'?}} Labbadia achieved only two points in 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.

====Relegation and missed promotions====
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 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamburg fires Gisdol as coach, Hollerbach likely successor |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2018/01/21/struggling-hamburger-sv-sacks-markus-gisdol-as-coach/109678406/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> 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 [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], he was also dismissed in 2018. A few days before the game against Bayern, 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 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 Hamburger SV season|2017–18]] Bundesliga under three different coaches, a final day win over [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]] was not enough to escape relegation after [[VfL Wolfsburg|Wolfsburg]] won against [[1. FC Köln|Köln]] 4–1.<ref name="Holtbys Siegtreffer kann den Abstieg nicht verhindern">{{cite web|title=Holtbys Siegtreffer kann den Abstieg nicht verhindern|url=https://www.kicker.de/hsv-gegen-mgladbach-2018-bundesliga-3827891/analyse|website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]]|publisher=kicker|access-date=13 May 2018|language=de}}</ref> They were relegated to the [[2018–19 2. Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]] for the first time in the Bundesliga's 55-year history,<ref name="Holtbys Siegtreffer kann den Abstieg nicht verhindern" /><ref name="abstieg">{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/soccer/ct-spt-hamburg-relegated-bundesliga-20180512-story.html |title=Hamburger SV relegated from Bundesliga for first time amid chaotic scenes |date=12 May 2018 |access-date=12 May 2018 |first=Ciaran |last=Fahey |agency=Associated Press |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] }}</ref> causing riots by Hamburg supporters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/958798/Hamburg-relegated-fan-protest-flare-fire-smoke-police-Bundesliga-sportgalleries|title = Hamburg fan protest: Chaotic scenes after Bundesliga relegation – Huge police response|date = 12 May 2018}}</ref>

After the relegation [[Christian Titz]] was sacked in October 2018,<ref>{{cite web |date=23 October 2018 |title=HSV trennt sich von Trainer Titz – Hannes Wolf übernimmt |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/hsv-trennt-sich-von-trainer-titz-hannes-wolf-uebernimmt |accessdate=4 July 2020 |website=hsv.de |publisher=Hamburger SV}}</ref> and replaced by [[Hannes Wolf (football manager)|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 the [[2019–20 2. Bundesliga]], their second year in the 2. Bundesliga, Wolf was laid-off<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamburg sack coach Hannes Wolf after missing promotion |url=https://www.besoccer.com/new/hamburg-sack-coach-hannes-wolf-after-missing-promotion-635623 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.besoccer.com |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hecking quits Hamburg after missing out on promotion |url=https://www.besoccer.com/new/hecking-quits-hamburg-after-missing-out-on-promotion-855370 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.besoccer.com |language=en}}</ref> For the [[2020–21 2. Bundesliga|2020–21 season]], [[Daniel Thioune]] 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 the winter break. HSV ended the season as first in the league table.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thiounes Blick geht bereits Richtung Düsseldorf |url=https://www.kicker.de/thiounes-blick-geht-bereits-richtung-duesseldorf-795445/artikel |work=kicker |date=23 January 2021 |language=de-DE}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title="Sitzfußballer" Haraguchi setzt den Schlusspunkt in atemberaubendem Nord-Duell |url=https://www.kicker.de/hannover-gegen-hsv-2021-bundesliga-4667590/analyse |work=kicker |date=4 April 2021 |language=de-DE}}</ref> The club also lost to relegation candidates [[SV Sandhausen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Verkehrte Welt am Hardtwald: Sandhausen beherrscht schwachen HSV |url=https://www.kicker.de/sandhausen-gegen-hsv-2021-bundesliga-4667608/analyse |work=kicker |date=22 April 2021 |language=de-DE}}</ref> Due to this development, Thioune was released at the beginning of May 2021, and replaced by the head of academy [[Horst Hrubesch]] for the final three games of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Horst Hrubesch übernimmt das Traineramt |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/horst-hrubesch-uebernimmt-das-traineramt |website=HSV.de |language=de |date=3 May 2021}}</ref> At that point, HSV were in third place with 52 points, five points from a spot guaranteeing direct promotion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trainer Hrubesch glaubt an den HSV-Aufstieg: "Natürlich!" {{!}} Der Nordschleswiger |url=https://www.nordschleswiger.dk/de/schleswig-holstein-hamburg/trainer-hrubesch-glaubt-hsv-aufstieg-natuerlich |work=Nordschleswiger |date=9 May 2021 |language=de}}</ref>

In the [[2021–22 2. Bundesliga|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 the playoff, losing 0–2 at home, despite winning the first leg in [[Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marvin Plattenhardt the hero as Hertha Berlin beat Hamburg to stay in the Bundesliga |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/hamburg-hertha-berlin-relegation-play-off-live-team-news-stats-boateng-glatzel-20044 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website |language=en}}</ref> In the [[2021–22 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]], Hamburg reached the semi-finals, where they lost 1–3 to [[SC Freiburg]].

In the [[2022–23 2. Bundesliga|2022–23 season]], their fifth season in the 2. Bundesliga, the club had the highest spectator average of any second-division club in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sportbild.bild.de/bundesliga/vereine/hsv/hsv-platz-17-in-europa-hsv-stellt-zuschauer-rekord-auf-83681336.sport.html|title=HSV stellt Zuschauer-Rekord auf!|first1=Babak|last1=Milani|first2=Joena|last2=Wohlenberg|work=Sport Bild|publisher=Axel Springer SE|date=25 April 2023|accessdate=14 May 2023|language=de}}</ref> During that season, Hamburger SV were in the top three places since matchday 6, and finished 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 the top division for the fifth year in a row.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/vfb-stuttgart-hamburg-promotion-relegation-play-off-live-team-news-match-stats-23635 |title=VfB Stuttgart retain Bundesliga status at Hamburg's expense |publisher=Bundesliga |date=5 June 2023 }}</ref>

