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Hamburger SV
2006-07 season
Chairman	Bernd Hoffmann
Manager	Thomas Doll (until 1 February) ; Huub Stevens (from 2 February)
Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	First round
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Rafael van der Vaart (8); All: Rafael van der Vaart (11)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was Hamburger SV's 44th professional season.

Season summary

Hamburg were rooted to the bottom of the table for the first half of the season, but the appointment of Huub Stevens revitalised the team and they rose to a final 7th-placed finish.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	GER	Stefan Wächter
2	DF	ARG	Juan Pablo Sorín
3	DF	CMR	Thimothée Atouba
4	DF	GER	Bastian Reinhardt
5	DF	NED	Joris Mathijsen
6	MF	SUI	Raphaël Wicky
7	MF	IRN	Mehdi Mahdavikia
8	DF	GER	Mathias Abel (on loan from Schalke 04)
9	FW	PER	Paolo Guerrero
10	DF	BEL	Vincent Kompany
11	FW	CRO	Ivica Olić
12	GK	GER	Sascha Kirschstein
13	MF	GER	Mario Fillinger
14	MF	CZE	David Jarolím
15	MF	GER	Piotr Trochowski^{[notes 1]}
16	DF	GER	René Klingbeil
17	FW	CIV	Boubacar Sanogo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	GER	Oliver Hampel
20	FW	CIV	Guy Demel^{[notes 2]}
22	FW	ALB	Besart Berisha^{[notes 3]}
23	MF	NED	Rafael van der Vaart
24	DF	GER	Sasan Gouhari
25	FW	GER	Massimo Cannizzaro
26	DF	GER	Volker Schmidt
27	MF	GER	Alexander Laas
28	MF	NED	Nigel de Jong
29	GK	GER	Wolfgang Hesl
30	MF	NAM	Collin Benjamin
32	MF	GER	Änis Ben-Hatira^{[notes 4]}
33	MF	USA	Benny Feilhaber^{[notes 5]}
34	MF	GER	Sidney Sam
35	GK	GER	Frank Rost
37	FW	GER	Rouwen Hennings
38	FW	SRB	Danijel Ljuboja^{[notes 6]} (on loan from VfB Stuttgart)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	GER	Markus Karl (to Greuther Fürth)
11	FW	GER	Benjamin Lauth (on loan to VfB Stuttgart)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	NED	Khalid Boulahrouz (to Chelsea)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Bayer Leverkusen	34	15	6	13	54	49	+5	51	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
6	1. FC Nürnberg	34	11	15	8	43	32	+11	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[a]
7	Hamburger SV	34	10	15	9	43	37	+6	45	Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round^[a]
8	VfL Bochum	34	13	6	15	49	50	−1	45
9	Borussia Dortmund	34	12	8	14	41	43	−2	44

Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.

Matches

12 August 2006 1	Hamburger SV	1–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Jarolím 47' Van der Vaart 70' Kompany 51' Sanogo 67'	Report	Eigler 32' Schuler 78'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 52,116 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

19 August 2006 2	Energie Cottbus	2–2	Hamburger SV	Cottbus
15:30 CET	Rost 52' Munteanu 56' (pen.) Radu 69'	Report	Sanogo 39', 51' Jarolím 40' Ziebig 72' (o.g.) Demel 81'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Günther Perl

27 August 2006 3	Hamburger SV	1–1	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
17:00 CET	Sanogo 18' Jarolím 15' Wicky 60' De Jong 76' Benjamin 89'	Report	Chahed 7' 86' Boateng 56' Giménez 64' Pantelić 88'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 53,989 Referee: Herbert Fandel

16 September 2006 4	Borussia Dortmund	1–0	Hamburger SV	Dortmund
15:30 CET	Degen 63' Wörns 82' Tinga 88'	Report	Guerrero 87'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 80,708 Referee: Lutz Wagner

23 September 2006 5	Hamburger SV	1–1	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 CET	De Jong 42' Reinhardt 69' Mahdavikia 74' Mathijsen 89'	Report	Womé 20' Borowski 58' Baumann 69' Fritz 85'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

30 September 2006 6	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–2	Hamburger SV	Frankfurt
15:30 CET	Meier 36' Amanatidis 58'	Report	Jarolím 16' Ljuboja 51' Mathjisen 67' Sanogo 69', 90'	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

