2024–25 Hamburger SV season

Hamburger SV
2024–25 season
Manager	Steffen Baumgart; (until 24 November); Merlin Polzin; (from 25 November)
Stadium	Volksparkstadion
2. Bundesliga	2nd (promoted)
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Davie Selke (10); All: ; Davie Selke (11)
Biggest win	SV Meppen 1–7 Hamburger SV

The 2024–25 season was the 137th season in the history of Hamburger SV and the seventh consecutive season in 2. Bundesliga. The team participated in the DFB-Pokal, where they were eliminated in the second round. They were promoted to the Bundesliga on 10 May 2025, after battering Ulm 6–1 at home.^[1]^[2] However, they lost the title after Köln won 4–0 against Kaiserslautern on the final matchday, and they lost 3–2 to Greuther Fürth.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Summary

On 1 July, Hamburg FC announced the signing of Libyan midfielder Daniel Elfadli for an undisclosed fee.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Daouda Beleme	VfB Lübeck	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Jonas David	Hansa Rostock	Loan return	30 June 2024
GK	Marko Johansson	Hansa Rostock	Loan return	30 June 2024
GK	Leo Oppermann	Arminia Bielefeld	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Valon Zumberi	FC Schaffhausen	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Łukasz Poręba	RC Lens	Undisclosed^[6]	1 July 2024	^[7]
MF	Daniel Elfadli	1. FC Magdeburg	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[8]
MF	Adam Karabec	Sparta Prague	Loan	4 July 2024	^[9]
FW	Davie Selke	1. FC Köln	Free	11 July 2024	^[10]
DF	Silvan Hefti	Genoa	€1,600,000	4 August 2024	^[11]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ignace Van der Brempt	Red Bull Salzburg	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Dennis Hadžikadunić	FC Rostov	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Masaya Okugawa	FC Augsburg	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Stephan Ambrosius	St. Gallen	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[12]
GK	Leo Oppermann	Arminia Bielefeld	Undisclosed	1 July 2024	^[13]
MF	László Bénes	Union Berlin	€6,000,000	1 July 2024
FW	Tom Sanne	Hannover 96 II	Loan	27 July 2024	^[14]
DF	Guilherme Ramos	Santa Clara	Loan	2 September 2024	^[15]
MF	Anssi Suhonen	Jahn Regensburg	Loan	3 January 2025	^[16]

Friendlies

On 24 May, Hamburg announced the scheduling of a friendly match on 6 July hosted by Lower Saxony club TuS Neetze.^[17] Preparation for the season started on 29 June.^[17] The club held a training camp from 1 to 6 July in Schneeverdingen and from 16 to 25 July in Bramberg am Wildkogel, Austria.^[18]

Pre-season

6 July 2024 Friendly	TuS Neetze	0–12	Hamburger SV	Neetze
14:00			Reis 17', 35' (pen.) Németh 21', 39' Pherai 47' Poręba 53', 88' Yalçınkaya 64', 75' Königsdörffer 73' Stange 76', 90+1'	Stadium: Neetzer Jahnstadion

12 July 2024 Friendly	Hamburger SV	5–1	SV Drochtersen/Assel	Drochtersen
19:00	Königsdörffer 22' Hadžikadunić 36' Dompé 48' Heyer 68' Karabec 86'	Report	Reincke 41'	Stadium: Kehdinger Stadion Attendance: 4,000

13 July 2024 Friendly	VfB Lübeck	2–5	Hamburger SV	Lübeck
17:00	Bukusu 28' (pen.) Wahl 45+1'	Report	Ramos 52' Karabec 63' Dompé 67', 84', 88'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Luca Jürgensen

20 July 2024 Friendly	Hamburger SV	4–2	FC Nantes	Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria
15:00	Heyer 72' Hadžikadunić 82' Baldé 86' Jatta 98'	Report	Mahamoud 10' Pallois 26'	Stadium: 1508 SaalfeldenArena
Note: Two periods of 60 minutes

21 July 2024 Friendly	Hamburger SV	0–3	Cardiff City	Bramberg, Austria
16:00		Report	Tanner 48' Davies 69' Robinson 89'	Stadium: Smaragdarena Bramberg

25 July 2024 Friendly	Hamburger SV	0–0	Aris Limassol	Kufstein, Austria
14:00				Stadium: Kufstein-Arena

Mid-season

5 September 2024 Friendly	Hamburger SV	0–1	Holstein Kiel	Germany
13:00		Report	Harres 57'

13 November 2024 Friendly	Hamburger SV	2–4	Twente	Germany
16:00	Selke 1', 45' (pen.)	Report	Panneflek 39' Steijn 51' Vlap 72', 85'	Referee: Jarno Wienefeld