In the [[2023–24 2. Bundesliga|2023–24 season]], HSV spent the majority of the season in the top three, only briefly slipping down to fourth on matchday 19, when they lost 3–4 against [[Karlsruher SC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/de/2bundesliga/news/hamburger-sv-karlsruher-sc-19-spieltag-spielbericht-26077 |title=Blitztore und Spektakel: Karlsruher SC gewinnt 4:3 beim Hamburger SV |publisher=Bundesliga |date=28 January 2024 |language=de}}</ref> However, following a 1–1 against [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth|Greuther Fürth]] on matchday 27, they dropped to fourth place, where they remained for the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/de/2bundesliga/news/spvgg-greuther-furth-hamburger-sv-27-spieltag-spielbericht-26810 |title=1:1! Der Hamburger SV lässt im Aufstiegsrennen bei der SpVgg Greuther Fürth Punkte liegen |publisher=Bundesliga |date=31 March 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |language=de}}</ref> For a sixth time in a row, HSV narrowly missed promotion to the Bundesliga,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hsv.de/en/the-fans-showed-just-what-this-club-is-all-about |title=Schonlau: "The fans showed just what this club is all about" |website=hsv.de |date=11 May 2024}}</ref> while the club's rivals [[FC St. Pauli]] and [[Holstein Kiel]] were both promoted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60042276 |title=HSV v St Pauli: The Hamburg derby and race for promotion |first=Alex |last=Bysouth |website=bbc.com |date=21 January 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://aussiedlerbote.de/en/hsv-faces-unloved-kiel-in-northern-duel/ |title=HSV faces unloved Kiel in northern duel |date=11 November 2023 |access-date=1 June 2024 |website=aussiedlerbote.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/bundesliga-2-promotion-holstein-kiel-st-pauli-hamburg-25796 |title=Bundesliga 2 promotion race: Holstein Kiel and St. Pauli promoted; Fortuna Düsseldorf secure play-off spot |website=bundesliga.com |date=12 May 2024 |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>

==== 2024-2025 season: Promotion ====
In the [[2024–25 2. Bundesliga|2024–25]] season, Hamburg finally achieved their goal, as they were promoted to the Bundesliga after a seven year wait. A 6–1 win over [[SSV Ulm 1846|Ulm]] sealed promotion with a matchday to spare. There were scenes of wild jubilation as the match ended.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-10 |title=Hamburg back in the Bundesliga after seven-year hiatus |url=https://bulinews.com/hamburg-back-bundesliga-after-seven-year-hiatus |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Bundesliga News in English}}</ref> Notably, the pitch grass was completely plucked out. There were injuries due to crowd crush, with one fan in critical condition and 19 others rushed to hospital. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=Hamburg fans seriously injured in promotion party |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45109147/hamburg-sv-fans-seriously-injured-bundesliga-promotion-aftermath |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> Even though they were promoted, they did not win the title, finishing runners-up as they lost 3-2 away against [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth|Greuther Furth]], while [[1. FC Köln|Koln]] convincingly beat [[1. FC Kaiserslautern|Kaiserslauten]] 4-0, clinching both the title and promotion for them. <ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-18 |title=Cologne earn Bundesliga promotion with 4-0 win over Kaiserlautern |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/cologne-earn-bundesliga-promotion-with-4-0-win-over-kaiserlautern-2025-05-18/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>

==Stadium==
[[File:HSHNordBankArenaview.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.86|The [[Volksparkstadion]]]]
Hamburger SV plays its home games in the [[Volksparkstadion]], which was previously known as the Imtech Arena between 2010 and 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsv.de/en/season/meldungen/bundesliga/june-2015/letters-disappearing-the-legend-volksparkstadion-is-back/ |title=Letters disappearing – the legend Volksparkstadion is back! |access-date=9 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924031700/http://www.hsv.de/en/season/meldungen/bundesliga/june-2015/letters-disappearing-the-legend-volksparkstadion-is-back/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref> Built on the site of the original Volksparkstadion, opened in 1953, the current stadium was opened in 2000, and has a capacity of 57,000&nbsp;– approximately 47,000 seats with another 10,000 spectators standing. The first Volksparkstadion had been a venue for the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 1988]]. The Volksparkstadion is a [[UEFA]] category one stadium, which certifies it to host [[UEFA Europa League]] and [[UEFA Champions League]] finals. The stadium was the site of four group matches and a quarter-final of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], hosted by Germany, and was known as ''FIFA World Cup Stadium Hamburg'' during the event. It was also the venue for the [[2010 UEFA Europa League Final]].

HSV fans can be buried at a dedicated graveyard near the home stadium, covered in turf from the original Hamburg pitch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=319|title=Dead football fans get home ground advantage|publisher=meeja.com.au|date=3 September 2008|access-date=3 September 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207071722/http://www.meeja.com.au/index.php?display_article_id=319|archive-date=7 December 2008}}</ref>

==Rivals and affinities==
[[File:Elia son.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.86|Hamburg against rivals [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] in the [[Nordderby]]]]
HSV contests the [[Nordderby]] with fellow [[Northern Germany]] side [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]]. In Spring 2009, HSV faced Werder four times in only three weeks, and Werder defeated HSV in the UEFA-Cup semi-final, as well as in the DFB-Pokal semi-final.

Furthermore, HSV shares a cross-town rivalry with [[FC St. Pauli]]. When, after seven years in different leagues, the game where HSV played against [[FC St. Pauli]], there were already disputes between both fan groups several weeks before the game. It started when about 100 HSV fans interrupted a St. Pauli concert because it took place on the "HSV-side" of the [[Reeperbahn]]. In a league game, the HSV fans showed a banner in the stadium with the inscription "Stellt euch endlich unsrer Gier – 100 Ihr : 100 Wir" ("Finally satisfy our lust – 100 of you vs. 100 of us"). After fans of [[FC St. Pauli]] attacked HSV fans working on a choreography for the game and destroyed parts of it, some HSV fans threatened them by hanging figures in the colours of the rival at several bridges throughout the city. In addition, one day later there was a march of about 80 HSV-Ultras across the [[Reeperbahn]], where insulting chants against St. Pauli were screamed. In the hours leading up to first [[2. Bundesliga]] Hamburg Derby on 10 March 2019 at the [[Millerntor-Stadion]], the supporters groups of both teams were escorted by the Hamburg police to avoid conflict.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RapidRider1/status/1104685383588216833|title=Pre-derby processions... #hsv #fcsphsvpic.twitter.com/Ow6FncyyRK|last=Hudson|first=Nick|date=10 March 2019|website=@RapidRider1|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2023}}{{Primary source inline|date=May 2019}} They won with a 4–0 win over [[FC St. Pauli]] at the [[Millerntor-Stadion]], the first time HSV had won at the stadium in the [[St. Pauli]] quarter since 1962. In response to [[Benedikt Pliquett]]'s celebratory kick of HSV's corner flag at the [[Volksparkstadion]] in 2011, [[Tom Mickel]] mimicked Pliquett with a "Kung-Fu Kick" of his own, according to [[Hamburger Morgenpost|MOPO]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mopo.de/sport/hsv/kung-fu-tritt--hsv-keeper-mickel-macht-den-pliquett-32198534|title=Kung-Fu-Tritt!: HSV-Keeper Mickel macht den Pliquett|last=Braasch|first=Simon|date=10 March 2019|website=MOPO.de|language=de-DE|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>

