# List of Hamburger SV players

Hamburger SV (HSV) is a German professional football team based in Hamburg, football is the largest department of a multi-sport club. The club played football since it was named HSV in 1919, after a merger of three clubs. The HSV was invited to join the Bundesliga for the first season in 1963.
Famous players as Franz Beckenbauer played for the club, but he had only 28 appearances. Uwe Seeler made 239 appearances and shot 137 goals during his career for the HSV. Seeler also played 72 times for the Germany national team and won the German Footballer of the Year award three times. Manfred Kaltz had the most appearances for Hamburg with 581 matches during his 20 years long career. Kevin Keegan won the Ballon D’or twice at the club.

## Players

This list includes players with 50 or more appearances. Current players are in bold.
Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
| Name | Nationality | Position | HSV career | Apps. | Goals | Notes |
| Asbjørn Halvorsen | Norway | DF | 1922-1934 | 28 | 0 | |
| Eduard Wolpers | Germany | FW | 1926-1927 | 2 | 1 | |
| Edmund Adamkiewicz | Germany | FW | 1939-1943 1945-1946 1947-1951 | 10 | 7 | |
| Dick Been | Netherlands | DF | 1942-1945 | 28 | 0 | |
| Josef Posipal | Germany | DF | 1949-1958 | 250 | 13 | |
| Fritz Laband | Germany | DF | 1950-1956 | 122 | 0 | |
| Klaus Stürmer | Germany | FW | 1953-1961 | 158 | 114 | |
| Uwe Seeler | Germany | FW | 1953-1972 | 476 | 404 | |
| Jürgen Werner | Germany | DF | 1955-1963 | 169 | 14 | |
| Charly Dörfel | Germany | FW/MF | 1960-1972 | 347 | 114 | |
| Harry Bähre | Germany | MF | 1963-1967 | 78 | 2 | |
| Bernd Dörfel | Germany | FW | 1963-1968 | 88 | 17 | |
| Willi Giesemann | Germany | DF | 1963-1968 | 104 | 13 | |
| Juhani Peltonen | Finland | FW | 1964-1966 | 38 | 6 | |
| Willi Schulz | Germany | DF | 1965-1973 | 211 | 3 | |
| Egon Horst | Germany | DF | 1965-1969 | 119 | 0 | |
| Özcan Arkoç | Turkey | GK | 1967-1975 | 159 | 0 | |
| Peter Barfuß | Germany | DF | 1967 | 1 | 0 | |
| Franz-Josef Hönig | Germany | MF/FW | 1967-1974 | 205 | 62 | |
| Peter Nogly | Germany | DF/MF | 1969-1980 | 320 | 38 | |
| Norbert Hof | Austria | DF | 1969-1970 | 29 | 2 | |
| Klaus Zaczyk | Germany | MF/FW | 1969-1978 | 262 | 47 | |
| Hans-Jürgen Ripp | Germany | DF | 1970-1979 | 177 | 0 | |
| Heinz Bonn | Germany | DF | 1970-1973 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ole Bjørnmose | Denmark | FW/MF | 1971-1977 | 186 | 31 | |
| Rudi Kargus | Germany | GK | 1971-1980 | 254 | 0 | |
| Manfred Kaltz | Germany | DF | 1971-1989 1990-1991 | 581 13 | 76 0 | |
| Caspar Memering | Germany | MF | 1971-1982 | 303 | 37 | |
| Georg Volkert | Germany | FW | 1971-1978 | 214 | 62 | |
| Peter Lübeke | Germany | MF/FW | 1971-1973 | 21 | 7 | |
| Peter Hidien | Germany | DF | 1972-1982 | 214 | 9 | |
| Dieter Hochheimer | Germany | MF/FW | 1972-1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| Horst Heese | Germany | FW | 1972-1974 | 41 | 11 | |
