# 2017–18 Hamburger SV season

The 2017–18 Hamburger SV season was the 99th season in the football club's history and 55th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the Oberliga Nord in 1963. Finishing 17th, Hamburg was relegated for the first time in the Bundesliga's 55-year history. In addition to the domestic league, Hamburger SV also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 65th season for Hamburg in the Volksparkstadion, located in Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 10 March 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Christian Mathenia |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier |
| 4 | DF | NED | Rick van Drongelen |
| 5 | DF | ALB | Mërgim Mavraj (vice-captain) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Douglas Santos |
| 7 | FW | USA | Bobby Wood |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby |
| 9 | DF | GRE | Kyriakos Papadopoulos (third-captain) |
| 11 | FW | GER | André Hahn |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Walace |
| 13 | GK | GER | Julian Pollersbeck |
| 14 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt |
| 15 | FW | GER | Luca Waldschmidt |
| 16 | MF | SUI | Vasilije Janjičić |
| 17 | MF | SRB | Filip Kostić |
| 18 | MF | GAM | Bakery Jatta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GER | Sven Schipplock |
| 20 | MF | SWE | Albin Ekdal |
| 22 | DF | GER | Bjarne Thoelke |
| 23 | MF | BIH | Sejad Salihović |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Gōtoku Sakai (captain) |
| 25 | MF | GER | Mats Köhlert |
| 26 | FW | GER | Törles Knöll |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller |
| 28 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung |
| 30 | GK | SUI | Andreas Hirzel |
| 36 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel |
| 38 | DF | GER | Jonas Behounek |
| 40 | FW | GER | Jann-Fiete Arp |
| 43 | FW | JPN | Tatsuya Ito |
| 46 | DF | GER | Stephan Ambrosius |
| 47 | DF | GER | Josha Vagnoman |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 17th (relegated) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 023.53 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2017 | 13 August 2017 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 022.86 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 36 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 36 | |
| 16 | VfL Wolfsburg (O) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | Hamburger SV (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | 1. FC Köln (R) | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 22 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 May 2018. 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 | H | 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 | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |