The next international games are scheduled for the start of September, a time when the Hamburg training centre will be as quiet as a mouse. A whole array of Hamburg stars have been called up by their national sides and the HSV fax machine has been running non-stop with call-ups! Among them are World Cup runners-up Elia and Mathijsen (Netherlands), Johnathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso) and Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon) More

The news about the attack on St. Pauli fans and goalkeeper Benedikt Pliquett has been met with outrage and disgust by HSV. "I would like to apologise in the name of Hamburg Sport Verein for this incident, especially towards those affected" said chairman Bernd Hoffmann.  More

HSV have begun the season with three points. The "Rothosen" beat last season's runners up 2-1 (0-0) on saturday (21.08.10) in front of 57,000 fans in the Imtech Arena. Hamburg were the better team in the first half but were unable to convert their many chances. Ruud van Nistelrooy was the man who put Armin Veh's side in the lead after the break (46.) More

Things will finally get underway on saturday (21.08.10 at 18.15 CET via live ticker). The first opponents in the 2010/11 season are none other than Schalke 04 and the excitement is growing from day to day, not just in the team but from the media as well. The press room in the Imtech Arena was bursting at the seams on thursday (19.08.10) ahead of the game.  More