6 January 2025 Friendly	Hamburger SV	2–0	Alemannia Aachen	Turkey
12:30 UTC+3	Sahiti 17' Jatta 57'

10 January 2025 Friendly

FCSB

2–1

Hamburger SV

19 March 2025 Friendly	Hamburger SV	3–0	Phönix Lübeck
13:00	Glatzel 16' (pen.) Selke 53' Richter 70'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	2 August 2024	18 May 2025	Matchday 1	2nd (promoted)	34	16	11	7	78	44	+34	047.06
DFB-Pokal	18 August 2024	30 October 2024	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	8	3	+5	050.00
Total					36	17	11	8	86	47	+39	047.22

Last updated: 18 May 2025
Source: Competitions

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	1. FC Köln (C, P)	34	18	7	9	53	38	+15	61	Promotion to Bundesliga
2	Hamburger SV (P)	34	16	11	7	78	44	+34	59	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	SV Elversberg	34	16	10	8	64	37	+27	58	Qualification for promotion play-offs
4	SC Paderborn	34	15	10	9	56	46	+10	55
5	1. FC Magdeburg	34	14	11	9	64	52	+12	53

Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[19]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	16	11	7	78	44	+34	59	8	7	3	44	24	+20	8	4	4	34	20	+14

Last updated: 18 May 2025.
Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L
Position	6	7	12	7	4	5	6	5	3	5	4	5	8	2	7	8	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 February 2024. Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[20]

2 August 2024 1	1. FC Köln	1–2	Hamburger SV	Cologne
20:30	Lemperle 39' Pauli 69' Maina 78'	Report	Königsdörffer 5', 35', 86' Muheim 45+2'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Max Burda

10 August 2024 2	Hamburger SV	1–1	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
20:30	Königsdörffer 11' Elfadli 39' Schonlau 61'	Report	Dudziak 35' Zeefuik 84' Kenny 86'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

23 August 2024 3	Hannover 96	1–0	Hamburger SV	Hanover
18:30	Dehm 38' Ngankam 49' (pen.), 58' Rochelt 79' Voglsammer 81'	Report	Schonlau 28' 90+3' Hefti 38' Selke 47'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Patrick Alt

31 August 2024 4	Hamburger SV	4–1	Preußen Münster	Hamburg
13:00	Glatzel 6', 45+1' Elfadli 26' Heyer 64'	Report	Paetow 58'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Daniel Siebert

15 September 2024 5	Hamburger SV	5–0	Jahn Regensburg	Hamburg
13:30	Königsdörffer 1', 3' Glatzel 14' Hefti 45+2' Baldé 48' Dompé 76', 90+3' Sahiti 83' Selke 89'	Report	Schönfelder 30' Geipl 45+3' Viet 55' Ballas 68' Ochojski 89'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Robin Braun

21 September 2024 6	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–2	Hamburger SV	Kaiserslautern
20:30	Ache 33' Wekesser 38' Tachie 50' Kaloc 78'	Report	Hadžikadunić 29' Hefti 45+3' Glatzel 58' Selke 62', 90+5'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Referee: Florian Exner

28 September 2024 7	Hamburger SV	2–2	SC Paderborn	Hamburg
13:00	Karabec 43' Glatzel 54' Selke 67' Schonlau 78' Muheim 81'	Report	Curda 27' Bilbija 46', 60' Obermair 62' Brackelmann 75'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: Florian Badstübner

6 October 2024 8	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–3	Hamburger SV	Düsseldorf
13:30 UTC+2	Fridriksson 35' Haag 81' Hoffmann 85'	Report	Dompé 8' Schonlau 45' Katterbach 65' Glatzel 83' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Martin Petersen

20 October 2024 9	Hamburger SV	3–1	1. FC Magdeburg	Hamburg
13:30 UTC+2	Königsdörffer 5' Katterbach 42' Selke 45+1' Schonlau 57' Reis 66' Muheim 67'	Report	Hankouri 15' Burcu 60' Kaars 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

26 October 2024 10	SV Elversberg	4–2	Hamburger SV	Spiesen-Elversberg
13:00 UTC+1	Asllani 41', 53' Schnellbacher 63' Kristof 90+1' Fellhauer 90+6'	Report	Selke 6', 83' Reis 56' Meffert 76' 84' Heyer 90+5' Karabec 90+9'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Referee: D. Kampka