14 October 2006 7	Hamburger SV	1–2	Schalke 04	Hamburg
15:30 CET	De Jong 21' Trochowski 30' Jarolím 40' 43' Sorín 67'	Report	H. Altıntop 16' Bordon 53' Kobiashvili 73' Rafinha 80'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Brych

22 October 2006 8	Bayer Leverkusen	1–2	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
17:00 CET	Voronin 40' Barbarez 57'	Report	Van der Vaart 60' Guerrero 70', 86'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Jochen Drees

28 October 2006 9	Hamburger SV	0–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Guerrero 38'	Report		Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Knut Kirchner

4 November 2006 10	VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	Hamburger SV	Wolfsburg
15:30 CET	Sarpei 14' Hanke 19' Quiroga 61'	Report	Van der Vaart 58'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 25,623 Referee: Markus Merk

7 November 2006 11	VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
20:00 CET	Osorio 27' Gómez 80' Hitzlsperger 85'	Report	Mahdavikia 22' Fillinger 28'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

11 November 2006 12	Hamburger SV	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Sanogo 50' Ljuboja 55'	Report	Compper 43' Degen 77' Neuville 84'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 56,587 Referee: Florian Meyer

18 November 2006 13	Mainz 05	0–0	Hamburger SV	Mainz
15:30 CET	Peković 52' Azaouagh 87'	Report	Klingbeil 5' Jarolím 62' Trochowski 65'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 20,300 Referee: Helmut Fleischer

25 November 2006 14	Hamburger SV	1–2	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Van der Vaart 18' (pen.) Wicky 66' Atouba 80' Guerrero 81'	Report	Demichelis 17' Kahn 19' Sagnol 23' Makaay 56' Lahm 59' Pizarro 78'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

2 December 2006 15	VfL Bochum	2–1	Hamburger SV	Bochum
15:30 CET	Dabrowski 5' Bönig 22' Lense 61' Misimović 70', 80'	Report	Guerrero 34' Ljuboja 42' Trochowski 61' Reinhardt 69' Jarolím 72' Van der Vaart 80'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,715 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

9 December 2006 16	Hamburger SV	0–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Schmidt 77'	Report	Saenko 79' Banović 90'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 54,628 Referee: Herbert Fandel

16 December 2006 17	Alemannia Aachen	3–3	Hamburger SV	Aachen
15:30 CET	Kiltzpera 40' Leiwakabessy 55' Reghecampf 63' (pen.) Ibišević 66' Fiél 78' Reinhardt 90' (o.g.)	Report	Laas 29' Berisha 32' Benjamin 67' Jarolím 74' Ljuboja 76'	Stadium: Old Tivoli Attendance: 20,800 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

27 January 2007 18	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	Hamburger SV	Bielefeld
15:30 CET	Ahanfouf 60' Marx 68' Borges 75', 89' Kauf 82'	Report	Ljuboja 10' Demel 43' Laas 62'	Stadium: Schüco Arena Attendance: 26,601 Referee: Michael Weiner

31 January 2007 19	Hamburger SV	1–1	Energie Cottbus	Hamburg
20:00 CET	Sorín 4', 45' De Jong 31'	Report	Radu 7' Munteanu 57'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 52,484 Referee: Peter Sippel

3 February 2007 20	Hertha BSC	2–1	Hamburger SV	Berlin
15:30 CET	Friedrich 21', 78' Van Burik 23' Gilberto 84' Mineiro 90+2'	Report	De Jong 8' Jarolím 25' Sanogo 30' Laas 33'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 47,354 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

10 February 2007 21	Hamburger SV	3–0	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Van der Vaart 11' (pen.) Benjamin 40' Mahdavikia 90'	Report	Tinga 23' Dedé 42'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner

17 February 2007 22	Werder Bremen	0–2	Hamburger SV	Bremen
15:30 CET	Jensen 49' Diego 69' Mertesacker 90+3'	Report	Laas 21' Van der Vaart 42' (pen.), 87' Mahdavikia 69' Jarolím 77'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 42,100 Referee: Knut Kircher

24 February 2007 23	Hamburger SV	3–1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Van der Vaart 7' Trochowski 77' Olić 90+3'	Report	Ochs 56' Takahara 59' Thurk 70' Fink 85'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Günther Perl

2 March 2007 24	Schalke 04	0–2	Hamburger SV	Gelsenkirchen
20:30 CET	Rafinha 48' Rodríguez 56' Ernst 85'	Report	Jarolím 14' Van der Vaart 71' Olić 72', 80' Reinhardt 73'	Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 61,482 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