| Walter Krause | Germany | MF | 1972-1974 | 20 | 2 | |
| Volker Danner | Germany | GK | 1973-1974 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Hermann | Germany | FW | 1973 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kurt Eigl | Germany | MF | 1974-1978 | 66 | 13 | |
| Horst Bertl | Germany | MF | 1974-1979 | 104 | 25 | |
| Horst Blankenburg | Germany | DF | 1975-1977 | 44 | 0 | |
| Hans Ettmayer | Austria | MF | 1975-1977 | 27 | 2 | |
| Felix Magath | Germany | MF | 1976-1986 | 306 | 46 | |
| Arno Steffenhagen | Germany | FW | 1976-1978 | 51 | 13 | |
| Ferdinand Keller | Germany | FW | 1976-1978 | 40 | 16 | |
| Ivan Buljan | Yugoslavia | DF | 1977-1981 | 103 | 22 | |
| Kevin Keegan | England | FW | 1977-1980 | 90 | 32 | |
| Horst Hrubesch | Germany | FW | 1978-1983 | 159 | 96 | |
| Jimmy Hartwig | Germany | DF | 1978-1984 | 182 | 47 | |
| Bernd Wehmeyer | Germany | DF | 1978-1986 | 183 | 10 | |
| Bernd Gorski | Germany | DF/MF | 1978-1979 | 1 | 0 | |
| Uwe Beginski | Germany | DF | 1978-1980 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hans-Günther Plücken | Germany | FW/MF | 1978-1979 | 17 | 2 | |
| Ditmar Jakobs | Germany | DF | 1979-1989 | 323 | 37 | |
| Holger Hieronymus | Germany | DF | 1979-1984 | 121 | 7 | |
| Franz Beckenbauer | Germany Germany | MF | 1980–1982 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jürgen Groh | Germany | DF | 1980-1985 | 154 | 4 | |
| Thomas von Heesen | Germany | MF | 1980-1994 | 368 | 99 | |
| Uli Stein | Germany | GK | 1980-1987 1994-1995 | 203 19 | 0 0 | |
| Werner Dreßel | Germany | FW | 1980-1981 | 16 | 3 | |
| Heinz-Josef Koitka | Germany | GK | 1980-1982 1987-1990 | 28 | 0 | |
| Lars Bastrup | Denmark | FW | 1981-1983 | 59 | 18 | |
| Boriša Đorđević | Serbia | FW | 1981-1983 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dieter Kramer | Germany | MF/FW | 1981-1982 | 1 | 0 | |
| Michael Schmidt | Germany | DF | 1982-1983 | 1 | 0 | |
| Allan Hansen | Denmark | MF/FW | 1982-1984 | 20 | 4 | |
| Wolfgang Rolff | Germany | MF | 1982-1986 | 129 | 24 | |
| Wolfram Wuttke | Germany | MF | 1983-1985 | 58 | 15 | |
| Gerard Plessers | Belgium | DF | 1984-1988 | 85 | 6 | |
| Erik Solér | Norway | MF | 1984-1985 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mark McGhee | Scotland | FW | 1984-1985 | 30 | 7 | |
| Heinz Gründel | Germany | MF | 1985-1988 | 62 | 14 | |
| Peter Lux | Germany | MF | 1985-1987 | 56 | 7 | |
| Frank Schmöller | Germany | FW | 1985-1987 | 29 | 4 | |
| Ralf Balzis | Germany | FW | 1985-1987 | 30 | 9 | |
| Thomas Kroth | Germany | MF | 1985-1988 | 73 | 6 | |
| Mirosław Okoński | Poland | MF/FW | 1986-1988 | 62 | 15 | |
| Manfred Kastl | Germany | FW | 1986-1988 | 37 | 17 | |
| Sascha Jusufi | Germany | MF | 1986-1991 | 112 | 12 | |
| Uwe Bein | Germany | MF | 1987-1989 | 52 | 22 | |
| Richard Golz | Germany | GK | 1987-1998 | 273 | 0 | |
| Mladen Pralija | Croatia | GK | 1987-1988 | 20 | 0 | |
