# 2010–11 Hamburger SV season

The 2010–11 season of Hamburger SV began on 28 June with their first training session. Hamburg played its matches at Imtech Arena.
Hamburg hired Armin Veh as their new head coach after sacking Bruno Labbadia near the end of last season and appointed Bastian Reinhardt as their new sports director. Hamburg were interested in a number of big name players, including Rafinha of Schalke 04, Michael Ballack, who Chelsea deemed surplus, Serdar Tasci of VfB Stuttgart and Jaroslav Drobný. Out of all of those, only Drobný decided to sign with Hamburg. Jérôme Boateng was the only major player sold, leaving for Manchester City.
The signings continued during pre-season. Hamburg signed Dennis Diekmeier from 1. FC Nürnberg and Heiko Westermann from Schalke 04.

## Season

In September 2010, Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli played their first derby in eight years. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.
Hamburg club president Bernd Hoffmann had come under pressure for poor club results. Bernd Hoffmann came under pressure after Hamburg lost 4–2 to Bayer Leverkusen. A group of fans protested against recent results outside the club headquarters by demanding Bernd Hoffmann resignation. Head coach Armin Veh said Hoffmann should not be blamed and the coaching staff and the playing staff collectively should be blamed for the bad results. Supervisory board Horst Becker resigned on 13 December 2010 and stated that he would not seek re-election for the position.
Wigan Athletic contacted Hamburg about a possible loan move for Dutch winger Eljero Elia. Eljero Elia had fallen out of favour at Hamburg. Sporting director Bastian Reinhardt had confirmed that Wigan offered to take Elia on loan for half-a-season.
Ruud van Nistelrooy had confirmed that Real Madrid were interested in signing him. On 23 January 2011, Hamburg rejected a transfer worth more than €2 million plus a friendly match. President Hoffmann stated that Hamburg were looking to get back into Europe and it would be "impossible" to allow him to leave the club. It became publicly known that Ruud van Nistelrooy wasn't happy about Hamburg rejecting the transfer offer from Real Madrid and he has ruled out a contract extension with Hamburger SV.
In January 2011, Matthias Sammer rejected a job offer from Hamburg. The job would have been similar to the one he has with the German Football Association (DFB).
On 5 February 2011, Hamburg and St. Pauli fans fought each other after the match between the two clubs was postponed due to rain. Up to 200 hooligans threw bottles and fireworks at police. One person was arrested and 45 people taken into custody. The police had been expecting violence ahead of the derby. Police and stadium workers had discovered fireworks attached to seats in the stands of Imtech Arena in the days leading up to the originally scheduled match.
On 13 March 2011, the day after a 6–0 loss to Bayern Munich, Hamburg fired head coach Armin Veh and assistant coach Reiner Geyer. Michael Oenning was named interim head coach and Rudolfo Cardoso assistant coach. Originally, Veh was going to leave the club after the season.

## Players
### 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 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier |
| 4 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann (captain) |
| 5 | DF | NED | Joris Mathijsen |
| 6 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo |
| 7 | DF | GER | Marcell Jansen |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto |
| 9 | FW | PER | Paolo Guerrero |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Mladen Petrić |
| 11 | MF | NED | Eljero Elia |
| 13 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting |
| 18 | MF | NED | Romeo Castelen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Lennard Sowah |
| 20 | DF | CIV | Guy Demel |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Jonathan Pitroipa |
| 22 | FW | NED | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| 25 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón |
| 29 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel |
| 30 | DF | NAM | Collin Benjamin |
| 31 | MF | TUN | Änis Ben-Hatira |
| 33 | DF | CZE | Miroslav Štěpánek |
| 34 | MF | BIH | Muhamed Bešić |
| 35 | FW | TUR | Tunay Torun |
| 36 | MF | GER | Hanno Behrens |
| 40 | FW | KOR | Son Heung-min |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar |
| 45 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal (on loan to Lille) |
| 12 | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl (on loan to SV Ried) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | DF | GER | Gerrit Pressel (on loan to Willem II) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 47 |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 46 |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 45 |
| 9 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 44 |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 44 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB Cup
## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann (from Schalke 04) |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (loan return from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Lennard Sowah (from Portsmouth) |
| 28 | MF | SEN | Mickaël Tavares (loan return from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Änis Ben-Hatira (loan return from MSV Duisburg) |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar (from Hertha BSC) |
| 45 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný (from Hertha BSC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | CZE | David Rozehnal (on loan to Lille) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Bastian Reinhardt (retired). |
| 12 | GK | GER | Wolfgang Hesl (on loan to SV Ried) |
| 16 | FW | SWE | Marcus Berg (on loan to PSV) |
| 17 | DF | GER | Jérôme Boateng (to Manchester City) |
| 19 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan (on loan to Alemannia Aachen) |
| 28 | MF | SEN | Mickaël Tavares (on loan to Middlesbrough) |
| 31 | FW | GER | Maximilian Beister (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 32 | MF | GER | Änis Ben-Hatira (to Hamburger SV II) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Kai-Fabian Schulz (on loan to FSV Frankfurt) |
| — | MF | GER | Sidney Sam (to Bayer Leverkusen, previously on loan at 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

As of 22 January 2011 Reference: Soccernet
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB Cup | DFB Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | GER | Frank Rost | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Joris Mathijsen | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | GER | Marcell Jansen | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GER | Lennard Sowah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CIV | Guy Demel | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | NAM | Collin Benjamin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CZE | Miroslav Štěpánek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | BIH | Muhamed Bešić | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Zé Roberto | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | NED | Eljero Elia | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GER | Robert Tesche | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CZE | David Jarolím | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | GER | Piotr Trochowski | 19 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Romeo Castelen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BFA | Jonathan Pitroipa | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | GER | Änis Ben-Hatira | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | GER | Hanno Behrens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PER | Paolo Guerrero | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Mladen Petrić | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | CMR | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | NED | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 17 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 35 | FW | TUR | Tunay Torun | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 40 | FW | KOR | Son Heung-min | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Armin Veh |
| Assistant coach | Reiner Geyer |
| Assistant coach | Michael Oenning |
| Goalkeeping coach | Ronny Teuber |
| Fitness coach | Manfred Düring |
| Fitness coach | Markus Günther |
Last updated: 17 December 2010 Source: Hamburger SV official website

## Kits

| Home | Home Alternate | Home Alt. 2 | Away | Away Alternate | Away Alt. 2 | Away Alt. 3 | Third |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Info |
| Home | White | Red | Blue | |
| Home Alt. | White | White | White | Bundesliga, Match 24, 26 February against Kaiserslautern |
| Home Alt. 2 | White | White | White | Bundesliga, Match 33, 7 May against Leverkusen → 2009–10 Home Alt. Shorts |
| Away | Blue | White | Black | → No appearance |
| Away Alt. | Blue | Black | Black | Bundesliga, Match 8, 16 October against Mainz 05 |
| Away Alt. 2 | Blue | White | White | Bundesliga, Match 20, 29 January against Nürnberg |
| Away Alt. 3 | Blue | Black | White | Bundesliga, Match 26, 12 March against Munich |
| Third | Red | Red | Red | |