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Member boom: HSV reaches historical brand
Updated on April 1st, 2025 – 12:06 p.m.Reading time: 7 min.
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Hamburger SV has reached a new milestone and now counts 120,000 club members. As the second division club announced, only six other clubs in Germany belong to such a large group of members. President Marcell Jansen was pleased with the constant growth: “This sensational brand once again proves how the cohesion within the HSV family is.”
A year ago, the traditional club had counted 110,000 members. For comparison: FC Bayern Munich announced at the end of February that he now had 400,000 members – as well as Benfica Lisbon. Both clubs are therefore the top of the highest membership football clubs worldwide.
Hamburger SV has completed its first training session in the short training camp in Mallorca in bright sunshine. On the site of RCD Mallorca, coach Merlin Polzin had to do without Immanuel Pherai and Dennis Hadžikadunić. Pherai stayed with a fever in the hotel, Hadžikadunić followed the training from the side of the side. The defender had cheated his shoulder at 0-0 against SV Elversberg.
The lead in the league, but Hamburger SV is not deterred by this: Hamburger SV does not leave anything to chance in the end of the season of the 2nd Bundesliga. One day after the 0-0 against SV Elversberg, the second in the table announced a short training camp in Mallorca. From Sunday to Wednesday, the team is preparing for the crucial weeks in the promotion battle.
“We want to consciously out of everyday training in Hamburg and get in the mood for the final sprint with intensive and focused units and work on numerous details,” said HSV head coach Merlin Polzin. Team formation is also important: “We will deliberately spend a lot of time together in order to combine even more closely as a team.”
RB Leipzig uses the cadre planning for the coming season in the event of a youth hope of the HSV. As the Pay TV broadcaster Sky reports, the Leipziger has secured Manuel Abbey’s services. The 16-year-old offensive player comes from the offspring of Hamburger SV and has already signed a contract. In return, the HSV receives training compensation.
Manuel Abbey went through the youth departments at HSV for six years. In summer it is now part of the Leipzig Young Talent Project.
Abbey’s change is already the second well -known youth transfer within a few hours: Previously, RB had strengthened with Warren Ngana (also 16) from Djurgharmens IF.
Goal scorer Davie Selke would be ready to do without up to a million euros in an annual salary in order to continue to play for HSV. According to the “Bild” newspaper, a Bundesliga club has already registered concrete interest and offers the 30-year-old an annual salary of “well over 2 million euros”. Selke’s contract expires in summer, but would extend itself by one year if it is ascent.
The affection of the HSV fans seems to be particularly impressed by the striker, who leads the 2nd league goal scorer list with 17 goals. He and his family feel very comfortable in Hamburg, so that he would agree to a new three -year contract with an annual salary of 1.8 million euros (currently 1.2 million) in the event of ascent.
Head coach Merlin Polzin also spoke out for a whereabouts: “Of course I hope that there is an agreement in a timely and as soon as possible.” He emphasized the enormous importance of the striker both on and next to the square and expects Selke to be back in the league leader after his past yellow lock against Elversberg.
Hamburger SV and women’s coach Marwin Bolz will go separate paths from summer. Just three days after the dramatic DFB Cup semi-final against Werder Bremen (1: 3 NV), the second division announced that the expiring contract of the 27-year-old coach was not extended. Despite the separation, Bolz will continue to look after the team in the remaining seven season games and try to realize the promotion with the current fourth table.