2015–16 Hamburger SV season

The 2015–16 Hamburger SV season was the 128th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 53rd consecutive season in this league, being the only club to have played every season in the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963.

Hamburger SV

2015–16 season
President	Carl-Edgar Jarchow
Head coach	Bruno Labbadia
Stadium	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Bundesliga	10th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

First team squad

As of September 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	BIH	Emir Spahić
5	DF	SUI	Johan Djourou (vice-captain)
7	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević
8	MF	GER	Lewis Holtby
9	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock
10	FW	GER	Pierre-Michel Lasogga
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić
14	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt
15	GK	GER	René Adler
16	FW	LVA	Artjoms Rudņevs
17	MF	HUN	Zoltán Stieber

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SWE	Albin Ekdal
21	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz
22	DF	GER	Matthias Ostrzolek
23	FW	AUT	Michael Gregoritsch
24	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai
26	FW	GER	Philipp Müller
27	MF	GER	Nicolai Müller
28	DF	GER	Gideon Jung
30	GK	SUI	Andreas Hirzel
31	DF	MOZ	Ronny Marcos
33	FW	TUR	Batuhan Altıntaş
34	MF	GER	Finn Porath
39	DF	GER	Ashton Götz
40	MF	SRB	Gojko Kačar

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
4	DF	BIH	Emir Spahić (free agent)
9	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock (from 1899 Hoffenheim)
14	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt (from VfL Wolfsburg)
20	MF	SWE	Albin Ekdal (from Cagliari)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	AUT	Michael Gregoritsch (from VfL Bochum)
24	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart)
30	GK	SUI	Andreas Hirzel (from Vaduz)
33	FW	TUR	Batuhan Altıntaş (from Bursaspor)

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
4	DF	GER	Heiko Westermann (to Real Betis)
7	DF	GER	Marcell Jansen (retired)
9	MF	GER	Maximilian Beister (to Mainz 05)
19	MF	CZE	Petr Jiráček (to Sparta Prague)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	SUI	Valon Behrami (to Watford)
23	MF	NED	Rafael van der Vaart (to Real Betis)
32	DF	SRB	Slobodan Rajković (free agent)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Bundesliga

Main article: 2015–16 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	VfL Wolfsburg	34	12	9	13	47	49	−2	45
9	1. FC Köln	34	10	13	11	38	42	−4	43
10	Hamburger SV	34	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41
11	FC Ingolstadt	34	10	10	14	33	42	−9	40
12	FC Augsburg	34	9	11	14	42	52	−10	38

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Away goals scored; 8) Play-offs.

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	11	8	15	40	46	−6	41	5	4	8	20	23	−3	6	4	7	20	23	−3

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: Bundesliga

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	18	10	13	12	10	6	10	11	12	10	10	11	10	7	9	9	10	11	11	13	11	12	11	11	10	12	12	10	10	12	11	11	12	10

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

14 August 2015 (2015-08-14) 1	Bayern Munich	5–0	Hamburger SV	Munich
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alonso  12' Boateng  18' Benatia 27' Lewandowski 53' Müller 69', 73' Douglas Costa 87'	Report	Diekmeier  25' Spahić  35'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

22 August 2015 (2015-08-22) 2	Hamburger SV	3–2	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gregoritsch  31' Iličević 34' Djourou  48', 89' Jung  73' Lasogga 84'	Report	Ginczek 23', 42' Rupp  33' Klein  52'  53' Kostić  68' Didavi  72'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,618 Referee: Günter Perl

1. FC Köln v Hamburger SV

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 3	1. FC Köln	2–1	Hamburger SV	Cologne
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Zoller  42' Vogt  68' Hosiner 76' Modeste 81' (pen.) Risse  83'	Report	Holtby 47' Schipplock  49' Ekdal  55' Spahić  79'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV

11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Jantschke  58' Dahoud  88'	Report	Lasogga 11', 44' Ekdal  35' N. Müller 52'	Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,010 Referee: Tobias Welz

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 5	Hamburger SV	0–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Hasebe  9' Seferovic  65' Russ  67' Oczipka  76'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 55,322 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

FC Ingolstadt v Hamburger SV

22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) 6	FC Ingolstadt	0–1	Hamburger SV	Ingolstadt
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hinterseer  52' Roger  90+1'	Report	Lasogga  33' Gregoritsch 87'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hamburger SV v Schalke 04

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 7	Hamburger SV	0–1	Schalke 04	Hamburg
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Djourou  83'	Report	Geis  19' Sané 60' Neustädter  64' Fährmann  90'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 53,192 Referee: Jochen Drees

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) 8	Hertha BSC	3–0	Hamburger SV	Berlin
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kalou 17' Haraguchi  53' Ibišević 76', 78'	Report	N. Müller  64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 65,427 Referee: Felix Brych

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 9	Hamburger SV	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hunt  26' Lasogga  31' Ekdal  38' Iličević  59' Díaz  88' Spahić  90+1'	Report	Hernández  74' Jedvaj  75'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,957 Referee: Tobias Welz

TSG Hoffenheim v Hamburger SV

23 October 2015 (2015-10-23) 10	TSG Hoffenheim	0–1	Hamburger SV	Sinsheim
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bičakčić  11'  68' Polanski  80' Volland  89'	Report	Holtby  26' Ostrzolek  57' Gregoritsch  77' Schipplock  84' Lasogga 88'	Stadium: Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Hamburger SV v Hannover 96

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 11	Hamburger SV	1–2	Hannover 96	Hamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gregoritsch 6'	Report	Kiyotake 59' (pen.) Sané 67'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 54,607 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Darmstadt 98 v Hamburger SV

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 12	Darmstadt 98	1–1	Hamburger SV	Darmstadt
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Wagner  25' Gondorf  45' Heller 47' Niemeyer  52' Garics  56'	Report	Lasogga 29' (pen.) Djourou  57' Gregoritsch  85'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund

20 November 2015 (2015-11-20) 13	Hamburger SV	3–1	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lasogga 19' (pen.) Holtby 41' Hummels 55' (o.g.)	Report	Bürki  19' Aubameyang 86'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 14	Werder Bremen	1–3	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bartels  30' Lukimya  54' Ujah 62'	Report	Iličević 3' Sakai  18' Gregoritsch 26' N. Müller 68'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hamburger SV v Mainz 05

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 15	Hamburger SV	1–3	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jung  44' Djourou  84', 90'	Report	Jairo 16', 51' Baumgartlinger  43' Clemens 76'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,698 Referee: Benjamin Brand

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 16	VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Draxler  71' Arnold 78'	Report	Lasogga  16' N. Müller 21' Jung  58' Ostrzolek  74' Gregoritsch  82'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v FC Augsburg

19 December 2015 (2015-12-19) 17	Hamburger SV	0–1	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report	Esswein  52' Caiuby  56' Morávek 76'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 49,726 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Hamburger SV v Bayern Munich

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22) 18	Hamburger SV	1–2	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ostrzolek  20' Kačar  32' Adler  36' N. Müller  42' Alonso 53' (o.g.)	Report	Lewandowski 37' (pen.), 61' Lahm  45' Alonso  82'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 19	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Großkreutz  20' Hunt 66' (o.g.) Kravets 88'	Report	Rudņevs 75' Adler  79' Hunt  84' Ostrzolek  90+4'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,600 Referee: Günter Perl

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Köln

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 20	Hamburger SV	1–1	1. FC Köln	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Djourou  45' N. Müller 47' Kačar  56' Holtby  58' Spahić  65' Schipplock  89'	Report	Zoller 41' Mladenović  49' Risse  71'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 51,999 Referee: Felix Brych

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 21	Hamburger SV	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cléber  29' Hinteregger 38' (o.g.) Rudņevs 41' Iličević 80' Drmić  84' Jung  90+2'	Report	Johnson 14' Nordtveit  51' Raffael 88'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 56,706 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburger SV

19 February 2016 (2016-02-19) 22	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Zambrano  62' Aigner  85'	Report	Djourou  21' Drmić  38' Lasogga  89'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 47,200 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Hamburger SV v FC Ingolstadt

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 23	Hamburger SV	1–1	FC Ingolstadt	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Drmić 7' N. Müller  11' Spahić  15' Sakai  85'	Report	Hinterseer  37', 61' Hübner  45+2' Lezcano  47' Cohen  67' Bauer  85'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 50,675 Referee: Marco Fritz

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 24	Schalke 04	3–2	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Meyer 37' Neustädter  43' Caiçara  60' Huntelaar 66' Schöpf 77'	Report	N. Müller 4' Djourou  40'  45' Kačar 90+1'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,856 Referee: Günter Perl

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 25	Hamburger SV	2–0	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
17:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rudņevs  18' Spahić  55' N. Müller 58', 75',  84' Ekdal  60'	Report	Pekarík  38'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 46,136 Referee: Felix Brych

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 26	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ekdal 18' (o.g.) Frey  27' Toprak  34' Wendell  49' Jedvaj  90+5'  90+6' Kruse  90+7'	Report	Iličević  23' N. Müller  31'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Christian Dingert

Hamburger SV v TSG Hoffenheim

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 27	Hamburger SV	1–3	TSG Hoffenheim	Hamburg
15:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Adler  19' Hunt 30' (pen.) Ostrzolek  35' Holtby  70'	Report	Kramarić 20' (pen.) Volland 23' Kadeřábek  49' Vargas 67'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 48,263 Referee: Knut Kircher

Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV

2 April 2016 (2016-04-02) 28	Hannover 96	0–3	Hamburger SV	Hanover
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Szalai  58'	Report	Cléber 61' Iličević  68', 73' N. Müller 75'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Hamburger SV v Darmstadt 98

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 29	Hamburger SV	1–2	Darmstadt 98	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	N. Müller  33' Spahić  90' Cléber  90+1' Holtby 90+1'	Report	Jungwirth  26' Sulu 38' Caldirola  45+1' Gondorf 54'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 30	Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Hamburger SV	Dortmund
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pulisic 38' Ramos 44', 86'	Report	Adler  52'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,359 Referee: Marco Fritz

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) 31	Hamburger SV	2–1	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Lasogga 5', 32',  26' Gregoritsch  46' Drobný  79'	Report	Yatabaré  15' Fritz  35' Ujah 65' Djilobodji  76' Bartels  90+5'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV

30 April 2016 (2016-04-30) 32	Mainz 05	0–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Spahić  22' Bahoui  61' Kačar  63'	Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

7 May 2016 (2016-05-07) 33	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Luiz Gustavo 73'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

FC Augsburg v Hamburger SV

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14) 34	FC Augsburg	1–3	Hamburger SV	Augsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Finnbogason 11',  52' Janker  35' Kohr  50'	Report	Gregoritsch  33', 36', 74' N. Müller 62' Holtby  64' Altıntaş  66'	Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Florian Meyer

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Carl Zeiss Jena v Hamburger SV

9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) Round 1	Carl Zeiss Jena	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV	Jena
14:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gerlach 15' Krstić  30' Bär  39' Koczor  49' Jovanović 58' Pieles 106' Wolfram  108'	Report	Spahić  14' Olić 49' Holtby  58' Gregoritsch 90+4'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Frank Willenborg

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 14 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CZE	Jaroslav Drobny	10	0	10	0	0	0
15	GK	GER	René Adler	25	0	24	0	1	0
30	GK	SUI	Andreas Hirzel	1	0	1	0	0	0
36	GK	GER	Tom Mickel	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	DF	GER	Dennis Diekmeier	22	0	22	0	0	0
3	DF	BRA	Cléber	24	1	23	1	1	0
4	DF	BIH	Emir Spahic	27	0	26	0	1	0
5	DF	SUI	Johan Djourou	26	2	26	2	0	0
22	DF	GER	Matthias Ostrzolek	33	0	32	0	1	0
24	DF	JPN	Gōtoku Sakai	23	0	22	0	1	0
28	DF	GER	Gideon Jung	20	0	19	0	1	0
7	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević	32	4	31	4	1	0
8	MF	GER	Lewis Holtby	35	3	34	3	1	0
14	MF	GER	Aaron Hunt	21	2	21	2	0	0
17	MF	HUN	Zoltán Stieber	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF	SWE	Albin Ekdal	15	0	14	0	1	0
21	MF	CHI	Marcelo Díaz	12	0	11	0	1	0
21	MF	SWE	Nabil Bahoui	6	0	6	0	0	0
27	MF	GER	Nicolai Müller	29	9	29	9	0	0
40	MF	SRB	Gojko Kačar	19	1	19	1	0	0
33	FW	GER	Sven Schipplock	21	0	20	0	1	0
35	FW	GER	Pierre-Michel Lasogga	31	8	30	8	1	0
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić	10	1	9	0	1	1
17	FW	LVA	Artjoms Rudņevs	11	2	11	2	0	0
18	FW	SUI	Josip Drmić	6	1	6	1	0	0
20	FW	AUT	Michael Gregoritsch	26	6	25	5	1	1
44	FW	TUR	Batuhan Altıntaş	1	0	1	0	0	0