Hamburger SV II are the reserve team of German association football club Hamburger SV. Until 2005 the team played as Hamburger SV Amateure.
The team has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal, the German Cup, on five occasions. They currently play in the tier four Regionalliga Nord, in the fourth tier of the German football league system.
History The team first played in the highest football league in Hamburg when it won promotion to the tier two Amateurliga Hamburg in 1955. The team was relegated from the league again in 1959 but returned in 1961. With the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1963 and the Regionalliga as the second tier below it the Amateurliga dropped to the third tier and was renamed to Landesliga Hamburg. HSV Amateure earned a runner-up finish in the league in 1964 but otherwise remained an undistinguished side in the Landesliga, eventually suffering another relegation in 1972.Historic German football league tables Das Deutsche Fussball Archiv, accessed: 30 January 2015
The team returned to what had now become the Verbandsliga Hamburg in 1979, initially continuing its trend of mid-table finishes but improving from 1984 onwards. It won three league championships in 1986, 1987 and 1989 but failed to win promotion to the Oberliga Nord in the first two attempts, eventually succeeding in the third. The team played in the Oberliga from 1989 to 1994 as a mid-table side and qualified for the new Regionalliga Nord in 1994 when the league was established.
The team played in the Regionalliga until 2000 when a sixteenth-place finish forced it down to the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein for two seasons. A league title in the latter in 2002 allowed the club promotion back up to the Regionalliga Nord where it has been playing since, with a third-place finish in 2014–15 as its best result.Regionalliga Nord tables and results Weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 January 2015
The team has also taken part in the DFB-Pokal on five occasions, courtesy to its Hamburger Pokal performance. On four occasions, in 1974–75, 1981–82, 1996–97 and 1997–98, the team was knocked out in the first round but in 1991–92 it advanced to the fourth round before losing 1–0 to Karlsruher SC.DFB-Pokal Weltfussball.de, accessed: 30 January 2015
Honours The team's honours: Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Champions: 2002 Verbandsliga Hamburg Champions: (3) 1986, 1987, 1989 Hamburger Pokal Winners: (3) 1991, 1996, 1997
Recent seasons The recent season-by-season performance of the club:Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv Historical German domestic league tablesFussball.de – Ergebnisse Tables and results of all German football leagues Year Division Tier Position 1999–2000 Regionalliga Nord III 16th↓ 2000–01 Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein IV 3rd 2001–02 Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein 1st↑ 2002–03 Regionalliga Nord III 14th 2003–04 Regionalliga Nord 9th 2004–05 Regionalliga Nord 6th 2005–06 Regionalliga Nord 13th 2006–07 Regionalliga Nord 6th 2007–08 Regionalliga Nord 17th 2008–09 Regionalliga Nord IV 13th 2009–10 Regionalliga Nord 5th 2010–11 Regionalliga Nord 8th 2011–12 Regionalliga Nord 8th 2012–13 Regionalliga Nord 14th 2013–14 Regionalliga Nord 14th 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 3rd 2015–16 Regionalliga Nord 14th 2016–17 Regionalliga Nord 5th 2017–18 Regionalliga Nord 2nd 2018-19 Regionalliga Nord 7th 2019-20 Regionalliga Nord 14th 2020-21 Regionalliga Nord 5th 2021-22 Regionalliga Nord 4th 2022-23 Regionalliga Nord 2nd 2023-24 Regionalliga Nord 7th 2024-25 Regionalliga Nord 8th 2025-26 Regionalliga Nord 10th With the introduction of the Regionalligas in 1994 and the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated
Players Current squad
Head coaches Christian Titz (2017–2018) Steffen Weiß (2018, interim) Vahid Hashemian (2018, interim) Achim Feifel (2018, interim) Steffen Weiß (2018–2019) Hannes Drews (2019–2020) Pit Reimers (2020–2024) Loïc Favé (2024) Soner Uysal (2024–2025) Lukas Anderer (2025–)
References
External links
Hamburger SV II at Weltfussball.de