[[File:HSV Fulham 2010.jpg|thumb|A HSV choreography]]
HSV have an affinity with [[Scottish Football League|Scottish]] club [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]. The link between Rangers and Hamburg dates back to 1977, when the Hamburg Rangers Supporters' Club was set up by HSV fans who had visited Rangers matches before and were thrilled by the atmosphere at Ibrox.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=HSV History: Friendship with Rangers |url=https://www.hsv.de/en/our-hsv/about-hsv/history-of-the-club/hsv-history/hsv-history-friendship-with-rangers |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=HSV.de |language=en}}</ref> The links were further strengthened when Rangers signed [[Jörg Albertz]] from Hamburg.<ref name=":0" /> The fans of Rangers also have a fan-friendship with the German club Hamburger SV, dating from the 1970s when Scots moved to the German port in search of work and reinforced by their shared affection for the midfielder [[Jörg Albertz]].<ref name="Vice News">{{cite news |last1=Magee |first1=Will |title=Old Firm, New Bonds: The Politics Tying Big European Clubs to Celtic and Rangers |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/old-firm-new-bonds-the-politics-tying-big-european-clubs-to-celtic-and-rangers/ |access-date=12 June 2018 |publisher=Vice News |date=30 November 2017}}</ref>
This link was formalised in February 2021 with the formation of an official club partnership between the two sides.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/rangers-and-hsv-enter-club-partnership/68dtIhjgBv7ljtzkffl5qD
|title=Rangers and HSV enter club partnership |publisher=Rangers FC |date=10 February 2021 |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref> 
Conversely, St. Pauli has a long-standing friendship with [[Old Firm|Rangers' city rivals]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. The friendship exists due to both the HSV-Rangers affinity and the shared left-wing politics of Celtic and St. Pauli fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/967760/the-enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend|title=The enemy of the enemy is my friend |last=Hesse |first=Uli |date=11 October 2011 |website=ESPN FC |access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=McDougall |first=William |year=2013 |title=Kicking from the Left: The Friendship of Celtic and FC St. Pauli supporters |journal=Soccer and Society | volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=230–245 |doi= 10.1080/14660970.2013.776470|s2cid=144966781 }}</ref><ref name="Vice News"/> HSV fans provoked Celtic, whose fanbase have historically been sympathetic to [[Irish republicanism]], with a controversial [[tifo]] when they played each other in the [[Europa League]] in 2009. It displayed a [[Union Jack]] bearing the words "[[No Surrender (to the IRA)|No Surrender]]", a popular [[Ulster loyalism|Ulster loyalist]] slogan which originated from the [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] ethnoreligious conflict known as [[the Troubles]].

HSV have a friendship bond with [[Hannover 96]] due to both being known by the abbreviation "HSV". Their meetings involve the visitors' club song being played, and fans chanting "HSV" from each end of the stadium.

Furthermore, Hamburger SV has a friendship bond with [[Arminia Bielefeld]] – both teams share the same colours, resulting in the popular fan chant "Schwarz, weiß, blau&nbsp;– Arminia und der HSV" (''"Black, white, blue&nbsp;– Arminia and the HSV"''). Especially in the 1990s, multiple players transferred between the two clubs.[[File:HSVLottoHamburgMeinePerle.JPG|thumb|HSV fans before a game against Lotte]]
In addition, some fan groups maintain good contacts with the fourth division team [[VfB Lübeck]], whose fans also have an aversion to St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel. In 2013, HSV helped the club, which was threatened by insolvency,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} with a free friendly match, in which the team competed with several national players to attract as many spectators as possible and left the entire earnings for [[VfB Lübeck]].
[[File:HSVNordtribüne.JPG|thumb|HSV supporters]]

==Fans==
The band [[Abschlach!]] has written the HSV anthem "Mein Hamburg lieb ich sehr".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abschlach! – Hamburg Till I Die Songtext |url=https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/abschlach/hamburg-till-i-die-139a655d.html |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Songtexte.com |language=de}}</ref> The band performs this song before every HSV games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neue Rahmengestaltung bei Heimspielen |url=https://www.hsv.de/news/neue-rahmengestaltung-bei-heimspielen |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=HSV.de |language=en}}</ref>

HSV has more than 700 officially registered fan clubs in Germany and abroad. These include "Rautengeil Fallingbostel", "Hermanns Treue Riege", "Totale Offensive e. V." and the "Wilhelmsburg Boys". HSV ultra groups are or were the "Clique du Nord", "Poptown", and "Chosen Few". The "Rothosen" supporters' association founded in April 1972 is the oldest HSV fan club. It still has around 40 members. The business fan club of Hamburger SV was registered by HSV as an official fan club in 2006. This fan club was founded by entrepreneurs and combines sporting interests with business interests. Since the 2006–07 season, the Hamburger Sport-Verein has had a fan club for gay and bisexual fans called "BLUE PRIDE", which merged into the "Volksparkjunxx" in January 2012.<ref name="SputnitJaehnFankurve">{{Cite web |last=mdr.de |title=Felix Jaehn in der Fankurve |url=https://www.sputnik.de/news/musiknews/felix-jaehn-fankurve-hsv-100.html |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=MDR SPUTNIK |language=de}}</ref> The members of fan club "Die Löwen" are aggressive.<ref name="SputnitJaehnFankurve"/> The group was associated with [[skinheads]] and [[Far-right politics|right-wing radicalism]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |last=Seewald |first=Peter |date=28 November 1982 |title="Wir sind die Geilsten" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/wir-sind-die-geilsten-a-d364757f-0002-0001-0000-000014355871 |language=German |volume=1982 |issue=48 |newspaper=[[Der Spiegel (website)|Der Spiegel]] |publisher=Der Spiegel GmbH & Co. KG |location=Hamburg |access-date=30 May 2022 }}</ref><ref name="NDRMaleika">{{cite web |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/mehr_sport/Adrian-Maleika-Der-tragische-Tod-eines-Fans-und-die-Folgen,maleika101.html |title=Adrian Maleika: Der tragische Tod eines Fans – und die Folgen |last=Freytag |first=Johannes |date=17 October 2021 |website=ndr.de |location=Hamburg |publisher=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] |language=German |access-date=30 May 2022 }}</ref> The [[Werder Bremen|Bremen]] fan Adrian Maleika was murdered by members of the group on 16 October 1982.<ref name="SputnitJaehnFankurve"/><ref name="NDRMaleika"/>