3 November 2024 11	Hamburger SV	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
13:30 UTC+1	Elfadli 15' Mikelbrencis 85'	Report	Emreli 63', 65' Soares 67' Tzimas 81'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Referee: T. Bauer

8 November 2024 12	Eintracht Braunschweig	3–1	Hamburger SV	Braunschweig
18:30 UTC+1	Bell Bell 11' Philippe 35', 65' Krauße 37' Sanchez 49' Ivanov 87'	Report	Baldé 61' Poręba 73' Selke 87'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Referee: Daniel Siebert

23 November 2024 13	Hamburger SV	2–2	Schalke 04	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+1	Katterbach 10' Richter 29' Königsdörffer 30' Poręba 75'		Paul Seguin 12' Amin Younes 57' Karaman 74' Grüger 83'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion

1 December 2024 14	Karlsruher SC	1–3	Hamburger SV	Karlsruhe
13:30 UTC+1	Schleusener 36' Burnić 56' Nicolai Rapp 61' Zivzivadze 68' Marcel Franke 90+2'		Dompé 23', 55', 85' Königsdörffer 72' Elfadli 88' Selke 87', 90+2'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion

8 December 2024 15	Hamburger SV	2–2	Darmstadt	Hamburg
13:30 CET	Königsdörffer 10' Karabec 45' Poręba 81' Elfadli 88'	Report	Förster 31' Vukotić 33' 45+1' Hornby 45+1' Corredor 63' Marseiler 89'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,616 Referee: Eric Weisbach

14 December 2024 16	Ulm	1–1	Hamburger SV	Ulm
13:00 CET	Chessa 21' Keller 34' Telalović 41' Max Brandt 90+5'	Report	Jatta 9' Elfadli 41' 68' Richter 45+2' Selke 49' Königsdörffer 90+3' Muheim 90+4'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 17,400 Referee: Patrick Alt

21 December 2024 17	Hamburger SV	5–0	Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
13:00 CET	Hadžikadunić 1' 54' Selke 11' 59' Karabec 13' Pherai 24' Otto Stange 76'	Report	Mustapha 35'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,786 Referee: Timo Gerach

18 January 2025 18	Hamburger SV	1–0	1. FC Köln	Hamburg
20:45 CET	Pherai 13' Königsdörffer 78' Elfadli 84' Mikelbrencis 90+5'	Report	Gazibegović 6' Waldschmidt 55' Hübers 73' Finkgräfe 77'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

25 January 2025 19	Hertha BSC	2–3	Hamburger SV	Berlin
20:30 CET	Niederlechner 62' Cuisance 72' Winkler 80'	Report	Sahiti 3' 84' Hadžikadunić 11' Selke 23' Königsdörffer 61' Poręba 88' Muheim 90+5'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 71,500 Referee: Tobias Welz

2 February 2025 20	Hamburger SV	2–2	Hannover 96	Hamburg
13:30 CET	Hefti 15' Meffert 70' Dompé 84' Reis 86' Mebude 90' Elfadli 90+1'	Report	Wdowik 39' Halstenberg 42' Tresoldi 52' Matondo 79'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Michael Bacher

7 February 2025 21	Preußen Münster	1–2	Hamburger SV	Münster
18:30 CET	Frenkert 24' 90+3' Friðjónsson 90+8' Lorenz 90+9'	Report	Selke 45+3' 90+4' (pen.) Schonlau 70' Dompé 84'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 12,422 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

16 February 2025 22	Jahn Regensburg	1–1	Hamburger SV	Regensburg
13:30 CET	Adamyan 6' Suhonen 56'	Report	Richter 31' Sahiti 74' 76' Reis 76' Selke 83' (pen.) Elfadli 90+1'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 15,210 Referee: Lars Erbst

21 February 2025 23	Hamburger SV	3–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
18:30 CET	Selke 42' 65' Mebude 58' Fabio Baldé 78'	Report	Redondo 90+3'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Sören Storks

2 March 2025 24	Paderborn	2–0	Hamburger SV	Paderborn
13:30 CET	Bilbija 15' Grimaldi 84'			Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

8 March 2025 25	Hamburger SV	4–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hamburg
20:30 CET	Muheim 7' Selke 40' Karabec 66' Stange 90+4'		Kownacki 18'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Florian Exner

14 March 2025 26	1. FC Magdeburg	0–3	Hamburger SV	Magdeburg
18:30 CET			Königsdörffer 9' 53' Mathisen 15' (o.g)	Stadium: Avnet Arena Attendance: 27,270 Referee: Tobias Stieler

28 March 2025 27	Hamburger SV	0–0	Elversberg	Hamburg
18:30 CET				Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,328 Referee: Felix Prigan

5 April 2025 28	1. FC Nürnberg	0–3	Hamburger SV	Nürnberg
11:00 CET	Antiste 16'		Dompé 8', 37' Glatzel 84'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 47,300 Referee: Timo Gerach

11 April 2025 29	Hamburger SV	2–4	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hamburg
16:30 CET	Selke 74', 90+5'		Bell 40' Hefti 41' (o.g) Baas 84' Philippe 85'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Brych

19 April 2025 30	Schalke 04	2–2	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
18:30 CET	Karaman 3' Schallenberg 15' Sylla 81'		Sahiti 41', 43'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 62,077 Referee: Harm Osmers

27 April 2025 31	Hamburger SV	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
11:30 CET	Selke 42' (pen.)		Louey Ben Farhat 30' Wanitzek 45+3'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion

3 May 2025 32	Darmstadt	0–4	Hamburger SV	Darmstadt
11:00 CET			Reis 23' Königsdörffer 58' Selke 80' Glatzel 90+5'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

10 May 2025 33	Hamburger SV	6–1	Ulm	Hamburg
18:30 CET	Reis 10' Muheim 35' Sahiti 40' Königsdörffer 42', 62' Selke 45+4' Strompf 49' (o.g.) Mikelbrencis 73' Elfadli 86'		Gaal 7', 61'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion

18 May 2025 34	Greuther Fürth	3–2	Hamburger SV	Fürth
13:30 CET	Marco John 17' Klaus 41', 57' (pen.), 63', 87' Jung 90' Gießelmann 90+7'		Dompé 50' Glatzel 67' (pen.) Selke 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer

DFB-Pokal

18 August 2024 First round	SV Meppen	1–7	Hamburger SV	Meppen
18:00	Haritonov 90'	Report	Pherai 17', 50' Muheim 31' Selke 56' Baldé 71' Pünt 80' (o.g.) Glatzel 89'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 12,959 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 October 2024 Second round	SC Freiburg	2–1	Hamburger SV	Freiburg
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ginter 19' Grifo 44' (pen.)	Report	Meffert 51'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Felix Brych

References

^ "Hamburger SV finally returns to Bundesliga after seven seasons in second division". AP News. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
^ Stafford-Bloor, Sebastian (12 May 2025). "Hamburg revel in the completion of their long road back to the Bundesliga". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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^ "Welcome back Cologne! All you need to know on the Billy Goats following their promotion to the Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
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^ "Lukasz Poreba rejoint HSV | RC Lens".
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^ ^a ^b "HSV absolviert Testspiel beim TuS Neetze". HSV.de.
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[1] "Hamburger SV finally returns to Bundesliga after seven seasons in second division". AP News. 10 May 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[2] Stafford-Bloor, Sebastian (12 May 2025). "Hamburg revel in the completion of their long road back to the Bundesliga". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[3] France-Presse, Agence (18 May 2025). "Koln win Bundesliga 2 to secure immediate return to top tier". theScore.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[4] "Welcome back Cologne! All you need to know on the Billy Goats following their promotion to the Bundesliga". www.bundesliga.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[5] "Hamburg miss out on title in Greuther Fürth defeat". www.bundesliga.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

[6] A, S. (21 May 2024). "RC Lens : Lukasz Poreba transféré à Hambourg". La Voix du Nord.

[7] "Lukasz Poreba rejoint HSV | RC Lens".

[8] "1. FC Magdeburg: Elfadli wechselt zum Hamburger SV | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de.

[9] "HSV sign Karabec". HSV.de.

[10] "HSV confirm Selke pick up". Bulinews.Com. 11 July 2024.

[11] "Transfer fix: HSV committed to Silvan Hefti". aussiedlerbote.de. 4 August 2024.

[12] "Live Sport und News". sport.ch.

[13] "Nach Leihe: Bielefeld verpflichtet Oppermann fest vom HSV". kicker.

[14] "HSV loan out Tom Sanne". HSV.de.

[15] "Guilherme Ramos reforça Santa Clara por empréstimo do Hamburgo". www.record.pt.

[16] "HSV loan Anssi Suhonen to Jahn Regensburg". HSV.de.

[auto-17] "HSV absolviert Testspiel beim TuS Neetze". HSV.de.

[18] "Pre-season 2024/25: Double training camp for HSV". HSV.de.

[19] "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 7 June 2024. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

[20] "2024/25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixture lists to be released on 4 July". bundesliga.com. 7 June 2024.

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