11 March 2007 25	Hamburger SV	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
17:00 CET		Report	Schneider 71' Castro 85'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 55,337 Referee: Herbert Fandel

17 March 2007 26	Hannover 96	0–0	Hamburger SV	Hanover
15:30 CET	Lala 43'	Report	Wicky 30' Atouba 54' Jarolím 66' Benjamin 75' De Jong 85'	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

1 April 2007 27	Hamburger SV	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
17:00 CET	Mahdavikia 60', 69' Jarolím 87'	Report	Madlung 63' Hofland 67' Van der Leegte 89'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Günther Perl

7 April 2007 28	Hamburger SV	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Van der Vaart 20' Ben-Hatira 34' Jarolím 66' Olić 75'	Report	Cacau 10' Khedira 13' Hilbert 27' Magnin 40' Hitzlsperger 43' Meira 51'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner

13 April 2007 29	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–1	Hamburger SV	Mönchengladbach
20:30 CET	Rafael 58'	Report	Guerrero 90'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,500 Referee: Markus Merk

22 April 2007 30	Hamburger SV	2–2	Mainz 05	Hamburg
17:00 CET	Sorín 23' (pen.) Benjamin 75' Guerrero 83' Mahdavikia 86'	Report	Zidan 12' Vrančić 35' Gerber 59' Andreasen 86'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

28 April 2007 31	Bayern Munich	1–2	Hamburger SV	Munich
15:30 CET	Van Bommel 15' Pizarro 35' Salihamidžić 76'	Report	Atouba 40' 90' Van der Vaart 71' Guerrero 76'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

5 May 2007 32	Hamburger SV	0–3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Mathijsen 68' Benjamin 79'	Report	Zdebel 59' Gekas 61' Grote 66' Misimović 80' (pen.)	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Felix Brych

12 May 2007 33	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	Hamburger SV	Nuremberg
15:30 CET		Report	Demel 22' Sorín 24' Van der Vaart 39' Jarolím (41) Atouba 58'	Stadium: Easy-Credit-Stadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

19 May 2007 34	Hamburger SV	4–0	Alemannia Aachen	Hamburg
15:30 CET	Olić 15', 27' Sorín 54', 87' Jarolím 66'	Report	Rösler 26' Herzig 55' Stehle 78'	Stadium: AOL Arena Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Marc Seemann

DFB Cup

9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) 1	Stuttgarter Kickers	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
15:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Yıldız 5', 89' Christian Okpala 35', 96' (pen.) Jens Härter	Report	Sanogo 28' Ljuboja 36' Demel 44' Reinhardt Klingbeil Demel	Stadium: Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Attendance: 10,450 Referee: Peter Sippel

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round

9 August 2006 (2006-08-09) Third qualifying round First leg	Hamburger SV	0–0	Osasuna	Hamburg
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Trochowski 21'	Report	García 35' Josetxo 36' Delporte 63' López 89'	Stadium: AOL-Arena Attendance: 47,458 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

22 August 2006 (2006-08-22) Third qualifying round Second leg	Osasuna	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Hamburger SV	Pamplona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Cuéllar 6' Puñal 62'	Report	Demel 66' De Jong 74' Mahdavikia 80' Kirschstein 84'	Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 18,876 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
Porto	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11
CSKA Moscow	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8
Hamburger SV	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3

13 September 2006 (2006-09-13) Group stage	Hamburger SV	1–2	Arsenal	Hamburg
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kirschstein 10' Sanogo 90+2'	Report	Gilberto 12' Rosický 53'	Stadium: AOL-Arena Attendance: 50,389 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt

26 September 2006 (2006-09-26) Group stage	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Hamburger SV	Moscow, Russia
CEST (UTC+02:00)	Dudu 59' Vágner Love 61'	Report	Sorín 33' Mathijsen 54' Lauth 86' Jarolím 88'	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Jan Wegereef

17 October 2006 (2006-10-17) Group stage	Porto	4–1	Hamburger SV	Porto, Portugal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	López 14', 81' Quaresma 22' Fucile 30' González 45' (pen.) Postiga 69'	Report	Ljuboja 26' Mahdavikia 31' De Jong 86' Trochowski 89'	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 31,109 Referee: Alain Hamer

1 November 2006 (2006-11-01) Group stage	Hamburger SV	1–3	Porto	Hamburg
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Van der Vaart 60' 63'	Report	González 44' López 61' Meireles 64' Moraes 77', 88'	Stadium: AOL-Arena Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Laurent Duhamel