As a reaction to the murder of Adrian Maleika, the HSV fan project was founded, which still exists today and is financially supported by the German Football League and the Hamburg Authority for Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration. The fan project makes travel offers for away games and supports the Supporters Club with its offers. Numerous events take place in the fan house, also with the support of HSV itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HSV-Fanprojekt – HSV-Fanprojekt |url=https://www.hsv-fanprojekt.de/wer-wir-sind/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=de-DE}}</ref>

The Supporters Club, founded in 1993, has (as of 1 June 2019) been joined by 66,489 fans, who have thus also become members of HSV. The 36 founding members include the former board member responsible for membership matters, Oliver Scheel, the former supervisory board members Henning Trolsen and Christian Reichert, and the current director of the HSV Museum, Dirk Mansen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HSV Business Fansclub – Eine weitere WordPress-Website |url=http://www.business-fanclub.de/ |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=business-fanclub.de}}</ref>

As a reaction to the spin-off, fans founded the "[[HFC Falke]]" – based on the model of FC United of Manchester – which started playing in the 2015–16 season, and as of 2024, are playing in the Hamburg district league north.

==Club kit and colours==
{{Commons|Hamburger SV kits}}
The club colours are officially blue, white and black, according to its statute, but its fans use the combination "schwarz-weiss-blau" (black-white-blue) in their songs and chants; they also chant "HSV" {{IPA|de|haː ʔɛs ˈfaʊ̯|}}. The club crest is a black and white diamond on a blue background. These were the colours of SC Germania. The use of the blue background is a link with Hamburg's maritime tradition as the ''[[International maritime signal flags|Blue Peter flag]]'' signal (meaning "All Aboard" or "Outward Bound") is a white rectangle on a similar blue background.<ref>Arne Schultchen, ''Zeichen der Zeit (Signs of the Times)'' in ''11 Freunde'', issue 93, August 2009, p.79.</ref>

In contrast, the team's home kit is white jerseys and red shorts, which are the colours of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. As a result, the team's most common nickname is ''die Rothosen'' ("the Red Shorts"). HSV was previously also known as ''der Dinosaurier'' ("the Dinosaur"), and used a dinosaur mascot called "Hermann" (named after long-time club physiotherapist Hermann Rieger) for marketing purposes.

HSV's kit was made by [[Adidas]] from 1978 to 1995<ref>{{cite web|work=The Guardian|title=When Kevin Keegan went to Hamburg|date=3 December 2014|at=Hamburg show off their new signing (Keegan signed in 1977 and is wearing Umbro)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2014/dec/03/kevin-keegan-hamburg-liverpool-ballon-dor-bundesliga|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=football, Bundesliga, 1978/1979, Stadium am Boekelberg, Boruss...|date=25 April 2015 |publisher=gettyimages.co.uk|at=Photos show 78/79 team wearing Adidas|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/football-bundesliga-1978-1979-stadium-am-boekelberg-news-photo/550996837#football-bundesliga-19781979-stadium-am-boekelberg-borussia-versus-picture-id550996837\|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> and the club re-engaged Adidas in 2007, having worked with a number of its competitors in the meantime. The first shirt sponsorship was introduced in 1974. The following is a list of shirt sponsors by date:

{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
;Sponsor{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
{| class="wikitable float-right"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe6"
! Season !! Sponsor
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1974–1976
| [[Campari]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1976–1979
| [[Hitachi]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1979–1987
| [[BP]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1987–1994
| [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1994–1999
| [[Hyundai Group|Hyundai]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1999–2003
| TV Spielfilm/Max (Zeitschrift)|TV Spielfilm
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2003–2006
| ADIG
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2006–2020
| [[The Emirates Group|Emirates]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2020–2022
| [[Orthomol]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2022–
| HanseMerkur
|}
{{Col-2}}
;Kit sponsor{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
{| class="wikitable float-right"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe6"
! Season !! Kit Sponsor
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1887–1965
| In–House
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1965–1966
| [[Umbro]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 
1966–1969
| In–House
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"|
1969–1970
| Erima
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"|
1970–1974
| In–House
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1974–1976
| [[Adidas]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1976–1978
| [[Umbro]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1978–1979
| [[Adidas]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1979–1980
| Erima
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1979–1995
| [[Adidas]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1995–1998
| [[Uhlsport]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 1998–2001
| [[Fila (company)|Fila]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2001–2005
| [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2005–2007
| [[Puma (brand)|Puma]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="text-align:left;"| 2007–Present
| [[Adidas]]
|}
{{Col-end}}

==In international competitions==
HSV's first participation in European competition came after they won the German championship in 1960 and were invited to take part in the [[1960–61 European Cup]]. They had a match in the preliminary round, and their first round opponents were [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]. HSV won the two-legged tie 8–3 on aggregate, beating the Swiss side 5–0 in the away leg on 2 November 1960, and then drawing 3–3 at home on 27 November.<ref>[https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/clubs/52167--hamburg/ UEFA&nbsp;– Hamburger SV matches in 1960–61]. Retrieved 24 October 2013.</ref>

HSV reached the semi-final of the European Cup in 1961. Subsequently, they have twice played in the final, losing 1–0 to [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] in 1980 and defeating [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] 1–0 in 1983. With [[Borussia Dortmund]] and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], HSV is one of three German teams who have won the European Cup. HSV won the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] in 1976–77, and have been runners-up in both that competition and the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]. Their most recent European campaign was the [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League]], in which they reached the semi-final.<ref name="UEFAHSV">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130313190101/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/club=52167/profile/history/index.html UEFA&nbsp;– Hamburger SV record in UEFA competitions]. Retrieved 24 October 2013.</ref>