| Paul Caligiuri | United States | MF | 1987-1988 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruno Labbadia | Germany | FW | 1987-1988 | 41 | 11 | |
| Benno Möhlmann | Germany | MF | 1987-1989 | 25 | 2 | |
| Harald Spörl | Germany | MF | 1987-2000 | 321 | 60 | |
| Jan Furtok | Poland | FW | 1988-1993 | 135 | 51 | |
| Oliver Bierhoff | Germany | FW | 1988-1989 | 34 | 6 | |
| Hans-Werner Moser | Germany | DF/MF | 1988-1990 | 47 | 2 | |
| Detlev Dammeier | Germany | MF | 1989-1992 | 51 | 2 | |
| Armin Eck | Germany | MF | 1989-1994 | 129 | 19 | |
| Jörg Bode | Germany Germany | MF | 1989–1994 | 82 | 3 | |
| Torsten Fröhling | Germany | DF | 1989-1991 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Rohde | Germany | DF | 1990-1993 | 103 | 7 | |
| Thomas Doll | Germany | MF | 1990-1991 1998-2001 | 33 41 | 4 0 | |
| Waldemar Matysik | Poland | MF | 1990-1993 | 94 | 1 | |
| Jürgen Hartmann | Germany | MF | 1991-1997 | 189 | 7 | |
| Ryszard Cyroń | Poland | FW | 1991-1992 | 13 | 1 | |
| Émerson | Brazil | FW | 1991-1994 | 4 | 1 | |
| Francisco Copado | Germany | FW/MF | 1991-1995 | 13 | 0 | |
| Stefan Schnoor | Germany | DF | 1991-1998 | 131 | 8 | |
| Herbert Waas | Germany | FW | 1991-1992 | 33 | 2 | |
| Yordan Letchkov | Bulgaria | MF | 1992-1996 | 121 | 14 | |
| Pavel Dochev | Bulgaria | DF | 1992-1993 | 8 | 0 | |
| Markus Babbel | Germany Germany | DF | 1992–1994 | 60 | 1 | |
| Karsten Bäron | Germany | FW | 1992-2000 | 124 | 39 | |
| Peter Woodring | United States | FW/MF | 1992-1994 | 6 | 0 | |
| Florian Weichert | Germany | FW | 1992-1993 | 21 | 4 | |
| Michael Spies | Germany | MF | 1992-1994 | 23 | 3 | |
| Jörg Albertz | Germany Germany | MF | 1993–1996 2001–2003 | 99 28 | 22 6 | |
| Petar Hubchev | Bulgaria | DF | 1993-1996 | 65 | 2 | |
| Valdas Ivanauskas | Lithuania Lithuania | FW | 1993–1997 | 91 | 13 | |
| Stig Tøfting | Denmark Denmark | MF | 1993–1995 2000–2002 | 8 48 | 0 2 | |
| André Breitenreiter | Germany Germany | FW/MF | 1994–1997 | 71 | 12 | |
| Andreas Fischer | Germany Germany | MF/DF | 1994–2001 | 152 | 7 | |
| Jørn Andersen | Norway | FW | 1994-1995 | 18 | 1 | |
| Niclas Kindvall | Sweden | FW | 1994-1996 | 19 | 2 | |
| Marco Weißhaupt | Germany | MF | 1994-1996 | 13 | 0 | |
| Christian Claaßen | Germany | FW | 1995 | 5 | 0 | |
| Hasan Salihamidžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina | MF/DF | 1995–1998 | 72 | 19 | |
| Stéphane Henchoz | Switzerland | DF | 1995-1997 | 49 | 2 | |
| Uwe Jähnig | Germany | MF | 1995-1997 | 15 | 3 | |
| Holger Hiemann | Germany | GK | 1995-1997 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jakob Friis-Hansen | Denmark | DF | 1996-1997 | 16 | 1 | |
| Michael Mason | United States | FW/MF | 1996-1997 | 11 | 2 | |
| Dirk Weetendorf | Germany | FW | 1996-1998 | 23 | 3 | |
| Jochen Seitz | Germany | MF/DF | 1996-1997 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bernd Hollerbach | Germany | MF | 1996-2004 | 197 | 4 | |
| Hans-Jörg Butt | Germany Germany | GK | 1997–2001 | 133 | 19 | |
| Rodolfo Esteban Cardoso | Argentina Argentina | MF | 1997–2001 | 111 | 17 | |
