Hamburger SV
German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football department
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Summary
Hamburger SV is a sports club[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of sports club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,703 views/month, #6 of 1,760).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Germany[3]
- Instance of: association football club[4]
- Home venue: Volksparkstadion[5]
- League or competition: Bundesliga[6]
- Headquarters location: Hamburg[7]
- Head coach: Merlin Polzin[8]
- Commons category: Hamburger SV[9]
- Chairperson: Frank Wettstein[10], Stefan Kuntz[11]
- Inception: September 29, 1887[12]
- Sport: badminton[13], baseball[14], basketball[15], beach soccer[16], beach tennis[17], beach volleyball[18], ten-pin bowling[19], boxing[20], darts[21], disc golf[22], ice hockey[23], ice sport[24], association football[25], golf[26]
- Location of formation: Hamburg[27]
- Official website: https://www.hsv.de/uebersicht[28], https://www.hsv.de/en/homepage[29]
- Sponsor: HanseMerkur Versicherungsgruppe[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hamburger SV[31]
- Participant in: 1956/1957 German Team Badminton Championships[32], 1958/1959 German Team Badminton Championships[33]
- Topic has template: Template:Fb team Hamburg[34]
- Official name: Hamburger Sport-Verein[35]
- Nickname: Die Rothosen[36]
- Legal form: Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[37]
- Short name: Hamburger SV[38], HSV[39]
- Owner of: HSV Fußball AG[40]
- Member count: 140,000[41]
- Category for members of a team: Category:Hamburger SV players[42]
- Official color: blue[43], black[44], white[45]
- Terms of service URL: https://www.hsv.de/agb[46]
Why It Matters
Hamburger SV has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]