Tears, dreams and triumphs
2025: An HSV year for eternity
12/22/2025 – 6:28 p.mReading time: 5 minutes
Double promotion and many emotional moments: 2025 was historic for HSV. A look back at a year that fans and the club will not forget for a long time.
A year is coming to an end that has shaped the “Rothosen” like no other. The undisputed highlight: the double promotion of the HSV men and women to the Bundesliga on the same weekend. A novelty in the history of German football. But it wasn’t just May 10th and 11th that caused goosebumps. t-online looks back on the emotional HSV year 2025.
January 18, 2025, Hamburg: The year 2025 started with a top game. HSV, third in the table, welcomed leaders 1. FC Köln in the Volkspark. Ransford Königsdörffer decided the close duel in the 78th minute – first he failed from the spot, then he converted the follow-up shot to make it 1-0. With the victory, HSV took the lead in the table for the first time.
February 12, 2025, Hamburg: Premiere for the HSV women. The team played in the Volksparkstadion for the first time, the occasion being the DFB Cup quarter-finals. In front of more than 16,500 fans – a new record for the HSV women up to that point – the Hamburg women confidently won 2-0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
March 23, 2025, Hamburg: The first women’s northern derby became a historic event. 57,000 spectators watched the cup semi-final against Werder Bremen in the Volkspark – a new record for a women’s football game in Germany. HSV equalized Bremen’s lead in the 89th minute, but were defeated 3-1 in extra time. The consolation: minutes of applause and a lap of honor in front of an impressive backdrop.
May 3, 2025, Darmstadt: Three weeks without a win, the lead continued to shrink – but this spring HSV withstood the pressure. Reis, Königsdörffer, Selke and Glatzel scored in the 4-0 away win. It was the breakthrough that paved the way back to the Bundesliga.