# 2009–10 Hamburger SV season

During the 2009–10 German football season, Hamburger SV competed in the Bundesliga.

## Season summary

Hamburg reached the Europa League semi-final for the second season running, but were eliminated by Fulham (thus missing out on the chance to play the final at their home ground). However, a seventh-placed finish in the final table meant that the club would not be competing in Europe for the first time in 7 years. Manager Bruno Labbadia paid for the poor form with his job in late April, with technical coach Ricardo Moniz taking charge for the final two games. Armin Veh was appointed permanent manager in May.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of 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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Frank Rost |
| 3 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt |
| 5 | DF | NED | Joris Mathijsen |
| 6 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo |
| 7 | DF | GER | Marcell Jansen |
| 8 | DF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 9 | FW | PER | Paolo Guerrero |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Mladen Petrić |
| 11 | MF | NED | Eljero Elia |
| 12 | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl |
| 13 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím (captain) |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Marcus Berg |
| 17 | DF | GER | Jérôme Boateng |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | NED | Romeo Castelen |
| 19 | MF | TUR | Tolgay Arslan |
| 20 | DF | CIV | Guy Demel |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Jonathan Pitroipa |
| 22 | FW | NED | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| 24 | MF | GER | Christian Groß |
| 25 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón |
| 27 | MF | GER | Sören Bertram |
| 29 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel |
| 30 | MF | NAM | Collin Benjamin |
| 31 | FW | GER | Maximilian Beister |
| 32 | DF | GER | Henrik Dettman |
| 33 | DF | CZE | Miroslav Štěpánek |
| 34 | DF | GER | Kai-Fabian Schulz |
| 35 | FW | TUR | Tunay Torun |
| 36 | MF | GER | Hanno Behrens |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Alex Silva (on loan to São Paulo) |
| 22 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (on loan to Nürnberg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | SEN | Mickaël Tavares (on loan to Nürnberg) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Änis Ben-Hatira (to MSV Duisburg) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 57 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 41 | +10 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 52 | |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 58 | +6 | 50 | |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 47 | |
* ↑ Since both finalists of the 2009–10 DFB-Pokal were qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, the 6th-placed team will qualify for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Matches
### Europa League
#### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 5 | |