21 November 2006 (2006-11-21) Group stage	Arsenal	3–1	Hamburger SV	London, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Senderos 20' Hleb 41' Van Persie 52' Henry 53' Clichy 56' Eboué 83' Baptista 88'	Report	Van der Vaart 4', 32' Benjamin 27' Sanogo 48' Fillinger 90'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

6 December 2006 (2006-12-06) Group stage	Hamburger SV	3–2	CSKA Moscow	Hamburg
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Berisha 28' Atouba 49' 69' Van der Vaart 84' Sanogo 90'	Report	Olić 23' (pen.) Dudu 31' Zhirkov 65' Berezutski 82'	Stadium: AOL-Arena Attendance: 49,649 Referee: Stefano Farina

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
Winter	GK	Frank Rost	Schalke 04	€1,500,000
Winter	FW	Ivica Olić	CSKA Moscow	€2,000,000
Winter	FW	Mathias Abel	Schalke 04	€150,000
	DF	Juan Pablo Sorín	Villarreal	€3,000,000
	DF	Joris Mathijsen	AZ	€6,000,000
	MF	Änis Ben-Hatira	Hamburger SV II
	MF	Danijel Ljuboja	VfB Stuttgart	€850,000
	DF	Boubacar Sanogo	1. FC Kaiserslautern	€3,800,000
	DF	Vincent Kompany	Anderlecht	€10,500,000
	FW	Paolo Guerrero	Bayern Munich	€2,500,000
	DF	Benny Feilhaber	Hamburger SV II
	DF	Wolfgang Hesl	Hamburger SV II

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
Winter	MF	Markus Karl	Greuther Fürth	€100,000
Winter	FW	Benjamin Lauth	VfB Stuttgart	€400,000
	DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	Chelsea	€13,200,000
	FW	Mustafa Kučuković	Greuther Fürth
	DF	Daniel Van Buyten	Bayern Munich	€8,000,000
	FW	Naohiro Takahara	Eintracht Frankfurt	€750,000
	DF	Daniel Ziebig	Energie Cottbus	€150,000
	DF	Stefan Beinlich	Hansa Rostock
	DF	Charles Takyi	AZ
	MF	Sergej Barbarez	Bayer Leverkusen
	DF	Mišo Brečko	Erzgebirge Aue	€30,000

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References

^ "FootballSquads - Hamburger SV - 2006/07".

Notes

^ Trochowski was born in Tczew, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and represented Germany at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in October 2006.
^ Demel was born in Orsay, France, but acquired an Ivory Coast passport in 2004 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.
^ Berisha was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but part of Serbia during the 2006–07 season), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in October 2006. After Kosovo was recognised by UEFA and FIFA in 2016, Berisha changed his international allegiance to Kosovo and would make his international debut for Kosovo in March 2017.
^ Ben-Hatira was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in February 2012.
^ Feilhaber was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was raised in the United States from the age of 6 and represented the United States at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for the United States in March 2007.
^ Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

[table_note_res_UCFR0.85741019428587-8] Since 1. FC Nürnberg won the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, thus qualifying for the UEFA Cup first round, Hamburger SV entered the Intertoto Cup third round.

[1] "FootballSquads - Hamburger SV - 2006/07".

[2] Trochowski was born in Tczew, Poland, but was raised in Germany from the age of 5 and represented Germany at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level before making his international debut for Germany in October 2006.

[3] Demel was born in Orsay, France, but acquired an Ivory Coast passport in 2004 and made his international debut for the Ivory Coast in 2004.

[4] Berisha was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (now Kosovo, but part of Serbia during the 2006–07 season), but also qualified to represent Albania internationally and made his international debut for Albania in October 2006. After Kosovo was recognised by UEFA and FIFA in 2016, Berisha changed his international allegiance to Kosovo and would make his international debut for Kosovo in March 2017.

[5] Ben-Hatira was born in West Berlin, West Germany (now Germany), and represented Germany at U-18, U-20, and U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Tunisia internationally and would make his international debut for Tunisia in February 2012.

[6] Feilhaber was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but was raised in the United States from the age of 6 and represented the United States at U-20 and U-23 level before making his international debut for the United States in March 2007.

[7] Ljuboja was born in Vinkovci, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), but also qualified to represent Serbia and Montenegro and its successor state Serbia internationally and made his international debut for Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.

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2006–07 Hamburger SV season