2014–15 Hamburger SV season

The 2014–15 Hamburger SV season was the 127th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15, the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 52nd consecutive season in this league, being the only club to have played every season in the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963.

Hamburger SV

2014–15 season
President	Carl-Edgar Jarchow
Manager	Mirko Slomka (until 15 September) Josef Zinnbauer (16 September–22 March) Peter Knäbel (interim) (22 March–15 April) Bruno Labbadia (since 15 April)
Stadium	Imtech Arena
Bundesliga	16th (win in relegation play-offs)
DFB-Pokal	Round 2
Home colours Away colours Third colours

First team squad

As of March 2015, according to the official website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobný
2	DF	GER	Dennis Diekmeier
3	DF	BRA	Cléber
4	DF	GER	Heiko Westermann (vice-captain)
5	DF	SUI	Johan Djourou (vice-captain)
7	DF	GER	Marcell Jansen (vice-captain)
8	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić
9	MF	GER	Maximilian Beister
10	FW	GER	Pierre-Michel Lasogga
11	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević
15	GK	GER	René Adler
16	FW	LVA	Artjoms Rudņevs
17	MF	HUN	Zoltán Stieber
18	MF	GER	Lewis Holtby (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
19	MF	CZE	Petr Jiráček
20	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami
22	DF	GER	Matthias Ostrzolek
23	MF	NED	Rafael van der Vaart (captain)
24	MF	GER	Matti Steinmann (also as Team II)
25	MF	FRA	Mohamed Gouaida (also as Team II)
26	FW	GER	Philipp Müller (also as Team II)
27	MF	GER	Nicolai Müller
28	MF	GER	Sven Mende
30	GK	GER	Alexander Brunst-Zöllner (also as Team II)
31	DF	MOZ	Ronny Marcos (also as Team II)
32	DF	SRB	Slobodan Rajković
33	DF	GER	Gideon Jung (also as Team II)
35	MF	TUR	Tolcay Ciğerci
37	MF	USA	Julian Green (on loan from Bayern Munich)
39	DF	GER	Ashton Götz (also as Team II)
40	MF	SRB	Gojko Kačar

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	GER	Lasse Sobiech (on loan to FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2015)
—	DF	GER	Jonathan Tah (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2015)
—	MF	TUR	Kerem Demirbay (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2015)
—	FW	CMR	Jacques Zoua (on loan to Kayseri Erciyesspor until 30 June 2015)

Transfers

In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	BRA	Cléber (from Corinthians)
5	DF	SUI	Johan Djourou (from Arsenal)
10	FW	GER	Pierre-Michel Lasogga (from Hertha BSC)
17	MF	HUN	Zoltán Stieber (from Greuther Fürth)
21	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami (from Napoli)
22	DF	GER	Matthias Ostrzolek (from FC Augsburg)
27	MF	GER	Nicolai Müller (from Mainz 05)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	GER	Gideon Jung (from Rot-Weiß Oberhausen)
18	MF	GER	Lewis Holtby (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
37	MF	USA	Julian Green (on loan from Bayern Munich)
8	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić (from VfL Wolfsburg in winter)
20	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz (from Basel in winter)
28	MF	GER	Sven Mende (promoted from Team II)
35	MF	TUR	Tolcay Ciğerci (promoted from Team II)

Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Michael Mancienne (to Nottingham Forest)
—	DF	GER	Dennis Aogo (to Schalke 04)
—	MF	TUR	Hakan Çalhanoğlu (to Bayer Leverkusen)
—	MF	CRO	Milan Badelj (to Fiorentina)
—	MF	NOR	Per Ciljan Skjelbred (to Hertha BSC)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GER	Robert Tesche (to Nottingham Forest)
—	MF	VEN	Tomás Rincón (to Genoa)
—	FW	GER	Zhi-Gin Lam (to Greuther Fürth)
8	MF	GER	Tolgay Arslan (to Beşiktaş in winter)
34	FW	MKD	Valmir Nafiu (to APOEL in winter)

Competitions

Bundesliga

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	VfB Stuttgart	34	9	9	16	42	60	−18	36
15	Hertha BSC	34	9	8	17	36	52	−16	35
16	Hamburger SV (O)	34	9	8	17	25	50	−25	35	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	SC Freiburg (R)	34	7	13	14	36	47	−11	34	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	SC Paderborn 07 (R)	34	7	10	17	31	65	−34	31

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
32	8	8	16	22	48	−26	32	5	5	6	14	18	−4	3	3	10	8	30	−22

Last updated: 8 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W
Position	12	17	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	13	12	13	14	15	15	15	16	16	18	18	16	14	14	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1. FC Köln v Hamburger SV