| Jacek Dembiński | Poland Poland | MF | 1997–2000 | 69 | 11 | |
| Thomas Gravesen | Denmark Denmark | MF | 1997–2000 | 54 | 5 | |
| Tony Yeboah | Ghana Ghana | FW | 1997–2001 | 100 | 28 | |
| Ingo Hertzsch | Germany Germany | DF | 1997–2003 | 151 | 1 | |
| Andreas Zeyer | Germany | MF | 1997-1998 | 29 | 1 | |
| Soner Uysal | Germany | FW | 1997 | 5 | 0 | |
| Allan K. Jepsen | Denmark | DF | 1997-1999 | 26 | 1 | |
| Martin Zafirov | Bulgaria | FW | 1997 | 1 | 0 | |
| Saša Ilić | North Macedonia | GK | 1997-2000 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robertas Poškus | Lithuania | FW | 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paweł Wojtala | Poland | DF | 1997-1998 | 20 | 1 | |
| Thomas Vogel | Germany | DF/MF | 1997-1999 | 17 | 0 | |
| Marek Saganowski | Poland | FW | 1997 | 23 | 4 | |
| Josip Šimunić | Croatia | DF | 1997-1999 | 8 | 0 | |
| Andrej Panadić | Croatia | DF | 1997-2001 | 101 | 5 | |
| Özkan Gümüş | Turkey | MF | 1997 | 1 | 0 | |
| Martin Groth | Germany Germany | MF | 1998–2003 | 79 | 10 | |
| Nico-Jan Hoogma | Netherlands | DF | 1998-2004 | 177 | 13 | |
| Alexandru Curtianu | Moldova | MF | 1998-1999 | 8 | 0 | |
| Sergei Kiriakov | Russia | FW | 1998-1999 | 29 | 5 | |
| Martin Dahlin | Sweden | FW | 1998-1999 | 8 | 0 | |
| Vanja Grubač | Montenegro | FW | 1998-2000 | 11 | 2 | |
| Dimitrios Grammozis | Greece | MF | 1998-2000 | 32 | 1 | |
| Vahid Hashemian | Iran | FW | 1999-2001 | 12 | 0 | |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia | Iran Iran | MF | 1999–2007 | 211 | 26 | |
| Rasoul Khatibi | Iran | FW | 1999-2000 | 4 | 0 | |
| Roy Präger | Germany | FW | 1999-2002 | 83 | 18 | |
| Niko Kovač | Croatia | MF | 1999-2001 | 55 | 12 | |
| Sergej Barbarez | Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina | MF/FW | 2000–2006 | 174 | 65 | |
| Milan Fukal | Czech Republic Czech Republic | DF | 2000–2004 | 67 | 8 | |
| Tomáš Ujfaluši | Czech Republic Czech Republic | DF | 2000–2004 | 105 | 2 | |
| Marek Heinz | Czech Republic Czech Republic | FW | 2000–2002 | 52 | 5 | |
| Jan Sandmann | Germany | DF | 2000-2002 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mathias Schober | Germany | GK | 2000-2001 | 3 | 0 | |
| Collin Benjamin | Namibia Namibia | DF | 2001–2011 | 146 | 13 | |
| Roda Antar | Lebanon | MF | 2001-2003 | 23 | 2 | |
| Raphaël Wicky | Switzerland Switzerland | MF | 2001–2007 | 126 | 4 | |
| Bernardo Daniel Romeo | Argentina Argentina | FW | 2001–2005 | 78 | 36 | |
| Kim Christensen | Denmark | FW | 2001-2003 | 12 | 1 | |
| Najib Naderi | Afghanistan | DF | 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martin Pieckenhagen | Germany | GK | 2001-2005 | 100 | 0 | |
| Marcel Maltritz | Germany | DF/MF | 2001-2004 | 63 | 2 | |
| Naohiro Takahara | Japan Japan | FW | 2002–2006 | 97 | 13 | |
| Cristian Ledesma | Argentina | MF | 2002-2003 | 16 | 0 | |
| Richard Kitzbichler | Austria | MF | 2002-2003 | 7 | 0 | |
| Michael Baur | Austria | MF | 2002-2003 | 10 | 0 | |