Hamburg became, in 1982, the first club in European football to have been runner-up in all three major UEFA club competitions,<ref name=RSSSF>{{cite web| first = Roberto | last = Di Maggio|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/intfinalrec.html|title=International Finalists|work=Record Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=18 February 2021}}</ref> having lost the [[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup]], the [[1979–80 European Cup]] and the [[1981–82 UEFA Cup]] finals. Additionally, having lost the [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]] for the first time in the [[1977 European Super Cup|1977 edition]], the [[1983 Intercontinental Cup]] and in the [[1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup]], they became the first and only club in Europe to have obtained the silver medal in all six confederation competitions.<ref name=RSSSF/>

HSV's biggest win in a European match occurred on 23 October 1974 when they defeated Romanian team [[FC Brașov (1936)|Brașov]] 8–0 in a UEFA Cup second round tie. Their biggest defeat was in the second leg of the 1977 Super Cup when they lost 6–0 to [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] at [[Anfield]] on 6 December. [[Manfred Kaltz]] with 81 has made the most appearances for HSV in Europe and [[Horst Hrubesch]] with 20 is their leading goalscorer.<ref name="UEFAHSV"/>

Based on data published by [[UEFA]], a summary of HSV's European record to the end of the 2021–22 season is as follows:
<ref name="UEFAHSV"/>
{| class="wikitable unsortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col"|Pld
!scope="col"|W
!scope="col"|D
!scope="col"|L
!scope="col"|GF
!scope="col"|GA
!scope="col"|GD
!scope="col"|Win%
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League / European Cup]]
{{WDL|43|19|9|15|for=72|against=56|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|124|67|20|37|for=209|against=132|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup]]
{{WDL|34|20|7|7|for=81|against=39|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[UEFA Super Cup|UEFA Super Cup / European Super Cup]]
{{WDL|4|0|2|2|for=1|against=9|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]
{{WDL|1|0|0|1|for=1|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
!scope="row" align=left|[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]
{{WDL|10|7|0|3|for=23|against=14|diff=yes}}
|-
!Total
{{WDLtot|216|113|38|65|for=387|against=252|diff=yes}}
|}

According to UEFA, HSV is currently unranked among European clubs. The last year that the club had a coefficient was in 2014 when it ranked 64th (34.328).<ref name="UEFAHSV"/>

==Honours==
[[File:Schatzkammer HSVMuseum.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.09|One trophy from all of the competitions Hamburg has won in the HSV-Museum]]
HSV have the record in German football of having won the most regional titles, having won 31 regional titles.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} However, the regional titles do not count as a trophy or even as a title itself.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Winning a regional title only guaranteed a club to battle, with other regional winning clubs, for the German Championship.

Hamburg's three Bundesliga championships entitle the club to display one [[Star (football badge)|gold star]] of the ''"Verdiente Meistervereine"''. Under the current award system, their pre-Bundesliga championships are not recognized, and so they are not entitled to the second star of a five-time champion.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}} 

After the replay of the championship final in 1922 had to be abandoned due to the opponents no longer having enough players on the ground, the [[German Football Association]] (DFB) requested HSV to renounce the title, which the club did.

During his first season with Hamburger SV (2000–01), [[Sergej Barbarez]] became the top scorer for his club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the Bundesliga with [[Ebbe Sand]].

Until the 2017–18 season, HSV took pride in its status as the only club to have played continuously in the Bundesliga since its foundation. A large clock in the northwest corner of the Volksparkstadion marked the time, down to the second, since the league was founded on 24 August 1963.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Keh|first1=Andrew|title=Time and a Relentless Clock Weigh on Hamburg Soccer Team|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/sports/soccer/hamburger-sv-bundesliga-hamburg.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 February 2017|access-date=8 February 2017}}</ref>

===Domestic===
*'''[[List of German football champions|German Champions]]:'''
**'''Winners''': [[1923 German football championship|1923]], [[1928 German football championship|1928]], [[1960 German football championship|1960]], [[1978–79 Bundesliga|1978–79]], [[1981–82 Bundesliga|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Bundesliga|1982–83]]
**Runners-up: [[1924 German football championship|1923–24]], [[1957 German football championship|1956–57]], [[1958 German football championship|1957–58]], [[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76]], [[1979–80 Bundesliga|1979–80]], [[1980–81 Bundesliga|1980–81]], [[1983–84 Bundesliga|1983–84]], [[1986–87 Bundesliga|1986–87]]
*'''[[DFB-Pokal]]:'''
**'''Winners''': [[1962–63 DFB-Pokal|1962–63]], [[1975–76 DFB-Pokal|1975–76]], [[1986–87 DFB-Pokal|1986–87]]
:*Runners-up: [[1955–56 DFB-Pokal|1955–56]], [[1966–67 DFB-Pokal|1966–67]], [[1973–74 DFB-Pokal|1973–74]]
*'''[[DFB-Ligapokal]]:'''
**'''Winners''': [[1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal|1972–73]], [[2003 DFB-Ligapokal|2003]]
*'''[[DFB-Supercup]]:'''
**Runners-up: [[1977 German Supercup|1977]], [[1983 German Supercup|1983]], [[1987 DFB-Supercup|1987]]

===European===
*'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup/UEFA Champions League]]:'''
**'''Winners''': [[1982–83 European Cup|1982–83]]
**Runners-up: [[1979–80 European Cup|1979–80]]
*'''[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners''': [[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup|1976–77]]<ref>{{cite web |date=26 February 2010 |title=HSV and Anderlecht set to renew acquaintances |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01e2-0e73ee873a0b-d466461797db-1000/ |accessdate=11 August 2021 |website=UEFA}}</ref>
**Runners-up: [[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup|1967–68]]<ref>{{cite web |title=European Cup Winners Cup Final 1967/1968 |url=http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=788750 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513051850/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=788750 |archive-date=2014-05-13 |accessdate=11 August 2021 |website=Shark Scores}}</ref>
*'''[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League]]:'''
**Runners-up: [[1981–82 UEFA Cup|1981–82]]<ref name="eighties2">{{Cite news |title=Die 80er Jahre |url=http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/80er/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205130124/http://www.125jahrehsv.de/geschichte/highlights-der-geschichte/80er/ |archive-date=5 December 2013 |access-date=3 June 2013 |work=Hamburger Sport-Verein |language=de}}</ref>{{sfn|Jönsson – 1978–1982}}
*'''[[UEFA Super Cup]]:'''
**Runners-up: [[1977 European Super Cup|1977]], [[1983 European Super Cup|1983]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]:'''
**'''Winners''': [[2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2005]], [[2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2007]] (Outright Winners){{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
**Runners-up: [[1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup|1999]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* '''[[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]:'''
**Group Winners: [[1970 Intertoto Cup|1970]], [[1994 Intertoto Cup|1994]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Worldwide===
*'''[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]'''
**Runners-up: [[1983 Intercontinental Cup|1983]]<ref>{{cite web |title=1983 Intercontinental Cup |url=http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.ie/2017/06/intercontinental-toyota-cup-part-four.html |access-date=25 July 2017 |work=Soccer Nostalgia|date=28 June 2017 }}</ref>

===Double===
*1982–83: [[Double (association football)#The European Double .28Double Champions.29|League and European Cup]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Regional===
*'''[[Northern German football championship]]''' (unrecognized)
**'''Winners (10)''': 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933 '''(record)'''{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Oberliga Nord (1947–63)|Oberliga Nord]]''' (unrecognized)
**'''Winners (15)''': [[1947–48 Oberliga|1948]], [[1948–49 Oberliga|1949]], [[1949–50 Oberliga|1950]], [[1950–51 Oberliga|1951]], [[1951–52 Oberliga|1952]], [[1952–53 Oberliga|1953]], [[1954–55 Oberliga|1955]], [[1955–56 Oberliga|1956]], [[1956–57 Oberliga|1957]], [[1957–58 Oberliga|1958]], [[1958–59 Oberliga|1959]], [[1959–60 Oberliga|1960]], [[1960–61 Oberliga|1961]], [[1961–62 Oberliga|1962]], [[1962–63 Oberliga|1963]] '''(record)'''{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Gauliga Nordmark]]''' (unrecognized)
**'''Winners''': 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Gauliga Hamburg]]'''
**'''Winners''': 1945{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[Stadtliga Hamburg]]'''
**'''Winners''': 1946{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*'''[[British occupation zone football championship|British occupation zone championship]]'''
**'''Winners''': 1947, 1948 '''(record)'''{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|1 July 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsv.de/profis/spieler|title=Die aktuelle Bundesliga-Mannschaft des HSV|trans-title=The current Bundesliga team of HSV|language=de|website=Hamburger SV|access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|nat=POR|pos=GK|name=[[Daniel Heuer Fernandes]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 2|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[William Mikelbrencis]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Sebastian Schonlau]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|nat=BIH|pos=DF|name=[[Dennis Hadžikadunić]]|other={{small|on loan from [[FC Rostov|Rostov]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no= 6|nat=POL|pos=MF|name=[[Łukasz Poręba]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=[[Jean-Luc Dompé]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|nat=LBY|pos=MF|name=[[Daniel Elfadli]]}}
{{Fs player|no= 9|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=[[Robert Glatzel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=SUR|pos=MF|name=[[Immanuel Pherai]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=GHA|pos=FW|name=[[Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=[[Tom Mickel]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=NED|pos=MF|name=[[Ludovit Reis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=[[Adedire Mebude]]|other={{small|on loan from [[K.V.C. Westerlo|Westerlo]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=CZE|pos=MF|name=[[Adam Karabec]]|other={{small|on loan from [[AC Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=GAM|pos=MF|name=[[Bakery Jatta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=[[Matheo Raab]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Levin Öztunalı]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Aboubaka Soumahoro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Jonas Meffert]]}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=[[Davie Selke]]}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[[Miro Muheim]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=KOS|pos=FW|name=[[Emir Sahiti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=SUI|pos=DF|name=[[Silvan Hefti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Noah Katterbach]]}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=KVX|pos=DF|name=[[Valon Zumberi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=NOR|pos=FW|name=[[Alexander Røssing-Lelesiit]]}}
{{Fs player|no=40|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Hannes Hermann}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=[[Fabio Baldé]]}}
{{Fs player|no=47|nat=GER|pos=DF|name=[[Nicolas Oliveira (footballer, born 2004)|Nicolas Oliveira]]}}
{{Fs player|no=48|nat=GER|pos=MF|name=[[Bilal Yalcinkaya]]}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=[[Otto Stange]]}}
{{Fs end}}

===Other players under contract===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=CRO|pos=DF|name=[[Mario Vušković]]|other=doping ban}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=[[Lucas Perrin]]|other={{small|at [[Cercle Brugge]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=[[Guilherme Ramos]]|other={{small|at [[C.D. Santa Clara|Santa Clara]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=FIN|pos=MF|name=[[Anssi Suhonen]]|other={{small|at [[SSV Jahn Regensburg|Jahn Regensburg]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=HUN|pos=FW|name=[[András Németh (footballer)|András Németh]]|other={{small|at [[SC Preußen Münster|Preußen Münster]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=GER|pos=FW|name=Tom Sanne|other={{small|at [[FC Dordrecht|Dordrecht]] until 30 June 2025}}}}
{{Fs end}}

==Personnel==
{{Fb cs header}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head coach |s={{flagicon|GER}} [[Merlin Polzin]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant coach |s=}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant coach |s=}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping coach |s={{flagicon|GER}} Sven Höh}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Director of Professional Football |s={{flagicon|GER}} [[Claus Costa]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Director of Youth Development |s={{flagicon|GER}} [[Horst Hrubesch]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Strength and conditioning coach |s={{flagicon|GER}} Pierre Houben}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Strength and conditioning coach |s={{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Müssig}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Rehab coach |s={{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Capel}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Team doctor |s={{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Schillings}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Team doctor |s={{flagicon|GER}} Götz Welsch}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Physiotherapist |s={{flagicon|GER}} Christian Tambach}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Physiotherapist |s={{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Thum}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Game analyst |s={{flagicon|GER}} Dirk Folkerts}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Game analyst |s={{flagicon|GER}} Eduard Riesen}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Team Manager |s={{flagicon|GER}} Lennart Coerdt}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Team Manager |s={{flagicon|GER}} Mats Wesling}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Kit man |s={{flagicon|GER}} Ramiro Guerron}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Kit man |s={{flagicon|GER}} Miroslav Zadach}}
{{Fb cs footer|u=24 November 2024|s=[https://www.hsv.de/en/season/medical-advisory-staff Hamburger SV official website]|date=August 2020}}