23 September 2014 1	1. FC Köln	0–0	Hamburger SV	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lehmann  56' Risse  79'	Report	Djourou  72' Van der Vaart  79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v SC Paderborn

30 August 2014 2	Hamburger SV	0–3	SC Paderborn	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Kachunga 29' Vrančić 68' Stoppelkamp 87'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,553 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV

14 August 2014 3	Hannover 96	2–0	Hamburger SV	Hanover
17:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Andreasen 13',  39' Sobiech 24' Bittencourt  45' Marcelo  69'	Report	Holtby  26' Diekmeier  73' Jiráček  89'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Hamburger SV v Bayern Munich

20 September 2014 4	Hamburger SV	0–0	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Arslan  45' Müller  59' Behrami  82' Drobný  90+1'	Report	Neuer  90+2' Højbjerg  90+4'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV

24 September 2014 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–0	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kramer  19' Kruse 25'	Report	Diekmeier  41'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 44,175 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 September 2014 6	Hamburger SV	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Behrami  20' Müller 58' Jiráček  89'	Report	Medojević  25' Aigner  38' Seferovic 44' Piazon 90'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 47,643 Referee: Florian Meyer

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

4 October 2014 7	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Hamburger SV	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Papastathopoulos  20' Jojić  62'	Report	Holtby  15' Lasogga 35' Müller  51' Drobný  61' Ostrzolek  67'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,667 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hamburger SV v 1899 Hoffenheim

19 October 2014 8	Hamburger SV	1–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lasogga 34' Arslan  37'	Report	Modeste 15',  49' Volland  45' Rudy  77'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 49,003 Referee: Peter Sippel

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

25 October 2014 9	Hertha BSC	3–0	Hamburger SV	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ben-Hatira 59', 85' Heitinga 65'	Summary	Müller  53' Van der Vaart  57'	Stadium: Olypiastadion Attendance: 58,768 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen

1 November 2014 10	Hamburger SV	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Holtby  5' Van der Vaart 26' (pen.),  35' Behrami  41' Drobný  45+2' Diekmeier  45+5' Müller  52'	Report	Spahić  28' Donati  45+5' Toprak  88'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 52,990 Referee: Florian Meyer

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

9 November 2014 11	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Olić 27' Naldo  62' Hunt 63',  66'	Report	Diekmeier  18' Ostrzolek  21' Lasogga  45'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

23 November 2014 12	Hamburger SV	2–0	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Diekmeier  32' Westermann  37' Van der Vaart  62' Ostrzolek  80' Rudņevs 84' Wolf 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	García  20' Fritz  72'  89' Makiadi  89' Bartels  90+5'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

FC Augsburg v Hamburger SV

29 November 2014 13	FC Augsburg	3–1	Hamburger SV	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Altıntop 50' Bobadilla 62' Verhaegh 70' (pen.) Rahman  89'	Report	Van der Vaart 45+1' Ostrzolek  49' Götz  69' Cléber  70' Green  90+1'	Stadium: SGL arena Attendance: 30,321 Referee: Jochen Drees

Hamburger SV v Mainz 05

7 December 2014 14	Hamburger SV	2–1	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cléber 32' Van der Vaart 54' (pen.) Rudņevs  78'	Report	Okazaki 89'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 45,968 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

SC Freiburg v Hamburger SV

13 December 2014 (2014-12-13) 15	SC Freiburg	0–0	Hamburger SV	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Torrejón  39' Günter  53'	Report	Cléber  54' Behrami  68'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

16 December 2014 16	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Van der Vaart  66'	Report	Klein 42' Niedermeier  53' Harnik  66' Hloušek  77'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 48,223 Referee: Felix Brych

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

20 December 2014 17	Schalke 04	0–0	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Höger  69'	Report	Behrami  42' Cléber  81'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,973 Referee: Markus Schmidt

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Köln

31 January 2015 18	Hamburger SV	0–2	1. FC Köln	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Van der Vaart  16' Rajković  62' Djourou  82'	Report	Peszko  16' Risse 62', 78'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,053 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

SC Paderborn v Hamburger SV

4 February 2015 19	SC Paderborn	0–3	Hamburger SV	Paderborn
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ziegler  1'	Report	Van der Vaart 2' (pen.) Stieber  15' 90+1' Jiráček  31' Jansen 72'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Hamburger SV v Hannover 96

7 February 2015 20	Hamburger SV	2–1	Hannover 96	Hamburg
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Marcelo 26' (o.g.) Jansen 50',  90'	Report	Sobiech 66'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,779 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

14 February 2015 21	Bayern Munich	8–0	Hamburger SV	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Müller 21' (pen.), 55' Götze 23', 88' Robben 36', 47' Lewandowski 56' Ribéry 69'	Report	Van der Vaart  29'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Michael Weiner

