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Ex-coach from St. Pauli reacts to HSV promotion
Updated on May 12, 2025 – 8:50 p.m.Reading time: 35 min.

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Ewald Lienen, formerly trainer and then Technical Director at FC St. Pauli until 2022, congratulated HSV on Monday for a long -awaited promotion. “We are sporty opponents, but not enemies. We unite a lot. The love for our clubs, love for football!” Said Lienen on his Facebook page.
He is now looking forward to “sporty fair and exciting derbies” in the Bundesliga. For this purpose, Lienen shared a Facebook post of the campaign “according to” Nazis “, which also congratulated the red pants.
The joy of Hamburger SV is huge: both the men and the women of the HSV have made it to the Bundesliga. Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher recognizes this sporting performance with an official Senate reception in the town hall.
The reception will take place on Monday, May 19, 2025, at 5 p.m. in the Hamburg town hall. The Senate announced on Monday. Tschenscher had made his congratulations public at the weekend – and was even at the HSV cabin party. There he celebrated the promotion with players, coaching staff and those responsible.
On X, Tschenscher wrote on Sunday: “The HSV is back, the mood is terrific. For May 19, I cordially invite the club to the Senate Reception in the town hall.” This announcement was now officially on Monday.
Hamburger SV is back in the Bundesliga – that much has been clear since Saturday evening. City rival FC St. Pauli is also congratulations. “We know that this league is hard. And we also know that we have to take everything together to successfully complete this league and then look forward to a Hamburg derby. Congratulations to HSV!” Said President Oke Göttlich on Saturday evening in the ZDF sports studio.
The Hamburg football fans are “totally important” to have two first division clubs in the city, said Göttlich. “And although we have a rivalry in the city, we understand ourselves properly at the level of officials. This cooperation is important,” emphasized the St. Pauli President and connected this with a political message: “Overall, we may even wish for the entire Republic more of Hamburg’s political situation than others.”
The HSV is back in the Bundesliga – and celebrities like Andreas Ellermann, David Jarolim and Tim Mälzer did not miss the spectacle. T-online was on site. Read here what the prominence says about the rise of the “red pants”.
After the game of the game of Hamburger SV against SSV Ulm (6: 1), all dams broke in the Volksparkstadion. After the perfectly made ascent to the Bundesliga, fans stormed the square in masses. There were almost two dozen seriously injured.
A person was taken to the hospital with life -threatening injuries, as the Hamburg fire brigade announced. Another 19 football fans came with severe, five with minor injuries to surrounding clinics. Some of them jumped down from the stands of the stands, said a fire brigade spokesman. There were also injuries from wrangling. A total of 44 patients were medical care.
Because of the many injuries, around 65 rescue service and fire brigade were deployed. A dozen ambulance drove in front of the stadium.
The HSV did it: the promotion to the Bundesliga is perfect after the 6-1 win against Ulm on Saturday evening.
Ludovit Reis (10 ‘) Ransford Königsdörffer (42’) and Davie Selke (45+4 ‘) shot Merlin Polzin’s team in front of 57,000 fans in the Volksparkstadion before the break.