===Head coaches since 1963===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Name!!class="unsortable"|From!!class="unsortable"|To!!Days!!Played!!Win!!Drawn!!Lost!!Win %!!class="unsortable"|Honours
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Martin|Wilke|nolink=1}}
|align=left|1 July 1963
|align=left|7 May 1964
|311
{{WDL|29|11|9|9}}
|align=left|[[1962–63 DFB-Pokal]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Georg|Gawliczek}}
|align=left|8 May 1964
|align=left|17 April 1966
|709
{{WDL|59|22|12|25}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Josef|Schneider|nolink=1}}
|align=left|18 April 1966
|align=left|30 June 1967
|438
{{WDL|39|12|11|16}}
|align=left|[[1966–67 DFB-Pokal]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Kurt|Koch|Kurt Koch (football manager)}}
|align=left|1 July 1967
|align=left|30 June 1968
|365
{{WDL|34|11|11|12}}
|align=left|[[1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Georg|Knöpfle||Knopfle, Georg}}
|align=left|1 July 1968
|align=left|30 June 1970
|729
{{WDL|68|25|21|22}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Klaus-Dieter|Ochs|nolink=1}}
|align=left|1 July 1970
|align=left|30 June 1973
|1095
{{WDL|102|36|26|40}}
|align=left|[[1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Kuno|Klötzer||Klotzer, Kuno}}
|align=left|1 July 1973
|align=left|30 June 1977
|1460
{{WDL|136|62|29|45}}
|align=left|[[1973–74 DFB-Pokal]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1975–76 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1975–76 DFB-Pokal]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''<br>[[1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Rudi|Gutendorf}}
|align=left|1 July 1977
|align=left|27 October 1977
|118
{{WDL|12|6|1|5}}
|align=left|[[DFB-Supercup|1977 DFB-Supercup]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|TUR}} {{sortname|Özcan|Arkoç||Ozcan, Arkoc}}
|align=left|28 October 1977
|align=left|30 June 1978
|245
{{WDL|22|8|5|9}}
|align=left|[[1977 European Super Cup]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} {{sortname|Branko|Zebec}}
|align=left|1 July 1978
|align=left|18 December 1980
|901
{{WDL|85|54|17|14}}
|align=left|[[1978–79 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''<br>[[1979–80 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1979–80 European Cup]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} {{sortname|Aleksandar|Ristić||Ristic, Aleksandar}}
|align=left|19 December 1980
|align=left|30 June 1981
|193
{{WDL|17|8|5|4}}
|align=left|[[1980–81 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} {{sortname|Ernst|Happel}}
|align=left|1 July 1981
|align=left|30 June 1987
|2190
{{WDL|204|109|53|42}}
|align=left|[[1981–82 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''<br>[[1981–82 UEFA Cup]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1982–83 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''<br>[[1982–83 European Cup]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''<br>[[1983 Intercontinental Cup]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1983 European Super Cup]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[DFB-Supercup|1983 DFB-Supercup]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1983–84 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1986–87 Bundesliga]]&nbsp;– runners-up<br>[[1986–87 DFB-Pokal]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|YUG}} {{sortname|Josip|Skoblar}}
|align=left|1 July 1987
|align=left|9 November 1987
|131
{{WDL|15|5|4|6}}
|align=left|[[1987 DFB-Supercup]]&nbsp;– runners-up
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Willi|Reimann}}
|align=left|11 November 1987
|align=left|4 January 1990
|785
{{WDL|75|32|19|24}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Gerd-Volker|Schock}}
|align=left|5 January 1990
|align=left|10 March 1992
|795
{{WDL|73|28|22|23}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Egon|Coordes}}
|align=left|12 March 1992
|align=left|21 September 1992
|193
{{WDL|19|3|8|8}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Benno|Möhlmann||Mohlmann, Benno}}
|align=left|23 September 1992
|align=left|5 October 1995
|1107
{{WDL|105|31|36|38}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Felix|Magath}}
|align=left|6 October 1995
|align=left|18 May 1997
|590
{{WDL|58|21|18|19}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Ralf|Schehr}}*
|align=left|19 May 1997
|align=left|30 June 1997
|42
{{WDL|2|1|1|0}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Frank|Pagelsdorf}}
|align=left|1 July 1997
|align=left|17 September 2001
|1593
{{WDL|142|51|46|45}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Holger|Hieronymus}}*
|align=left|18 September 2001
|align=left|3 October 2001
|15
{{WDL|2|0|1|1}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} {{sortname|Kurt|Jara}}
|align=left|4 October 2001
|align=left|22 October 2003
|748
{{WDL|69|26|20|23}}
|align=left|[[2003 DFB-Ligapokal]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Klaus|Toppmöller||Toppmoller, Klaus}}
|align=left|23 October 2003
|align=left|17 October 2004
|360
{{WDL|33|14|5|14}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Thomas|Doll}}
|align=left|18 October 2004
|align=left|1 February 2007
|836
{{WDL|79|36|20|23}}
|align=left|[[2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Huub|Stevens}}
|align=left|2 February 2007
|align=left|30 June 2008
|514
{{WDL|49|23|15|11}}
|align=left|[[2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Martin|Jol}}
|align=left|1 July 2008
|align=left|26 May 2009
|329
{{WDL|34|19|4|11}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Bruno|Labbadia}}
|align=left|1 July 2009
|align=left|25 April 2010
|298
{{WDL|32|12|12|8}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Ricardo|Moniz}}*
|align=left|26 April 2010
|align=left|30 June 2010
|65
{{WDL|2|1|1|0}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Armin|Veh}}
|align=left|1 July 2010
|align=left|13 March 2011
|255
{{WDL|26|11|4|11}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Michael|Oenning}}
|align=left|14 March 2011
|align=left|19 September 2011
|189
{{WDL|15|2|6|7}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Rodolfo|Cardoso|Rodolfo Cardoso (footballer, born 1968)}}*
|align=left|19 September 2011
|align=left|17 October 2011
|28
{{WDL|3|2|0|1}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|DEN}} {{sortname|Frank|Arnesen}}*
|align=left|10 October 2011
|align=left|16 October 2011
|6
{{WDL|1|1|0|0}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Thorsten|Fink}}
|align=left|17 October 2011
|align=left|16 September 2013
|700
{{WDL|64|21|18|25}}
|align=left|[[2012 Peace Cup]]&nbsp;– '''winner'''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{sortname|Rodolfo|Cardoso|Rodolfo Cardoso (footballer, born 1968)}}*
|align=left|17 September 2013
|align=left|24 September 2013
|7
{{WDL|1|0|0|1}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NED}} {{sortname|Bert|van Marwijk}}
|align=left|25 September 2013
|align=left|16 February 2014
|144
{{WDL|15|3|3|9}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Mirko|Slomka}}
|align=left|16 February 2014
|align=left|15 September 2014
|211
{{WDL|16|3|3|10}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Josef|Zinnbauer}}
|align=left|16 September 2014
|align=left|22 March 2015
|187
{{WDL|23|6|6|11}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Peter|Knäbel||Knabel, Peter}}*
|align=left|22 March 2015
|align=left|15 April 2015
|24
{{WDL|2|0|0|2}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Bruno|Labbadia}}
|align=left|15 April 2015
|align=left|25 September 2016
|529
{{WDL|50|16|12|22}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Markus|Gisdol}}
|align=left|25 September 2016
|align=left|21 January 2018
|483
{{WDL|52|16|10|26}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Bernd|Hollerbach}}
|align=left|22 January 2018
|align=left|12 March 2018
|49
{{WDL|7|0|3|4}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Christian|Titz}}
|align=left|13 March 2018
|align=left|23 October 2018
|224
{{WDL|18|9|4|5}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Hannes|Wolf|Hannes Wolf (football manager)}}
|align=left|23 October 2018
|align=left|19 May 2019
|208
{{WDL|28|14|5|9}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Dieter|Hecking}}
|align=left|29 May 2019
|align=left|30 June 2020
|399
{{WDL|36|14|13|9}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Daniel|Thioune}}
|align=left|6 July 2020
|align=left|3 May 2021
|302
{{WDL|32|14|10|8}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Horst|Hrubesch}}*
|align=left|3 May 2021
|align=left|30 June 2021
|58
{{WDL|3|2|0|1}}
|
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Tim|Walter}}
|align=left|1 July 2021
|align=left|11 February 2024
|949
{{WDL|102|51|24|27}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Merlin|Polzin}}*
|align=left|13 February 2024
|align=left|20 February 2024
|7
{{WDL|1|0|1|0}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Steffen|Baumgart}}
|align=left|20 February 2024
|align=left|24 November 2024
|
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} {{sortname|Merlin|Polzin}}
|align=left|24 November 2024
|align=left|present
|
{{WDL|0|0|0|0}}
|
{{Fb cs footer|u=24 November 2024|s=|date=February 2024}}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> Served as [[caretaker manager|caretaker coach]].