| Benedikt Pliquett | Germany | GK | 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Beinlich | Germany Germany | MF | 2003–2006 | 68 | 5 | |
| Björn Schlicke | Germany | DF | 2003-2005 | 46 | 2 | |
| Alexander Laas | Germany | MF | 2003-2007 | 27 | 1 | |
| Khalid Boulahrouz | Netherlands Netherlands | DF | 2004–2006 | 52 | 2 | |
| Daniel Van Buyten | Belgium Belgium | DF | 2004–2006 | 61 | 7 | |
| Oliver Hampel | Germany | MF | 2004-2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vyacheslav Hleb | Belarus | MF/FW | 2004-2005 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mišo Brečko | Slovenia | DF | 2004-2008 | 21 | 0 | |
| Almami Moreira | Guinea-Bissau | MF | 2004-2005 | 22 | 3 | |
| Besart Berisha | Kosovo | FW | 2004-2007 | 12 | 1 | |
| Sascha Kirschstein | Germany | GK | 2004-2009 | 23 | 0 | |
| Timothée Atouba | Camerun Cameroon | DF | 2005–2009 | 83 | 1 | |
| Guy Demel | Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast | MF | 2005–2011 | 131 | 2 | |
| Rafael van der Vaart | Netherlands Netherlands | MF | 2005–2008 2012–2015 | 74 78 | 29 16 | |
| Piotr Trochowski | Germany Germany | MF | 2005–2011 | 180 | 20 | |
| Charles Takyi | Ghana | MF | 2005-2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| Paolo Guerrero | Peru Peru | FW | 2006–2012 | 134 | 37 | |
| Nigel de Jong | Netherlands Netherlands | MF | 2006–2009 | 66 | 2 | |
| Vincent Kompany | Belgium Belgium | DF | 2006–2008 | 29 | 1 | |
| Joris Mathijsen | Netherlands Netherlands | DF | 2006–2011 | 145 | 6 | |
| Boubacar Sanogo | Ivory Coast | FW | 2006-2007 | 31 | 4 | |
| Juan Pablo Sorín | Argentina | DF/MF | 2006-2008 | 24 | 4 | |
| Benny Feilhaber | United States | MF | 2006-2007 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ivica Olić | Croatia Croatia | FW | 2007–2009 2015–2016 | 143 | 51 | |
| Kosi Saka | Democratic Republic of the Congo | MF | 2007-2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mohamed Zidan | Egypt | FW | 2007-2008 | 21 | 2 | |
| Änis Ben-Hatira | Tunisia | MF | 2007-2011 | 29 | 3 | |
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Cameroon | FW | 2007-2011 | 23 | 2 | |
| Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe | Belgium | MF | 2008-2009 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Pitroipa | Burkina Faso | MF | 2008-2011 | 74 | 6 | |
| Thiago Neves | Brazil | MF | 2008 | 9 | 0 | |
| Mladen Petrić | Croatia | FW | 2008-2012 | 99 | 38 | |
| Anton Putsila | Belarus | MF | 2008 | 3 | 0 | |
| Zé Roberto | Brazil Brazil | MF | 2009–2011 | 54 | 7 | |
| Tomás Rincón | Venezuela | MF | 2009-2014 | 106 | 0 | |
| Mickaël Tavares | Senegal | MF | 2009-2012 | 15 | 0 | |
| Marcel Ndjeng | Cameroon | MF | 2009 | 2 | 0 | |
| Michael Gravgaard | Denmark | DF | 2009 | 12 | 0 | |
| Son Heung-min | Korea Republic South Korea | FW | 2010–2013 | 73 | 20 | |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | FW | 2010-2011 | 36 | 12 | |
| Jaroslav Drobný | Czech Republic | GK | 2010-2016 | 76 | 0 | |
