HSV in the future in the Bundesliga
“It feels like you have won the World Cup”
11.05.2025 – 00:19 a.m.Reading time: 3 min.
Seven years after relegation, Hamburger SV makes the return to the Bundesliga perfect. Several clubs react.
After the storm, the promotion heroes of Hamburger SV almost went under in the mass of the fans. Everyone wanted a selfie with goalkeeper Daniel Heuer-Fernandes, Miro Muheim, Ludovit Reis or Robert Glatzel. The cheers about the end of the long suffering of the HSV and the return to the Bundesliga knew no limits. Even the defender Mario Vušković, which was closed to doping, was found on the field in the Volksparkstadion. “I’m happy – just the HSV,” he called into a microphone of the broadcaster Sky.
Almost seven years after the crash into the second class, the traditional club reported back on the Beletage. After the 6: 1 (3: 1) against SSV Ulm, the HSV is no longer suppressed by one of the first two table positions on the last second division. After the defeat, the Ulm are the second relegation to Jahn Regensburg prematurely.
“Not to be put into words. It has damn something damn for a long time. We are back!” Said head coach Merlin Polzin, whose contract has automatically extended by the promotion by one year, as he confirmed at Sky. “In the end it is the result of damn hard work, from our coaching team, from the team, from the entire club, which simply went a direction in all the games. Very special moment.”
The trainer was not alone with his emotions. HSV veteran Horst Hrubesch also explained the importance of return: “Thank God we play Bundesliga again. We have now waited seven long years that it was working again and that we could repair this accident.” After that, he appealed to the team, demanded a team who can keep up in the league. Hrubesch himself played for the Hamburgers in his active career between 1978 and 1983 and added: “It feels like you had won the World Cup.”
In addition to other players, the first clubs from the German Oberhaus also congratulated the promotion to the Bundesliga. T-online has summarized the reactions:
FC Bayern: “Congratulations on promotion to the Bundesliga, HSV! Our coach Vincent Kompany is looking forward to the duels next season.” The Belgian observed the last seconds of the duel, when he ran on a TV screen, clapped in the direction and showed with both index fingers to the television, as can be seen in a contribution from Munich on the platform X.
RB Leipzig: “Congratulations on the Bundesliga return! You can see each other next season.”
VfB Stuttgart: “Congratulations to the Volkspark for promotion! Welcome back to the Bundesliga. We look forward to the two duels next season!”
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: “Congratulations! Welcome back to the Bundesliga!”
Eintracht Frankfurt: “Congratulations on promotion, HSV! It was slowly getting time to come back … and that we will soon be able to welcome a team with a full guest block.”
1. FSV Mainz 05: “Congratulations to Hamburg. Welcome back!”
Also second division rival such as Hannover 96, Eintracht Braunschweig and the 1st FC Nürnberg congratulated the climber from Hamburg. Next Sunday, the eleven will go to Greuther Fürth on the last matchday of the current season (from 3:30 p.m. in the T-Online Live ticker).