Hamburg

The club can trace its history back to 1919 when three sports clubs formed to create HSV. The club however, recognizes a previous merger in 1887 as the official date of the club’s formation, as one of the three started that year. This merger was largely due to financial struggles caused by WWI, forcing the three sides to join together in an…

Hamburger SV shares two main rivalries. The first being the ​​Nordderby, which they share with Werder Bremen and the second being the Hamburg derby, which they share with St. Pauli. The Nordderby started in 1927 and since then the two teams have met 156 times, with Werder Bremen holding the lead with 58 wins. The two clubs originate from the two…

The women’s team was founded in 1970 and has played consistently in the Bundesliga, until 2012 when they were relegated. The club currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga and has yet to claim a major

The club plays its home games at the Volksparkstadion, which replaced the old Volksparkstadion in 2000. The previous stadium had hosted World Cup matches and European Championship matches. A very interesting fact about the stadium is HSV fans can be buried at a dedicated graveyard near the home stadium, covered in turf from the original Hamburg…

GETTING THERE: It’s out on the edge of town, so take the S-Bahn (metro) from the center, either line S3 or S21. That still leaves about a 15-minute walk. PUBS and GRUB: Nothing by the stadium. AROUND TOWN: We were only there for the Euros, but it seems like a fun city. More research is…