==Notable players==
{{Further|List of Hamburger SV players}}

==Other sections==
===HSV-Panthers (Futsal)===
{{Main|Hamburg Panthers}}
The Futsal section of Hamburger SV competes under the name "[[Hamburg Panthers|HSV Panthers]]", which emerged from the Hamburg Panthers. They play in the highest German Futsal division, the [[Futsal Bundesliga]].

The team is a founding member of the [[Futsal Bundesliga]] of the [[German Football Association]]. The team has won the [[Deutsche Futsal-Meisterschaft|Deutsche Futsal Meisterschaft]] four times and is therefore German record champion. The HSV Panthers were also represented four times internationally in the [[UEFA Futsal Champions League]], in 2015 they were the first German team to qualify for the elite round. With Michael Meyer, Onur Saglam, Dennis Oztürk, Sid Ziskin, Nico Zankl, and Ian-Prescott Claus, six [[Germany national futsal team|German futsal national]] players play in the ranks of Hamburger SV.

===Hamburger SV II===
{{main|Hamburger SV II}}
The reserve team serves as the second team for young players before being promoted to the main team.

===Women's football===
{{Main|Hamburger SV (women)}}
The women's section was created in 1970. The team played in the [[Bundesliga (women)|Bundesliga]] between 2003 and 2012.

===Other sports===
The [[Hamburger SV Rugby|club's rugby section]] was established in 1925, but ceased operation in the 1990s. It was re-established in March 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hsvrugby.jimdo.com/wir_ueber_uns.php | title = Geschichte der HSV-Rugby Abteilung | language = de | access-date = 23 April 2010 | publisher = Hamburger SV Rugby website | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070510055844/http://hsvrugby.jimdo.com/wir_ueber_uns.php | archive-date = 10 May 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The club's men's baseball section, HSV Hamburg, known as the Stealers, was established in 1985, and plays in the first division of the [[Bundesliga (baseball)|Baseball Bundesliga]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lokstedt Stealers-Die Erfolgsstory|url=http://www.stealers.de/wir-ueber-uns/historie|publisher=Hamburger SV|access-date=8 December 2010}}</ref> Other sections include volleyball and [[cricket]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Okka Rau]] qualified for the [[volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics of volleyball]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Hamburg&nbsp;– Athleten |date=4 July 2008 |publisher=Team Hamburg of the Hamburg Sport Federation and the Olympic point Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein |url=http://www.team-hamburg.de/team/athleten.php5 |access-date=17 August 2008 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816231146/http://www.team-hamburg.de/team/athleten.php5 |archive-date=16 August 2008 }}</ref> HSV Cricket plays in the league of the North German Cricket Federation (''Norddeutscher Cricket Verband''), winning several first places.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trophies |publisher=HSV Cricket |url=http://www.hsv-cricket.de/hsvcricket/eng/hsvtrophies.htm |access-date=17 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207031734/http://www.hsv-cricket.de/hsvcricket/eng/hsvtrophies.htm |archive-date=7 December 2008 }}</ref>

==References==

=== Books ===

* {{cite web |last=Jönsson |first=Ingemar |title=1978–1982 |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1990-95/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917075554/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Om-IFK-Goteborg/Presentation/Historik/1990-95/ |archive-date=17 September 2017 |access-date=2017-09-16 |publisher=IFK Göteborg |language=sv |ref={{sfnref|Jönsson – 1978–1982}}}}

=== Web References ===
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website|https://www.hsv.de/en/}} {{in lang|en|de}}
*[http://www.resultsfromfootball.com/bundesliga-team/hamburgersv.html Team statistics]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060814064911/http://www.resultsfromfootball.com/bundesliga-team/hamburgersv.html |date=14 August 2006 }}.
*[https://archive.today/20130103014140/http://www.football-lineups.com/games/?campaign=15.80 Hamburger SV formations] at Football-Lineups (archived)
*[http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/hamburger-sv/ Statistics, formations and historical data] at worldfootball.net

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