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“The HSV is Hamburg”: Polzin is hot for the derby
Updated on August 27, 2025 – 3:18 p.m.Reading time: 35 min.
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HSV coach Merlin Polzin appealed to a cool head among fans in front of the city derby against FC St. Pauli. In addition to all rivalry, it should be about “that it is very peaceful about the stadium when it comes to arrival and departure,” said Polzin on Wednesday. The “should be in the top priority for all of us in Hamburg.”
For the first time in more than 14 years, HSV and St. Pauli are back in the Bundesliga. Polzin and his team go into the game in the game after the promotion in summer. “We want to win this home game with all our might,” he said. 2666 days after relegation, it is also the first Bundesliga game in the Volksparkstadion. The HSV “had to wait seven years”, said Polzin, in order to “let everything out of us now”.
“Tingling” and “anticipation for the game” have long been felt, said Polzin: “We want to put our football on the square in front of our families, friends and fans. We are convinced for this in us, that’s clear. For me, the HSV is Hamburg, the HSV is the north.”
Hamburger SV is apparently immediately faced with Luka Vušković. The 18-year-old central defender from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has received “Green Light” for a loan change to the Hanseatic city, according to the transfer expert Fabrizio Romano. According to this, the deal around the brother of the defender Mario Vušković, who was suspended for doping, is said to include a purchase option.
The change has been paving for several weeks, and the Hanseates deliberately wanted to strengthen themselves in the central defender position. Most recently, the Croat was awarded to the Belgian first division club KVC Westerlo. The defender drew attention to himself, also in view of his seven goals in 28 games. In May, Mario and Luka Vušković celebrated the rise of the HSV in the Volksparkstadion after the 6-1 against Ulm.
By November 2026, Mario Vušković is still closed with the blood doping agent EPO for doping. There had been great vertebrae for the case. The 23-year-old asserts his innocence and the club stands behind the player. The International Sports Court CAS had increased the sentence from two to four years in August 2024. The player received a new contract with HSV for the time after the lock.
The HSV is looking forward to its first Bundesliga city derby since 2011: On Friday (8:30 p.m./Sky), FC St. Pauli will go against the successful comeback in the middle of the emotional uptake.