# 2015–16 Hamburger SV season

The 2015–16 Hamburger SV season was the 128th season in the club's football history. In 2015–16 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 53rd consecutive season in this league, being the only club to have played every season in the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963.

## First team squad

As of September 2015, according to the official website.
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 | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cléber |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Emir Spahić |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Johan Djourou (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby |
| 9 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock |
| 10 | FW | GER | Pierre-Michel Lasogga |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić |
| 14 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt |
| 15 | GK | GER | René Adler |
| 16 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Rudņevs |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Stieber |
| 19 | FW | GER | Abdullah Bidav |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Marcelo Díaz |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek |
| 23 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Gōtoku Sakai |
| 26 | FW | GER | Philipp Müller |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller |
| 28 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Andreas Hirzel |
| 31 | DF | MOZ | Ronny Marcos |
| 33 | FW | TUR | Batuhan Altıntaş |
| 34 | MF | GER | Finn Porath |
| 39 | DF | GER | Ashton Götz |
| 40 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | MF | Lewis Holtby | Tottenham Hotspur | €6,500,000 |
| 5 July 2015 | DF | Emir Spahić | (Bayer Leverkusen) | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2015 | DF | Gōtoku Sakai | VfB Stuttgart | €700,000 |
| 18 July 2015 | MF | Albin Ekdal | Cagliari | €4,500,000 |
| 23 July 2015 | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | VfL Bochum | €3,000,000 |
| 24 July 2015 | FW | Sven Schipplock | 1899 Hoffenheim | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Aaron Hunt | VfL Wolfsburg | |
| | GK | Andreas Hirzel | Vaduz | |
| | FW | Batuhan Altıntaş | Bursaspor | |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 26 June 2015 | MF | Maximilian Beister | Mainz 05 | Contract terminated |
| 30 June 2015 | DF | Heiko Westermann | Real Betis | Released |
| 11 July 2015 | MF | Valon Behrami | Watford | Undisclosed |
| 16 July 2015 | DF | Jonathan Tah | Bayer Leverkusen | €7,500,000 |
| 7 August 2015 | FW | Jacques Zoua | AC Ajaccio | Free transfer |
| 24 August 2015 | MF | Petr Jiráček | Sparta Prague | Contract terminated |
| 9 January 2016 | DF | Ronny Marcos | Greuther Fürth | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Marcell Jansen | | Retired |
| | MF | Rafael van der Vaart | Real Betis | |
| | DF | Slobodan Rajković | | Released |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | Club | Return | Ref. |
| 18 January 2016 | FW | Zoltán Stieber | 1. FC Nürnberg | End of season | |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 45 |
| 9 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 43 |
| 10 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 41 |
| 11 | FC Ingolstadt | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 40 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 38 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 14 May 2016. Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 18 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

As of 14 May 2016
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobny | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | GER | René Adler | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Andreas Hirzel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cléber | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Emir Spahic | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Johan Djourou | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Gōtoku Sakai | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević | 32 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby | 35 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Stieber | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Marcelo Díaz | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SWE | Nabil Bahoui | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller | 29 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | GER | Pierre-Michel Lasogga | 31 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Rudņevs | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SUI | Josip Drmić | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | AUT | Michael Gregoritsch | 26 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | FW | TUR | Batuhan Altıntaş | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |