The applause was immense and full of emotion as Matthias Haas was introduced by Armin Veh on the 70 minute mark. The applause were not aimed at the young youth star from the second team, but at Dennis Aogo, German international and World Cup star. More

HSV have started the new season in the best possible fashion and Hamburg players are also having plenty of success in the second Bundesliga. Macauley Chrisantus was instrumental in Karlruhe's 3-0 over Alemannia Aachen scoring a brace.  More

Ruud van Nistelrooy remains a man with his feet firmly on the ground despite being a footballing superstar. His two goals against Schalke have not changed this. Now the Dutchman has taken the time out to thank the team and fans for the fantastic support he has received since his move from Real. More

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

Armin Veh made his most important decisions so far public on friday ahead of the first competitive game against SV Greif on Sunday. Heiko Westermann will wear the captains armband in the coming season. Frank Rost keeps the number one shirt. More

Bitter setback for Romeo Castelen. A check up on Tuesday (10.08) has confirmed that the Dutchman will have to go under the knife once again. The injury was caused last week as he received a knock to his right knee in training resulting in a cartilage defect behind his kneecap. More

Piotr Trochoswki was set to be the only Hamburg player nominated for the German squad, now it seems as if he will also be staying at home. "Trotsche" spoke with Löw on Friday about his achilles problems More

A small smile returned to the face of Heung Min Son as he received the news from foot specialist Dr. Kai Olms on Friday (06.08.10) that his operation to place a pin in his foot was a success. More

This was not the way Dennis Aogo will have wanted to spend his first days back in training after a three week holiday. The left back spent most of his time sweating his was through stability exercises instead of completing his endurance tests with his colleagues. More