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

22 February 2015 22	Hamburger SV	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Djourou  39' Kačar  49' Stieber 73' Jiráček  90+3'	Report	Traoré  9' Jantschke  90' Kruse  90' Hrgota 90+2'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 52,105 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburger SV

28 February 2015 23	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–1	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meier 12' (pen.), 54' Madlung  31' Piazon  88'	Report	Stieber 45+2' Ostrzolek  53'  64' Drobný  74' Gouaida  82' Djourou  90+2'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Florian Meyer

Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund

7 March 2015 24	Hamburger SV	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Behrami  31' Müller  41' Diekmeier  67' Cléber  73' Van der Vaart  83'	Report	Mkhitaryan  63' Subotić  83'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

1899 Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 25	1899 Hoffenheim	3–0	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Polanski 22' (pen.), 81' Schwegler  56' Rudy 87'	Report	Drobný  19' Iličević  75' Jiráček  81'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Arena Attendance: 30,150 Referee: Günter Perl

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

20 March 2015 (2015-03-20) 26	Hamburger SV	0–1	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Behrami  66' Cléber  69'  81' Holtby  90+2'	Report	Langkamp  18', 84'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 53,640 Referee: Christian Dingert

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

4 April 2015 (2015-04-04) 27	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Castro 7', 63' Toprak  21' Kießling 44', 56',  50' Papadopoulos  77'	Report	Westermann  25' Diekmeier  42'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) 28	Hamburger SV	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Díaz  44' Olić  57' Müller  72' Djourou  85'  88'	Report	Guilavogui 10' Arnold  71' Caligiuri 73'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

19 April 2015 (2015-04-19) 29	Werder Bremen	1–0	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Di Santo 84' (pen.) Öztunalı  90+4'	Report	Westermann  36' Behrami  82' Müller  84' Holtby  90+2'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v FC Augsburg

25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) 30	Hamburger SV	3–2	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Olić 11' Lasogga 19', 71',  75' Van der Vaart  26' Kačar  67'	Report	Bobadilla 25' Werner 69' Ji  78'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,321 Referee: Tobias Welz

Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV

3 May 2015 (2015-05-03) 31	Mainz 05	1–2	Hamburger SV	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bungert  46' Baumgartlinger  53' Mallı 76' De Blasis  80' Brosinski  89' Allagui  90+2'	Report	Baumgartlinger 37' (o.g.) Olić  50' Kačar  81', 87'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

Hamburger SV v SC Freiburg

8 May 2015 (2015-05-08) 32	Hamburger SV	1–1	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kačar 90'	Report	Mehmedi 25' Kempf  86'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) 33	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gentner 27' Harnik 35' Didavi  69'	Report	Kačar 12',  69' Adler  56' Olić  58' Van der Vaart  90+3' Westermann  90+4'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Hamburger SV v Schalke 04

23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) 34	Hamburger SV	2–0	Schalke 04	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Díaz  39' Olić 49' Rajković 58'	Report	Kolašinac  26' Höger  66'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Relegation play-offs

Main article: 2014–15 Bundesliga § Relegation play-offs

Hamburger SV v Karlsruher SC

28 May 2015 (2015-05-28) First leg	Hamburger SV	1–1	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Westermann  26' Holtby  59' Iličević 73' Diekmeier  83' Kačar  83'	Report	Hennings 4' Valentini  13' Peitz  78'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,615 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Karlsruher SC v Hamburger SV

1 June 2015 (2015-06-01) Second leg	Karlsruher SC	1–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 agg.)	Hamburger SV	Karlsruhe
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yabo 78' Krebs  87' Meffert  90' Gulde  90+2' Gordon  118' Nazarov  120+1'	Report	Van der Vaart  48' Díaz  55', 90+1' Rajković  63' Beister  90+2' Cléber  101' Müller 115' Jiráček  115'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 27,986 Referee: Manuel Gräfe
Note: Hamburger SV won on aggregate to secure a spot in the 2015–16 Bundesliga.

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2014–15 DFB-Pokal

Energie Cottbus v Hamburger SV

18 August 2014 Round 1	Energie Cottbus	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Hamburger SV	Cottbus
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zeitz 10' (pen.),  60' Mimbala  35' Holz  44' Michel  54', 105' Kleindienst  102'	Report	Adler  9' Iličević  14' Djourou  49' Westermann 70' Van der Vaart 96'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 16,184 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer
	Penalties
	Pawela Holz Michel		Van der Vaart Djourou Jansen Rudņevs

Hamburger SV v Bayern Munich

29 October 2014 Round 2	Hamburger SV	1–3	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Götz  16' Djourou  33' Lasogga 85'	Report	Lewandowski 7' Alaba 44' Ribéry 55'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Marco Fritz