Hamburger SV II

The team first played in the highest football league in Hamburg when it won promotion to the tier two Amateurliga Hamburg in 1955. The team was relegated from the league again in 1959 but returned in 1961. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 and the Regionalliga as the second tier below it the Amateurliga dropped to the third tier and was renamed to Landesliga Hamburg. HSV Amateure earned a runner-up finish in the league in 1964 but otherwise remained an undistinguished side in the Landesliga, eventually suffering another relegation in 1972.^[1]

The team returned to what had now become the Verbandsliga Hamburg in 1979, initially continuing its trend of mid-table finishes but improving from 1984 onwards. It won three league championships in 1986, 1987 and 1989 but failed to win promotion to the Oberliga Nord in the first two attempts, eventually succeeding in the third. The team played in the Oberliga from 1989 to 1994 as a mid-table side and qualified for the new Regionalliga Nord in 1994 when the league was established.^[1]

The team played in the Regionalliga until 2000 when a sixteenth-place finish forced it down to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein for two seasons. A league title in the latter in 2002 allowed the club promotion back up to the Regionalliga Nord where it has been playing since, with a third-place finish in 2014–15 as its best result.^[2]

The team has also taken part in the DFB-Pokal on five occasions, courtesy to its Hamburger Pokal performance. On four occasions, in 1974–75, 1981–82, 1996–97 and 1997–98, the team was knocked out in the first round but in 1991–92 it advanced to the fourth round before losing 1–0 to Karlsruher SC.^[3]

The team's honours:

• Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein
  • Champions: 2002
• Verbandsliga Hamburg
  • Champions: (3) 1986, 1987, 1989
• Hamburger Pokal
  • Winners: (3) 1991, 1996, 1997

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:^[4][5]

• With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.

As of 19 August 2023^[6]

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	GER	Malte Brüning
13	FW	GER	Tom Sanne
14	DF	GER	Nicolas Oliveira Kisilowski
15	DF	GER	Bent Andresen
16	MF	GER	Milad Nejad
17	FW	GER	Emmanuel Appiah
18	MF	FIN	Jesse Kilo
19	FW	GER	Omar Sillah
20	DF	GER	Tjark Hildebrandt
21	FW	GER	Ohene Köhl
23	DF	GER	David Igboanugo

• Christian Titz (2017–2018)
• Steffen Weiß (2018, interim)^[7]
• Vahid Hashemian (2018, interim)^[7]
• Achim Feifel (2018, interim)^[8]
• Steffen Weiß (2018–2019)
• Hannes Drews (2019–)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamburger SV.

• Official team site
• Hamburger SV II at Weltfussball.de (in German)