| Gojko Kačar | Serbia | MF | 2010-2016 | 78 | 7 | |
| Muhamed Bešić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | MF | 2010-2012 | 3 | 0 | |
| Per Ciljan Skjelbred | Norway | MF | 2011-2014 | 26 | 0 | |
| Michael Mancienne | Seychelles | DF | 2011-2014 | 49 | 0 | |
| Sven Neuhaus | Germany | GK | 2011-2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| Slobodan Rajković | Serbia | DF | 2011-2015 | 42 | 2 | |
| Gökhan Töre | Turkey | MF | 2011-2012 | 22 | 0 | |
| Artjoms Rudņevs | Latvia | FW | 2012-2016 | 74 | 15 | |
| Petr Jiráček | Czech Republic | MF | 2012-2015 | 41 | 2 | |
| Milan Badelj | Croatia | MF | 2012-2014 | 62 | 2 | |
| Johan Djourou | Switzerland Switzerland | DF | 2013– | 104 | 2 | |
| Pierre-Michel Lasogga | Germany Germany | FW | 2013– | 108 | 33 | As of 12 August 2016 |
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Turkey | MF | 2013-2014 | 32 | 11 | |
| Jonathan Tah | Germany | DF | 2013-2015 | 16 | 0 | |
| Valmir Nafiu | North Macedonia | MF/FW | 2013-2015 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lewis Holtby | Germany Germany | MF | 2014–2015 2015-2019 | 105 | 14 | As of 23 March 2017 |
| Julian Green | United States | MF | 2014-2015 | 5 | 0 | |
| Valon Behrami | Switzerland | MF | 2014-2015 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ouasim Bouy | Netherlands | DF/MF | 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cléber Reis | Brazil | DF | 2014-2016 | 40 | 2 | |
| Emir Spahić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | DF | 2015-2017 | 37 | 0 | |
| Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | FW | 2015-2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marcelo Díaz | Chile | MF | 2015 | 19 | 1 | |
| Andreas Hirzel | Switzerland | GK | 2015-2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wood | United States | FW | 2016-2021 | 74 | 8 | |
| Alen Halilović | Croatia | MF | 2016-2018 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bakery Jatta | Gambia | MF | 2016- | 188 | 25 | |
| Sejad Salihović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | MF | 2017-2018 | 10 | 1 | |
| Walace | Brazil | MF | 2017-2018 | 27 | 2 | |
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | Greece | DF | 2017 2017-2020 | 32 | 1 | |
| Fiete Arp | Germany | FW | 2017-2019 | 35 | 3 | |
| David Bates | Scotland | DF | 2018-2021 | 25 | 1 | |
| Jairo Samperio | Spain | MF | 2018-2020 | 16 | 1 | |
| Ewerton | Brazil | DF | 2019-2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| Daniel Heuer Fernandes | Portugal | GK | 2019- | 110 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Dudziak | Tunisia | MF | 2019-2021 | 55 | 5 | |

## Club captains

| Name | Period |
| Nico-Jan Hoogma | 2001–2004 |
| Tomáš Ujfaluši | 2004 |
| Daniel Van Buyten | 2004–2006 |
| Rafael van der Vaart | 2006–2008 |
| David Jarolím | 2008–2010 |
| Heiko Westermann | 2010–2013 |
| Rafael van der Vaart | 2013–2015 |
| Johan Djourou | 2015–2017 |
| Gotoku Sakai | 2017–2019 |
| Sebastian Schonlau | 2021- |