2006–07 Hamburger SV season

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

Main article: 2006–07 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
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:

1. 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

Hamburger SV v Arminia Bielefeld

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

Energie Cottbus v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Hertha BSC

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

Borussia Dortmund v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

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

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Schalke 04

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

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Hannover 96

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

VfL Wolfsburg v Hamburger SV

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

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

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

Mainz 05 v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Bayern Munich

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

VfL Bochum v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Nürnberg

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

Alemannia Aachen v Hamburger SV

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

Arminia Bielefeld v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Energie Cottbus

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

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Borussia Dortmund

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

Werder Bremen v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Eintracht Frankfurt

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

Schalke 04 v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Bayer Leverkusen

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

Hannover 96 v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Mainz 05

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

Bayern Munich v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

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

1. FC Nürnberg v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Alemannia Aachen

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

Main article: 2006–07 DFB-Pokal

Stuttgarter Kickers v Hamburger SV

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

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round

Hamburger SV v Osasuna

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

Osasuna v Hamburger SV

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

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G

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

Hamburger SV v Arsenal

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

CSKA Moscow v Hamburger SV

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

Porto v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v Porto

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

Arsenal v Hamburger SV

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

Hamburger SV v CSKA Moscow

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

Statistics

Kits

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Third

References

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

Notes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.